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 CONTAINING 
 
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 A HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS GROWING OUT OF THE WAR: 
 
 The Qr&nd flrmj of th? "Republic, 
 The Loi?^l Lesion, 
 
 TK? Sons of Veterans, and 
 
 The Wom&n s Belief Corps. 
 
 UNION VETERAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, 
 1892. 
 
BY 
 
 UNION YETERflN PUBLISHING 
 
 1892. 
 
 W. B. CONKEY COMPANY 
 PRINTER* AND BINDER*. 
 
THE BRAVE SOLDIERS NOW OF ILLINOIS WHO VOLUNTEERED 
 
 TO DEFEND THE FLAG IN THE 
 
 GREAT REBELLION, 
 
 AND SAVE THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC FROM DISUNION, 
 AND TO THE 
 
 MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES UPON THE 
 
 ALTAR OF THEIR COUNTRY, THAT THE UNION 
 
 MIGHT BE PRESERVED, 
 
 THIS WORK IS SACREDLY DEDICATED. 
 
"I Am Content." 
 
 A spindle of hazlewood had I, 
 
 Into the mill-stream it fell one day- 
 
 The water has brought it me back no more. 
 
 As he lay a-dying the soldier spake: 
 
 "I am content! 
 
 Let my mother be told, in the village there, 
 And my bride in the hut be told 
 That they must pray with folded hands, 
 
 With folded hands for me." 
 The soldier is dead and with folded hands 
 
 His bride and his mother pray. 
 On the field of battle they dug his grave, 
 And red with his life-blood the earth was dyed, 
 
 The earth they laid him in. 
 The sun looked down on him there and spake: 
 " I am content." 
 
 And flowers bloomed thickly upon his grave, 
 
 And were glad they blossomed there,. 
 And when the wind in the tree-tops roared 
 The soldier asked from the deep, dark grave: 
 
 " Did the banner flutter then?" 
 " Not so, my hero," the wind replied, 
 The fight is done, but the banner won, 
 Thy comrades of old have borne it hence 
 
 Have borne it in triumph hence," 
 Then the soldier spake from the deep, dark grave: 
 "I am content." 
 
 And again he heard the shepherds pass 
 
 And the flocks go wand ring by, 
 And the soldier asked: " Is the sound I hear 
 
 The sound of the battle roar?" 
 And they all replied: " My hero, nay! 
 Thou art dead and the fight is o er, 
 Our country joyful and free." 
 
 Then the soldier spake from the deep, dark grave* 
 " I am content." 
 
 Then he heareth the lovers laughing pass, 
 
 And the soldier asks once more: 
 " Are these not the voices of them that love, 
 
 That love -and remember me?" 
 " Not so, my hero," the lovers say, 
 
 " We are those that remember not; 
 For the spring has come and the earth has smiled. 
 
 And the dead must be forgot." 
 Then the soldier spake from the deep, dark grave: 
 " I am content." 
 
IN presenting this volume of biographical memoirs of the soldiers of the late Civil War 
 to the public, the first of the kind ever attempted, the publishers feel no small degree of pride in 
 the successful completion of a work long contemplated. We took hold of it at first with some 
 hesitancy, not certam that we would receive that co-operation from the soldiers of the late war essential 
 to the success of the enterprise; but as time passed on, our doubts were removed, and our hearts were 
 made glad by the encouragement of the veterans and their substantial support. So we cheerfully 
 struggled on to the end, and are now able to present this volume to our patrons and to the world. 
 Few persons comprehend the great labor and the many difficulties attending the publication of a work 
 of this kind; yet after all, it has been a pleasing task, and now that it is finished, we find there is a little 
 regret at the parting. 
 
 We knew that the country has been flooded with war literature in almost every form, but we felt 
 that one important feature had been wholly omitted. In the voluminous pages of the history of the 
 Civil war, the names of the soldiers who carried ti e muskets, who fought the battles, and whose bravery 
 and patriotism saved the Republic from dissolution, are absent, and their experiences entirely ignored. 
 We believed this was a great injustice, that their names and deeds were as worthy to be perpetuated in 
 history as the generals who commanded them, and this belief has been the inspiration that caused us to 
 begin this work, and sustained us on to its completion. A great historian has truly said that: "The 
 history of a country is best told in the record of the lives of its people." So in these memoirs of the 
 soldiers will be found the best and most authentic accounts of the rebellion. In conformity to this idea 
 the first volume of this work has been prepared. It was a new departure in war literature, but the 
 indorsement we have received assures us that we are moving in the right direction. The true history 
 of the war is yet to be written, and when the historian of the future shall begin to write a correct and 
 unbiased account of the greatest struggle known to any era in the world s history, he will find the best 
 and most authentic material in this series. These biographies include men from the rank and file, and 
 those who reached the highest pinnacle of military glory; it represents those who enlisted as privates, 
 and by their bravery and military genius, rose to be great commanders. Some of the bravest, some 
 of the most heroic acts performed during the great conflict, were by men in the ranks. They all left 
 their respective callings, their homes and loved ones, and went forth to battle for the Union, to lay 
 down their lives, if need be, upon the altar of their country. When the war was over those who were 
 spared returned to their homes and peaceful pursuits, to make useful and honorable citizens. The 
 American soldier had an individuality; he fought independently, and often planned and executed little 
 campaigns on his own account. He stands out in bold relief in the military history of the world, alone, 
 and without parallel. 
 
 In recording his deeds of bravery, his endurance and suffering, his devotion to the country, we 
 have often been obliged to stay the pen, appalled "by the grandeur of the spirit which controlled him. 
 Often words have been inadequate to express his noble deeds of daring. His achievements would be 
 worthy of the inspired pen of a Homer. Even the fame of the heroes of Thermopylaj grows dim before his 
 valor. In coming years, the deeds which grace the pages of classic literature, and holds the admira 
 tion of the student of to-diy, will pale into insignificance before the lustre which time will give to the 
 annals of the American Volunteer Soldier. 
 
 The statistical history has been compiled with great care and labor, from the best and most 
 authentic sources of information available. We do not claim that it is absolutely free from error, for 
 in many instances authorities differ; that it is essentially correct is most certain. The work has been 
 carried to its completion conscientiously, and no pains or expense has been spared to make this volume 
 one that will delight the heart of every soldier, one that will be of priceless value, not only to himself, 
 but to his children and descendants. 
 
 UNION VETERAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM 
 
 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
 
 THE sixteenth President of the United 
 States, was born February 12, 1809, in 
 Hardin Co., Ky. His parents were both 
 born in Virginia, of undistinguished families. 
 His paternal grandfather Abraham Lincoln, 
 emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky, about 
 1781, or 1782, where a year or so later he was 
 killed, whilst laboring upon his farm, by In 
 dians. Our subject s father removed from Ken 
 tucky to Maryland, when the son was in his 
 eighth year; arrived there about the time that 
 State came into the Union. It was then a wild 
 region, " with many bears and other wild ani 
 mals still in the forest." His mother from all 
 the evidences that can now be gathered, 
 was an intellectual and even an accom 
 plished woman, and from her the future 
 President appears to have inherited his tran- 
 scendant ability, as also his facial and physical 
 appearance. Reared, as it were, "a child of the 
 forest," his environments would not under ordi 
 nary circumstances be looked upon as likely to 
 mould the character, or develop the mind, and 
 qualify an individual to honorably fill and suc 
 cessfully rule the destinies of 30,000,000 of 
 people. Nevertheless they did so. 
 
 October 5, 1818, when her boy was little 
 over nine years of age, the mother died, and 
 some eighteen months thereafter the father 
 married a Mrs. Johnston, whom it would appear, 
 contrary to all tradition regarding step mothers, 
 took a motherly liking to young Abraham. This 
 
 feeling appears to have been amply reciproca 
 ted, as in after years, he spoke of her as his 
 " Saintly Mother " and again as his " Angel of 
 a Mother." His opportunities of receiving 
 an education were extremely poor, and it 
 is asserted that he did not attend even the 
 poor schools of his district more than one year. 
 Speaking himself of the schools of his time, he 
 said : " There were some schools, so called, but 
 no qualification was ever required of a teacher 
 beyond readin writin and cipherin to 
 the rule of three. Therefore," he said "when I 
 came of age I did not know much. Still, some 
 how, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of 
 three, but that was all." In 1825, he was em 
 ployed by James Taylor for nine months at the 
 magnificient salary of $6 per month, as mana 
 ger of his ferryboat, running between the banks 
 of the Ohio river, and at times assisting upon 
 his employer s farm. He had early formed im 
 pressions upon politics, hence every paper 
 which came into his reach was studiously read; 
 every argument carefully weighed, and soon he 
 became recognized as " a natural politician," 
 intensely ambitious, and anxious to be popular. 
 In contact with other boys either with the 
 tongue or in a physical encounter, he always 
 was declared the winner. Few men were en 
 dowed with the powers of mimicry displayed 
 by young Lincoln. All stories reaching his ears 
 were issued again, burnished and brightened, 
 and made so laughable as to be unrecognizable 
 by their authors. In the year 1828, he engaged 
 upon a flat boat as a bow-hand and went to 
 
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 New Orleans, and two years later removed to 
 Illinois, settling at a point ten miles west of De- 
 catur, where he assisted in cutting and splitting 
 the rails used in fencing fifteen acres of land. 
 The great and rising genius of Lincoln could 
 not be suppressed by his unpropitious sur 
 roundings, and about the time he reached his 
 majority, made his first public speech, having 
 for his subject, the Navigation of the Sangamon 
 river. In 1831, in company with John Hanks 
 and John Whinston, he navigated a flat-boat to 
 New Orleans, for the large and handsome re 
 ward of 50 cents per day and $20 as a bonus 
 upon safe arrival. It was upon this trip that 
 the horrors of slavery first became apparent to 
 him, which assisted in moulding his future 
 opinion upon that subject. 
 
 In 1831 he acted as clerk of election at New 
 Salem, which was the first official act of his 
 life. Shortly after this he served as first clerk 
 to Denton Offutt, who became much interested 
 in his employee and often declared he would 
 become President of the UnitedStates. A strange 
 and apparently improbable prophecy, yet one 
 which was not only fulfilled in fact, but that he 
 filled that high and honorable position, as it 
 never had been since the days of the immortal 
 George Washington, is equally marvelous, and 
 universally accepted as truth. It may be true, 
 that in the absence of the Revolution the world 
 would have heard little, and perhaps read less 
 of Washington. But Lincoln attained to his 
 position before the Rebellion, and therefore 
 was not a creature of the Rebellion. At the 
 time of the Black Hawk war, Lincoln was 
 elected a captain of volunteers, and he said of 
 that position that " it gave me more pleasure 
 than any I have had since." A few weeks later 
 his company was mustered out, consequently 
 his position as captain ceased, whereupon he 
 enlisted as a private in an independent spy 
 company. The political party which he sup 
 ported was not slow to recognize his rising 
 genius, therefore they nominated him as a can 
 didate for the State Legislature in 1832, but 
 adverse votes resulted in the election of his 
 opponent, the Rev. Peter Cartwright. The fol 
 lowing year he purchased, in company with a 
 
 Mr. Berry, a store, and was also postmaster at 
 New Salem from May, 1833 to 1836, when that 
 office was discontinued, and the store business, 
 owing to the bibulous habits of his partner, re 
 sulted in disaster and bankruptcy. Lincoln, 
 however, true to his instincts as an honest man, 
 shouldered the liabilities, and finally paid the 
 last of them in 1849. He commenced the study 
 of law, but being unable to continue he changed 
 over to surveying, a business he mastered in 
 six weeks, but in the fall of 1834 he suffered 
 the humiliation of seeing his instruments sold 
 by the sheriff, to pay a debt he was unable 
 otherwise to liquidate. The same year, he was 
 elected to a seat in the Legislature and was ap 
 pointed a member of the Committee up6n 
 Public Accounts. He was elected to the sanfie 
 seat at the three succeeding elections. Whilst 
 a member, he was admitted to the bar and be 
 came a law partner with John T. Stewart, and 
 began the practice of his profession at Spring 
 field in 1839. He soon distinguished himself 
 in practice and became a leader in his chosen 
 profession. 
 
 He was admitted to practice in the circuit 
 court, presided over by Judge Davis, who after 
 personal observation said of the rising attorney: 
 "In all the elements that constitute a great 
 lawyer, he had few equals ; he seized the strong 
 points of a cause and presented them with clear 
 ness and great compactness." To his herculean 
 efforts, in the conduct of the defense in the 
 prosecution of the son of William and Hannah 
 Armstrong, for murder, has always been at 
 tributed the saving of that young man from the 
 gallows. November 4, 1842, he was married 
 to Mary, daughter of the Hon. Robt. S.Todd, of 
 Lexington, Ky. At the elections of 1840, 
 and 44, he was a candidate for the honor of 
 Presidential elector, being frequently opposed 
 to Stephen A. Douglas in public debate. , In 
 1846 he was elected to Congress, defeating his 
 old Democratic opponent the Rev. Peter Cart- 
 wright, and introduced the famous " Spot 
 Resolutions," directing the President to indi 
 cate the particular locality of the alleged out 
 rages of the Mexicans upon American citizens, 
 and spoke in Congress for the first time in sup- 
 
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 port of those resolutions. Subsequently he 
 advocated the election of Gen. Taylor, as also 
 the abolition of all slaves within the district of 
 Columbia, and a policy of compensation to the 
 owners. He was an applicant for the office of 
 Commissioner of the General Land-Office, but 
 was unsuccessful. He was tendered the Gov 
 ernorship of the Territory of Oregon from the 
 President, but declined the proffered honor, 
 and in 1849, was defeated by Gen. Shields, in the 
 contest for the United States Senatorship. In 
 1855, he withdrew as a candidate, and became an 
 able supporter and advocate of the candicacy 
 of Mr. Trumbull, to the United States Senate, 
 whom he helped elect over Gen. Shields, and it 
 is claimed that during that canvass he exploded 
 the sophistry of Stephen A. Douglas "Great 
 Principle " by the words, " I admit that the emi 
 grant to Kansas and Nebraska is competent to 
 govern himself, but I deny his right to gov 
 ern any other person, without that person s 
 consent." Of Lincoln it was said, and the be 
 lief was fully shared in, by his many friends, 
 that he was "destined by the Dispenser of all 
 things, to occupy a great place in the Worlds 
 history.". June 17, 1856, he received no votes 
 at the National Republican convention held in 
 Philadelphia, whereat Gen. John C. Fremont 
 received the nomination for the Chief Magis 
 tracy. In 1858, he became an opponent of 
 Stephen A. Douglas, for a seat in the Senate, 
 which was relegated for decision to a popular 
 vote. The two candidates for the position 
 made a joint canvass of the State, and held dur 
 ing the campaign seven joint meetings. Dur 
 ing the canvass, on June 17, 1858, he delivered 
 his celebrated address, since known as " The 
 house divided-against-itself speech," which ex 
 erted such a controlling influence, not only 
 over those who sat within the hearing of his 
 voice and heard his clear, bold and convincing 
 arguments, as to the propriety of admitting 
 Kansas into the Union as a slave or a free 
 State, and the other great questions before the 
 people, but it was heralded to the remotest 
 corners of the Republic, and was largely instru 
 mental in moulding public opinion to his way 
 of thinking, upon the merits of the subjects 
 
 discussed. His public utterances clearly de 
 monstrated that he was a born leader, and as if 
 to hold him in reserve, the State elected Doug 
 las to the Senate, whilst it held the great Lin 
 coln for the then approaching Presidential con 
 test. In February, 1860, in response to an in 
 vitation from New York City, he addressed an 
 immense audience there and again in New 
 England, taking for his theme the action of 
 the framers of the Constitution, in respect to 
 slavery. May 10, 1860, at the Republican State 
 convention, of Illinois, he was nominated for 
 the Presidency. At the meeting of the Republi 
 can National Convention, held in Chicago, it 
 adopted aresolution denying " The authority of 
 Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, or any in 
 dividuals, to give legal assistance to slavery in 
 any Territory of the United States." At this con 
 vention Lincoln was nominated on the third bal 
 lot as the Republican candidate for the 
 Presidency, which nomination was made unani 
 mous. At the election which followed, he re 
 ceived about 600,000 more votes, than was 
 obtained by his real opponent, Douglas, whilst 
 of the electoral votes, he received 180, Breck- 
 enridge 72, Bell 39 and Douglas 12. In his in 
 augural address delivered March 4, 1861, 
 knowing some of the Southern States to be in 
 revolt, with others ready to follow, he said: "I 
 consider that in view of the Constitution and 
 the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the ex 
 tent of my ability I shall take care, as the Con 
 stitution itself expressly enjoins me, that the 
 law of the Union be faithfully executed in all 
 the States." 
 
 In assuming the duties of President, Lin 
 coln found a fragmentary army all told of 16,- 
 OOO men, the greater portion of whom were in 
 the South, and if not Rebels, situated so as to 
 be of little service to the Nation. The finances 
 were in a bad condition and the treasury was 
 practically empty. 
 
 Fort Sumpter being bombarded, he realized 
 heroic measures were necessary. He issued a 
 proclamation calling for 75,000, troops and the 
 blockade of all points in the seceded States. 
 He then called Congress together to meet on 
 July 4th, and by that time many of the Southern 
 
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 States had allied their fortunes with what was 
 then known as the Southern Confederacy. By 
 this time the requisition for troops had been filled 
 and the formation of regiments, drilling and 
 army organization were being proceeded with, 
 as rapidly as circumstances would permit. The 
 Union troops moved Southward to the scenes 
 of disturbance, and soon were engaged in the 
 opening battles of the Rebellion. The first im 
 portant engagement was that of Bull Run, 
 fought July 21, 1861, resulting in the defeat of 
 National troops under Gen. McDowell by a 
 somewhat larger force under Generals Johnston 
 and Beauregard. This victory was one of great 
 importance to the Confederates and gave them 
 an increase of prestige on both sides of the 
 Atlantic. 
 
 The National Army was placed in charge of 
 Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, a young officer who 
 had distingutshed himself by a successful cam 
 paign in West Virginia. The expectations of 
 President Lincoln in the appointment of Gen. 
 McClellan were not verified by results. He 
 was in command of a force much superior to 
 that opposing him, yet he allowed month after 
 month to pass, without making those advances 
 upon Richmond, which it became apparent were 
 capable of performance. In the month of 
 July, 1862, President Lincoln became restive 
 and irritated at McClellan s persistent delays, 
 therefore visited the army at Harrison s Land 
 ing, and after careful consultations with the 
 Corps Commanders, became convinced there 
 was no reasonable expectation of a successful 
 movement upon Richmond, by his then com 
 manding officer. March 6, 1862, he sent a 
 special message to Congress, enclosing a res 
 olution the passage of which he recommended, 
 offering pecuniary aid from the General Govern 
 ment to States that should adopt the gradual 
 abolishment of slavery. Congress confirmed 
 this resolution, but in none of the slave States 
 was public sentiment sufficiently advanced, to 
 permit them to avail themselves of it. The 
 following month Congress by enactment eman 
 cipated the slaves in the District of Columbia 
 with compensation to the owners; therefore 
 Lincoln had the extreme satisfaction of assent 
 
 ing to a measure that he had many years before, 
 while a Representative from Illinois, fruitlessly 
 urged upon -the notice of Congress. In May, 
 1862, he promptly abrogated the proclamation 
 of Gen. Hunter declaring all slaves in Georgia 
 Florida and South Carolina, forever free. In 
 a letter to Horace Greely on August 22, 1862, 
 Lincoln said: " My paramount object is to save 
 the Union, and not either to save or destroy 
 slavery. If I could save the Union without 
 freeing any slaves I would do it; if I could 
 save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; 
 and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving 
 others alone I would also do that." On Sep 
 tember 22d, he issued his preliminary proclama 
 tion wherein he notified the rebellious States, 
 that on January ist, 1863, all persons held as 
 slaves within any State or part of a State the 
 people whereof should be in rebellion, should be 
 then, thence forward, and forever, free." January 
 ist, thelongexpectedand humane emancipating 
 proclamation was issued, wherein among other 
 things he said: "I do order and declare that all 
 persons held as slaves within said designated 
 States and parts of States are, and hence for 
 ward shall be free, and that the Executive Gov 
 ernment of the United States, including the mil 
 itary and naval authorities thereof, will recog 
 nize and maintain the freedom of said persons." 
 At his urgent request Congress, January, 1865, 
 gave effect to the Thirteenth Amendment to 
 the Constitution, which practically did away 
 with slavery or involuntary servitude. In 1863, 
 Lincoln asked and obtained authority from 
 Congress to recruit the vast army of 1,000,000 
 men by a draft upon the arms-bearing popula 
 tion of the loyal States. This measure provoked 
 considerable discussion throughout the Repub 
 lic, and New York City was kept in disorder and 
 terror for three days on account of it. At the 
 Presidental election of 1864, he was elected by 
 a large majority over his opponent, Gen. Mc 
 Clellan, and his second inaugural address de 
 livered March 4, 1865, will forever remain, 
 not only one of the most remarkable of all his 
 public utterances, but will also hold a high rank 
 among the greatest State papers that history 
 has preserved. Among other things he said, 
 
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 5 
 
 " Both read the same Bible, and pray to the 
 " same God, and each invokes his aid against the 
 " other. It may seem strange that any men 
 " should dare to ask a just God s assistance in 
 "wringing their bread from the sweat of other 
 " men s faces. But let us judge not that we be not 
 "judged. The prayers of both could not be 
 "answered; that of neither has been fully an- 
 "swered. The Almighty has his own purposes. 
 "Woe unto the world because of offenses, for it 
 "must needs be that offenses come; but woe to 
 " that man by whom the offense cometh. If we 
 "shall suppose that American Slavery is one of 
 " those offenses, which in the Providence of God, 
 "must needs come, but which, having continued 
 "throughout his appointed time, he now wills 
 "to remove, and that he gives to both North 
 "and South this terrible war, as the woe due to 
 "those, by whom the offense came, shall we 
 "discern therein any departure from those 
 "Divine authorities which the believers in a liv- 
 "ing God always ascribe to him? Fondly do 
 "we hope, fervently do we pray, that this 
 "mighty scourge of war may speedily pass 
 "away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, un- 
 "til all the wealth piled by the bondsman s 
 "250 years of unrequitted toil, shall be sunk, 
 "and until every drop of blood drawn by the 
 "lash shall be paid by another drawn with the 
 "sword, as was said 3,000 years ago, so still it 
 "must be said, The judgments of the Lord 
 "are true and righteous altogether. With 
 "malice toward none, with charity for all, with 
 "firmness in the right, as God gives us to see 
 " the right, let us strive on to finish the work 
 "we are in, to bind up the Nation s wounds, to 
 "care for him who shall have borne the battle, 
 "and for his widow and his orphans to do all 
 "which may achieve and cherish a just and a 
 " lasting peace among ourselves, and with all 
 "Nations." 
 
 President Lincoln had himself accompanied 
 the army in its last triumphant campaign and 
 entered Richmond immediately after its sur 
 render; received the benediction not only of the 
 colored people whom he had set free, but of a 
 great number of the white population, who had 
 grown weary of war and now began to rejoice 
 
 in the advent of peace. After a cabinet meet 
 ing which lasted throughout the I4th day of 
 April 1865, he attended a performance of "Our 
 American Cousin" at Ford s Theatre accom 
 panied by his wife, Miss Harris and Maj. Rath- 
 borne. Just after the performance had com 
 menced a shot was heard and a man was seen 
 to leap from the President s box to the stage, 
 flourishing a bloody knife with which, after 
 shooting the President he had stabbed Major 
 Rathborneand shouting "Sic SemperTyrannis; 
 the South is avenged !" he rushed from the 
 building, mounted a horse and made his escape. 
 The now dying President was conveyed to a 
 house on the opposite side of the street where 
 the following morning, surrounded by his 
 family, and the principal officers of his Govern 
 ment, he breathed his last. His assassin, J. 
 Wilkes Booth, was afterwards discovered in a 
 barn where he had taken refuge, and shot before 
 he could be captured. 
 
 Lincoln s body lay in state at the Capitol 
 on April 20th and was viewed by a large con 
 course of people. The following day the 
 funeral train started for Springfield, 111., passing 
 through Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland and 
 Chicago, at each of which places the body lay 
 in state and everywhere was received with ex 
 traordinary demonstrations of respect and 
 sorrow. His body was interred at Oak Ridge 
 near Springfield, May 4th, and there on Octo 
 ber 15, 1874, an imposing monument was 
 erected to his memory. Of his family only 
 one of his sons, Robert, survived him. The 
 widow of the President resided in Springfield 
 and in Chicago after leaving the Capital, and 
 died at the former place July i6th, 1882. 
 
 LIEUT.-GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT. 
 
 WAS born at Point Pleasant, a small 
 village on the west bank of the Ohio 
 river, in Clermont county, Ohio, April 
 27, 1822. Educated at West Point, where he 
 graduated twenty-first in the class of 1843. En 
 tered military services as brevet Second Lieu 
 tenant in the Fourth Regiment United States In- 
 
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 fantry, and joined his regiment at Jefferson Bar 
 racks, St. Louis, Mo. Was promoted Second 
 Lieutenant in 1844; to First Lieutenant in 1847; 
 to Captain in 1853; Colonel of the Twenty-first 
 Illinois Volunteers, June 1861; Brigadier-Gen 
 eral of Volunteers, August 9, 1861; to Major- 
 General February 16,1862; and to Lieutenant- 
 General, March 2, 1864. Grant while at West 
 Point behaved handsomely, studied incessantly, 
 and won the respect of all with whom he asso 
 ciated. On entering military services as a cadet 
 there happened to be no vacancy in his regiment, 
 and the young Lieutenant and future Lieuten- 
 ant-General was ordered to duty as a private 
 soldier. Without hesitation he cheerfully per 
 formed all the duties assigned to him in that 
 capacity, going on fatigue, standing sentinel, 
 etc. 
 
 In 1844, the Fourth Infantry was sent from 
 St. Louis to the Red River, in the frontier ser 
 vice against the Indians, and in 1845 ^ followed 
 Gen. Zachary Taylor to Texas. When the 
 veteran Taylor met the Mexicans in battle at 
 Palo-Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Lieut. Grant 
 was an active participant. At the fierce assault 
 on, and capture of Monterey, he distinguished 
 himself as a soldier. He afterwards joined 
 Gen. Scott, and took part in the bombardment 
 and capture of Vera Cruz, accompanying the 
 army of invasion, then advancing upon the City 
 of Mexico. At thebattlesof Molino del Rey and 
 Chapultepec where the Mexicans were driven, 
 by a storming party, from strong forts and con 
 vents of great antiquity, Lieut. Grant displayed 
 talents of very high promise. For gallantry on 
 this occasion, he won promotion on the spot, 
 in addition to the unqualified approbation and 
 highest commendations of superior officers. 
 At the close of the war in Mexico, Capt. Grant 
 was assigned to garrison duty. He was first 
 stationed at Detroit, Mich., afterwards at New 
 York. In 1851 his regiment was ordered to 
 Fort Dallas, in Oregon Territory, to counteract 
 hostile demonstrations of the predatory tribes of 
 Indians. The beginning of the Rebellion in 
 the spring of 1861 found him engaged in the 
 leather business at Galena, 111. Without wait 
 ing for a formal declaration of war, he at once 
 
 dissolved his business connections, raised the 
 National standard in his own town, enlisted a 
 company of volunteers, and started for the 
 capital of the State. The Governor of Illinois 
 was not favorably impressed with Capt. Grant s 
 personal appearance, and declined promoting 
 the Captain, as proposed. Soon, however, find 
 ing Capt. Grant a business man, the Governor 
 consented to place him on his personal staff, to 
 discharge the duties of Adjutant-General of the 
 State. The business of raising troops went on 
 lively under Capt. Grant s supervision, until 
 twenty regiments were organized. When the 
 Twenty-first was full, it was reported to the 
 Governor as being unmanageable and insubordi 
 nate. It was rendezvoused at Mattoon, and no 
 man could be found who could control it. The 
 Governor called Capt. Grant, and asked if he 
 thought he could manage the turbulent Suck 
 ers. Grant answered in the affirmative, with 
 his usual modesty, and was at once appointed 
 to the command of the Twenty-first Regiment 
 of Illinois Volunteers. Col. Grant repaired to 
 the place of rendezvous, and formally assumed 
 command without any demonstration of au 
 thority. By judicious management and effi 
 cient drilling, the Twenty-first was, in a short 
 time, one of the best disciplined regiments in 
 the State. Col. Grant was soon commissioned 
 Brigadier-General of Volunteers, and ordered 
 to Southern Missouri for the purpose of ex 
 pelling the Rebel General, Jeff Thompson, from 
 that country. After a brief campaign in this 
 service, Gen. Grant was transferred to the com 
 mand of the District of Cairo, 111. 
 
 The Rebels took possession of Columbus, 
 on the East side, and of Belmont, Mo., on the 
 west bank of the Mississippi river, and nearly 
 opposite to the former place, and they could 
 thus effectually command the Mississippi River 
 and hold absolute control over its navigation. 
 To prevent this, Gen. Grant took two brigades 
 and attacked the enemy at Belmont, November 
 7, 1861. A severe battle ensued, in which the 
 Union forces drove the enemy. It was neces 
 sary to induce the Rebels to hold their forces 
 at Columbus while an expedition attempted the 
 capture of the other two forts, Fort Henry on 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 the Tennessee and Fort Donelson on the Cum 
 berland. A strong reconnoissance was sent 
 down the Mississippi with orders to make a 
 spirited attack by land and water on Columbus. 
 While this ruse was progressing, the main body 
 of Gen. Grant s troops, consisting of ten regi 
 ments of infantry and seven gunboats, quietly 
 sailed up the river. The enemy were thus 
 completely deceived, holding their forces for 
 the defense of Columbus, until the Union troops 
 were at the gates of Fort Henry, a hundred 
 miles away. February 6th, the fort fell into 
 our hands. Fort Donelson was only twelve 
 miles distant. There Buckner, Floyd and Pillow 
 now united in making it impregnable. To 
 capture it, Gen. Grant marched twenty thou 
 sand men from Fort Henry, February I2th, and 
 encamped at night in a military crescent around 
 its frowning battlements. Two days after, the 
 gunboats arrived, bringing reinforcements. The 
 attack was begun on the I4th; on the I5th, the 
 enemy attempted by almost superhuman ef 
 forts to break the Union lines. After a fearful 
 conflict, the Union arms triumphed and the 
 National victory was complete, Gen. Grant 
 had now won two brilliant victories in rapid 
 succession, which were of incalculable value to 
 the National cause, Gen. Grant s army had 
 moved from the scene of his last great victory, 
 and lay at Pittsburg Landing. His forces con 
 sisted of the Army of the Tennessee, with Lew 
 Wallace s division at Crump s Landing, six 
 miles distant. The enemy had collected under 
 Albert Sidney Johnston, one of their most dis 
 tinguished and able commanders. On this oc 
 casion the Rebels marched from Corinth and 
 made a sudden and unexpected attack on the 
 Army of the Tennessee under Gen. Grant at 
 Shiloh Church, on the morning of April 6, 
 1862. The battle raged with intense fury 
 throughout the day; the tide being most of the 
 time in favor of the enemy. The fighting was 
 obstinate on both sides. The tide of blood 
 swayed from side to side, until at times all were 
 alike enveloped in carnage, indiscriminate and 
 general. The united Union armies took the of 
 fensive early the next day and steadily drove 
 the Rebels. Their retreat soon became precip 
 
 itated, and the whole Rebel army fled to Cor 
 inth. The Union army pursued the retreating 
 foe and invested the remaining Rebel army at 
 Corinth, Miss. At this time Gen. Halleck ar 
 rived and took command of all the National 
 forces by virtue of seniority in commission. 
 The siege was pressed until the Rebels evacu 
 ated on the 28th of May. Gen. Johnston, the 
 Rebel commander, had been killed; Generals 
 Breckenridge, Bowen, Cheatham and Hardee, 
 wounded at Pittsburg Landing. In the mean 
 time Gen. Halleck was called to Washington 
 City to act as Commander-in-Chief and Gen. 
 Grant again assumed command of the army of 
 the Southwest. Gen. Grant then inaugurated a 
 movement against Vicksburg, in the very heart 
 of the enemy s country. It was evident that a 
 struggle must be made of no ordinary sort to 
 hold or capture a position of such vital impor 
 tance. Grant s first plan was for Gen. Sherman, 
 in command of a strong force acting in con 
 junction with the gun-boats, to descend the Mis 
 sissippi River from Memphis, while Grant him 
 self, with the main body of his army, should 
 march by land and water, both in front and rear. 
 After Gen. Sherman had started, and just on 
 the eve of Gen. Grant s co-operative march, an 
 unfaithful subordinate officer needlessly sur 
 rendered a large stock of commissary stores 
 collected at Holly Springs, Miss., on which 
 Grant s army depended for supplies. This un- 
 forseen disaster defeated his plans, and com 
 pelled him to resort to new strategy. He next 
 concentrated his forces at Milliken s Bend, 
 about six miles above Vicksburg. After a 
 fruitless attempt to dig a canal, it occurred to 
 the fruitful mind of Gen. Grant to march around 
 Vicksburg, on the west, cross the river below, 
 and attack Vicksburg in the rear. This move 
 ment began on the 2Qth of March, 1863. Gen. 
 Grant s army met the fleet at Grand Gulf, sev 
 enty miles below Vicksburg. Ascending the 
 Yazoo, Sherman made a vigorous attack at long 
 range on the works at Haine s Bluff, and suc 
 ceeded in convincing the enemy that the long- 
 expected attack was now coming from that di 
 rection. After concentrating the army, Gen. 
 Grant marched through the country to the rear 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 of Vicksburg, fighting the battles of Champion 
 Hills, Raymond, Jackson, and Black-River 
 Ridge. On the iQth, and 22d, the enemy s 
 works were fruitlessly assailed with a heavy 
 Union loss. The siege was prosecuted with 
 great vigor until the 4th of July, when the en 
 tire position, embracing the city of Vicksburg, 
 fell into the hands of the Union army. Pre 
 liminary to the surrender the commanding gen 
 erals met, when the following conversation en 
 sued: Gen. Pemberton to Gen. Grant: "I 
 have met you, sir, to negotiate arrangements 
 for the capitulation of the city of Vicksburg 
 and its garrison. What terms do you demand?" 
 "Unconditional surrender," says Grant. Gen. 
 Pemberton: "Never, while I have a man left. 
 I had rather fight." "Then," says Gen. Grant, 
 "you can continue the defense, as my army has 
 never been in better condition to continue the 
 siege." 
 
 The unconditional surrender was, however, 
 finally accepted, and the National army marched 
 in, amidst loud cheering along the lines of the 
 victors. 
 
 Gen. Grant had now closed another cam 
 paign, lasting sixty-four days, during which he 
 had killed 6,500, and captured 37,000 Rebels, in 
 cluding among the number one Lieutenant- 
 general and eighteen other generals of the 
 Confederate armies ; had captured one entire 
 army under Gen. Pemberton; defeated and dis 
 persed another under Johnston, and opened the 
 navigation of the Mississippi river from Cairo 
 to New Orleans. 
 
 He now, and for the first time, asked and 
 obtained leave of absence, and made a short 
 visit to his home. Returning to duty, he first 
 visited New Orleans where he was thrown from 
 a horse while reviewing the troops, and severely 
 hurt. From this injury he was disabled un 
 til the ensumg fall, when he was ordered to 
 take command of all the troops then in the val 
 ley of the Mississippi. 
 
 Gen. Grant took command of the Army of the 
 Cumberland, with headquarters at Chattanooga, 
 in the fall of 1863. 
 
 The plan of the battle of Mission Ridge was 
 absolutely irresistible, with Hooker on the right, 
 
 Thomas in the center, and Sherman on the left. 
 
 Having matured all his arrangements, Gen. 
 Grant, on the 24th of November, 1863, ordered 
 the assault on the enemy s work to begin. For 
 the purpose of weakening the enemy in the 
 center, Sherman was ordered to make a per- 
 sistant and fierce attack on the left, at the north 
 end of Mission Ridge. Hooker was to assault 
 the works on Lookout Mountain, and at day 
 light the bloody work began. 
 
 The sun rose that morning through over 
 hanging clouds of smoke. All day the Rebel 
 cannon rained a pitiless storm of shot and shell 
 on the Union army from Lookout Mountain and 
 Mission Ridge. Late in the afternoon Hooker s 
 brave boys scaled the heights on the right, and 
 on the morning of the 25th, the first rays of sun 
 light revealed to the troops in Chattanooga the 
 glorious stars and stripes planted on the rugged 
 steeps of Lookout Mountain. 
 
 Before the smoke had cleared away from 
 Lookout Mountain, Sherman s artillery was 
 heard roaring like contending thunder on the 
 north end of Mission Ridge. Stern necessity 
 had compelled the enemy to concentrate against 
 Sherman s terrible assaults on his right. This 
 was the thing in Gen. Grant s plan on which he 
 depended for final success. The long expected 
 signal was heard from the center column, under 
 Gen. Thomas, to move at four o clock in the 
 afternoon. 
 
 Every man was eager to share in the im 
 pending strife, and on moved long lines of 
 blue. Not a gun was fired from our lines as 
 the infantry deliberately walked across an in 
 tervening exposed plain under the enemy s fire. 
 The Rebel rifle-pits were reached, charged and 
 captured. These were at the foot of the ridge. 
 A short distance up the hill stood the enemy s 
 second line of works. These, in turn, were soon 
 assailed, when a short struggle ensued, and the 
 rebels left in defense were led prisoners down 
 the hill and across the plain where the enemy s 
 shells fell thickest. 
 
 The brow of Mission Ridge was already 
 reached, the Rebel works all secured, and the 
 Union forces sheltered by the rugged heights 
 above. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Forts Bragg, Buckner and Breckinridge all 
 fell in rapid succession. The rout of the army 
 was complete. Five thousand prisoners and 
 fifty-two pieces of artillery fell into the hands 
 of the Union army. 
 
 Two months previous we had suffered a ter 
 rible disaster in the immediate vicinity. Chick- 
 amauga was now amply avenged. December 
 1 7th, Congress passed a resolution of thanks, 
 and ordered a splendid gold medal to be pre 
 sented to Gen. Grant as a token of the Nation s 
 gratitude for his long sevice and brilliant vic 
 tories. 
 
 March 2, 1864, Gen. Grant was made Lieut 
 enant-General and Commander-in-Chief of the 
 United States troops. On assuming the re 
 sponsibilities of supreme command, Gen. Grant 
 at once addressed himself to the practical du 
 ties of the position. His earliest conceptions 
 were the capture of Atlanta, Ga., and of Rich 
 mond, Va. To capture Atlanta he ordered 
 Gen. Sherman to advance from Chattanooga in 
 command of nearly a hundred thousand men, 
 amply furnished for an offensive campaign. At 
 the same time he took command of the armies 
 of the East in person and led them against 
 Richmond. On the morning of the 5th of May, 
 1864, three army corps of the great Army of the 
 Potomac broke camp, and started on what 
 proved to be one of the most protracted, ex 
 citing and successful campaigns known in the 
 history of war. Crossing the Rapidan the force 
 moved south with the view of striking Rich 
 mond on the north, while Gen. Burnside, with 
 forty thousand men, was to hover on the left 
 and threaten it on the east. Gen. Butler, in 
 command of the Army of the James, was or 
 dered to demonstrate on the south, and the 
 Rebel capital was to be invested on three sides. 
 A few hours march from the Union camps 
 and the enemy s lines were struck, in a dense 
 wilderness of small trees, bushes and under 
 growth of various kinds. A severe battle was 
 at once begun, in which the enemy had many 
 advantages. 
 
 After driving in the enemy s pickets, and 
 while pressing their way through the difficult 
 fastness, the Union troops were suddenly at 
 
 tacked by Longstreet s corps of Rebels, with all 
 the ferocity of demons mad, and the action 
 became general, bloody and doubtful in its 
 issue. 
 
 Next morning the battle was renewed with 
 great obstinacy, and again continued all day 
 with great loss on both sides. During the sec 
 ond day s fight Gen. Grant changed his posi 
 tion, and on the morning of the third day, ad 
 vancing, he found the enemy had fallen back 
 and left him in undisputed possession of the 
 field. Re-enforced by Burnside s corps, the 
 Union army pursued and overtook the enemy 
 at Spottsylvania Court-house, where another 
 severe engagement was fought. 
 
 Having now formed a junction with Gen. 
 Butler s army, a succession of unsuccessful at 
 tacks were next made on the fortifications in 
 front of Petersburg. A severe action was 
 fought at Hatcher s Run, October 29. By 
 spring Richmond and Petersburg were closely 
 invested. 
 
 March 29, 1865, Gen. Grant put the army of 
 the Potomac in motion for the last campaign of 
 the war. Gen. Sheridan, in command of the 
 cavalry and one corps of infantry, was ordered 
 to travel west from Petersburg and threaten 
 Burkville. These movements led to a series of 
 great battles between the contending armies, 
 in which Gen. Lee was finally defeated and 
 Richmond captured. 
 
 As soon as Gen. Sheridan had destroyed 
 the Rebel communications, he attacked the 
 right wing of the army. The Army of the James 
 moved simultaneously on the Rebel left, while 
 the Army of the Potomac proper attacked the 
 works in front of Petersburg. Two entire days 
 the fighting was incessant. Never did troops 
 meet with a more determined will. The Army 
 of the Potomac had really fought throughout 
 its entire history for the capture of Richmond. 
 Truly, the struggle was more deadly than when 
 Greek met Greek. It was American meeting 
 his brother in conflict; involving the life of 
 a nation. Sheridan s impetuous charges suc 
 ceeded in breaking the enemy s right on the 
 second day, and, sweeping through the breech, 
 he captured and brought off upward of four 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 thousand prisoners. About the same time, the 
 Rebels works in front of Petersburg fell into 
 the hands of the assaulting Union columns. 
 The cry of victory was heralded from all parts 
 of the Union army. By the 1st of April, the 
 enemy evacuated Petersburg, with all its vast 
 defensive works, and fled in the direction of 
 Richmond. Richmond was at last uncovered, 
 and in the afternoon of Sunday, April 1 2th, while 
 enjoying the pious ordinances of a Rebel church, 
 the President of the Confederacy was handed 
 the unwelcome dispatch from Gen. Lee, that 
 the Capital was lost, and must be speedily 
 evacuated. The defeated Rebel army took up 
 its melancholy retreat, which was soon to end 
 in its final ruin. The pursuit was vigorously 
 pressed. Sheridan pushed directly west with 
 a heavy force, and seized the railroad junction 
 at Burksville before the retreating army could 
 reach it. This position commanded the route 
 to Lynchburg, and completely cut off the last 
 chance for Lee s army to escape. By the time 
 the Rebel commander reached this point, he 
 found his already demoralized army attacked 
 in front, in flank, and in rear. The fighting 
 had not ceased since the 2Qth of March. Hu 
 man energy could do no more, and on the gth 
 of April, 1865, Gen. Lee surrendered his entire 
 army. In affixing his signature to this surren 
 der, the Rebel commander signed the death 
 warrant of the Confederacy. 
 
 Only one more army remained in the field. 
 This was commanded by Joe Johnston in North 
 Carolina, and was immediately in front of Gen. 
 Sherman. Completely surrounded, Gen. John 
 ston called a council of war, and surrendered 
 his whole army to Gen. Sherman on the 26th of 
 April, 1865. After witnessing and approving 
 this surrender of Johnston s army, Gen. Grant 
 returned to Washington. On the 23d and 24th 
 of May, the vast armies of the Potomac, of the 
 Shenandoah, of the James, of the Tennessee, and 
 of Georgia, were reviewed by the President, 
 Lieut. -Gen. Grant, and heads of department at 
 Washington City. 
 
 The nation on that day tendered to Gen. 
 Grant and his noble and gallant armies a 
 demonstration of its homage of which a con 
 
 quering Caesar might be prcud. Gen. Grant 
 had now over a million soldiers under his com 
 mand. 
 
 We have now rapidly traced Gen. Grant 
 through one of. the most eventful military his 
 tories recorded in the annals of the world. 
 Starting out as a citizen from an humble posi 
 tion in life, his success as a war-chief absolutely 
 borders on the romantic. 
 
 Grant remained at the head of the army 
 during the Presidency of Johnson, and the Re 
 publican party in casting a vote for a candi 
 date became favorably disposed toward Lieut. - 
 Gen. Grant as their next President. In May, 
 1868, the Republican National Convention met 
 and Grant received the nomination as Presi 
 dent, and at the election in the following No 
 vember he received a popular vote of over 
 three million. In the electoral college the vote 
 stood 214 to 80. 
 
 Upon his inauguration he devoted himself 
 largely to reducing the public debt created by 
 the war and succeeded in his eight years term 
 of office of cutting it down from $2,588,452,213 
 to $2,180,395,067. 
 
 In the treatment of the Indians, President 
 Grant s administration showed a marked depart 
 ure from the methods which had long prevailed. 
 The most important event in the foreign rela 
 tions of the government was the negotiation, in 
 1870, by which the claims of the United States 
 against Great Britain for breach of neutrality 
 during the Civil War were to be submitted to 
 an international Board of Arbitration. It com 
 prised representatives from England, United 
 States, Italy, Switzerland, and Brazil, and met at 
 Geneva in December 1871, and in the following 
 year awarded the United States damages to the 
 extent of $15,500,000. Gen. Grant was elected 
 for a second term over his opponent, Horace 
 Greeley, by an even larger majority than he had 
 received, as a result of the first election. 
 
 President Grant was an active promoter of 
 the great Centennial Exhibition held at Phila 
 delphia, in 1876, which was designed to show 
 what this nation had achieved in the hundred 
 years of its existence. 
 
 Grant s administration was one of the most 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ii 
 
 important in the country. The wounds of the 
 Civil War had not yet been healed. The finance 
 of the country had been in an unhealthy con 
 dition. Political power was gravitating into 
 the hands of men who had forfeited it for years 
 by acts of madness without losing their hold 
 on their followers. To guide the ship of State 
 amid such tempestuous political seas required a 
 shrewd President, endowed with a master mind. 
 After sixteen years of unremitting toil in the 
 military and civil service of his country he 
 concluded to go abroad, accompanied by his 
 family and friends, and visit the stirring cen 
 ters of other countries. On this tour he started 
 from Philadelphia May 17, 1887, visited Eng 
 land where he received the honors of a 
 sovereign, thus establishing a precedent which 
 the rulers of other countries gladly followed. 
 After a visit through England and Scotland he 
 traveled over the continent of Europe then 
 into Egypt, and on to the Holy Land. Subse 
 quently he went to India, China, Japan, then 
 crossing the Pacific Ocean reached San Fran 
 cisco September 20, 1879, where he received 
 an ovation which was repeated in several of the 
 large centers as he passed through them. 
 
 At the convention of 1880 many of his warm 
 friends pressed his nomination for a third term 
 as President. In this, however, they were un 
 successful. After abandoning political life the 
 General removed to New York, where his 
 friends raised for him $250,000. He then be 
 came a member of the famous firm of Grant 
 and Ward, which was entirely managed by the 
 Ward partner who embarked in reckless specu 
 lation, employing at the same time villainous 
 means of deceiving his partners, and before 
 Gen. Grant was aware of disaster his gift from 
 kind friends was, on the failure of Grant & Ward, 
 swept from his grasp. In June 1884, a cancer 
 ous growth appeared in the roof of his mouth, 
 which received no attention until the following 
 October. Medical examination soon demon 
 strated that the disease was malignant and 
 must terminate fatally. During the XLVIII. 
 Congress an effort was made which proved suc 
 cessful in restoring him to the United States 
 army with the rank of general, on the retired 
 
 list. In the spring of 1885 ne was removed to 
 the cottage of J. W. Drexel, at Mount McGregor, 
 N. Y. There his remaining days were 
 passed surrounded by his family and many 
 intimate friends. Although he was watched 
 over by most skilful physicians, his disease had 
 passed beyond human control. He died on 
 July 23, 1885. His body was taken to New 
 York City, and on August 8, 1885, attended 
 by memorable military and civil procession, 
 was conducted to its last resting place in River 
 side Park, which. the family had selected for 
 interment. Gen. Grant was of medium height, 
 with a firm expressive countenance, well 
 covered with a brown beard. He was constitu 
 tionally strong, and during the war often shared 
 the hardships of the humblest soldier. He was 
 of the seventh generation of Grant s born on 
 American soil, and was a typical representa 
 tive of our American training and institution. 
 His fame will rest largely upon his military 
 successes. Of all the great Generals, Grant 
 may be classified as the peer among them. 
 Both in the West and in the East he led the 
 forces of the Union to glorious victory, and 
 finally crushed the rebellion by his broad and 
 marvelous genius. He exterminated the con 
 flagration which had long threatened the tem 
 ple of liberty, and in obedience to the voice of 
 the people subsequently directed its restoration 
 in grander and more attractive form. His deeds 
 as general, his statesmanship as President, and 
 his example as an American citizen have raised 
 his country to a noble position in the estima 
 tion of the civilized world. 
 
 HON. RALPH PLUMB. 
 
 THERE are few citizens of the State of 
 Illinois more widely known or more ex 
 tensively beloved than the gentleman 
 whose name heads this sketch a citizen, sol 
 dier and philanthropist who is spending his 
 declining years in the quiet enjoyment of a 
 life which has mainly been devoted to the 
 advancement of civilization and to the better 
 ment of his fellow men. In the evening of 
 
12 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 an active career, Col. Plumb, reposing in his 
 beautiful home at Streator, a city which he 
 founded, may take a retrospective view of 
 the past and feel proud that he has been 
 able to accomplish so much, that he has 
 been able to accumulate by the most rigid prin 
 ciples of honor and integrity, a large fortune 
 and yet has been the means of securing to 
 so many people prosperity and happiness. He 
 was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., March, 
 29, 1816, and is the son of Theron and Harriet 
 (Merry) Plumb. Theron was born in Berk 
 shire county, Mass., in 1782, and was the son of 
 Ebenezer Plumb. The family are the descend 
 ants of the Plumbs who took an active part in 
 the Revolution. Harriet Merry was the daugh 
 ter of Samuel Merry, who was a native of Con 
 necticut, and a man of prominence in his day, 
 living most of the time in Herkimer Co., 
 where he was a judge of one of the courts, and 
 where Harriet was born. The father of the 
 subject of this memoir was chiefly engaged in 
 farming. He removed from New York to 
 Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1820, later, to Wash 
 ington Co., lowr., where he died in 1863. He 
 had by his wife, Harriet, ten children of whom 
 Col. Plumb was the fifth. Young Ralph was 
 raised at home attending the common schools 
 until he was fourteen years of age, when he 
 entered a general store at Hartford, Ohio, as 
 clerk. He seemed to have been well adapted 
 to that business, and a valuable clerk, and very 
 much to his employer s liking, for in a few 
 years he was taken in as a partner. He re 
 mained in the mercantile business in all 25 
 years, resigning this business to take a seat 
 in the Legislature where he served with distinc 
 tion three sessions, representing Trumbull 
 Co. His election was as a Free Soiler, in 
 1855, the two remaining sessions in 1856-7 (the 
 Republican party having in the meantime been 
 born) as a Republican. During his service in 
 the Legislature he applied himself to the study 
 of law and was admitted to the bar at Oberlin, 
 Ohio, where he commenced his practice, and 
 where he was at the time he offered his ser 
 vices in the defense of his country. He was ap 
 pointed by President Lincoln, Oct. 31, 1861, 
 
 A. Q. M., of Volunteers, with the rank of Cap 
 tain. He served on the staff of General Gar- 
 field, commanding l8th Brigade, Army of 
 the Ohio, from December i86i,to April, 1862. 
 During this period the brigade participated in 
 the campaign of Eastern Kentucky and opera 
 ted in the Big Sandy Valley; was at the cap 
 ture of Paintsville, Ky., January 7th; operated 
 on Middle Creek with an action at Prestonburg, 
 January loth; was at Sounding Gap, Tenn., in 
 March; the capture of Humphrey Marshall s 
 Camp; later at Shiloh, April 6 and 7th; and the 
 attack on Beauregard, April 8th. Col. Plumb 
 was then placed in the 20th Brigade, 6th 
 Division, Army of the Ohio, Garfield and Harker 
 commanding, from April, 1862 to June, 1863, 
 which embraced the military operations as fol 
 lows: Siege of Corinth from April 30 to May 30, 
 1862; protecting the Memphis & Charleston 
 railroad, from June till August, with head 
 quarters at Huntsville, Ala; movement through 
 Northern Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky 
 in pursuit of Bragg s army, from August to 
 September. He was then in General Rose- 
 crans Tennessee campaign from October to 
 February, 1863, during which he participated 
 in the battle of Stone River. In June, 1863, 
 Colonel Plumb was assigned to duty as Post 
 Quartermaster at Camp Denison, Ohio., from 
 which place he was mustered out of service 
 Nov. 11, 1865, having been promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant Colonel for meritorious 
 conduct. Hundreds of thousands of dollars 
 worth of property had passed through his 
 hands and every dollar of it was accounted for 
 and his accounts were promptly audited. Dur 
 ing President Buchanan s administration, he 
 was, with others, arrested for the violation of 
 the fugitive slave law, was imprisoned in the 
 jail at Cleveland for eighty-four days when his 
 prosecution was nolle pressed. After the war 
 a syndicate was formed of which Col. Plumb 
 was a member, with Hon. W. S. Streator at 
 the head, for investment in coal property. Mr. 
 Plumb was made secretary, treasurer and gene- 
 al manager, and in January, 1866, going to 
 Illinois, as a state for investment, purchased 
 several thousand acres of coal lands where 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Streator now stands. At the time of purchase, 
 there were merely cross roads, with a black 
 smith shop, and here and there a miner s shanty 
 scattered through the timber. That section of 
 the country had no railroads, in fact there were 
 no ways rising to the dignity of an ordinary 
 highway. The place was very properly called 
 "Hard Scrabble." The work of developing the 
 property and building up a town, began under 
 the direction of Col. Plumb, by opening up the 
 coal mines, which have since become among 
 the most important in the State. The follow 
 ing year he laid out the town site, and com 
 menced the sale of lots. The policy he adop 
 ted was discouraging to the speculators, but 
 correspondingly advantageous to actual settlers. 
 For the accommodation of the miners he first 
 built ten houses, each the exact reproduction of 
 the other. Subsequently looking at this matter 
 from a humanitarian and philosophical stand 
 point, having in view the advancement and 
 betterment of the working men, he concluded 
 that this system would not be the best for them; 
 the houses were too much of a sameness, too 
 monotonous; the tenants would take no interest 
 or pride in their homes, would merely exist in 
 them, so he abandoned that plan and sold the 
 miners lots at low figures, on time, and encour 
 aged the citizens to build their own houses. 
 In this way they took an interest in their homes, 
 and in the town, and became valuable citizens, 
 many of them prosperous and wealthy. For 
 this method and interest in the welfare of the 
 laborers that were then forming the nucleus for 
 the future city of Streator, too much praise 
 cannot be given to Colonel Plumb. Simulta 
 neously with the development of the coal mines, 
 railroads became a necessity and Colonel Plumb, 
 equal to the occasion, gave his energies to them, 
 and organized a system of railroad construc 
 tion, all having the object of developing the 
 rising city, which was also necessitated by the 
 coal mines. The first started was the Ottawa, 
 Oswego & Fox River, and the second the 
 Chicago & Paducah, the third the Chicago, 
 Pekin & Southwestern, now the Santa Fe, and 
 the last the Chicago & Strawn, now the Wa- 
 bash. During this time the town grew rapidly, 
 
 the roads progressed and the development of 
 Streator was not neglected. Its growth was phe 
 nomenal. The census for the last decade shows 
 that its increase of population exceeded in per 
 centage that of any other city in Illinois, not 
 excepting Chicago. It has a population now of 
 16,000. It has three national banks, all strong 
 and doing a good business; it has the largest 
 retail store in the State outside of Chicago, and 
 eighteen churches grace its populous streets. 
 An excellent system of graded schools has 
 been established with a high school, the build 
 ing the gift of Colonel Plumb. It has a fine 
 opera house which was also erected by him. 
 Colonel Plumb has been largely interested in 
 real estate, banking, manufacturing, in all of 
 which he has been eminently successful. He 
 completed his elegant residence, which reposes 
 in the center of a large block, in 1869. Here, 
 having laid aside his business cares, he spends 
 the greater part of his time in quiet comfort, 
 preferring to devote his cultivated mind to such 
 things as will neither overtax his mental nor 
 physical forces. At the age of seventeen 
 years Colonel Plumb became an abolitionist, 
 and from that time until he saw the slaves free, 
 he was unswerving in his devotion to the cause 
 of freedom. He assisted in forming the Liberty 
 party, the Free Soil and the Republican party, 
 and still has a deep interest in the latter s suc 
 cess. In 1884 he was nominated and elected 
 by the Republican party to the XLIX con 
 gress, was also re-elected to the L., but 
 declined the election to a third term in 1888. 
 He was an active and effective member and his 
 Congressional career was marked by his distin 
 guished services to his district and for ability 
 as a legislator. In 1838 Colonel Plumb was 
 united in marriage at Hartford, Ohio, to Mu- 
 rilla E., daughter af Philo and Abigail A. 
 Borden. By this marriage they had three 
 children: Geraldine, now deceased, who was 
 married to Fawcett Plumb; Eliza and Fran- 
 cenia, both of whom grew to womanhood and 
 died. He has adopted several children whom 
 he has educated and grown to manhood and 
 womanhood, and who are now well settled in 
 the world and are honorable members of 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 society, and are to him and his wife a great 
 source of satisfaction. He is very much at 
 tached to his wife who he feels has been for 
 over fifty-three years, in every sense a true help 
 mate to him. 
 
 Col. Plumb was chosen mayor of Streator 
 in 1881, without a dissenting vote. The only 
 society he belongs to is the Streator G. A. R. 
 Post No. 68, and in this he has a special pride. 
 No man did more to advance the prosperity of 
 this section of the country than Col. Plumb, 
 and none are more highly esteemed, in fact he 
 is regarded with veneration. For while he has 
 prospered, he has assisted others to prosperity; 
 while he has accumulated a fortune it has not 
 been at the expense of the poor. No man has 
 been more unselfish, and no man has had the 
 happiness and welfare of those around him 
 more at heart. By his philanthropy and benevo 
 lence, by his charitable deeds, by his unsel 
 fish devotion to the welfare of others, he has 
 erected a monument within the hearts of those 
 with whom he has so long dwelt, that will out 
 live those of marble. 
 
 COL. WILLIAM L. DISTIN, late Commander 
 of the Department of Illinois, Grand 
 Army of the Republic, was born at 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, February, 9, 1843. His parents 
 were WilliamL. and Anna Semenetta (Leh- 
 manowsky) Distin. His father was a native 
 of Plymouth, England, and his mother of 
 Philadelphia. The father of Anna Lehma- 
 nowsky and the maternal grandfather of 
 Col. Distin, the subject of this sketch, was 
 John Jacob Lehmanowsky, Colonel of the 
 ninth Polish Lancers in the army of Napoleon 
 Bonaparte, whose fortunes he followed for 
 twenty-three years. This distinguished officer 
 and cultivated gentleman, after the exile of 
 Bonaparte to St. Helena, came to the United 
 States, eventually making his home in Indiana, 
 where he died full of years and full of honors. 
 He possessed a graceful and distingue manner; 
 remarkable intelligence, and preserved with 
 scrupulous fidelity the characteristics of his 
 
 race throughout a long and eventful life. The 
 father of Col. Distin was descended from an 
 old and honorable English family, and came 
 with his parents to Canada when but a child. 
 They subsequently removed to Cincinnati 
 where the father for many years conducted an 
 extensive business as a contractor and a house, 
 sign, and steamboat painter. Was interested 
 in a line of steamboats, operating between 
 Cinncinnati and New Orleans. He is still living 
 in Illinois. There were six children born to 
 him: Mary, Amelia, William L. (the subject of 
 this sketch), John, Maria, and Florence, of 
 whom all but Maria, Amelia, and Florence are 
 living. Upon the death of his mother, the 
 family separated, and William L. went with his 
 father to Keokuk, Iowa, where he was put to 
 school, in the intervals assisting his father in 
 his business labors. He was here when the 
 War of the Rebellion claimed his services, and 
 was among the first to enlist, but was twice re 
 jected, namely in 1861 and 1862 by reason of a 
 temporary physical ailment. Finally before 
 being accepted he was submitted to a surgical 
 operation, performed by Surgeon General 
 Hughes of Iowa, which being successful, he en 
 listed February 3, 1863, in Company C, seven 
 teenth Iowa Infantry, and was mustered in. He 
 was detailed for duty in the Provost Marshal s 
 department at Burlington, la., for some time, 
 after which he rejoined his regiment at Hunts- 
 ville, Ala., and with it participated in all the en 
 gagements that occurred during the campaign. 
 The command to which the regiment was 
 assigned was the Second Brigade, Third Divi 
 sion, and the Fifteenth Army Corps (Forty 
 rounds and always ready). Gen. John A. Logan, 
 commanding. They remained at Huntsville 
 until the beginning of the Atlanta campaign in 
 the following spring. He was, while here, de 
 tailed on the staff of Gen. Raum. The command 
 was engaged in several engagements and skir 
 mishes, and a portion of the Seventeenth Iowa 
 was in action at Resaca, afterward at Tilton, Ga., 
 where the regiment repulsed an attack of the 
 Rebels under Wilson. In the subsequent fierce 
 onslaught of Hood at Tilton, Ga., October 13, 
 1864, nearly the whole regiment including Col. 
 
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 Distin was captured and taken to Jacksonville, 
 Ga., thence to Cahaba, Montgomery, Savannah, 
 Blackshire and finally to Andersonville, which 
 was reached toward the latter part of October. 
 Col. Distin succeeding in escaping with one of 
 his comrades, was, after several days, while going 
 down the St. John s river, and when within 
 about twelve miles of Jacksonville, Fla., re 
 captured and taken back to Andersonville 
 prison. He was kept in close confinement here 
 until the last of March, when assuming the 
 name of a dead man, he bribed a guard and 
 was permitted to escape. He was subsequently 
 apprehended and again returned to prison, 
 at Meridian, Miss., and thence removed to Jack 
 son, Miss., and the Big Black near Vicksburg 
 to be exchanged. While here they received 
 the news of the assassination of the lamented 
 Lincoln. From long confinement in prisons, 
 the scanty fare doled out to them, and the 
 various tortures and hardships thus involved, 
 Col. Distin and his companions in captivity 
 were when released, so feeble as to necessitate 
 their being carried across the pontoon bridges 
 on stretchers. They were taken to Vicksburg 
 and there afforded the accommodations of a 
 hospital and the most careful consideration and 
 kind treatment. They returned home by way 
 of St. Louis on the steamer " Henry Ames," 
 reaching there safely. The ill-fated "Sultana" 
 on which it had been intended originally to 
 transport them, being on her next trip blown 
 up by an explosion, having at the time some 
 2,100 Union soldiers on board, a large number 
 of whom lost their lives. These gallant men 
 who had nobly borne the varied hardships 
 of some of the most arduous campaigns of the 
 war, were mustered out by special order of the 
 War Department at Davenport, Iowa, June 28, 
 1865. As a member of the Lincoln Rangers of 
 Keokuk in 1861, before his regular enlistment, 
 Col. Distin served under Gen. Belknap and with 
 his command participated in the engagement 
 at Athens, Mo. Col. Distin having returned to 
 Keokuk, became associated with the Des Moines 
 Valley R. R. and subsequently with the U. S. 
 Express Company as messenger, and con 
 tinuing as messenger and route agent until his 
 
 entry into business in 1872, at Quincy, 111., as a 
 wholesale shipper of eggs and butter. In this 
 relation he has achieved a marked success, 
 having established an extensive trade under 
 highly prosperous conditions, which he still 
 maintains. He is a prominent member of the 
 John Wood Post No. 96, G. A. R., of Quincy, 
 and has been its Commander; is the present 
 Commander of the Military Tract of the Sol 
 diers and Sailors Reunion Association, and 
 was its Senior Vice Commander in 1887, and m 
 1889 was elected delegate at large. In 1890, 
 Col. Distin was unanimously elected Depart 
 ment Commander of the G. A. R. of Illinois, 
 the occasion being in the nature of an appre 
 ciative testimonial of the noble and self 
 sacrificing character of Col. Distin, than whom, 
 in the State of Illinois, there is no man more 
 beloved or more generally respected where- 
 ever he is known. The mantle thus fell upon 
 worthy shoulders and was worn to the honor 
 and glory of the Grand Army of the Republic 
 a heritage to coming generations when the 
 last of its survivors shall have answered the roll- 
 call in the ranks of the dead. Col. Distin has 
 shown in his career as a soldier, citizen and 
 merchant, the qualities and characteristics 
 which stamp him as a man of stern and in 
 flexible devotion to the right and rejection of 
 the wrong. His great popularity has been won 
 through his splendid heroism and his un 
 daunted advocacy of benevolent principles. 
 In the Illinois National Guard service, he has 
 filled the following positions, viz: Private, Ser 
 geant, Commissary of Quincy National Guards, 
 Sergeant Major, First Lieutenant, and Quarter 
 Master Eighth Regiment .Infantry, I. N. G.; 
 Acting Adjutant Eighth I. N. G. at East St. 
 Louis during the riot troubles of 1877 and for 
 meritorious services was promoted Aid-de-Camp 
 upon the staff of the Commander in Chief by 
 Gov. Hamilton, August i, 1884, and was again 
 re-appointed by Gov. Oglesby, on May I, 
 1885. Col. Distin was again re-appointed by 
 Gov. Fifer June 26, 1889, and still fills thathon- 
 orable position. He is a prominent Mason, a 
 Knight Templar and a member of the order of 
 the Mystic Shrine, and Past Chancellor of the 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Knights of Pythias. He has been vice presi 
 dent and director of the Illinois Masonic and 
 Pythian Benevolent Society for many years. 
 The Colonel is a prominent Republican having 
 always taken an active interest in all public 
 affairs. He was married at Keokuk, Novem 
 ber 22, 1865, to Miss Laura E., daughter of 
 William B. and Anna Smith, and they have had 
 two children Eva Anna and William L., Jr., the 
 latter an assistant in his fathers extensive busi 
 ness. Col. Distin was for eleven years a mem 
 ber of the Republican Executive Committe of 
 Adams County, being Chairman for several 
 years. He is yet in the zenith of his manhood 
 and will doubtless attain greater and more en 
 during honors than have yet fallen to him, 
 although he can take no higher place in the 
 estimation of his fellowmen than in the contin 
 uation of the service he has bestowed upon 
 them through his philanthropic and noble 
 ambitions. 
 
 DAVID LESTER, of Lacon, Illinois, whose 
 history is here recorded, responded to 
 the call for soldiers to defend his 
 country s flag, and enlisted as a private, August 
 5, 1862, in Co. F., !O5thOhio Vol. Inf., at Cleve 
 land. These soldiers were forwarded to Cov- 
 ngton, Ky., where they were uniformed and 
 armed, and then ordered to Lexington, Ky. 
 Mr. Lester with his comrades was in the bat 
 tles at Perryville, Chickamauga, Missionary 
 Ridge, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta, 
 also followed Gen. Sherman in that far-famed 
 march from Atlanta to the sea. In all this 
 varied service, so long continued, Mr. Lester 
 fortunately received no very severe or danger 
 ous wounds, although he had many close calls 
 and narrow escapes, and is a life-long sufferer 
 from disabilities consequent upon his military 
 service. At one time while in the Kenesaw 
 Mt. fight he was lying on the ground, 
 when a rebel shot passed under him, tore up 
 the ground, shattered his haversack into frag 
 ments, tore his clothes into rags, injured his right 
 arm and hand, also slightly wounded his left 
 
 elbow. At another time he was standing with his 
 blanket rolled up in front of his body, when a 
 bullet struck the roll squarely in the center, but 
 was unable to penetrate the thick mass which 
 the blanket made. But for this simple, yet 
 important incident, it is almost certain that the 
 life of one more brave soldier would have been 
 sacrificed upon the altar of his country; 
 another place made vacant in the home circle, 
 and a marked change made in the subsequent 
 history of a family and neighborhood. 
 
 The iO5th Ohio Regiment bravely endured 
 much hard service, and many long forced 
 marches, notable among the latter was one in 
 the attempt to reach Snake river in time to 
 participate in battle there, and again on the 
 march from Lexington to Louisville. Some 
 idea of the marching done by this regiment 
 may be gained when it is stated by Mr. Lester, 
 that during his three years service he did not 
 have one mile of transportation from the time 
 he first went to the front, until he reached Wash 
 ington on his return to be mustered out. The 
 regiment received its muster-out papers at 
 Washington, June 14, 1865, after participating in 
 the Grand Review, and was discharged at Cleve 
 land, Ohio, Mr. Lester having the rank of cor 
 poral. 
 
 David Lester was born in Onondago Coun 
 ty, N. Y., August 5, 1832, and in early life 
 learned the painters trade. At the age of 
 seventeen years he left his native State for 
 Ohio, where he spent a number of years, and 
 afterward moved to Lacon, 111., where he 
 continued the business of painting, until, in 
 hopes of bettering his condition, he went to 
 Somerville, Tenn. In 1860, he went from 
 Tennessee to Ohio, and from there entered 
 the army, as before stated. After the war he 
 again located in Lacon, 111., and resumed 
 his business and continued in it for twenty 
 years. Then he went on a farm for five years, 
 and subsequently, in 1890, engaged in the live- 
 ery business with his sons, Charles F. and 
 Myron, at Lacon. Mr. Lester has been fre 
 quently placed in positions of trust by the favor 
 of his many friends. He was tax collector 
 for a number of years, and one of the city 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 alderman for four years. He is prominent in 
 G. A. R. circles, and a member of Lacon Post, 
 in which he has held a number of offices. All 
 these responsible positions tend to show the 
 esteem in which Mr. Lester is held by his fel 
 low citizens and many friends. 
 
 He was married December 31, i86i,to Har 
 riet E. Clark, at Willougby, Ohio, who was a 
 native of that place. His wife and the two 
 sons already mentioned constitute the family 
 of Mr. Lester. He is a life-long Republican, 
 active in all that concerns the good of his 
 party and country, but not ambitious for office. 
 As a man, a citizen and soldier, he has ever 
 been ready to act up to the measure of his con 
 victions, and bear his part of the responsibili 
 ties that devolve upon every intelligent and 
 conscientious individual. 
 
 JACKSON EBNER, of Tonica, 111., was born 
 in Pa., Nov. 10, 1836, where he attended 
 school until he was old enough to learn 
 a trade. He selected the carpenters trade 
 and continued in that line until he came West, 
 in the early part of 1861. June 17, 1861, he 
 enlisted in Co. C. 44th Illinois Volunteer In 
 fantry, as second Sergeant, and on the I4th, 
 left for St. Louis, Mo., arriving there on 
 the following day. His regiment was sup 
 plied with arms from the St. Louis Arsenal 
 and then marched to Sedalia, Mo., where it 
 was assigned to Gen. Sigel s Brigade. They 
 remained in camp, drilling, scouting and forag 
 ing, until Oct. 1 3th, when the army marched 
 toward Springfield, Mo., arriving there the 27th, 
 a few hours too late to engage in the bloody 
 charge led by Major Zagonia on the Rebel 
 Cavalry stationed there, who succeeded in 
 driving them from the town. They went into 
 winter quarters at Rolla, Mo., the regiment 
 suffering severely from sickness, many of the 
 men being mustered into that ever increasing 
 army, while many others were discharged for 
 disability. On the 2d of Feb., 1862, Gen. 
 Curtis assumed command and the forces 
 took up the line of march toward Springfield, 
 
 where Gen. Price beat a retreat, as the 
 Union Army approached. Leaving that city 
 under Government control, they began the chase 
 after Price, Mr. Ebner s regiment being in the 
 advance until it reached Camp Porter, Arkan 
 sas. There they abandoned the chase, after six 
 days continuous march in inclement weather, 
 and with several inches of snow on the ground. 
 
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 The army remained here until the 5th of 
 March, when it moved toward Sugar Creek 
 Valley, and on the afternoon of the same day, 
 its rear guard was attacked and forced back by 
 the enemy. Thus began the terrible battle of 
 Pea Ridge which resulted so disastrously for 
 the rebels, and in which Mr. Ebner, with his 
 regiment played a prominent part. His regi 
 ment was then selected to pursue the retreat 
 ing enemy, which it did, capturing a stand of 
 colors, several pieces of artillery and several 
 hundred prisoners. They were then ordered 
 to take up the line of march to Forsythe, 
 thence to Batesville on the White river. 
 May 8th, they crossed the river en route for 
 Little Rock, but were ordered back to Bates 
 ville in order to assist in the siege of Corinth. 
 
 They arrived at Hamburg Landing May 6th, 
 and immediately marched to within supporting 
 distance of the main army, reaching this point 
 two days before the evacuation of Corinth. 
 They were again sent in pursuit of the fleeing 
 Rebels and followed them as far as Boonville, 
 Miss. Returned then to Rienzi and camped 
 there until August 26th, assisting in the build 
 ing of fortifications and strengthening the Union 
 works during their stay. They then proceeded 
 to Cincinnati, thence to Covington, remaining 
 there until the seventeenth, and then moved 
 on to Louisville, where the command was 
 reorganized under Gen. Buell, as the Army of 
 the Cumberland, in its campaign against Bragg 
 through Kentucky. 
 
 Mr. Ebner participated in the battle of 
 Perryville, Oct. 8th, under Gen. Sheridan. 
 Then followed the retreating foe to Crab 
 Orchard, thence to Bowling Green, arriving 
 there Nov. ist. At Perryville he had a 
 narrow escape, a ball taking off the top of his 
 cap and grazing his scalp. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 On Nov. 4th. the line of march was taken 
 up toward Nashville, where the Reg. arrived 
 the 7th, relieving the garrison and re-opening 
 communication with Louisville. In the battle 
 of Stone River his regiment took a prominent 
 part losing more than half its number in killed 
 and wounded, Mr. Ebner being among the 
 wounded. He was almost shot to pieces; being 
 pierced through the lung, with one arm so badly 
 wounded that it was useless. In this condition 
 he was taken prisoner, but was released on 
 account of his crippled condition. He was sent 
 to the hospital at Nashville, then to Louisville, 
 and finally to Quincy, 111., where he was dis 
 charged April 5th. 1863. He then went to Put 
 nam Co., 111., and resided there and in Mar 
 shall Co., until 1869, when he moved to La- 
 Salle Co., locating on a farm near Tonica 
 where he still resides, engaged in stock raising. 
 Mr. Ebner s maternal grandfather was in the 
 Revolutionary War, also several of his sons. 
 
 The subject of this sketch had two brothers, 
 Jacob and Joseph, both of whom were in the 
 War of the Rebellion. His mother died the day 
 of the Perryville engagement. He married 
 Maggie A. McPherson, of La Salle Co., in 
 1865, who departed this life in the autumn of 
 1890, leaving four children, Henry, Luella, 
 Frank and Eva. He is a member of Post No. 
 93, G. A. R. Was a Democrat before the war, 
 but since that time has voted the Republican 
 ticket. 
 
 Mr. Ebner has been a carpenter, soldier, and 
 finally a farmer and stock-raiser. In this 
 capacity he has succeeded admirably, and has 
 provided amply in a financial way for his wants 
 during his declining years. 
 
 JOHN C. WILDBERGER, a member of the G. 
 A. R. Post No. 146, and a resident of 
 Bloomington, 111., hails from that "land 
 of the free and home of the brave," Switzer 
 land, where he was born April 28, 1833, the son 
 of Jacob and Mary ( Flach) Wildberger. John 
 is one of a family of fifteen children, of whom 
 all but one are living. He received a good edu 
 
 cation and commenced life as a locksmith. In 
 1853, he sailed for America resuming his trade 
 at Ne\v Orleans, subsequently spent several 
 months on the Mississippi river, and the follow 
 ing year moved to Bloomington, 111., where he 
 learned the baker s trade and soon established 
 himself in business. In 1858, he went to Meri- 
 docia, 111., where he continued in the bakery 
 business until he w r ent forth to battle for his 
 newly adopted flag. He enlisted at Meridocia 
 in 1861, but was taken sick and discharged. 
 Restored to health, he re-enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, 
 as a private in Co. A., loist 111. Inf., and 
 mustered in at Jacksonville, 111., Sept 2, 1862. 
 While here he served as regimental baker, and 
 on leaving camp he was promoted to corporal. 
 At Union City, Tenn., he was mustered as 
 Orderly Sergeant, and in April, 1865, our gal 
 lant soldier, for meritorious service rendered, 
 was promoted to First Lieutenant. At Holly 
 Springs, Miss, he participated in the capture of 
 800 Rebels. They guarded them on to Vicks- 
 burg, but finding that city in possession of the 
 enemy they moved on and delivered the pris 
 oners at the penitentiary at Alton, 111. Return 
 ing to Memphis, we find him doing patrol duty 
 for three weeks, then was engaged in fighting the 
 Rebel fleet on board the signal boat, Gen. Bragg, 
 and six months later, he moved to Bridgeport, 
 Ala., where the Reg. was transferred from the 
 i6th to the 2Oth A. C. Subsequently we find 
 comrade Wildberger participating in the hard 
 marches and privations of the long and arduous 
 Atlanta campaign, facing the hot fire of the 
 enemy, in the sanguinary battles of Resaca, Dal 
 las, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro. After the 
 victory of Atlanta, and the last named battle the 
 brave loist was the first Reg. to enter Atlanta, 
 where it operated the fire engines, being a post 
 of honor given them by Gen. Sherman. Here 
 they remained about a month, thence onward 
 again participating in the memorable "march to 
 the sea," which meant a continued series of 
 battles and skirmishes, from Atlanta to the sea. 
 After the fall of Savannah the gallant "boys" 
 rested several weeks and then followed the 
 victorious but difficult march through the Caro- 
 linas. Onward, under a heavy, continuous 
 
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 rain, making it almost impossible to advance. 
 Onward, wading through almost bottomless 
 swamps, over rivers, and through heavy timbers. 
 On to Richmond, finally joining the Grand Re 
 view at Washington, where our First Lieutenant 
 was mustered out, but not finally discharged 
 until June 7, 1865, at Springfield, 111. 
 
 Returning to Bloomington, 111., he con 
 tinued in the bakery business for about two 
 months. While in service comrade Wildberger 
 contracted rheumatism and chronic diarrhoea, 
 which made it wholly impossible for him to en 
 gage in any manual labor. For four years after 
 ward he was obliged to use crutches and for 
 this disability receives the sum of $8 per month 
 pension, though his claim was eight years in 
 passing through the various " red tape " depart 
 ments to final allowance. Mr. Wildberger was 
 married July 4, 1860, to Miss Hattie Wersch, 
 who came with her parents from Switzerland, 
 when eleven years old. By this union five 
 children were born, of whom are living, Hed- 
 wick and Lottie. Politically, Mr. Wilberger is 
 a Democrat. Physically, he is very much im 
 paired and his disabilities are unquestionably 
 the result of his long and arduous army service. 
 He is a man of good habits, was a brave soldier, 
 is honest and upright in all his business trans 
 actions, and as a citizen, well thought of. 
 
 HON. JAMES IRVIN NEFF, a distinguished at 
 torney of Freeport, 111., was born in 
 Center Co., Pa., October 5, 1839. He is 
 remotely decended from a Swiss family, his 
 American progenitors settling in Pennsylvania, 
 where his grandfather, John Neff, as well as his 
 mother, Mollie Emmet, were born. His father 
 Josiah Neff, was a farmer, and a man of many 
 sterling characteristics, which constituted him a 
 highly respected citizen, and a useful member 
 of the community in which he lived. 
 
 James I. Neff, the subject of this sketch, 
 was reared upon his father s farm, attending 
 the district school until he was prepared to en 
 ter Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport, Pa., 
 from which he was graduated in 1861. In Jan. 
 
 1862, he located at Tiffin, Ohio, where he 
 became a student of the law in the office of 
 Col. Leander Stem. But the outbreak of the 
 Civil War interrupted the further prosecution of 
 his studies, and he. in obedience to the demand 
 for volunteers, enlisted in the loist Ohio Inf. 
 which his law preceptor, Col. Stem, had assisted 
 to organize. He was made 2d Lieutenant of 
 Company H., receiving his commission before 
 leaving the State. The loist Ohio was assigned 
 to the 1st Brigade, ist Division, 4th Corps 
 of the Army of the Cumberland. Lieutenant 
 Neff for gallant and meritorious conduct was 
 promoted to First Lieutenant, Adjutant, and 
 Captain of Company H. He gallantly led the 
 regiment into action at the battle of Perry- 
 ville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary 
 Ridge and in other minor engagements. 
 
 He participated with his command in the 
 Atlanta campaign. At Kenesaw Mountain the 
 regiment lost heavily in an attempt to capture 
 the enemy s position by a precipitate move 
 ment. He was engaged in the battles of Peach 
 Tree Creek, Atlanta and Jonesboro. At the 
 surrender of Atlanta, Captain Neff united with 
 the command of General Thomas in the pur 
 suit of Hood toward Nashville, and bore a gal 
 lant part in the stubbornly fought battle of 
 Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864, and of Nashville Dec. 
 i6th and i/th, resulting in the utter defeat 
 and thorough discomfiture of Hood s army. 
 Captain Neff was mustered out at Cleveland, 
 with his regiment in June, 1865. Colonel Stem, 
 his original preceptor, was among the killed 
 during the war. Mr. Neff resumed his legal 
 studies in the office of Lee & Brewer, at Tiffin, 
 being admitted to the bar at Columbus, Ohio, 
 in January 1867. 
 
 In the ensuing June, he removed to Free- 
 port, 111,, and there began the practice of his 
 profession, associating himself in a partnership 
 with Mr. Thomas -J. Turner, which was contin 
 ued for two years, after which the firm of 
 Bailey & Neff was established, which existed 
 for ten years. In the fall of 1878, Mr. Neff be 
 came a member of the firm of Neff & Stearns, 
 which is still maintained, and which, as a firm, 
 has during the past nine years conducted numer- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ous important cases in the courts of Stephen- 
 son Co. 
 
 Both the members of the firm are well 
 versed in the law, and in the various proced 
 ures of its practice, and are possessors of the 
 requisite abilities to insure a continuance of the 
 successes which have attended their partner 
 ship. Mr. Neff has for fifteen years been the 
 attorney of the Illinois Central R. R. Co., and 
 for several years has acted in the same capacity 
 for the Chicago, Madison & Northern R. R. 
 Co. He has steadily won his way to the front 
 rank of his profession, and the continual de 
 mand for his services is a fitting tribute to his 
 zeal and proficiency in legal knowledge. 
 
 Mr. Neff was a member of the Illinois Leg 
 islature in 1879-80, and rendered valuable ser 
 vices to the State and constituency. He took 
 a prominent part in the election of Gen. 
 Logan to the United States Senate. In 1884, 
 Mr. Neff was elected a member of the State 
 Board of Equalization, and is still associated 
 therewith. He is a zealous advocate of the G. 
 A. R. organizations, and has been Commander 
 of the John A. Davis Post, of which he is an 
 active and influential member. He is also 
 prominently identified with the Illinois Com- 
 mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
 Legion of the United States. 
 
 The marriage of James I. Neff and Miss 
 Catherine Rowell was celebrated at the home 
 of the bride at Freeport, 111., July 29, 1879. 
 Mrs. Neff is the only child of W. D. and 
 Amelia Rowell. Of this union there have been 
 two children born, Florence, Aug. 19, 1882, and 
 William R., Nov. 9, 1885. Their pleasant home 
 on Stephenson street is frequented by the re 
 fined and cultivated people of their city. 
 
 Mr. Neff is a useful man to his community, 
 and to the State of his adoption, and exempli 
 fies the value of a judiciously directed ambition 
 and an unflagging energy. To such men may 
 well be awarded the highest gifts, as being the 
 truest and most reliable conservators of cor 
 rect principles and stainless lives. 
 
 BYRON FORD, of Tonica, 111., one of the 
 prominent representative farmers of La 
 Salle Co., was born in Green Co., N. Y., 
 in 1837. His father was a native of New York, 
 and one of the substantial farmers of that 
 State, and raised his son, Byron, to that occu 
 pation. Care was taken that he should not 
 only have a good knowledge of farming, but a 
 strong constitution and a good common school 
 education. Possessed of these three quali 
 fications, they reasoned that their son would 
 be able to make his own way in the world, that 
 he would be successful in his chosen occu 
 pation, an honorable member of society, and a 
 patriotic citizen. The history of their son 
 proves that they reasoned well. In 1859, Mr. 
 Ford started for the great West and finally lo 
 cated in La Salle Co,, 111., near what is now 
 the town of Tonica, where he engaged in farm 
 ing. He enlisted at Tonica, August 9, 1862, 
 and was soon after mustered in at Chicago as 
 a private in Co. A. 88th Illinois Infantry, which 
 was generally known as the "Second Board of 
 Trade Regiment." Sept. 4th, it was im 
 mediately ordered to the front, going into 
 camp at Jeffersonvijle, and then was sent on to 
 Covington, Ky. Sept. I5th, it was brigaded 
 with the 24th Wisconsin, 2nd and I5th Mis 
 souri, forming the First Brigade under Col. 
 Greusel, Granger s Division, Army of the Ohio. 
 September 2ist, the command was ordered to 
 Louisville, where the 88th was placed in the 37th 
 Brigade with the ist Mich., 24th Wis. and 36th 
 111., Greusel in command, iith Division, with 
 Gen. Sheridan commanding. Mr. Ford fol 
 lowed the fortunes of his regiment, was with 
 it in many of its hardest marches and hardest 
 fought battles. Among the first of these were 
 Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and 
 Missionary Ridge. His first baptism of fire was 
 the action of Perryville, where the Union forces 
 met Bragg. In this engagement, the regiment 
 lost quite heavily. After Perryville, the 88th 
 marched to Crab Orchard, thence to Lebanon 
 and Bowling Green, Ky., arriving Oct. 30, 1862. 
 The next move was toward Nashville, passing 
 through Edgefield and then south of Nash 
 ville, on the Nolensville Pike, where the 88th, 
 
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 on Nov. 2Oth, was placed in the 1st Brig., 2nd 
 Div. of the Right Wing, Army of the Cumber 
 land, Gen. Sheridan commanding. Mr. Ford 
 fought with his regiment in the battle of Perry- 
 ville, Oct. 8th, but during the action at Stone 
 River, or Murfreesboro, he was in the hospital. 
 After that action, the army went into camp at 
 Murfreesboro, remaining there until June, 1863. 
 In July the regiment was assigned to the ist Brig., 
 2nd Uiv. 2Oth A. C., and took the advance in 
 pursuit of Bragg, through Tennessee. Its next 
 important engagement was at Chickamauga, 
 September igth and 2Oth, after which it went 
 into camp at Chattanooga. Subsequently it 
 took part in the battle of Missionary Ridge, 
 forming a part of the assaulting column upon 
 the left center of the enemy s position and 
 was among the first to spread its colors 
 to the breeze upon the Ridge. At that time 
 Mr. Ford was out with the forage train, but 
 on returning was in sight of the battle. 
 From Dec. 1863, to Feb. 1864, the regiment 
 was chiefly engaged in scouting in Tenn. 
 and Ky., finally going into camp at Loudon, 
 where it remained until April. During this 
 period Mr. Ford was taken sick, and was sent 
 home (in March) where he remained for 
 about two months, and then returned to Chat 
 tanooga and went into the hospital where he 
 remained until about the ist of Nov. 1864, then 
 joined the Reg. at Columbia, Tenn. After 
 rejoining his Reg. Mr. Ford was in the skir 
 mishes at Columbia, and then again was en 
 gaged at Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville. 
 Hood kept the Union troops moving, and after 
 the battle of Nashville, they made him move 
 much livelier than he cared to, and drove him 
 out of Tenn. Later, the Reg. went into camp 
 at Huntsville, Ala., where it remained until 
 March, when it moved to Butt s Gap, and from 
 there, in May back to Nashville, where it was 
 mustered out, June 9, 1865. It was ordered to 
 Chicago where it arrived June I3th, and was 
 paid off and finally discharged from the United 
 States service, June 22, 1865. At the hands of 
 the hospitable and patriotic people of Chicago, 
 the soldiers were tendered a glorious banquet, 
 which after their long years of marching, fast 
 
 ing, fighting and suffering, they enjoyed to the 
 fullest extent. After the war Mr. Ford re 
 turned home, and once more engaged in agri 
 cultural pursuits, which he has since followed 
 with success. In 1877, he purchased the farm 
 where he now lives. He has a beautiful and 
 well cultivated farm in the suburbs of the 
 town of Tonica, where he enjoys the confidence 
 and esteem of his neighbors, and that quiet 
 peace which comes to those who have acquired 
 a competence through years of honest industry, 
 and who have discharged their duty as citi 
 zens and patriots. Mr. Ford is prominent and 
 active in G. A, R. circles, and was one of the 
 charter members of the G. A. R. Post No. 93 
 of Tonica, and is at present the Commander. 
 He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. Society, 
 and of the Modern Woodmen of America. In 
 politics he is a Democrat. He was married April 
 13, 1870, to Siemma Alvord, daughter of Edward 
 and Charlotte (Allison) Alvord, a native of Illi 
 nois. Two children were born to them Flor- 
 rence C. and William S. Mrs. Ford is a member 
 of the M. E. Church. 
 
 JAMES F. HALEN, enlisted in the Union army 
 for the late rebellion, and was mustered 
 in as a private, in Co. A., ii7th N. Y. 
 Vol. Inf. in Aug., 1862. He continued at Rome 
 for a short period, when he was ordered to 
 Washington, D. C., and afterward took up 
 winter quarters near Georgetown. The follow 
 ing spring with his regiment he was sent to 
 Suffolk, on the Nancemond river, to intercept 
 Longstreet, and participated in several skir 
 mishes and the capture of Fort Hill. From 
 Portsmouth the Reg. was taken on transports 
 to South Carolina and assisted in the assault 
 upon and the capture of Fort Wagner and then 
 proceeded in boats to Gloucester on the the 
 York river. Subsequently he went with the 
 Reg. on transports to West Point as a blind,, and 
 thence to Bermuda Hundred where they threw 
 up breast-works between the James and Appo- 
 matox rivers, and in the meantime fought the 
 battle of Drury s Bluff, afterward those of Cold 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Harbor, Petersburg, Seige of Petersburg, Chap- 
 in s Farm, and Darbytown Road. Then moved to 
 Fort Fisher, where he had another engagement, 
 then joined Sherman s army and marched to 
 Raleigh, N. C., and was present when Johnston 
 surrendered. 
 
 Mr. Halen was born in Newark, N. J., March 
 26, 1843, an d is a son of Thomas and Margaret 
 (Kelly) Halen, natives of Ireland, who im 
 migrated to the United States about the year 
 1830, settling in Newark and subsequently re 
 moved to Utica, N. Y. They were the parents 
 of seven children, three sons and four daughters, 
 as follows: William, who served in the rebellion 
 in the I4th N. Y. Inf. for two years, dying in 
 1887; Ann, wife of Nicholas Eccles, of Auburn, 
 N. Y.; Mary, who died about 1885; Margaret, 
 who died in 1880; Thomas, a resident of New 
 York; Elizabeth, who died in 1872, and our 
 subject. The father, died in Utica, in 1867, 
 whilst the mother is still living in Auburn, at 
 the ripe old age of eighty-two years. Mr. Halen 
 received his education in the public schools, 
 and had the good fortune of receiving a very lib 
 eral share. At the age of 17 he was apprenticed 
 to a machinist, to learn that trade; but the war 
 afforded greater opportunities for excitement, 
 therefore long before his term expired he be 
 came articled to Uncle Sam, to study the soldier 
 trade and passed through the rebellion and was 
 present at its closing scenes, when Gen. John 
 son surrendered. He was discharged at 
 Syracuse, N. Y., June 28, 1865. He immediately 
 returned to the apprenticeship which he had 
 abandoned to become a soldier, and served out 
 the remainder of his term of engagement. 
 
 July 4, 1868, he was united in marriage to 
 Sarah A. Hosley, a daughter of John J., and 
 Mary A. (Ferguson) Hosley, who were the 
 parents of one daughter beside the wife of our 
 subject, viz., Julia J., wife of Lyman Babcock, 
 of Neligh, Antelope Co., Neb. Subsequent to 
 his marriage Mr. Halen removed to Auburn, 
 N. Y., where he remained until 1873, then 
 proceeded West and located near Warren, in 
 Jo Daviess Co., 111., where he engaged in 
 farming operations, but soon matters did not 
 please him, therefore he abandoned farming 
 
 and went to Freeport, where he has since fol 
 lowed his trade, having engaged with the 
 Illinois Central Railroad, with which he has 
 continued to be employed. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Halen are the parents of four 
 living children, viz; Lena J., William J., Maggie 
 M., and Mary A. Our subject is a member of 
 Post 98, G. A. R., of which he has been Vice 
 Commander. Mrs. H. is one of the active 
 members of the Women s Relief Corps, has 
 acted as its secretary and is one of its charter 
 members. Mr. Halen and his family are well 
 known in the city of Freeport, and bear the 
 good will and respect of all to whom their 
 names are- known. 
 
 Shortly summarized he was in the following 
 battles, and his regiment sustained the losses 
 approximately as indicated below: 
 
 Drury Bluff, killed and wounded 81; taking 
 of Petersburg Heights, 24; siege of Petersburg, 
 132; Chapin s farm, 130; Darbytown road, 52; 
 and Fort Fisher 95. 
 
 CHARLES COWLES SMITH (deceased), of 
 Naperville, 111., was born Dec. 17, 1844, 
 at Austinburg, Ohio. He was the son 
 of Augustine A. Smith, who is now President 
 Emeritus, of Northwestern College, Naper 
 ville, 111., who was born in the State of Mass., 
 Nov.23, 1806. His paternal grandfather, Austin, 
 was also born in Mass., and his paternal great 
 grandfather was born near Norwich, in Conn., 
 and was of English ancestry. His mother s 
 maiden name was Eliza Cowles, and was born 
 in Norfolk, Lichfield Co., Conn. His maternal 
 grandfather, Samuel Cowles, as also his ma 
 ternal great grandfather of the same name, 
 was born in Conn. His parents, now ripe in 
 years, and crowned w r ith honor still live at 
 Naperville. Mr. Smith had two brothers- 
 Henry Cowles and Augustine Tilden and one 
 sister Maria Cowles, all of whom are now 
 dead except Henry. His father, A. A. Smith, 
 lived in Massachusetts until he attained his 
 majority, having assisted upon the farm when 
 not attending school. When seventeen years of 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 age, he was licensed as a teacher, which profes 
 sion he followed until he resigned to resume 
 his studies at Lenox Academy, Mass., and 
 subsequently came West settling at Oberlin, 
 Ohio. He also attended an academy in that State, 
 teaching school in the winter seasons. Then 
 he engaged in mercantile pursuits at Austin- 
 burg. In the spring of 1838, after several years 
 of study and preparation, and not at all times un 
 der the most favorable circumstances, he passed 
 the necessary examination of the college near 
 Cincinnati, and had the degree of Master of 
 Arts conferred upon him. In the spring of 
 1838, he received the appointment as teacher 
 in the Grand River Institute at Austinburg, 
 which he held until 1857, when he was offered 
 and accepted the principalship of Greensburg 
 Seminary (Summit County) remaining there 
 for five years, when he was asked to accept the 
 presidency of what was then known as Plain- 
 field College, then in course of organization at 
 Plainfield, 111., by the Evangelical Association. 
 He removed with that institution to Naperville 
 in 1870 when its name was changed to the 
 " Northwestern College." Declining years and 
 an enfeebled constitution suggested his retire 
 ment from a position which required the 
 strength and energy of a younger man; conse 
 quently in 1883, he resigned, but the trustees 
 of that institution rewarded his honorable 
 record as an instructor by retaining him in 
 connection with it as President Emeritus, and 
 now only teaches as his health and inclination 
 permit. 
 
 The subject of this sketch enlisted at 
 Camp Medill, Fairfield Co., Ohio, Nov. 27, 
 1861, and was mustered in as a private in Co. 
 I, 76th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. Feb. 4, 1862, for 
 active service in the field, and on the I4th 
 and 1 5th of the same month participated in the 
 battle of Fort Donelson. Subsequently, in the 
 battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1862; Pea Ridge, 
 April 28; the siege of Corinth; Millikens Bend, 
 La., skirmish, August 10, 1862; Greenville, 
 Miss., skirmish, August, 1862; Bowler, Miss., 
 skirmish, same month; Battle of Chickasaw 
 Bayou, Miss., December 28; Arkansas Post, 
 Ark., January 11, 1863; Deer Creek, Miss., 
 
 skirmish, April, 1863; Fourteen Mile Creek, 
 Miss., skirmish, May 8, and the siege of Jackson, 
 Miss., July, 1863. He enlisted as a private, was 
 first promoted to a corporal, and then to the 
 position of sergeant. During the later months of 
 his life, while fighting the battles of his country, 
 the hardship incident to long, heavy and con 
 tinuous marches, with the cold and inhospit 
 able ground for a bed to sleep upon, coupled 
 with the mental strain always present to a 
 soldier engaged in almost daily battle, with 
 comrades and foes falling dead beside him, was 
 more than his constitution could bear. At the 
 siege of Jackson, his growing illness had de 
 veloped into a deathly sickness. Even at this 
 stage, his young life might have been saved if 
 he had had hospital care, or the tender hands 
 of a loving mother to supply his wants. These 
 blessings, however, are seldom realized by the 
 soldier, and if they are, young Smith s case 
 stands out and proclaims itself an exception. 
 He was placed in a hammock by his admiring 
 comrades, and carried from one position to 
 another upon the field, until that dread messen 
 ger, death, claimed brave young Smith as its 
 victim. Always cheerful, brave and honorable, 
 he died like a hero on the field of battle, en 
 shrouded in his armor, and with his weapon 
 by his side. 
 
 WILLIAM E. RICHARDSON, of Rock Falls, 
 111., was born at Lockport, N. Y., 
 August 30, 1840. His parents were 
 Arnold and Eliza C. (Lyons) Richardson. His 
 father was born in Pennsylvania in August 1810, 
 and died at Lockport, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1866. His 
 mother still survives and is residing at the 
 old homestead. The elder Richardson was a 
 blacksmith by trade, but was employed in farm 
 ing operations for the greaterpart of his life, 
 and for some time in canal boating, having been 
 the first to run a boat through the locks at 
 Lockport. His father, whose name was Arnold, 
 was a native of Massachusetts, and was born 
 from an English family, settling in the United 
 States at an early period. Arnold Richardson. 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 the great grandfather of William E., the sub 
 ject of this sketch, served as a soldier during 
 -the War of the Revolution. The Lyons family 
 was of Irish descent. 
 
 Five children were born to the union of Ar 
 nold and Eliza C. Richardson: Charles J., Wil 
 liam E., Sarah J., Charles C. Lysander L. and So- 
 loma E., all of whom are living, except Charles 
 J., who came to his death by being accidentally 
 scalded when an infant. William E. continued 
 with his parents, attending school until the age 
 of twenty, when he began the study of photog 
 raphy at Lockport. He was thus engaged 
 when the War of the Rebellion broke out. He 
 was among the first to enlist at Lockport, April 
 16, 1861, as a private of Co. K., 28th N. Y. Inf. 
 Mr. Richardson proceeded with his regiment 
 to Albany, N. Y., the place of rendezvous. 
 The regiment was ordered to Washington in 
 the latter part of May, then going into camp, 
 and remaining for about three weeks, when they 
 proceeded to unite with the command of Gen. 
 Patterson in Virginia at Williamsburg, at that 
 time operating against Gen. Johnson. On the 
 4th of July, 1 86 1, the regiment was reviewed 
 by President L-ncoln, Gen. Winfield Scott and 
 other distinguished personages. 
 
 While in camp at Strausburg, Mr. Richard 
 son was prostrated with sickness and given a 
 furlough home, being absent about six weeks. 
 He rejoined his regiment at Culpeppcr Court 
 House, and there remaimed in camp for some 
 time. On the march to Cedar Mountain he had 
 an attack of sun-stroke. It was the day before 
 the battle at that place in which for this reason 
 he was not engaged. He was the next day 
 taken to the hospital, from which he returned 
 in a few days to his regiment. He was engaged 
 in action at Bull Run, and at Antietam. The 
 Reg. lost so heavily at Cedar Mountain as 
 scarcely to have enough men for field duty. 
 All the officers were either killed, wounded or 
 taken prisoners, the highest officer on duty be 
 ing an Orderly Sergeant. The Reg. was 
 now conjoined with the 5th Command and 
 46th Pa. At Bolivar Heights the supplies were 
 cut off and the Reg. had to be put on short ra 
 tions. From here the command moved on to 
 
 Charleston, Va., then going into camp. It was 
 at this place that John Brown, the Harper s 
 Ferry raider, was hanged December 2, 1859. 
 During the rest of this service they operated 
 in Maryland and the Shenandoah valley, going 
 into winter quarters at Frederick, Md., 1862-3, 
 being included in the several expeditions set 
 on foot from that point. The next import 
 ant engagement in which the command par 
 ticipated was with the I2th A. C. under Gen. 
 Slocum, the Reg. occupying a position in the 
 center. Just as they were being led into action, 
 the whole regiment was captured. Mr. Richard 
 son was paroled with the rest and sent to Wash 
 ington, thence to Albany and Lockport, being 
 mustered out at the latter place June 3, 1863. 
 
 He occupied his time from his return home 
 to 1866, in farming, after which he removed to 
 the West, settling at Lee Center, Lee Co., Ills., 
 where he resumed the life of a farmer. After 
 two years he changed his place of residence to 
 Hume township, Whiteside Co., removing 
 in a short time to Iowa, where he continued to 
 live about eleven years, and then going back 
 to his old home. In 1889 he returned to Illi 
 nois, locating at Rock Falls, where he has 
 since been engaged in keeping a store and 
 restaurant. He was married Oct. I, 1863, 
 at Wilson, N. Y., to Martha A., daughter of 
 George T. and Sarah (Dibble) Wright, natives 
 of New York. They had one child, George B., 
 now residing in New York. Mr. Richardson 
 lost his first wife, and was again married Feb. 
 19, 1871, at Hume township, to Celestine 
 L., daughter of Josiah and Harriet (Correll) 
 Scott, whose father was a native of Ohio, and 
 mother, of Pennsylvania. They came to Illi 
 nois in a boat built by his own hands, coming 
 down the Ohio and up the Mississippi to Rock- 
 river and to Como. They brought with them 
 on this boat the necessary materials for build 
 ing a house and a supply of furniture and other 
 requisites. They are both living at Rock Falls 
 and are much respected. By his present wife 
 Mr. Richardson had two children, Charles W. 
 and Bessie W. Charles W. died December 25, 
 1878. 
 
 Mr. Richardson is a member of the Will 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Robinson Post No. 274, of Rock Falls. He is 
 a staunch Republican, and both he and his wife 
 arc members of the Baptist Church. He is 
 a good citizen and an upright and honorable 
 
 man. 
 
 LORENZO G. STOUT, of Rutland, 111., the 
 present Commander of Rutland Post No. 
 292, entered the army Aug. 9, 1862, at 
 Rutland, 111., under Capt. John Wadleigh, in 
 Co. I, I04th 111. Vol. Inf. as First Duty Serg., 
 and was promoted to Orderly Serg. The iO4th 
 Reg. was commanded by Col. A. B. Moore, of 
 Ottawa, and went to the front at Louisville. 
 It was on duty then at Brentwood, Nashville, 
 Frankfort and Bowling Green. At Hartsville, 
 Tenn., the whole Reg. was captured by Gen. 
 Morgan s band, (see Col. Hapeman s sketch in 
 this work). Dec. 7, 1862, and held for seven 
 days before the men were paroled, returning 
 to the Union lines at Nashville, Tenn. They 
 were then sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, thence 
 to Chicago, where they were employed in 
 guarding prisoners until they were exchanged 
 in March, 1863, when they were ordered to the 
 front at Louisville, then to Brentwood, Tenn. 
 From Brentwood the Reg. marched to Mur- 
 freesboro, where it went into camp and soon 
 afterward started on the Chattanooga campaign, 
 participating in the battle of Chickamauga. At 
 this point the iO4th was attached to the 1st 
 Brig., 1st Div., I4th A, C. of the Cumberland, 
 commanded by Gen. W. P. Carlin, Lieutenant- 
 Col. Hapeman assuming command of the reg 
 iment. This brigade took a prominent part in 
 the battle of Missionary Ridge, and in the 
 Spring of 1864 it started on the Atlanta expedi 
 tion, engaging in all the important conflicts of 
 that historic campaign, being under fire every 
 day for five months. This detachment of the 
 army was with Gen. Sherman "from Atlanta 
 to the Sea." Mr. Stout, although suffering in 
 health from his long and arduous service, never 
 failed in any line of duty, save for a short time 
 that he was in the convalescent camp on 
 account of severe sickness. The last com 
 
 manding officer of Co. I, was Capt. Willard 
 Proctor, of whom Mr. Stout speaks in the 
 highest terms as an officer and a gentleman. 
 A good story is told of Mr. Stout in connec 
 tion with an incident which occurred at the 
 battle of Peach Tree Creek. There was a little 
 Irishman in the company who was in the habit 
 of bragging considerably of his bravery, yet 
 whenever a battle was in progress, this "son of 
 Erin" was always hiding in the rear and could 
 never be found on the field, therefore, Mr. 
 Stout, at the battle mentioned, determined to 
 keep this man in the front during the engage 
 ment if no other man in the company was kept 
 there, so he asked the captain to look after the 
 company during the action, as he intended to 
 command that one man to fight or frighten him 
 to death. He took the cowardly man to the 
 very front and in the heat of the engagement 
 the Irishman attempted to make his escape, 
 but pointing his gun at him, Mr. Stout said: 
 "Stay in your place or I ll shoot you." This so 
 terrified the victim that, although almost dead 
 with fear he remained in his place. So intent 
 was Sergeant Stout in command or his "com 
 pany of one man" that he did not notice that 
 the Union soldiers had fallen back until the 
 Irishman cried out, "We are alone, the army is 
 retreating," and to Stout s surprise he dis 
 covered this to be true. Then he said to the 
 man: "You may go." He did go and was not 
 seen again for five days. Mr. Stout then be 
 gun to fear for his own escape and saw in a 
 moment that he had not one chance in a 
 thousand to get back to his Reg. as the 
 rebels were pouring a hot fire across the field 
 between him and the Union army, and to at 
 tempt to make his way through the raining of 
 bullets, was certain death. He expected every 
 moment to be shot down where he was, and to 
 retreat was sure death; so in his great anxiety 
 he stood in his place trying to decide what to 
 do, not to save his country but his own life. 
 While thus weighing the matter, a change came 
 in the tide of battle, the Rebels fell back be 
 fore the Union soldiers and the question was 
 decided for him, as he was soon again in the 
 ranks of his company. After this encounter of 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Peach Tree Creek, an order was issued giving 
 one man in each company a furlough as a re 
 ward for conspicuous bravery in that engage 
 ment. The surprise of Mr. Stout may be im 
 agined when he was chosen from his company 
 as the one to whom the tribute was justly due. 
 On this furlough he visited home but was not 
 able to understand what he had done to merit 
 such honor. When he returned to duty Col. 
 Hapeman said to him: "Orderly, that bit of 
 bravery of yours is going to give you a cap 
 tain s commission." "What bravery?" asked 
 Stout. "Why, holding the frontline during the 
 battle of Peach Tree Creek, when the whole 
 army had retreated and left you standing alone 
 until the ground was regained. That took 
 nerve and you have been highly complimented 
 for it." "D n it," answered Stout, "that was 
 not bravery, I would gladly have run but was 
 too d d scared to run, so I staid there be 
 cause I couldn t get away. My Irishman was 
 braver than I for when I told him to run, he 
 did, and I was afraid to do what I ordered him 
 to do." Mr. Stout relates this incident with a 
 merry twinkle in his eye and it is quite certain 
 had not the war closed as soon as it did, he 
 would have received a commission as captain, 
 for he was indeed, a brave and faithful 
 soldier. 
 
 Mr. Stout contracted disease in the army 
 from which he has never recovered. He was 
 discharged at Washington, D. C., at the 
 close of the war, June 6, 1865, after joining in 
 the Grand Review, which ended his term of 
 service of three years, during which he was 
 in some of the most prominent and hotly con 
 tested battles of the war. 
 
 Lorenzo G. Stout was born in Monmouth 
 Co., N. J., of old Revolutionary stock, his 
 grandfather, Abram Stout, Sr., having been in 
 the war for American Independence, and his 
 father, Abr^m Stout, Jr., was in the war of 1812. 
 When he was eight years old his parents re 
 moved to Ohio, and in 1855, to 111., locat 
 ing in Putnam Co., and moving in 1860, to 
 Rutland, where the young man was engaged 
 until the war, in farming and working at his 
 trade as painter. Since the war, Mr. Stout 
 
 has been an invalid a greater part of the time, 
 but has done some work as painter and farmed 
 in a small way. He is a member of the G. A. 
 R. Post, at Rutland, and was one of its charter 
 members. He has always held some office in 
 the Post and is at present its Commander; he 
 is also an Odd Fellow, in which order he has a 
 prominent position. Mr. Stout has been 
 favored with a number of important town of 
 fices, holding the office of supervisor for Ben- 
 nington township, for 6 or 7 years. He has 
 been on the board of education, and for 20 
 years has been justice of the peace. 
 
 Mr. Stout was married in 1859, and his wife 
 died, leaving one child, who was named Han 
 nah Irene, who is now the wife of Edward M. 
 Barrodaile, living in Preblc Co., O. He 
 was again married in 1868, taking as his wife, 
 Everilla Wise, a native of Penn., who 
 came when a child, with her parents to 111. 
 From this union there is one son, William E., 
 an active and promising young man. Mr. 
 Stout is called "a red hot Democrat" in pol 
 itics. He severely blames the Republicans 
 that they did not hang Jeff Davis; had they 
 done so, he doubtless would have worked and 
 voted with the Republican party. 
 
 THOMAS M. MASON, Adjutant of Seth C. 
 Earl Post No. 156, G. A. R., of Ottawa, 
 Ills., is one of the old guard whose pat 
 riotism was aroused when the flag of the Re 
 public was fired upon by the internal foes. He 
 enlisted at Chicago, Aug. 6, 1862, in Co. D., 
 72d 111. Inf. which rendezvoused near Camp 
 Douglas, Chicago, and was organized by the 
 election of Fred A. Starring, Colonel. It 
 was known as the ist Reg. of the Chicago 
 Board of Trade. It remained in camp until 
 August 23, when it was ordered to take 
 the field. It moved first to Cairo, where it was 
 engaged in drilling and camp duty until Sept. 
 7, when it moved to Paducah, thence 
 to Columbus, at which point it did guard and 
 picket duty until Nov. 2 1st. While there 
 the soldiers were almost continuously drilling, 
 
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 the result of which was to make them one of 
 the best organizations in the army. When at 
 Columbus, the Reg. was out on two expe 
 ditions, one to Clarkson, Mo., where they dis 
 persed a Rebel camp and captured a number 
 of prisoners and horses, and the other to New 
 Madrid which was not so eventful. Its next 
 move was to La Grange, thence to Moscow, 
 Tenn., where it was ordered to join Gen. Quim- 
 by s yth Div., I7th A. C. With this command, 
 Nov. 29, it moved out to Lumpkin s Mill, 
 Miss., arriving there Dec. 1st. From there it 
 accompanied Grant in his Vicksburg campaign 
 as far as Yaconapatafa River, where, on account 
 of supplies being cut off at Holly Springs, the 
 army was forced to return. During this expe 
 dition, Mr. Mason was accidentally shot in the 
 right thigh. He was sent to the hospital, where 
 he had his wounds dressed. Recovering, he 
 continued in the hospital serving as clerk at 
 Holly Springs, La Grange and Memphis, re 
 maining at the latter place until Aug. 5, 1863. 
 From there he went to Vicksburg and was on 
 duty with Dr. Ridgeley in the Purveyor s office 
 as abstract clerk, in which capacity he served 
 until Feb. 29, 1864, when he was transferred 
 to the Freedman s department, Prentice Hos 
 pital. Nov. i he rejoined his regiment at 
 Vicksburg. From there he went to Paducah, 
 Nashville, and thence to Columbia. Continu 
 ing their march they had a severe skirmish 
 with the Rebels on the road to Franklin, 
 Nov. 30th. The following day the command 
 moved to Franklin and were placed under 
 Thomas. Here they were attacked by Hood, 
 and the fight raged furiously until midnight. 
 The 72d lost 9 officers and 152 men, who were 
 either killed or severely wounded. That night 
 the army left the works and retreated to Nash 
 ville, and the Reg. was transferred to Mc- 
 Arthur s Brigade, A. J. Smith s Corps. Mr. 
 Mason, on account of his disability, was left be 
 hind at Nashville and rejoined the Reg. Dec. 
 25, during the operations against Hood. While 
 the command was at Pulaski, he was placed 
 on detail duty until April 26, 1865, when he 
 joined the Reg. on its march to Montgomery. 
 He was subsequently detailed as clerk in the 
 
 Provost Marshal s office with Col. Sexton. 
 July 16, the war being over, the Reg. started 
 on its way homeward He was mustered out 
 of service at Vicksburg, Aug. 6, sent directly to 
 Chicago, where he was paid off and finally dis 
 charged, when he returned to his home. 
 
 Mr. Mason was born in New York City, and 
 is the son of John L. and Amelia(Murry)Mason. 
 His father was a lawyer by occupation and a very 
 successful one, a Judge of the Superior Court 
 for several years. He died in New York City, 
 Aug. 9, 1860, and his widow at Long Island 
 about the year 1886, aged 90 years. His 
 great-grandfather, John Mason, was Chaplain 
 to Gen. Washington, at the battle of White 
 Plains, N. Y. Seven children were born to 
 them, John M., Thomas M., Mary M., Anna, 
 Ebenezer, Amelia M., and Margarette B. The 
 subject of this sketch was raised at home where 
 he received the benefit of a good common- 
 school education. In 1846, he determined to 
 try his fortune in the great West. With this 
 view he left home, and after looking the country 
 over for a time concluded that Ottawa, 111,, 
 was a good place to be in, and he accordingly 
 took up his abode there in 1847, an( ^ engaged 
 in farming, which he continued until he should 
 ered his musket in defense of his country. 
 After returning from the war, he served his fel 
 low towns-people as clerk for 23 years, and as 
 justice of the peace, 20 years. His long term in 
 these positions, is sufficient evidence that he 
 discharged the duties with ability and fidelity. 
 He has for many years, and is at present, 
 giving his attention to the drug business. 
 
 Mr. Mason was married at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 March 24, 1847, to Jennie Church. Two 
 children were born to them, Clara A., now 
 Mrs. Byron Mosier, of Stillwater, Minn. ; 
 Minnie B., who died when young. Mrs. Mason 
 died Dec. 2, 1855. He was married the 
 second time, Oct. 8, 1856, to Elmira Nattin- 
 ger. One child blessed this union, Julia E. who 
 was married to Mr. J. N. Horton, of Buffalo 
 Gap, S. D. The second wife died May 24, 
 1859. He was married again at New York, 
 Aug. 29, 1859, to Caroline M. Hunt. Their 
 child was named Carrie, and was married to 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Frank Day, of Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Mason 
 believes in the principles of the Republican 
 party. 
 
 HANSON J. D. DEPuE, the honored Com 
 mander of Lacon Post, No. 139, G. A. 
 R., enlisted in the army as a private, 
 Aug. 11, 1862, in Co. F io5th 111. Vol. Inf. and 
 was mustered in at Dixon, 111., Sept. 2, under 
 his uncle, S. F. Daniels, who was captain of the 
 company. His Reg. was first assigned to the 
 nth Corps. Subsequently, when the nth and 
 1 2th Corps were consolidated it was placed in 
 the 20th Corps, 1st Div., 3d Brig,, the latter 
 commanded by Gen. Benj. Harrison. This 
 Reg. was sent first into the field at Louis 
 ville, Ky., and took part in the campaign 
 against the rebel forces commanded by Gen. 
 Bragg. It also participated in the engage 
 ments at Snake Creek Gap, Ga., Dalton, Ga., 
 Rocky Faced Ridge, Resaca, Kingston and 
 Dallas. At the battle of Dallas, May 25, 1864, 
 Mr. DePue had his left arm shattered and 
 nearly torn from his body by grape shot. The 
 arm was amputated but the wound was so seri 
 ous that there was but little hope at the time, 
 that the brave and daring young soldier s life 
 could be saved. After the amputation on the 
 battle field, he was conveyed to the hospital at 
 Nashville, where, when sufficiently recuperated, 
 was given a furlough and sent home. After 
 remaining at home for a time, he decided to 
 secure the benefits of the Marine Hospital at 
 Chicago, and received treatment until he was 
 finally discharged from the army, Sept. 10, 
 1864, after being in the service of his coun 
 try for two years and one month. After an 
 honorable discharge and bearing an indelible 
 badge of his devotion and sacrifice to the cause 
 of liberty. and honor, Mr. DePue located at 
 Wenona, Ill.,andattended school for some time. 
 Subsequently he entered the Soldier s College, 
 at Fulton, 111., and later engaged in teaching. 
 In 1873, he was elected treasurer of Marshall 
 Co., and assumed the responsible duties of that 
 important office. Here he gave such general 
 
 satisfaction that he was twice re-elected and 
 served his adopted county three terms in 
 this office of trust, which required financial 
 and business ability of the highest order as 
 well as an unimpeachable integrity. Accept 
 ing the office of county treasurer, necessitated 
 the removal of Mr. DePue to Lacon, the 
 county seat, and this has been his residence 
 to the present time. After retiring from the 
 treasurer s office, he gave attention to his farm 
 ing interests until the election of Benjamin 
 Harrison to serve in the presidential chair. 
 Mr. DePue had served in the army in Gen. 
 Harrison s brigade and his services, sacri 
 fices and ability were at the time noted and 
 remembered, so one of the first appoint 
 ments made by the president was a commission 
 as postmaster at Lacon for Hanson J. DePue, 
 which was given during the first months of the 
 new administration and was one of the first 
 post-office appointments made by President 
 Harrison. Mr. DePue has been honored with 
 many local offices, as supervisor, alderman, and 
 in fact, such is the esteem and confidence he 
 commands, that any office in the gift of his 
 fellow townsmen would be at his disposal, if it 
 was known that he desired it or .even would 
 accept it. Mr. DePue is justly popular with all 
 classes of citizens, as may be concluded from 
 the positions he has held, He is a prominent 
 member of the G. A. R., has been commander 
 of his post for four years, and has also held 
 other important places in the order. He is a 
 life long republican, having cast his first vote 
 for Grant. In 1879 Mr. DePue assisted in the 
 organization of a military company and was 
 elected its 1st Lieut. It was known as Co. 
 G. of the 7th Reg., I. N. G. May 20, 1882, he 
 was commissioned by Gov. Cullom, major, 
 in which position he served for five years, 
 when he resigned. 
 
 Hanson J. DePue was born in DuPage 
 Co., 111., in 1846, where his father was 
 engaged in farming. The young man was de 
 termined early to fit himself for a more con 
 genial pursuit, so attended school until the call 
 of his country for soldiers caused him to leave 
 all and go in defense of its flag. He was mar- 
 
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 ried in 1876, at Lacon, to Stella A, Bane, and 
 has four children, whose names are Florence, 
 Fannie, Helen and Georgia. Mr. DePue may 
 justly be proud of the success that has crowned 
 his efforts, as it affords another example of 
 the reward of patient, persistence, unswerving 
 integrity, and faithful performance of every 
 duty. 
 
 FREEMAN CLEMMONS of Rock Falls, Ills., 
 was born at Challamont, Mass., July 9, 
 1835. His parents were David and Persis 
 [Fdwards] Clemmons. His father was a na 
 tive of Mass., and was descended from an 
 English family emigrating to this country at 
 an early period of the settlements in New 
 England. His mother s family was also of 
 English ancestry. The mother of the elder 
 Clemmons was of Irish descent and bore the 
 name of Steele. David Clemmons was by oc 
 cupation a basket-maker. He died at Bucklun, 
 Franklin Co., Mass., in Oct., 1844, his wife in 
 Oct. 1841. 
 
 They had eight children, Eunice, who died 
 when but two years old; Robert, Louise, Rich 
 mond J, David, Freeman, Olive, and Edwin. 
 Edwin died when one year old; Olive in 1872, 
 and Robert in 1889. The others are all living. 
 After the death of his mother, Freeman made 
 his home with his uncle at Ashfield, Mass., 
 where he attended school until his I5th year, 
 and continued his residence there until he at 
 tained the age of 21. He then went West, 
 and settled in Brown Co., 111., engaging in work 
 on a farm. In the spring of 1860, he removed 
 to Whiteside Co., locating in Montgomery 
 township, where he enlisted Sept. 7, 1861, in Co. 
 A, 34th 111., Inf. They were at Camp Butler, 
 temporarily, thence removing to Camp Nolen, 
 by way of Cincinnati, Lexington, and Louis 
 ville. While at Camp Butler, the reg. was 
 uniformed in grey, for which each man had 
 to pay $28, and which was exchanged at Camp 
 Nolen, for dark blue at the same cost. Subse 
 quently going to Camp Wood, they were com 
 pelled to purchase uniforms of light blue 
 again being taxed $28 each. 
 
 Mr. Clemmons was taken sick while at Camp 
 Nolen, and at Camp Wood was furloughed on 
 account of physical disability, returning home. 
 He rejoined his command at Battle Creek, Ala., 
 in June, 1862. The Reg. was assigned with the 
 29th and 30th Ind., and the 77th Pa. to the 2d 
 Brig., 2Oth Div. and the 2oth A. C. Mr. Clem 
 mons was for the first time in battle near Frank 
 fort, Ky., where his command was for a time 
 surrounded and in a perilous situation, but man 
 aged to escape capture. They were after this 
 ordered to Nashville where they were stationed 
 for some time. Leaving Nashville on Christmas, 
 they moved on to Triune, skirmishing by the 
 way, and charging across a cotton field upon a 
 battery, dislodged it, and put the gunners to 
 flight. They went into camp at Triune, thence 
 moving forward and participating in the battle 
 of Stone River. Here Mr. Clemmons Com 
 pany at the beginning of the fight held a position 
 on the picket line. He does not regard the 
 attack here as in the nature of a surprise, as the 
 outpost pickets had twice fired upon the enemy s 
 advancing columns before the engagement be 
 gan. In this battle the 24th suffered severely, 
 the Company losing several in killed, wounded 
 and by capture. 
 
 On the retreat, Mr. Clemmons had the mis 
 fortune to fracture an ankle bone, so disabling 
 him as to compel his temporary retirement 
 from active duty. He was sent to the head 
 quarters of Gen. Rosecrans, being afterward 
 detailed to guard prisoners in a negro shanty. 
 But little attention had in the meantime been 
 given his ankle which, upon examination by 
 a surgeon, was found to be in a serious condition, 
 necessitating his removal to the hospital at 
 Murfreesboro, wnere he was assigned to the In 
 valid Corps, performing garrison duty until 
 Dec. The Reg. re-enlisted in Dec., 1863, but 
 Mr. Clemmons, being declared by reason of his 
 accidental injury unable to discharge field ser 
 vices, was not permitted to do so. He was 
 sent with a detail to conduct a squad of men 
 to Rossville, and while at that place was 
 transferred to Co. G, 78th 111. During the 
 Atlanta campaign he followed his command 
 in all their movements and battles up to the 
 
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 surrender of Atlanta. He participated in the 
 battles of Buzzard s Roost, Dalton, Kenesaw 
 Mountain and Jonesboro. His term of service 
 having now expired he was mustered out and 
 finally discharged at Louisville. He returned 
 home and engaged in farming at Montmor- 
 ency, a tract of 180 acres, which he still owns. 
 Retiring from active farm life, he removed 
 to Rock Falls, \vhere he at present resides. 
 He was married Feb. 16, 1860, at Dover, 111., to 
 Elizabeth A., daughter of Anthony and Mary 
 (Morgan) Nichol. He lost his wife Dec. 2, 
 
 1882, and was married a second time, Jan. 24, 
 
 1883, to Mary F,, daughter of Charles T., and 
 Mary West. 
 
 He is a prominent member of Will Robin 
 son Post, No. 274, G. A. R. In politics he is a 
 Republican. He is a member of the Congre 
 gational Church. Mr. Clemmons is a worthy 
 citizen, respected by all who know him for his 
 upright and honorable character. 
 
 ELMER BACON of Streator, 111., was born at 
 Cortland, Ohio, May 6, 1838. He re 
 mained on the farm until he attained the 
 age of 15 years, and when old enough to do so, 
 attended a district school, and later a select 
 private school, from which he was graduated 
 and was licensed as a school teacher. He 
 taught one term, then during the troubles in 
 Kansas, in 1858, removed there, and afterward 
 returned to Ohio, where he again taught school 
 for one term. He went to Kansas a second 
 time, then on to Pikes Peak, Col., in 1859, where 
 he remained until the fall of that year, when 
 he returned as far as the State of Missouri, and 
 afterward went on to Ohio, and engaged in the 
 oil business, in the Mecca-Trumbull company 
 oil field, remaining there until the spring of 
 1861. In the spring and summer of that year, 
 many of the young men of Ohio acquaintances 
 of Mr. Bacon were joining the Union army. 
 He concluded, therefore, to lend a hand and 
 show to the world that he was as loyal to his 
 country as any of those who had previously 
 enlisted. He proceeded to Cleveland, and en 
 
 listed, Aug. 21, 1861; was mustered into the 
 I4th Battery, Ohio Art. the same day and went 
 into camp for a short time. From Cleveland 
 he removed to Camp Dennison, where he re 
 mained until about Feb. 12, 1862, when his 
 battery was sent, by way of St. Louis, to Fort 
 Donelson, at which place he arrived on the 
 evening of its surrender. He disembarked 
 here and remained in camp for. about two 
 weeks, then crossed to Fort Henry, where, 
 w r ith his battery, he boarded a transport for 
 Pittsburg Landing. This was the first battery 
 of the Union troops which had ever landed at 
 that place. The battery there drilled and 
 camped until the battle of Shiloh. 
 
 Early on April 6, Mr. Bacon s battery 
 bravely responded to the bugle s call, was 
 placed in position and had their guns leveled, 
 when they descried a body of men ap 
 proaching, but orders were given not to fire 
 as it was supposed they were Union troops. 
 Corporal Tracy, of Mr. Bacon s Company was 
 on the ground and concluded that it was the 
 enemy, whereupon order was given to fire. 
 This battery was one of the first that opened 
 fire on the enemy in that sanguinary battle. 
 The battery fired rapidly until enveloped in a 
 cloud of smoke, completely obscuring both the 
 enemy and the battery. Mr. Bacon, in attempt 
 ing to load his gun, found himself without 
 ammunition, and none forthcoming, The gun 
 ner hastily run back to discover the cause of 
 the delay, and not returning, Mr. Bacon him 
 self started for the same purpose and soon 
 discovered the cause. Their Captain and 
 28 men had been either killed or wounded, 
 and upwards of 70 horses disabled. Their 
 guns were captured, but none of the men 
 except the wounded fell into the hands of the 
 enemy. Mr. Bacon escaped with one of the 
 limbers and the men operating at the guns 
 and a portion of the team, and did no further 
 service in that battle as their guns and outfit 
 had been captured. On the following Monday 
 they recovered their guns, but they were spiked. 
 The battery remained on the battle field 
 for some days, where it was refitted, and about 
 50 men from the I3th Ohio were assigned to 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 duty with it, and so remained during the war. 
 From there it moved with the army on toward 
 Corinth. After the evacuation of the place, 
 the Company of our subject was sent to Jackson, 
 Tenn., where it remained for about one 
 year, during which time it was engaged in 
 light skirmishes and performed general camp 
 and garrison duty. Afterward it returned 
 to Cornith, remaining there a few weeks, 
 thence to Linnville, Tenn., where it re 
 mained until Dec. 31, 1863, when Mr. Bacon 
 with others veteranized, and was granted 
 a furlough. This was the only time he was 
 absent from his Company. Mr. Bacon then 
 went to Pulaski, took cars for Nashville, thence 
 to Louisville, and from there to Warren, Ohio, 
 where he remained for thirty days, or during 
 his furlough. At its expiration he returned to 
 Linnville, then marched to Chattanooga, ar 
 riving at the Rebel line at Snake Creek Gap. 
 From this time forward to the fall of Atlanta, 
 Mr. Bacon s battery was constantly engaged, 
 enjoying only one day s rest during that long 
 period of no days. To some extent it was 
 rewarded for its hard work and gallant service, 
 by receiving, July 22d, particular praise from the 
 superior officers in command. Mr. Bacon s 
 gun detachment suffered severely, his sergeant 
 being wounded and a gunner killed. In the 
 last mentioned campaign his battery lost 
 heavily and were constantly calling for troops 
 to fill up the openings that death had made in 
 their ranks. On the 2/th and 28th, of July, his 
 battery was on the right of Atlanta but not 
 continuously engaged. At Jonesboro it was 
 held in reserve, after which battle it moved 
 near to Atlanta and went into camp. It after 
 ward marched back to Rome, where the Com 
 pany turned over what horses it had left after 
 a long, heavy march, loaded its guns on cars 
 and proceeded to Nashville, where the battery 
 was again refitted for active duty. Then pro 
 ceeding to the front at Nashville, it remained 
 until the battle of that place where his battery 
 was slightly engaged during the early part of 
 the day, but moved to the right with the 
 cavalry. 
 
 Afterward it followed Hood across the 
 
 river and here several times engaged in active 
 skirmishing. Notwithstanding it was the win 
 ter season, the battery had marched for 16 
 consecutive days, over heavy roads, in severe, 
 broken weather, rendering its position one of 
 extreme hardship. The battery went into camp 
 and awaited the arrival of the provisions and, 
 upon their arrival, built what was intended to 
 be comfortable winter quarters; but when they 
 were about completed, received orders to march 
 to the river, where it took transports to Vicks- 
 burg, embarked to New Orleans; disembarked 
 and remained for about two weeks. From this 
 point it again took the steamer around to Mo 
 bile, Ala., landed a few miles out, and was held 
 in reserve until after the evacuation of that 
 place, when it moved to the front and fol 
 lowed the enemy. His battery subsequently 
 went into camp, at Columbia where it remained 
 for some time, then proceeded to Ohio to be 
 mustered out, which took place at Camp Den- 
 nison Aug. 9. 1865. Notwithstanding the long 
 period in which Mr. Bacon was actively en 
 gaged in open warfare, the many battles and 
 skirmishes he passed through, and the trials 
 and privations, which he endured, he was never 
 wounded or so sick as to necessitate going 
 into a hospital, and never absent from his 
 active duty. 
 
 After the war he went in company with two 
 others to Brashear City where they opened a 
 saw mill, and there remained for about one 
 year. Afterward he returned North and 
 went into business in Corry, Penn., there 
 remaining for about three years, when he 
 moved to Cortland, Ohio. In the latter 
 place he acted as a sawyer in a mill for two 
 years, when he went to Streator, 111., where he 
 engaged in the feed business, and by energy 
 and push has built up a prosperous trade. He 
 married Aug. 26, 1867, at Corry, Penn., Miss 
 Fannie L. Frisbie, by whom he has one 
 child Laura. He was the son of Moses H. 
 Bacon, born in New Jersey, in 1808. His 
 mother s maiden name was Maria Eliza Hovey, 
 born in Ohio. They had the following children 
 besides our subject: David H., Jasper, Oliver 
 C., Calvin, Ellen M., William, and by the sec- 
 
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 ond wife, Leonora, Josephine, and Lucy. His 
 brother Oliver was also in the War of the Re 
 bellion, and is still living. 
 
 Mr. Bacon is a member of the Odd Fellows 
 order, of the Patriotic Sons of America, and 
 Quarter-master Sergeant of the Streator Post 
 No. 68. He was also elected a member of the 
 Streator Council, but resigned after two years 
 service. He is a member of the Christian 
 church and a Republican in politics. 
 
 JOSEPH ENGOMAR was born March 19, 1841, 
 at Philadelphia, Penn. He is the son of 
 Joseph and Mary Engomar, both of whom 
 immigrated from Baden, Germany, many years 
 ago, and settled in this country. Joseph, the 
 subject of this sketch, was the youngest of five 
 children. The father died about the year 1870, 
 andthe mother during the year 1877. Mr. Engo 
 mar remained at home during his early years 
 and attended the common school, where he 
 laid the foundation of a good common school 
 education. When he had attained the age of 
 fourteen years, he determined to be no longer 
 a burden to his parents, therefore, concluded 
 to fight his own w r ay with his own exertions, 
 and win whatever fortune the fates should de 
 clare belonged to him. He first went to New 
 Orleans, then to St. Louis, where he learned 
 the trade of a glass blower, and became pro 
 ficient in all the mysteries of that business. 
 He then engaged in steamboating on the Mis 
 sissippi and Ohio rivers, for about three years. 
 From that time forward he was engaged in 
 various pursuits, and the outbreak of the war 
 found him at New Orleans, where he remained 
 until after the Mississippi was blockaded. On 
 March 15, 1861, he left in a steamboat for the 
 North, and whilst en route, was critically 
 searched, first at Baton Rouge, and again at 
 Columbus, but on each occasion was permitted 
 to proceed, and continuing, reached St. Louis. 
 From here he went to Louisville and engaged 
 on a steamer, plying between that port and 
 Cincinnati, and while thus employed, heard of 
 the battle of Bull Run. -The enemy s bullet 
 
 created little fear or dread in the mind of 
 young Engomar, and being anxious to partici 
 pate in the war, concluded to join the union 
 army, and immediately set out for Pittsburg, 
 where he enlisted, Aug. 3, i8Ci, in Co. F., 46th 
 Pa. Vol. Inf., and was mustered in on the 25th 
 day of the same month. He proceeded to 
 Harrisb.urg, where he joined the regiment and 
 then continued on to Washington. From this 
 point his Reg. moved out to Balls Bluff 
 where they engaged the enemy in battle, on 
 Oct. 21, 1861. They then moved back to 
 Phoenix Church, there reconnoitered as far as 
 Ocoguan Creek and subsequently moved to 
 Hancock, where Mr. E. was detailed to make 
 a reconnoissance across the Potomac river. 
 He was promoted Corporal, Sept. 16, 1861. 
 The Reg. next went into winter quarters at 
 Hancock, and during the succeeding few 
 months was engaged from time to time in 
 scouting expeditions. 
 
 His next experience in battle was at Win 
 Chester, March 23, where he received a bullet 
 through cartridge box. The union troops en 
 gaged the enemy, but being overwhelmed by 
 superior numbers, retreated to W 7 illiamsport. 
 marching 65 miles in two days. Then Mr. E. 
 was detailed in charge of contraband goods 
 and negroes at Martinsburg, Va. After making 
 his departure from the last named place, he 
 joined his Reg. on the Potomac and with it 
 was sent on picket duty, traversing the ground 
 over which he had previously retreated. He, 
 with his Reg. then crossed the Potomac, and 
 moved on to Columbia Furnace, Va., where, 
 on April I5th, they destroyed the rebel camp 
 after a sharp, hot engagement. Then they 
 moved to Gordonsville, Va., thence to Kessel- 
 town when another conflict took place on April 
 23d. On May 23d, they participated in a battle at 
 Fort Royal and again on the following day in the 
 engagement at Carrenstown and Middletown, 
 respectfully. From here they moved to Win 
 chester by way of Williamsport, and at the 
 latter place formed in line of battle, but were 
 not called into action as the rebels acted wisely 
 by retreating. They here remained in camp 
 until ordered to Harrisonburg, where they had 
 
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 33 
 
 an engagement on June 2d. Mr. E. was here 
 taken with a violent sickness, caused by ex 
 posure, and was compelled to enter a hospital 
 where he remained speechless for thirty days. 
 On recovering sufficient strength, he rejoined 
 his Reg. at Woodstock, on its march on toward 
 Blue Ridge Mt. He participated in the en 
 gagement on the gth of August, 1862, at Cedar 
 Mountain, in which the Company lost 37 killed, 
 out of 50 engaged. 
 
 This \vas in a bayonet charge when every 
 commissioned officer, save the captain and one 
 sergeant was killed, wounded or taken prisoner. 
 
 After this battle he was assigned to the 
 command of his company, the duties of 
 which he performed until Sept. 2Oth. when he 
 was promoted to the position of sergeant. 
 With his company he also took part in the 
 battle at Manassas, which occurred on the 28th 
 of August. His company with others were 
 subsequently detailed to protect and to accom 
 pany Banks Headquarter train, which was in 
 imminent danger of being captured by Stone 
 wall Jackson s army but which calamity was 
 averted by the personal gallantry and presence 
 of mind of Mr. P^ngomar, and thus the train 
 was safely escorted to its destination. On the 
 3Oth of August he participated in the second 
 Bull Run and on the following day faced the 
 rebel army at the battle of Chantilly. 
 
 Mr. E s next engagement was on the I4th 
 of Sept., at South Mountain, then closely 
 followed, on Sept. i/th, the memorable 
 battle of Antietam, in which he also partici 
 pated. The army went into camp on Mary 
 land Heights, and from there they marched to 
 Harper s Ferry, where his company was as 
 signed to guard duty. While there he was de 
 tailed to take some nineteen prisoners to Wash 
 ington and Baltimore, and on returning, found 
 his command under marching orders toward 
 Fredricksburg this expedition is what is now 
 known in history as "Burnside stuck in the 
 mud campaign." At Stafford Court House the 
 Reg. went into winter quarters, during which 
 time Gen. Hooker assumed command and re 
 organized the army, his (Mr. E s.) Reg. was 
 placed in the ist Brig., ist Div., I2th A. C., in 
 
 the army of the Potomac. On May ist, 2d and 
 3d the battle of Chancellorsville was fought, 
 wherein he and his Reg. took an active part, 
 and was stationed in front of the Chancellors 
 ville field where the fight was the hottest. The 
 army immediately thereafter crossed the Poto 
 mac and went into camp at Stafford Court 
 House, remaining there until Lee s march into 
 Penn., when they moved out for the field since 
 known as Gettysburg, and took their position 
 on Gulp s Hill to the right of the Union army. 
 To accomplish this they marched without a 
 halt from six o clock Saturday morning until 
 late Sunday night and arrived on the field after 
 the battle had opened. About eleven o clock 
 that same night, ist of July, Gen. Early, of the 
 rebel army, made an attack, which after a hot 
 contest, they repulsed the following afternoon. 
 Williams Div. was ordered to the left center 
 to reinforce Sickles and there continued in 
 action for some hours, when they were ordered 
 back to resume possession of their works on 
 Gulp s Hill. On their return, which was at 
 night, they found the rebels in possession, when 
 his Reg. commenced an assault which was dis 
 continued, owing to the darkness. The morn 
 ing found their position covered by rebel guns 
 which kept belching forth shot and shell, kil 
 ling and wounding their men, and causing gaps 
 in their ranks. Unable longer to stand on the 
 defensive, the Reg. commenced a determined 
 assault, and were rewarded after a severe 
 struggle by regaining position of their works 
 Gulp s Hill and there remained until the 
 battle was won. During this assault his first 
 Sergeant had his arm shot off, and Mr. Engomar 
 was promoted to the position thus made 
 vacant. His Reg. pursued Lee back to Virginia, 
 and halted on the Rappahannock (Virginia 
 side) having crossed at the United States ford 
 where it did picket duty. Afterward the Reg. 
 received instructions to march to Brandywine 
 Station with rations for eight days, whither it 
 proceeded, and arriving there took train for 
 Washington. Reaching the latter point it was 
 ordered to Chattanooga with the 2Oth A. C., 
 under Hooker. The army after,ward fell back 
 to Deckard Station where Mr. Engomar was 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 again placed in command of his company. He 
 participated in nearly all the battles of the 
 Atlanta campaign, namely: Resaca, Pumpkin- 
 vine Creek, Dallas, Pine Knob, Lost Mt., 
 Kenesaw Mt., and Marietta. In the last named 
 battle he was wounded in the breast with a 
 bullet. He crossed the Chattahoochie river, 
 and was engaged in the battle of Peach Tree 
 Creek losing 24 out of 48 of the company, and 
 also took part in the siege of Atlanta, into 
 which town he marched on the afternoon of 
 September 1st. At the battle of Pine Knob he 
 was struck in the head with a ball, but not 
 seriously wounded. He was discharged Sept. 
 1 8th, when he started on his journey home 
 ward. He was offered a lieutenant s com 
 mission to remain in the service, but on reflec 
 tion, desired to retire for a short time at least, 
 in order to visit home. He proceeded to Pitts- 
 burg where he resumed his trade for a few 
 months, then removed to St. Louis for a time; 
 returned again to Pittsburg, thence to Phila 
 delphia, where he remained for 18 years. 
 Removing to Ottawa in the year 1887, he en 
 gaged with the Ottawa Bottle & Flint Glass 
 Co., as manager of their large manufact 
 uring business, which position he has con 
 tinued to successfully fill to the satisfaction of 
 his employers. He was married at Pittsburg 
 to Mary Sill, and two children Joseph and 
 Laura, have blessed their union. He is a mem 
 ber of the G. A. R. Post No. 156 of Ottawa; is 
 also a member of the order of Chosen Friends, 
 and a Republican in politics. 
 
 DR. FRANK W. GORDON, of Sterling, 111., 
 the son of Stillmanand Rebecca( Hough- 
 ton) Gordon, was born at Weld, Frank 
 lin Co., Me., Feb. 11, 1837. His father, the son 
 of Samuel .Gordon, became a prominent citizen 
 of the State of N. H. and a member of its legis 
 lature. The family of Gordon is of Scotch 
 origin. 
 
 Rebecca Houghton, the mother of Dr. Gor 
 don, was born in Maine, and was a descendant 
 of a worthy New England family, her father 
 
 being a prosperous farmer and a man of notably 
 upright principles. The Houghton name be 
 longs primarily to England. The father of Dr. 
 Gordon, like his American progenitors, was a 
 fanner. He took great interest in the church, 
 and was very zealous in the cause of religious 
 education. Seven children were born to him, 
 two by his first marriage, the doctor being the 
 eldest. The mother died June 16, 1840, and 
 the father married the second time, Mrs. Phcebe 
 C. Richardson, who was born at Phillips, Me., 
 July 4, 1820. The children by this wife were 
 Nathan, Rebecca H., Elizabeth S., and Acidic 
 E. Samuel E., a child of the first marriage, 
 enlisted in Co. E., I5th Me. Inf., in Sept. 
 
 1861, and died from disease contracted while 
 in the service at New Orleans, Aug. 13, 1862. 
 Nathan, a child of the second marriage, enlisted 
 Aug. 9, 1862, in the 8th Board of Trade Reg., 
 Chicago, and was killed at Kenesaw Mountain 
 June 27, 1864. 
 
 Dr. Gordon was carefully reared under the 
 salutary guidance of his parents, and was early 
 put to school, where he received his prelimi 
 nary education, being later admitted to the 
 high school. At the age of eighteen he was 
 given charge of a school in the Providence of 
 New Brunswick, which he taught for one term, 
 subsequently teaching one term in Aroostook 
 Co., Me., and then removing to Mass, and 
 remaining a few months in Taunton, and August 
 1857, came West. At the age of twenty years, 
 he located at Morris, 111., where he taught 
 school during one winter. In the spring 
 of 1858, he began the study of medicine 
 under the preceptorship of Drs. Antis and 
 Pierce, eminent physicians of Morris, 111. He 
 prosecuted his studies in this way until the 
 spring of 1861, having in 1860 also attended one 
 session at the Hahnemann Medical College. In 
 the spring of 1861 he began his career as a med 
 ical practitioner at Tonica, LaSalle Co., Ill,, de- 
 votingmuch of histime to the further acquisition 
 of a knowledge of his profession. In Aug., 
 
 1862, he entered the service of his country as a 
 member of Co. A., 88th 111. Inf. at Tonica and 
 was duly mustered in at Chicago, and remaining 
 there until about the middle of Sept. 1862, 
 
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 when the Reg. was odered to Jeffersonville, 
 Ind., to assist in repelling the threatened 
 attack of Kirby Smith upon Cincinnati. The 
 command proceeded to Covington, Ky., re 
 maining a few days and going on to Louis 
 ville, Ky., where the Reg. was assigned to 
 Gilbert s Corps of Buell s Army. About the 
 first of Oct. the Reg. moved on their march to 
 Perryville, reaching that point on the eve of 
 the battle, and taking position in proximity to 
 the central line. Dr. Gordon was wounded in 
 this battle, having received a ball in his left leg 
 just below the knee, which incapacitated him 
 for active service for eight months. This time 
 was spent in the Louisville hospital, and the 
 Marine hospital at Cincinnati, being later on 
 removed to Camp Dennison, Ohio. He rejoined 
 his Reg. in June, 1863, at Murfreesboro, and 
 from the 24th of that month bore an active 
 part in that notable campaign. His Reg., after 
 the battle of Perryville, was attached to the 
 command of Gen. Sheridan, and was so con 
 tinued until he left for the Western army. In 
 the various engagements with Bragg s Army the 
 Reg. bore itself well and bravely, and to Dr. 
 Gordon personally those words fittingly ap 
 ply as instancing his career as a soldier. 
 
 Crittenden s Corps of the Army of the Cum 
 berland was at this time occupying Chattanooga. 
 On Sept. 2, 1863, he was ordered with his com 
 mand to the vicinity of Rome, Ga., for the pur 
 pose of destroying the railroad and getting 
 position in the rear of Bragg s Army, but before 
 reaching Rome a countermanding order was 
 given compelling a forced march to reinforce the 
 main army at Chickamauga, which was reached 
 Sept. 19, 1863. Having been placed in 
 line of battle during the day, the still wearied 
 troops had to perform picket duty at night. 
 At three o clock on the morning of the 20th his 
 Reg. was ordered to take position a mile 
 or more to the left, in front of the headquarters 
 of Gen. Rosencrans, and then to push on in the 
 skirmish line which opened the battle of Chick 
 amauga. 
 
 Here Dr. Gordon was in the fore front of 
 the hotly contested fight, and when Gen. Lytle 
 fell, he was himself laid low by what he thought 
 
 his death wound, but it was a mere scratch from 
 which he speedily recovered. Gen. Thomas 
 held his position during the afternoon and when 
 the guns were silent, returned to Chattanooga, 
 and began defensive operations, putting that 
 city in a state of siege. In the several decisive 
 engagements which followed Dr. Gordon s com 
 mand bore a conspicuous part, behaving to a 
 man with the most admirable courage and en 
 durance, and in the Doctor s own language, 
 "some of the greatest strategy exhibited during 
 the whole war was displayed in these battles, 
 the corps of Sherman and Thomas each in their 
 turn, severely striking and disablingthe enemy." 
 The victories of Missionary Ridge and Look 
 out Mt. hailed with the loud acclaims of 
 the soldiery, and the confidence restored, which 
 was thenceforth unbroken. Dr. Gordon was, 
 while at Loudon, Tenn., detailed by Gen. Sher 
 man for hospital duty, being placed in charge 
 of the drug department under the Surgeon in 
 Chief, and was soon afterward assigned to 
 duty as Assistant Surgeon at the general field 
 hospital, having passed a satisfactory examina 
 tion. His first service in his new capacity was 
 at Ringgold and Resaca. From here he went to 
 the hospital at Big Shanty, to which the wounded 
 from Kenesaw Mt. had been sent, and after 
 ward moved on to the Chattahoochie river. 
 After the battle of Atlanta Dr. Gordon was 
 assigned to a hospital train to convey the sick 
 and wounded from Atlanta to Louisville, with 
 headquarters at Nashville. He was engaged 
 in this service for seven months, and after 
 ward as Assistant Surgeon, at Murfrees 
 boro in the general hospital No. I., going 
 on duty in the spring of 1865 and continuing 
 until Aug. 1865. He retired from service as 
 Assistant Surgeon U. S. A., and after visiting 
 his native State, returned to Morris, 111. Soon 
 after reaching home he again entered the 
 Hahnemann Medical College at Chicago, from 
 which he was graduated in 1866, six years after 
 his original matriculation. He located for the 
 practice of his profession at Sterling, in which 
 he has achieved both success and distinction. 
 His treatment of disease is almost wholly based 
 upon the homeopathic principle. 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 He was married June 15, 1869, at Detroit, 
 Mich., to Miss. Florence V., daughter of E. G. 
 and Roxana I. (Sympson) Allen, natives of 
 Maine, where also Mrs. Gordon was born. A 
 daughter, Alice E, was the only fruit of this 
 marriage. Mrs. Gordon died May 27, 1882. 
 Dr. Gordon s sister, Mrs. F. G. Mason, con 
 ducts his household. He is a member of the 
 G. A. R. Post No. 274, and is its Surgeon; is 
 also a member A. O. U. W., and the ex-Surgeon 
 of that organizaton; a member of the American 
 Institute of Homoeopathy; the 111. Homeo 
 pathic Medical Association, of which he was 
 President iSSg- gO , the Rock River Institute of 
 Homoeopathy; the Hahnemann Alumni Asso 
 ciation, of which he was President in i88g- go. 
 
 He is a consistent Republican, and a devout 
 member, as was his wife, of the Congregational 
 Church. Dr. Gordon has made for himself a 
 name and fame which have endeared him to his 
 kind, and assigned him a position in the memory 
 of his age and generation replete with enduring 
 tributes of his genius and skill. 
 
 EUGENE BOONE, of Decatur, 111., was born at 
 Cambridge City, Ind., April 20, 1844. His 
 father was Cornelius Boone, of German de 
 scent, and born in Pocahontas Co., Va., in 1812. 
 His great grandfather was a Revolutionary sol 
 dier. His father was a settler in Indiana at a very 
 early period in the history of that State. His 
 mother s maiden name was Pegg, who was a native 
 of North Carolina. His father is still living at 
 Decatur, 111. He had four children, Frank 
 M., Eugene, Eva and James F. B. Frank M. 
 served in the 36th Ind. Inf., and was discharged 
 on account of sickness, from which he finally 
 died. James F. B. was a member of the 46th 
 Ind., was wounded, but recovered, veteranized 
 and served to the close of the conflict. He is 
 still living. 
 
 Eugene, the subject of this sketch, passed 
 his boyhood in Indiana, working on a farm and 
 attending district school. He enlisted at In 
 dianapolis, Oct. 25, 1862, in the 23d Ind. 
 Battery ("Ekin.") They remained here un 
 til July 4, 1863, engaged in drilling, etc., 
 
 Here the battery was assigned to Gen. Scho- 
 field s command and with it went on to Knox- 
 ville, going into garrison at Fort Smith. The 
 forage was exhausted while here and their 
 horses would eat anything they could get at, 
 even gnawing the spokes out of the wheels of 
 the artillery carriages. They allowed the poor 
 brutes to graze as much as possible, and as soon 
 as the siege was raised they procured a supply 
 of provender. The command passed the win 
 ter in East Tenn., and early in May, 1864, 
 started on the march for the Atlanta campaign, 
 being assigned to the 3d Div. of the 23d Corps. 
 They were engaged in battle at Buzzard s 
 Roost, May 8th and gth, and at Resaca on the 
 I4th and I5th, where the battery behaved with 
 commendable spirit and doing very effective 
 work in repulsing the enemy s charge. 
 
 After June I4th, the battery was actively en 
 gaged at Dallas and Allatoona. The next im 
 portant battle in which they were engaged was 
 at Kenesaw Mt, June 2Oth and 25th, and in ac 
 tion at Nurses Creek, June 26th and 27th. After 
 the siege of Atlanta in which they participated, 
 they were in the pursuit of Hood, bringing him 
 to battle at Columbia, and thence falling back 
 to Franklin, Tenn., where Nov. 3<Dth, they \vere 
 engaged in one of the most desperate con 
 flicts of the war. Dec. I5th at the battle of 
 Nashville, the battery was signalized for its 
 splendid execution, capturing sixteen of the 
 enemy s guns and behaving with conspicuous 
 gallantry. Taking a transport at Paducah, Ky., 
 then went to Cincinnati, thence by rail to Wash 
 ington and by sea to Wilmington, N. C. On 
 this passage they encountered a heavy gale off 
 Cape Hatteras, being out seven days and 
 losing 24 of their finest horses, which were 
 smothered in the hold of the vessel. They dis 
 embarked at Wilmington and for a few weeks 
 remained on Bull Head Island, thence marching 
 to Goldsboro and joining Sherman s army with 
 which they proceeded to Raleigh, where they 
 were at the time of Johnson s surrender. They 
 then moved on to Washington taking part in 
 the review and parade, and were discharged at 
 Indianapolis July 2, 1865. 
 
 Returning to his home at Cambridge City, 
 
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 thence proceeding by way of Cincinnati, 
 Covington, and Crab Orchard, to Lexington. 
 Ind., Mr. Boone remained for two years, thence 
 removing to Decatur, III., where he has since 
 followed the carpenter s trade, when able to 
 work, his health having been much impaired 
 by the military service. 
 
 He was married in 1878, to Ella Groner, 
 a native of Montgomery Co., 111. He had 
 two brothers in the Union army. Mr. Boone is 
 a member of the G. A. R. Post No. 141, and 
 the Carpenters Union. He is a Republican 
 and a faithful observer of the principle of do 
 ing well whatever his hands find to do. 
 
 JAMES MONROE FITZGERALD, of Sterling, 
 111., was born in DuPage Co., 111., May 3, 
 1849, an d is the son of Patrick and Mary 
 (Barry) Fitzgerald, both of whom were natives 
 of Ireland, where they were married. They 
 came to the U. S. in 1836, settling at Lanore, 
 N. Y., where they lived for about two years on 
 a farm. They removed to DuPage Co., 111., in 
 1854, and later to Genesee township, Whiteside 
 Co., where he pursued the avocation of a farmer. 
 Residing here until 1883, he sold out his estate 
 and re-invested in a farm in Colono township. 
 He finally located at Rock Falls, where he now 
 lives. His wife died in 1856. They had eleven 
 children: Michael B., William, Mary, Richard P. 
 John C., James M., Fllen, Fdward, Julia, 
 Francis and Thomas, all of whom are living 
 but William and Edward. The childhood of 
 James M. Fitzgerald, the subject of this sketch, 
 was passed at home. He attended school and 
 assisted in the cultivation of his father s farm 
 until his enlistment as a soldier in defense of the 
 Union. He was mustered in as a private of 
 Co. A., I40th 111. Inf. May 19 1864, at Sterling, 
 and was for two weeks in camp at Dixon, 
 thence removing to Camp Butler, where they 
 were armed and uniformed. Remaining a few 
 days at Camp Butler, they were ordered to 
 Lafayette, Tenn., where they were for some 
 time in camp. They had an occasional 
 skirmish with the enemy. Their principal 
 
 service while at this point was guarding rail 
 roads, in which they were engaged about two 
 months. Their next move was to Memphis as a 
 re-inforcement against the anticipated attack of 
 Gen. Price. 
 
 After going to Camp Frye, being ordered 
 there to be mustered out, they were instead 
 ordered to oppose the advance of Forrest upon 
 St. Louis. While at St. Louis, Mr. Fitzgerald 
 was taken sick and sent to the hospital, but was 
 able in a few days to rejoin his reg t., afterward 
 proceeding to Camp Frye, where he was mus 
 tered out Nov. 1 8, 1864. 
 
 Returning home he engaged in farming, but 
 this occupation being injurious to his health, 
 after a year he went to Sterling, where he 
 learned the trade of a mason, which he has 
 since successfully followed, directing his atten 
 tion to contracting and building for the past 
 fifteen years. He was married Oct. 15, 1870, at 
 Sterling, to Mary, daughter of Dennis and 
 Margaret (Barry) McCarty, natives of Ireland, 
 where they were married. They came to the 
 United States, settling in McHenry Co., 111. 
 Of this union there were born nine girls and 
 four boys: John, Mary, Charles, Ralph, Cath 
 erine, Mary, (2) Hannah and Julia, (twins) 
 Julia (2) Margaret, Charles, (2) Ellen, Julia, (3) 
 Henry and Frances, of whom all are living ex 
 cept two of the name of Julia, two of the name 
 of Charles and Hannah. 
 
 The father died at Sterling in Sept., 1871, 
 the mother is still living. Of the marriage of 
 James M. and Mary Fitzgerald there has been 
 but one child, Mary Ellen. Mr. Fitzgerald is 
 a member of the Foresters, No. 225, of Ster 
 ling, and Post No. 274, G. A. R. In politics he 
 is a Democrat. He and his wife are members 
 of the Catholic Church. He had three brothers 
 in the Union Army William, who after serving 
 for a year in the Navy, became a member of 
 Co. G., 1 56th 111. Inf.; Richard and John were in 
 the I40th 111. Inf., Co. A. 
 
 Richard was mustered out with the i4Oth 
 and re-enlisted in the I56th 111., serving to 
 the close of the war. 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 DOUGLAS HAPEMAN, the leading Book & 
 Stationery Dealer of Ottawa, 111., is a na 
 tive of Ephratah, Fulton Co. , N. Y., where 
 he was born January 15, 1839. His father was 
 John and his mother Margaret( Smith )Hapeman. 
 The elder Hapeman was a native of Germany, 
 and emigrated to the United States at an early 
 day, locating in the State of New York, where 
 he engaged in farming. In 1845 he removed to 
 the West, and located in Earl Township, La 
 Salle Co., 111., where he purchased a tract 
 of land upon which he began improvements. 
 He continued farming up to the time of his 
 death, which occurred in 1854. He was held 
 in high esteem by all who knew him. Mar 
 garet, his wife, departed this life in 1848. 
 There were born to them nine children, the 
 subject of this sketch, being the youngest. At 
 the early age of ten, young Douglas left the 
 parental roof and went to Ottawa to learn the 
 art of printing, establishing himself with the 
 " Free Trader." He applied all his energies to 
 the business, and in a few years became pro 
 ficient with all the details of a newspaper es 
 tablishment. 
 
 From the printing office to the field, when 
 President Lincoln issued his call for 75,000 
 men, to defend the nation from internal foes, 
 young Hapeman, inspired by patriotism and a 
 desire to contribute his mite for the preser 
 vation of his country, promptly responded. 
 The electric current that announced to the 
 country the attack on Fort Sumpter and the call 
 to arms had scarcely passed away, when he 
 was found enrolled among his country s de 
 fenders. 
 
 He was mustered as 2nd Lieutenant into Co. 
 H. nth 111. Vol. Inf., April 23, 1861, at Ottawa, 
 and with his company, was immediately sent to 
 Springfield, where the regiment was organized. 
 After remaining in camp for a time, drilling 
 and preparing for the great struggle before 
 them, they were ordered to Villa Ridge, where 
 they remained until about the middle of July, 
 when they were moved to Bird s Point, which 
 was made the base of operations for military 
 expeditions until the Tennessee Campaign 
 opened. 
 
 He was in action at Fort Henry, where 
 his Reg. took a prominent part. Flushed 
 with the victory at Fort Henry, the Regt. 
 arrived at Fort Donaldson to take part in that 
 memorable siege which began Feb. I3th, 
 The Reg. was placed to the right in Wal 
 lace s Brigade, McClernand s Division. They 
 did gallant service in this battle, and in the 
 sortie made by the Rebels on the I5th, suffered 
 terribly, losing in killed and wounded 102 men. 
 After several hours of hard fighting the Reg. 
 was ordered to fall back. This was ac 
 complished successfully, the regiment cutting 
 its way through Forest s cavalry. 
 
 In the afternoon the center works were 
 stormed and carried by our forces. Darkness 
 came on and the fighting ceased, but the Na 
 tional flag floated cheerily over the redoubt; 
 a compensation for the patriotic blood that had 
 been shed. During the night Pillow and Floyd 
 quietly withdrew from the bloody field, leaving 
 Gen. Buckncr to continue the fight alone, or 
 to surrender. The morning of the i6th, found 
 the white flag floating over the Rebel fortifi 
 cations. Terms of capitulation were asked for 
 by the Rebel General. Grant s terms of " un 
 conditional surrender " gave the field to the 
 Union troops, with nearly 14,000 prisoners, 65 
 field pieces and siege guns, 20,000 stand of 
 arms and a large quantity of stores. The loss 
 of the nth Reg. in killed and wounded was 
 399. That of Lieut. Hapeman s company 
 42. The next important engagement of his 
 regiment was at Shiloh, where it went into 
 action on Sherman s left. The command was 
 hotly engaged on the 6th and /th, and Lieut. 
 Hapeman, who had command of three com 
 panies, distinguished himself by his gallantry 
 and good judgment in handling his men. The 
 Reg. lost on this memorable field fifty per 
 cent, of the men in action. 
 
 The next service of the Reg. was in the 
 siege of Corinth, during which the subject of 
 this sketch was made assistant Adjutant, which 
 position he held until August 1862, when he 
 left the regiment to accept the appointment of 
 Lieut. Colonel, of the iO4th 111., tendered him 
 for gallant service on the field. He was com- 
 
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 missioned Aug. 23, 1862, and joined his regiment 
 at Ottawa. Subsequently the regiment was or 
 dered to Louisville, Ky., where it remained until 
 Bragg marched against Buell. It was placed in 
 Moore s Brigade, Dumont s Division, and in 
 the movements against Bragg the command 
 was at Frankfort, Bowling Green, Tompkins- 
 ville and Hartsville. At the latter place they 
 met Morgan s troops, including Hanson s Brig 
 ade of Infantry, and after a severe fight the 
 i4Oth 111., io6th 111. and io8th Ohio, were cap 
 tured by the enemy, whose force largely out 
 numbered the Union troops. The Reg. lost in 
 killed 44, and in wounded 156. The prisoners 
 were taken to Murphreesboro, where they were 
 paroled. Col. Hapeman and Maj. Widmer were 
 taken to Atlanta and held as hostages in solitary 
 confinement for Gen. McNiel. There they re 
 mained four and one-half months, when they 
 were removed to that living tomb, Libby 
 Prison, and incarcerated in one of its foul 
 dungeons. Fortunately for them they were 
 removed after nine days and taken to 
 Petersburg, and thence through the lines to 
 Annapolis, where they were exchanged. About 
 the middle of May he joined his Reg. at Brent- 
 wood, Tcnn., which was then in the ist Brigade, 
 2nd Div., 1 4th A. C. They were ordered to Mur 
 phreesboro, and subsequently participated in the 
 Tullahoma campaign, after which the command 
 went into camp at Deckerd s station where they 
 remained until about the first of Sept., then the 
 movement on Chattanooga began, which ended 
 in the battle of Chickamauga, in which the 
 iO4th, participated, Col. Hapeman command 
 ing the regiment. The Division moved out 
 on the loth to Davis Cross Roads and de 
 veloped the fact that the enemy was in full 
 force in their front. It moved back to Mc- 
 Lemores Cove, where it remained till the igth, 
 when the I4th Corps made the initiatory action 
 at Crawfish Springs to the great battle of 
 Chickamauga. On the 2Oth, his command was 
 on the extreme left and fought the same troops 
 they had met the day before. After the battle 
 they fell back to Rossville, then to Chatta 
 nooga, where they remained till Nov. 23d, 
 when they were called out to take part in the 
 
 battle of Lookout Mt., being hotly engaged in 
 the assault in the afternoon. His command 
 participated in the assault on Missionary Ridge, 
 being one of the first regiments to plant their 
 colors on its summit, after which it moved to 
 Ringold, from thence to Chattanooga where it 
 went into winter quarters. 
 
 The first action in the spring of 1864 was at 
 Buzzard s Roost, where Col. Hapeman com 
 manded the Reg., having been commis 
 sioned Colonel for meritorious services to date 
 from the battle of Chickamauga. The iO4th 
 was among the regiments that formed the 
 grand army, which under that great Commander, 
 Gen Sherman, moved on to Atlanta, and 
 participated in the battles of Buzzard s Roost, 
 Resaca, Cassville, New Hope Church, Dallas, 
 Pumpkinvine Creek, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw 
 Mt., Chattahoochie, Peach Tree Creek, Utoy 
 Creek Battle of Atlanta and its siege. 
 
 After the battle of Jonesboro, Sept. 2d, 
 in which Colonel Hapeman s Reg. took part, 
 he went into Atlanta where he was sta 
 tioned until Hood s movement to the North, 
 when the troops moved out in pursuit, Col. 
 Hapeman commanding the Brigade. They 
 followed Hood as far as Broomtown Valley, 
 when the command returned to Atlanta. He 
 was with Sherman in his celebrated " March to 
 the Sea," and with his Reg. participated in 
 the siege of Savannah. Then followed the 
 long march through the Carolinas. He was 
 present at the surrender of Johnson near 
 Raleigh. This was an event he had long 
 looked for and it compensated him for his many 
 hardships. He was in the march through 
 Richmond on to Washington, where he partici 
 pated in the Grand Review May 24, 1865. His 
 Reg. was subsequently ordered to Chicago, 
 where it was mustered out of service June 22, 
 1865. Colonel Hapeman returned to his home 
 and friends at Ottawa, and once more engaged 
 in the newspaper business. He passed through 
 the entire war and was in many of its hardest 
 fought battles. His regiment went out full; 
 total loss killed and wounded 405; loss in killed 
 1 1. 6 per cent. 
 
 In addition to his Journal he opened a Book 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 & Stationery store, which he has carried on 
 since, building up a large and prosperous busi 
 ness. Associated with him now is William J. 
 Graham, the firm being Hapeman and Graham. 
 He sold out his interest in the paper in 1882. 
 Colonel Hapeman was united in marriage at 
 Ottawa, Nov. 6, 1867, to Ella, daughter of 
 William and Phoebe Thomas. Two children 
 have blessed this union, Mary T. and William T. 
 
 Col. Hapeman is a member of the Ma 
 sonic fraternity, being connected with the 
 Occidental Lodge. No. 40, and the Shabbona 
 Chapter, No. 37; the Ottawa Commandry, No. 10; 
 and the Chicago Consistory. 
 
 He is also a member of the Seth C. Earl 
 Post, No. 156, G. A. R., of Ottawa, and the 
 Military Order of the Loyal Legion. In poli 
 tics he is a Democrat ; in religious matters he 
 is a member of the Episcopal Church. Colonel 
 Hapeman is an enterprising, public spirited 
 citizen, taking an active interest in all matters 
 that tend to the growth and development of 
 Ottawa. He is President of the Ottawa Build 
 ing, Homestead Savings Institution; Presi 
 dent of the Ottawa Hydraulic Company, and 
 Secretary, Treasurer, and Manager of the 
 Thomas Electric Light and Power Company, 
 all of which companies are in a prosperous 
 condition. 
 
 Colonel Hapeman is a true representative of 
 what a man may accomplish who is possessed 
 of a patriotic love of country, a determined 
 purpose; integrity, fortified by moral principles 
 and benevolent disposition. 
 
 ALFRED MATEEK, the present Postmaster at 
 Rutland, 111., enlisted in Co. D., 4/th 
 111. Vol. Inf. Aug. 1 6, 1861, at Henry, 111. 
 After service in this Co. he joined Co. A., as a 
 veteran in the same regiment. An epitome of 
 Mr. Mateer s war history may be given as 
 follows: Mustered in as private he was pro 
 moted to the rank of Sergeant, March 15, 1865, 
 and July 24th, in the same year, to Orderly Ser 
 geant. First sent to the front at St. Louis, and 
 then to Jefferson City, Mo., his Reg. went 
 
 into winter quarters at that point and remained 
 until Feb. 1862, when it marched to Otter- 
 ville, St. Charles, New Madrid and Island No. 
 10. In the first charge at Vicksburg Mr. Ma- 
 teer was wounded in the right arm, but this did 
 not keep him from his Reg., and although he 
 was seriously injured and suffered much he 
 held his place in the ranks until June 6, 1864, 
 when in the battle of Lake Chicot, Ark., he 
 received a wound in the left thigh and as the 
 bone was shattered the injury was severe and 
 dangerous, and would have killed a less power 
 ful and determined man. Although he ex 
 perienced untold pain as he was jolted over the 
 rough roads in a wagon to the river where he 
 was conveyed by boat to Memphis, he endured 
 all this intense suffering without a word of 
 complaint. At Memphis, Tenn., he lay in the 
 hospital at the point of death for many weeks. 
 Many times it was thought his life could not be 
 saved, yet he never lost hope and never com 
 plained. Some ten pieces of broken bone were 
 taken from this almost mortal wound, but it did 
 not heal, in fact, it was years after the war 
 when the wound finally closed. It may not be 
 necessary to state that he was rendered a cripple 
 for life. 
 
 As soon as he was sufficiently recovered he 
 went home on a furlough, but after two months, 
 although his wound was still painful and un- 
 healed, he determined to rejoin the Reg. in 
 the field, refusing to take his discharge, hoping 
 that he might yet be able to serve his country 
 on the field of battle. He was unable to per 
 form any active duty, yet he remained with his 
 command until his Reg. was mustered out 
 Jan. 21, 1866, at Sclma, Ala. Mr. Matccr 
 participatcd in all the battles that his Reg. 
 was in up to the time he received his last 
 wound. He was discharged from the first 
 volunteer service Feb. 18, 1864, when he re- 
 entered the service as a veteran, serving his 
 country with marked distinction for more than 
 four years, during which he was in twenty 
 different battles, as follows: New Madrid, Mo., 
 and Island No. 10, March, 1862; Farmington, 
 Miss., May gth; siege of Corinth, Miss., May 
 28th; luka, Miss., Sept. igth; Corinth, Miss., Oct. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 23, 1862; Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863; Assault 
 on Vicksburg, Miss., May 22d; Mechanicsville, 
 Miss., June 4th; Ft. DeRussey, La., March 14, 
 1864; Henderson Hill, La., March 2ist; Pleasant 
 Hill, La., April gth; Clintonville, La., April 23d; 
 Coin River, La., April 24th; Yellow Bayou, La., 
 May roth; the actions at Masura Plains, La., 
 May I4th; Coffeeville, La., May I5th; Masura, 
 La., May i6th; Lake Chicot, Ark., June 6th, 
 1864. He was also in the siege of Spanish Fort 
 and Fort Blakely which closed April 9, 1865. 
 
 During this campaign of about three months 
 under Gen. Smith, there was almost constant 
 marching and fighting, but the severe hardships 
 of a soldier s life were bravely endured by the 
 men of this command. Alfed Mateer was born 
 at Carlksle, Pa., July 29, 1840. His father, 
 Col. II . W. Mateer, received his title for meri 
 torious bravery at the head of a Reg. of 
 Penn. militia in an early day. He was a 
 merchant and Postmaster at Carlisle, but in 
 1857, with his family removed to Henry, 111., 
 where he engaged in mercantile business. Here 
 the son Alfred attended the public schools, 
 assisting his father in the store ; but as he ad 
 vanced in years he showed a preference for 
 farming. 
 
 When his country called for volunteers he 
 was one of the first to respond, and leaving 
 home and all the associations of his youth he 
 went forth to battle for the liberty and honor 
 of the Nation. When he returned from his 
 military service he engaged in farming, near 
 Wenona, 111., where he remained until he was 
 compelled to abandon this business and seek 
 an industry better suited to a scarred veteran 
 in failing health. In the latter part of 1871, he 
 moved to the village of Rutland where he has 
 since actively engaged in business. Here he 
 has served as Town Clerk, Village Clerk, and 
 on the Board of Trustees. He was appointed 
 Postmaster in 1889, previous to which he had 
 been Deputy P. M. for some time in the 
 same office. This gentleman is an enthusiastic 
 G. A. R. man, and an Odd Fellow in Lodge No. 
 163, of which he has been Secretary ever since 
 it was organized. He has been a life-long 
 Republican and cannot understand how Union 
 
 soldiers can be anything else. 
 
 He was married Sept. I, 1868, to Susan 
 Bishop, and they now have five sons and daugh 
 ters. Mary Eliza, now Mrs. W. G. Sutton, who 
 is a Deputy in the Postoffice; Thomas Wilson, 
 a popular clerk in a leading bank and store in 
 Rutland; John F., Fannie May, a clerk in the 
 Postoffice, and Alfred Thornton. Thus in 
 comfortable circumstances, surrounded by an 
 industrious family, this old soldier and citizen 
 is reaping the reward of the sufferings and sac 
 rifices he so willingly made for his country in 
 time of its peril. 
 
 DR. CHARLES A. BUCHER, one of the promi 
 nent physicians of Batavia, 111., hails 
 from Steuben Co , N. Y., where he was 
 born Nov. 11, 1829, a son of George and Kate 
 (Estleman) Bucher. His father, who fought 
 with Gen. Harrison in the battle of Tippecanoe, 
 and who was a soldier in the war of 1812, was 
 born at Harrisburg, Pa , 1792, and died at Caton, 
 N. Y. 1845. His mother was born in 1796, and 
 died at Caton in 1864. The paternal grand 
 father of the Dr. was Rev. Jacob Bucher, a 
 Lutheran minister, who was the son of wealthy 
 parents, and who fled from Germany on account 
 of political dissensions, sailing to America 
 in his own vessel. He was killed by light 
 ning at the ripe age of 92. The Bucher family 
 consisted of seven sons and three daughters, of 
 whom all but one son are living. From within 
 that home, three sons went forth to defend the 
 grand " old flag." James and Esach both 
 served throughout the war in the 1st N. Y. 
 Art. The Dr. left his paternal roof when 
 but a boy of ten summers and entered a store, 
 working for his board and devoting the late 
 hours of evening to studying. He subsequently 
 attended the public school for about three 
 years, later, attended the high school at Tioga- 
 Pa. for three years, and then pursued his 
 studies at Alfred Academy, Alleghany Co., 
 N. Y. After this we find our ambitious young 
 man clerking in a clothing store, and while 
 the other boys were spending their evenings 
 
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 having a "good time," he was studying the 
 science of medicine. From 1849 to 1850, he 
 attended the Geneva Medical College, then 
 went back to clerking for a year, and in 1851, 
 came to Chicago, shortly afterward locating at 
 Aurora, 111., where he engaged as foreman of 
 the Peter Annis clothing store. While here, he 
 fell in love; he found his wife in the person of 
 Minerva Simpson, the estimable daughter of 
 Ira and Fannie Simpson. By this happy union 
 five children have since been born, of whom 
 but one, Eddie, is living. After his marriage, 
 he continued in the clothing business at Bloom- 
 ington and Batavia, and in 1857, he entered 
 Rush Medical College, from which he was 
 graduated with high honors, four years later. 
 1861. The same year he caught the "war fever." 
 He bid the loved ones " good bye * and enlisted 
 in the service August 6, 1862, in Co. B., which 
 he had largely assisted in raising. The Co. 
 joined the I24th 111. Inf., which was organized 
 and mustered in at Camp Butler, Sept. loth, 
 with the Dr. detailed by Col. Fondy to act as 
 assistant surgeon. Oct. 6th, they moved to the 
 front at Jackson. Tenn. Nov. 2d, they started 
 out under Gen. Grant in the long march through 
 Tenn., and to the rear of Vicksburg, finally 
 returning and thence on to Memphis, arriving 
 Jan. 21, 1863. From here they embarked for 
 Lake Providence, La., were employed on But 
 ler s canal, next failed in a desperate attempt to 
 capture Vicksburg, and finally returning to Lake 
 Providence where our subject was discharged, 
 Feb. 22, 1863, at his own request, he having 
 acted in the full capacity of a Surgeon with but 
 a private s pay. 
 
 -Returning home he was soon again attend 
 ing college. Shortly, he was flooded with dis 
 patches from prominent commanders and phy 
 sicians soliciting him to again enter the service 
 and accordingly he re-enlisted June 1864 in the 
 72d, known as the the First Board of Trade 
 Regiment, 111. Inf., of which he was made as 
 sistant and later Surgeon. He remained on 
 provost duty at Vicksburg until about Oct. 
 2Oth. Subsequently they moved to Paducah 
 and about Nov. I5th, reached Nashville. After 
 constant marching and counter-marching, we 
 
 find the Dr. participating in the battle of Frank 
 lin, Tenn., November 3Oth, 1864, in which his 
 Reg. suffered the terrible loss of 720 killed, 
 wounded and captured, out of a total of 880. 
 During the hottest of the fight the Dr. was urged 
 by a lady to use her house near by as a hospital, 
 where both the unfortunate Union and Confed 
 erates received his care and medical attention. 
 About ten o clock that night the Dr. thought it 
 best to follow his shattered command which 
 was retreating to Nashville. Accordingly he 
 set out on foot, passed the enemy s lines 
 safely, and overtook the rear guard about 2 A. 
 M. Dec. 1 5th, and i6th, he was engaged in the 
 battle of Nashville. After this conflict they 
 went in pursuit of Hood s forces, and after 
 weeks of hard marching reached Corinth. 
 About Feb. I, they embarked from East- 
 port, down the river, the Dr. and Capt. Sex 
 ton giving their individual notes for the quar 
 ter-master s supplies, they not having any ra 
 tions. Up to this time they had subsisted on 
 scarcely anything but corn, and reaching Cairo 
 found the city guarded against them. But 
 they overcame all resistance and peacefully 
 raided the city, leaving it almost destitute of 
 eatables. The authorities assessed a fine of 
 $40,000 but the "boys" did not remain to see it 
 liquidated. Subsequently they embarked for 
 New Orleans from where they took steamer to 
 Dauphin Island, Ala. March 21, 1865, they 
 crossed the bay and moved to Spanish Fort. 
 After sharing actively in the long siege, the 72d 
 bore a conspicuous part in the brilliant attack 
 on the night of April 8. Four days later they 
 started for Montgomery, and Aug. i6, 1865, the 
 gallant Reg. was mustered out at Chicago. The 
 great rebellion came to a close, and the Doctor 
 resumed his practice at Batavia, continuing un 
 til 1879, when, owing to a failing in his eyesight, 
 he abandoned his country practice and removed 
 to Chicago, where he enjoyed a very extensive 
 and lucrative practice for ten years. Becom 
 ing a sufferer from Bright s disease, he returned 
 to Batavia where he has practiced since. 
 
 He has held numerous offices of public 
 trust and honor, among which may be men 
 tioned that of Coroner of the County, and Trus- 
 
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 43 
 
 tee of the School Board. He was Commander 
 of the G. A. R. Post No. 48, of Batavia, and 
 now fills the office of Surgeon. He was initia 
 ted into the Masonic Order at Bath, N. Y,, 
 40 years ago, and was one of the charter mem 
 bers in the formation of the Elgin Lodge, where 
 he resided for a few months soon after he 
 came West. The Dr. has passed through all 
 of the offices of the Batavia Lodge, No. 402, 
 (except that of Tyler) of which he was a mem 
 ber. He is a member of the Aurora Council, 
 of Knight Templar No. 22; the Royal Arch 
 Chapter of Aurora; and the American Legion 
 of Honor. Dr. Bucher is a man of fine literary 
 taste, a popular and attractive member of so 
 ciety where he holds a conspicuous place, and 
 one of Kane County s most worthy citizens. 
 
 JOHN T. HUBBARD, druggist and Postmaster 
 of Dccatur, 111., was born in Ind., June 
 6, 1841. His father was John S. born in 
 Gilford Co., N. C., in 1811, of English de 
 scent, whose father was a soldier in the war of 
 1812. All of the early representatives of the 
 Hubbards were Quakers, as was John S., the 
 father of the subject of this sketch. John S. 
 Hubbard was by profession a lawyer and also 
 cultivated a large farm, whose father moved to 
 Indiana when he was but ten years of age, and 
 settled within one mile of where the son now 
 lives. The father of John T. still owns his orig 
 inal purchase of 80 acres of land. His mother 
 was Abigail Henshaw, a native of North 
 Carolina, of Welsh descent. Her parents died 
 when she was quite young and she was raised 
 by a Quaker family of the name of Carter, who 
 settled in Indiana when her mother was but a 
 child. She had been, in her early life a 
 Methodist, but after her marriage to John 
 S. Hubbard, joined the Society of Quakers. 
 John T. was brought up on a farm, lending a 
 hand in its cultivation, attending a district 
 school in the winter. He enlisted June 20, 
 1862, and was mustered in at Indianapolis, 
 Aug. I2th, in Co. D. 70th Ind. Inf., commanded 
 by Col. Benjamin Harrison, now the President 
 
 of the United States. The reg. was ordered to 
 Bowling Green, Ky., where they were located 
 for five months doing guard and picket duty. 
 While here they went in box cars to Russel- 
 ville, where they charged upon Morgan s men 
 in a large and handsome grove, killing 42 men, 
 and capturing 50 of the finest horses of the 
 Kentucky breed. There they made the citizens 
 prepare supper for them, after which they 
 returned to Bowling Green, taking with them the 
 captured horses. In the fall they went to 
 Scottsville, Ky., where they staid two weeks, 
 thence going to Gallatin, Tenn., where they 
 were organized into a brig, under Gen. Ward. 
 Mr. Hubbard was made a Corporal and de 
 tailed for duty with the Pioneer Corps, being 
 ordered to Nashville and placed under the 
 command of Gen. Morton. They soon after 
 proceeded to Stone River where a part of the 
 Pioneer Corps were engaged during that battle. 
 They afterward went into camp at Murfrees- 
 boro, and while there Corporal Hubbard had 
 the typhoid fever, did not go to a hospital, but 
 during the Chattahoochie campaign, was or 
 dered to a convalescent camp, where he acted as 
 Quartermaster Sergt. In a short time he 
 was sent to Nashville, where he was released 
 from his detail and reported to his company at 
 Nashville with the reg., where he remained un 
 til the spring of 1864, when they marched to the 
 Wauhatchie Valley. May 2d they started for the 
 Atlanta campaign with Ward s Div. of the 20th, 
 A. C., commanded by Gen. Joe Hooker. The 
 first important engagement on this campaign 
 was at Resaca, Ga., where Corporal Hubbard 
 was made 1st Serg t. They were here in a 
 charge across an open field under a heavy fire 
 from the enemy s guns, and when near the fort, 
 Col. Harrison, seeing that they would be 
 riddled by the fire therefrom, commanded the 
 men to halt and lie down. 
 
 Immediately after the firing from the Eort 
 had ceased, Col. Harrison ordered them to rise 
 and rush forward to the fort capturing the 
 battery. Col. Harrison was in the fort about as 
 soon as any of them. The enemy during the 
 afternoon made several successive charges to 
 retake the fort, but were unsuccessful. The 
 
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 guns were removed from the fort under the 
 direction of Capt Meredith. Sergt. Hubbard 
 had his cap knocked off his head by a 
 stray ball, which broke the skin of his scalp 
 and which did not heal for 14 years. The next 
 day the Major appointed him color-bearer, in 
 which capacity he acted for some time, and 
 carried the colors of the reg. on many a 
 hard fought field. He participated in all the 
 battles of the campaign in which his reg. 
 took part. In the battle of Peach Tree Creek 
 they were hotly engaged. They charged the 
 enemy, who was at the same time charging 
 them, Col. Harrison in person leading the iO2d 
 111. Inf., who were armed with repeating rifles 
 with which they poured so continuous and 
 deadly a fire into the enemy s ranks as to com 
 pel them to halt and quickly to beat a hasty 
 retreat. The troops moved. on toward Atlanta, 
 taking their place in the front line, and re 
 maining until after Sherman started on his 
 march to Jonesville, when they fell back to the 
 Chattahoochie, where they were encamped 
 until the fall of Atlanta. While at the Chatta 
 hoochie, Sergeant Hubbard received orders to 
 report to the ist U. S. Engineers at Chatta 
 nooga for duty in that department, but after 
 arriving at Chattanooga, he was stricken down 
 by typhoid fever, being confined to the camp 
 for about one month. He then proceeded to 
 the performance of his duties with the En 
 gineer Corps in taking measurements. He con 
 tinued in this relation until June, 1865, when he 
 went to Nashville where he was mustered out 
 in July. 
 
 He returned home to Indiana and was soon 
 after appointed postmaster of the village in 
 which he resided, a position he held for seven 
 years, afterward going to Neoga, 111., where 
 he conducted a drug store for three years. 
 Removing to Decatur in April, 1872, he re 
 sumed the drug business which he still operates. 
 He was married at Neoga, 111., Nov. 25, 1869, 
 to Miss Emma Stone, of that place, a native of 
 New York. They have had three children- 
 Charles F., Clifford F.,and Gracie. Charles F. 
 is the distributer of mails in the Decatur Post 
 Office. Mr. Hubbard was appointed Post 
 
 master of Decatur Jan. 31, 1891, entering 
 upon his duties March ist. He is a member of 
 the Masonic Fraternity and has been Senior 
 Warden in the Blue Lodge and Captain of the 
 Host. He is a member of the G. A. R. 
 Post of Decatur, a Republican, and a member 
 of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hubbard is a 
 faithful official and a good citizen ever zeal 
 ously aiming at the good of his kind. 
 
 URIAH B. SANDERS, member of the Will 
 Robinson Post, G. A. R., of Sterling, 
 111., was born at Allentown, Pa., Nov. 
 8, 1845, and is the son of George and Rebecca 
 (Brobst) Sanders. Both of his parents were 
 natives of Allentown, Pa. The American pro 
 genitors of this family came originally from 
 England and Holland. 
 
 Seven children were born to George and Re 
 becca Sanders: Rebecca, Francis, Amanda, Ma 
 tilda, Hannah, Uriah B. and Emma. The subject 
 of this memoir was brought up on his father s 
 farm in the vicinity of Allentown, Pa., and after 
 the usual preliminary training in the common 
 schools, entered the Academy at Weaversville, 
 Northampton Co., Pa., where he continued his 
 studies from Oct., 1859, to the spring of 1861, 
 afterwards attending the Union Seminary at 
 New Berlin, Pa., from Oct. 1861, to June 1862. 
 In Sept. 1862, he served as a member of Co. C., 
 5th Pa. Militia, and during the invasion by Lee s 
 army was at Hagerstown, Md., on the day of 
 the battle of Antietam. 
 
 He continued in this service for two weeks. 
 During Oct, 1862, he taught a school at Allen- 
 town, Pa. He enlisted in the Federal army at 
 Phila., Nov. 7, 1862, as a private of Co. B, I76th 
 Pa. Inf., there going into camp for drill and 
 equipment for duty in the field. His regt. oper 
 ated in Va. and North C. until Jan. 1863, when 
 it left Newbern, N. C. and proceeded with Fos 
 ter s fleet to Beaufort, S. C., where they per 
 formed garrison duty until the expiration of 
 their term of enlistment. 
 
 He was promoted to corporal at Beaufort, 
 Feb., 1863. The regt. was mustered out at 
 
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 45 
 
 Phila., Aug. 2O, 1863. Mr. Sanders sustained 
 an accidental injury at Hilton Head, S. C., by 
 falling from the pier, causing a compound frac 
 ture of the left clavicle, after which he removed 
 to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the Photograph 
 business, until he re-enlisted March 29, 1864, 
 as a private in the 3rd Iowa Art., and was pro 
 moted to Corporal of the 1st Detachment of 
 that battery at Little Rock, Ark., in Jan., 1865. 
 He was mustered out and finally discharged at 
 Davenport, Iowa, Oct. 22, following. 
 
 During his whole period of service he was 
 only once confined to a hospital from sickness. 
 This was for two weeks in Sept. 1865, at Fort 
 Smith, Ark., while suffering from congestion of 
 the brain, and intermittent fever. Returning at 
 the close of hostilities to Iowa, he was engaged 
 for several years as a school teacher. In 1869, 
 went to Ark., where he taught the first colored 
 school organized in Pope Co., was also Deputy 
 U. S. Marshal of western Ark. and Indian Ter 
 ritory; also taught the White School at the 
 same place where he had taught the Colored 
 School. In 1876, he was principal of the High 
 School at Vinton, Iowa, and from 1877 to 1879, 
 principal of the Public Schools at Belle Plaine, 
 Iowa. From 1880, to 1887, he served as chief 
 yard clerk for the B. C. R. K R. R. Co., at Cedar 
 Rapids, Iowa, and in other relations with that 
 Co. In 1889, he was a Conductor on a Pullman 
 car, and in 1891, became the proprietor of a 
 book store at Sterling, Ills., where he still 
 resides. 
 
 He was married April 19, 1874, to Maria 
 Mackey, daughter of Levi and Lorna (Potter) 
 Mackey, natives of Ontario, Canada. Mrs. 
 Sanders family is descended from English and 
 and Scotch ancestry. Four children have been 
 born to this union: George H., Edna E., Helen 
 C. and M. Marie. Mr. Sanders has held the 
 positions of Lieut. Col. of the Reunion Asso 
 ciation of the gth Iowa Inf. and the 3d Iowa 
 Art., and is a member of G. A. R. Post No. 274, 
 of Sterling, 111., and of the Masonic Fraternity. 
 He is a Republican in politics, and in his sphere 
 in life, whether as soldier or citizen, has ever 
 maintained an honorable reputation. 
 
 His mother is still living. His brother 
 
 Francis, a member of Co. B., 47th Pa.,was killed 
 in the battle at Sabine Cross Roads, La. Mr. 
 Sanders has achieved success as a merchant, in 
 which relation he has been an important acqui- 
 tion to Sterling. 
 
 HL. WATLINGTON, of La Salle, 111. entered 
 upon his soldier experiences in the early 
 months of the Rebellion, having en 
 listed in the Union army, May 26, 1862, as a 
 private in Co. A. i;8th N. Y. Vol. Inf. at Buffalo. 
 In his younger days, our subject, being a bright, 
 and intelligent young man, acquired a good 
 education, therefore, he was soon detached by 
 his commander and made Clerk in the Adjutant 
 General s office of the 2d Division, and filled 
 that position for about one-half of his term of 
 service with credit and ability, and to the full 
 satisfaction of his superior officers. He, how 
 ever, tired of a mere clerkship, having enlisted 
 with a view of being actively engaged in the 
 handling and using of his gun. At his own re 
 quest he was permitted to rejoin his reg., 
 and with it participated in all the battles of 
 the Red River campaign, ending in the battle 
 of Pleasant Hill. At the latter battle, our sub 
 ject was wounded in the left wrist; was taken 
 prisoner and confined in a rebel prison at 
 Shreveport, La., for about three weeks, where 
 the young soldier growing restive under grind 
 ing restraint, soon cast about planning means 
 of escape. His courage and natural resources, 
 on this, as on many other occasions, did not fail 
 him. Having matured his arrangements, it 
 was not long until everything was in readiness 
 and, embracing a favorable opportunity, es 
 caped, and with some difficulty and considera 
 ble danger reached the Union lines, rejoined his 
 reg. at Alexandria. He was received by 
 his comrades with open rejoicings almost equal 
 to that displayed as we read of it on the re 
 turn of the Prodigal Son; lacking, of course, 
 the killing of a calf. He afterward participated 
 in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, the 
 siege of Mobile and the engagement at Fort 
 Blakely, besides many other smaller battles and 
 numerous skirmishes. 
 
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 At the conclusion of the war, he was re 
 tained in the service of the Government until 
 April 20, 1866, when he was mustered out at 
 Montgomery, Ala., and finally paid off and dis 
 charged. Immediately after his discharge, he 
 received an appointment in the Freedman s 
 Bureau at Greenville, Ala., where he had 
 charge of the distribution of rations, and held 
 the position until that department was legis 
 lated out of existence by Congress. We then 
 find our versatile young friend at Greenville, 
 where he embarked in the mercantile business 
 which he made a success of as w r ell as of every 
 other enterprise in which he engaged. He, 
 however, became dissatisfied with that business, 
 and selling out went to Birmingham, Ala., and 
 there entered upon the study of law, upon 
 which his thoughts often dwelt and to which 
 his desires often inclined him. After a full 
 course of energetic study he was admitted to 
 the bar. He started a practice and soon suc 
 ceeded in building up a healthy, growing and 
 remunerative business. About this time Presi 
 dent Garfield offered Mr. Watlington a position 
 in the Pension Department at Washington, 
 which owing to the earnest entreaties of his 
 many friends, he was finally induced to accept, 
 much, however, to his own personal dis 
 advantage. After the lapse of one year he 
 resigned this position, became a candidate and 
 was elected as a member to the State Legis 
 lature for the State of Alabama, and by reason 
 of his ability and zeal in his party s interests, 
 took a leading part in the councils of his State 
 and was recognized as an able, faithful, and 
 honorable representative, in whom his constit 
 uents always exhibited an unbounded pride. 
 After the expiration of his term in the Legis 
 lature he resumed his law practice at Birming 
 ham, and so continued until the year 1888, 
 when he was induced to remove to his present 
 home, and being possessed of all the character 
 istics which go to make up a clever and successful 
 lawyer, our subject soon acquired a large and 
 remunerative practice. He takes an active in 
 terest in all matters relating to the G. A. R. 
 work, and has the credit of establishing the 
 only Post in the State of Alabama up to the 
 
 time he removed from there. He is also a 
 Free Mason, and prominent in all things per 
 taining to the advancement of the order, and 
 during his membership has held the highest 
 offices of the lodge in which he is associated, 
 as well as having been elected and served as a 
 delegate to the Grand Lodge which met at 
 Montgomery in the year 1884. His prominence 
 as a citizen and lawyer has always forced him 
 to the front when persons were wanted to fill 
 positions in the Republican ranks. Among the 
 many positions he held in the interests of his 
 party was that of being a member of the Execu 
 tive Committee in the State of Alabama, and 
 which he held for several years until his resig 
 nation. 
 
 He was born in London, England, in 1845, 
 his father being a London merchant, who died 
 when the son was but a boy leaving him to 
 fight his own way. As soon, therefore, as cir 
 cumstances would permit, young Watlington 
 hied himself to the United States, and upon 
 reaching its hospitable shores, determined to 
 be one of its citizens and adopt it as his future 
 home. 
 
 He married Feb. 2, 1870, at Birmingham, 
 Ala., to Miss Dora Brooks a native of that State, 
 and two children Eugene, aged 19, and Pearl, 
 aged 15 years, have resulted from the marriage. 
 A man above the average citizen in ability, Mr. 
 Watlington applies himself assiduously to in 
 forming himself upon all the sciences and 
 current lines of thought, and being a prom 
 inent citizen, and advanced lawyer, possessed 
 of genial, sociable manners he has earned for 
 himself a reputation as a worthy citizen, away 
 beyond the confines of the district in which he 
 resides. 
 
 HENRY EISFIELT of Peru, 111., enlisted in 
 the Union army for the war of the Re 
 bellion atjoliet, Sept. 26, 1864, and was 
 mustered into the service on the same day, as a 
 private in Co. A., 44th. 111. Vol. Inf. Im 
 mediately after engaging in the army, he went 
 to the front and joined his regiment at Nash- 
 
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 ville, Term., and only a short time after faced 
 the enemy in the terrible battle of Franklin, 
 Nov. 30, 1864. The conflict was short, but 
 one of the most desperate in which the reg. 
 was engaged. Col. Opdeyke, commander of 
 the brigade to which his reg. was attached, 
 afterward in a general order by the author 
 ity of the General commanding, gave the 
 honor of gaining the victory and saving the 
 army, to this brigade. On the day following, 
 the regiment reached Nashville, and took part 
 in the engagement fought on the I5th. and 
 i6th. of Dec., when the rebel forces were 
 completely broken up and forced to retreat, 
 and were pursued by the 44th. as far as Tenn. 
 River. On Jan. 5, 1865, the regiment went 
 into camp for the winter at Huntsville, Ala., 
 where it remained until March 28th. when it was 
 ordered to Knoxville, Bulls Gap, and Blue 
 Springs; it continued there until April 19, when 
 the rebel army of Virginia, having surrendered, 
 the reg. went to Nashville, arriving there 
 on the 22d. During the battle of Nashville, 
 Mr. Eisfielt had several hairbreadth escapes, 
 having had six balls penetrate his clothing, as 
 well as having his canteen shot off. After be 
 ing kept in suspense for some weeks, was 
 finally mustered out at Nashville, June 15, 
 1865, when he immediately returned home to 
 Peru. 
 
 Mr. Eisfielt was born in 1835, at Wen- 
 tershousen, Co. of Witzenhaus, Prussia, and 
 emigrated to this country tn 1862, settling in 
 Peru, where he has since continued to live. 
 When a young man, he learned the business of 
 wagon maker, and followed it afterward in 
 Prussia as he has since his removal to the 
 United States. After the war he entered the 
 employ of the Peru Plow Company, and being 
 a capable and industrious machinist, has con 
 tinued to serve his employers with satisfaction 
 ever since. His father now, 82 years of 
 age, resides with him. 
 
 He married Anna Otto, also a native of 
 
 Prussia, in 1862, and they had 6 children 
 
 .Otto, Mary, William, William (2), Mene and 
 
 Baby. The latter a clever, bright young girl 
 
 possessed of rare charms and many accomplish 
 
 ments, beloved by all, and the pride of her 
 parents, died in April, 1889. Mr. Eisfielt is an 
 Odd Fellow, a member of the S. N. Kirk Post 
 No. 656, G. A. R. at Peru, a member of the 
 German Benevolent Association at Peru, and 
 adheres to the Republican faith in political 
 matters. 
 
 WILLIAM C. KIER, a leading and popular 
 clothier of Sterling, III., was born 
 in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., July 7 
 1837. His parents were William and Maria* 
 (Hurd)Kier, the former of whom was born in 
 Scotland in 1802, and the latter in London, 
 England, in 1804. They met in Canada where 
 both of their families previously located, and 
 where they were married. 
 
 They removed to the U. S. sometime in the 
 thirties, and subsequently located in Morrison, 
 111., where the father was engaged in Agricult 
 ural pursuits, and where he departed this life 
 in 1844, his widow following him four years 
 later. They were the parents of 12 children, 
 seven of whom are now living, James, Dun 
 can, the subject of this memoir, Alexander, 
 Maria, now Mrs. C. W. Douglas, Isabel, now 
 Mrs. H. P. Baker, and Lucy. Amidst the 
 quiet and peaceful pursuits of a country life, 
 the endearing surroundings of a happy home, 
 receiving such advantages of education as was 
 afforded by the common schools of that time, 
 Mr. Kier was reared. He was thus living when 
 the rebellion broke out which interrupted his 
 quiet home life, for he felt that when his coun 
 try called on her citizens for aid in preserving 
 the Union, that call included him, and as a pa 
 triot he was willing to respond. 
 
 He enlisted Sept. 2, 1861, at Morrison, as a 
 private in Co. C., 8th 111., Cav., Sept! 2ist, with 
 John F. Farnsworth as Colonel. Oct, 8th, the 
 reg t. moved to Washington, and camped at 
 Meridian Hill. The men were called into ac 
 tion and received their first experience in war 
 fare, at the battle of Bull Run, the result of 
 which was not calculated to produce a favora 
 ble impression in a young soldier s mind of the 
 
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 "pomp and circumstances of glorious war." 
 Mr. Kier was with his reg t. in all its battles, 
 skirmishes and marches until Jan. 16, 1862, 
 when he was taken sick with typhoid fever, and 
 sent to the regimental hospital, where he was 
 treated, and subsequently moved to the Wolf 
 St. hospital, at Alexandria, where he remained 
 until March 10, when he rejoined his reg t., then 
 on its forced march to Fairfax. In this march 
 he rode two nights and days in the rain, which 
 made him so ill that he was unable to keep his 
 saddle. With the aid of a comrade he dismounted 
 and was then rolled up in blankets and laid under 
 a tree, where he laid through the night. When 
 daylight came it was discovered that he had 
 the measles; the wet blankets and the prespi- 
 ration had brought them out. He was again 
 removed to the hospital at Alexandria, where 
 he remained about two months, when he was 
 so far recovered as to be able to report for 
 duty, and was then constantly with his reg. in 
 all its operations until 1864. When he rejoined 
 reg t. it was under the command of Gen. Custer. 
 His first action then, was at Goose creek, where 
 they were attacked from the other side by the 
 rebels. Custer c"lled for volunteers to cross the 
 stream and dislodge the enemy. Two com 
 panies of the 8th, immediately responded, and 
 crossing the river, attacked the rebels, charg 
 ing them up a steep embankment killing several 
 and driving them back. 
 
 The reg t. during this period had frequent 
 encounters with Mosby and his band of bush 
 whackers. In Aug. the command moved into 
 Maryland and Mr. Kier had the benefit of 
 serving the Union cause in that campaign. 
 Among the engagements he was in, were 
 Poolsville, Monocacy Church, Barnesville, 
 Sugar Loaf Mountain, Middleton, South Moun 
 tain and Boonesboro. At Monocacy they cap 
 tured the colors of the I2th, Va. (rebel) 
 Cavalry, and some prisoners. At Boonesboro, 
 they captured two guns and 200 prisoners. 
 
 The next important engagement participa 
 ted in by the reg. was the ever memorable 
 one of Antietam. Sept. /th, subsequently during 
 a reconnoitering expedition, the 8th, was hotly 
 engaged for a short time at Martinsburg. Fol 
 
 lowing this up and in the advance of the army 
 of the Potomac, Mr. Kier with his reg t. met the 
 enemy s cavalry at Philimonte, Uniontown, 
 Upperville, Barbers Cross Roads, Little Wash 
 ington, and Amesville, arriving at Falmouth 
 the latter part of Nov. 1863. The next impor 
 tant engagement of the reg t. was at Fredericks- 
 burg, Dec. 1 3th. From this time until spring, 
 it was chiefly engaged on picket duty and in 
 scouting on the Peninsula, and about the Rap- 
 pahannock. When spring came, the physical 
 endurance of the men of the 8th, was tested to 
 its utmost, to keep pace with the new life and 
 vigor that had been infused into the Army of 
 the Potomac; but the men had been severely 
 tried the year previous and had not been found 
 wanting. 
 
 In the early part of the season, it was en 
 gaged at Sulphur Springs, April 14; Warrenton 
 the 17; Rapidan Station, May i; Northern 
 Neck, May 14, Beverly Ford, June 9; Upper 
 ville, June 21, and at Fairville, June 30th. 
 These engagements led the troops through 
 Md. into Penn., and to the field of Gettysburg. 
 It is claimed by the members of the 8th Cav. 
 that they took the initiatory movement that 
 brought on the battle. It had not been the 
 purpose of either commanders to engage in 
 battle at Gettysburg, but unforseen circum 
 stances determined that field for the great 
 struggle between the Union and Confederate 
 Armies. June 30th, the 8th was sent out on the 
 advance line to feel of the enemy and had a 
 slight action, Capt. Jones, of Co. E., firing the 
 first shot, which opened the battle. The 8th, 
 was actively engaged during the battle and 
 particularly on the 2d.and 3d. days of July, and 
 was distinguished for its effective work. July 
 4th, it was engaged in pursuit of the retreating 
 rebels and took a large number of prisoners 
 during the march back to Virginia. It took 
 part in nearly all the engagements on the 
 return, among which were Williamsburg, Boones 
 boro, Funktown, Hagerstown, Falling Water, 
 Sandy Hook, Brandy Station, Raccoon Ford, 
 Manassas, Warrentown Junction, Mitchell - 
 Station and Ely s Ford. 
 
 During this campaign, the reg t. lost 23 in 
 
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 killed, 116 wounded and 27 missing. After 
 this campaign, Mr. Kier re-enlisted and re 
 ceived a furlough and went home. Returning 
 he was with the reg t. in all its operations up to 
 June 1864, which included the battles of the 
 Wilderness and Spottsylvania. During the 
 latter part of this period he experienced great 
 pain from his lung affection and while at Fair 
 fax Court House, after examination by the 
 Surgeon was given a sick furlough, going home 
 as he supposed to die. He had a long and 
 severe sickness, and was finally discharged on 
 account of physical disability, July 17, 1865. 
 For two years after this he devoted himself to 
 recruiting his health; subsequently went to 
 Iowa and opened a grocery business at Blains- 
 town, which he carried on about six years, 
 when he sold out in 1872, and removed to Ster 
 ling, where he opened a men s hat and furnish 
 ing store, which he has since continued and has 
 achieved marked success, building up a large 
 and profitable business. 
 
 He was united in marriage at Morrison, 111., 
 Sept. 27, 1866, to Catharine, daughter of Dun 
 can Kier, who was a native of Canada, and four 
 children have blessed this union Carl, (died 
 in his sixth year) Glenn, Olive, and Edward C. 
 Mr. Kier is a member of the A. O. U. W. Lodge 
 No. 3, of Sterling, and of the Will Robinson 
 Post No. 274, G. A. R. Both Mr. and Mrs. 
 Kier are members of the M. E. Church, Mrs. 
 Kier being Vice President of the Woman s For 
 eign Missionary Society. He also holds the 
 position of first Steward and Treasurer of the 
 Church. He is a supporter of the Republican 
 party, and as a slight compensation for his de 
 votion to his country, he receives a pension. 
 Mr. Kier has by his affable genial manner, and 
 unimpeachable character, surrounded himself 
 with a host of friends and enjoys the respect 
 and confidence of the people with whom he has 
 for so many years dwelt. 
 
 M 
 
 R. ]. S. COLE, of Peru, 111., was born at 
 Alleghany City, Penn., Feb. 19, 1836, 
 and received his education at Ann 
 Arbor, Mich. He was a son of Rufus and Isa- 
 
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 bella (Ewing) Cole, the former from Maine 
 and the latter from Pa., the father having been 
 in the war of 1812, and died at Wooster, Ohio, 
 at the age of 79 years, while his mother is still 
 living at New Castle, Pa., at the unusual age of 
 87. The Doctor had two brothers, George B., 
 and John W., who were in the war of the 
 Rebellion, serving in the i2Oth Ohio, the 
 latter of whom contracted typhoid fever while 
 in the army, causing his death at Young s 
 Point, Miss. The other, George B., has been a 
 practicing physician, doing a large and exten 
 sive business at Medford, in the State of 
 Oregon. 
 
 Our subject, Dr. Cole, enlisted for active 
 service in the United States army, at Lima, 
 Ohio, April 4, 1865, and was mustered in 
 as a private in Co. C., igSth Ohio Vol. Inf. 
 Immediately after his enlistment he was de 
 tached and assigned as a clerk in the Adjutant 
 General s office at Columbus, Ohio, and as the 
 war, by this time, was virtually over, he had 
 not the opportunity of seeing or participating 
 in the terrible conflicts which were waged be 
 tween the contending armies of the Republic. 
 After the surrender of Richmond, the Doctor 
 was mustered out and discharged, May 8, 1865. 
 Having left the army, he engaged in the 
 study of medicine, and after two terms attend 
 ance at a Medical University, commenced the 
 practice of his profession at Rowsburgh, Ohio, 
 taking another course, however, in the year 
 1869, and graduating at the medical Depart 
 ment of the University of Cleveland, Ohio. 
 After receiving his diploma he practiced in the 
 last named State until the month of April, 1863, 
 when he removed to LaSalle, 111., where he 
 entered into partnership with his brother 
 George, also a physician practicing at that 
 place, which partnership continued for two 
 years, when our subject removed to Peru, and 
 there engaged in practice upon his own account, 
 and being a gentleman of commanding pres 
 ence, agreeable manners, and a skilled physi 
 cian, immediately commanded an universal prac 
 tice, and entered upon an unbroken line of finan 
 cial successes, enabling him to accumulate ex 
 tensive landed interests in this as also in the 
 
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 State of Kansas, where he has made several large 
 and judicious investments. The Doctor, al 
 though he has a large practice, which he faith 
 fully attends to, finds time to devote to other 
 matters, consequently, owing to his popularity 
 and prominence has become a- leading figure in 
 the Masonic order, also in the ranks of the Re 
 publican party, as well as in the E. N. Kirk Post 
 No. 656, G. A. R., at Peru, of which he is an 
 important member. 
 
 He married at Hayesville, Ohio, July, 1862, 
 Miss Ruth A. Smith, a native of that place, 
 and four children Frank, Minnie, Rufus and 
 Fred, have been the fruits of that union. A 
 gentleman of more than ordinary attainments 
 in general information and in the science of his 
 profession, Dr. Cole has assumed a position in 
 the first rank of his profession, and in society 
 as naturally as "the sparks fly upward." 
 
 IT is probable that few men saw more active 
 service during the war, and few possess a 
 more interesting and honorable record, 
 than does the subject of our sketch, Amos 
 Churchill, of Prospect Park, 111. He was born 
 in DuPage Co., 111., March 29, 1842. He 
 is the son of Isaac B. and Angeline (Barker) 
 Churchill. His father was born in N. Y. State, 
 April 22, 1818., and his mother Sept. 15, 
 1820. Both are of English descent. One of 
 their ancestors, Winslow Churchill, being one of 
 those who arrived in the "Mayflower." The 
 name of Winslow is still in use in the family, 
 and our subject s grandfather, Winslow 
 Churchill, was in the war of 1812. Amos is 
 the eldest of seven children (4 sons and 3 
 daughters). His early life was spent on a farm 
 and in attending school during the winter 
 months. Upon the breaking out of the war, 
 young Churchill desired to enlist, his father 
 however warned him, that his doing so, might 
 cost him his life. "What if it does?" was the 
 characteristic reply, " you have two other sons." 
 and his father finally consented. It was the 
 death of Gen. Lyons that urged him to de 
 lay no longer, and that night he saddled his 
 
 horse and rode to Bloomingdale, 111. His de 
 parture from the house was watched by his sis 
 ter, who, doubtless thought never to see him 
 again. He enlisted in Co. D. 8th 111. Cav., 
 Sept. ist, and was mustered in Sept. i8th, at St. 
 Charles, 111. He was afterward transferred to 
 Co. M,of this reg. and went to Washington with 
 the reg. From there the 12 companies, 300 of 
 whom were sick, were returned to Alexandria, 
 March I, 1862. While located at Alexandria, 
 the pastor of the Episcopal church, which the 
 company attended, asked divine blessing upon 
 the rebel forces. At this Capt. E. J. Farnsworth 
 was much enraged, and requested him to read 
 the prayer as it was, not omitting any portion 
 of it. The pastor refused to do so, and Capt. 
 Farnsworth ordered Sergeant McKinley to 
 arrest him. The congregation murmured 
 somewhat, but the Capt. announced that he 
 would shoot the first man who interfered and 
 quiet was soon restored. 
 
 When detailed as Orderly to Gen. Sumner, 
 Mr. Churchill, with some of his comrades, 
 captured a flock of sheep, hence named the 
 place Mutton Run. At Alexandria, the reg. 
 joined Gen. McLellan s army, and went with it 
 to Hampton Roads, arriving just in time to 
 witness the famous naval battle between the 
 Monitor and Merrimac. There were aboard 
 of transports in the bay 7,500 troops, and the 
 victory of the " Little Cheese Box" was hailed 
 with great rejoicings as it was undoubtedly 
 one of the most important victories. A por 
 tion of the reg. subsequently landed at 
 Sewells Point; Mr. Churchill s company going 
 to Fortress Monroe, locating near the fortifica 
 tions thrown up by Washington and Cornwallis 
 during the war of the Revolution, at this time 
 plainly visible. Later they were at Yorktown 
 fronting Johnston s army (Gen. Magruder in 
 command). May 4, 1862, they pursued Ma 
 gruder, and on the 5th, fought a severe battle 
 at Williamsburg. At Fair Oaks, while engaged 
 in carrying the despatches, Mr. Churchill s horse 
 was shot from under him, but he escaped unin 
 jured, mounted another and went on his way, 
 but was too stiff to get off to deliver his mes 
 sages. He engaged in every battle of the 
 
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 Potomac, and from March i, 1862, to June 9, 
 1863, he served as orderly to Gen. Sumner, up 
 to the battle of Chancellorsville. At the 2d 
 battle of Malvern Hill he and 30 of his com 
 pany were cut off and surrounded, and Mr. 
 Churchill s sabre scabbard was shot in two. 
 They managed, however, to secrete themselves 
 in an old log house standing in a cornfield. 
 They remained hidden until about ten o clock 
 at night, when they made their escape, our sub 
 ject leading as advance picket until Malvern 
 Hill was reached. Here they lost the trail, 
 and Mr. Churchill dismounted to reconnoiter, 
 and finally struck a cow path which led up to 
 the hill. Remounting and continuing the path, 
 merging from some timber, they came upon a 
 picket guard, who challenged them. He was 
 about to reply when a volley from the enemy 
 was fired and a ball struck his horse, fatally 
 wounding him. Seeing the horse was mortally 
 wounded, Mr. Churchill drew his sword and 
 killed it. They then secreted themselves 
 until morning and made their escape, rejoining 
 their Co. The morning following the battle of 
 South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862, his reg. charged 
 the enemy, pursued them some three miles, 
 killing 7 and capturing over 200 prisoners. 
 Their loss was one killed, three wounded, and 
 two taken prisoners. The day following they 
 went into camp at Sharpsburg. 
 
 Sept. 17, they engaged in the battle of 
 Antietam, and were under fire during the en 
 tire battle. A week or ten days latter, the reg. 
 with three others and a battery, crossed the 
 river to Martinsburg, raided the town, and pa 
 roled prisoners held at that place. Subse 
 quently the enemy gathered in such force that 
 they made a stand, but were finally driven 
 back, taking one prisoner whom the enemy re 
 turned by an officer the following morning, be 
 ing so disgusted with their defeat that they 
 said they did not want him. After this they 
 were engaged in scout duties until Dec. 
 13, when they took part in the battle of 
 Fredricksburg, and afterward resumed guard 
 and picket duty. They were also engaged in 
 the battle of Chancellorsville, May I, to the 4, 
 then retreated across the river to Falmouth, 
 
 Va., where they did guard and picket duty. 
 From 20, to the 28, of May, they were engaged 
 in a raid on the Peninsula between the Potomac 
 and Rappahannock rivers to the Chesapeake 
 Bay. They captured over 1000 prisoners, and 
 brought in a train of provisions, and captured a 
 line of horses and mules, several miles long. 
 About June I, they started North to head off 
 Lee. On the morning of the 9, about 4 o clock, 
 they surprised his advance guards by attack 
 ing them while camped at Beverly s Ford. 
 After a severe fight they were driven back. 
 Their reserves came up, however, and Mr. 
 Churchill s Co. was forced to retire. The 
 enemy attempted to turn their left flank, and in 
 doing so almost disorganized his command. 
 Seeing the danger, Mr. Churchill and 3 of his 
 comrades attempted to hold them in check, un 
 til the remainder of their company could come 
 up. They held this position until they came in 
 close contact with the enemy s line, causing 
 them to halt until the company was able to 
 form in line. Mr. Churchill was about firing 
 his sixth shot, when a ball struck him in the 
 elbow and another struck his horse passing 
 through the animal s body. It lived, however, 
 long enough to bear him from the field across 
 the Rappahannock to the hospital, although it 
 required considerable urging to gain the op 
 posite bank of the river, and dropped dead 
 when it reached the hospital at Brandy 
 Station. There he underwent an operation, the 
 result of which saved the arm but made it three 
 and one-half inches shorter than the other. 
 Soon after, he and his wounded comrades were 
 taken in a freight car to Alexandria, Va., and 
 placed in the Mansion House hospital at mid 
 night. The day of his arrival at the hospital 
 he was so weak from loss of blood, the doctors 
 were of the opinion that he could not survive, but 
 placed him in charge of Mrs. Brotherton, who 
 removed him to her apartments, where he slept 
 during the next 48 hours. Upon awakening, 
 she told him if he continued to improve for the 
 next 21 days he would probably recover. Un 
 fortunately, however, he contracted a chill 
 which somewhat retarded his recovery. The 
 surgeon believed the ball had been removed, 
 
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 but Mrs. Brotherton thought otherwise, and by 
 means of a string drawn tightly on the surface 
 demonstrated to the physician that the ball 
 was still there, and at length he cut it out and 
 handed it to Mr. Churchill for inspection. One 
 side of it, where it struck the bone, was in 
 dented. Our subject still treasures the ball 
 and his sword as interesting, though painful 
 relics of his soldier life. He continued to im 
 prove, and Sept. 28, 1863, he was discharged 
 from the hospital and returned home, where he 
 arrived about Oct. ist. Mr. Churchill then 
 returned to school, being desirous of complet 
 ing his education. He attended Wheaton Col 
 lege until the President called for the enlist 
 ment of IOO day men in the spring of 1864. 
 
 He enlisted again, this time in Co. H. 
 I4ist 111. Vol. Inf., and was elected ist Lieut, 
 of his Co., although his arm was still dis 
 charging, and very painful. In order to pass mus 
 ter, Mr. Churchill had to employ a little strate- 
 gem, in which he succeeded in holding up his left 
 arm instead of the right. The captain of his 
 company being a literary man, and knowing but 
 little of military affairs the duty of drilling and 
 commanding the company devolved upon Mr. 
 Churchill. From Elgin it was ordered to 
 Columbus, Ky., where it relieved the troops 
 stationed there. After a time the reg. was 
 sent to Cairo, and from there embarked go 
 ing some 250 miles up the Ohio River, then 
 returned to Paducah, were ordered back to 
 Columbus and remained there until the first of 
 Oct., when they were sent to Chicago and mus 
 tered out, Oct. 10, 1864. Owing to the con 
 dition of his right arm, he carried his sword in 
 his left hand, and during the whole term, never 
 lost a day, performing his duties as well as be 
 fore being wounded. Returning home, he again 
 attended Wheaton College, during the fall and 
 winter which ensued. In the following spring, 
 the President issued another proclamation call 
 ing for troops. Ever patriotic, he left school 
 with the intention of raising a company, and 
 within a week succeeded in getting 35 men. He 
 took them to Camp Douglas where all were ac 
 cepted except Mr. Churchill, his arm being still 
 painful, and the wound notyet healed. He again 
 
 returned home and entered Wheaton College. 
 In the spring of 1866, he was elected town Col 
 lector, serving two years. He refused to be 
 nominated for the third term, preferring to give 
 way to some other comrade. Erom 1879, he 
 was elected successively to the office of Super 
 visor of Milton Township, which he held with 
 great satisfaction to his constituency. The last 
 year of his term he was chosen President of the 
 Board. He then engaged in farming, dealing 
 in live stock and threshing grain until Oct. 
 I, 1882. In the spring of 1883, he formed a co 
 partnership with William H. Luther in a Coal, 
 Grain and Feed business, also to deal in Agri 
 cultural Implements and Building Material, gen 
 erally, but which was in Oct., 1890, dissolved by 
 mutual consent, Mr. Churchill continuing in the 
 business with Louis Cj. Newton, under the 
 firm name of Churchill & Newton. He has 
 never received any assistance from any 
 one, and has, by industry and straightfor 
 ward dealing, built up a large business, and 
 is to-day in easy and comfortable circum 
 stances. 
 
 He married Miss Marilla Bronson, daughter 
 of David Bronson, Nov. 26, 1866. They have 8 
 children: Jessie M., Jennie E., Josey M., Julia A., 
 Addie B., Fanny B., Rhoda V. and Amos, Jr. Mr. 
 Churchill is a member of the Masonic fraternity, 
 and also of the G. A. R. Post No. 513 of which 
 he has been a Commander and Senior Vice 
 Commander, Junior Vice Commander, Chaplain 
 and Officer of the Day; is also in receipt of a 
 pension which he richly deserves. He is a 
 prominent member of the Congregational 
 Church and one of its Deacons; has been a 
 member of the Sabbath School for several 
 years, and for the last four years has been 
 Superintendent of the same. The wound in his 
 arm caused weakness of the entire body, es 
 pecially affecting his legs, one of which has been 
 broken, making one leg shorter than the other. 
 His career has been characterized by firmness, 
 promptness and decision of enterprise, strict 
 integrity, and liberal views, while his frank, fair 
 dealing has impressed upon all the genuineness 
 and worth of his manhood. Genial and affable, 
 he is popular among his aquaintances, and en- 
 
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 joys the highest esteem of the community in 
 which he resides. 
 
 WILLIAM MELLEN now a resident of 
 Ottawa, 111., was among the first of 
 Massachusetts young, loyal sons to 
 respond to the call to arms. His patriotic im 
 pulses determined him to devote the strength 
 of his young manhood to the preservation of 
 his country. To this purpose he enlisted June 
 11, 1861, as a private in Co. D, gth Mass. Inf. 
 Soon after his enlistment he was mustered into 
 the service and was called with his regi 
 ment to the front. The reg. was joined to 
 the ist Brig., 2d Div., and later on, when 
 the army was organized into corps, it was 
 placed in the 5th A. C., commanded by Fitz 
 John Porter. Mr. Mellen fought in the 2d bat 
 tle of Bull Run, and was in all the engagements 
 with his regiment, up to the siege of Yorktown. 
 While on guard duty at Bielton Station in 1864, 
 he had his collar bone broken by a fall while 
 on fatigue duty. He was taken to the hospital 
 and placed under the surgeon s care, and soon 
 after his time expired. He was a participant 
 in the battle of Gaines Mills, June 24, 1862, 
 w T here he fought bravely but was taken pris 
 oner. He was among the many unfortunate 
 soldiers of the Union army who became ac 
 quainted with the dungeon walls of Libby 
 prison, but fortunate in this, that his confinement 
 in that terrible living tomb, was limited to six 
 weeks. From this he was sent to Belle Island 
 where he was confined for about two months, 
 when he was exchanged and returned to his 
 regiment. From that time on, he was with 
 his reg. in all its marches and engagements 
 until he was mustered out, which was at Bos 
 ton, Mass., June 21, 1864. He had served three 
 years in the defense of his country s flag, had 
 discharged the duties of a soldier faithfully 
 and well, and felt that he was entitled to re 
 turn to his home and family. 
 
 Mr. Mellen was born at Charleston, Mass,, 
 in 1843. He spent his youthful years at home, 
 attending the common schools. When at the 
 
 early age of ten years, he was sent to learn the 
 trade of a glass blower, which he followed up 
 to the time of his enlistment. After his return 
 from the war he went to St. Louis, where he 
 spent some time. His next place of business 
 was Chicago. After remaining there for a time, 
 he made his way again East, stopping awhile 
 in Philadelphia, and then he went to Boston. 
 In 1883, he concluded to try his fortune again 
 in the West, and setting out he finally reached 
 Ottawa, 111., where he has since resided, work 
 ing at his trade. His long experience at his 
 business and his knowledge of all its details, 
 renders him a valuable acquisition to the com 
 pany by whom he is employed. He is a mem 
 ber of the G. A. R. Post No. 156, of Ottawa, in 
 which he takes a prominent and active part. 
 He is also a member of the Glass Blower s 
 Union. 
 
 Mr. Mellen was married at Cambridge, Mass., 
 May 28, 1868, to Catherine McGirk, of that 
 city. Five children were born to them James, 
 Ellen, Mary, Sarah and Susan. 
 
 SIDNEY S. TUTTLE, member of G. A. R. Post 
 No. 274, of Rock Falls, Ills., was born 
 Oct. 9, 1840, in Portage Co., Ohio. His 
 parents were Hiram C. and Sarah A. (Terrill) 
 Tuttle. His father was born in New York 
 in June, 1818, and his mother in Ohio. The 
 occupation of Hiram C. was that of a farmer, 
 but removing to Pa. he there engaged in the 
 lumber business. In Oct., 1852, he located in 
 Steuben Co., Ind., and remained there until his 
 removal to Iowa, where he died. His widow 
 still survives, and is residing with her daughter 
 at Algona, Iowa. 
 
 Sidney S. was the oldest of the family, and 
 was brought up with his parents, continuing at 
 home until his enlistment in the military ser 
 vice, which he entered April 21, 1861, at 
 Columbia City, Ind., as a member of Co. E, 
 I ;th Ind. Inf. After the usual camp discipline 
 the regt. went to the front July I, 1861, going 
 through Cincinnati to Parkersburg, W. Va., 
 where they remained some days. July 2 1 , were or 
 dered intoMd. and on July 26 moved to the North 
 
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 Branch of the Potomac. July 28 they began a 
 line of fortifications, and from this time for 
 ward were scouting and participating in fre 
 quent battles with the enemy. Mr. Tuttle was 
 a witness of the death of Col. John A. Wash 
 ington, Sept. 12, while on a reconnoissance, and 
 assisted in carrying his body to the outposts. 
 Nov. 19, the regt. was ordered to Louisville, 
 Ky., arriving Nov. 30. They went into winter 
 quarters at Camp Wicklippe, performing picket 
 duty and having frequent skirmishes with the 
 enemy. The regt. next proceeded to Nash 
 ville, arriving March 9, 1862, and was there 
 brigaded with the I5th Ind., 50th Ind., and 6th 
 Ohio. They then moved on to Pittsburg Land 
 ing, reaching that point Tuesday after the bat 
 tle of Shiloh. The regt. was engaged at the 
 siege of Corinth, occupying a position in the 
 center of the line of attack. After some time 
 spent in pursuing Forrest, they set out on the 
 famous march to Louisville (called by the 
 soldiers the "nip and tuck" march), in which 
 they distanced Bragg, getting in ahead and 
 shutting him out. They had a spirited en 
 counter with the enemy, Oct. 21, at Mumfords- 
 ville, Ky., after which they returned with Buell s 
 army to Louisville. Feb. 12, 1863, they re 
 ceived orders to mount themselves, seizing 
 horses wherever they could. Mr. Tuttle s regt. 
 was the first to secure horses, after which they 
 assisted the others. They were engaged in the 
 action at Hoover s Gap, June 24, returning with 
 75 prisoners and 135 stand of arms, with a loss 
 of 40 men in killed and wounded. From this 
 time forward Mr. Tuttle was almost daily under 
 fire, but ever acted with soldierly courage and 
 an inflexible adhesion to duty. At Chickamauga 
 he was an active participant in that hotly con 
 tested battle, and in many others that followed 
 with Wheeler, in several of which he narrowly 
 escaped death. In one instance his Co. was 
 surrounded and their surrender demanded, and 
 notwithstanding his perilous situation, under 
 a heavy fire, he refused to give up his gun, 
 even when dismounted and helpless. The 
 timely arrival of the Union troops rescued him. 
 He was mustered out and finally discharged at 
 Indianapolis, Aug. 8, 1865. 
 
 During his whole period of service he did 
 not lose a day from duty, nor was he wounded 
 or at any time under the care of a physician. 
 For some years after his return home he was 
 engaged in railroading, and is now shipping 
 clerk in the office of the C. B. & Q., at Sterling, 
 a position he has held for nine years. For 12 
 years prior to his appointment to his present 
 position, he was night watchman on the same 
 road. Throughout his army life and since he 
 he has never been intoxicated. He was mar 
 ried Mar. 12, 1864, while at home on furlough, 
 at Columbia City, Ind., to Emily, daughter of 
 Nicholas and Gertrude (Strickfaden) Bessack. 
 Mrs. Tuttle s parents were natives of Bavaria, 
 Germany, where they were married, locating 
 in Ind. after having lived some time in N. Y. 
 They are both deceased. Nicholas Bessack, 
 the father of Mrs. Tuttle, served as a soldier 
 under the Duke of Bavaria, and she had three 
 brothers, Nicholas, Joseph and Andrew, in the 
 Union army during the war of the rebellion; 
 the two former being in Co. E, I7th Ind. 
 Nicholas was killed June 20, 1864; Joseph 
 is living in Nebraska, and Andrew in la. Mr. 
 Tuttle is the father of four children: Edward 
 L., Elmer A., Bertha E. and Eva M., of whom 
 Edward is deceased. He is a Republican in 
 politics. He was a charter member of the 
 Will Robinson Post. Mrs. Tuttle is a charter 
 member of the Woman s Relief Corps No. 45, 
 and was for two years its Conductor, and for 
 one year its junior Vice-President. 
 
 HARVEY MAHANNAH, one of Decatur s 
 (Illinois) most prominent men, is a 
 native of Pennsylvania, having been 
 born there Aug. 12, 1836, a son of Benjamin 
 Mahannah, also a native of Pennsylvania, of 
 Irish ancestry and a close relative of the famous 
 General Anthony Wayne of Revolutionary 
 times. Harvey had nine brothers and sisters, 
 namely: Stephen, Mariah, Mary, Ann, Henry, 
 Jacob, Ely, Christina, William and James W. 
 Henry was a soldier in the late war and passed 
 through the service without being wounded or 
 
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 captured. Ely, another brother.was in the navy 
 during the same period. 
 
 Harvey, in his younger days lived in Ohio 
 between the years 1839, and 1851, and when old 
 enough, attended a private school until a short 
 time before he left the State, when he took ad 
 vantage of attending a public school which had 
 recently been established. He removed to the 
 State of Illinois, worked upon a farm until 1855 
 when he went at the carpenter s trade which he 
 continued until his enlistment at Decatur Aug. 
 ii. 1862, and was subsequently mustered in as 
 an Orderly Sergeant in Company G., ii6th 111. 
 Vol. Inf. but soon after was elected 1st Lieu 
 tenant. This regiment remained in camp of in 
 struction until Nov, 8, when it proceeded to 
 Memphis and shortly after upon the Talla- 
 hatchie campaign, going to Oxford then re 
 turned to Memphis. Leaving the last named 
 place the regiment moved down the river then 
 up the Yazoo to the Chickasaw Bayou where it 
 engaged the enemy in a heavy battle, the men 
 being under fire for several days, then passed 
 on to Arkansas Post, where, on January 11, 
 1863, they fought the bloody battle of the same 
 name. The ii6th occupied the center of the 
 Union line and kept up an enfilading fire upon 
 the enemy under the protection of the Govern 
 ment Gunboats, thus preventing the enemy from 
 using his artillery and in a short time forced 
 him to surrender, thus rewarding the Union 
 troops with the capture of about 6,OOO prison 
 ers, besides equipments, supplies and stores. 
 The regiment was employed for a time on 
 Butler s famous canal and when it was aban 
 doned moved to Upper Young s Point where it 
 remained until it joined in the general advance 
 upon Vicksburg. After making a detour up 
 the Yazoo River it retired, landing at Milliken s 
 Bend, La., where Mr. Mahannah was compelled 
 to remain in camp by reason of severe illness. 
 He was not absolutely incapacitated, therefore, 
 he was appointed to the command of the camp 
 for about a week, when he had the sick moved to 
 Upper Young s Point. The regiment marched 
 to Grand Gulf where he joined it May 22d, 
 1863, just after the second charge had been 
 made upon Vicksburg. Here he was trans 
 
 ferred to Company A., assumed command of 
 his Co. and took his place in the line through 
 out the siege. He was most of the time on 
 active duty, running a mine under the enemy s 
 works which was stopped pending negotiations 
 for the surrender. Before becoming a soldier 
 Mr. Mahannah worked at his trade in Loui 
 siana, and as the town he worked in raised a 
 company for the rebel service, many of the 
 men he knew, hence after his duties had been 
 performed, he hunted up the company who 
 were of the number captured at Vicksburg. He 
 soon found them, much the worse in appear 
 ance owing to the hardships endured, and was 
 much pleased with his visit. The following 
 day he started for Jackson, Miss., marching 
 under a scorching sun, the dust rising in 
 clouds, with a great scarcity of water and little 
 to eat, consequently men were continually fall 
 ing exhausted along the line of march. On 
 arrival the Union forces invested the town, dug 
 trenches in which the men slept, continuing 
 there until the place was evacuated, then pur 
 sued the enemy some distance having heavy 
 skirmishes daily, until they returned to Jack 
 son. Subsequently the regiment moved back to 
 Camp Sherman near Vicksburg, where it was 
 assigned to General Morgan L. Smith s Division. 
 While at Camp Sherman Lieutenant Mahan 
 nah obtained a furlough, returned home to 
 Decatur for a few days, then rejoined his reg 
 iment, being placed in his original company of 
 which he was appointed Captain by reason of 
 the death of the former commander. Leaving 
 Camp Sherman the regiment moved to Mem 
 phis, Corinth, luka, Tuscumbia, Eastport, 
 Florence and Stephenson; in light order 
 marched to the Chickamauga River, where on 
 the night of the 23d, November, it, with the 
 8th Mo. Inf., boarded pontoon boats and 
 drifted down to the Tennessee River, there 
 hugged the west bank of the last named river 
 and ascended it to a point where a signal was 
 displayed, crossed to the opposite bank, made 
 a successful landing, and surprised and 
 captured the rebel pickets without firing a gun 
 to disturb or alarm the enemy. Before day 
 break the main army had crossed the river on 
 
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 a pontoon bridge and threw up miles of earth 
 works. In the afternoon the Union forces 
 formed and marched toward the hills on the 
 right of the rebel army. Captain Mahannah s 
 Brigade being in the advance, marched in line 
 of battle. The enemy had thrown some 
 cavalry and artillery across the left, therefore, 
 the brigade swerved to the North and in doing 
 so General Giles A. Smith, Brigade com 
 mander, was severely wounded and was suc 
 ceeded by Colonel Tupper, and the enemy, 
 when encountered, was soon dispersed. That 
 night the regiment remained upon their 
 arms, our subject being on picket duty, and 
 all suffered severely from the cold and ex 
 posure. By daybreak his regiment was moved 
 to the extreme left of the army and advanced 
 near an old church or school-house where the 
 men were halted and instructed to partake of 
 their breakfast, but before that luxury was 
 finished, was ordered and immediately moved 
 to the right to reinforce the balance of the 
 division which was being engaged. The 
 brigade then made a light charge to the foot 
 of the hill, placed skirmishers, and followed 
 up the hill, resting when part of the way up, 
 until one o clock next morning, when the 
 enemy had evacuated that portion of the field, 
 leaving their dead and wounded upon the 
 battle ground. After resting a short time, the 
 regiment, Nov. 26th, moved toward Ringgold, 
 after which it started upon a forced march 
 toward Knoxville to relieve General Burnside, 
 then besieged at that point, and had arrived 
 within eighteen miles when the siege was 
 raised, and they by way of Tellico Iron Works 
 returned to Chattanooga. During this march 
 the men were perfectly barefooted, their other 
 clothing in a bad condition, and being obliged 
 to march over frozen ground through a moun 
 tainous country, and at a forced pace, made 
 the suffering almost unendurable, and certainly 
 one of the severest marches of the war. On 
 returning they were sent by transports to 
 Belfonte, then marched to Stephenson, Ala., in 
 light order and without discipline, where on 
 arrival clothing was issued and the men made 
 fairly comfortable fora time, when they moved 
 
 to Larkinsville and went into winter quarters. 
 Expeditions were made throughout the winter 
 to different points, and on one occasion Mr. 
 Mahannah was detailed at Larkins Landing in 
 command of five companies guarding a pon 
 toon bridge for several weeks, and whilst there 
 received his commission as Captain of his 
 company. May 4th, his regiment set out on 
 the Atlanta campaign, his first severe battle 
 being Resaca. His was the color company, 
 and took an advanced position, charged down 
 hill to a creek, crossed and went into a veritable 
 hornet s nest whose sting, however, in this case, 
 was death or something akin to it, from which 
 it was compelled to recede after the loss of the 
 Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment. They fell 
 back 200 yards, fortified, and remaining upon 
 the skirmish line all night were ordered in the 
 morning to advance until they drew fire. That 
 end was soon accomplished, whereupon Cap 
 tain Mahannah steadily withdrew his men and 
 on the following day took possession of the 
 enemy s works. Then followed in quick suc 
 cession the battles of Dallas, Big Shanty and 
 Kenesaw Mountain. 
 
 The charge at the last named battle opened 
 early in the morning and Captain Mahannah, 
 although he had been in many desperate con 
 flicts never saw men literally mowed down be 
 fore. They fell thick and fast, dead and 
 wounded all around him, consequently he led 
 the remnant of his company back for protec 
 tion a few hundred yards where they lay until 
 after dark. The next day they moved to 
 Pumpkin Vine Creek. Two days later they 
 moved to Rossville, crossing the Chattahoo- 
 chie River. Some days later he marched to 
 Stone Mountain, tore up the railroad and then 
 marched to Decatur, drove the enemy to the 
 vicinity of Atlanta and then again engaged 
 him on July 22, and on the 28th, was in the 
 battle of Ezra Chapel, being engaged through 
 out the day. It was in the famous Atlanta 
 contest that General McPherson fell a victim 
 to Southern lead. After the lines had been 
 strengthened around Atlanta, the ii6th moved 
 to the vicinity of Jonesboro where was fought 
 on Aug. 31, and Sept. I, one of the sharpest 
 
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 battles of the war, and again Captain Mahan- 
 nah s regiment sustained the reputation previ 
 ously won upon many a hard fought field. At 
 lanta passed into the possession of the Govern 
 ment troops without further fighting. His regi 
 ment pursued Hood s forces to Lovejoy Sta 
 tion, then returning to the vicinity of Atlanta 
 went into camp. Here our subject obtained a 
 30 day furlough to return home. On returning 
 to Nashville, found the railroad was cut, there 
 fore, remained for a week at that point, then 
 to Chattanooga where they proposed to place 
 him in command of some men, but instead he 
 asked for a detail to take prisoners to Nash 
 ville, and there obtained an order to report to 
 his regiment. He preceded to Rome, Ga., 
 thence by ambulance to Indian Springs and 
 from there to Vining Station via Marietta 
 where they were paid off and voted for Presi 
 dent, but strange to say, the votes were never 
 counted. Immediately after he joined in the 
 march to the sea, and at Fort McAllister his 
 division made the charge and captured the 
 place. When near the fort they found torpe 
 does every fourteen feet which they made the 
 rebels remove. Subsequently they went to 
 Fort Thunderbolt for five days, then returned 
 to Savannah, and after an expedition to Hilton 
 Head, began the march through the Carolinas, 
 hunting the enemy and finding him first near 
 the swamps of Pocotaligo, chased him through 
 creeks and across rivers, skirmishing constant 
 ly until nearing Columbia. After a few days 
 rest then resumed the march, facing home 
 ward, crossing the Pedee River, thence to Fay- 
 etteville and to Bentonville, where the ii6th 
 for the last time encountered the old foe, Gen. 
 J. E. Johnson s army, and fought its last battle. 
 During this expedition Captain Mahannah had 
 command of the foraging detachments of his 
 division. After the surrender of Lee his com 
 mand started for Washington via Richmond 
 and Petersburg, and there took part in the 
 Grand Review, where subsequently he was mus 
 tered out on June 7, 1865, and finally paid off 
 and discharged on the 2/th of the same month. 
 After leaving the army Captain Mahannah 
 returned to Uecatur where he followed his 
 
 trade, then went, for the benefit of his health, 
 first to Texas, thence to Mexico, where he con 
 tinued in all about five years, then returned to 
 Decatur which- has since been his home. He 
 married Miss Mary T. Swift, of Decatur, June 
 20, 1861, and three children have resulted from 
 the union, viz.: Jessie M., Anna Laura, and 
 Stephen U. ; the first named of whom is dead. 
 Captain Mahannah, since the war has held the 
 position of Constable, Deputy Sheriff, Street 
 Commissioner, Deputy Marshal, and been 
 Township Collector for three years. He is a 
 Mason, a Republican, and a member of Post 
 No. 141 G. A. R. 
 
 JACOB PHILLIPS, of Peru, 111., was born on 
 Christmas day, in the year 1834, on the 
 Lower Rhine in France, but when the 
 treaty was signed after the Franco-German 
 war of 1871, it became part of Germany. When 
 1 8 years of age he abandoned his native heath 
 and wended his way to America, settling first at 
 Buffalo, N Y., then at Brentford, in Ontario, 
 Canada; afterwards returning to the U. S., where 
 he was married (at Buffalo) in 1854, to Mary 
 Zhchar, a native of Saxony, Prussia. He learned 
 the machinist s trade at Buffalo, which he 
 followed for many years. Our subject was a 
 son of a seed oil manufacturer in the old 
 country and his uncle is now a prominent man 
 in the same business near Mankato, Minn. Mr. 
 Phillips offered his services for the army of the 
 Union cause in the early days of the late rebel 
 lion, having enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, at Wenona, 
 111., and was mustered into the service at 
 Springfield as a private in Battery A. 3d 111. 
 Vol. Art. His battery shortly afterwards was 
 sent to the front and was stationed at Bolivar, 
 Tenn., in charge of the fort at that place, 
 where it continued without the happening of 
 any notable incident until the following 
 spring, when it was ordered to Moscow and 
 was there placed on guard duty. While thus 
 enp-a^ed Mr. Phillips became ill and was 
 
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 granted a furlough of 30 days, at the expira 
 tion of which he was much improved in health 
 
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 and enabled to rejoin his battery at Little 
 Rock, Ark., where it was detained until the fol 
 lowing spring. It then joined Gen. Banks in his 
 Red River expedition and participated in the 
 several engagements and skirmishes occurring 
 during this campaign. He was on detached 
 duty for the major part of his term of service, 
 yet the work \vas constant and exceedingly 
 hazardous, necessarily exposing him to rebel 
 bullets as \vell as severe inclement weather by 
 night as well as by day, which resulted in 
 undermining his health and rendering him a 
 confirmed invalid from that time forward. He 
 was compelled to go into the hospital at Little 
 Rock, Ark., and after it became evident that he 
 would not be able to again resume his active 
 duties in the field, was discharged from the 
 army, under general order May 29, 1865. 
 Among the weaknesses of his constitution devel 
 oped during the war was a severe ailment of 
 the heart, which has ever since been to him a 
 constant source of illness as well as worry be 
 cause of its probable danger. 
 
 Subsequently he became connected with 
 the Peru Plow & Wheel Works, with which 
 concern he has been engaged as his health per 
 mitted. He married Oct. 5, 1855, Miss Mary 
 Phillips, of Buffalo, and by whom he has four 
 children living Henry Laura, Charles and 
 Emma, of whom Henry is engaged in the 
 Peru Plow & Wheel Works at Peru, and has 
 become one of Peru s prominent and represen 
 tative men, being at the present time one of 
 its active and progressive Aldermen. 
 
 Our subject is a member of the Odd Fellows 
 order, Lodge N. 34; of the E. N. Kirk Post No. 
 656, G. A. R., at Peru. He became a Republican 
 during the troublesome times in Kansas, and 
 has never had any inclination since to change 
 his politics, fought that way and proposes to 
 so die. He is a devoted husband, a kind 
 father, genial and benevolent in character, an 
 honored and respected citizen, and deeply 
 attached to his adopted county. 
 
 L ELAND L. JOHNSON, of Sterling, Ills., a 
 leading grocer and hardware dealer, was 
 born Dec. 6, 1840, in Prophetstown .White- 
 side County, Ills. His parents were Samuel 
 and Christiana (Lee) Johnson, both natives of 
 Vt. Samuel Johnson was brought up to the life 
 of a farmer. He removed to Illinois in 1838, 
 settling at Prophetstown, where, in 1839, he mar 
 ried Mrs. Christiana Smith, whose maiden name 
 was Lee, who in 1837, located in that town. 
 
 Endearing Johnson, the father of Samuel 
 Johnson, of Castletown, Vt., was descended 
 from an Irish family, settling in New England 
 at an early period of its history. The Lees 
 were of Scotch ancestry, and were also of the 
 number of those who found in New England a 
 home and the blessings of freedom. Of the 
 union of Samuel Johnson and Christiana Smith 
 were born four children: Leland Lee, 
 Imogene, Christiana, now Mrs. Chas. Tenney, 
 of Montour, la., and Endearing, of whom En 
 dearing and Imogene are deceased. 
 
 Leland Lee Johnson received his education 
 in the district school and continued at home, 
 assisting his father in work on the farm, until 
 1861. The Johnson farm, originally but a few 
 acres of government land, was by its enterpris 
 ing owner gradually increased to 450 acres, 
 and brought under a high state of cultivation- 
 Having retired from all active pursuits, Mr. 
 Johnson and his estimable wife are residing at 
 Sterling in the comfort and peace which are 
 being shed upon their declining years. 
 
 Young Johnson, in the natural spirit of ad 
 venture w r hich posessed him, accompanied an 
 expedition to Pike s Peak in the spring of 1861, 
 but the outbreak of the \var soon after his ar 
 rival precipitated his return home, and his en 
 listment in Co. B, 34th 111. Inf. Vol., at Spring 
 field, Sept. 7, 1861. His reg. quickly marched 
 to the front to join the army of Gen. Buell, the 
 first objective point being Louisville, Ky., from 
 whence it moved on to Camp Nevin, Ky., where 
 it was quartered until Feb. 14, 1862. After the 
 sanguinary battle of Fort Donaldson the Reg. 
 was put upon a forced march to Nashville to 
 cut off the retreat of the enemy, and thence 
 ordered to Columbia, Tenn., where the Co. that 
 
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 first unfurled the stars and stripes upon the 
 court house after the evacuation of the Rebels, 
 was in command of Lieut. Johnson. Entering 
 the service as a private he was successively 
 promoted to 1st Sergeant, 2d Lieut., and ist. 
 Lieut. He participated with his Reg. in the 
 battle of Shiloh, his Co. losing 33 men in killed 
 and wounded, and sharing in the many deeds 
 of valor exhibited upon that bloody field. Here 
 Lieut. Johnson received promotion, as ist 
 Lieut, for gallant and meritorious conduct, and 
 for the ensuing summer commanded his Co., 
 the Capt. having been disabled by wounds at 
 Shiloh. His Reg. moved on to Corinth, and 
 after its evacuation, to Tuscumbia, luka, 
 Florence and Battle Creek, going into camp at 
 the latter place for over a month. It was next 
 ordered to Louisville, after some days to Frank 
 fort. Lieut. Johnson during the encampment 
 at Camp Andy Johnson served as Adjt. of the 
 Reg. At the battle of Murfreesboro the Reg. 
 went into action with 600 men, but at roll call 
 the next morning only 52 reported. How truly 
 has this gallant regiment borne the brunt of the 
 battle, and won imperishable renown. 
 
 In May, 1863, the Reg. moved on to Chat 
 tanooga, and bore a leading part in that mem 
 orable and decisive campaign. Lieut. Johnson 
 during this time had command of his Co., and 
 took gallant part in numerous engagements. 
 He and his brother-in-law, Lindsley Black, of 
 Co. C., were the first to enter Rome, Ga. 
 Throughout this latter period Lieut. Johnson 
 was a great sufferer from sickness, but kept on 
 duty until finally obliged to enter the hospital, 
 at Chattanooga. Receiving the appointment 
 under Gen. Sherman as train inspector, he 
 acted in that capacity for several months, 
 when again becoming disabled from sickness, 
 he was sent to the officers hospital, on Look 
 out Mountain. After, to some extent regain 
 ing his health, he rejoined his Reg. at Atlanta, 
 and after proceeding with it to Huntsville to 
 cut off the advance of Forrest, returned to 
 Atlanta, where he was honorably discharged 
 Nov. 7, 1864, having served three years and 
 two months. He refused a Captain s commis 
 sion by reason of his failing health, and repair 
 
 ed to his home at Sterling, Ills. Here he re 
 sumed labor on the farm, teaching a school 
 during the winter, but after some time leased 
 his farm and engaged in business as a grain 
 and coal dealer. He subsequently conducted 
 a cattle ranch for two years at Rock Falls, 
 when he returned to Sterling, resumed the 
 same occupation there, and continuing therein 
 for three years. His health again failing he 
 went to Dokota, to seek a suitable investment 
 in lands, and to get the benefit of the salubrious 
 climate. Remaining for two years in Dakota 
 and regaining his health, he went to Palo Alto 
 Co., Iowa, to develop his landed interests 
 there located. Mr. Johnson has made very 
 large investments in real estate, but recently 
 has devoted his attention to the management 
 of the hardware and grocery business at Ster 
 ling, Ills., which has attained very extensive 
 proportions. 
 
 Mr. Johnson was married Dec. 13, 1864, to 
 Miss Seraphino Black, at Franklin Grove, Ills., 
 and has five children now living. As a soldier 
 Leland Lee Johnson was an honor to his coun 
 try and to his name; as a citizen and merchant 
 he has achieved as true a distinction. To him 
 may well be applied "Famed as well for his 
 victories in peace as in war." He was a member 
 of the V. R. Corps, an organization antedating 
 the G. A. R., and has been an influential pro 
 moter of the cause of that association. Mr. 
 Johnson is a Republican in politics, and in all 
 his relations an upright, conscientious and in 
 flexible exemplar of right and duty. 
 
 DAVID J. GRANT was born at Brantford, 
 Ont., Canada, October 10, 1834. He was 
 the third son of Isaac and Margaret 
 (McPhaden) Grant, both of Scotch descent. 
 The family claim among its illustrious members, 
 the late President Ulysses S. Grant. 
 
 H is paternal grandfather was a quartermaster 
 in the Revolutionary War; his father was in 
 the War of 1812, also his father s brother, 
 David Grant. Mr. Grant s father died at Jeffer 
 son, Cook Co., 111., in the fall of 1865, and his 
 mother at Wheaton, 111., Oct. 8, 1882 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 At the age of seven years young Grant with 
 his parents removed to Mich., where they re 
 mained two years, going then to 111., near the 
 town of York, DuPage County. He attended 
 school three miles from home walking the dis 
 tance twice a day when only ten years of age, 
 and at this same school made the acquaintance 
 of the little girl, who when grown, became his 
 wife. Mr. Grant would have joined the army 
 at the beginning of the War, but his wife ob 
 jected on account of the age of their children 
 who were then quite young. But when the 
 confederate army invaded Louisville she with 
 drew her objections and assisted him in getting 
 ready, offering to care for the children during 
 his absence, which she did in a noble manner. 
 He enlisted in Co. F, iO5th, 111. Vol. Inf. in 
 1862. Two of his brothers also enlisted with 
 him, their mother being present during 
 the mustering of the regiment. Their father 
 had previously enlisted in the Pioneer Corps, 
 being too much advanced in years to be accep 
 ted for the regular army. The Union cause 
 had probably no supporters who were more 
 loyal and brave than Isaac Grant and his three 
 sons. 
 
 After being mustered in at Dixon, 111., the 
 reg t. went to Chicago, and was placed under 
 drill and instructions until Oct. I, when it was 
 ordered to Louisville, Ky., and from there 
 marched to Frankfort arriving Oct. 10, 1862. 
 The first twelve months of service the reg t. 
 was occupied in doing guard and picket duty, 
 but after being reorganized in December, 1863, 
 under Gen. Sherman s command did much 
 active duty. 
 
 His regiment was in the battle of Dallas, 
 May 1 2th, also at Resaca, May 15, 1864. His 
 comrade, Arthur Rice, was killed in the battle 
 of Resaca, having the barrel of his musket 
 bent by a flying ball and after receiving the 
 first wound grasped the gun of a dying com 
 rade and fought for half an hour before he 
 was struck in the head and instantly killed. 
 He was a great favorite with the regiment and 
 was only 17 years old. 
 
 Then followed the battles of Kingston and 
 Burnt Hickory, in both of which his company 
 
 took an active part. When near Marietta, Ga., 
 about July I, 1864, while his Co. was building a 
 line of breastworks the rebels attacked them, 
 springing over the works already formed. The 
 move was so sudden and the surprise so com 
 plete that they left their picks and shovels on 
 the outside, where they had been in use. The 
 officer in command of Mr. Grant s Co. called 
 for volunteers to bring them in. David Grant 
 responded to the call and brought them in 
 escaping without a scratch, although the bullets 
 were flying thickly about them. Leaving Mari 
 etta, the battle of Peach Tree Creek was the 
 next important action engaged in. It was in 
 this battle that Mr. Grant assisted Gen. Har 
 rison to rise, when he was prostrated by fatigue 
 and heat. Finding a canteen of cold coffee 
 lying close by, he gave him a draught from it, 
 and bathed his temples with camphor, a small 
 bottle of which comrade Bachelor, who hap 
 pened to be close at hand, had in his possession. 
 After this assistance the Gen. revived and was 
 able to resume his duties. When the battle 
 was over Lieutenant Smith and Sergeant Cram 
 found the flag of the I2th La. lying on the field. 
 
 Both were soon after taken sick and being 
 unable to perform their duties, it fell to Mr. 
 Grant, being the next in rank, to take charge 
 of his company. July 23, 1864, when located 
 just north of Atlanta, Ga., the enemy surprised 
 them and being in large numbers, some of our 
 men became timid and commenced to retreat. 
 Seeing this Sergeant Grant shouted to them to 
 hold their position. They did not seem in 
 clined to obey orders and being aware of the 
 necessity of preserving a bold front, to avoid a 
 general stampede he exclaimed: "The first 
 man that leaves his position, I will bayonet 
 him!" This had the desired effect and they 
 successfully held the post. Seven times the 
 enemy charged and were beaten back, and 
 without serious loss to Sergeant Grant s Co. 
 
 Leaving Atlanta, Nov. 13, 1864, the Reg. 
 joined Gen. Sherman in his march to the sea. 
 
 At Savannah the regt. was engaged in nu 
 merous skirmishes, and left there Jan. I, 1865, 
 proceeding through N. and S. Carolina en 
 route for the rebel forces. Much difficulty 
 
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 was experienced in crossing the River at Sa 
 vannah, on account of poor pontoons and the 
 annoyance of the enemy. After crossing the 
 river they met the rebels drove them back and 
 camped that night on Gen. Hardee s plantation. 
 
 Mr. Grant s brother Isaac having served his 
 term of enlistment, re-enlisted and joined the 
 army again at Savannah, and was with him 
 in the battle of Bentonville Feb. 2, 1865. 
 Matters now continued quiet until Johnson s 
 surrender. The night after they returned to 
 Raleigh, Mr. Grant was ordered to report to 
 the hospital, where he supposed he was to act 
 as an assistant. Shortly afterward, however, 
 he was ordered to go to New York City, where 
 he arrived May I. Soon after he went to 
 Washington to take part in the grand review, 
 in which he occupied a conspicuous position. 
 He was mustered out June 7, 1865 and returned 
 home immediately afterward. 
 
 He was married at Proviso, Cook County, 
 Ills., to Mary Sackett, April 22, 1858, and they 
 have six children, Addie C., Albert S., Alice E., 
 Alfred S., Alphonso D., and David A. 
 
 In politics he is a Republican, does not be 
 long to any secret society and does not draw a 
 pension. A worthy representative of a worthy 
 family, he is popular with his comrades, 
 esteemed as a neighbor and respected by all 
 who know him. 
 
 PHINEAS B. PROVOST, a resident of Decatur, 
 111., was born in New Brunswick, N. J., 
 in 1833. His grandfather was a* soldier 
 in the war of 1812, was afterwards a pensioner 
 and died at the advanced age of 98 years. 
 Phineas had three brothers of whom A. D. was 
 in the late war in the Western army, but was 
 discharged a physical wreck, prostrated with 
 disease contracted whilst a soldier, never re 
 covered. Phineas remained at home until 
 about 15 years of age, when he became appren 
 ticed as a coach trimmer, working thereat 
 until twenty-one, then he became employed as a 
 journeyman at Rahway, New Jersey and New 
 York City up to 1858, when he moved to Suffolk, 
 
 Va., opened a shop and conducted a general 
 carriage business. 
 
 When John Brown was tried he run the 
 bullets and manufactured the cartridges which 
 were intended for use at that time should oc 
 casion demand. In the business he was run 
 ning, his brother, L. R. was a partner, and as 
 they both belonged to the military organiza 
 tion, had their guns, as also the care of many- 
 others. When war became imminent the Pro 
 vosts were strongly suspected of being sympa 
 thizers with the north, hence, one by one the 
 men called for their guns, and finally their own 
 were demanded, whilst they were personally 
 given by the civil authorities twenty-four 
 hours to get out of town, which was extended 
 after a meeting of citizens had been called, to 
 twenty-one days. They had real estate, a good 
 business, considerable personal property on 
 hand, as also heavy amounts owing to them of 
 which they could not collect a dollar, and were 
 not permitted to ship their stock or personal 
 effects North, and no one would purchase, but 
 were compelled to abandon everything, barely 
 taking their trunks, and Phineas had only 
 sufficient money to pay a cabin passage for his 
 wife and steerage for himself. Having been 
 expatriated from his adopted State and his 
 property practically confiscated, he was de 
 termined to seek revenge, therefore enlisted 
 immediately in the Union army May 21, 1862, a s 
 Corporal in Co. A., ist N. J. Inf. This was the 
 first three years regiment mustered into the 
 service. The reg t moved to Trenton, and was 
 present at Alexandria when Col. Elsworth was 
 shot. Subsequently it proceeded to Washing 
 ton, thence to the field of Bull Run, was not in 
 that battle but covered the retreat of the Union 
 army until Alexandria was reached, when the 
 army was reorganized under Gen. McClellan. 
 The first battle of the regiment was before Rich 
 mond after which it returned to Washington, 
 then participated in the second Bull Run, 
 which was closely followed by those of Antie- 
 tam, Crampton s Pass, Md., Sept. 14, 1862, at 
 the latter of which Mr. Provost was wounded, 
 but did not leave his regiment. During this 
 battle the brigade captured more prisoners than 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 there were captors. Subsequently he took 
 part in the conflicts at Fredericksburg and 
 United States Ford, where the men were sent 
 over the river in squads to face the enemy, and 
 one squad after another was almost annihilated, 
 when they were ordered to fall back to Acquia 
 Creek. At this time our subject had been com 
 missioned as Second Lieutenant. He was 
 commissioned, by the governor of N. J., 2d 
 Lieutenant for gallant conduct in the field Oct. 
 7, 1862. His wound, however, now commenced 
 to disable him, consequently he resigned Feb. 
 16, 1863, and quitted active service, but assisted 
 in recruiting many others, being thus engaged 
 for upwards of a year. He then resumed his 
 trade, working in the East (New York and 
 Brooklyn) for five years, when he removed West 
 to Illinois, locating in Tazewell Co., and hassince 
 been a citizen of that State. He removed to 
 Decatur in 1864, where he has since resided. 
 
 He married in 1853, in New Jersey, and has 
 now two sons living. After the war he returned 
 to his old home at Suffolk, Vctrphad all the sur 
 viving parties who were his persecutors arrested, 
 and before he "let up" had complete satisfaction 
 for his financial losses and indignities endured 
 at their hands. He has been Justice of the 
 Peace for Decatur for the past five years. He 
 is a Free Mason, loni s Lodge, No. 312, a mem 
 ber of Post No. 141, G. A. R., and in politics is 
 a Republican. He is also a pensioner. 
 
 ANDREW MURPHY, of Turner Junction, Ills., 
 is a native of Ireland, born in the City 
 of Waterford, County Kilkeny in 1839. 
 His parents were Nicholas and Catherine 
 (Moore) Murphy, both deceased. He enlisted 
 in Co. A, I2th Ills. Inf., at Chicago, January 10, 
 1864, and was ordered to Pulaski, Tenn., re 
 maining there .until the middle of April, when 
 the regiment joined Sherman on the Atlanta 
 campaign, and was in numerous engagements, 
 including those of Buzzards Roost and the 
 Kenesaw Mountain engagements. At Rome 
 Cross Roads under Brigadier Gen. Sweeney s 
 command it had a sharp action, but after stub 
 
 born resistance the enemy was driven back, 
 although the regiment lost several officers and 
 many men. 
 
 In crossing the River at Calhoun s Ferry 
 the enemy attacked the Union forces, from the 
 oppositeside, under coverof their Artillery, they 
 however, managed to load 30 men in each boat, 
 which were propelled by poles and drawn back 
 by ropes, until 500 or 600 men had crossed 
 and crawled up the bank, and assisted the 
 Artillery in driving the enemy back while the 
 remainder of the regiment crossed on Pontoon 
 bridges. In one of the Kenesaw Mountain 
 engagements Mr. Murphy barely escaped death 
 from the bursting of a shell near where he 
 stood. Several members of the regiment were 
 drowned in fording the Chattahoochie River, 
 some 20 miles above Atlanta. The enemy 
 allowed the Brigade to cross without firing on 
 them, expecting to overcome them entirely 
 when they had landed, but the Artillery opened 
 fire and drove the enemy back allowing the 
 Brigade to land in safety. The night before 
 the memorable battle of Atlanta which took 
 place July 22, 1864, the regiment was employed 
 in building breast-works which they completed 
 and were ordered to take a much needed rest. 
 This was of short duration however for they 
 were soon sent to the front of Atlanta. 
 
 The hand to hand encounter at Atlanta was 
 exceedingly fierce, and many a man was sent 
 to his last long account by the bayonet thrust 
 of the enemy. 
 
 After the first engagement at Decatur, Ga., 
 two brigades were ordered to relieve Morgan 
 L. Smith s Division, which had been captured 
 by the Rebels. Our force succeeded in re 
 taking six guns belonging to DeGrasse s Bat 
 tery, that were considered among the finest 
 guns used in the war. 
 
 During the battle of Atlanta an encounter took 
 place at Bald Knob in which two women with 
 bayonets in their hands, were taken prisoners. 
 It is said they fought like maniacs, and were 
 captured only after much difficulty. Mr. 
 Murphy was employed in carrying ammunition 
 for the Artillery during the engagement at 
 Bald Knob, and stood between two guns of 
 
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 which there were six in line. The jar resulting 
 from their combined discharges was terrific, 
 almost killing him and for 15 days he lay in a 
 state of unconsciousness, unable to recognize 
 anyone or topartake of solid food. He finally 
 recovered enough to resume his duties, and 
 continued with his regiment until he was mus 
 tered out. 
 
 When the Rebels opened fire on Allatoona 
 Pass, at which Fort the division stores were 
 then kept, Sherman w r as located on Kenesaw 
 Mountain and was occupied in giving and re 
 ceiving signals by means of flags. When the 
 enemy had blown up the Fort, and Sherman 
 was apprised of it, his reply signalled back, 
 was, " Hold the Fort for I am coming." This 
 was undoubtedly the origin of the popular and 
 well known Hymn, by that title. He was with 
 Sherman from Atlanta to the Sea, and was dis 
 charged August i, 1865, at Springfield, 111., 
 and returned home. In political matters Mr. 
 Murphy is a Democrat. Unmarried and not in 
 receipt of a pension. 
 
 MAJ. GEN. PHILIP H. SHERIDAN, 
 
 Was born in Perry county, Ohio, in 
 1831. Educated at West Point 
 Academy, where he graduated in 
 1853 in the class with McPherson, Schofield and 
 the Rebel General Hood. Entered the army as 
 brevet 2d Lieutenant in the 2d Regt. U. S. Inf. 
 Joined his regiment at Fort Duncan, in Texas, in 
 August, 1853, and at once entered a campaign 
 against the Indians. In 1855 he was assigned 
 to the 4th Inf. and promoted to full 2d Lieu 
 tenant. In 1861 he was made 1st Lieutenant, 
 and, on the breaking out of the rebellion, was 
 advanced to a captaincy, and assigned to the 
 1 3th U. S. Inf., then at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 In the spring of 1862 he was .appointed Chief 
 Quartermaster of the Western Department, 
 then in command of General Halleck. On the 
 2/th of May he was appointed Colonel of the 
 2d Michigan Cav., and made Brigadier Gen 
 eral July i, 1862, and Major General of Volun 
 teers, Dec. 31, 1862, for gallant conduct at the 
 
 battle of Stone River. In the fall of 1864, after 
 his brilliant victory over the Rebel General 
 Early, in the Shenandoah Valley, he was made 
 Brigadier General in the regular army, to fill a 
 vacancy occasioned by the death of the 
 lamented General McPherson. When General 
 McClellan resigned in November, 1864, Gen 
 eral Sheridan was appointed to fill the vacancy 
 thus occasioned, becoming a Major General 
 in the regular army. 
 
 We have now traced General Sheridan s 
 appointments and promotions in their order as 
 they stand on the records of the War Depart 
 ment. Following Sheridan in his military ca 
 reer is like perusing an exciting romance, which, 
 at every change of scene, grows brighter and 
 more fascinating. He enters the service in the 
 field with his raw regiment of Michigan Volun 
 teers, the first duty assigned to him being to 
 cut the railroad south of Corinth, to prevent 
 the escape of the Rebel army from that famous 
 stronghold. During this expedition he was 
 attacked by the whole left wing of the hostile 
 army, and while his gallant but wild and expe 
 rienced troops were contending against two 
 regiments of Rebel infantry, two of cavalry, and 
 a full battery, he made a bold and unexpected 
 charge upon their flank, captured and brought 
 off the guns of Powell s battery. Here he 
 made the first display of the dashing tactics 
 which distinguished him through the war. In 
 his first battle he was engaged in a desperate 
 conflict with an overwhelming force, from which 
 he not only brought off his command with 
 honor, but captured and brought safely into 
 camp an entire hostile battery. This brilliant 
 result of an action which threatened unavoid 
 able defeat, attracted the attention of his su 
 periors, and opened the career of Phil Sheridan 
 in the war. He was soon after placed in com 
 mand of a brigade of cavalry, and while pursu 
 ing the Confederates, now retreating from 
 Corinth, through North Mississippi, was at 
 tacked by nine Rebel regiments, and nearly 
 surrounded. Instead of resorting to the run 
 ning tactics usually practicedon such occasions, 
 Colonel Sheridan sent a detachment of his men 
 to attack the army in the rear, while at a pre- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 concerted signal, he charged in front. The 
 detail sent out consisted of one hundred men 
 all armed with revolving carbines. When these 
 opened on the enemy s rear, their rapid and 
 continuous fire frightened the rebels into the 
 belief that they were assailed by an army in 
 the rear while furiously charged in front. 
 
 Disconcerted by these startling movements, 
 they retreated in wild disorder, and were pur 
 sued with relentless vigor, and most of their 
 arms and equipments captured. This was 
 Sheridan s second essay on the field in the vol 
 unteer service. In the first he had secured a 
 retreat with all the fruits of victory; in the sec 
 ond he had met more than double his force 
 and driven them from the field, gaining a deci 
 sive victory. It was for distinguished conduct 
 in command on this occasion that he was made 
 Brigadier-General of Volunteers July I, 1862. 
 He was now transferred from Grant s to Buell s 
 command, and, on the 20th of September, 1862, 
 he was assigned to the 3d Division of the Army 
 of the Ohio. With this division he fortified 
 Louisville against the approach of Bragg s 
 army. At the battle of Perryville, he com 
 manded the nth Division, and acted a distin 
 guished part in advancing his artillery, chang 
 ing position and charging the Rebel lines with 
 great intrepedity. For his gallantry displayed 
 in this action he was highly complimented by 
 his superiors. The next important engage 
 ment in which General Sheridan participated, 
 was at Stone River, near Murfreesboro, Tenn. 
 In this affair he held an important position in 
 the center. The whole right wing of the Union 
 army was driven in terrible confusion from its 
 position, while the enemy made a furious as 
 sault on that part of the center occupied by 
 Sheridan. While fighting desperately, his 
 division was flanked by the rushing tide of 
 Rebels that had swept Johnson s and Davis 
 divisions entirely from the field. In the raging 
 heat of battle, enveloped in smoke and nearly 
 surrounded by the surging masses of advancing 
 foeman, Sheridan thrice changed the front of 
 his division, and fought the enemy of three 
 sides of a square. By the repulse of his sup 
 porting divisions, he was exposed on all sides 
 
 but one, but never faltered in the fight. Four 
 times his position was fiercely charged by 
 massed columns of the enemy. Each succes 
 sive charge was unflinchingly met and re 
 pulsed, with immense slaughter. His ammu 
 nition finally being exhausted, his division fell 
 back in order to the new lines, where the 
 fight raged during the two following days. 
 He had lost every brigade commander in his 
 division, nearly all his Colonels, and one-half 
 his men. Having drawn up his men on the 
 new lines, he rode up to the commander, and, 
 pointing to the weakened columns, said: "Gen 
 eral Rosecrans, there are all that are left of us; 
 our cartridge boxes are exhausted, and our 
 guns are empty." By hard fighting on this 
 bloody field, Sheridan won an additional star, 
 the approval of his commander and the 
 applause of the whole army. In the pursuit of 
 the rebel army from Murfreesboro to Chatta 
 nooga, his division held the advance. Crossing 
 the Tennessee River, we next find him in the 
 thickest of the conflict at Chickamauga. 
 
 Again, on the right of our lines, his division 
 was isolated by the tide of battle, and cut off 
 from support. Here Wood s, Negley s and 
 Crittenden s divisions were all alike over 
 whelmed and driven from their positions. 
 Sheridan was left once more to meet the whole 
 left wing of the Rebel army. With his usual 
 daring, for hours he waged an unequal contest 
 against fearful odds, when finding his command 
 literally surrounded, he cut his way out, and 
 joined General Thomas reserves on the left, 
 whose Roman firmness saved the fortunes of the 
 day. The disastrous results of this battle drove 
 the Army of the Cumberland into Chattanooga 
 where it was soon surrounded and besieged by 
 the rebel forces under General Bragg. Grant 
 was put in command of the new organization, 
 and the battle of Mission Ridge was fought and 
 won. In this brilliant affair Sheridan acted a 
 conspicuous part. Sheridan and division were 
 in position, and ordered to wait the precon 
 certed signal of six guns to be discharged in 
 rapid succession from Fort Wood. At last the 
 guns pealed forth the welcome signal, and the 
 center column advanced. Sheridan s division 
 
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 had been overpowered and driven back to Stone 
 River and Chickamauga, and they burned for 
 revenge. Their course lay through an open 
 plain a mile and a half in extent. Fort Bragg 
 and the Rebel army were in plain view on the 
 heights in front, and sixty cannon poured down 
 their iron hail on the advancing lines. Sheridan, 
 in exulting eagerness dashed forward to the 
 head of his column, and exclaimed: "Boys, re 
 member Chickamauga!" Never was such a 
 pageant more sublime than this march across 
 the plain below Mission Ridge by Thomas army 
 at four o clock P. M., Nov. 20, 1863. About the 
 time of reaching the top of the mountain, 
 Sheridan s horse was shot under him, and, in 
 the enthusiasm of the moment, he mounted 
 one of the largest captured guns, and waved 
 his sword, amid the triumph and shouts of his 
 victorious troops. He was soon remounted, 
 however, and rushed down the mountain in 
 pursuit of the retreating foe. His conduct on 
 this occasion attracted the attention of General 
 Grant, arid established his military fame. As 
 soon as the battle of Mission Ridge was ended, 
 Sheridan started north with Sherman to expel 
 Longstreet from East Tennessee. Grant being 
 appointed Commander-in-Chief, of the National 
 forces, repaired to the Capital. Sheridan was 
 soon after ordered to report at Washington 
 City, and, in the beginning of Grant s move 
 ment in Virginia, was made Chief of Cavalry 
 in the Army of the Potomac. Soon after the 
 opening of the campaign of 1864, Sheridan was 
 ordered to make a raid in the rear of the Rebel 
 army. On the Qth of May he entered upon 
 the hazardous enterprise without baggage and 
 in fighting trim. When within six miles of 
 Richmond he encountered the enemy under 
 command of General Stuart. Sheridan made 
 the attack, and in the engagement which fol 
 lowed, the Rebel General was killed and his 
 cavalry driven from the field. Turning south 
 east he crossed the Chickahominy at Meadow 
 Bridge, where he had another brisk fight with 
 the enemy. In this raid Sheridan s command 
 had traversed all the country between Lee s 
 army and Richmond, cut railroads, released 
 Union prisoners, fought two battles, and caused 
 
 great consternation among the enemy , and 
 finally succeeded in reaching General Butler s 
 headquarters on the south side of James River. 
 General Grant s army swung around to the 
 James in a few days, and Sheridan was sent out 
 on a second raid around and in the rear of the 
 Rebel army. 
 
 On the 8th of June, 1864, starting from 
 below Richmond on James River, he proceeded 
 northwest, to cut the roads south of that city. 
 Reaching the Virginia Central on the nth, he 
 fought and defeated the Rebel cavalry near 
 Louisa Court-house, and, after destroying 
 many miles of railroad, he again withdrew, and 
 on the twenty-fifth of June returned to Gen. 
 Grant. His next service in order was to destroy 
 . the roads south and west of Richmond and 
 Petersburg. In this he succeeded by a succes 
 sion of dashing exploits, often attacking some 
 exposed point in the enemy s lines with a por 
 tion of his forces, while the remainder would 
 be destroying a railroad at some distant point. 
 For the purpose of counteracting Rebel raids 
 into Pennsylvania and Maryland, the military 
 division of the Shenandoah was formed, and 
 Sheridan placed in command. Calling to his 
 aid a reliable staff, he left Gen. Grant s army 
 and repaired to his new field, where he was 
 destined to win new laurels and a wider fame. 
 Establishing his headquarters at Harper s 
 Ferry, he proceeded to concentrate his troops 
 along the upper Potomac. In command of the 
 sixth, eighth and nineteenth corps, with an 
 efficient cavalry force, he began to forge the 
 thunderbolts of war on his own account. He 
 was the youngest on the list of Major Generals, 
 and this was the first independent command 
 he had held. His proceedings were observed 
 with much solicitude. Maneuvering until he 
 had accurately calculated the strength and 
 resources of the enemy, he concentrated his 
 own force? and on the nineteenth of September 
 attacked, defeated and routed the Rebels in 
 one of the most sanguinary conflicts of the war 
 on Opequan Creek, north of Winchester, Va. 
 The enemy retreated forty miles to a very 
 strong position at Fisher s Hill, thirty miles 
 southwest of Winchester. Sheridan gave them 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 but little time to make preparation for another 
 action, but attacked them the next day in full 
 force. As this position was naturally strong 
 and well fortified, Sheridan resorted to strat 
 egy in assailing it, by sending the 8th corps, 
 under General Crook, to the right to flank the 
 position and attack the enemy in the rear, 
 while the 6th and igth corps advanced with 
 great spirit against the front. Finding them 
 selves assailed in front and rear by an army 
 already flushed with victory, the Rebels again 
 broke in shameful confusion, leaving almost 
 everything behind in their flight. From Fish 
 er s Hill Sheridan proceeded to Staunton, 
 where he captured a large quantity of quarter 
 masters stores, and burned the depots, stations 
 and other buildings. During the time this 
 place was occupied by the Union army, two 
 thousand barns and a large number of mills 
 were burned, to prevent the enemy from sub 
 sisting on the country. 
 
 On the 1 2th of October the enemy again 
 attacked Sheridan on Cedar Creek, only to be 
 again defeated, and, for the third time, to be 
 driven from the neighborhood. Finally, the 
 Rebel commander, hearing that Sheridan had 
 gone with his best corps to reinforce Grant, 
 eagerly seized the occasion to wreak a terrible 
 vengeance on an army that had defeated him in 
 three successive conflicts. Having been 
 heavily reinforced, he advanced, outflanked 
 and attacked our army on the i8th of October 
 near Strasburgh, Va. Unfortunately for them, 
 Sheridan s army was all together, General 
 Wright in command. For once, after a des 
 perate struggle, the glorious army of the 
 Shenandoah was driven from the field and 
 compelled to abandon their camp. Sheridan, 
 on his return from Washington, heard the 
 noise of conflict, and met his army retreating 
 before a foe they had so often beaten. On 
 meeting his, broken columns, he commanded, 
 swore, and begged alternately. Speedily rally 
 ing his troops, he ordered them to form, face 
 about, and, choosing a new position, awaited 
 the fierce charge of the exulting foe. The first 
 attack was repulsed, and before the enemy 
 could reorganize, Sheridan made an impetuous 
 
 charge, driving the enemy before him. The 
 tide was changed; the victors in turn defeated, 
 fell back before the gleaming bayonets of the 
 Union troops. Sheridan rode furiously to the 
 front, filled his men with the inspiration of his 
 own daring heroism, and gallantly led the 
 advance. The Rebels had no sooner lost 
 ground than they lost prestige, order and 
 organization, which finally resulted in a gen 
 eral, hopeless, total rout. Thus had Sheridan 
 snatched victory from the very jaws of defeat. 
 Few instances are recorded in the history of 
 war where a general displayed so wonderful an 
 influence over his men. The pursuit was con 
 tinued with great spirit, and the enemy driven 
 from the country in hopeless disorder. Sheri 
 dan had now beaten his Confederate rival in 
 four separate battles. Having now beaten his 
 enemy at all points, he proceeded to desolate 
 the valley, that it might no longer furnish sup 
 plies and support a rebellion that had already 
 cursed the whole Nation and filled the land with 
 mourning. He destroyed the Lynchburg Rail 
 road and the James River canal, by which most 
 of the supplies were conveyed to Lee s army. 
 He then joined General Grant, and took an 
 active part in the closing scenes of the great 
 Rebellion. Soon after joining the Army of the 
 Potomac, he led the cavalry supported by the 
 5th Army Corps, against the enemy, and, after 
 two days hard fighting, he succeeded in des 
 troying one of their most important lines of 
 railroad, and pushed on to Dinwiddie Court 
 house. On the 1st of March he fought the 
 battle of Five Forks, and gained a decisive 
 victory, capturing 6,OOO prisoners. While the 
 Army of the Potomac was storming the works 
 in front of Petersburg and Richmond, Sheridan 
 was crushing the right flank and preparing to 
 inflict upon the enemy that overwhelming 
 defeat which soon followed. As soon as Rich 
 mond fell, and the Rebel army was forced to 
 their final retreat, he pushed rapidly west, 
 cut off the retreat, and furiously attacked Lee s 
 flying columns, now struggling to escape. The 
 Rebel army, by these rapid movements, was 
 thrown between two fires Sheridan s forces in 
 front, and Grant s victorious legions pressing 
 
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 67 
 
 on their rear. The combinations against them 
 were overwhelming, and on the iQth of April, 
 1865, the heretofore invincible Rebel army of 
 Virginia surrendered to General Grant, Com 
 mander-in-chief of the Union army. The ruin 
 and final capture of the hostile army are, in a 
 great measure, to be credited to the rapid 
 movements, daring assaults, and desperate 
 fighting of Sheridan s forces. After Lee s sur 
 render, Sheridan was sent to Texas as com 
 mander of all the troops west of the Missis 
 sippi river. He died Aug. 5, 1888. 
 
 In person, General Sheridan was small, being 
 five feet and six inches high, and weighing one 
 hundred and fifty pounds. His complexion 
 was dark, eyes hazel, hair black, and he usu 
 ally wore a heavy black mustache and imperial. 
 He had high cheek bones, broad forehead, and 
 nose slightly equiline. Was courteous and 
 attractive in manners, and very agreeable in 
 conversation. Such was Phil Sheridan, sketched 
 by the light of a brilliant military career. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WOODWORTH, of Warren, 
 Ills., born in Lake Co., Ohio, in 1837, 
 is a son of Luther P. Woodworth 
 who was born near lake George, N. Y. in 1812, 
 came to Ohio and in 1857, moved to a farm near 
 Warren, Ills., where he died in 1882. The 
 father a son of James Woodworth, was of English 
 descent, and for many years was Supervisor of 
 his Township, a prominent member of the Jo 
 Daviess Lodge, No 278, A. F., & A. M., and a 
 respected citizen. The mother whose maiden 
 name was Marcia Babb, was born in Livingston 
 Co., N. Y. in 1816. Her father, Benjamin Babb, 
 served as a dragoon in the Revolutionary War, 
 and died at Painesville, Ohio, about 1840. 
 
 Wm. H. Woodworth spent the greater part 
 of his early years on a farm and acquired a com 
 mon school education. He came West with his 
 parents and engaged in mason work until he 
 enlisted April 24, 1861, in Co. E., I5th Ills. Inf., 
 as a private, intending to go into the army 
 under the call for 75,000 men, but the State quota 
 being filled the regiment was assigned to State 
 service and ordered into camp at Freeport, Ills. 
 
 In about two weeks it was mustered out of this 
 service and mustered into the United States 
 service for three years and sent to Alton for 
 instruction. It marched then to Sedalia, Mo., 
 soon to Mexico, Mo., under the command of 
 Col. Turner, and then to St. Louis. Started 
 out to reinforce Gen. Lyon at Wilson Creek, 
 but at Rolla it was ascertained that the fight 
 was ended and the regiment marched to Seda 
 lia. In a few weeks a movement was made 
 towards Springfield, Mo., expecting to meet 
 Price, but as he had evacuated that place, the 
 march was continued to Lamoine Bridge to go 
 into winter quarters; in the mean time started 
 out to reinforce Gen. Mulligan on the Mo. 
 River, but other troops reached him first. In 
 the spring went from St Louis to reinforce Gen. 
 Grant at Ft. Donelson, arriving just after the 
 surrender and a few days later moved across to 
 Ft. Henry and to Pittsburg Landing by boats. 
 On this trip the men were on uncovered boats 
 and slept on the decks during 8 nights of rain 
 without shelter, and as a result Mr. Woodworth 
 was taken sick with inflammatory rheumatism 
 which ended in chronic rheumatism rendering 
 him unfit for further duty, but he remained 
 with the regiment until after the fall of Vicks- 
 burg, never leaving the hospital for more than 
 two hours at a time. He continued with the regt. 
 to Corinth, La Grange, Holly Springs, acting 
 duringthistimeasCo. Commissary. From Holly 
 Springs, returning to La Grange, Mr. Wood- 
 worth went home on a 30 days furlough, rejoin 
 ing his regiment at Memphis and moving to 
 Millikin Bend, thence to Gainesville, where he 
 was left with a small force of stores while the 
 regiment went on. Here the rebels made an 
 attack with two regiments, but supposing that 
 a large force was defending the stores they 
 retreated when they could have easily capt 
 ured everything had they known the true sit 
 uation. This detail soon crossed five miles 
 below Vicksburg and joined the regiment, 
 remaining until the fall of that city, when July 
 6, Mr. Woodworth started for home having 
 received a discharge May I2th. He was 
 greatly reduced by his disability and weighed 
 but 96 pounds when he reached home. 
 
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 Since the war Mr. Woodworth has lived on 
 his farm near Warren. Oct. 30, 1873, he mar 
 ried Samantha Coverly. Her father Mr. 
 Coverly moved from Va. to Ohio with his 
 parents when he was quite young, and in early 
 life came to Ills., settling near Apple River 
 where he was engaged in mining, and died in 
 1884. He served as a private in Company E., 
 g6th Ills. Inf., and made a good record as a 
 brave and faithful soldier to the end of the 
 war. When he went.into the army he left a wife 
 and 6 children, the eldest James, 14 years of 
 age. When James enlisted the next younger 
 was the daughter who became Mrs. Woodworth. 
 James Coverly enlisted when 14 years old, join 
 ing the 96th regiment with his father, and serv 
 ing to the end of the Rebellion. When the 
 96th was mustered out James was transferred 
 to the 2ist Ills, and served several months in 
 Texas and the Southwest. 
 
 Mrs. Coverly, who was twice married, is 
 still living. Her son, Newton Powers, enlisted 
 in 1862, when 17 years of age, in theg6th Ills., and 
 faithfully served until the war was ended. Mrs. 
 Woodworth was born near Apple River, Ills., 
 1854. She assisted in organizing the Woman s 
 Relief Corps at Warren, Ills., and was active in 
 its support during its existence, acting for a 
 time as S. V. P. Mr. Woodworth is a charter 
 member of the Warren Post No. 315, G. A. R M 
 a member of Jo Daviess Lodge No 278 A. F., & 
 A. M., and a gentleman who has made for him 
 self a name and reputation for industry and up 
 rightness in the locality where he has resided 
 for years. 
 
 FRANCIS F. THIERRY, of Wenona, 111., enter 
 ed the army Aug. 23, 1862, from Gallia 
 Co., Ohio, enlisting as a private in the 
 nth Ohio Vol. Inf., and was transferred in 
 about one year to Co. G. 1st. Reg. of Ohio 
 Heavy Artillery. He was on detached duty at 
 Covington and Lexington, Ky., and at Knox- 
 ville, Tenn. during the siege of that place. 
 Being on detached duty during the whole term 
 of his service, with his command, he did not 
 
 take a very active part in the battles where his 
 regiment was engaged, although like every 
 true soldier, he would have preferred it to the 
 duties he was assigned to do, although as im 
 portant for the protection of the government 
 as fighting in the face of the enemy. 
 
 During his long service he had but a short 
 furlough from duty. At one time he received 
 injuries to his eyes which caused him to be 
 sent to the hospital for a time at Portsmouth, 
 Ohio and again at Knoxville, Tenn., and while 
 he has not lost his sight entirely he has never 
 fully recovered from the injuries. He was dis 
 charged at Knoxville, Tenn., June 12, 1865, at 
 the close of the war. Mr. Thierry was born in 
 Gallia Co., Ohio in 1845, anc ^ IS f French and 
 Dutch extraction, his father Joseph N. being a 
 Frenchman and his mother Sarah E. Tillman 
 coming from a prominent Dutch family. His 
 boyhood days were spent on his father s farm, 
 receiving a common school education, and this 
 was even cut short by his early enlistment in 
 the defense of his country when he was 
 scarcely more than a boy. After his discharge 
 he returned to his native place in Ohio, remain 
 ing there for two years and then moved to Illi 
 nois, locating on a farm near Wenona, where 
 he engaged in farming and stock raising until 
 about a year and a-half ago when on account 
 of failing health he was compelled to discon 
 tinue active employment. He then established 
 himself at Wenona, where he is leading a more 
 retired life engaged in superintending his fine 
 farm which he still retains. He also estab 
 lished himself in the sewing machine business. 
 May 25, 1871, he was married to Miss. Mary L. 
 Wilson, who was also a native of Ohio, but 
 came to Ills, with her parents when a child. 
 The wife of Mr. Thierry being of Quaker de 
 scent, retains many of the marked and excel 
 lent qualities and usages of that people. 
 
 Two young children, Walter C. and Homer 
 H. constitute the family heritage of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Thierry. Mr. Thierry is an active G. A. R. 
 man, and is at present the S. V. Commander of 
 the Post at Wenona; is also a prominent 
 Mason and a member of the Modern Wood 
 man. He refers with some pride to the fact 
 
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 that he is also a member of the famous order 
 of Grangers, in which he is an active and influ 
 ential leader. He is an ardent member, and 
 firmly believes that the doctrines promulgated 
 by this order are for the best interests of the 
 agriculturists. He has been on the various 
 committees, was prominent in the movement 
 for the erection of their hall near Aurora, and 
 is at present overseer of Evans Grange, No. 35. 
 
 THEO. H. MACK, a prominent printer of 
 Sterling, 111., was born Oct. 5, 1836, 
 at Brooklyn, Pa. His parents were 
 Horace R. and Mary (Miles) Mack. His 
 father was born at Lyme, Conn., Oct. 17, 1809, 
 and his mother at Brooklyn, Pa., Jan. 24, 1815. 
 The family of Mack originally settled in New 
 England, and is of Scotch ancestry, two 
 brothers of the name from the Scotch High 
 lands emigrating to this country and founding 
 the American branch, from which the subject 
 of this sketch was directly descended. The 
 family of Miles, which is of English descent, 
 were among the early settlers in New England, 
 subsequently removing to N. Y. and thence to 
 Pa. Horace R., the father of the subject of 
 this memoir, was a carpenter and prosecuted 
 that trade in connection with farming through 
 out his life. He removed to Pa. in 1810, and 
 thence to Illinois in 1839. They had four 
 children: Theo. H., and Charles M., a member 
 of the 1 3th 111., born Jan, 29, 1839, in Pa., Ar 
 thur L., born Aug. 17, 1841, and Mary E., born 
 Oct. 22, 1848, in Illinois, (Mrs. Owen A. Bry 
 ant, of Chippcwa Falls, Wis.). Horace R. 
 Mack died April 13, 1851, at Sterling, 111. His 
 widow survives him and is residing with her 
 eldest son. 
 
 Theo. H. Mack was brought up on his father s 
 farm, and received his education in the common 
 schools of the period. At the death of his 
 father, he became a member of the household 
 of his uncle, Dr. B. Richardson, at Brooklyn, 
 Pa., and was apprenticed to learn the trade of 
 a cabinet-maker. For over three years he re 
 mained there, acquiring his trade and attend 
 ing the public schools, subsequently completing 
 
 his education at the University at Harford, Pa. 
 In 1855, he returned to Sterling and engaged 
 in cabinet-making until his enlistment in the 
 military service. This important event occurred 
 in Aug., 1862, at Sterling, and he was mustered 
 in Sept. 2, following, as a private of Co. D., 
 75th 111. Inf. The reg t. went into camp tem 
 porarily at Dixon, and then pushed on to the 
 front, crossing the Ohio and proceeding to 
 Louisville. They were speedily brought into 
 action against Bragg, who had driven Buell 
 back to the Ohio river. The reg t. was in the 
 battle at Perry ville and the hottest of the fight. 
 The loss of the 75th here was considerable, and 
 Co. D. had two killed and several wounded. 
 Following Bragg as far as Nashville, they were 
 for some time encamped at Edgefield, located 
 opposite Nashville. Their next move was to 
 Camp Andy Johnson where they rested for 
 several weeks, and on Dec. 10, went into 
 camp at St. James Chapel, where they re 
 mained until the day before the battle of Stone 
 river, an engagement in which they bore a 
 prominent part. Mr. Mack was now taken 
 sick and removed with a number of the sick 
 and disabled to Nashville, and was placed in 
 the convalescent camp, where he remained 
 until discharged for physical disability, June 
 29, 1863. Although his term of service was of 
 short duration, he had demonstrated the char 
 acteristics which belong to the true and gallant 
 soldier. He returned to Sterling and after re 
 cuperating, resumed his business in its less 
 laborious forms. In 1868, he discontinued the 
 business of cabinet-making, being incapaci 
 tated for such work, and with his brother, 
 Charles M., established the Whiteside Chronicle, 
 which afterwards became the Sterling Standard. 
 Mr. Mack continued as the publisher and one 
 of the proprietors of the Standard for sixteen 
 years, when he sold out to Bayliss & New- 
 comber. The political tone of this newspaper 
 was Republican. He purchased the job print 
 ing establishment, now known as the Gem 
 Printing House, in Oct., 1884, associating with 
 him, for a time as a partner, his son who con 
 ducts the business, which involves all kinds of 
 job printing, and is in a prosperous condition. 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 He was married in Newton Township, 
 Whiteside Co., 111., Dec. 8, 1859, to Harriet M., 
 daughter of Asa F. R. and Elizabeth (Bartlett) 
 Emmons. The Emmons family is of New En 
 gland stock. The marriage of Asa F. R 
 Emmons and Elizabeth Bartlett took place in 
 New York City where their daughter Harriet 
 (Mrs. Theo. H. Mack), was born. Mr. Mack is 
 the father of four children: Myra, born July 
 17, 1861, at Sterling, died in 1884; Charles T., 
 born June 24, 1863; Harriet, born April 26, 1866 
 (Mrs. Ephraim M. Ebersole), and Elizabeth, 
 born June 27, 1868, died Feb. 23, 1869. 
 
 Mr. Mack is a member of Pearl Lodge No. 
 148, A. O. U. W.; Banner Legion, No. 30, S. K. 
 of A.; and Will Robinson Post, No. 274, G. A. 
 R. In politics he is a Prohibitionist. Both he 
 and his wife are members of the Congregational 
 Church. His father was a pioneer settler in the 
 present Ogle Co., in 1839, subsequently locat 
 ing in what is now designated as Jordan Town 
 ship, Whiteside Co., in 1842, upon a 40-acre 
 tract of land which he entered and brought to 
 a highly improved condition. In the fallof 1847, 
 he came to live at Sterling, and died there April 
 13, 1851, of pneumonia. Mrs. Mack is de 
 scended from the Lowell family of New Eng 
 land, which had for its American progenitors, 
 Percival Lowell, a merchant of Bristol, Eng 
 land, who settled at Newburyport, Mass., very 
 early in the history of the country. Abner 
 Lowell, her great, great grandfather, was the 
 first lighthouse keeper at Newburyport, an oc 
 cupation in which he was succeeded by his son, 
 Lewis, who was succeeded by his brother, 
 Joseph. This family numbered among its 
 members John Lowell, the author of the decla 
 ration in the Bill of Rights that, "all men are 
 born free and equal." 
 
 GEORGE F. LE PERT, Conductor on the C. 
 B. & W. R. R., a resident of Galena, 111., 
 was born in Deleware Co., Ohio, in 1845. 
 His parents were George W. and Elizabeth 
 (Jones) Le Pert. His father died when the 
 subject of this sketch was but a few months old, 
 
 and his mother removed to Indiana, but re 
 turned to Ohio, where she died when George 
 E. was yet a mere boy. There were but two 
 children, George E. and P. V., who is now resid 
 ing in Paulding Co., Ohio, and who served dur 
 ing the war of the rebellion for about three 
 years in the I2ist Ohio Inf. 
 
 George was brought up in Deleware Co., 
 Ohio, under numerous disadvantages, and when 
 only 17 years old enlisted in the military ser 
 vice as a musician in Co. A. I45th Ohio 
 Inf., for three months. Feb. 2, 1864, he re-en 
 listed in the same relation in Co. C. iS6th 
 Ohio, and at once proceeded to join the army 
 under Gen. Thomas at Nashville, going on 
 to Murfreesboro and thence by rail to Chatta 
 nooga. From there they again pushed forward 
 to Cleveland, Tenn., being held in reserve. 
 From Cleveland they returned by rail to Nash 
 ville, and after taking part in that battle fol 
 lowed in the pursuit of Hood and Johnston. Af 
 ter Johnston s surrender they returned to Nash 
 ville where they were stationed until the fall oi 
 1865, when they went to Camp Chase, Colum 
 bus, Ohio, and were there mustered out. While 
 in the service Mr. Le Pert contracted a very 
 severe cold, which resulted in his losing the hear 
 ing of one ear, a suffering from which he has 
 never recovered. He was never taken prisoner 
 or wounded. He returned to Delaware Co., 
 Ohio, where he remained up to the year 1869, 
 when he removed to Iowa, where, in 1871, he 
 married Miss M. H., daughter of Moses Wol- 
 cott. Mr. Le Pert was employed in the " Star 
 Route" mail service until about 1884, when he 
 engaged in railroading. He has lived at Galena 
 for the past five years. 
 
 He was a charter member of Warren Post 
 No. II G. A. R., Department of Iowa. He is 
 now a member of E. D. Kittoe Post, No. 502, 
 G. A. R. of Galena; I. O. O. F., No. 109, of 
 Iowa; Saxon Lodge, K. of P., No. 62 of Galena; 
 and Clarinda Lodge, A. O. U. W., No. 38, of 
 Clarinda. He is a useful and influential citizen, 
 an honor to his race and generation, and a gen 
 tleman whom it is a pleasure to know. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 M 
 
 ERRITT J. PLATT, a farmer of East 
 Dubuque, Ills., was born in Summit Co., 
 Ohio, in 1844. His parents were David 
 and Janet (Sperry) Platt. Married in Conn, 
 removing thence to New York and afterward 
 to Ohio, where Mrs. Platt died in 1850, her 
 husband surviving her until 1865, when he died 
 in Iowa. Mr. Platt was a manufacturer of edge 
 tools. 
 
 Merritt J. Platt, the subject of this sketch, re 
 ceived a common school education. He en 
 listed in the military service at the age of 19, 
 in Co. E.. 5th Iowa Cav. going to Nashville and 
 being assigned to the command of Gen. 
 Rousseau, having his first "baptism of fire" at 
 Franklin, Tenn. The command then began the 
 celebrated raid through Georgia, coming with 
 in ten miles of Atlanta, when they went into 
 camp at Sand Town, where they were placed in 
 the command of Gen. McCook, with whom they 
 made an expedition into Southern Georgia, 
 thence going in pursuit of Hood. On this 
 raid they lost all but 30 of their horses, 
 having to go on foot and enduring various pri 
 vations and hardships. After this they were 
 reorganized and assigned to the command of 
 Gen. Kilpatrick, with whom they went on a 
 raid into Georgia, and after the fall of Atlanta, 
 they were mounted on mules and started for 
 the sea, but after proceeding 50 or 60 miles 
 from Atlanta, they were dismounted and sent 
 back to repair the railroad between Atlanta 
 and Chattanooga, after which they were trans 
 ported over that line to Atlanta, being the last 
 of the troops to reach that city. From At 
 lanta they moved into Nashville and Louis 
 ville, where they procured fresh horses, and 
 thence moving southward, each man riding and 
 leading four horses. They reached Mammoth 
 Cave on election day, and there Mr. Platt cast 
 his first vote in the election for President. 
 The regiment was ordered a few miles be 
 low Columbia, Tenn., to protect the Shoals on 
 Duck River, and to prevent Gen. Forrest from 
 crossing. It was surrounded by a brigade of 
 Texan Rangers mounted, and to escape, Mr 
 Platt s command charged the intruders, and 
 cut through after a desperate struggle. This 
 
 was said to have been one of the finest charges 
 during the war. Moving on to Columbia, Tenn., 
 where they encountered Hood, they fell back- 
 to Franklin, and there were engaged in one of 
 the most hotly contested battles of the war, 
 after which they moved on to Nashville, taking 
 part in the battle there, and thence going 
 again into Ky. for horses and assisting in re 
 pulsing Hood and pursuing his scattered forces 
 to the Tenn. River. After a series of petty en 
 gagements and the capture of Macon, Ga., and 
 the surrender of Gen. Johnston they were 
 mustered out at Nashville, Aug. 16, 1865. 
 
 Mr. Platt during his period of service was 
 neither taken prisoner nor wounded, was not 
 confined in a hospital nor absent from duty for 
 a single day. He was in active service almost 
 continually and endured many hardships and 
 had several narrow escapes from sudden death. 
 The 5th Iowa was noted for gallantry and 
 effective service, and Mr. Platt earned a record 
 for personal bravery as brilliant as well it was 
 merited. 
 
 He returned home and devoted his atten 
 tion to the manufacture of fanning mills until 
 January 1871, and since then has continued his 
 farming operations near East Dubuque. He 
 was married in 1871, to Julia D., daughter of 
 Jared Bishop. Mr. Platt was for nine years 
 Highway Commissioner, and for the same 
 length of time member of the Board of Educa 
 tion; was for five years an Alderman of East 
 Dubuque, and is one of the charter members of 
 W. R. Rowley Post, No. 614, G. A. R. and one 
 of its organizers, serving as officer of the day 
 until two years ago, when he became Junior 
 Vice Commander. He was three times Wor 
 shipful Master of Martin Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
 No. 491, and at present holds that position. He 
 is also a member of East Dubuque Lodge A. O. 
 U. W., No. 379. Mr. Platt is an unselfish advo 
 cate of all that can contribute to the welfare of 
 the people of his community and the general 
 good. 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 AMONG the prominent men of the State of 
 Illinois as a politician, soldier, lawyer and 
 journalist might be named General Smith 
 D. Atkins of Freeport, 111., who was born on June 
 9th, 1836, near Elmira, N. Y. He attended for 
 one term a district school in his native State, 
 and in 1846 removed West with his parents, 
 locating near Freeport, 111. on a farm. In 1850 
 he entered a printing office in Freeport and 
 learned to set type, two years later going to 
 Mount Morris where he worked four hours each 
 day in a printing office, attending the Rock 
 River Seminary at other hours of the day. In 
 1853 he entered the office of Hiram Bright of 
 Freeport as a student of law, and was admitted 
 to the bar on June 27, 1855. He entered im 
 mediately upon the practice of his profession, 
 met with reasonable success, and was elected 
 States Attorney for the I4th Judicial Circuit of 
 Illinois, in Nov., 1860. On April 17, 1861, he 
 enlisted as a private under the President s first 
 call for troops, and was elected Captain of the 
 company which became Company A., nth 111. 
 Vol. Inf.; was stationed at Villa Ridge, 111. for 
 a time, then at Bird s Point, Mo., and was mus 
 tered out June 30. but with 40 of his men re-en 
 listed for three years when he was again elected 
 Captain of the company. He lead his regi 
 ment at Fort DoneJson in February, 1862, and 
 for gallant and meritorious services in that 
 battle was promoted Major of his regiment, but 
 by special order of General Grant was detailed 
 Ass t. Adj t. Gen. on the Staff of Gen. Stephen 
 A. Hurlbut and served with him until after the 
 battle of Shiloh. He then returned to Free- 
 port and at the request of Governor Yates took 
 the stump to raise Volunteers, and succeeded 
 in putting 44 companies in camp at Rockford. 
 Subsequently he was unanimously chosen Col 
 onel of the 92nd 111. Vol. Inf., composed of 
 five companies from Ogle County, three from 
 Carroll Cour\ty, and two from Stephenson, and 
 was mustered in Sept. 4, 1862. His regiment 
 was ordered to Cincinnati and assisted in driv 
 ing John Morgan out of Ky. Nov. 29 Colonel 
 Atkins command was assigned to Cochran s 
 Brig., Baird s Div., Gen. Gordon Granger s 
 Corps, and took post at Mount Sterling, with 
 
 the Colonel in command to guard eastern Ky. 
 from Guerillas under Champ and Furgeson. 
 
 While at Mount Sterling, Ky., a peculiar 
 issue involving immense interests presented 
 itself for the Colonel s decision. His were the 
 first Union troops in that portion of Ky; negro 
 slaves flocked to his camp and refused to return 
 to their masters. Their owners demanded them 
 as they would stray horses, which demand the 
 Col. declined to entertain. The owners 
 appealed to the commander of the brigade, 
 Colonel Cochran, who, being a Kentuckian, 
 ordered their return, but Col. Atkins persist 
 ently declined to carry out the order, his reason 
 being that he was not responsible for their es 
 cape and that his command was not in the 
 service for the purpose of returning them. 
 Some of the negroes were permitted to remain 
 with the regt. as servants for the officers. For 
 this action he was indicted by the grand juries 
 of Kentucky, but was never arrested. On No 
 vember i6th he proceeded to Nicholasville, and 
 in passing through Lexington a mob attempted 
 to- capture the officer s colored servants, when 
 the Col. ordered his men to load, and gave the 
 mob five minutes to get out of sight. The mob 
 got out of sight on time. Ten days later the 
 Col. set out for Danville, Ky., and on the march 
 drove the rear guard of Bragg s army out of 
 Camp Dick-Robinson, capturing 800 barrels of 
 pork, 500 stand of arms, and took post at 
 Danville withjCol. Atkins commanding. De 
 cember 26, the entire command under General 
 Granger marched to intercept John Morgan, on 
 the Louisville and Nashville R. R. Morgan, 
 however, deflected his march, therefore the 
 Command returned. On the resignation of 
 Colonel Cochrane, Jan. 13, 1865, the Colonel 
 was promoted to the command of the brigade. 
 His brig, began its march to Louisville in the 
 latter end of March, thence by steamer to 
 Nashville, his command occupying six steam 
 ers, convoyed by one gunboat, arriving at Nash 
 ville, Feb. 6, having on the passage thither, 
 heard the firing of guns, during the battle of 
 Fort Donelson, as the boats ascended Cumber 
 land River. He remained in camp at Nashville 
 until the 1st day of March when he moved with 
 
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 73 
 
 his brig, to Franklin, taking part in the move 
 ments driving General Van Dorn and forces 
 out of Columbia, and on the 2/th took post 
 with his brig, and fortified Brentwood. He af 
 terwards returned to Franklin and assisted in 
 repulsing the assault made by Van Dorn s cav- 
 alry, and some days later, reconnoitered the en 
 emy at Spring Hill, pushing him out of the 
 town. 
 
 Again on June nth Forrest s cavalry made 
 a vicious attack upon his brig, at Triune, Tenn., 
 which was repulsed with loss to the enemy; 
 then was at the evacuation of Murfreesboro 
 and Shelbyville, participating in the engage 
 ments at those points, as also in that of Guy s 
 Gap, where 500 Rebels were taken prisoners; 
 then took post at Shelbyville, and during the 
 next few months his regiment was mounted by 
 order of General Rosecrans, and armed with 
 the Spencer repeating rifle. The regiment was 
 then attached to Wilder s famous brigade of 
 mounted infantry. In January, 1864, he led 
 his brigade through Athens to Shoal Creek, to 
 intercept a rebel raid from south of the Ten 
 nessee, and met one column of the rebels at 
 Shoal Creek, which he assaulted and drove 
 back beyond the river; and proceeding met a 
 second column two miles further west, which 
 also after a hard fight was turned back; the 
 rebel officer in command being killed, and many 
 prisoners captured, and returning to Athens 
 that night, the command arrived there in time 
 to encounter the third column, which was also 
 compelled to retrace its steps, thus defeating 
 the whole rebel project. When Kilpatrick 
 re-formed his Div. during the fall of 1863 pre 
 paratory to taking part in Sherman s Great 
 Atlanta campaign, Col. Atkins was assigned to 
 the command of the 2nd brig, and participated 
 in that campaign, resulting in the capture of 
 Savannah. He was, in recognition of his 
 bravery and excellent service, brevetted Briga 
 dier-General, and by the special order of Presi 
 dent Lincoln was assigned to duty under his 
 brevet rank. He then took part in the cam 
 paign through the Carolinas, participating in 
 the battles of Averysboro and Bentonville, and 
 operated against Johnston s army in North 
 
 Carolina until the close of the war, when he 
 was commissioned Major General, for faithful 
 patriotic services rendered his country. 
 
 Returning to his home at the close of the 
 war, crowned with honors, he resumed his law 
 practice for a time, but was soon appointed 
 Postmaster for Freeport, and later, became the 
 editor of the Freeport Journal, a daily and 
 weekly newspaper published at Freeport. 
 General Atkins is a member and Past Com 
 mander of Lincoln Garrison No. 8, Nights of 
 the Globe. Also is prominent as an Odd 
 Fellow, and Mason, and is Commander of 
 John A. Davis Post of the G. A. R. 
 
 DAVID CHURCHILL, the father of the sub 
 ject of our sketch, was devoted to his 
 country, and when the call for men was 
 made for the war of 1812, the daring patriotic 
 nature of Mr. Churchill went out in sympathy 
 to the Republic, and he accordingly presented 
 himself for enlistment as a soldier; passed 
 through the war, during which he engaged in 
 many of the severest battles of that exciting 
 period. After the w r ar he married Miss Sarah 
 Prescott, by whom he had seven children- 
 Esther, Geo. W., Lafayette, Orson, Oscar, 
 Amanda, and Monzo. George W., the sub 
 ject of this notice, was born at Attica, N. Y., 
 April 20, 1833, and was educated in the com 
 mon schools, receiving such instruction as the 
 opportunities of his early life afforded, but 
 which was ample and practical, enabling him 
 to enter life s conflict and be always ready to 
 take a prominent place in business life, and in 
 the field of his immediate environments. At 
 the outbreak of the late Rebellion, the military 
 propensities of the father appeared, burnished 
 and resplendent in its brightness, in the son. 
 He enlisted in the spring of 1862, in Co. K., 
 65th, 111. Vol. Inf., which was known as the 
 2nd "Scotch Regiment;" organized by Col. 
 Daniel Cameron, Sr., and was mustered in, May 
 i, 1862. His regiment was ordered to Martins- 
 burg, Va., where it remained about two weeks, 
 during which time it was brigaded with the 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 I25th N. Y.,and Battery M., 2nd 111. Art., under 
 command of Col. Miles, and was assigned to 
 the gth A C. This brigade was then ordered to 
 Falling Water, where it did some skirmishing 
 with detatchments of Stonewall Jackson s 
 army, but was completely surrounded by rebels, 
 and nothing was left Col.. Miles but to sur 
 render his whole command to the enemy at 
 Bolivar Heights. On the succeeding day Mr. 
 Churchill s regiment was paroled and proceeded 
 to Annapolis, Md., on foot without guns or 
 knapsacks, where the men took boats for Bal 
 timore; from there they went to Chicago 
 where they remained until April, 1863, when 
 being exchanged and re-organized, the regi 
 ment moved to Ky. where it joined the 
 army in Eastern Ky., serving in that cam 
 paign, then returning via Cincinnati to Camp 
 Nelson, Ky. It was then sent to Knoxville, 
 Tenn., under Gen. Burnside. An expedi 
 tion for Eastern Tenn. was organized under 
 Burnside, in which his regiment participated, 
 particularly in the battles in the defense of 
 Knoxville which occurred on the 25th and 
 29th days of Nov., respectively. In this cam 
 paign Gen. Longstreet s army was encountered 
 and a battle ensued, resulting in the former 
 being routed with great loss. Longstreet laid 
 siege to that town November 14, which con 
 tinued for 21 days, during which time the 65th 
 regt. had daily skirmishes with the rebels, 
 being at the same time on 7 oz. of meal and 2 
 cubic inches of meat per day. After the siege 
 the right flank did constant fighting along the 
 Tenn. Central R. R. 
 
 In the following year, the 65th re-enlisted as 
 a veteran organization and was granted a fur 
 lough, and when it expired, the regiment joined 
 Gen. Sherman s army below Kingston, Ga. On 
 June 15, a general advance of Sherman s army 
 being made, the 65th was brought into a sharp 
 engagement with the enemy between Kenesaw 
 and Lost Mountain. The rebels fell back and 
 the 65th occupied their works. Heavy skir 
 mishing was continued on the 17, 18, 19 and 20, 
 of the same month. The advance was some 
 what checked by an impassable stream, the 
 only bridge over which, was guarded by the 
 
 enemy with artillery and infantry. Volunteers 
 being called for, Mr. Churchill and 50 of his 
 comrades responded and charged across the 
 bridge, driving back the enemy and holding 
 the position, thus allowing the remainder of the 
 regiment to cross. He was also engaged in the 
 battles of July 22nd and 29, and Aug. 6, respec- 
 tively, which were quite severe. On Aug. 15, 
 his regiment engaged in the successful move 
 ment south of Atlanta, driving the enemy from 
 Rough and Ready Station, and destroying the 
 R. R. It then moved toward Jonesboro where 
 it participated in that battle September 1st. 
 From Atlanta his regiment went to Allatoona 
 Pass to re-inforce Gen. Corse, but the fight was 
 over before it arrived. He then went to 
 Pulaski, Tenn., and on the 22nd of Nov. was 
 encountered by Gen. Hood and forced back to 
 Columbia. On Nov. 25. and 26. a sharp engage 
 ment took place at Columbia, where his reg. 
 lost 3 officers and 50 men killed and wounded. 
 It also skirmished on the route to Franklin and 
 took part in that battle, Nov. 30. The 65th reg. 
 opened a terrible fire upon the enemy, killing 
 many and enabling it to capture the Colors of 
 the 1 5th Miss. Inf. At the conclusion of the 
 battle over 200 rebels lay dead in front of the gal 
 lant 65th. During that night the regiment fell 
 back to Nashville. On the 1 5th and i6th of Dec. 
 the ever memorable battle of Nashville was 
 fought. The conflict was long and bloody and 
 resulted in the total destruction of Hood s 
 army, which was pursued to Cumberland River, 
 Mr. Churchill s regiment remaining at Clifton, 
 Tenn., until about Jan. 15, 1865. It was then 
 transported by boats to Cincinnati, thence by 
 rail to Washington and Annapolis, and then 
 embarked for Wilmington, N. C., Feb. 2nd. It 
 landed at Federal Point on the 7th, and was 
 engaged in heavy skirmishing there. On the 
 i6th, it crossed the Cape Fear River, and on the 
 following day drove the enemy out of Fort 
 Anderson. The 2Oth was occupied by the bat 
 tle of Smithtown Creek, and on the 22d it 
 attacked and captured Wilmington. The next 
 move was on the 6th of March to Kingston, 
 after which Mr. Churchill s reg. proceeded 
 to Goldsboro, thence to Raleigh where it 
 
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 75 
 
 remained until the surrender of General John 
 ston. The regiment was mustered out July 13, 
 1865, and started for Chicago, where, on the 
 22d of July, the men received their final dis 
 charge. 
 
 Mr. Churchill had two brothers Oscar and 
 Menzo in the war of the Rebellion. Oscar 
 was in the iO5th 111. Inf., and Menzo was in the 
 1 7th Cav. Mr. Churchill married Miss Ada 
 Williams in 1866, by whom he had four chil 
 dren: Cora, Merett, Bertha, and Paul. Since 
 the war he has followed his profession as 
 mechanical and practical engineer. In politics 
 he is a decided Republican. 
 
 EDMUND W. BLOSSOM, the leading jeweler 
 of Sterling, 111., the son of Isaac B. and 
 Anna H. (Ford) Blossom, was born at 
 Batavia, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1839. His family was 
 descended from the Puritan stock of New Eng 
 land. His father and grandfather were both 
 natives of Vermont. The date of the father s 
 birth was Dec. 21, 1808. His mother, whose 
 maiden name was Ford, was born at Batavia, 
 N. Y., April 5, 1817. Her parents were natives 
 of Conn. The death of his father occurred at 
 Batavia, N. Y., in Feb., 1857, where his mother 
 is still living. 
 
 Edmund W. Blossom passed his earlier years 
 on his father s farm and in attending school. 
 In his i6th year he went to Rochester, N. Y., 
 where he spent four years in learning the trade 
 of a jeweler, subsequently conducting the busi 
 ness for two years at Brockport, N. Y. He 
 enlisted at Rochester, N. Y., in Co. D., 3rd 
 N. Y. Cav., July 6, 1861. The regt. left for 
 Washington, D. C., the place of rendezvous, 
 on the 5th, where they were camped on Wash 
 ington Heights, pending orders. In Sept. the 
 regt. moved on to Poolsville, Md., and there 
 remained until after the battle of Ball s Bluff, 
 in which the 3rd. cav. was engaged in several 
 sharp skirmishes. In crossing the river on 
 barges Mr. Blossom s horse took fright; leaped 
 overboard with the rider, and with him gained 
 the opposite shore. He was thus the first to 
 
 land from this eventful expedition. The regt. 
 from this point moved on to Winchester, there 
 becoming assigned to the command under 
 Gen. Banks. In the battles at Winchester and 
 Berryville, Mr. Blossom was actively engaged 
 with his command and bore himself with com 
 mendable zeal and conspicuous gallantry. 
 Afterward the command was ordered to North 
 Carolina, where quickly followed several 
 engagements with the enemy, resulting gener 
 ally in their discomfiture and defeat. In the 
 desperate action at Trent Road, N. C., the 
 opposing forces came to close quarters in a 
 hand to hand fight. Gen. Fitzsimmons, now of 
 Chicago, at that time Major of the 3rd N. Y. 
 Cav., narrowly escaped being killed, which but 
 for the timely aid of Hall Phippaney, of Co. D., 
 would most certainly have occurred. The 
 Gen. had been knocked from his horse by a 
 blow from a sabre, which in the next instant 
 would have been driven through him by his 
 assailant, when Phippaney threw his unloaded 
 revolver (having no sabre or other arm), with 
 faultless aim, into the teeth of the rebel and for 
 the time being, depriving him of action. 
 
 The next battle in which Mr. Blossom par 
 ticipated was fought Aug. 20, 1862, on the 
 Neuse road, followed by an engagement at 
 Little Washington, N. C., Sept. 6, 1862, where 
 the enemy, 15,000 strong, made a night attack 
 but were repulsed with great slaughter after a 
 hotly contested fight of several hours. The 
 Federal loss was very slight. Numerous bat 
 tles and skirmishes took place and Mr Blossom 
 was ever in his place and ever ready to do his 
 duty iri face of the foes of his country. The 
 heroic act of Emery Buttler, of Co. D., at White 
 Hall, N. C., as related by Mr. Blossom, can 
 find no better place than in the history of that 
 gentleman himself, an officer of that gallant Co. 
 This daring young man swam out to a rebel 
 gunboat and having set it on fire, returned by 
 swimming under water until beyond the fire of 
 the rebel batteries. A singular coincidence was 
 a second engagement at Trent Road, N. C., 
 of a similar character of the first a very spir 
 ited fight, and one which was hotly contested 
 by both sides. For meritorious conduct and 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 conspicuous gallantry in action, Mr. Blossom 
 was successively promoted to Corp., Sergt., 
 Lieut, (supernumerary), and at the reorganiza 
 tion of his regt., for veteran service, was com 
 missioned a 1st Lieut, in the first New York 
 Vet. Regt. under the command of Col. Taylor. 
 This regt. did some effective service under 
 Sigel and Hunter. Col. Taylor acting Brig. 
 Gen., Apr. 19,1864, appointed Lieut. Blossom to 
 a position on his staff, which was held until 
 Taylor was relieved, July 20, 1864. Lieut Blos 
 som was then by a special order, from the War 
 Department sent to Elmira, N. Y., under com 
 mand of Gen. B. F. Tracy, our present secretary 
 of Navy, to take charge of the rebel prisoners 
 there confined, remaining at his post of duty to 
 July 20, 1865. He several times attempted to 
 return to his regt., but his valuable services 
 could not be dispensed with, and he was ac 
 customed to obey orders. He was mustered 
 out under general order No. 94, Aug. I, 1865. 
 Returning to Rochester, N. Y., he soon after 
 went West, locating at Hudson, Mich., for one 
 year, and then moving to Lyons, Iowa, where 
 for one year he was engaged in the jewelry bus 
 iness with a Mr. Hosmer, to whom, after a year, 
 he sold his interest. He next went to Wood 
 stock, 111., where he conducted the jewelry 
 business for 17 years. He moved to Sterling, 
 June 20, 1886, establishing a jewelry business 
 which has attained large proportions and which 
 entitles Mr. Blossom to the distinction of the 
 leading jeweler of that city. 
 
 He was married at Rockport, N. Y., Sept. 
 25, 1864, to Julia M., daughter of Charles H. 
 and Janet J. (Hill) Peck. Mr. Blossom is a 
 member of the G. A. R. Post No. 274, of Ster 
 ling, the Masonic Lodge, No. 612, Chapter No. 
 57, Commandery No. 57, Medina Temple 95, 
 of Chicago, also a member of the Chicago Union 
 Veteran Club,of Chicago, a member of the A. O. 
 U. W., and the select Knights of A. O. U. W. of 
 Americans. He is a Republican, and as a citizen 
 and merchant commands the respect which is 
 ever paid to honest purpose audunswervingalle- 
 giance to correct aims and principles. 
 
 ELIJAH BALDWIN, of Tonica, 111., and mem 
 ber of Randolph Post No. 93, G. A. R., 
 enlisted at the above named place, Aug. 
 8, 1862, Co. A., 88th 111. Inf. as a private under 
 Captain Geo.W. Smith, afterward better known 
 as Gen. Geo. W. Smith. He was mustered in 
 at Chicago, in Sept., where the regiment was 
 organized with Francis T. Sherman as Colonel 
 and was known as the "Second Board of Trade 
 Regiment." It was mustered into the U. S. 
 service Sept. 4, and was immediately ordered 
 to the front, going into camp near Jefferson- 
 ville, where it was armed, and then sent on to 
 Covington, Ky. Sept. 15, it was brigaded with 
 the 24th, 2nd, and I5th Mo., forming ist Brig, 
 under Col. Greusel, of Granger s Div., Army of 
 the Ohio. Sept. 21, the regt. was ordered 
 to Louisville, where its position was again 
 changed to the 37th Brig, with the 2ist Mich., 
 24th Wis., and 36th 111. under Col. Greusel, the 
 nth Div., Gen. Sheridan commanding. Activ 
 ities commenced when in this section, when 
 Bragg moved up to measure arms with the 
 Union forces. The command marched out to 
 meet the enemy and the subject of this sketch 
 fought his first battle at Perryville, Oct. 8, 
 meeting the rebel foes with undaunted bravery. 
 In this fight, Mr. Baldwin was seriously 
 wounded by the explosion of a shell, which 
 rendered him unconscious. He lay on the 
 field the rest of the day and then was taken up 
 and carried to a hospital. The regt., which 
 was in the hottest of the fight, lost severely, 
 having 9 killed and mortally wounded, and 
 36 wounded. Mr. Baldwin remained in the 
 hospital until after the battle of Stone River, 
 Jan. 3, 1863, when he was so far recovered as 
 to be able to rejoin his regiment, then at 
 Murfreesboro. His regt. remained at Mur- 
 freesboro until June, with the exception of an 
 expedition to Columbia, against Van Dorn. 
 
 The history of the 88th, its ability, gallantry, 
 and fighting qualities are too well known to 
 need any eulogy in this volume. In the 
 marches and battles of its command, it was 
 ready and active. Whenever the enemy was 
 thestrongest, and the deadly missiles falling the 
 fastest, the 88th was always found. It became 
 
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 widely known and dreaded by the rebels, for 
 they knew that in meeting the 88th, they had 
 to contend against a foe skilled in the art of 
 warfare, and one who knew no such word in 
 their orders of command as surrender. Mr. 
 Baldwin was with his regiment, forming one af 
 that gallant band, so nobly fighting for the 
 preservation of the Union, in all its marches, 
 skirmishes, and battles; in its Chickamauga, 
 Chattanooga, and finally in that long and mem 
 orable campaign to Atlanta, closing with the ac 
 tion at Lovejoy, his services being in the advance 
 and continuous from May to Sept. At this point 
 his regt. was ordered to Chattanooga, and was 
 engaged during the month of September at 
 Whiteside and Bridgeport. In Oct. it was en 
 gaged in an expedition to Gaylesville, and re 
 turning to Chattanooga. In Nov., it was again 
 in action, moving to Pulaski, and thence, upon 
 theadvance of Hood, to Columbia, Franklin and 
 Nashville. It took part in the skirmishes at 
 Columbia and Spring Hill, and then fought 
 with its usual vigor at Franklin, taking position 
 upon the right center, the main point of attack 
 of the enemy. There was but little rest in 
 those days for our soldiers, for the impetuous 
 Hood was ever on the alert to strike the Union 
 forces whenever a weak point was discovered. 
 Dec. 15, and 16, the battle of Nashville was 
 fought, in which Mr. Baldwin, with his regt. 
 participated. Following this action was the 
 pursuit of Hood s defeated army out of Tenn. 
 Subsequently the regt. went into camp at 
 Huntsville, Ala. In March, 1865, it moved to 
 Bulls Gap, and from there, in May, back to 
 Nashville, where it was mustered out, June 9, 
 1865. It arrived at Chicago, June 13, where it 
 received final pay and discharge June 22, [865. 
 It was given a grand banquet by the people of 
 Chicago, and its brave soldiers who had suf 
 fered and fought so nobly to preserve the 
 union, enjoyed the best dinner they had since 
 their enlistment. The losses of the 88th dur 
 ing the war aggregated two thirds of its num 
 ber, and it had established the reputation of 
 being one of the best fighting regiments in the 
 service. After the reception Mr. Baldwin 
 returned to his home. 
 
 Mr. Baldwin was born at Lexington, N. Y. 
 Sept. 17, 1835, where he was raised. He went 
 to La Salle County, 111., in 1856, locating on a 
 farm near Tonica, where he remained until 
 he enlisted. After his return from the war, he 
 engaged in the painting business. He was 
 married at Ottawa, in May, 1862, to Laura 
 Hart. They have had born to them 10 children 
 of whom 7 are living Orin, William, Bertha, 
 Etta, Neora, Bert, and James. Mr. Baldwin 
 is past Commander of the Randolph Post, in 
 which he takes an active interest. In Politics 
 he is a Democrat. 
 
 WILLIAM R. SNYDER.of Streator, Ills., was 
 a young man in the prime of life when 
 the late War broke out. Inspired by 
 patriotism and love of country, he left a pleas 
 ant and lucrative position with a R. R. Com 
 pany, to take up arms against the enemy; 
 enlisted August 11, 1862., in Co. B. I29th, Ills. 
 Inf.; proceeded to Louisville and after a few 
 days delay, went to Crab Orchard. The regt. 
 was then ordered to Frankfort, and Bowling 
 Green, camping there sometime. Going then 
 to Mitchellville where it assisted in building a 
 stockade and in doing garrison duty. From 
 this point it marched to Buck s Lodge, thence 
 to South Tunnel, Tenn., which it guarded a 
 short time, and was subsequently engaged in 
 scouting through the country, where it suc 
 ceeded in capturing the guerrilla, Petticord. 
 The regt. then moved on to Gallitan, Tenn., 
 where it remained some time. It then went to 
 Nashville where it was employed in doing guard, 
 duty along the railroad as far as Bridgeport. 
 At Nashville the regt. was placed in the I2th 
 Corps, then marched to Wauhatchie Valley 
 which was at that time the front of the Union 
 army, and at which place it was brigaded with 
 the 1st, Brig., 3rd, Div., 2oth, A. C. 
 
 Mr. Snyder and his regt. then started on 
 the Atlanta Campaign taking part in the battle 
 of Resaca, Ga., where his Div. was on the right 
 and sustained heavy firing from the enemy during 
 the whole engagement, losing a number of his 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Co.; the Brig. Commander being wounded. 
 Mr. Snyder was also engaged in all the suc 
 ceeding battles and skirmishes of the Atlanta 
 campaign in which his regt. participated up to 
 the siege and capture of Atlanta. To reach 
 Rome, Ga., his regiment skirmished 20 miles in 
 one day, the same night were ordered off to 
 the left to draw the enemy s fire. 
 
 In the battle of Peach Tree Creek his regt. 
 was in the front lines, fought courageously, 
 and bore more than their share of the dangers 
 and burdens of the engagement, and sustained 
 heavy losses in killed and wounded. After 
 the seige and fall of Atlanta, the regt. did gar 
 rison and camp duty and then joined Sher 
 man in his " march to the sea", experiencing 
 many hardships and difficulties incident to 
 passing through an enemy s country. On the 
 evacuation of Savannah, his regt. entered the 
 town and remained there until the Army 
 moved over the Savannah River into South 
 Carolina, where they witnessed the burning 
 and destruction of a vast amount of property. 
 A pen picture of this eventful march may be 
 of interest to our readers, but to those who 
 endured the sufferings and privations incident 
 to so prolonged and rapid a march, when the 
 army was scantily provided with rations and 
 clothing, it presents no attractions, and it is to 
 be hoped the necessity for repeating such an 
 experience may never again arise. 
 
 Mr. Snyder relates an incident which 
 occurred on the way .to Savannah, which illus 
 trated the condition of our Soldiers on many 
 of their marches. The men were very hungry 
 and the foragers of his company having 
 secured some flour, a feast was looked forward 
 to on Christmas day. Imagine their surprise 
 and disgust when it was discovered that an old 
 (rebel) mule had broken into the sack and 
 devoured almost all the flour before they dis 
 covered him., They were much disappointed 
 of course, but concluded that it was only fair 
 to have the tables turned, as they had many 
 times taken the corn placed before the freight 
 mules, leaving the poor animals to go hungry. 
 
 At Averysboro, his reg t. was heavily en 
 gaged, and at Bentonville where they were 
 
 under fire for the last time. The regiment 
 camped for some time at Goldsboro, and then 
 with the army took up the line of march to 
 Raleigh where they arrived without any ex 
 citing incident. While there the news of Lin 
 coln s assassination reached them and soon 
 after Johnston s surrender was announced, they 
 started on the homeward march, passing 
 through Richmond thence to Washington, 
 where the reg t. participated in the grand re 
 view, after which Mr. Snyder was mustered out, 
 and sent home to Ills., arriving at Chicago, 
 where he was discharged, June 10, 1865. Mr. 
 Snyder was born in Dutchess County, New 
 York, May 7, 1837, and was the son of Edwin 
 H. Snyder, who was born March 6, 1810 at 
 Milan, N. Y. 
 
 The father was a merchant and afterward a 
 farmer, and a Police Magistrate in Ills. He 
 was first Conductor on the R. I. R. R., then 
 farmer and Justice of the Peace at Dwight for 
 15 years, subsequently he removed to Streator, 
 where he was elected Police magistrate, which 
 position he held up to the time of his death. He 
 and wife were descendants of the Knickerbock 
 ers. His mother, Rebecca Rea, was also born 
 in New York, July 1812. They had five child 
 ren Sarah, William, Anne, Charles, Silas W., 
 and William R. Silas was also in the War of 
 the Rebellion, and a member of the I2th, Ills. 
 Cavalry, and is still living. 
 
 Mr. Snyder s early life was spent in New 
 York where he attended the district school 
 until he was 12 years old, when he went to an 
 academy for three years. He then entered the 
 employ of the Hudson River Railroad, in the 
 construction department, and remained in their 
 employ until 1855. He came to Ills, that year 
 and engaged in farming which he followed a 
 few years and then accepted a position in the 
 construction department of the Chicago & 
 Alton Railroad, remaining with them until his 
 enlistment. After the war he returned to farm 
 life for a short time, then went to Chicago, en 
 gaging as a street-car conductor. Tiring of 
 this vocation he went to Streator, Ills., and en 
 gaged in the Bakery and Restaurant business 
 for three years. At the expiration of that time 
 
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 he took up the Music Supply business which 
 he is now engaged in and has been for ten 
 years. 
 
 He is a member of the Modern Woodmen 
 of America, Knights and Ladies of Honor, 
 Patriotic Sons of America, and American Pro 
 tective Association, also a member of Streator 
 Post No. 68, G. A. R. He is Treasurer of Knights 
 and Ladies of Honor, Trustee and Secretary of 
 the A. P. A. In the army he was promoted to 
 Sergeant and mustered out as such; was never 
 absent from his company except on detached 
 duty and was in every battle and skirmish in 
 which his company was engaged. 
 
 While at Fayetteville he was so troubled 
 with a sore foot, he was compelled to march 
 without a boot. The Surgeon desired him to 
 go to the hospital, but he was so afraid he might 
 lose an opportunity to shoot a rebel that he 
 preferred to go barefooted until he arrived at 
 Raleigh. The trouble in his foot has never 
 ceased and he always experiences more or less 
 pain from it. He is not a Pensioner, but has 
 applied for one. He is a Republican. 
 
 REUBEN F. DYER, M. D., a leading physi 
 cian of Ottawa, 111., was among the first 
 of the young patriots of Nexvark, 111., to 
 respond to the call of President Lincoln for 
 troops to meet the rebellious foes of his coun 
 try. The click of the telegraph instrument, 
 communicating the appeal to the American 
 people to protect its flag, had scarcely died 
 away, when young Dyer, inspired with that en 
 thusiastic zeal which was so distinguished a 
 feature of the early days of the war, begun 
 gathering up volunteers for a company. In a 
 few days he had his company raised, was 
 chosen its captain, and was on the way to camp 
 at Joliet, where it was mustered into the United 
 States service June, 1861, as Company "K" 
 2Oth 111. Inf. From Joliet the regiment moved 
 to Alton, where it soon received orders to go 
 to the front, making its first camp in the en 
 emy s country at Cape Girardeau, Mo. Its first 
 engagement was at Fredericktown under the 
 
 command of General Plummer. This first effort 
 in war was successful, which inspired the regi 
 ment with confidence. It was joined by Car- 
 lin s troops when they moved on after the 
 rebel Thompson, who was quickly routed. In 
 this action, Captain Dyer, with his brave band 
 of soldiers won military honors by taking a 
 battery and then spiking the guns. Captain 
 Dyer s Company was composed of men who 
 were opposed to swearing, and were much railed 
 against by other soldiers for their devout char 
 acter. They held that to be good soldiers it was 
 necessary to swear and curse. The company 
 charged in advance leaving the regiment behind 
 and distinguished itself for its gallant conduct. 
 The regiment returned to Cape Girardeau and 
 subsequently moved to Birds Point. Its next 
 move was to Fort Henry, where it was assigned 
 to General Wallace s Brigade, and took an active 
 part in the battle. Fort Donelson was the next 
 battle field, where Captain Dyer s command 
 formed in line on the right, with no breastworks 
 to protect them. The 2Oth was in some of the 
 heaviest encounters, and lost quite heavily 
 Company K had five men killed. Dr. Dyer 
 thinks that an intelligent private at the close of 
 the war would have made better preparations 
 for the protection of the men, and displayed 
 more military skill than was shown at that 
 battle. The command was next ordered to 
 Savannah where Mr, Dyer resigned and went 
 home for the purpose of entering the army as 
 a surgeon. He was appointed August 3, 1862, 
 Surgeon of the I04th 111. Inf., a regt. he was 
 largely instrumental in organizing. In fact he 
 was regarded as the father of it. It went into 
 camp at Ottawa, where it remained for a time 
 in preparation for the field. It was then or 
 dered to Louisville and was soon called into 
 service in the movement against Bragg. He 
 retreated and the Union soldiers followed him 
 up so closely that he made a stand at Perryville 
 where a battle was fought, the iO4th going on 
 to Lexington. 
 
 The regiment was next in the battle of 
 Hartsville, meeting the rebel forces under 
 Morgan, and after a sanguinary fight was over 
 come by the superior force of the enemy and 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 captured. The troops were taken to Murfrees- 
 boro, but Dr. Dyer remained at Hartsville in 
 charge of the wounded. After two weeks the 
 wounded were removed to Gallatin where he 
 caused to be established a hospital. He 
 remained there in charge until February, 1863, 
 when on a permit from Rosecrans he accom 
 panied the wounded to Chicago. There he 
 again met his regiment which was in process 
 of reorganization at Camp Douglass. The 
 regiment was exchanged, and again took the 
 field, resolved to redeem its lost time. Its 
 first camp was near Nashville. It gradually 
 moved southward, camping for awhile at 
 Brentwood, then going on to Murfreesboro, 
 where it joined Rosecran s army. After par 
 ticipating in the Tullahoma campaign, the 
 regiment entered the list for the great battle 
 of Chickamauga. It was in Beatty s Brigade, 
 Negley s Division, I4th Army Corps. The 
 command was the first to enter the fight the 
 second day on the Lafayette road. They con 
 tinued the fight throughout the day, and when 
 the night came on they drew off to Resaca. 
 The following morning Dr. Dyer rode down to 
 the field where the contest raged so furiously 
 the day before, and discovered the rebels 
 advancing on the field the Union troops had 
 left the night before. The rebels, Dr. Dyer 
 says, regarded themselves defeated in this 
 battle until they received exchanges from the 
 north which gave the battle to them. During 
 the second day s engagement several balls 
 struck General Thomas hat, but this did not 
 disturb the " Rock of Chickamauga." The 
 army moved to Rossville and from there to 
 Chattanooga, where Bragg made a fruitless 
 effort to shell them out. Dr. Dyer was detailed 
 to organize a hospital at Mission Ridge, of 
 which he had charge until the wounded were 
 transferred to Nashville. The army was now 
 making preparations for the Atlanta campaign 
 and Dr. Dyer was detailed to organize a brig 
 ade field hospital, a high compliment to his 
 character and the ability with which he dis 
 charged the important trust heretofore 
 imposed upon him. Subsequently it was 
 merged into a Division hospital, and Dr. Dyer 
 
 was detailed as operator for the 1st Brigade, 
 ist Division, which position he held until after 
 the fall of Atlanta, when he was detailed as 
 Surgeon for the 1st Division, I4th Army Corps, 
 on the staff of General Carlin, and accom 
 panied Sherman s army in its march to the sea. 
 Before the march began he received a fur 
 lough, and visited his home, remaining 30 days. 
 After the siege of Savannah he was made 
 Medical Director on the staff of Jeff. C. Davis, 
 and served as such until the army moved to 
 Washington, where he was mustered out 
 June, 1865. 
 
 Though Dr. Dyer s duties were arduous, 
 absorbing his attention night and day, yet he 
 took a deep interest in the Presidential cam 
 paign of 1864, and through his ingenious 
 maneuvers, many of the Illinois soldiers passed 
 through the lines to their home and voted for 
 Lincoln. Dr. Dyer regards the organization of 
 the Gallatin Tennessee Hospital as one of the 
 best efforts of his life. His pride in that hos 
 pital is justifiable, for it was noted far and wide 
 for its splendid system and the efficient man 
 ner with which it was conducted. He was 
 mustered out at Washington that he might 
 visit his family in Massachusetts without first 
 going to Illinois with his regiment. This was 
 granted by a special order. His accounts were 
 in such good order that they were readily ad 
 justed. He received his pay and discharge, 
 visited his family, participated in the grand 
 review af Washington, and returned to his home 
 at Ottawa, where he again opened his office 
 and announced himself ready to meet his old 
 as well as new patients. His extensive and 
 varied experience while in the army had been 
 of great service to him, and he put the knowl 
 edge thus acquired to good advantage. He 
 was eminently successful with his patients and 
 soon built up a large and lucrative practice, 
 which he holds at the present day. 
 
 Dr. Dyer was born in Strong, Maine, Janu 
 ary 29, 1833, and was the son of Moses and 
 Sally (Day) Dyer. The elder Dyer was born 
 at Cape Elizabeth in 1802, and his wife in 
 Damascatta. They removed to Franklin 
 County, Maine, where they were married. They 
 
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 were of English ancestry. His grandfather, 
 Reuben Dyer, captured the first privateer dur 
 ing the war of the Revolution. They were all 
 of a military character. Moses Dyer died at 
 Freedom, 111., August , 1862, to which place 
 he had removed in 1853, and his widow, in 1857. 
 He was a farmer by occupation. They were 
 the parents of four children Charles W., 
 Elizabeth, now Mrs. John Callis, Amanda D., 
 who was married to T. C. Fullerton, of Ottawa, 
 and Reuben F. After receiving a common 
 school education, he was fitted for college at 
 Farmington, Maine. He passed a successful 
 examination for the sophomore class at Bow- 
 doin, but did not enter. He decided to take 
 up medicine and entered the office of Dr. J. S. 
 Phillips at Farmington, where he devoted him 
 self to his medical studies for nearly four years, 
 teaching winters, and studying the remainder 
 of the time. After pursuing his studies, thus, 
 for some time, he went to Cincinnati and en 
 tered the American Medical College, where he 
 was graduated in 1856. He opened his office 
 at Newark, 111., and he built up there a good 
 practice where he remained till the war broke 
 out. Dr. Dyer was married July 9, 1857, at 
 Acton, Mass., to Susana A. Goodridge, of an 
 old Massachusetts family, who date their ances 
 try back to the Mayflower. This union has 
 been blessed by three children Ralph B., 
 Edgar G.,, and Susie L., all living but Ralph, 
 who died in 1888. He was a graduate of the 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons at Chicago. 
 Edgar is practicing law at Ottawa. 
 
 Dr. Dyer was placed on the Examining 
 Board of Pensions when it was first organized, 
 and has been retained since that time. He is a 
 member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the 
 the Seth C. Earl Post, No. 156, G. A. R., and 
 is a Republican in Politics, and a member of 
 the Loyal Legion. 
 
 SAMUEL SIGLER, of Sterling, 111., was born 
 Jan. 17, 1838, at Albany, N. Y. He is the 
 son of John and Mary (Wolf) Sigler, 
 who were natives of Pa., and descended from 
 old and highly respectable families. The 
 
 father of Samuel Sigler, was by trade a shoe 
 maker, but conducted farming operations in 
 Union Co., Pa. He died at Mifflinburg, Pa., in 
 1889, his widow in 1890, at the same place. 
 They had eleven children, all of whom but 
 one, are living, as follows: William, Sarah, 
 Christine, Samuel (the subject of this memoir), 
 Polly Ann, John, Andrew, Margaret, George, 
 Elvina and Robert. 
 
 The early years of Samuel Sigler were passed 
 at home in farm work and at school until his I7th 
 year, when he was apprenticed to learn the 
 sadler s trade at Bowlsburg, Pa., where he served 
 his time. He was engaged in the prosecution of 
 work at his trade when the war demanded his 
 services, which were freely given. He enlisted 
 May 25, 1861, at Galena, 111., as 1st Corporal of 
 Co. B., I7th Ills. Inf., under Col. Leonard F. Ross. 
 The Regt. went into camp at Peoria, 111., and 
 afterwards at Alton, where they were armed 
 and uniformed. From Alton they were 
 orded to St. Louis, and thence to Cape 
 Girardeau, .Mo., where they went into winter 
 quarters. Their first movement to the front 
 was made to Fredrickstown, Mo., where they 
 met the enemy under Price and defeated him. 
 Proceeding thence, to Pilot Knob, they returned 
 to Cape Girardeau. They were next ordered 
 to the siege of Fort Henry, but it surrendered 
 before they came up. The I7th was under the 
 command of Gen. John A. Logan. The Regt. was 
 in the engagement at Fort Donelson in the 
 afternoon of the first day, and was ordered in a 
 charge against the enemy s position, leaving 
 behind them everything but guns and ammuni 
 tion. The charge was executed with great 
 brilliancy and spirit, but was unsuccessful, the re 
 bels in stronger force compelling them to fall 
 back, the troops to their right and left giving 
 way and leaving the 1 7th unsupported to face 
 the enemy. They held their ground bravely 
 until ordered to retreat for the third time, when 
 they obeyed. The troops remained in line of 
 battle until about 9 o clock, when ordered to 
 retire for food. During the whole time of their 
 engagement in this battle, they had gone with 
 out food, and were exposed to snow and rain 
 without shelter or blankets. This experience 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 is regarded by Mr. Sigler as having been the 
 most distressing of his military life. On Sat 
 urday morning the troops were refreshed by 
 the intelligence of the surrender of the fort, 
 and while scarcely able to keep their feet, they 
 were so relieved and resuscitated by this wel 
 come news as to command their strength suf 
 ficiently to march into the fort. Mr. Sigler re 
 ceived a slight flesh wound in this battle. The 
 next point to which the Regt. was ordered was 
 Savannah, Tenn., from thence proceeding to 
 Shiloh, and participating in the battle of that 
 place, where they held position near the old 
 church, conducting themselves as became 
 trained and valiant soldiers. After this they 
 moved on to Corinth, where they again assisted 
 to uphold the honor and glory of the Union 
 arms. They then advanced to Jackson, Miss., 
 and thence to Bolivar, La Grange and Memphis, 
 afterwards taking part in the siege of Vicks- 
 burg. After the surrender of Vicksburg, the 
 Regt. moved on to Black river, and was in ac 
 tion at Champion Hills. At this time the Regt. 
 was attached to the i/th A. C. under Gen. 
 Logan. Returning to Vicksburg they remained 
 there during the winter of 1863-4. In Jan., 
 1864, their three years term having expired, 
 they were ordered to Springfield, Ills., to be 
 mustered out. Mr. Sigler re-enlisted in Co.H., 
 I46th Ills., with commission of 2nd Lieut. 
 Companies D. and H. of the I46th were now 
 ordered to Quincy, Ills, to enforce the draft, 
 where they continued on this service until the 
 assassination of President Lincoln, whose 
 funeral they attended at Springfield. Here 
 they were mustered out July 8, 1865. Return 
 ing to the pursuits of peace, Mr. Sigler was for 
 some time engaged at Bureau, Ills., in the 
 enumeration of the census. Going subsequently 
 to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he worked at his trade 
 as a saddler for about one year, thence remov 
 ing to Lisbon, Iowa, and finally in 1871, to 
 Sterling, 111., where he resumed his trade, and 
 afterwards secured employment with the 
 Sterling Pump Works. 
 
 In 1884, he was given charge of the Sterling 
 school buildings, a position which he still holds. 
 He was married July 2, 1866, at Lisbon, Iowa, 
 
 to Catherine, daughter of Samuel and Theresa 
 ( ) Wink. Their only daughter and only 
 child, Mary C., born in Sept., 1867, married 
 Louis Reitzel, of Sterling. Mr. Sigler is 
 a member of the I. O. O. F., Lodge, 174, 
 of Sterling and a member of G. A. R. 
 Post, No. 274. In politics he is a Repub 
 lican. His wife died of heart disease Feb. 
 4, 1884. Among his country s gallant defend 
 ers in the many hard fought battles of the war, 
 Mr. Sigler had a prominent place, and acquit 
 ted himself with credit and honor. No less as 
 a citizen has he maintained this identity, and 
 left to his age and generation a spotless record. 
 
 JOHN WARD, of Peru, 111., enlisted at Patter 
 son, N. J., for the war of the rebellion, 
 July 23, 1864, for service as Landsman in 
 connection with the United States navy. He 
 was first connected with the ship "Minnesota," 
 stationed at Hampton Roads, Va., which acted 
 as flag ship to the Atlantic Squadron. In the 
 following Oct., he was transferred to the gun 
 boat "Osceola" and whilst on board the latter 
 ship, participated in the two naval engage 
 ments at Fort Fisher; and during the progress 
 of the last one, was wounded, by being struck 
 in the back of the head with a piece of explod 
 ed shell, which has resulted in almost destroy 
 ing his hearing. He was placed in a hospital 
 at Buford, N. C., but after a stay of three weeks 
 had recovered sufficiently to enable him to re 
 join his ship at Dutch Gap on the James River. 
 He was performing guard duty at City Point 
 when the news was received that Richmond 
 had fallen. This news was received by himself 
 and comrades as welcome tidings, and to some 
 extent compensated them for the melancholy 
 news received a short time subsequent, while his 
 ship was in Chesapeake Bay announcing the 
 assassination af President Lincoln. Immedi- 
 tely after the fall of Richmond, the ship went 
 to Boston where he received his discharge 
 from the service, June 10, 1865. 
 
 Mr. Ward was born in Ireland in 1844, and 
 immigrated to this country when he was only 
 
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 17 years old. After the war, he returned to 
 Patterson, N. J., where he remained until 1866, 
 then he went west, settling in Peru, and was 
 employed by the Union Coal Company in the 
 mines at Peru, where he has been ever since, 
 discharging its duties with credit to himself as 
 well as to the satisfaction of his employers. 
 
 He married Miss Ann Flarity, May 26, 
 1867, and by her has five bright interesting 
 children Sarah, Matthew, Patrick, Johnnie, 
 and Thomas. Being shrewd and industrious, 
 and supported by a smart and intelligent wife, 
 he has succeeded in purchasing and building 
 up a nice home and otherwise amply provided 
 for himself and family against a "rainy day," 
 He is a member of Post No. 656, G. A. R., at 
 Peru. He is a pensioner, and is independent 
 in political matters. Mr. Ward attended the 
 National Encampment at Boston, in 1890, where 
 he met his old Lieutenant John M. Murray of 
 the Osceola and two old comrades. 
 
 THOMAS B. SPALDING, M. D., of Decatur, 
 111., who gave some of the best years 
 of his life to the service of his coun 
 try, was born in Ills., Feb. 5, 1841. His father 
 was Enoch Spalding, a native of Maryland, 
 born in 1786, of English parents, by trade 
 a carpenter and builder, who moved to Ohio, 
 raised a family and his wife having died there, 
 afterwards moved to Illinois, where he married 
 and raised a second family, dying in 1848, fol 
 lowed by the death of his widow in 90 days, 
 leaving our subject an orphan at the age of 7. 
 His second wife, the mother of our subject was 
 Ann Masters, a native of Ohio, born near 
 Portsmouth. Colonel Simon Spalding, a great- 
 grand-father of Thomas Spalding, was an officer 
 in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Two brothers of Thomas B. Spalding, 
 Joseph and Thaddeus, served in the army of 
 the Union. Joseph Spalding died from the 
 effect of measles contracted at Belmont, Mo., 
 and Thaddeus served his time without being 
 wounded or captured. 
 
 The early life of Dr. Spalding was spent on 
 a farm near Jerseyville, living with a half sister, 
 
 Mrs. Briggs, and his school advantages were 
 such as the district schools afforded at that 
 time. At the age of 19 he became a teacher in 
 that neighborhood and taught until he was 22, 
 when he enlisted at Jerseyville, Aug. 19, 1862, 
 and was mustered in Sept. 8, at Camp Butler, 
 111. At the organization of the company Mr. 
 Spalding was elected Orderly Sergeant and 
 when it was mustered in he was made ist 
 Lieut, of Co. K., 97th 111. Inf. The Regt.. 
 remained in camp until October and then went 
 to Covington, Ky., by way of Cincinnati, and 
 marched to Louisville, thence. by boat to Mem 
 phis and camped near the city until Dec., when 
 it was transported by boats to Chickasaw 
 Bayou, under the command of Gen. A. J. Smith. 
 At Haines Bluff the 97th first encountered the 
 enemy in the stern realities of battle, and lost 
 a number of men. It moved then to Arkansas 
 Post and was engaged in the battle there. 
 After the surrender of Arkansas Post a strange 
 incident occurred which was a serious loss to 
 the enemy. A rebel Gen. by the name of 
 Churchill marched an entire brigade of about 
 5,000 men into the fort before he discovered 
 the fort was in possession of the Union army. 
 He was a very much surprised officer when he 
 realized the true condition of affairs and the 
 result of his mistake. 
 
 The 97th returned to Milliken s Bend and 
 disembarked at Young s Point, where their Regt. 
 was the first to finish its allotment on the canal. 
 
 The position at Young s Point was finally 
 abandoned on account of the overflow of the 
 river, and the force moved to Milliken s Bend, 
 where it remained until April 16, 1863. At 
 this place there was considerable suffering 
 from scurvy until a cure near at hand was dis 
 covered. The ditches in the cotton fields were 
 found to be well-filled with thousands of craw 
 fish, so a number of men were detailed from 
 each company to capture these to be used 
 instead of the salt pork which had caused the 
 scurvy. The hind parts of the craw-fish were 
 cut off and boiled, the skin then easily came off 
 and these parts were ate with crackers prepared 
 as soup. These fish were very large and there 
 was an inexhaustible quantity. This change 
 
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 of diet soon effected a cure of the uncomforta 
 ble disease. 
 
 The command moved across the point April 
 16, 1863, via Clinton, La., to the river, where 
 transports were provided to Grand Gulf, and 
 the men thoroughly exhausted from the long 
 march through a wet country over miserable 
 roads, as a consequence slept soundly. The 
 boats arriving early in the morning the troops 
 were at once embarked and as soon as a regi 
 ment was landed it took the road, and thus 
 General Grant s army was all transferred. 
 
 Soon the enemy was engaged at Magnolia 
 Hills, May I, the division containing the 9/th 
 being in advance opened the battle which was 
 severe, but the arrival of Union troops forced 
 the rebels to retire that night, who in their re 
 treat burned the bridge behind them. The 
 next morning the Union force started in pur 
 suit, was engaged at Raymond, drove the enemy 
 and then moved on to Champion Hills and was 
 continually under fire from ten o clock A M. 
 until late at night. The regiment proceeding 
 to Black River assisted in repairing the bridge 
 and marching over moved to Vicksburg, where 
 it took a position in the line which it made a 
 charge to secure. 
 
 On May 22, the g/th with its Brig, secured 
 a position within one half mile of the enemy s 
 works, but after the charge, could not hold the 
 ground in advance of the entrenchments. This 
 charge was one of the most terrific of any ex 
 perienced during the war. The rebel works 
 were constructed bythe most consummateskill 
 on ground that afforded every advantage, and 
 defended by 40,000 veteran troops the flower 
 of the Confederate army. 
 
 May 22, when the federal lines had been 
 fully formed and the place fully invested by 
 the entrenchment of the Union army one half 
 mile east, General Grant ordered a general as 
 sault all along the line to begin at 10 o clock. 
 At this time Lieut. Spalding was in command 
 of his company and was ordered to take it into 
 a rebel fort near a high mass of boulders. The 
 entire army moved rapidly down hill under a 
 tremendous fire and cross fire from the infantry, 
 and Lieut. Spalding with part of his men had 
 
 reached an immense boulder, and finding him 
 self in advance, he halted and looking northward 
 could see the whole line over a mile long in 
 motion, and the sight was grand and magnifi 
 cent, although terrible, as regiments under the 
 terrific fire of the forts were broken up and 
 lines made to waver, some returned, while 
 others pressed on. In some instances whole 
 platoons were swept away by the enemy s fire, 
 however, when the center of the army reached 
 the brow of the hill the real slaughter of death 
 began, as obstructions of every device here 
 placed were almost impassable, and held the 
 men exposed to a murderous fire which they 
 were powerless to resist. In some places deep 
 pits had been dug, on the side of the hill, in the 
 bottom of which sharp spikes had been placed. 
 These pits thus prepared were covered with cane 
 stalks, so that when the men stepped on the 
 covering they were precipitated four or five feet 
 on to the spikes at the bottom. Trees also with 
 branches sharpened to a point and connected 
 with barb wire were placed to impede an ad 
 vance. The men while thus entangled in this 
 net work of devilish ingenuity were cruelly 
 slaughtered by a merciless fire from the forts, 
 and being unable to advance sought shelter 
 wherever they could find it. 
 
 A few men of the I3th Corps reached and 
 entered one of the forts, but were over 
 whelmed, driven out or captured. About ten 
 o clock that night Lieut. Spalding succeeded 
 in getting his company back to the place from 
 which it started in the morning, having been 
 exposed all day in a broiling sun without food 
 or water. The cannonading on both sides was 
 appalling until the 25th, when there was an 
 armistice for a few hours to bury the dead. 
 Lieut. Spaulding went out in front of the line 
 in company with General Burbridge and 
 counted 31 dead bodies on one-eighth of an 
 acre. Some of the Union wounded were 
 brought in that had lain on the ground since 
 the assault of the 22nd with wounds festering 
 and alive with maggots. After the cessation, 
 hostilities were resumed and continued until 
 the surrender, July 4th. 
 
 The method of approach during the siege 
 
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 was by digging holes at night along the entire 
 line, like a post hole, throwing up the dirt in 
 front, then these holes were joined together, 
 widened and occupied the following morning. 
 This plan was continued by advancing the line 
 of holes and ditches until the army occupied a 
 line parallel with the enemy, and within 20 
 yards. During this work Lieut. Spalding, 
 while excavating for the last approach had 
 placed 40 men at work when just behind he 
 heard some guns cocked and an order given to 
 fire. Immediately commanding his men to 
 fall flat on the ground, the volley passed over 
 them, and they thus escaped one of the closest 
 calls they had during the siege. Thus for 43 
 days the men were under constant fire without 
 rest from the incessant thunder of battle, and 
 often some would fall asleep and be shot down 
 near morning lying out on the ground. 
 
 On the morning of July 4th the rebels 
 raised the white flag, a token of surrender. 
 Without delay the army was at once faced 
 about and started toward Jackson. Camping 
 one night in a corn field, and in the morning 
 without breakfast, the men were ordered for 
 ward to Jackson, and engaged the enemy, charg 
 ing upon the rebels, driving them back and 
 investing the place. Here Lieut. Spalding 
 contracted rheumatism so that he could not 
 walk, but crawled into the rifle pits with his 
 men, repulsed three assaults and when relieved 
 made his way back to camp at Vicksburg. 
 
 Lieut. Spalding secured leave of absence 
 for 30 days, and rejoined the regiment at New 
 Orleans, when he was sent to the Tesche country 
 to destroy salt works. Returning from that 
 duty to New Orleans by cars Nov. I, 1863, the 
 regiment met with an accident by collision 
 which crippled 65 men, and threw Lieutenant 
 Spalding into about three feet of water in the 
 canal. Arriving at New Orleans he was as 
 signed to provost duty in command of his own 
 company and one from the igih Ky., Regiment. 
 During this time he was sent with 100 political 
 prisoners to Dry Tortugas, Key West, and Ship 
 Island, in Florida, and was also sent out with 
 carloads of rebel prisoners to effect an ex 
 change. 
 
 In the latter part of 1864, Lieut. Spalding 
 joined the expedition against Mobile and par 
 ticipated in the investment of Fort Blakely 
 around Mobile April, 1865, and made the 
 charge April gth. In this battle Lieut. Spald 
 ing commanded the colored company and lost 25 
 per cent, of his men, but captured General Cock- 
 rell, now U. S. Senator from Mo. After some 
 time spent at Mobile the 97th Reg t. was shipped 
 to Galveston, mustered out July 19, 1865, and 
 discharged just after three years service to a 
 day. At the battle of Fort Blakely Lieutenant 
 Spalding was commissioned Captain, April 25, 
 1865. He went into the service with 84 men 
 and received 16 recruits, making 100 men, and 
 when mustered out there was only 13 left. He 
 was the only original officer that returned. 
 The old flag was torn to pieces and is now 
 preserved in the memorial hall at Springfield, 
 Ills. 
 
 Captain Spalding entered Shurtleff College 
 for one year, and in 1866, attended Rush Medi 
 cal College in Chicago, where he was a private 
 pupil under Professor Ray, and graduated in the 
 spring of 1869. He located at Troy, Ills., and 
 practiced 1 1 years, then moved to Edwardsville, 
 111., and was in practice eight years. In 1888 he 
 settled in Decatur, where he has been success 
 fully engaged in his profession to the present 
 time, and has also acted on the Pension Board 
 since his appointment in 1889. 
 
 Dr. Spalding was married Nov. 25, 1869 at 
 Upper Alton, Ills., to Dora M. Bostwick, of 
 that place, and has four children Lacta B., John 
 B., Robert Blaine, and Bessie B., all living in 
 1891. Dr. Spalding is a member of the G. A. 
 R. Post of Decatur, of which he is surgeon, and 
 is also President of the Pension Board; is well 
 known as a gentleman of acknowledged pro 
 fessional skill and high standing as a well read 
 Physician. He belongs to the old Lovejoy 
 school in politics and is now a stalwart Re 
 publican. 
 
 Religiously Capt. Spalding is extremely 
 liberal, he believes only what is self evident or 
 to his mind susceptible of proof. He believes 
 in One Creative Intelligence who is Author and 
 Governor of the Universe and that He governs 
 
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 the physical universe through unerring arbi- 
 tary law, which we call "the law of nature." He 
 believes that in the Spiritual Realm, God is 
 still the eternal Author, yet the loving tender 
 Father of every soul that comes to Him in con 
 fidence and contrition, and that all such may 
 look up to Him and say with certain confidence, 
 My FatJicr\ He believes that God has taught 
 this world this great truth that every loyal ten 
 der loving soul is His child, and that between 
 the finite and Infinite He wills that there shall 
 be the substantial relation of affection and love 
 that shall never perish. He believes that this 
 is the gift of eternal Life and the only as 
 surance of immortality in the life hereafter, 
 therefore he believes that perfect love is the 
 fulfillment of the law of life and hence his 
 motto: "The Fatherhood of God and the 
 Brotherhood of Man." 
 
 WALTER V. SIMONS, of Earlville, 111., is 
 a native of Pa., where he was born 
 Nov. 10, 1834. He is the son of 
 Jabez H. and Thursa (Vantuyl) Simons, who 
 were natives of N. Y., both of whom are de 
 ceased. The Vantuyl s are traced back to Col 
 onial days, grandfather Vantuyl having served 
 as a Captain in the Revolutionary War. In 1844, 
 the parents moved to Lee County, 111., where 
 they lived and died. Our subject was raised 
 at home where he received the benefits of a 
 common school education. At the age of 15, 
 he commenced to learn the blacksmith trade, 
 and when he was 45 years of age, having natu 
 rally a mechanical mind, and being possessed 
 of good qualities, he started a shop for himself 
 in Farlville. He enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, as a 
 private in Co. K., 75th 111. Inf. The regiment 
 remained at Camp Dixon until Sept. 27th, when 
 it was ordered to the seat of war, joining Buell s 
 army at Louisville, Ky., at the time of the re 
 organization being assigned to the ist Brig., 
 1st Div. 1 4th A. C., commanded respectively 
 by Generals P. S. Post, Jeff C. Davis, and A. D 
 McCook. Its first move on the chessboard of 
 war was Oct. 1st, against Bragg s army at 
 
 Bardstown, Ky. This move brought on the 
 battle of Perryville, Oct. 8th, in which Mr. 
 Simons took his first lessons in active battle, 
 surrounded by the " pomp and circumstances 
 of glorious war," and in which his regiment 
 was hotly engaged, distinguishing itself for cool 
 courage and effective fighting. It lost heavily 
 both in officers and men, and was honorably 
 mentioned by Gen. Mitchell for its notable 
 conduct. The regiment then moved southward 
 with the army, arriving at Edgefield, where 
 camp was made. The next move of the army 
 was again southward. The regiment participated 
 in the skirmishes at Nolansville and Knob Gap, 
 and then in the battle of Stone River. In this 
 engagement the 75th was in the right wing, 
 and the retreat of Johnson s divisions left the 
 first brigade (Post s) exposed to a flank move 
 ment of the enemy, and it was ordered to fall 
 back. Companies E. and H. of the 75th, were 
 ordered to check the advance of the rebels un 
 til the line could be formed. The 75th was on 
 active duty during the entire battle and won 
 new laurels as a fighting regiment. During the 
 battle, Mr. Simon was wounded and taken pris 
 oner, but was retaken by a company of cavalry. 
 He was sent to the convalescent camp at Nash 
 ville, where he remained for 20 days, rejoining 
 the reg t. at Murfreesboro. About June 2oth, 
 the command moved out for Chattanooga, and 
 had a sharp fight at Liberty Gap, in which the 
 75th took an important part. It went into 
 camp at Chattanooga where it was besieged by 
 the enemy. While there the army was re-organ 
 ized, and the 75th was assigned to the 3d Brig., 
 ist Div., 4th A. C. Nov. 2d, 3rd and 4th, it 
 took part in the battle of Lookout Mountain. 
 Its next move was over the mountains to Shell 
 Mound, thence to Whiteside, where it went in 
 to winter quarters, doing picket duty. Feb. 
 10, 1864, camp was broke and the Reg t. moved 
 to Blue Springs, Tcnn., and Feb. 24th and 25th, 
 it took part in the rcconnoissance in front of 
 Buzzard s Roost. 
 
 Activities for the Atlanta campaign com 
 menced about the ist of May, and in this Mr. 
 Simons with his regiment took an active part. 
 For over IOO days during that memorable cam- 
 
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 paign, there was not one day, Mr. Simons says, 
 that his regiment was not under fire. He was 
 active in nearly all the battles and skirmishes 
 of that campaign, including those of Jonesboro 
 and Lovejoys Station, fought Sept. ist and 
 2nd. His regiment moved into Atlanta after 
 its evacuation and remained there until Oct. 
 4th, when it moved north to Chattanooga, and 
 subsequently to Pulaski, Tenn. Its next 
 important action was at Franklin, Nov. 30, 
 where it did effective fighting and suffered 
 considerable loss. It was not allowed to rest, 
 but marched all the following day to the field 
 of Nashville, reaching there Dec. ist. In the 
 engagement at Nashville, the 75th, feeling that 
 this might be its last opportunity to strike in 
 defense of the old flag, fought nobly and with 
 sanguinary effect. During this, its last action, 
 it charged the enemy through an open field, 
 capturing 233 prisoners, a large quantity of 
 arms and camp equipage. From Nashville the 
 command moved to Huntsville, Ala., thence to 
 Knoxville, Tenn., went into camp, and subse 
 quently returned to Nashville. While there 
 Mr. Simons received a 30 days furlough. June 
 12, 1865, the 75th was mustered out, sent to 
 Chicago, where, July 1st, it was paid off and 
 finally discharged. After the war, Mr. Simons 
 returned to his home and friends, took up 
 again his business of blacksmithing, which he 
 has successfully followed since. 
 
 He was married Dec. 22, 1859, to Mary 
 E. Woodward. He is a member of the McCul- 
 lough Post No. 475, G. A. R., of which he is 
 Past Commander. Mr. Simons is truly a rep 
 resentative American; a brave soldier in time 
 of war, in his country s defense, and a good 
 citizen in time of peace, honored and respected 
 by all who know him. He is a member of 
 the Baptist church and politically a Repub 
 lican. 
 
 NICHOLAS T. ROCHE, coal-dealer of St. 
 Charles, 111., was born at Wexford, 
 Ireland, April 15, 1834. His parents 
 were Thomas C. and Mary E. (Kennedy) 
 
 Roche, who settled at Chicago in 1844, remov 
 ing in 1848 to St. Charles, and in 1858 to Lyons, 
 Iowa, where in 1866, the elder Roche died. 
 
 Nicholas T. Roche passed his early life in 
 Ireland, at Chicago, and St. Charles. After a 
 limited education he was engaged in the gro 
 eery business up to the beginning of the re 
 bellion. In 1858, he was married to Margaret, 
 daughter of James Miller, a native of Scotland, 
 Her father died in 1869, and her mother in 
 1873. Her father was a blacksmith. Nicholas 
 T. Roche was among the first of the Ills, troops 
 to take the field. He enlisted at Chicago, 
 Sept., 15, 1861, in Co. B. 58th Ills. Inf.. and 
 was mustered in as Commissary Sergeant. The 
 Regt. remained at Camp Douglas until Feb. 9th, 
 1862, when they were ordered to Fort Donel- 
 son, where Mr. Roche performed service in the 
 commissary department, thence going to Fort 
 Henry, arriving there after the surrender of 
 that post, and then moving on to Shiloh, March 
 18, 1862, he was granted leave of absence on 
 account of sickness and went home. He rejoined 
 his command at Shiloh about Apr. 18, passing 
 the succeeding summer in guarding the Mobile 
 & Ohio R. R. between Rienzi and Corinth. In 
 Sept. he was detailed on recruiting service, ar 
 riving at Aurora, Ills. Sept. 10, rejoining his 
 command at Camp Butler in Dec., where he 
 remained through the winter. July 4, 1863 the 
 recruiting party rejoined the regiment at Cairo, 
 Ills., where they remained until the following 
 January, when they were relieved by orders of 
 Gen. Grant and sent on an expedition to Meri 
 dian, Miss. Mr. Roche was detailed at post 
 headquarters at Cairo and remained until Jan. 
 .15, when he received a 30 days furlough after 
 his furlough he was ordered to report at Camp 
 Yates, Springfield, to Gen. White command 
 ing the post. Remained there all through 
 in charge of the draft department, per 
 forming duty in this relation until Feb., 
 1865, when he was mustered out, and fin 
 ally discharged at Chicago Feb. 11. While 
 at Cairo he was appointed to succeed the regi 
 mental Quartermaster, who had been promoted 
 to Capt. but declining to serve in that relation, 
 the appointment of Mr. Roche was not con- 
 
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 firmed. His regiment was among the last of 
 the Ills., troops to be mustered out. 
 
 Returning home Mr. Roche engaged in the 
 boot and shoe business at St. Charles, and sub 
 sequently, up to 1 88 1, in the dry goods line. 
 Since then he has conducted the coal business, 
 in which he is still engaged. He has been a 
 trustee of the city, and is the present City Clerk. 
 He was at one time elected a Police Magistrate, 
 but did not qualify. He was the second Trea 
 surer of the G. A. R. Post, of St. Charles, and 
 the third Commander. He was elected Com 
 mander of the post for the third time in Jan. 
 1892. He is a member of the Catholic Church 
 and is a worthy citizen, and an upright, consci 
 entious and honorable man. 
 
 JOSEPH W. KING, of Bloomington, Illinois, 
 was born in Indiana, March i, 1845, an ^ 
 is a son of William and Harriet (DeMo) 
 King, the former born in Vermont, the latter 
 in France, When a boy seven years of age, 
 Mr. King moved with his parents from Vermont 
 by team to Ohio, afterwards to the State of 
 Indiana, where the father subsequently died. 
 Lucius A., brother of our subject, was in the 
 Army and passed through the late was, serving 
 in Company A., 2Oth Ind. Vol., Inf., and was 
 wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, from 
 which he recovered and completed his term of 
 enlistment. 
 
 Mr. King attended school in the winters, work 
 ing upon the farm in summer, during his early 
 days, until he enlisted in Aug., 1862, at 
 Wabash, Ind, in Company I, loist, Ind. Vol. 
 Inf. The regiment continued in camp of in 
 structions for about two months, then moved 
 to Indianapolis, where the men were uniformed 
 and equipped, proceeding then to Covington, 
 and thence on toward Richmond, Ky. Mr. 
 King became ill and unable to continue with 
 his command; was sent to Indianapolis where 
 after a month s rest being much improved, he 
 desired to rejoin his regiment, but on examina 
 tion was rejected by reason of his sickness and 
 tender years, was therefore discharged and re 
 
 turned home. In the following July he at 
 tempted to enlist in a battery of heavy artillery, 
 but was again rejected on account of his youth. 
 He succeeded however a little later in joining 
 the iiSth Ind. Vol. Inf., at Wabash, Ind., Aug. 2, 
 1863, and went with his regiment to Indianapo 
 lis, where he remained for a time, then moved 
 to Cincinnati, thence to Covington, then to 
 Nicholasville, Ky., where he participated in the 
 movements through Cumberland Gap, and Blue 
 Springs, Tenn.; engaged the enemy under 
 Longstreet, at the last named place, which re 
 sulted in the defeat and rout of the enemy. 
 Continuing on the march his regimant passed 
 through Bull s Gap, and then again was at 
 tacked by the enemy. When the assault oc 
 curred all the artillery men except camp 
 guards, were out foraging, taking the horses 
 with them, and several details were also absent 
 from the infantry, leaving only 800 men in 
 camp. When the attack was made the com 
 mand formed and drew the heavy guns into 
 position by hand, stood on the defensive and 
 succeeded in repulsing the first charge, and be 
 fore the enemy could rally and repeat it, the 
 artillery men and horses had returned, as also 
 the cavalry, who had been out on a scout, joined 
 in and unitedly charged the now confused en 
 emy, and forced him to retreat and seek pro 
 tection, after he had sustained a heavy loss. 
 They then moved to the salt works which was 
 garrisoned by ^he rebels, whom they drove out 
 and held the works tor a time, when they de 
 stroyed them and fell back to Tazewell, where 
 they remained upon guard duty and subsequently 
 were engaged with the rebels under Longstreet, 
 at Walker s Ford, suffered many casualties, and 
 from there moved with the object of heading 
 off Longstreet, who was marching upon Knox- 
 ville; then fell back again to Tazewell and did 
 camp duty for several weeks. Whilst at the 
 last named point, was charged by forces under 
 Longstreet, whom they repulsed and then fell 
 back to Powells River, returning to Tazewell 
 later, and then started on a foraging expedition 
 through the country. 
 
 The term of enlistment having expired the 
 regiment started homeward, passed through 
 
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 89 
 
 Nashville, Covington, then to Indianapolis, 
 where our subject was subsequently mustered 
 out, and discharged, March 4, 1864. Later he 
 was about to enlist in the 36th, Ind. Mounted 
 Inf., when he was taken sick and before recov 
 ering was reduced in weight from 152 to 75 Ibs. 
 
 Mr. King worked for a time upon a farm, 
 until 1870, then went railroading until 1890, 
 when he lost one of his legs by accident, being 
 at the time of the accident, Yard Master in 
 Bloomington; since which time he has been 
 City Oil Inspector. 
 
 He married Jan. 25, 1880, Thury Freige, an 
 estimable lady, who is a native of Den 
 mark, she having come with her parents to this 
 country when but fifteen years of age. The 
 only child (Thorey) of this marriage died. 
 
 Mr. King has suffered two amputations of 
 his limb, but is now enjoying comparatively 
 good health. He receives a pension of $12 per 
 month. Is an Odd Fellow, and has filled the 
 chair of Noble Grand for three consecutive 
 terms in his Lodge, and two terms as V. G., and 
 filled all the other offices in the Lodge except 
 that of Treasurer. He is also a member of the 
 Improved Order of Red Men; a member of 
 Wm. T. Sherman Post, No., 146, G. A. R., and 
 a Republican in politics. 
 
 GEN. JOHN MORRILL, of Ottawa, Ills., sol 
 dier of two wars, was born in Concord, 
 N. H., June 3, 1827, and is the son of 
 Marcellus and Sarah E. (Bradley) Morrill. 
 Filbrice Bradley, the father of Sarah was a sol 
 dier of the Revolution, and was wounded at the 
 battle of Bennington. Marcellus Morrill was 
 by occupation a farmer. He died in 1859, in 
 February, and his wife died in 1866. 
 
 General Morrill received a common school 
 education, and moved with his parents to 
 Ottawa, 111., in 1840, where he learned the gun 
 smith s trade. When war was declared between 
 the United States and Mexico, young Morrill, 
 then but 19 years of age, his youthful heart 
 fired with the war spirit of the time, offered his 
 humble services to his country. He enlisted 
 
 June, 1846, in Company I., ist Ills. Inf. The 
 Reg. rendezvoused at Alton, 111., and moved 
 from there via New Orleans to Port Lavaca, 
 Texas. From Port Lavaca, they marched to 
 San Antonio, then the headquarters of General 
 Wool s Div. They marched with him to the 
 Rio Grande and crossed the river at Presidio, 
 passed through Santa Rosa, Monclova, and 
 Paris, from whence the command moved south 
 to join Gen. Taylor at Buena Vista. He par 
 ticipated in that battle February 22-3, 1847. 
 June following he was discharged at Comargo, 
 Mexico, and returned home. The war with 
 Mexico had only excited the spirit of adven 
 ture in General Morrill, not satisfied it. The 
 discovery of gold in General Sutter s mill race 
 in California in 1848, by Marshall, the Mor 
 mon, had set the whole world ablaze. A 
 new El Dorado had been discovered on the 
 Pacific slope, and here the adventurous spirits 
 of every land were flocking. It was little 
 expected that General Morrill could resist the 
 tide that was flowing westward. In 1849 ne 
 joined that wonderful hcgira to the new El 
 Dorado, going by overland, and upon his 
 arrival in California, began to search after the 
 precious metal. He remained thereuntil 1853, 
 when he returned to Ottawa, and resumed his 
 trade. In 1857 he moved to his farm that he 
 had previously purchased, about two miles 
 from Ottawa, which he has since cultivated, 
 and where he has made his home. 
 
 When the rebellion broke out Mr. Morrill 
 again offered himself as a defender of his coun 
 try s flag. Sept. 26, 1861, he enlisted in a com 
 pany that was being raised at Prairie Center, 
 II!., and was chosen its Captain, from which 
 time his commission dated. They reorganized 
 at Camp Butler, where they were mustered 
 into the United States service December 16, 
 1861, as Company A. 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel Williams commanding 
 Battallion, formed, with other companies, B., 
 C., D., E. and F., the first Battalion of Yates 
 Sharp Shooters. These companies subse 
 quently formed a part of the 64th Ills. Inf. 
 January 10, 1862, the Battalion was ordered to 
 Quincy, and went into barracks where it was 
 
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 armed. February 16, it was moved to Cairo, 
 and on March 14, it was ordered via Bird s 
 Point, to Charleston, Bertrand, Saxton, then to 
 New Madrid, where it was assigned to Mor 
 gan s Brigade, Payne s Division, Army of the 
 Mississippi, commanded by General Pope. 
 
 On the evening of the I2th, of March, Com 
 panies A., D., E. and F., made a night attack 
 on the enemy s right, driving his pickets and 
 skirmishing until midnight. The object of 
 this attack was to draw the attention of the 
 rebels from the 10th and i6th .111., who were 
 planting siege guns on the enemy s left. The 
 Battalion took an active part in the bombard 
 ment of New Madrid the next day, and subse 
 quently went to the support of Captain Williams 
 Siege guns four miles below where General 
 Pope effected a crossing. Under command of 
 Major Matteson, it joined Pope s expedition 
 against Fort Pillow, and returning, moved up 
 the Tennessee by transports, disembarking at 
 Hamburg Landing, April 22d. 
 
 The general with his command next partici 
 pated in the siege of Corinth until it was 
 evacuated, May 3Oth, being continually on the 
 skirmish line. They pursued the enemy as far 
 as Boonville, and on the return the Battalion 
 went into camp at Big Springs, six miles from 
 Corinth. 
 
 When General Rosencrans took command 
 of the Army of the Mississippi, the 64th was 
 detailed at headquarters as guard, on which 
 duty it remained until November. Lieutenant- 
 Colonel Williams left the Battalion on sick 
 leave May i/th, and never returned, being dis 
 charged Sept. 1 2th. Major Matteson assumed 
 command of the Battalion, which he held until 
 Aug. 8th, when he died in the hospital. Cap 
 tain Morrill then took command, and was sub 
 sequently promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 
 the following recommendations: 
 
 " Respectfully forwarded through General 
 Grant, begging him to join in recommending 
 Captain Morrill for promotion to the Lieuten 
 ant-Colonelcy of the Yates S. S., 64th Ills. Inf. 
 Since the death of Major Matteson the entire 
 charge of the Battalion has fallen on Captain 
 Morrill, and he has discharged his duties, not 
 
 only creditably, but nobly. The command has 
 improved under him, and fought splendidly in 
 the battle of Corinth. 
 (Signed) 
 
 "W. S. ROSENCRANS, Major-General." 
 This letter was exceedingly complimentary 
 to General Morrill, and evidenced the high re 
 gard in which he was held as a military officer 
 by the commanding General Rosencrans, 
 who but voiced the sentiment of the regiment. 
 Aug. 20, 1863, the command moved to luka, 
 where it remained until Sept., then it was or 
 dered to Clear Creek, and thence back to luka 
 via Jacinto. It was held in reserve at the 
 battle of luka, but joined in pursuit of the 
 routed enemy, and then returned to Corinth, 
 going into position Oct. 3d. On the morning 
 of the 4th the Battalion met the first advance 
 of the enemy, and was heavily engaged during 
 the entire day, adding new laurels to its already 
 glorious record. It lost 70 men, killed, wounded 
 and missing. Nov. 27th, it was ordered on out 
 post duty at Glendale, Miss., where it erected 
 fortifications and mounted some field pieces. 
 From thence it moved to luka, and thence to 
 Pulaski, Tenn., arriving there on the nth. 
 January 15, 1864, about three-fourths of the 
 Battalion re-enlisted and went home on 
 veteran furlough. 
 
 They reassembled at Ottawa, February I4th, 
 where four new companies, G., H., I. and K., 
 which had been recruited by Captain Manning, 
 were added to the Battalion, making it a full 
 regirnent. Mr. Morrill was made Colonel, M. 
 W. Manning Lieutenant-Colonel, and S. B. 
 Thompson Major. March 17, 1864, the regi 
 ment with its ranks filled up, left for the field 
 of action to take its part in the final struggle. 
 It arrived at Decatur, Ala., on the 23d, of the 
 same month, and was assigned to the ist 
 Brigade, 4th Division, i6th Army Corps, Gen 
 eral Fuller commanding the Brigade, and 
 General G. M. Dodge commanding the Corps. 
 From there May 4th, they moved to Chatta 
 nooga to take part with Sherman in the At 
 lanta campaign. It arrived before Resaca, 
 May Qth. From the 1 3th, to the i6th, it was 
 engaged with the enemy in the fight at Resaca. 
 
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 It then moved to Dallas, where it was in action 
 from May 27th, to the 3ist, inclusive. June ist, 
 and 4th, it moved to the left, and on the 5th, it 
 had a slight action with the rebels at New 
 Hope Church. June loth, it took a line of 
 rifle pits at Big Shanty, displaying its usual 
 gallantry. 
 
 The regiment then moved to the foot of 
 Kenesaw Mountain, where it held its position 
 until the 26th. On the 2/th it was hotly 
 engaged with the assaulting forces, and was 
 distinguished for its efficient service. It lost 
 in this action 57 men killed and wounded. On 
 July 4th, evidently stimulated to greater action 
 by the glorious memories of the day, it won 
 new honors in the action on the skirmish line, 
 known as Ruff s Mills, driving the enemy back 
 some two miles. In this engagement it lost 25 
 men killed and wounded. The command then 
 moved toward Chattahoochie river, meeting 
 the enemy at the skirmish line. On the loth 
 the regiment with the command crossed the 
 river and fortified. July I7th, Gen. Morrill was 
 placed in command of the 1st Brigade, and 
 under his command it had a slight action at 
 Decatur. He participated in the battle of 
 Atlanta July 22nd, and was twice wounded; the 
 last time he was taken from the field. This 
 ended the brilliant fighting record of Gen. 
 Morrill, and took from the ist Brigade one of 
 its bravest, most efficient and gallant officers. 
 When partially recovered from his wound he 
 was placed in command of the District of 
 Rolla, Mo., where he remained until the close 
 of the war. 
 
 He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, to 
 rank from Sept. 12, 1862; to Colonel, to rank 
 from February 19, 1864; and to Brevet Briga 
 dier-General, March 13, 1865. He was mus 
 tered out of the United States service at Chi 
 cago, July 11, 1865. 
 
 Gen. Morrill was with his regiment in all its 
 marches, and in every battle it was in from the 
 time it went into the service until after July 
 22, 1864, when he was wounded and taken from 
 the field. The rebellion having been put 
 down, the flag protected and the Republic 
 preserved, Gen. Morrill having discharged hi 
 
 duty as a citizen and a patriot, returned to his 
 home, and like Cincinnatus of old, took up 
 again his agricultural pursuits, coverting the 
 spear into a plowshare, and the sword into a 
 pruning hook. 
 
 He was married, in 1854, to Ann Mitchell, 
 by whom he had two children, Cincinnatus F., 
 born April 25, 1855, and Blanche R., born March 
 4, 1858. His wife, Ann, died Aug. 12, 1865. 
 Sept. 27, 1869, he was married to his second 
 wife, Visa C. Conger. She was born in Butler, 
 Wayne Co., N. Y., January 21, 1841. 
 
 Her brother Ira was 2d Lieut, of Co. A., 
 64th Regt., Ills. Inf., in 1861, and was pro 
 moted to the rank of Captain in 1863. He was 
 killed in the battle of Snake Creek Gap, Oct. 
 18, 1864. Gen. Morrill is a member of the Seth 
 C. Earl Post No. 156, of Ottawa, and a member 
 of the Masonic fraternity. In politics he is a 
 Republican. 
 
 JOHN WALKER, a resident of Aurora, Ill. ( 
 who patriotically participated in the 
 struggle of his adopted country for liberty 
 and union, is a native of England, born in 
 Lincolnshire, Jan. 24, 1842. His father was 
 William B. Walker, and his mother before 
 her marriage was Jane Lathrop. John Walker 
 attended school in England until he was 
 twelve years of age, when he immigrated to 
 America and was soon employed in farming. 
 Practically leaving the plow in the furrow, he 
 enlisted Aug. 20, 1861, at Oswego, N. Y., and 
 was mustered in with Co. A., 8ist N. Y. Inf., 
 and was sent to camp at Albany, and then to 
 Long Island, where he remained during the 
 winter. The Regt. was sent to Washington 
 and united with the army of which Gen. Keys 
 was Div. Com., and Gen. Palmer Commander 
 of the brigade. After camping here about two 
 months a forward movement was made to 
 Alexandria, where the force embarked for 
 Newport News and marched to Yorktown, 
 where they lay in the front lines during the 
 siege. Then they moved up the Peninsula to 
 Williamsburg, where a battle was fought, affor- 
 
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 ding Mr. Walker his first experience, and it 
 seemed indeed full of horrors. After the battle 
 the enemy set fire to the field, which was a 
 "slashing", and the next morning when the 
 Union men went over the ground where the re 
 bel dead were lying they found the bodies 
 burned past all recognition. Around pools of 
 water crowds of the wounded had gathered to 
 quench their desperate thirst, and were burned 
 with the rest. 
 
 It is not strange that this first picture of the 
 terrible realities of war should make a lasting 
 impression. The Regt. remained in camp a short 
 time at Williamsburg, and then started on the 
 long and tedious marches of the Peninsula 
 campaign. Marching was hard and wearisome, 
 so that everything tended to retard the move 
 ment of the army. Mr. Walker believes that 
 Gen. McClellan used every possible effort, and 
 did all that any officer could have done under 
 the circumstances; he also regards him as a 
 good soldier, and a true patriot. After crossing 
 the Chickahominy, Mr. Walker was taken sick 
 and applied to the Surgeon for permission to 
 ride, and two men were detailed to assist him to 
 camp, which was not reached until late at night. 
 As it was raining hard the men left him, and 
 as he was unable to assist himself, he had a 
 poor prospect before him. He lay all night in 
 his blankets. In the early morning a lady ap 
 proached, raised his blanket and exclaimed 
 "My God, this is Johnny Walker!" This lady 
 was Mrs. Robt. Kent of Oswego, N. Y., who 
 was visiting her husband, a member of Co. B. 
 She gave the invalid a drink of water, and 
 passed on leaving him in the rain. Soon, how 
 ever four men came and carried him four miles 
 and placed him in a tent. The Surgeon soon 
 came and ordered him removed to a house. 
 He was placed on a bed to be sent to New 
 York, but at Yorktown was taken off and laid 
 on the shore with the hot sun shining in his 
 face. He crawled along dragging his knap 
 sack after him and reached a tent, falling upon 
 the ground exhausted. Here lying upon the 
 ground without a bed for twenty-five days, he 
 was sick with typhoid fever, often without 
 water or proper attendance. When somewhat 
 
 recovered he asked permission to join his Regt., 
 but the Surgeon refused, believing it would be 
 certain death to make the attempt. Mr. Walker, 
 however, secured a revolver which he sold for 
 $5.00 to make his preparations and secretly 
 boarded a boat bound for the front at White 
 House Landing, a place where Gen. Washing 
 ton once lived. On the boat he was not dis 
 covered, and landing safely he proceeded to a 
 Gen. s tent and asked permission to remain, 
 which was granted. 
 
 Next morning starting for the Regt. which 
 was at White Oak Swamp, he rejoined it and 
 reported to his Co., where he found he was re 
 garded as dead. His comrades were surprised 
 beyond measure to see him alive. Among his 
 old comrades again he rapidly improved in 
 health, and in a few weeks was ready for duty. 
 During his absence the Regt. was engaged at 
 Fair Oaks, which was the only battle he did 
 not participate in with his Regt. while it was in 
 the service. Mr. Walker, found many changes, 
 as the Col. had been shot through the lungs, 
 the Maj. had been killed, and many of his 
 comrades were missing, never again to be seen. 
 
 From White Oak Swamp there was a retreat 
 lasting several days with daily skirmishes with 
 the pursuing enemy, and at Malvern Hill, there 
 was a stubborn contest. The retreating men 
 were glad when they approached Harrison s 
 Landing and could receive the assistance of 
 the gun boats which shelled the enemy. At 
 this place the army was reviewed by President 
 Lincoln, and remained some time in camp. 
 While here a rebel officer made a dash with a 
 battery and from the hills on the opposite side 
 of the river shelled the camp, making it lively 
 for a time. Gen. Keys Div. was left at York- 
 town to do garrison duty and build fortifications, 
 where it remained several months. The men 
 had not been paid for a long time, and the 98th 
 N. Y., stacked arms and refused further duty 
 until it was paid. The Gen. in command or 
 dered out the artillery and gave the rebellious 
 Q8th three minutes to take arms or to be blown 
 into another country. It is not necessary to 
 state that the Regt. was in possession of its 
 arms before the time expired. From Yorktown 
 
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 93 
 
 the force embarked for Morehead City, N. C., 
 and built fortifications there, making a raid of 
 four or five days to Newbern. From More- 
 head the men were conveyed by vessels to 
 Hilton Head, N. C., and were sent up the river 
 to Beaufort, then to St. Helena, S. C., and 
 while on the boats received four months pay. 
 They were next ordered to the Stine Inlet, then 
 back to St. Helena Island, and then by transports 
 to Newbern, N. C., which was reached one week 
 behind time. They were moved then by boats 
 to Norfolk and marched into the Dismal 
 Swamp. In the fall of 1863 they went into 
 winter quarters in the Dismal Swamp and re 
 mained until Apr. At this time the men re- 
 enlisted and went home on furloughs for thirty 
 days. 
 
 While building winter quarters Mr. Walker 
 cut his foot proud flesh formed about the 
 wound and was burned out with caustic. He was . 
 also sick with the ague. When he recovered 
 from these misfortunes a comrade was shot in 
 the arm, and Mr. Walker taking him to the 
 Surgeon the arm was amputated. He then 
 went out with the wagon train to get a chicken 
 for the wounded man; going to a house for 
 this purpose, he was refused and he captured 
 several fowls, and was pursuing another, when 
 the wagons went on. Soon he heard firing and 
 discovered that the train had been fired on 
 by guerrillas, and they soon began firing on 
 him, but he was not hit, as he was, as he says, 
 "moving" 
 
 While in N. Y., on furlough Mr. Walker 
 bought a farm and while superintending some 
 matters upon it met a lady who corresponded 
 with him in the army, and afterwards became 
 his wife. Returning to the army after his visit 
 home, Mr. Walker reached Newport News in 
 time to accompany his Regt. to City Point, 
 when it boarded transports and disembarked at 
 White House Landing, June I, 1864; it then 
 marched to Cold Harbor, and arriving in the 
 evening had a fight with the enemy that night. 
 The next day Mr. Walker was on the Vidette 
 line with instructions to keep awake all night. 
 It rained all night and on the morning of June 
 3d, was ordered back before daylight to his 
 
 regiment which was hastily formed ready for a 
 charge. Permission was refused even to make 
 coffee, and at daybreak the Regt. moved. The 
 enemy immediately opened fire, but was 
 driven from the first line of works which the 
 assaulting party held. Here while firing Mr. 
 Walker s gun was hit by a bullet which shat 
 tered the stock from it and drove a sliver three 
 inches long into the flesh of his arm. He re 
 marked to the Orderly Sergeant, I am hit. 
 Looking at his arm he discovered that it was a 
 silver from the gun stock, and extending it in fun 
 to the Sergeant, exclaimed: " My God, Johnny, 
 I am killed! good-bye boys, good-bye!" The 
 fight here was desperate, and about two-thirds 
 of the men in this Regt. were killed or wounded 
 in a few minutes, and the companies scattered. 
 On the way to the rear when thus wounded 
 Mr. Walker had another gun destroyed by a rebel 
 bullet and the belt of his cartridge box cut. 
 Going on he saw the colors of his Regt. lying 
 on the ground with the color sergeant and color 
 guard all killed. Although badly wounded, 
 Mr. Walker raised the flag and soon had a 
 number of men rallied. Gen. Martin com 
 manding the Brig., came up then and ordered 
 him to keep the colors. Mr. Walker believes 
 now, as then, that had reinforcements been on 
 hand as intended the charge would have been 
 successful. Walker obtained permission to 
 search for the body of the Orderly Sergeant 
 who had befriended him. The body was found 
 but could not be removed. At this place Mr. 
 Walker was made Duty Sergeant, and moving 
 back to White House Landing embarked for 
 City Point, afterwards advanced on Petersburg 
 and other points, with many conflicts with the 
 enemy. The fortunes of war stationed Walker 
 who was then Orderly Sergeant on the left 
 bank of the Appotomax River where there was 
 much hard work and active warfare. At one 
 time while occupying entrenchments in this 
 region the rebels opened fire with sixty pieces 
 of artillery, and the Union men dropped into 
 their " gopher holes," and when the enemy 
 charged, the boys in blue rose at a certain point 
 and captured a lot of prisoners, outnumbering 
 their own force two to one. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Here also a call was made for three volun 
 teers to pick off the rebel gunners, and Ser 
 geant Walker was one of the men. The plan 
 was for these three to gain the shelter of a tree, 
 one to fire and fall back and load while the 
 other took his place. Soon the battery began 
 dropping in the chosen tree, and one shell cut 
 away a part of the tree. During this time one 
 of the three lost a leg by a shell. 
 
 The subsequent movements were back to 
 City Point, then out on Gen. Butler s Drury 
 Bluff expedition, then to Fort Darling, where 
 the men were without rations for four days and 
 nights, as the supply train could not be brought 
 up; then back to City Point, from which a 
 march was made to Fort Harrison, which was 
 captured in a charge, the Sist being the first 
 on the walls. Here the Regt. was quartered 
 during the winter, coming under the command 
 of Gen. Ord. An incident is here related of 
 Gen. Ord. He ordered a good soldier to be 
 executed for a mistake made while under the 
 influence of liquor. The men and officers 
 pleaded for the pardon of this man in vain; the 
 Gen. ordering a detail of the condemned man s 
 own reg t. to execute him on his own camp 
 ground, which was considered a direct insult 
 to the Regt. 
 
 After the winter camp, there was considera 
 ble activity and many movements of this por 
 tion of the army which cannot here be re 
 counted. Jan. i, 1865, Sergeant Walker was 
 commissioned ist Lieut, and placed in com 
 mand of Co. I. When Richmond was evacua 
 ted the 8ist N. Y, was the first Regt. to march 
 into the city. Lieut. Walker was ordered to 
 take command of the patrol guards, and Libby 
 Prison was placed under his charge. He was 
 Officer of the Day, and filled Libby Prison 
 and Castle Thunder with prisoners. He was 
 also sent out seven miles to protect citizens, 
 and camped near a large house on a beautiful 
 lawn, and was treated well by the people, al 
 though they were rabid rebels. At this country 
 place, Lieut. Walker was taken sick, and as his 
 Co. had returned to Richmond, he was left 
 alone for six days, when he was moved to Wil- 
 liamsburg, and when recovered detailed as 
 
 Provost Marshal. After a short leave of ab 
 sence, and some further service, which included 
 a trip to Fortress Monroe, Lieut. Walker went 
 to Albany, N. Y., and was mustered out Sept. 
 16, 1865. 
 
 On his return to Oswego he received a 
 grand reception. Sept. 24th, he was married 
 to Ellen L. Smith, of Oswego, and has now one 
 child, who is named Luvilla F. Lieut. Walker 
 remained on his farm one year, and engaged in 
 the manufacture of cheese for a time. W 7 ent 
 West in 1868, locating near Aurora, 111., and 
 farmed until 1880, then moved into the city and 
 opened a meat market, continuing one year. 
 He engaged then in carpentering three years, 
 when he was on the Police force for two years, 
 and was Chief of Police three consecutive terms. 
 Is now engaged in the real estate and loan 
 business, and holds the office of town constable. 
 He ranks high among the Odd Fellows, having 
 filled all the chairs in the lodge and camps; is 
 an active G. A. R. man, and a working Repub 
 lican. Lieut. Walker has an enviable record as 
 a soldier, and as a gentleman and citizen stands 
 high in the esteem of his fellow men. 
 
 JACOB H. HOOFSTITLER, of Sterling, Ills., 
 was born at Salunga, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
 His parents were John H. Mary Ann 
 (Hostetter) Hoofstitler. Herr Von Jacob Hos- 
 tetter, the American progenitor of his 
 mother s family, came to this country in 1636, 
 settling in that part of Pa. now embraced in 
 the county of Lancaster. He was of noble 
 birth and lineage, and for certain religious 
 tenets had been banished from Prussia to 
 Holland and to Switzerland, whence he emi 
 grated to the U. S. The original grant of land 
 made to him is still in the possession of the 
 family. The Hoofstitler family is of Swiss 
 origin, and the American branch was estab 
 lished in Phila. about the middle of the i8th 
 century. The males of the family were soldiers 
 of the Revolution. The paternal grandfather 
 of the subject of this memoir, whose name was 
 William, served in the war of 1812, the Mexi 
 can War, and at the age of 75 enlisted in the war 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 95 
 
 of the rebellion. By dint of shaving and dyeing 
 his hair he passed muster and followed the for 
 tunes of the Union army until the close of the 
 conflict. He died at Clifton Heights at the age 
 of 98. His son, John H., the father of Jacob 
 H., the subject of this memoir, was, for many 
 years engaged in the mercantile business at 
 Salunga, Pa., until 1871 when he removed to 
 Millersville, Lancaster Co., Pa., where he fol 
 lowed the mercantile business, retiring in 1889. 
 He and his wife are living at their old home 
 in the enjoyment of good health. They had 
 eleven children, five of whom attained adult 
 age. Jacob H., Sadie (Mrs S. S. Crieder, of 
 Sterling, Ills.), Elizabeth (Mrs. Levenite, of 
 Millersville, Pa.), Susan, who married C. C. 
 Hopton, injured in a R. R. wreck and died from 
 the effects, afterwards was married to Amos 
 H. Martin, of Phila.; and William H., who 
 is engaged in the Hotel business at Sterling, 
 111. 
 
 As a boy Jacob H. continued at home until 
 his I2th year, when he entered Lititz Academy, 
 Pa., .where he prosecuted his studies for three 
 years. Running away from school in 1861, he 
 went to Phila. where he enlisted in the Pa. Re 
 serves, going into camp at Phila., and thence to 
 Washington. He was mustered out at Phila. 
 in July, 1864, and re-enlisted in July at Lan 
 caster, as a hundred days man, in Co. K., I95th 
 Pa. Vol. Inf. He was mustered into the service 
 at Harrisburg with the rank of 2nd Lieut. From 
 Harrisburg the Regt. moved to the Relay 
 House, Md., and thence after several weeks to 
 Monocacy Junction and then to Martinsburg, 
 performing patrol duty along the line of rail 
 way between that point and Wheeling, W. Va. 
 The Regt. was assigned to the 2nd Brig., 3rd 
 Div., 8th Corps, re-enlisting for one year, or 
 during the war, and going to Washington, 
 where they performed patrol service until the 
 close of the conflict. 
 
 During his military life, Capt. Hoofstitler 
 devoted much time to the study of the law in 
 a course of reading at Washington and else 
 where, being incited thereto by the advice of 
 Hon. Thad. Stephens, who allowed him the use 
 of such of his books as were essential to a com 
 
 prehensive knowledge of the profession. He 
 was admitted to the bar in March, 1865, at 
 Lancaster, Pa., obtaining leave of absence from 
 his command for that purpose. The war ended, 
 he went home, and subsequently to Sterling, 
 111., where he remained a short time, f when he 
 departed for the plains of the far West. He 
 was appointed a Government scout, and was 
 stationed at Fort Omaha, Neb., engaged in the 
 operations of the military forces against the 
 notorious band of Quantrell for about one year. 
 On the extinction of the marauders, in which 
 he was prominently identified as contributing 
 valuable services, he achieved commensurate 
 distinction, and was for the subsequent three 
 months stationed at Yankton, Dak., operating 
 against Dr. Middleton -s gang of robbers and 
 horse thieves. 
 
 Going thence to Denver, he removed to 
 Julesburg, where he established his headquar 
 ters. While here he was appointed by Judge 
 Bartlett, Clerk of the United States District 
 Court, alternately serving in that capacity and 
 in scouting for about one year. During this 
 period the surrounding country was infested 
 with every species of robbers and thieves that 
 could be reckoned. Every previous Mayor or 
 Judge who had undertaken to hold a Court of 
 justice, or to maintain order had been killed. 
 The first session of the court to which he had 
 been appointed clerk was held in 1867, at which 
 occurred the trial of " One-eyed Jack " and 
 "Shorty," the characteristic appellations of two 
 of the most desperate and daring of the noto 
 rious crooks and bandits whose punishment the 
 court was instituted to determine. Ranged 
 around the court room were about two hundred 
 of the desperado friends of the prisoners, 
 armed to the teeth with bowie knives and pis 
 tols. The Judge inquired of the arraigned 
 prisoners if they had secured counsel for their 
 defense. Their reply was that "they didn t 
 reckon any would be needed." The Judge then 
 astonished his auditors by the emphatic decla 
 ration: " By God gentlemen, if the testimony is 
 sufficient to convict, I ll pronounce the sen 
 tence." The Judge appointed an attorney to 
 defend the prisoners and allowed them the 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 right of trial by jury. The testimony adduced 
 was positively confirmatory of the guilt of the 
 accused. The jury was duly instructed by the 
 Judge as to their duty as indicated in the evi 
 dence. Retiring for consultation, they returned 
 within fifteen minutes, but the foreman was 
 afraid to announce the verdict. The Judge 
 now instructed the Clerk to poll the jury. The 
 answer of the foreman was "guilty," whereupon 
 400 revolvers were drawn by the 200 despera 
 does, allies of the guilty wretches upon whom 
 the sentence of the law was about to be passed. 
 The Judge, with a coolness which ever com 
 mands respect, said: " I have heard your threats, 
 I know your intentions, I give you fair warn 
 ing. There is room enough in the sand hills of 
 Julesburg to bury every d d desperado that 
 infests the plains." He pronounced the sen 
 tence six months imprisonment, and a fine of 
 $250.00, and to stand committed until the fine 
 and costs were paid. " Sheriff," said the Judge, 
 " take these men to jail." The Sheriff refusing 
 to obey the order, the Judge drew his revolvers 
 and placing one at the head of each of the 
 prisoners, said: "These men go to jail or fall 
 dead, if I turn my toes up the next minute. 
 Clerk, cover the mob." The Clerk obeyed the 
 order of the Court by drawing his revolvers 
 and keeping the desperadoes at bay, while the 
 Judge conducted the prisoners to the jail. This 
 court was in session for 13 weeks during which 
 there were so many convictions as to compel 
 the erection of additional jail facilities for the 
 confinement of the criminals. 
 
 When the term of " Shorty " and " One-eyed 
 Jack" had expired, they inquired for the office 
 of Judge Bartlett, of which the Judge received 
 notice, thinking perhaps they were seeking his 
 lite, but remarked: "Tell them to come on." 
 Knocking at the door of his office, they were 
 invited to enter. To the query of the Judge 
 "What is it you want gentlemen?" They re 
 plied: " We want to shake hands with you and 
 congratulate you as being the first Judge that 
 ever had any sand in his craw." 
 
 Captain Hoofstitler soon after these thrill 
 ing experiences, returned to Sterling, where he 
 has since resided. He was variously employed 
 
 up to Feb., 1875, when he began a crusade in 
 the cause of temperance and prohibition, tak 
 ing the lecture field in the advocacy of the 
 principles of his doctrine. He has delivered 
 lectures upon these topics in every State and 
 Territory of the Union, and by the fervor and 
 brilliancy of his oratory carried conviction to 
 thousands of his auditors, and established the 
 salutary reform implied in total abstinence. 
 In his lecture tours he has frequently been re 
 quired to deal with infuriated mobs, and often 
 at great personal peril, but his undaunted mien, 
 and the thunder of his voice never failed to 
 awe them into abject submission to his dic 
 tates. The imperiousness of his character is 
 but understood by those who have heard his 
 lectures and felt the fire of his eloquence. He 
 possesses the remarkable faculty of holding 
 his audience spell-bound as by magic chains, 
 and affected to tears or laughter as his dis 
 course runs from grave to gay trom lively to 
 severe. His pictures of pitiless sorrow from the 
 drunkard s ruined home to the grand, true and 
 noble example of the temperate, dwelling amid 
 the charm of a sanctuary hallowed by angel s 
 visits, are drawn in pathetic similes that startle 
 and impress. 
 
 He also possesses the faculty of using 
 anecdote as an effective illustration, through 
 his remarkable power as a story-teller. His 
 success as a lecturer has been phenomenal, and 
 has placed him in the category of the leading 
 temperance and prohibition advocates of the 
 age. 
 
 Captain Hoofstitler was married May 17, 
 1870, at Morrison, 111., to Mary E. (Meyers), 
 Kauffman, of Sterling, 111. Mrs. Hoofstitler s 
 parents were members of old and highly re 
 spected families of Pa., and are still living. 
 They had ten children: John H., drowned at 
 Sterling when 13 years of age, Jacob H., 
 Francis M., Charles Sumner, Mary E., Amy 
 H., Harry H., Bessie, Pearl and William H. 
 Amy died at the age of seven, and a baby at 
 the age of seven months. Mrs. Hoofstitler 
 died April 3, 1890. Captain Hoofstitler is a 
 pronounced and confirmed prohibitionist, and 
 omits no proper occasion to voice his senti- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 merits in forcible and convincing expressions. 
 In this man the cause of temperance has an 
 able exponent, whose highest aims and earn 
 est labors are pledged and directed to its sup 
 port. He understands as few can the danger 
 ous leadings of intemperance, the bitterest foe 
 that assails humanity, and his noble efforts of 
 this arch-enemy of mankind, constitute him a 
 faithful apostle in the work he unremittingly 
 prosecutes. 
 
 Capt. Hoofstitler has been Prest. of the State 
 Christian Temperance Union of Ills., 2nd Vice 
 Prest. of the International Temperance Alliance 
 of the world, financial Sec. of the National 
 Christian Temperance Union of the U. S. 
 
 The Capt. was formerly a strong republican 
 in his political faith, born in a home of aboli 
 tionism. His father and mother were strong 
 advocates in favor of the overthrow of the 
 Institution of slavery. They believed that 
 slavery was a national sin before God and a 
 national crime before men. His father at one 
 time held the enviable position of underground 
 conductor, in assisting fugitive slaves to escape 
 into Canada; he was one of the men that voted 
 for the Liberty party candidate (James G. 
 Birney), in 1840, for President, and continued 
 x oting with that party until out of it grew the 
 Republican party. 
 
 The Capt. in his youth was taught to love 
 principle in preference to party. 
 
 Slavery has been abolished, and the gentle 
 man now claims that while we are all free, we 
 find the nation one-half drunk and the other 
 half sober he believes this nation cannot exist 
 one half drunk and the other half sober, we 
 must either be all sober, or all drunk. As for 
 himself, he prefers sobriety to that of drunk 
 enness, and believing that the liquor interests 
 are the greatest enemy of loyalty, patriotism, 
 and to American manhood and womanhood 
 has now thrown his influence with the prohibi- 
 bition party. He occupies an enviable posi 
 tion among the leaders and advisers of the 
 party, and firmly feels confident of the final 
 overthrow of the liquor traffic in the nation. 
 He is a man of strong convictions, a born ora 
 tor, and has a bright future before him. 
 
 7 
 
 JOEL CARTER, of EarlVille, 111., was born 
 there June, 1837; is one of the first per 
 sons born in La Salle County, and was 
 a son of Samuel O. and Larana (Thornton) 
 Carter. His father was the descendent of one 
 of three brothers who emigrated to this country 
 from Scotland in 1666; one of whom settled in 
 New Hampshire; another in Virginia, while the 
 third, the ancestor of Samuel O., settled in New 
 Hampshire. Samuel O. was born in N. H., and 
 subsequently removed to N. Y. State, where he 
 followed farming until the year 1835, when he 
 removed to La Salle County, 111. An ancestor 
 of our subject s paternal grandmother, was one 
 of the Pilgrim Fathers, who came to this 
 country in the Mayflower, in 1620. Mr. Carter s 
 paternal great grandfather was in the Revolu 
 tionary war, and his grandfathers Carter and 
 Thornton, were both in the war of 1812. Our 
 subject received a common school education 
 while attending in the summer months to 
 ordinary duties upon his father s farm. He 
 enlisted in the Union army for the war of the 
 rebellion, and was mustered in at Ottawa as 
 First Lieut., in Co. 1. 4th 111. Cav. on Sept. 26, 1861, 
 and shortly after marched to Springfield, 111., 
 and afterwards by rail to Cairo where the men 
 were employed in preparing camp grounds and 
 building protective works. In the month of 
 Dec. the army was ordered to make a recon- 
 noissance of Columbus, and preparatory to 
 that movement, his regiment was placed in 
 McClernand s Div. and moved in advance, arid 
 became the advance body of the army, which 
 position it maintained during the entire move 
 ment. With the army it afterwards returned 
 to Cairo, and there remained until the ex 
 pedition upon Fort Henry, when it was loaded 
 on transports and proceeded as far as Parson s 
 Ferry on the Tenn. River, and from thence by 
 land to Panther Island, directly below Fort 
 Henry. On the following morning it was 
 ordered to assume the advance of McClernand s 
 Div. which it did, and advancing, drove in the 
 rebel pickets pursuing them over the outer 
 works, immediately followed by Oglesby s Brig, 
 of Infantry, which took possession of the forts 
 and a few prisoner s, while the 4th cavalry fol- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 lowed the retreating foe toward Fort Donel- 
 son, and participated in the hostilities at that 
 place. It first moved to and encamped at 
 Randolph Forges, and afterward opposite the 
 mouth of the Sandy on theTenn. River. Leav 
 ing this camp, it went on steamers to Savannah 
 and later to the lower landing of Pittsburg 
 where it was disembarked and went into camp. 
 Here the 4th Cav. Regt. was assigned to Brig.- 
 Gen. Louman s command, with which it re 
 mained until the 6th of April, when companies 
 E., F., G., H., I., K., L. and M.. were assigned to 
 Gen. Sherman and were moved out to the 
 extreme front and went into camp on the left 
 of the old church near the 53d Ohio Inf. While 
 in this position on the morning of April 6, and 
 while the men were eating breakfast under a 
 shower of bullets, the regiment was ordered to 
 mount at once and report to Gen. Sherman, 
 and participated in the famous battle known 
 as Shiloh, fought on that and the following 
 day. Mr. Carter s Regt. subsequently led the 
 van in a raid upon Purdy s forces in which it 
 captured a train and destroyed considerable 
 railroad track and several bridges. In the 
 movement against Corinth, the section of the 
 4th under Gen. Sherman, took the advance 
 upon the right and continued to work day 
 and night during the siege there and until 
 Gen. Beauregard with his army had evacuated 
 that city, and was the first of Gen. Sherman s 
 army to occupy the place thus evacuated. 
 Afterwards, the Regt. proceeded West, reaching 
 Memphis in August, then moved to Trenton on 
 the line of the Mobile and Ohio R. R., where 
 it remained scouting in every direction until 
 the general movement down the line of that 
 road and the Miss, region commenced, when it 
 came up with a section of Price s army under 
 VanDorn in the vicinity of Holly Springs, fol 
 lowed him to near Coffeeville, where it lost 
 Lieut. Col. McCullough, then fell back to Water 
 Valley, and subsequently back to Moscow and 
 Colliersville. Toward the end of Oct., 1862, 
 Mr. Carter was sent to Springfield and there 
 mustered out of the service and discharged Nov. 
 26, having been incapaciated for further serv 
 ice. He was wounded near Moscow, July 13 
 
 and again, Oct. 2, three times, and subsequently 
 had his leg broken. He was 8 weeks in a 
 hospital before being mustered out, and re 
 mained unfit for any physical work forupwards 
 of a year after his discharge. 
 
 Since the war he has engaged in farming 
 and is now residing upon a beautiful farm near 
 Earlville, where he deservedly enjoys the 
 esteem and good will of a large circle of 
 acquaintances. In the year 1873, he made an 
 extended trip across the Atlantic and visited 
 many of the important towns in Great Britain. 
 On his return to La Salle County, he married 
 Miss Anna B. Swoveland, Oct. 6, 1878, and five 
 children have been born to them. They are 
 Louis, Clyde, Mark Osley, Alma and Irene. 
 
 He had a brother in the same war who died 
 in the service May 28, 1862. Mr. Carter has 
 been employed by the U. S. Government on 
 several occasions on important and dangerous 
 duties connected with the Detective Service, 
 which he performed with ability and good 
 judgment. He is a member of Post No. 475, 
 G. A. R., at Earlville. 
 
 ELHANAN C. WINTERS, of Rock Falls, 111., 
 the son of James M. and Susan (Gyger) 
 Winters, was born Sept. 18, 1843, at Bed 
 ford, Ind. James M. Winters, the father of 
 Elhanan C., was born in Genesee county, N. 
 Y., in 1809. His father, Timothy, was of 
 German parentage, born in Boston, Mass. 
 Timothy s father met his death at the battle of 
 Bunker Hill. Both the grandfathers and the 
 father of the subject of this memoir were sol 
 diers, as had been his great grandfather. His 
 grandfather Timothy served in the war of 1812, 
 and his father, James M., in the Mexican War. 
 His maternal grandfather, George Gyger, was 
 born in Virginia, and served with distinction in 
 wars with the Indians. The family of Gyger 
 is of Scotch ancestry, and the name is notable 
 in Scottish history. 
 
 James M. Winters was a farmer by occupa 
 tion, and removed with his parents to Indiana 
 when but 14 years of age. Here he met Miss 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 Gyger, who became his wife in 1830. In 1847 
 he removed to Wysox township, Carroll Co., 
 Ills., where he purchased a farm which he 
 operated until all of his children had attained 
 adult age. He is still living at Coleta, White- 
 side Co., Ills. His wife died at Coleta in 1884. 
 She was the mother of 9 children Catherine, 
 (Mrs. I. N. Dodd, of Green, Kan.), William J., 
 residing at Creighton, Neb., Tabitha, residing 
 at Coleta, Ills., George C., who died at Louis 
 ville. Ky., Dec. 27, 1861. (He enlisted in the 
 same company and Regt. as his brother, but 
 was attacked with typhoid fever at Louisville, 
 Ky., where he died and was buried.) James 
 B., who served three years in Co. K., I5th Ills., 
 and now living at Chekalis, Washington; 
 Elhanan C., Matilda (Mrs. E. M. Olmstead, of 
 Milledgeville, 111.), Melissa (Mrs. Chas. Wal 
 lace, of Oregon); and John M., who died when 
 but four years old. 
 
 Of Elhanan C. Winters as a boy, it is only 
 necessary to state that whatever his teachers 
 or parents commanded him to do, he did with 
 all his might. This principle of his conduct 
 has had a strong bearing upon his life and con 
 tributed essentially to his career as a soldier. 
 He enlisted at Sterling Aug. 7th, 1861, in Co. 
 A., 34th Ills. Inf., and was mustered in at Camp 
 Butler, Springfield, Ills., Sept. 7, 1861.. The 
 Regt. proceeded to the front on Oct. 3, going 
 through Cincinnati, Covington, Lexington, 
 Frankfort and Louisville, joining Sherman s 
 army at Camp Nevans, near Elizabethtown, 
 Ky., Oct. 15. Remaining here until Nov. 15, 
 the command moved on to Mumfordsville, 
 there going- into winter quarters. In Feb., 
 1862, they were ordered to unite with the 
 forces of Gen. Grant at Fort Donelson, but did 
 not reach there in time to participate in the 
 battle, and retraced their march through Ky. to 
 Nashville, being the first troops to arrive at 
 that point. The organization at that time con 
 stituting the 5th Brig, was composed of the 
 34th Ills., 29th Ind., 3<Dth Ind.,and the 77th Pa., 
 commanded by Gen. E. N. Kirk. The command 
 rested at Nashville until about the middle of 
 March. Sherman was superseded by Buell 
 while at Camp Nevans. Leaving Nashville to 
 
 join Grant s army at Pittsburg Landing, they 
 arrived within 26 miles of that point, when the 
 battle began on Sunday the 6th, and at sunrise 
 on the 7th reached the battle field where the 
 Brig, was held in reserve under fire for several 
 hours, when it became actively involved by 
 relieving Russean s Brig. 
 
 From this time until the end of the conflict 
 the Brig, withstood a galling fire, losing 129 
 men in killed and wounded. During the siege 
 of Corinth, in the following May and June, the 
 command remained at that point, being in a 
 conspicuous position in the incident engage 
 ments until the evacuation. After this the Regt. 
 took up its long march to luka, Tuscumbia, 
 Huntsville, and Battle Creek, resting at the 
 latter place for about a month. In the memor 
 able campaigns and battles that followed, and 
 in which Mr. Winters always acquitted himself 
 with credit and honor, the details of history 
 furnish accurate accounts. He was promoted 
 from Corpl. to Sergt. for exemplary conduct, 
 and was frequently required to undertake the 
 most hazardous enterprises. On one of these 
 occasions he led a desperate charge across a 
 field covered by the enemy s fire, driving them 
 from their ambush in the woods, and capturing 
 the flag of the 7th Ark. During the encamp 
 ment at Chattanooga he was near his mother s 
 old home, an incident of his life as a soldier 
 of much interest. It was at this time that his 
 Regt. was incorporated with the 2d Brig. 2d 
 Div., I4th A. C.. under the command of Gen. 
 John M. Palmer. During the battle of Look 
 out Mountain and Missionary Ridge they, from 
 their position at Moccasin s Point on the oppo 
 site side of the river, had an excellent view of 
 those sanguinary encounters the result of which 
 were so disastrous to the enemy. At his period 
 of re-enlistment Mr. Winters was granted a 
 furlough for 30 days, which he spent at home. 
 Returning, he rejoned his Regt. near Rossville, 
 Ga., about March i, 1864. His Co. had been 
 recruited to its full quota. Here he was for 
 some time engaged in drilling raw recruits. At 
 Resaca the regiment was again hotly engaged 
 for several hours, and was distinguished for gal 
 lant and effective service in checking the ene- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 my s advance. In the almost daily battles in 
 which he participated, and in the many peril 
 ous situations in which he was placed, Sergeant 
 Winters preserved a calm unruffled courage, 
 which no danger however great could destroy. 
 At Peach Tree Creek Sergeant Winters main 
 tained his splendid reputation for gallantry, and 
 won additional laurels by his intrepid and de 
 cisive action. At Jonesboro his Regt. led the 
 charge of the Brig, upon the enemy s works, in 
 which it behaved in the most admirable man 
 ner, capturing the position, cannon, and a large 
 number of prisoners, and winning from Gen. 
 Sherman an enthusiastic comment. Promotion 
 to istSergt. was now conferred upon Mr. Win 
 ters. He served through the Atlanta campaign, 
 and was always preferred by his commander 
 for any undertaking involving the employment 
 of considerate judgment and inflexible cour 
 age. Passing through Georgia and the Carolinas 
 he shared with his Regt. in numerous battles 
 and skirmishes until the surrender of Gen. 
 Johnston, when he repaired to Washington, 
 where he took part in the grand review of the 
 army on the 24th day of May, 1865. He was 
 mustered out at Louisville, July 12, 1865, and 
 finally discharged at Chicago July lyth, 1865, 
 having served three years and nearly eleven 
 months. He was several times slightly wound 
 ed, at Shiloh in the shoulder, at Atlanta by a 
 fragment of shell, and at Jonesboro by a spent 
 ball from a rifle striking his forehead. Return 
 ing to Carroll Co., Ills., he was em 
 ployed in farming until 1876, and for two 
 years afterwards was engaged with Alt & 
 Emmett in the sale of farm machinery. His 
 next venture in business was as a dealer in agri 
 cultural implements and machinery at Coleta, 
 in which he continued until Oct., 1881. Having 
 painful and serious injuries in a fall from a wind 
 mill, breaking one arm and leg, he was incapaci 
 tated for more than a year for exertion of any 
 kind, and consequently sold his business inter 
 ests. When he had fully recovered from the 
 effects of his injuries, he took the road as a 
 traveling salesman until 1887, when he was 
 stricken with paralysis, which again retired him 
 for a year and a half. He came to Rock Falls 
 
 in Oct. 1890 and embarked in the real estate 
 and insurance business. In Dec., of the same 
 year he was elected a Justice of the Peace; he 
 is also a pension claims agent. His business 
 is in a highly flourishing condition. He was 
 one of the organizers of Will Enderton s Post, 
 G. A. R., No. 729 and holds the position of Adju 
 tant in the A. O. U. W., No. 148. He mar 
 ried at Coleta, Ills., Dec. 20, 1866, Paulina, 
 the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Hills) 
 Scoville, one of the oldest families of Whiteside 
 County, and a native of Genesee County N. Y. 
 The children of this union are Wayne C., who 
 died at the age of 5; James C., Alice M. and 
 Ira Carl, all of whom are with their parents at 
 home. Mrs. Winters mother isstill living; her 
 father died in 1887. Mr. Winters has taken an 
 active part in politics and always votes the Re 
 publican ticket. He has served as Chairman 
 of the Central Committee of Genesee Town 
 ship, also as Supervisor in 1881. Both Mr. and 
 Mrs. Winters are members of the M. E. 
 Church. 
 
 ENOCH W. MOORE, M. D. The name that 
 stands at the head of this memoir, repre 
 sents one of the well and widely known 
 physicians of Decatur, 111. He was born at 
 Waterloo, 111., Dec. 7, 1821, and is the son of 
 Enoch and Mary (Whiteside) Moore. The 
 elder Moore was a native of 111., where he was 
 born Feb. 17, 1783. He was from an old and 
 prominent Va. family and by profession a civil 
 engineer, which calling he pursued up to the 
 time of his demise at the age of 65. During a 
 part of his life he was Government surveyor, 
 employed chiefly in the territory now embraced 
 by 111., which was at that time largely settled 
 by the Indians. When the war of 1812, between 
 the United States and Great Britain began, he 
 was commissioned 1st Lieut., and served with 
 distinction in the Federal army until peace was 
 declared. His brother, James B., was also in 
 this war serving as Capt. His father, James, 
 the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, 
 was a Captain in the War of the Revolution, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 101 
 
 serving mostly under that distinguished Gen 
 eral, George Rogers Clarke. 
 
 When Gen. Clarke was placed in command 
 of the Northwestern territory by Patrick Henry, 
 then governor of Va., Capt. Moore was sent out 
 by him to visit that portion of the territory now 
 embraced by 111.; to make surveys, draft maps, 
 and examine into the condition of the country 
 generally. In the discharge of this important 
 and responsible trust, he visited Fort Charter, 
 Kaskaskia and Vincennes, and having com 
 pleted his examination he returned to Gen. 
 Clarke s headquarters, then in Va., and made 
 his report. In 1781 he removed to Kaskaskia, 
 and the year following to Bellefontaine, 111., 
 where he died and was buried. 
 
 Mary Whiteside, the wife of Enoch Moore, 
 was born at the head of the big Elkhorn, in 
 Ky., and came to what is now the State of 111., 
 with her father, Col. William Whiteside, in 
 1788, who was a leader in all the Indian wars of 
 that period, and who located at Whiteside Sta 
 tion, Monroe County. Enoch and Mary Moore, 
 the parents of Dr. Moore, had ten children, who 
 were named as follows: James, Elizabeth, 
 McKendree, Nancy, Nelson, Samuel P., Enoch, 
 Walker, Julia, David N. and Mary. 
 Young Enoch was carefully reared at home, 
 receiving such educational instruction as the 
 common schools of that locality and time 
 afforded, until he was 20 years of age. They 
 were not sufficient to satisfy the thirst for 
 knowledge that burned within him and accord 
 ingly he was sent to a select school at Water 
 loo taught by Nathan Scarrett, to pursue a 
 course of studies, where he studied, for two 
 years, the higher mathematics, languages and 
 other branches. He then taught school in 111., 
 and la., until he was 27 years of age, when he 
 entered the Medical College at St. Louis, from 
 which he was graduated with the degree of M. 
 D., in 1853. He went to Carlisle, 111., and com 
 menced his practice, remaining there until 
 1856, when he removed to Decatur. His natu 
 ral adaptation for the profession he had chosen, 
 and his thorough equipment, by deep study 
 and extensive research in medical science, 
 produced the natural result, and he soon was in 
 
 the enjoyment of an extensive and lucrative 
 practice. 
 
 The great rebellion was now under full head, 
 and it seemed that the service of every able- 
 bodied man was needed to quell it. Though 
 loath to leave his large circle of patients, yet 
 the military blood of his ancestors, quickened 
 by his patriotism and deep love of country, 
 prompted him to disregard these obligations 
 and offer his services for the preservation of 
 the Union, and he enlisted Oct. 3, 1862. He 
 concluded that he could the better serve his 
 country in the line of his profession, and was 
 mustered into the army as Surgeon of the 
 iiSth 111. Inf. 
 
 With his Regt. he proceeded to Cincinnati, 
 thence to Covington and then with it marched 
 through Kentucky as a part of the Army of 
 the Cumberland. In Feb. 1863 the Regt. em 
 barked for Nashville, and later had an engage 
 ment with Van Dorn s Div. of the army at 
 Franklin, Tenn., in which Doctor Moore, stimu 
 lated by the spirit of conflict, personally 
 participated, it being his first and only expe 
 rience in active battle. His physical condition 
 having been weak for some time and his health 
 having entirely given away, he reluctantly was 
 forced to tender his resignation, and was mus 
 tered out on account of disability in May, 1863, 
 and returned home. It was a long time after 
 his return before he recovered from the effects 
 of his army experience sufficiently to resume 
 his practice. When he did, he soon regained 
 his old patients with many new ones, and now 
 through his skill as a physician and surgeon, 
 and successful treatment of diseases, has es 
 tablished a large and lucrative professional 
 business. In 1884, Dr. Moore was placed in 
 medical charge of the St. Mary s Hospital, 
 which he held for seven years, a high com 
 pliment to his professional ability. 
 
 Dr. Moore was united in marriage at Car 
 lisle, 111., Oct. 10, 1855, to Miss Annie B. Lock- 
 wood, and to them were born three children, 
 Walker, Helen and Blanche. Walker and 
 Blanche are dead. Helen was married to Ster 
 ling B. Allen, and now resides at Cleborne, 
 Texas. Mrs. Moore departed this life July 9, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 1876. Dr. Moore is a member of the G. A. R. 
 Post of Decatur, and of the 1st M. E. Church. 
 In politics he isa Republican anda strong advo- 
 cateof prohibition. Heis welland widely known 
 as an able, careful, conscientious and successful 
 physician, and a gentleman of large culture 
 and attainments. 
 
 JOHN W. PHILLIPS was born in Earlville, 111., 
 March 6, 1836, and was son of James Phil 
 lips. His father was a farmer, born at Phil 
 adelphia, Pa., and moved to La Salle County 
 many years ago, where he remained until his 
 death in 1885. O ur subject is the second of 
 eight children, and resided with his father un 
 til 2i years of age, when he engaged in farm 
 ing on his own account, and was so occupied 
 until the outbreak of the rebellion, when he 
 was among the first to offer his services as a 
 soldier in the Union army. He enlisted April 
 26, 1861, and was mustered in as a private in 
 Co. D. 23rd 111. Vol. Inf., known as the " Irish 
 Brigade," at Sumptcr. It moved afterward to 
 Quincy.thentoSt. Louis and then on to Jeffer 
 son City, from which place it started in the early 
 days of Sept. on a march to Lexington, Mo., a 
 distance of 120 miles, where the first notable siege 
 of the war occurred. On its arrival the total 
 strength of the Union army at that place was 2780 
 men under commandof Col. Mulligan. Having 
 secured a commanding location, the Col. set 
 to fortifying the place, and while the work was 
 in progression successfully repulsed an attack- 
 made by the rebel Raines and his force. The 
 place, however, was besieged immediately by 
 Gen. Price s army. For nine successive days 
 the garrison sustained an unequal conflict, not 
 alone, against the vastly superior forces of the en 
 emy, but against hunger and thirst, the supply 
 of rations being always short, while the water sup 
 ply wholly failed. No reinforcements appeared 
 nor was there any promise of any, and on Sept. 
 20, the most determined and systematic assault 
 of the enemy was made and repeatedly re 
 pulsed, but on the afternoon of the same day, 
 the garrison determined to surrender. The 
 
 killed and wounded of the 23rd Regt. numbered 
 107, while the enemy was said to have lost 800 
 men. On the following day, all those taken 
 prisoners were paroled with the exception of 
 Col. Mulligan, who was detained as a prisoner. 
 On being released, Mr. Phillips returned home 
 and was mustered out of the service. He re- 
 enlisted in Co. I. 4th 111. Cav., Dec. 23, 1864, 
 which was assigned to Nelson s Cavalry, and 
 remained in connection with Sherman s army 
 almost continuously thereafter. This Regt. 
 was always a favorite with General Sherman, 
 who had unbounded confidence in the skill and 
 daring of its officers and men, and was after 
 ward heard to say that if he had a message to 
 send to "Hades" he would entrust it to the 
 4th 111. Cav. After the close of the war his 
 Regt., under Gen. Custer, went to Texas, where 
 it remained until the early spring of 1866, when 
 it was placed enroute for Springfield, 111., and 
 there finally discharged, March 21, 1866. Dur 
 ing his active service he became almost deaf 
 and has so remained caused by his being so 
 frequently near the firing of heavy artillery. 
 
 Immediately after his discharge from the 
 army, he returned to his farm at Earlville, and 
 has continued to reside there and follow that 
 occupation ever since, having his aged mother, 
 now 87 years old, superintending his household. 
 
 He married, Sept. 18. 1876, Miss Lena 
 Seitte, daughter of Frank Seitte, and who, 
 three months afterward, had an accidental fall 
 which resulted in her death. 
 
 JOHN F. ELLIOTT, Justice of the Peace and 
 Insurance Agent, of St. Charles, Ills., was 
 born in Pa., Sept. 9, 1834. His parents 
 were Thomas and Mary (Farrel) Elliott. His 
 father was born in county Fermanagh, Ire 
 land, in 1809, and his mother in Sligo in 1812. 
 He came to the U. S. when about 13 years of 
 age and was married in New York City when 
 about 22 years of age. They subsequently 
 located at Buffalo, N. Y., afterward removing 
 to. Pa., where John F. was born Sept. 9, 1834. 
 In 1853, his father settled at St. Charles, Ills., 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 103 
 
 where he followed the trade of a mason. He 
 had previously been a shoemaker and had 
 taught school. He enlisted as a private in Co. 
 C., 2Oth Ills. Inf., and was in the engagement 
 at Fort Donelson, where he was wounded. He 
 was in the act of bringing his gun to his shoul 
 der to fire when a ball struck the stock of his 
 gun breaking it into splinters, the ball pene 
 trating his arm pit, into which was driven with 
 terrific violence several fragments of the shat 
 tered stock, some of which also lacerated his 
 arm. He went home on furlough, where he 
 remained incapacitated for field service until 
 the fall of 1864, when he re-enlisted in the 
 ii3th Ills. Inf., with which he served until the 
 close of the conflict, having been wounded at 
 Eastport, Tenn. 
 
 Five of his sons served their country and 
 were good soldiers, bravely enduring battle and 
 hardships for the cause of the Union. Charles 
 was a member of Co. A. 7th Ills. Inf., was 
 among the first volunteers of the State, and 
 fought in many battles; notably, at Fort 
 Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, luka, Vicksburg, 
 through a part of the Atlanta campaign, and 
 was mustered out at Chattanooga July 29, 
 1864; was wounded at Shiloh, and after his 
 recovery, promoted to 2nd Lieutenant for gal 
 lant conduct at Shiloh. George and Henry, 
 deceased, both of whom were members of Co. 
 E., I27th Ills. Inf., Henry serving as drum 
 mer boy, and later as drum Maj., private and 
 ist Sergt., their command being attached to 
 the Western Army, they were neither captured 
 nor w r ounded. James, deceased, of the 76th 
 Ills. Inf., served for a few months at Camp 
 Douglas, but was exempt on account of physic 
 al debility. John F., the subject of this sketch 
 received his education in the common schools 
 of Erie Co., N. Y., and started out in life for 
 himself as a farm laborer. He went to Kane 
 Co., Ills., in 1855, where he learned the mason s 
 trade, which he followed up to the beginning 
 of the war, being engaged in the construction 
 of public buildings at Aurora, Geneva, Batavia 
 and other towns. He was married in 1860, to 
 Sarah, daughter of Edward Clark, who was 
 born in London, England, where he resided 
 
 until 1852, when he settled at St. Charles, 
 engaging in farming until his death in 1887. 
 Mrs. Elliott was born in London, England, in 
 1841, and lost her mother when a small child. 
 
 Mr. Elliott is the father of four children - 
 three sons and a daughter. He enlisted Aug. 
 12, 1861, in Co. K., 36th Ills. Inf., at St. Charles, 
 leaving his wife and an infant but a few days 
 old, and proceeding to the place of rendezvous, 
 at Aurora, 111. At the organization, Sept. 24, 
 he was made ist Sergt. The regt. on the arrival 
 at St. Louis, on the march to the arsenal, 
 created much enthusiasm from their martial 
 appearance, and Co. K., known as the Wayne 
 Rifles, was the center of attraction, bearing a 
 handsome banner, and marching like veterans. 
 The guns with which they were to be armed 
 at St. Louis were pronounced unsatisfactory, 
 and Cos. K. and G. of the 36th Ills, refused to 
 accept them, but soon after at Rolla, Mo., 
 they were properly armed and equipped for 
 active service. Jan. 14, 1862, the command 
 moved through Mo. to Bentonville, Ark., and 
 back to Pea Ridge, where the regiment partici 
 pated in the three days battle, after which they 
 marched to Springfield and Galena, Mo., and 
 thence to Salem and to Batesville, Ark., where 
 they dislodged Jeff Thompson, capturing his 
 supplies. 
 
 After a week, they moved in the direction 
 of Little Rock, but received orders on the way 
 to go to the assistence of Gen. Halleck at 
 Corinth, but did not reach that point until the 
 day beiore the evacuation. The command now 
 proceeded to Rienzi, Miss., where it remained 
 until Sept., when they went by way of Cairo to 
 Cincinnati, where crossing the river they went 
 into camp at Covington, Ky., when 12 Sergts. 
 were ordered to headquarters for inspection 
 and examination, Sergt. Elliott being the first 
 to be put upon examination, and Nov. 16, with 
 10 others was commissioned ist Lieut. The 
 command next moved to Cincinnati, Indi- 
 anaopolis and Louisville, where they were as 
 signed to the army operating against Bragg. 
 The regt. was engaged in the action at Perry- 
 ville, supporting Battery, I, of 2nd Ills. Art., 
 Lieut. Elliott s Co. being in close proximity to 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 the guns and in the thickest of the fight. It 
 went into the action with 36 muskets and in 40 
 minutes Co. K. had lost five men killed and 7 
 wounded, but behaved with the most com- 
 mendablegallantry and splendid discipline. The 
 36th Ills, was at this time a part of the 3rd Div. 
 of the 2Oth Corps. From Perryville they pur 
 sued the retreating rebels to Crab Orchard and 
 other places in Ky., then proceeding toward 
 Nashville and went into camp at Mill Creek, 
 six miles from that city. Here the Regt. spent 
 Christmas day, but on Christmas night about 
 midnight they were ordered to proceed in the 
 direction of Murfreesboro, and on the 26th they 
 were engaged in several skirmishes with the 
 enemy Dec. 30, they reached Stone River, 
 bivouacking on the field of battle and renewing 
 the fight the next morning, the 36th being for 
 the first time during the war driven back. Lieut. 
 Elliott and 41 others of his regt. were made pris 
 oners and taken to the Courthouse in Murfrees 
 boro, and thence removed in a cattle car to 
 Chattanooga, where they were put in prison 
 under charge of a tyrannical Ky. officer. They 
 were soon sent on to Atlanta, where they were 
 confined in the third story of a building and 
 forbidden to look out of the windows The 
 building was enclosed by a substantial board 
 fence and they were not permitted to go out 
 except under the strict surveillance of a guard. 
 Some of the officers in the command were 
 kind and considerate, but the commandant of 
 the prison was a veritable tyrant. They had 
 very limited rations, which consisted of apiece 
 of corn bread about four inches square and one 
 inch thick and a small piece of tough beef for 
 each man per day. 
 
 Through the assistance of Gen. Willich, 
 one of the prisoners, and a friend of a Catholic 
 Priest at Atlanta, to whom he gave personal 
 pledges, they vyere provided with money and 
 managed to obtain sufficient food. About seven 
 in the afternoon of Feb. 23, they were again 
 packed in cattle cars and started off presum 
 ably to be exchanged, but instead were des 
 tined for Libby Prison, which they had antici 
 pated. The rations issued for this trip were 
 two pieces of imperfectly baked dough about 
 
 the size of an ordinary biscuit. Those in 
 charge of the prisoners considering that they 
 thought that they were being taken homeward 
 and would make no attempt to escape, left the 
 car door unlocked. Lieut. Elliot informed his 
 companions that he intended to escape, and 
 although none of them would agree to join 
 him, they made provision for him in various 
 ways, by supplying him with a portion of their 
 rations, a pocket compass, a pocket map, $9.00 
 in cash aud a suit of citizen s clothe.;. In 
 passing through Ga., he succeeded in effecting 
 his escape from the car and at once headed 
 for Cumberland Gap. After numerous trials 
 and hardships for 30 days, during which he 
 had walked an estimated distance of 518 
 miles, he reached Camp Davis near Corinth, 
 Miss., March 26, 1863. Here he was secured 
 by the officers of the 4th Ohio, who at first 
 questioned his statement as he was in the garb 
 of a rebel soldier. His brother Charles of the 
 7th, being at Corinth, he was sent for and his 
 position was established. He was then roy 
 ally entertained, presented with an officer s 
 suit and five dollars in money. He then felt 
 he was a soldier of Uncle Sam once more. 
 He was sent on to Memphis, thence to Cairo 
 and Nashville, where he was given a permit 
 by Gen. Grant to go home, remaining a few 
 days and rejoining his command at Murfrees 
 boro about Apr. I5th. He was afterwards 
 detailed by order of Gen. Rosencrans as 
 recruiting officer and instructed to report to the 
 office of the Adjt.Gen. of Ills., at Springfield, and 
 thence went on this service to Kane Co., there 
 recruiting 21 men. Nov. 14, he was put in 
 charge of Camp Yatcs, Springfield, on similar 
 duty, remaining until Mar. 28, 1864, and being 
 in failing health, he requested and obtained 
 his discharge June 4, following. 
 
 Returning home he resumed work at his 
 trade, which he followed until his health again 
 became impaired. He has served 16 years as 
 Justice of the Peace. He is also conducting 
 an Insurance agency, and is a Pension Attor 
 ney; I r or 1 8 years he has been a member of the 
 School Board of St. Charles: ten years an 
 Alderman, and is a charter member of E. J. 
 
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 Farnsworth Post, No. 456, of St, Charles, and 
 was the first Commander, acting in that rela 
 tion the third term. He has also been officer 
 of the day and is the present Adjt. 
 
 Mr. Elliott has demonstrated in his life 
 work the most commendable adhesion to cor 
 rect principles, and the faithful observance 
 and practice of whatever he considered to be 
 his duty. 
 
 M 
 
 R. CHARLES WOODWARD, of Aurora, 111., 
 was born in DuPage Co., 111., Dec. 5, 
 1845. His parents were Timothy D. 
 and Rhoda (Lapham) Woodward. The former 
 was a native of Vt., in which State he was born 
 in 1806, and the latter of N. Y. State, of Eng 
 lish ancestry. His paternal grandfather was a 
 drummer during the Revolutionary War and 
 upon its conclusion engaged in farming. In 
 1837 h e settled in DuPage Co., 111. He is still 
 living and is a resident of Athens, Tenn. The 
 sixth born of a family of 9 children, several of 
 whom fought on behalf of the Union cause, 
 Charles spent his early life upon a farm, 
 acquired his education during the winter 
 months in the common schools of the neigh 
 borhood. Aug. 12, 1862, he enlisted at Aurora, 
 111., in Co. H., I24th 111. Inf., and some ten days 
 or so later, proceeded with his Co. to Spring 
 field, and went into camp at Camp Butler and 
 here underwent a scries of drills. He was 
 mustered in Sept. 10, following. They then pro 
 ceeded to Cairo and from there to Columbus, 
 Ky. At this place much dissatisfaction was 
 expressed at their being obliged to use the 
 heavy Belgian rifle, with which they had been 
 armed. The 1 result of this practical expression 
 of disapproval (the companies refusing to 
 carry them further) was that the Capt. of the 
 Co. was put under arrest. In order to save 
 him, however, the men took to the old guns, 
 and so the incident terminated. They were 
 shortly afterwards armed with the Austrian 
 rifle and this was in every respect satisfactory. 
 From Columbus, Ky., they went to Jackson, 
 Tenn., and remained there until Nov. ist. 
 
 From here they proceeded to Bolivar, Miss., 
 where they formed part of the 3rd Div., i/th 
 Corps. After the capture of their supplies at 
 Holly Springs, they lived principally on 
 parched corn. Returning by the way of Holly 
 Springs to La Grange, Tenn. At the latter 
 place one of the men during a forage in search 
 of provisions, killed a hog, and for this the 
 Capt. of the Co. was placed under arrest. The 
 march to Memphis was through snow and sleet 
 and on arrival there they remained encamped 
 for some time, and then took transports to 
 Benny s Landing. From here they went to 
 Milliken s Bend, and at this place the men 
 killed another hog, at which the Col. in com 
 mand was very wroth, and this subsequently 
 gave rise to an amusing poem which space 
 forbids us publishing here composed by one 
 of the Co. who was of a literary turn of mind. 
 Their next move was to Shipper s landing 
 and afterwards across the country to Fort Gib 
 son, participating in the battle fought there. 
 They were also engaged in that at Raymond 
 on May I2th. They next marched to Clinton 
 and from there to Jackson, afterwards returning 
 via Clinton to Champion Hills, and on May 
 16, took part in the fight there capturing many 
 prisoners, and sustaining a loss of some 63 
 killed and wounded. They then followed the 
 enemy up to the lines in the rear of Vicksburg, 
 and upon arrival there took up a position in 
 the front line, immediately in front of Fort 
 Hill. They took an active and important part 
 in the battle which eventually followed and 
 were under fire continuously. During the fight 
 (June 26) and while in the trenches, Mr. Wood 
 ward was wounded in the hip by a portion of a 
 hand grenade which exploded near him, and 
 was carried to the rear by one of the officers. 
 July 4, they marched into the city and were 
 detailed on picket duty, etc. Aug. 20, they 
 took transport to Goodrich landing, where they 
 disembarked and marched to Monroe, La., ar 
 riving there eight days later. They remained 
 three days and then returned to Vicksburg, 
 where they performed guard and camp duty. 
 Upon his return to Vicksburg he was granted 
 a 30 days furlough, returned home on a visit 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 and at the expiration, of which, he again re 
 joined his Co. The next move they made was 
 to Black River where they encamped during 
 the winter. Parenthetically we may state Mr. 
 Woodward s Regt. was the well known "Excel 
 sior" and the \vearer of the blue flag given by 
 Gen. Leggett for the best drilled regiment in 
 the div. Feb. 3, 1864, they commenced the 
 Meridian march under Gen. Sherman, with 
 McPherson s and Hurlbut s Corps. On the 5th 
 they participated in a heavy skirmish at Clinton 
 and two days later (the 7th) entered Jackson 
 and camped on the Canton road. Afterwards 
 they proceeded to Brandon, Morton, Hills- 
 borough, then to Decatur, then Meridian, and 
 subsequently again returned to Jackson. Af 
 terwards they went to Black River via Canton, 
 then to Vicksburg where they remained until 
 May 4, then to Vaughns Station and from there 
 took part in the march to Yazoo City, where 
 they had a skirmish with the enemy. Return 
 ing to Vicksburg on the 21, they again went 
 into camp. July i, 1864, they started on the 
 Jackson campaign and returned on the 9th. 
 Shortly afterward Mr. Woodward was sent home 
 on sick furlough and was absent some 60 days. 
 Returning to Vicksburg at the conclusion of 
 this period, he was again taken sick and sent 
 to the hospital. He was subsequently sent to 
 the hospital at Natchez, Miss., situated on 
 Woodward s road, and from there transported 
 by boat to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, where 
 he remained until discharged from service July 
 5, 1865. Mr. Woodward then returned to Au 
 rora, 111., where he remained until the spring 
 1866 sick with chronic diarrhoea, nervous pros 
 tration and other camp diseases, from which he 
 yet occasionally suffers. In the spring of 1866, 
 he removed to Montana arriving in Virginia 
 City, July 12, and remaining in that territory 
 two years and eight months. Returning to 
 Aurora he learned the machinist s trade and 
 continued employed in that city until 1875, n 
 which year he removed to Piano, and continued 
 to pursue his trade and in addition, reading 
 medicine. In the fall of 1878, he attended the 
 Eclectic Medical school at Cincinnati, O., and 
 and in 1879 was graduated therefrom. He 
 
 commenced the active practice of his profession 
 at Creston, Ogle Co. 111. He remained 8 years 
 in Ogle Co., and then returned to Aurora where 
 he has since resided and where he has built up 
 a large and lucrative practice. He has made a 
 special study of some diseases, and his practice 
 extends to Chicago, Milwaukee and other cities. 
 He married, May 10, 1871, Miss Mary A. 
 Waldfogel of Aurora. They have three chil 
 dren, viz: Luella, Mabel and Elva Irene. Mr. 
 Woodward is a member of the Knights of 
 Pythias and has also been identified with the I. 
 O. O. F., and patriotic Sons of America; a 
 member of G. A. R..Post, No. 20, of which he 
 has been Surgeon. On account of disabilities 
 mentioned he is in receipt of a pension. In 
 politics he is a Republican. The architect of 
 his own fortune Dr. Woodward stands high in 
 his profession; is much beloved by those who 
 know him, for he is popular and genial, and an 
 interesting conversationalist. 
 
 WILLIAM WEIDNER, of Earlville, 111., 
 enlisted in the Union army for the 
 war of the rebellion during the 
 month of January, 1864, at Earlville, La Salle 
 County, 111., and was mustered into the service 
 at Springfield, 111., as a private in Co. I. 4th 111. 
 Cav. He afterward went with his Reg t. 
 to Natchez, Miss., where he was occupied 
 on Provost duty at which he continued to 
 be engaged during the spring and summer 
 months, and early in the fall moved on to 
 Memphis. While stationed at the last named 
 place, Grierson s raiding party was organized 
 to undertake an expedition westward, which 
 was successfully accomplished and was par 
 ticipated in by our subject and his company. 
 During this raiding expedition, the enemy was 
 engaged at Egypt, Miss., where the Union 
 forces displayed considerable courage and 
 bravery which resulted besides the killing 
 and wounding of many rebels in the capture of 
 a large number of prisoners. His command 
 was next ordered to Vicksburg, and shortly 
 after its arrival at that place, moved back to 
 
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 Memphis, where it remained until the close of 
 the war. His Reg t. then marched under Gen. 
 Custer in his expedition into the State of Texas, 
 where it continued until the following spring, 
 when it was mustered out at Houston, placed 
 en route for Springfield. 111., and on arrival was 
 finally discharged, thus terminating Mr. Weid- 
 ner s soldier life. The journey from Texas 
 homeward lay across the Gulf of Mexico com 
 ing by boat to Cairo 111., and from there home 
 by Railroad. 
 
 After receiving his discharge our subject 
 returned to La Salle County, where he has 
 since remained. Mr. Weidner was born in 
 Prussia, Feb. 11, 1833, coming to America in 
 1852 and is a son of Godfreid and Anna Mayent 
 (Selisch) Weidner. His parents had eight 
 children of whom only one is now living, be 
 sides William. Our subject married Miss Mary 
 Kamminke, a native of Germany, October, 
 1863, and seven children have been the result 
 of the marriage Dora Emma, now Mrs. Hoff 
 man; Louisa, Mary, John, Minnie, Edward 
 and Earnest. 
 
 He is a member of Post No. 475 G. A. R., 
 at Earlville; a member of the German Luth 
 eran church of Earlville, and in political mat 
 ters supports the principles of the Republican 
 party. 
 
 LIEUT. COL. JOHN D. McKAHiM was born 
 at Germantown, Penn., October 24th, 1824, 
 livingthere and attending special schools 
 as circumstances enabled him to do, until he was 
 sixteen years old, when he was apprenticed to 
 learn the trade of carriage wheel-wright. He 
 completed this trade by the time he had at 
 tained his majority, and followed it as journey 
 man for about ten years; then went to 
 railroading, until 1859, when he was appointed 
 guard at the Northern Indiana Penitentiary at 
 Michigan City. This position he held until he 
 enlisted Sept. I, 1861, and was mustered in 
 Sept. I2th, as first Sergeant of Company F., 
 27th, Ind. Vol. Inf., at Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
 The regiment remained in Camp Morton for 
 
 about a month, then proceeded to Washington, 
 staying there four weeks where the men were 
 equipped and then ordered to Darnstown, 
 camping there one month, when they were 
 ordered to Frederick City, Md., and went into 
 winter quarters. The following April the regi 
 ment marched to Harper s Ferry, thence to 
 Winchester, Va., then up the Valley to Har- 
 risonburg where Banks retreat commenced. 
 At Harrisonburg, Mr. McKahim was detailed 
 to accompany some men belonging to the I28th 
 Reg t. to Washington to be mustered out, going 
 then to Baltimore and from there to Phila 
 delphia, where he went for the purpose of 
 gathering up all the men belonging to his 
 brigade, to bring them back. He reported to 
 his regiment near New Market, Va., on Banks 
 retreat and with it went back to Williamsport 
 where it crossed the Potomac. This regiment 
 had the honor of opening the battle of 
 Williamstown; engaged in a heavy skirmish at 
 Middletown and had a warm battle at Win 
 chester after which it fell back to Williams- 
 port, fighting all the way to Williamsport; 
 they remained at Williamsport till they were 
 re-organized and furnished with Springfield 
 Rifles. After being newly equipped they went 
 on to Harper s Ferry, then to Port Royal, 
 Warrenton, Culpeper Court House, and thence 
 to Cedar Mountain, where it was engaged in a 
 heavy battle, on the Qth, of August 1862. His 
 regiment lost in killed 15, wounded 29 and 6 
 missing. It then fell back to Culpeper Court 
 House, at which place he was detailed with 
 Co., H,, to guard a Bridge which he held until 
 relieved by Gen. Banks. 
 
 His merits as a soldier were duly appre 
 ciated and he was promoted to Second Lieu 
 tenant, July, 1862; was detailed to command 
 Co. H., August loth, and commissioned a 
 Captain of that Co., October 1st. 
 
 The company was then detailed to guard 
 Hazel River Bridge which it did until Gen. 
 Banks on his retreat relieved it, when Capt. 
 McKahim with his company rejoined the regi 
 ment on the Rapidan from which point it fell 
 back to Manasses, Chantilly, thence to Arling 
 ton Heights, crossing the Potomac at George- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 town, Md., and continued on to Anteitam by 
 way of South Mountain, where on the i/th, 
 September it was engaged in that memorable 
 battle. His company was exposed to the 
 enemy s fire and suffered heavy losses, 18 being 
 killed and 19 wounded, among the latter was 
 our brave Captain McKahim, who was in a 
 helpless condition when carried off the battle 
 field. He was sent to Philadelphia, thence to 
 Frankford for treatment, where he remained 
 about a month and was then able to report for 
 duty to his regiment at Md. Heights, Md. 
 
 Here he was detailed at Picket duty on the 
 Potomac as far up as dam No. 4. His next 
 move was to Fairfax Station, Va., where he 
 went into winter quarters. During the winter 
 months he suffered severely from his wounds 
 received at Anteitam, and was much disap 
 pointed that his rest from active service did 
 not restore his wasted physical strength. After 
 his first march in the spring he found himself 
 too weak to continue in the lines and was 
 forced to resign his commission March 4, 1863, 
 at Stafford Court House, Va. He then 
 returned to Ind., and when he had recruited 
 his health, engaged in railroading, until 
 Morgan s raid, when he organized a company 
 of which he took command for 20 days, when 
 he was again commissioned Capt. of Co. D., 
 I38th Ind. Inf., May 14, 1864. Enlisting for 100 
 days, he served that length of time and was 
 mustered out Sept. 22, 1864. During this ser 
 vice he took his Co. to the following places: 
 Louisville, Ky. ; Nashville ,Tenn.; Deckerd Sta 
 tion, near the Ala. line, where it did garrison 
 dutyat a fort for a month, and then moved to 
 Elk River Bridge, to do garrison duty at the 
 fort there. He then proceeded to Tullahoma, 
 Tenn., where he was detailed on a general 
 Court Martial. His term of service having 
 expired he returned to Indianapolis and was 
 there mustered out. He again resumed rail 
 roading, but was soon tendered a recruiting 
 commission toorganize the I55th Ind. Reg. He 
 was commissioned Capt. of Co. G., I55th Ind. 
 Reg. April 12, 1865, at Indianapolis, the Co. 
 enlisting for one year, or during the war. April 
 i8th he was commissioned Lieut. Col. of the 
 
 I55th, and August 4, 1865, was mustered out at 
 Dover, Del. After being discharged he returned 
 to Ind., engaging in railroading and commercial 
 enterprises. In 1867 he moved to Philadel 
 phia, and soon after went to La Salle Co. 111., 
 where he stayed untillMarcli4, i886,goingthen 
 to Colorado, where he made his home for 
 about two years, when he decided to return to 
 Ills., and has since resided in that State. He 
 was the son of Wm. McKahim, who was born 
 in Ireland in 1804. His great grandfather was 
 a soldier under the Duke of Orange, in Eng 
 land. His mother was Mary Didier. He 
 married Mary Saycrs at Hattenfield, N. J., in 
 1848, and two children blessed this union 
 William and Samuel. His wife having died, 
 he married a second time, Arabella Baker, 
 Nov. 2, 1857, and they have had four children. 
 Of the children only (William) and his half 
 brother Herbert are now living. His oldest 
 son, William, served in the I55th Reg., as Qr. 
 master sergt. Mr. McKahim is a member of 
 the Odd Fellows Order, in which he is a Past 
 Grand Master; is a Master Mason and a mem 
 ber of Joseph Woodworth Post No. 281 G.A. R., 
 of which he is a Past Commander. In politics 
 he is a Republican, and is now in poor health 
 and circumstances, but respected and admired 
 by his neighbors and acquaintances. 
 
 SAMUEL DORSEY, of Rutland, 111., enlisted 
 in the service at Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 
 16, 1865, in Co. G., I7th W. Va. Vol. Inf., 
 and was mustered in as ist Sergt. under Capt. 
 Criswell. This command was on post duty 
 within the States of Va. and Penn. with prin 
 cipal headquarters at Weston. Being on de 
 tached duty, Mr. Dorsey was not enabled to 
 take any active part in the closing battles 
 of the war, but he was a faithful soldier, 
 loyal to the old flag, and willing to give his life if 
 necessary in its defense, although one of his 
 brothers and many friends were in sympathy 
 with the Confederacy. 
 
 On the morning that President Lincoln s as 
 sassination reached Weston, Mr. Dorsey went 
 
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 to the postoffice for the mail of his command, 
 and was at the station when the mail arrived 
 that bore the sad message. When the fact was 
 made known, there was not a dry eye to be 
 seen. The aged postmaster, whose head was 
 whitened by the snows of three score and ten 
 winters, in his great grief, entirely forgot the 
 mail and sitting on the platform, the tears ran 
 down his wrinkled cheeks, and he wept as one 
 who had lost his last friend. To this day, Mr. 
 Dorsey, although a strong, brave man, and 
 years have passed, cannot refer to this scene 
 without finding his own eyes growing dim as 
 he re-calls the sorrow that filled the hearts of 
 those present at that time. Just prior to his 
 discharge, Mr. Dorsey was promoted to the 
 rank of ist Lieut, for meritorious conduct and 
 was mustered out, June 26, 1865, at Wheeling, 
 W. Va., when he returned to his home near that 
 place, and removed in 1869, to 111., locat-. 
 ing at Rutland, where he engaged in mer 
 chandising for two years. He then retired 
 to his beautiful home near the village 
 to pass the remaining years of a well 
 spent life. He has been active in the G. A. R., 
 and was for two years the Commander at Rut 
 land, Post No. 292 and has also filled other 
 offices in the past. At this time he is at the 
 head and Commander of the Big Bend Veteran 
 G. A. R. Association. He has discharged his 
 duties -in many other offices bestowed upon him 
 in his native and adopted States, having been 
 elected as Supervisor in Union Township, Mar 
 shall County, and when he removed to Illinois 
 he was elected assessor of Bennington Township 
 in 1891, being the first Republican elected to 
 that office in Marshall County on the Repub 
 lican ticket. Mr. Dorsey is a high degree 
 Mason, a member of the Chapter and has been 
 King for several years of Chapter 112 and has 
 been W. M. of Lodge No. 477 of Rutland and 
 has ever been a prominent man. 
 
 He was born in Marshall County, W. Va.,in 
 1831, his family dating back to the early days 
 of Md., which was his father s native State. 
 His father, Samuel Dorsey, was a soldier in the 
 war of 1812, and lived to the ripe old age of 
 97 years, dying in Rutland, 111., about four years 
 
 ago. Mr. Dorsey was married in 1852, in W. 
 Va., to Miss Joanna Holliday, a cultivated lady 
 of the same State. They have six children- 
 William C., a prominent stockman; Samuel 
 James, living at Rutland, 111.; Philmore, in busi 
 ness at Omaha, Neb.; Mary Bell, the wife of A. 
 C. Andrews of Exira, Iowa; Charles, at home 
 assisting in the management of the farm; Orton 
 C., in the employ of the A. T. & S. F. Ry. Co. 
 
 ISAAC JOHNSON, of Bloomington, 111., was born 
 in Butler Co., Ohio, June 24, 1836, and is 
 the son of Jesse and Wilhelmina (Cham 
 bers) Johnson, who were natives of that State. 
 The mother died when Isaac was but five years 
 of age, in Decatur County, Ind., and the father 
 in Leroy, 111., in 1887. The father was three 
 times married, the subject of this sketch being 
 the issue of the second marriage, with two 
 brothers and one sister. William was the eld 
 est of his brothers, who served three years in 
 the war in the same company and regiment, 
 and their military record will be identical with 
 each other. Thomas J., the other brother 
 served in the I48th Ind Inf., and at the present 
 time resides at Bloomington, 111.; Nancy J., the 
 sister was married to Frederick Lang. Benj. 
 F., a son of the third marriage of the father 
 served in the same company and regiment with 
 his half-brother, Isaac, and died at Brownville, 
 Texas, July 17, 1864. George W., another half 
 brother, enlisted in the same company, but was 
 taken sick with fever and did not muster; 
 died at Kankakee, Ills., 1890. Few families 
 had a better record in the late war than the 
 Johnson family, it having furnished five sons as 
 volunteers. 
 
 Jesse Johnson removed at an early day to 
 Ind., where young Isaac received his education, 
 his first schooling beingat subscription schools. 
 When public schools were instituted, he at 
 tended them. He assisted his father on the 
 farm, and learned the carpenter s trade, engag 
 ing in both pursuits up to the time of his en 
 listment. He enlisted Aug. 8, 1862, in Company 
 B. 94th 111., Inf., as private, and at once re- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ported at Benton Barracks, Mo., for drill and 
 equipment. Remained there about four weeks, 
 when he was sent to Rolla, Mo. From there 
 they marched to Springfield. The first night 
 out Mr. Johnson performed his first picket duty 
 in the enemies country. Remained at Spring 
 field with occasional reconnoitering expeditions 
 and skirmishes with bush whackers until Decem 
 ber, when the command was ordered to White 
 Oak Springs, and returning from there made 
 camp on the battle ground of Wilson s Creek, 
 where the subject of this sketch had a contest 
 with the mumps. He was relieved from duty 
 and sent to the hospital, and on recovering re 
 joined his regiment at Carrollton, Ark., in Jan 
 uary, 1863, and marched across the country to 
 Forsyth, and again camped on Missouri soil. 
 
 The latter part of Feb. the regiment moved 
 to Lake Spring, not far from Rolla, where it lay 
 until March, when Mr. Johnson was prostrated 
 with pneumonia, and was sent to a camp 
 hospital, where he remained for four weeks 
 and then was taken in an ambulance to the 
 hospital at Rolla, arriving there in a dangerous 
 condition. From the hospital at Rolla he was 
 transferred to the hospital at Quincy, his wife 
 having joined him at Rolla. She remained there 
 until the following March, 1864, before the 
 authorities would permit him to rejoin his 
 regiment. This disability incurrred as above 
 stated, still exists, and Mr. Jonnson is prac 
 tically disabled from diseased lungs. 
 
 In March, 1864, he rejoined his Reg t. at 
 Brownsville, Texas. While there, the Reg t. 
 was very industrious; repaired Fort Brown, 
 burnt a kiln of brick, erected an ice house, and 
 cultivated a garden, the soldiers keeping them 
 selves generally busy until July 28th, when they 
 were ordered to New Orleans, and from there to 
 Fort Morgan, which they assisted in capturing, 
 aided by the fleet [before the assault.] The 
 rebels made a stubborn resistance, but were 
 finally forced to surrender. Mr. Johnson has 
 a copy of the monthly report of Co. B., ist, 
 Battalion, Ala. Art., stained with blood, which 
 he prizes highly. Subsequently his Reg t. 
 joined a detachment of 240 Inf., and with two 
 gunboats, went on an expedition up Fish River 
 
 in search for lumber to rebuild the government 
 buildings destroyed by the rebels at Fort Mor 
 gan. At a mill on the river they found a quan 
 tity of lumber which they loaded on a barge 
 and appropriated it to Uncle Sam s use. This 
 river was narrow and deep, and while this de 
 tachment was up the river, the enemy had cut 
 and felled trees across the channel, hoping by 
 this means to obstruct the river and capture the 
 boats and men on their return. In this they 
 were disappointed, for the heavy gunboat bore 
 the obstructions out of the way, shelled the 
 woods, and thus the expedition returned in 
 safety. 
 
 The next move of the 94th was with Gen. 
 Granger, commanding the I3th A. C., to Paca- 
 goula, Miss., where the troops were almost con 
 stantly skirmishing for about four weeks daily 
 and nightly. The regiment returned to Fort 
 Morgan, then started for Mobile, and there 
 took part in the siege of Spanish Fort, \vhich 
 began March 27, 1865. The regiment was under 
 fire constantly from that time until April 9th, 
 when the Fort surrendered. After the surren 
 der, Mr. Johnson was in the detail to guard the 
 prisoners surrendered with the fort, and went 
 to Ship Island, Miss. While lying at Spanish 
 Fort camp, the enemy, who had a battery of 
 three guns across the river, opened fire on a 
 transport that was about to land with provis 
 ions for the troops. The next move was to 
 Mobile, where the subject of this sketch was 
 mustered out June 6, 1865, his regiment going 
 to Galveston, when it was mustered out July 
 I7th, following. He returned to Belleville, 
 Ind,, and September following removed to Hey- 
 worth, 111., where he engaged in farming until 
 1881. He was married December, 1859, at 
 Belleville, Ind., to Nancy J. Case, a native of 
 Indiana, who was born in 1840. To them were 
 born six children Annie C., now Mrs. Francis 
 Hoaughton, residing in McLean Co.jLillie M., 
 who was married to John W. Finley, of Hey- 
 worth; Ninnie B., David W. and Grace L. 
 
 Mr. Johnson is a member of Wm. T. 
 Sherman Post, No. 146, G. A. R., is a U. S. 
 .pensioner, and in politics is a Republican. He 
 is engaged as a pension attorney, which busi- 
 
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 in 
 
 ness he has successfully followed for several 
 years. In 1890, he was elected to the office of 
 Justice of the Peace, and is also a Notary Pub 
 lic. He fills these positions with credit to him 
 self and honor to those whom he serves. He 
 and family are members of the Methodist 
 Church. 
 
 CAPT. WILLIAM PARKER, Editor and pro 
 prietor of the Rock Falls News, Rock 
 Falls, 111., the son of William and Sarah 
 (Ruggles) Parker, was born at Maysville, Ky., 
 Nov. 6, 1835. His grandfather Parker was a 
 native of Va., and came down the Ohio River 
 to Ky. at an early period in the settlement of 
 that State. His father, William Parker, Sr., 
 was a pioneer merchant, trader and steamboat- 
 man on the Ohio and Miss. Rivers. An ardent 
 Henry Clay Whig, he denounced slavery as a 
 crime against man s moral nature. He was for 
 one term the sheriff of Brown County, Ohio. 
 He died at Ripley, Ohio, in Oct. 1884. His 
 wife died in giving birth to the subject of this 
 sketch. The following children were the fruits 
 of his marriage: Louisa (Mrs. Judge Fishback 
 of Cairo), Capt. Dyas T. Parker who died at 
 Cairo, 111., Esther (Mrs. Capt. A. J. Collins of 
 Oregon), and Major James A., who died in the 
 spring of 1891, in southern Cal., and who was 
 a Maj. in the confederate service, his brother 
 William being an officer in the Federal army. 
 They met at times during the conflict, apart 
 from the clash of battles, and amicably dis 
 cussed the vicissitudes of war. Capt. William 
 Parker was brought up at Maysville, Ky., where 
 he received his early education in the Rand & 
 Richardson Seminary. The failure of his 
 father in business about this time deprived his 
 son of a collegiate education, which had been 
 intended for him. He went to Ripley, Ohio, 
 at fifteen years of age and secured employ 
 ment in the office of the Ripley Bee, where he 
 remained three years acquiring the trade of a 
 compositor. Going to Cincinnati he obtained 
 work in the Enquirer Job Printing House, at 
 which he continued for two years. He was 
 now twenty years of age and well prepared to 
 
 fight the stern battle of life. His next move 
 was the Salem Register, Salem, 111., which he 
 vigorously conducted as the champion of Gen. 
 Fremont during that noted political campaign. 
 Subsequently locating at Centralia, 111., he 
 leased an office and begun the publication of 
 the Centralian. At the period of the outbreak 
 of the Civil War he was the manager of the 
 Dixon Telegraph, at Dixon, 111., of which Isaac 
 Boardman was owner. He entered the military 
 service at Dixon, as 2nd Lieut, of Company A. 
 75th Ills. Inf., Sept. 20, 1862, being promoted 
 to ist Lieut. Dec. 20, 1862, and to Capt. March 
 23, 1863. His regiment was temporarily sta 
 tioned at Dixon, leaving that place Sept. 27, 
 1862, and proceeding to Jeffersonville, Ind., 
 crossed the Ohio into Ky., Sept.^oth. Oct. 11, 
 he was engaged with his command, in the bat 
 tle of Perryville in which the Regt. suffered 
 a very heavy loss. Lieut. Parker evinced the 
 most conspicuous gallantry in this engagement 
 in which he acted as Capt. with all the valor 
 and skill of a veteran officer. Although his 
 first battle, he achieved signal merit, and while 
 he participated in every subsequent engage 
 ment in which his regiment took part his origi 
 nal baptism of fire proved his heroic character 
 and inflexible courage. In the battle of Mur- 
 freesboro he again had command of his Co., the 
 position of the Regt. being on the extreme 
 right of the right wing of the army. After the 
 battle of Chickamauga, in which, however, the 
 Regt. was not heavily engaged, a reorganiza 
 tion was effected by which it was assigned to 
 the 4th A. C. 3rd Brig., ist Div., Army of the 
 Cumberland, at that time under the command 
 of Gen. Howard. 
 
 During the siege of Chattanooga this com 
 mand performed very effective service in se 
 curing communication with Lookout Mountain, 
 and in the battle subsequently occurring at that 
 point the Brig, was actively engaged under 
 Gen. Hooker. Capt. Parker was in the thick 
 est of the fight for the greater part of the day. 
 On the following day he participated in the 
 battle of Missionary Ridge, his command cap 
 turing a large number of prisoners and the train 
 of the enemy s head quarters. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 An interesting incident, of this battle was 
 the surrender to Capt. Parker of the son of 
 Gen. Breckenridge. His Co. was frequently de 
 tailed for special and hazardous service, and on 
 these occasions Capt. Parker always acquited 
 himself with the most admirable judgment and 
 courage. The command went into winter 
 quarters at Blue Spring. During this period 
 Capt. Parker was much engaged in Court 
 Marshal duties. On the raid to Dalton in Jan., 
 1864, he executed the most exemplary services. 
 In the ensuing spring the regiment took an ac 
 tive part in the Atlanta campaign, being en 
 gaged in the battles at Dalton, Buzzard s 
 Roost, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta, 
 New Hope Church, Burnt Hickory, Peach 
 Tree Creek and the siege of Atlanta. 
 
 After Atlanta, Capt. Parker s command be 
 ing in the Corps of Gen. Thomas, was detached 
 from Sherman s army; continued to pursue 
 Hood, and took active part in the engagements 
 at Pulaski, Columbia, Spring Hill, the sanguin 
 ary conflict at Franklin, and the second invest 
 ment at Nashville. When Hood evacuated 
 Nashville the command of Capt. Parker pur 
 sued his discomfited army to the Tenn., and 
 subsequently performed valuable service in 
 opening up communication with Grant, via 
 East Tenn. While engaged on this duty they 
 received intelligence of the assassination of 
 President Lincoln. Returning to quarters at 
 Huntsville, the command was subsequently 
 ordered to Nashville to be mustered out, being 
 finally discharged at Chicago, July I, 1865. 
 
 Capt. Parker returned to his old home at 
 Dixon, 111., but subsequently removing to 
 Ottawa, and purchasing a half interest in the 
 Ottawa Republican, remaining there about 
 two years, when he disposed of his interest. 
 He next made a purchase of the Wenona 
 Index; which he continued until 1870. During 
 his residence at Wenona he was for three 
 years its postmaster, under the appointment of 
 President Johnson. In 1870 he purchased the 
 Amboy Journal, which for two years he suc 
 cessfully conducted, afterwards going to Kan 
 sas, where he became associated with, and 
 interested in various newspaper enterprises. 
 
 Returning to 111., in 1876, he located at Men- 
 dota and was theje engaged in newspaper 
 work until 1882. He then acquired an interest 
 in the Amboy News, and conducted that paper 
 for one year, removing in June, 1883 to Rock 
 Falls, and established the Rock Falls News, a 
 weekly issue on Saturday. The News has 
 been a successful venture, with a large and 
 steadily increasing criculation, and substantial 
 advertising patronage. His son-in-law, Chas. 
 L. Montmer is associated with him in the con 
 duct of the business. 
 
 Mr. Parker was married at Salem, 111., June 
 18, 1857, to Miss Ella A., Daughter of Enoch 
 and Jane (Sargent) Bond, originally from 
 Ohio. Mrs Parker is a sister of Col. F. S. 
 Bond, of Chicago, and Gen. J. R. S. Bond, 
 deceased, formerly a prominent newspaper 
 man of Ohio. There have been born to their 
 marriage three children: Jennie W. (Mrs. 
 W. M. Gedded of Neb., deceased in 1883. leav- 
 a son), Anna F. (Mrs. C. L. Wentzer), and E, 
 Bond Parker(accidentally killed by a railway 
 locomotive in 1882). Mr. Parker is a member 
 of the Masonic order, and the G. A. R., in 
 which he has been actively prominent and 
 influential. He was a conspicuous figure at 
 the National Encampment, G. A. R., at Indiana 
 polis, Ind., in 1883, as Commander of Posts 
 at Ottawa. Mendota, and other points, and as 
 Commander of Will Robinson Post, 274, of 
 Sterling, 111. In 1887, he was a promoter of 
 whatever could secure the fraternal bond and 
 hearty co-operation of the members for the 
 general good. Capt. Parker now holds the 
 rank of P. C. of Will Enderton Post 729, of 
 Rock Fall, 111., of which post he was a charter 
 member. He is a Republican. As a soldier 
 and civilian, wherever placed, he has exhibited 
 the characteristics which assert themselves in 
 purity of manhood and its concomitants of 
 consistent courage and spotless integrity. 
 
 WILLIAM T. GARY, of Morris, 111., was 
 born Oct. 27, 1842, in Harrisville, 
 Ohio; is the son of William Carey, 
 whobegan the business of manufacturinggloves, 
 
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 a few years before the birth of his son, and 
 died a few months after this event. His 
 mother s maiden name was Margaret E. Cough, 
 of German parentage. After the death of her 
 husband, Mrs. Gary returned to Johnstown, 
 Fulton County, N. Y., her birthplace, her father 
 being George Cough. 
 
 Grandfather Cary was of old American 
 stock and lived at Gary s Corner, so named from 
 this family, which took part in the early wars 
 of the country. 
 
 William Cary resided in Johnstown until he 
 was seven years of age, when his mother was 
 married to her second husband and removed to 
 Jefferson County, N. Y. Here he remained re 
 ceiving his education at Cape Vincent, until he 
 entered the army. June 5, 1861, he enlisted 
 in Company H. 34th regiment N. Y. Vol. Inf., 
 going to Washington and performing picket 
 duty on the Potomac for some months until 
 the 5th regiment, U. S. Cavalry came from the 
 plains, then Mr. Cary was transferred to Com 
 pany F. 5th Regiment, U. S. Cavalry. To this 
 company belonged a Lieutenant, who after 
 wards became known as Gen. Custer. This 
 company was held at Washington until spring, 
 when it went with Gen. McClellan on the Pen 
 insula campaign, going to Fortress Monroe on 
 one of the trips. Frequent sorties were 
 made to find the rebels whom they had pur 
 sued from Manassas. After lying in quarters 
 for some time and building barracks, the season 
 was so far advanced that the roads were impas 
 sable on account of heavy rains. The streams 
 were swollen so that horses were required to 
 swim across. From these expeditions, the men 
 would return thoroughly exhausted. On one 
 such occasion, Mr. Cary took his first drink of 
 whisky and laid down in one of the rebel 
 shanties which was without a roof and slept 
 until noon the next day. While on the Penin 
 sula, this arm of the service was in every 
 general engagement, also in the battles about 
 Yorktown, Va., where it was encamped when 
 the rebel torpedoes were excavated, which had 
 been planted to be exploded by a wire when a 
 certain line was reached. Some rebel prison 
 ers were employed in removing these torpedoes 
 
 and many of them were killed in so doing, as 
 were many of the Union men. While on this 
 occasion. Mr. Cary, then a Sergeant, was out in 
 the country with Lieutenant Custer and six 
 men feeling for the enemy. Coming to an open 
 field surrounded by woods, they suddenly came 
 upon a rebel battery, when Custer drew his 
 saber and cried "Forward Charge." Dashing 
 forward they took the rebels by surprise, so 
 they had no time to rally. The subject of this 
 sketch, in the haste, had his horse crowded 
 against one of the cannon just as it was dis 
 charged, and was thus dismounted, but before 
 the horse was on his feet, he was in the saddle, 
 soon following the leader who was tearing 
 madly through a large camp of frightened 
 rebels, who failed to injure any of the brave 
 and daring little company. 
 
 The next engagement was atAntietam, from 
 whence the regiment went to Falmouth, and 
 was with Gen. Burnside on his expedition 
 against Fredericksburg. In this City, Mr. Cary 
 slept in a piano one night, but went out the 
 next day, returning to Falmouth. His term of 
 enlistment expiring in June, 1863, he returned 
 to Washington and re-enlisted in the 1st D. C. 
 Cavalry, and with his company took part in the 
 siege at Gettysburg. This new organization 
 was a regiment of old veterans armed with sab 
 ers and magazine guns for the purpose of driv 
 ing the guerrillas out of the Blue Ridge Mount 
 ains. These veterans camped with Gen. Joe 
 Hooker during the winter, and afterward went 
 with General Grant in his campaign against Rich 
 mond, Va., and were present at the fall of that 
 city. They also took an active part in the 
 siege of Petersburg, and the Wilderness. The 
 morning that Lee surrendered, they were sent 
 into a place from which they could not retreat, 
 but being armed with their repeating rifles, 
 they held their ground against nine lines of re 
 bels, until they were reinforced by a brigade of 
 colored troops when the enemy was driven 
 back. The next day they captured a train load 
 of prisoners in Leesburg, and also captured a 
 large quantity of confederate money. With 
 some of this money, Mr. Cary went into the 
 country and bought a dozen of eggs from an 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 old lady who said they were worth 50 cents in 
 United States money, or $75 in C.S., so he gave 
 her a hundred dollar bill for the dozen of eggs. 
 This regiment entered the city ot Richmond and 
 staid a month, then was sent to Suffolk, Va., 
 where it did provost duty, and subsequently 
 the same at Norfolk, Va. Here Mr. Gary was 
 taken sick with typhoid fever and was sent to 
 the hospital. This was the only time he was in 
 the hospital, or absent from his company while 
 in the army. At this time the nurses were 
 obliged to hide his clothing to prevent him 
 from escaping. He had a terrible dread of the 
 hospital, and one night he secured a linen dus 
 ter, eluded the watch, and rinding a horse, after 
 falling from weakness several times, he suc 
 ceeded in mounting. The horse was tied, but 
 finding a lance in the pocket of his coat, he cut 
 the bridle which fell off and the animal took 
 him to headquarters, where the rider fell to 
 the ground when the horse stopped. The patient 
 was returned to the hospital and remained there 
 several weeks before recovery. This brave 
 veteran was mustered out Oct. 27, 1865, having 
 given four years and four months of faithful 
 service in the darkest hours of the Nation s 
 peril. He visited his home in New York and 
 in the spring of 1874, took up his residence in 
 Morris, Ills. He became interested in the sale 
 of agricultural implements and other lines of 
 business. About a year previous to his remov 
 al to Morris, he located at Minooka, Ills., and 
 here married Mrs. D. E. Colstock, in Dec., 1873. 
 Four children have come to them Ella W., 
 Laura B., Harry V. and Robert C., the eldest 
 16 years of age. This old soldier is an active 
 Republican, a member of G. A. R. Post No. 329; 
 of I. O. F.; Knights of Pythias and M. W. A. 
 
 A NATIVE of the Prairie State, James Brody 
 possesses an interesting biography, and 
 an honorable record. He is the son of 
 Hugh and Emoline (Driskill) Brody, born in 
 DeKalb Co., 111., May 24, 1839. His father is 
 still living, but his mother is dead, having died 
 in 1875. He is the eldest of four children. 
 
 Young Brody spent his earlier years upon a 
 farm, and well remembers the time when 
 threshing operations were conducted by means 
 of horse power, though he afterwards engaged 
 in the same work with steam as motive power. 
 He enlisted in Co. F., I05th 111. Inf., at Wheaton, 
 111., Aug.5,i862. After sometwoorthree weeks 
 of drill instruction at Dixon, 1 11., his company was 
 ordered to Chicago, where they remained three 
 weeks, when they were ordered to Louisville, Ky. 
 Shortly after they arrived, they commenced 
 their first march, and proceeded to Frankfort, 
 Ky., and then to Bowling Green, and from 
 there to Scottsville, Nov. 29, were ordered to 
 Gallatin, Tenn. Dec. nth they went to South 
 Tunnel, remaining until Feb. I, 1863, when the 
 command moved to Gallatin again. About 
 the 1st of June they went to Lavergne. 
 Another march took the troops to Murfrees- 
 boro and thence to Lavergne again. Their 
 next move was to Nashville and were quar 
 tered at Fort Negley, doing guard duty there 
 and in the city of Nashville. Meanwhile the 
 Regt. was attached to the nth A. C., Gen. 
 Howard commanding. In Feb., 1864, it took 
 up the line of march in the direction of Chat 
 tanooga. It arrived at Wauhatchie in March 
 and remained there until May 2, and was briga 
 ded with the iO2nd and I29th 111., I7th Ind.,and 
 79th Ohio (with which it remained during 
 the war), and placed in the 2Oth A. C. 
 
 The first important action Mr. Brody took 
 part in was at Resaca, with Col. Dustin in com 
 mand of the Regt. Though his first charge, 
 Mr. Brody fought bravely and assisted in tak 
 ing three pieces of artillery and severely pun 
 ishing the rebels. Mr. Brody was with his 
 Regt. in all its movements, its marches, skir 
 mishes, and battles in the campaign of Atlanta. 
 The Regt. was often engaged in advancing the 
 line, and was in some of the heaviest, blood 
 iest fights preceding the fall of Atlanta. After 
 the surrender of Atlanta, the iO5th was 
 selected by Sherman to form a part of that 
 grand army that was to make its conquering 
 march to the sea. After leaving Atlanta, sup 
 plies run short, and general foraging had to be 
 resorted to. In fact, for some 42 or 43 days 
 
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 two or three men out of each Co. were selected 
 to secure the surrounding country and to bring 
 in whatever was edible. 
 
 Mr. Brody recalls a somewhat ludicrous in 
 cident which occurred while they were stationed 
 at Raleigh, and just prior to the declaration of 
 peace. In their glee at seeing an early peace, 
 they destroyed their canteens and numerous 
 other camp utensils, which they supposed they 
 would have no further use for. The succeed 
 ing day, however, had barely set in, when they 
 received marching orders to pursue Johnston. 
 The dismay of the men can be better imagined 
 than described, for hardly one had preserved a 
 canteen or other utensil, wherewith to hold 
 water to slake their thirst during the twelve 
 miles march which followed. Fortunately 
 Johnston surrendered the following day, thus 
 making further pursuit unnecessary, and the 
 men returned to Camp at Raleigh. From Ral 
 eigh they marched to Richmond, and from 
 there to Washington, where they took part in 
 the grand review underSherman. Subsequently 
 they proceeded to Pittsburg, where the ladies 
 of that city entertained them with an elegant 
 supper, and filled their haversacks with suffi 
 cient provisions to last them until they reached 
 Chicago. Treated so generously, as they un 
 doubtedly were, in Pittsburg, many of those 
 who were present on this occasion, still have a 
 lively recollection of that memorable day. 
 Arriving in Chicago about 3 o clock in the 
 morning, it was after 9 A. M. before they were 
 paid off, and in recalling this occasion, Mr. 
 Brody still remembers some of the incidents 
 which took place that day. In marching 
 through this city, it seems they took possession, 
 as it were, of the sidewalks, at which the guar 
 dians of the law took umbrage, and in ordering 
 them off remarked that the road was good 
 enough for them. This, of course, naturally 
 nettled the men and their Col., and he, turning 
 to his Co., said, "Close up boys, we will hold 
 the walk," and they did, while the street cars 
 and railroad trains were forced to come to a 
 standstill. Later in the day a small riot almost 
 occurred, which was occasioned through an of 
 fensive epithet applied to Gen. Sherman by a 
 
 saloon keeper, in whose saloon several of the 
 Co. were refreshing themselves. The remark 
 made was that Sherman was a traitor to his 
 country, but this was no sooner uttered than 
 the company s Lieut., who happened to be 
 among those present, said, "say that again, if 
 you dare," and the saloon keeper saying it 
 again, the Lieut, shot forth his arm and felled 
 him to the ground. The men by this time were 
 thoroughly aroused, and caught hold of him 
 and threw him out of doors, afterward staving 
 in the various barrels and helping themselves 
 to whatever they desired. They cleared out 
 the whole place, though, to their credit, let it 
 be said, they left the man s family unmolested. 
 By this time the row had considerably in 
 creased, and Col. Sweet fearing serious results, 
 were it allowed to continue unchecked, 
 ordered three pieces of artillery out to stop 
 the proceedings. Grant and Sherman saw them 
 coming, and upon receiving an answer to their 
 inquiry, whither they were going, Sherman or 
 dered them to return, saying they had better 
 not trouble the boys, "for," said he, "they did 
 the right thing. Leave them alone." 
 
 Mr. Brody was in 26 battles and saw much 
 active service. He was married at Napierville, 
 Sept. 25, 1860, to Edith M. Driskill. They 
 have five children: Hattie, Frank F., Jennie, 
 Jesse J., and Harry. During the war, Mrs. 
 Brody, with that pluck and determination 
 which is characteristic of the true wife and 
 mother, supported herself and infant daughter, 
 Hattie, during her husband s absence. Mr. 
 Brody is a member of the G. A. R. Post, and in 
 politics is a Republican. His pension, which 
 is small, he well deserves, and it is needless to 
 state that he is much respected by all who 
 know him. 
 
 LYSTON D. HOWE, of Streator, 111., was born 
 at Hiram, Ohio, Aug. 27, 1850, and when 
 7 years old removed with his father to 
 Waukegan, 111., and there attended school 
 until his enlistment. He is a son of William H. 
 Howe, born in Vt., June 26, 1820, of English 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 descent and a carpenter by trade. The father 
 had only one child, Oren P., besides our sub 
 ject, and he also enlisted in the Union army 
 during the rebellion as a drummer boy, and 
 was the .celebrated boy whom Gen. Sherman 
 especially mentioned in his report to the Pres 
 ident, recommending that he be educated at 
 West Point at the expense of the Government, 
 which suggestion was subsequently acted upon. 
 The father had a natural talent for music which 
 he cultivated as opportunity offered and was 
 enabled to play on any musical instrument. 
 Lyston inherited this musical taste of his father, 
 and when quite young learned to play on vari 
 ous instruments, and among others, be became 
 proficient as a snare drummer. At the out 
 break of the war, he was called upon to drum 
 up recruits, and made frequent trips, in the per 
 formance of that duty, to Chicago, and was 
 there engaged until his enlistment, June 5, 
 
 1861, which he did at Waukegan, as a drummer 
 boy (the business he loved so well, being too 
 young for any other service), in Co. I., 1 5th 111. 
 Inf. He then went to Freeport, 111., and joined 
 the Regt., and thence to Benton Barracks, 
 where the regiment was organized under Gen. 
 John C. Freemont. It was then ordered to 
 Northwestern Mo. At Mexico in the same 
 State, his Regt. was brigaded with Grant s Regt., 
 the 2ist 111., then marched out to Springfield, 
 arriving there shortly after Gen. Lyon s death, 
 and was engaged on the way in what is known 
 as the bushwhacking skirmishes. He was after 
 wards ordered to follow McCullough, which he 
 did, and during the pursuit young Howe was 
 stricken with the black measles, and was dis 
 charged at Camp Hunter, Mo., near Tipton, 
 Oct. 19, 1 86 1, when he returned home to 
 Waukegan and there remained until Feb. 12, 
 
 1862. In the interval he had been exceedingly 
 ill, but was somewhat recovered and determined 
 to return to the scenes of war, and if he was 
 unable by reason of his youth, to handle a gun, 
 nature had endowed him with an abundant 
 supply of musical talent, which, when applied 
 to the drum, would cheer on his comrades in 
 the deathly struggles in which they were 
 engaged. 
 
 When he concluded to again enlist, he was 
 without money, and his father being in the war, 
 his mother was most anxious to prevent her 
 boy from leaving her and exposing his young 
 life to the merciless bullets of the enemy; but 
 his desire to watch the war operations, and aid 
 in its suppression, broke assunder the ties 
 which bound him to a loving mother, and 
 notwithstanding the lack of necessary funds he 
 started for Chicago; failing to find any recruits 
 there he went to Cario, thence to Paducah, Ky., 
 having beat his way all that distance over rail 
 road and steamboat, sometimes by kindness of 
 conductors and boatman, and other times re 
 gardless of, and in defiance of their feelings 
 upon the subject. Arriving there July I2th, he 
 concluded that music was very nice, but 
 worked unsatisfactorily in the destruction of 
 the enemy; therefore his ambition now was to 
 shoulder a gun, thinking it useless to longer 
 waste his breath on music, and by a " Supressio 
 veri," as the lawyers would say, succeeded in 
 passing muster, and entered the service as a 
 private in Co. B., 55th 111. Vol. Inf., and was 
 entrusted with a musket, which required almost 
 a superhuman effort on his part to carry. His 
 Reg t. moved to Columbus, Ky., arriving there 
 Feb. 27th, but the enemy had evacuated before 
 its arrival, therefore it returned to Paducah, 
 March 7th, went on board the steamer " Han 
 nibal " and the following day started up the 
 Tenn. River, arriving at Savannah on the even 
 ing of the nth, and on the I4th, passed 
 Pittsburg Landing, where it went on shore 
 during a heavy rain. Owing to the impassable 
 state of the roads, it was compelled to return 
 to the steamer for protection and returned with 
 it to Pittsburg Landing, where it again landed 
 and camped on the ground where afterward 
 the celebrated and deadly battle of Shiloh was 
 opened. On March 24th, the Reg t. marched 
 out on the Hamburg road, a distance of about 
 ten miles, where it camped until Apr. 6th, 
 and was one of the first regiments to engage 
 in the battle of Shiloh. It also participated 
 on the following day, and suffered as heavily 
 as any other engaged. At the opening of 
 the battle, his regiment was in the first line 
 
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 117 
 
 formed by Stewart s Brig. Almost the in 
 stant the Brig, had taken the position, a Con 
 federate column massed three lines deep, 
 deployed from the woods on the left and front, 
 and with a rebel yell that echoed through the 
 surrounding forest, charged on in double-quick. 
 The 55th was flanked by the 54th Ohio on the 
 right. At the front line of the enemy the 
 Buckeyes (the /ist) broke and ran, and the 
 enemy were not only in front of the 55th but 
 on both flanks in a very short time. For over 
 an hour, the gallant 55th with the 12 year old 
 young Howe amongthe number held its position 
 and fought as gallantly as troops could fight in the 
 terrible struggle, called afterwards by the Con 
 federates, " The Hornets Nest," and disputed 
 inch by inch their advance and the repeated 
 attacks of the best troops in the rebel army. 
 
 The regiment failing to be supported, was 
 compelled to withdraw and take up a new and 
 more protected position. In five minutes after 
 the regiment formed its first line, the field 
 officers, Lieutenants F. W. Ellis, and Major 
 Wm. R, Goddard, Captains Brownell and 
 Wayne, and Lieut. J. W. Petersbaugh were 
 killed, and Captain Nase lost a leg and was 
 taken prisoner. As soon as the new line was 
 re-formed, the 54th Ohio on the left of the 
 55th, when the enemy had approached suffi 
 ciently near, these two regiments, acting as one 
 man, rose and delivered a rapid, well aimed, 
 and terribly destructive fire full in the massed 
 ranks of the enemy. At the second attack 
 these two regiments recovered the shock, and 
 for three hours fought in that awful gap with 
 out yielding a foot, where the enemy sacrificed 
 more than 2,000 as brave men as ever trod the 
 battle field. This baptism of blood cemented 
 these two regiments and they were always bri 
 gaded together afterward, and were led by Gen. 
 Grant in person in the final charge on the 7th. 
 They moved forward and delivered their fire 
 and with fixed bayonets charged with double 
 quick. The raking fire, however, did its work, 
 starting the rebels on the retreat. The 55th 
 lost in this engagement, 250 men killed and 
 wounded, and there are more of its dead sleep 
 ing in the National Cemetery at Pittsburg 
 
 Landing than of any other Reg t., besides the 
 many who subsequently died of their wounds 
 at home or in the hospital. The next engage 
 ment was at the Rupel House May I7th, when 
 the regiment lost 17 men. The regiment then 
 moved toward Corinth and. assisted in its 
 siege, and after its evacuation, moved to Mem 
 phis, passing through Grand Junction to Holly 
 Springs, arriving there July 21, 1862, and was 
 in all the skirmishes and engagements on the 
 march. While the regiment was at Memphis, 
 he was detailed as drummer for the corps band, 
 and served in that position until the band s 
 term of service expired, which was while the 
 corps was in front of Atlanta. On July 22, 
 
 1864, Mr. Howe was detailed as an orderly to 
 Gen. Hazen s headquarters, with whom he re 
 mained until he was discharged. He was with 
 Sherman s army in the 1 5th, A. C., in the march 
 to the sea, and through the Carolinas, par- 
 ticipating in all the marches and engagements 
 of that corps. He was mustered out March 27, 
 
 1865, at Goldsboro, N. C., when he went by 
 steamer to Baltimore, thence by rail to Chicago. 
 By the time he was discharged, he was crippled 
 with rheumatism and was unable to walk. He 
 returned to his home and mother, and although 
 very poorly for two years, was, by careful 
 nursing, enabled to walk sufficiently to move 
 around with ever increasing comfort. He then 
 assisted his father on the farm near Gardner, 
 111., for about two years, when he went to rail 
 roading, filling various positions for about 14 
 years; then abandoned it and launched out for 
 himself in the coal and coke business, at Strea- 
 tor, 111., which he has successfully and profitably 
 managed since. In damp weather his rheuma 
 tism returns, causing untold suffering. 
 
 He married, November 6, 1873, Miss Mar 
 ion W. Stewart, of Braidwood, 111., and has 
 three children by the marriage Orion H., 
 Arthur James, and Lyston D., all of whom are 
 living. He is a member of Streator Post, No. 
 
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 68, G. A. R., and Past Commander; is a mem 
 ber of the Masonic fraternity, of the Ottawa 
 Commandery, and of the Knight Templars. He 
 is a Republican. Mrs. Howe is a member of the 
 Women s Relief Corps, and takes an active 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 part in its affairs. They are members of the 
 Presbyterian Church, and are zealous workers 
 in all matters pertaining to its prosperity. Mr. 
 Howe is one of the prominent business men 
 of Streator where he has resided for the past 
 eleven years, and holds the confidence and es 
 teem of the people with whom he dwells. He 
 was the youngest " boy " that enlisted for the 
 war of the rebellion, being a little over 10 years 
 of age and in a marked degree is entitled to 
 credit for youthful patriotism and zeal in his 
 country s behalf. 
 
 ISAAC WILSON, a member of the G. A. R. 
 Post, L. B. Brown, 151, and a resident 
 of Bloomington, 111., was born in Brown 
 County, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1829, the son of Isaac 
 and Elizabeth (McConnell) Wilson, who were 
 both natives of Ohio. His father who was of 
 English ancestry, was born March 4, 1800, 
 came to Illinois as one of the rangers during 
 the Black Hawk war in 1832, and subsequently 
 removed to Nebraska where he died in 1887. 
 His mother was of Scotch ancestry, born in 
 1802, and died in 1883, at Des Moines, la. To 
 his parents were born 12 sons and one daugh 
 ter, of whom five sons have died. Joseph B. a 
 brother of our subject, enlisted Sept. 4, 1862, in 
 Company E. iO4th 111. Inf. He faithfully 
 served his country for three years. He was 
 taken a prisoner at Moscow, Ky., was ex 
 changed and served his time out, being dis 
 charged June 20, 1865, at Chicago, 111. Isaac 
 commenced life as a wheelwright, and was es 
 tablished in a flourishing carriage and wagon 
 shop, at the time he went forth to rally under 
 the grand old flag. He enlisted at Prairie 
 DuChien, Jan. 1862, Company D. 33rd Wis. 
 Inf. and was examined in the office formerly 
 occupied by Jeff Davis, when he was an officer 
 in the U. S. army. He went to the front at 
 Moscow, Ky., and subsequently actively served 
 in Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, 
 Mississippi, etc. He faced the enemy s hot 
 fire in the battle of Moscow, White Pigeon, 
 Franklin, and during the long and memorable 
 siege of Vicksburg. Later we find him partici 
 
 pating in the capture of Fort De Rupey, in the 
 battles of Alexander, Pleasant Hill, Yellow 
 Bayou, and at the capture of Price and Mar- 
 maduke; he was one of the guards who con 
 veyed these men and their captured rebels to 
 St. Louis. Besides this long list of battles 
 comrade Wilson participated in many skir 
 mishes and a number of minor battles. Thrice 
 was he wounded: At Vicksburg he received a 
 wound in the shoulder. At Franklin the fight 
 was desperate it was " Greek to Greek," and 
 during this hand to hand conflict, he received 
 a blow across the nose from the butt of a rebel 
 musket, breaking his nose and leaving it disfig 
 ured for life. He, however, had the satisfaction 
 of pinning the rebel to the earth with his bay 
 onet. Although this wound was serious, he 
 never lost an hour s duty. At Nashville he 
 was the victim of a shell, which tore away the 
 calf of his leg, and thus, being seriously dis 
 abled, ended his active duties in the front, 
 After his recovery he was actively engaged on 
 guard duty at Indianapolis, where 800 rebels 
 were held prisoners until the close of the war, 
 and June 10, 1865, he was finally mustered out. 
 The bloody rebellion came to an end, and Mr. 
 Wilson moved to Ottawa, 111., where he was 
 married to Elmira Pratt, who was of French 
 descent, and who bore him five children, of 
 whom, but one, Eva, now Mrs. W. P. Wilson, 
 of Nebraska, is living. His first wife died and 
 he was married a second time at Sheldon, 111., 
 in 1884, to Martha E. Roberts. She was born 
 in Manchester, England, in 1850, and when but 
 a babe came with her parents to America. Her 
 father served his newly adopted country in 
 Company B. 45th Ind. Inf. and died two years 
 after his discharge from the effect of a wound 
 received through his left lung and right side, 
 he having also been wounded through the leg. 
 In 1866, Mr. Wilson moved to Danville and re 
 sumed his trade. Three years ago he lost his 
 health from the effects of rheumatism and 
 wounds received in the army, and located at 
 Bloomington, where he has since been engaged 
 in the buying and selling of second hand goods. 
 He is a true soldier and an excellent citizen. 
 He is a pensioner, and in politics a Liberal. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 119 
 
 CAPT. WARREN H. NORTON, of Earlville, 
 111., enlisted in the Union army in April, 
 1861, as a Sergeant in Co. D, 23d 111. 
 Vol. Inf., known as the "Irish Brigade," under 
 James A. Mulligan as Col. of the Reg. After 
 its organization the regiment went to Chicago, 
 and from there to Quincy, 111., on July 14, and 
 after a stay there of a few days proceeded to 
 St. Louis, Mo., and from there to Jefferson 
 City. While at the last named point it made 
 several excursions into the surrounding country, 
 and on Sept. 18 commenced a march of 128 
 miles to Lexington, Mo., where the first notable 
 siege of the rebellion occurred, arriving there 
 on the evening of the nth, supplementing the 
 Union post at that point, making in all 2,780 
 men, with Col. Mulligan as commander. The 
 Union forces set to work energetically to 
 fortify this position, and on the following day 
 were attacked by Raine s with a battery of six 
 guns, who was repulsed. Gen. Price arrived 
 about this time, and immediately laid siege to 
 the place; then the handful of Union troops 
 found themselves confronted by the rebels, 
 28,000 strong, with several pieces of effective 
 artillery. For nine days the garrison sus 
 tained an unequal conflict, not alone against 
 the superior forces of the enemy, but against 
 hunger and thirst, for provisions hastily gath 
 ered from the surrounding country were inad 
 equate, while the water, short at all times, 
 wholly failed. No reinforcements appeared, 
 nor was there any hope of any, and although 
 they had repulsed attack after attack from the 
 enemy, for the reason stated it was impossible 
 much longer to hold out in such an unequal 
 contest. Oct. 2Oth the rebels made a most de 
 termined and systematic attack, and were re 
 peatedly repulsed, but thirst and hunger had 
 already worked terrible results among the 
 men of the garrison, and as no relief could be 
 expected from the outside, surrender was de 
 termined upon, which took place that same 
 evening. The 23d lost in killed and wounded 
 107 men, while the rebel loss was placed at 
 800. Subsequently the prisoners were paroled, 
 with the exception of Col. Mulligan and all 
 commissioned officers, when Mr. Norton, with 
 
 the others, returned to their respective homes. 
 In November 1861, he assisted in the or, 
 ganization of the 53rd III. Reg. and was 
 mustered in as a Cap. in Company D. His 
 Regt. was organized at Ottawa, proceeded from 
 Chicago to St. Louis, thence to Savannah, Tenn. 
 The battle of Shiloh commenced on April 6, 
 when the 53rd was ordered there, but for want of 
 means of transport did not move till the after 
 noon of the 7, and on arrival was assigned to 
 ist Brig., 4th Div., Brig. Gen. Lauman command 
 ing the Brig, and Brig. Gen. Hurlbut the Div., 
 in which Brig, and Div. the Regt. served until 
 the close of the war. It was engaged in the 
 siege of Corinth, and for meritorious conduct 
 on the skirmish line was furnished with 
 Springfield rifles. From Corinth it marched 
 to Grand Junction, Holly Springs, and thence 
 to Memphis, arriving at the last named place 
 July 21, having suffered severely during the 
 march with the heat aggravated by a scarcity 
 of water. It afterwards advanced to Bolivar 
 and then on to La Grange, but meeting a 
 large rebel force returned to Bolivar losing, 
 however, Adjutant C. R. May who was cap 
 tured by the rebel cavalry, afterward moving 
 to Tallahatchee River, engaged four times its 
 number of the enemy who were retreating from 
 Corinth. In crossing theTallahatchee River over 
 the Davis Bridge, a regiment from another 
 State was forced back through the lines of the 
 53rd, but the latter continued steadily for 
 ward and held the bridge and road for up 
 wards of two hours until the troops had crossed 
 and came to its assistance. The Regt. assisted 
 under heavy fire from the rebels, in running a 
 M battery up the bluff by hand and placed it 
 within 50 yards of the enemy s line and sup 
 ported it there and did splendid work, for 
 which it received the compliments of Gen. 
 Hurlbut. The regiment s loss was 15 killed, 
 and 49 wounded. It returned to Bolivar and 
 afterward moved to La Grange, and, Nov. 28, 
 marched south with Gen. Grant s army to Cold 
 Water, Holly Springs, Waterford, Abbeyville, 
 and Oxford, ariving at Yocona Creek Dec. 13, 
 and on the 22, entered on a northern move 
 ment toward Tallahatchee River; passing en 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 route through Moscow Jan. 11, 1863 Mem 
 phis to Young s Point, and on May 20, arrived 
 at Haines Bluff, and on the 25, at Vicksburg. 
 July 5, it moved with Gen. Sherman s army 
 against Jackson, Miss., and on the 12, when 
 closing the lines about that place the Brig, was 
 ordered to charge the rebel works. 
 
 The 53rd participated in that gallant but 
 disastrous charge, going into the fight with 
 250 men and officers, but coming out short of 
 all but 66. In this engagement Capt. Norton 
 was in command of his company and entered 
 the conflict with 32 men, but emerged there 
 from with only 6. A few days later it moved 
 to Vicksburg, subsequently to Natchez, return 
 ing to Vicksburg, Nov. 30, and camped at 
 Milldale. The men of the 53rd having 
 re-enlisted in January, 1864, became a veteran 
 organization, and on the 3rd of February 
 started upon the Meridian campaign, returning 
 afterwards to Vicksburg, and were then fur- 
 loughed for 30 days. The. furlough expiring, 
 the Reg. joined its Div. at Cairo, then moved 
 to Clifton and marched via Huntsville and 
 Decatur, joining Sherman s army at Kingston, 
 Ga. It went to AHatoona Pass and there 
 remained until it rejoined its Div. at Marietta, 
 and on July 17, joined the main army in front 
 of Atlanta, and was thus engaged in the battles 
 of the 19, 20, 21, and 22, of the same month, 
 suffering severely, having lost 101 men in 
 killed and wounded. At Jonesboro the Reg. 
 was engaged in skirmishes and went with the 
 army as far south as Lovejoy s Station, then 
 returned to Eastpoint, and later engaged in a 
 reconnoissance toward Sandtown, afterwards 
 pursued Hood s army to Gaylesville, Ala., and 
 there rested until Oct. 27, when it moved to 
 the vicinity of Atlanta. Subsequently it joined 
 in the famous march to the sea, arriving in 
 front of the fortifications of Savannah, Dec. 
 10, and on the 21, marched into that town. 
 After a months delay it set out on the Carolina 
 campaign and participated in the battle of 
 Bentonville. So soon as Johnston surrendered 
 the 53rd marched to Washinghton and took 
 part in the Grand Review, then proceeded to 
 Louisville, where, July 22d, it was mustered 
 
 out, continuing then to Chicago, the men were 
 finally discharged, July 25, 1865. 
 
 Capt. Norton was born in Maine, New Port 
 land, Nov. 13, 1839, and was a son of George 
 W. and Philone (Hill) Norton. The father 
 was a physician, who removed to 111. in 1843, 
 settling first in the country, then at Chicago, 
 and in 1846 returned to the country and final 
 ly settled at Earlville in the year 1854, 
 where he died in 1880, thus closing a long, use 
 ful and honorable life. 
 
 Captain Norton received a common school 
 education. 
 
 He was united in marriage at Earlville, 
 December 25, 1869, to Josephine Ives. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Norton are the parents of seven 
 children Philone I., Grace, Lee, Josephine, 
 Ben Hill, Ella, and Olive. 
 
 Mr. Norton attaches his political faith to 
 the Democratic party, and in his section of the 
 country, is quite a prominent figure. In early 
 times he was city marshal, and from 1868 to 
 1874 he held the position of J. P. During this 
 period he studied law and was admitted to 
 practice and while he prefers to devote himself 
 to his agricultural interests, yet through the 
 urgent demands of friends, he has considrable 
 law practice. For six years he held the 
 responsible position of Supervisor. 
 
 JOHN H. RICHMOND, the subject of our 
 sketch was born July 21, 1841, at Salina ) 
 N. Y., and was a son of Amaziah and 
 Caroline Richmond, who was born in March, 
 1804. Besides our subject his parents had the 
 following children: James O., Caroline M., 
 Sarah M., Martha E., Jonathan S., Adeline E., 
 William H., Julia A., Mary E. and George H., 
 making in all, eleven children, all of whom are 
 now living, but the youngest girl and two of 
 the boys who enlisted in the Union army dur 
 ing the Rebellion. Mr. Richmond being raised 
 on a farm, his early life was spent in perform 
 ing such duties as he was capable of, attending 
 school when he could be spared from work. 
 In the year of 1851, his father and family 
 
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 removed to Kendall Co. 111., where they set 
 tled; the father dying, Nov. 12, 1888. In the 
 year 1362, Mr. Richmond rented a farm in 
 Dupage County 111., which he operated until 
 his enlistment, August 18, of the same year. 
 Volunteers being called for, Mr. Richmond 
 immediately responded, proceeded to Lisbon, 
 Kendall County, where he enlisted and went 
 at once to Camp Butler, Springfield, 111., and 
 was there mustered in, September 8, 1862 as a 
 private in Company E. gist, 111. Vol. Inf. He 
 remained there in camp for about three weeks 
 then proceeded by rail to Indianapolis, and 
 thence to Louisville, Ky., and afterwards 
 marched to Sheperdsville. During the period 
 commencing October 8, and ending December 
 27, the regiment was engaged in scouting 
 through Kentucky after the rebels headed by 
 Morgan, and also in guarding the Louisville 
 and Nashville railways, and the bridges in that, 
 vicinity. On the morning of December 27, 
 1862, the rebel General Morgan, appeared with 
 a strong force at Elizabethtown, Ky., and as 
 the gist regiment was divided in seven frac 
 tional parts, and scattered in as many places, Mr. 
 Richmond s section was the first to be over 
 taken, and as resistance would have been mad 
 ness, in the face of such overwhelming 
 numbers of the enemy, his detachment surren 
 dered, as was also done by the other detach 
 ments either on the same or following day. 
 All those taken prisoners were subsequently 
 paroled and sent to Benton Barracks St. Louis. 
 Previous to his capture, Mr. Richmond, by 
 reason of his illness contracted after his enlist 
 ment, was compelled to go to a hospital at 
 Shepherdsville, where he remained about two 
 months and being still ill when captured and 
 paroled, came on to Illinois, where he remained 
 about two months, then reported to Benton 
 Barracks, St. Louis, physically unfit for the 
 army. He again returned to his home in Ill 
 inois, but his condition prevented him from 
 entering any department of industry for along 
 time. In the spring of 1864, he offered him 
 self as a recruit, but on examination was re 
 jected as being physically unfit for the service. 
 He has never regained his health or strength and 
 
 his stomach and bowels are completely dis 
 organized. Since the war he was connected 
 with a livery stable at Marseilles for a nurhber 
 of years, and for the past fifteen years has been 
 conducting Auction Sales, and such other busi 
 ness as one physicially incapaciated for manual 
 labor, can perform. 
 
 He married Frances R. Seaton, January i, 
 1865, at Newark, 111., and by this marriage 
 had four children, namely: Dallas, Franklin, 
 Matilda Jane, Hattie Irene, and Harry L., all of 
 whom are still living except one. His wife 
 having died, July I, 1873, he again married 
 Mrs. Helen A. Bartals, in Jefferson County, N. 
 Y., August 30, 1880, by whom he had two child 
 ren Helen Rosette, and Byron J. He has 
 held the position of Police Constable, and was 
 Street Commissioner, for the year 1880. He is 
 a Republican in politics. 
 
 LAFAYETTE W. BREWER, of Ottawa, Ills, 
 one of the leading Attorneys of La Salle 
 County, Ills., was born October 14, 1842, 
 at Clarkson, Monroe County, N. Y. His father 
 was Peter Brewer, and his mother, before mar 
 riage was Elizabeth, daughter of John Lambert. 
 The Brewer s originally -were from Holland 
 where the name was spelled Brower, the 
 definition being a man who made beer. When 
 our subject s grandfather was a boy, the family 
 separated, one branch settling in an English 
 neighborhood where the name was pronounced 
 Brewer. The other branch continued the 
 name of Brower, and as both reared families it 
 brought about the different spelling and pro 
 nunciation of the name. The change of the 
 name has caused considerable discussion, at 
 one time particularly, on account of the claim 
 made by the respective families to an interest 
 in the Trinity Church property. 
 
 The family from which the Brewer s de 
 scended settled in New York at an early day, 
 where Peter was born in 1820, as was also his 
 wife. He was a farmer by occupation and re 
 moved to Illinois soon after the massacre of 
 the Hall family by the Indians in 1832, locating 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 at Ottawa, where he lived for several years. 
 At the time of his death, July 6, 1858 and 
 several years prior thereto, he resided at Paw 
 Paw, De Kalb County, Ills. His widow is still 
 living. 
 
 They were the parents of six children, Lafay 
 ette W., Eugene, Sylvanus O., Loviness E., Jose 
 phine M., who was married to Warren Putman, 
 and Isabel, whose first husband was H. G. Dole. 
 
 The early years of Lafayette were spent in 
 the country on his fathers farm and in attend 
 ance at the common schools. In 1863, he went 
 to the Lombard University at Galesburg, from 
 which place he enlisted December 21, the same 
 year, in Company I., 4th 111., Cavalry. His 
 brother Eugene a member of the 34th 111., 
 Company D., had been wounded at the battle 
 of Stone River and was sent home. Lafayette 
 and Syvanus thinking there ought to be others 
 of the family in the service, enlisted in the 
 same company and regiment, the former 
 abandoning his studies for the army. The 4th. 
 Cavalry was mustered into the service at Ottawa, 
 111., in the fall of 1861, and rendezvoused at 
 Camp Hunter, which was located at Ottawa, 
 for a time, while being taught the art of war. 
 Mr. Brewer joined the regiment at Natchez 
 where it was engaged in patroling the river 
 and in scouting in the interior during the win 
 ter of 1863-4. Another important service they 
 were engaged in was, in preventing cattle from 
 Texas, intended for the rebel army, from cross 
 ing the Mississippi. The regiment was con 
 stantly on the move fighting and skirmishing 
 on both sides of the river. On one of its ex 
 peditions they captured over 4,000 head of 
 cattle, which they drove across the river at 
 Natchez. The regiment operated in that 
 locality until the fall of 1864, when it was 
 ordered to report to Vicksburg. 
 
 While at Natchez a part of the men who 
 enlisted when the 4th was formed, veteranized 
 and the others were mustered out, the new 
 recruits and veterans remaining. They were 
 consolidated into a battalion of five companies, 
 Major Search in command. Company I. was 
 consolidated with Company L., which took the 
 letter B., Captain Merriman in command. Sub 
 
 sequently it was ordered to Memphis; barracks 
 were constructed and it was made headquar 
 ters for operations. They were in Grierson s 
 command and were often out on important 
 expeditions; one of these being to Vicksburg 
 where the regiment had some hard fighting, 
 several men being killed and wounded. They 
 were in several fights on their way to Vicks 
 burg, at Yazoo City they were attacked by 
 Forrest, and were forced across the river. 
 They moved on to Vicksburg, remaining 
 awhile, and came back to Memphis which was 
 made their headquarters. From there they 
 operated in the States west of the Mississippi, 
 and in Tennessee and Mississippi. One raid 
 to Bastrop, La., lasted two weeks, in which 
 they were almost constantly fighting, and cap 
 tured a number of prisoners and a large amount 
 of Missouri State money. This money was un 
 signed and the boys used it in playing poker. 
 In the spring of 1865, they were on an 
 important raid to Brownsville, where they cap 
 tured Colonel Lee with some of his troops, and 
 a Guerrilla Captain, whom they tried, sentenced, 
 and, under General Washburn s orders, hung, 
 and left his body dangling to a tree with the 
 order stuck into his belt. 
 
 Colonel Lee was at one time a member of the 
 Tennessee Legislature, serving with Andrew 
 Johnson. Though a rebel, he was a man of 
 noble character and held in high esteem by the 
 Union officers. Mr. Brewer was regarded as 
 the proper man to be entrusted with a squad 
 of men to take charge of Lee at his residence. 
 Subsequently, he Was sent as a prisoner to 
 Memphis. Lee s thoroughbred horse, which 
 was a wedding present to his wife, by General 
 Forrest, her father, had been captured in the 
 action and was then in possession of Mr. 
 Brewer s brother, Sylvanus. Lee had been 
 instrumental in saving the life of one Hovey, 
 who had been wounded and left at a farm 
 house the night before Lee s capture. The 
 guerrillas were roving around there and were 
 about to take Hovey into their murderous 
 hands, when Colonel Lee, with an honorable 
 regard for the proprieties of war, ordered some 
 Confederate soldiers to protect him. 
 
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 123 
 
 Mr. Brewer made a trade with his brother 
 for the Colonel s steed, and with the permis 
 sion of the officers in command of the expedi 
 tion returned it to Lee, induced to do so by 
 his humanity toward Hovey. Colonel Lee 
 was a fine conversationalist and entertained the 
 Union soldiers with anecdotes of Andrew John 
 son and other noted Southerners. Andrew 
 Johnson was then President. 
 
 While stationed at Memphis, Natchez and 
 Vicksburg, the regiment was almost constantly 
 in action, frequently having hot engagements 
 with the enemy. One of these was at Egypt, 
 where it captured a stockade; Mr. Brewer, 
 though his horse fell beneath him, alone taking 
 two prisoners. In this action the regiment lost 
 several men. 
 
 In the summer of 1865, while stationed at 
 Memphis, the regiment was ordered to Gren 
 ada, Miss., to receive the surrender of General 
 Wright. Mr. Brewer had been promoted to 
 Corporal. While there the regiment was 
 ordered to Greenwood, on the Yazoo River. 
 The country was overflown to such an extent 
 that they left their horses and ferried in choc- 
 taws or rough boats, several miles to get to the 
 Yazoo River. 
 
 At Greenwood they captured a steamboat 
 stored with rebel property, and with it followed, 
 and, near Yazoo City, captured a barge laden 
 with cotton, which the owners were trying to 
 save from the fallen Confederacy. The cap 
 tured property was taken to Vicksburg. Mr. 
 Brewer has a memento of this expedition in 
 the shape of a powder horn found on the cap 
 tured barge. After properly disposing of the 
 captured property, the regiment returned to 
 its command at Grenada. 
 
 The war having closed, foraging on the late 
 enemy was forbidden. Army supplies had 
 been nearly consumed, and the soldiers were 
 for a time reduced to two-thirds of a pint of 
 cornmeal a day. The, subject of this sketch 
 thinking this allowance rather small for . man 
 who had left home and plenty, to fight for the 
 preservation of his country, struck out and 
 soon came across a sack of shelled corn, which 
 he purloined, carried to an old mill had it 
 
 ground and returned to his mess, where it was 
 made into bread, that the men who had aided 
 in putting down the rebellion might not go 
 hungry. 
 
 They returned to Memphis the latter part 
 of July. From there the 4th Cavalry was 
 sent to Alexandria, La. Company B, with 
 another company, embarked on a leaky old 
 ferry boat; Company B., ascertaining the con 
 dition of the boat, refused to remain on it, and 
 disembarked. Thus angered, the officer had 
 the roll called and ordered those who refused 
 to go on board to stack their arms. They all 
 stacked their arms immediately. A compro 
 mise was finally made by which one-half the 
 men were to take the old ferry boat, and the 
 other half another boat. Mr. Brewer was 
 among those who went on the old ferry. 
 About one hundred miles above Vicksburg, at 
 the dead of night, the ferry boat struck a 
 snag and soon after sunk. The pilot steered 
 her across to a bar near the west shore, where 
 she keeled over, and the soldiers with their 
 horses were obliged to pack together on the 
 upper side, where they remained 48 hours, 
 without subsistance other than that procured 
 by diving down into the hold of the boat, 
 where their provisions were stored. This acci 
 dent verified the judgment of the men regard 
 ing the condition of the boat. The troops 
 were relieved by another boat. When they 
 arrived at Alexandria the non-commissioned 
 officers were reduced to the ranks, which 
 brought on a dilemma, as there were none to 
 serve in their place. This resulted in the old 
 officers being re-instated. At Alexandria the 
 4th Cavalry was consolidated with seven com 
 panies of the.i2th Ills. Cavalry, and was there- 
 fter known as the I2th, Company B., taking 
 the letter I. again. 
 
 The regiment remained at Alexandria for a 
 short time when it received orders to march 
 across the country to Hempstead, Texas, where 
 it arrived the latter part of August, under com 
 mand of General Custer. The story of the 
 suffering and privation of these soldiers in the 
 march across the seared plains of Texas, be 
 neath the burning rays of a Southern sun, has 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 never appeared in print before. The untold 
 misery of this march was the more deplorable, 
 in that it was entirely unnecessary. Many fell 
 beneath the heat of the sun, many died of 
 thirst, and many deserted, and are recorded on 
 the rolls to-day as deserters; all to gratify the 
 whim of a martinet, who after the war was over, 
 and while the soldiers were marching through 
 a peaceful country, without an enemy to be 
 seen, insisted on the soldiers marching in a solid 
 column, forbidden to break ranks, even for a 
 drink of water, with their haversacks, swords, 
 carbines and revolvers strapped to their persons. 
 Those that went through, remained at Hemp- 
 stead until fall, when they were ordered to 
 Houston, where the regiment was afterward 
 mustered out. 
 
 Mr. Brewer received a furlough in February 
 1866, and before he returned to his regiment a 
 general order was issued to furnish no more 
 transportation, and he was ordered to Spring 
 field Ills., where he was mustered out March 
 9, 1866. He feels that the Democratic party, 
 in time of the country s peril was not as unpa 
 triotic as it has been represented by many. His 
 family were Demociatic in politics, and out of 
 four sons, three enlisted to fight for the pres 
 ervation of the Union, and the fourth made a 
 strong effort to get in, but was rejected on ac 
 count of his height. 
 
 Mr. Brewer returned to Earlville where he 
 farmed for three years. He decided then, that 
 he was better adapted for the law, than for 
 farming, and began its study. Subsequently he 
 went to Ann Arbor University, to continue his 
 studies. In the spring of 1871, he located at 
 Ottawa and the July following was admitted to 
 the bar, and at once commenced his practice. 
 
 In 1873, Mr. Brewer was chosen City At 
 torney. He held that position three terms, 
 with honor to himself and credit to the City. 
 In 1874, he was chosen a member of the Dem 
 ocratic Committee of the County, and served 
 as Secretary for two years. He was then 
 elected Chairman, serving four years. In 1880, 
 he received the nomination of State s Attorney 
 from his party, and was elected over a popular 
 opponent by a majority of 250, the County at 
 
 that election giving about 675 Republican 
 majority. During his term of office he dis 
 tinguished himself as a State Prosecutor, and in 
 that branch of the law made an unprecedented 
 record. In all his indictments not one was 
 quashed; he lost only one count for bad plead 
 ing. 
 
 In 1883, while away from home, and unso 
 licited by him, he was nominated for Congress. 
 He made a remarkable canvass, and one greatly 
 to his credit, evincing his popularity in his dis 
 trict. He ran ahead of his ticket in every 
 County but Grundy, where he was traded off 
 for local considerations. He is President of 
 the School Board, and has held that position 
 for several years. Mr. Brewer is an able and 
 successful lawyer, and has established a large 
 and lucrative practice. As a man he holds the 
 confidence and esteem of all who know him. 
 He is about five feet, ten inches, in height, in 
 clined to adipose and of imposing presence. 
 He is strong in his friendships, and a genial 
 companion. 
 
 He was united in marriage August 29, 1872, 
 at Chester, Iowa, to Emma J., daughter of 
 Joseph and Sophie (Winslow)Wedge, who were 
 natives of New York. One child has been born 
 to them, Lafayette W. Mr. Brewer is a mem 
 ber of the G. A. R, Post of Ottawa, No. 156. 
 
 WM. MILTON CRAMPTON, of Naperville, 
 111., first saw the light of day in an 
 old fashioned log cabin, on the farm 
 now owned and occupied by him, Aug. 10, 
 1844. His father, Nathaniel Crampton, was 
 born in Conn., and his mother, Julia Hart 
 Dudley, was born in N. Y. State. They had 
 the following children: Julia, Rosetta, Minnie, 
 May, and the subject of our sketch. His 
 mother died during the spring of 1890, at 
 Naperville. Mr. Crampton was reared upon a 
 farm, and received his education at Naper 
 ville, and also attended the Seminary at 
 Aurora. He left the latter place to accept a 
 position in the Quartermaster s Department at 
 Springfield, Mo., where he remained until he 
 
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 resigned for the purpose of enlisting. In Nov., 
 1863, he returned home and enlisted at Naper- 
 ville. He was mustered in March 28, 1864, as 
 Serg. of Co. D., 156 Regt, 111., Vol., Inf. In 
 the raising of the Regt., Mr. Crampton bore an 
 active part, going to Joliet where he induced 
 a number of his young gentlemen friends to 
 join him in the defense of the Union. About 
 two weeks after the Regt. was organized, it was 
 ordered to Nashville, and thence to Chatta 
 nooga, and was detailed to guard trains for 
 about a month. From there it was ordered to 
 Cleveland, Tenn., where it remained about a 
 month again guarding railroads. The next 
 move was to Dalton,Ga., where the Regt. again 
 resumed guard duty and so continued for up 
 wards of four weeks. From there it was ordered 
 to Nashville, and thence to Memphis, and 
 remained on provost duty until ordered to 
 Springfield, 111., where the subject of our. 
 sketch was mustered out, Sept., 1865, paid off 
 and discharged. He then returned to Naper- 
 ville and again entered upon farm work. 
 
 At this date, calmly looking back over those 
 dark and troublesome months of the rebellion, 
 it is amusing, if not instructive, to hear the old 
 veterans recite some of the incidents of the 
 war. Mr. Crampton tells one, which can 
 only be accounted for by supposing the 
 person responsible was either under high nerv 
 ous excitement or a little "off." Mr. Cramp- 
 ton states that while he was in the Quarter 
 master s Department at Springfield, Mo., the 
 officer there in command of the Union forces, 
 of whom there were about 5000, would, on 
 learning of a raid by even a small unorganized 
 guerilla party, put nearly his whole command 
 in pursuit of it, leaving Springfield without 
 even the historic " Corporal s Guard" to defend 
 it. He now expresses his surprise that the cit 
 izens of Springfield, to use his own language, 
 were not "gobbled up," as might have readily 
 been done on several occasions. He remained 
 upon the farm until 1874, when he removed to 
 Oakland, Cal., where he secured a clerkship in 
 the freight department of the Cent. Pac. R. R., 
 which he held until he resigned in 1879, having 
 decided to return home again to resume his 
 
 former calling, which he has since followed. 
 He married Miss Minnie K. Kimball, at Naper- 
 ville, Jan. 21, 1867. Their children, Genevieve 
 and Florence, are the fruits of that marriage. 
 Mr. Crampton is a member of the G. A. R. 
 Post No. 386, organized at Naperville in 1885, 
 of which organization he has been Jr. V. Com 
 mander; a member of Euclid Lodge No. 65, 
 A. F. and A. M.; President of F. M. B. A. 
 Spring Brook Lodge No. 3544; member of 
 Camp No. 908 Modern Woodman of America, 
 and a school director for 13 years. A commis 
 sion promoting him to the rank of a Lieut, was 
 issued, but he was mustered out before its ar 
 rival. 
 
 REV. WILLIAM CAMPBELL MAGNER, of 
 Morris, 111., is a native of Ind., where he 
 was born Oct. 21, 1837. His parents 
 were John A. and Sarah (Campbell) Magner. 
 His father was of French origin, the name 
 being originally Magnier, but he being a true 
 American, anglicized it to Magner. His 
 mother was the daughter of Robert Campbell, 
 who was a native of Scotland, and for 50 years 
 a distinguished elder in the Presbyterian 
 Church. He was a slave owner, but believing 
 that property in human beings was wrong, he 
 freed his slaves and removed from Ky., to In 
 diana, accompanied by many of his former 
 slaves who remained with his family until their 
 death. 
 
 The grandparents of the subject of this 
 sketch, died in Ind., and their many descend 
 ants were all loyal to the Government in the 
 late struggle. Mr. Magner believed in the Union 
 and was willing to give his life if necessary, 
 for its cause. He enlisted at Paris, 111., July 
 15, 1861, in Company E., I2th 111. Inf., and was 
 mustered in as a private. It remained there 
 some time drilling and doing camp duty, but 
 was ordered Sept. 5th, in company with the 9th 
 111. Inf., to move up and occupy Paducah, Ky., 
 they being the first troops to arrive there. 
 Subsequently Mr. Magner was promoted to the 
 rank of 1st Lieutenant. The regiment lay at 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Paducah until February, 1862, when it embarked 
 for Fort Henry. His regiment moved up the 
 left bank of the river and occupied Fort Heiman, 
 and on the I2th, moved to Fort Donelson. 
 The soldiers fought nobly at Donelson, defeat 
 ing the enemy, and taking the Fort with a 
 large number of prisoners. It was during that 
 engagement that the famous letter of General 
 Grant to General Buckner was written, in 
 which the phrase, " unconditional surrender" 
 became historic. 
 
 Mr. Magner fought at Shiloh. On the 
 morning of the second day of the battle, while 
 in command of his company on the skirmish 
 line, a ball struck his right foot going entirely 
 through it. This disabled him for active duty. 
 He was loath to leave his command, however, 
 and staid with it, where he was tenderly cared 
 for. He was with his regiment during the siege 
 of Corinth, and shortly after was detailed on 
 recruiting service at Paris, 111. He joined his 
 regiment in October, 1862, after Price and Van 
 Dorn s attack on Corinth, and soon after was 
 sent to Memphis to take lessons in the Signal 
 Corps. Becoming proficient in this line of 
 duty, he was detailed in the Signal Corps 
 Department with rank as 1st Lieut. He was 
 ordered to Vicksburg and assigned to McPher- 
 son s command, where he established the first 
 organized system of the signal service. He 
 remained in that important department until 
 the expiration of his term of enlistment, and 
 duiing his service collected many valuable and 
 historic documents, among which is the follow 
 ing taken from the original: " 4:30 A. M. 4-63." 
 
 "ADMIRAL PORTER. 
 
 The enemy has accepted in the 
 main, my terms of capitulation and will sur 
 render the city works and garrison at 10 A. M. 
 The firing now going on arises from misappre 
 hension. 
 
 "U. S. GRANT, Major General. 
 "Commanding." 
 
 The above order was handed to Lieut. Mag 
 ner by Gen. Grant in person, and was by him 
 dispatched from Vicksburg, through the Signal 
 Service to Admiral Porter, during Grant s in 
 terview with Pemberton. 
 
 Mr. Magner, as a Signal Officer, had noticed 
 the rebel signal flag on the Court House in the 
 city and determined to secure it when the 
 forces entered Vicksburg. He and Gen. W. E. 
 Strong entered the city nearly an hour before 
 the army to hoist the Union flag 
 and went directly to the Court House, 
 where the flag was still waving. Mr. Magner 
 made his way to the top of the dome and se 
 cured it, and has it now in his possession, torn 
 and riddled with bullets. It is a trophy he 
 values very highly. He has also, which he 
 values beyond price, the signatures of all dis 
 tinguished men of that day who were entitled 
 to send dispatches through the Signal Service: 
 Grant, Sherman and others. He has his com 
 mission of 1st Lieut., given for meritorious con 
 duct on the field of Shiloh, signed by Governor 
 Yates, his commission in the Regular Army 
 signed by President Lincoln and Secretary 
 Stanton. 
 
 Mr. Magner having served out his term of 
 enlistment was mustered out at Atlanta, Ga., in 
 August, 1864. He was reared in Ind. and 111., 
 where he received his preliminary education, 
 and was sent to Washington College, Pa., where 
 he was graduated. After leaving college he 
 went to Miss., and engaged as teacher in the 
 village of Woodville, near Baton Rouge, where 
 he was employed when the rebellion broke out. 
 The extreme measures adopted by the rebels 
 forced our patriotic citizen to perform the most 
 bitter task of his life, that of becoming a rebel 
 soldier, and drilling under Hardee s instructions. 
 It was not to be expected that a man of his 
 loyal spirit, one educated in the schools which 
 he had attended, would long submit to playing 
 the part of traitor, even under compulsion. 
 The first opportunity that was presented, he 
 made his escape and went north, joining the 
 army as before stated. He had the advantage, 
 however, from his compulsory service with the 
 rebels, of being familiar with the manual of 
 drill. The Magners were a patriotic family. 
 William, the youngest uncle of this subject, was 
 in the service and was taken prisoner and con 
 fined in Andersonville, He died from the ef 
 fects of starvation, twenty-four hours after his 
 
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 release. Mr. Manner s three brothers joined the 
 army of the Union as they became old enough 
 to be accepted, which. was at the age of sixteen. 
 Samuel H. was a member of Company E., I2th, 
 111.; Joseph T., of the i3th, 111. Cav.; and Rob 
 ert H., of the I4th, 111. Joseph T. never recov 
 ered his health after the war, but was moved 
 about in a wheel chair. After many years of 
 suffering he died at Indianapolis, Ind., May 31. 
 1890. He was a personal friend of General 
 Harrison. When mustered out Mr. Magner re 
 turned to Paris, 111., and was selected Principal 
 of the Paris Academy. While in charge there 
 he studied for the ministry, and in 1866, was 
 ordained as a minister of the Presbyterian 
 Church. He has occupied the pulpit of that 
 denomination since, with ability and to the 
 satisfaction of his several congregations. He 
 was located six years at Woodhull, four years 
 at Carthage, four years at Onarga, and five 
 years at Rossville. In 1887, he received a call 
 from the church at Morris, 111., which he ac 
 cepted and whose congregation he has served 
 with eminent satisfaction since. 
 
 His family were all strong Republicans, the 
 subject of this sketch included, and though a 
 prohibitionist, he supports the party that best 
 advances the interest of temperance. In other 
 words, he is a Republican-Prohibitionist. He 
 has always taken a lively interest in Grand 
 Army and kindred affairs, and has lectured on 
 various occasions on subjects relating to the 
 war, among the most interesting of which, 
 were the lectures on the Signal Service. Mr. 
 Magner is a member of the G. A. R. organiza 
 tion. While at Onarga he originated and organ 
 ized the old Soldiers Union, for which he was 
 presented with a gold headed cane. He was mar 
 ried in 1863, to Maria, daughter of John Steven 
 son, of Paris, 111., who had two sons in the war, 
 one of whom was severely wounded at Allatoona 
 Pass, when General Corse, "held the fort." 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Magner have been born 
 eight children: Claude S., Morris K., Sue, Sarah, 
 Willard C., Harrold B, Joseph G. and Paul E., 
 all at home except the eldest, who is married 
 and located near his parents. 
 
 In 1888, Mr. Magner was Department Chap 
 
 lain of the G. A. R. of Ills. In 1874, he traveled 
 over quite a portion of Europe. Since the war 
 he has visited nearly all portions of the country 
 which he campaigned over during the rebellion. 
 
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 AJOR GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN was born 
 in Franklin Co., 111., in the year 1824. 
 He entered military service as Captain 
 in the Mexican war and served two years. At 
 the beginning of the late Rebellion he espoused 
 the cause of the Government, and went early 
 into the war. He raised and commanded the 
 3ist Reg. 111. Vol. Inf., and entered the Volun 
 teer service in 1861. At the battle of Belmont, 
 Mo., Col, Logan took his men into the fight 
 with great gallantry. Though they were raw 
 troops and had never stood fire, yet they 
 fought on this occasion under the lead of Lo 
 gan, equal to veteran soldiers. 
 
 At the battle of Fort Donelson, he again 
 distinguished himself. His command held the 
 right of the line, and was pressed by over 
 whelming odds. Stubbornly resisting the 
 massed columns of the enemy, Logan suc 
 ceeded in holding his position, until reinforce 
 ments were brought up, and the Rebels finally 
 driven from the field. On this occasion he 
 was severely wounded the first day of the bat 
 tle, but refused to go to the rear. For his good 
 conduct at Donelson, Col. Logan was made a 
 Brig. Gen. in the U. S. Vol. service, and as 
 signed to the army under the command of Gen. 
 Grant. At the battle of Shiloh Gen. Logan 
 displayed his usual courage and solid fighting 
 qualities. For noble daring and distinguished 
 conduct, at this terrible trial of strength be 
 tween the great contending armies, he was 
 again promoted to Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, 
 Nov. 29, 1862. 
 
 Taking command of a Div., he accompa 
 nied Gen. Grant through all "his Vicksburg 
 campaign, taking an active part in all its per 
 ils, travels and battles. After the fall of Vicks 
 burg the fighting ceased in the valley, and the 
 Father of Waters became, as in past days, the 
 common property of the American people. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Before the war began, Gen. Logan, in a speech 
 to the people of 111., declared that " if the 
 Rebel States, or any other foreign Government, 
 ever attempted to control the mouth of the 
 Miss. River, the men of the Northwest would 
 hew their way to the Gulf of Mexico sword in 
 hand." That prophecy was fully realized. The 
 people of the Northwest had nobly vindicated 
 the truth of what Gen. Logan had said years 
 before, and forever settled the question that 
 the men of the great Northwest are unalter 
 ably resolved that the Miss. River is the com 
 mon birthright of the children of its far spread 
 ing valleys, which they will neither voluntarily 
 relinquish nor peacefully surrender. It was in 
 deed a proud day for Gen. Logan when he 
 could stand on the ruins of the last hostile 
 fortification, along this noble river, and fully 
 realize the thought that the yeomanry of the 
 Northwest had literally carved their way 
 through the entire Confederacy to vindicate 
 their claim to this, the greatest of all American 
 rivers. The stars and stripes could now be raised 
 on a steamboat at St. Paul, Minn., and borne, 
 proudly floating to the mouth of the National 
 thoroughfare and cat on the gulf below. This 
 work having been finished by the Western 
 army, Gen. Logan and his command now sought 
 other fields of conquest. 
 
 From Vicksburg he started with Gen. Sher 
 man through Miss, and Ala. to the relief of 
 Chattanooga, in Tenn. On Nov. 24th, 1863, 
 the battle of Mission Ridge was fought and won. 
 In this great conflict Logan bore a conspicu 
 ous part, and again acquitted himself with distin 
 guished honor. When General Sherman began 
 his Atlanta campaign, Gen. Logan was placed 
 incommandofthe I5th A.C. Incommandofthis 
 corps he made the celebrated march through 
 the entire Confederacy from Chattanooga to 
 Atlanta, thence to Savannah, Georgia, through 
 the Carolinas and Virginia, to Richmond and on 
 to Washington. On reaching Washington, Gen. 
 Howard was appointed Superintendent of the 
 Freedmen s Bureau, and Gen. Logan succeeded 
 to the command of the Army of the Tenn., con 
 sisting of the 1 5th and i;th A.C. He had 
 now fought his way from the position of an 
 
 humble citizen to the supreme command of 
 a magnificent army of a hundred thousand 
 men. Gen. Logan s native talents and energy of 
 character seem to guarantee success in all 
 departments in which he has been called 
 to act. As a lawyer, he had a brilliant success; 
 as a politician, he had, before the Rebellion, 
 attained a wide and extending popularity in 
 Ills.; was elected to Congress, and was among 
 the noted leaders of fighting Democracy of the 
 State. Illinois may be proud of her Logan, 
 whose noble prowess has vindicated her honor 
 on many a contested field, and whose eminent 
 achievements in peaceful pursuits are only sur 
 passed by his daring deeds in the bloody 
 theatre of war. He was a lover of military 
 science, and born to be a commander. Among 
 the soldiers Logan was the idol of the Army of 
 the Tennessee. He was loved by his men not 
 only because he was their commander, but 
 literally their leader on all occasions, where 
 danger was to be encountered. 
 
 Gen. Logan continued in service until the 
 close of the Rebellion, when he resigned his 
 position and retired to peaceful life. In per 
 son he was a remarkable man, resembling no 
 other general. He was a low, heavy man, 
 dark complected, billious temperament, eyes 
 and hair very black. He had a flashing black 
 eye, full of expression, but fierce as the eye of 
 an untamed eagle. He wore his hair and 
 whiskers long, and resembled much the noted 
 chiefs among the Indians in the Western wilds. 
 He died Dec. 26, 1886. 
 
 FRANK MAURER, of Peru, 111., was born in 
 Bavaria, Germany, Oct. 26, 1845, ar) d 
 with his parents immigrated to the United 
 States in 1855, locating at Peru, which has con 
 tinued to be the home of our subject ever 
 since. 
 
 When only 17 years of age Mr. Maurer en 
 listed in the Union army, and was mustered in 
 as a private Aug. 27, 1862, in Company K., 
 iO4th 111. Vol. Inf. The Regt. was first ordered 
 to Louisville, Ky., where the men were uni- 
 
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 formed, armed, and placed in Gen. Dumont s 
 Div.,and shortly afterward started in pursuit of 
 Bragg, going first to Frankfort, where they re 
 mained until Oct. 26, when they continued on 
 to Bowiing Green, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, 
 and reaching Hartsville, Tenn., on the Cum 
 berland River, Dec. 1st. The Union troops at 
 Hartsville numbered about 900 men. About 
 daybreak, Dec. 6, they were attacked by a de 
 tachment of the enemy, comprising about 
 3,500 men, under Gen. Morgan. The Union 
 forces were immediately placed in line, with 
 the I04th 111. on the left, and almost instantly 
 the attack was made. The other regiments 
 (io6th and io8th Ohio) falling back, left Mr. 
 Maurer s Regt. alone on the open field, and with 
 out any other protection. His regiment fought 
 with skill and desperation, and was driving the 
 enemy from the field, when Morgan s cavalry 
 dismounted and attacked it in the right flank 
 and rear, and finally completely surrounded it, 
 and to escape total destruction the officers sur 
 rendered. The battle lasted one hour and fif 
 teen minutes, yet the iO4th lost 44 men killed 
 and 1 50 wounded. It fought bravely in this, 
 its first engagement, and had it been sup 
 ported by the Ohio regiments, as it should 
 have been, instead of being conquered, the 
 rebels would have been repulsed and utterly 
 routed. Mr. Maurer, with the other prisoners, 
 was marched to Murfreesboro, where all except 
 Lieut-Col. Hapeman and Maj. Widmer, with 
 eleven other officers, were paroled. He was 
 then sent to Columbus, thence to Chicago, and 
 on being exchanged in the spring of 1863 re 
 joined the Army of the Cumberland at Brent- 
 wood, Tenn., and his Regt was shortly after 
 ward assigned to the ist Brig., 2d Div., I4th 
 A. C., with Gen. Beatty as Brig, commander. 
 
 This Brig, first moved to Murfreesboro, 
 where it remained for several weeks, then went 
 through Hoover s Gap, skirmishing with the 
 enemy and meeting some casualities, passed 
 through Manchester and Elk River, where it 
 again had a skirmish, then on to Decherd, 
 Tenn., and there went into camp where it re 
 mained until August 1 2th. It was then ordered 
 to Stevenson, Ala., continuing there until the 
 
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 army made the advance which ended in the 
 battle of Chickamauga. This advance started 
 on Sept. 22. 1863, when his brigade crossed the 
 Tennessee River and went via Sand Mountain, 
 Lookout Valley, Johnsons Brook, Stephens 
 Gap, McLemores Cove, and on to Dug Gap, in 
 Pigeon Mountain, where it had a sharp skir 
 mish with the rebels, falling back to McLe 
 mores Cove until Sept. i6th. On that day the 
 advance was resumed, and on the night of the 
 i8th, his regiment marched all night, and on the 
 following morning, took a position in front of 
 Crawfish Springs, when the famous battle of 
 Chickamauga was fought on that and the fol 
 lowing day. His Regt., on the opening of the 
 engagement, was on the open field exposed to 
 the artillery fire of the enemy which literally 
 mowed down his comrades around him. The 
 following day it moved to the extreme left of 
 the army, when again it suffered severely in 
 killed and wounded, as did also the whole 
 Union force engaged, causing it to fall back to 
 Rossville, and afterward to Chattanooga. 
 November 24th, the Regt. was again engaged 
 at Lookout Mountain, where it assisted in re 
 pulsing an attack of the enemy; and on the 
 25th, it took a prominent part in the battle of 
 Missionary Ridge. He remained near Chat 
 tanooga until Jan. 19, 1864, when he was mus 
 tered out and discharged by reason of having 
 sustained an injury during this service from 
 which he has no hopes of complete recovery. 
 
 After his discharge, he returned to his 
 home in Peru, where he has continued to reside. 
 He married Barbara Baesset, a native of Ger 
 many, March 7, 1870, by whom he has seven 
 children George,Rosa, Lizzie, Joseph, William, 
 Tillie and Maggie. 
 
 Mr. Maurer is an Odd Fellow, member of 
 Lodge No. 34, of Peru, member of the German 
 Benevolent Society, and of Kirk Post, No. 656, 
 G. A. R. at Peru. He is a Democrat and re 
 ceives a liberal pension. 
 
 THOMAS PUGH GARRETT, a member of the 
 G. A. R. Post, No. 146, and a leading 
 Photographer of Bloomington, 111., hails 
 from New Castle County, Del., and dates his 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 birth July 10, 1846. His parents were Benja 
 min and Mary (Haines) Garrett and to them 
 were born three children. The elder Garrett 
 was born nearPhila.in 1791, was a soldier in the 
 war of 1812, and traces his genealogy back to 
 the landing of the Quakers under William 
 Penn. Thomas and his brothers received an 
 excellent education in the Normal school at 
 West Chester, Pa., and at a school at Wilming 
 ton, Del., which was conducted by the Qua 
 kers. He commenced life as a Photographer 
 at Wilmington, Del., and continued in that 
 calling up to the time he rallied forth for the 
 preservation of the stars and stripes. He 
 enlisted in Co. E., 7th Del. Inf., served a short 
 time and was discharged on account of physi 
 cal disability. He re-enlisted Sept., 1864, in 
 the ist Del. Artillery, igth A. C., and joined 
 his Regt. at Morganzia Bend, La., just after the 
 Red River expedition. Subsequently they 
 were transferred to the 7th A. C. under Gen. 
 Reynolds, with Captain Neil of the Co., acting 
 as Chief of its artillery. Comrade Garrett 
 served actively with the organization until the 
 final close of the war, and during the latter 
 days of his service vvas at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., 
 actively employed in garrison and headquar 
 ter duty. Here he was mustered out and 
 was finally discharged at Wilmington, Del., 
 returning to his home July 3, 1865. 
 
 Shortly, Mr. Garrett resumed his calling at 
 West Chester, Pa., where he completed his 
 education and accomplishments in drawing and 
 painting. In 1866, he moved to Leavenworth, 
 Kan., continued his trade for nearly six years, 
 and then went to Philadelphia, and was engaged 
 for three years, when he accepted the position 
 of traveling salesman for a photographic sup 
 ply house. After two years of traveling he 
 took the management of a studio at Harris- 
 burg, Pa., and in 1879, located at Bloomington, 
 111., and bough,t the business at his present 
 location. Here Mr. Garrett is prepared to do 
 any work in his line, with satisfaction guar 
 anteed. He personally executes all his pastels 
 and crayons. 
 
 June 13, 1878, he was united in marriage to 
 Caroline A. Etherington, an estimable lady and 
 
 a native of Cecilton, Md. Her father, William 
 G. Etherington, was a wealthy planter and 
 slave holder, but has denounced slavery as a 
 curse which ought never to have existed, and 
 he many times said he was glad that he was 
 forced to give up his slaves. Mrs. Garrett, a 
 Presbyterian in religious faith, receiving South 
 ern breeding and education, was imbued with 
 the idea of Slavery and State s Rights, but her 
 husband says he has succeeded in his efforts of 
 "reconstruction." To Mr. and Mrs. Garrett 
 two children have been born: Elsie E. and 
 Marjorie E., both living. Comrade Garrett is 
 a Mason, and a member of the order of Red 
 Men, Royal Arcanum, of which he is Vice 
 Regent; the National Union, of which he is 
 President; and of the Heptasophes, or "Seven 
 Wise Men of Persia." He is a worthy citizen 
 and an affable and upright gentleman whom it 
 is a pleasure to know. 
 
 WILLIAM HENRY NORTON, of Earlville, 
 111., came naturally by his taste and 
 inclinations to be a soldier; his 
 maternal grandfather (Parker) having been a 
 soldier in the Revolutionary War, and his pa 
 ternal grandfather (Norton), fought in the 
 War of 1812. 
 
 Our subject was one of the many who re 
 sponded to President Lincoln s call for 75,000 
 troops for three months service and enlisted at 
 Earlville, 111., April 22, 1861, in Co. D., 23d 111. 
 Vol. Inf., for 3 years, remaining with his regi 
 ment until discharged Nov. 8th, of the same 
 year, on account of being captured and paroled 
 long before the term of his enlistment had ex 
 pired. He re-enlisted August 15, 1862, and was 
 mustered in as a private in Company A., iO4th 
 111. Vol. Inf., August 27th, at Ottawa, 111. 
 Before being uniformed the regiment was or 
 dered to report at Louisville, Ky., which it did 
 and on the re-organization of Buell s army was 
 assigned to Gen. Dumont s Division. When 
 General Buell commenced his march in pursuit 
 of Bragg, this regiment was on the left of the 
 army going to Frankfort, where it remained 
 
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 until October 26th, then marched to Bowling 
 Green, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, and reached 
 Hartsville, Tenn., December i, 1862. The 
 troops at Hartsville consisted of the I04th 111., 
 the io6th, and io8th, Ohio, two companies of 
 Cavalry, two pieces of Artillery, in all about 
 900 men. Three companies of the iO4th, were 
 detached, two being at Gallatin and one on 
 duty in the village of Hartsville. On the 6th, 
 of December the rebels sent an expedition 
 from Murfreesboro to attack the forces at 
 Hartsville, their force consisting of a Brigade 
 of Infantry and three veteran regiments of 
 Kentucky troops commanded by Gen. Hanson; 
 all of Morgan s Cavalry, commanded by Gen. 
 Drake, and a battery of Artillery, in all about 
 3,500 men, all under command of General 
 Morgan. The rebels crossed the Cumberland 
 River between Hartsville and Gallatin and ap 
 proached the position held by the Union Bri 
 gade, at daylight on the morning of December 
 7th. The troops were immediately brought into 
 line. The enemy at once charged, and the 
 io6th, and io8th, Ohio, fell back leaving Mr. 
 Norton s regiment (the iO4th.) alone on the 
 line, and single handed, notwithstanding the 
 superior numbers of the rebels, repulsed them 
 and was driving them from the field when 
 Morgan s cavalry dismounted made an attack 
 on the right flank, and in the rear, completely 
 surrounding it, and obliging it to surrender. 
 The battle lasted one hour and fifteen minutes, 
 in which time the iO4th, 111., had 44 killed and 
 150 wounded. The regiment fought with des 
 peration and effect and had it been supported, 
 would doubtless have driven the enemy from 
 the field instead of being led away captive. 
 The men and officers were marched to Mur 
 freesboro and paroled with the exception of 
 Lieutenant-Colonel Hapeman, Major Widmer, 
 and eleven other officers. The paroled men 
 were sent to Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, and 
 remained there until they were exchanged, and 
 afterwards to Camp Douglas, Chicago, to guard 
 prisoners. 
 
 In April of 1863 the regiment was ordered 
 to rejoin the army of the Cumberland at 
 Nashville, Tenn. From this point it marched 
 
 to Murfreesboro and remained there until 
 the advance of the army on Tullahoma, when 
 it marched through Hoover s Gap, skirmishing 
 with the enemy, and sustaining slight losses; 
 passing through Manchester, again skirmish 
 ing at Elk River, and camped at Dechard, 
 Tenn. August 15, it moved to Stevenson, 
 Ala., and Sept. 2, joined in the movement 
 on Chattanooga, participating in all the battles 
 and skirmishes on the march, until the city 
 was taken. The regiment lost heavily during 
 the two days battle of Chickamauga, and in 
 the skirmishes leading up to the capture of 
 that field. Mr. Norton participated in the 
 battle of Lookout Mountain, and Missionary 
 Ridge, and joined in the chase after the re 
 treating rebels, going as far as Ringgold, and 
 then returned to Chattanooga, remaining there 
 until Feb. 1864, when they were ordered 
 to Nashville. Soon after they went back to 
 Chattanooga, thence to Greysville and Ring- 
 gold, where the regiment prepared to join in 
 the Atlanta Campaign. He was engaged in all 
 the battles and skirmishes in which his regi 
 ment took part until July 2, among which were 
 Buzzard s Roost, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw 
 Mountain, and Peach Tree Creek. Before ar 
 riving at Atlanta Mr. Norton became too ill to 
 remain any longer with his regiment, and went 
 into a Hospital. When able to go was sent to 
 Springfield, 111., where he remained until 
 October 8, 1864, and was then discharged on 
 account of his continued poor health, and sent 
 to Chicago to be paid off. 
 
 He was born Oct. 17, 1831, at New 
 Portland, Me., and was the son of William G. 
 and Elmira (Parker) Norton. The family re 
 moved to Illinois in 1849, a d settled at Bel- 
 videre, where they remained one year, going 
 then to La Salle County, where his mother 
 died. His father is still living. Our subject had 
 a common school education which was supple 
 mented by a course in the Academy, from 
 which he received a license as school teacher, 
 which profession he followed during the winter 
 months for several years, being engaged at 
 shoemaking when not teaching. In 1852, he 
 started a boot and shoe store, at Earlville, which 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 he afterwards sold out to his father. Upon his 
 return from the war, he again engaged in this 
 business at Earlville, continuing for five years, 
 when he again sold out and went to railroading. 
 After 3 years service in railroading at Earlville 
 he went to Aurora and entered the railroad 
 yard, which position he occupied several years. 
 Subsequently he joined H. P. Wattles in the 
 Agricultural Implement business, and finally 
 sold his interest and went to railroading again, 
 following that occupation until appointed Post 
 master of Earlville, which position he now oc 
 cupies. He is a gentleman of courteous and 
 agreeable manners, and by strict attention to 
 his duties has won the respect and esteem of 
 the community in which he resides. October 
 12, 1854, he married Miss Harriet A. Smith, 
 daughter of David B. Smith of North Adams, 
 Mass., and they have a family of four children; 
 John, L., Finette, now the wife of Acker Mc- 
 Eachern, Harriet N., wife of L. R. Orr, and 
 Maud, wife of S. W. Felton, Ills. Mrs. Norton 
 died January 23, 1874. Mr. Norton married 
 again Oct. 20, 1878, Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, and 
 by this marriage there were two children; Vera 
 and Blanche; of whom the latter is now dead. 
 Mr. Norton is a member of McCullough Post 
 No. 475, G. A. R. at Earlville. 
 
 OLIVER WINGATE, of Wenona, Ills., en 
 listed June 3, 1862, in Co. K., 87th O 
 Vol. Inf., as a private under Capt. T. F. 
 Cooper. When the war first broke out Mr. 
 Wingate determined to take an active -part in 
 the defense of his country and its flag. So he 
 first joined the 3Oth Ohio regiment, but being the 
 only support of a widowed mother she objected 
 to his going and filed a protest with the com 
 manding officer which compelled him to with 
 draw the name from the rolls. The fires of 
 patriotism continued to burn in the young 
 man s soul, and he was determined to go to the 
 front where duty called and where thousands 
 of the best men of the Nation were already 
 gathering to meet the enemy. So, early in 
 June, 1862, he prevailed upon his mother to 
 
 make no further protest, and making the best 
 provision possible for her comfort, he enlisted 
 in the 87th Ohio, participating in the raid on 
 Harper s Ferry, where his whole command was 
 captured by the enemy, but were paroled the 
 following day. 
 
 Mr. Wingate was mustered out Oct. 3, 1862, 
 and re-enlisted July 29, 1863, in Co. B., i2gth 
 O. Vol. Inf., which was assigned to the army of 
 the Cumberland. He took part in the capture 
 of Cumberland Gap, Sept. 9, 1863, where he did 
 valiant service. He was also in the Knoxville 
 campaign and at Strawberry Plains, and was 
 finally mustered out of the United States service 
 at Camp Cleveland, March 5, 1864. Mr. Win- 
 gate was born in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, Oct. 7, 
 1840. His advantages for education were lim 
 ited to what could be provided by the common 
 schools at that time. Early in life to better 
 provide for his mother who depended upon 
 him for support, he learned the carpenter s 
 trade, and this business he continued in, except 
 when in the army, or filling some position of 
 trust which had been bestowed upon him by 
 his friends. Coming to 111. in 1865 he located 
 at Wenona, where he was for six years Deputy 
 Sheriff of Marshall Co., and during the greater 
 part of 4 years he was City Marshal. He has 
 also acceptably filled the responsible position 
 of Collector. In the G. A. R. he has ever been 
 a prominent member, being a charter member of 
 Wenona Post and its first Commander, serving 
 at that time two years, and is now serving his 
 third term as Commander of the Post. 
 
 Mr. Wingate has been a life long Republican, 
 and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. 
 He was married in Ohio, April 14, 1865, to 
 Miss Mary Miller, a native of that State, and 
 has an interesting family of 7 children whose 
 names are as follows: Chalmers S., LuanitaL, 
 Willis H., Joseph R., Jessie E., Don F., and 
 Florence E. 
 
 Mr. Wingate appreciates the blessings of 
 the country and the institutions he so bravely 
 and zealously defended, and feels that he has 
 earned a right to be proud of the growth and 
 prosperity of the nation that he periled his life 
 to save from destruction. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 133 
 
 HON. WILLIAM W. FOSTER, of Decatur, 
 Ills., who has made an honorable record 
 in military and civil life, was born in 
 Ohio, Sept. 3, 1843. His father was Samuel 
 Foster, a native of Ireland, who immigrated to 
 America in 1833, and died in Ohio. The 
 mother was Isabella King, who was born in Ire 
 land, and died in Ohio. 
 
 The early life of Mr. Foster was spent in 
 Ohio and Ind., where he worked on a farm and 
 attended district schools. Enlisting at 
 Massillon, Ohio, August, 1862, and mustered 
 into Co. A., I04th O. Inf., he went to Cincin 
 nati and crossing into Ky. assisted in inter 
 cepting the movements of Kirby Smith by a 
 series of skirmishes commencing Sept. 3, in 
 which Sergeant Wm. Bleeks was the first man 
 killed in the iO4th, falling on the rebel Gen. 
 Buckner s farm. A number of men were lost 
 in the three days skirmishing, which was a 
 sudden introduction to war to the new recruits 
 who had never had an hour s drilling with guns 
 before they went into battle. 
 
 Kirby Smith was followed to Lexington on 
 his retreat to Richmond, and the lojth 
 had a skirmish with John Morgan near Mt. 
 Sterling, and also at Lexington. It camped 
 then at Richmond, Ky., and spent the winter 
 in frequent raids through Ky. in pursuit of 
 guerilla bands, going to Frankfort, Danville, 
 and other places. In the spring and summer 
 of 1863, they marched under Col. Gilbert to 
 Bowling Green, Danville, Crab Orchard; was 
 brigaded at Robinson, Ky., under Gen. Gordon 
 Granger and placed in the23rdA.C. commanded 
 by Gen. Schofield in the army of Gen. Burn- 
 side. A march was then made across the 
 Cumberland Mountains, arriving at Knoxville 
 after eleven days marching, the men being 
 worn out with fatigue, foot-sore, sick and hun 
 gry. After resting a week they were ordered 
 on to Cumberland Gap 75 miles away, and on 
 the third day out met the enemy, which fell 
 back after a slight resistance. 
 
 Reaching Cumberland Gap at I o clock, Gen 
 eral Burnside met about one-half of one brigade, 
 demanded a surrender and at 4 o clock the 
 enemy capitulated, giving up 4,000 men, 12 
 
 pieces of artillery and three months supplies. 
 On account of the superior numbers of the 
 captured force their guns were removed and 
 safely secured as fast as possible, and on the 
 arrival of Col. DeCoursy, the next morning, 
 the prisoners were turned over to him. The 
 iO4th Regiment then returned to Knoxville and 
 was employed in building Fort Sanders and all 
 the works necessary to defend that post and 
 garrision, and it was but a short time before 
 the place was besieged by Longstreet s army, 
 and the men who were engaged in erecting 
 winter quarters were hastily sent into the rifle 
 pits, where they remained about ten days, 
 when the rebels made a charge on Fort Sanders 
 at one o clock in the morning. There was a 
 fine line of defenses with ground sloping down 
 protected by a pine grove, the trees of which 
 had been cut so that the tops lay toward the 
 approach. Then about 200 yards in front of 
 the Fort wire was woven around the stumps of 
 trees and stretched around three sides of the 
 Fort, and placed at the proper height to catch 
 a man s foot and trip him so that it was impos 
 sible to pass without being thrown. The earth 
 works ran out from, and connected with the 
 Fort, and there was also a ditch on four sides 
 12 feet deep and 20 feet wide. 
 
 On the assault the enemy came massed in 
 close columns and twelve times made a charge, 
 which was each time repulsed. About 4 o clock 
 a. m., it made the I3th charge, filling the ditch 
 in front of the Fort with men, and walking 
 over on them climbed up the embankment to 
 the top of the Fort and planted three stands 
 of colors, which were captured. The defense 
 then threw hand grenades into the ditch, which 
 was full of men, and this soon compelled a re 
 treat. The Union loss was small, as the men 
 fought behind works. At one time three 
 rebel officers came up to a redoubt and with 
 raised hands demanded a surrender, a gunner 
 pulled the lanyard of his gun and the officers 
 vanished. After his dead were buried Long- 
 street withdrew, and the Union army pursued 
 him until the spring of 1864, to Strawberry 
 Plains. 
 
 In the spring they joined General Sherman 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 at Ringgold, Ga., and started on the Atlanta 
 campaign, during which came a series of bat 
 tle s at Buzzard s Roost, Rocky Face Ridge and 
 Resaca. At the latter place, the iO4th Regt. 
 opened the battle of the first day, and it was 
 reported that it used more ammunition on that 
 day than the entire corps used in two days. 
 
 This command was also at Peach Tree 
 Creek, Atlanta, and in the battle of Jonesboro. 
 It then marched to Dalton, took cars to Nash 
 ville, and were placed under Gen. Thomas, 
 were later sent to Nashville, Tenn., and marched 
 to Columbia, where the enemy was met coming 
 in force, and the cavalry of the two armies be 
 came so mixed that it was difficult to distin 
 guish one from the other. A Skirmish contin 
 ued all day along the Duck River, and at night 
 the Union force was so pressed that it fell back 
 across the river, where it took up a position 
 and held the enemy back, fighting until late, 
 when it fell back on Franklin, the iO4th cover 
 ing the retreat, and in the night marched by 
 the camp of the rebel regiments without at 
 tack, as all were mixed up in the confusion. 
 Continuing the retreat, Franklin was reached 
 about 4 o clock in the morning, and earthworks 
 were immediately thrown up. The outlook 
 was not encouraging, for the men had been re 
 treating for five days and nights, and had 
 fought and been defeated once or twice each 
 day, marching each 24 hours about 20 miles 
 while holding back a pursuing enemy. Al 
 though exhausted by this hard service, the men 
 worked all day on the earthworks, and about 
 4 o clock in the evening the skirmishing com 
 menced in front of the works, and about 4:30 
 the first charge was made from a defense made 
 of bales of cotton placed about waist high, 
 some 1,000 yards from the Union works. In the 
 woods to the right could be seen Hood s army 
 forming in plain view with officers riding up 
 and down the lines encouraging their men by 
 telling them to take the line of works in front 
 of them and the way would be open to Cincin 
 nati. 
 
 The rebel force then advanced and on the 
 front line met Gen. Opdyke, who fell back to 
 the line occupied by the iO4th Regt., closely 
 
 followed by the enemy. Here, however, a 
 start was made and charges repulsed, and for 
 more than five hours this continued, one charge 
 coming after another until finally forcing their 
 way in on the pike and capturing two of the 
 Union guns, the rebels steadily pressed the 
 Union lines, but they were checked and driven 
 back at last by Gen. Stanley, after which fol 
 lowed a hand to hand fight until 11 o clock, 
 when the enemy withdrew. 
 
 For 500 yards in front of the earthworks it 
 was difficult to walk without stepping on a 
 dead or wounded man. About 1 1 o clock the 
 night of the battle the Union force marched 
 to Nashville, where it arrived the following 
 afternoon without stopping for rest, leaving 
 the dead and wounded on the field. 
 
 Reaching Nashville this command was given 
 a position between Forts Negley and Morgan, 
 where it remained until the rebels encircled 
 the city and works. The enemy beginning the 
 siege, built a line of earthworks about two miles 
 outside the Union lines, and the Union force 
 marched out and assaulted them, the corps 
 containing the ic>4th Regt. taking a place on 
 the right of the Granny White Pike. The 
 assault was successful, and the rebels being 
 driven from every position with a loss of 500 
 men on the first day. In the night they 
 straightened their lines, and the morning found 
 the two armies within hailing distance of each 
 other in fortified positions; and in the after 
 noon a general engagement began in which the 
 whole army moved forward and continued the 
 battle until dark, ending with the enemy in full 
 retreat. 
 
 This division followed the retreating enemy 
 to Clinton on the river, and then a change in 
 the campaign was made. The iO4th with its 
 associates was ordered on board transports, 
 landed at Cincinnati, then transported on cars 
 to Washington and Alexandria, and boarding 
 steamers went to Fort Fisher, Fort Anderson 
 and to Town Creek, where a force of the enemy 
 was engaged and put to flight with the loss of 
 all its artillery and horses. Then moved to 
 Wilmington, crossed Cape Fear River and 
 marched to Goldsboro, where forming a June 
 
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 tion with Sherman s army, marched to Raleigh 
 and on to Richmond via Petersburg. The war 
 was now over. 
 
 From this point faces were turned homeward, 
 reaching Washington they participated in the 
 Grand Review. Here Mr. Foster was detailed 
 and sent to Wilmington in charge of the com 
 missary department, where he remained until 
 June 26, when he went North on hospital boat 
 and landed in Narragansett Bay, where he 
 waited until transportation could be secured 
 to New York, from which he reported at 
 Camp Chase, and was mustered out about Aug. 
 I, 1865, after a service of nearly three years 
 without a serious wound, without spending a 
 day in the hospital, or missing a day s duty on 
 account of sickness. 
 
 After the war Mr. Foster worked in Ohio 
 until he moved to Decatur, 111., in 1866, and 
 was engaged in different lines of employment; 
 also in a grocery house about ten years, when 
 he became interested in politics as a Repub 
 lican, and since that time has been in public 
 positions continually. He served for four years 
 as City Collector, Sheriff six years, represented 
 his ward in City Council two years, acted as 
 Chief of Fire Department, both free and paid 
 for a number of years. He has also been ac 
 tively interested in other directions, and was 
 one of the first directors of the Decatur Free 
 Library. He was Captain of Company H., 5th 
 Regiment 111. Guards, and is a prominent mem 
 ber in a number of social and benevolent or 
 ders, as National Union, G. A. R., K. of P,, and 
 has passed all the chairs in Masonic Lodge No. 
 8, A. F. & A. M. 
 
 Captain Foster was married in Decatur, 
 June 8, 1862, to Leah Weigle, of York Co. Pa., 
 and has four children Robert W., Lela E., 
 Wm. H. and Grace E. 
 
 LEWIS C. MILLS, of Streator, Ills., was born 
 Jan. 12, 1840, at Sabina, Ohio, and was the 
 son of Daniel Mills, who was born at 
 Maysville, Ky. of Welsh descent. The younger 
 Mills mother was Mary Bennett, born in 
 
 Kentucky, same place, and was of German 
 descent. Daniel Mills was a farmer by occu 
 pation. He participated in the War of 1812. 
 Lewis was engaged on the farm during his 
 early years and in attending the public schools, 
 receiving a fair education which has contribu 
 ted largely to his success in later years. 
 
 At the breaking out of the rebellion young 
 Mills became anxious* to assist in saving his 
 country from disintegration, and enlisted at 
 Pontiac, Ills., when the first call for three 
 months men was made. He was mustered in 
 at Joliet, Ills., in Co. C., 2Oth Ills. Vol. Inf. 
 His Regt. remained at Joliet drilling, guarding, 
 and doing garrison duty until the expiration of 
 his term of enlistment. July I, of the same 
 year he reinlisted at Reading, Ills., and soon 
 proceeded to Chicago, where he was mustered 
 on, September 13, in Company C., 44th Ills., 
 Vol. Inf. The Regt. was then ordered to St. 
 Louis, where the men were armed and 
 equipped, and went into camp at Benton Bar 
 racks for about two weeks. From there they 
 went to Jefferson City, Mo. and thence to 
 Sedalia, where they remained nearly two 
 months, doing camp duty. They were then 
 ordered to Springfield Mo., went into camp 
 until early fall, again taking up the march to 
 Raleigh where they went into winter quarters, 
 remaining until February, 1862, when they 
 went to Pea Ridge by way of Springfield. 
 They engaged in the battle of Pea Ridge, 
 occupyinga position in the centerof Sigel s Div., 
 Osterhauses Brig. In this battle Mr. Mills 
 Co. suffered severely, 5 or 6 being killed and 
 wounded. On the last day of the battle his 
 Co. was detailed as an advance skirmish line. 
 While occupying this position they observed a 
 body of rebels approaching, and the 44th, being 
 "green" soldiers, its officers were undecided in 
 their duty under the circumstances; the Cap 
 tain gaining courage, however, demanded a 
 halt, which was the first intimation the rebels 
 had that an enemy was near. They immedi 
 ately surrendered, among the number being 
 one Gen., other officers and about 200 men. 
 This was all accomplished without the firing 
 of a single gun, and Co. C. has always regard- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ed this capture with great satisfaction and 
 pride. 
 
 Joining his command, his Regt. took up the 
 line of march to a point near Little Rock; then 
 moved back to Cape Girardeau, Mo., and then 
 proceeded by steamer to Hamburg, Tenn., 
 landing there about April 10, after the battle 
 of Pittsburg Landing. 
 
 After the evacuation of Corinth, it marched 
 to Rienzi, Miss., where the Reg t. camped for 
 two months. Returning to Corinth it marched 
 to the river and took a boat to Cairo, then 
 proceeded by cars to Cincinnati, Ohio, then over 
 into Ky., to check Kirby Smith s advance upon 
 that city and to prevent his crossing the Ohio. 
 Remaining there about two weeks they moved 
 to Louisville being assigned to Gen. Buell s 
 command. Proceeding to Perryville they took 
 part in the battle at that place, in which his 
 Co. lost 6 men killed and wounded. With 
 his Regt. he followed Bragg through Ky., and 
 was almost constantly engaged in skirmishing 
 until the battle of Stone River, where the 
 bullets descended like driving rain, and for two 
 long days his Co. was exposed to the wither 
 ing fire of the enemy, losing in killed and 
 wounded 16. His Regt. then went into camp at 
 Murfreesboro, where they remained until June 
 26, 1863, when the Army advanced to Chatta 
 nooga. At this time the command to which 
 Mr. Mills was attached was in McCooks Corps, 
 Gen. Sheridan s Div., and marched in the center, 
 along the line of the railroad. There was a 
 skirmish at Nolansville which assumed the 
 proportions of a battle and in which his Co. 
 took an active part. Resuming the march on 
 to Chattanooga it took part in the engage 
 ment of Chickamauga, and then fell back to 
 Chattanooga. At this time Mr. Mills com 
 manded his Co. and they responded nobly to 
 his cheering words of command, doing splendid 
 work; they were, however, obliged to fall back 
 as the enemy far outnumbered them, and were 
 ordered to Chattanooga. His Co. lost in killed 
 and wounded 22, out of the total number of 43. 
 At Chattanooga the Regt. assisted in building 
 earthworks and remained there until the battle 
 of Missionary Ridge. In that battle the 44th, 
 
 occupied the right center of the storming 
 column and was foremost in that desperate 
 charge. Gen. Sheridan in his dispatches com 
 plimented them for their bravery as being one 
 of the first to place our flag on the Rebel s 
 works. 
 
 The 44th was then sent on a forced march to 
 Knoxville, a distance of 150 miles, to relieve 
 Burnside s forces then besieged by Longstreet. 
 Their route was over a mountainous country 
 and as they had drawn no clothing for some 
 time, many of the men suffered terribly from 
 the exposure to the severe winter weather, be 
 ing almost destitute of clothing and shoes, and 
 having only such rations as could be foraged 
 on the way. Arriving at Knoxville the Regt. 
 followed Longstreet on his retreat to Dan- 
 bridge, Tenn., going into camp at Blain s Cross 
 Roads, where they remained about a month. 
 
 During the stay of the army here the 
 Soldiers were on the point of starvation several 
 times, having for days at a time nothing but 
 corn on the ear to eat, and in insufficient quan 
 tities. Their term of service expired during 
 the winter, but notwithstanding their terrible 
 sufferings from cold and hunger, they veteran 
 ized in the midst of the winter, testifying to 
 their courage, patriotism and devotion to their 
 country. Mr. Mills accepted his 30 day fur 
 lough, returned to 111., and during the tem 
 porary cessation of hostilities, married Hattie 
 S. Reynolds, March 8, 1863, at Ottawa, and in 
 consequence, his furlough was altogether too 
 short. He rejoined his Regt. at Loudan, East 
 Tenn., accompanied the army on its Atlanta 
 campaign and was almost daily under fire 
 during the hundred days of its march. At 
 Adairsville the Regt. was in the skirmish line, 
 and exhausted its ammunition, being relieved 
 by other troops. The 44th was engaged in the 
 battle of Peach Tree Creek July 2Oth; on the 
 22d it took an active part in the battle of At 
 lanta; and on the following day moved with 
 the army around to the right of Jonesboro, 
 where it was placed in the front of the line. 
 Here Mr. Mills had a narrow escape, a bullet 
 piercing a comrade s arm and striking the 
 buckle of his belt. In the engagement at 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 137 
 
 Jonesboro his Company lost 4 killed. It then 
 marched back and went into camp near At 
 lanta, remaining there about four weeks, were 
 then attached to Gen. Thomas command and 
 proceeded to Nashville. At Spring Hill the 
 Regt. was in a skirmish and was fighting almost 
 daily along the line of march until the general 
 engagement at Franklin, where the 44th, was 
 held in reserve during the early part of the 
 battle, and shown an example by the Veterans. 
 Toward the close of the battle however, Pat 
 Clayborne s Div., charged upon it and suc 
 ceeded in breaking its lines, which being re 
 formed, the whole Brig. (Gen. Opedyke s) was 
 ordered to charge the intruders. This was 
 done with fixed bayonets and the enemy was 
 completely routed, sustaining heavy losses, 
 among the number being their leader Clay- 
 borne, whose body was found near the spot 
 where the first charge was made. Mr. Mills 
 was wounded in the left leg, but remained on 
 the field. He has since suffered great incon 
 venience from the disabled member. After the 
 battle at Franklin, the Regt. marched to Nash 
 ville closely followed by Hood, and were again 
 in the front of the bat tle. It was then ordered 
 in pursuit of Hood and proceeded as far as 
 Huntsville, camping there awhile and then re 
 turned to Nashville, where the men learned of 
 Lee s surrender. Marching to Jonesborough, 
 Tenn., they took boat for New Orleans remain 
 ing there three weeks, then went to Texas 
 where they were stationed until Sept. 25th, 
 when they were mustered out and sent to 
 Springfield, 111., arriving there Oct. I5th, and 
 received their final discharge. Mr. Mills en 
 listed as Orderly Sergeant, and as a reward for 
 his gallant services, was promoted through the 
 different grades until he reached the rank of 
 Major, receiving his commission at New Or 
 leans. His wife died March 7, 1873, leaving 
 three children, Lou Anna, Julia and John. He 
 was married again December 18, 1873, to Miss 
 Louise Schroeder, by whom he has two child 
 ren, Charlie D., and Aline. 
 
 He is a Mason, a member of Streator Lodge, 
 No. 607. He organized and was Captain of the 
 Streator Co., of State Militia I. N. G., soon 
 
 after the war. Was Major of the 3d Regiment 
 and resigned. He was again elected Captain 
 of his first company which was composed of 
 old veterans; Lieut. -Col. of the 4th Regiment 
 I. N. G., from which he resigned on account of 
 his injured limb. He is also a member of Post 
 No. 68, G. A. R., and the Patriotic Sons of 
 America. He was Alderman of Streator on 
 several occasions. He is a Republican and 
 a pensioner. 
 
 DAVID E. TRIPP, of Earlville, 111., was 
 born Feb. 15, 1846, and is the son ot 
 Eben and Mary H. (Hutchens) Tripp. 
 The family moved to Mendota, La Salle County, 
 111., in the year 1850, and settled upon a farm 
 where they still reside, and where our subject 
 was born. When old enough, young Tripp at 
 tended school when not engaged in assisting 
 his father upon the homestead. By the time 
 he had reached his i8th year, men were re 
 quired for the army, whereupon he enlisted at 
 Earlville, Jan. 4, 1864, rendezvoused at Spring 
 field, and was then sent forward to Natchez, 
 where he was mustered in as a private in Co. 
 H., 4th 111. Cav., and assigned to the i6th Corps 
 under A. J. Smith as commander. After this 
 Mr. Tripp was placed on detached duty nearly 
 all the time he was in the service, and there 
 fore, while he occupied responsible positions 
 requiring skill and courage, had not the oppor 
 tunity of personally engaging in any of the 
 deathly struggles in which so many of his 
 comrades in arms participated. He was mus 
 tered out with the others of his regiment at 
 Natchez, and finally discharged Nov. 4, 1864, 
 and his was the last regiment of the corps to be 
 paid off. Our subject was compelled to go into 
 the hospital while in the service, but his illness 
 did not develop seriously, and hence was only a 
 short period off duty. He, however, attributes 
 the favorable issue of his sickness to his parents, 
 as they, hearing of his illness, went to the hos 
 pital where he was, and tenderly nursed and 
 cared for him, and had they not done so, he is 
 persuaded that La Salle County would have 
 had to be without him. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 After his discharge, Mr. Tripp returned to 
 his home in Illinois, and resumed farming 
 this time upon his own account and has con 
 tinued that calling ever since, and succeeded in 
 making a comfortable living for himself and 
 family. He married Miss Anna Mulligan, 
 and they have six children Ernest, Lyle, Guy 
 Emerson, Mary Beatrice, Allie, Edna Pearl, 
 and the baby. 
 
 He is a Republican, and a Charter Member 
 of McCulloch Post, No. 475. 
 
 REVERUS H. TRASK, the leading jeweler of 
 Ottawa, 111., was born September 3Oth, 
 1841, in Chenango County N. Y., and is 
 the son of Simon and Jane (Crane) Trask, who 
 were natives of New York. The father was 
 born in 1808, and was the son of Simon whose 
 family were originally from England, emigrat 
 ing to this country at an early day. The father 
 of the subject of this sketch was a farmer by 
 occupation. In 1865, while on a visit to Cham 
 paign County, 111., he died. His widow de 
 parted this life at Galesburg, 111., in 1887. They 
 were the parents of six children Delos R , Gil 
 bert C., Ozell, EdWin W., Reverus H., and Clar 
 issa J., now Mrs. T. H. Gentry of Galesburg. 
 
 Mr. Trask was reared at home, where he re 
 ceived the benefits of a common school educa 
 tion, and where he was instructed in the prin 
 ciples of industry, economy, and sobriety, from 
 which he has never departed. 
 
 When the Civil War came on, feeling that 
 his country needed and was entitled to his 
 services, and his life if it must needs be, he left 
 home and friends and enlisted for the war. He 
 was enrolled August 5, 1862, at Rockdale, New 
 York, and was mustered into the United States 
 service, Co. A., ii4th N. Y. Vol. Inf., at Nor 
 wich. The regiment remained in camp about 
 two weeks when it was ordered to Binghamton 
 and thence to Baltimore. While the troops 
 were moving to Binghamton, by way of the 
 canal, they passed a fellow on shore who hur 
 rahed for Jeff Davis. Some of theboys jumped 
 off, caught him, soused him into the canal and 
 
 made him hurrah for Lincoln. Not doing this 
 to their liking, they repeated the ducking until 
 the would be Jeff Davis sympathizer hurrahed 
 with the zeal of a patriot for Lincoln and the 
 Union. 
 
 The regiment remained about six weeks in 
 Baltimore, where they were armed and uni 
 formed, and where the soldiers did guard duty. 
 From Baltimore they were ordered to Fortress 
 Monroe, and there placed in the iQth Army 
 Corps. Subsequently the command embarked 
 for New Orleans, on the Banks expedition, 
 leaving Mr. Trask who was sick with the mea 
 sles, behind. As soon as he recovered, he sailed 
 in a hospital boat to join his regiment. The 
 boat was quarantined at New Orleans and when 
 the Surgeon came aboard it was discovered 
 that his berth-mate had the smallpox. The 
 boat was sent back to the quarantine station, a 
 distance of 75 miles, where the troops were put 
 ashore and quartered in tents. Many died of 
 the disease, but Mr. Trask was fortunate in not 
 taking it. After remaining about two months 
 in quarantine he joined his regiment at Breash- 
 earCity. The command remained there some 
 time, making raids, gathering up mules, horses 
 and negroes, and then went with Banks on his 
 Red River expedition to Alexandria, by way 
 of New Orleans. His first action was at 
 Fort Bislen on the Tesche, La. 
 
 Mr. Trask was detailed on the way for guard 
 duty, joining the regiment later on at Alexan 
 dria, after the defeat of Banks forces at Prairie 
 Center. He was in the engagement at Alex 
 andria, also those actions on the retreat. After 
 much difficulty the gunboats were moved over 
 the dam and passing down the Red River to 
 its confluence with the Mississippi, where the 
 troops embarked on transports, for Fort Hud 
 son, they took part in that siege which lasted 
 45 days. In this siege the regiment lost its 
 Colonel, Elisha B. Smith. During the siege 
 while he with a large detail, was sent out with 
 axes to clear out a road, they were suddenly 
 attacked and driven into camp, losing one man. 
 After the surrender of Fort Hudson, June gth, 
 Mr. Trask s command were ordered to report 
 at Washington to guard the city. His next 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 139 
 
 important engagement was at Winchester, 
 where he received a severe wound in the fore 
 head from a piece of shell, which had exploded 
 near by. He was taken to the rear and put 
 into an old Cotton Mill, which had been impro 
 vised for a hospital, where he received medical 
 treatment. 
 
 He remained there a few days and then was 
 transferred to the Satalie Hospital, West Phil 
 adelphia, where he underwent a second opera 
 tion. From the time he was wounded he had 
 been in a semi-unconscious condition, being 
 unable to control or direct his mind. It was 
 then discovered that the skull was pressing on 
 thebrain. Atrephiningoperation was performed 
 which gave him immediate relief. He remained 
 in the Hospital until after the holidays, when 
 he received a furlough and went home. His 
 parents received him with great joy, as they 
 had almost given up all hope of ever seeing, 
 him alive again. In March, 1865, he rejoined 
 the regiment which was then at Harper s Ferry. 
 They maneuvered about the Shenandoah Val 
 ley looking after rebel forces until the surrender 
 at Appomattox, when they were ordered to 
 Washington. On May 24th the regiment par 
 ticipated in the grandest military pageant ever 
 witnessed. Subsequently, June gth, the regi 
 ment was mustered out and ordered to Elmira, 
 New York, where it was paid off and discharged 
 August, 1865, and Mr. Trask returned to his 
 home. He felt that he had done his duty. 
 Peace had been restored, the Nation united 
 once more, and upon a more solid and endur 
 ing basis. 
 
 Mr. Trask concluded that he would seek his 
 fortune in the great west and joined his brother 
 Edwin at Aurora, 111., who was engaged in the 
 jewelry business. Later he went to Ottawa 
 and engaged in the same business with his 
 brother Ozell. In 1876, he purchased his 
 brother s stock and started business for him 
 self, which he has since conducted at No. 705 
 La Salle St. He has a large and elegant stock 
 of goods and is doing a prosperous business. 
 
 Mr. Trask relates an incident of his first 
 operation in this business. It was while he was 
 in the army. His brother sent him some jew 
 
 elry to sell, which he kept in a satchel. One 
 day they were closely pressed by the enemy 
 and in the retreat he, being sick, gave his stock 
 to a negro to carry. Mr. Trask never saw 
 neither jewelry nor negro again. 
 
 Mr. Trask was married at Earlville, 111., 
 August 22, 1876, to Helen E., daughter of Ward 
 and Julia M. (Mason) Bates. They have three 
 children Julia E., Helene B., and Odessa C. 
 
 Mrs. Trask s father is dead, her mother is 
 living with her. 
 
 He is a member of the G. A. R. Post, No. 
 156, of Ottawa. In politics he is a Republican 
 and is a pensioner. He is a man who has con 
 tributed no little to the advancement of Ottawa, 
 and as a citizen is much respected. The fam 
 ily are members of the Congregational Church. 
 
 WILLIAM LANDIS, of LaSalle, 111., enlisted 
 for the Rebellion as a private in Com 
 pany B., i65th Penn. Vol. Inf., in Oc 
 tober, 1862, for nine months, with A. J. Ruppas 
 captain of the company. The first move of his 
 regiment was to Suffolk, Va., where they had 
 their main camp and was engaged for several 
 months in drilling, and doing general guard 
 and picket duty. The regiment was also 
 engaged in skirmishing about that country, and 
 it had quite a timely action at Blackwater, with 
 Gen. Prior s troops, the Union forces, being 
 commanded by Gen. Peck, losing 24 killed and 
 80 wounded. His regiment was ordered later 
 on to Gettysburg, where the contending armies 
 commenced to concentrate, but before it could 
 reach there, the famous battle of that name had 
 been fought and won. When the battle of 
 Gettysburg opened his regiment was at Wash 
 ington. It was immediately put on cars and 
 taken to the field where it arrived on the 5th of 
 July, after the battle was over. His term of 
 service having expired, he was mustered out 
 July 28, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa. 
 
 Mr. Landis was born in Cumberland, Penn., 
 in 1836, of parents who were also natives of 
 that State. He received a - common school 
 education, and when sufficiently old learned 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 the carpenter trade which he followed until 
 the outbreak of the rebellion. After his dis 
 charge from the army, he resumed his trade as 
 a carpenter, first in Pennsylvania, then in Mary 
 land, where he continued until 1878, when he 
 removed to Illinois, settling in LaSalle. Since 
 his arrival at LaSalle he has been in the build 
 ing business, which has made a comfortable 
 living for himself and family. He has been 
 twice married. On the first occasion, to Mar 
 garet Jumper, who died Sept. 22, 1877, and by 
 whom he had two children Harry and Mary 
 Clara; and on the second occasion to Annis 
 Wilhelm, and two children have resulted from 
 this union Churlable Ann and Jennett. Mr. 
 Landis is a Democrat in politics, a pensioner, 
 and a member of Carter Post No. 242, G. A. R., 
 at La Salle. 
 
 M 
 
 AJOR DOUGLAS R. BUSHNELL. On the 
 military pages of the history of this 
 country the name given above will shine 
 and be conspicuous as representing one of the 
 brave and gallant soldiers whose patriotic heart 
 responded to the call of the Chief Executive 
 for men to save the Union from dissolution. 
 He was a native of Norwich, Conn., where he 
 was born June 17, 1824, the son of Francis W. 
 and Louise Bushnell, descendents of old prom 
 inent New England families. 
 
 The ancestry of the Bushnells is traced back 
 to England, and to one of the first proprietors 
 of the land now embraced by Norwich. He 
 was a trader and owned several vessels which 
 plied along the Atlantic Coast. He was also a 
 Captain of a military company. His mother 
 was a Huguenot, of the family of Bontecou. 
 
 Major Bushnell had four brothers Wm, E., 
 now living at San Francisco, Cal.; Rev. Francis 
 H. of Philadelphia, Pa. ; Richard W. ; and Henry, 
 who died before the war. He was carefully 
 reared and received a thorough education in the 
 schools of his State, fitting himself more espe 
 cially for civil engineering, which profession he 
 adopted and was connected with the railroads 
 
 operating in the vicinity of his home. In 1854, 
 he removed to New Hampshire, engaging there 
 and in the State of Vermont in railroad engi 
 neering. In the fall of 1850, he joined the tide 
 of emigration that was flowing westward and 
 located at Rockford, 111,, at which place he re 
 moved his family the following year. He re 
 mained there for three years and was the civil 
 engineer for what was then known as the Galena 
 & Chicago Union Railroad. He then located 
 at Sterling, 111., and became prominently con 
 nected as engineer of the Dixon Air Line R. R. 
 and as chief engineer, superintended the con 
 struction of one of the main roads inthe northern 
 part of Iowa, running westward, and the Syca 
 more branch of the Galena & Chicago Union 
 R. R. When the Sterling & Rock Island was 
 projected Mr. Bushnell was appointed chief 
 engineer, and served the company with great 
 efficiency. 
 
 In 1861, when President Lincoln made his 
 call for troops to maintain our national integ 
 rity, Mr. Bushnell was among the first to respond. 
 Prompted by a deep sense of duty, he added his 
 name to the muster roll of honor and went forth 
 to fight for his country s flag resolved, that so 
 far as in him lay, he would not allow one star 
 to be erased from its bright blue field. 
 
 He enlisted in Company B., I3th 111. Int., 
 which was mustered into the State s service 
 April 21, 1861, and was organized and mustered 
 into the United States service at Camp Dement, 
 Dixon, 111., with John B. Wyman as Colonel. 
 Co. B. was raised in Whiteside County, and Mr. 
 Bushnell was chosen its Captain. His Co. rep 
 resented in its ranks some of the best young 
 men in the country, who like their Captain, had 
 volunteered to fight for the old flag. It was 
 presented with a beautiful flag by the citizens, 
 with appropriate ceremonies, and when it was 
 ready to go to the front Captain Bushnell took 
 an affectionate farewell of his two lovely child 
 ren and his accomplished, devoted wife, whose 
 patriotic heart, though oppressed with sorrow, 
 bid him "God speed" in the glorious cause he 
 had espoused. 
 
 From Dixon, June 18, the Regt. went to 
 Caseyville, 111., thence, July 5, to Rolla, Mo., 
 
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 141 
 
 where it had its headquarters until the spring 
 of 1862, Captain Bushnell acting as Major. It 
 was engaged chiefly in guarding supply trains 
 to and from Logan s army, and in suppressing 
 guerillas. At one time it was a part of Fre 
 mont s force that moved to Springfield after 
 Price. It was favorably known at this time 
 as " Fremont s Grey Hounds," a name given to 
 it by the General himself. At the request of 
 Gen. Totten, who was acquainted with Major 
 Bushnell s skill as an engineer, he was given 
 the charge of constructing a fort at Rolla, 
 which was afterwards pronounced one of the 
 strongest and most complete forts of its size 
 in the United States. It was proposed to name 
 it after its scientific constructor, but with char 
 acteristic modesty he declined the honor and 
 had it named after his Colonel, and was called 
 " Fort Wyman." 
 
 In the spring of 1862, it joined Gen. Curtis 
 army at Pine Ridge and was with him in his 
 memorable march to Helena, Ark. In this 
 long march Captain Bushnell was acting Major, 
 and by his sagacity and uniform kindness to 
 the wearied soldiers won the confidence and 
 affection of both officers and men. While 
 there Major Bushnell had command frequently 
 of expeditions into the surrounding country. 
 In December, the I3th he was with Sherman in 
 his attack upon Chickasaw Bayou, and for a 
 time became a part of the I5th Army Corps. 
 In the first day s assault Col. Wyman was 
 killed, and the following day it was a part of 
 Gen. Blair s Brigade, that distinguished itself 
 by approaching nearer the rebel works than 
 any other command. The 1 3th lost on that 
 day 183 killed and wounded. It was present 
 at the capture of Arkansas Post, after which it 
 returned to Young s Point opposite to Vicks- 
 burg. It was placed in the advance line, and 
 was one of the first to assault the enemy s 
 works. 
 
 Previous to the death of Col. Wyman, Cap 
 tain Bushnell led his own brave Sterling boys; 
 but after the fall of that gallant officer, he was 
 promoted to Major. In the assault and taking 
 of Arkansas Post, Major Bushnell led his Regt., 
 and his heroic character and engineering abili 
 
 ties were again displayed in the 75 days his 
 command was at Young s Point, digging canals, 
 building levees, and erecting fortifications for 
 operations against Vicksburg. He was with his 
 regiment in Grant s movement across the Mis- - 
 sissippi at Grand Gulf, and engaged in part of 
 the battles in the rear of Vicksburg, and in the 
 capture of Jackson. After the fall of Vicksburg 
 the regiment was with General Sherman in the 
 capture of Jackson, Miss.* Major Bushnell act 
 ing as Lieut.-Col. of the Regt; after which he 
 returned with his command to their summer 
 quarters. 
 
 When Gen. Sherman was ordered to join 
 Grant at Chattanooga the 1 3th, which belonged 
 to Sherman s Corps, went from Vicksburg to 
 Memphis by boat. The march from Memphis 
 to Chattanooga was a continuous fight, the reb 
 els doing everything in their power to prevent 
 Sherman from joining Grant. The I3th took 
 part in the battle of Missionary Ridge, then in 
 Osterhaus Div., and took in that fight 2,500 
 prisoners, following the retreat of the enemy to 
 Rossville, where it was hotly engaged. From 
 there the command pursued the enemy to Ring- 
 gold, where they masked their batteries and 
 made a stand. Early in the morning (Nov 
 2/th) the 1 3th holding the exposed left, was 
 ordered by Osterhaus to advance across an 
 open field, which was covered with shell, can 
 isters and bullets like hail, to some houses in 
 front of which they thought to drive off the 
 batteries of the enemy. They gained the posi 
 tion sought and held it against the murderous 
 fire of the rebels. This fierce battle waged for 
 four hours, when our artillery came up the reb 
 els were soon driven into the gorge and the 
 battle won. But to all great victories there must 
 always be more or less of sacrifice. The tri 
 umphant shouts that filled the air over the vic 
 tory won was unheard by one one bright life 
 had gone; one brave soldier to whom this vic 
 tory was largely due, had paid the forfeit, had 
 passed to the world beyond. While Major 
 Bushnell was assisting his men to place a rail 
 in front of them for protection, a ball from the 
 enemy struck him in the temple and killed him 
 instantly. The news of this great loss was com- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 municated to his devoted wife as delicately as 
 possible. Thus in the noonday of life, while 
 his star was in the ascendant, amid the halo of 
 victory, surrounded by the "pomp and circum 
 stances of glorious war," he passed away. 
 
 In one of his last letters to his wife he 
 breathes out his heart and longings. He says: 
 "I pray God, at the end of my service, I may be 
 restored to my beloved family in safety, but 
 more especially I pray that the cause in which 
 I have staked my life and my honor may suc 
 ceed." He had passed safely through some of 
 the most sanguinary battles of the war, and 
 was therefore hopeful that he should live to see 
 the enemy of his country conquered, and the 
 Nation once more united and happy; but that, 
 God, who presides over all, ordered other 
 wise. 
 
 The body was embalmed and sent home in 
 charge of Sergeant Harvey accompanied by 
 the brother of the deceased, the Rev. F. H. 
 Bushnell. It was met at Chicago by a deputa 
 tion of citizens from Sterling, by whom it was 
 escorted to that city, where it was interred with 
 Masonic honors amid a large concourse of 
 people, Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, of Chicago, de 
 livering a most eloquent and highly eulogistic 
 address. But too much could not be said of 
 the gallant soldier, the noble citizen, whose 
 pure life had been given that the country s 
 might be saved and perpetuated. 
 
 Major Bushnell was married at Highgate, 
 Vt., Sept. 16, 1849, to the accomplished daugh 
 ter of John and Emily (Clement) Edson. John 
 Edson, her father, held a Captain s Commission 
 in the war of 1812; his youngest brother Alvin 
 Edson was a graduate of West Point and was a 
 Capt. of Marines, and died of yellow fever while 
 serving in the Mexican war. His son John Henry 
 was a graduate of West Point and served in the 
 regular army during the late Rebellion. John 
 and Emily (Clement) Edson were born res 
 pectively at Randolph, Vt., and Norwich, Conn. 
 Of this union there were four children Emma 
 L., married to John H. Lawrence, Cashier of 
 the Sterling Nat. Bank; Francis W., deceased; 
 Grace E., now Mrs. Charles N. Clark, residing 
 at St. Paul, Minn.; Cara D., who was married to 
 
 Edward C. Underwood, engaged in real estate 
 and insurance at Sterling. 
 
 The family of the lamented Major Bushnell 
 and their connections are worthy custodians of 
 his fame, holding honorable positions in busi 
 ness walks of life and in society. 
 
 HON. MILES S. HENRY, late of Sterling, 111., 
 was born in Geneva, Ontario County, 
 N.Y., March i, i8i5,andwas the son of 
 Charles Wm. Henry, a graduate of Princeton 
 College, N. J., and in his time a successful 
 merchant. His mother was Penelope Potter, a 
 granddaughter of Judge Potter, a prominent 
 man of New Jersey, who was much interested 
 in the Quakers, donating them a large tract of 
 land to be used in the interest of their society. 
 Mr. Henry was a schoolmate and a roommate of 
 Stephen A. Douglas for three years at the 
 Canandaigua Academy. He completed his 
 education at Hobart college, Geneva, and later 
 studied law with Hon. John C. Spencer, of 
 Canandaigua. In 1834, he went West, stopping 
 for a short time in Chicago, which he regarded 
 as a very unpromising village to settle in. He 
 went to La Porte, Ind., and purchased an inter 
 est in the then developing town of Michigan 
 City, continued his law studies in the office of 
 Judge G. A. Everts, of La Porte, was admitted 
 to the bar and commenced his practice. In 
 1843, ne married Philena N. Mann, a niece and 
 an adopted daughter of Judge Everts. In the 
 same year he formed a partnership with Judge 
 Everts and they removed to Platte County, Mo. 
 Mr. Henry was not pleased with that country, 
 and acting upon the advice of his old friend 
 Douglas, in the spring of 1844, removed to 111., 
 locating at Macomb, McDonough County, 
 where he formed a law partnership with Judge 
 Jesse B. Thomas, then Circuit Judge. During 
 the summer of that year his professional duties 
 called him to Lindon, Whiteside County, where 
 the court was in session. During this time he 
 went on an exploring trip over the county, and 
 was so much pleased with the Rock River 
 Valley that he determined to settle in it. Ac- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 M3 
 
 cordingly, in Oct., he removed with his family 
 to Sterling, then the county seat. The follow 
 ing year he erected a stone dwelling on Third 
 street, the material for which he hewed out 
 with his own hands. 
 
 In 1852, he engaged in banking, and in 
 1854, he formed a partnership with Lorenzo 
 Hapgood, under the firm name of M. S. Henry 
 & Co., which continued until 1861. Mr. Henry 
 was continuing his law practice at that time. 
 In 1854 he was brought forward for the legisla 
 ture on what was known then as the people s 
 ticket, which subsequently was merged into the 
 republican ticket, and was elected. In the leg 
 islature Mr. Henry favored the election to the 
 U. S. Senate of Abraham Lincoln. It was an 
 exciting contest but finally Lincoln withdrew 
 in favor of Lyman Trumbull, whom Mr. Henry 
 supported and aided in his election. He was 
 a great friend of Lincoln s and always regretted 
 his inability to secure Lincoln s election. While 
 in the legislature he became the champion of 
 the first free school law of the State. He was 
 chosen a delegate to the National Convention 
 that nominated Fremont and Dayton, though 
 his first choice was McLane and Lincoln. In 
 1857 he was appointed by Gov. Bissell, Bank 
 Inspector, which position he held until the 
 the beginning of the civil war. The same year 
 he was elected President of the Sterling & 
 Rock Island R. R. Co., and was at the head of 
 that enterprise until 1861, when it was aban 
 doned. Like a true patriot that he was, when 
 the rebellion was precipitated upon the coun 
 try, he felt that his first duty was to the flag of 
 the union. He raised a Regt. of cavalry in 
 1861, and tendered it to the cause, but the cav 
 alry wing of the service was full according to 
 McClellan s view of the war, and the service 
 of the Regt. was not accepted. In 1862, Mr. 
 Henry was appointed Paymaster in the army, 
 with the rank of Major, which position he held 
 until the surrender of Appomattox. Major 
 Henry discharged this responsible trust faith 
 fully and well. Hundreds of thousands of dol 
 lars passed through his hands, but his accounts 
 were satisfactorily audited, and he received an 
 honorable discharge. After the war he engaged 
 
 in the oil business in West Va. and in the man 
 ufacture of salt at Bay City, Mich., being pres 
 ident and general manager of the salt manu 
 facturing company for three years, exhibiting 
 business capacity of the highest order. 
 
 His first wife having died, Major Henry, in 
 Oct., 1871 married Mrs. Emily J. Bushnell, 
 widow of the lamented gallant Major Douglas 
 R. Bushnell of the I3th 111. Inf. whose biog 
 raphy will be found in another part of this work. 
 Mrs. Henry, at the time of her marriage, held 
 a commission from President Lincoln as Post 
 mistress of Sterling 111., being the first woman 
 that ever held that office under a Presidential 
 appointment. Shehas President Lincoln sauto- 
 graph letter appointing her to that position, 
 preserved -in an elegant frame. 
 
 In 1869, Major Henry resumed the practice 
 of his profession, forming a partnership with 
 Caleb C. Johnson, which continued until his 
 death. During this period he was mayor of 
 the city and served also as a school director. 
 He made an able municipal executive, was 
 foremost in all enterprises or projects that tend 
 ed to the advancement of the city, and active 
 and deeply interested in the educational and 
 religious development of the community in 
 which he dwelt. Major Henry was an able 
 lawyer, an indefatigable worker, conscientious 
 and sympathetic in his practice, and in the 
 advocacy of his cause, when certain that he 
 was right, irresistible. At one time he was 
 attorney for the Northwestern Railroad Com 
 pany. During the fearful yellow fever epi 
 demic in the South in 1878, he called a meet 
 ing of the citizens of Sterling for the purpose of 
 aiding the sufferers and was one of the leaders 
 in raising funds for their relief. The last 
 public speech he delivered was at the opening 
 of the Sterling and Rock Falls free iron bridge, 
 an enterprise in which he was a leader. Major 
 Henry was a member of Grace Episcopal 
 Church, and took an active interest in its 
 affairs and religious matters generally. He 
 departed this life Nov. 26, 1878, after ten 
 weeks illness. The bar associates of Whiteside 
 County passed a series of resolutions highly 
 complimentary to his legal talents and charac- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ter, as a man and citizen. The city council 
 also passed a series of resolutions among 
 which was the following: Resolved: That the 
 deceased has left us the memory of his royal 
 friendship; that we shall esteem it one of the 
 privileges of life that we intimately knew him, 
 and our present sadness is mitigated by the 
 thought that he is happy in 
 
 "Those everlasting gardens 
 
 Where angels walk and seraphs are the wardens; 
 Where every flower, brought safe thro death s dark 
 portal, 
 
 Becomes immortal." 
 
 The remains of Major Henry were interred 
 in the beautiful cemetery at Sterling, and Mrs. 
 Henry has had erected to her lamented hus 
 band an elegant marble monument. About a 
 year after Major Henry s demise the following 
 beautiful and touching poem from the pen of 
 his accomplished widow, appeared in the Chi 
 cago Tribune: 
 
 IN MEMORIAM: 
 Oh, pale white flowers, one year ago to-day 
 
 Upon a coffined form in fragrant bloom ye lay. 
 I cannot bear the faint perfume ye shed, 
 Since oft it floated o er my precious dead. 
 
 Oh, manly form that bore an angel s grace, 
 And crowned its glory with an angel s face, 
 
 I see thee lying there with bated breath, 
 Thy grand life yielded to the conqueror death! 
 
 I call aloud to thee in wild despair; 
 
 I plead with God in agony of prayer; 
 I hold thee close, my heart and lips to thine, 
 
 But still I catch no word, or look, or sign. 
 
 Oh, rare, pale lips that mine so oft have pressed; 
 
 Oh, tender hands in mine so oft caressed; 
 Oh, loving eyes o er which the white lids close, 
 
 And God has set the seal of death s repose! 
 
 No more shall loving hand, or lip, or eye, 
 Meet mine in tender glance or sweet reply; 
 
 No more that form or face shall greet my view 
 And thrill my soul with rapture ever new. 
 
 How can I call thee dead, my own, my own? 
 
 Though the dear lips are mute, the spirit flown, 
 Although I see upon thy forehead fair 
 
 That God s own hand has placed death s signet 
 there. 
 
 Peace, murmuring heart, thy Father knoweth best. 
 
 His hand alone can lead to perfect rest. 
 Beyond the valley dark, and shadow deep, 
 
 He giveth my beloved peaceful sleep. 
 
 Mrs. Henry has achieved quite a wide repu 
 tation as a poetess, among her productions 
 being a hymn to the tune of "America," which 
 was sung on one of the decoration days. She 
 is an artist, also, of much taste and skill, and 
 among the fine collection from her hand is a 
 skillfully executed crayon portrait of her hus 
 band from a small photograph. Her parlors 
 are liberally decorated with art works in oil, 
 water colors, and crayon, of her own produc 
 tion, showing clearly that she is not only a 
 good artist, but has been an industrious one. 
 This has been not only a source of pleasure to 
 her, but of great relief in her sad bereavement. 
 Fortunate it has been for her that she was able 
 to devote her mind to such fascinating employ 
 ment. Mrs. Henry is living quietly in her 
 elegant home which overlooks the beautiful 
 Rock River, in the love of her children and 
 grandchildren, and surrounded by numerous 
 friends who hold her in high esteem and affec 
 tionate regard. 
 
 WILLIAM H. ADDIS, of Decatur, Ills., 
 was born at Fairview, Ills., May 8, 
 1841. His father was Richard Addis, 
 who was born in New Jersey in 1806. His 
 grandfather, a soldier of the war of 1812, was 
 one of three brothers who emigrated from 
 England and settled in New Jersey. A. D. 
 Addis, an elder brother of William H., the 
 subject of this sketch, served during the late 
 war in Company H., 77th Ills., and was dis 
 charged on account of physical disabilities re 
 sulting from sickness within a year from the 
 date of his enlistment. 
 
 William H. was brought up at Canton, Ills., 
 and was at school until his I5th year, when he 
 found employment in a printing office, where 
 he worked for five years. He enlisted Aug. 
 12, 1862, at Minonk, 111., in Company H., 77th 
 Ills. Inf., and was mustered in at Peoria, Sept. 
 2, same year, where they remained in camp for 
 several weeks, thence going to Covington, Ky. 
 From here they went on a march to Paris, Ky., 
 gathering as they went along the guns that 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 had been dropped by the Federal soldiers during 
 the John Morgan raid. From Paris they went on 
 to Louisville and from thereto Memphis, where 
 they were assigned to the 4th Div. of the I3th C. 
 
 Proceeding to the Yazoo River at a point 
 near Vicksburg, they met the enemy at Arkan 
 sas Post and bore a prominent part in the battle, 
 which was their initiation into actual war. A 
 heavy snow storm came on that night and the 
 ground was covered to the depth of about eleven 
 inches. From there they went to Millikin s 
 Bend and assisted on the canal. Later cross 
 ing the Mississippi at Grand Gulf they par 
 ticipated in the battle at Magnolia Hills, and 
 subsequently at Champion Hills, and driving 
 the enemy to their stronghold at Vicksburg. 
 In the onslaught upon the works May 22, the 
 regiment lost in killed and wounded 112 men, 
 including the color bearer. They remained 
 until after the surrender, when they joined the- 
 march of Sherman s army to Jackson, engaging 
 in that battle, and thence returning to Vicks 
 burg. They were afterward sent to New 
 Orleans and from there to Matagorda Bay, 
 Texas, where they remained for about two 
 months of the winter, being a greater part of the 
 time without fuel or water fit to drink. Return 
 ing to New Orleans they went thence to Frank 
 lin, La., after which they formed a part of the 
 Red River expedition. 
 
 After this long and fatiguing march, Mr. 
 Addis was literally worn out, but quickly re 
 cuperated. At Crescent Hill they engaged in 
 an all day skirmish with the enemy, and when 
 near Mansfield they engaged in a regular battle 
 during which they repulsed two successive 
 charges of the enemy, but at the third charge 
 they were forced to fall back. They went into 
 this engagement with 278 men and came out 
 with but 63, the wounded composing a consid- 
 siderable proportion. Mr. Addis was color 
 Sergeant in this battle, and received a wound in 
 the left shoulder. He had carried the colors 
 since they were in Texas. The next day they 
 defeated the rebels in a severe and hotly con 
 tested fight at Crescent Hill. On account of 
 his wound Mr. Addis was removed to the Bar 
 racks Hospital at New Orleans, where he re- 
 
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 mained abont 40 days and was then allowed 
 sick leave for 60 days, which he passed at home 
 in recovering from the effects of his wound. 
 He rejoined his regiment at Baton Rouge, La., 
 thence going to New Orleans and Mobile, land 
 ing at old Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island. They 
 remained on the Island until after the surren 
 der of the forts. 
 
 During this time the men lived on salt meat 
 and brackish water, causing them to be afflicted 
 with scurvy. On this account they were or 
 dered to New Orleans, where they remained 
 about three months doing guard duty, and then 
 marched to Mobile Point, and from there 
 moved through the low country to Mobile. 
 The roads were in a dreadful condition, and to 
 make matters worse, the enemy had planted 
 shells and torpedoes along the road, which great 
 ly annoyed the troops and destroyed some of 
 the wagons. At the siege of Mobile, the 77th 
 111. bore a prominent part, and remained in the 
 city after the capitulation and until they re 
 ceived orders to be mustered out, July 10, 1865. 
 
 Returning home he engaged at carpenter 
 ing in Woodford, Co., later becoming the pro 
 prietor of the El Paso Journal, and afterwards 
 of the Decatur Democrat. Selling the Democrat, 
 he purchased an interest in the Magnet, pub 
 lished also at Decatur. Subsequently he went 
 to Omaha, Nebraska, but so on returned to 
 Decatur, and became associated with the Re 
 publican, where he is still connected. He was 
 married Oct. 22, 1867, in McLean Co., 111., to 
 Ada Burkholder, a native of Indiana, and they 
 had one child, Walter, who is married and re 
 siding in Decatur, and is with his father on the 
 Republican. 
 
 Mr. Addis is a member of the K. of P. and 
 Post No. 141, G. A. R. He is connected with 
 the Methodist Church, and is a useful member 
 of his community, a good and upright man, 
 and a worthy citizen. 
 
 HENRY CLAY RUDISILL, of Ottawa, 111., and 
 a member of G. A. R. Post, No. 156, was 
 born in Champaign County, Ohio, 
 August 24, 1835, an d is the son of Michael and 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Mary P. S. ( McMillan) Rudisill. Michael and 
 his wife, Mary, were natives of Pennsylvania; 
 the former of German and the latter of Scotch 
 ancestry. They were the parents of ten chil 
 dren William, Hannah, Nancy, Charlotte, 
 Henry C., Elizabeth, James, Eunice R., and 
 two who died in infancy. Of those who grew 
 up, only three are now living, James, the sub 
 ject of this sketch, and Charlotte. The father 
 was a farmer by occupation in early life and 
 afterwards a shoemaker. He removed with 
 his family to Champaign County, Ohio, where 
 he lived, and where he died, in 1881, his wife 
 having preceded him to the other world some 
 three years previous. Henry was raised at 
 home, where he lived until he was 17 years of 
 age, receiving during that time, a common 
 school education, and acquiring some knowl 
 edge of blacksmithing. He went to Iowa to 
 continue his trade, thence" returning eastward 
 again to Dayton, Ohio, where he served his 
 apprenticeship. From Dayton he went to 
 Springfield and began working at his trade as 
 a journeyman, where he remained about a year 
 and a half. He then went to Lexington, 111., 
 and thence, in 1858, to Crawfordsville, Ind. 
 After remaining at the latter place for a time, 
 he went to Ottawa, where he has since made 
 his home, with the exception of a few months 
 at Joliet, where he purchased a shop. When 
 the rebellion was under full headway, inspired 
 by a patriotic feeling that he ought to contribute 
 what he could in aid of the government, he 
 joined its forces. He placed his name upon 
 the muster roll August 15, 1862, and was mus 
 tered into the United States service at Joliet, 
 August, 30, 1862, Company K, looth 111. Inf. 
 
 On the 2Oth of September, the regiment 
 moved via Springfield to Louisville, Ky., where 
 it was placed in the ist Brigade, Colonel E. N. 
 Kirk, commanding, 2d Division under General 
 Cruft commanding Army of Kentucky. Octo 
 ber 1st the regiment was transferred to the 
 Fifteenth Brigade, Sixth Division, Army of 
 Ohio. The first engagement of the regiment 
 was near Bardstown, Ky., on which occasion it 
 was ordered by General Huskell, commanding 
 brigade, to make the charge on the enemy. 
 
 The looth with a yell and a bound rushed for 
 ward with great impetuosity, carrying every 
 thing before them, and driving the rebels 
 through the town and two miles beyond. His 
 command next moved out in pursuit of Bragg 
 as far as Wild Cat, Ky., then moved via Co 
 lumbus, Scottsville,Gallatin, to Nashville. Tenn., 
 where it arrived November 26, 1862. His next 
 action was at Stone River. At first, his reei- 
 
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 ment was held in reserve while Rosencrans 
 right was being routed. When the order was given 
 to move, it made a gallant charge, and held its 
 ground without even a rail for protection, while 
 the rebels fell back behind breastworks. Its 
 next charge was against Hood s Division which 
 it drove back behind the trees. In that bloody 
 struggle the regiment lost 24 killed and 50 
 wounded. The next severe engagement in 
 which his regiment took part was Lookout 
 Mountain and Missionary Ridge. It was on 
 the left of General Sheridan s Division in the 
 front line and charged with its usual force 
 directly in front of Orchard Knob, carrying the 
 enemy s works at the foot of the Ridge; halted 
 but a moment, then charged the Ridge, captur 
 ing many prisoners and a battery, and driving 
 the fleeing enemy across the Chickamauga. 
 During this action, Mr. Rudisill was wounded 
 twice; once in the forehead and again in the 
 groin. This, however, did not keep him from 
 the field, and he fought with his command 
 until night, then he was taken to the hospital 
 where his wounds were dressed. He was under 
 the surgeon s care for three months, when he 
 rejoined his regiment at Athens, and in time to 
 take part in the movement toward Knoxville 
 to relieve Burnside who was threatened by 
 Longstreet s corps. From the Knoxville cam 
 paign they went into quarters at Bull s Gap. 
 In the spring the command joined Sherman in 
 his move upon Atlanta, and Mr. Rudisill was 
 with his regiment in all engagements lead 
 ing up to its siege and fall. 
 
 After the fall of Atlanta, his command was 
 sent after Hood. The looth was notable for 
 its ambition to meet rebel cavalry, and being at 
 the head of Stanley s Corps when he was fall 
 ing back from Pulaski to Nashville, he gave the 
 
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 regiment an opportunity to gratify its desire by 
 ordering it on double quick to Spring Hill, a 
 distance of two miles. There the regiment met 
 the rebel cavalry, which made an unexpected 
 and desperate charge upon it with the ap 
 parent appearance of its utter annihilation. 
 But the lOOth was ready and equal to the oc 
 casion. It suddenly executed a right flank 
 movement and with fixed bayonets fiercely 
 charged the cavalry, drove it over the ridge and 
 out of sight. For this action the regiment re 
 ceived the plaudits of the army. After the 
 battle of Franklin, the command moved to 
 Nashville and the lOOth was actually engaged 
 in that battle, December 1 5th and i6th. It had 
 the honor of taking a prominent part in the 
 capture of Montgomery Hill, one of Hood s 
 strongest positions, and turning his heavy guns 
 on the retreating enemy. The next day his 
 regiment assisted in driving the rebels over the 
 Hill, completely demoralizing the brave army 
 which General Bragg had commanded for three 
 long years. After this battle the regiment 
 moved to Huntsville and went into winter 
 quarters. It remained in that section of the 
 country looking after the rebels that were left 
 behind until after the surrender when it was 
 ordered to Nashville, where it was mustered out 
 June 12, 1865, and the men were sent to Chicago 
 where they received final payment and discharge. 
 
 Mr. Rudisill returned to Ottawa and re 
 sumed work at his trade. For three years 
 he was engaged as agent for the Standard 
 Manufacturing Company. He then was with 
 the Deering Manufacturing Company. He is 
 at present with the J. E. Porter Manufacturing 
 Company, where he has charge of the black- 
 smithing department. 
 
 Mr. Rudisill was married February 25, 1858, 
 at Lexington, 111., to Elizabeth A., daughter of 
 George and Caroline Green. Her father was a 
 native of England, and her mother was a native 
 of Vermont. Mr. Rudisill has had born to him, 
 one child Mary E. C. who died December 
 9, 1864. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. 
 Lodge, No. 391 ; the A. O. U. W. Lodge, No. 20; 
 and the G. A. R. Post, No. 156. In politics he 
 is a Republican, and is a pensioner. 
 
 GENERAL PHILIP CORNELIUS HAYES. The 
 disposition of the planets at the hour of 
 the birth of the subject of this memoir, 
 must have foreshadowed a successful, happy, 
 useful life. The event above referred to was 
 some fifty-eight years ago. It was not during 
 the spring or summer months, when blossoms 
 and flowers sweeten the air with their fragrance, 
 but at a time when the snow and frost of winter 
 held sway, indicating that the pathway of life 
 would not always be strewn with roses. He 
 was born February 3, 1833, at Granby, Conn. 
 His parents were Gaylord and Mary Goodrich 
 (Humphrey) Hayes, natives of Conn. General 
 Hayes came naturally by his military spirit. 
 His great grandfather was in the war of the 
 Revolution, and his father and his uncle, Eze- 
 kiel Hayes, were in the war of 1812. 
 
 His parents removed to the West in the fall 
 of 1833, settling near Ottawa, LaSalle County, 
 Ills., where the father engaged in farming. It 
 was there that Philip s childhood days were 
 spent, and there at the tender age of twelve, he 
 was left an orphan, to make his own way in 
 the world as best he could. 
 
 At the age of fifteen, young Philip hired out 
 at farm work, for $8 a month, and was thus en 
 gaged forsome time. He worked only in the sum 
 mer, and attended school winters, workingforhis 
 board. In this way he acquired a good English 
 education, and at the age of nineteen he com 
 menced teaching school, which he continued 
 for several winters, pursuing his studies in the 
 mean time and fitting himself for college, mak 
 ing final preparations at Farm Ridge Seminary, 
 LaSalle County, Ills. 
 
 He went to Oberlin, Ohio, September I, 1855, 
 and after spending one year in the preparatory 
 department, entered Oberlin College, Septem 
 ber i, 1856, from which he was graduated Sep 
 tember, 1860. After graduating he commenced 
 the study of Theology, and was thus peacefully 
 engaged when the war-cloud burst upon the 
 country. 
 
 At the first call for 75,000 troops young 
 Hayes enlisted as a private, and when the com 
 pany was full the boys elected him Captain, but 
 he could not be received, as the State had al- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ready taken more troops than the President had 
 called on it for. In 1862 he made another 
 effort to get into the service and this time was 
 more successful. July 16, 1862, he enlisted and 
 raised another company, and in August was 
 mustered in at Fort Mitchell, near Covington, 
 Ky., as Captain, Company F., iO3rd Ohio Inf. 
 
 The regiment having received its arms at 
 Cincinnati, crossed over to Covington, Ky., 
 where it was uniformed and furnished with 
 other necessaries for active soldier life. Thus 
 equipped it marched to Fort Mitchell Sept 6. 
 The people of Cincinnati as well as of the en 
 tire State, were greatly excited at this time over 
 the threatened invasion by the enemy, under 
 Kirby Smith. The iO3rd took an active part in 
 moving against this force, who were compelled 
 to beat a retreat. After pursuing the enemy 
 for some distance, the command returned and 
 went into camp at Snow Pond, where nearly 
 half of the regiment were prostrated with sick 
 ness. After maneuvering about for a time, ic 
 was separated from its Brigade and moved to 
 Frankfort, where it went into camp on the bank 
 of the Kentucky river. It remained there until 
 the early part of April, 1863, when it was or 
 dered out after independent squads of free 
 booters, marauding bands of mounted men. 
 About the middle of August, the National 
 forces under Burnside moved out for the East 
 Tenn. campaign via Stanford, Crab Orchard, 
 Cumberland, Burnside s Point, Montgomery, 
 Lenoir, and Concord. 
 
 Knoxville at this time was the stronghold 
 of the enemy, but on learning of the approach 
 of the Union army, they abandoned their forti 
 fications, which were quickly in possession of 
 the advance forces of Burnside. No pen can 
 portray the suffering of the troops on this 
 march. The I03rd, with other regiments, were 
 placed on the cars and passing through Knox 
 ville, moved on, to Henderson Station, and sub 
 sequently to Greenville, where later it joined 
 the general advance against the enemy, then 
 assembled at Jonesborough. The rebels were 
 routed, making another stand later on at Blue 
 Springs, where they were attacked by the 
 Union forces, then re-enforced, and a hot bat 
 
 tle ensued, resulting in the defeat of the enemy. 
 The next camp made by the regiment was at 
 Knoxville, where it arrived by rail with its 
 brigade, during the early part of November. 
 It was there during the investment by Long- 
 street, suffering the greatest hardships from 
 insufficient clothing, short rations, and other 
 privations. While under siege the iO3rd took 
 part in a sanguinary battle, resulting in the 
 repulse of the rebels and a loss to the regiment 
 of 35 men in killed and wounded. On the 
 approach of Sherman, the enemy withdrew. 
 
 The regiment moved first to Strawberry 
 Plains, then to Bear Station, thence back to 
 Strawberry Plains. March 12, 1864, it was 
 ordered to join in the advance eastward after 
 Longstreet. It proceeded to Morrison, then 
 to Mossy Creek, and later with the army 
 advanced to Bull s Gap, and from there it 
 moved toward Chattanooga to join Sherman s 
 army for the Atlanta Campaign, arriving May 
 13, in front of Resaca. The following day 
 Col. Hayes took part with his regiment in 
 charging the enemy s works, which were car 
 ried. His regiment fought gallantly, and 
 effectively, losing one-third of its available 
 force. It joined in pursuit of the defeated 
 army, through Cartersville and across the 
 Etowah River. It moved again with the army, 
 which was steadily and surely advancing to 
 Atlanta, and took part in all the engagements 
 of its brigade, leading up to the fall of that 
 rebel stronghold. Soon after it was ordered 
 with its Corps, the 23d, to Decatur, where it 
 went into camp. The regiment s loss in that 
 campaign was heavy, as was its service effect 
 ive. For 100 days it was almost constantly 
 under fire, losing large numbers of both officers 
 and men. 
 
 After the fall of Atlanta, General Hayes 
 was appointed Provost Marshal General, on the 
 staff of General J. M. Schofield, which position 
 he held until he was mustered out of the 
 service. 
 
 With his command he moved back to Nash 
 ville, Tennessee, marched to Pulaski, took part 
 in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and 
 after the defeat of Hood s army accompanied 
 
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 149 
 
 Gen. Schofield to Alexandria, Va., and thence 
 to Fort Fisher, N. C. 
 
 February 24, 1865, the regiment, with its 
 Corps, arrived at Wilmington and after remain 
 ing there for a few days proceeded through 
 Kingston to Goldsboro, where it met Sherman s 
 army and a very pleasant reunion of the 
 soldiers was held. From there the whole army 
 took up its march, and April I3th, reached 
 Raleigh, where the I03rd remained until June 
 I2th, when it was ordered to Cleveland, Ohio, 
 and there was mustered out June 22, 1865, and 
 the subject of this memoir returned to his 
 home. 
 
 General Hayes made a brilliant record as a 
 Soldier. He had no hospital record, and went 
 through the war without a scratch, having how 
 ever many close calls; at one time a score of 
 rebels fired at him, all shooting at once. From 
 Captain he was promoted December 5, 1864, to 
 Lieutenant-Colonel, then to Colonel, and March 
 13, 1865, was breveted Brigadier General. 
 
 Two of his brothers, Timothy E., and James 
 H., were in the army, the latter being severely 
 wounded. 
 
 The iO3d Ohio was at the front during the 
 entire Atlanta campaign, and that it met the 
 enemy well, and often, is evidenced by its 
 losses. It entered on the campaign with 
 500 officers and men, and at its close, it only 
 had 96 men in line fit for duty. As a testi 
 monial to General Hayes worth as a soldier 
 and the estimation in which he was held by the 
 officers of the Army no stronger paper could 
 be offered than the following from General 
 Cameron, who was his brigade commander, 
 and it was entirely unsolicited and unexpected 
 on his part. 
 "Headquarters 2d, Brigade, 3rdDiv. 23rd, A. C. 
 
 "Before Atlanta, Ga., July 30, 1864. 
 HON. JOHN BROUGH, 
 
 GOVERNOR OF OHIO, 
 
 COLUMBUS, OHIO. 
 
 "GOVERNOR: I have much pleasure in recom 
 mending to the favorable consideration of 
 
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 your Excellency, Captain P. C. Hayes, iO3rd 
 Ohio Vol. Inf. Captain Hayes is in my 
 opinion one of the best officers in this army. I 
 
 have been familiar with the services rendered 
 by him in the present campaign and in Eastern 
 Tennessee. I have always found him energetic, 
 intelligent and faithful inthe discharge of every 
 duty. On two different occasions I have had 
 occasion to commend him to the notice of my 
 military superiors, as most worthy of promo 
 tion for gallant service rendered on the field. I 
 can consistently recommend Captain Hayes as 
 worthy, and well qualified to fill a higher posi 
 tion than his present one. His experience and 
 efficiency as an officer would be of great value 
 in any organization now forming, and as several 
 new regiments are said to be raising in Ohio, I 
 ask for the Captain, your Excellency s most 
 favorable consideration. 
 
 "I have the honor to be, Your Excellency s 
 Obedient Servant, 
 
 DANIEL CAMERON, 
 [Copy] Colonel Commanding Brigade." 
 
 From General Grant, he received the fol 
 lowing letter: 
 "BRIGADIER GENERAL PHILIP C. HAYES. 
 
 You are hereby informed that the President 
 of the United States has appointed you, for 
 gallant and meritorious services, during the 
 war a Brigadier General of volunteers by 
 brevet. 
 
 Signed U. S. GRANT, 
 
 General. 
 
 After the war, the subject of this memoir 
 remained for some time in Ohio, his first occu 
 pation being that of Superintendent of Schools 
 at Mt. Vernon, which position he held until 
 the fall of 1866, when he went to Circleville, 
 Ohio, bought and took charge of the Circle 
 ville Union. He conducted the Union until 
 the spring of 1869, when he sold out and pur 
 chased the Bryan Press which he edited until 
 1874, when he moved to Morris, Ills., purchased 
 the Morris Herald which he has since published 
 and where he has continued to reside. 
 
 In 1876, he had acquired sufficient promi 
 nence in the political councils of his adopted 
 State, to secure the nomination by the Repub 
 lican party for Congress to represent the 7th 
 District, embracing the counties of Grundy, 
 LaSalle, Kendall, and Will. He took his seat 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 in the House of Representatives March 4, 1877, 
 and retired (having been re-elected) March 4, 
 1881. General Hayes was an able, conscien 
 tious and popular representative and discharged 
 the duties incumbent upon that high office with 
 honor to his country, credit to himself, and 
 satisfaction in his constituency. 
 
 General Hayes was united in marriage at 
 Oberlin, Ohio, January 25, 1865, to Amelia 
 Estelle, nee Johnson, daughter of Dr. Homer 
 and Ann A. Johnson, both of New England 
 families. To them have been born six child 
 ren, Carl J., Jessie., Ralph W., Georgie, Milo C. 
 and Mary. 
 
 He is a member of the Darveau Post, No. 
 329, G. A. R., and of which he has been Com 
 mander. In this organization, he has always 
 been active and an important factor, ever ready 
 to aid in its advancement. 
 
 In General Hayes, the people of Morris, 
 and of Grundy County, have a citizen in whom 
 they take a special pride; one who has dis 
 tinguished himself not only on the battlefield, 
 but in the National Halls of legislation, one 
 who as the years roll on is continually growing 
 in their esteem, confidence and affection. 
 
 WILLIAM B. LAWRENCE, of Bloomington, 
 Illinois, was born in Philadelphia, 
 Penn., Nov. 8, 1835, son f James N. 
 Lawrence, a second cousin of the celebrated 
 Lawrence, Commander of the United States 
 War Ship, who was in a naval engagement upon 
 Lake Erie during the \varof 1812, and was fa 
 tally wounded, and exclaimed as his last and 
 ever memorable words of command, " Don t 
 give up the ship!" 
 
 Milton and James Lawrence, brothers of 
 our subject, were also in the late war as sol 
 diers and servedin the Army of the Potomac, 
 both being wounded, for which cause the latter 
 subsequently received his discharge. 
 
 W. B. enlisted at Bloomington the same 
 day President Lincoln s first proclamation call 
 ing for troops was issued, viz.: April 15, 1861. 
 He went with his company to Springfield, but 
 
 was rejected and obliged to return home. Be 
 ing desirous of taking part in the war he again 
 enlisted August 8th, 1862, and on this occasion 
 succeeded; was mustered in as Orderly Ser 
 geant, in Company A. 94th 111. Vol. Inf., serv 
 ing under General Heron in the army of the 
 frontier. He participated in the siege of Vicks- 
 burg and by reason of his gallantry displayed, 
 was promoted to 1st Lieutenant of his compa 
 ny. After the fall of Vicksburg, he accompa 
 nied his regiment to New Orleans, where he 
 was detached and served as assistant Quarter- 
 Master, at which he was employed until the 
 spring of 1864, when he was forced to resign, 
 having by exposure and other causes contract 
 ed diabetes, rendering him unfit for service and 
 which even for a time threatened his life. He 
 returned home where he soon improved under 
 careful treatment, and again re-enlisted, Janua 
 ry 25, 1865, in Company B. i5Oth 111., and was 
 mustered in as Captain of his company Feb. 
 I4th. He proceeded South with his regiment 
 and being stationed at Cleveland, Tenn., as also 
 in Atlanta, Georgia, upon garrison duty, and 
 whilst at the latter place was appointed provost 
 marshal of four counties, known as the District 
 of Allatoona, which had headquarters at La- 
 Grange, Ga., being at the time attached to 
 General Davison s Brigade, Stephenson s Di 
 vision, Steadman s Corps, Department of the 
 Cumberland, with General Thomas at its head. 
 Subsequently Captain Lawrence moved to 
 Greenville, where he had command of the Post, 
 and continued until January 25, 1866, at which 
 time and place he was discharged, having com 
 pleted his last term of enlistment, which was 
 for one year. 
 
 Captain Lawrence returned to Blooming- 
 ton, became employed as Bookkeeper for a 
 time until appointed City Treasurer, in 1870, 
 and the following year City Clerk, which posi 
 tion he filled for five years, having been re-ap 
 pointed each year. He has filled the offices of 
 Justice of the Peace and Street Commissioner 
 for Bloomington, and has been Deputy County 
 Clerk for two years. 
 
 In August 1862, just preceding his second 
 enlistment, he married Harriet Ensminger, by 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 whom he has three children living, viz: James 
 Harry, Grace M., and Carl M. 
 
 Captain Lawrence is a Republican in poli 
 tics and a member of Wm. T. Sherman Post, 
 No. 146, of Bloomington. 
 
 ALBERT V. B. PHILLIPS, of Earlville, 111., 
 was born July 28, 1841, a son of James 
 M. and Anna Phillips, natives of Penn., 
 who removed to Illinois in 1831, settling in La 
 Salle County. The father, as also the grand 
 father, were in the war of 1812 and fought un 
 der Commodore Perry. The former subse 
 quently became a house builder by trade, which 
 he followed with unvarying success until re 
 tired by advancing years and died in October, 
 1882, closing an honorable life at the matured 
 age of 85 years. The mother is still living at 
 the ripe age of 76. Our subject received a fair 
 common school education, which was after 
 wards supplemented by a two years course at 
 Wheaton College, and was on his way to attend 
 Galesburg College, when he concluded to en 
 list, a step which he took Aug. 3, 1861; was 
 mustered in as a private in Company D., 32nd 
 111. Vol. Inf., Dec. iQth, and continued at 
 Chicago guarding the prisoners captured at 
 Fort Donelson, until June, 1862, when the 
 regiment was ordered to Harpers Ferry, Va. 
 Clarksburg, Va., being menaced by the forces 
 under Imboden, Mr. Phillips Regt. was sent to 
 that point for its protection, and for the same 
 reason subsequently moved to Parkersburg, 
 thus saving both towns from an assault from 
 the enemy. In Nov., 1862, Companies B., D. 
 and K., under Major Moore attacked Gen. 
 Imboden on the south fork of the Potomac, 
 and after a sharp engagement captured 40 
 prisoners and a large quantity of supplies, 
 hogs and cattle. In the following December, 
 the Company moved to Franklin and destroyed 
 the Saltpetre works at that point. On Jan. 3, 
 1863, the Regt. made a forced march of 40 
 miles in 10 hours from New Creek to Moor- 
 field, to the relief of the Union forces there at 
 
 tacked by Gen. Jones who, fearing capture, 
 withdrew. It took up winter quarters at New 
 Creek. 
 
 In the spring he was placed on detached 
 duty and continued to be thus employed until 
 the 27th of April when he rejoined his regiment 
 at New Creek. From New Creek the Regt. was 
 ordered to Gettysburg, 118 miles distant, and 
 started on the march, arriving at the objective 
 point 38 hours thereafter, all the men of the 
 Regt., however, dropping out along the line of 
 march except 75. Afterward it was engaged on 
 the flank of Lee in his retreat from Gettysburg, 
 and had an engagement with Wade Hampton 
 at Hedgville. It was subsequently sent to Pe 
 tersburg, thence to Franklin. On New Years 
 day, 1864, it moved upon Brow Mountain, then 
 held by Fitz Hugh Lee, where it captured 1,500 
 prisoners, all of whom were barefooted and 
 nearly starved. In April, the men of the regi 
 ment enlisted as veterans, were granted a fur 
 lough of 30 days, then returned to Va., and 
 subsequently, during the month of July, the 
 Regt. was engaged in the following battles: Lee- 
 town, Va., July 3 and 4, Maryland Heights, 4, 
 5 and 6, Snicker s Gap, July 16, andKernstown, 
 Va., July 24, where Col. Mulligan was killed, 
 and during which the Regt. lost about one half 
 its number engaged therein. From the early, 
 days of August, the Regt. was under the 
 command of Gen. Sheridan in the Shenandoah 
 Valley and took part in the following battles 
 and skirmishes: Cedar Creek, Charlestown and 
 Halltown, from the 21 to the 28; Berryville, 
 Sept. 3; Opequaon Creek, Sept. 19; Fishers 
 Hill, on the 21 and 22; Harrisonburg, Oct. 9; Ce 
 dar Creek, 13; and the third Cedar Creek, on 
 the igth. Mr. Phillips term of enlistment hav 
 ing expired he was mustered out Dec 20, 1864, 
 and was paid off and discharged at Middletown, 
 Va., having served his country as a soldier for 
 three years and four months. 
 
 He returned to his home at Earlville, where 
 he has since remained. On returning home he 
 engaged in farming which he followed until 
 1 88 1, when he left his farm and moved to Earl 
 ville, where he has followed his trade, that of a 
 carpenter, ever since. He married January 18, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 1866^ Miss Rosetta A. Brown, by whom he has 
 four children James D., Julia A., wife of Wil 
 liam Walker; Frederick M., and Delia M. Mr. 
 Phillips is a member of Post No. 475, G. A. R. 
 at Earlville, and a Democrat in politics. 
 
 FREDERICK BROWN, the subject of our pres 
 ent sketch, is one of Aurora s (111.) 
 prominent citizens; few being more 
 widely known or more generally respected. A 
 native of Hudson, Ohio, he was born Jan. roth, 
 1828, and is the eldest son of Frederick and 
 Julia (Merriam) Brown, both of New England 
 ancestry. His father was a farmer and a man 
 much respected in his day. Our subject and 
 his brother Owen (who was mortally wounded 
 at Perry ville and died in Hospital), spent their 
 early days in the family homestead, attending 
 the District Schools during the winter months, 
 and thus acquiring the elements of a plain, 
 but substantial education. At the age of 19, 
 young Brown entered upon a course of study 
 at Western Reserve College, and subsequently 
 commenced the study of law at Ravenna, with 
 E. B. Taylor successor of President Garfield in 
 Congress. Persevering and industrious, he 
 was eventually admitted to the Bar, and 
 entered upon active practice of his profession. 
 In 1855, ne decided upon removing to what 
 was at that period the far West, and accord 
 ingly located in Winnebago County, Ills. 
 Here he successfully practiced his profession 
 during the following six years. At the end of 
 that time he was appointed (1861) by Presi 
 dent Lincoln, Postmaster at Pecatonica, 111., 
 an office which he occupied until July 1st, 1873. 
 Upon the breaking out of the war he deter 
 mined to enlist, and was mustered in at Spring 
 field Apr. 2Oth, 1861. He was assigned toCo. D., 
 nth Ills. Inf. His Co. subsequently proceeded 
 to Villa Ridge, near Cairo, and here underwent 
 a course of six weeks practical instruction, at 
 the end of which period, they removed to 
 Bird s Point, Mo., where they were assigned to 
 Garrison duty, under Gens. Fremont and 
 Prentiss, and also aided in the building of forti 
 
 fications at this place. Stricken down by an 
 attack of fever Mr. Brown returned home and 
 for several weeks was in a dangerous condi 
 tion. Possessing a robust constitution he 
 finally recovered and determined to re-enlist. 
 Proceeding to St. Charles in Sept. (1861) he 
 joined the 8th Ills. Cav., Co. M. and with his 
 Regt, moved during the following month to 
 Washington, D. C.,and here upon the Meridian 
 heights they remained encamped nearly two- 
 months, drilling and doing camp duty. Dec. 
 I7th, they moved to Alexandria, Va., for the 
 winter. In March of the following year the 
 Regt. joined the general advance on Manassas, 
 in Gen. Sumner s Div., and remained in War- 
 rentown until the middle of Apr., at four differ 
 ent times, driving the enemy across the Rap- 
 pahannock. 
 
 Later in the month they embarked for Ship 
 ping Point, where they landed, and subse 
 quently moved to Williamsburg, being as 
 signed to the light brigade under the com 
 mand of Gen. Stoneman. Mr. Brown then 
 accompanied his Regt. to New Kent Court 
 House, and to White House on the Pamunkey 
 River. From thence they removed to a point 
 near Richmond, and were picketed out near 
 Ashland. Under the command of Gen. Fitz 
 J. Porter, at the battle of Hanover Court 
 House Capt. Hooker of this Regt., was the first 
 man killed in action during the seven days 
 battle which the regiment was engaged in, and 
 which embraced among other points, those of 
 Gaines Hill, Dispatch Station and Malvern Hill, 
 during which the Regt. suffered more or less 
 loss. After engaging in picket duty on the 
 James River, they led the advance to the sec 
 ond occupation of Malvern Hill, and in fact 
 bore the brunt of the fight. 
 
 In Aug. (1862) they embarked at York- 
 town, and on the first of the following month 
 landed at Alexandria. Three days later (Sept. 
 4th), they crossed into Md. and were engaged 
 at Poolsville, Sugar Loaf Mt., Middletown, 
 and South Mountain and Boonsboro, in suc 
 cession, and also in the battle of Antietam. 
 Shortly afterward they went into camp at 
 Knoxville and subsequently moved in advance 
 
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 of the Army of the Potomac, and were almost 
 daily engaged with the enemy s Cav. After 
 wards with his Co., he did picket duty along 
 the line of the Rappahannock, during the win 
 ter which followed. Subsequently took part in 
 the battle of Chancellorsville, and in the raid 
 on Point Comfort, where an immense amount 
 of plunder, and over 1,000 negroes were cap 
 tured. Returning to the Army then located 
 near Fredericksburg, he was next engaged in 
 reconnoissance duties, and took part in the 
 battle of Beverly Ford and a number of other 
 Cav. battles, which took place on the right 
 flank of the army. Crossing the Potomac at 
 Edwards Ferry, they proceeded to Middletown 
 and subsequently by another route over the 
 Mountains, they passed by way of Emmetts- 
 burg to Gettysburg, at which place they arrived 
 June 30, 1863. Placed in skirmish line, they 
 ultimately occupied the left flank of the army 
 and during the night which followed their ar 
 rival there, they camped in front of Round Top. 
 About ten o clock the next day orders were 
 given to the regiment to proceed to Westmin 
 ster, to guard the supply train against Stewart s 
 Cav. who were known to be in the immediate 
 neighborhood. Accompanying the train of 
 wagons, after an all-night march they arrived 
 at Gettysburg July 4th. 
 
 At length they joined the army near Fred 
 erick City Md., and proceeded to Williams- 
 port, where they were engaged. They then 
 followed Lee into Va., became engaged near 
 Snicker s Gap, capturing many prisoners, and 
 a number of horses, and also engaging in an 
 other battle near Culpeper. Following this he 
 was engaged in numerous skirmishes, guarding 
 wagon trains, and was at length sent to 111., on 
 recruiting service. In that State he spent the 
 winter of 1863-4. This mission was highly suc 
 cessful and in the following spring he pro 
 ceeded to Washington, where with hisRegt. he 
 remained until the following July, when they 
 removed to Maryland. Then followed Co. 
 duty on the upper Fords and an engagement 
 in the battle of Monocacy, Md., on the B & 
 O. R. R. Following this came picket duty 
 above and below Washington. 
 
 Mr. Brown s term of enlistment having ex 
 pired he was discharged and returned to 111., 
 (Sept. 1864) remaining in that State during 
 the winter. In Apr. (1865) here-enlisted at 
 Chicago in the nth, Ills. Cav. and proceeded 
 to Springfield, then to Cairo and ultimately to 
 Memphis, at which place he was transferred to 
 the 5th Cav. and was put on provost duty at La 
 Grange and Jackson, Tenn. Later they returned 
 to Memphis, Tenn, and were there assigned to 
 patrol duties in charge of prisoners. Later 
 they embarked for Alexandria La., and re 
 mained there for about four weeks; then under 
 the command of Gen. Custer they proceeded to 
 Houston, Texas. It was a three weeks march 
 before they reached their destination, and was 
 undoubtedly one of the hardest marches ever 
 made during the war. In Oct., 1865, Mr. 
 Brown s Reg. was mustered out of service and 
 returned to Springfield, via Houston, Galves- 
 ton, New Orleans, and St. Louis, and from there 
 by cars they reached Springfield, where they 
 camped for a few days, and were then dis 
 charged. 
 
 Returning to his Post Office duties Mr. 
 Brown remained thus engaged, until in 1866, 
 he was deposed by President Johnson; after 
 ward through the influence of Gen. Farnsworth, 
 he was reinstated. June 30th, 1873, Mr. Brown 
 resigned this office and removed to Aurora. 
 Shortly after his location in this City he was 
 elected a J. P., an office which he has continued 
 to fill, not only with credit to himself, but to 
 the community at large, and when it is stated 
 that the present is the third term of his election 
 thereto, it will be naturally understood that he 
 retains the esteem and respect of those who 
 placed him in this position; a position of both 
 honor and responsibility. He was married 
 Feb. 5th, 1855, at Turner s Mills, Ohio, to Jane 
 M. Groat, a native of Mass., who had charge of 
 the post office during her husband s four years 
 service in the Army. 
 
 Mrs. Brown died in Aurora Nov. 14, 1876, 
 leaving two children, Jennie and Harriet. The 
 former of which is now the wife of Eldridge 
 Otis, the well known Editor and Proprietor of 
 the Minneapolis Register. Mr. Brown is a 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 member of Post No. 20. G.A.R., but is not in 
 receipt of a pension. He takes a great interest 
 in all that that relates to the good and welfare 
 of his comrades of the war. In politics he is a 
 Republican. A man of many social qualifica 
 tions, he is genial and generous, and greatly 
 esteemed by his fellow citizens. 
 
 PETER R. WILLIAMS, of Decatur, 111., was 
 born in N. Y., Aug. 16, 1841, son of Peter 
 and Mary ( Rhodes) Williams. Mrs.Will- 
 iams father and Uncle were soldiers in the 
 Revolutionary war. The parents had four chil 
 dren, besides Peter, two of whom, viz., Hiram 
 and Luther were in the army of the rebellion 
 having served their country throughout the 
 war, returning safely home at its close. 
 
 Peter attended school as opportunity offered 
 until about seventeen, then learned the carpen 
 ter trade, which he followed until he joined the 
 army, in Aug. 10, 1862, going into Co. G., io8th, 
 N. Y. Vol. Inf. After a short period spent in 
 drilling at the place of organization they moved 
 to Arlington Heights, Va., and were assigned 
 to the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, near Wash 
 ington, where instructions were received order 
 ing them to Frederick, Va., and in the march 
 thither had an engagement with the enemy at 
 South Mountain, Sept. I4th. On the i;th they 
 participated in the battle of Antietam, support 
 ing a battery part of the time and later charged 
 the enemy over an open field, he being pro 
 tected by fences; captured his positions, which 
 they held forcing him to fall back. Subse 
 quently the regiment with the army fell back 
 to Big Springs. This was the first severe battle 
 in which it participated and although its losses 
 in killed and wounded were heavy, the men 
 fought as fearlessly as if they had been old and 
 tried veterans. Two days later they went to 
 Bolivar, in pursuit of Lee s forces, where they 
 camped for three weeks and whilst there, Mr. 
 Williams was attacked with scurvy, and typhoid 
 fever, and was also suffering from a rupture 
 caused by an accidental fall on the march 
 toward South Mountain, when going down a 
 
 steep declivity, and was therefore sent to Har 
 per s Ferry, and two weeks later to Frederick, 
 Md., where he continued in hospital until Jan. 
 10, 1863, when he was mustered out and dis 
 charged by reason of disability. 
 
 He returned to New York, remaining there 
 until Jan. 15, 1864, at which time he had nearly 
 recovered from the fever, and being anxious to 
 join the army of the Union again, enlisted in 
 the 2nd, N. Y., Mounted Rifles, an independent 
 regiment. They rendezvoused at Fort Porter, 
 Buffalo, where comrade Williams was detailed 
 as recruiting officer. They were mustered into 
 the United States service Jan. 15, 1864, and 
 then proceeded at once to Camp Stoneman 
 near Washington, where the men were equipped 
 but not mounted. Their first battle was May 
 19, 1864, at Spottsylvania, Va., where they were 
 in the hottest part of the field all day. Then 
 followed in quick succession the bloody battles 
 of Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Pigram 
 Farm, Deep Bottom, Peach Orchard, then ar 
 riving in front of Petersburg, began the siege, 
 in all of which he participated. Previous to the 
 siege the regiment had been mounted, and 
 operated in connection with Sheridan s Cavalry 
 and was known as Greig s Cavalry. Later they 
 joined in the battles at Petersburg Mine, June 
 30, 1864; Weldon R. R., Aug. 18 and 20; Pegram 
 Farm, Sept. 30; and also in the raids to Stony 
 Creek, Dec. I, and Bellfield, after which they 
 went into winter quarters opposite Petersburg, 
 where they remained until the following spring. 
 Mr. Williams was present at the Mine explo 
 sion, aided in capturing 9,000 prisoners, then 
 the regiment proceeded to Hatchers Run, 
 taking an active part in the engagement; fought 
 at that place and afterwards assisted in the 
 capture of 7,000 rebel troops at Stony Creek, 
 near Dinwiddie Court House, the regiment 
 fighting dismounted all day, losing heavily. 
 They then followed up the retreating rebel 
 army under Lee, fighting almost daily, being 
 present during the charge at Five Forks, where 
 the assault was made mounted, upon the enemy 
 three lines deep and captured his batteries. 
 After the battle of Five Forks his command 
 being mounted light had the advance of the 
 
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 army, effectually charging by flank the extreme 
 advance of Lee s forces, and held the enemy in 
 check until relieved by the colored brigade. 
 About this time Lee called for an armistice 
 and hostilities were suspended, which resulted 
 in Lee s surrender at Appomattox. This was 
 the last fight in which the soldiers of the Poto 
 mac Army were engaged. His command moved 
 out then to join Sherman s army, and were 
 within 15 miles of Johnston s Army, when news 
 came of his surrender. Mr. Williams with his 
 regiment was ordered to the James River, upon 
 guard and provost duty, until Aug. 8, 1865; 
 was mustered out at City Point, when he started 
 for Buffalo, where he was discharged Aug. i/th. 
 Was mustered out as Corporal, having served 
 as such during his last enlistment in Company 
 L. He moved to Decatur in Feb. 1866, where 
 he has since resided. He has been in the con 
 tracting and building business at Decatur for 
 several years. He married Miss Bothel at De 
 catur Nov. 14, 1867, and has two children, Eve 
 Belle and Lum Bruce. 
 
 He is a member of Post No. 141 G.A.R., in 
 which he has held several offices. A Repub 
 lican in politics, a strong prohibitionist and 
 adherent of the Methodist Church. 
 
 JAMES T. McMASTER, Batavia s gentleman 
 ly Postmaster, was born Apr. 28, 1831 in 
 Schenectady Co., N. Y., a son of John T. 
 and Deborah (Mosier) McMaster. His father 
 was of Scotch and his mother of English 
 ancestry. Both were born, lived and died in 
 Schenectady Co. Hugh McMaster, the grand 
 father of our subject, served throughout the 
 Revolutionary war. He was with Gen. Putnam 
 in the first battle of the war, was taken a pris 
 oner at Horse Neck and was subsequently 
 confined in a prison boat in N. Y. Bay. After 
 six weeks he bravely made his escape by jump 
 ing overboard, swimming to the shore, and 
 returning to his command. He served until 
 the close of the war as did also three of his 
 brothers. 
 
 Henry P. a brother of our subject served as 
 an orderly sergeant in the late war. He was 
 
 captured at Harper s Ferry, imprisoned, and 
 later when exchanged, returned and served 
 faithfully until the close of the war. James 
 was one of a family of seven children of whom 
 but three are living. He attended school in a 
 little log schoolhouse, sitting on rough slabs 
 which were crudely constructed into benches. 
 At the age of 17 he was apprenticed as a 
 wheelwright, which calling he followed some 
 years. Mr. McMaster found his ideal wife 
 in the person of Nancy Gibson, the estimable 
 daughter of John and Mary Gibson who 
 were natives of Ireland. The marriage took 
 place at Herkimer Co., N. Y., Sept. 7, 1852, 
 and by this union were born five children of 
 whom are living Mary, Josephine and Merrett. 
 In 1861 our subject moved to Batavia 111., 
 and the following year he bid his loved 
 ones good-bye and went forth as a son of 
 war, enlisting Aug. 6, 1862, in Co. B., I24th 
 111. Inf. The Regt. was organized at Camp 
 Butler, and Oct. 6, left for Jackson, Tenn. 
 Nov. 3, it moved forward under Gen. Grant 
 via Bolivar, Tenn., Holly Springs, and Oxford, 
 Miss., and participated in the first attempt 
 to capture Vicksburg. 
 
 Returning to Memphis, they embarked for 
 Lake Providence, La., where they were engaged 
 digging the canal. Subsequently they moved 
 to Hard Times Landing, from whence they 
 crossed the river and made a rapid march, and 
 shortly, we find comrade McMaster baptized in 
 the hot battle of Thompson s Hill, May I, 1863. 
 The same month we find him under fire in the 
 battles of Raymond Jackson, Champion Hills 
 and Black River Bridge. May 19 they moved 
 on to Vicksburg, and May 22, the gallant I24th 
 led the advance in the fearful charge on the 
 city. Then followed 47 days of almost inces 
 sant fighting night and day, with the noble 
 Regt. within 100 feet of the enemy s works. 
 July 4 the city surrendered and the victorious 
 soldiers of the I24th were among the first to 
 enter the city. Aug. 21, they moved on an ex 
 pedition, fought at Queen s Hill, and subse 
 quently went into camp at Black River. Jan., 
 1864, is memorable to the I24th by its winning 
 the "Excelsior" prize banner in a competition 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 drill at Vicksburg, which was tendered by Gen. 
 Leggett, and presented by Gen. McPherson to 
 the best drilled and best disciplined Regt. of the 
 div. Thus being the "Excelsior" Regt. it was 
 henceforth always expected to take the advance 
 and bear the brunt of the battles. Shortly they 
 joined Gen. Sherman on his raid through Miss., 
 and one morning at eight o clock, after a 12 
 miles march, reached Chunkey Station, routed 
 the enemy, gathered large quantities of provi 
 sions the rebels abandoned, and by two o clock 
 the same afternoon had covered 27miles. The 
 expedition was connected with hard service and 
 frequent skirmishes. Soon they tore up 60 
 miles of railroad, and subsequently engaged in 
 several more expeditions, each time returning 
 to Vicksburg on provost duty. Eeb. 25, 1865, 
 we find the Regt. embarked for New Orleans, 
 and a few weeks later they plowed the gulf, 
 debarking at Dauphin s Island, Ala. Mar. 22, 
 the boys marched on Spanish Fort. During 
 the siege they were right in the front, directly 
 under the enemy s fire. They made a brilliant 
 attack during the night of Apr. 8, and were 
 among the first to enter the captured works, 
 April gth. Apr. 13, they started for Montgom 
 ery, remained on provost duty until July 16, 
 when they returned to Vicksburg, embarked 
 for Cairo, and were mustered out at Chicago, 
 Aug. 16, 1865, after over three years of hard 
 marching and hard and most gallant fighting. 
 Mr. McMaster returned home, resumed his for 
 mer calling, which he followed until May, 1890, 
 since which time he has been postmaster of 
 Batavia. He has filled nearly all the different 
 offices of the G. A. R. Post, and has thrice been 
 chosen its Commander. He is a Mason, and 
 has been elected to various municipal offices. 
 In politics he is a staunch Republican. 
 
 THE soldier life of George Wunder, of 
 Naperville, 111. .commenced Nov. 19, 1861, 
 when he enlisted at Phila., rendezvoused 
 at Camp Nicetown, in the same place, and was 
 mustered in on the 29, as Corpl. of Co. D.,9Oth 
 Regt. National Guard of Phila. Inf. This Regt. 
 
 went to the front immediately, first visiting 
 Baltimore, when that city was under Martial 
 Law on account of the firing by a mob upon a 
 Mass, regiment while it was marching through. 
 Two or three weeks afterward it reported at 
 Washington, from which point it was sent to 
 Fredericksburg, where it joined the Army of 
 the Potomac. Gen. McDowell was Div. com 
 mander, and the goth Regt. was placed in 
 Rickett s Brig. The Brig, camped there and had 
 several skirmishes with the enemy, which lay 
 across the river. It built a railroad from Alex 
 andria to Acqua Creek; also a landing at the 
 latter place for unloading stores for Gen. 
 McClellan s army. This took place before 
 they were ordered to Fredericksburg. The 
 Brig, stormed and shelled the Rebels out of 
 their Mud Fort at Acqua Creek. From Fred 
 ericksburg, Mr. Wunder s command marched 
 to Shenandoah Valley and as far down as Front 
 Royal on the road to Winchester, skirmishing 
 all along the line of march with the rebel -sol 
 diers and bushwhackers. The first severe bat 
 tles were at Cedar Mountajn and Culpepcr 
 Court House, Va., where the Regt. was in the 
 advance Center. The rebels were stongly 
 intrenched near a creek from which they were 
 able to kill and wound many of Mr. Wunder s 
 comrades, whereupon the Union artillery was 
 directed against their works and a joint charge 
 made, when the Union soldiers were successful 
 and captured it. Gen. Rickett himself sighted 
 Union guns on the occasion. Next day his 
 Div. followed the rebels and captured a whole 
 Brig. The Regt. then marched to Rapiclan 
 River and engaged in a skirmish at Gordons- 
 ville, where the pickets of the Union Army were 
 driven in. Gen. Pope finding the enemy in too 
 large force, determined to retreat, which was 
 continued until he reached and crossed the 
 Rappahannock river. Mr. Wunder s Regt. was 
 in the rear guard on that occasion, and was 
 constantly fighting during the march. 
 
 After crossing the Rappahannock his Regt. 
 was deployed along the river and gave battle to 
 prevent the rebels from crossing, Stonewall 
 Jackson s Corps made a flank movement and 
 crossed the river at Thorougfare Gap. There 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 157 
 
 the 2nd Bull Run was fought. Here Mr. Wun- 
 der became physically exhausted by hard serv 
 ice, bringing on typhoid fever and was sent 
 to Finley Hospital at Washington. The dis 
 ease settled in the heart and resulted in what is 
 known as "Hypertrophy of the heart." He 
 became unconscious and remained so fora long 
 time. When he regained consciousness he 
 found himself in the Md. Institute at Balti 
 more where he had been taken for treatment, 
 .from whence he was transferred to the con 
 valescent camp at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, 
 and was there discharged Nov. 28, 1862. He 
 then went home to Phila., and under tender 
 treatment speedily regained his health and by 
 the following spring had sufficiently improved 
 to warrant his re-enlistment, which he did on 
 June 18, 1863, in Co. B. 2Oth Penn. Vol. State 
 Militia. His Regt. was ordered to Gettysburg 
 and was in that terrible conflict. He was also, 
 in the battle of Wrightsville and assisted in de 
 stroying the bridge between that place and 
 Columbia, to prevent the rebel army from 
 marching on to Phila. and Harrisburg. There 
 2,700 militia held Ewell s corps at bay, and 
 in recognition of their services, the ladies of 
 Harrisburg presented his regiment with a stand of 
 colors (three flags) for their heroic action. At 
 Wrightsville, he had his left thigh dislocated by 
 a cannon ball striking the fence he was on, and 
 knocking him down. He was immediately ta 
 ken to Columbia, where his thigh was set. 
 Early in July, he was detailed for the Signal 
 Service Corps and removed to Harrisburg, 
 where he served under Maj. Gen. D. N. 
 Couche, but that occupation failed to provide 
 the excitement which he sought, therefore, he 
 obtained his relief July 8, and rejoined his Co. 
 This occurred just before the battles with Evvell, 
 just described. Aug. I, 1863, he was mustered 
 out at Phila., by reason of the expiration of his 
 term of service. Mr. Wunder did not propose 
 to return to the peaceful walks of life while rebels 
 remained in the field, and he again re-enlisted, 
 this time in the Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 23, 1864, 
 in Co. F., 1 86th Penn. Vol. Inf., and operated 
 in the country between Phila. and Washington, 
 catching bounty jumpers and deserters, and so 
 
 continued until the close of the war. He was 
 mustered out at Phila., Aug. 15, 1865, dis 
 charged and paid off the same day. He was 
 severely injured immediately before the battle 
 of 2nd Bull Run by a horse running over him 
 during a cavalry charge. Mr. Wunder is a 
 patriotic public spirited man, in citizen as well 
 as soldier life, and so won the esteem and respect 
 of his fellow townsmen that on more than one 
 occasion he was elected Alderman for Newark, 
 111., where he resided; also Town Collector for 
 Naperville for two successive terms. 
 
 He was born in Phila., Oct. 20, 1841. His 
 father, Paul Vanakin Wunder, was also born 
 there. His paternal grandfather, George Wun 
 der, was in the war of 1812, and was married 
 to Frances Stephenson who was a relative 
 of Stephenson, the locomotive builder. His 
 mother s maiden name was Barbara Ann Ritten- 
 house. She had seven brothers. The lightest 
 one in weight of the seven weighed 225 pounds, 
 while the combined weight of the four big boys 
 was 1140. His mother tilted the beam at 250. 
 Mr. Wunder had the following brothers and 
 sisters : Eleanor, Mary, William, Fanny and 
 Clara V., of whom Mary, William, Frances, and 
 Paul are dead. The father died at Newark, 111., 
 July 22, 1891. The subject of this biography 
 attended the public school in Philadelphia, then 
 studied in the high school and business College. 
 After leaving school he learned the butchering 
 business with his father, and remained so en 
 gaged until he enlisted, but before doing this 
 he was required to obtain his father s consent. 
 During the war, his parents moved to Newark, 
 111. and his father operated in the live stock 
 business. Mr. Wunder, the subject of this 
 sketch after the war, rented a farm near New 
 ark which he worked for three years when 
 he married Beersheba Means, May 31, 1868, 
 who was a native of W. Va. Her grandfather, 
 Isaac Means, was a large slave owner at the 
 outbreak of the war, but he voluntarily lib 
 erated all of them. In November, 1871, Mr. 
 Wunder opened a meat market in Newark and 
 there remained in that business until 1877, when 
 he moved to Naperville and engaged in same 
 business. He has the following children : Bar- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 bara Anna, Maria M., Delia Augusta, Clara 
 Edna, Paul Vanakin, Florence Levina, and 
 Olive Beersheba. He is a member of Walter 
 Blanchard Post, No. 386, G. A. R., and a Re 
 publican in politics. 
 
 HENRY MOLLEMKEMP, of Bloomillgton, 
 Illinois, enlisted in the Union army, 
 Sept. 22, 1862, in Company A., I36th, 
 Ind., Vol. Inf., and with his regiment moved 
 towards the front in search of rebels, passing 
 through Louisville, Nashville, thence to Mur- 
 freesboro, where an immense number of them 
 were congregated and found. Here the famous 
 battle of Stone River Was fought, in which our 
 subject was engaged throughout the battle, 
 and after its close, remained in that vicinity 
 for three weeks, when with his company he 
 went on an expedition to McMinnville, after 
 raiders, capturing several then returned to 
 Murfreesboro, and thence to Indianapolis, 
 where he was mustered out, his term of en 
 listment having expired. Here-enlisted again, 
 Nov. 14, 1864, in the 1st Ind. Battery, of Light 
 Artillery, at Evansville, Ind., went into camp 
 at Indianapolis and again moved toward the 
 front, passing en route, Cairo, Memphis, Vicks- 
 burg, Baton Rouge, Helena, Ark.; Little Rock, 
 Alexandria, and then participated in the Red 
 River expedition, being at the time in the 3rd, 
 Division, i6th Army Corps, with General Carr 
 as Commander of the Division, at Alexandria. 
 The regiment suffered the loss of its guns, 
 they having been captured by the enemy, but 
 later they were re-taken and restored to the 
 men. Subsequently the regiment moved to 
 New Orleans, and after camping there for a 
 time moved to Spanish Eort, where after a 
 siege for some days the place surrendered. 
 Then laid siege^ of Fort Blakely, capturing 
 that place. It next moved to Greenville where 
 news was received of the surrender of General 
 Lee, and the death of President Lincoln; then 
 continued on to Montgomery, having marched 
 upwards of 200 miles and as a result the men 
 were entirely exhausted, suffering from cold 
 
 and kept upon short rations. At the time the 
 guns were taken, Mr. Mollemkamp received a 
 wound from a rebel sword. He did not however 
 leave his command, but had it sewed up and 
 dressed by the surgeon. He now carries an 
 ugly scar, as a result of that encounter, a 
 terrible and ever "present memento" of the re 
 bellion. He continued at Montgomery until 
 the following August when he started for home, 
 taking boat to Cairo, and cars to Indianapolis, 
 where he was discharged Aug. 22, 1865. He 
 subsequently returned South, being employed 
 at his trade at Memphis and Atlanta, then 
 moved to Cincinnati, where he was engaged 
 for ten years. 
 
 He married, during the year 1874, Margaret 
 Ellis, of Cincinnati, a native of Bavaria, and 
 six children have been born to them, viz: 
 Louis, Katie, Harvey, Charles, Josephine and 
 Frank, all of whom are living. 
 
 Our subject was born in Prussia, Germany, 
 in 1845, came to America in 1859, settled in 
 Indiana, where he learned the blacksmith trade 
 and lived until the outbreak of the war. He 
 has resided with his family in Bloomington for 
 the past seven years. He is a member of Post 
 No. 146, G. A. R., a member of the Knights of 
 Pythias No. 12, in which he has held the office 
 of Chancellor, and in local politics he is a 
 liberal. 
 
 WILLIAM WALTHER, of Peru, 111., was 
 born in Germany, Oct 18, 1828, and 
 emigrated to this country during the 
 year 1853, first residing in Texas, then in Lou 
 isville, Ky., and subsequently settling in Peru, 
 where he has made his home ever since. He 
 married Anna Mary Fuhrman (also a native of 
 Germany), in 1857, and they have eight children 
 Wm., Alfred, Harry, Sophia, Clara, Hattie, 
 Julia and Margaret. 
 
 Mr. Walther enlisted in the Union army at 
 Joliet, Sept. 26, 1864, and was mustered into the 
 service as a private in Company A., 44th 111., 
 Vol. Inf., on the same day. He went to Spring 
 field, 111., and afterwards to Nashville, wherehe 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 159 
 
 joined his regiment and participated in the bat 
 tles of Columbia, Franklin and Nashville. At 
 the Franklin conflict the regiment distinguished 
 itself for its splendid work, done under trying 
 circumstances, and his brigade afterward re 
 ceived the credit of saving the field to the 
 Union forces. After this, the army went into 
 winter quarters at Huntsville, Ala., where it 
 remained until March 28, 1865, when his regi 
 ment was ordered to Knoxville, Tenn., then to 
 Bull s Gap, and Blue Springs, where it remained 
 until the rebel army of Virginia surrendered to 
 General Grant. His corps was then ordered to 
 Nashville, where it arrived on the 22, and for a 
 few weeks induldged in the vain hope that i^ 
 would be mustered out of service, but this il 
 lusion was soon dispelled by receiving orders 
 to go to New Orleans; not, how r ever, until our 
 subject and some others were mustered out and 
 discharged. He immediately returned to his. 
 home in Peru and resumed his trade of a shoe 
 maker. He was one of those who organized 
 the German Benevolent Society at Peru, of 
 which he held the office of President. He has 
 also been Tax Collector for Peru, for two terms, 
 and holds that position at the present time. 
 He is a member of the German Library Associ 
 ation, and a Republican in politics; a member of 
 E. N. Kirk Post, No. 656, G. A. R., at Peru, of 
 which he served four years as Chaplain and is 
 now Adjutant. 
 
 STANDING in bold relief in the ranks of Bel- 
 videre s best society and prominent pro 
 fessional business men, is Judge Wales W. 
 Wood, who is claimed by New York State as her 
 son, being born there April 25, 1837, a son f 
 Emery and Permelia Wood. The father was a 
 native of Mass., of English descent. Enlisted 
 and served as a fifer boy in the war of 1812, af 
 terwards became a merchant and settled in Hins- 
 dale, N. Y., where he engaged in the lumber 
 business and real estate, and also, in an early 
 day was Col. of one of the regiments of N. Y. 
 State Militia. He died in 1881, his wife having 
 
 preceded him, dying in 1879. In the father s 
 family there were seven children besides our 
 subject, viz.: Emery, Lewis, Frederick, Wil 
 liam, Staley N., Permelia and Eveline. 
 
 The Judge s early life was spent at Hins- 
 dale, N. Y. When ten years of age he was sent 
 to Ellicottville, New York, to reside with his 
 brother, William H., for the purpose of attend 
 ing the Union School of that place, and by the 
 time he was sixteen had been prepared to enter 
 college. He then took up his studies at Genesee 
 College, Lima, N. Y., where he took a full 
 course in all the lectures of that Institution, 
 then attended Union College, at Schenectady, 
 N. Y., from which he was graduated in the 
 summer of 1857, receiving his degree of Bach 
 elor of Arts, and owing to the prominent place 
 occupied in his classes, was, at graduation, one 
 of the few out of a large class, elected as mem 
 ber of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, connected 
 with that renowned institution of learning. 
 That same year he removed to Belvidere, 111., 
 where his brother William was a partner in the 
 law firm of Fuller & Wood, and entering his 
 office as a law student, took a full course, and 
 in due time was admitted as an Attorney at 
 Law. 
 
 He immediately entered upon the practice 
 of his profession, which he continued until the 
 summer of 1862, when he tired of reading the 
 newspaper recitals- of the war, and of battles 
 won and lost, therefore laid aside his pen which 
 is a powerful weapon enough in times of peace, 
 and grasped his sword, which appeared to be a 
 weapon more in keeping with the spirit of that 
 particular time. 
 
 He enlisted as a private in Company G., 
 95th 111.. Vol. Inf., and was mustered into the 
 service at Rockford, Sept. 4, 1862, and pro 
 moted as Adjutant of the regiment. It moved 
 from Camp Nov. 4, and proceeded via Chicago, 
 Cairo and Columbus, to Jackson, Tenn., thence 
 to Grand Junction, where it was assigned to 
 General McArthur s Division, I3th Army 
 Corps, of the Army of the Tennessee, and 
 shortly after participated in General Grant s 
 Campaign, through Northern Miss, in the win 
 ter of 1862. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 After the capture of Grant s supplies at 
 Holly Springs, intended for use in his opera 
 tions against Vicksburg, the line of march was, 
 soon after Christmas, taken up. Passing 
 through Moscow, and Collierville they arrived 
 at Memphis Jan. 13, 1863, and went into camp 
 three miles outside the city, thus terminating 
 that campaign. Simultaneously with General 
 Grant s arrival, a large fleet of transports 
 appeared in the river on board of which Gen. 
 McArthur s Division embarked and proceeded 
 down the river. As a precaution they landed 
 each night, arriving at Milliken sBend, 15 miles 
 above Vicksburg, Jan. 26, and there disembarked, 
 came up the river and went into camp near the 
 levee at a place called Lake Providence. 
 Whilst at this point the Judge was selected 
 and detailed by General McArthur to the posi 
 tion of Assistant Adjutant General and Chief 
 of Staff, of that General s Division, which was 
 then known as the 6th Div. of the I7th Army 
 Corps. In the performance of the duties of 
 this position, Adjt. General Wood, was active 
 ly engaged through all the movements and 
 operations of the Division around Vicksburg, 
 including the terrible and unsuccessful assaults 
 upon that stronghold May 19 and 22, 1863, 
 respectively, until the surrender of the city 
 which occurred July 4, 1863. General McArthur 
 was placed in command of the Post at Vicks 
 burg where Adjt. General Wood, continued to 
 be engaged until the month of Nov., 1864, 
 when he rejoined his regiment at Benton Bar 
 racks, St. Louis. The regiment then became 
 attached to General Smith s command and 
 moved for Nashville, proceeding on trans 
 ports by way of the Cumberland River. 
 About 12,000 strong they arrived on the night 
 of about Nov. 30, just as the great battle at 
 Franklin, 12 miles distant, was commencing. 
 It remained in camp until the I5th, when it 
 participated in the desperate and bloody bat 
 tle of Nashville, which continued throughout 
 that and the following day, resulting in a com 
 plete victory for the Union forces, and the 
 destruction of the rebel army under General 
 Hood. Then joining in pursuit of the fleeing 
 rebels to the Tennessee River, Adjt. General 
 
 Wood, moved to Franklin, camping thereupon 
 the battle ground for a brief time, then at 
 Columbia, thence to Pulaski, and Lawrence- 
 burg and soon afterwards up the Tenn. River 
 to East Port, Tenn. Feb. 3, 1865, the regiment 
 embarked on the steamer, Adam Jacobs, for 
 New Orleans, where on arrival it joined in the 
 army organized by General Canby, for opera 
 tions against Mobile, Ala., and then partici 
 pated in the siege of Spanish Fort, charged 
 upon its works Apr. 8, and moved to Fort 
 Blakely on the following day, which had then 
 surrendered, in all of which the Union army 
 was successful; the latter of these engagements 
 being the last and closing struggle of the great 
 civil war, resulting in the capture of Mobile. 
 Adjt. Wood, subsequently accompanied his 
 regiment to Montgomery, Meridan, Jackson 
 and Vicksburg and thence to St. Louis, Mo., 
 by steamer, and was mustered out with his regi 
 ment at Camp Butler, Springfield, Ills., Aug. 
 16, 1865. 
 
 Our subject then returned to his adopted 
 home, Belvidere, where he resumed the prac 
 tice of his profession, and displaying as much 
 ability at the bar as he did when fighting the 
 battles of his country, he was soon managing a 
 large business, and in receipt of a lucrative in 
 come. He was shortly after the close of the 
 war appointed Master in Chancery, of the Cir 
 cuit Court of Boone County, filling the duties 
 of this important and responsible position with 
 ability for several terms. After giving up the 
 office of Master in Chancery, he was elected 
 State s Attorney for his County, a position he 
 also adorned for several years. He has been 
 elected to the position of City Attorney for 
 Belvidere on two different occasions. 
 
 In the year 1879, he was elected County Judge 
 for the same county, to fill a vacancy, and at 
 the expiration of the fractional term was re- 
 elected without opposition, which position he 
 continues to hold up to the present time. 
 
 Soon after the war, Judge Wood edited and 
 published a complete history of the operations 
 of his regiment, the 95th 111., of which he was 
 Adjutant. He has taken a prominent part and 
 unfaltering interest in all the business pertain- 
 
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 ing to Grand Army matters, joining in many of 
 their reunions and camp fires. He is a member 
 of Hurlbut Post No. 164, and has served his 
 second term as Post Commander. He is a Free 
 Mason, and prominent member of the Episco 
 pal Church. Judge Wood was married in the 
 year 1866, to Alice E. Humphrey, of Belvidere, 
 and one child, Gertrude, has blessed the union. 
 
 DR. SAMUEL J. BUMSTEAD, of Decatur, Ills., 
 was born at Philadelphia, Pa., June 13, 
 1841. His father, Samuel, a minister 
 of the gospel, is now (1892) residing at De 
 catur, Ills. Josiah Bumstead, the grandfather 
 of the subject of this sketch, conducted a paper 
 business, which is still under the control of the 
 family under the proprietorship of a cousin of 
 Dr. Bumstead. Dr. Bumstead s mother was 
 Maria Garber, of an old Pa. Dutch family, and 
 was born in Montgomery Co., Pa. 
 
 As a boy he, up to the age of fourteen, at 
 tended school in Philadelphia. His parents 
 removed to a farm in Tazewell Co., Ills, in 1855, 
 and after three or four years he returned to Phil 
 adelphia, entered a medical college, where he 
 was when Fort Sumpter was fired upon. He 
 soon after rejoined his parents in Ills., spend 
 ing the summer and resuming his medical 
 course at Philadelphia in the fall, graduating 
 in the spring of 1862. He located at Pekin, 
 Ills., for the practice of his profession, but in 
 Aug., 1862, his patriotic zeal lead him to the 
 service of his country, and he enlisted in Co. 
 B., io8th Ills. Inf., as 2nd Sergeant. After re 
 maining at the camp of instruction at Peoria 
 for about one month, he went with his com 
 mand to Cincinnati, O., reaching there Oct. 6, 
 and crossing the river to Covington, Ky., where 
 they went into camp. They soon took up the 
 march under Gen. A. J. Smith for Nicholas- 
 ville, Ky. Dr. Bumstead acted as Sergeant of 
 the guard during this time, and on one occasion 
 had an interesting interview with the Rev. Dr. 
 Breckinridge, the distinguished Kentucky ora 
 tor, which he has always regarded an honor. 
 
 The command moved on to Louisville, thence 
 to Memphis, remaining for a short time, and 
 11 
 
 then going to the Yazoo River with the Sher 
 man expedition as far as Haines Bluff. About 
 the time of their departure from Louisville, Dr. 
 Bumstead was ordered to report to Brig, head 
 quarters for detached service in the medical 
 department, and was appointed clerk to the 
 Brigade Surgeon, a position which he held for. 
 about two months. During this period his 
 command was engaged in battle at Chickasaw 
 Bayou, where he served under Dr. Sparks in 
 attending to the wounded. Thence proceeding 
 to Arkansas Post, he was employed in the hos 
 pitals for which the boats were used, his duties 
 being to register the names of the wounded as 
 they were brought in, the command to which 
 they belonged, and the nature of their wounds 
 in technical medical terms, etc. ; also after the 
 performance of operations to describe the pro 
 cesses and the results. After the battle at Ar 
 kansas Post, the command moved down to 
 Milliken s Bend and Young s Point. 
 
 In Feb. 1863, Dr. Bumstead was ordered by 
 Maj. Gen. McClernand to report to the I3ist 
 Ills., to act as Surgeon of that regiment, doubt 
 less upon the recommendation of Dr. Sparks. 
 This was an unexpected and high compliment 
 and the Dr. felt honored by it. In the spring 
 the smallpox broke out in the regiment, in 
 consequence of which it was removed to 
 Memphis, where it was placed in charge of Dr. 
 Bumstead, who in six weeks succeeded in dis 
 pelling the dread pest. The officers of the 
 regiment now wished to have him commis- 
 
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 sioned as Surgeon of the regiment, and Gen 
 eral Grant gave him an order for his ex 
 amination at Chicago, which he at once put in 
 to execution by passing a very satisfactory and 
 critical test of his abilities, and obtaining his 
 commission as ist assistant Surgeon of the 13 ist 
 Ills. Inf. 
 
 He rejoined the regiment at Vicksburg, 
 which was moved across the riverand stationed 
 near the mouth of the canal to prevent the 
 escape of the enemy from that direction, be 
 ing held in that position until the capitulation. 
 Soon after this the regiment was moved to 
 Paducah, Ky., to garrison that place, remain 
 ing there until Oct., when they returned to 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Vicksburg, where the 13 1st was consolidated 
 with the 29th Ills., by order of the Secretary of 
 War, the Dr. becoming an assistant Surgeon of 
 the 3Qth. This consolidation brought together 
 an available force of 1,000 men, all of whom 
 were from Southern Ills. In Dec. the reg. re- 
 .moved to the Big Black River, where the Dr. 
 had an attack of rheumatism and was taken to 
 McPherson Hospital at Vicksburg, where he 
 was confined for two and a half months. He 
 then reported to Surgeon E. Powell and was 
 assigned to duty as ward Surgeon in the Mc 
 Pherson Hospital, serving in this capacity for 
 two months, when he was ordered to report to 
 the chief Surgeon of the post. Here his duties 
 involved a superintendence of the military 
 prison, of which he had charge for the greater 
 part of 1864. 
 
 While here the following incident occurred 
 and which the doctor relates as among his per 
 sonal reminiscences: A bushwhacker, who 
 had been captured, was brought to the prison. 
 It was the rule to put this class of prisoners to 
 work on the streets under guard. Learning 
 this the man insisted that he was a regularly 
 enlisted confederate soldier, but he had to go 
 to work. At this the rebel swore by all the 
 saints in the calendar that he would not work 
 for the Yankee Government, and that he could 
 not be compelled to do so. The officer smiled 
 and commanded the guard to put him to work 
 at the point of the bayonet, when the rebel 
 sprang to the rear closely followed by the 
 guard. On reaching the spot where some car 
 penters were at work within the enclosure, the 
 rebel seized a hatchet and chopped off his left 
 hand at the wrist. He was brought to the Dr. 
 with his hand hanging by a small fragment of 
 skin, cursing furiously and swearing that he 
 would not work for the Yankee Government and 
 that he had shown them that he would not. 
 Upon his removal to the hospital the Dr. 
 amputated his arm. As soon as he had re 
 covered he was sent back to the prison, as de 
 fiant as ever, declaring that the stump of his 
 arm would be an honor to possess all through 
 his life, "thus," remarked the Dr., "illustrating 
 the grit of the men we were fighting." 
 
 During the last month of his service at 
 Vicksburg, Dr. Bumstead acted as Post Surgeon 
 on the staff of Gen. Morgan E. Smith. In Jan., 
 1865, he rejoined his reg. at Kenner, La., near 
 New Orleans; soon after going to Dauphin 
 Island, at the mouth of Mobile Bay, remaining 
 encamped there for six weeks. Before leaving 
 New Orleans the Dr. had been assigned to the 
 artillery of the division, making his headquar 
 ters with the 7th Mass. Battery. March 17, 
 they took transports for Mobile, and began the 
 march over very bad roads, having to build a 
 corduroy for 12 miles. It rained incessantly, 
 and the men could scarcely make two miles 
 per day. They crossed Fish River on pontoons 
 and were joined by A. J. Smith s Corps. Being 
 now in the pine woods district the roads ad 
 mitted of marching without great difficulty. 
 Reaching Spanish Fort, they took position on 
 the left of the army on the right of the posi 
 tion of the enemy. During the day they kept up 
 a continual artillery bombardment, the infantry 
 advancing during the night and thus approach 
 ing the enemy s works. During the siege, a 
 mess of some 20 men of the Dr s regiment were 
 engaged in dividing their rations of meat, when 
 a shell exploded in their midst, killing six or 
 seven outright and wounding several others. 
 The next day the Dr. noticed one of the 
 wounded, who had had both of his legs ampu 
 tated above the knees. He was as pale as death, 
 but seemed much interested in reading one of 
 Beadle s Dime Novels. 
 
 The final bombardment took place April 7, 
 and the next morning the fort with its entire 
 equipments was surrendered. They then moved 
 on to Fort Blakely, another of the defenses of 
 Mobile, which was captured in a gallant charge 
 which the Dr. witnessed. Here was killed the 
 sixth and last surviving son of a Massuchusets 
 widow, who in the act of sighting his gun was 
 struck by a ball between the eyes, and thus lay 
 down his life for his country. The Dr. went 
 on with the troops to Montgomery, which had 
 been evacuated. Here the sad news of the 
 assassination of President Lincoln was received, 
 and at Selma they were informed that the sur 
 render of Lee had taken place; thence return- 
 
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 ing to Mobile, and while here the great explo 
 sion of the ammunition stores occurred, causing 
 the death of some 300 persons. 
 
 The regiment went by sea to Galveston and 
 thence to Houston, Texas, by rail; to Hemstead 
 later on, where they made camp and were mus 
 tered out there Nov. i6th. The Dr. was now 
 the only Surgeon in attendance. He was dis 
 charged at Springfield, Ills., Nov. 30, 1865, and 
 returning to Pekin, practiced his profession up 
 to 1872, when he went to Europe and spent a 
 year in Vienna, studying his profession in the 
 hospitals. Upon returning from Europe, he 
 resumed his practice in Pekin, and in 1877, 
 went to Decatur, where he is still engaged in 
 the practice of medicine. 
 
 He was married Dec. 26 1865, at Pekin, to 
 Sarah E. Seiwell, and they have two children 
 Harry A. and Chas. M. Dr. Bumstead in his 
 life s work has had a full share of honors, 
 which have resulted from a faithful and earnest 
 direction of the talents committed to him. He 
 is in politics a Republican, and is a member of 
 the G. A. R. Post, No. 141. 
 
 The Doctor, notwithstanding the arduous 
 duties of his extensive, practice, has found time 
 to embark in that ever fascinating field of liter 
 ature. One of his productions "The Riner- 
 sons" a Tale of the Wissahickan, has been re 
 ceived with a good deal of favor, and is an at 
 tractive and well written romance, but not yet 
 fully placed before the public. He has another 
 work of fiction in press, and a melo-drama 
 "The Elixir of Life," both of which he expects 
 soon to place before the reading world. 
 
 CHARLES E. PETTIT. The subject of this 
 sketch enjoys the distinction of being 
 one of the youngest, if not the youngest 
 volunteer soldier of the Union army, who en 
 listed as a private soldier, and carried a musket 
 from the start, being but 14 years, 5 months and 
 25 days old at the time he was mustered into 
 the service. He was born at McHenry, 111,, 
 Nov. 18, 1849, an d is a son f Silas Smith 
 Pettit, who was born at La Grange, in the 
 
 State of New York, (Dutchess County,) March 
 
 1, 1811. His mother, Caroline E. (Lester) 
 Pettit, was born in Pittsford, Vermont Nov. 
 
 2, 1820. Mr. Pettit had one brother and 
 two sisters, viz: Samuel Edwin, Maria Car 
 oline, and Martha Jane. His father died May 
 2, 1858, and his mother Nov. n, 1853. He was 
 brought up on a farm, and attended the public 
 schools in winter, when his services Were least 
 required in doing the work of the farm. Hav 
 ing been left an orphan at the early age of 9 
 years, he found himself alone in the world with 
 little to aid him besides his natural energy and 
 perseverance. He resided with an uncle at 
 Janesville, Wis., and afterwards at Ringwood, 
 near his birthplace, for three years subsequent 
 to his father s death, working at farming and 
 attending school as circumstances and oppor 
 tunities permitted. At the outbreak of the re 
 bellion, our subject longed for the time to 
 arrive when he would be old enough to join the 
 army. His anxiety to become a soldier could 
 not be restrained until that period, and conse 
 quently, when in his I4th year, against the 
 wishes of his relatives, and express commarid 
 of his uncle, with whom he lived, he made up 
 his mind to tender his services for the preser 
 vation of his country. Not daring to take the 
 train from the place where he resided, he rose 
 at two o clock in the morning and walked six 
 miles to the next town, where he was enabled 
 to take a train without fear of detention, for 
 Elgin 111., where he enlisted May 13, 1864, and 
 was mustered in the following day in Company 
 C., I4ist 111. Vol. Inf. He went into camp at 
 Elgin, where the regiment remained about two 
 weeks. From there it proceeded to Columbus, 
 Ky., via. Chicago, taking train to Cairo, thence 
 on transport to its destination. It remained at 
 Columbus on garrison duty until about Oct. 1st, 
 when the regiment was ordered to Camp Fry 
 at Chicago. 
 
 Whilst stationed at Columbus, Mr. Pettit s 
 company, and also two other companies be 
 longing to the same regiment, was detached and 
 proceeded on transports to Paducah, then 
 marched through Kentucky and again took 
 transports on the Tennesee River, which car- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ried them back to Columbus the expedition 
 occupying a . period of two weeks. With the 
 exception of the death of two comrades, which 
 resulted from accident, no noteworthy incidents 
 beyond the usual occurrences attending an 
 army while marching through the enemy s 
 country, occurred. His regiment remained in 
 Chicago nearly two weeks, when his term of 
 enlistment having expired, he was mustered 
 out of service and paid off by U. S. Paymaster, 
 Reese, Oct. 17, 1864. While his regiment was 
 in Chicago, Mr. Pettit was called home to at 
 tend the funeral of his only brother, who had 
 died after two months illness. After being 
 mustered out he returned to his native place in 
 McHenry County, and attended school until 
 the following February, when he again enlisted, 
 this time in Company C., 1 53d 111. Vol. Inf., then 
 at Elgin, and was mustered in at Marengo. 
 While at the latter place he was taken sick, 
 and although the prospects of a soldier s life 
 are never too easily borne, they becomeburden- 
 some under severe illness. This became for 
 Mr. Pettit, certainly, an hour of trial. His patriotic 
 and manly feelings were aroused and prompted 
 him to serve his country; his health, on the other 
 hand, demanded that he should abandon the 
 army, but he was made of sterner stuff, and, 
 consequently, determined to remain with his 
 comrades, and was mustered in a second time. 
 His company pursuant to orders, proceeded to, 
 and took up quarters at Camp Fry, Chicago, 
 and there remained on guard duty about three 
 weeks, from which point it was ordered to 
 Nashville, Tenn., thence to Tullahoma, Tenn., 
 where it remained. 
 
 While stationed there, in conjunction with 
 companies B. and K. of the same regiment, his 
 company was detached and sent on a scouting 
 expedition under command of Major Wilson, 
 and, after continuous, marching, reached Lar- 
 kinsville, Ala. ( The Union army was, at the 
 time, being continually harrassed by the rebel 
 guerrilla raids, and, as far as possible, to prevent 
 and control which, this detachment was espe 
 cially detailed. They subsequently returned to 
 Tullahoma where they resumed guard duty. It 
 was while the brigade was at Tullahoma, that 
 
 President Lincoln was assassinated, which cir 
 cumstance brought about a peculiar incident. 
 Two men masquerading as Union soldiers, 
 expressed the opinion that the assassination of 
 Lincoln was justifiable and proper, whereupon 
 they were court martialed and sentenced to con 
 finement in the stockade, ornamented with ball 
 and chain, and also dismissed from the service in 
 dishonor. They were marched in front of the 
 brigade with shaved heads and formed fitting 
 subjects for the derision and scorn of all patri 
 otic soldiers. They were afterwards kept at 
 hard labor. By command, Mr. Pettit s regi 
 ment was ordered to Memphis, via the Louis 
 ville & Nashville R. R., and the Ohio and 
 Mississippi Rivers, which point it reached 
 about July 7th, and went into camp. While 
 there our subject was detailed on guard duty 
 at the Overton Hotel which was in possession 
 of the government and had been previously 
 used as a hospital. He remained at this place 
 until discharged, Sept. 21, 1865. He, with his 
 regiment, was taken to Camp Butler, near 
 Springfield, 111., where he was paid off by Pay 
 master, J. H. Mayborn, after which he returned 
 to McHenry county and resumed farm work. 
 
 Dec. 6, 1865, Mr. Pettit determined to adopt 
 the trade of a printer. With this object in view, 
 he secured employment in the Woodstock 
 Sentinel office, where he remained until January, 
 1869. He subsequently worked at his trade in 
 Chicago and Amboy. On April 3, 1871, he en 
 tered the office of the Republican (now Repub 
 lican-Times}, at Ottawa, 111., as foreman, which 
 position he has filled ever since with ability and 
 satisfaction to his employers. 
 
 He served six years in the State Militia, five 
 years of which he held the appointment of ist 
 Sergeant, and the remainder, ist Lieutenant. 
 He was married Feb. 11, 1885, at Ravenswood, 
 111., to Mary L. Pettit. They have one child, 
 Leila Caroline, born Sept. 6, 1890. He belongs 
 to the Masonic fraternity, being a member of 
 Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., of 
 which he is a Past Master; of Shabbona Chap 
 ter, No. 37, R. A. M.; of Oriental Council, No. 
 63, R. & S. M.; and of Ottawa Commandery, 
 No. 10, K. T. Is also a member of the G. A. 
 
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 165 
 
 R. Post, No. 156, and of Good Will Lodge, 
 No. 38, I. O. M. A., a benevolent organization. 
 Is a communicant of the 1st Congregational 
 Church at Ottawa, and a Republican in politics. 
 
 HENRY M. HOMUTH, a member of Wm. T. 
 Sherman Post, No. 146 G. A. R., is a 
 native of Prussia, Germany, born Oct. 
 30, 1839. He came to America with his father, 
 his mother having previously died in the year 
 1857. He worked on a farm until the Rebel 
 lion, then enlisted Aug. 26, 1862, as a recruit in 
 the 3Oth Ind. Inf., which was assigned to the 
 Army of the Cumberland wherein it continued 
 until after the battle of Stone River, when the 
 army was reorganized. The regiment was then 
 assigned to the 2nd Brig., 2nd Div., 2Oth A. C. 
 It participated in the battles of Laverne and 
 Stone River, then remained in the vicinity of 
 Murfreesboro for about five months, being em 
 ployed building fortifications; following this, 
 marched on to Chattanooga and was engaged 
 at Hoover s and Liberty Gap and Tullahoma 
 respectively, remaining at the last named place 
 five or six weeks recruiting, leaving there 
 about the middle of August, continuing their 
 march over Sandy and Lookout Mountains to 
 the famous Chickamauga battle ground, where 
 they engaged in the terrible and disastrous 
 conflict which occurred at that place. After 
 making a splendid defence for two days they 
 were compelled to fall back upon Chattanooga. 
 They were at Chattanooga for two months, the 
 greater part of the time upon short rations, 
 and for a period only on quarter rations, and 
 had considerable fighting to do at the same 
 time. He, with his regiment, participated in 
 the memorable battles of Missionary Ridge and 
 Lookout Mountain Nov. 24-25th. 
 
 The army wintered near Dalton and Cleve 
 land during the winter of 1863-4, broke camp 
 May 3, and marched by way of Ringgold, to 
 Tunnel Hill, where the regiment had its first 
 battle in the Atlanta campaign. Later it took 
 part in the battles of Rocky Face Ridge, Kene- 
 saw Mountain, Marietta, Big Shanty, Peach 
 
 Tree Creek, Atlanta, Lovejoy Station, and 
 Jonesboro, after which it marched into Atlanta, 
 and remained in that neighborhood until the 
 end of September, when the original regiment 
 was mustered out. The recruits and a few 
 veterans were organized into what was termed 
 a detachment called Go s A., B. and C., and 
 known as a detachment of the 3<Dth Ind. In 
 October, 1864, about 400 recruits and drafted 
 men were assigned to this organization; then 
 left Atlanta and moved toward Chattanooga, 
 receiving orders at Rome, Ga., to report at 
 once at Chattanooga. At the last named place 
 they took train for Athens, Ala., thence to Pu- 
 laski, where they remained and recruited until 
 Hood got in the rear, when they proceeded on 
 a forced march to Columbia, Tenn., where they 
 had a light engagement. From that point they 
 fought inch by inch back to Franklin. 
 
 Mr. Homuth is of the opinion that the battle 
 of Franklin was the hottest of his many en 
 gagements during the war. From Franklin 
 he went to Nashville where he remained until 
 Nov. 15, when his regiment assisted General 
 Thomas army in the assault upon the rebel 
 forces, winning a splendid victory, then re 
 turned to Franklin. 
 
 Subsequently he returned to Nashville, 
 where the regiment reorganized, and on Dec. 
 1 5th and i6th, was engaged in the battle of 
 Nashville. The enemy was driven across the 
 the Mississippi River to Florence, and thence 
 the regiment turned to Huntsville, Ala., at 
 which point our subject s command spent the 
 winter, and early in the spring proceeded by 
 rail to Knoxville and Bull s Gap, the object 
 being to intercept Lee in case he should at 
 tempt to return in that direction. In this, how 
 ever, the men were greatly disappointed, as 
 news of Lee s surrender reached them near 
 Jonesboro, East Tenn. In April, 1865, they 
 had returned back to Nashville, where they re 
 mained until mustered out June 25th. Mr. 
 Homuth returned to his home at Indianapolis, 
 but soon thereafter went to Bloomington, 111., 
 where he has since resided. He was married 
 in 1867, to Josephine Wersch, a native of 
 Switzerland, by whom he has two sons William 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 H. and Arthur J., the former 23 years of age, 
 and the latter 19. These young men have 
 been educated in the City Schools and Busi 
 ness College. William H. is a jeweler by oc 
 cupation, which he follows at his native town. 
 Mr. Homuth is a member of Mozart Lodge 
 No. 656 A. F. & A. M.; Bloomington Chapter, 
 R. A. M. No. 26; and Peoria Consistory S. P. R. 
 S. Of late years he affiliates with the Demo 
 cratic party. 
 
 LF.VI M. LEE, M. D., of Decatur, Ills., was 
 born in Ky., in 1843, an< ^ resided in that 
 State to the date of his enlistment, re 
 ceiving his education in private schools. His 
 father was John F. Lee, a native of Ky., and 
 served in the Union army in Company K, loth 
 Ky. Inf., contracting a cold at Mill Springs, 
 Ky., which affecting his kidneys resulted in his 
 discharge for disability, and finally caused his 
 death in 1888. His maternal grandfather (Ed 
 wards) was a soldier in the war of 1812. The 
 family name of the mother of Levi M. Lee was 
 Edwards, whose ancestry were Virginians. She 
 was the mother of five children : John L., Mary 
 Ann, Levi M., Malinda Frances, and Lizzie. 
 During the war John L. was in Co. K., loth Ky. 
 Inf., with his father, receiving a wound in the 
 shoulder at Chickamauga from which he re 
 covered, and completed his term of service. 
 
 Dr. Levi M. Lee enlisted at Lebanon, Ky., 
 Nov. 5, 1861, and in Dec. went to Mill Springs 
 in w r hat was known as the 3rd Brig, under com 
 mand of Gen. Fry, where he was detailed to 
 serve in the Quartermaster Department at reg 
 imental headquarters. Early in March a move 
 ment was made to Corinth through Louisville, 
 Nashville, Columbia, on to Savannah and reach 
 ing Pittsburg landing after the battle. Camp 
 ing here about a month Mr. Lee performed the 
 duties of the Quartermaster and Commissary 
 Departments. When Corinth was evacuated 
 the regiment followed the enemy to luka and 
 Tuscumbia, where after two weeks delay it 
 proceeded to Murfreesboro. Just before reach 
 ing this place Geti: Fry s cook was found hang 
 
 ing on a signboard, having been captured by 
 the rebels, of whom the country was full, yet 
 the small regiment marched four days alone 
 and unmolested from Tuscumbia to Murfrees 
 boro, from which place a march was made to 
 Winchester and afterward to Chattanooga. At 
 this time Mr. Lee had charge of the teams of 
 the 3rd Brig., 3rd Div., I4th A. C., and he had 
 all the Quartermaster stores safely into Chat 
 tanooga before the general retreat. On the 
 road near that place he was hailed by the 
 Major and Chaplain, who were both wounded, 
 and informed concerning his brother s wound. 
 
 Picketing the teams until morning, pontoon 
 boats were laid, bridges built and teams crossed 
 over the Tenn. While here Mr. Lee took three 
 teams and went into the country about 18 miles, 
 foraging without an escort. All went well un 
 til the well filled wagons were on the way back 
 when the rebel cavalry captured the train and 
 succeeded in taking most of the teamsters, who 
 were paroled, after going about 20 miles, and 
 turned loose. They burned the stores and 
 the trains, killed the mules by stabbing them, 
 and appropriated the liquor for their own use. 
 Mr. Lee going back reported the facts and 
 the cavalry was sent out in pursuit, and find 
 ing the rebels intoxicated easily captured them. 
 From Chattanooga the stock were removed to 
 Bridgeport, where Mr. Lee remained until 
 spring, when preparations were made for the 
 Atlanta campaign. The teams were in good 
 condition, and the wagons heavily loaded when 
 they returned to Chattanooga to make the 
 start. 
 
 The first battle was at Buzzard s Roost, and 
 the Quartermaster wagons were up with the 
 regiment every night. Mr. Lee was at his 
 post in all the battles in which his corps was 
 engaged on this campaign, and at Atlanta the 
 regiment was in a heavy fight, when the loth 
 Ind. Regiment noticing the heavy odds it was 
 contending against, went to its relief without 
 orders, and thus ended the enemy s advance 
 and saved the regiment from slaughter. His 
 regt., the loth Ky., remained in the works 
 during the siege of Atlanta, and then marched 
 around to Jonesboro, where it was heavily 
 
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 167 
 
 engaged, and returned to Atlanta to take the 
 train to Ringgold, Ga., where this regiment 
 relieved the 74th Ind., and remained about 
 one month doing post duty. From this point 
 a movement was made toward home re 
 turning to Chattanooga to take cars for Nash 
 ville, which was reached just before the battle 
 of Franklin; then on to Louisville, where the 
 regiment was discharged Dec. 6, 1864, as its 
 term of enlistment had expired. 
 
 As this city was the home of Mr. Lee, he 
 remained for some time, then moved to Cave 
 City where he studied medicine, returning to 
 Louisville, graduated as M. D. at the Medical 
 University, and practiced about four years in 
 that city. He then moved to Indianapolis and 
 remained in practice until 1874, then moving to 
 Sadorus, 111., was professionally engaged 
 four years, and after practicing eight years in 
 Monticello, returned to Indianapolis for a short 
 time and located in Argenta, 111., opening a 
 drug store, and continuing in professional 
 work for five years. He then settled in Deca- 
 tur, 111., establishing a drug business and ex 
 tending his practice as a physician, in which 
 he is engaged at the present time. 
 
 Dr. Levi M. Lee was married in 1874, at 
 Indianapolis, to Sarah B. Suver an Ohioan by 
 birth. The doctor has a high standing in a 
 number of Fraternal Orders, and is a promi 
 nent Mason, Odd Fellow, K. P., a member of 
 the Fred Spooner Post, G. A. R., at Argenta, 111., 
 and in most of the orders has filled all the 
 chairs in the subordinate Lodges. He was 
 representative to the Grand Lodge of K. of P s, 
 the I. O. O. F., and G. A. R. at their grand en 
 campments, 1888-9, f tne two former, and the 
 latter in 1889. Dr. Lee is an ardent Republi 
 can, taking an active interest in all party mat 
 ters. In religion, is a Methodist. 
 
 HENRY WYMAN, of Ottawa, 111., was born 
 in Dalton County, Pa., January 8, 1841, 
 and is the son of Joseph and Hannah 
 (Keith) Wyman. The elder Wyman was born 
 in Lancaster, Pa., of which place his wife was 
 
 also a native. He was a farmer by occupation 
 and moved west in 1851, locating near Ottawa, 
 111., where he engaged in farming. 
 
 They had eleven children Peter, Harriet, 
 Eva, Sarah, Henry, Eliza, William, George, 
 Liberty Anne, Mary and Francis, all living 
 except Francis and Liberty Anne. The father 
 died May 17, 1883, and the mother in 1876. 
 Mr. Wyman was reared at home where he at 
 tended the schools of that time and aided his 
 father on the farm. He enlisted Dec. 28, 1861, 
 at Ottawa, Co. A., 53rd Regiment, 111. Inf., and 
 went into camp at Ottawa, remaining there 
 through the winter, engaged in drilling and 
 camp service. In March, 1862, they received 
 orders to go to Camp Douglas to guard the 
 rebel prisoners taken at Fort Donelson; was 
 there about a month when they went to St. 
 Louis, and from there to Savannah, Tenn., where 
 they went into camp. They were soon or 
 dered away to meet the enemy at Pittsburg 
 Landing, where they arrived Monday, at 4 
 o clock, P. M., after the fight was over. The 
 regiment went into camp and assisted, as their 
 first war experience, in burying the dead. 
 They were put in the 1st Brig., 4th Div., I7th 
 A. C. 
 
 The next move was on Corinth, the 53rd 
 skirmishing on the advance. After taking 
 possession of Corinth they went into camp for 
 a few days, when they were ordered to Mem 
 phis. Subsequently they were moved to 
 Bolivar, Tenn., and from there toward La 
 Grange, Miss., but meeting a large rebel force, 
 moved back to Bolivar. October 4th, the 
 command moved toward Hatchie River and 
 next day engaged four times their number of 
 the enemy who were retreating from Corinth. 
 
 While crossing Davis Bridge on the 
 Hatchie, a regiment from another State was 
 forced back through our lines, but the 53rd 
 moved steadily forward holding the bridge and 
 road for over two hours. They also assisted in 
 running a section of artillery, a Missouri Bat 
 tery, up the bluff by hand, placing it within fifty 
 yards of the enemy s line, and supported it 
 while it did effective work. The regiment was 
 complimented by General Hurlbut for its work 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 here. Moved to La Grange November 4, 
 where they remained until the 28th, when they 
 were ordered South with Grant s army to Cold 
 Water, Holy Springs, Waterford and Oxford, 
 all in Miss. The army then moved toward 
 Vicksburg but on account of the loss of sup 
 plies at Holly Springs, the campaign against 
 Vicksburg was for a time abandoned. The 
 army turned back as far as Moscow, arriving 
 there Jan. n, 1863. The Division was then 
 transferred to the i6th Army Corps, Gen. 
 Hurlbut commanding, and was placed on duty 
 guarding the Memphis and Charleston railroad. 
 March nth, the command moved to Memphis, 
 where they went into camp for a few weeks. 
 May 1 7th, the army embarked on board of 
 transports for Young s Point. On the 20th, 
 moved to Haines Bluff, and on the 25th the 
 Division swung into line with the main army 
 around Vicksburg. The 53rd was stationed to 
 the left of the I3th A. C., and took an active 
 part in the memorable siege. Mr. Wyman, 
 who was a brave and active soldier, was often 
 on picket duty where he had many interesting 
 adventures. Sometimes he would be for hours 
 within a few feet of the rebel pickets, and 
 would often hold friendly conversation with 
 them. The rebels would send a lot of old 
 mules down the line to draw the fire of the 
 Union picket men, thus getting their location, 
 when they would send their shots into them. 
 
 After the surrender of Vicksburg, the com 
 mand moved on to Jackson, and on July I2th, 
 while closing the lines around that place, the 
 1st Brig, was ordered to assault the rebel 
 works. The 53rd participated in this gallant but 
 disastrous charge, going into the fight with 250 
 men and coining out with but 66. It was in 
 this assault that the brave Colonel Seth C. Earl 
 fell, pierced with canister shot. Mr. Wyman 
 did not escape. He received a shell wound in 
 the right shoulder, and was taken to the hos 
 pital, where his wound was dressed. He re 
 mained there three days and became so dis 
 gusted with hospital life, that he took French 
 leave and returned to his regiment. A few days 
 after this battle the Division was assigned to the 
 1 7th A. C. The next move of the command 
 
 was to Black River, where they lay for some 
 time, and then took part in the Meridian cam 
 paign. At the end of that campaign the regi 
 ment with its command returned to Vicksburg, 
 and thence to Natchez, where they went into 
 winter quarters. At Natchez a detail of mounted 
 scouts were ordered for patrol duty to which 
 Mr. Wyman was attached. Subsequently the 
 regiment was ordered back to Vicksburg where 
 most of them veteranized and received their 
 furlough. Mr. Wyman remained at Vicksburg 
 about two weeks and was ordered to Cairo with 
 those who did not re-enlist. Later, they re 
 turned to Vicksburg, and again went to Cairo 
 to meet the veterans on their return from fur 
 lough. Failing to connect, they went back and 
 met the regiment at Kingston, Ga., from which 
 place the command moved to Allatoona Pass, 
 where they were engaged in constructing for 
 tifications. While there Mr. Wyman was de 
 tailed for foraging expeditions. One night he 
 was out with his comrades in search of food, 
 having an old mill in view. While on their way 
 to this mill a part of the squad rode down to the 
 creek to water their horses, while the others 
 went on. When in the mill they heard firing. 
 Immediately a citizen came running down and 
 told them two of their party had been killed 
 on the hill. They began to fortify themselves 
 in the mill, supposing it was an attack from the 
 enemy. Hearing nothing more they went out 
 and up the hill, where they found one of the 
 orderlies, and the Q. M. Sergeant, Philo Lind- 
 ley, an old and respected citizen of Ottawa, 
 dead. It was supposed that they were killed 
 by two orderlies who had deserted the rebel 
 army, had been taken into the Union ranks, and 
 had been sent out with the foraging party. 
 
 They remained at Allatoona until the evac 
 uation of Kenesaw Mountain, and then were 
 ordered around to the extreme left of Sher 
 man s army. After this the regiment, with its 
 Brigade, took part in all the engagements lead 
 ing up to the battle of Atlanta, its siege and fall. 
 
 It then took part in the operations against 
 Hood, following him up as far as Gaysville, 
 Ala., where it rested awhile and then returned 
 to Atlanta, and became a part of the great 
 
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 169 
 
 army that cut the heart of the Confederacy in 
 two in its march to the sea. In that march Mr. 
 Wyman took an active part and was often as 
 signed to detail duty. In the first assault on 
 Savannah, the 53rd lost several killed and 
 wounded. While at Savannah, his time ex 
 pired and he was mustered out of service Janu 
 ary i, 1865. He returned home and engaged 
 in farming for a year, when he removed to 
 Ottawa and was employed in a lumber yard off 
 and on for about twelve years. He was then 
 employed variously until 1888, when the City 
 Roller Mills Company secured his services, 
 placing him in charge of the grinding depart 
 ment, which position he still fills, holding the 
 confidence and the esteem of his employers. 
 He was married December 24, 1867 at Ottawa, 
 to Malena, daughter of Henry Rigden. The 
 names of their children are William H., Frank 
 J., Florence May, Susan T. and Henry O. In 
 politics, Mr. Wyman is a Republican. 
 
 CARL LARTZ, a resident of Bloomington, 
 111., is a native of Prussia, Germany, 
 where he was born Jan. 16, 1836, a son 
 of Carl and Fredericka Lartz. When he was 
 20 years of age, he sailed for America, subse 
 quently locating in Bloomington. Carl attained 
 a good common school education in his Father 
 land, and commenced life as a brick moulder. 
 This business he was pursuing when he rallied 
 forth in the defense of his newly adopted coun 
 try. He enlisted at Bloomington, 111., Aug. 8, 
 1862, in Co. A., 94th 111. Inf. Aug. 25, the boys 
 moved to Benton BaVracks, Mo., were armed 
 and equipped, and then proceeded to the front 
 at Springfield, Mo. Here they spent six weeks 
 in the most arduous company and battalion 
 drills, the efficient results of which were very 
 apparent when they came into action. Dec. 7, 
 1862, at Prairie Grove, Ark., after a forced march 
 of 1 20 miles, in 90 hours, the gallant Union 
 "boys," only 4,000 strong, attacked the rebels, 
 numbering 30,000, and " hammered " them until 
 evening, when they made a desperate charge, 
 flanked the enemy, and then gallantly carried 
 
 the fortunes of the day. Two weeks later the 
 94th participated in a very efficient expedition 
 to Van Buren, returning to near Rolla, it drilled 
 and recruited until June, 1863, when it marched 
 down the river, landed at Milliken s Bend June 
 II, and engaged in all the privations and siege 
 operations, terminating with the historic capture 
 of Vicksburg, July 4th. On this occasion, com 
 rade Lartz was for two weeks constantly ex 
 posed to a fire in the trenches. After the 
 surrender of this stronghold, the regiment 
 started for Port Hudson, but it having sur 
 rendered, the regt. was sent on an expedition 
 up the Yazoo, and on July 24, moved to Port 
 Hudson, and from there down the river to near 
 New Orleans. 
 
 After a reconnoissance to Morganzia, the 
 94th embarked for Brownsville, Tex., where 
 the boys spent the most miserable months of 
 their service. During the month of August, 
 
 1864, comrade Lartz actively engaged in the 
 stubborn siege of Fort Morgan, facing the ene 
 my s fire for seven consecutive days, with the 
 boys severely exhausted. Shortly, they made 
 an expedition to Pascayoula, and March 17, 
 
 1865, they moved to take part in the memora 
 ble siege of Spanish Fort. Here, as at Vicks 
 burg, the regt. did most gallant service. For 
 thirteen days the men were constantly under 
 fire. Participating in the final assault they had 
 the honor of being the first to mount the walls 
 of Fort Tracy, April 8, 1865. In charge of 
 many prisoners part of the regiment was next 
 sent to Ship Island, from thence the entire 
 regiment moved to Mobile and then to Galves- 
 ton, Texas, where it was mustered out July 17, 
 and reached Bloomington, 111., Aug. 9, 1865, 
 amid a superb ovation. Thus after three years 
 of most loyal service comrade Lartz returned 
 home, where he resumed his trade, which he 
 followed successfully for 15 years, when he was 
 obliged to discontinue active manual labor, 
 because of advancing years and infirmities. 
 
 Mr. Lartz was married Nov. 24, 1859, to 
 Miss Fredericka Ramstoph, who died Dec. 27, 
 1887. Ity this union ten children were born, of 
 whom are living, Louis, Sallie, Martha, Ermin, 
 Matilda, Minnie, Carl and William. Comrade 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Lartz was one of the charter members of the 
 Wm. T. Sherman Post, No. 146, and is an 
 enthusiastic worker for the welfare of his com 
 rades. He is a member of the German Luth 
 eran Church, is a Republican in politics, and is 
 a worthy, upright and respected citizen. 
 
 ALBERT L. STONE, was born in the Prov 
 ince of New Brunswick, February 2, 
 1841, and was the son of Eber Stone, 
 who was born in 1808, of English descent, and 
 who followed the business of a millwright. 
 His mother, Hannah Stone, nee Shaw, was born 
 about 1814, and was also of English ancestry. 
 The former died May 8, 1864, in Wis., while 
 the latter died in January, 1847. Mr. Stone at 
 tended the public schools as soon as he was 
 old enough, and continued his studies until he 
 had reached the age of 16 years, when he went 
 to learn the printing trade at Jefferson, Wis., 
 whitherhis fatherand family had moved. Hav 
 ing finished his trade in three and one half 
 /ears, he again attended school for about one 
 year, then clerked in a dry goods store for six 
 months, at Beloit, Wis., when he again re 
 sumed his trade as journeyman printer, at 
 Jefferson, Wis. He continued at his trade 
 until the seceding States had opened hostili 
 ties, and President Lincoln had called for 
 volunteers, when the young printer abandoned 
 his stick and type, bade adieu to the printer s 
 devil, and enlisted in the Union army, April 
 23, 1861, at Jefferson, in Company E., 4th Wis. 
 Vol. Inf., going into camp at Racine, early in 
 June, 1861, and was mustered into the U. S. 
 Service July 2, 1861, at Racine, where he re 
 mained until the 6th of the same month, when 
 the regiment moved to Harrisburg, Penn., 
 thence to Baltimore, Md. While there his 
 company was sent on detached duty guarding 
 bridges on the Penn. Central R. R. for one 
 month. The company then went into quarters 
 at the Relay House, between Baltimore and 
 Washington, performing camp and guard 
 duties. It also built a temporary fort which 
 was occupied by troops during the war. 
 
 During the winter Mr. Stone was sent to 
 Ellicots Mills, Md.,to drill a company of home 
 guard which was afterward mustered into one 
 of the Maryland regiments. He had com 
 mand of the guard stationed at the bridge 
 spanning the Patapseo River, where he con 
 tinued for two weeks, then joined his regiment 
 at the Relay House, Md. From there it moved 
 to Baltimore, where it took transports across 
 the bay, landing at Pongatigue, Va., thence 
 marched down the Peninsula in pursuit of the 
 enemy, whither they were retreating, and con 
 tinued as far as Eastville, then returned to the 
 place of landing and took a steamer for Balti 
 more, where the regiment built winter barracks 
 in Pattersons Park. It remained there until 
 February, when the command started for New 
 port News to join General Butler in the New 
 Orleans expedition. 
 
 March 5, the command went to Ship Island 
 where they remained until April 16, when the 
 regiment embarked on the "Great Republic" for 
 the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi, to await 
 the results of the attack on Forts Jackson and 
 St. Phillip. Mr. Stone was in the Convalescent 
 Hospital at the time his regiment left, but 
 joined it at Baton Rouge, La., on June 3. Dur 
 ing his absence the regiment aided in the cap 
 ture of the forts and approaches to New 
 Orleans. The work accomplished by the 4th 
 W 7 is. in the preliminaries to the occupation of 
 New Orleans would fill a volume in detail. Its 
 severity, and the manner of its achievement, 
 won the hearty applause from all. Companies 
 E. and G. were the first to land at the last city 
 named. From Baton Rouge, he, with his 
 regiment, proceeded to Vicksburg, landing at 
 Young s Point, where Mr. Stone assisted in sur 
 veying the line for the canal which General 
 Butler attempted to dig across the Point. They 
 remained there until July 3, then proceeded 
 down the river, landing at Baton Rouge on the 
 25, where he was called upon to perform the 
 last melancholy duty toward his dead brother, 
 Charles A., namely, to bury him. Mr. Stone was 
 engaged in the battle of Baton Rouge, August 5, 
 and about ten days later, doing garrison duty at 
 Camp Carrolton, nine miles above New Orleans. 
 
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 171 
 
 His regiment remained there about three 
 months, and during the month of August, 
 went up the Miss. River about ten miles, land 
 ing on the west side, and succeeded in cutting 
 off the retreat of the first Texas Cavalry, chas 
 ing them into a swamp, and capturing a large 
 number of men and horses. After this Mr. 
 Stone had his first experience in riding a Texas 
 Broncho. In December his regiment went to 
 Baton Rouge, and marched up to the rear of 
 Port Hudson at the time the gunboats ran the 
 blockade, and joined a part of the upper fleet. 
 Returned to Baton Rouge without seeing the 
 enemy s columns, but witnessed the explosion 
 of the Richmond, and also the bombardment 
 from a distance. 
 
 The latter part of March his regiment 
 went to Algiers, La., and early in April pro 
 ceeded up the Bayou Teche Country with 
 Gen. Banks commanding, and took part in the. 
 battle of Camp Bisland, Apr. 13, 1863, during 
 which his regiment sustained the loss of sev 
 eral officers and men, killed and wounded. 
 The enemy evacuated the works the same 
 night and his regiment followed to Opelousas. 
 The next day the regiment was ordered to 
 capture horses and mount; and as fast as a 
 company was mounted, proceeded to the front 
 where they kept until the command reached 
 Alexandria. 
 
 Shortly after reaching the last named point, 
 the regiment was ordered on a scouting expe 
 dition and proceeded 40 miles up the Red 
 River, engaged in several skirmishes with the 
 retreating enemy, and then returned to the 
 point of starting. The entire command after 
 ward proceeded down the river, crossing the 
 Mississippi at Bayou Sara, joining Banks army 
 in the siege of Port Hudson on the morning of 
 the 27 of May, 1863. He, with his company, 
 remained at the front under fire for six days 
 and five nights, acting as Infantry. Being 
 relieved from the front, they were again 
 mounted and sent on a scout to Clinton, La., 
 where the regiment was engaged in a heavy 
 battle (considering the number engaged), 
 in which they had a number of men killed and 
 wounded. During the progress of this battle 
 
 Mr. Stone was almost overcome with the 
 intense heat but was resuscitated by the timely 
 application of cold water, and was thus enabled 
 to continue with the command throughout the 
 engagement, and returned to camp the same 
 night but was incapacitated for duty for three 
 weeks after, and under the physicians care. 
 On June 14, his regiment led the charge on the 
 fortifications of Port Hudson, 30 of whom 
 reached the parapet on the top of the rebel 
 works and were captured. The remainder of 
 the regiment stubbornly held their ground 
 until nightfall, when they were enabled to 
 withdraw in safety. The regiment lost, in 
 killed, wounded and captured, upwards of one 
 half of its number, and among that number was 
 General H. E. Paine, its 1st Colonel, who was 
 wounded on the field. Five of its number lost 
 their lives in attempting to rescue him and 
 carry him off the field. 
 
 After this battle the regiment scouted and 
 foraged to the rear of the troops until after the 
 surrender of Port Hudson, after which it pro 
 ceeded to Baton Rouge, where it was changed 
 to the 4th Wis. Cavalry by order of the War 
 Department. They remained in this vicinity 
 until July, 1864. At Camp Carrolton, Mr. 
 Stone was promoted to Corporal, and subse 
 quently to Sergeant. During the months of 
 April and May he had command of a squad 
 at Plaquemine, doing scouting and guard 
 duty. On June I, he was detailed as an or 
 derly to General Bailey and went to Vicks- 
 burg, where he remained until the expiration 
 of his term of enlistment, and was mustered 
 out July 2, 1864, when he returned to his home 
 at Jefferson, Wis. Remaining there two 
 months, he went to St. Louis, thence to Nash 
 ville where he entered the Quarter Master s 
 service, and going to Louisville in December, 
 continued in the same position until in July, 
 1865, when Sherman s army was mustered out. 
 He then engaged in other employment in 
 Kentucky, and in June, 1866, went to Law 
 rence, Kan., worked at the carpenters trade 
 until August, 1868, when he removed to 
 Nevada, Mo., and there continued to work 
 until February, 1869, when he once more re- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 sumed his printing trade. He continued in 
 this work until June, 1870. He then moved to 
 Butler, Mo., where he obtained employment 
 with Bates Co. Record Office until September, 
 1871, then went to Appleton City and com 
 menced the publication of the Argus which 
 he continued publishing until January, 1873, 
 when it was destroyed by fire. He then re 
 turned to Butler and purchased an interest in 
 the Record, and subsequently sold out in July, 
 1876. He then run a wagon shop for a year, 
 or until he was appointed Marshal of Butler, 
 which position he held until February, 1879, 
 when he resigned and moved to Marseilles, 
 111., and purchased the "Marseilles Register" 
 of which he is now the proprietor and pub 
 lisher. In April, 1890, he was commissioned 
 Postmaster at Marseilles and took possession 
 of that office, May ist of the same year, which 
 he holds and administers to the entire satis 
 faction of his fellow citizens. 
 
 He was married to Miss Mary A. Smith, on 
 June 20, 1872, at Prairie City, Mo. Three chil 
 dren have blessed this union Halbert E., 
 Addie Zoe, and Edith Maud. Mrs. Stone died 
 the 24th of February, 1881, and was buried at 
 Marseilles, 111. On Oct. 14, 1885, Mr. Stone 
 was married again to Mary E. Richardson of 
 Marseilles. 
 
 He isa Knights Templar Mason; an Encamp 
 ment Odd Fellow; and^Knights of Pythias, and 
 has passed through the chairs of those orders. 
 He is a member of Joseph Woodworth Post 
 No. 281, G. A. R., and has been Officer of the 
 Guard, and of the Day, and was elected Com 
 mander, December, 1890, which office he still 
 holds. He is also a charter member of Wash 
 ington Camp No. 86, P. O. S. of A., and its first 
 presiding officer. 
 
 THEODORE C. GIBSON, the subject of this 
 sketch was born at Newark, Ohio, on 
 5th of September, 1831. Having been 
 reared on a farm, he sought and acquired the 
 best education obtainable in the public schools 
 of the county. During the Mexican war the 
 
 soldier spirit inherited from his father, and 
 more remote ancestors, prompted him to enlist 
 as a private in the United States army, which 
 he did in the month of February, 1847, and 
 was mustered in at Jefferson Barracks, Mis 
 souri, attached to Company G., 1st 111. Vol. Inf., 
 having enlisted on that occasion for three 
 years, or until the close of the war. The regi 
 ment was commanded by Col. E. W. B. Newby. 
 Everything being in order, the regiment em 
 barked at St. Louis on transports, for Fort 
 Leavenworth, where they disembarked and 
 marched across the country to Santa Fe, New 
 Mexico, where they were garrisoned and held 
 in reserve, doing little but garrison duty, until 
 the close of the war. At the conclusion of that 
 war, the regiment returned to Fort Leaven- 
 worth, and by means of transports was taken 
 to Alton, 111., where it was mustered out in 
 Sept., 1848. His country, which Mr. Gibson 
 was so willing to serve, being at peace with the 
 world, and having no further use for his serv 
 ices, he returned to his home at Rutland, 111. 
 Shortly after the close of the Mexican war 
 what was then, and always will be known as 
 the California Gold Fever, had reached his 
 native State; and again the spirit of adventure, 
 which was only sharpened and encouraged by 
 his recent expedition to the borders of Mexico, 
 asserted itself, and in response to its yearnings, 
 Mr. Gibson determined to seek his fortune in 
 California, whither he set out in the year 1850, 
 enduring all the hardships and privations inci 
 dent to a journey overland to that distant 
 territory. He remained in California for a 
 period of 3 years, during which time he was 
 engaged in different enterprises. 
 
 The hardships and privations of pioneer life 
 can only be appreciated by those who have , 
 been called upon to endure them; hence Mr. 
 Gibson who was brought up in a comfortable, 
 quiet home, concluded that the inducements 
 held out to him were not adequate compensa 
 tion to his remaining there longer, so he re 
 turned East to Illinois. In 1885, ne moved to 
 Ottawa, where he has since remained except 
 while he was absent during the late rebellion. 
 Mr. Gibson is a man of strong impulses and en- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 173 
 
 dowed with an active military spirit. Immedi 
 ately after the news of President Lincoln s 
 proclamation calling for 75,000 troops reached 
 his ears, he, as a loyal, patriotic citizen, 
 promptly responded and tendered his services 
 for the defense and support of his country and 
 government, and accordingly enlisted on the 
 22nd of April, 1861, was mustered in and com 
 missioned on the following day at Camp 
 Yates, as Captain of Company H., attached to 
 the nth 111. Inf. This regiment was dispatched 
 to Cairo where it performed camp and garri 
 son duty during its term of enlistment. While 
 thus engaged, the excitement incident to an 
 expected attack from the rebels, was continu 
 ally before them. At the expiration of his 
 term of enlistment (three months), Capt. Gib 
 son resigned his commission as Captain of 
 Company H., returned to Ottawa and raised 
 company B. of the 53d 111. Inf. for the three 
 years service, or during the war. This regi 
 ment was mustered in, January i, 1862. He 
 was commissioned Major on the day of being 
 mustered. Immediately on Mr. Gibson s first 
 enlistment, he threw his whole soul and energy 
 into the cause to which he had responded, and 
 by well directed energy, learned the most diffi 
 cult tactics of war. The regiment to which he 
 was attached rendezvoused at Ottawa, and was 
 subsequently ordered to Chicago, and was sta 
 tioned at Camp Douglas, guarding prisoners 
 captured at Fort Donelson, and doing garrison 
 duty. 
 
 After being thus engaged for a short time, 
 the regiment proceeded to Savannah, Tenn., 
 and continued there until Monday morning 
 following the first day of the battle of Shiloh, 
 when his company was taken in transports to 
 Pittsburg Landing. At the latter point his 
 regiment was met by General Grant, who in 
 person, after consultation with Major Gibson, 
 ordered the latter with his regiment to march 
 on the left hand Purdy road, until he came up 
 with that Division of the Union army under 
 command of General Nelson, to whom he was 
 to report by order of Gen. Grant. The con 
 tending armies at this time were engaged in 
 constant and sanguinary battle all along the 
 
 regiments line of march, but by the exercise of 
 a wise .discretion, he took advantage of a favor 
 able opportunity and successfully carried out 
 the orders of General Grant. Major Gibson 
 then joined in the siege of Corinth. His regi 
 ment was assigned to 1st Brigade, 4th Division. 
 In consequence of continuous and severe ill 
 ness, he was reluctantly driven to resign his 
 command May 3d, 1862. To say he reluc 
 tantly resigned his position and laid down his 
 weapons, only feebly and imperfectly repre 
 sents his feeling, as no act of his life caused 
 him so much pain and regret, as being thus 
 compelled to withdraw from the service of his 
 country, and sever his connection with one of 
 the finest and best regiments of the army, to 
 whose ranks it was an honor to belong, and a 
 still greater honor to have been worthy of the 
 position his resignation surrendered. Mr. Gib 
 son belongs to a soldier family. His father, 
 John Gibson, who was born in the year 1786 at 
 Shippinsburg, Pa., of Scottish descent on his 
 father s side. He took up arms in behalf of 
 his country during the war of 1812, having 
 served under Generals Scott and Brown, and 
 was engaged in every important battle during 
 that war. Shortly after the enlistment of Mr. 
 Gibson, Senior, he became 1st Lieutenant of the 
 company in which he served, and so continued 
 until the battle of Lundy s Lane, when he was 
 appointed Captain, which position he held 
 until he was mustered out. He died at the age 
 of 87 years. Major Gibson s mother s name was 
 Elizabeth Yates. She was born in Ireland and 
 died at the age of 76 years. To these parents 
 were born children as follows: Robert Y., 
 Martha, Maria, William L., Eliza Ann, George 
 W., John, and Theodore C. the subject of this 
 sketch, all of whom are now living except 
 Robert and Eliza Ann. All the boys of this 
 family inherited the miltary disposition of their 
 father. Robert Y. joined a company raised at 
 Newark, Ohio for the war of Independence of 
 Texas. William L., Geo. W. and John F. 
 served in the late Mexican war. Wm. L. also 
 served in the war of the rebellion, and held a 
 position as Major of Cavalry. At the close of 
 the Major s war record, he returned to Ottawa, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 and has since been engaged in various pursuits. 
 In July, 1879, he was elected County Agent for 
 La Salle County, which position he still holds. 
 He married Susan S. Samples, of Ottawa. He 
 belongs to the Masonic order, Knight Templars 
 and Scottish Rights, holding the 32nd degree. 
 
 FRITZ HAKER, a member of the G. A. R., 
 No. 146, and a resident of Bloomington, 
 is a native of Prussia, Germany, where 
 he was born Jan. 17, 1840, a son of Christopher 
 and Maria Haker, who were natives of Prussia. 
 Fritz received a good education in his native 
 country and commenced life as a tailor. In 
 1858, the family sailed for America, and located 
 at Bloomington, 111. Here the mother subse 
 quently died, while her husband is still living 
 with our subject, having reached the ripe age 
 of 83 years. To the parents was born a family 
 of ten children, of whom eight are living. 
 Louis, a brother, served three years in the same 
 company and regiment with our subject. He 
 was a brave and loyal soldier, lost his health in 
 the army and has never regained it sufficiently 
 to do any labor. 
 
 Comrade Haker, our subject, rallied forth 
 under the folds of his newly adopted flag, and 
 enlisted at Bloomington, 111., Aug. 8, 1862, 
 Company A., 94th 111. Inf. Shortly, the regi 
 ment moved to Benton Barracks, Mo., thence 
 to Rolla, and a few weeks later, to Springfield, 
 Mo. Here the boys spent six weeks in unin- 
 termitting company and battalion drill, being 
 especially exercised in firing while lying down. 
 Thus it was that the gallant 94th made such 
 desperate charges, and suffered only slight 
 losses, it being able to protect itself by the 
 slightest irregularity of ground, and still deliver 
 a rapid fire while lying down. Besides taking 
 active part in the many hardships and fatiguing 
 marches of the regiment, comrade Haker par 
 ticipated in the battle at Prairie Grove, Dec. 7, 
 1862, and took active part in the memorable 
 siege of Vicksburg, where he was under the 
 enemy s fire almost incessantly for two weeks. 
 Next we find him in the fight at Morganzia, 
 
 La., Sept. 7, 1863, in which the Colonel of the 
 regiment was knocked off his horse by a shell; 
 then at Brownsville, Tex., where they had fre 
 quent engagements. Here our comrade was 
 taken sick with scurvy, and was left at New 
 Orleans for two weeks. Shortly, he was taken 
 with chills and fever, and while still sick he 
 rejoined his regiment, but the surgeon declared 
 him unfit for duty, and gave him a 30 days fur 
 lough. Returning home to recuperate, he sub 
 sequently rejoined his comrades at Fort Mor 
 gan, and during the first half of August, 1864, 
 he was actively engaged in the stubborn siege 
 of Fort Morgan. Then followed an expedition 
 to Pascagoula, Ala., whence the regiment moved 
 through the swamps to take part in the siege 
 of Spanish Fort. Here, as at Vicksburg, the 
 94th did much gallant service, being under fire 
 constantly for thirteen days, and participating 
 in the final assault. They had the honor of 
 being the first to mount the walls of Fort 
 Alexis, Apr. 8, 1865. Comrade Haker was 
 mustered out at Galveston, Tex., June 18, 1865, 
 and returned to Bloomington, where he has 
 resided ever since. Sept. 28, 1865, he took 
 unto himself as wife, Miss Mary Bennecke, a 
 native of Germany, and this happy union was 
 blessed by two children, of whom but one, 
 Eda, is living. Mrs. Haker and her daughter 
 are members of the German Lutheran Church. 
 Mr. Haker is a Mason, a K. of P., and is a 
 member of the German Benevolent Order, 
 German Free School, and two business socie 
 ties. He is a true soldier, a kind and affec 
 tionate husband and father, and a worthy and 
 public spirited citizen. 
 
 DANIEL MOORE, of Decatur, 111., was born 
 in Penn., Oct. 18, 1838, a son of John 
 Moore who was in the war of 1812. 
 Daniel s brothers, Benjamin, William, John C., 
 Alexander, Cornelius, James and George were 
 also in the Union army during the late rebellion, 
 making a family of eight brothers in the war. Al 
 exander was captured and afterward incarcera 
 ted at Belle Isle and Libby, but made his escape 
 
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 while being transported upon cars and succeed 
 ed in reaching the Union lines. He was wound 
 ed and suffered capture again at Gettysburg, 
 being afterward paroled, and was again cap 
 tured at Petersburg, but is now paralyzed from 
 the effects of his wound and prison life. John 
 C. was chosen to be a sharp-shooter on account 
 of his superior marksmanship, and served as 
 such during his enlistment. He was twice bad 
 ly wounded, one ball having passed through 
 his body which occurred at the battle of the 
 Wilderness. Daniel worked in a cooper shop 
 and run upon the canal between Pittsburg and 
 Johnstown. About the year 1856 he moved to 
 Decatur, where he worked at his trade as coop 
 er until July 16, 1862, when he enlisted in Co. 
 C., n6th 111. Vol. Inf. for the rebellion. His 
 regiment remained in camp at drill until the 
 following September when it moved to Cairo, 
 thence to Memphis, and from that point joined 
 in the Tallahatchie campaign which being suc 
 cessfully ended returned to Memphis, being at 
 the time in the 2nd Div., I5th A. C. On ac 
 count of a disabled heel which he had from a 
 boy, he was unable to stand the long fatigues 
 of marching, and accordingly was detailed in 
 the regimental hospital with Surgeon Barnes. 
 In passing Milliken s Bend upon the Yazoo 
 River expedition, his regiment landed and de 
 stroyed a long stretch of railroad, afterwards 
 took part in the battle of Walnut Hills, where 
 he assisted in caring for the sick. Subsequent 
 ly we find him with the Ii6th at the battle of 
 Arkansas Post, where he viewed the bombard 
 ment of that place by the United States gun 
 boats. 
 
 After its surrender, Mr. Moore with his 
 command entered Arkansas Post, then moved 
 down the river to Young s Point, until the army 
 started for Grand Gulf and Fort Gibson, when 
 with his regiment he went up the Yazoo, after 
 wards returning, marched to Grand Gulf and 
 Jackson. He took part in the battle of 
 Champion Hills, soon after marched to Vicks- 
 burg and assisted in the siege at that place until 
 its surrender, then to Jackson, returning sub 
 sequently to camp at Black River. He was 
 here detailed and sent to Decatur in charge of 
 
 Dr. Hostetler, and thenre joined his Keg. at the 
 same point he had left it some four weeks pre 
 vious. Leaving here his Reg. entered upon the 
 Chattanooga campaign, and in the vicinity of 
 Chickamauga he assisted Doctor Barnes in es 
 tablishing a field hospital, and remained there 
 until after the famous battle at that point. 
 After his regiment had moved to Larkinsville, 
 he placed the hospital supplies on pontoons 
 and floated down the river, and thirty miles 
 above Larkinsville the rebels met him and im 
 peded further progress. The boats were run 
 into a small stream, and then a courier was sent 
 to the regiment, and soon guards and wagons 
 arrived and carried the supplies over land to 
 Larkinsville where he remained until the fol 
 lowing spring, when preparations were made 
 to start upon the celebrated Atlanta cam 
 paign. Mr. Moore followed his regiment 
 throughout this trying expedition, and par 
 ticipated in all its marches and battles. After 
 the battle of Jonesboro, his regiment went 
 in pursuit of Hood, following him as far as 
 Powder Springs, then returned to the vicinity 
 of Atlanta and subsequently went upon the 
 march to the sea. During that march the regi 
 mental surgeon had our subject detailed at 
 the Div. hospital headquarters, remaining in 
 that position during the march to Savannah. 
 
 Later he proceeded by boat around to Hil 
 ton Head, thence through the Carolinas to 
 Goldsboro, where hospital headquarters were 
 established. The wounded and sick were sent 
 to Wilmington, when he was relieved of his 
 detail. He then moved on to Raleigh, then on 
 through Petersburg and Richmond to Wash 
 ington, and there participated in the Grand 
 Review. Was mustered out at Washington, 
 thence proceeded to Springfield, 111., where he 
 was paid off and discharged. Mr. Moore had 
 the reputation of being one of the best hospi 
 tal nurses in the army. He returned to 
 Decatur and engaged in the cooper business 
 which he has followed ever since, employing 
 as high as twenty men at a time. 
 
 He married, December 27, 1859, Elizabeth 
 Culver, of Macon County, 111., and they have 
 the following children: Viola (now dead), 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Laura, Daniel, Eddie, Annetta, Roy and Eliza 
 beth, all but the first named residing at home. 
 He is an Odd Fellow, and has filled all the 
 offices in his lodge except that of secretary, 
 and has represented it at the meeting of the 
 Grand Lodge en two occasions. He is also a 
 member of Post No. 141, G. A. R., and in 
 dependent in politics. His sons Daniel and 
 Edward are members of the Sons of Veterans 
 order, of which Daniel is Sergeant Major of 
 Guard. Silas Culver, his wife s brother, 
 served in the 63rd 111., throughout the war en 
 listing at first when fifteen as a drummer boy, 
 but subsequently rose in his own estimation by 
 being entrusted with a gun. 
 
 Louis CLAREMONT, of Ottawa, La Salle 
 County, 111., enlisted as a volunteer for 
 the war of the Rebellion, August 7, 1862, 
 and was mustered in on the 27th, as a private, 
 in Company C., 88th 111. Vol. Inf. the regiment 
 being known as the "Second Board of Trade 
 Regiment." It was ordered to Louisville, Ky., 
 received its arms or the 11, and moved to Cov- 
 ington, Ky., on the I2th. On the I5th it was 
 brigaded with the 24th Wis., 2nd and, I5th Mo., 
 of Granger s Div., Army of the Ohio. On the 
 2 1st it was again brigaded at Louisville with the 
 2 1st Mich., 24th Wis., and 36th 111., forming the 
 37th Brig., Col. Greasel commanding; nth 
 Div., under command of Gen. Sheridan. On 
 October ist, the regiment went in pursuit of 
 Bragg, and coming up with him, engaged in the 
 battle of Perryville on the 8th, during which 
 the regiment lost 4 men killed, 5 mortally 
 wounded, and 36 slightly wounded. The regi 
 ment then marched to Crab Orchard, thence to 
 Lebanon and Bowling Green, Ky., arriving there 
 October 3Oth. It then moved to Nashville, ar 
 riving November 7th, and went into camp just 
 south of Nashville, on the Nolensville Pike. 
 He took part in the advance on Murfreesboro, 
 and from the 3istof December to the 2nd day 
 of January, 1863, participated in the battle of 
 Stone River. In this battle he was wounded 
 by a bursting shell, a piece of which struck him 
 
 on the head, rendering him entirely deaf in the 
 right ear. He was also taken prisoner and con 
 fined in the Libby Prison from December, 1862, 
 to June, 1863, when he was paroled. After his 
 recovery and exchange, he rejoined his regi 
 ment. With it he marched in the advance 
 against Bragg from Middle Tennessee, and af 
 terward, in September, engaged in the Chicka- 
 mauga campaign. The next move was an 
 advance to. Alpine, Ga., and on the igth and 
 2Oth, participated in the fight at that place, and 
 later, in that of Mission Ridge, on the 23rd and 
 24th of November. His regiment formed a 
 part of the assaulting column upon the left 
 center of the enemy s position, and was among 
 the first to place its columns upon the enemy s 
 works. The Union army camped for the win 
 ter at Loudon, and in the following spring moved 
 to Cleveland, Tennessee. 
 
 In May, 1864, he joined the Atlanta cam 
 paign, and continued from its commencement 
 on to its capture, and participated in the fol 
 lowing battles and skirmishes: Rocky-face 
 Ridge, Resaca, Adairsville, New Hope Church, 
 Pine Mountain, Mud Creek. Kenesaw Mountain, 
 Smyrna Gap, Atlanta, Jonesboro, and Lovejoy 
 Station. In Sept., 1864, his regiment was or 
 dered to Chattanooga and engaged in garrison 
 duty for some time at that place, as also at 
 White Side and Bridgeport. In November, 
 they moved to Pulaski, and on the advance of 
 Hood, proceeded to Columbus, thence to Frank 
 lin, and then to Nashville. He took part in 
 the skirmishes at Columbus and Spring Hill, 
 and also in the battle of Franklin, and had a 
 position upon the right center, the main point 
 of the enemy s attack. Subsequently, his regi 
 ment bore its share of the terrors of war in the 
 battle of Nashville, being occupied for two days, 
 and constantly under fire. He assisted in the 
 chase of Hood out of Tenn., and in January, 
 encamped at Huntsville, Ala. It rested in 
 comparative peace during the winter months, 
 and on the arrival of spring was prepared to 
 push forward against the enemy. The com 
 mand was ordered to march to Bull s Gap, and 
 from there to Nashville, where it remained until 
 it was mustered out, June 13, 1865. It received 
 
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 its final pay and discharge on the 22nd of the 
 same month. 
 
 Mr. Claremont was born in Berthier, Canada, 
 in April, 1836, and is of French parentage. 
 When 16 years of age ne was apprenticed to 
 learn the wagon making trade which he con 
 tinued for several years. 
 
 In the year 1849, he abandoned his native 
 country and moved to Chicago where he re 
 mained until the war. After it was over he 
 settled in Ottawa. He has been in the employ 
 of J. B. Porter for 22 years, which clearly indi 
 cates the confidence and respect which exists 
 between employer and employed, and also 
 testifies to his ability as a workman. He was 
 married in January, 1866, to Miss Maria Sparks, 
 daughter of John D. Sparks, and they have 
 seven children, namely : John William, Nellie 
 Jane, Frank A., Anna, Mabel, Louis Elmer and 
 Ralph Leon. 
 
 Mr. Claremont is a member of the A. O. U. 
 W. and of Po st No. 156 G. A. R., and is a Re 
 publican in politics. He now receives a hand 
 some pension, which by reason of the service 
 he rendered, he well deserves. 
 
 CAPT. JOHN WADLEIGH, of Rutland, 111., 
 was born in Rockingham County, N. H., 
 in 1827, his forefathers immigrating 
 from PLngland in the early days of the settle 
 ment of this country. His grandfather, Joseph 
 W. Wadleigh, was in the Revolutionary war, 
 and his father, William Wadleigh, performed 
 good service for his country in the war of 1812. 
 On his mother s side he is a direct descendant 
 of Gen. Dearborn, of Revolutionary fame. 
 When John Wadleigh was but one year of age 
 his father died, and when 14 years of age he 
 entered the Academy at Hampton Falls, N. H., 
 where he completed his studies three years 
 later, after which he taught school for three 
 years, then went to Boston and became a mer 
 chant. In about five years he decided to secure 
 a farm in the Great West, accordingly located 
 in 111. near Rutland. Here he raised about 
 2,500 bushels of wheat which he was compelled 
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 to sell for 50 cents per bushel an actual loss 
 instead of the profit he expected, so he aban 
 doned farming and embarked in mercantile 
 business at Rutland. This was in 1858, and the 
 fact that he has ever since continued the busi 
 ness in the same place should be satisfactory 
 evidence of success. For 25 years he has been 
 connected with the postoffice in Rutland. 
 10 years a deputy and 15 years Post Master by 
 appointment. 
 
 When the war came he recruited a Co. 
 which was mustered into the service as Co. B. 
 33rd 111. Vol. Inf. of which he was elected Capt, 
 but on account of business complications, he 
 was compelled to decline the honor, and was 
 not able to go with the men he had gathered. 
 He promised that as soon as he could ar 
 range his affairs he would go forth to fight for 
 the flag of his country. In Aug. 1862, he re 
 cruited a Co. which was known as Co. I., in the 
 104 111. Vol. Inf., of which he was made Capt., 
 and elected ranking officer. 
 
 Dec. 7, 1862, the Regt. was captured by the 
 rebels at Hartsville, Tenn., but after 7 days all 
 were paroled except the Col., Lieut. -Col. and 
 Major who were held as prisoners of war. Cap. 
 Wadleigh being the ranking officer was placed 
 in command of the Regt. Many of the men 
 on being paroled started for home without the 
 formality of leave of absence, and when the 
 Regt. was finally exchanged at Columbus, Ohio, 
 where Captain Wadleigh was in charge of parol 
 camp, it was in a most deplorable condition, more 
 than half the men being absent without per 
 mission. Notwithstanding this fact, Capt. 
 Wadleigh was ordered to take his command to 
 the front. He stated the case to Gen. Wright 
 and said he did not wish to report these absent 
 men as deserters. When asked in regard to 
 his plan, said if he could take the dilapitated 
 Regt. to Chicago he could gather up the scat 
 tered men very soon, he was therefore ordered 
 to Chicago, with his regiment. Here he 
 issued an order for the members of the Regt. 
 to report for muster on a certain day to receive 
 their pay, although he was not sure the money 
 would be ready at that time. This strategy 
 had the desired effect and a majority appeared, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 but a few failed to present themselves. The 
 Captain to gain a little time as well as to 
 secure the absent men, informed those present 
 that he did not wish to pay a part of the regi 
 ment and report the others as deserters, so he 
 would defer payment for a few days, to give 
 opportunity to all to come in, urging each one 
 to use his influence to bring in the absentees, 
 assuring the men that they should be paid on 
 a certain day. This satisfied them, and all 
 made efforts to induce every one to be present. 
 A Captain was sent with six men to Ottawa to 
 pick up the stragglers, and when this became 
 known the last one came in. 
 
 Capt. Wadleigh had an interview with 
 the Pay Master and learned that he would 
 be able to keep his promise to the men, 
 and all were paid as agreed. The Capt* 
 received many compliments for his suc 
 cessful management of this difficult matter 
 which brought a full Regt. of good men back 
 into the service, which he was now ready to 
 lead to the front. 
 
 The Col. was soon exchanged and took 
 command of the regiment, but Capt. Wadleigh, 
 during a portion of his service acted as 
 Lieut.-Col. and Maj. He went to the front at 
 Nashville where he took a severe cold that 
 compelled him to go into the camp hospital. 
 After a few days, deciding that he was able to 
 discharge his duty, he reported to his Regt. 
 near Chattanooga, Tenn., but his health was so 
 impaired that it was a question whether his life 
 could be saved. It was certain that it could 
 not if he insisted upon doing all that his 
 position demanded, therefore, on the advice of 
 competent friends he reluctantly resigned his 
 commission July 29, 1863, and returned to his 
 home at Rutland, where he has since resided. 
 During the last few years he has given the 
 management of his extensive mercantile 
 business to his son, William, a bright, promis 
 ing young man. In addition to his duties as 
 Post Master, Capt. Wadleigh has acceptably 
 filled many other offices in the township and 
 villiage. He was for 6 years a member of the 
 County Republican Central Committee, and a 
 year ago refused re-election. He has always 
 
 been a strong, fighting Republican, and is rec 
 ognized as a power in local politics. In the G. 
 A. R., he was Commander of the Post for two 
 years, and is the present Adjutant. He was 
 appointed Notary Public in 1884 which position 
 he still holds. He is living in comfortable 
 circumstances leaving the chief burden of 
 business to his son and daughters, while he en 
 joys the well earned comforts of his pleasant 
 home, doing only that his active mind de 
 mands as recreation, while he passes his declin 
 ing years in peace and happiness. 
 
 He was married in Kensington, New Hamp 
 shire, June 13, 1852, to Miss Pauline P. Kim- 
 ball, daughter of Maurice and Jane (Chase) 
 Kimball, a lady of fine intellect and social 
 qualities, well fitted to grace the home that she 
 has done so much to make what it is. There 
 are four children William H., also in 
 business with his father, who assumes the re 
 sponsibility of the work; Laura D., wife .of 
 Roland Mullen; Mary A., wife of S. S. Win- 
 ans and Inis M., making a family strong in 
 business, social standing, and influence. 
 
 THOMAS W. OGAN, a resident of Blooming- 
 ton, 111., is a native of Richmond, Intl., 
 where he was born Dec. 17, 1836, the son 
 of John and Elizabeth (VanCleve) Ogan. Ilis 
 maternal grandfather was killed by the Indians 
 on the present site of the courthouse at Cin 
 cinnati, and his maternal grandmother was the 
 first white woman at Dayton, Ohio, her son be 
 ing Postmaster of that city. In 1860, the Ogan 
 family removed to Troy, Kan., and it was there 
 that our subject enlisted in the service of his 
 country, Aug. 19, 1862, Co. A. I3th Kan. Inf. 
 The regiment was mustered in at Atchison, 
 Kan., where it remained three weeks, when it 
 moved to Fort Leavenworth, thence on to Eort 
 Scott. Subsequently it went to Kane Hill, 
 where comrade Ogan was baptized under the 
 enemy s fire in a brisk and spirited skirmish. 
 Then moved onward encountering the rebels in 
 the battle of Prairie Grove, next proceeding to 
 Van Buren, where our subject received a thirty 
 
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 days furlough. Rejoining his comrades at Fort 
 Scott, they marched on to Fort Smith where 
 the boys were actively engaged in garrison du 
 ty for some time. Moving on to Little Rock, 
 they were employed on the same duty up to 
 the time they were mustered out, sent to Leav- 
 enworth and paid off, July 19, 1865. During 
 his service of nearly three years, Mr. Ogan was 
 on detailed service at brigade headquarters for 
 one year. 
 
 The great rebellion was to an end, and com 
 rade Ogan returned to his home and loved 
 ones, where he remained engaged in farming 
 and butchering until 1880, when he removed 
 with his family to Bloomington. Mr. Ogan 
 was married at Atchison, Kan., Oct. 6, 1862, to 
 Miss Marion S. Dawe, the estimable daughter 
 of Thomas and Susanna (Sanford) Dawe. She 
 first saw the light of day at Plymouth, Devon 
 shire County, England, June 22, 1846, and traces 
 her genealogy to the Sanfords of Devonshire 
 and London. By this union there were born 
 six children of whom five are living Charles 
 T., born May 27, 1866, and now in the employ 
 of the Chicago and Alton R. R. Co.; Fred. O., 
 born Dec. I, 1871; Minnie G., born April 9, 
 1874; Leona M., born Oct. 12, 1877, and Mellie, 
 born Oct. 24, 1883. Charles married Miss Nel 
 lie Clay, and Minnie became the wife of Joseph 
 H. Berry, whose father served the grand "old 
 flag" in Company A, i3Oth 111., and died from 
 the effects of a wound received in the army. 
 
 Mrs. Ogan is a member in high standing of 
 the First M. E. Church. She is a most worthy 
 and active member of the Wm. T. Sherman 
 Women s Relief Corps, No. 7, and was a charter 
 member of Mary E. Logan Ladies Relief Union 
 No. i. She has held various offices in both 
 organizations and is at present Conductress of 
 the Union. Mr. Ogan is a staunch Republican 
 in politics, and a pensioner. He served at one 
 time as City Marshal of Troy, Kan. 
 
 JOHN S. RYAN, of Streator, Ills., was born May 
 12, 1837, in Pennsylvania. He was brought 
 up on a farm, and attended the district 
 schools in the winter season. When 21 years 
 
 old, he attended the Mount Morris Seminary 
 where he continued for two years when he re 
 turned to his home and followed his usual avo 
 cation, teaching in term time and engaged 
 upon the farm in summer months, studying nat 
 ure s marvelous ways. The rebellion was not 
 suppressed so readily as people at first sup 
 posed it would have been done, and after re 
 peated calls for troops, young Ryan could no 
 longer turn an unwilling ear to them, and de 
 termined to join in the general crusade against 
 the rebels, and accordingly enlisted August 6, 
 1862, at Paw Paw Grove, Lee County, Ills. He 
 rendezvoused at Dixon in the camp of instruc 
 tion, remaining there until September 2, 1862, 
 when he was mustered into the United States 
 service in Company K., 75th Ills. Vol. Inf. He 
 continued at Dixon, until September 27, when 
 the regiment was ordered South. It arrived at 
 Jefferson, Ind., on the 29th, and crossed the 
 Ohio River on the following evening. The 
 75th was assigned to the 3Oth Brigade, gth Di 
 vision, 3rd A. C. of the Army of Ohio. His 
 Brigade was under the command of General 
 Jeff C. Davis, until the latter s trouble over the 
 Nelson tragedy, when his place was filled by 
 the appointment of General Mitchell. The 
 regiment moved with the army against Bragg, 
 whose forces were concentrated at Bardstown, 
 Ky. On October 8, the regiment marched 
 toward Perryville to meet Bragg, and on its ar 
 rival was held in reserve for some time after 
 the famous battle of that name had opened, 
 when it was ordered to the front line where it 
 formed, and was at once actively engaged blaz 
 ing away and receiving bullets in return. 
 
 This was the first experience of the regi 
 ment and a severe test it was, for the men had 
 only been equipped with rifles about eight days 
 before being placed in the front rank of battle 
 and exposed to the enemy s fire where in the 
 course of the evening, from about 5 o clock un 
 til dark, they saw 257 of their comrades of the 
 same regiment killed or wounded. They 
 maintained possession of the ground and re 
 mained in line all night. The enemy re 
 treated during the night, leaving its dead be 
 hind. The regiment assisted in burying the 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 dead and caring for the wounded of the con 
 federate, as well as the Union soldiers. Among 
 those of the 75th killed were Lieutenants Eels, 
 and Blean, with Major Kilgour, Captains 
 Whallon, Frost and Roberts; Lieuts. Barber, 
 Thompson, Irwin, and Blodgett wounded. By 
 reason of the bravery and courage shown by the 
 75th during the engagement, it received honor 
 able mention by General Mitchell. The regi 
 ment then took up the line of inarch in pur 
 suit of the enemy, and when overtaken, had a 
 sharp, hot skirmish at Lancaster, in which the 
 captain of company C. was wounded. It con 
 tinued the pursuit to Crab Orchard, Ky., where 
 it went into camp for a few days, then to 
 Lebanon, and thence to Bowling Green, and 
 Edgefield, Term., where it again camped for 
 three weeks and was occupied in drilling, for 
 aging and doing picket duty. At the reorgani 
 zation of the army, the regiment was assigned 
 to the 1st Brigade, ist Division, of the right 
 wing of the army. It participated in the bat 
 tles and skirmishes of Nolensville, Knob Gap, 
 and Stone River. After leaving Edgefield they 
 crossed the river to Nashville and camped 
 there for about two weeks, then started on the 
 Murfreesboro campaign. On December 27, 
 the regiment commenced skirmishing which 
 continued on that and the following day, and 
 on the 29, was in the front line of the opening 
 of the battle of Stone River, and occupied the 
 center of the corps, Sheridan s being on its right, 
 and Johnston s division having been forced to 
 fall back, left Gen. Post s brigade exposed to a 
 flank movement by the enemy, and being ter 
 ribly pressed, and in view of its exposed posi 
 tion, it became necessary to change its lines to 
 meet the altered conditions, and did so under 
 a raking fire from the enemy. 
 
 General Sheridan however, saw its con 
 dition and came to its rescue, and Johnston s 
 brigade having reformed, the regiment pressed 
 forward, and not only regained its ground, but 
 forced the enemy to fall back, and before 
 night compelled it to seek shelter behind 
 their works at Murfreesboro. Mr. Ryan s regi 
 ment lay on arms during the night, prepared 
 for an advance in the morning, but in the mean 
 
 time, the place was evacuated by the enemy. 
 Here the army remained during the following 
 day burying its dead and caring for the wounded, 
 also those of the enemy that were left dead or 
 wounded upon the field. They took possession 
 of Murfreesboro and the enemy s works, and 
 went into camp where they remained for some 
 time. When the regiment moved from Mur- 
 free^boro, Mr. Ryan came from the hospital 
 where he had been very sick, and was detailed 
 to man the works recently captured, and was 
 in charge of a detachment of men at Lunette 
 Negley, and there remained until the latter 
 part of December, when he was placed in charge 
 of a squad of 40 or 50 recruits to join their 
 command at Chickamauga. His regiment sub 
 sequently moved to a point near Cleveland, 
 Tenn., going into winter quarters at Blue 
 Springs. His regiment participated in the 
 battles of Liberty Gap and Chickamauga, and 
 also in that of Lookout Mountain. The fore 
 part of February, 1864, his corps marched from 
 Blue Springs, Tenn., and took part in the re- 
 connoissance of Buzzard s Roost in front of 
 Dalton, Ga. February 24. 
 
 During this time the men had some excit 
 ing skirmishing, but soon returned to their 
 former winter quarters, where they remained 
 until they joined in the campaign of Atlanta. 
 May 3, the 75th Regiment joined General Sher 
 man on his Atlanta campaign. Mr. Ryan s 
 first encounter after setting out on this cam 
 paign, was at Tunnel Hill where his regiment 
 being in front had a sharp skirmish, which re 
 sulted in driving the rebels back. General 
 Howard was in command of the corps. He 
 then moved on to Dalton, where his regiment 
 was on the right flank but had not much fight 
 ing to do. Mr. Ryan had been vaccinated a 
 short time preyious, unfortunately with poison 
 ous vaccine, which wholly disabled him and 
 rendered it impossible to continue in the field 
 with his regiment, consequently he entered the 
 hospital at Cleveland, Tenn., where the surgeon 
 decided to amputate his arm. He seriously 
 objected to this proposition, preferring to 
 carry that member of his organism, even if it 
 did expose the rest to some danger. He was 
 
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 anxious to retain his arm for the same reason 
 that would influence any other person to retain 
 a limb, but he had still another object. He 
 wanted it to help raise his rifle to "take off" 
 the rebels. He was afterwards sent to the 
 General Field hospital No. 2, at Chattanooga, 
 where he remained until autumn, then received 
 a 20 day furlough, returned to Illinois, and cast 
 his vote for Abraham Lincoln, as President. 
 At the expiration of his furlough he reported 
 at Nashville, was furnished transportation and 
 ordered to report to his regiment at Chatta 
 nooga, but on arrival there was informed that 
 it was at Pulaski. 
 
 Not finding his regiment at Pulaski, he re 
 turned to Nashville, where he was informed it 
 had moved to Columbia, and there found it 
 engaged in battle. He joined in the midst of 
 the engagement, was placed in his former 
 position with the company, and participated in 
 the fight until it was over. After the battle 
 the regiment continued for a few days skir 
 mishing, then was ordered to Franklin and was 
 in one continual skirmish during the march, 
 which might be considered a continuous battle. 
 When Mr. Ryan s brigade arrived at Franklin, 
 it threw up breastworks, and at 4 o clock p. m. 
 was attacked by the enemy. His regiment oc 
 cupied a position near the extreme right of the 
 Union line. The rebels charged two heavy 
 lines, but Mr. Ryan s regiment did not fire 
 until the enemy had approached near the 
 Union lines, when the latter fired from behind 
 the works with deadly effect, and compelled 
 the enemy to retreat and escape annihilation. 
 The rebels, however, reformed and repeated 
 their tactics, and met with a similarly well 
 directed withering fire. The charging on Mr. 
 Ryan s left was more desperate, and he could 
 see the enemy with as much as eight lines deep, 
 to be, on each occasion, repulsed with great 
 loss. They mounted the Union works and a 
 hand to hand engagement took place, but the 
 muscle of himself and comrades exercised with 
 a desperation bordering on madness, was more 
 than flesh and blood could endure, consequently 
 the enemy was obliged to fall back. After the 
 battle had ceased, the regiment moved, during 
 
 the night, to Nashville, and was detailed to 
 bring up and protect the rear. After crossing 
 the bridge over Duck River, it burned and de 
 stroyed it, then marched to Nashville, arriving 
 there the next day about II o clock, having 
 marched all night after a heavy day s battle. The 
 regiment worked several days strengthening 
 the fortifications. One of the amusing scenes 
 was, some of the citizens had come to watch 
 them work, and had on their fine kid gloves 
 covering the white hands. A detail of men 
 with fixed bayonets induced the visitors to 
 lend a hand for the day, which seemed suffi 
 cient experience for them, as they did not 
 return. On December i6th, a general charge 
 was made by the Union army, when the rebel 
 works were taken and many prisoners captured, 
 besides batteries, small arms, and equipments. 
 His brigade captured about 1500 prisoners. 
 
 On the following day a general pursuit of 
 the fleeing rebels was ordered, and each day 
 was rewarded with the capture of many. The 
 enemy was followed through Franklin, Pulaski, 
 and on to Huntsville, Ala., where the regiment 
 went into camp, January 6, 1865, and remained 
 until March 6, when it was sent by rail to Knox- 
 ville, and then marched to Strawberry Plains 
 and after a week s rest, went up the mountain 
 to Bull s Gap. Shortly after this, news arrived 
 of the surrender of General Lee, but their joy 
 was soon turned into mourning and sorrow, on 
 hearine of the assassination of their beloved 
 
 o 
 
 President, Lincoln. They returned to Knox- 
 ville, thence to Nashville where they remained 
 until mustered out, June 12, 1865, and after 
 ward came to Camp Douglas, Chicago, were 
 paid off and received their final discharge. 
 
 Mr. Ryan went to Piano, Kendall County, 
 to his family, having married, December 26, 
 1859, Miss Julia A. Miller, at Oswego, 111. 
 They have four children Clara J., Harly G., 
 Gertrude A., and Fred. J., all of whom are liv 
 ing- 
 Broken in health by the war, Mr. Ryan has 
 
 continued poorly ever since. He engaged, 
 first, in a sash and blind factory and afterwards 
 taught school. Subsequently he purchased a 
 harness shop which he conducted for 2 years, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 then he went to farming and so continued for 
 three years, when he took his final move, set 
 tling in Streator and purchasing a hardware 
 store, which, in time, he sold, and after some 
 time engaged in the mail service with the rail 
 road, looking after it for about 5 years. He 
 afterward went to Europe and purchased some 
 pure bred horses, which he again sold realizing 
 a handsome profit on the transaction. He then 
 returned to the hardware business and con 
 tinued for 2 years when he sold out and ceased 
 to be engaged actively, at any calling, as his 
 health and strength would not permit it. He 
 has, however, been enabled to build up sufficient 
 resources to amply provide for himself and fam 
 ily during his ill health and declining years. 
 
 He was a son of James Ryan, who was born 
 in Pennsylvania in 1798, of Irish descent. His 
 grandfather was in the Revolutionary war. 
 His mother s name was Sarah Place, of German 
 ancestry, and was born in Pennsylvania. He 
 had the following brothers and sisters: James, 
 Susan, Lucinda, William L., George, Alonzo 
 D., Hiram N., Mary and Frances M. George 
 was in the war of the Rebellion, came out safe 
 and is still living. 
 
 Mr. Ryan is a Freemason, and a member of 
 Post G. A. R., No. 68. He is a Republican in 
 politics and draws a pension. 
 
 NORMAN PRINGLE, of Decatur, 111., who 
 made a creditable record in the army 
 fighting for his country, was born at De 
 catur, 111., June /, 1846, and living with his 
 grandmother, spent the early years of his life 
 in that city, attending school and assisting in 
 work at the hotel which was conducted by 
 his people. His father, Charles Pringle, a na 
 tive of New Hampshire, born of old Colonial 
 stock, who died in 1854, was a carpenter, builder 
 and cabinet-maker. The mother s maiden name 
 was Amanda Harrell, born in Va., of Scotch 
 progenitors. 
 
 Norman Pringle enlisted for three months 
 service at Decatur, June 2, 1862, in Company I., 
 6;tri 111. Inf., June 5, 1862. The Regt. was im 
 
 mediately ordered to Washington, D. C., where 
 it was armed and sent to Alexandria, Va., re 
 maining thereMuring the term of its enlistment, 
 performing patrol duty in and about the city. 
 The regiment was then furnished transportation 
 to Springfield, Ills., and discharged Sept. 26, 
 1862. Returning to Decatur Mr. Pringle re 
 sumed his duties at the hotel until his second 
 enlistment, Mar. 19, 1864, in Co. F., 2nd Ills. 
 Cav., which was mustered in at Springfield, 
 April 28th, and soon moved to St. Louis, and 
 thence to Baton Rouge. After some delay it then 
 marched to Clinton, La., and was out about 
 twenty days during which there was a number 
 of skirmishes with rebel cavalry in which Mr. 
 Pringle had his first experience under the fire 
 of the enemy. This raid resulted in the capture 
 of several pieces of artillery, a number of pris 
 oners, and some of the enemy killed; but as it 
 was a rapid march without rest the men were 
 nearly exhausted when they returned to their 
 camp at Magnolia Grove near Baton Rouge, 
 where the regiment then formed the chain 
 picket line for the post. 
 
 From this place details were sent out almost 
 daily into the country for the purpose of ob 
 serving the movements of the enemy, and pro 
 curing forage. On one of these expeditions 
 Mr. Pringle went to the Highland Stockade 
 about seven or eight miles from the city, which 
 was built as an outpost for one of the cavalry 
 companies, and finding it partially destroyed, re 
 paired and occupied it. Here pickets and all 
 parties of the Union army were continually fired 
 upon by rebel soldiers and citizens, and many 
 efforts were made to capture them, but it was 
 difficult because the simple change of a coat 
 often transformed a rebel who had been firing 
 upon the Union troops to an apparently innocent 
 citizen whose rights as such must be respected. 
 From Baton Rouge a long movement was inaug 
 urated which included the Mobile expedition, 
 the transportation to New Orleans, and a march 
 to within a short distance of Spanish Ft., where a 
 successful charge was made on Ft. Blakely, but 
 being so far in advance of its support the regi 
 ment did not attempt to hold its position. 
 When the infantry arrived the cavalry took the 
 
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 outposts and guarding all approaches to the 
 fort were under constant fire until the place 
 was captured, Then under General Canby s 
 command this regiment marched through the 
 country in the rear of Vicksburg and entered 
 that place, shortly afterwards starting on the 
 Red River expedition, on which transports were 
 employed to Shrevesport. 
 
 Mere Mr. Pringle becoming sick was sent 
 to New Orleans, and placed in the hospital 
 for a time and then sent to a general distribu 
 tion camp until mustered out, Sept. 9. 1865. 
 When he returned home Mr. Pringle learned 
 the finisher s trade and worked in it for seven 
 years, when receiving an appointment on the 
 police force served in that occupation six years. 
 He was elected to the office of City Marshal 
 acting one term, and was employed some time 
 in the County Clerk s office, when securing a 
 position in the Railway Mail Service, is now 
 engaged in that capacity. Mr. Pringle was 
 married at Decatur, June 17, 1867, to Sarah 
 Ann Herman, of Pennsylvania ancestry, and 
 has one child Charles H. He is an active 
 member of Post No. 141, G. A. R., and has al 
 ways taken a deep interest in the working of 
 this order. He was one of the first members 
 of the old Post No. I. He has filled the office 
 of Sergeant Major, and is now holding his 
 third term as Adjutant. He is a Republican 
 and a member of the Christian Church, and a 
 gentleman highly estemed in the community 
 where he resides. 
 
 THOMAS BETTS was born at Rochester, N. Y. 
 Dec. 6, 1832. His father, Thomas Betts, 
 was born in England, June 20, 1799. His 
 paternal grandfather, also was born and died in 
 England. His mother s maiden name was 
 Mary Wilson, also born in Yorkshire. He had 
 two sisters Frances and Mary, who are mar 
 ried. His father and family remained at 
 Rochester until the subject of this sketch was 
 six years of age, when he removed to Naper- 
 ville, taking up Government lands on which he 
 settled. Young Betts continued upon the farm 
 
 until he attained the age of 18 years, when he 
 learned the carpenter s trade. He married 
 Miss Hannah Wilson (a cousin) at Monroe, 
 Wis., May. 9, 1856. They had the following 
 children: Mary, Charles, Thomas and Olive 
 E. He enlisted with the Union army at 
 Aurora, 111., Oct. 8, 1861, as 1st Sergt., Co. I., 
 58th 111. Vol. Inf., called "Lyon Color Guard" 
 after Gen. Lyon, who had previously been 
 killed at Mill Springs Mo. His Regt. was 
 ordered to the front the same day it had been 
 mustered in, and during the night was placed 
 on board the cars for Ft. Donelson, arriving 
 at that point Feb. 12, and there joined the Army 
 of the Cumberland and was assigned to Hurl- 
 but s Div., 2nd Brig, commanded by Col. 
 Thayer, late Governor of Nebraska. Snow fell 
 that night to the depth of six inches, causing 
 the death of many of the sick and wounded of 
 the Union army. The following morning was 
 clear and cold when the rebels attacked the 
 Union forces, but were repulsed and pursued 
 until they secured shelter behind their works. 
 In this attack and pursuit, Mr, Betts received a 
 charge of buckshot in the thigh, five of which 
 has kept him close company ever since. 
 
 His Regt. then marched to Ft. Henry 14 or 
 15 miles distant, whither he had the doubtful 
 honor of being carried. The Regt. remained 
 there about three weeks garrisoning the fort, 
 which had recently been captured by Com 
 modore Foot. Afterwards his Regt. was order 
 ed on transports and went to Crump s Landing. 
 It next marched to Purdy, Tenn., where it de 
 stroyed the railroad bridge and then returned 
 to the landing, where it remained about two 
 weeks, or until ordered to Pittsburg Landing 
 where it was shortly after engaged in the 
 " Hornet s Nest" battle, fought at that place. 
 The slaughter in his Regt. may be understood, 
 when it is known that it lost 420 men (out of 
 800) of which only 218 were taken prisoners, 
 and even of that number 130 were wounded 
 some fatally. Mr. Betts was one of the wound 
 ed, being shot through both thighs and taken 
 a prisoner, but the rebels seeing his condition 
 abandoned him before removing him from the 
 field. It is asserted by some, and passed into 
 
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 history as a fact that the surrender occurred in 
 the morning. Mr. Betts claims that he has an 
 excellent memory and the best of reasons to 
 remember it and all the doings of that day, 
 and certainly has a most vivid recollection of 
 all that transpired, and asserts that the sur 
 render took place in the afternoon, about five 
 o clock and not earlier. After being wounded, 
 Mr. Betts was left on the field, where he 
 remained until Tuesday, but regaining some 
 strength, he was enabled to endure his terrible 
 suffering and thus rob the "potters field" of a 
 victim. Being picked up by union soldiers on 
 that day, he was sent to the Sister s Hospital, 
 on the 4, at St. Louis. Those of his Regt. taken 
 prisoners were exchanged and paroled after 
 seven months imprisonment, when they re 
 turned to Camp Butler, at Springfield, and 
 reorganized in the spring and summer of 1863. 
 Mr. Betts, on leaving the hospital, reported 
 to his Regt. at Springfield, Apr. 15, 1865; he was 
 still on crutches, but was detailed for recruiting 
 service at Aurora, where he remained until June 
 23, then rejoined his Regt. at Camp Butler. On 
 examination, his officers concluded that, physi 
 cally, he was not fit for service, and could not 
 recover, hence he was reluctantly compelled to 
 return, and was discharged July 19, 1863, and 
 immediately returned home and continued un 
 der the Doctor s care until Feb. 8, 1864. when 
 he reenlisted in Battery I., 2nd 111. Light Art., 
 and reported at Chattanooga, Tenn., for duty. 
 His battery was assigned to the 2nd Div. of 
 I4th A. C., Sherman s Army, with Gen. Jas. 
 John D. Morgan, Division commander, while 
 Gen. John M. Palmer commanded the Corps. 
 His battery was in all the battles of the Atlanta 
 campaign. In front of Atlanta, a question of 
 rank arose, Gen. W. T. Sherman relieved Gen. 
 Palmer, who was succeeded by Gen. Jefferson 
 C. Davis. This resulted from a dispute between 
 Gens. Schofield and Palmer after the death of 
 Gen. McPherson. After the campaign of At 
 lanta, rebel Gen. Hood, with his army, marched 
 northward. Mr. Betts Div. was ordered to fol 
 low, and after chasing Hood to Nashville, 
 where he was met by Gen. Thomas, his (Mr. 
 Betts) Div. returned south to Cartersville, Ga., 
 
 and subsequently to Atlanta, where it arrived 
 Nov. 14, 1864. The day following it started on 
 the march to Savannah, and participated, en 
 route, in the battle of Big Buck Head Church. 
 Afterward it occupied a position in front of 
 Savannah, but the place was surrendered with 
 out much fighting. He remained there until 
 Jan. 23, 1865, when he marched to Sister s 
 Ferry and crossed into S. C. Was in action at 
 Sallatchie, then marched up intoN.C., and par 
 ticipated in the Cheraw conflict, where the 
 army captured sixty pieces of heavy artillery, 
 that had recently arrived from Charleston. 
 
 Mar. 16, he took part in the battle of 
 Averysborough, where his Div. struck remnants 
 of Hood s army, now under Gen. Johnston, and 
 three days after fell in with them again at 
 Bentonville, where they were severely whipped. 
 Mr. Betts next move was to Goldsboro, N. C., 
 and at this point he rejoined the 23rd corps, 
 and went to Raleigh when news arrived of the 
 surrender of Richmond. From here they 
 marched to Avens Ferry on Cape Fear River, 
 where they heard of Lee s Surrender. They 
 remained in line of battle, facing Johnston s 
 army until the latter surrendered, then they 
 moved to Richmond, remaining there a week, 
 during which time they destroyed their own 
 artillery, amunition and camp supplies ; then 
 went to Washington and participated in the 
 Grand Review. The following day were 
 ordered to Springfield, Ills., where they were 
 discharged and paid off. Mr. Betts then re 
 turned home to Aurora, and went to work 
 upon the farm. He was Town Clerk of Aurora 
 in 1866; Constable in 1867. He removed to 
 Naperville in 1868, where he owns a fine home 
 and considerable other real estate. He has 
 held the position of Assessor of Naperville 
 Township for 8 years, ending in 1888; Super 
 visor of the same township, and is now serving 
 the third year. He has served three years as 
 Police Magistrate ; is now serving the second 
 year as Alderman, and has been School Di 
 rector for some 2O years, and still occupies this 
 position. His name is on the public tablets in 
 the Soldier s Memorial Hall at Aurora, where 
 the names of all the soldiers that enlisted in 
 
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 185 
 
 that place are inscribed. He is a member of 
 Walter Blanchard Post No. 386, G. A. R. He 
 has been Sr. V., Jr. V., and Officer of the Day 
 of G. A. R. Post at Naperville. He is a mem 
 ber of the Union Veteran Republican Club of 
 Chicago, and was President of the 58th Regt. 
 Vet. Assn., which held its reunion there July 31, 
 and Aug. I, 1891. He is a member of Euclid 
 Lodge No. 65, A. F. and A. M. ( and Euclid 
 Chapter No. 13. He is also a member of 
 Naperville Lodge No. Si, I. O. O. F. He re 
 ceives a pension of $8 per month, and is a Re 
 publican in politics. 
 
 GEORGE O. LLOYD, of Bloomington, 111., 
 entered the service in Co. B., 93rd 111. 
 Inf., as his father s servant at La 
 Moille, Bureau County, 111. Was assigned to 
 duty with the 1st Brig., 2d Div., i;th A. C. 
 He was in his first battle before he enlisted. 
 He fought at Holly Springs, Raymond, Jack 
 son, Miss., and at Champion Hills. During 
 this service he was an attendant for his father, 
 who was Captain of the Company and who 
 put him in the ranks in place of a sick man 
 whom he excused from duty. At the last 
 named battle his father, Captain David Lloyd, 
 was instantly killed, being shot through the 
 heart. The subject of this sketch remained 
 with his dead father, during the entire night 
 following his death. He tried to get a coffin 
 in which to send the body home, but was un 
 able to do so. While he was absent on this 
 mission, his father was buried in a ditch with 
 14 other officers, on the hillside facing toward 
 Vicksburg, where his body still lies. 
 
 Young George was taken with typhoid 
 fever, anil was sent home, remaining until Jan. 
 30, 1864, when he enlisted in Company B., 52nd. 
 111. Inf., and was with the i6th A. C., until after 
 the battle of Atlanta, in which he participated, 
 after which his service was in the I5th A. C. 
 Was in the fight at Joncsboro, then returned to 
 Atlanta and went on the exhausting march 
 after Hood, as far as Rome, Ga. After cap 
 turing Rome, they were ordered to the relief 
 
 of the garrison at Allatoona, but on the way 
 there, a train ahead of them was ditched and 
 they were obliged to get off, pass around the 
 obstruction, and take another train beyond. 
 The command reached Allatoona, in time to 
 see the enemy retreating. They were ordered 
 to charge upon them, but before execution the 
 order \vas countermanded and the regiment 
 remained at Allatoona, four or five days and 
 then returned to Atlanta and prepared for the 
 " March to the Sea." 
 
 During the march a feint was made on 
 Macon, Ga., when the march was continued 
 through to the sea, striking Milledgeville, 
 tearing up and destroying railroads, burning 
 ties and bending the iron, etc. Mr. Lloyd was 
 detailed as one of the foragers on the " March 
 to the Sea," and was very efficient in that 
 service. They took Savannah, and did guard 
 duty there for a time and then started on the 
 march through the Carolinas. Mr. Lloyd par 
 ticipated in the various skirmishes, exhaustive 
 marches and engagements of that campaign. 
 He was at Columbia, S. C., at the time of the 
 great fire and assisted in trying to put it out. 
 He took part in the fight at Fayetteville, and 
 was in the front on the skirmish line at Ben- 
 tonvillc near Goklsboro, where the regiment 
 suffered terribly. This was the last battle in 
 which Mr. Lloycl participated. Then began 
 the march for Washington. The army halted 
 for a few days near Richmond, where the 52nd 
 drew new clothing to give them a favorable 
 appearance in passing through Richmond. 
 At Alexandria, Mr. Lloycl visited the hotel in 
 which Colonel Ellsworth was killed. Encamped 
 opposite Washington for a time, and then par 
 ticipated in the Grand Review, May 24, 1865. 
 Subsequently the regiment went to Larkinsvillc 
 and embarked on board transports. He stop 
 ped for a while at Cincinnati and finally 
 reached Louisville where he was mustered out 
 of service, and going to Chicago, received his 
 final discharge, July 6, 1865. He returned to 
 his home at LaMoille, and later engaged in 
 farming at Dwight one year. He then went to 
 Missouri, where he remained a year and a half. 
 He had partly learned the plasterer s trade 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 before the war, and engaged in that business 
 while in Missouri. He returned home and was 
 married Nov. 25, 1870, to Julia Dyer, a native 
 of New York City. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born Dec. 
 8th, 1846, and is the son of David and Eliza 
 (Seeley) Lloyd, who were the parents of three 
 sons and two daughters, Hayden, James, 
 George, Jennie and Lucy, all living. To Mr. 
 and Mrs. Lloyd three children have been born 
 George Francis, born March 26, 1871, in the 
 employ of the Bloomington Electric Light Co.; 
 Harry, born Aug. I, 1873, died Sept. 22, 1874; 
 and Lucy, born Jan. 27, 1878. Mr. Lloyd is a 
 Republican in politics and was a member of 
 the \Ym. T. Sherman Post, No. 146, G. A. R., 
 which he joined May 23, 1883. He was honor 
 ably discharged from this membership Nov. 1 1, 
 1887, and joined the Union Veteran s Union, 
 No. I. He is a member of Evergreen City 
 Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; Independent Order of Red 
 Men; Knights of Honor; and the Mason s 
 Union. Mr. Lloyd was elected by the Repub 
 lican party in 1888, as Health Officer, serving 
 one term in which he made a record of being 
 one of the most efficient officers the city ever 
 had. Is a Republican and a pensioner. 
 
 Mr. Lloyd passed through many hardships 
 and trying scenes during the war. Going as 
 his father s servant whom he afterwards saw 
 shot dead before him; he then enlisted, shoul 
 dered the musket, taking in a measure the place 
 of his father, and served until the close of the 
 war, making a record as a brave, active and 
 gallant soldier. 
 
 OKIN B. GRANT, was born January 12, 
 1840, at Auburn, N. Y., and was the son 
 of Henry H., and Mary Jane (Brooks) 
 Grant, both of Scottish descent. His parents 
 had the following children: Orin B., Elizabeth, 
 Margaret J., William Henry, Norman B., Van 
 Ransselaer, George H., Mary Ellen, FYances M. 
 and Ruth M. Norman enlisted during the late 
 rebellion in Company D., iO4th 111., and was 
 killed in the battle of Peach Tree Creek, July 
 
 22, 1862, and was buried in the National 
 Cemetery at Marietta, Ga. Mr. Grant was 
 brought up on a farm where he assisted his 
 father in the work until he was twenty-one 
 years of age. His natural ability coupled with 
 an indomitable will and a determination to ed 
 ucate and inform himself, enabled him to ac 
 quire a good practical business education. In 
 1846, he removed with his father from New York 
 to Illinois, and on attaining his majority, rented 
 a farm which he continued to operate until the 
 outbreak of the war. He was in the field 
 plowing when his brother brought him the 
 news that Fort Sumpter had been fired upon, 
 and a call for troops had been issued. lie 
 finished his furrow, unharnessed and stabled his 
 horses, employed a man at 16 a month, 
 hastened to Ottawa, and enlisted for service in 
 the Union Army, April 20, 1861, as his patriot 
 ism would not permit him to remain idle while 
 the Republic was in danger. 
 
 Rendezvoused at Springfield in Camp Yates; 
 was mustered into service, Co. I, nth 111., 
 April 30, 1861, for three months and proceeded 
 to Camp Hardin, 111., where he remained two 
 months drilling and performing camp duty. 
 Then moved to Bird s Point, Mo., and there 
 also did camp and garrison duty until the pe 
 riod of enlistment had expired, in the mean 
 time doing some skirmishing, but was not 
 otherwise actively engaged. At Bird s Point, 
 he was mustered out August 4, 1861, returned 
 to Ottawa, 111., and resumed the occupation of 
 farming. He continued on the farm until 
 November 23, 1861, when he re-enlisted, and was 
 mustered into the United States service, Nov. 
 25 of the same year, in Company C., 53rd 
 111. Inf., known as " Cushman s Brigade," under 
 command of Colonel Cushman. The regiment 
 remained in camp at Ottawa until Feb. 27, 
 when it removed to Chicago, and was there 
 employed in camp duty and guarding prison 
 ers captured at Fort Donelson. It remained 
 at Camp Douglas until March 23, when it 
 was ordered to St. Louis and from there to 
 Savannah, Tenn., where they went into camp 
 until the battle of Pittsburg Landing. During 
 this battle, Mr. Grant was detailed with the 
 
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 medical staff, and assisted them in amputating 
 limbs and dressing the wounded. He contin 
 ued such services until June, when he was acci- 
 dently injured while lying in a hospital tent at 
 Gravely Ridge, Tenn. He was sent to Kvans- 
 ville, Ind., and placed in a hospital, where he 
 remained for eight months under the care of 
 the United States Medical Staff. 
 
 At the earliest moment, and even before 
 his condition would warrant the step, he re 
 turned to his command joining it at Jackson, 
 Tenn., and there resumed service with his com 
 pany. Almost immediately after his arrival, 
 the regiment started under orders on double 
 quick march to attack the enemy who were 
 then about five miles distant. It soon found 
 them in force, when an engagement took place 
 which has been known as "Hatchier Mata- 
 mora." While the regiment was approaching 
 the point at which it was to form, it was neces 
 sary to cross Davis Bridge which spanned 
 the Hatchie River. The enemy had a battery 
 planted on Matamora Hill commanding the 
 bridge, and as Mr. Grant s regiment crossed by 
 right flank the column was raked with murder 
 ous accuracy by this death dealing battery; 
 but reckless of danger and death it marched 
 across and formed immediately in front in line 
 of battle. A regiment in the advance was 
 forced back through the latter s lines, but soon 
 reformed and made a splendid charge. Dur 
 ing this charge the regiment lost heavily in 
 officers and men; Mr. Grant s company having 
 2 killed, and many wounded. After the battle 
 the regiment was ordered to Holly Springs 
 and Oxford, but subsequently returned to 
 Memphis, Tenn., and there took transports to 
 Vicksburg, then to Haines Bluff on the Yazoo 
 River. From there it marched immediately in 
 the rear of Vicksburg, and took position inline 
 near Fort Hill, remaining 43 days in line under 
 constant fire, when finally Vicksburg was sur 
 rendered, July 4, 1863. He participated in the 
 unsuccessful assault upon that town, May 
 22nd. 
 
 His next move was to Jackson, Miss., under 
 General Sherman, and while closing the lines 
 around that pUce, Mr. Grant s brigade was 
 
 ordered to charge the rebel works. His bri 
 gade was comprised of the 4ist, 53rd, 28th 111., 
 and the 3rd Iowa, and in all about 900 men 
 when they first made the charge. They first 
 drove in the rebel pickets, who drew the brigade 
 into an ambush and then directed their fire par 
 ticularly against Mr. Grant s regiment. After 
 twenty minutes action out of the total 900 who 
 moved in the brigade, 740 were left upon the 
 field, either killed or wounded. Mr. Grant was 
 wounded in both legs, but succeeded in crawl 
 ing from the field while the enemy charged 
 over him, and afterward when the enemy were 
 repulsed, the rebel army retreated over him. 
 
 After crawling about three-quarters of a 
 mile, he was met by the stretcher corps, and 
 carried back to where the surgeons were 
 engaged. After he was wounded he tore his 
 handkerchief in two parts, and with it bound 
 up the wounds in both legs in order to lessen 
 the flow of blood, which he realized was fast 
 sapping his life. While on the field he cut 
 his cartridge box to pieces and broke his rifle 
 over a stump to prevent them falling into the 
 hands of the enemy; and on all fours, suffer 
 ing excruciating pain, he abandoned the field. 
 Even after his arrival within the Union lines 
 and where the surgeons were engaged, he had 
 little to expect from that corps, as hundreds 
 were there before him, and perhaps more seri 
 ous cases. By borrowing a pair of forceps he 
 succeeded in extracting a ball from his right 
 leg, but the one which entered his left limb, he 
 still unwillingly carries as a memento of the 
 war, and an ever present reminder of the har 
 rowing suffering he endured for his country. 
 He remained in the Field Hospital until placed 
 in the Floating Hospital at Vicksburg, and 
 there received from General Grant, in person, 
 a furlough of 30 days, with instructions to 
 report at the nearest hospital to his home for 
 discharge. He returned to Ottawa, and at the 
 expiration of his furlough reported to the 
 Marine Hospital at Chicago, where he was 
 placed on detailed service in the medical 
 department and was there engaged for one 
 year, when the authorities proposed placing 
 him in the reserved corps, which he promptly 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 refused as he desired to rejoin his regiment. 
 He therefore, started for and met it at Atlanta, 
 Ga. 
 
 On reporting to his company he was placed 
 on detail duty with independent scouts, and 
 remained with them through Sherman s march 
 to the sea. His occupation consisted of for 
 aging for supplies for the army. At Savannah 
 he embarked on a ship and was taken to New 
 York City, and from there by rail to Spring 
 field, 111., where he was mustered out and dis 
 charged, July 4, 1865, having served from 
 November 21, 1864, until his discharge, over his 
 term of enlistment, and for which he has been 
 unable to obtain any remuneration. He re 
 sumed farming, bui owing to his injuries was 
 compelled to abandon it. He then learned the 
 carpenter trade which he followed until three 
 years ago, when his injuries, received nearly 
 thirty years before, began to undermine his 
 health, forcing him to abandon physical 
 labor altogether. He has since been elected 
 Justice of the Peace, which office he still holds 
 and discharges the duties pertaining thereto 
 with dignity, and to the satisfaction of the com 
 munity. He is also a Police Magistrate by vir 
 tue of his office. He has also served as Col 
 lector of the Township in which he resides. 
 He is past master of the A. O. U. W. Lodge; a 
 member of the Select Knights of America; 
 The Modern Woodmen of America; the Re 
 becca Lodge of Odd Fellows and Degree of 
 Honor, and is a member of the Joseph Woodruff 
 Post No. 281, G. A. R. He has been sent as 
 delegate to the State Encampment; also has 
 been on the Financial Committee most of the 
 time. He married Miss Emily A. Swartz, 
 November 6, 1861, at Ottawa, 111., by whom he 
 has had eleven children: Orin F., Sherman S., 
 Harrison, Orville, Carrie L., Nellie J., Millie 
 C., Fred. Ray, Louts G,, Marie R., of whom six 
 are still living. 
 
 He is cripple d in both legs and has a severe 
 curvature of the spine, which incapacitates him 
 for any kind of physical labor. He receives, 
 in the shape of a pension, the small pittance 
 oi: Sio per month. He is a Democrat in 
 politics. 
 
 LEWIS L. GROVER was born in Dane County 
 Wisconsin, July 1st, 1847, anc ^ was the 
 son of Benjamin and Lucy Grover, who 
 were natives of Maine. His parents removed 
 from Wisconsin to Lee County Ills,, where they 
 purchased and settled on a farm. Here Lewis 
 was raised, doing light work and attending 
 school whenever opportunity afforded until he 
 was eighteen years old, when he took up the 
 carriage making trade. After perfecting him 
 self in this trade he concluded that the carpen 
 ter s trade presented larger opportunities and 
 decided to take up that line of work, and has 
 continued in that business to the present time. 
 
 At the outbreak of the Rebellion, in 1861, 
 although only fourteen years of age, prompted 
 by a spirit of adventure, he desired to join the 
 army and engage in that conflict which proved 
 so fatal to many a brave soldier, but his youth 
 prevented him from going into active service 
 at that time. The war continuing, the oppor 
 tunity again presented itself and young Grover 
 enlisted at Sublet, Lee County Ills., January 
 5th, 1864, in Company C., /th Ills. Vol. Cav. 
 His regiment served under General Hatch, and 
 he participated in the battles of Nashville, 
 Franklin and Cardeville, also in the siege in 
 front of Memphis. At the battles of Nashville 
 and Franklin Mr. Grover s regiment was ex 
 posed to the enemy s fire for several hours. He 
 and his comrades, however, were there to fight 
 for their country and were not dismayed by 
 surrounding dangers. 
 
 Although Mr. Grover had only been in 
 active service a short time he found the change 
 from a comfortable home too great, and suffered 
 much from the exposure and lack of whole 
 some and nourishing food. He found these 
 privations more than his constitution could 
 bear at so tender an age, and when near Mem 
 phis became dangerously ill and had to be 
 removed to the hospital at Germantown. He 
 continued poorly, was unable to rejoin his 
 regiment and consequently was mustered out 
 November 5th, 1865, at Springfield Ills., and 
 discharged. 
 
 Immediately after being relieved from army 
 duty he returned to his home in Illinois, re- 
 
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 maining there about two years. He then sought 
 employment in Iowa, subsequently going to 
 Kansas. The inducements held out to him 
 were not sufficient to persuade him to settle in 
 either State. The Government however, hav 
 ing offered the discharged soldiers lands in 
 Kansas, under the " Soldiers Homestead Act," 
 he embraced the opportunity and selected his 
 quota in Republican County. This property 
 being situated near the thriving town of Scan- 
 dia has become very valuable and is said to be 
 worth at least $10,000. 
 
 After leaving Kansas he settled in Ottawa 
 111., and again engaged in the building trade, 
 and is still doing a nice business. 
 
 He married Miss Emma S. Douglass, April 
 1 3th, 1869, the daughter of Robert A. Douglass. 
 They have one child, Charles Benjamin, a bright 
 promising lad. Mr. Grover is a member of 
 Briner Post No. 67, G. A. R. of Peoria, and is a 
 Republican. 
 
 DR. FLOYD CLENDENEN, of La Salle, 111., 
 enlisted in the Union army for the war 
 of the Rebellion in Cass County, Mich., 
 and was mustered into the service as Assistant 
 Surgeon, to the Quarter Master s department. 
 He only remained a few months in the service, 
 as by reason of having been exposed in wet 
 and inclement weather, and sleeping upon the 
 ground, contracted rheumatism in its worst 
 form, thereby wrecking his health, and render 
 ing his right foot and hand almost useless, 
 compelling him to resign his command in the 
 November following his enlistment. His 
 brother, V. B. Clendenen, was also in the war 
 having enlisted in the I2th Mich. Vol. Inf. 
 and while in the service sustained serious 
 injuries which resulted in his death, soon after 
 the war closed. 
 
 Dr. Clendenen was born near Charleston, 
 W. Va., in the year 1837, and was the son of 
 Robert and Amanda (Hinchman) Clendenen, 
 the former of Scotch-Irish, and the mother of 
 English descent. The father was one of West 
 Virginia s pioneers, and had the honor of being 
 
 the first to erect a house in Charleston, which 
 has since been made the Capital of that com 
 monwealth, and afterward he became a very 
 prominent figure in the politics of his adopted 
 State, and was elected and served several 
 years in the Legislature, as well as occupied 
 positions on the bench in the lower courts for 
 the district in which he resided. In the year 
 1848 our subject s parents removed from Vir 
 ginia and settled in Cass County, Mich., where 
 the father died in 1851. At the time of the 
 reported immense "Gold finds" near Pike s 
 Peak, Col., our subject joined a party and pro 
 ceeded across the plains and mountains to that 
 place, but the excitement soon collapsed for 
 want of gold to sustain it, therefore, he went 
 over the mountains to California, and after 
 visiting all the places of interest there, re 
 turned to his home by way of the Isthmus of 
 Panama. 
 
 After his discharge from the war, he spent 
 some time in Montana, in mining and trading 
 with the Indians, where he succeeded in laying 
 aside sufficient funds to enable him to complete 
 the study of the profession which he now follows. 
 Returning to Illinois, he entered the Bennett 
 Medical College, and after a course of three 
 years at that institution, was graduated Jan. 
 27, 1874, at the head of his class, and received 
 his diploma. He then located at La Salle, and 
 entered upon the practice of his profession 
 which he has devoutly followed ever since. 
 
 He married in 1875, Josephine W. Whipple, 
 a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Warren W., 
 and Phcebe Whipple, and by her has one child 
 Edith, a bright promising girl of 1 1 summers. 
 
 The Doctor has served as Coroner for La 
 Salle County for six years, and performed the 
 duties pertaining to that position with dignity, 
 satisfaction to the people, and honor to that 
 profession, in which he is always recognized as 
 a leading ornament. Dr. Clendenen is a mem 
 ber of the Masonic order; in politics a Demo 
 crat; a prominent member of Post No. 242 
 G. A. R. at La Salle, of which he is the Surgeon 
 and Chaplain, and holds an appointment as a 
 member upon the Examining Board of Pen 
 sions. He has been successful in his practice 
 
and enjoys the confidence, respect, and patron 
 age of many of the best citizens of his town 
 and surrounding country. He is a bright, 
 pleasing, and talented gentleman, interested in 
 his State and County, and always holds him 
 self in readiness to help any enterprise for the 
 advancement and promotion of the public weal. 
 
 M 
 
 AJ.-GEN. WM. TECUMSEH SHERMAN was 
 born at Lancaster, Ohio, Feb. 18, 1820. 
 Entered West Point Military Academy 
 in 1836. Graduated June, 1840. Entered serv 
 ice as 2nd Lieut, in the 3d Regt. U. S. Artillery 
 and joined his Regt. in Florida. He was pro 
 moted to 1st Lieut. Nov. 1841, and to Captain 
 in 1850. In 1853 he resigned his commission 
 and quit military service. When the war of 
 Rebellion commenced, he tendered his services 
 to the Government, and was appointed Colonel 
 of I3th Reg. U. S. Inf., May 14, 1861. He was 
 made Brig.-Gen. Aug. 3, 1861, and Maj.-Gen. 
 of Vol. May i, 1861. Gen. Sherman, as Lieut., 
 served one year in Florida against the Seminole 
 Indians ; was transferred thence to Fort Moul- 
 trie in Charleston Harbor; and in 1846 he was 
 sent to California where he remained on duty 
 during the Mexican War. In 1850 he was made 
 Commissary of Subsistence and assigned to 
 duty at St. Louis, Mo. From there he was 
 transferred to post duty at New Orleans. He 
 soon after resigned his commission, removed 
 to California, and engaged in the banking 
 business. After spending four years there, he 
 accepted the Presidency of the La. State Mili 
 tary Academy in 1858. Located among South 
 ern people, Sherman enjoyed unusual facilities 
 for observing the tendency of public affairs at 
 the South. The incidents of the Presidential 
 canvass in 1860 excited in his mind painful ap 
 prehensions of an approaching war. He was 
 surrounded by a powerful combination of 
 Southern influence. He enjoyed the confi 
 dence, friendship, and liberal patronage of a 
 large number of wealthy and influential South 
 ern leaders; they had marked him as a man 
 whose talents and experience would prove 
 
 eminently serviceable to them in their con 
 templated struggle for independence ; hence, 
 he was tempted by all the blandishments of 
 wealth, patronage and power. All these attrac 
 tions were powerless. He indignantly spurned 
 their tempting offers, and turned, with a devo 
 tion pure as the light of Heaven, to the vener 
 ated flag of his country. Sherman proudly 
 defied the power he could not combat, resigned 
 his position, and left the State. Among other 
 things he wired the Executive of the State : "I 
 beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me 
 as Superintendent the moment the State deter 
 mines to secede; for, on no earthy account, will 
 I do any act, or think any thought, hostile to, 
 or in defiance of, the old Gov t of the U. S." 
 He proceeded to Washington City, and faith 
 fully warned the authorities of the impending 
 storm. His knowledge and discernment were 
 far in advance of the time, and it took the 
 Gov t a year to learn what Sherman then knew. 
 He declared that war must come, and urged 
 preparations. His policy was rejected ; but he 
 received the appointment of Colonel in the 
 regular army, and followed the flag on the fatal 
 field of Bull Run. 
 
 Although this was a terrible disaster, no 
 troops ever fought with more intrepid courage 
 than did Sherman s Brig. When the battle was 
 over, and the reports made, the record of blood 
 told by whom the fighting was done. 
 
 Sherman was soon transferred to the West, 
 and assigned to the command of the Dep t of 
 Ohio. Sherman saw the gathering strength of 
 the revolt in Ky., and Tenn., which the Govt. 
 failed to appreciate. He had about 5,000 badly 
 armed and partially equipped troops, and urg 
 ed the necessity of sending re-enforcements. 
 His little army then confronted the rebel Gen. 
 Buckner, with 25,000 men, at Muldraugh s 
 Hill. Receiving no aid, he grew restive, and 
 the Sec y. of war came in person to confer with 
 him. During the interview, Sherman was 
 asked how many troops would be needed to 
 hold Ky., and advance South. He answered, 
 "Two hundred thousand." The Sec y and his 
 Adjt.-Gen. decided that his views were extrav 
 agant and wild. This expression gave rise to 
 
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 191 
 
 the report, afterward so extraneously circula 
 ted, that Sherman was crazy. The war had not 
 continued a year, however, until the public 
 learned that what had been considered proofs 
 of Sherman s insanity, were truths of vital im 
 portance, too long overlooked by the Gov t. 
 Finding his policy not agreeable to the views of 
 the Administration, he was, at his own request, 
 relieved by Gen. Buell, and assigned to duty at 
 St. Louis. Shortly he was ordered to join Gen- 
 Grant at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., where he 
 was placed in command of the 5th Div. of Gen. 
 Thomas Corps. Encamped at Shiloh Church, 
 Sherman s Div. held, as it were, a Key position, 
 and was engaged both days of the battle, and 
 nobly acted their part. The value of Sher 
 man s services may be estimated from an offi 
 cial report of Gen. Grant, in which alluding to 
 him, he says: "lam indebted for the success 
 of that battle, to his individual efforts." For 
 his conduct on this occasion he was promoted 
 to Maj.-Gen. Sherman s Div. was now placed 
 in front, and the army advanced on Corinth. 
 After a short siege, the Rebels evacuated 
 Corinth. 
 
 Sherman was next placed in command at 
 Memphis, where he remained until he united 
 with Grant in the operations against Vicksburg, 
 Ascending Yazoo- River, he assailed the ene 
 my s works at Chickasaw Bluff. During two 
 days desperate fighting, two lines of Rebel 
 works were carried at the point of the bayonet. 
 The fortifications were of immense strength, 
 and defended by a great number of heavy 
 guns. After repeated attempts to take them 
 by storm, the effort was abandoned and the 
 army withdrew. 
 
 Next, in conjunction with Gen. McClernand, 
 he proceeded to Arkansas Post, a very strong 
 position held by the enemy on the Arkansas 
 River. Assisted by a fleet of gunboats under 
 Admiral Porter, the army attacked the place on 
 Jan. 11, 1863, and after a severe struggle of 
 three hours, captured the post, with 7,000 pris 
 oners and a large quantity of artillery, ammu 
 nition and supplies. Sherman and his I5th A. 
 C. took a leading part in the battles between 
 Vicksburg and Jackson. His command partici 
 
 pated in the siege, but was soon after sent to 
 raid the Rebel Gen. Johnston, at Jackson, 
 where a severe battle was fought, and the Reb 
 els defeated. Sept. 23, it was sent to re-en 
 force Grant at Chattanooga. Nov. 15, wearied 
 by a long march, they were ordered to take 
 possession of the north end of Mission Ridge, 
 then strongly fortified and held by the enemy. 
 The result of that memorable battle of Mission 
 Ridge was secured by a beautiful system of 
 co-operation movements, and largely by the 
 fierce and incessant attacks of Sherman and his 
 brave "boys." They carried the strong works 
 at the north of Mission Ridge, and how well 
 they succeeded, 52 captured cannons and 5,000 
 prisoners, tell in language plain and unmistaka 
 ble. Next Sherman was ordered to E. Tenn 
 essee to relieve Gen. Burnside s army. The 
 3d day after receiving the order, his advances 
 was skirmishing with Longstreet s rear guard. 
 Upon Sherman s approach the Rebels raised 
 the siege, and started to Va. March I2th, 
 Grant was made Commander-in-Chief, and 
 Sherman his successor in the command of the 
 Armies of the Tenn., Ohio and the Cumber 
 land. Preparations were now commenced for 
 the great expedition to the Atlanta. His army 
 consisted of 98,797 men of all arms; 6,OOO of 
 these were cavalry that had to be remounted. 
 May 7th his army was ready for a move. Nev 
 er did the eyes rest on a more stirring scene 
 than was presented when Sherman s army filed 
 out into the defiles of N. Ga. 
 
 On the 2d days march, the army was met 
 by the enemy at Buzzard s Roost Gap. The 
 post was taken and our "boys" moved on. The 
 next conflict occurred at Dalton. The place 
 taken, the Rebels falling back to Resaca. 
 Eighteen miles further on the enemy was again 
 fortified, and prepared for battle. May I4th, 
 this position was captured. The foe continued 
 their retreat, and Sherman halted at Kingston, 
 for the purpose of bringing up his trains. Cross 
 ing the Etowah with 20 days rations, Sherman 
 and his brave boys marched S. W. and flanked 
 the great Allatoona Pass, a mountain gorge, 
 where the Rebels had hoped to crush the Union 
 army. May 28th, the battle of Dallas was be- 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 gun and continued at New Hope Church three 
 days. Both sides lost heavily, but again the 
 Rebels were repulsed and driven from the field, 
 falling back toKenesaw Mt. This position was 
 found to be immensely strong, embracing three 
 parallel ranges. Lost Mt., Pine and Kenesaw, 
 each one of which furnished a natural fortress 
 of great strength. Pine Mt. was first assailed. 
 The enemy evacuated and strengthened their 
 position on Lost Mt. This was soon carried 
 and they finally concentrated on the ragged 
 heights of Kenesaw. The position was assault 
 ed unsuccessfully, with a loss of 3,000 killed 
 and wounded. 
 
 The place was finally flanked and the enemy 
 evacuated. The Rebels fell back and being 
 again pressed, continued to retreat to the 
 works around Atlanta. Sherman halted his 
 army on the river, July I7th, he again moved 
 and sat down in silent grandeur before Atlanta, 
 the object of all his toils, marches and battles. 
 He sent out several expeditions to destroy the 
 railroads and cut off communications. July 
 2Oth, Gen. Hood, massed his forces and made a 
 furious attack on Gen. Hooker s Corps. The 
 contest was fierce, the loss on both sides heavy. 
 On the 22d the enemy again attacked the Union 
 left with great impetuosity. The Rebels were 
 under a new and dashing leader. The fortunes 
 of war had long been against them, and they 
 were now desperate. Six times they furiously 
 charged, only to be repulsed with fearful 
 slaughter. Nothing could exceed the reckless 
 daring of the rebels on this occasion. Column 
 after column would move up in the face of 
 a withering fire. As one line would melt away 
 before the burning grape, another would take 
 its place, and advance with cheers to the har 
 vest of death. The field became a vast slaughter 
 pen, 3,200 Rebels having been killed on the 
 field, and many wounded and prisoners fell 
 into our hands. July 28th Hood threw his 
 whole forces on Gen. Logan s I5th A. C. 
 Again were these infatuated heroes "welcomed 
 with bloody hands to hospitable graves," and 
 5,000 more of the deluded victors of treason 
 fell on this field of carnage. The bold rebel 
 commander now lost 20,000 men in three battles 
 
 of his own choosing. As a last resort, he sent 
 his cavalry, to gain the rear, and cut Sherman s 
 line of communication. Learning this move 
 ment, Sherman swung his army around Atlanta 
 to the west, and destroyed the railroad connec 
 tion of that place. Whole corps were sent out 
 to protect their roads; in vain. Finding them 
 all cut, and the position fllanked, the Rebel 
 Gen. hurriedly left Atlanta, to meet the Union 
 army at Jonesboro, where the enemy were 
 totally routed, with great loss. The city was 
 entered by the victors, Sept. 2d, and the cam 
 paign ended, having occupied 100 days, every 
 one of which witnessed more or less fighting. 
 
 It was a moving fight continuing over 150 
 miles. Sherman garrisoned Atlanta, and pur 
 sued the enemy, until they were driven from 
 his lines, and retreated west into Ala. Select 
 ing 60,000 men, with light equipment and dar 
 ing courage, he abandoned everything like a 
 military base, and, Nov. 5th, started from 
 Atlanta on a grand military raid to Savannah. 
 Sherman s strong cavalry arm plundered every 
 place he did not wish to take, and thus the 
 Confederates were utterly confused. He took 
 Fort McAllister, the key to Savannah, and next 
 assailed the city in the rear. The authorities 
 capitulated the city without resistance Dec. 21, 
 1864, and 1,000 prisoners, 150 cannon, and 30,- 
 OOO bales of cotton were among the trophies 
 captured. Jan. 14, 1865, he started into S. Caro 
 lina. Striking northeast he cut off all com 
 munications with Charleston. 
 
 On the 1 8th Sherman reached Columbia 
 which was evacuated on his approach, the 
 enemy first firing the city. He overtook the 
 enemy at Bentonville N. C., fought the last 
 battle of the \var, and then effected a junction 
 with Gen. Schofield at Goldsboro, N. C. From 
 here he moved to Raleigh, and unfurled the 
 National flag from the dome of the State house. 
 Proceeding west, he overtook the enemy at 
 Greensboro. While pushing forward to attack 
 them, he was met by a white flag, with an offer 
 of capitulation. A meeting was arranged with 
 Johnston, the Rebel commander, which resulted 
 in the surrender of the whole Rebel army. 
 May 24th, the army appeared on a grand re- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 93 
 
 view in Washington. The war was now over 
 and the Nation rejoiced. Sherman who had 
 so nobly shared its toils and dangers was 
 spared to mingle in its triumphs. His army 
 was disbanded, but the services of this great 
 leader were deemed too valuable to be lost and 
 he was assigned to the command of the Dep t. 
 of the N. W., headquarters at St. Louis. He 
 retired from the command of the army of the 
 U. S. Nov. i 1883. He died 1891. In person 
 Gen. Sherman was tall and slender, with light 
 hair, fair complexion, deep blue eyes, whiskers 
 red and naturally short, nose long, and eye 
 brows heavily shading the restless and search 
 ing orbs beneath. Calm and reserved in his 
 address, he impressed rather by force of 
 character than by winning attractions. In con 
 versation he was hurried, impatient and volu 
 minous, little inclined to listen, but talked 
 with much enthusiasm. Singularly constructed 
 he was singularly great; a chieftain whose mili 
 tary renown will be preserved to the end of 
 American history. 
 
 LUTHER BARNARD, of Decatur, 111., was born 
 June 20, 1844, a son of Calvin Barnard, 
 who was a descendant of one of the early 
 New England families. The grandfather was 
 killed by the Indians in a bloody battle near 
 Dcerfield, Mass. Many of our subject s ances 
 tors were in the revolutionary war. Luther s 
 grandmother was Mary Nims, of English an 
 cestry, and could trace her ancestors who lived 
 in this country back tP the year 1600. Her 
 brother and father were in the war of 1812. 
 The homestead upon which she was born was 
 sold a few years ago by her brother, the grant 
 to her ancestor being signed by King George 
 III. of England; descending from generation 
 to generation since. The sale above referred to 
 being the first deed of the land since the grant 
 from the crown of Great Britain. 
 
 Luther s early life was passed in Ohio upon 
 a farm, and in attending school at times until 
 he enlisted, Aug. 8, 1862, as a private in Co. G. 
 I23rd Ohio Vol. Inf. He continued at Camp of 
 instruction where the men were uniformed and 
 
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 equipped; left camp Oct, 16, and proceeded 
 successively to the following points: Marietta, 
 Parkersburg, Va., Clarksburg, Buchanan, Bev 
 erly, Rich Mountain, Huntsville, Phillips, Web 
 ster, and New Creek Station, now known as 
 Keyser, remaining at the latter place until Dec. 
 17, then marched to Petersburg and Morefield, 
 where he had his first skirmish; then moved to 
 Romney, arriving there Jan. 10, 1863, going 
 into winter quarters. During the following 
 march his Reg. moved to Winchester, where 
 headquarters were made, having heavy march 
 ing and skirmishing in the surrounding country; 
 then participating in the battle of Winchester, 
 which opened June 13. On the 5th Mr. Bar 
 nard and many others were taken prisoners and 
 transferred to Libby Prison, where they were 
 detained nntil July 16, when they were paroled, 
 but for want of transportation continued in 
 prison an additional two weeks. Their prison 
 fare was bread twice a day, one corn loaf three 
 inches square for four men and one pound of 
 meat per day, divided between ten men, in which 
 no allowance was made for bone. They had no 
 covering of any kind during their detention. 
 They dug holes in the sand to catch surface 
 water, into which also flowed the filth from the 
 sinks, but there was no resource for the men 
 but to use the mixture to quench the terrible 
 thirst. Each day the thousands of prisoners 
 were counted, those too ill to pass in line were 
 counted lying upon the ground, and during this 
 ceremony Mr. Barnard saw on one occasion a 
 rebel officer deliberately disembowel a prisoner. 
 Upon their arrival at Libby, Major Turner, 
 the officer in charge, instructed them that when 
 called to "fall in" they were at once to form 
 in fours. The following morning before the 
 men had finished sleeping, Turner passed 
 through and called out to the men to " fall in." 
 Some of the men were completely exhausted 
 and could not fall in, whilst others did not do 
 so as quickly as he thought they should, where 
 upon he fired upon them with his revolver, 
 wounding one man and killing another, at the 
 same time declaring that he would teach them 
 to fall in at his command. Two of the boys 
 cut open their canteens which was used to dip 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 water and drink soup from, and Turner being 
 informed of this tied their hands behind them, 
 then tied them up by the thumbs for half an 
 hour, declaring that it was punishment for 
 destroying property. 
 
 Soon after being captured Mr. Barnard was 
 smitten with bowel trouble, which soon devel 
 oped into chronic diarrhoea, which speedily 
 reduced him in weight from 183 to I3olbs.,and 
 this ailment has since clung to him. Finally 
 he was paroled and went home where he 
 remained until exchanged in October, when he 
 rejoined his regiment at Martinsburg, Va. It 
 was scattered then along the B. & O. R. R., 
 guarding it until the following spring, when it 
 with other regiments formed two brigades 
 under General Sigel, marched to New Market, 
 where they were badly defeated by the enemy, 
 and forced, after a heavy loss, to retreat to 
 Cedar Creek. The regiment then started upon 
 the Lynchburg raid under General Hunter, 
 participated in the battle of Piedmont, captur 
 ing about 1500 prisoners, moved then to Staun- 
 ton and from there to Lexington, where they 
 burned the Lexington University used pre 
 viously as a rebel arsenal; captured several 
 canal boat loads of provisions, destroyed what 
 could not be utilized, then crossed the Alleghany 
 Mountains and on to Charleston, W. Va. ; thence 
 by boat and rail to Harper s Ferry and then 
 into Maryland. The regiment was next in the 
 battle at Berryville, General Sheridan in com 
 mand, Sept. 3; again at Winchester Sept. 19, 
 during which Mr. Barnard was wounded by a 
 ball passing through his hip, the regiment hav 
 ing lost in this engagement out of 188, officers 
 and men, seven killed and forty-two wounded. 
 Our subject, with his brother, who was wounded 
 at the same time, was taken into Winchester, 
 after having laid on the field for three days and 
 nights without food or his wounds being dressed. 
 Some days later with others, he was taken in 
 army wagons over a rough road 42 miles to 
 Sandy Hook, Md., the trip taking 24 hours. 
 He was separated from his wounded brother, 
 Henry C., when he was taken to Baltimore, the 
 brother going to the Philadelphia hospital. It 
 is simply impossible to describe his suffering 
 
 on this occasion, caused by the shattered hip, 
 from which since that terrible ride many pieces 
 of bone have been taken. It was seven years 
 before the wound healed. Later he was taken 
 to Baltimore, where he remained until Oct. 19, 
 when his brother came after him and took him 
 home. He returned to Columbus the follow 
 ing April, where he was discharged May 11, 
 1865, by reason of disability. 
 
 He was unable to do anything for three 
 years, but being somewhat improved, moved to 
 Decatur in 1870, which has since been his home, 
 being employed at his trade as an engineer. 
 
 He married Feb. 19, 1868, Mary E. Nims, 
 and by her has three children, viz: Allison 
 Frank, Charles Clifton, and Mary Diana. 
 
 Mr. Barnard is a member of Post No. 141, 
 G. A. R., of which he has been Officer of the 
 Day, and Senior Vice Commander; a Republi 
 can in politics, a pensioner and a Congrega- 
 tionalist in his form of worship. 
 
 ERSKINE M. HAMILTON, a United States 
 Pension Attorney of Bloomington, 111., 
 hails from Schenectady, N. Y., where he 
 first saw the light of day Jan. 8, 1839. His par 
 ents were F. H. and Ruth A. (Cady) Hamilton, 
 the former a native of Brookfield, Mass., and 
 the latter of Montgomery County, N. Y. In 
 1852, they removed to Steubenville, Ohio, where 
 the father was engaged as a railroad contractor. 
 The Hamilton family, which consisted of one 
 daughter and four sons, verily, four patriots, 
 was strong in its Union sentiment. Indeed, so 
 staunch that when, in 1861, the electric wires 
 flashed throughout the North the echoes of 
 Fort Sumpter, there rallied forth from beneath 
 its roof, the last of four able-bodied sons. All 
 went forward in defense of the stars and stripes. 
 Edward C. enlisted in Company F., 84th Ohio 
 Inf., served until the expiration of his time, re- 
 enlisted in Company B., 15/th Ohio Inf., and 
 died of typhoid fever while in the service. 
 Arthur C. served his term in Company F., 84th 
 Ohio Inf., then in Company C., I57th, and en 
 listed a third time, joining Company H., I95th 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 95 
 
 Ohio Inf. Chauncy A. was a soldier in Com 
 pany H., igth Ohio Inf., and served the term of 
 enlistment. Comrade Hamilton, our subject, 
 first enlisted in Company F., 84th Ohio Inf,, 
 May, 1862. He was actively engaged in the 
 campaign against the guerrillas along the Balti 
 more & Ohio Railroad, from Harper s Ferry 
 to New York and Grafton. Next we find him 
 in the Shenandoah Valley participating in all 
 the maneuvers under Major General Tolbert. 
 The regiment was mustered out at Camp Dela 
 ware, where it was reviewed by Governor Tod, 
 who complimented the boys upon their effi 
 ciency and the value of the service they had ren 
 dered. Thus his term having expired he lost no 
 time, but re-enlisted in Company B., 1 57th Ohio 
 Inf. This was a three months organization, and 
 when its term expired he, like a true patriot, 
 enlisted a third time, enrolling his name in 
 Company H., of the iQ5th Ohio Inf. In this 
 organization he served one year and was finally 
 mustered out at Alexandria, Va., Dec. 18, 1865. 
 Thus after over three years of active service our 
 comrade returned to his parental roof at Steu- 
 benville, Ohio. Previous to his enlistment he 
 had commenced the study of law, and on re 
 turning resumed his law studies in the office of 
 R. S. Moody, and was admitted to the bar soon 
 after. 
 
 In 1868, he was elected City Attorney of 
 Steubenville, and at the expiration of his term, 
 removed to Bloomington, 111. Here he contin 
 ued his profession for several years, but now 
 gives his exclusive time to the prosecution of 
 government claims. In this he has been ex 
 ceedingly successful, and his services are fully 
 appreciated by the old soldiers of this portion 
 of the State. While the boys in the Hamilton 
 family have all demonstrated their patriotism 
 on the field of battle, their only sister, Miss 
 Kate W., who resides with our subject, has 
 doubly honored them by gaining fame in the 
 literary world. She is an authoress by profes 
 sion, and as such has attained renown. A mis 
 sionary leaflet entitled "Thanksgiving Ann" 
 has excited a great deal of favorable comment. 
 She has written a number of books, and is a 
 constant contributor to the Youth s Companion 
 
 and the principal literary magazines of the day. 
 Mr. Hamilton, himself, is a man of literary 
 tastes. Politically, he is a Republican and 
 takes an active interest in political affairs. He 
 is a member of the Presbyterian Church, also 
 of the M. W. of America and belongs to the 
 G. A. R. Post, No. 146. An affable and public 
 spirited gentleman, he is a most worthy and 
 respected citizen. 
 
 THE subject of this sketch, William Henry 
 Sunderland, Ottawa, 111., was born in 
 Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 17, 1851, and is 
 the son of William and - Sunderland. 
 
 William Sunderland was a coal miner by occu 
 pation. William H. came to this country in 
 1856, in company with his sisters Mary, Eliza, 
 Kate, Adelia, Anna and his cousin John, land 
 ing N. Y. In 1857, Mr. Sunderland and his 
 sister Adelia left N. Y. and came to Ottawa, 
 111., where after a few years residence, Mr. Sun 
 derland went to Chicago to learn tailoring, 
 serving three years when he became night , 
 blind. He then went to the Southern part of 
 the State and worked on a farm for eighteen 
 months, at $10. per month, after which he left 
 the farm for the East, to visit his sisters in 
 Utica, only going, however, as far as Buffalo, 
 where he enlisted in Co. E., 3rd N. Y. Cav., 
 Apr. 23, 1863. The Co. went to Plattsburg, 
 remaining there awhile in training for the war; 
 they then went to Warlind, N. Y., and from 
 there to Washington, where they received their 
 arms and horses. The 3rd remained in Wash 
 ington three weeks and were then ordered to 
 Alexandria and from there to Fairfax Court 
 House, where they were attached to the 3rd. 
 Brig., 2nd Div., 2Oth. A. C. They remained at 
 Fairfax Court House all winter, looking after the 
 guerillas, principally Col. Mosby s, with whom 
 they had an encounter in the Blue Ridge 
 Mountains. At Fairfax Station they were 
 again engaged with Mosby, when, after a hot 
 and sanguinary fight, they were defeated. The 
 Capt. (Fleming) was killed and Mr. Sunder 
 land, with about fifty of the command, were 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 taken prisoners and taken to Harpers Ferry, 
 While Mr. Sunderland was going for water one 
 day as he was allowed to do, he succeeded by 
 a very adroit move in effecting his escape, 
 rejoining his Co. the same night, at Vienna. 
 He had secured the confidence of Mosby who 
 had given him chance to escape. From Vienna 
 the Co. was ordered to Fredericksburg, where 
 they remained during most of the summer. 
 
 Mr. Sunderland and his Regt. participated 
 in that battle and were badly cut up; there 
 were only ten of his Co. left, and about 20 of 
 the Regt. fit for duty. They were ordered to 
 Washington, where they were consolidated 
 with the i6th N. Y. Cav., June 23, 1863. They 
 were sent from Washington to Fort Buff alo,Va., 
 where they remained about thirty days, having 
 the satisfaction of meeting Mosby once more, 
 and this time defeating him in a remarkable 
 encounter. They only numbered 100 men, 
 while Mosby had 1,000. The affair was a night 
 attack. Again Mr. Sunderland and his com 
 rades moved to Fairfax Court House and went 
 into camp there, doing scouting duty about the 
 country. They then went on a seven days 
 scout to Warrenton Junction, and had several 
 skirmishes with the celebrated rebel Morgan, 
 while out. At one time Mr. Sunderland, with 
 a comrade, went out to look for something to 
 eat. Entering a farm house Mr. Sunderland 
 had secured a ham and tucked it under his 
 arm, when the farmer succeeded in locking the 
 two maruaders in. Mr. Sunderland knocked 
 his unwilling host down with a sabre, and made 
 his escape with his comrade- and the ham, 
 although some rebels had come up and given 
 chase. They followed him to White Plains, 
 where Mr. Sunderland secreted himself in a 
 negro s cabin, and succeeded in eluding his 
 pursuers. He started out next morning after 
 his Regt. which he overtook near Washington. 
 They went into camp 1 at Vienna, where they 
 remained about five months, and while there 
 they were engaged in scouting and various 
 camp duties. 
 
 Another seven days scouting expedition 
 followed, this time to Culpeper, where they 
 had a fight with the rebels. In this encounter 
 
 Mr. Sunderland was wounded, receiving a 
 bayonet thrust in the neck. He was sent to 
 the hospital, but after remaining there two 
 weeks, he ran away and joined his Regt. at 
 Vienna, Then came another fierce engage 
 ment with Mosby at Naperville, where, after an 
 all day fight, the Union forces succeeded in 
 driving the enemy out. The Federals re 
 turned to Vienna, and next moved on Lees- 
 burg, meeting their old and formidable enemy 
 Mosby again, and driving him out, after a hard 
 fight. In this encounter five of Mr. Sunder- 
 land s company were wounded. They next 
 had an encounter with Morgan, who retired 
 after a little skirmish, not caring to hazard a 
 battle with his former victorious foes. They 
 followed him up a little, and then returned to 
 camp, remaining there a week, when they 
 were ordered to White Plains. There they 
 had quite a number killed in a night encounter 
 with a guerrilla force; and some of the boys 
 becoming separated from the command, they 
 had to shift for themselves. Mr. Sunderland 
 went to a farmer s house, where he was ac 
 quainted, and the lady of the house secreted 
 him in a barrel. The rebels searched the house, 
 even tipping up the barrel, but they did not 
 find him. They went away, but becoming sus 
 picious again, returned and made a second 
 search of the house. The lady had transferred 
 Mr. Sunderland from the barrel to a soft place 
 under the sofa, where he remained undiscovered 
 until the rebels had departed. After breakfast 
 next morning he started for camp, where he 
 arrived all right. 
 
 Mr. Sunderland took part in the exciting 
 scenes surrounding the capture and death of 
 John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Lincoln. 
 While his Regt., the i6th N. Y. Cavalry, were 
 in camp, a telegram arrived ordering them to 
 go out in pursuit of Booth. The message came 
 at four o clock in the morning. The i6th 
 started out and scouted all that day, and re 
 turned to camp that night. 
 
 Early the next morning they were out 
 again, riding as far as Goose Creek, which they 
 forded. In crossing, some of the horses were 
 drowned. While out on this expedition, he 
 
CAPT. CHRISTIAN RIEBSAME. 
 
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 was taken sick. Subsequently they were or 
 dered back to Washington and went into camp at 
 Camp Lincoln. Aftera stay there of a week, they 
 were ordered into Md., still in search of the 
 assassin, and this time they were successful- 
 They tracked him through information received 
 from a negro. They went South according to 
 directions, meeting a man, who said there was 
 a stranger whom the doctor was attending, at 
 a house in the neighborhood. It proved to 
 have been Booth, but he had fled when they 
 arrived there. They pushed on and crossed 
 the ferry; then they made a search of a house 
 near by, but were unsuccessful. Again moving 
 on they saw a boy coming out of a barn. It 
 proved to be the barn where Booth was in hid 
 ing. The boy had the key to the door. He 
 confessed that Booth was inside, whereupon 
 the men surrounded the barn, receiving orders 
 to keep their places. The barn had taken fire 
 somehow; they had discovered that fact when 
 they first came. Corporal Corbet called 
 through a crevice in the side of the barn for 
 Booth to surrender. He refused, and asked 
 for fair play; asked that they give him forty 
 yards, saying he was wounded and could not 
 get away. Corbet fired upon him then, hitting 
 him in the back of the head, about the same 
 place where the assassin s murderous bullet 
 struck his illustrious victim. When the men 
 finally entered the barn, Booth was dying. He 
 left the following strange message: "Tell my 
 mother I was fighting for my country." He 
 asked for a drink of water, which was given 
 him. He then requested that they press on 
 his throat, as he was choking. His request was 
 complied with. He asked the man to press 
 harder. His object was then discovered he 
 wanted to be choked to death. The men 
 brought the body back to Washington, taking 
 Pool and Harris with them as prisoners. The 
 1 6th then went into quarters at Camp Lincoln, 
 where they remained until they were mustered 
 out, August 18, 1865. Mr. Sunderland received 
 his discharge at Harrytown, N. Y., Sept. 4th. He 
 subsequently went to Buffalo, N. Y., and from 
 there back to N. Y. City, where he engaged as 
 fireman of the Steamer " City of Boston," of the 
 
 Inman Line; making three trips across the 
 Atlantic. Subsequently he was engaged in 
 various pursuits in different places about the 
 country. In 1870, his adventurous spirit di 
 rected his footsteps toward the Pacific Slope. 
 He visited almost every State and Territory 
 West of the Miss., employed as chanceor fancy 
 might direct him, returning East after several 
 years and locating at Ottawa. In 1878, he re 
 moved by wagon to Neb., where he purchased 
 a 160 acre tract and commenced stock farming. 
 This did not prove financially successful, and 
 after six years of adversity, he sold out and 
 again returned to Ottawa, and engaged in til 
 ing. In 1890, he went to work for Mr. Scan- 
 Ian, contractor, and is still with him. Mr. 
 Sunderland was married March 10, 1891, to 
 Mrs. Clara Shober, a daughter of Daniel and 
 Maria Stephenson. Mrs. Shober had two 
 children by her first marriage George and 
 Sadie. Mr. Sunderland s father is still living, 
 but his mother has passed away. He is a 
 a U. S. pensioner, and a member G. A. R. Post, 
 No. 156. In politics he is a Republican. 
 
 CAPTAIN CHRISTIAN RIEBSAME, a resident 
 of Bloomington, 111., is a native of 
 Mutterstadt, Germany, where he was 
 born June I, 1839. When three years of age 
 his parents moved to Speyer, on the beautiful 
 Rhine, where Christian enjoyed the advantages 
 of the excellent schools of that country. In 
 1853, the family sailed for America, landing at 
 Philadelphia, Nov. I7th. Our subject resided 
 in the cities of New York, Brooklyn, Chicago, 
 and finally settled at Decatur, 111., in 1858. 
 Here he loyally rallied forth under the folds of 
 his newly adopted flag, and enlisted as a private 
 in Co. B., n6th 111. Inf., Aug. n, 1862. The 
 ii6th Ills. Inf. was assigned to the 1st Brig., 
 2nd Div., 1 5th Army Corps, and served in the 
 famous Army of the Tennessee to the end of 
 the war. The regiment was never on detached 
 duty, always forming a part of Gen. Sherman s 
 moving and fighting column. At the battle of 
 Chickasaw Bayou, Dec. 28, 1862, he was pro- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 moted to Sergeant, and for gallant and merito 
 rious services at Arkansas Post, he received 
 the epaulettes of a ist Lieut. The sanguinary 
 battle of Missionary Ridge created a vacancy 
 in the next higher grade, and our comrade was 
 honored with a Captain s commission, dated 
 Jan. 24, 1864. Shortly we find the Captain on 
 the Tallahatchie march; he then followed 
 Sherman s Yazoo expedition, and at Chickasaw 
 Bayou, and Chickasaw Bluff, Dec. 27-29, 1863, 
 he received his first baptism of the enemy s 
 fire. During this hot engagement the regiment 
 acquitted itself most gallantly and received the 
 highest compliments. Jan. i, 1863, they moved 
 on the expedition against Arkansas Post, where, 
 Jan. 10 and 11, they fought the second battle, 
 Company B. especially sustaining very heavy 
 losses. Jan. 22, they landed at Young s Point, 
 La., and assisted in digging the historical canal. 
 Here the gallant ii6th lost over 100 of its 
 members by sickness. In the month of March 
 they went up to Black Bayou and Deer Creek 
 where they assisted in the rescue of Admiral 
 Porter s fleet, having a desperate fight. 
 
 April 30, the Captain was engaged in the 
 battle of Snyder s Bluff. May 14, he fought at 
 Jackson, Miss., and May 16 and 17, he faced 
 the hot fire of the enemy in the bloody charges 
 of Champion Hills and Black River Bridge. 
 Then followed the long siege of Vicksburg, 
 inaugurated by the desperate assaults May 19 
 and 22, 1863. The next day after the sur 
 render of the city, July 4, they started in pur 
 suit of the rebels, chasing them beyond Jack 
 son. After this continued round of hard duty, 
 the survivors of the regiment went into camp 
 on the Big Black River, remaining until Sept. 
 26, when they moved upon Chattanooga and 
 participated in the memorable battles of Look 
 out Mountain and Missionary Ridge Novem 
 ber 23-25. After the victory and without be 
 ing permitted to return to camp for blankets 
 or overcoats, the heroic ii6th was hurried for 
 ward to Knoxville to the relief of Burnside. 
 The weather was very cold and while they 
 could keep warm when marching, the suffering 
 while camping at night was great. Rations 
 a so were very short, and when at last the regi 
 
 ment went into winter quarters at Larkinsville, 
 Ala., Jan. 9, 1864, they all felt they had been 
 on the hardest campaign during their service. 
 In May we find the Captain starting out on the 
 Atlanta campaign, and shortly, he fought in 
 the tragic battles of Dalton, Snake Creek Gap, 
 Resaca, New Hope Church, Dallas, Big Shanty, 
 Kenesaw Mountain, assault on Kenesaw, 
 Nickajack Creek, Chattahoochie, Peach Tree 
 Creek, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, siege of Atlanta, 
 Jonesboro, and Lovejoy Station. After the 
 fall of Atlanta, the Ii6th went in pursuit of 
 Hood. Returning they joined "Uncle" Sher 
 man on the march to the sea, arriving near 
 Savannah, Dec. 12, and participating in the 
 storming and capture of Fort McAllister. A 
 few days rest, and then onward through the 
 Carolinas, chasing the enemy through swamps, 
 through creeks, across rivers, skirmishing 
 almost constantly until they reached Columbia, 
 S. C. At Bentonville, N. C., March 19, our 
 gallant Captain fought his last fight. Onward, 
 onward, finally reaching Richmond, and May 
 24, amid paens of victory, he led his company 
 in the grand review at Washington. The great 
 rebellion had closed and he was mustered out 
 June 7, 1865. The foregoing briefly stated 
 career of Captain Riebsame is a military record 
 seldom equaled, and certainly never excelled 
 in the annals of our country. A German by birth, 
 his adopted country may justly feel proud to 
 do him honor as one of her most loyal sons. 
 
 Captain Riebsame was married September 
 21, 1869, to Miss Bertha Trimter, who was born 
 at Marklissa, Germany, June 7, 1843. By tms 
 union have been born five children, of whom 
 are living Emma, Carl, Bertha and Edward. 
 Captain Riebsame was a chartered member of 
 the first post of the G. A. R. in the United 
 States, organized Aprih6, 1866, at Decatur, 
 111. He is an active andrjonored member of 
 Wm. T. Sherman Post, No. 146, Dept., Ills., and 
 is a member of the Military Order of the Loyal 
 Legion of the United States, Insignia No. 5932, 
 and a life member of the Society of the Army 
 of the Tennessee. He is a Mason, a Pioneer 
 member of the North American Turnerbund 
 and a worthy and highly respected citizen. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 199 
 
 CAPTAIN GEORGE W. Howe, may be found on 
 his beautiful farm near Tonica, La Salic 
 County, Ills, where he is always at home 
 to his neighbors of the surrounding- country, 
 and by whom he is held in universal esteem. 
 A G. A. R. member especially, will be well re 
 warded by a visit to his farm, and will always 
 receive a right royal welcome, from Mr. Howe 
 and his hospitable wife and interesting family. 
 He was born in Roylston, Vermont, December 
 15, 1822, and received a common school edu 
 cation, improved however by a wide range of 
 general reading. He removed from Vermont to 
 Illinois in 1850. When he went West he had some 
 money and it was his purpose to enter a quarter 
 section near Tonica where he located; but owing 
 to the long sickness of his wife, who died in 
 January, 1851, followed by the sickness of his 
 son, who also died, his means which he had 
 brought with him were pretty much exhausted 
 and accordingly he engaged at farm work for 
 a time. Later he leased the farm of Asa 
 Holdridge, who had taken a great liking to 
 him, and continued to operate that farm for 
 nine years, with financial success. In 1851 he 
 had secured a soldier s warrant of 1812 service 
 and by power of attorney, located it (one qr. 
 sec.) in Allen Tp., and later purchased the tract. 
 Subsequently he sold it at a good price. In 
 1 858, having accumulated a fine sum of money, he 
 purchased a quarter section in Vermillion Town 
 ship which he has improved and where he now 
 resides. He has an elegant farmhouse and sub 
 stantial farm buildings. The grounds about 
 his house are ornamented with fine shade trees 
 which he planted. The Captain takes great 
 pride in his home and has one of the best farms 
 in the county and one of the most pleasantly 
 located. 
 
 When the President s proclamation called 
 for troops, Mr. Howe interested himself in the 
 organization of a Company, but as La Salle 
 County had by the tirrfe it was formed, enlisted 
 its full quota of men, this Company was not 
 accepted. In August of the following year, 
 however, he again raised a Company which was 
 accepted and he was mustered into the service as 
 a Captain of Company B., iO4th., Ills. Vol. Inf., 
 having been unanimously chosen by a vote of 
 
 his Company to fill that position. He received 
 orders to report at Louisville Kentucky, 
 where the Company was uniformed and sup 
 plied with arms and equipped with munitions 
 of war. In the reorganization of General 
 Buell s Army his Company was assigned to 
 General Dumont s Division and was on the left 
 of the Army in Buell s pursuit of Bragg; going 
 first to FYankfort Ky., where he remained till 
 Oct. 26th, then marched on to Bowling Green, 
 Glasgow, Tompkinsville, and on the first of 
 December, reached Hartsville, Tenn. Here the 
 Brigade consisted of the iO4th, 111., io6th and 
 io8th Ohio, two Companies of Cavalry, with 
 two pieces of Artillery, in all about 900 men; 
 three Companies of the iO4th, being de 
 tached on other duties. The rebels under 
 General Morgan with 3,500 men attacked them 
 at Hartsville about daybreak, the ;th of De 
 cember. The Brigade formed instantly with 
 the iO4th, on the left, and a charge was made 
 by the enemy; the I04th, held its ground but 
 the other regiments fell back, leaving them to 
 hold the position alone. The iO4th not only 
 held its position but repulsed the attack of the 
 Infantry and were driving them from the field 
 when Morgan s Cavalry dismounted -and at 
 tacked them on the right flank and in the rear, 
 completely surrounding and obliging them to 
 surrender. The battle lasted I hour and 15 
 minutes and the iO4th lost in killed 44, and 
 1 50 wounded. Although this was the first en 
 gagement in which this regiment had taken 
 part, it fought with desperation and effect and 
 standing at the head of Company B., urging 
 and cheering on his brave, courageous men, in 
 sensible to the danger of flying bullets, was the 
 figure of our hero, Captain Howe. Had the 
 other regiments stood their ground and fought 
 with half the bravery of the iO4th, there is no 
 doubt the enemy instead of carrying them off 
 as prisoners, would have been ingloriously 
 driven from the field. 
 
 Mr. Howe with his regiment was marched 
 to Murfreesboro, where they were all paroled 
 with the exception of Lieutenant Colonel 
 Hapeman and Major \Vidmer, who with 1 1 
 other officers were held as hostages. Captain 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Howe after being paroled returned to Chicago 
 with his regiment, where he did guard duty 
 during the winter of 1862-3. He left Chicago 
 April 14, 1863, with the regiment, going to 
 Nashville; thence toward Franklin as an ad 
 vance guard for the protection of that place. 
 He was thus engaged for about a month, when 
 he returned with his regiment to Nashville and 
 went into camp for a couple of weeks. While 
 at Nashville he made several trips to Murfrees- 
 boro in charge of trains. The regiment then 
 moved to Murfreesboro and was ordered out 
 on the Tullahoma campaign. Captain Howe s 
 company was assigned as the skirmish company, 
 and the greater part of the time was on the 
 skirmish line. After this campaign the regi 
 ment went into camp at Decherd, Tenn., and 
 while there Captain Howe, finding his health 
 failing and being unfit physically for any vio 
 lent excercise, having little hope of recovery 
 unless he immediately sought rest and quiet, 
 he reluctantly resigned his command Aug. 26, 
 1863. He regretted the necessity for taking 
 this step, as he was a general favorite with his 
 men, who had confidence in his bravery and 
 good judgment, and in his honor as a gentle 
 man. They felt assured they would be able 
 with him as their leader to distinguish them 
 selves on the battlefield even in an unequal 
 conflict, and were willing to repeat the many 
 acts of daring and bravery displayed by them 
 on the field at Hartsville. Physically sick and 
 much chagrined at being compelled to resign 
 his command, he sought quiet repose on his 
 farm, where he was nursed and attended by a 
 loving wife, and two interesting children. He 
 soon showed signs of improvement which 
 gradually continued until he was partially re 
 stored to his former good health. He has 
 since been engaged in farming. He has been 
 married twice, the present wife being Armina 
 H., daughter of Asa Holdridge, of Tonica, to 
 whom he was married Feb. 15, 1853, and by 
 w^hom he has two children, Viola, and Ellis. 
 
 Captain Howe comes from a fighting family; 
 his maternal grandfather James Wallace hav 
 ing been a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 
 Besides serving his country faithfully as a sol 
 
 dier, Capt. Howe was selected as a Justice of 
 the Peace for La Salle County, the duties of 
 which office he has performed with becoming 
 dignity and to the entire satisfaction of all 
 those who regard high honor and integrity in 
 the administration of justice as the bulwark of 
 our constitution. 
 
 He was prominent in organizing the Post 
 No. 93, G. A. R., at Tonica, and so universally 
 respected by his comrades as to be elected a 
 commander, taking an active part in all its busi 
 ness matters. He now holds an important 
 position in the Big Bend Veteran Reunion 
 Association, and has done so since its forma 
 tion, in 1885. He is a Master Mason, member 
 of Peru Chapter, No. 63, and a Knight Templar. 
 When men congregate and discuss politics in 
 La Salle County if you want to find Captain 
 Howe, don t waste your time by searching 
 among the Democrats. 
 
 ALFRED WHITFIELD, of Rutland, 111., mem 
 ber of G. A. R., Post No. 292, enlisted 
 in the army, July 15, 1861, as a private, 
 in Company B., nth 111. Inf. This Regt. was 
 first called into service under the proclamation 
 of the President, Apr. 16, 1861, for three months 
 service, and was mustered out at Bird s Point 
 where it had been on duty, and then re-enlisted 
 for three years. The first expedition in which 
 Mr. Whitfield was engaged was to Madrid, Mo., 
 Sept. gth and nth. From there it moved to 
 Charleston, Bloomfield and Commerce, return 
 ing via Cape Girardeau. 
 
 The forepart of Jan. 1862, another expedition 
 was made to Charleston with some skir 
 mishing with the Jeff Thompson s force. 
 This was followed with a reconnoisance under 
 Grant, of Columbus, Ky. Feb. 2, Mr. Whit- 
 field embarked with his Regt. on transports for 
 Ft. Henry. The Regt. did not take part in the 
 lively and effective fight at that place, but was 
 held in reserve. It made up for this, however, 
 in the next battle which was Fort Donelson in 
 which it came out with distinguished honors. 
 It was heavily engaged with the enemy about 
 five hours, and if hard fighting is to be meas- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 20 1 
 
 urccl by its losses the I ith should certainly take 
 first place in that battle. Its loss in killed, 
 wounded and missing was 329; of this number 
 72 were killed and 182 wounded. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was not spared; 
 he was thrice wounded, once by a sabre cut in 
 the head, was shot in the right leg and had a 
 finger of his left hand shot off. He concluded 
 from this that the rebels made a very commend 
 able effort to disqualify him for further service in 
 behalf of the Union. He was sent to the hos 
 pital at Paducah, Ky., remained there for a 
 time and then removed to Mound City, and 
 later to Cincinnati, Ohio. As soon as he was 
 able to travel he received a furlough and went 
 home. Though much disabled his thoughts 
 were with the army that was fighting in the 
 field for the maintenance of the Union and he 
 longed to be once more with his comrades. 
 This feeling became so strong that he left 
 home and rejoined his regiment, then at 
 Paducah, Ky. He was with his regiment in its 
 movements tor a time, but his old wounds 
 troubled him so much that he was finally ob 
 liged to leave his regiment and abandon the 
 cause he loved and had shed his blood to sus 
 tain. He was discharged at Cairo, 111., March 
 18, 1862, on account of disability. He returned 
 to Rutland and subsequently moved East 
 where he lived for eleven years, then moved to 
 Rutland, where he has since made his home. 
 For some years past he has been engaged in 
 the livery business. 
 
 Mr. Whitfield was born in England, Nov. 
 26, 1836. When he was six years of age he and 
 his parents emigrated to the United States, 
 locating in Phila. Pa., where he was sent to 
 school and where after he grew up he learned 
 the blacksmith trade. In 1857, he moved West, 
 locating in Chicago, and the year following he 
 moved to Rutland, pursuing his trade there 
 until he enlisted for the war. Since he left the 
 army he has not been able to follow his 
 trade. Mr. Whitfield was married in 1864 to 
 Caroline McCuen. Two children have been 
 born to them \Vm. H. and Caroline E. He 
 has supported the Republican party ever since 
 it was organized. At present he is officer of 
 the Guard of the Rutland Post, and is the re 
 
 cipient of a pension. He is a man much re 
 spected in the community where he has lived 
 so long. Frederick A., brother of Mr. Whit 
 field served in the United States Navy during 
 the war. 
 
 Louis BIBEL, of Bloomington, 111., was born 
 in Poland, in 1839, and came to America 
 when a youth of 17 on the ship Rappa- 
 hannock. He married a Southern lady in 
 Chockland Co., Ala., and lived in Clark Co., 
 Miss. Before the war he was a staunch aboli 
 tionist, and for his loyal sentiments was con 
 demned to be hanged by the Miss. Regulators, 
 but a Confederate officer of Union sentiments 
 saved his life. He was placed in irons and his 
 wife and children came to the prison to say 
 good-bye to him before going to the " Demo 
 cratic Slaughter Pen," as he very significantly 
 calls the Confederate prisons. The officer to 
 whom he owes his life, was Captain Lawrence, 
 of Company E., I4th Miss., who was captured 
 at Fort Donelson and confined in prison at 
 Chicago. While there he did much for the 
 Union cause by writing favorably of his prison 
 life and contrasting it with the treatment ac 
 corded the Union prisoners. 
 
 Captain Lawrence came to Shubuta, Miss., 
 as Provost Marshal of that district, and through 
 his intervention Louis was forced into the Rebel 
 army, was dragged off in chains and hand 
 cuffed to Columbus, Miss., and placed in the 
 37th Miss. Conscript Regt. Here he was 
 shrewd enough to get into a band as musician 
 under Professor Adam Goss, and never carried 
 arms against his adopted country in which 
 statement he takes a great deal of pride. In 
 the first battle between Corinth and Boonsville, 
 Miss., Gen. Lytle was killed. While here hav 
 ing a hospital ribbon on his arm he pretended 
 to be in search for Gen. Lytle s body, and in 
 tuitively became attracted by the gaudy blue 
 of the Yankee soldiers, and kept so well to the 
 front that he ran into the Union Army, first 
 meeting the I4th 111. At once he donned the 
 blue jacket of a dead Yank, and thus in his gray 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 breeches, began his very interesting career as a 
 Union soldier. 
 
 Previous to leaving the "Democracy," how 
 ever, and while practicing in the bushes a con 
 troversy arose between some of the band and one 
 Williams, the latter made the remark that the 
 
 band was nothing but G d Yankee spies. 
 
 He had scarcely uttered the insulting language, 
 when our subject struck him with his B-flat 
 horn, smashing his nose, and leaving him hors 
 de combat. While in Shubuta prison, before be 
 ing executed by the rebels, Louie jumped the 
 dead line, knocked a stack of arms over, which 
 fell down stairs and wounded Owen Boughey 
 and several others, his determination being to 
 sell his life as dearly as possible and get "blood 
 for blood." During Louie s sojourn as a resi 
 dent of Shubuta, Miss., a little hamlet of 23 
 houses, 13 men were assassinated for expressing 
 Union sentiments. Among these Mr. Bibel re 
 members Joseph Landrum, two brothers named 
 Cooper, a merchant named Woods, "Coffee" 
 West. 
 
 Few men have had such an exciting and 
 blood-curdling experience during the war as 
 Louie Bibel. His experience, though severe 
 and disastrous, has only tended to increase his 
 devotion to hisadopted country. He concluded 
 to try the Naval service for a time, but soon 
 tired, and sought are-enlistment in the infantry 
 at Cairo, but failing walked all the way to 
 Bloomington, 111., where he at once re-enlisted 
 under John L. Routt, (now Governor of Colo 
 rado ), as Captain of Company A., 94th 111. Vol. 
 Inf. The Captain offered him $50.00 County 
 Bounty, which Louis refused, as his object was 
 to fight for his adopted country, and not for 
 money, but accepted 5c and a drink, when 
 about that time a big burly Democrat, named 
 Louis Beck, offered him $50.00 to go back to 
 the Confederate army. Louie told him he was 
 a Union man and had recently left a vacancy 
 for him in the 37th Miss. Conscript Regt. At 
 this Beck struck Louis in the face, and Louis 
 drew his pistol and remarked, "I have enlisted 
 to kill Democrats, and I ll begin at Blooming- 
 ton," and fired. Beck was wounded. The re 
 cruiting officer got Louis out of the difficulty, 
 
 and in a few hours he was uniformed, defying 
 the mob but not the law. He served until the 
 capture of Mobile, after which he was appointed 
 special Assistant Superintendent of the Freed- 
 man s Bureau, with headquarters at Indianap 
 olis, also on the Tom Bigbee River. Served 
 several months in this capacity, when, believing 
 the way open to reach his former home at Shu 
 buta, Miss., he resigned, and making search for 
 his wife and children found them still at Shu 
 buta in a destitute "Confederate" condition. 
 While obliged to lay over at Shubuta awaiting 
 the opportunity to get away, lying on the floor 
 with one hand on a revolver and the other on a 
 shot gun, about 12 o clock at night he heard a 
 rap at the shanty door; inquiring who was 
 there, he was informed that it was Uncle Massy 
 Jones negro, warning him not to attempt to 
 move that night or he would be assassinated. 
 Three times during that night he received a 
 similar warning. He decided to obey the wana- 
 ing, and telegraphed to General Millen at Me 
 ridian for rescuers. The general responded, 
 and one of those guards, Ed. Cutting, is a resi 
 dent of Bloomington to-day. Enlow, now de 
 ceased, was another. Under a group of about 
 25 men he conveyed an unreconstructed rebel, 
 his wife, and two children to liberty. 
 
 General Kirby Smith, Commander of the 
 Mobile district, gave him a pass for himself and 
 family to New Orleans. His regiment was there 
 ready to go home, but Louie was sick on a boat 
 and unable to communicate with his command, 
 and reached Bloomington two days behind his 
 regiment, being again deprived of the pleasant 
 reception accorded to the returned victorious 
 warriors. But poor in purse, with impaired 
 health and downcast in spirit, isolated from his 
 Southern friends, he is satisfied to cast his lot 
 among the people for whom the better part of 
 his life was devoted, and for whom he endured 
 so many trials, dangers and privations. 
 
 Here help was offered him by many of his 
 former comrades in arms, and particularly by 
 N. H. Winslow, who gave him a lot on which to 
 erect a home, with the understanding that it 
 was always to be his whether he succeeded in 
 paying for it or not. His comrades loaned him 
 
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 money to build a house. He went to the Sol 
 diers Home at Dayton, Ohio, where he remained 
 three months. This institution he regards as 
 a National blessing for those worthy ex-soldiers 
 who have no homes of their own. He returned 
 to Bloomington, owes no man a cent, and is 
 doing well in his business. 
 
 Mr. Bibcl was appointed, under President 
 Johnson, as overseer of a lighthouse on Mobile 
 Bay. General McNulta, Peter Folsom and Gen 
 eral Ormc. deceased, were his recommenders 
 and bondsmen. While Johnson asked if Bibel 
 would submit to " My Policy," the said Bibel 
 wrote, "To Andy Johnson, President of the 
 United States, per accident, I ll see you dead, 
 damned and in h 1 before I ll submit to My 
 Policy. At this time our subject was in great 
 financial embarrassment, but he declined to sub 
 mit to oppression even to secure a good posi 
 tion under the Government, a characteristic of 
 the man all through his life. He is a member of 
 G. A. R. Post of Bloomington, and was a char 
 ter member. He was a member for 20 years, 
 and when a Democrat came into the post he 
 withdrew. 
 
 ANCIL C. STEVEXS, of Decatur Ills., who 
 took a prominent part in the war of the 
 rebellion, was born at Tompkinsville, 
 Ky., April 18, 1824, and spent his early life on 
 a farm in that State, until 27 years of age. His 
 father was a farmer, and moved to Ky. when 
 about 22 years old, and died in that State. The 
 mother s maiden name was Lucretia Brown, a 
 native of Tenn. of Scotch ancestors, her father 
 serving in the War of the Revolution. 
 
 Ancil C. Stevens at the age of nine years 
 attended school for two months, and that was 
 the extent of his school privileges. In 1850, 
 he moved to 111., and lived one year near Van- 
 dalia, Ideating then in Macon County, where 
 his residence has since been, except about four 
 years when he was farming in Missouri. While 
 in Missouri prior to 1861, Mr. Stevens was 
 Captain of a Co. of Home Guards, organized 
 for the protection of property, and when the 
 Co. decided to unite with the rebel regiment 
 
 he refused to go with it, and this embittered 
 the company so that he was fired upon by the 
 very men who offered him the command of 
 a company then the regiment. This occurred 
 subsequent to the surrender at Lexington, and 
 deciding to leave that part of the country Mr. 
 Stevens sent his team to Jefferson, and here 
 joined by six other teams made his way to 
 Louisana, Mo., crossed the river and came to 
 Decatur. Here he raised one crop on a farm, 
 and then enlisted. Aug. 4, 1862, in Company A., 
 Ii6th Ills. Inf., which was mustered early in 
 Sept., and in Nov., after equipment and instruc 
 tion at Camp Macon, went via Cairo to 
 Memphis. 
 
 In a short time the regiment marched on 
 the Tallahatchie campaign as far as College 
 Hill, and the supplies having been captured at 
 Holly Springs, it returned to Memphis and 
 took transports for Chickasaw Bayou, where it 
 was first engaged in battle, losing a number of 
 men. Boarding steamers, the regiment went 
 up to Haines Bluff then steamed down the 
 Yazoo River to the Miss, and up that river to 
 the White River and to Arkansas Post. Dis 
 embarked Jan. 10, 1863, and on the n, made a 
 charge and carried the works at the point of 
 the bayonet. In this the loss was serious, and 
 Sergeant Stevens was slightly wounded. After 
 guarding the prisoners and burying the dead, 
 the regiment again embarked and was landed 
 at Young s Point, La., to work on the canal. 
 Feb. i, Sergeant Stevens was- sent to the camp 
 sick, where he remained until about March 15, 
 when transferred by hospital boat, he was 
 placed in the Van Buren hospital at Milliken s 
 Bend and detained until June 1st. During this 
 time he was made sutler for the camp, and ward 
 master. He rejoined his Regt. and took com 
 mand of his Co. during the siege of Vicksburg; 
 then in the movement and battle to Jackson 
 and back to camp Sherman. Subsequent to 
 the engagement at Jackson and Bolton, in 
 which the company participated, a change in 
 the command was made Col. Tuppcr taking 
 command of the Brig., Lieut. Col. Boyd, com 
 mand of the regiment and Sergeant Stevens 
 resumed his position as Sergeant. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 After a furlough home Sergeant Stevens 
 joined his Regt. at Eastport, Tenn., and with 
 it went to Chattanooga, crossing at Bridgeport 
 and again at Lookout Point, reaching a place 
 above Chattanooga about three miles above 
 the mouth of the Chickamauga. Here the 
 u6th 111. and the 6th Mo., were detailed to 
 man the pontoon boats to transport the soldiers 
 to their positions. Muffling the oars the men 
 pulled down along the west bank as quietly as 
 possible, and when signaled, crossed to the east 
 bank at the mouth of the Chickamauga, landed 
 the men, one half on each side of that river, 
 and at once commenced to excavate deep rifle 
 pits. Sergeant Stevens and his comrades 
 landed on the left bank of the Chickamauga, 
 and in the first skirmish pit of the enemy, dis 
 covered five men and three officers playing 
 cards. 
 
 At noon the pontoon boats were in order 
 for the Union army to cross the river, and by 4 
 P. M. Gen. Sherman s army was all over and 
 ready to move up the valley. That evening a 
 movement was made about four miles, driving 
 the rebels with heavy skirmishing from their 
 camp as they were cooking supper. The u6th 
 was now in the ist Brig., 2nd Div., I5th A. C., 
 under Gen. Morgan L. Smith, commanding the 
 Div. Resting during the night after the skir 
 mish the division was moved to the extreme 
 left of Missionary Ridge, and Sergeant Stevens 
 was placed in command of a skirmish line. 
 The line was gradually extended with some 
 opposition from the enemy and Sergeant 
 Stevens here received a serious wound, which 
 has ever since given him trouble. At Mission 
 ary Ridge the entire valley was visible from 
 the point occupied by Sergeant Stevens and he 
 was enabled to witness the charge, which he 
 states was the grandest sight that ever passed 
 before a soldier s eyes. This was the only 
 event of this character that the Sergeant ever 
 saw during the war on account of his active 
 participation in the many others where he was 
 engaged. After this battle the regiment was 
 ordered on a forced march to Knoxville to 
 raise the siege where Longstreet was holding 
 General Burnside. This being accomplished 
 
 a return was made to Chattanooga and a march 
 ordered to Larkinsville, Ala., where winter 
 quarters were established. Here Sergeant 
 Stevens was very sick for a month, but recov 
 ering, was detailed to drill 50 new recruits 
 which had been received for the regiment, and 
 this duty was so faithfully performed that these 
 men took a place with the old veterans without 
 difficulty. 
 
 In April Sergeant Stevens had charge of 
 some 40 men detailed to chop cord wood, and 
 made headquarters in an old log still house. 
 The men received 50c. per cord and the officer 
 $i per day for this extra service in addition to 
 their regular pay as soldiers. Starting in May 
 on the march to Atlanta the first engagement 
 was at Buzzard s Roost. Then at Resaca the 
 regiment bravely made a dangerous and heavy 
 charge in which the Col. was mortally wounded. 
 At this charge the Major was in possession of 
 the plans of the movement, but failing to keep 
 up with the regiment it went 150 yards further 
 than necessary, and this mistake gave the 
 enemy an opportunity to pour a disastrous en 
 filading fire upon the regiment. When Sergeant 
 Stevens had assisted the wounded Col. to the 
 rear, he went back to join his company and 
 overtaking the Major enquired the location of 
 the Regt. and he said it had gone up the hill; 
 passing on Sergeant Stevens reported to Cap 
 tain White, the Senior Captain, that the Major 
 was not coming up, and Captain White assum 
 ing command sent to ascertain where the 
 enfilading fire came from, and this detail capt 
 ured a number of prisoners. The Regt. then 
 fell back to the position it should have taken 
 at first and found temporary breastworks. The 
 next day more substantial works were erected 
 and the second night, Sergeant Stevens 
 in charge of a picket line, received orders to 
 advance the line at early daybreak. In this 
 charge Sergeant Wm. Smith, color bearer, 
 brought forward the regimental colors and 
 Sergeant Stevens planted them, the first on the 
 Fort, and as Sergeant Stevens and Sergeant 
 Smith were holding the flag a gun shot struck 
 their hands wounding both and carrying away 
 a part of the flag staff, as can be seen now in 
 
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 the Memorial Hall at the State Capitol. The 
 enemy in retreat set fire to the bridge over 
 Ostenula River and two men in Sergeant 
 Stevens company Sergeant James Long and 
 G. W. Lyon, went forward and extinguished 
 the flames by carrying water in their hats, 
 although under fire of the rebels. The army 
 then came up and was enabled to pass over 
 the bridge that thus had been saved. 
 
 After this came the engagement at Tunnel 
 Hill and at Dallas. Then came Big Shanty 
 and Kenesaw Mountain, where at the former 
 place Sergeant Stevens had charge of the pris 
 oners and finding some brother Masons among 
 them, gained considerable information concern 
 ing the condition of affairs on their side. At 
 Pumpkinvine Creek there was a heavy skirm 
 ish. July 22, during a skirmish near, Sergeant 
 Stevens saw the men carrying back the body of 
 Gen. McPherson, and in the charge one of- 
 the Sergeant s men who was shot dead fell on 
 him arid delayed him so the rebels near, 
 called him to surrender, and refusing was fired 
 at, but falling to the ground escaped both inju 
 ry and capture. This force then moved around 
 to the right of Atlanta, and in the engagement 
 July 28, it repulsed seven charges in about four 
 hours with fearful loss to the enemy. During 
 the siege here the men lay in the lines until 
 Aug. 31, when they participated in the battle at 
 Jonesboro. Here Sergeant Stevens had charge 
 of the first skirmishers that went into that 
 place, and Gen. Nelson of the I4th Corps was 
 the first general officer to enter the city. The 
 next move of the command was to Lovejoy 
 Station, which ended the campaign, and the 
 men were sent into camp at Eastpoint, Ga., 
 then followed Hood for a time and returned to 
 Vining Station, until they started on the his 
 toric march to the sea, which perpetuated in 
 song and story will stand out in prominent re 
 lief until the history of the nation is obliter 
 ated. 
 
 At Fort McAllister the ii6th was one of the 
 regiments in the Brig, detailed to charge the 
 Fort, on which Sergeant Stevens and Sergeant 
 Smith planted the regimental colors. The oys 
 ter beds and fisheries were also made to contrib 
 
 ute, and soon materially changed the culinary- 
 department of the army, where short rations had 
 for some time been the rule. Here Sergeant 
 
 o 
 
 Stevens had charge of Gen. Hazen s Head 
 quarter Guards for two weeks. From this point 
 the troops embarked for Hilton Head and 
 marched through the Carolinas. In the en 
 gagement at Columbia, Sergeant Stevens had 
 charge of the skirmish line in the morning and 
 crossing the Ogeeehe River, camping near the 
 Railway Depot, saw it burn. When the regi 
 ment returned it was accompanied by a number 
 of- Northern people who were glad to avail 
 themselves of this opportunity of escape. At 
 Bentonville there was a heavy engagement and 
 the 1 1 6th performed good service in assisting 
 to save the 2Oth Corps from a dangerous posi 
 tion. This was the last battle the ii6thwas 
 engaged in, and it then went to Goldsboro and 
 Raleigh, where Johnston surrendered, then on 
 to the grand march to Richmond to participate 
 in the Grand Review at Washington where it 
 camped on Capitol Hill until discharged June 
 7, 1865. 
 
 Sergeant Stevens after his active and bril 
 liant military service, settled on a farm near 
 Decatur until 1887, when moving into the city- 
 he assisted in reorganizing the G. A. R., of 
 which he was a member in 1868. He was en 
 gaged in real estate and insurance until 1885, 
 when he assumed the duties of Justice of the 
 Peace, which he continues to discharge. He was 
 married at Tomkinsville, Ky., in 1848, to Susan 
 M. Hammer, of that place, and has eight chil 
 dren : Wm. B., the eldest, died in Sultcn City, 
 Washington, Nov. 21, 1890, leaving a wife and 
 four children. This son was left in care of the 
 family during the father s absence in the 
 army, and faithfully discharged his duty. The 
 wife of Sergeant Stevens died October, 1866, 
 leaving an infant one month old. Then he 
 married Louisa H. Pope, of Macon County, 
 born in Springfield, and she has one son, a 
 promising young man who graduates from the 
 Chicago Medical College in 1892. 
 
 Sergeant Stevens is a Methodist, a Repub 
 lican, a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 8, 
 A. F. & A. M., in which he was S. W. for one 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 year ; a member of the G. A. R. Post, where he 
 is Senior Vice. 
 
 This brief history of an active participation 
 in some of the most prominent events of the 
 Civil War, and the creditable service rendered 
 by the gentleman, entitles him to the grateful 
 esteem with which these scarred veterans should 
 be regarded by those who enjoy those blessings 
 these men sacrificed so much to secure. 
 
 HENRY HOLMES, of Ottawa, 111., was born 
 Nov., 1840, at Wayne County, Ohio, a 
 son of John and Rachel Holmes, who 
 have now attained the ages of 75 and 70 years 
 respectively. His parents were born in Penn 
 sylvania, and are of German descent. Mr. H, 
 had six brothers, viz.: Georg e Washington, 
 Commodore Perry, Jeremiah S., John, Leander 
 and Archibald. His mother having died in 
 1852, his father married again and had ten child 
 ren by the second marriage. Mr. Holmes 
 brothers, Commodore Perry, Jeremiah and 
 John, also became soldiers during the war of 
 the rebellion, and were in the igth Mich. Inf., 
 and attached to the 20th Army Corps. The 
 first named lost three fingers off the right hand 
 at the battle of Resaca, Ga., and John was 
 wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, on 
 the 20th of July. The latter recovered and 
 rejoined his regiment, but Commodore Perry 
 was disabled and unable to resume service. 
 Our subject was brought up on a farm and 
 applied himself to ordinary farm work until 
 he attained the age of 19 years, when he de 
 termined to hoe his own road, and therefore 
 started afoot, in 1859, to Pike s Peak, Col. At 
 the present day such a decision and journey do 
 not involve much sacrifice of money, time, or 
 loss of sleep, and if they did, that country 
 would have continued unknown. When Mr. 
 Holmes concluded to go thither, he was forced 
 to face a walk of over 2,000 miles, with its at 
 tendant trials, hardships and privations, but 
 which journey he successfully accomplished. 
 Those portions of Colorado he visited did not 
 hold out much promise for him, consequently 
 
 he retraced his steps, stopping at Mendota, 111., 
 on his return, where he hired with Chas. Pratt, 
 driving blind ditches; was subsequently en 
 gaged in the ice business with L. P. Marsh, and 
 there continued until his enlistment. He mar 
 ried Miss Ella Cummings on Christmas day, 
 1861. 
 
 His wife was born in August, 1838, at Water- 
 town, N. Y., was the daughter of a French 
 man, and by her marriage with Mr. Holmes 
 the following children were born: George, 
 Mamie, Belle, Harry, Bessie and Henry. His 
 first wife having died the 2. of Feb., 1879, he 
 married again Feb. i8th, 1880, to Emma 
 Walthers. Two children were born of the last 
 union, viz: Flora M. and William B. He en 
 listed on Dec. 6, 1861, at Ottawa, and the same 
 day was mustered into the 53rcl 111. Vol. 
 Inf. The regiment was shortly after or 
 dered from Camp Cushman to Camp Douglas 
 at Chicago, where it remained guarding pris 
 oners captured at Fort Donelson. His regiment 
 left Camp Douglas for St. Louis, from there 
 was ordered to Savannah, Term., thence on to 
 Shiloh, where it arrived the Monday following 
 the commencement of that ever memorable 
 battle of the same name. His regiment was 
 detailed to carry off and bury the dead, but did 
 not participate in the engagement. It also 
 assisted in building fortifications along the line 
 of march to Corinth, during which time it was 
 continually attacked by the enemy. His com 
 pany lost men, either killed or wounded, every 
 day up to the time the rebels evacuated Corinth. 
 On its evacuation his regiment marched to 
 Grand Junction, then to Holly Springs. At the 
 latter place it was engaged guarding the prop 
 erty of southern slaveholders. During his stay 
 here Lincoln s famous Emancipation Procla 
 mation was issued, whereupon the troops ceased 
 guarding the property of those who were 
 looked upon as traitors. From here his regi 
 ment proceeded to LaGrange, there went into 
 camp for about a month, then started for Vicks- 
 burg, but was compelled to fall back upon 
 Tallahatchie, a distance of 208 miles, by reason 
 of its supplies following in the rear, having 
 been captured. 
 
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 During this march the regiment was con 
 stantly under fire from all sides, and being 
 without rations was compelled to subsist on 
 parched corn foraged on the march; and even 
 on the arrival at Tallahatchie was compelled 
 to exist upon similar food for eight days there 
 after. From here it was ordered to Oxford 
 where it remained until March and engaged in 
 several skirmishes with guerrilla parties during 
 its stay at the latter place. Then it proceeded 
 to Memphis by transport, and then to Bird s 
 Point, Miss., and was engaged in various 
 marches and skirmishes along the Yazoo River 
 towards Jackson. From here it was sent to 
 Vicksburg. This regiment was stationed in 
 the immediate rear of Vicksburg near Fort 
 Hill facing the enemy s works and participated 
 in the assault made upon that place on the igth 
 and 22nd days of May, and otherwise assisted 
 in the siege until July 4th when the town sur 
 rendered. The regiment then marched to Jack 
 son and was there engaged in the battle of 
 July 1 2th, where all the regiment with the ex 
 ception of 22 were killed, wounded or captured, 
 and even the majority of those who escaped 
 were wounded. There they remained in camp 
 for about one week, when the regiment marched 
 under Gen. McPherson to Meridian, Miss, 
 amidst continuous firing from the rebel sol 
 diers. Whilst at this point, the remnant of the 
 regiment did some foraging, also, destroyed 
 considerable of the enemy s property, then 
 returned to Black River about ten miles in the 
 rear of Vicksburg and went into camp until 
 spring. Having rested during the winter 
 months, the regiment became anxious to seek 
 and conquer the enemy, and therefore, wished 
 to be on the move, consequently it took trans 
 ports to Natchez, and there remained in camp 
 for over two months, but afterwards returned 
 to Vicksburg where nearly all the men of the 
 regiment re-enlisted. Mr. Holmes there had 
 charge of his company under command of a 
 Mr. Johnson, the former having previously 
 been appointed a corporal; and was afterward 
 detailed to drill recruits, being recognized as a 
 good disciplinarian and drill-master. A squad 
 of 1 8 non veterans and 50 recruits were after 
 
 wards detailed for special duty when Mr. 
 Holmes was placed in command, and proceed 
 ed under orders, by transport to Cairo, thence 
 to Paducah, Ky., where they successfully 
 engaged a rebel force under Jackson. Mr. 
 Holmes regards the charge he then made as 
 one of the most successful and brilliant occur 
 rences of the war, and had the honor to be in com 
 mand of the Union soldiers who took part there 
 in. He then returned to Cairo and afterward 
 rejoined his regiment at Louisville and pro 
 ceeded to Chattanooga and there joined Gen 
 eral Sherman under whom they marched to 
 Atlanta. He was engaged in the various battles 
 of the Atlanta campaign preceding, and result 
 ing in the evacuation of that city. 
 
 At the celebrated engagement on the left 
 of Atlanta, on the 2 1st of July, his regiment 
 charged the enemy s works twice when its 
 . losses were severe in killed and wounded. On 
 the following day, the 22nd of July, the famous 
 battle of Atlanta was -fought and won. Mr. 
 Holmes regiment was in the thickest of the 
 fight, and it was in the early part of that day 
 and battle that General McPherson, who was 
 in command, of the left wing of Sherman s 
 army, and occupied a situation in full view of 
 Mr. Holmes, fell dead pierced by a bullet of 
 the enemy. His death recalls to Mr. H s mind 
 the brave and military genius of General 
 John A. Logan, who as next senior officer, 
 assumed command and in a few well chosen 
 words of encouragement, urged his men, who 
 in perfect sympathy responded, to avenge the 
 cruel death of the gallant McPherson. After 
 the battle they buried the dead, reorganized 
 what few soldiers were left of the regiment, 
 and went into camp to obtain a well-earned 
 rest. On the 25th, it was ordered to the ex 
 treme right, from which point, it watched the 
 terrible battle of that day in progress, without 
 participating. The regiment remained in line 
 and kept advancing, covering its position by 
 throwing up works until the 28th. Mr. H. was 
 in the skirmish line on the 26th, on the night 
 of the 2/th, and on the morning of the 28th, 
 and after being relieved, and whilst on his way 
 to camp was wounded in the left leg. He lay 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 on the battle field for two days and nights, 
 during which time both armies charged and 
 recharged over and around him. Col. McClaus- 
 an, after the field was recaptured, spared time 
 from his duty and bound up his wounded leg. 
 Long before relief arrived he became uncon 
 scious from pain and hunger, and in this con 
 dition was removed to Marietta, but continued 
 unconscious until removed to Atlanta, where 
 he remained until taken to Louisville, Ky. He 
 was subsequently taken to Springfield, 111., 
 where he was discharged, June 26, 1865. For 
 three years thereafter Mr. Holmes was unable 
 to walk, and was continually in pain caused by 
 pieces of bone being thrown off. Then a fresh 
 cause of anxiety arose in the contraction of 
 the cords of the leg thereby drawing up the 
 foot and causing a deformity. 
 
 Since his discharge he has been in such 
 business as his crippled physical condition 
 would permit. He first engaged in the ice 
 trade, which he continued for 18 years, but was 
 forced to abandon it, as too heavy to be handled 
 except by a man blessed with healthy limbs. 
 He is now owner of a livery stable which he 
 operates successfully, affording a good living 
 for himself and family. He is a pensioner, and 
 receives $6 per month, which is a small com 
 pensation to him, in view of his many hard 
 ships, privations and sufferings, without con 
 sidering in the computation, the loss of a leg. 
 
 M 
 
 R. ROBERT MARSDEN, formerly private in 
 Co. E., 127, 111. Vol., and now a mem 
 ber of the St. Charles Post, G. A. R., is 
 of English origin, having been born in York 
 shire, Dec. 7, 1843. Both of his parents, Roger 
 andElizabeth (Metcalf) Marsden were natives 
 of the same shire. While yet a mere infant, in 
 1845, Mr. Roger Marsden sought a home in the 
 new world, coming as far West as Chicago, 
 where he settled. Upon the outbreak of the 
 cholera epidemic he removed to St. Charles, 
 Kane Co., where he carried on his trade of 
 shoemaking, and where he died in 1864. His 
 wife survived him 2$ years, dying in 1889. 
 
 Robert was the oldest of three sons, and up to 
 the age of 19 attended school in St. Charles. 
 
 On Aug. 14, 1862, he enlisted, and as a 
 raw recruit, was sent to the camp of instruction 
 at Chicago where he remained until Nov. 9. 
 His Regt. was first ordered into the field at 
 Memphis, and assigned to Gen. David Steward s 
 command, being at first employed on picket 
 duty for about two weeks. Their next service 
 was a participation in the expedition to Talla- 
 hatchie, Miss., during which they were on the 
 march almost constantly for ten days. On 
 Dec. 19, the I27th descended the Miss, to the 
 Chickasaw Bayou, and rendered efficient serv 
 ice in the campaign around that locality under 
 Gen Sherman, sustaining some loss. Proceed 
 ing southward on Jan. I, Arkansas Post was 
 captured 10 days later, and from thence the 
 command advanced to Young s Point, on the 
 Miss. River opposite Vicksburg. Here they 
 remained in camp during the rest of the winter. 
 The monotony of camp life, however, was re 
 lieved by an expedition at once difficult and 
 perilous. Commodore Porter had penetrated 
 into what was known as the "Delta country" 
 going up the Sunflower River, and Deer 
 Creek as far as the Streter Bayou. While on 
 Deer Creek he was hemmed in by the Con 
 federates, who dammed the stream in both 
 front and rear, effectually preventing his re 
 treat. In response to his summons for aid the 
 1 27th with its brigade was sent to his relief. 
 The journey was made by boat to what was 
 supposed to be the nearest point on the Miss., 
 and thence on foot, inland, over bottoms over 
 flowed with water. For a mile and a half, the 
 men were obliged to extemporize a road by 
 cutting down sapplings which they interwined 
 as best they could, with a view to keeping 
 themselves as much out of the water as possible 
 After extricating Porter from his unpleasant 
 position, and having gathered such booty from 
 the surrounding country as they could con 
 veniently carry, the troops returned to Young s 
 Point, where several of the Regt. died in con 
 sequence of the fatigue and exposure under 
 gone on the expedition. Another expedition 
 was made from Young s Point to Richmond, 
 
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 La., where the men built a Fort and constructed 
 a corduroy road along the river for the pass 
 age of the artillery. After rejoining the main 
 body of troops, the Rt,gt. dropped down to 
 Hard Times Landing, where they crossed the 
 river to Grand Gulf, Miss. After landing, a 
 successful charge was made upon the Con 
 federate works, by the troops who preceded 
 their command, the defenders being driven 
 from their trenches and their guns captured. 
 The Union troops were sent on their way to 
 Raymond, and thence they advanced to 
 Champion Hills. During the battle at the 
 latter point, the I2;th was held in reserve but 
 was exposed to a disastrous fusilade from the 
 Confederates. At the conclusion of the en 
 gagement, the ist Brigade marched to Black 
 River, and on the following day to Vicksburg, 
 arriving there in time to take part in the as 
 saults of the igth and 22nd of May, 1863. 
 
 The Regt. was next ordered to Camp, on 
 the Yazoo River where it was assigned to pro 
 vost duty until July i, when it was ordered 
 back to the works in front of Vicksburg. In 
 the memorable fight which followed, the I27th 
 played a not unimportant part and had the 
 satisfaction of entering the city after its fall. 
 On the night of July 4, the Brig, left Vicksburg 
 enroute for Jackson, Miss., which place they 
 captured, and, after which the I27th went to 
 Black River Junction, where the Regt. re 
 mained in camp until Oct. In that month 
 orders were given to proceed to Memphis and 
 from there to Chattanooga, which city was 
 reached after a most exhausting march, but 
 not until after the battle of Mission Ridge. 
 Gen. Burnside at this time was hemmed up in 
 Knoxville by Gen. Longstreet, and Mr. Mars- 
 den s Regt. was among the troops that were dis 
 patched to raise the siege. From there the 
 1 27th returned as far as Larkinsville Station 
 and went into winter quarters. On May 5, 
 camp was broken and the Regt. started on the 
 Atlanta campaign. It participated in the 
 engagements at Resaca, Adairsville, Big 
 Shanty, Sandtown, Ezra Chapel, Rossville 
 (where they destroyed the iron foundry), Kee- 
 nesaw Mt., and other points. At Atlanta the 
 
 command to which Mr. Marsden was attached 
 was assigned to the support of DeGrasse s 
 Battery. When McPherson fell, the I27th 
 with a part of its brigade was ordered to the 
 Howard house to resist the Confederate 
 onslaught at that point. When the enemy 
 broke and fell back the command succeeded 
 in capturing 250 prisoners, when taking their 
 former position. During their absence the 
 enemy had captured the battery. The Regt. 
 charged gallantly and after a short, sharp con 
 test succeeded in reoccupying the ground, 
 though at heavy loss. Of Mr. Marsden s Co., 
 Corporal Ozro B. Pratt was killed, and Julius 
 A. Green was wounded. Subsequently the 
 Regt. was ordered to the Southwest of Atlanta 
 with Sherman s flank movement to meet the 
 Confederate forces at Jonesboro, Lovejoy s 
 Station and other points in that neighborhood. 
 Shortly thereafter on Sept. 27 Mr. Marsden 
 came home on a 30 day furlough which was 
 extended until after election. On his return 
 he went as far as Chattanooga, and went from 
 there to Bridgeport Station, where he remained 
 until Jan. 19, his Regt. being with Sherman s 
 army. On that day he with others was 
 ordered to Nashville, where was formed a 
 corps known as the Provisional Div. of the 
 army of the Term., to which they were at 
 tached. Mr. Marsden was placed in charge of 
 the commissary department of one battalion. 
 The new corps took boat up the Ohio River 
 landing near Mt. Vernon, whence they pro 
 ceeded by rail to Annapolis, Md. Here- the 
 Western troops embarked under sealed orders, 
 not to be opened until after Fortress Monroe 
 had been passed. When the seal was broken, 
 the men learned that they were bound for 
 Beaufort, N. C., where they landed after hav 
 ing passed through a severe storm. The next 
 objective point was Newbern, and here the 
 division was attached to the command of Gen. 
 Palmer of New York. An advance was made 
 upon Kingston, Gens. Palmer and Schofield 
 acting in concert, and the city was captured. 
 The line of march was taken up to Goldsboro 
 where a junction was effected with Gen. Sher 
 man. There the Provisional Div. was dis- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 banded and the men rejoined their respective 
 commands. The army then advanced to 
 Raleigh, the news of the assassination of Presi 
 dent Lincoln being received by the troops the 
 day before its capitulation. After the sur 
 render of Johnston the army at once turned its 
 course northward, passing through Richmond 
 where the loyal citizens set out refreshments 
 for the homeward bound soldiers. The dis 
 tance from Richmond to Washington was 
 covered at the rate of 31 miles per day, the 
 Capital being reached in time for participation 
 in the grand review. After the parade his 
 regiment went into camp on the outskirts of the 
 city, and on June 5, 1865, the regiment was mus 
 tered out and started for Chicago where the 
 men Vere paid off. Mr. Marsden although 
 actively engaged in some of the hottest con 
 tests of the war, escaped without a wound, nor 
 had his exposure on the march and in the 
 Southern swamps brought on any serious at 
 tack of sickness, he never having passed a day 
 in the hospital during his term of service, 
 although unable for duty for about six months. 
 He once fell into the hands of the enemy 
 while a little in advance of a foraging party 
 but was released upon the approach of his 
 comrades. On his return to St. Charles he 
 learned the tinner s trade with Messrs. Butler 
 & Gibb, where he remained until 1891, when 
 he purchased the interest of the junior partner, 
 of the then firm of Baker & Zabriskie, and is 
 now a prosperous hardware merchant. He has 
 been S. V. C. and J. V. C. of his post, and now 
 (1891) holds the office of Post Commander. 
 
 Mr. Marsden was married March 14, 1869, to 
 Ethel, daughter of Nathan H. and Marietta 
 Dearborn, who were respectively natives of 
 Plymouth, N. H., and Natural Bridge, N. Y. 
 Mr. Dearborn was a member of the same 
 family as Gen. Dearborn, who served with dis 
 tinction in the war of 1812. He and his wife 
 settled in St. Charles. in 1836, and there Mrs. 
 Marsden was born and educated. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Marsden have three children. In politics 
 he is an independent Republican. 
 
 GENERAL GEORGE F. DICK was born at 
 Tiffin, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1830. When two 
 years old he removed with his parents 
 to Cincinnati, where he learned the trade of a 
 tobacconist. In 1855 he came to Attica, Ind., 
 where he continued the business as a success 
 ful dealer until the breaking out of the rebellion 
 in 1861. He assisted in raising a Co. for the 
 20th Ind , to which he was unanimously elected 
 Captain. 
 
 Captain Dick served with that Regt. faith 
 fully was with it in all its fatiguing marches, 
 skirmishes, battles and trying times until 
 November i, 1862. He was acting Major of 
 the Regt. through the memorable Peninsular 
 campaign of Gen. Pope, during which time the 
 battles of the Second Bull Run and Chantilla 
 were fought, and in Sept. 1862, was appointed 
 Major. In the following Nov. he received the 
 appointment of Lieut. Col. of the 86th Regt. 
 From this time until his promotion Gen. Dick- 
 is found actively directing the movements of 
 his regiment. Upon the formation of the Army 
 of the Cumberland, General Dick was assigned 
 to the Second Brig., 3rd Div. (Van Cleve s), 
 2ist, A. C., and led his Regt. at the battle of 
 Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862, and Jan. ist and 
 2nd, 1863. When the right of our army gave 
 way, our Div. rushed rapidly to its support, and 
 arrived in time to materially check the enemy. 
 It was at this juncture that Gen. Rosencrans 
 led a charge in person, which drove the enemy 
 for nearly a mile. The Regt. lost in this battle, 
 24 killed, and 24 wounded; a total of forty- 
 eight. On Jan. 14, 1863, after the battle of 
 Stone River, he was promoted to the Colonelcy 
 to succeed Orville S. Hamilton, resigned. 
 
 Soon after his promotion he was assigned 
 to the command of the 2d Brig., 3d Div., 2ist 
 A. C., which command he retained until the re 
 organization of the army of the Cumberland. 
 He was in command of the Brig, during the 
 sanguinary battle of Chickamauga, then fellback 
 with the main army to Chattanooga, and was 
 there on duty during the siege of that place, 
 and later, led his command up the fortified and 
 precipitous heights of Mission Ridge in the 
 face of a crest crowned with rebel bayonets, and 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 through a hail of leaden musketry. So deter 
 mined was the onslaught, that the men swept 
 up the rugged hillside and over the enemy s 
 works, regardless of commands. Through the 
 severe winter campaign in East Tenn., he was 
 ever ready to cheer and comfort his men in 
 their greatest suffering, showing, though rigid 
 in discipline, that he had a tender and an af 
 fectionate regard for the men who were so 
 bravely enduring the hardships and privations 
 incident to a soldier s life. He participated in 
 the famous Atlanta campaign and throughout 
 the many hardships and privations endured 
 upon that terrible expedition; always encour 
 aged his men by his own brave and soldierly 
 conduct, inspiring confidence in them, and de 
 termination to prove themselves worthy of the 
 reciprocated trust imposed in them by their 
 gallant commander. He led the Brig, in all the 
 important battles of the expedition, among 
 these being Resaca, Pickett s Mills, Peach Tree 
 Creek, Atlanta, Lovejoy Station, and Jonesboro. 
 After a short rest at Atlanta, leading his Brig,, 
 he moved toward Chattanooga to watch and 
 pursue Gen. Hood, it being the policy of Sher 
 man to drive that Gen. and his army as far 
 North as necessary. The pursuit was not very 
 vigorous, and, upon reaching Gaylesville, was 
 discontinued. The 4th Corps was then assigned 
 to the command of Gen. Thomas, and moving 
 northward, Gen. Dick s Brig, took part in the 
 battle of Franklin, on the 3Oth of Nov., and the 
 1 5th and i6th of Dec. 
 
 For a short time previous to the battles of 
 Nashville, the enemy under Hood had been in 
 position in front of Nashville, commanding its 
 southern approaches. On the I5th of Dec. 
 Gen. Thomas assumed the offensive. Thornas 1 
 line was formed with Wilson s cavalry on the 
 right, then A. J. Smith, Wood and Steadman, 
 Schofield s Corps being in reserve. After an 
 opening fire from our batteries, Steadman made 
 a strong demonstration on the right, the real 
 attack being designed for the center and left. 
 Wood carried the strong works in the center. 
 Our batteries then advanced, and Smith assailed 
 the hostile left. Schofield came up on Smith s 
 right, outflanking the enemy, who began to 
 
 give way. Our right was thrown between the 
 river and the enemy s left, which was hurled 
 back on the center. Wilson s cavalry now 
 pushed forward, and our whole line advanced 
 in the face of a hot fire. The enemy s works 
 were carried, and he fell back in confusion. 
 The next morning the fight was renewed with 
 decided success^ the enemy being driven from 
 each successive line of iritrenchments, and fall 
 ing back to Franklin. The pursuit was briskly 
 pressed, and the defeated and demoralized 
 enemy driven across the Tenn. River, when 
 our army ceased pursuit. Gen. Dick was thrice 
 wounded in action, the first occasion being in 
 the foot during the Peninsular campaign at 
 Charleston Cross Roads. The others were at 
 the battle of Pickett s Mills, Ga., where he was 
 twice wounded; the first occasion being in the 
 hip, caused by a piece of shell which first struck 
 his sword, destroying its usefulness; then the 
 broken fragments of the shell entered his hip, 
 causing a severe wound which has been perma 
 nent in character. The old weapon which 
 saved its owner from a terrible if not a fatal 
 wound, is still preserved as a momento of the 
 dark days of the rebellion. He also received 
 during the same day a gunshot wound in the 
 breast, but was not so serious as the other. 
 Being incapacitated for active field duty, he 
 was granted a furlough of thirty days, but long 
 before his wound had healed, Gen. Dick was 
 again at the front, cheering his men by his 
 courage and gallantry, but being unable to 
 mount a horse, performed his duties upon foot 
 until sufficiently recovered to remount. He 
 was a spectator of the great naval battle be 
 tween the Merrimac and Monitor at Newport 
 News. That same night having retired, was 
 thrown from his bed by the explosion of the 
 magazine on the ship "Congress," although it 
 was supposed any danger from that source had 
 ceased. The 2Oth Ind. enlisted an aggregate 
 of 1403 men, of whom IOOO were killed, wounded 
 or died in the service, whilst 1 14 were captured. 
 Soon after the battle of Nashville he camped 
 at Huntsville, until Nov. 16, 1864, receiving in 
 the meantime his commission of Brevet Brig. 
 Gen. of volunteers for meritorious condu 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 upon the field; then moved into East Tenn., 
 subseqnently returning to Nashville, remaining 
 there in camp until June 6, 1865, at which date 
 he was mustered out of the service and at once 
 started on the journey homeward. 
 
 Gen. Dick was married in Cincinnati, to 
 Miss Anna Myers, removed to Attica, Ind., 
 in 1855, an d engaged in the manufacturing 
 of tobacco. After the war, he removed to 
 Bloomington in the fall of 1865, and then 
 resumed his business until 1873, when he 
 was appointed Postmaster at Bloomington, 
 holding that office for twelve years. Subse 
 quently he was elected Secretary of the North 
 western Life Insurance Company of Blooming- 
 ton, a position which he held for three years 
 when he retired from active life. He has a 
 very handsome sword which was presented to 
 him by the members of the 20th Ind., his old 
 regiment, and which he prizes highly, and well 
 he may. It is a very valuable keepsake, and 
 yet in comparison with the one he carried, and 
 which probably saved his life, his feelings and 
 sentiments naturally make him have a prefer 
 ence for the latter. 
 
 The General had the misfortune of losing 
 his first wife, she having died in 1878, leaving 
 one child, Ella B., now wife of George B. Mil 
 ler. He married again Oct. 8, 1881, Miss 
 Emma R. Kemball, a native of New Hamp 
 shire, and three sons have resulted from the 
 union, viz: Geo. F., Carl and Harvie. In poli 
 tics, General Dick is always found taking an 
 active part in the Republican party; is a mem 
 ber of the Veteran Union s Union, John A. Lo 
 gan, Command No. I ; a member of Wait Bar 
 ney Lodge, A. F. and A. M.; and of 
 Evergreen Lodge No 265, I. O. O. F. of which 
 Lodge he is a P. G., and has represented his 
 district in the Grand Lodge of Ohio, Indiana 
 and Illinois. 
 
 M 
 
 K. MARTIN L. BURSON was born in Col- 
 umbina County, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1839. His 
 early life was spent in farming in Ohio 
 where he attended school until his iQth year, 
 receiving such education as the common 
 
 schools at that time afforded. He went then to 
 Cincinnati and attended a medical college fora 
 time. The war fever in Indiana was at this 
 time at its height, and as it appeared in epi 
 demic form, young Burson did not escape its in 
 fluences and, therefore, set out for Logansport, 
 Ind., where he enlisted in September, 1861, and 
 was mustered into service Oct. 17, 1861, in Co. 
 H., 46th Ind. Vol. Inf., of which he was ap 
 pointed 2nd Duty Sergeant, the regiment s Col. 
 being Graham N. Fitch. It camped there for 
 about two months, drilling and performing 
 camp duties, from which point it moved to 
 Indianapolis, then to Ky., crossing the Ohio at 
 the mouth of Salt River, and went into Camp 
 Wycliffe for a short time. From here the Regt. 
 proceeded by boat up Salt River, and on 
 to Cairo, there disembarked and remained for 
 some days, then moved to Commerce on the 
 Miss. River ; then marched to New Madrid, 
 which it succeeded in capturing. The Regt. 
 was ordered to Ruddles Point whither it 
 marched by night, drawing by hand its artil 
 lery, and arriving there in the midst of a vio 
 lent storm. It immediately commenced to build 
 a temporary fort, having selected a position 
 about two miles from a clearance so it could 
 not be observed in the daytime, and continued 
 building the fort at night, the object being to 
 cut off the rebel supplies. Here it was attacked 
 by the enemy s fleet and two of its guns were 
 silenced, but it held its works and had the dis 
 abled guns replaced by 12 pound rifle guns, 
 by which it was enabled to hold the enemy at 
 a distance until Gen. Pope, by a well directed 
 effort had captured Island No. 10. 
 
 The Regt. next moved on transports to Fort 
 Pillow, remaining there only a few days, when 
 it steamed to Memphis, which city it assisted 
 in capturing. It remained there about ten clays, 
 then proceeded down the river to St. Charles, 
 situated at the junction of the White and Miss. 
 Rivers. The instructions to Mr. Burson s com 
 manding officer was to capture St. Charles, and 
 in attempting to take possession of it, a sharp 
 skirmish took place with the rebels, resulting in 
 the surrender of the town to the Union troops. 
 After remaining there a short time, the regi- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 21 
 
 ment was ordered to DuVall s Bluff, continued 
 there over night, then returned to Helena, Ark., 
 where it went into quarters for the winter of 
 1862-3, doing guard and garrison duty. There 
 the subject of this sketch was promoted to 1st 
 Sergeant. In the early spring it proceeded by 
 boat to Moon Lake, cutting timber and clear 
 ing out the bayou through to the Yazoo River, 
 then returning to Helena, they sailed down the 
 Miss. River to Milliken s Bend, disembarked, 
 and marched through to Grand Gulf, crossing 
 the river on their route, near Vicksburg, May I, 
 1863. The regiment engaged the enemy at Fort 
 Gibson, and then took part in the sanguinary 
 battle of Champion Hills, May i6th, where the 
 Doctor s brother, Perry, was killed. Gen. Mc- 
 Clernand was now the commander of the Corps, 
 and Gen. Hovey had charge of the Div. Dr. 
 Burson s Regt. was placed in the front when 
 the lines were established around Vicksburg. 
 His Regt. participated in the assaults made 
 upon the rebel works on May 19 and 22, re 
 spectively, and were continuously under the 
 enemy s fire until the surrender of that city 
 July 4, 1863. After the fall of Vicksburg, Dr. 
 Burson received a commission as 2nd Lieut. 
 but was not mustered in, as the Co. had not 
 sufficient men to install that officer. His Regt. 
 joined Gen. Sherman s army on his Jackson ex 
 pedition, and was skirmishing almost daily 
 along the line of march, in one of which its 1st 
 Lieut, was wounded. They participated in the 
 battle which gave the last named place into the 
 hands of Gen. Sherman. After the evacuation 
 of Jackson., the Regt. marched back to Vicks 
 burg; it then went into camp for a short time, 
 and afterwards took transports to New Orleans, 
 stopping a few days on the way to Natchez. 
 
 Leaving New Orleans a little later the Regt. 
 crossed the river to Algiers, then on by rail to 
 Buricks Bay, where it again made a stop for a 
 few days ; then took transports for Texas, remain 
 ing there, Matagorda Peninsula, two or three 
 weeks. The Regt, then returned to New Orleans 
 camping close to Lake Pontchartrain, and there 
 the Regt. re-enlisted with the understanding 
 that the men should be furloughed for 30 clays. 
 The furloughs were written out and signed, but 
 
 withheld in consequence of the celebrated 
 cotton expedition contemplated by Gen. Banks. 
 Dr. Burson accompanied his Regt. up to the 
 mouth of the Red River by boat, marched from 
 there to Pleasant Hill, and then by a forced 
 march to Mansfield, where it was engaged in 
 deadly conflict. For several hours of this 
 engagement, Dr. Burson commanded his Co. and 
 by his gallantry and boldness won the esteem of 
 his superior officers, and the compliments of the 
 men who fought under him. His Co. fought 
 with desperation and bravery whilst the amu- 
 nition lasted, then with a wild rush advanced 
 and engaged in a hand to hand conflict, and 
 only ceased their work of slaughter when 
 ordered to withdraw. From here the regiment 
 fell back to the igth A. C., marching the en 
 tire night, covering 18 miles, and absolutely 
 without anything to eat. From here it moved 
 to the mouth of the Red River which occupied 
 28 days. 
 
 It was daily engaged in heavy skirmishes 
 with the rebels and was obliged to build dams 
 for the purpose of raising the water in the 
 river to allow the gunboats to pass, and this 
 was accomplished only by working both day 
 and night. It crossed the Red River near its 
 mouth and marched to the Miss., where it 
 again took steamers for New Orleans, and on 
 arrival, was, with the others of his Regt., pre 
 sented with his furlough hitherto withheld, 
 and thus permitted to start for home. On ar 
 riving at Logansport, the Regt., received a 
 grand reception from the citizens of that town. 
 Those who had followed the movements of the 
 Doctor and his Co., had not failed to appre 
 ciate the valuable service they had rendered, 
 and also recognized the fact that their gallantry 
 and bravery had shed luster upon the town 
 which produced so able a lot of men. His 
 leave of absence having expired, he returned 
 to Indianapolis and there rejoined his Regt., 
 went to Cincinnati, then up the Ohio River to 
 Big Sandy River, with forage for Gen. Bur- 
 bridge s army, which the transports attempted 
 to ascend, but by reason of the shallowness of 
 the river were obliged to push the boats with 
 poles for a long distance. They finally arrived 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 at Prestonsburg, Va.; from there were ordered 
 back to Louisville, Ky., where the Regt. camped 
 for a period and then took up its march to 
 Lexington, and went into camp, occasionally 
 performing provost duty. It remained here 
 until the spring of 1865, when it moved to 
 Louisville, Ky., and was there mustered out of 
 the service, Nov. 5, 1865. At Lexington, Ky., 
 Dr. Burson was discharged by reason of pro 
 motion about June iQth, and was at once mus 
 tered in as 1st Lieut., after which he commanded 
 his Co. a part of the time and also Co. I. 
 
 He was also selected on several occasions 
 to perform special detached duties. After 
 being mustered out, he proceeded to Indian 
 apolis, thence to Plymouth, Ind., where he 
 entered Dr. West s office, where he remained for 
 about 18 months. He removed t6 Streator, 111., 
 in 1869. Immediately on arriving at Streator, 
 he opened an office and commenced the prac 
 tice of his profession, which he has successfully 
 and honorably carried on, growing year by year 
 in the respect and confidence of his patients, un 
 til now he has a large and successful practice. 
 
 Dr. Burson is the son of Dr. James Burson, 
 
 a native of Va., born in 1813 of Irish descent, 
 
 who was at one time of Van Wert County, 
 
 Ohio. His mother s maiden name was Feana 
 
 Dickey, also of Irish descent, and who, besides 
 
 the Doctor, had four children George, Henry, 
 
 Commodore Perry, and Wm. B. George, the 
 
 first named, is Judge of the Circuit Court in 
 
 Indiana. He enlisted in the late Rebellion and 
 
 was Capt. of Co. H., 46th Ind. Vet. Vol. Inf., 
 
 and commissioned as Maj. of 1st Ark. C. R. 
 
 Henry was a soldier in the looth 111. Inf., and 
 
 was killed at the battle of Chickamauga, April 
 
 6, 1862. Commodore Perry was born in Van 
 
 Wert, in 1844, and was also a soldier in the 46th 
 
 Ind. Regt., and was killed at Champion Hills, 
 
 May 16, 1863. ^ Dr Burson was married at 
 
 Joliet, 111. to Sophono Goodenough, in October, 
 
 1867, an d four children have blessed the union 
 
 -Clara M., Laura G., Markus V., and infant, 
 
 all of whom are living except one. Dr. 
 
 Burson is a member of the Streator Post No. 
 
 68, G. A. R., and surgeon of the same. He is a 
 
 Republican. 
 
 CHARLES McCREADY, of Earlville, 111. en 
 listed as a soldier in the Union army at 
 Earlville, Dec, 10, 1861, and was mus 
 tered in as a Corporal of Company D., 53rd 111. 
 Vol. Inf. He went with his regiment, Feb. 27, 
 1862, to Chicago where the organization was 
 completed, and in the mean time, assisted in 
 guarding the Confederate soldiers captured at 
 Fort Donelson. On March 23, he proceeded to 
 St. Louis, then to Savannah, Tenn., and on 
 April 7, arrived at and participated in the battle 
 of Pittsburg Landing. He afterward moved 
 with his regiment to Corinth, and took part in 
 the siege of that place, and as a reward for 
 meritorious conduct the regiment was presented 
 with Springfield rifles. Subsequently the regi 
 ment moved to Bolivar, Tenn., where it arrived 
 Sept, 13, and camped until Oct. 14, when it 
 again moved to Hatchie Bridge, and on the fol 
 lowing day engaged four times its number then 
 retreating from Corinth. While crossing the 
 Davis Bridge on the Tallahatchie River, a 
 Union Regt. was forced back through the lines 
 of the 53rd, but the latter moved steadily for 
 ward regardless of the terrible fire from the 
 enemy, held the bridge and road for upwards of 
 two hours, thus allowing the troops to cross 
 and be placed in position and thereby forcing 
 the rebels back. The loss of Mr. McCready s 
 Regt. in this battle was 16 killed and 49 
 wounded. His next move was back to Bolivar, 
 remaining there until Nov. 4, when he marched 
 to La Grange, and afterwards moved with 
 Grant s army south to Cold Water, Holly 
 Springs, Waterford, Abbeyville, Oxford, and 
 Yocona Creek where he remained until the 27, 
 then joined the march northward toward Talla 
 hatchie River. His regiment spent the early 
 part of the winter at Macon, Tenn., and the latter 
 part at Memphis, remaining there until May 
 17, 1863, when it embarked for Young s Point. 
 On the 20, his Regt. moved to Haines Bluff, 
 and on the 25, to Vicksburg, having been placed 
 on the left of the 13 A. C., with Major Ord 
 commanding, and to which his Div. was at 
 tached. He continued in the siege of Vicks 
 burg until its surrender, and on the following 
 day accompanied Sherman s army against Jack- 
 
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 son, Miss., where on the I2th, his regiment- 
 before the Union lines closed around was or 
 dered to charge the rebel works, which it did 
 gallantly, but with disastrous results. It entered 
 the contest with 250 men and officers, and 
 emerged with. 66 men left. The color bearers 
 were all either killed or wounded with the ex 
 ception of our subject, who carried from the 
 field the colors, saturated with the blood of 
 Sergeant Poundstone, the bearer. After this 
 battle the regiment remained inactive, stationed 
 first at Nashville, then at Natchez, and after 
 ward returned to Nashville where the men re- 
 enlisted, and on the 23, of the same month 
 started on the Meridian Campaign, which when 
 completed, it returned to Vicksburg. The 
 Regt. was then sent to Ottawa, 111., arriving 
 March 23, and was furloughed for 30 days. 
 Mr. McCready rejoined his Regt., and with his 
 Div. moved up the Tenn. River to Clifton, then 
 marched via Huntsville and Decatur, joining 
 Gen. Sherman s army at Kingston, Ga. He was 
 afterwards engaged in the siege of Atlanta and 
 in the engagements there on the 19, 20, 21, and 
 22 days of July, in which time his Regt. lost 101 
 men in killed and wounded. He was also en 
 gaged in the action at Jonesboro, then went 
 with the army as far south as Lovejoy s Station, 
 and afterwards took part in the reconnoissance 
 toward Sandtown. 
 
 About Oct. 15, our subject was detailed to 
 accompany the body of Quarter Master, Lind- 
 ley, to his late home at Ottawa, which he did. 
 He then rejoined his regiment near Atlanta, 
 and participated in the " March to the Sea." 
 Dec. 10, his regiment closed upon the enemy s 
 works around Savannah, the city soon after, 
 fallinginto the handsof the Government. While 
 there, the Regt. was consolidated with the 4 1st 
 111., which had been reduced to 222 men, the 
 latter Regt. afterward forming Companies G. 
 and K. of the 53d. It then embarked for 
 Beaufort, S. C., and afterward to Pocotaligo. 
 In the organization for the campaign through 
 the Carolinas, the 53d had a place, and set out 
 on that expedition, Jan. 29, 1865, moving by 
 way of Orangeburg, Columbia, Fayetteville, and 
 Cheraw, and participated in the battle of Ben- 
 
 tonville, March 2oth and 2ist, in which the 
 Regt. lost I killed and 6 wounded. Leaving 
 here he marched to Goldsboro, Raleigh, and 
 Jones Station, and after the surrender of John 
 ston, marched with the army to Washington 
 and participated in the grand review. His 
 Regt. was then sent to Louisville, Ky., where 
 July 22d, it was mustered out of service and 
 sent to Chicago, where the men received their 
 final pay and discharge on the 22d of the same 
 month. 
 
 During the siege of Vicksburg, our subject 
 was taken sick, and went into a hospital, but 
 recovered sufficiently at the end of one week 
 to enable him to return to his Regt., and was 
 promoted to Sergeant. 
 
 Mr. McCready was born at Plattsburg, Clin 
 ton Co., N. Y., July 22, 1838, and was the young 
 est of a family of 12 children, 9 of whom are 
 now living. He had three brothers in the war 
 of the rebellion, they having enlisted in N. Y. 
 regiments. 
 
 He married in 1864, Miss Pauline Smith, 
 who died six years afterward. In 18/1, he 
 married again, Miss Belle Sealey. After his 
 discharge, he removed to La Salle County and 
 engaged in farming for four years, when he 
 sold out and took up the horse business, which 
 he followed until the year 1891, then sold out 
 and became the proprietor of the Wallace 
 House, at Earlville, which he has since con 
 ducted. He has been a successful business 
 man, and everything he has touched resulted 
 favorably, from a financial standpoint. He is 
 in receipt of a small pension, and in politics he. 
 is a Republican. 
 
 JOHN W. REDMAN, of Decatur, 111., was born 
 in Ohio, Nov. 22,1842. The family was 
 originally of Virginia Colonial stock. His 
 father was Thompson Redman, and his mother 
 Euphenia McVeigh, a native of Virginia. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was the only 
 member of his family in the military service 
 during the Rebellion. He enlisted in Aug. 1882, 
 in Co. K., I22d Ohio Inf. Under the command 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 of Colonel William Ball, the Regt. Oct. i went 
 by rail to Martinsburg, Va., thence marching 
 to Winchester, and remaining there during the 
 winter. While here Mr. Redman participated 
 in several skirmishes with the rebels. In April, 
 1863, Lee attacked the force of Gen. Milroy, 
 and the I22d Ohio was engaged in action for 
 two days, doing the most desperate fighting, 
 but were finally surrounded and had to cut their 
 way through the lines of the enemy, falling 
 back to Harper s Ferry. While on the retreat 
 to Harper s Ferry Mr. Redman was detailed to 
 prevent a surprise. In the performance of this 
 duty he was wounded by being shot through 
 the leg, and with a comrade, also wounded, 
 came across a negro who was hauling manure 
 in a cart, who drove them to Harper s Ferry; 
 thus preventing their capture. 
 
 Mr. Redman subsequently went with his 
 regiment to N. Y. City, during the threatened 
 riot there, being in quarters near Broadway for 
 about two weeks. Here he was taken sick with 
 typhoid fever, but remained with his Regt. 
 until their arrival at Alexandria, when he was 
 sent to Wolf Street Hospital, where he was con 
 fined for about six weeks. When he began to 
 recover he was seized with an almost unappeas 
 able appetite, and the cook permitting him to 
 go to the table he so overloaded his stomach 
 as to bring on a relapse and his detention for 
 six weeks longer. He rejoined his regiment, 
 then at the front, and went into winter quarters 
 near Brandy Station, Va. 
 
 The Regt. had heen assigned to the 2d Brig., 
 3d Div., 6th Corps. They took part in the cam 
 paign around Richmond in the spring of 1864, 
 and were in action during the battle of the 
 Wilderness, where Mr. Redman in a charge 
 upon the enemy s works on the third day was 
 wounded by a minnie ball, which struck his 
 canteen, passing through it and through his 
 cartridge belt, breaking two of his ribs, and 
 lodging near the spine, where it still remains. 
 He fell in the act of scaling the works in the 
 morning and remained in a helpless position on 
 the ground until the following evening. There 
 was a small stream near "where he was lying, 
 which he finally reached by dragging himself 
 
 along with great difficulty, obtaining water to 
 allay his thirst, and bathe his wound, by press 
 ing the canteen into the running stream. He 
 could draw himself along the ground but could 
 not raise his body from a recumbent position. 
 He was finally approached by a rebel soldier, 
 who turned him over with his bayonet, and re 
 ported to his comrades that he was too far gone 
 to be moved, after which he left him. A rebel 
 chaplain next came up to him and examined 
 his wound taking from it pieces of leather, tin 
 and clothing, which he was allowed to keep, 
 and which he afterward brought home. The 
 chaplain exhibited great kindness, prayingover 
 him and returning several times to see him and 
 make his burden less heavy. The battle raged 
 furiously above and around him, and when 
 finally his men got possession of the ground, 
 he was removed on a stretcher to the field hos 
 pital, where he remained without attention, the 
 wounded being in such numbers as to cause 
 much delay in being properly cared for. 
 
 They were at last loaded into a wagon and 
 driven at full speed until about 10 o clock the 
 next day, when it was discovered that two of 
 the wounded had died. Mr. Redman s wound 
 was not dressed for five days and he was swol 
 len to more than twice his normal proportions. 
 On his arrival at Fredricksburg, he was placed 
 upon a brick hearth in a large hotel building 
 which had been converted into a hospital, with 
 out blanket or other covering, using his shoes 
 for a pillow. That evening he was given 
 surgical treatment but the Surgeon was too 
 busy to probe for the ball, which doubtless 
 might have been extracted at that time. Upon 
 the news of the approach of Lee s army, he 
 with other wounded men was conveyed to 
 Washington and placed in Lincoln Hospital, 
 where he was kindly cared for. As the wound 
 was now nearly healed the Surgeon did not 
 deem it prudent to probe for the ball. His 
 broken ribs were never set, the consequence 
 being that they have large and irregular joints. 
 After being here about thirty days he was al 
 lowed a furlough to go home to Ohio, and re 
 turning to the hospital at Washington, was de 
 tailed for duty in preparing dead bodies for 
 
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 interment. He rebelled at this obnoxious task 
 and requested to rejoin his regiment, but they 
 offered to discharge him to which he ob 
 jected. This led to his being transferred to Com 
 pany B., 1 4th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 He was, however, excused from duty on account 
 of disability. During his stay in Washington 
 he attended Ford s Theatre on the evening of 
 President Lincoln s assassination, and saw 
 Booth when he emerged from the box after 
 firing the fatal shot. He also attended the 
 trial of the conspirators, including that of Mrs. 
 Surratt. He \vas mustered out at Washington, 
 D. G., in Aug., 1865, and returned to Zanes- 
 ville, Ohio. 
 
 He continued at home unable to perform 
 any labor until the spring of 1866, when he 
 went to work on a farm. Removing in the fall 
 of 1867, to McDonough Co., Ills., he settled on 
 a farm, remaining for four years, and going to 
 Edgar Co., where he also farmed for four years, 
 thence returning to Douglass Co., where he still 
 owns the farm. He removed to Decatur in the 
 fall of 1889, and at present is engaged in the 
 loan business. 
 
 In the fall of 1865, he married Sarah Leasure, 
 of Zanesville, Ohio, and they have had four 
 children Alonzo, Ellsworth, Harrison and Jo 
 sephine. Alonzo died from the effects of be 
 coming overheated at a threshing machine ; his 
 son Harrison was kicked to death by a mule, 
 and his wife is hopelessly insane. These calam 
 ities have conspired to cause him to give up a 
 pleasant and lucrative business. 
 
 He is a member of the Decatur Lodge, G. 
 A. R., No. 141, and is a good Republican, and 
 an honorable and influential citizen. 
 
 WARREN H. LlGHTHRT of LaSalle, 111., 
 commenced his soldier life by enlist 
 ing in the Union army for the war of 
 the Rebellion, at Dixon, 111., Jan 5, 1864, and 
 was mustered into the service at Springfield as 
 a private in Company D. 46th 111. Vol. Inf., 
 joining the regiment at Freeport, Ills., where it 
 was on its return furlough. Returning after its 
 
 holidays, having in the meantime, been- re 
 cruited and comprised 987 men and officers. 
 From Freeport, it went to Cairo, 111. by rail, 
 thence to Vicksburg by boat through to 
 Camp Hebron, ten miles east of Vicks 
 burg, where it joined the 2nd Brigade, 
 4th Division, I7th A. C. From March 10, 
 to April 16, the regiment was in camp of 
 instruction, and on the last named date marched 
 to Big Black Ridge, twelve miles east of Vicks 
 burg and reported to Brigadier General Devens. 
 On April 25, it moved to Vicksburg and en 
 camped near Battery Ransom, nearest the city, 
 doing garrison duty, and subsequently went on 
 an expedition to Yazoo City, Miss.; thence to 
 Liverpool, Sartaria, Haines Bluff, and on to 
 Camp Vicksburg, remaining in camp at the lat 
 ter place until July 3, when it started on the 
 Jackson expedition. Before reaching Jackson 
 it was engaged in a skirmish with the rebels, 
 and again in returning, met a large force of the 
 enemy, and an engagement ensued which was 
 continued on the following day, the 7th, and 
 afterwards pursuing its march, reached Vicks 
 burg on the 9, having sustained a loss of 43 men 
 on the expedition 3 killed, 36 wounded, I 
 captured and 3 missing. The regiment next 
 advanced by boat down the river, disembarking 
 at Morganzia Bend, La., where it did guard 
 duty for some time. 
 
 Shortly after the fall of Vicksburg, he was 
 detailed on special duty in connection with the 
 army, and so continued for some months, and 
 during the same time was mustered out and 
 
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 immediately re-enlisted. He was wounded in 
 the battle of Jackson, by being struck in the 
 right leg, but refused to go into the hospital, 
 or accept a furlough beyond that allowed to all 
 of the veterans. He continued with his regi 
 men* during the spring, summer, and autumn 
 of 1865, and was mustered out of service Jan. 
 20, 1866, and on February 2, was finally dis 
 charged at Springfield, 111. 
 
 He was born at Harrison, 111., in September, 
 1847, an d u 7 as the son of Luther and Tryphena 
 Lighthrt. His father was a railroad contractor, 
 and the work had such a fascination for the 
 son that he studied civil engineering, and fol- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 lowed it for many years, in the employ of the 
 Chicago, Dubuque & Minn. R. R. Co., in 
 Wisconsin and Minnesota. In the year 1883 
 he removed to La Salle, where he has been in 
 the employ of the Illinois Central railroad com 
 pany as clerk. 
 
 He was married to Miss Mary E., daughter 
 of Richard and Mary E. Patterson of Freeport, 
 111., Feb. 13, 1871. They have six children 
 Walter P., Jerome B., May, Fannie, Frank, and 
 Luther. He is a member of the John Davis 
 Post No. 90, G. A. R.; of the A. O. U. W.; and 
 in politics is a Democrat. 
 
 FREDERICK C. HELD, Deputy U. S. Rev 
 enue Collector, for Freeport, 111., en 
 listed in the army, for the late war in 
 1863, but for some reason was refused. Subse 
 quently he concluded to make another attempt 
 and accordingly enlisted Feb. I, 1865, and was 
 mustered in as a private in the 46th 111. Vol. 
 Inf., and continued with his regiment until the 
 close of the war. He joined his Regt. at Fort 
 Gaines, Dauphin s Island, Ala., and March 18, 
 1865, commenced the march with the Corps to 
 Mobile, and on the way thither participated in 
 the terrible assault upon and capture of Spanish 
 Fort, and Fort Blakely, arriving at Mobile 
 April 12, 1865. May 12, the Regt. moved to 
 Meridian, Miss., afterwards returned and em 
 barked for New Orleans and later proceeded 
 to Alexandria, Natchitoches, and Shreveport, 
 on the Red River. Subsequently it moved to 
 Grand Ecore, La., where it did Garrison duty, 
 until Nov., when it returned to Shreveport, then 
 to Baton Rouge, La., and Springfield, 111., for 
 final muster and discharge. The men were 
 mustered out at Baton Rouge, Jan. 20, 1866, 
 then started for Springfield, 111., arriving there 
 on the 27, and were finally paid off and dis 
 charged, Feb. 1866. 
 
 Mr. Held was born at Lippedetmold, Ger 
 many, Aug. 26, 1844, and is a son of Christian 
 and Amelia (Fritzmuer) Held, who emigrated 
 from Germany to America, during the year 
 1856, and located in Freeport, 111., where they 
 are both now spending the evening of their 
 
 days at the matured age of 74 and 78 years, 
 respectively. They are the parents of two 
 children besides our subject, viz: Amelia, wife 
 of Isaac Myers, of Lancaster Township, and 
 August S. Held, Vice President of the Freeport 
 Stone Manufacturing Co. The parents have 
 been life long, consistent and honored mem 
 bers and liberal supporters of the German 
 Lutheran Evangelical Church, and their good 
 names are respected by all who have the pleas 
 ure of their acquaintance. 
 
 Our subject came to this country when only 
 twelve years of age, adopted Freeport as his 
 future home, and after receiving at home and 
 in the State, a good education, he became Clerk 
 for A. F. Honkmurger & T. K. Best, .and was 
 clerking until he went into the army. 
 
 He has been twice married, the first occasion 
 being Aug. 16, 1868, to Caroline Legran, by 
 whom he has three children, viz: Gracie J., 
 Cora A., and George A. A. Mrs. Held died in 
 Sept. 1886. He married on the second occasion 
 Olive Lichtenberger, May 3, 1888, a daughter 
 of Cyrus and Hattie (Hooper) Lichtenberger, 
 who were among the first settlers of Jo Davies 
 County. 
 
 Mr. Held is a member of the Odd Fellows 
 order; a charter member of the Knights of the 
 Globe, in which he held the position of Cap 
 tain; a member of the John A. Davis Post, No. 
 98, G. A. R., at Freeport, in which he was 
 elected Commander in the year 1890. He is 
 an outspoken yet reasonable Republican, and 
 was appointed to his present position in Sept., 
 1889. Although he is of the political faith 
 indicated, being an all round good, jovial gen 
 tleman, he has been twice elected in the Dem 
 ocratic city of Freeport, as its Treasurer, a fact 
 which indicates louder than words can express, 
 the high esteem in which he is held by his fel 
 low townsmen, irrespective of creed, faith or 
 politics. 
 
 Faithful as a Government officer, enterpris 
 ing and public spirited as a citizen and genial 
 as a true born gentleman, it scarcely requires 
 to be said that he is respected and admired by 
 the citizens of Freeport, as also by the people 
 of Stephenson County. 
 
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 ALANSON N. HOLMES, ot Sycamore, 111. In 
 the war of 1812, Nathan Holmes, the 
 father of our subject, being enthusiastic 
 in his patriotism and devotion to the Republic, 
 responded to his country s call for soldiers, 
 offered his services, was accepted, and passed 
 through many of the important battles of the 
 war of 1812. He subsequently married and 
 became the head of a family of nine children, 
 viz: Ebenezer H., Thomas, Nathan, Julia, Tem 
 perance, Janet, Mary, Elizabeth and Alanson, 
 the subject of this notice. The brave, am 
 bitious, military spirit of the parent appears to 
 have been transmitted to the son, and when 
 the Governor of this State called for 100 day 
 volunteer men, Mr. Alanson N. Holmes was one 
 of the first to step forward and enlist, in May 
 3, 1864, in Co. H., I4ist 111. Vol. Inf., at Milton, 
 UuPage Co., 111. He rendezvoused at Elgin, 
 and was mustered in, June 16, 1864. His regi 
 ment occupied some time in drilling and pre 
 paring themselves for the anticipated contests. 
 About the 2/th of the same month it was 
 ordered to Columbus, proceeding by way of 
 Cairo. When the men enlisted, the only 
 danger they anticipated, was that arising from 
 the bullets of the rebels, but while at Cairo, 
 even a more disastrous enemy threatened their 
 ranks with even more deathly results than 
 many regiments experienced by exposure in 
 open battle. The heat became unbearable, 
 and 16 men of Mr. Holmes Regt. were 
 victims of sunstroke. He proceeded on to 
 Columbus, arriving there the latter end of the 
 same month, where they went into camp for 
 about three months. While at this point, 
 he was compelled, by reason of a persistent, 
 wasting sickness, to rest, while his Regt. made 
 a raid up the Ohio River and captured horses, 
 cattle, and some merchandise. The Regt. 
 however, returned in about ten days, and he re 
 joined his comrades and did picket duty until 
 the latter part of September. From this place 
 it was ordered back to Camp FVy, Chicago, 
 and was there mustered out, Oct. I2th, 1864, 
 paid off and discharged. 
 
 Mr. Holmes was born in Fairview, Pa., in 
 1832, and has been a life long Republican; so far, 
 
 has not received a pension, but looks forward 
 to receiving one shortly, as a partial compen 
 sation for his many hardships endured during 
 the short period of his service. 
 
 THOMAS CRINIGAN, of Ivesdale, 111., is a rep 
 resentative of the race from "dear old 
 Erin," whilst he is a patriotic and de 
 voted American, born at Glen Grove, N. Y., 
 Jan. 10, 1846, a son of William and Ann Crini- 
 gan who were of Irish ancestry. He was brought 
 up on his father s farm, but in the year 1850, 
 with his parents moved to the Western Prairies 
 locating in 111., near Peru in La Salle Co. Re 
 ceiving an ordinary country school education, 
 young Crinigan was at an early period of the 
 Rebellion, overflowing with ambition to enter 
 the army and was permitted to do so Jan. 18, 
 1863, when he enlisted in Co. C., I4th 111. Cav. 
 He went to the front and soon met the South 
 ern rebels in a heavy skirmish near Covington 
 and again at Buzzard s Roost and Lexington. 
 With his Regt., Mr. Crinigan marched through 
 Cumberland Gap into East Tenn., and so on 
 through Powell s Valley, where several severe 
 skirmishes with the enemy took place, but 
 finally he passed on to Knoxville. In the spring 
 of 1864 he participated in the campaign against 
 Atlanta, and was always found fighting in many 
 of the most desperate encounters of that death- 
 dealing expedition, where his comrades were 
 falling thick and fast around him, yet young 
 Crinigan fought right along displaying courage 
 and bravery, equaled by few and surpassed by 
 none. In the engagement at Sun Shine Church, 
 whilst fighting with desperation, he with many 
 others became separated from the command 
 and was captured, July 29, 1864. He was taken 
 to Macon, Ga., then that slaughter pen, An- 
 dersonville, was selected as his abiding place, 
 where for four months he suffered all the tor 
 tures and privations that man could endure: in 
 fact only those of iron will and rugged frame 
 did endure it, as thousands of prisoners died 
 there from starvation. Subsequently he was 
 transferred to Charleston, S, C., where instead 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 of his surroundings being improved, and as if 
 to overflow his cup with bitterness, there was 
 added to his previous privations that of being 
 cast into an open field without shelter, and the 
 cold raw winds penetrated his enfeebled body 
 and made life almost unendurable. After the 
 end of two weeks he was again transferred to 
 Florence, S. C., where all the bad and vicious 
 systems of the prisons were united in this one. 
 One of the Co., who was a prisoner with Mr. 
 Crinigan, John W. January, whose inhuman 
 treatment became notorious, was one of the 
 instances which indicates to some extent what 
 prison life at that time meant. The flesh liter 
 ally rotted off January s feet and to rid himself 
 of the decaying members, he used a knife, sev 
 ering the cords and letting his feet fall by his 
 bedside. Mr. Crinigan took it for granted 
 January had died later in prison, and it was not 
 until 18 years afterward, the former knew the 
 contrary, hence paid him a visit. When our 
 subject entered the prison he weighed 168 Ibs,, 
 but on being released was reduced to 92 Ibs., 
 which occurred Feb. 23, 1865, having spent in 
 that involuntary exile upwards of seven months. 
 When discharged it was not considered prob 
 able he could long survive. He was granted a 
 furlough and went home, then went to St. Louis, 
 but he was still too feeble to join his Regt., and 
 was sent to Springfield where he remained 
 until July 12, 1865, where he was discharged 
 with his Regt. 
 
 He returned to his home in Peru where he 
 continued three years, and in 1868 removed to 
 Campaign Co., locating at Ivesdale where he 
 engaged in farming for some years, but his 
 health, completely shattered by his prison life, 
 would not permit him to endure physical toil 
 therefore he abandoned it. He is a G. A. R. 
 member, and one of the charter members of his 
 lodge. He has filled many of the offices in 
 his Post, among them being Junior Vice Com 
 mander, as well as many offices of his munici 
 pality, among the many being Town Clerk of 
 Ivesdale. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. 
 Crinigan was married in 1872 to Miss Ella Joyce 
 by whom he has seven children, vi/,.: Annis L., 
 Mary E., Kittie P., Ida L., Gertrude E., Lillian 
 
 F., and Thomas Jr. True to himself, patriotic 
 to his country, Mr. Crinigan for his bravery and 
 devotion to the Union cause, enjoys the esteem 
 of his fellow comrades. 
 
 EDWIN A. ESTABROOK, of Sandwich, 111., 
 enlisted for the late Rebellion April 19, 
 1861, at Sandwich, rendezvoused at Cairo, 
 where he was mustered into the service as a 
 private in Co. C., loth 111. Vol. Inf., his en 
 listment being for three months. His regiment 
 was engaged upon garrison duty at Cairo dur 
 ing its whole term, in the meantime making 
 expeditions towards Columbus, Ky., and to Ben- 
 ton, Mo. On Aug. 29th Mr. Estabrook re-en 
 listed and was mustered in for three years 
 service, in Co. H., roth 111., and soon moved 
 to Mound City, 111., where the Regt. passed the 
 winter, taking part, in Jan., in the movement of 
 Grant s forces towards Columbus and Paducah. 
 In Feb. it moved to Bird s Point, Mo., and on 
 March 1st had a brisk engagement with Jeff. 
 Thompson s troopers, near Sykestown, Mo., 
 taking several prisoners. It now joined in the 
 seige of New Madrid, captured it, then crossed 
 the river in advance of Gen. Pope s army, and 
 intercepted rebels retreating from Island No. 
 10, whom it assisted in capturing, in all about 
 6,000 men. It next participated in the opera 
 tions against Corinth, having a brisk fight May 
 3d, forced a passage through the four mile 
 swamp, losing several men in killed, wounded 
 and missing. After entering Corinth, Mr. Es 
 tabrook and his Regt. pursued the retreating 
 Rebels to Boonesville, then returned to Corinth 
 and lay in camp at Big Springs until July 2ist, 
 when they marched to Tuscumbia. Leaving 
 here they marched for Nashville via Florence, 
 Athens and Columbia, losing five men killed by 
 guerrillas on the march, and remained at Nash 
 ville until July, 1863, with occasional move 
 ments into the surrounding country. Garri 
 soned Fort Negley until they marched to New 
 Fosterville on July 2Oth, thence to Bridgeport, 
 Ala., in Aug. On Oct. 1st they made a forced 
 march of 28 miles up the Sequahatchie valley, 
 
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 221 
 
 driving out Wheeler s cavalry, where they had 
 raided and destroyed about 1,200 loads of sup 
 plies. They took part in the battle of Mission 
 Ridge, then pursued Hardee s retreating col 
 umn, the rear guards. They followed the re 
 treating army to Ringgold, then returned and 
 started for Knoxville to relieve Burnside, but 
 before reaching there Longstreet withdrew, 
 hence Mr. Estabrook s command returned to 
 Rossville and went into winter quarters. In 
 Jan., 1864, Mr. Estabrook re-enlisted and was 
 granted a veteran furlough, when he returned 
 home. His Regt. reassembled, and on May 2d 
 broke camp and moved with Sherman s army 
 towards Atlanta. During the campaign our 
 subject participated in the following battles, 
 Buzzard s Roost, Resaca, Rome, Kenesaw 
 Mountain, besides many other very heavy 
 skirmishes. After the fall of Atlanta he fol-" 
 lowed Hood northward to Galesvllle, and 
 after the Regt. was recruited, took part in the 
 " March to the Sea," which ended with the 
 taking of Savannah. Jan. 9, 1865, his Regt. 
 moved towards Beaufort, S. C., thence to Poco- 
 taligo, crossed the Salkahatchie River, where 
 the crossing was contested by the enemy, and 
 a sharp contest ensued, causing a loss of 40 
 men to the Regt. At Snicker s Bridge they 
 encountered the enemy and had a lively con 
 test. They then moved on through the Caro- 
 linas, having constant skirmishes with the 
 enemy until Goldsboro was reached. They 
 took an active part in the battle of Bentonville 
 and suffered the loss of 60 men, killed and 
 wounded, then moved to GoldsborOj thence to 
 Raleigh, and, after the surrender of Johnston, 
 on to Washington, via Richmond, where they 
 participated in the Grand Review. 
 
 Mr. Estabrook was mustered out of the serv 
 ice July 4, 1865, paid off at Chicago when he 
 returned to his home in Sandwich. Whilst his 
 Regt. was at Nashville he was taken with ty 
 phoid fever and confined to the hospital for 
 eight months. He has always resided at Sand 
 wich where he has followed different callings, 
 but principally been engaged in merchandising. 
 He had one brother in the army during the 
 war who served with him in Co. H., loth 111., 
 
 from Feb., 1864 until Aug., 1865, and was 
 wounded at Kenesaw Mountain June 19, 1864. 
 He is a Mason and a member of the G. A. R. 
 
 ELMER E. FITCH, Editor of the News, Galva, 
 Ills., was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, 
 Aug. 13, 1846. His parents were George 
 and Deborah (Boleyn) Fitch. His father was 
 a descendant of Gov. Thomas Fitch of Con- 
 neticut, and his mother s progenitors were 
 from highly respected settlers in Pennsylvania 
 and Virginia. His mother s father, Eli Boleyn, 
 was a soldier of the war of 1812, and while 
 serving in Western Ohio, had the toes of both 
 of his feet frozen, necessitating his discharge. 
 His grandson, the subject of this sketch, re 
 members to have heard him relate how he 
 amputated his frozen toes with a chisel. George 
 Fitch, the father of Elmer E., died when his 
 son was yet an infant, and his mother brought 
 him up to hard labor on the farm. He had two 
 brothers, one of whom served in an Iowa 
 and the other in a Pennsylvania regiment, 
 as did his sister s husband, who was killed at 
 the battle of Gettysburg. 
 
 Elmer E. Fitch enlisted in the service of 
 his country Aug. 14, 1862, the day succeeding 
 his i6th birthday, in the 38th Regiment, Iowa 
 Inf., at West Union, Iowa. His regiment was 
 ordered to Dubuque and thence to St. Louis, 
 going into winter quarters at New Madrid, Mo. 
 In June 1863 they went to Vicksburg and were 
 there during the siege co-operating with the 
 1 3th Corps. The position of Mr. Fitch s com 
 mand, in a swamp full of malaria, was the 
 cause of the loss from disease of over 600 out 
 of the 1,000 men with which it entered the serv 
 ice. After the fall of Vicksburg, the com 
 mand moved up the Yazoo River, returning to 
 Port Hudson, where fever broke out among 
 the troops, many succumbing to its ravages, at 
 one time details from other regiments having 
 to be made to bury the dead of the 38th Iowa, 
 only 30 men being reported for duty. Mr. 
 Fitch was of the number thus daily reported for 
 duty. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 The regiment subsequently spent two 
 months at New Orleans to recruit, and was 
 then ordered to Brownsville, Texas. It was while 
 here that they witnessed the engagement at 
 Matamoras between the French and Mexicans, 
 on the opposite side of the river from their 
 position. From Brownsville they went by 
 transport to Fort Morgan, assisting in the capt 
 ure of that point, and thence to Louisiana, 
 where the regiment was consolidated with the 
 34th Iowa. The command afterward partici 
 pated in the action at Blakely, Ala., charging 
 that stronghold at sunset, Apr. 9, 1865, and 
 capturing several thousand prisoners. They 
 thence moved on to Selma, Ala., where they 
 encamped for two weeks, then returned to 
 Mobile where they encamped for some time. 
 While here they witnessed the accidental blow 
 ing up of the ordnance depot, which laid the 
 lower part of the city in ruins and killed quite 
 a number of people. The regiment did good 
 service for several days in going in among the 
 bursting shells, where the city s police and fire 
 men refused to go, and fighting the fire, and 
 saving the property of the citizens from the 
 flames. From Mobile the regiment went to 
 Houston, Texas, where they were mustered out 
 of the service and returned to Davenport, Iowa. 
 Here the men received their final discharge and 
 returned to their homes. Mr Fitch, with the 
 exception of about nine days in the hospital 
 from sickness at New Madrid, Mo., was not 
 during the whole period of his service absent 
 from his regiment. After his return home he 
 attended the Upper Iowa University, and sub 
 sequently, the State University from which he 
 was graduated in 1874. On graduation he was 
 appointed principal of West Hill School at 
 Burlington, Iowa. The following year he came 
 to Galva to assume his duties as the Superin 
 tendent of the schools of that town, filling that 
 position for eight years. He served for a time 
 as Superintendent of Schools of Henry County, 
 Illinois. 
 
 In 1883 he purchased the Galva News and 
 has since been its editor and proprietor. He 
 was appointed under the present administra 
 tion, Postmaster. He is a Republican and his 
 
 paper is the advocate of the principles of his 
 party. He married Rachel Helgesen, daugh 
 ter of Thomas Helgesen, of Decorah, Iowa, 
 and three children have been born to them: 
 George H., Rachel L. and Robert Haines, all 
 now attending school. Mr. Fitch is a member 
 of G. A. R. Post, No 33, of Galva, and Past 
 Commander of the Post, and is in every true 
 sense as faithful a conservator of the duties of 
 citizenship as he was of those attaching to a 
 soldier. 
 
 AUSTIN M. DUSTIN, of Kewanee, was born 
 in Orleans Co., Vt., Oct. 17, 1845, an d 
 settled near Mason City, Ills., with his 
 parents in 1857, where the family home was 
 made until it was changed to French Grove, 
 Peoria Co. Here the young man, only 16 or 17 
 years of age, enlisted in Co. G., 77th Ills. Vol. 
 Inf., and went into the army as drummer, as he 
 could not be accepted as a soldier on account 
 of his size. He carried a drum four months 
 and then received permission to exchange 
 positions with a man in the ranks named An 
 derson. At Covington, Ky., this regiment 
 started in pursuit of John Morgan, and went on 
 to Louisville, and down to Memphis. Here it 
 took boats and steamed down the Mississippi 
 River and the Yazoo with General Sherman, 
 and was at the battle of Chickasaw Bayou. It 
 then w r ent to the White River, to the Arkansas 
 Post, where Mr. Dustin was on the skirmish 
 line, and the regiment lost heavily. The Post 
 was taken and the command moved back to 
 Milliken s Bend, where it worked on the canal 
 across the point. A march was made to Ft. 
 Gibson, where the 77th was in the fight, and 
 then followed on to "Raymond, Jackson, Cham 
 pion Hills, and Black River Bridge. 
 
 In this march they once came to a bayou 
 where the water did not appear deep, but was 
 found deep enough to nearly drown the men, 
 and wet them thoroughly. At Vicksburg Mr. 
 Dustin was in the great charge of May 22, was 
 in the fort for an hour, and crawled into the 
 porthole of a cannon just after it was fired. 
 
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 The men in his charge finally fell back under 
 cover of night after severe loss; Co. G. muster 
 ing that night only about 36 men, as some had 
 remained in the fort. 
 
 This regiment was in Vicksburg during the 
 whole siege, and was engaged in undermining . 
 and blowing up the rebel forts, many of which 
 were already prepared to be exploded July 4, 
 but as the enemy surrendered, it did not become 
 necessary to carry the plan into execution. 
 Leaving Vicksburg it assisted in the 2d battle 
 at Jackson, and moved to New Orleans. While 
 here Mr. Dustin was detailed on Capt. Smith s 
 force as provost guard of the city. With his 
 regiment he was on the Red River expedition, 
 and afterwards at the siege at Spanish Fort 
 and Fort Blakely. At this latter place Mr. 
 Dustin was sent with an order to Gen. A. J. 
 Smith, when on the way his horse stepped on a 
 torpedo that the rebels had concealed, and it 
 exploded blowing the entire hind quarter of 
 the horse away and throwing the rider several 
 rods down a hill. The shock rendered him 
 nearly senseless, but he secured a mule arid 
 delivered the order. The next movement was 
 to Mobile, and the pursuit and capture of Gen. 
 Dick Taylor, who was brought to Mobile. 
 There was no further fighting, as this campaign 
 virtually closed the war, and the soldiers 
 were rapidly discharged and sent to their 
 homes. 
 
 Mr. Dustin returned to his home and in 
 about a year located in Kewanee, where he now 
 resides. In 1874, by an accident in a threshing 
 machine he had the misfortune to lose his right 
 arm, and received other serious injuries which 
 nearly cost him his life and greatly disabled 
 him, but he has so far recovered that he ac 
 complishes much more than many men who 
 have never been injured. 
 
 He was married and has one child Nellie 
 May. His wife s name was Lydia H. Hart, who 
 was a daughter of Thomas W. Hart. Mr. 
 Dustin is a Republican. Was elected Justice 
 of the Peace, and has served as Town Collector 
 for 5 years. He is a member of Post No. 143 
 G. A. R., and he and his wife are both mem 
 bers of the M. E. Church. 
 
 This gentleman has proved himself faithful 
 and competent in the discharge of the respon 
 sible duties that have been entrusted to him by 
 his fellow citizens, and fully merits the con 
 fidence and honor he has received. 
 
 Lucius H. TILDEN, of Waupansee, 111., the 
 youngest son of Isaac and Minerva 
 (Sherwood) Tilden, and a descendant in 
 this country of Isaac Tilden, who was born in 
 Sitnats, Mass., in 1670, was born in St. Law 
 rence County, N. Y., April 23, 1841, where he 
 lived until he was 1 1 years old, when his parents 
 made their home in Grundy County, 111., where 
 they lived the remainder of their years. They 
 had a family of 7 children. Here Lucius 
 grew to man s estate, and Aug. 7, 1862 enlisted 
 as a soldier in Company D., I27th 111. Vol. Inf., 
 which was mustered into service Sept. 6, 1862, 
 and was sent to the field, first at Memphis and 
 took up the trail after "Old Pap Price." Mr. 
 Tilden was with General Sherman at Chickasaw 
 Bayou, and shortly after was taken sick with 
 measles, and for this reason was with the boats 
 when the "boys " were in the fight at Arkansas 
 Post. The regiment was then sent to Young s 
 Point just above Vicksburg, and was employed 
 on " Old Ben Butler s Canal." While working 
 here the water burst through the banks and the 
 men were compelled to flee to the levee. On 
 account of sickness, Mr. Tilden was left behind 
 when the regiment went on its expedition by 
 the way of Grand Gulf and Jackson, Miss., to 
 obtain a position in the rear of Vicksburg. He 
 was afterward sent to Clear Creek in charge of 
 his physician as he was just able to get around, 
 having been reduced to less than 100 pounds 
 in weight from the result of Chronic Diarrhea. 
 About this time his people at home sent him 
 some pills composed of laudanum, Venice tur 
 pentine and bread crumbs, which appeared to 
 benefit him, as they did others that used them. 
 An attempt was made to induce him to join the 
 invalid corps but he refused. After the fall of 
 Vicksburg, the regiment went east of the town 
 about 14 miles and remained sometime, after 
 
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 whilch it was sent to Memphis, Term., then to 
 luka, Miss., and from thence to guard a train 
 to Chattanooga, Tenn. This was remembered as 
 the pleasantest march during the whole service 
 in the army, as there was good water, fine 
 weather and other pleasant surroundings, such 
 as chickens, pigs, sweet potatoes and honey. 
 Under these favorable conditions, Mr. Tilden 
 soon recovered his heath. These soldiers were 
 soon sent forward and they assisted in the en 
 gagement at Missionary Ridge. They were 
 then forwarded to Knoxville, Tenn., to relieve 
 General Burnside. 
 
 In this movement they were forced to 
 march 35 to 40 miles per day and were placed 
 on short rations, subsisting 21 days on 5 days 
 rations. To add to the sufferings of the situa 
 tion, the weather was so cold that fires were 
 necessary to keep the men from freezing at 
 night. Many became footsore and some 
 were nearly naked before supplies could be ob 
 tained. Soon after a winter camp was made at 
 Larkinsville, Ala., where the forces remained 
 until spring, when the Atlanta campaign was in 
 augurated. Here Mr. Tilden was left with 
 about 40 others to take charge of the quarter 
 master s supplies. From this point they were 
 soon moved to Dalton, Ga., where they were 
 held for some time. The detachment soon 
 united with its regiment, which was in the 
 battles of Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochie 
 River, and Peach Tree Creek, after which Mr. 
 Tilden was detailed to serve in Battery A., 1st 
 111., and in this branch of the service was inthe 
 battle of Atlanta where the battery lost 25 men, 
 75 horses, and 4 pieces of artillery. The divi 
 sion, attempting to hold both sides of the rail 
 road, had been weakened by having three regi 
 ments sent to another part of the field. When 
 these regiments returned to fill a space between 
 the i6th and I7th A. C., they retook the works 
 and saved Battery H., 1st 111., and the left sec 
 tion of our own Battery. This was on July 
 22nd. On the 28, at Ezra Chapel, Mr. Tilden s 
 Corps lost very heavy, the "Johnies" having 
 charged 7 times. The next fight was at the 
 battle of Jonesboro, and from this the 
 march was to Eastport. This command was 
 
 then sent to the relief of General Corse and 
 was in the famous party that signaled "Hold 
 the Fort for we are coming." A return was 
 made to Chattanooga, and from thence a move 
 ment was made to Nashville and to Fort 
 Negley, returning again to Chattanooga about 
 Feb. 20, where the artillery was supplied with 
 horses, and fine quarters were erected which 
 were said to be the best equipped in that camp. 
 The boys went to the hill at Missionary Ridge 
 and split 30,000 "shakes" and cut logs to build 
 log; houses for themselves and stables for the 
 
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 horses. They remained here until June 17, 
 when they were discharged and sent North, ar 
 riving at home about July I, and shedding off 
 the blue, became citizens again. 
 
 Mr. Tilden returned to his home in the 
 country and was married April 10, 1866 to Miss 
 Lucie E. Willis, to whom he had been engaged 
 some time while both were waiting until " the 
 cruel war was over." To this soldier and his 
 wife four children have come and all are living 
 Lillian E., now a young lady teaching school 
 in the home neighborhood; Guy W., a young 
 man of 18, living at home; Mary E., attending 
 school; and Roy E., a boy of eleven years. 
 
 Mr. Tilden in 1879, purchased the fine farm 
 near the village of Wauponsee, on which he 
 now resides surrounded by evidences of com 
 petence and excellent management, which will 
 insure a comfortable and peaceful old age. 
 He votes with the Prohibitionists but will not 
 accept a nomination for office. He is a Meth 
 odist and a member of the G. A. R. 
 
 M 
 
 AJOR ALLEN F. MILLER, a prominent 
 citizen and Postmaster of Galva, 111., 
 was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., on the 
 banks of the Keuka Lake, and lived there until 
 about six years of age. His parents William 
 B., and Esther (Ford) Miller, a daughter of 
 Dyer Ford, who married Louisa Morris, whose 
 parents were residents of Greenfield, N. Y. 
 The Ford family is an old New England 
 family of French extraction. William B. 
 Miller was a son of Allen Miller, whose father 
 
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 was Samuel Miller. The Miller family is of old 
 Scotch descent, and for generations were rep 
 resented in the English army and navy. 
 
 Allen F. Miller was left an orhpan at an 
 early age, and following the inherited instincts 
 of his ancestors was for some time inclined to 
 travel, but after a few years made his home 
 with his maternal uncle, Hon. M. M. Ford, of 
 Galva, Ills. In 1861, Mr. Miller was in Mo., 
 but when the old flag was fired upon at Ft. 
 Sumter he started North on horseback, 
 reached Iowa in the summer of 1861, and later 
 joined the i6th Iowa at Davenport, which was 
 soon after ordered to the field and met the 
 enemy in battle at Shiloh, where Maj. Miller 
 received a wound from a piece of shell, which 
 crippled him for life. 
 
 He was subsequently placed on the open 
 deck of a steamer and lay there that night 
 while the boat was used to transport Buell s 
 men across the river for the next day s fight. 
 He was then sent to Hamburg landing and to 
 St. Louis, remaining until in Oct., 1862, when 
 being somewhat improved he left the hospital 
 and reached home the igth. When wounded 
 Mr. Miller weighed 150 Ibs., but when he came 
 home his weight was less than 90. His condi 
 tion when arriving at home was such that he 
 was unable to move except by dragging him 
 self a few inches at a time with crutches, and 
 was bent so that his back was in a semi-hori 
 zontal line from the hips. He has improved 
 somewhat, so that he is able to walk with the 
 aid of crutch and cane. 
 
 In 1865, Mr. Miller was appointed Post 
 master by President Lincoln, and held the of 
 fice 1 8 years. During that time he was an active 
 citizen, and organized a company known as the 
 Grant Sharpshooters, and also assisted in or 
 ganizing the 4th Regt., Ills. Nat. Guards. He was 
 elected Captain of company H. and received 
 his commission from the Governor, and later 
 was promoted to Major of the regiment. After 
 leaving the postoffice, Mr. Miller engaged in 
 business, and had stock and land interests in 
 the west, his stock ranch being located near 
 the Niobrara River in Nebraska. These inter 
 ests he closed out a few years ago and pur- 
 is 
 
 chased land in Northern Iowa, where he is 
 interested in raising horses and cattle. 
 
 Mr. Miller is, as his family has been for some 
 time, a Republican in politics. His grand 
 father Dyer Ford was what was known in 
 early days, a conductor on the "Underground 
 Railroad," which may be stated was assisting 
 the fugitive slaves on their way to Canada 
 where they would be free. 
 
 Mr. Miller notwithstanding his crippled 
 condition is a gentleman of ability and energy. 
 He has served one term as Town Collector of 
 Galva, has also been admitted to the bar of the 
 Court of Ills. He is a member of the G. A. R., 
 and the oldest Past Post Commander of Post 
 No. 33, being one of the charter members. 
 
 JAMES A. McGREW, of Pekin, 111., was born 
 in Pa. May 6, 1817. When 17 years of 
 age he started west, settling in Pekin, 111. 
 This was at a time long before railroads had 
 intersected the State. At the time of the 
 Texas troubles Mr. McGrew joined the army 
 and served his country with the famous Sam 
 Houston, and participated in many of the bat 
 tles of that war. He was in the battle of Alamo 
 in which Davy Crockett lost his life, as also in 
 that of Colorado River, when the Chief Bowles 
 was killed. After that war was terminated he 
 took up 640 acres of land on the banks of the 
 Colorado River one mile below the City of 
 Austin, granted to him on condition of his res 
 idence thereon for one year, before his title 
 would become absolute. He grew weary of life 
 there, abandoned his land and returned to 
 Pekin. Subsequently with four others he de 
 scended the Miss. River on a flat boat to New 
 Orleans, then went to Galveston and many 
 other points in Texas. 
 
 He was married in 1841 to Miss Clifton, 
 daughter of Nathaniel Clifton of Newport, Ky. 
 When the late Rebellion broke out he became 
 pilot upon the gunboat "Carondelet," assuming 
 that position before the Siege of Vicksburg. 
 He ran his boat past the Rebel batteries at Ft. 
 De Russey and up the Red River to assist the 
 
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 Union batteries, going as far as Snaggy Bayou. 
 He participated in the battle of Nashville as 
 sisting the land forces. He obtained a leave of 
 absence, visited Washington, called upon Gov. 
 Johnson and Gen. Thomas, by whom he was 
 cordially received. He rejoined his ship and 
 continued with it until June 20, 65, when the 
 ship went out of service at Mound City. He 
 returned to Pekin where he embarked in the 
 grain and coal business. Afterwards he went 
 to Colo, for a year, where he had an interest in 
 a gold mine. Since then he has followed vari 
 ous avocations. He has three children, viz.: 
 Lillie, wife of Martin Schenck, Nathan, and 
 Lydia, wife of Dr. Van Horn. 
 
 In politics he is a Republican, his first vote, 
 however, being cast for Henry Clay. He is a 
 member of the G. A. R. 
 
 OUR present subject, John C. Frederick, 
 of Pekin, 111., was born in Germany 
 Nov. 19, 1838, and 15 years later came 
 with his parents to America and settled in Pe 
 kin. When the late war broke out he was the 
 second man in that county to enroll his name 
 in response to President Lincoln s call for 
 troops. He went to the front, proceeding as far 
 as Cairo, where he was engaged in various du 
 ties, until his term of enlistment had expired. 
 Returning home he enlisted as a private in Co. 
 A. 44th III. Vol. Inf., and again returned to the 
 field, receiving on the way thither his arms and 
 accoutrements. Shortly before the battle of 
 Pea Ridge the 44th was sent towards the mount 
 ains, in the Indian Terr., and after a heavy 
 day s march the men had just laid down for a 
 much needed rest, when they were hurriedly 
 called to arms and started upon the march back 
 which occupied all night, arriving in the morn 
 ing just in time to take their places in the 
 Union lines and engage in the bloody battle of 
 Pea Ridge. For three days this contest raged, 
 and finally the Rebels were driven from the field. 
 On the last day of the battle Mr. Frederick 
 had a narrow escape from severe, if not fatal 
 injuries by the bursting of his gun which ex 
 
 ploded in his hand. His Regt. then went to 
 Batesville, thence to Cape Girardeau a long and 
 weary march occupying 12 days, and on arrival 
 took transport for Pittsburg Landing. It joined 
 Halleck s Command, moved to Corinth, then to 
 Rienza where it remained several months and 
 then was employed in guarding the R. R. near 
 Cincinnati and Louisville, threatened by Mor 
 gan. He was an active participant in the en 
 gagement at Elizabethtown, driving the Rebels 
 from a spring, but later they received heavy 
 reinforcements, and compelled the Union forces 
 to retire. After that battle the 44th started out 
 for Nashville and on the march Mr. Frederick 
 became sick, caused by the terrible dust in 
 haled and raised by the troops as they marched 
 along. He was laid aside from active duty for 
 a few days only. 
 
 During the great Stone River Battle, in 
 which he took an active part, Mr. Frederick- 
 saw what he could not believe possible, and 
 certainly would not repeat had he not wit 
 nessed the occurrence. It was an artillery 
 private setting astride a cannon which he was 
 attempting to save, drawn by one horse. The 
 man had one leg shot off above the knee but 
 not entirely severed, and the foot was dangling 
 upon the ground as the owner moved solemnly 
 along. Our subject then set out upon the 
 Chattanooga campaign, during which he took 
 part in the battles of Tullahoma and Chicka- 
 mauga. In the latter battle whilst Mr. Fred 
 erick with his Regt., was leading an attack 
 upon the rebels he was wounded by a bullet in 
 the neck, exposing the jugular vein and rend 
 ering him senseless. His comrades being 
 forced to fall back he was found by a rebel offi 
 cer who gave him water and tied a moistened 
 handkerchief over the wound. Rebel Jackalls 
 however found him in that condition and 
 robbed him of all his belongings, even to the 
 handkerchief, covering his wound, at the same 
 time threatening to bayonet him. The ball 
 which struck him also struck and killed com 
 rade Kopp, who stood behind him, both falling 
 together. The regimental surgeon was taken 
 prisoner at the same time and to whose kind 
 ness and skill, our subject attributes his recov- 
 
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 ery from the terrible wound. He was taken 
 to Dalton, then to Atlanta, Richmond, Belle 
 Island Castle, Libby, Scott Prison and Dan 
 ville, where nearly all the prisoners had small 
 pox with the exception of Mr. Frederick, al 
 though he slept with two of the boys whose 
 cases were severe. He was next moved to 
 Andersonville and there remained until the 
 close of the war. With the thousands of other 
 prisoners there confined he took scurvy render 
 ing him unable to walk. In the spring of 1865 
 he was sent to Vicksburg to be exchanged, 
 then proceeded to Springfield where he was 
 discharged. It is impossible to give in detail 
 the sufferings he endured whilst in the Rebel 
 prisons, and it would be simply sickening to 
 truthfully describe his personal condition. He 
 married Miss Anna Ahrends by whom he has 
 two children, Charles and William, the former 
 now deceased. Mrs. Frederick died in 1877. 
 He married again, Miss Josephine Haefle and 
 two children have resulted from the union. 
 Since the war he has been an Alderman for 
 his town, Street Commissioner, City Marshal, 
 and in 1890 was elected Sheriff of the County 
 upon the Democratic ticket. At the time he 
 was wounded he was Orderly Sergeant of his 
 Company. It is needless to say that Mr. 
 Frederick must be a popular and deservedly 
 respected citizen, otherwise he would not have 
 been selected to the many public positions 
 which he has been called upon to fill. 
 
 RICHARD BRACKIN, father of Patrick Brae- 
 kin, of Lemont, 111., was a native of Long 
 ford County, Ireland, and emigrated to 
 this country in 1848, locating in Herkimer Co., 
 N. Y., where he remained 6 years and then re 
 moved to Lemont, 111., and there continued until 
 the time of his death which occurred in 1888. 
 His wife s maiden name was Catherine Murphy, 
 who was also a native of Ireland. They had 
 the following children besides the subject of 
 this sketch; Rose, Mary, Rose (2nd of the 
 same name), Kate, and Mary (2nd of same 
 name). Patrick, our subject, was born in the 
 County of Longford, Ireland, March 10, 1846, 
 
 and emigrated to this country with his parents. 
 He attended the public schools where he ac 
 quired sufficient education to fit him for an 
 active and successful business life. Havine 
 
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 come to this country when young, he grew up 
 with it in perfect sympathy with its institutions 
 and laws. During the early years of the re 
 bellion, he longed for the arrival of the time 
 when he would be old enough to enlist, which 
 period came, and on Feb. 16, 1865, he joined 
 the army for one year, or during the war. He 
 rendezvoused at Camp Fry, Chicago, and was 
 mustered in there a day or two after as a pri 
 vate in Co. D., I47th 111. Vol. Inf. About one 
 week after, his Co. received orders to go to 
 Dalton, Ga., and join the Army of the Cum 
 berland, which it did and was attached to and 
 became a part of the 1st Brig., 2nd (Independent) 
 Div. of the Army of the Cumberland, com 
 manded by Gen. Thomas. The Regt. then 
 went to Tunnell Hill, Ga., and was detailed on 
 guard duty, protecting the railroad and tunnel, 
 where it remained about three months, when 
 by command it went to Resaca and followed 
 Gen. Sherman s army in its march to the sea, 
 during the progress of which it engaged in 
 provost duty and guarding the railroads. 
 From Resaca it was ordered to Americus, Ga., 
 where it remained two or -three months, then 
 removed to Savannah where the Regt. was 
 mustered out, in Feb. 1866, and in the latter 
 part of this month, was discharged and paid 
 off at Springfield, 111. During the greater 
 part of his service he was selected by the 
 company and detailed on special guard duty. 
 He was promoted to be a Corporal at Ameri 
 cus. Immediately after his discharge, he re 
 turned to his home in Lemont, where he has 
 resided ever since. He was in the employ of 
 Bodenschatz & Earnshan Stone Company for 
 9 years, and on the organization of the West 
 ern Stone Company, was offered the position 
 of Division Superintendent, of quarry No. I, 
 which position he still holds. He married, 
 Jan. 10, 1877, Miss Amelia Sophie Reardon, at 
 Lockport, 111., who is a native of Lemont, but 
 of Irish descent. They have the following 
 children: George, Arthur Edwin, Albert, Fred 
 
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 erick, Edmond Emmet, and Leonard. Arthur 
 Edwin, and Edmond Emmet are dead. 
 
 Mr. Brackin was a member of Joseph B. 
 Rood Post No. 158, G. A. R., before it dis 
 banded. He is at present a member of the 
 village board of Lemont; belongs to the 
 Independent Order of Foresters, No. 242, of 
 Lemont, of which he is Treasurer; is also a 
 member of and is Financial Secretary of Stone 
 City Lodge Independent Order of Mutual Aid. 
 
 BH. MOSHER, a member of the famous 
 " Eagle Brigade," enlisted at Panola, 
 Woodford Co., Ill, Aug. 18, 1861, in Co. 
 I., 47th 111. Vol. Inf., which formed a part of the 
 brigade that carried the war eagle, " Old Abe " 
 through the war. Mr. Mosher was mustered 
 in. at Peoria, 111. as a private, and went to St. 
 Louis Sept. 25, then was ordered to Jefferson 
 City, then went in pursuit of "Old Price" driv 
 ing him out of Springfield, and returned to St. 
 Louis via Boonville and St. Charles. The 4/th 
 then joined the Army of the Mississippi, under 
 Gen. John Pope, and was brigaded with the 8th 
 Wis., nth Mo., 5th Minn., and 2d Iowa battery. 
 It then proceeded down the Mississippi on the 
 steamer "Hawkeye State" to Saxton, Mo., and 
 to Island No. 10. March 2, 1862, the force 
 arrived at New Madrid and began the siege 
 that ended in the capture of that place. It was 
 in the engagement that captured the boat 
 "Ohio Belle," taking some 5,000 rebel prison 
 ers, and was then ordered up the river to near 
 Pittsburg, to reinforce the Army of the Tenn. 
 At the battle of Farmington, Miss., Mar. 9, 
 there was a heavy loss, the Regt. losing its 
 commander, Col. Miles and 56 men, killed and 
 wounded. May 30 and 31, Mr. Mosher was 
 on picket duty during the skirmish before 
 the rebel works at Corinth, and while making 
 his way up the railroad, discovered that the 
 trains going out were loaded with rebel sol 
 diers. He concluded that the enemy was evac 
 uating the place or preparing to make a flank 
 movement, so he had these facts reported to 
 Gen. Pope, who gave orders to advance at day 
 
 break. Mr. Mosher remained at or near Cor 
 inth until the middle of August, then took part 
 in the Tuscumbia Valley expedition, returning 
 from this with his command bringing the first 
 contrabands of the war, numbering about 
 15,000, which was certainly a good beginning. 
 At luka, Miss., the Regt. was engaged Sept. 
 igth, and lost about 50 men. It continued in 
 pursuit of the retreating enemy for a time, then 
 returned to Corinth taking a conspicuous part 
 in the battle there, Oct. 3rd and 4th. 
 
 On the first day at Corinth the brave Col. 
 William A. Thrush was killed while bravely 
 leading his men in a charge, and in these two 
 days the Regt. lost 30 killed, and over 100 
 wounded. After these battles and losses, the 
 force was pushed on in pursuit of Price and 
 Van Dorn up the Hatchie River to Ripley, and 
 so closely were the rebels followed that they 
 abandoned an artillery train and nearly all 
 their wagons and baggage, which fell into the 
 hands of the Union army. Returning to Corinth 
 from this successful pursuit, which dispersed 
 the rebel forces, the 4/th lay in camp until 
 Nov., when it was formed with the I5th A. C., 
 commanded by Gen. Sherman. Mr. Mosher 
 was at Holly Springs and in the skirmish at 
 Coffeeville. At Farmington Heights he re 
 ceived an injury by being ruptured which nearly 
 ended his army life, and when the Regt. went 
 down the river to invest Vicksburg in Feb., 
 1863, he was left at Fort Pickering, Memphis, 
 Tenn., to be discharged on account of disability. 
 When he was examined for discharge the sur 
 geon said, "If you have 20 or 25 dollars you 
 can get discharged." Such meanness and 
 treachery disgusts the honest soldier who had 
 from true patriotism given so much, so he told 
 the surgeon to go to that locality where it is 
 stated that winter does not come and water is 
 hard to get, and said, " I am not trying to buy 
 my way out of the army." Refusing to take a 
 discharge, he rejoined his Regt. near Vicks 
 burg, where it remained in camp until ordered 
 to advance toward Vicksburg, took part in the 
 battle at Jackson, capture of Haines Bluff, and 
 went down the Yazoo River to Young s Point. 
 After this Mr. Mosher was sick for some time 
 
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 but was able to be at the final surrender of 
 Vicksburg. In recounting these incidents he 
 says, from April 24 to July 4 he was not beyond 
 the sound of the enemy s guns. Mr. Mosher 
 was in that close engagement at Champion 
 Hills before Vicksburg was reached, and was 
 about this time detailed to serve at the head 
 quarters of Gen. Palmer, but he asked to be 
 relieved as he preferred to be in the ranks with 
 his comrades. He was examined again, Aug. 
 18, 1863, and ordered to be sent to the Veteran 
 Reserve Corps, and arriving at St. Louis Dec. 
 29, 1863, went to the Alexander Barracks and 
 was assigned to Co. H., 8th Regt, 1st Bat. Vet. 
 Reserve Corps, where he served on guard duty 
 until the expiration of his enlistment, Sept. 3, 
 1864, 
 
 B. H. Mosher was born in Saratoga Co., 
 N. Y., Nov. 20, 1840, of old Revolutionary 
 stock. His mother s father, Benjamin Packer, 
 was in the war of 1812, and the father of Ben 
 jamin Packer was in the war of the Revolution 
 Mr. Mosher s father s father, Samuel Mosher, 
 was a soldier in 1812, and the father of Samuel- 
 Mosher, was a Revolutionary veteran. There 
 fore it is not difficult to determine where Mr. 
 Mosher obtained his brave and soldierly quali 
 ties. He removed from New York when 14 
 years of age, and with his parents located in 
 Mich., and after three years came to 111., in the 
 spring of 1857, settling at Panola, Woodford 
 Co. In 1864, on coming out of the army, Mr. 
 Mosher made his home at Buda, 111., where he 
 has since resided. He grew up on a farm until 
 going into the army, and for some four years 
 after the war he was associated with others as 
 contractor and builder until 1871, when he 
 engaged in merchandising and has contiued to 
 the present time in that business. He was 
 instrumental in organizing the G. A. R. Post at 
 Buda, and served five successive years as its 
 Adjutant, and was also Commander in 1890. Is 
 a prominent Odd Fellow and in the Masonic 
 order; is a Knight Templar, belonging to the 
 Princeton Commandery. In politics is a Dem 
 ocrat. 
 
 Mr. Mosher was married Jan. 8, 1866, to 
 Julia Curtis, a Michigan lady. One ,of the 
 
 chief, characteristics of this gentleman is a 
 hatred of sham and meanness. He is thor 
 oughly upright and honest, and is determined 
 and outspoken in his views and convictions. 
 His friends are never uncertain in regard to his 
 position, and he has a creditable reputation for 
 unquestioned honor, integrity and enterprise. 
 
 WB. WAGGNER of Fisher 111., comman 
 der of Post No. 300, enlisted in the 
 Union Army Aug. 19, 1862 and 
 became a member of Co. E, 121 Ohio Vol. 
 Inf. Sept. iith he was mustered into the 
 service then started for the front passing 
 through Covington, Louisville and on to the ever 
 memorable battlefield of Perryville. During 
 this battle Mr. Waggner was detached and 
 guarded the amunition train, then went upon 
 garrison duty for the following five weeks. He 
 next moved to Lebanon Ky., where he was 
 taken sick, placed in hospital No. I for two 
 weeks when he rejoined his command at 
 Columbia, Ky., and under orders moved back 
 to Lebanon, Ky. Here an asthmatical trouble 
 forced him to return to the hospital, but soon 
 again he joined his command and moved thence 
 to Franklin, then on to Shelbyville where he was 
 assigned to Provost guard duty. He then went 
 to Fayetteville, Tenn., and was detailed a 
 drummer, and started upon the Chattanooga 
 campaign, under Gen. Steadmam, and when 
 within one mile of Ringgold they opened fire 
 upon the town from their big guns, which was 
 promptly replied to by Gen. Longstreet who had 
 recently arrived there and so hot was the fire, 
 the Union forces found it convenient to retire. 
 Mr. Waggner participated in the battles of 
 Chickamauga, Lookout Mt., and Mission Ridge, 
 in all of which he bore his full share of the dan 
 gers encountered, and the privations endured. 
 At the first named battle his Capt. was severely 
 wounded and Mr. Waggner was the first to 
 reach his side and assist him to the field hos 
 pital. After the battle of Chickamauga his 
 Regt. made a forced march to Lookout valley 
 to assist Gen. Hooker s command then de 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ployed at that place, and after successfully, per 
 forming that duty they were ordered to fall 
 back to Raccoon Ridge where they went into 
 camp, from which they soon had to move, 
 marching for Knoxville to relieve Gen Burn- 
 side, but before arrival the siege was raised, 
 therefore they returned to Rossville near Chat 
 tanooga where they made their winter quarters. 
 Mr. Waggner rested with the army during the 
 winter, 1863-4 during part of which time he en 
 dured many hardships and privations from 
 cold, hunger and exposure which can only be 
 understood by those who have seen service in 
 time of war. On the arrival of spring the 
 armies are again placed in motion with that of 
 Sherman on his famous Atlanta Campaign, and 
 we find brave young Waggner at his post and 
 participating in all the marches, skirmishes and 
 battles of that successful expedition, which 
 closed with the occupation of the city of At 
 lanta. His next move was with the same army 
 upon the march to the sea. during which Sher 
 man s whole army lived by foraging off the 
 country. Under those circumstances it will 
 not be surprising to know that the men were 
 frequently without rations, and at the best of 
 times were upon short allowance. 
 
 Savannah was finally reached, passed into 
 government control, and soon thereafter Mr. 
 Waggner s command started upon the march 
 through the Carolinas and were actively 
 engaged in the battle of Bentonville. He then 
 went to Goldsboro , Raleigh and Holly Springs, 
 N. C., and then started upon a forced march of 
 180 miles for Richmond, upon which he was 
 engaged for 7 continuous days. The Rebellion 
 had about the time he arrived faded out, there 
 fore his Regt. started for Washington, where it 
 took part in the Grand Review, arriving home 
 June 8, 1865, after a service of three years. 
 
 Mr. Waggner was born in Ohio in 1843, a 
 son of Jacob arid Rebecca Waggner; the father 
 died when our subject was but 7 years of age. 
 After his father s death he lived with his grand 
 father, Joseph Laycox, until he entered the 
 army. At the close of the war he returned to 
 Ohio, remained there until 1870, when he 
 returned to Rantoul, 111., where he worked as 
 
 a tinsmith and afterwards became engaged in 
 farming. In 1883 he removed to Kansas where 
 he was employed for 6 years, then returned to 
 111., and located at Fisher where he has charge 
 of the tinning business in the principal hard 
 ware store of that town. In 1874 he married 
 Miss N. Elizabeth Campbell by whom he has 
 three children. William E., Lucia and Louis. 
 In politics he is a Democrat. His brother 
 Joseph also served in the army and was a 
 member in the northwestern Independent Rifle 
 Regt., and afterwards the 44th 111., in which he 
 served for three years. 
 
 GEORGE WALTERS, of Princeton, 111., en 
 listed at the first call of his country as 
 a soldier in the Union Army at Harris- 
 burg, Pa,, April 21, 1861, in Co. I., I5th Penn. 
 Vol. Inf. He at once went to the front, and 
 July 2, in the same year, was taken prisoner at 
 Falling Water, Va., and confined in the rebel 
 prisons at Winchester, Va., Richmond, Va., New 
 Orleans, La., and Saulsbury, N. C., fora period 
 of eleven months and one day. 
 
 In this manner he was detained as a soldier 
 nearly a year after his term of enlistment had 
 expired. After gaining his liberty, was dis 
 charged in New York City in June, 1862, and 
 re-enlisted Aug. 9, 1864, in Co. F. 2OOth Pa. Vol. 
 Inf., and was assigned to gth A. C., commanded 
 by Gen. Parkes. 
 
 In this service he was in the battle of Fort 
 Steadman, at the capture of Fort Hill, and 
 then joined the gth A. C. under Gen. Grant, and 
 was present at the surrender of Gen. Lee. He 
 was mustered out at Harrisburg, Pa., June , 
 1865, after participating in the Grand Review 
 at Washington. 
 
 George Walters was born at Jonestown, 
 Lebanon Co., Pa., March 5, 1842, learned the 
 trade of shoemaker, and at an early age went 
 to Princeton, 111., where he has since resided 
 and worked at the same business. He was 
 married in Sept., 1868, to Leah Wolfersberger, 
 and has had three children, two of whom are 
 living, whose names are: Florence Elizabeth 
 and Roger William. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 231 
 
 THOMAS CROSSLEY, of Princeton, 111., en 
 listed at Princeton. 111., Oct. 12, 1861, in 
 the Qth 111. Cav., and was mustered in at 
 Chicago under Colonel A. G. Brackett. 
 
 Mr. Crossley went to St. Louis and began 
 active service in the field, but was soon re 
 turned to Princeton to recruit men for the regi 
 ment, which he rejoined at Helena, Ark. He 
 was a non-commissioned officer, and most of 
 the time was on detached duty while in the 
 army. Becoming sick with chronic diarrhea 
 and heart disease, was for some time in 
 the hospital at Helena, Ark., and Jef- 
 erson Barracks, Mo., and receiving a Sur 
 geon s certificate of disability and his dis 
 charge, returned to Princeton and resumed his 
 employment of farming. 
 
 In 1871 he entered the flouring mills at 
 Princeton, owned by his father, George Cross- 
 ley, and became manager. 
 
 Thomas Crossley was born in Clearmont 
 Co., Ohio, Aug. 18, 1840, and when 14 years of 
 age came with his parents to Princeton, where 
 he was a farmer. He spent two years in Cali 
 fornia, and was for a time in the butcher and 
 stock business, before going into the mills. 
 
 He was married in 1866, to L. C. Jones, a 
 native of Ohio, who came to Princeton when 
 five years of age with her parents. Three chil 
 dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Crossley, 
 named Frank, Charles and Maro. 
 
 CE. MILLER, of Earlville, 111. ,was born in 
 Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and was the 
 youngest of a family of seven children. 
 His father, Henry Miller, was a native of the 
 same State. Father and mother are now de 
 ceased. Mr. Miller was raised at home until 
 about the age of 1 1 years, receiving such edu 
 cational advantages as were offered in those 
 days by the common schools. At the above 
 mentioned age he went to La Salle Co. to live 
 with a brother who was a farmer, where he was 
 occupied in farming, and attending school dur 
 ing the winter. Subsequently he hired out as 
 a farm hand, and was thus employed up to the 
 
 time of his enlistment, July 26, 1862, being then 
 18 years of age. He was mustered in at Iowa 
 City, Iowa, as a private in Co. D., 22d Iowa 
 Inf. The Regt. rendezvoused for a while at 
 Iowa City, and leaving the State Sept. 14, went 
 first to Benton Barracks, then to Rolla, Mo. 
 It was stationed there and in other points in 
 Missouri until March, 1863, when it joined 
 Grant s army for the campaign against Vicks- 
 burg. It was assigned to Lawler s Brig. (2d) 
 Car s Div., I3th A. C. Its first engagement was at 
 Port Gibson which was the opening battle of 
 the Vicksburg campaign when it lost two killed 
 and twenty-one wounded. It was held in reserve 
 at Champion Hills, but was in action at Black 
 River, where the command carried off the 
 honors of the day. It then took part in the 
 assault on Vicksburg, May 22, sustaining great 
 loss, amongthe killed being Mr. Miller s brother 
 George H. Mr. Miller was in the long siege of 
 Vicksburg, and after its surrender was with his 
 regiment in the pursuit of Johnston to Jackson, 
 and took part in the battle at that place, re 
 turning after the defeat of the enemy to Vicks 
 burg. In August the Regt. then in Washburne s 
 Division moved to New Orleans, and served in 
 that department the 12 ensuing months. The 
 regiment was first stationed at Algiers, from 
 which place it embarked on transports for Port 
 Lavaca, Tex., where it went into winter quar 
 ters. In the spring of 1864 it returned by the 
 gulf to New Orleans, and was ordered to join 
 Bank s Red River expedition. Mr. Miller took 
 part, and suffered with the other soldiers en 
 gaged in that ill-advised andjanfortunate cam 
 paign. Upon the return from that expedition 
 the 22d was placed in the igth Corps, and with 
 it proceeded to Virginia, landing first at Ber 
 muda Hundred, from there it moved to Wash 
 ington, where it went into camp for a while, and 
 then moved to Harper s Ferry. The next serv 
 ice of the regiment was with Sheridan in his 
 Shenandoah campaign, in which it took a prom 
 inent part, participating in the action of Win 
 chester and Opequon; the memorable battle of 
 Cedar Creek, and was in the fight at Fisher s 
 Hill; after the latter fight following the enemy 
 up as far as Strasburg. At the battle of Win- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Chester Mr. Miller lost his knapsack containing 
 his diary, the loss of which he regretted ex 
 ceedingly as it contained much valuable mem 
 oranda. From the Shenandoah Valley the 
 command was ordered to Baltimore, and from 
 there on transports to Savannah, Ga., to relieve 
 Sherman s army then preparing for the cam 
 paign of the Carolinas. From Savannah the 
 Regt. marched to Augusta, where it remained 
 sometime, and then was ordered back to Sa 
 vannah, where it was mustered out of the 
 service, sent to Davenport, Iowa, paid off and 
 the men discharged Aug. 4, 1865. 
 
 During the period of his service, although in 
 some of the harde.st fought battles, where shot 
 and shell were whizzing about him, he passed 
 through the service without a wound, and was 
 only in the hospital one week from illness. 
 \fter his discharge Mr. Miller returned to his 
 nome in Earlville and once more engaged in 
 peaceful pursuits. He was married Dec. 2, 
 1866, to Ellen Bristol, and by her has had five 
 children of whom Lee E., Jennie, Ray and 
 Josie are living. Mr. Miller has an interesting 
 family in which, as an affectionate, devoted 
 husband and father, he takes great pride. He 
 is a member of the G. A. R. Post No. 475, of 
 Earlville, and is at present honored by his 
 comrades with the office of Commander. He 
 takes an active part in all G. A. R. matters, 
 and is much thought of and respected by his 
 fellow comrades, as well as by the community 
 with whom he has so long- dwelt. 
 
 GEORGE H. KNOTT, of Elgin, 111., was born 
 in Leicester, England, Feb., 8, 1838. 
 Subsequently he came to this country 
 and enlisted in the Union army, Aug. 15, 1862, 
 at Elgin, and was mustered in at Chicago Sept. 
 6, as a private in Co. C., 12/th 111. Vol. Inf. The 
 Regt. continued in Chicago for a time then 
 proceeded to Memphis .went into camp, and be 
 came attached to the 2nd Brig., 2nd Div., I5th 
 A. C. Leaving Memphis it joined in the Talla- 
 hatchie expedition to Boles Mills, and returned 
 to Memphis, after having several skirmishes 
 
 with the enemy. Its next move was on the 
 Chickasaw Bayou Campaign, where it was heav 
 ily engaged with the rebels. Moving to 
 Young s Point, it soon went to Arkansas Post, 
 engaged and defeated the enemy, and was the 
 first to plant the stars and stripes upon the 
 rebel works. Returning to Young s Point; it 
 engaged in the visionary project of attempting 
 to dig the Butler Canal, which was abandoned. 
 The Regt. then went to Deer Creek, assisted in 
 the relief of Admiral Porter s gunboats, escorted 
 them up the Mississippi River and then re 
 turned to the camping ground. 
 
 Mr. Knott subsequently took part in the 
 Vicksburg Campaign, proceeding to Richmond, 
 La., where he did garrison duty about a week, 
 being appointed acting orderly Sergeant, which 
 position he held until the expedition termina 
 ted. Then moving to Hard Times Landing, he 
 proceeded to Raymond, Miss., and the follow 
 ing day took part in the Champion Hills battle. 
 He then marched with his Regt. direct to Vicks 
 burg. Here they assisted to close the lines 
 about the doomed city, and participated in the 
 assaults upon that town May 19 and 22. Before 
 the first assault Mr. Knott and his lieutenant 
 approached the rebel works and passing through 
 a gap, reached within a short distance of their 
 lines. A hazardous enterprise indeed, and the 
 fact being reported to the Div. Commander this 
 gap was filled out with part of the I3th A. C. 
 The day following the 2nd assault, the I27th 
 was detached and went to Chickasaw Bayou, 
 having been so ordered by Gen. Sherman, as a 
 recognition for meritorious services rendered 
 during the assaults mentioned. After a rest of 
 a few days it returned and continued in the 
 trenches before Vicksburg until the surrender 
 of that Southern stronghold. It then went to 
 Black River, from there to Helena, where with 
 the sanction of Sherman it looted the stores, 
 and then continued on to Memphis where the 
 men assisted repairing the R. R. Then followed 
 the overland march of about 300 miles to Chatta 
 nooga, where later they took part in the battle 
 of Lookout Mt. and Missionary Ridge. It then 
 went to the relief of Burnside at Knoxville and 
 on his being relieved, returned to Larkinsville 
 
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 where it went into camp for the winter. On 
 the way thither whilst fording a stream Mr. 
 Knott s mule laid down, and to avoid danger 
 he waded the stream, unincumbered by his 
 stubborn mount. 
 
 In the following spring he joined in the 
 Atlanta campaign and was in all the battles 
 fought up to July 22. Among the number 
 may be mentioned Resaca, Dallas, Kennesaw 
 Mt., Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta, where he 
 was captured and taken prisoner to East Port, 
 and whilst there observed Sherman s chief 
 scout peddling bread as a rebel. He was 
 afterwards taken to Andersonville, where he 
 was confined until exchanged Sept. 19, 1864. 
 During his 61 days of confinement in that liv 
 ing tomb, he lost 80 pounds in flesh, weighing 
 but 65 pounds when he was freed. He re 
 ported for duty at West Point, proceeded 
 to Chattanooga and thence to Nashville, where 
 he engaged in the battle at that place. He 
 returned to, and wintered at Chattanooga, 
 where he was mustered out June 14, 1865, and 
 paid off at Louisville. 
 
 Mr. Knott has four children, viz.: Lillie M., 
 Emma E., George R. and Leon Sherman. He 
 was wounded in the war but has never applied 
 for a pension. He has been Commander twice 
 of Post No. 49, G. A. R., at Elgin, and was dur 
 ing his war service in 25 battles, besides many 
 raids, expeditions and skirmishes, 
 
 ALEXANDER MANAHAN, of Elgin, 111. It Was 
 in the early days of the rebellion that 
 Mr. Manahan s patriotism assumed a 
 practical shape when he suddenly, without con 
 sulting any one, enlisted in the Union army at 
 Aurora, July 20, 1861. He remained at Aurora 
 a few days and was ordered with his Regt., the 
 36th 111. Inf. to Rolla, Mo., where it remained 
 until the January following. There his Co. was 
 drilled and occasionally sent in pursuit of 
 bushwhackers. From there it started in pur 
 suit of Price and passed through the State of 
 Mo. into Ark., where it was engaged in a sharp 
 skirmish at Bentonville, March ist. He then 
 
 marched to Pea Ridge, arriving there March 6, 
 and on the following day participated in the Pea 
 Ridge engagement. His Regt. occupied the 
 right and supported a battery, and there the 
 rebel McCullough was shot and killed. On the 
 morningof the second day of the battle, his Regt. 
 was placed in the center, and in the afternoon 
 it occupied the left. Col. Greusel was, during 
 this battle, Brig, commander, and Gen. Curtis, 
 Corps commander. During the engagement 
 the men captured about 400 rebel soldiers. They 
 followed Price and camped the first night in the 
 valley below Keittsville. The pursuit was sub 
 sequently abandoned and the Regt. sent to Cape 
 Girardeau; from thereto Pittsburg Landing, 
 and followed the retreating rebels to Corinth 
 and thence to Boonville. His Regt. then re 
 turned to Corinth, thence to Rienzi, and estab 
 lished a permanent camp, where it remained 
 about six weeks guarding the railroad. After 
 this it was ordered to Cincinnati, thence to Lou 
 isville, Ky., remaining three or four weeks ex 
 pecting an attack from Bragg. Buell with his 
 command arrived at Louisvjlle and joined the 
 brigade before the rebel Gen. could reach there. 
 The 36th 111. Regt. started in pursuit of Bragg 
 Oct. 1st, skirmishing all the way along to Per- 
 ryville; was engaged in Perryville battle Oct, 
 8th, 1862, and occupied the center of the line. 
 
 It afterward pursued the enemy as far as 
 Crab Orchard, then retraced their steps and 
 moved to Nashville, where it halted for four or 
 five weeks, when it was again started in pursuit 
 of Price. The armies met at Stone River, and a 
 desperate and bloody conflict occurred, com 
 mencing Dec. 2O, 1862, with skirmishes, and 
 later with an advance all along the line, which 
 continued for four days, then fell back to Mur- 
 freesboro where it wintered. The following 
 year it participated in the battle of Chicka- 
 mauga, under Rosencrans as commander, with 
 W. H. Lytle as Brigade commander, and Gen. 
 Sheridan as Div. Commander. 
 
 Our subject s Regt. also took part in the bat 
 tle of Chattanooga, which occurred Sept. 17, 
 1863, also in an engagement fought at Lookout 
 Mountain, and was in all the battles of the At 
 lanta campaign, terminating in the fall of that 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 city. After the fall of Atlanta, his Regt. was 
 attached to Gen. Thomas command. Its next 
 move was to Franklin, where it was attacked 
 by Gen . Hood, whose army outnumbered that 
 of the Union forces three to one, but, notwith 
 standing the disparity between the opposing 
 armies, by reason of the greater numerical 
 strength of the rebels, the latter were defeated. 
 Mr. Manahan s Regt. returned to Chattanooga, 
 then to Nashville, where it remained for up 
 wards of a month. It also engaged in the bat 
 tle precipitated by Hood s attack on Nashville, 
 where he suffered a severe defeat, then retreated 
 and was followed by the 36th regiment for 
 about 50 miles, when the pursuit was abandoned, 
 the latter returning to Nashville. Here Mr. 
 Manahan was taken with rheumatism and com 
 pelled to go into a hospital, where he remained 
 for five weeks, at the expiration of which time 
 he was discharged, Jan. 25, 1864, paid off at 
 Louisville, and mustered out of the service. 
 Whilst at New Market, Ky., comrade Manahan 
 lay down at night in a cornfield. It had thawed 
 during the daytime and at night there was a 
 heavy frost. When the sound of reveille awoke 
 him in the morning, he discovered his hair 
 frozen to the cold earth. Calling to Maj. Geo. 
 Sherman, he stated his predicament, and who, 
 at his suggestion, cut his hair with a pocket 
 knife, which Mr. Manahan carried through the 
 war and still prizes as a relic. 
 
 After his discharge, he proceeded to Elgin, 
 111., engaged in farming and photography, and 
 enjoyed a comfortable living for himself and 
 family. He married July 5, 1872, Rebecca 
 Dumser, by whom he has five children, Charles 
 F., Nellie A., Clara M., May E. and Grant D. 
 Mr. Manahan is a member of the National 
 Union G. A. R., and a Republican in politics. 
 He is a Past Commander of the G. A. R. Post 
 at Elgin, and a worthy citizen in the commu 
 nity in which he lives, respected and esteemed 
 by his townsmen. Mrs. Manahan is an enthu 
 siastic member of the Woman s Relief Corps, 
 No. 3, of Elgin, she having called the first 
 meeting for the purpose of organizing a corps, 
 auxiliary to the Post of which her husband 
 wsa commander. 
 
 JOHN A. GRUVER, of Rantoul, 111., enlisted 
 as a private for the late war at Paxton, 
 Jan. 5, 1864, and became a member of the 
 loth 111. He was mustered into the service at 
 Danville then went to Springfield, thence to 
 Little Rock, Ark., where he joined his Regt. 
 Whilst proceeding thither by boat, he was 
 taken seriously ill and soon after arrival at 
 his destination, was sent to the hospital where 
 his illness developed- dangerous symptoms, 
 which for several months threatened to result 
 fatally. Month after month passed, with Mr. 
 Gruver in the hospital and many times he des 
 paired of his life, but as the spring of 1865 ad 
 vanced he began to improve. The disease, 
 however, had settled in his eyes, and even when 
 he was otherwise physically able to leave the 
 hospital his sight remained very much impaired. 
 About May I, 1865, he rejoined his Regt. 
 which had just returned to little Rock from the 
 Red River expedition, and soon after accom 
 panied it to New Orleans, thence to Mobile 
 where he was present when that city sur 
 rendered. He then went with his Regt. up the 
 Red River to Shreveport, La., and on July 8, 
 left for San Antonio, Tex., where he arrived 
 Aug. i. Here he continued to be engaged in 
 subjugating the hostile Indians until Nov. 22, 
 when his Regt. was mustered out and sent 
 north via Galveston and New Orleans reach 
 ing Camp Butler Jan. I, 1866, when he received 
 his first pay and was discharged. The trip 
 from Shreveport to San Antonio occupied four 
 weeks continuous riding on horseback, and on 
 reaching the latter place Mr. Gruver, with 10 
 others, was detailed to carry dispatches to 
 Indianola, occupying another week which made 
 the fifth week he was continuously in the sad 
 dle. 
 
 Mr. Gruver was born in Iowa in 1837, his par 
 ents being among the first settlers in that 
 State. His father served as a soldier of his 
 country in the Black Hawk war. When the 
 son was eleven years of age, and as there was a 
 large helpless family he was compelled to go 
 forth and earn his own living. He learned the 
 blacksmith trade which he followed principally 
 until he entered the army. He had two broth- 
 
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 ers in the same war, one of whom was three 
 times wounded yet survived and returned home, 
 the other was also wounded. His two brothers- 
 in-law, Joseph Charles, and Christopher Stacker, 
 were both killed in the assault upon Vicksburg. 
 After the war Mr. Gruver returned to Paxton, 
 but after a short stay removed to Iowa, where 
 he continued .until seven years ago, when he 
 returned to Ills, settling at Rantoul. The dis 
 ease of his eyes contracted when in the service, 
 continued to grow worse, finally blinding him, 
 in which condition he remained for many years. 
 Being thus rendered helpless, he applied for 
 and obtained a generous pension of $75 per 
 month. Some short time ago he consulted an 
 oculist who advised an operation upon the eye, 
 which was performed and was partially success 
 ful, in that Mr. Gruver regained sufficient sight 
 to enable him to move around without an 
 escort, but not sufficient to embark in business. 
 He has been three times married, the last 
 occasion being in 1890 to Mrs. Jessie Boten, a 
 lady of German birth. He has been enabled 
 to provide himself with a comfortable home 
 and has accumulated sufficient of this world s 
 goods to spend the evening of his days in peace 
 and plenty, surrounded by many warm friends 
 and acquaintances. He is a Republican. 
 
 CAPTAIN SYLVESTER S. NEWTON, one of 
 Wyanet s most prominent men, raised a 
 company which afterward formed Co. F. 
 of the 1 5 ist 111. Vol. Inf. and of which com 
 pany he was commissioned Chaplain. The 
 regiment was mustered in Feb. 23, 1865, at 
 Quincy, 111., and proceeded at once by rail to 
 Springfield. There the men received their 
 arms and accoutrements, and then set out for 
 Nashville, Tenn. Shortly they started for 
 Dalton, Ga., arriving March 13, and engaged for 
 some days in drilling, as also in picket and 
 guard duty. April 23, Colonel Woodall with a 
 body guard of several men was detailed to pro 
 ceed under a flag of truce to Macon, Ga., via 
 Atlanta to communicate with Maj. Gen. Wilson, 
 and also carry terms offered to the rebel Gen. 
 
 Warford for his surrender, together with that 
 of his command. This mission was executed 
 with credit and dispatch and evoked the com 
 pliments of Brig. Gen. Judah, who was at the time 
 commanding the brigade. Following up the 
 object of the trip to Macon, they proceeded on 
 May 2nd to Kingston, Ga., by way of Resaca and 
 Calhoun, where, they arrived on the I2th, after 
 a toilsome march. They marched into this 
 town with the precision of regulars, and on 
 May 1 3th, 1 4th, and I5th received the surrender 
 of Gen. Warford and his command, 1 1,000 men, 
 who were immediately paroled and given their 
 freedom. The Regt. was divided and sent on 
 guard and garrison duty at different places, 
 Capt. Newton s company being sent to garrison 
 Rome. On the last day of July, the Regt. was 
 ordered to report at Columbus, Ga., a distance 
 of 250 miles. Arriving Aug. 5, they went into 
 camp about a mile distant from the city. Aug. 
 24, Capt. Newton was detailed with a command 
 of 35 men to go to Hamilton, as provost- 
 marshal of Harris County. Whilst there a large 
 number of discharged rebel soldiers after "tak 
 ing on board" a copious supply of Southern 
 liquids, which did not flow in streams, con 
 cluded to have some fun, and, among other 
 amusements, decided to clean out the "Yanks" 
 who occupied quarters in the town. 
 
 Whilst in a hilarious condition, they ap 
 proached Captain Newton s tent, but a casual 
 glance into the barrels of thirty shining rifles 
 caused a paleness and languor to creep over 
 faces, a few moments before beaming with color 
 and determination, producing at the same time 
 a feeling of sickness to grow upon them, ex 
 tending from the soles of their boots to the lin 
 ings of their hats, but gravitating towards and 
 having its prominent place about their stom 
 achs, sobering and terrifying them to such an 
 extent that they began -tumbling over each 
 other in their desperation to get beyond the 
 reach of the Yankee bullets. It need hardly be 
 stated that this amusement was not repeated. 
 Next day Capt. Newton prohibited the sale of 
 intoxicating liquors in the city, which, being 
 observed, contributed largely to maintaining 
 that good, order and. peace which afterward set- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 tied down upon the pleasant city of Hamilton. 
 In the marches before spoken of from Dalton 
 to Ringgold, as also that from Nashville to 
 Memphis, the Captain and his men endured ter 
 rible suffering. The latter march, a distance of 
 45 miles was done without rest, and at its ter 
 mination the men were so tired that they lay 
 down on the snow-covered ground and slept 
 without protection amidst a driving rain. The 
 former was performed when the ground was 
 covered with water and the streams all swollen, 
 many of which they were compelled to ford 
 and then leave their clothes to dry upon their 
 bodies as they marched along. The men did 
 not, however, complain much about fording 
 streams so long as their heads protruded above 
 the ripples, as the march was performed under 
 a continuous heavy rain, consequently ford 
 ing streams did not add anything in degree to 
 their universal discomfort. Captain Newton 
 continued in the service until Jan. 24th, 1866, 
 when the Gov t, for want of other employment 
 for him or his men, had them mustered out, and 
 he afterward was discharged and paid off at 
 Springfield. 
 
 While in Georgia he purchased, with some 
 others, a large cotton plantation of 4,200 acres, 
 and subsequent to his discharge proceeded 
 there to assist in its operations, but his strong 
 views in favor of the North, which he did not 
 hesitate to express, made him an unsuitable 
 subject to reside in the Southern atmosphere, 
 especially while the war fever exercised such a 
 controlling influence over the Southern popula 
 tion. Finding his property in danger, and his 
 person none too safe, he concluded to abandon 
 the plantation, and was thankful to have 
 escaped with his life, leaving 1,600 acres of cot 
 ton, 500 acres of corn and 150 of rye growing 
 finely. 
 
 His grandfather was in the war of the Revolu 
 tion, while his father, Caleb Newton, was in the 
 war of 1812. His brother, F.S. Newton, entered 
 the Union army and served in the /th Kan. Reg., 
 during the entire war, and for bravery was pro 
 moted to be Captain of Co. D., /th Kan. Vol. 
 Inf., and now resides at Lincoln, Neb. 
 
 Our subject was born in Courtland Co., N. 
 
 Y., April 29th, 1826, residing there upon a farm 
 with his parents until 1846, when he came West 
 and engaged in farming, which he has adopted 
 as his life calling. He purchased, many years 
 ago, the farm near Wyanet, upon which he re 
 sided for many years, but eight years ago re 
 moved into town, still continuing his farming 
 operations with abundant success. 
 
 Captain Newton married, in 1850, Miss Eliza 
 Stratton, of Bureau County, by whom he has 
 ten children, viz.: Tryphena M., J. Wesley, 
 Metta O., S. Nathan, Emily M., Abram C., L. 
 Eddy, S. Darlene, Earle E. and Lenny L. He 
 is a Republican, and a member of Post No. 198, 
 G. A. R., at Buda. He is a genial and honor 
 able gentleman, consequently highly respected 
 by his many friends and acquaintances. 
 
 JAMES McCoRMICK WlLSON, of Aledo, 111., 
 was one of those soldiers that, owing to 
 unfortunate circumstances beyond his 
 control, was not able to display patriotism in 
 the heroic manner that others were permitted 
 to enjoy. Filled with the devotion of his 
 country, and a desire to repel the arrogant foe 
 that would disrupt the National Union, and de 
 stroy the prosperity, if not the life, of the Re 
 public, Mr. Wilson with a number of his asso 
 ciates, enlisted in July, 1862, as a private in Co. 
 K. iO2cl 111. Inf., and was mustered in at Knox- 
 ville, 111., Sept. ist. In about two weeks the 
 Regt. started South, and soon found service in 
 gaurding against the guerrilla bands and bush 
 whackers in Ky. It reached Gallatin, Term., in 
 Nov., and went into winter quarters. After 
 some weeks service in this locality, the Regt. 
 moved South and was actively engaged. 
 
 As the result of severe marching and expos 
 ure, Mr. Wilson suffered from inflammatory 
 rheumatism, and was compelled to leave his 
 regiment and go into the hospital at Scottville 
 Ky., and on account of resulting disability re 
 ceived his discharge from the service at Galla 
 tin, Tenn., Feb. 3, 1863. While thus deprived 
 of the satisfaction of participation in the act 
 ive warfare and battles of the rebellion, Mr. 
 
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 Wilson demonstrated his willingness to make 
 any sacrifice that might be required, and for 
 this expression of the motive and incentive he 
 is entitled to the credit that is due to all who, 
 in those perilous days, manifested their integ 
 rity and devotion to the cause of the Nation. 
 
 Mr. Wilson, in connection with his army ex 
 perience, thus relates an incident in which he 
 participated, which will probably be apprecia 
 ted by those who were acquainted with the 
 facts: " I was one of a detachment of soldiers 
 sent by the brigade commander to a certain 
 point to perform some sort of duty, that never 
 was clearly ascertained, under an energetic 
 Captain, brave enough, though new in the serv 
 ice as we all were, who unfortunately lost all 
 the men in his detail, but not in battle, except 
 myself and a comrade. I being sick and una 
 ble to walk saved so much of the command on 
 that service, the comrade having been detailed 
 to assist me." 
 
 James McCormick Wilson was born at Fay- 
 ette City, Fayette Co., Pa. Dec. I, 1822. His 
 parents, now both dead, were David B. Wilson 
 and Mary (McCormick) Wilson. The father 
 was born April 17, 1773, near Winchester, Va., 
 and the mother s native place was Uniontown, 
 Pa., where she was born in 1793. The grand 
 father, John Wilson, was a native of Belfast, 
 Ireland, born Aug. 16, 1725, and his wife, Jean- 
 ette, was born about 1730, near the same place, 
 and emigrated to America, landing at New 
 York, Aug. 25, 1771. 
 
 Mr. Wilson s early life was passed on a farm, 
 and he attended school some of the time at a 
 log schoolhouse, the spaces between the logs 
 being filled with clay as was common in the 
 early pioneer history of the country. He learned 
 the carpenter and joiner s trade, also was em 
 ployed in cabinet making, and later was a 
 dealer in furniture. Previous to his enlistment 
 he began the study of law, which was resumed 
 after his return to Aledo, from the army. He 
 was soon admitted to the bar, and secured an 
 extensive practice, where the business qualities 
 and ability were manifested and brought the 
 honors and responsibilities of important posi 
 tions. Mr. Wilson has been almost constantly 
 
 in office. He was Postmaster three years, 
 Clerk of Circuit Court four years, Master in 
 Chancery four years, and Judge of the County 
 Court four years, also member of the County 
 Board of Supervisors three years, and in ad 
 dition to this long public service he has estab 
 lished a fair law practice in the courts of the 
 State. 
 
 Judge Wilson was married at Flat Woods, 
 Pa., Nov. 23, 1853, to Mary Smith, daughter of 
 Robert and Rosetta Smith, who are of Scotch 
 and Irish descent. The children of the Judge s 
 family are six daughters, as follows: Sarah 
 Caroline, Mary Rosette, Nanna M., Araminta 
 Jane, deceased, Cora, Cordelia and Fannie 
 Leona. Denominationally he is a Presbyterian, 
 and has represented his church in the Session 
 Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly. 
 
 Judge Wilson in politics is a Republican, a 
 member of Warren Shedd Post, G. A. R., a 
 prominent Mason in the Royal Arch and 
 Knight Templar degrees, and a public spirited 
 citizen w r hose influence has been felt in the 
 affairs of his locality. He is a worthy example 
 of the advantages given in this country to the 
 enterprising and persistent young man who 
 may win his way from the lowest position to 
 the highest place in honor and influence. From 
 the roughly hewn plank seat in the log school- 
 house to the Judicial bench Judge Wilson has 
 passed, and now ripe with years he stands 
 crowned, not only with honors and compe 
 tence, but the respect and confidence of his 
 fellow men who have found him able, upright 
 and faithful in every trust, and under all cir 
 cumstances. 
 
 ALEX. T. CALHOUN, of Aledo, 111., Superin 
 tendent of schools of Mercer Co., 111., 
 and one of the prominent members of 
 the Warren Shedd Post No. 262, G. A. R., was 
 born in Muskingum Co., Ohio, Oct. 5, 1840, and 
 is a son of James and Betsy (Carnahan) Cal- 
 houn, both natives of Alleghany Co., Pa., and 
 both of Irish descent. The mother s father 
 came to America prior to the Revolutionary 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 war, and served three enlistments in that war, 
 acting as Captain of a company of scouts or 
 Indian fighters; after the Revolution he lived 
 near Pittsburg, Pa. The father of Alexander 
 Calhoun was a farmer by occupation, and moved 
 to Mercer Co., 111., in 1843, an d died at New- 
 Boston, in Aug., 1847, aged fifty-one years. 
 The mother died in 1877. To James and Betsy 
 Calhoun eleven children w r ere born, of whom 
 eight are living and are thus mentioned: David, 
 Ann, wife of Andrew Lorimer, a farmer resid 
 ing at New Concord, Ohio; John K., James H., 
 Joseph C., Samuel C., Elizabeth and Alexander 
 T. The parents were members of the U. P. 
 Church. 
 
 Alexander T. Calhoun came with his par 
 ents to Mercer Co., 111., when he was two years 
 old. Was reared on a farm, receiving an edu 
 cation in the district schools, and later attended 
 high school for two years. 
 
 He resided at home until July 15, 1862, 
 when he enlisted in Co. H., 84th 111. Inf., at 
 Sunbeam, Mercer Co., under Capt. John C. 
 Pepper, and was mustered into service at 
 Quincy, 111., Sept. 23. The Regt. was ordered 
 to Louisville, Ky., and assigned to the 10th 
 Brig., 1st Div., 2ist A. C., under Gen. Crittenden. 
 Here Mr. Calhoun was sick with billious fever 
 and lay in the hospital about four weeks, but 
 rejoined his regiment at Glasgow, Ky., where 
 he suffered from chronic diarrhoea, but con 
 tinued with his command about two months, 
 when he was compelled to go to the hospital at 
 Nashville, Tenn., where he remained until Feb., 
 1863, when he rejoined his Regt. at Murfrees- 
 boro, in time to participate iu the Tullahoma 
 campaign, and was afterwards in the movement 
 against Chattanooga, and took part in the bat 
 tle at Chickamauga, where two were killed and 
 12 wounded in his company. 
 
 The 84th Regt. was in what was known as 
 the " siege " at Chattanooga, and was with Gen. 
 Hooker at Lookout Mountain in "the fight 
 above the clouds." After this the force moved 
 across the valley, and participated in the latter 
 part of the conflict at Missionary Ridge, and 
 continued in pursuit of the enemy to Ringgold, 
 Ga., returning to camp at Whiteside, Dec. 4, 
 
 1863. Co. H. was transferred to the 3rd Brig., 
 1st Div., 4th A. C., on the reorganization of the 
 army in Jan., 1864. 
 
 This division of the army left camp at 
 Whiteside and moved through Chattanooga to 
 Cleveland, and then forward to Buzzard s 
 Roost, and there had an engagement Feb. 25, 
 after which a camp was formed at Cleveland 
 until May 3, 1863, when the advance was made 
 on Atlanta, during which the men were under 
 fire every day until Sept. 8th. The 84th Regt. 
 took an active part in all the battles of the 
 Atlanta campaign, such as Rocky Face Ridge, 
 Resaca, Dallas, Pine Mt., Kenesaw Mt., Smyrna 
 Camp Ground, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, 
 Jonesboro, and Lovejoy s Station, after which 
 it remained in the vicinity of Atlanta until 
 Oct. 7, when it was ordered to Rome, Ga., where 
 it was lying when Gen. Sherman started on his 
 historic march to the sea. It was then ordered 
 to Chattanooga, and thence to Pulaski, Tenn., 
 where it remained until Nov. 23, when it fell 
 back before Hood s advancing columns in the 
 direction of Nashville, participating in the 
 battle of Franklin, Nov. 25th, and in the battle 
 of Nashville, Dec. 15 and 16. From this point 
 the 4th A. C. was in the advance in pursuit of 
 Hood s retreating army. The 84th Regt. ar 
 rived at Huntsville Jan. 6, and was assigned to 
 Provost duty until March 13, 1865, when it was 
 transferred by rail to Knoxville, and marched 
 from that point to Bull s Gap, 80 miles distant. 
 This place was held by this command until 
 Lee s surrender, and it was sent by rail April 
 19, to Nashville. June 8, 1865, at Camp Doug 
 las, Springfield, 111., an honorable discharge 
 was given to these faithful veterans of an active 
 service, who had escaped death in the camp 
 and battle, and returned to enjoy the blessings 
 of peace that they had sacrificed so much to 
 secure and maintain. The 84th Regt. when 
 mustered in had 939 men, and when mustered 
 out showed a list of 339; and of these missing 
 and absent 112 were killed in battle or died 
 from wounds received in action, 
 
 Co. H. entered the battle of Stone River 52 
 strong, and after two hours fighting, retired 
 with a loss of 12 dead and 15 wounded. When 
 
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 239 
 
 it had served 18 months, it had received 96 
 wounds. It originally mustered 98 men and 
 officers, and the Mercer Co. monument bears 
 the names of 32 of the company being y$ of 
 the entire strength of the company. 
 
 At the end of his service in the army Mr. 
 Calhoun returned to his home in Mercer County, 
 from which he had been absent three years, 
 and gave his attention to farming operations, 
 in which he has been interested since. He 
 resided about eight years in Taylor Co., Iowa, 
 and was while there employed in teaching. In 
 1882, returned to Mercer Co., 111., and pur 
 chased a farm, but not being personally able to 
 perform farm labor he has given the greater 
 part of his time to school work. Politically 
 Mr. Calhoun is a Republican, and has always 
 given support to the principles of that party. 
 The character and ability of this gentleman 
 have received recognition, and he has been 
 honored with many expressions of public con 
 fidence. For five years he was Assessor in 
 Millersburg Township, and in 1890 was elected 
 by a flattering majority to the responsible posi 
 tions of County Superintendent of Schools. 
 He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity and 
 the Knights of Pythias. 
 
 Alexander T. Calhoun and Elizabeth Emer 
 son were united in marriage Sept. 17, 1868, and 
 have a family of six children, whose names are: 
 Belle, Orr C., Lee, Reid, Clare, and Grace. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Calhoun are members of the Presby 
 terian Church, and are widely known through 
 out the country as highly cultured and genial 
 people, of kindly sympathies and refinement, 
 which with integrity of character and social 
 standing give them an enviable position in the 
 esteem of their many friends and associates. 
 
 WILLIAM BORING, a most royal son of war, 
 whose valiant service on the field of 
 battle cost him a leg, is a citizen of 
 Homer, 111. He enlisted at Springfield, 111., 
 April 17, 1861, in response to the first call for 
 volunteers, in Co. I., 7th 111. Inf., and was mus 
 tered in as a private. At the expiration of the 
 
 regiment s three months service, which was 
 spent principally in guard and drill duty at 
 Alton, Cairo and Mound City, our comrade im 
 mediately re-enlisted in the same organization. 
 The command soon proceeded to Cairo, then 
 to Ironton, Mo., returning overland by forced 
 march to Cape Girardeau, thence going into 
 winter quarters at Fort Holt, Ky. About Feb. 
 i, 1862, came the order to break camp. Then 
 they marched to Fort Henry, and onward to 
 Fort Donelson, where on Feb. 13, 1862, our 
 soldier faced the enemy s deadly fire and per 
 formed gallant service in the sanguinary battle 
 of that place. On the evening of the I5th, 
 came the first and desperate charge on the 
 enemy s stronghold. During the fierce and 
 and bloody conflict, while bravely serving 
 where shot and shell were flying the thickest, 
 our loyal comrade was struck by a cannon ball, 
 which in an instant severed his right leg below 
 the knee, totally shattering the bone and 
 leaving the limb suspended only by a single 
 muscle. In its wide and deadly course of des 
 truction this demonlike ball killed his comrade 
 before him and carried with it the leg of two 
 others. Mr. Boring states that when the fatal 
 ball struck and carried away his leg he expe 
 rienced the feeling of stepping into a hole, and 
 not until he attempted to gather himself up 
 did he realize he had lost a leg. His shattered 
 limb was amputated in the field hospital. He 
 had sacrificed a limb, but did so amid the pcens 
 of victory. He was soon transported to Mound 
 City, where he remained in the hospital until 
 the latter part of April, when he was transferred 
 to Jefferson Barricks, St. Louis, where he, alas, 
 had to submit to a second painful operation, 
 brought about by not having received proper 
 care and treatment, leaving the bone so ex 
 posed that it protruded several inches. Words 
 are but hollow in trying to portray the intoler 
 able pain suffered by comrade Boring, it being 
 a thousand times worse than the first. His 
 general health had grown much impaired, and 
 his physical condition so weak that the sur 
 geons at first refused to proceed with the ope 
 ration. But with grim death staring on the one 
 side and small rays of hope on the other, Mr. 
 
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 Boring insisted on a procedure of the ope 
 ration. Chloroform was administered in as large 
 quantities as would be safe. As the saw 
 reached the bone, our invalid came to, but like 
 a brave soldier manfully stood the excruciat 
 ing ordeal which meant the agonies of a 
 thousand deaths. He remained in the hospital 
 until July 17, 1862, when he returned home near 
 Springfield, 111. Although the surgeon advised 
 him not to, Mr. Boring was determined to take 
 his discharge. Thus ended the soldier s career 
 of one of America s brave and true sons. Mr. 
 Boring was born and reared near Wheeling, 
 W. Va., in 1837, a son f Geo. W. and Nancy 
 (Artelony) Boring. His father who did good 
 service in the war of 1812 was of Scotch an 
 cestry, while the mother s antecedents were 
 English. After the war, our subject learned 
 the shoemaker trade, but in 1884 moved to 
 Homer, and has since followed the butcher 
 business. He is a member of the G. A. R. 
 since 1882. Has been officer of the day, S. V. 
 and J. V., of the Post at Homer. He w r as 
 married in May, 1863, to Louisa J. Wise, who 
 was born in Sangamon Co., 111., and to this 
 union have been born four children: George 
 A. (died in infancy), Sarah J., now Mrs. J. W. 
 Nickles, Ella, now the wife of E. J. Eaton, and 
 Nellie now Mrs. Wm. E. Cotton. The latter 
 two were twins. In politics Mr. Boring is 
 Republican. He is respected and esteemed as 
 a true soldier, and a good and worthy citizen. 
 
 ALEXANDER CRAIGMILE of Gifford, 111., 
 commander of Simon Cameron Post No. 
 679, enlisted in the army at Chicago in 
 Feb. 1865 and became a member of Co. "D" 
 156 111. Vol. Inf. under Capt. William 
 Blanchard. He proceeded to the front to 
 Nashville, Tenn., then to Chattanooga and 
 thence to Dalton, Ga., where he was on de 
 tached duty during his stay at that place. 
 Subsequently he removed to Columbus, Tenn., 
 thence to Memphis, where he was taken vio 
 lently ill and compelled to go into an hospital 
 where he remained for upwards of a month. 
 
 Having entered the army at a late day of the war, 
 he had not the opportunity of taking an active 
 part in the terrible struggles which had oc 
 curred previous to his enlistment. This how 
 ever was no fault of his, as he had long before 
 that time offered his services, but on exami 
 nation by the army surgeon, was rejected on 
 account of his health. He was finally mustered 
 out of the service at Knoxville, Tenn., in Oct. 
 1865. 
 
 He is one of the charter members of the 
 Post at Gifford; of which he is its present com 
 mander, having previously filled the office of 
 Adj. in the same institution. Mr. Craigmile 
 was born in Scotland, near Aberdeen, in 1843, 
 immigrating with his parents to Upper Canada 
 when but a child and with them in 1852 re 
 moved to 111., locating on a farm near Hins- 
 dale, 111. In 1872 he removed to Champaign 
 Co., purchased a farm near Gifford, upon which 
 he has since resided and where he has by a 
 frugal and industrious life, and honest methods 
 accumulated sufficient of this world s goods to 
 satisfy the wants and necessities of a modest 
 man. Owing to his popularity he has been 
 selected to fill the principal offices of his 
 county, such as Assessor, Collector and Super 
 visor. In 1874 he joined the Benedicts by mar 
 rying Miss Agnes Calder, a native of Canada 
 and 6 bright, intelligent children now adorn the 
 home of comrade Craigmile A. Homer, Erva 
 J., Mary, Archibald, Eunice and Charles. We 
 find in Mr. Craigmile a gentleman of industry 
 and unquestioned integrity, always command 
 ing the respect and confidence of his many ac 
 quaintances and the admiration of his intimate 
 friends. 
 
 WILLIAM R. BUZZELL, now a farmer re 
 siding near Hampshire, Kane Co., 
 111., was born at Stafford, Vt., in 1845. 
 His father was Aaron Buzzell, a farmer, whose 
 birthplace was Vt. The grandfather, Rev. Aaron 
 Buzzell, of English ancestry, a Baptist minister 
 and a soldier in the Revolutionary War, was 
 born in Vt. and spent his life in that State. 
 
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 241 
 
 The mother s name before marriage was 
 Mary Uo\v, whose father, Daniel Dow, was a 
 farmer who lived and died in Vt. His ances 
 tors came to America in the Mayflower, and he 
 is of the same family as the distinguished Neal 
 Dow, and the eccentric Lorenzo Dow. The 
 parents, Aaron and Mary Buzzell, in 1856 moved 
 from Vt., and made a new home on a farm near 
 Hampshire, Kane Co., 111., where the mother 
 died in 1884 and the father in 1889. 
 
 William R. Buzzell, next to the youngest 
 child in a family of seven, passed his early years 
 upon a farm, receiving such educational advan 
 tages as the country schools afforded, and at 
 the early age of 16 enlisted, Aug. 12, 1862, at 
 Chicago, in Co. B., 88th 111. Inf. But a few 
 weeks were spent in camp for necessary drill 
 when the Regt. started for the field of war, 
 making temporary halts at Jeffcrsonville, Cin 
 cinnati, Louisville, where orders were received 
 to move in pursuit of General Bragg, who was 
 overtaken and given battle at Perryville, which 
 is remembered as the first fight in which the 
 88th engaged, and where a few men in Co. B. 
 were first wounded. From this field the Regt. 
 was sent to Nashville, but Mr. Buzzell was de 
 tained at Bowling Green about two weeks, re 
 joining his command at Nashville, and soon 
 after marched with it to Murfreesboro, where it 
 was in the skirmish line during the first day and 
 fought the whole of the second day, going after 
 the battle into camp for the winter near Mur 
 freesboro. 
 
 In the spring the first movement made was 
 in pursuit of Bragg, who was followed toward 
 Chattanooga, halting a few days at Bridgeport 
 for a skirmish with the rebels who had de 
 stroyed the bridge, before starting for Chicka- 
 mauga under command of Gen. Sheridan. Ar 
 riving at Chickamauga the division for a time 
 lay in front, but when the Federal lines were 
 broken, it filled up the gap, and also took part 
 in the charge on Vine Ridge. After laying two 
 months at Chattanooga, Comrade Buzzell, with 
 his Regt., participated in the terrible charge on 
 Missionary Ridge. The relief of Gen. Burn- 
 side was the next object, and the 88th was 
 ordered to Knoxville and then to Strawberry 
 
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 Plains, where a camp was occupied for a montn 
 or more, when a backward movement was made 
 to the Tenn. River near Knoxville, where some 
 time was spent in transferring prisoners and 
 supplies and performing garrison duty. Orders 
 then came which sent Mr. Buzzell and his re<ri- 
 
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 ment to Chattanooga to join Gen. Sherman in 
 the Georgia campaign, which was a continuous 
 fight all the way to Kenesaw Mt., where Mr. 
 Buzzell was seriously wounded June 27, and 
 taken to the hospital at Nashville, from which 
 in Aug., 1864, he was furloughed home. The 
 Presidential election being now at hand his fur 
 lough was extended to enable him to vote at 
 home, and in Dec. returned to Nashville, but 
 still being too weak for duty was made Corpo 
 ral and remained in the hospital until May 13, 
 1 865, when he was discharged and returned home. 
 
 In 1866, Mr. Buzzell married Susan A. Dow, 
 a cousin, and a native of Vt. Her parents were 
 Royal and Susan Dow, whose lives were spent in 
 Vt. Royal Dow was a son of Daniel Dow, already 
 mentioned. Mrs. Buzzell had two brothers in 
 the army, Francis R., now at Minneapolis, Minn., 
 who became a veteran, serving through the war, 
 and Henry C., who enlisted for nine months, 
 and re-enlisted for three years; was in the ser 
 vice to the end of the war, but died soon after 
 returning home. 
 
 Mr. Buzzell was engaged in farming for some 
 years after his military duty closed, but in 1878 
 went to Chicago and spent about 6 years on a 
 street ear line, when he returned to his brother 
 Daniel s farm, at the old home, which consists 
 of 260 acres of land, finely located Y\ miles 
 from Hampshire. He is a charter member of 
 Miller Post, No. 453, G. A. R., in which he is 
 officer of the day. He served as Township Col 
 lector one year, but is not ambitious for office, 
 preferring to improve the broad acres of his 
 beautiful farm, which shows every evidence of 
 thorough cultivation and skillful improvement. 
 
 CAPTAIN ALEX. MURCHISON. of Kewanee, 
 111., was born in New Kelso, Locharron, 
 Scotland, July 7, 1831, where he was 
 reared and received his earlier education. His 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 parents were Alex, and Ann (McKensie) Mur- 
 chison, who emigrated to the United States 
 when our subject was sixteen years of age, his 
 birthday occurring while he was on the Ocean. 
 The family went immediately West, locating at 
 Elmira, Stark Co., 1 11., where the father engaged 
 in farming, and where both mother and father 
 died. 
 
 When the war broke out and the President 
 issued his call for troops to put down the re 
 bellion, Mr. Murchison left his plow in an un 
 finished furrow and enlisted. Captain Murchi 
 son was quite familiar with the manual of arms 
 and other military matters, having as early as 
 1857 assisted in the organization of a private 
 company at Elmira, to compete for a prize, for 
 the best drilled company (mounted). This 
 company became quite noted for its proficiency 
 in drill, and in 1859 it was organized as an in 
 dependent military company with Charles 
 Stewart as Captain, and the subject of this me 
 moir as 2d Lieut. Under the first call, how 
 ever, the company was not able to get into the 
 service. June 12, a dispatch was sent to the 
 captain to report to Chicago. He was away at 
 the time, and Lieut. Murchison called the 
 "boys" together, 86 of whom responded, and 
 after consultation, completed arrangements and 
 started for Chicago, arriving there June I2th. 
 There the company was filled up, and was mus 
 tered into the U. S. service, at Camp Long, as 
 Co. B., i gth 111. Inf., Captain Murchison going in 
 as 2d Lieut. Afterremaining in camp forawhile 
 the Regt. received orders to move to the front, 
 and July 1 2 tents were struck, and it proceeded to 
 Quincy, thence to Palmyra, Mo., where it was 
 engaged in guarding the railroad between Han 
 nibal and Palmyra. July 27, it received orders 
 to meet the enemy concentrating under Pillow 
 at Bird s Point. Arriving, it was detailed to 
 take a position six miles below, at Norfolk, 
 where its duties were quite difficult and ardu 
 ous. From there, Mr. Murchison with his com 
 mand moved back to Bird s Point, and then to 
 Ironton, from which point the command as a 
 part of Gen. Prentiss expedition, started to 
 ward Dallas and Jackson. From the latter 
 place it moved to Camp Girardeau, then to Cairo, 
 
 From there the command moved across the 
 river to Fort Holt, Ky., and then down the 
 river to Ellicott s Mills. While there the igth 
 received orders to proceed to Washington, 
 D. C., Sept. 16, 1861, they proceeded by two 
 trains on the O. & M. R. R., toward Cincinnati. 
 When about 46 miles East of Vincennes, Ind., 
 the second train containing part of the Regt., 
 with the staff, during the night, went through 
 bridge No. 48, which spanned Beaver Creek, 
 killing in the smash 24 men, and wounding 
 105. This horrible accident changed the 
 course of the regiment. It was sent to Cin 
 cinnati to await orders, and subsequently into 
 Ky. to look after the enemy that had then 
 assumed a formidable front. It reached 
 Lebanon Junction by rail, where after thous 
 ands of miles of travel by river and rail, it 
 went into a permanent camp. 
 
 From thereit moved Oct. 22, on to Elizabeth- 
 town, went into camp at Bacon Creek. 
 While in both camps it was engaged almost 
 constantly in drilling, and it became known 
 afterwards as one of the best drilled regiments 
 in the service. The first movement made then 
 was to Bowling Green, where it assisted in the 
 capture of a large amount of rebel stores. It 
 then moved in the rear of Buell s army at 
 Nashville, arriving there March 4th, where it 
 was left on guard duty, while the main army 
 moved to Pittsburg Landing. While at Nash 
 ville Mr. Murchison was promoted to the 
 captaincy of Company B., and soon after his 
 promotion the Regt. moved to Murfreesboro, 
 thence to Shelbyville and to Huntsville, Ala., 
 taking possession of the Memphis and Charles 
 ton R. R., thus breaking the enemy s direct 
 communications at Corinth. It was constantly 
 moving about in that section of country hold 
 ing strong, stragetic points, having frequent 
 skirmishes with the enemy, and finally with 
 the Union forces concentrated at Nashville 
 and formed a part of the garrison under Gen. 
 Jas. S. Negley. 
 
 From Nashville, Dec. 10, it moved out on 
 the Franklin Pike and on the 26, it took part 
 in the general movement toward Murfreesboro, 
 then held by Bragg, Capt. Murchison, took 
 
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 part in that great battle, and distinguished 
 himself for the gallant manner in which he 
 handled his company, which lost 18 men, in 
 killed and wounded. The igth performed 
 effective service and received merited praise 
 from the commanding officers. Its next 
 important operations were in the Tullahoma 
 campaign. After its arduous service in that 
 campaign it crossed the Tennessee Sept. 8, to 
 take a hand in that of Chattanooga. It was 
 engaged in all the movements leading up to 
 the engagement at Chickamauga, and then 
 participated in that battle. In that fight Cap 
 tain Murchison was quite severely wounded on 
 the head, and was soon after taken sick, but 
 recovered in time to take command of his 
 company and participate in the Atlanta cam 
 paign, leading his company in all the engage 
 ments the Regt. was in, up to that at Marietta. 
 
 At Buzzard s Roost, Feb., 1864, being the 
 ranking Captain, he was in command of the 
 regiment to the left of the railroad, in front of 
 Rocky Face Ridge, where he skirmished all 
 day with the enemy. The command then re 
 turned to Chattanooga, and subsequently met 
 the enemy at Rasaca, June 12. The Regt. was 
 near Marietta, when the time of enlistment was 
 up ; it had not vetaranized, as there was not 
 enough men left to do so. It had depleted its 
 ranks through its hard service to this extent, 
 leaving its brave dead on many battlefields and 
 was sent to Chicago, where it was mustered out 
 July 12, 1864. 
 
 Captain Murchison after his faithful and 
 hard service in behalf of his country returned 
 home to Kewanee, and engaged in farming. In 
 1866, he was united in marriage to Margaret N., 
 daughter of Rev. N. C. Weed of Stark Co., 111., 
 formerly of Perm. Mr. Weed was a native of 
 N. C., of an old American family, distinguished 
 for the part it had taken in the wars of this 
 country. Mrs. Murchison s maternal grand 
 father Robert C. Campbell died from wounds 
 received in the war of 1812. His widow mar 
 ried John Marshall, who \vas a comrade in arms 
 with her husband. 
 
 To Captain Murchison and his wife were 
 born three children. Alex. C., a dentist in 
 
 Kewanee ; Lorena, now Mrs. Wm. Plamer, and 
 Frances. Mr. Murchison has a happy pleasant 
 family in which he takes great pride. He is a 
 Republican in politics, and while he docs not 
 aspire to office he has accepted the position of 
 Supervisor, and School Director, as a matter of 
 duty to the community in which he resides and 
 which he has been so long held in confidence and 
 esteem. He is a member of the G. A. R., Post 
 of Kewanee, No. 142 and its present popular 
 Commander. 
 
 ELIAS SHOCKLEY, of Galesburg, 111., was born 
 Jan. I, 1844, at Milford, Del., and re 
 moved with his parents to Stark Co., 111. 
 in 1849, where he continued until the war. He 
 enlisted in the army Aug. 12, 1862, and was 
 mustered in as a private in Co. B., 95th 111. Vol. 
 Inf. His first experience in battle was in Mis 
 sissippi, going from there to Lake Providence, 
 where he assisted on the famous Butler Canal, 
 and after that project was abandoned went to 
 the rear of Vicksburg, doing his first heavy 
 fighting at Black River Bridge. Subsequently 
 he joined in the assault upon Vicksburg, May 
 22, 1863, and advanced until the regiment 
 planted its colors in the rebel rifle pits where 
 the Colonel fell wounded and was supposed to 
 be dead until he turned up next morning, after 
 lying in the pits all night. Shortly after this 
 Mr. Shockley was wounded in the left foot, 
 sent back to Memphis and when his injuries 
 had improved, was taken with a violent illness, 
 necessitating his remaining for several months. 
 He obtained a furlough and came home for a 
 time, and returning, joined his regiment at 
 Vicksburg in its return from Natchez. In the 
 spring of 1864 he participated in the Red River 
 campaign, taking part in all the engagements 
 of the Regt. without missing a day from duty, 
 but at the expense of his constitution, as he, by 
 the exposure and fatigue endured at the time 
 was made unfit for any physical exertion for 
 years afterward. His weight at the beginning 
 of the campaign was 168, and at the close only 
 130 pounds. Notwithstanding his sickness he 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 joined in the plundering Sturgis raid, during 
 which the Regt. lost nine officers and a large 
 number of men, who even before being shot 
 were more dead than alive. Unable longer to 
 bear up, he was sent to the hospital, obtained a 
 furlough and went home where he soon im 
 proved, and once again joined his Regt. at East- 
 port, where his only rations for a time was 
 small quantities of corn. He next went by 
 steamer to New Orleans and by vessel across 
 the gulf to Mobile, landing at Dauphin Island, 
 and later, participated in the siege of Spanish 
 Fort, occupying thirteen days, then the en 
 gagement of Fort Blakely, which closed the 
 ever memorable rebellion. He afterwards went 
 to different points, among the number being 
 Montgomery and Opelaka, and then was sent 
 home for final discharge. He returned to his 
 home at Toulon where he lived until 1881, when 
 he removed to Galesburg.. 
 
 He married Miss Lizzie, daughter of John 
 McMullen, of Missouri, and has one daughter, 
 Ida, wife of Oscar Durant. Mrs. Shockley died 
 in 1883. He subsequently married Miss Eliza 
 Read of Lake Geneva, Wis. He is a Republi 
 can and a member of James S. Post No. 45, 
 G. A. R. 
 
 JOHN L. BARBER, of Seneca, 111., who made 
 an honorable record in the late Civil war, 
 was born at Hadley, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1840. 
 His father s name was Zina Barber, born Nov. 
 16, 1809, in New York and married to Huldah 
 Dean. To these parents were born eight child 
 ren Emily E., Charles W., Sally, Carrie, John 
 L., Cicero, Alden, Ruth, and Roselle. Of these 
 three brothers were in the service of their coun 
 try. John L., in the Cavalry Company attached 
 to the 53d 111. Inf. Cicero died at Wier Bot 
 tom Court House, May 20, 1864, and Alden, 
 wounded at Deep Bottom, May 16, 1864, was 
 captured and died at Richmond, Va., June 18, 
 1864, but his remains were never identified. 
 
 John L. Barber, in his boyhood days, at 
 tended the district school in his native State, 
 and worked in a mill in the lumber business. In 
 
 the latter part of 1851, the father and family 
 moved to 111. and made a home on a farm near 
 Marseilles, where John L. now resides. In his 
 new home he went to the district school in the 
 winter months and devoted his time during the 
 summer to farm work until he reached the age 
 of 1 8 years, when he assumed charge of the 
 farm at his father s death. He continued in 
 this work until the call of country became more 
 imperative than all other duties and he enlisted 
 Jan. 18, 1862, at Ottawa, 111., in what was known 
 as Co. A. Cavalry, 53d 111., going into camp at 
 Ottawa, the enlistment of muster rolls bearing 
 the same date. The company was sent to Camp 
 Douglas for guard duty over prisoners until 
 March 24, when it was sent to St. Louis, where 
 it drew horses and was mounted. After re 
 maining a few weeks for preparatory duty it 
 boarded the steamer "Continental," which was 
 Gen. Halleck s headquarters, and was detailed 
 as one of the companies composing the Gener 
 al s body guard. 
 
 The objective point was Pittsburg Landing 
 which was reached April iith, and on the I3th, 
 disembarked, going into camp at headquarters. 
 The company continued in this duty until Gen. 
 Halleck was sent East, which was about July 
 24, when the army was in the vicinity of Cor 
 inth. When that place was evacuated Co. A. 
 was assigned temporarily as bodyguard at Gen. 
 Grant s headquarters, in which it was retained 
 until Sept., when it was relieved from detail duty 
 and assigned to the regular cavalry service. 
 While at Corinth it was sent on scouting duty 
 and about Sept. I3th, broke camp to move out 
 to Chevalle, where it remained until Oct. 3d, 
 doing outside picket and scouting duty. 
 
 When the battle of Davis Bridge, on the 
 Hatchie River occurred, this company was in 
 action and returned to Corinth. On the eve 
 ning of Oct. 2, Mr. Barber was detailed as an 
 orderly, to serve at the headquarters of Colonel 
 Oliver, who at that time commanded the 
 brigade. After the battle of Corinth the re 
 treating enemy was pursued in force. Later 
 Mr. Barber was relieved from detail duty and 
 rejoined his company, which he found camped 
 in what was known as the "bone yard," where 
 
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 it remained until late in Nov., and was then 
 ordered to Smith s Bridge on the Tuscumbia 
 River, where winter quarters were erected and 
 a stockade made. It lay in camp here until 
 Dec. then went to Glendale and was held until 
 April, or May, 1863, when the company was 
 placed in the I5th 111., Cav. 
 
 From Glendale the company was ordered 
 out with one day s rations, but was absent three 
 weeks and during the time was engaged at 
 Barton Station, and reached a point about 18 
 miles East of the Tuscumbia River, and re 
 turned to Corinth to go into camp. Here Mr. 
 Barber was detailed to go out with Captain 
 Spencer, of Gen. Dodge s staff, with a flag of 
 truce, on this duty he camped two days with 
 the enemy s pickets and returned to Corinth, 
 where he remained until into August. During 
 this time the rebels made a raid on the camp, 
 and on the retreat were pursued to the vicinity 
 of luka, Miss., where battle was given. This 
 fight lasting about an hour and forty minutes, 
 resulted in the rout of the enemy. In August 
 a movement was made to Memphis where 
 transports were boarded for Helena and the 
 Regt. lay there doing all the scouting for the 
 post, also camp and garrison duty until January 
 1865. 
 
 In May 1864, Mr. Barber was sent to 
 hospital at Helena, and at the end of five weeks 
 was given a furlough for 30 days to visit his 
 home at Marseilles. Returning to the hospital 
 at Helena, although unfit for duty he was de 
 tailed for service at headquarters, for about six 
 weeks, when he was sent to sick quarters suffer 
 ing with ague and dysentery. He was detained 
 here until January 1865, when he reported for 
 duty and took transport to Duvall s Bluff, Ark., 
 thence marched to Brownville near Little Rock, 
 where he was mustered out Jan. 17, 1865. 
 Returning to 111. Mr. Barber took charge of his 
 mother s farm, where he still resides. 
 
 He was married Dee. 25, 1871, to Amanda 
 Brodbeck, a lady of German descent, and they 
 have had eight children, all of whom are living. 
 Their names are, Vic, Alden C., Lora E., Lucia 
 M., Gertie M., Edith A., Carrie E., George Z., 
 and Leslie D. 
 
 Mr. Barber is an influential Republican. He 
 is a prominent member in a number of orders 
 and organizations, holding active membership 
 in the I. O. O. F., in which he is Past Grand. 
 Is a member of the Joseph Woodruff Post, No. 
 281, G. A. R., and is also an A. F. & A. M., be 
 longing to Seneca Lodge, No. 532. 
 
 Mr. Barber was pensioned on account of in 
 juries to his eyes, and has suffered much from 
 the disability that kept him in the hospital so 
 long a time, and remained for years after his re 
 turn from the army, in a state of debility and 
 danger. 
 
 This gentleman continues to take an active 
 interest in local and national matters, and 
 makes his influence felt, in a quiet and unos 
 tentatious manner, in the locality in which he 
 resides. 
 
 RF. BURRILL, of Urbana, 111., Senior Vice 
 Commander of Black Eagle post 129, 
 enlisted as a soldier m the late war as a 
 member of Co. I, 74th 111. Inf. Aug. 4, 1862. In 
 the early days of Oct. with his Regt. he started for 
 Louisville, Ky., where it was assigned to Jeff. C. 
 Davis Division. He participated in that longand 
 tedious campaign after Bragg; was present and 
 held in reserve at the battle of Perryville and 
 followed the wanderings of his Regt. until the 
 last day of that year when he was actively 
 engaged in the terrible conflict at Stone River, 
 which raged with desperate fury until the 2d 
 day of the following month. Soon after this 
 Mr. Burrill was overtaken with sickness and 
 placed in a hospital at Murfreesboro, where his 
 illness necessarily detained him for the follow 
 ing 4 months. Recovering he rejoined his Regt. 
 at Winchester, Tenn., and joined in the Chatta 
 nooga campaign participating in the battles of 
 Chickamauga and Mission Ridge, then started 
 for Knoxville with a view of raising the siege 
 instituted by Gen. Longstreet, against Gen. 
 Bnrnside. On an expedition up the Little 
 Tenn. River, whilst at Morgan s Ferry Mr. 
 Burrill and three of his comrades were taken 
 prisoners, Feb. 22, 1864. He was first detained 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 in Greenville jail and finally at Belle Island 
 and in Richmond, Va. After one year s terri 
 ble suffering in rebel prisons Mr. Burrill was 
 liberated on the 22d day of Feb., 1865, it being 
 the anniversary of his capture. He was sent to 
 Benton Barracks, where he was granted a 60 
 days furlough, returned home to recuperate 
 his health and gain his wonted strength so 
 sadly broken down in those horrible Southern 
 prisons. On the expiration of his furlough he 
 returned to Benton Barracks and was sent to 
 Springfield 111., and discharged June I2th, 1865, 
 by reason of telegram from War Department, 
 after a service of two years and ten months, of 
 which one year was spent a captive in Rebel 
 prisons. The monotony of prison life was to 
 some extent relieved in his case as he was per 
 mitted to minister to the wants of other prison 
 ers who, from injury and disease were unable to 
 assist themselves, and when it is known that 
 there were many hundreds of such, readers 
 may conclude Mr. Burrill s time was fully 
 occupied. 
 
 He was born in Massachusetts Feb. 22, 1841, 
 son of John and Mary (Francis) Burrill, who 
 when the son was 7 years of age, removed to 
 Stephenson Co., 111., where the father engaged 
 in farming. The son continued upon the farm 
 until he entered the army. After the war he 
 went to Lincoln, 111., engaged in the carpenter 
 business with his brother, and in 1868 removed 
 to Champaign Co., where he returned to farm 
 ing. Four years later, owing to trouble 
 some fever, he concluded to move farther west 
 settling in Nebraska upon a homestead, where 
 he remained three years. He soon, however 
 returned to Urbana, where he became employed 
 at school-teaching, farming and working at his 
 trade in turns until 1889. That year Mr. Burrill 
 with characteristic enterprise started a windmill 
 and pump business at Urbana, which business 
 has been fairly remunerative to the owner. Mr. 
 Burrill not having met his ideal for a wife; has 
 so far remained a contented happy bachelor, 
 but is liable to be seized with the matrimonial 
 fever at any time. 
 
 FRANCIS M. SNYDER of Urbana, 111., enlisted 
 in the army July 22, 1862 as a private in 
 Co. B, ;6th 111. Vol. Inf. He went to 
 the front at Columbus, Ky., thence to Bolivar, 
 Tenn., where he remained for four weeks then 
 moved to La Grange, then commenced a long 
 series of skirmishes through Tenn. and Miss, 
 accompanied with continuous heavy marching. 
 With his Regt. he participated in the assault 
 upon Vicksburg, under Col. S. T. Busey now a 
 member of Congress from Urbana, then went 
 to Jackson Miss., where he was actively engaged 
 in the battle at that place and then returned to 
 Vicksburg. He next joined in the Meridian 
 campaign during which he was continously ex 
 posed to rebel fire either in general battle or in 
 heavy skirmishing. Mr. Snyder was from his 
 boyhood days a proficient musician, conse 
 quently was about this time detached and 
 assigned to duty with the regimental band Co., 
 which removed him from the ranks but not 
 from danger. He then moved to Natchez, and 
 the 14, 15, and 46 111. veteranized and returned 
 home on a furlough. Although Mr. Snyder 
 had not at that time veteranized, he also was 
 granted a furlough and went home. Owing to 
 the exposure and hardships endured whilst in 
 the service his health began to give way and in 
 consequence the furlough was extended an ad 
 ditional 30 days, at the expiration of which he 
 was about to join his command at Huntsville, 
 Ala., but was again ordered on detached duty 
 at Paducah, Ky., where he remained for seven 
 months. He subsequently rejoined his Regt. 
 near New Orleans but was again assigned to 
 the musical department of the command. Ills 
 Regt. soon embarked for Fort Morgan, 
 upon the transport "Gen. Peabody" and when 
 two days at sea bad weather was encountered 
 and the ship became disabled. It became evi 
 dent that unless the ship was lightened all must 
 perish, and as they had on board 2,000 mules it 
 was decided that these animals should be sacri 
 ficed. To Mr. Snyder, that was one of the 
 hardest sights of the war, and he hopes never 
 again to be the unwilling witness of such a 
 scene. 
 
 The neighingj and futile] attempts of those 
 
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 poor animals to again board the ship melted the 
 hearts of numerous old soldiers who had fought 
 in many a bloody battle field, when their com 
 rades were falling dead around them. The 
 dangerous position of the ship was not at all 
 exaggerated, therefore the necessity of sacri 
 ficing the poor mules could not be avoided it 
 was not " a question of the survival of the fit 
 test," for the reason that, even if all the human 
 lives had been sacrificed, the mules would have 
 met the fate which overtook them. The re 
 lating of this incident, even at this distant day, 
 causes the eye of comrade Snyder to moisten, 
 and he cannot repeat it without visibly display 
 ing his human and kindly emotions. The strong 
 wind and storm abated, the ship was again 
 headed for New Orleans, where the Regt. 
 embarked on other boats and crossed the Gulf 
 to Barancras, Fla., and afterwards to a point 
 near Mobile. Mr. Snyder took part in the siege 
 and assault at Spanish Fort, as also in the en 
 gagement at Fort Blakely, which was the last 
 battle of the Rcgt. and practically the last of 
 the war. At the close of the war he went to 
 Galveston, Tex., was mustered out Aug. 22, 
 1865, and finally discharged npon his arrival at 
 Chicago. He then returned to Urbana, where 
 he has since resided. 
 
 Mr. Snyder was born at Honesdalc, Pa., Nov. 
 19, 1834, a son of Dr. Jacob F. Snyder, a prom 
 inent physician of his day. When he was but 
 a child his parents moved to Terra Haute, Ind., 
 where he received the rudiments of an English 
 education. He abandoned school when 16 years 
 of age, and commenced to learn the printing 
 trade, and in 1850 removed to Urbana, where he 
 set the first newspaper type set in that county. 
 In 18/0, after a long experience in that busi 
 ness, he started the Urbana Republican, but mis 
 fortune soon overtook the enterprise, his 
 printing office having been consumed by fire, 
 in which he also came near losing his life. He 
 was taken from the burning building inan uncon 
 scious condition, and after lying at the point of 
 death for some two weeks he recovered. He had 
 fought and won other battles, therefore Mr. 
 Snyder was not disposed to surrender on meet- 
 irie with even, this terrible loss. .He moved to 
 
 new quarters, and soon the newsy Republican 
 was again keeping the citizens of Urbana in 
 formed upon the questions and news of the 
 day. He established a fine and lucrative busi 
 ness, with every prospect of a propitious future, 
 but the fates had decreed otherwise, and again 
 all his worldly possessions were swept from his 
 grasp by fire. His health was not robust since 
 the war, and now having his worldly posses 
 sions swept from him for the second 
 time, he was compelled to abandon his news 
 paper business, which he fought so hard to 
 establish. In 1885 he was elected Clerk of 
 Urbana Township, and in 1889 Police Justice, 
 both of which he still holds, having had them 
 tendered to him owing to his popularity with 
 his fellow townsmen. 
 
 Mr. Snyder is the present commander of 
 Black Eagle Post No. 129, G. A. R., having 
 held the position of adjutant of that post for 
 seven years. He is a prominent member in 
 all G. A. R. matters, and holds a relatively con- 
 picuous position in the Odd Fellows Order, 
 holding at the present time a commission as 
 Assistant Inspector General for the Division 
 of the Lakes. Before the war, Mr. Snyder was 
 a Democrat, but his opinion changed at the 
 time of the war, since which time, he has been 
 a strong Republican. He married June 21, 
 1860, Miss Clara Goodspeed, a most estimable 
 and cultivated lady, and 8 children have re 
 sulted from the union, all of which are living 
 except one. 
 
 The many important offices Mr. Snyder has 
 held in the Odd Fellows order and G. A. R., 
 as also public positions which he has by popu 
 lar vote been called upon to fill, testify in elo 
 quent language to the universal respect in which 
 he is held by his brethren in those Societies 
 as also by his fellow townsmen. 
 
 ISAAC N. HARDING, of Urbana, 111., was born 
 in Tioga Co., Penn., Jan. 19, 1830, a son of 
 Joseph M. and Permelia M. (Hayden) 
 Harding. His father was in the U. S. service 
 in the war of 1812, in defense of sailors rights, 
 and his grandfather, Samuel Harding, enlisted 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 in the Revolution for American Independence, 
 at the age of 16, and served to the close of the 
 war. As a citizen of the new born nation he 
 became a prisoner until his death, at the ripe 
 age of 84 years and 6 months. His paternal 
 grandmother, whose maiden name was Love 
 Mayhew, was born on Martha s Vineyard, a de 
 scendant of Col. Markwell Mayhew, who could 
 boast of a truly noble pedigree, being a descen 
 dant of the merchants of South Hampton, 
 England, who in the days of Charles the First 
 obtained a grant in the Vineyard, planted the 
 first English Colony there, and were the first 
 white settlers. Col. Mayhew was a man of 
 blessed memory who spent his life in the serv 
 ice of God and man. He taught white men to 
 live in peace with their red-skinned brethern. 
 He practiced the faith he preached among the 
 Indian tribes, and became the progenitor of a 
 family that recorded among its members six 
 successive generations of able and devoted 
 ministers who are still remembered as the 
 "Venerable Mayhews." Joseph M. Harding 
 was a man characterized for his brave and 
 liberal views, an excellent scholar, and for 
 many years followed the profession of teacher. 
 It was under the tuition of his father that our 
 subject received his early training which so 
 abundantly fitted him for the responsible duties 
 in life, which he has been called upon to fill, 
 and which he has performed so well. He also 
 became a teacher of district schools, and later 
 a solicitor for a publishing house, and was en 
 gaged as an agent in various capacities up to 
 1861. In the spring of 1861 he emigrated to 
 LaFayette, Ind.,and in May, i86i,was enrolled 
 in the army for three months under the Pres 
 ident s first call for 75,000 troops. The quota 
 being previously filled he was obliged to return 
 home. A few months later he enlisted in the 
 4Oth Ind. Vol. Inf., and was mustered in at 
 Indianapolis, Ind., Dec., 1861. He went with 
 his Rcgt., to various points in Ky., to Bowling 
 Green and Nashville at the time the enemy 
 was evacuating. Then to Pittsburg Landing 
 where he was actively engaged in the terrible 
 battle of Shiloh, April 6th and 7th, 1862. 
 Then followed the move on to Corinth. For six 
 
 weeks the "boys " skirmished and were under 
 fire constantly, advancing a little each day, 
 until finally Corinth was evacuated. From 
 there they moved to luka, Tuscumbia, Decatur, 
 Hindsville and Stevenson, Ala. Then onward, 
 to Tullahoma and McMinnville, Tenn. At the 
 latter named place, our comrade being ruptured 
 and otherwise disabled for duty, he was dis 
 charged and sent home Aug. 1862. Return 
 ing to Indianapolis he was employed in the 
 U. S. arsenal and embraced every opportunity 
 that presented itself for the Union cause. 
 Being desirous to do what he could in put 
 ting down the Rebellion and save the Union; 
 he re-enlisted in May, 1864,, in the I32d Ind. 
 Vol. Inf., to act in the capacity of a hospital 
 nurse. 
 
 He faithfully served in that position, until 
 his already injured constitution again succum 
 bed, and he was placed in a hospital at Nash 
 ville, Tenn., later transferred to Madison, Ind., 
 then to Indianapolis, where he was mustered 
 out with his Regt. 
 
 We now find young Harding retiring from 
 the war, permanently injured, with his general 
 health impaired, all brought upon him owing 
 to his patriotic devotion to his native country, 
 whose flag he was only too willing to save. In 
 1865 he located in Springfield, 111., which State 
 he has made his home since. For the past 
 twenty years he has lived in Champaign Co.. 
 where he is engaged in the papering and paint 
 ing business. Mr. Harding was married in 
 1872 to Miss Elizabeth D. Gillespie. He is a 
 member of the G. A. R., and the Christian 
 Church. 
 
 JACOB T. FOKKEK, Corpl. of Cottage 12, 
 I. S. & S. II., at Quincy, 111., is a native of 
 Switzerland, born Sept. 5, 1830. He lived 
 there till 21 years of age, when he came to 
 America, and lived the first year in New Or 
 leans, afterward going to Peoria, 111., where he 
 enlisted in Co. A. nth 111. Cav. in Col. R. G. 
 Ingersoll s Regt., on Oct. I, 1861. He served 
 with that Regt. until disabled by a fall which 
 
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 broke his right shoulder and he has been dis 
 abled thereby ever since. This occurred at 
 Pittsburg Landing, in which battle he partici 
 pated. Was discharged from service July 12, 
 1862, then he returned to Peoria where he re 
 mained until he came to the "Home" four and 
 a half years ago. He was never married. His 
 parents were John and Mary (Wirth) Torrer. 
 Their lives were spent in Switzerland, four chil 
 dren were born of this union, three sons and 
 one daughter. One brother, John L., was a 
 teacher in his native country, where he died in 
 1870. Nicholas L. was a wagon-maker by trade 
 and came to America in 1854. He enlisted in 
 Woodford Co., 111. in the i;th 111. Inf., and 
 served three years. Has not been heard from 
 by subject since 1865. The sister, Mrs. Eliza 
 Smith died in Peoria, 111., about 10 years ago, 
 leaving a family of 7 children. His mother 
 died in 1836, and the father remarried, and died 
 1844. Subject is liberal in his political views 
 voting for measures rather than for men. At 
 the "Home" he is honored with the appoint 
 ment of Corporal in his ward, a position which 
 gives him some authority, and brings some rec 
 ompense from the State. Not a pensioner. 
 
 SERGT. JOHN TuLLYwas born in Marion Co., 
 111., April 11, 1825. There is but one liv 
 ing native of Marion Co. who is an older 
 resident of the Sucker State. His parents were 
 Mark and Susannah (Ingram) Tully, who mar 
 ried in E. Term., and removed to Ind., and in 
 1821 to 111., and settled in Marion Co., where 
 both died. One brother and two sisters 
 of subject are now living, the balance of a 
 family of fifteen have crossed the dark river. 
 Our subject lived in Marion Co. until his mar 
 riage, March 6th, 1849, tne lady being Miss Sa 
 rah E. Elston, a native of Vincennes, Ind. She 
 died in Clay Co., 111., in 1888. Six children 
 were born to them, five of whom are living 
 Joseph E., Ida, William M. (deceased), Agnes, 
 Rose and Lucy. All married except Agnes. 
 Our subject was reared to farm life, but his 
 principal business in early life was handling 
 
 horses. In 1847 ne enlisted for the Mexican 
 war, and became a member of Co. C, 1st Reg. 
 111. Vol. He served under Capt. Van Trump 
 Turner, the ist Lieut, being I. N. Haney, after 
 wards Col. of 48th 111., in civil war, and at one 
 time Adjt.-Gen. of 111. The regiment rendez 
 voused at Alton, where it remained from May 
 till the latter part of June, 1847, when it went 
 to Fort Leavenworth, leaving the latter place 
 for the plains on the 7th of July. It was sta 
 tioned in New Mexico, being sent to relieve 
 Sterling Price, who afterward became a noted 
 general in the confederate army. They did gen 
 eral duty along the borders in New Mexico, 
 simply holding possession of the country, the 
 Regt. being divided into three sections and sta 
 tioned at different places. His enlistment was 
 " during the war unless sooner discharged." He 
 crossed the plains with 120 wagons loaded with 
 provisions, drawn by ox teams, a slow and tedi 
 ous trip. Oct. 13, 1848, they were discharged 
 from service at Alton, 1 11., having been in service 
 nearly a year and a half. Mr. Tully returned 
 to his parental home, where he remained until 
 his marriage, before referred to. During the 
 civil war he was in the employ of the 4th U.S., 
 under Col. Haney, of the 48th 111., his former 
 Lieut, in the Mexican war service. He went 
 with the Regt. to Cairo, and made a trip into 
 Ky , and was afterward promoted Brigade wagon 
 master, and was at the battles of Forts Henry 
 and Donelson, in charge of his teams, with Mc- 
 Clernand s Brig., employed by Col. Dunlap, the 
 Brig. Q. M. Subject ranked as Capt., though 
 not regularly commissioned, being not enlisted, 
 but had the pay and emoluments of such rank. 
 A disagreement arising between him and the 
 commanding Gen., he asked for his discharge, 
 and received the same, returning to his home 
 at Xenia, 111., where he operated a livery stable 
 for over twenty years. The death of his wife 
 broke up his home, and he came to the Soldiers 
 Home, believing that his services justly entitled 
 him to the rights generously provided by the 
 State. A resident of 111. for 67 years makes 
 him one of the oldest citizens of the State. Po 
 litically our subject is a staunch Republican. 
 Beiii a non-enlisted man in the late war, al- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 though having rendered valuable service to the 
 cause, he is not eligible to membership in the 
 G. A. R., which surely seems rather ironclad 
 when applied to Mexican soldiers. His son 
 Joseph E. served through the war, being a mem 
 ber of two 111. Regs. He is now a prominent 
 citizen of Xenia, where he is a merchant. 
 
 JOHN P. BEERS, a member of John Wood 
 Post, No. 96, G. A. R, Quincy, 111., is a 
 native of Knox, Co., Ohio, born Jan 15, 
 1842. Parents were James K. and Perlina F. 
 (Eerris) Beers, who removed to la., when sub 
 ject was about 14 years of age. Here he 
 attended the public schools of Mount Pleasant, 
 and removed with his parents to Quincy, 111., 
 in the fall of 1859, where -he attended a busi 
 ness school and acquired a good business edu 
 cation. Aug. 15, 1862, he enlisted in Co. K., 
 /8th 111. Vol. Inf. at Quincy, 111. He went to 
 Jeffersonvillc, Ind., where he was uniformed 
 and fully equipped for service. The "boys" 
 started on their first march through the streets 
 of Louisville, loaded with all the paraphernalia 
 of full fledged soldiers, besides an extra citizens 
 suit, rendered supernumerary by reason of 
 "Uncle Sam s" bequest of "blue" and as the 
 march was tedious, the line was trodden with 
 superfluous soldier belongings. The /8th did 
 patrol duty on the line of the Louisville and 
 Nashville Ry., for several months after enter 
 ing service, and when relieved was ordered to 
 Louisville, were sent in company with a large 
 body of troops up to Nashville, and from thence 
 to Eranklin, Tcnn., and became a part of the 
 army of the Cumberland under command of 
 Gen. Gordon Granger. He participated in the 
 battle of Chickamauga. This was a disastrous 
 battle and subject remembers very distinctly 
 that he was nearer the rear than he desired 
 during the retreat to Chattanooga. Says he 
 would have had no particular objections if the 
 column had been headed the other way. 
 After Battle of Missionary Ridge the Regt. 
 followed the retreat of the enemy, and con 
 tinued to skirmish and ca-pturc stragglers and 
 
 trains until it passed through the Gap at Ross- 
 ville. 
 
 The 4th Army Corps and part of the 1 4th Corps 
 followed Genl. Longstreet s command to Knox- 
 ville, compelling the Rebels to raise the siege at 
 that point. The boys suffered greatly on this 
 march, eating parched corn, etc., for several days. 
 Wintered at Rossville, and in the spring went 
 into the Atlanta campaign, on continuous line 
 of duty until the fall of Atlanta. At the battle 
 of Jonesboro. Ga., he was severely wounded in 
 the right arm, which renders it useless. He was 
 carrying his regimental colors at the time he 
 received this wound, and says it is an event in 
 his military history of which he is proud. He 
 was in the hospital at Atlanta, Ga., for three 
 months, after which was sent to Chattanooga 
 and from there without stop to Nashville. Was 
 there about two weeks, when he received a fur 
 lough and went home to Quincy. While at 
 home he got a transfer from the Nashville hos 
 pital to that at Quincy, where he remained till 
 Eeb. 24, 1865, when finally discharged. June 
 7th, 1865, he was married to Miss Lillie K. 
 Summers, a native of Quincy, 111., and daughter 
 of Nathaniel Summers. He superintended a 
 farm for some months, afterward engaged in 
 insurance in a neighboring State. He subse 
 quently returned to Quincy and w r as variously 
 employed for several years. Afterwards re 
 moved to Lewis Co., Mo., and re-engaged in 
 farming, remaining 3 years. Then came back 
 to Quincy and engaged in fruit raising near the 
 city, operating that for two years, and while in 
 this business he received an appointment as a 
 letter carrier in Quincy, and followed that 
 business from 1872 till 1881 when he was ap 
 pointed in the R. M. S. and has continued to 
 this date. His present field of labor is from 
 Quincy, 111,, to Kansas City, Mo., a run he has 
 had for two and a half years. He first operated 
 on the Wabash, between Quincy and LaEay- 
 ette, Ind., then on C., B. & Q. from Quincy to 
 Galesburg, then from Chicago to Quincy. To 
 Mr. and Mrs. Beers, four children have been 
 born, two of whom are living, the eldest and 
 youngest are deceased. Bertha L., married 
 Daniel C. Hodges and resides in Chicago; Mar- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 garet E., now Mrs. Charles W. Messick, resides 
 in Quincy. Subject is P. P. C. of John Wood 
 Post, No. 96 G. A. R.; is P. G. of Gem City 
 Lodge, No. 357, I. O. O. F., and a member of 
 Lambert Lodge A. F. & A. M. 
 
 Mr. Beers is an active and energetic member 
 of Vermont St. M. F. Church; a Republican in 
 politics, and a Prohibitionist in sentiment. 
 
 ALANSON L. WEED is a native of Hancock- 
 Co., Ilk, born Aug. 22, 1840. His parents 
 were William and Margaret (Winfield) 
 Weed. Mother was a distant relative of Gen. 
 Winfield Scott. She died when subject was a 
 child, our subject being their only child. The 
 early life of subject was spent at Augusta, Ilk, 
 where he attended school, and then learned the 
 blacksmith trade. He enlisted May 24, 1861, 
 in Co. B., 1 6th 111. Inf., and from Quincy went 
 to Hannibal, Mo., and spent the summer of 
 1861 guarding the H. & St. Joseph R. R. He 
 wintered at St. Joseph, Mo., up to Jan. or Feb., 
 when he returned to Quincy and went to Cairo 
 or Bird s Point. Went from there to New Mad 
 rid, Mo., and Gen. Morgan of Quincy com 
 manded the Brig. New Madrid was the first 
 initiation into the mysteries of active warfare. 
 He participated in the following engagements: 
 Tiptonville, Fort Pillow, Pittsburg Landing, 
 Siege of Corinth. He went on the Atlanta 
 campaign, and in front of Atlanta received a 
 wound from a spent ball which disfigured his 
 nose. Went to Joncsboro and was engaged in 
 that fight, then on Sherman s raid and at Bcn- 
 tonville. Mar. 20, 1865, he lost his left arm. He 
 was sent to the hospital at David s Island, N.Y., 
 where he remained until discharged June 24, 
 1865. Returned to Bushnell, Ilk, where he con 
 tinued one year, when he went to Augusta and 
 remained there till 1871, where he served 4 
 years, as Township collector. He went to 
 Galesburg as night watch for a R. R. Co., 8 
 months, and then to Quincy in 1872, and con 
 tinued in the same business for nine years, for 
 the C. B. & Q. R. R. Since quitting this work- 
 he has worked at painting a portion of the 
 
 time, but latterly he has been operating a sta 
 tionary engine. He was married when home 
 on veteran furlough, Feb. 11, 1864, to Miss 
 Amanda Rugh, a resident of Bushnell, 111. 
 Three sons were born from this union, John W., 
 Clarence F., and Alanson L., all living the 
 former in St. Louis, the others in Quincy. This 
 union proving uncongenial it was dissolved by 
 mutual consent, and subject was again married 
 to Miss Margaretta Wollebee, a native of Ohio. 
 Four children were born to this marriage, two 
 died in infancy and two living, Ira and Claude 
 are deceased, Earle and Hattie are at home. 
 Mr. Weed is a member of John Wood Post, 
 No. 96, G. A. R. Is also a member of the 
 South side Boarding Club, and^ votes with the 
 Republican party. 
 
 HARRY A. STEWARD, of Quincy, Ilk, is a 
 native of Philadelphia, born May 22, 
 1836, youngest child of Charles and 
 Fliza (Stewart) Steward, who were the parents 
 of a family of 14 children three pair of twins 
 seven sons and seven daughters, all dead ex 
 cept our subject. He lived in Philadelphia un 
 til 14, then went to Pitttsburg where he learned 
 the machinist s trade, but engaged with Robin 
 son Circus at Cincinnati, and accompanied that 
 troupe for 14 years. He visited nearly every 
 city of prominence in the U. S., and also in S. 
 America. He was at New Orleans at the out 
 break of the Rebellion, and went to Cincinnati 
 with the intention of enlisting in the 3 months 
 service, but the quota was filled, then went on 
 to Pittsburg and Governor Curtain authorized 
 the enlistment of the Pa. Reserve Corps, in 
 which he enlisted April 21, 1861, in Co. B., 8th 
 Pa. Reserve Corps under Col. Hayes. He re 
 mained in camp till just before the battle of 
 Bull Run, when the Regt. was sent to the front. 
 Subject was in a skirmish in Dec. 1861, where 
 two men were wounded in this Co., and capt 
 ured a number of Rebel prisoners. This was 
 his first baptism. He wintered near Arlington 
 Heights, Va., then went with McClellan s "for 
 ward movement" on Manassas in the spring of 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 1862, and returned to Alexandria and took 
 transports down to Fortress Monroe, and up the 
 Peninsula to Yorktown. Here they had their 
 full share of digging. After the evacuation of 
 Yorktown, followed up the Peninsula and took 
 position along the Chickahominy. \Yas in the 
 battle of Games Mills, commencing June 26, 
 1862, and on the 2/th subject received three 
 wounds, first a ball passed through his jaw 
 knocking out three teeth and coming out of his 
 mouth. Refusing to go to the rear, he again 
 received a wound in each leg, and lay on the 
 battlefield from Friday until Sunday, with no 
 water, no food, and no attention to his three 
 wounds. During the first night, while lying be 
 tween 4 dead men, one of the human ghouls 
 who infested the battlefield came and robbed 
 him of $30 in money, a watch, and pulled the 
 boots off his feet, nearly killing him with the 
 pain caused by wrenching his wounded legs. 
 Sunday morning the Rebels took him in charge 
 to Libby Prison, where he heard the remark 
 among the Rebel Doctors, that there was "no 
 use doing much with him, he s gone." His jaw 
 was swollen and so sore that he could not 
 speak, but he wrote his name, Co. and Regt. 
 on a tab. A lady present became his benefactor 
 and visited him every day, carrying palatable 
 food and giving him humane treatment. He 
 gives her credit with having saved his life. He 
 never knew who this angel of mercy was. She 
 was heavily veiled and dressed in black. He 
 also thinks that it was through the influence of 
 his unknown friend that he was not sent to 
 Andersonville. 
 
 While in prison gangrene set in and his suf 
 ferings were terrible. He was exchanged in 
 Oct. and sent to Clifburn hospital, at Washing 
 ton, D. C. Here the larger bone in his right 
 leg was removed, hoping thereby to save the 
 limb in that crippled condition. The left leg 
 was shot through the knee and the joint be 
 came stiff. At Clifburn hospital he was placed 
 on a "water bed," a rubber mattress filled with 
 water. President Lincoln came in and was 
 looking at him and talking to him when he ac- 
 cidently leaned against the mattress and 
 :->ubject was so nearly thrown off on the flur 
 
 that the Prest. saved him the fall by catching 
 hold of him. exclaiming, "My God! young 
 man, I didn t mean to do that," and stood 
 there, his great sympathetic heart overflowing 
 with tears. After three operations, he was sent 
 to Cincinnati, where his right leg was ampu 
 tated above the knee. He remained in the 
 Good Samaritan hospital until July 4, 1863. At 
 Cincinnati he was taken care of by those angels 
 of mercy, the Sisters of Charity, and he never 
 can express his gratitude to them for their 
 never tiring care and kindness. He continued 
 in Cincinnati till 1867. He was married July 
 9. 186", to Miss Lourinda Chapman. Mrs. 
 Steward was his nurse in the Gallipolis, Ohio, 
 hospital about 18 months. This matrimonial 
 alliance was culminated with the principal 
 actor seated on a chair. He removed to Au 
 gusta, 111., in 1868, and in 1872 came to Quincy, 
 111. Here he spent his time in collecting, solic 
 iting, etc. 
 
 Four children have been born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Steward, Harry J., William Sherman, 
 Emma, wife of Charles Eddy, and Charles, 
 who died when 14 months old. Mr. Steward is 
 a member of the John Wood Post, No. 96, G. A. 
 R., and of the " Mutual Aid." Mrs. Steward is 
 an active member of the W. R. C.. and Harry 
 J. is an enthusiastic worker in the Sons of Vet 
 erans. He is also a member of Co. D, 5th 
 I. S. M. The family attend the Congregational 
 Church. 
 
 THOMAS C. DEBOKD, of Quincy, 111., is a 
 native of Shelbyville, Ind., born Sept. 
 21, 1843. Parents were David and Mar 
 garet ( Bishop ) De Bord. Five sons and seven 
 daughters were born to them, subject being the 
 sixth child. Seven of the family are now liv 
 ing Nancy E. now Mrs. G. Snell; Isaac B.; 
 Sarah J., married J. Elliot; James K.; Minerva, 
 (deceased). Mary became Mrs. James Vice, is 
 now a widow; Lorenda now Mrs. Jackson. Sub 
 ject went with his parents to Edina, Mo., when 
 he was 9 years old, worked with his father who 
 was a brick-work contractor, up to the date of 
 
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 iis enlistment. He attended die D ufc ._ 
 during winter and otodier times wnen con 
 venient. iCCjmring; i good scftooi educario n. En 
 Sepc. cjfc L. ie enlisted Ea Co- B... 5d Mo. Cav... at 
 Palmyra, Mo, Tie neigicoriood was about 
 equally divided or Lmon and anti-Union, senti 
 ment, subject being tiree or four times taken 
 prisoner by die secessionists, witi iv-iew to en 
 forcing rrrrrr into tie Rebei army, or preventing; 
 iis sup po rr.ng tie L nio n cause. To be a L~nio n- 
 ist in Mo. it tiis trytng rrrrre.. meant more 
 ^.EP- simply to espouse i cause unrversaliv- ar- 
 dorsed wiere tiere was no division of senti 
 ment. Tie ^d Mo.. Cav. was known as tilover s 
 Cav. Reg_ and tieir record during die war is a 
 matter of iistory. not necessary to be rereatsd 
 iere in detail. Subject pamcipated in tie en- 
 ^TiCiment it Mount Zion^ Mo-. on Ciristmos 
 Lite, tiat being- iis irst experience in battle. 
 Tiis was i nerce battle. Our subject was o ne o f 
 ^5 men selecte i to attack tie ambusied enemy 
 and learn tierr position, a very perilous task, tn 
 wiici several o-f die little band were killed or 
 wounded. Hid monv skirmisaes and r- : 
 
 Cialk Bluff, near tie St.. Francis River., wiere 
 tne v zac. i running ti^nt o t several cavs 
 
 Van IV m and Shelby. Tie entire seoice of 
 
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 next engagement was it Brownsville. Ark. Af 
 ter tils battle subject was raken sick witi con- 
 ^^^?di**^ c^ - ^ 
 
 in die battle of Little Rock, soon after Frowns- 
 ville. He was on tie exreditio-n to Comden, 
 wiici went to meet Bonks on tie Red River. 
 defeating iim and returning to Little Rock, 
 He iaJi many narrow escapes from capture, was 
 fired upo n by ildden enemies omocg tie rvcks. 
 Two days after reaciing Little Rock, ie was 
 widi a racket patrol and was ~ - . 
 
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 den enemies, trsere be-iag RXIT 
 fort>- o-c tie bcsitwctackers.. Scb-rect was <b 
 in nine pCacesv aavtng a bail and three- beck- 
 <ic-cs pass tirocigi iis left <tv>c.;ioer. rendering- 
 tie arm ~_selessv Tbe- otceer wv>vin\is t> 
 ra,r.f--.i ^.: :.~; v trme were nv>t < 
 
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 ne i 864. He was in die 
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 50 faitaftrCLy gaacdwl t 
 transportatioa. igainst tfte cfeprcdatrijas of dre- 
 etenuarc o die rebel anmr. He returned 
 
 ent of tie sc 
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 ears., and ~ 
 
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 t sulies, am 
 
 from Edina. Att^n 
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 rocm.. He was en 
 
 various timgs for 
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 Sandwicrt Lj 
 
 benent of tie ocean as a pamicea. : - 
 iealti. Returned and spent tmree moacis at 
 Suu: r-ur-rsc-: i:~ : ~ - :>-: : tii 
 oiant service bccnui ^r >.-ctii Arnerca, 
 around Cape Horn, wastferee years front konte 
 on. tiis voyage. Made several voyages 
 West India trade. En E$;rr lie was tniirr- . 
 i^uiicy. IIL^ to- Miss Sirepta Dtxotiv ami tiere 
 ie settled dcwu to ea.:oy rest sc welt e*arc>- 
 ictive labor. Eigat caHidrea ftave been bent 
 to dieax. six living Clara, Amelia. Kottie ami 
 Join, twtnsv Mary. Sceita. Mabeii onxi YtrgiL 
 L> Lafayette. Mabel ami Fofiut are deceased. 
 tie ociers are at ctome. and attend sc 
 Subrect ias been a rnenuber ?f tie Rtpcist 
 oiurca scace ae was- tf years of age. Mrs. 
 LTeBoni ts a member o-f die M. E". ci^ 
 
 .-.-: -.s JL -.ne -rrber : : ." ^art Wood PosJL No g^.. 
 G^ A R. Feiionged to die Sons of Temperance 
 ooxi GOVHI Templars en &tetr day. P 
 a Repdxican.. and a penstoner at $ti. For tne 
 iast > years 5te ias been etrtpioyed tat connectiott. 
 witfit tie Gerji City Business College tn Qv 
 
 LA Fxvirrre WLLLIS^. a resident of 
 irsc saw die Lig&t v>f >iay at 
 lattd. L>bL?< Tt tt? fc :$4> His parents 
 were oan and Perlev ^ Taaver Wtlusv 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 father was a mechanic and died in Union, Can 
 ada, Oct. 13, 1853, at the age of 46 years. The 
 mother is a widow and resides in Michigan. 
 To them was born five sons and one daughter 
 of whom three are now living. Archalaus, a 
 broker, resides at Toronto, Canada, John, an 
 army soldier now residing at Port Huron, 
 Mich., served in the 1st Mich. Cav. from 1861 
 until disabled and discharged. La Fayette 
 spent his early days attending school in Canada. 
 In 1862 he returned to his native city and was 
 apprenticed to the ship building business con 
 tinuing one year; he went to Nashville, Tenn., 
 was employed by the U. S. Gov t. in a repair 
 shop and shortly returned to Cincinnati, where 
 he was engaged in a shipyard until he enlisted. 
 This patriotic event occurred Feb. 20, 1864, and 
 after going to Carlisle, Pa., for drill and equip 
 ment, he was finally assigned to Co. G, 3d 
 U. S. Cav., faithfully served three years and was 
 discharged at Fort Bascom, N. M., Feb. 20, 
 1867. He was principally engaged in sentinary 
 and picket duty, with Little Rock, Ark., as 
 headquarters. There was a continuous war 
 fare against guerrillas and bushwhackers, hence 
 our comrade saw but little rest from active 
 duty, and was engaged in a good many spirited 
 skirmishes and some hot fights. Nov. 8, 1864, 
 while a band of only 13 men, were engaged in 
 guarding a Gov t. coal-pit, near Little Rock, it 
 was attacked and surrounded by about 50 
 rebels, and all were taken prisoners, our sub 
 ject being one of the number. They were 
 transported to Camden, Ark., stripped of all 
 outside clothing and turned into prison with 
 nothing on but shirt, drawers and pants. 
 Shortly they were taken to Shreveport, La., 
 Being barefoot, of course it was difficult to 
 walk, and their escort being on horseback, 
 they were considerably hurried and frequently 
 threatened with death, the threat being empha 
 sized by revolvers leveled at their heads. Their 
 rations were a meagre portion of meal which 
 was cooked into mush and thus the brave little 
 band was made to suffer intolerably at the 
 hands of their brutal captors. At Shreveport 
 they were lodged in a stockade for about 3 
 
 months, then taken to Tyler, Tex., where they 
 were nearly starved. Their daily rations was a 
 pint of cornmeal, but frequently when the 
 roads were bad, they were without food for 3 
 or 4 days. 
 
 May 27, 1865, they were paroled and then 
 marched back to Shreveport, a distance of 1 10 
 miles, with only a single meal on the entire route. 
 At Shreveport they received 4 crackers and a 
 little coffee and this was the last ration for 
 four days, at the expiration of which time they 
 reached the mouth of the Red River, where 
 they were finally exchanged and turned over to 
 the U. S. authorities. When coming in sight 
 of the Stars and Stripes, this emaciated crowd 
 let up a heartfelt hurrah, as if thundered from 
 heaven itself. After being taken to New 
 Orleans, comrade Willis rejoined his Regt. at 
 Little Rock, Ark., where he remained until 
 June 1866, when he started across the plains to 
 New Mexico and Colorado, where he was 
 actively engaged in guarding the frontier and 
 fighting the Indians until discharged. As a 
 result of his loyal and patriotic army services 
 Mr. Willis is entirely blind, he having lost his 
 eyesight two years after his discharge. Thus 
 he sacrificed himself at the altar of his country, 
 only that the grand old Flag might be pre 
 served, more than words or pen can ever 
 portray, more than the government can ever 
 compensate with gold. Mr. Willis is an enthu 
 siastic member of the Col. Morton Post, No. 707 
 G. A. R., of which he is now J. V. C. He is a 
 true soldier and highly respected citizen. 
 Politically he says he " is not so blind but that 
 he can see to vote as he shot," i. e. Republican. 
 
 JOHN P. NELSCH, of Quincy, 111., was born 
 at Jacksonville, 111., April 18, 1840. Par 
 ents were John P. and Clara (Grouse) 
 Nelsch, natives of Germany who came to Amer 
 ica before marriage. Mother died when our 
 subject was a child. Two sons and one daugh 
 ter were born to first marriage, subject being 
 second child. Only one brother living, Lewis 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 255 
 
 resides in Quincy, Louisa married Jake Schaffcr, 
 she died 20 years ago. Subject s father came 
 to Quincy in 1842 and has since resided there. 
 He is now 80 years old. Subject received his 
 education in Quincy. Enlisted in the three 
 months service in Co. C loth 111. Inf. early 
 in April 1861, and served his time at Cairo, 111., 
 going there directly from Quincy. Was en 
 gaged in guarding R. R. and bridges. He came 
 home remaining 10 days when he re-enlisted in 
 the same Co. and Regt. nearly all having re- 
 enlisted. This service was no " play soldier 
 business." Wherever a record of the loth 111. 
 is found it will appear that the Regt. did its 
 whole duty. Comrade Nelsch participated in 
 all the battles in which the Regt. was engaged, 
 and followed it with its varying fortunes for 
 four years and four months in the three years 
 service, he having re-enlisted as a veteran in 
 the field. Went with Sherman to the sea, up 
 through the Carolinas to Richmond and Wash 
 ington and from there to Chicago, where he 
 was paid off and discharged. He never missed 
 a day s duty during his over four and a half years 
 continuous service and never was wounded. 
 
 He returned to Quincy and was married 
 there in 1870, to Miss Mary Crosby, a native of 
 Woodstock, 111., and four children have been 
 born to this union Lizzie, Annie, Albert and 
 Clara all at home an unmarried. Politically 
 Mr. Nelsch is a Democrat; a member of John 
 Wood Post, No 96, G. A. R.; the Firemen s 
 Benevolent Association and the A. O. U. W. 
 Mrs. Nelsch s father, John Crosby, died in 
 Libby Prison during the war. Her mother 
 died in Chicago, 111., about 39 years ago. Her 
 stepmother died about a year ago in Wood 
 stock, 111. One brother was also in the army 
 from the beginning to the end, and it is not 
 known whether is alive or dead. 
 
 JAMES A. BENNESON, jeweler and optician, 
 506 Hampshire St., Quincy, 111., is a native 
 of Pa., born Nov. 16, 1839, son f Nathan 
 iel D. and Mary A. (Middleton) Benneson. 
 They were natives of Del. Father was born 
 
 June 25, 1805, a d is now living in Los Angeles, 
 Cal. Mother born in Oct. 30, 1815, and died in 
 Quincy, 111., Feb. n, 1887. Of the family there 
 were three sons and one daughter, of whom 
 subject was the eldest. Father had been pre 
 viously married, one son, Win. T., being the 
 only issue. Robert served in the Miss. Squad 
 ron U. S. Navy as an engineer. Nathaniel re 
 sides in Kansas City, was in the Kansas Militia. 
 Eliza J. married James F. Cosby and resides in 
 Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 The early life of our subject was spent in his 
 native city, where he attended school and 
 learned the business of watchmaker and jeweler. 
 In the fall of 1860 he went to Middletown, Del. 
 and enlisted in Co. I 5th Del. Inf., Nov. 6th, 
 1862, for nine months, did general duty on the 
 line of the thoroughfare between Philadelphia 
 and Washington until July, 1863, when they 
 were transferred to Fort Delaware. Here their 
 time expired and they were mustered out of 
 service at Wilmington, Del., on Aug. 6, 1863, by 
 reason of expiration of term of enlistment. He 
 returned to Middletown and worked at his trade 
 there about one year when he went to Philadel 
 phia, remained two years and in Nov., 1866, 
 went to Quincy, 111., and continued his business 
 as a journeyman until 1874, when he engaged 
 in business on his own account, continuing to 
 the present. Was married in Middletown, Del. 
 May i, 1862, to Miss Mary C. Tibbels, a native 
 of Philadelphia. She died Jan., 1868, leaving 
 two children. He was again married in Quincy, 
 April 14, 1871, to Miss Annie A. Nichols, a na 
 tive of Pa. Her father, John Nichols, was a sea 
 Captain for many years. To the first marriage 
 he has two children, named Harry K. and Mary 
 E., now Mrs. Manseau, residing at Duluth. To 
 the second marriage he has three children, 
 Joseph N., Floyd S. and Lloyd L., twins, the 
 latter of whom died. The names were given in 
 rememberance of two army comrades, Lieut. 
 Lloyd and Comrade Floyd. Of the social or 
 ders Mr. Benneson is a member of Robt. 
 Brooker Lodge, No. 406, I. O. O. F., of which 
 he is a Past Grand; is also a Past Grand of Allen 
 Encampment No. 4; P. G. of Red Cross Lodge 
 No. 44, K. of P.; and Improved Order Red Men. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 He belongs to John Wood Post, No. 96, G. A. 
 R. He is a staunch Republican in political 
 faith. Mrs. Benneson is a member of the M. E. 
 Church. 
 
 JOHN J. GRUHN of Quincy, 111., is a native of 
 Poland, where he was born March 11, 
 1844, the second child in a family of three 
 children. His parents were John J. and Julia 
 (Close) Gruhnowsky, the original family name, 
 the last two syllables being dropped by com 
 mon consent. The father was one of the Revo 
 lutionists in Poland, his property was con 
 fiscated, he was killed and his family were 
 driven to America as refugees in 1857. From 
 1848 to 1857, the family were in various places 
 in European countries. 
 
 Dec. 14, 1857 the" family landed at Baltimore, 
 The next year they moved to St. Louis, then 
 located at St. Joseph, Mo., and in the fall of 
 1858 the mother invested all her little fortune 
 in Kansas land and lost it all. John, our subject, 
 received a liberal education in his native land, 
 and to-day reads and writes six languages. At 
 St. Louis he learned the art of scenery painting, 
 and was engaged in that calling and photog 
 raphy up to the breaking out of the great Re 
 bellion. When the U. S. Flag was torn from 
 the Court House in St. Louis, his young and 
 royal Polish blood was up, and his love of lib 
 erty, which is synonymous to Poland, prompt 
 ed him to offer his service to his foster country. 
 Accordingly he enlisted April 17, 1861 in Co. 
 D, 2d Mo. Inf., as a musician. He partici 
 pated in the battle of Boonesville,, Mo., then 
 proceeded to Springfield, Mo., where his three 
 months enlistment expired. Returning to St. 
 Louis, the Regt. was reorganized, and our sol 
 dier re-enlisted for three years, without taking 
 a discharge. Onward he went to Tipton, thence 
 to Springfield and Rolla, where they wintered. 
 In the spring of 1862, they returned to Spring 
 field, thence to Bentonville, Ark., and Sugar 
 Creek, where they had a skirmish, returning to 
 Bentonville, where the 2d Mo. fought under 
 Gen. Sigel. Moving to Elkhorn, the Regt. 
 
 was attacked in the front and rear by Indians. 
 Comrade Gruhn was slightly wounded but con- 
 continued with the "boys" and took part in the 
 bloody battle of Pea Ridge. Here he made him 
 self useful by carrying water to the boys. Hav 
 ing captured a horse, he loaded him down with 
 canteens, and traveled back and forth "receiving 
 and delivering." 
 
 The next engagement was at Shiloh, followed 
 by the capture of Corinth, after which they 
 moved to Rienzi, Miss, and then on to Cincinnati, 
 to protect that city against Bragg s threatened 
 attack. Later he was placed in the invalids 
 corps, ordered to Chicago, and finally discharged 
 Sept. 9, 1864. As a result of the exposure of 
 field service, he contracted atrophy of the mus 
 cular system, the stomach being affected 
 equally with the locomotive muscles, a*nd he is 
 thus totally helpless. He is unable to turn 
 himself in bed, though he can sit in an easy 
 chair. He has use of both hands, only from 
 the wrist, and has been in this condition about 
 12 years. He was married to Louisa Hanson, 
 who died May 31, 1879, leaving 4 children, Lucy 
 J., John W., (deceased) Charles W., and Jessie. 
 April 19, 1880 he was married to Sara Carrol, 
 and to this union has been born 3 children ; 
 William F., Ernest E. and Alfred C. Mr. Gruhn 
 is a man of indomitable energy and pluck, 
 a worthy and public spirited citizen, who has 
 the love and esteem of all who know him. 
 He is a church member and organizer of Col. 
 Morton Post, No. 707, G. A. R. of which he 
 is Q. M. He never misses a meeting notwith 
 standing he has to be wheeled there in his chair 
 and carried upstairs. Politically he is a Re 
 publican "always was and always will be." 
 
 M 
 
 AJOK GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS was 
 born in Va., July 31, 1816. Educated at 
 West Point, graduating number twelve in 
 a class of 45, June, 1840. Entered military serv 
 ice as 2cl Lieut., Third Artillery, July I, 1840, 
 and immediately joined his Regiment in 
 Florida. Was promoted to First Lieut. May 
 17, 1843; to Cap. Dec., 1853; Major of 2nd U. S. 
 
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 257 
 
 Cav. in 1855; Lieut. Col., April 25; Col. of 5th 
 Cav., May 5, i86i;Brig. Gen. of Vols., August 17, 
 1861; Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, April 25, 1862; 
 Brig. Gen. of Regular Army, October 27, 1863, 
 andjto Maj. Gen. in Regular service, Dec. 16, 
 1864. 
 
 Gen. Thomas first military service was ren 
 dered in Florida, against the Seminole Indians, 
 where he early displayed military qualities of 
 good promise, and for meritorious conduct was 
 promoted to First Lieut, in the regular army. 
 In July, 1845, ne was sent to Texas with orders 
 to report to Gen. Taylor, then in command of 
 our Southwestern frontier. On reaching 
 Corpus Christi, he was assigned to duty with 
 the garrison in Fort Brown, which post was 
 soon afterwards invested by a large body of 
 Mexicans, and fighting began with great spirit. 
 The defense was successful and the Mexicans 
 repulsed after a siege of six days duration. 
 Thomas was next ordered to Monterey, and 
 took part in the bloody engagement fought at 
 that place. In this action Gen. Thomas dis 
 tinguished himself, won the hearty commenda 
 tion of the veteran Taylor, and was promoted to 
 a Captaincy for gallant bearing under fire. 
 From Monterey he marched with the army of 
 invasion until the Mexican legions surrounded 
 and attacked Gen. Taylor at Buena Vista. On 
 this ensanguined field, Captain Thomas bore 
 himself with his usual courage, and fought with 
 great constancy. The same noble and useful 
 qualities that characterized Thomas in after 
 life, shone first conspicuously at Buena Vista. 
 As the long lines of savage Mexicans drove in 
 fierce charges on Gen. Taylor s little army, 
 Captain Thomas was one that stood in stern 
 defiance against overwhelming numbers, and 
 for two hours struggled to save the American 
 cause from what, at times seemed an inevitable 
 defeat. The same steady habits in battle, that 
 won for him immortal fame at Chickamauga, 
 attracted the notice of Gen. Taylor at Buena 
 Vista. 
 
 For efficiency and soldierly bearing in this 
 memorable engagement, Captain Thomas was 
 breveted Major. At the close of the Mexican 
 war, Major Thomas returned to Texas, and 
 
 13 
 
 (like most other officers in the regular army) 
 spent the passing years in garrison duty along 
 the coast. In 1851 he was sent to West Point 
 as instructor of artillery, where he remained 
 until 1854, when he was ordered to California 
 in command of a battalion of artillery. In 1855 
 he was placed in command of the 2d Cav., 
 and ordered to Texas, where he remained until 
 the outbreaking of the late Rebellion. In April, 
 1861, he was assigned to duty in Gen. Patter 
 son s department, in Pcnn. After serving a 
 short time with Generals Patterson and Banks 
 in N. Va., he was ordered to report to Gen. 
 Robert Anderson, then in command of the 
 Department of the Cumberland. 
 
 He was assigned to the command of Camp 
 Robinson, which had just been organized by 
 Gen. Nelson, on Green River near Columbia, 
 Ky. Here he commenced organizing an army 
 for a campaign in E. Tenn. Removing his 
 headquarters to Crab Orchard, Ky., Thomas 
 was rapidly preparing for his advance, when he 
 was ordered by Gen. Buell to proceed to 
 Lebanon Ky., for the purpose of co-operating 
 in a movement on Bowling Green, then held 
 by Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston with a large 
 rebel army. While at Lebanon, news reached 
 Gen. Bucll that the rebels under Zollicoffer had 
 crossed the Cumberland, for the purpose of 
 invading Ky. Gen. Thomas, in command of 
 six regiments, started to meet and oppose t he- 
 confident Rebels in their march to the North. 
 After a few days march, he found Zollicoffer 
 well fortified on the north bank of the Cumber 
 land River. While advancing to attack the 
 position, he was met by the Rebel forces on 
 the 1 8th of January, at Logan s Cross Roads, 
 and the battle of Mill Springs resulted. This 
 was one of the first and certainly one of the 
 best fought battles of the year. It was the 
 first battle in which Gen. Thomas had com 
 mand. His iron will shone out in all its 
 strength; the powers of his great soul expanded 
 in the midst of battle, and with the increasing 
 danger. The victory was complete and the 
 honors fairly won. 
 
 Gen. Thomas had now organized the nucleus 
 of what was to become the great army of the 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Cumberland. He was ordered to Nashville, 
 Term., by Gen. Buell, and arrived at that place 
 March 2. 1862, his command forming the re 
 serve of the army under that officer. Gen. 
 Thomas Div. was not ordered up to the battle 
 of Shiloh, until the enemy had retreated. 
 From Pittsburg Landing he assisted Gen. 
 Halleck in the capture of Corinth. When Gen. 
 Buell started on his famous foot-race against 
 Bragg s army, Thomas was made second in 
 command and traversed the whole track from 
 Tenn. River, in N. Ala., to Louisville, Ky. On 
 reaching Louisville, the command of the whole 
 Army of the Cumberland was tendered to Gen. 
 Thomas, which he modestly declined, insisting 
 with characteristic generosity that Gen. Buell 
 should be retained in his position. Gen. Rosen- 
 crans was soon after placed in command of 
 the army, and the Rebels driven south. Gen. 
 Thomas commanded the I4th Corps, consti 
 tuting the center column. After passing Nash 
 ville, the fighting was desultory, but fierce, 
 until the 1st of December, when the great battle 
 of Stone River commenced, in which Gen. 
 Thomas displayed more than his usual firmness 
 and intrepidity on the field. 
 
 When McCook s corps, holding the Union 
 right, was swept in confusion from the field, 
 the centre was struck by the rushing tide of ad 
 vancing Rebels. Like a rock amidst the dashing 
 waves of the stormy deep, Thomas corps stood 
 on the banks of Stone River, on the 1st and 
 2nd of January, 1863. Calm and unmoved, 
 Gen. Thomas stood amid the fearful conflict, 
 always in front, cheering and inspiring his 
 troops by his presence and example. If the 
 centre was broken, the day was lost. With 
 a constancy that never faltered, a devoted 
 heroism that was insensible to danger, Thomas 
 continued to cheer his men, repulsing every 
 charge, and finally held his position. For three 
 days the tide of blood ebbed and flowed at 
 Stone River. At length the disappointed 
 Rebels sullenly abandoned the field and drew 
 off their bleeding and shattered columns. 
 His conduct on the field met the following 
 commendation from the commanding Gen. in 
 his report : " True and prudent, distinguished 
 
 in command, and celebrated for courage on 
 many battle fields." 
 
 The battle of Chickamauga was fought on 
 the 20th of September, 1863. The right of 
 Rosencrans arny, under McCook and Critten- 
 den, attacked by an overwhelming force, after 
 a brief struggle, instantaneously gave way and 
 broke in confusion, leaving the centre under 
 Thomas, once more to retrieve the fortunes of 
 the day or be overwhelmed in the disastrous 
 tide of battle. During the first day fortune 
 seemed to favor General Thomas command. 
 While other divisions of the army were re 
 treating broken and confused, he was pouring 
 a steady fire into the hostile ranks, without 
 stopping to inquire how the battle was going on 
 right or left. All the troops on his right had 
 been driven from the field ; Rosencrans himself 
 had returned to Chattanooga, and all gave 
 up the day as lost. Away in the mountain 
 gorges, cut off from other portions of the army, 
 Thomas was still fighting on his own hook. On 
 the first day he strove for victory, and several 
 times repulsed the enemy. On the second day, 
 the lines being broken on the right, he was cut 
 off and flanked. On the third day he was 
 flanked on both sides and assailed by massed 
 columns in front. His position was at this time 
 one of terrible grandeur a single corps of a 
 broken army contending unsupported against 
 the whole Rebel force, vastly superior in num 
 bers. He dare not retreat, could not advance and 
 would not surrender. At last, on the afternoon of 
 the third day, while enveloped in the smoke of 
 the Rebel guns, awaiting in deep suspense the 
 result, he was reinforced by three fresh 
 brigades under Gen. Steadman. The enemy was 
 speedily repulsed, and Gen. Thomas drew off 
 his troops to a strong position at Rossville. By 
 common consent he is recognized as the hero 
 of Chickamauga. 
 
 Chattanooga was besieged by the Rebel 
 army. Reinforcements arrived under Hooker 
 from the Army of the Potomac, and Sherman 
 from the Army of the Tenn. Gen. Thomas 
 was placed in command of the Army of the 
 Cumberland, and Grant took command in chief. 
 Preparations were speedily effected, and the 
 glorious action of Mission Ridge was fought 
 
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 and won on the 25th day of November, 1863. 
 While Hooker occupied the right, and Sher 
 man the left, Thomas assumed once more com 
 mand of the center. When the flanking pre 
 liminaries had been perfected, and the long 
 expected order came, "Central column, for 
 ward," the troops moved off in admirable style, 
 confident of victory and eager for the fray. In 
 the face of a fire from fifty hostile cannons, they 
 marched up the rugged steeps of Mission Ridge, 
 drove the menacing enemy from their position, 
 captured the works, and planted the stars and 
 stripes on the heights. 
 
 Gen. Thomas held the post of honor on this 
 occasion, and commanded the finest charge 
 recorded in history. Then the great campaign 
 of Georgia was opened. From Chattanooga to 
 Atlanta, General Thomas command was, as 
 usual, placed in the center. During the well 
 remembered hundred days fighting between 
 these two points, he was constantly in front, 
 faithful and efficient in every emergency. 
 
 Then the campaign had terminated, and 
 Sherman determined to launch out into the 
 hollow Confederacy, he wisely chose Thomas 
 to protect the conquered territory. This was a 
 responsible duty, and nobly performed. Dec. 
 1 5th and i6th, 1864, his forces gallantly carried 
 the day and routed the enemy in the battle of 
 Nashville. 
 
 At the close of the war Gen. Thomas was 
 placed in command of a military department, 
 headquarters at Nashville, the scene of his last 
 and greatest conquest. The leading charac 
 teristics of Gen. Thomas, was firmness, stern 
 resolve, purity of purpose, and unassuming 
 modesty. He was emphatically a man of sys 
 tem, and especially exact in military matters. 
 No man in the Union army has been more 
 uniformly successful, secured more fully the 
 confidence of his men, or achieved a more 
 enduring fame. He died April 5th, 1870. 
 
 DR. JOHN O. PATTERSON, of Galva, 111., was 
 born in Westmoreland Co., Pa., Dec. 13, 
 1819, where he was raised and received 
 his preliminary education. He is the son of 
 
 John R. and Mary (Orr) Patterson. Both fam 
 ilies were raised in Westmoreland and Lancas 
 ter Counties, the Orrs being of American stock. 
 John R. was the son of Robert Patterson, who 
 removed from Lancaster to Westmoreland 
 County in 1790, and who was of Scotch ancestry. 
 At the age of 23, he attended the Transyl 
 vania University, at Lexington, Ky., where he- 
 was graduated in 1846. He then studied med 
 icine, and having received his license, entered 
 upon the practice of his profession in his native 
 county. He had a successful practice there 
 for three years, and then removed to Pittsburg, 
 where he remained until 1856, when he again 
 moved, this time to Oquawka, Henderson Co., 
 111. Dr. Patterson continued his practice at 
 Oquawka until 1864, when he enlisted in Co. 
 D., 1 38th 111. Vol. Inf. for the 100 day service. 
 The Regt. was organized at Quincy, and from 
 there went to Fort Leavenworth, where it was 
 assigned to garrison duty and the care of the 
 government property, with Col. Goodwin com 
 manding the post. While there the troops were 
 threatened by Quantrell, the rebel guerrilla, 
 and at one time he made an attempt to cross 
 the river below the city, but was defeated in 
 this movement by the I38th. While the Regt. 
 remained at the fort, Dr. Patterson acted as as 
 sistant surgeon, and also had charge of the 
 hospital stores. Being well along in years, and 
 having more than his share of hard work, the 
 Doctor was taken sick with rheumatism, and a 
 typho-malarial form of fever, and as soon as he 
 was able to travel he was sent home, very much 
 against his wishes, on a short furlough, which 
 was extended, rejoining his Regt. on its way 
 home for muster out, which occurred at Spring 
 field, 111., Oct. 14, 1864. Dr. Patterson returned 
 to Oquawka very much broken in health, and 
 has never been free from rheumatism since. 
 
 Dr. Patterson was married at Pittsburg, Pa., 
 to Annie, a daughter to Robert Wallace of that 
 city. To this union three children were born, 
 Thomas W., a telegraph operator and station 
 agent, who is married and has four children; 
 Frank, now a resident of Topeka, Kan., en 
 gaged as train dispatcher for the At- 
 chison & Santa Fe R. R., which position he 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 has held since he was 21 years of age. Previ 
 ous to his engagement with the Santa Fe, he 
 was train dispatcher for the C. B. & Q. Road 
 at Galesburg, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Annie Patterson died in March, 1859. 
 Dr. Patterson was married the second time to 
 Mary E., daughter of Joseph and Esther M. 
 Neally, whose father is at present living in 
 Nebraska at the age of 86. Dr. Patterson be 
 longs to the G. A. R. of Galva, was one of its 
 charter members, and served as Surgeon con 
 tinuously since its organization. Mrs. Mary E. 
 Patterson, wife of the doctor, is a charter mem 
 ber of the W. R. C. No. 19 Galva 111., and is 
 now its president. 
 
 The Doctor has now retired from active 
 practice and lives surrounded by old friends 
 and neighbors, who have long known and es 
 teemed him. 
 
 SERGEANT JOHN STIEF, of Cottage No. 10, 111. 
 S. and S. Home, Quincy 111., hails from 
 Hessen Cassel, Germany, where he was 
 born Aug. 3, 1817, a son of Frederick and Mar 
 tha (Saenger) Stief, who both died in their native 
 country. At the age of twenty, John left his Fa 
 therland and sailed for New York, where he 
 worked for some time. The stringent financial 
 straits of 1837, and 1838, made it necessary for 
 him to enlist in the regular army. This he did 
 Nov. 22, 1839, in the West Point detachment of 
 artillery, and served a five years term of enlist 
 ment. The country was at peace with the 
 world during his entire term, and the life was a 
 monotonous one. Being discharged Nov. 22, 
 1844, he immediately returned to Germany 
 where he remained nine months. Sergeant 
 Stief has always been a steady, temperate and 
 trustworthy man, who had the entire confidence 
 of his superior officers, and he regrets that he 
 did not continue in the army, as he had an 
 excellent opportunity to remain as a non-com 
 missioned officer. Returning from Europe, he 
 engaged in farming one year in Texas. In the 
 meantime the Mexican war had assumed threat 
 ening proportions, and he enlisted at Gal veston, 
 
 July i, 1846, for six months. The Regt. was 
 unfortunate. Two ships containing many 
 members were lost at sea. The others were 
 discharged, Aug. 24, 1846, by reason of the dis 
 organization of the Regt. Comrade Stief again 
 offered his services to his adopted flag and 
 re-enlisted at New Orleans, Dec. 6, 1846, as 
 Orderly Sergeant. The command went to 
 Tampico, Mexico, remained in camp, battling 
 with dysentery and yellow fever, and was 
 mustered out July 6, 1848. Thus our" comrade 
 retired from military life after having spent 
 over seven years in the U. S. armies. Subse 
 quently he moved to Prince William County, 
 Va., where he lived neutral during the civil war. 
 He was in the Virginia militia at the outbreak 
 of the war, and many of his associates joined 
 the Confederacy, and went into the Rebel 
 army. Having property there and being on the 
 border line, he thought best for the safety of 
 his family and preservation of his property to 
 remain neutral. During the four terrible years 
 of war his family suffered much from want of 
 necessaries, to say nothing of the anguish im 
 posed by the presence of armed men around 
 them. His sympathies were with the Union 
 cause and if he had enlisted it would have been 
 as an advocate of that cause. He was finally 
 compelled to leave his home, having received 
 notice through a friend that a detachment of 
 rebels were to come after him that very night, 
 with orders to take him as a conscript, dead or 
 alive. Leaving every thing he had, he escaped 
 to Alexandria, and was followed by his family 
 a fortnight later. John Stief never returned to 
 his " old Virginia home." He moved to Free- 
 port, 111., and remained about seventeen years. 
 Numerous financial losses, crippled with advanc 
 ing years and poor health, compelled him to 
 seek relief from the trials of life in the home 
 provided by a grateful people for their indigent 
 soldiers, and he entered the 111. S. and S. H., 
 May 15, 1887. 
 
 Sergeant Stief was married in 1853, to Miss 
 Anna Thien, a native of Germany. Of the four 
 children born by this union but one, Sabina E., 
 now Mrs John Benjamin, of Dixon, 111., is liv 
 ing. The two youngest children and their 
 
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 mother died in the course of one week the 
 mother from the effects of her hardships, fear 
 and grief over the danger surrounding her fam 
 ily during their terrible experience in the 
 war. In the home Sergeant Stief has charge of 
 Cottage No. 10, a position of trust and respon 
 sibility. 
 
 He spends much of his time in reading his 
 Bible, wherein he finds great comfort in his lone 
 liness. Lonely because his loved ones are not 
 here, and without them he feels his dependence. 
 He is a member of the Methodist Church and 
 is an exemplary Christian man. In politics he 
 is a Republican. 
 
 JOHN W. LOWE, of Kankakee, 111., a son of 
 pioneer parents, and a soldier in the war 
 for the defense of his country, was born 
 Feb. 7, 1840, in Brown Co., Ohio. His father, 
 Harrison Lowe, was born in Ohio in 1812, and 
 the mother, Frances (Caldwell) Lowe, at Law- 
 renceburg, Ind.. Feb 15, 1812. The history of 
 these parents is of interest, as it is a record of 
 the privations of early days that arc scarcely 
 known or realized in these times. Such con 
 ditions would seem impossible to be endured 
 by the present generation living in the midst of 
 so many luxuries and conveniences. 
 
 Harrison Lowe and Frances Caldwell, above 
 mentioned, were married at Lawrenceburg, Ind., 
 in 1831. About 1841 or 1842, they literally 
 went out into the wilderness to make a home 
 and "look up" 160 acres of land at Gross Point, 
 upon which a log cabin was erected with a 
 " shake" roof made with the husband s ax. 
 The family were settled in this cabin before a 
 floor was made, and thus they lived until the 
 father, who was a carpenter, could hew "punch 
 eons" from logs to make a suitable floor. Piece 
 by piece the furniture was all made from 
 material gathered from the woods by the 
 same industrious and skill-ful hands; and it is 
 probable that the wife and mother was by no 
 means idle or seeking amusement elsewhere, 
 and her hands doubtless did their part in the 
 spinning, washing, weaving, sewing and other 
 
 numerous duties that home and children de 
 manded. Often, it is stated, the Indians came 
 and camped near them. After some years of 
 this life the family moved to 111. and settled 
 on a farm near Elgin, then went to Chicago* 
 about the time of the Mexican War. Remained 
 in Chicago until 1852, then went to Pekin, and 
 while there he owned a boat, and was in busi 
 ness on the canal. The next move was to Tip- 
 pecanoe Bottom, Ind., where they lived seven 
 years, then to Aurora, Ind., where they re 
 sided until the rebellion was manifested in the 
 challenge of war. They then moved to a farm 
 and made it their home until the father died 
 Mar. 1 1, 1876. He was an exemplary member of 
 the M. E. Church, and always held important 
 offices in the same. In politics he was a Henry 
 Clay Whig, opposed to the extension of slavery, 
 but later joined the" Republican party. The 
 venerable mother, rich in years of experience, is 
 still living, having reached the age of eighty. 
 She is a faithful member of the Methodist 
 Church. 
 
 To these parents ten children were born, 
 and all that were spared by death have a cred 
 itable record. They are thus mentioned: 
 Amanda, died at the age of 16; George W., 
 died of cholera in 1852, aged 1 5 ; Mary, deceased 
 at the age of 7; John, whose name heads this 
 sketch; Simon D., who enlisted in Company D. 
 37th Ind. Inf., was wounded at Wartrace, Tenn., 
 Aug. 31, 1862, and died Sept. 1862; Andrew J., 
 a member of the I3th Ind. Inf., with which he 
 served one year, was then transferred to the 
 4th U. S. Battery, and was killed at the battle 
 of Coal Harbor, June 3, 1864, after serving 3 
 years and participating in the battle of Rich 
 Mt., and in all the engagements that his Regt. 
 and battery were ordered to meet. Caroline 
 died at the age ot 4 years; Franklin R., who 
 died of consumption at the age of 21; Emma 
 J., wife of Benj. Hamm, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and 
 Cynthia, widow of Joseph Stiner, of Selma, Ala. 
 
 John Lowe acquired his education in the 
 district schools of Indiana and Chicago, and 
 lived with his parents until he enlisted Apr. 20. 
 1861, in Co. G., 7th Ind. Inf., for three months 
 service. This was one of the first regiments of 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Indiana troops to leave the State. It was mus 
 tered in at Indianapolis. Mr. Lowe was with 
 the Regt. but a short time before he was de 
 tailed on detached duty as orderly to Gen. 
 Morris, and served in that capacity until mus 
 tered out. He went to Mo. to serve in Gen- 
 Fremont s body guard, and enlisted in the 35th 
 Ind. Inf., Co. F., joining the Regt. at Louisville. 
 The command was ordered to Bargetown, Ky., 
 and then to Mills Springs, from whence it took 
 die prisoners back to Bargetown, and joined 
 Nelson s Div. on a movement to Bowling Green, 
 in 1862, then to Nashville, then to Shiloh, par 
 ticipating in the second day s fighting. A 
 movement was inaugurated after this which in 
 cluded Fayettville on the Huntsville branch 
 ail way, and the march which was a part of 
 Buell s retreat to Louisville, on which a skir 
 mish took place at Cave City. Proceeded then 
 to Louisville, where the regiments were reor 
 ganized and sent to Perryville, Ky., where Mr. 
 Lowe was wounded in the foot while in a 
 charge. Marched to Nashville and lay about 
 that place until the battle of Stone River in 
 Dec., 1862, during which battle Mr. Lowe was 
 struck by missiles of war five times on the head, 
 side and hip, and in the last charge under Gen. 
 Breckinridge, was hit five times in twenty min 
 utes. To-day he carries rebel lead in his hip 
 which made him a cripple for life. lie lay on 
 the field where he was wounded, about an hour, 
 and when the Union troops drove back the 
 rebels, was taken to a field hospital where he 
 lay three days before the wounds were dressed, 
 as the Surgeon thought he would die, and it 
 would be time wasted to try to do anything for 
 him. After remaining sometime in the field 
 hospital he was sent home in April and lay sick 
 with his wounds for six months. The more 
 : crious wounds were a torn side made by a piece 
 if shell, a shot in the hip, and the bullet wound 
 ;-i his head which fractured the skull. He re- 
 reived his discharge on the Surgeon s certificate 
 of disability, as he was too badly injured to join 
 the Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Just prior to the battle of Stone River, 
 while on a foraging expedition the party was 
 attacked by Wheeler s rebel cavalry at Dob 
 
 bins Ford, where the Union forces were from 
 1800 to 2,000 and the rebels numbered 5,000. 
 The Union soldiers held this army back until 
 late in the afternoon, when Wheeler sent a flag 
 of truce that he might gather up the wounded, 
 and from this expedition the boys in blue 
 returned to Nashville with a loss of only 75 
 men killed and wounded. 
 
 Mr. Lowe was married Aug. 10, 1865, to 
 Lucy Knapp, a native of N. Y., and one daugh 
 ter, Laura J., is the only descendant. He holds 
 membership in Whipple Post 414, G. A. R., in 
 Kankakee, 111., at present acting as Vice Com 
 mander, having held other positions. He is 
 also a prominent Odd Fellow, having occupied 
 the chair of Vice-Grand and other subordinate 
 offices. A Republican, a voter instead of office 
 seeker. Mr. Lowe has always taken an active 
 interest in politics, education and general im 
 provement, and is invariably found in the line 
 of right and progress. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe by 
 their kindness, benevolence and genial hospi 
 tality have made a warm circle of friends 
 throughout the country where they reside. 
 
 GEORGE W. HARVEY, of Neponset, 111., was 
 born Sept. 27, 1837, m Muskegon Co., 
 Ohio, where he resided until he was 18 
 years of age. He came to 111. and settled at 
 Kewanee about 1855. Here he remained until 
 1857, when he visited Iowa and Ind. In the 
 latter named State, at Aurora, he enlisted in Co. 
 I. 1 6th Ind. Vol. Inf., April 22, 1861, and went 
 to the Potomac where he spent one year, taking 
 part in several engagements, a number of skir 
 mishes, and considerable marching. After this 
 service he returned to Ind. and started for his 
 home in 111., but stopped at Newton, 111., with 
 a grandfather, and as two of his uncles were 
 going into the gSth 111. Vol. Inf., he decided to 
 go with them. 
 
 While the Regt. was on the way to the front 
 the train was thrown from the track at Bridge 
 port, 111., and a large number of the men in Co. 
 K. killedand wounded. Under commandof Gen. 
 Buell the gSth was in the battles of Hartsville, 
 
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 Term., Hoover s Gap, and McMinnville. The 
 next place was at Missionary Ridge, where this 
 command captured Gen. Bragg s headquarter 
 teams and then moved to Cumberland, Tenn., 
 and into winter quarters. The next spring 
 moving to Buzzard s Roost, and on to Dallas, Ga. 
 The gSth was in active service as a mounted 
 Regt. at the battles of Chickamauga in the sum 
 mer of 1863, where it opened the fight, and also 
 during the next year at Resaca, Kenesaw Mt., 
 Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Decatur, Coving- 
 ton, Ga., and Jonesboro, and went with Gen. 
 Thomas to Franklin and Nashville, Tenn. The 
 next important move was with Gen. Wilson to 
 Macon, Ga., and on this trip Mr. Harvey was 
 in many more engagements, the battle of Selma 
 being particularly disastrous to both men and 
 officers. 
 
 Mr. Harvey was here assigned to search for 
 Jefferson Davis, with a squad of men dressed in 
 Confederate uniform. One time halting for the 
 night, they assumed to have been part of Jeff 
 Davis body guard, and the Colonel with whom 
 they were stopping told them where Davis was, 
 so Mr. Harvey with his men started that night 
 for the place indicated. Reaching the place in 
 the morning he found the Union troops had al 
 ready captured the Confederate President. Mr. 
 Harvey and his squad were arrested, as they 
 were supposed from their uniform to be rebels, 
 and Jeff Davis also under the same impression 
 shook hands with them when they met at head 
 quarters. 
 
 After this capture Mr. Harvey returned to 
 Nashville, and then went to Springfield, where 
 he was discharged July 7, 1865, after having 
 served in the army 4 years and 7 months with 
 out ever being in a hospital or an ambulance, ex 
 cept once when he fell from his horse during a 
 very hard forced march, which he undertook 
 contrary to the advice of his surgeon, when he 
 was taken up and carried for half a day. 
 
 Mr. Harvey was in every battle his Regt. 
 was engaged in, and took part in a fight where 
 his regiment was not in action. Returning 
 home to Kewanee, 111., Mr. Harvey afterwards 
 moved to Neponset, 111, and opened a restaur 
 ant, but is now in the poultry business, which 
 
 has furnished him employment for a number of 
 years. 
 
 He was married Sept. 20, 1868, to Clara 
 Bigelow, a daughter of B. F. Bigelow of Ne 
 ponset, 111. Ten children have been born 
 to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, of whom 7 are 
 living. Their names are Nellie, Frank, Minnie, 
 Luella, Delia, Clyde, and Blaine. 
 
 Mr. Harvey is a Republican, and has been 
 elected Town Collector on that ticket. He is 
 a member of the G. A. R. Post No. 284. 
 
 NATHAN C. RANNEY of Little York, 111., was 
 born in Cape Girardeau Co., Mo., July 
 9, 1842, a son of of R. Ranney whose 
 ancestors took part in the Revolutionary war 
 and the war of 1812. When Nathan was five 
 years old he moved with his parents to Mercer 
 Co., 111., and settled shortly after near the farm 
 he now occupies. He enlisted at Oquawka 
 with J. W. Morris and C. W. Noble, anticipat 
 ing he would be credited to Warren Co. but 
 they were taken to Quincy and credited to 
 Adams Co., and assigned to Co. C., 9ist, III. 
 Vol. Inf. which then was stationed at Browns 
 ville, Texas, whither he proceeded and joined 
 the Regt. and continued doing guard fatigue 
 duty until July, when the gist moved to Brazos 
 de Santiago, Texas, where it garrisoned that 
 place until the following Sept. when it had a 
 sharp fight with the rebels near Bagdad, on 
 the Rio Grande River and drove the enemy 
 over the old battle ground of Palo Alto of 
 1846. Dec. 24th his Regt. took steamer for 
 New Orleans arriving on the 29th, and there 
 did provost duty until Feb. when it took trans 
 ports for Mobile Point. The next move was on 
 March 17. 1865, when it took up the march for 
 Spanish Fort, passing through swamps, build 
 ing corduroy bridges, wading creeks and 
 swamps as it passed along. They met the 
 enemy in force March 27th, the gist being in ad 
 vance and in double column moved out to the 
 attack on the double quick. The enemy re 
 treated within Spanish Fort and Blakely, 
 the key to Mobile. The battle opened 
 
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 and after a siege of 14 days, Spanish Fort 
 surrendered, and that same evening the 
 Regt. moved ten miles and arrived in the 
 rear of Blakely, and assisted in its capture the 
 same evening. Two days later, Mobile also 
 surrendered. Gen. Hardee in command of the 
 rear guard of the enemy s forces lingered be 
 hind attempting to get away with the rebel 
 stores, but the 3d Div. with Mr. Ranney s regi 
 ment in advance took the railroad north and 
 when near Whistler on Eight Mile Creek came 
 upon the enemy. His Regt. was deployed as 
 skirmishers under command of Capt. Jas. A. 
 Wells, who put the enemy to route after a run 
 ning fire of three miles. This was the last en 
 gagement east of the Mississippi. 
 
 At Whistler one of the men upset a bee hive 
 whereupon the insects lit upon Mr. Ranncy, 
 stinging him very severely. He was com 
 pelled to go to hospital at Mobile, where he 
 remained for upwards of a week and his bee 
 experiences on that occasion have sufficed fora 
 life-time, being unable ever since to even taste 
 honey, and a field cannot be found large 
 enough for a bee and himself. He joined his 
 Regt. up the Tombigbee River, afterward was 
 present at Mobile and witnessed the terrible 
 explosion of the magazine at that place. 
 About this time he was transferred to the 28th 
 111. which had moved to near the mouth of the 
 Rio Grande River, where he remained until 
 about August, then proceeded to Brownsville 
 and whilst there witnessed the battle between 
 Maximilian s troops and the Mexicans. Dur 
 ing the progress of this engagement one of the 
 contending parties directed their guns upon 
 the American troops which were upon their 
 own territory, some of the shot falling uncom 
 fortably close. The men returned to camp 
 for their guns, determined to cross the border 
 and forcibly reprimand the insulters, but wiser 
 counsel prevailed. The Regt. continued there 
 until March I5th, 1866, then set out for Illinois 
 where the men were mustered out and dis 
 charged. 
 
 He returned to his home arriving in April 
 where he bought a farm of eighty acres which 
 he immediately set about improving, it being 
 
 upon the prairie. Three years later he married 
 Miss Emma C. Whelan, a daughter of James 
 and Margaret Whelan, and ten children have 
 blessed the marriage, two of whom died in in 
 fancy. The following are those living: Mary 
 A., Wm. G., James R., Joseph J., Margaret M.,, 
 Lottie E., Tillie G. and Maud E., the baby. 
 Joseph, although a smart robust young lad, has, 
 lately been afflicted with inflammatory rheuma 
 tism, and for months was unable to help him 
 self in any way, but has greatly improved with 
 every prospect of recovery. Mr. Ranney has 
 farmed and prospered and kept adding to his 
 homestead until now he has 430 acres in one 
 block, through which the Central Iowa Rail 
 road runs, with a station upon the farm. He 
 has made stock raising his principal business, 
 and ships each year four car loads of stock to 
 the great Chicago slaughter houses. He has 
 always taken an active part in the local 
 affairs in his county and held several of the 
 Township offices. He has been Commissioner 
 of Highways, School Director, and is now serv 
 ing his second year as Supervisor. He is a 
 member of the G. A. R.,has taken a prominent 
 part in all the matters pertaining to his lodge, 
 and is a member of the Methodist Church, of 
 which were also his parents. In politics he is 
 a Republican when that party adheres to hon 
 esty and good government, but he parts com 
 pany with his party when the general good of 
 the people is overlooked for the advantage of 
 the party and its more prominent leaders. 
 
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 ILFORD ENYART, of Kankakee, 111., a mem 
 ber of Co. F., I5ist Ind. Inf. during the 
 war, was born April 29, 1844, at Peru, 
 Ind. His parents were Silas Enyart, a native 
 of Ohio, of Irish and Dutch descent, and Mar 
 tha ( Mowbray) Enyart, of Scotch ancestry, to 
 whom were born nine children, four of whom 
 are living, named and located as follows: Mil- 
 ford, a grocery merchant in the firm of Enyart, 
 Son & Co., at Kankakee, 111.; Mariza, wife of 
 C. A. Dole, of Miss.; Ellen, wife of Geo. T. 
 Elliott, residing at La Grange, 111.; Emma, wife 
 of W. W. Hatch, living at Kankakee, 111. Silas 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 265 
 
 Enyart in early life was a Democrat, but later 
 became a Whig, and when the Republican party 
 was formed affiliated with the same until his 
 death in 1884. His wife died in 1859. In 1836 
 the family settled in Miami Co., Ind., and in 
 .1865, removed to Kankakee, 111. 
 
 Milford Knyart after one or two unsuccess 
 ful attempts to enlist in the army joined the 
 1 5 1st Ind., and rendezvoused at Indianapolis for 
 a time, and then was sent to Nashville, Tenn. 
 Was then ordered to Tullahoma, Tenn., where 
 it was on duty in various lines until June, when 
 it was marched to Nashville, arid assigned to 
 guard duty. On account of serious disability, 
 Mr. Enyart was not able to continue in the serv 
 ice, and reluctantly accepting his discharge, 
 returned home. Although his army life 
 was thus cut short, to his great disappoint 
 ment, he had demonstrated his patriotism and 
 his willingness to serve his country in her hour 
 of need and peril, and he should receive honor 
 and credit with thousands of others whose 
 hearts were inspired with patriotism, and were 
 anxious to serve on the field of battle, but 
 were reserved to the harder fate of unavailing 
 struggle against inexorable circumstances 
 which deprived them of the ability to prove 
 their devotion to their country, as they were 
 certainly eager to do. 
 
 Mr. Enyart was united in marriage Jan. 26, 
 18/0, in Kankakee Co., 111., to Martha J. Drayer, 
 who was born in Ohio, and has three children 
 Silas H., Alfred F. and Laura Alice. Mr. En 
 yart has been in business since 1882 at his pres 
 ent location, and has succeeded in establishing 
 and maintaining a large and increasing trade. 
 He is a leading member in the Whipple Post, 
 No. 444, of which he was elected Commander 
 in 1891, having previously held the office of 
 Adj. and O. M.; is also a Master Mason, and a 
 member of I. O. O. F., where he has filled all 
 the positions, and represented the society in the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 Mr. Enyart is a straightforward business 
 man, prompt and energetic, but at the same 
 time is interested in all that tends to the pros 
 perity and advancement of his locality, and the 
 improvement of his fellowmen. 
 
 LEWIS L. CAMPBELL, a resident of Peoria, 
 111., and a member of the G. A. R., was 
 one of four able-bodied brothers who 
 shouldered a gun and went forward " to do or 
 die" in the ranks of that great army which so 
 gallantly preserved the honor of our flag. 
 Four cousins also responded, and gave up their 
 lives for their country, which plainly established 
 the fact that the Campbells were an exception 
 ally loyal and patriotic family, with "fighting" 
 blood flowing freely through their veins. 
 
 This son of war, our subject, was born Oct. 
 18, 1844, at Rising Sun, Ohio Co., Ind. At the 
 age of eleven years, he, with his parents, re 
 moved to a farm, where Lewis lived and as 
 sisted in the work during the summer season, 
 and attended school during the winters, until 
 the breaking out of the war. With the echoes 
 of Fort Sumter still ringing in his cars, he was 
 little contented in the schoolroom. Accordingly 
 he packed his grip one morning and proceeded 
 towards the depot. On his way he stopped at 
 the old schoolhouse to bid "good-bye" to his 
 schoolmates and his teacher, who was surprised 
 to see young Lewis with his journeying outfit, 
 greeted him with a "Where are you going?" 
 " Going to war," was the answer. "Well," said 
 the teacher, "you had better go back to your 
 mother." But our soldier-boy had long cast off 
 his swaddling clothes, and moved in rapture to 
 the first three years call. He subscribed his 
 name at Versailles, Ind., in Aug., 1861, and was 
 enrolled the i8th day of Sept., in Co. A., 3/th 
 Ind. Vol. Inf., at Lawrenceburg, Ind., and being 
 rather small te carry a gun, he was made bugler. 
 Subsequently they went into camp near Lou 
 isville; Ky., where the " boys" were thoroughly 
 drilled in the tactics of a soldier. Shortly, the 
 first marching order came, and on they tramped 
 to Elizabethtown, Ky., being overburdened with 
 the load of the inexperienced soldier, many 
 fell exhausted by the wayside. Onward to Ba 
 con Creek, where they were thoroughly initiated 
 in the real privations of army life. Inclement as 
 the weather was, sleeping immediately on the 
 cold, wet ground, with naught but brush or 
 leaves, underneath, and drinking stagnant water, 
 broughton universal sickness, as many as eleven 
 
266 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 of Campbell s Regt. dying off in one single day. 
 The ne::t important move was Mitchell s march 
 to Bowling Green. They camped out every 
 night. Fifteen of them slept under the old style 
 Sibley tent, which was blown down during the 
 stormy night. The snow had piled on several 
 inches, and thus they were found by their com 
 rades who made search for them, and, arising 
 out of a heavy perspiration, they tramped on, 
 marching all day and all night, arriving in 
 Bowling Green just in time to partake of a hot 
 breakfast which the fleeing rebels had left be 
 hind. On they proceeded to Huntsvslle, Ala., 
 and after months of constant marching and 
 counter-marching, interspersed with frequent 
 skirmishes and minor battles, the army went 
 into winter quarters at Nasville, Tenn. Here 
 they were obliged to do constant foraging, pre 
 paring coffee out of parched acorns, and Lewis 
 now began to think that " Uncle Sam " had a big 
 contract on his hands. 
 
 Next came the march to Murfreesboro, with 
 fourteen days of constant picketing and skirm 
 ishing, and Dec. 31, 1862, our soldier was ini 
 tiated in the battle of Stone River; the Regt. 
 fighting in the front and right, in Gen. Negley s 
 Div. Early in the morning while the "boys" 
 were breakfasting the firing suddenly com 
 menced, Campbell s immediate comrade being 
 shot while drinking his coffee. Down galloped 
 brave Major Hull on his big roan horse, with 
 the order, "Fall in line! Fix bayonets! Charge!" 
 and heroically the 37th did charge, over the 
 open field, right in the face of volley upon 
 volley of the hot fire of the enemy with not 
 even a single breastwork to fall back on. Anon 
 the Major fell off his horse wounded; the 
 "boys" with young Campbell, now also carry 
 ing a gun, still pressing forward to within a few 
 paces of the rebel line. On account of the lines 
 breaking on the right and left they were forced 
 to retreat, and down they were mowed, the Regt. 
 losing near half their number in killed, wounded 
 and missing. 
 
 Jan. 2, 1 863, alter being actively engaged for 
 several days and nights, the battle in which 
 the Union forces lost 2,836 in killed, wounded 
 and missing, closed, Campbell s command re 
 
 ceiving the ho.nor of marching into Murfrees 
 boro first. The next important engagement 
 was at Chickamauga, Ga. Prior to that memor 
 able battle his Div. was detailed on the skirmish 
 line, with young Campbell acting as bugler. 
 For meritorious services, he was now appointed 
 to brigade bugler and was furnished with a 
 horse. Sept. 19, and 20, 1863, the terrible battle 
 of Chickamauga was fought, during which 
 Campbell acted as orderly to the brigade com 
 mander. During the siege of Chattanooga the 
 37th did its share of duty, as well as in suffer 
 ing from hardships, privations and almost 
 starvation. Mr. Campbell was eye-witness to 
 Hooker s charge on Lookout Mt. With the 
 rebels on the high peak amidst the golden rays 
 of sunshine, and the Union soldiers under a 
 heavy rain at the base, with clouds floating be 
 tween, he says it was one of the grandest sights 
 he ever witnessed. Subsequently Mr. Campbell 
 participated in the battle of Missionary Ridge. 
 His next important engagement was at Buzzard s 
 Roost, and though only 19 years of age was 
 shortly appointed Postmaster of the brigade, 
 being actively engaged all through the Atlanta 
 campaign. After the battle of Jonesboro, Ga., 
 Aug. 3, 1864, he returned to Indianapolis, Ind., 
 and was mustered out, Oct. 27, 1864, time being 
 out, having served his country for over three 
 long years; yet he remained home but a few 
 months when, as a typical soldier, he returned 
 to Cincinnati, Ohio, re-enlisted in Co. G., I3th 
 Ohio Cav., and at once went to the front at 
 City Point, Va. After participating in all the 
 services of the Regt., including the final battle 
 before Petersburg, he was mustered out at 
 Amelia Court House, July 4, 1865, the rebel 
 forces having all surrendered. 
 
 Mr. Campbell is the son of Alexander and 
 Sophia (Cunningham) Campbell, the father 
 being of Scotch ancestry, and the mother a 
 descendant of the "Mayflower." She comes 
 from a long lived family, her father having 
 addressed a large assemblage on the looth an 
 niversary of his birthday. After the close of 
 the war Mr. Campbell pursued his studies at 
 Moore s l\\\\ College, Ind., and in 1868 settled 
 down at Princeville, 111. At present he fills the 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 267 
 
 trusted position of U. S. Gauger at Peoria, Ills., 
 and is interested in mercantile business at 
 Monica, 111. 
 
 Jan. i, 1874, at Princeville, 111., Mr. Camp 
 bell led to the altar his present amiable wife, 
 Miss Sophia Edwards, who bore him one 
 daughter, Edith L. A soldier, and an excellent, 
 fellow-like citizen, he has won the respect of 
 a troop of friends. 
 
 DR. D. W. CRAIG, Aledo, 111., a prominent 
 physician and business man, was born 
 at Crawfordsville, Ind., March 27th, 
 1828, and is a son of William Craig, a native of 
 Va., of Scotch descent, who died June 16, 1828. 
 Out of a family of ten children the Doctor is 
 the only surviving representative. He attended 
 in his youth, the common and higher schools, 
 laying the foundation of a good, practical 
 education; after which he commenced the 
 study of medicine and- surgery, graduating as a 
 physician from the Rush Medical College in 
 the year 1852. He entered upon his profession 
 at Georgetown, 111., where he soon built up a 
 prosperous and successful practice. In 1860, 
 however, for a larger field he removed to Aledo, 
 where he resumed his profession, but the re 
 bellion breaking out, he concluded to join the 
 Union army. He enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, at 
 Cairo, 111., and was afterward mustered into 
 the service as ist Lieut., of Co. E.,9th 111. Vol. 
 Inf. On the night of Sept. 5, 1861, his Regt. 
 moved to Paducah, taking possession of that 
 city, early on the following morning, thus de 
 feating a similar intended movement on the 
 part of the rebels. Mr. Craig s Regt. then as 
 sisted in tearing up several miles of railroad 
 and destroying a bridge about twelve miles out 
 from Paducah. Having accomplished the 
 objects of the raid, he returned to the last 
 named place and there took up winter quarters, 
 engaging, however, in several reconnoissances 
 during his stay at that point, among the number 
 being a movement up the Cumberland River 
 on a steamboat, landing at night north of Eddy- 
 ville and marching out in the night, attacked 
 
 at daybreak 200 rebels at Saratoga, killing and 
 wounding 15, and capturing 36 men. The 
 Regt. then returned to Paducah, where it re 
 mained until Feb. 5, 1862. 
 
 Feb. 1 5th it took part in the terrible battle of 
 Fort Donelson, and after that long and des 
 perate engagement, out of 600 men engaged, 
 sustained the loss of 35 killed and 160 wounded, 
 as also 6 prisoners. It moved again on the 
 22nd, passing through Fort Sevier, Nashville, 
 Clarksville, and thence embarked for Pittsburg 
 Landing, where it participated in the ever 
 memorable battle of Shiloh. Dr. Craig s Regt. 
 was in the thickest of the battle and filled a gap 
 in the Union lines between Gens. Hurlbut and 
 Stuart s brigades. It entered the battle with 
 578 men, but by the time night had closed the 
 day s operations, 61 of the number lay dead 
 upon the field, three hundred wounded, besides 
 the loss of five captured, thus showing a loss in 
 killed and wounded unparalleled by the history 
 of any regiment during the war, which fact 
 sufficiently attests its bravery and gallantry. 
 During this battle the Doctor was wounded by 
 a rebel bullet in the right arm, but not suffi 
 ciently serious to lay him aside from active 
 duties. His Regt. then joined in the advance 
 upon Corinth, and was there engaged upon 
 guard and provost duty until the second battle 
 of Corinth, in which he was again actively en 
 gaged the Regt. losing on this occasion 20 
 killed, 82 wounded and 57 prisoners. Our sub 
 ject was afterwards on detailed duty in 111. in 
 connection with the recruiting department. In 
 March, 1863, the Regt. was mounted and was 
 kept constantly at work, almost day and night, 
 tor several months thereafter. 
 
 In April, the Regt. with others, made a 
 feint movement in N. Ala. which occupied 
 eighteen days continuous hard work, and 
 necessitated several important skirmishes re 
 sulting in one company being cut off and taken 
 prisoners by the enemy. Again it joined in a 
 raid to Florence to destroy some factories, 
 and had several sharp, hot skirmishes. The 
 Doctor was, June I5th, 1863, commissioned as 
 Asst. Surgeon to the Regt., shortly after which, 
 he went to Athens, was detached and put in 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 charge of a General Hospital at Pulaski,Tenn., 
 where he was employed for six months. About 
 this time, however, Gen. Sherman started upon 
 the Atlanta campaign, therefore the hospital 
 was broken up, whereupon he joined his Regt. 
 at Eaton River, and was engaged for sometime 
 forward guarding trains and railroads, until 
 after the battle of Peach Tree Creek, when the 
 Regt. was ordered to Springfield, 111., where, in 
 Aug., 1864, our subject was mustered out and 
 honorably discharged. 
 
 The Doctor returned to Aledo, where he 
 practiced for several years, and seeing a good 
 opening for a drug store, opened up business 
 in that line, and by diligence has built up a 
 most prosperous and growing trade. He is a 
 Free Mason and Knights Templar, a member 
 of Warren Shedd Post, No. 262, G. A. R., 
 and in politics, has, from conscientious motives, 
 allied himself with the Republican party of 
 which he is recognized as a prominent sup 
 porter. In connection with the G. A. R. Post 
 he has held the position of Medical director of 
 the State Department. 
 
 Dr. Craig selected as a life partner Clara P. 
 Reeves, whom he led to the altar Nov. I2th, 
 1852, and three children have resulted from this 
 marriage Kate D., wife of Cliff G. Turner, of 
 Pueblo, Col. ; W. R., who was telegraph operator 
 and station agent at New Boston, Ills., died 
 Sept. 1883; and Dr. Augustus L., a bright and 
 promising physician and surgeon. Mrs. Craig 
 was a daughter of William and Mary (Rowell) 
 Reeves. The father was a prosperous farmer 
 who retired some years before his death, thus 
 living the evening of his days in comfort and 
 ease, surrounded by all the luxuries required 
 for a modest, honorable man. He died at 
 Minonk, 111., in the year 1872, his wife hav 
 ing died in the year 1867. They had six 
 children, only two of whom are now living, 
 viz.: Mrs. Craig, and Mary, widow of Louis 
 G. Keedy, who died in the army, in honor of 
 whose name the Post at Minonk is called. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Craig are, and have been for many 
 years, consistent members of the M. E. Church 
 at Aledo. We have in Mr. Craig a man well 
 known throughout the State as a reliable busi 
 
 ness and public spirited gentleman, deservedly 
 prosperous, and universally respected by all 
 who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. 
 
 PETER PIERSON, of Princeton, 111., a worthy 
 pensioner of the late civil war, enlisted 
 at Princeton, 111., in the second company 
 organized in Bureau Co., at the beginning of 
 the war. Not waiting for bounty or draft, or 
 the desperate condition of the Nation to spur 
 him to action, Mr. Pierson was among the first 
 to respond to the call for troops, when patriot 
 ism was the only incentive. 
 
 He enlisted in Co. I., I2th 111. Vol. Inf., 
 April, 1861, and was mustered in at Springfield, 
 April 24, 1861, for three months, and although 
 anxious to meet the enemy in the front "where 
 glory calls" and "honor waits," this Regt. was 
 assigned to duty, during its term of enlistment, 
 within the lines of its own State, where its serv 
 ice was doubtless as valuable and contributed 
 as much toward the general result and grand 
 victory, as if it had been in the midst of battles 
 or storming the walls of blazing forts. 
 
 At the end of three months, although Mr. 
 Pierson was mustered out for disability, he 
 could not rest contented at home, when the 
 country was pulsing with the spirit and enthu 
 siasm of war and the fires of patriotism were 
 burning in every household which eagerly 
 watched the fluctuating fortunes of the battle 
 fields, so he immediately enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, 
 as a private in Co. K., 93rd 111. Inf., for three 
 years or during the war. After mustering in at 
 Camp Douglas, Chicago, the Regt. was ordered 
 south to Cairo, where it was equipped and sent 
 at once to Memphis to join Gen. Grant s 
 actively moving army, in the Northern Missis 
 sippi Campaign. It went to Yacona Creek, 
 thence by Lumkin s Mills to Memphis, from 
 which it again immediately marched to LaFay- 
 ette and returned to Ridgeway where it went 
 into winter quarters during Jan. and Feb. 
 March 3, 1863, it embarked for Lake Provi 
 dence and from that place moved to Helena, 
 making it a starting point to go down the 
 
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 river on-the Yazoo Pass Expedition. Entered 
 Moon Lake March 22, and landed near Green 
 wood, and after reconnoitering the position 
 of the enemy re-embarked and returned to 
 Helena. 
 
 April 10, a movement was ordered to Milli- 
 ken s Bend and on the 25, began the Vicksburg 
 Campaign, on which it marched through Bruins- 
 burg, Port Gibson, Raymond and Clinton to 
 Jackson, Miss., where the 93d was first under 
 fire. On the 16, it was engaged in the battle 
 of Champion Hills, where Co. K. was flanked 
 and suffered the loss of its Captain, David 
 Lloyd, and many of its men. In this fierce 
 and desperate conflict Mr. Pierson was w r ounded 
 in the right breast, also captured as a prisoner 
 by the rebels, but was soon paroled and sent to 
 the hospital at Vicksburg, then to the hospital 
 at Memphis, and afterward to the parol camp 
 at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, where he was 
 exchanged. He then joined the Veteran 
 Reserve Corps, and served in Michigan doing 
 garrison duty until July 15, 1865, when he was 
 discharged at Detroit. After this long and 
 faithful service he returned to his home at 
 Princeton and resumed his business. 
 
 Peter Pierson is a native of Sweden, born in 
 Christiana, Feb. 3, 1841, and emigrated with his 
 parents to America in 1855, located at Prince 
 ton, 111., where his early years were passed and 
 where he now resides. The father, Louis Pier- 
 son, was killed by fire-damp in a well, many 
 years ago in the vicinity of his home. Two 
 brothers of Peter Pierson were in the army 
 John, who was a soldier in the 57th, Ills. Inf., 
 and Swan, who served in Co. A, I39th, 111., 
 Inf. 
 
 Mr. Pierson was married in 1865, at Pontiac, 
 Mich., to Helen McCraken, a resident of that 
 place. He is a charter member of the G. A. R. 
 Post in Princeton, and is a substantial citizen, 
 reliable and faithful to the duties of his station. 
 He can take satisfaction in the completion of 
 the record he made in the conflicts of his adop 
 ted country, and be proud in these days when 
 veteran is an honored name, that his service 
 and battle scars justly entitle his name to be 
 recorded with its brave defenders. 
 
 M 
 
 K E. D. WAY, who has established him 
 self in a flourishing grocery business, at 
 Peoria, 111., was born July 16, 1837, 
 at Ashtabula Co., Ohio. His parents were 
 Elisha A. and Anna (Luce) Way, and were 
 natives of New England. Our subject spent 
 his boyhood days in his native country where 
 he received his education. When eighteen 
 years of age, he moved with his parents to 
 Henry Co. 111., where he lived up to the time 
 of his enlistment, in the service for the defense 
 of his country s honor. In May, 1861, in re 
 sponse to the first call, Mr. Way with others 
 organized a company at Kewanee, 111., but the 
 quota already having been filled, it could not 
 be accepted. Later came another call and he 
 again responded at the very first onset this 
 time not in vain. He enlisted at Kewanee, 111., 
 June 12, 1861, Co. B., which was the first to 
 leave Stark Co. to which it was accredited, 
 igth 111. Inf. under Col. Turchin, formerly a 
 Colonel of the Russian army. Five days later 
 he was mustered in at Chicago, and July 12, 
 amidst the touching scenes of parting, cheering, 
 and whistling of locomotives, the igth 111. 
 started on its martial career of three years 
 service, given practically and voluntarily to the 
 Nation and the government. On the 1 3th, they 
 arrived at Quincy, 111., where they were 
 equipped ready for the duties of the battle 
 field. The following day they embarked for 
 Hannibal, Mo., where upon their arrival, they 
 were at once loaded and locked into cattle 
 cars, and transported to Palmyra, Mo. Here 
 young Way saw the first wormy hard-tack, 
 which they laid on the railroad track and 
 pounded into small pieces fit for eating. When 
 not engaged in guard and foraging duty, they 
 made expeditions in pursuit of the troublesome 
 band of bushwackers. On one occasion the 
 foragers brought a well fed steer into camp. 
 It was soon slaughtered and turned into a 
 royal feast for the "boys" who had not seen 
 any fresh meat since they left Chicago. 
 
 About the time they were ready to leave camp, 
 a farmer who wished to know if the soldiers 
 had aught to sell, appeared on the scene. On 
 being shown the hide of the spotted steer, he 
 
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 remarked: "Well, boys if I had seen him before 
 he was butchered, I would have bought him as 
 an exact mate to the one I have," not realizing 
 at the time that it was the remnant of his own 
 quadruped. On the iQth the Regt. proceeded 
 to St. Louis, joined a large flotilla, and landed 
 at Bird s Point. Here it was immediately de 
 tailed to go to Norfolk, as an advance guard, 
 where its duties were difficult and arduous. 
 Subsequently the Regt. was ordered to Pilot 
 Knob, and while here our soldier was taken sick 
 and confined to the hospital at Ironton. He 
 remained there several days, during which time 
 he lay on the floor with naught but a blanket. 
 Comrades were dying off daily, and one morn 
 ing he awoke finding both of the men at his 
 immediate sides dead. This partly portrays 
 some of the pitiful scenes of a hospital, and Mr. 
 Way decided he could face them no longer. 
 How to get out was the question. He could 
 not walk. Finally between himself and a com 
 rade, they raised ninety cents all the money 
 they had and were transported to the conva 
 lescent camp at Pilot Knob. After several days 
 the entire camp was loaded on to open flat cars, 
 and run on to St. Louis under a heavy rain and 
 storm. He later reported to his Regt. at Fort 
 Holt, Ky., but being unfit for a day s march he 
 was sent back to St. Louis, Mo., where he was 
 confined to the New House of Refuge hospital. 
 In Nov. he joined his comrades at Elizabeth- 
 town, Ky., where the Regt. was assigned to 
 Gen. Mitchell s Div., Army of the Ohio. There, 
 on reviewing the different commands, Gen. 
 Buell confessed to Col. Turchin that he never 
 saw a better drilled Regt. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1862, the Div. marched on to Bow 
 ling Green, where the igth gallantly led the 
 charge on the rebels. The next march was to 
 Nashville, thence to Murfreesboro. Having 
 marched through miles of snow and sleet, 
 nearly barefooted, Mr. Way was taken critical 
 ly sick with typhoid pneumonia, and confined 
 to the hospital at Murfreesboro. He was re 
 ported home " as dangerously sick and not 
 expected to live." His parents immediately 
 dispatched a man, who came prepared with all 
 the paraphernalia requisite for the transporta 
 
 tion of their son s remains. He arrived, found 
 the invalid soldier still hanging on to life, but 
 did not flatter himself but what he might soon 
 make use of the appendages. He finally con 
 valesced and received discharge, July 31, 1862, 
 being unfit for duty. He returned home but 
 was not contented. His thoughts were with 
 his comrades in the exciting scenes of the 
 South. Sept. following he went to Springfield, 
 111., with the intention of joining his Regt., but 
 the examining surgeon refused to accept him, 
 and Mr. Way proceeded to Columbus, Ky.,and 
 tendered his services to the ordinance depart 
 ment. Shortly afterward he was placed in 
 charge of a force to gather up the remnants of 
 rebel stores. Jan., 1863, he was ordered to 
 Memphis in charge of a boat load of ammuni 
 tion. Here he joined the U. S. sanitary com 
 mission, and early in March went to the front 
 in charge of the first boat load of stores that 
 went to Vicksburg. He was busily engaged 
 furnishing different hospitals, and in the fall of 
 1863, we find Mr. Way at Natchez in charge of 
 a branch of the Sanitary commission, returning 
 to Vicksburg in the spring, and continuing in 
 similar duties, and later he was ordered to 
 Paducah, Ky., to open a soldier s home, fur 
 nishing as high as a thousand meals a day, 
 afterwards opening another home at Jefferson- 
 ville, Ind. The great rebellion finally came to 
 an end, and about Aug. 20, 1865, after having 
 served his country for over fouryears, he return 
 ed home, shortly establishing himself in business 
 at Wyanet, 111., and in 1883, located at Peoria, 
 where he has resided ever since. 
 
 Mr. W 7 ay was married at Terre Haute, Ind. 
 Oct. 5, 1865, to Miss Maggie Piper, whom he 
 first met at Natchez, where as a legal repre 
 sentative of her native State she had been 
 placed in charge of the laundry department 
 in the marine hospital. Here his duties fre 
 quently brought him in contact with Miss 
 Piper. The friendship that sprung up soon 
 ripened into love, such as has never grown 
 cool even to the present day. By this 
 happy union there were born three children, 
 of whom are living Fred, who has grown to 
 manhood and who is a member of the Sons 
 
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 of Veterans Corps, Camp Trush, and little 
 blue-eyed Verna, a charming little lady of only 
 a few summers. Mr. Way is a member of the 
 G. A. R. and the igth 111. Veteran Club, is a 
 \vide-a-wake and highly respected citizen, who 
 takes active interest in all pertaining to the 
 welfare of his home and his city, as well as to 
 that of his comrades. Recently he held a 
 reunion of his company at his beautiful residence. 
 He invited all who remained of the brave old 
 gray-beards, and with them the sons and daugh 
 ters of those veterans. They sang war songs 
 and told old camp lies. They sang and they 
 ate, and were royally entertained at the hands 
 of comrade Way and his excellent wife. 
 
 GENERAL PHILIP SIDNEY POST, of Gales- 
 burg, 111. The chronicles of the War of 
 the Rebellion, replete as they are with 
 the deeds of gallantry and heroic sacrifices of 
 the noble defenders of the Union, instance no 
 more illustrious example than that of Gen. 
 Philip Sidney Post. Rising by successful pro 
 motions from a 2d Lieut, to that of a Brig. Gen., 
 he justifies thehigh commendation of hissuperi- 
 ors in command, and will leave to history a lega 
 cy of a brilliant and honored name. He was born 
 at Florida, Orange Co., N. Y., and after a pre 
 liminary education, entered Union College, 
 Scheneqtady, N. Y., from which he was grad 
 uated. He began the study of law in 1855, and 
 was, after proper preparation, admitted to the 
 bar, acquiring in the practice of his profession 
 an identity consistent with its lucrative prose 
 cution. Atthe call to arms in 1861, he promptly 
 responded and, with a commission of 2d Lieut., 
 went to the front with the 59th 111. Inf. After 
 his participation in the first Mo. campaign, dur 
 ing which he incurred recognition for meri 
 torious and gallant services, he was promoted 
 to Major, and assigned to the command of his 
 Regt. He was dangerously wounded at the 
 battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., where his valor 
 brightly shone, in a charge upon the enemy s 
 position, resulting in the extrication of the army 
 from its liability to great disaster, from having 
 
 advanced too far, without support, into the 
 enemy s country. 
 
 His wound was of a nature to forbid any ac 
 tive service, and following his design to get to 
 his home, notwithstanding his separation from 
 the nearest railway station by several hundred 
 miles, he engaged a vehicle and began the 
 journey. His route was through a country 
 overrun by guerrillas, but with only his negro 
 servant, in whose fidelity and loyalty he had 
 implicit confidence, he pushed on, and when 
 impatient to proceed at a more rapid pace than 
 was possible to the vehicle, having himself as 
 sisted to his saddle and riding his horse, 
 although suffering acutely from his wound, 
 which in all the time occupied in reaching St. 
 Louis had not been dressed. While in the hos 
 pital there he received his commission as Col 
 onel of the 59th 111. Inf., for gallant and 
 meritorious conduct at the battle of Pea Ridge. 
 Though still unable to mount his horse unas 
 sisted, he rejoined his Regt., at that time on the 
 advance to Corinth, and was at once assigned 
 to the command of a Brig. 
 
 From May, 1862, to the end of the conflict, 
 Gen. Post was of the foremost in all the battles 
 of the campaigns in which his command was 
 engaged, always evincing that magnificent and 
 daring spirit which was born of his heroic na 
 ture, and which ever inspires the soldier with 
 an ambitious courage. Subsequently he was 
 delegated as a member of a commission for the 
 examination of the officers of the Army of the 
 Cumberland, with reference to their military 
 knowledge and skill. 
 
 He was employed in this service several 
 months, in the meantime retaining the com 
 mand of his Brig. In the attack on Mont 
 gomery Hill, during the battle at Nashville, on 
 the morning of Dec. 15, 1864, led by Gen. Post, 
 and " carried at the point of the bayonet," he 
 exhibited such masterly precision in directing 
 and completing the movement upon the most 
 strongly fortified and best supported position 
 of the enemy, as to be characterized by Gen. 
 Thomas as " taking the initiative and inciting 
 the whole army to the brilliant deeds of that 
 day." Regarding the successful issue at Nash 
 
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 ville, as exemplifying the great genius of Gen. 
 Thomas as a military strategist, no greater 
 compliment than the quoted words from that 
 distinguished and eminent officer, could have 
 been paid General Post, as a prominent figure in 
 this great and decisive battle. In the after 
 noon of the same day at Nashville, Gen. Post 
 added still further laurels to his fame, and suc 
 cessfully conducted a charge upon the inner 
 works of the enemy, and on the succeeding 
 day by dint of a desperate attack upon Over- 
 ton s Hill, the last hope of the enemy was 
 destroyed, followed by utter rout and the con 
 fusion and dismay of the whole Confederate 
 army. 
 
 In this last and most effective action Gen. 
 Post fell in the advance of his men, almost 
 upon the enemy s breastworks, being struck 
 by a grape shot in the hip, the bones of which 
 were badly shattered. His wounds were for 
 some days regarded by the attending surgeons 
 as mortal, but a splendid physical constitution 
 and proper care and nursing, soon indicated 
 the lapse of the crisis and his ultimate re 
 covery. It was not until July, 1865, that he 
 was again capacitated for duty. His Corps 
 Commander, in an official communication to 
 the Secy, of War, uses the following commen 
 datory expressions of Gen. Post s military 
 services. " I most respectfully and earnestly 
 recommend Brig. Gen. Philip Sidney Post, as 
 Colonel in the regular army of the United 
 States. Gen. Post entered the military service 
 as a 2nd Lieut., but soon rose by his superior 
 merits to Major. He commanded his Regt. in 
 the obstinately fought battle of Pea Ridge, 
 and was severely wounded. Shortly after that 
 battle he was promoted Colonel of his regi 
 ment. Returning to the field, even before he 
 had recovered from his wound, he joined his 
 Regt. in front of Corinth and was placed in 
 command of a Brig. From that time to the 
 end of the war, Gen. Post s career was an un 
 broken term of arduous service, useful labor 
 and brilliant actions. He participated honor 
 ably in some of the most obstinately contested 
 and glorious victories of the war. In the great 
 battle and decisive triumph of Nashville, Gen. 
 
 Post s Brig, did more hard fighting and ren 
 dered more important service than any like 
 organization in the army. In the grandest and 
 most vigorous assault that was made upon the 
 enemy s intrenchments, near the close of the 
 fighting on the second day, Gen. Post fell, 
 mortally wounded as it was at first supposed, 
 at the head of his Brig., leading it to the on 
 slaught. A discharge of grape instantly killed 
 his horse under him, and tore away a portion 
 of his left hip. I know of no officer of Gen. 
 Post s grade, who has made a better or more 
 billliant record. He is a gentleman of fine 
 manners and high moral integrity; his physique, 
 which is a matter of no light importance in 
 making a soldier, is uncommonly fine." 
 
 Gen. George H. Thomas, was pleased to add 
 his tribute to Gen. Post s high merit as an offi 
 cer in recommending his appointment as 
 Colonel in the following \vords: "Gen. Post is 
 an active, energetic and intelligent officer, and 
 his bravery in battle is beyond question. His 
 capability and efficiency as a commander of 
 troops has been fully demonstrated." 
 
 While serving in Texas Gen. Post expe 
 rienced much suffering from his wound, which 
 had been aggravated from too much exercise in 
 the saddle, and acting by the advice of his 
 surgeon, on his return home in 1866, he accepted 
 the post which was tendered him as Consul 
 General at Vienna, Austria. The reports of his 
 consulate were embodied as Authoritative, in 
 the "Statesman s Year Book," and elicited 
 much attention, notably his deductions on beet 
 sugar, patent laws and railway legislation. In 
 the latter instance he conclusively presents the 
 necessity of a "system in railway legislation," 
 to prevent the abuses implied in "plundering 
 and jobbery" in the construction and operation 
 of railways, and thereby protect the true inter 
 ests of investors and builders, those who bear the 
 expenses, and the government, which charters 
 them. Resigning his Consulate in 1879, he re 
 turned to Galesburg, Hi., which has since been 
 his home. 
 
 In a speech delivered by Gen. Post, to his 
 Regt. upon their receipt of the order to be mus 
 tered out, he signalized himself as an orator 
 
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 whose patriotic sentiments swelled the hearts 
 of the noble and gallant veterans, who so glad 
 ly drank the music of his words. This speech, 
 as most appropriately closing the military life of 
 Gen. Post, was as follows : " Four years and a 
 half you have devoted to the defense of your 
 country s flag. You have patriotically toiled 
 and manfully fought, and now your cause is 
 triumphant and the victory complete. You are 
 about to return to your peaceful homes. The 
 history you have made during these years will 
 sparkle upon the records of your country for 
 ever. Rushing to arms when patriotism was 
 neither stimulated by enormous bounties, nor 
 the apprehension of a speedy draft, you trav 
 ersed the southwest, and on the border of the 
 Indian Territory took a glorious part in the 
 bloody, but victorious battle of Pea Ridge, Ark. 
 Hurrying across the country to a new field of 
 danger, many of you marching barefoot and so 
 rapidly that the last 250 miles before reaching 
 the Mississippi, were passed over in less than 
 10 days, you were able to join the forces be 
 sieging Corinth and were among the first to 
 press through that smoking town in swift pur 
 suit of the enemy. After many affairs and 
 skirmishes, among which figure your surprise 
 and capture of Bay Springs, Miss., and your ener 
 getic expedition to Alsbro, Ala., in which you 
 marched 36 miles in 18 hours, you turned north 
 ward and confronted the invading army under 
 Gen. Bragg at Perryville, and assisted in hurl 
 ing it back in confusion whence it came. You 
 initiated the battle of Stone River. Through 
 out the Tullahoma campaign ; at Chickamauga, 
 where you found yourselves in the rear of the 
 whole Confederate army, your conduct was all 
 that might become soldiers. During the siege 
 of Chattanooga you occupied the post of honor, 
 and danger the extreme front. You crossed 
 the Tennessee ; climbed Wild Cat Mt. ; re- 
 crossed the Tennessee, and attacked the enemy 
 on the giddy heights of Lookout Mt. and again 
 attacked him upon the rugged sides of Mission 
 Ridge, and continuing the pursuit inflicted a 
 parting blow upon him at Ringgold. In the 
 great campaign of 1864, you first found the foe 
 upon the ledges of Rocky Face Ridge. You 
 
 fought him again at Resaca. You brought him 
 to bay at Cassville, and he confronted you at 
 Dallas. You assailed his works at Kenesaw 
 Mt. and were the first U. S. soldiers to set foot 
 in Marietta. 
 
 The 4th day of July, you celebrated amidst 
 the rattle of musketry and the hissing of shot 
 and shell from morn till night in an open field, 
 sweltering under a burning sun and but a few 
 yards from a determined foe, stoutly defending 
 his works. You crossed the Chattahoochie; 
 presented yourselves before the eastern walls 
 which defended Atlanta, and took an honorable 
 part at Lovejoy Station, where the last blow 
 was given the enemy, in that campaign. You 
 boldly confronted superior numbers at Colum 
 bia, Tenn.; defied them as they crossed Duck 
 River, and punished their rashness at Franklin. 
 In the great struggle which obliterated rebel 
 armies in the West, you were in the foremost 
 ranks. The battle of Nashville was afitending 
 for your brilliant career, and the annals of war 
 bear no example of the desperate bravery of 
 the American soldiery, which will shine brighter 
 upon its pages than the reports of the storming 
 of Montgomery and Overton Hills. If your 
 gallant services have not received just recogni 
 tion, it cannot dim the splendor of your record. 
 The fiat of man makes Generals; God alone 
 makes heroes, and they may exist unheralded 
 by fame. You have marched more than 10,000 
 miles and the blood of your comrades has 
 flowed in 19 battles and in many affairs and 
 skirmishes. Of the 2,OOO men whose names 
 have been entered upon your rolls, many sleep 
 upon the fields which they helped to renderim- 
 mortal, and the memory of their gallant deeds 
 is bequeathed to their companions in arms. 
 You are about to disperse to your homes, where 
 anxious hearts are awaiting you. As you lay 
 aside your weapons and your habits of camp 
 and resume the occupations of civil life, you 
 will show that the most heroic soldiers upon 
 the battlefield in time of war, are the most af 
 fectionate fathers, brothers and sons, and the 
 most industrious and independent citizens in 
 times of peace. I bid you all a good-bye and a 
 God speed! Our connections are here severed; 
 
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 our race as soldiers has been run, and as a sol 
 dier I desire nothing from fame, but to record, 
 that I was a comrade of yours; that from Pea 
 Ridge to Nashville, my name stood at the head 
 of your muster rolls and that I am entitled 
 with you to an equal share in the glorious rep 
 utation of the 59th Regt., Vet. Inf." 
 
 General Post has been three times elected 
 as a Representative in Congress, from his dis 
 trict, and is nowserving his third term. Wherever 
 he has been placed in battle, or in the National 
 Council, he has shown himself a worthy expo 
 nent of all that is true and noble and heroic. 
 As a citizen he has shown abilities to serve 
 his country fully commensurate with his bril 
 liant services as a soldier. To few men have 
 been committed the rare talents of General 
 Post, and no man can wear the honors they 
 have brought him, more gracefully and more 
 appropriately than he. 
 
 JAMES S. RITTENHOUSE, a resident of Peoria, 
 was born near Chillicothe, Ohio, Jan. 13, 
 1846, and is the son of John S. and Sarah 
 (J. Veatch) Rittenhouse, the father being a na 
 tive of Ohio, and the mother of Maryland. In 
 1858 they settled in Champaign Co., 111., where 
 the father died Dec. 23, 1873, the mother Nov. 
 8, 1864. The Rittenhouse family have an in 
 teresting history, the most distinguished ances 
 tors being William and David Rittenhouse. 
 The original ancestor in this country was a 
 Wilhelm Rittenhouse, who on account of his 
 religious belief was driven from his home in 
 Amsterdam. On the invitation of William Penn, 
 in 1688, this Wilhelm, with his family, came 
 to Pennsylvania and located in Germantown. 
 In 1690, he bought a twenty acre tract on the 
 pretty Missahickon, and on this he built the 
 first paper mill in America, manufacturing the 
 first paper used in the Continental Congress, 
 and also supplied the paper used by William 
 Bradford, Pennsylvania s first printer. Wm. 
 Rittenhouse was also the first preacher and 
 Bishop in Pa. David Rittenhouse, the build 
 ing of whose birthplace is still retained by the 
 Fairmount Park Commissioners, and whose 
 
 memory is still preserved by Philadelphians, in 
 " Rittenhouse Square," and " Rittenhouse 
 Street," was the celebrated astronomer who 
 conceived the idea of representing by machin 
 ery the planetary system. After laboring three 
 years he perfected the celebrated orrery, a won 
 derful piece of mechanism, which Princeton 
 College still possesses. In 1776, the distin 
 guished Scientist was unanimously chosen first 
 State Treasurer, and later was made the first 
 Director of the Mint, under President Wash 
 ington. Truly the patriotism of these eminent 
 ancestors was transmitted to the descendants. 
 This fact was demonstrated at the outbreak of 
 the great rebellion; thus when the echoes of 
 Fort Sumter made known to the North that 
 the preservation of that grand "old flag" was 
 threatened, five illustrious and stalwart sons 
 responded from beneath one single paternal 
 roof, and went forward "to do or die." Aye! 
 blessed be the memory of the mother who of 
 fered them, but who alas did not live to greet 
 them on their victorious return. Brothers, 
 William, Veatch, and Levi, all enlisted at the 
 very outbreak of the great struggle, each serv 
 ing his full three years, Veatch and Levi subse 
 quently dying from the effects of wounds re 
 ceived and disease contracted. Joseph H. enlist 
 ed in Aug. 1862, and was discharged the follow 
 ing Jan. on account of expiration of term of 
 service. James G., our subject, though only a boy, 
 had taken great interest in the war from its 
 beginning. In vain he pleaded with his par 
 ents, who objected on account of his youth. 
 But fixed in his resolutions, young James, 
 though just 17 years of age, finally ran away 
 from home, and enlisted Mar. 6, 1863, at Terre 
 Haute, Ind., in Co. B. 6th Ind. Cav. 
 
 The Regt. went into camp at Burnside Bar 
 racks, Indianapolis, where they were drilled in 
 the tactics of war, and engaged in guarding the 
 prisoners, making frequent expeditions through 
 out the State to check the disloyal element, 
 who had called a State meeting at Indianapolis, 
 and who came in armed by the thousands, 
 menacing the authorities and threatening to 
 take possession of the State government and 
 liberate the prisoners. July, 1863, they were 
 
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 ordered to Louisville, Ky, and immediately 
 started in pursuit of Morgan s troublesome 
 band, keeping on their tracks for six con 
 secutive days, and after numerous skirmishes, 
 captured them near Cincinnati, O. Subse 
 quently they joined the Army of the Ohio, and 
 then onward the difficult marches continued. 
 Onward, over the Cumberland Mts., on to 
 Knoxville, where the construction of works im 
 mediately began. Oct. i6th they met the 
 enemy in the battle of Campbell s Station, the 
 company losing three killed and several wound 
 ed. Then followed the memorable siege of 
 Knoxville, in which the cavalry did most ex 
 cellent service, being kept in motion almost con 
 stantly, guarding and scouting, being part of 
 the time dismounted. Nov. 29, when Long- 
 street made his most desperate charge, 
 the rebels were foiled into a ditch by means of 
 a wire which had been stretched, and thus 
 within thirty minutesthey lay slaughtered. Like 
 one vast graveyard, sealed in blood, the dead 
 lay, 500 in number, in the ditch, piled up eight 
 and ten high. During the long siege the "boys" 
 were almost reduced to skeletons a day s 
 rations consisting of a half-pint of corn meal 
 ground with the cob. Immediately after the 
 siege the victorious Union " boys " followed 
 the retreating rebels as far as Morristown, the 
 cavalry being engaged in a spirited fight at 
 Strawberry Plains and Dandridge, Tenn. The 
 .winter was largely spent at Knoxville and 
 vicinity. Food and clothing were very scarce, 
 the weather was cold, but our eighteen-year-old 
 soldier boy weathered the privations bravely. 
 In the spring the command joined the Army 
 of the Ohio, under Gen. Sherman, and the 
 Georgia campaign was impressibly introduced 
 to our young hero at Varnell s Station, where 
 they encountered a lively fight, the company 
 losing several in killed and wounded, and Mr. 
 Rittenhouse s immediate comrade, Turner 
 Lacey, being shot in the hip. During the time 
 he assisted Mr. Lacey on his horse, his Regt. 
 had fallen back, and thus our soldier boy and 
 his comrade were left in the immediate ad 
 vance of the enemy, literally as a target for the 
 entire rebel force. 
 
 Subsequently he participated in all the 
 marches of the Georgia campaign, and was 
 engaged in the battles of Resaca, Calhoun, 
 Kingston, and others, and in all the operations 
 incident to the capture of Atlanta, after which 
 they were sent to Nashville, Tenn., for a new 
 supply of horses preparatory to the "march to 
 the sea." Gen. Forrest coming into Tennessee 
 at this time they were dispatched in his pursuit, 
 meeting the rebels in the battle of Pulaski, next 
 participating in the bloody and tragic battle of 
 Nashville, Dec. 15, and 16, 1864, and then after 
 several weeks of chasing and skirmishing he 
 was mustered out Sept. 15, returning to Indian 
 apolis and receiving his discharge Sept. 28 
 1865. 
 
 The thunder of the great rebellion was sub 
 dued, and our gallant "son of war" returned 
 home, and in 1867, entered the State Normal 
 University, diligently pursuing his studies for 
 three years. Subsequently he was employed 
 as teacher in various grades of schools; later 
 was established in the insurance business, and 
 in Sept. 1889, was appointed by the Secretary 
 of the Treasury as U. S. Gauger in the Internal 
 Revenue service, which position he holds at 
 the present time. 
 
 Mr. Rittenhouse found his ideal wife in the 
 person of Miss Laura M. Mooberry, a most es 
 timable lady, whom he joined in matrimony, 
 Sept. 9, 1875, at Farmdale, 111. She is a mem 
 ber of the Woman s Relief Corps, and her par 
 ents, Wm. and Matilda Mooberry, are one of 
 the oldest and best known families in Tazewell 
 Co. Illinois. Mr. Rittenhouse is a member of 
 Bryner Post, No. 67, Peoria, of which he has 
 been Quartermaster for five years. A soldier, 
 a scholar and a gentleman in the best sense of 
 the term, he is respected by all who know him. 
 
 JAIRUS G. EVANS, a resident of Peoria, 111., 
 and a son of Joseph and Margaret (Wolf) 
 Evans was born July 26, 1 839, at Coshocton, 
 Ohio. His father was of Welsh and his mother 
 of German descent. Father followed farming 
 in Coshocton, the county of which he was sup 
 posed to be the first white male child. In 
 
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 1852, parents moved to Crawford Co., 111., 
 where they resided up to the time of their death. 
 Our subject spent his early days on the farm, 
 receiving a good common school education. 
 Scarcely had the echoes of Fort Sumter died 
 out, when we find Mr. Evans already in the 
 service of his country. He lost no time but 
 enlisted April 20, 1861, at Lawrenceville, 111., 
 Co. I., 8th 111. Inf. under Col. Richard J. 
 Oglesby. The Regt. was mustered in at 
 Springfield, 111., and at once moved to Cairo, 
 111., remaining there engaged in constant 
 guard duty, making frequent expeditions into 
 Missouri in pursuit of the troublesome bands of 
 bushwhackers. July 25, 1861, the term of serv 
 ice having expired, they were mustered out, 
 and Mr. Evans returned to the farm. Little 
 contentment he could find there, when in 
 spirit he was with the "boys in blue," defend 
 ing the honor of the stars and stripes. Ac 
 cordingly he hastened to his native State, Ohio, 
 and re-enlisted Oct. 22, 1861, at Rocsal, Ohio, 
 Co. G., 76th Ohio Inf. The Regt. ren 
 dezvoused at Camp Sherman, Newark, Ohio, 
 where he was appointed 2nd Sergeant of Co. 
 G., and Feb. 9, 1862, started for Fort Donel- 
 son, arriving Feb. 14, 1863, landing three miles 
 below the fort thence marching by a circuit 
 ous route to the rear, where his Regt. bivouacked 
 during the night, and the following morning 
 participated in the battle .of Fort Donelson. 
 During the night, for the first time, the boys 
 camped out under the open sky, awakening 
 next morning covered with several inches of 
 snow being one of the many phases of a sol 
 dier s hard life. During this fight, Mr. Evans 
 saw the first bloodshed, which was the severest 
 shock he had received, subsequently witness 
 ing more tragic sights with little agitation, 
 thus depicting how human nature can readily 
 become hardened, even to such ghastly sights 
 as those of a battlefield. After almost con 
 stant marching they appeared on the night of 
 April 6th on the bloody field of Shiloh, partic 
 ipating actively in the second day s battle. 
 The roar and thunder of the hard, desperate 
 fighting, in which the Union army suffered a 
 total loss of 3096 in killed, wounded and miss 
 
 ing, continued without interruption the entire 
 day, the 76th Ohio, having been assigned to the 
 left center, under Gen. Lew Wallace, Com 
 mander of the Div. 
 
 The next day our soldier was detailed to dig 
 trenches and bury the dead, and now he 
 noticed where the entire brush had been lit 
 erally mowed down by shot and shell. After 
 making several scouting expeditions around 
 Corinth, they were engaged in almost constant 
 marching from April 22, to June 30, when they 
 arrived at Memphis. They went into camp at 
 Fort Pickering and at once began the construc 
 tion of the fort, remaining until July 24, 1862. 
 Up to this time they had gathered up a large 
 number of negroes, who, many a night would 
 arise in stampede, having their fear of being 
 returned to their master aroused by some of the 
 boys, who would jokingly shout: "Massah is 
 comin !" They next proceeded to Helena, 
 Ark., by boat. Here the boys were introduced 
 to Miss, water, and many were taken very sick. 
 Aug. 16, 1863, under Gen. Steele, they made the 
 famous expedition to the mouth of the Yazoo, 
 and only for a lack of knowledge of circum 
 stances at that time, could have marched into 
 Vicksburg without opposition, as later informed 
 by the rebels. After skirmishing with the ene 
 my at Milliken s Bend, Greenville, and Bolivar, 
 they returned to Helena, Aug. 27th, subse 
 quently going by boat to Cape Girardeau, 
 thence marching to Pilot Knob, around which 
 point they were engaged in almost constant 
 scouting. Returned to Camp Steele, Miss., 
 opposite Helena, Ark,, and on Dec. 21, the 
 command joined Gen. Sherman s expedition 
 against Vicksburg. 
 
 Shortly we find Sergeant Evans busy in 
 assisting in the construction of Butler s canal, 
 and on the 27th we find him participating in 
 the hard fought battle of Chickasaw Bayou, 
 his Regt. losing heavily, the total loss of 
 Union men being 1450 in killed, wounded and 
 missing. Jan. 11, with Sergt. Evans acting as 
 file closer, the gallant boys made a charge on 
 Arkansas Post, Capturing several thousand 
 prisoners and the entire contents of the fort. 
 In their subsequent marches they had to indulge 
 
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 in considerable foraging, and a dish of "lamb 
 and Yam," cooked into a mush was a royal feast, 
 greatly relished by all the boys. Onward they 
 marched through mud and water, onward, cap 
 turing Jackson, Miss., and proudly flinging the 
 stars and stripes to the breeze from the Capitol. 
 From this time up to July 4, the 76th was 
 actively engaged in the great and memorable 
 siege of Vicksburg, the "boys" suffering many 
 hardships and eating a four days ration, which 
 at that time consisted of a cracker, a small piece 
 of meat and a little coffee, easily and com 
 fortably in one single meal. This, many did, 
 subsequently relying on what little foraging 
 they could do. At Jackson after the fall of 
 Vicksburg, they were under constant fire of the 
 enemy s artillery for six days, after which they 
 took steamers for Memphis and then marched 
 across the country with Sherman to Bridge 
 port, Ala., being in almost constant motion 
 and having frequent skirmishes with the enemy. 
 About this time our subject was detailed on 
 recruiting service, rejoining his Regt., which 
 had been home on a furlough, at Columbus, 
 Ohio. Shortly it joined the Army of theTenn. 
 and took part in the famous Atlanta campaign, 
 and from May I, 1864, to the time of the siege 
 of Atlanta, suffered almost daily from hard fir 
 ing, hard marching, "hard" eating and "hard" 
 privations, fighting in the .tragic battles of 
 Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mt., Chattahoochie, 
 Atlanta, Jonesboro, and others. At the last 
 named battle Sergeant Rufus W. Henthorn was 
 shot through the head at the immediate side 
 of Lieut. Evans. Then came the " march to 
 the sea" with a line of battle forty miles in 
 width, participating in almost daily encounters, 
 and living on only what they could forage. 
 
 After the siege of Savannah, came the vic 
 torious march through the Carolinas. Forward 
 to Washington, where they marched under the 
 grand review and deafening huzzas of victory. 
 Thus the great Rebellion was o er, thus our 
 gallant soldier after over four years of staunch 
 and heroic service returned to Columbus, Ohio, 
 and was mustered out July 15, 1865. Mr. Evans 
 can well feel proud of his excellent and meri 
 torious service. Having entered as private, he 
 
 was consecutively promoted to 2nd Sergt., 1st 
 Sergt., 2nd Lieut., 1st Lieut., and received a 
 captain s commission, having been in full com 
 mand of his company at the close of the war. 
 As mementoes of those memorable by-gone- 
 days, Captain Evans has preserved his first 
 gun, a rebel knapsack, a sword sash, etc., a 
 wing-bone of a chicken that Gen. Sherman 
 picked on the battle grounds of Congaree 
 Creek, Feb. 15, 1865, and many other "tro 
 phies." While in camp at Newark, Ohio, 
 Captains Evans for the first time saw his future 
 wife, Miss Biletta McMullin, whom he led to 
 the altar Oct. 10, 1867. By this union there 
 were born two children, Ida J. and George. 
 Captain Evans is a member of Bryner Post No. 
 67, G. A. R. and his estimable wife a member 
 of Bryner Woman s Relief Corps, No. 12. In 
 1866, he attended the first National encamp 
 ment at Indianapolis, as a delegate of the 
 Chauncey 111. Post, of which he was at that 
 time commander. Mr. Evans at present holds 
 the responsible and entrusted position of fore 
 man of the car department of the Peoria & Pekin 
 Union R. R. Comany, and staunch as he was 
 in the preservation of the grand " old flag," he 
 could not else but make a most excellent and 
 honorable citizen. 
 
 JOHN WARREN BEAMER is a native of Ohio, 
 born Feb. loth, 1840. His parents were 
 David and Christina (Sheer) Beamer, the 
 father born in Pa., and the mother in Ohio. 
 John is one of a family of five sons and two 
 daughters, of whom he was the eldest. Four 
 of the five sons gave their best and most useful 
 years to their country in her hour of peril. 
 Subject enlisted in Co. C, loth Regt. 111. 
 Inf. in the three months service; afterwards, 
 re-enlisted for three years and then veteranized, 
 serving in all four years and three months. 
 The loth was the ist 111. Regt. to cross Mason 
 and Dixon s line and enter the enemy s terri 
 tory. Its first engagement was at Belmont, 
 where, although for a time in reserve, it was 
 continually under fire. It next took a hand in 
 
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 the fight at New Madrid, Mo., and from there 
 proceeded to Pittsburg Landing and Corinth. 
 Then it moved to Nashville and became part 
 of Sherman s army, remaining there during the 
 winter 1862-3, where Co. C. with three others 
 were detailed on garrison duty in Fort Negley. 
 The summer of 1863 brought with it the stir 
 ring experiences of that year. Mr. Beamer 
 was a participant in the battles of Stone River, 
 Missionary Ridge, two of the most desperate 
 encounters for the supremacy during the war. 
 The following year he was with Sherman in 
 his "Atlanta" and "March to the sea" cam 
 paigns, and was engaged in many of the heavy 
 skirmishes and battles of these expeditions, in 
 fact it was a continuous skirmish interspersed 
 with severe battles until Savannah was capt 
 ured. From Savannah he went on boat to 
 Buford, S. C., and marched from Hilton Head 
 to Fort Pocotaligo, where he -had another 
 fight, driving the rebels out, following them to 
 Columbia, S. C., where occurred another trial 
 of strength. The city was captured, the roth 
 111. being the first to plant its flag upon the 
 Capitol. It then followed Johnston s army 
 toward Raleigh and at Bentonville, N. C., 
 occurred a severe battle lasting three days and 
 nights, the loth suffering severely. 
 
 Reached Raleigh where they remained until 
 Johnston s surrender, then moved through Rich 
 mond, Petersburg and on to Washington, where 
 they participated in the Grand Review. From 
 Washington they were sent to Louisville, mus 
 tered out, and finally discharged at Chicago,- 
 July 4, 1865. Mr. Beamer reached Quincy 
 after a service of upwards of four years. 
 
 His brother Jacob died in the war, being 
 killed at Vicksburg. Returning home, Mr. 
 Beamer engaged at the blacksmith trade, but 
 owing to an injury received in the war, was un 
 able to follow that trade. He then learned en 
 gineering, which he has since followed, and is 
 now employed in the flouring mills at Quincy. 
 
 He was married March 1 5, 1866, to Miss Mary 
 Elizabeth Prill, and to this union four sons and 
 four daughters have been born, all living except 
 one. Those living are Annie, wife of David M. 
 Mallison; John W., Jr., Emma, Minnie, Nettie, 
 
 Charles Edward and Walter Allen. Politically 
 Mr. Beamer is a staunch Republican, and says 
 he votes as he shot. He is an active worker in 
 the I. O. O. F., being a member of Quincy Lodge 
 No. 12; Allen Encampment No. 4, and Golden 
 Rule Lodge No. 27, D. of R. His two daugh 
 ters also belong to the latter. He is a Past 
 Grand of the Subordinate Lodge; Past S. W. of 
 the Encampment, and a member of John Wood 
 Post No. 96, G. A. R. 
 
 PROBABLY none are more worthy of repre 
 sentation on the pages of this book than 
 William T. Boyd, a resident of Peoria, 
 111., who was born at Northumberland, Pa., 
 March 29, 1846, and is the son of William T. 
 and Catharine G. (Slater) Boyd. His father was 
 a native of Va., and of English descent. His 
 mother was born in the Empire State and was 
 of Holland ancestry. The Boyd family evi 
 dently inherited spirited patriotism, for not 
 only did their uncle, James Slater, faithfully 
 serve in the Mexican war, and the war of the 
 rebellion, but their grandfather Slater had al 
 ready carried a gun during the Mohawk and 
 Pennsylvania wars. 
 
 At the very outbreak of the great war, 
 James, a brother of our subject, enlisted and 
 faithfully served in the ranks, until he met with 
 the sad misfortune of losing his arm, during 
 the second hot battle of Bull Run. After re 
 covering he was commissioned as an officer, 
 serving up to the time he was discharged, on 
 account of physical disability. A second 
 brother, John, enlisted in the I39th, 111., served 
 until its expiration of service, and was trans 
 ferred to the 47th, 111., in which he loyally served 
 until the close of the war, mustering out Jan. 
 21, 1866. And while these brothers were fight 
 ing under the colors of their flag, young Wil 
 liam, too, was not deaf to the roar of the cannon. 
 Though only a boy, a youth of sixteen, he 
 lacked not the less patriotism, not the less love 
 for the stars and stripes, but accordingly en 
 listed July 16, 1862, in Co. C., I5th, N. J. Inf., 
 universally noted for its most excellent service. 
 
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 Aug. 27, 1862, with 947 officers and men, the 
 Regt. moved on to Washington, arrived in time 
 to hear the roar of canonading during the 2nd 
 battle of Bull Run; constructed Ft. Kearney, 
 and on Sept. 30 proceeded to join the Army of 
 the Potomac. Onward they tramped, and Dec. 
 13 our soldier boy was thoroughly initiated 
 under fire in the bloody, tragic battle of Fred- 
 ericksburg. Defeated, they fell back to the 
 old camp, and subsequently started out on the 
 famous "Burnside Mud March," the hardships 
 of which will ever dwell in the memory of all 
 who participated. On the outset the weather 
 was fine, soon rain poured down in torrents, 
 and onward they pressed through mud, knee 
 deep, often bottomless. The Artillery was 
 mired and hundreds of horses and mules per 
 ished in the mud. After this failure they re 
 turned to camp, where our young hero was 
 placed on picket duty. One time during the 
 deep, silent hour of midnight, he was suddenly 
 aroused by the tramp, tramp, tramp of distant 
 footsteps. Nearer and nearer they came. He 
 cocked his gun and shouted, "Who comes?" 
 A moment and all was silent. Anxiously our 
 soldier awaits the foe. There he stands in readi 
 ness, and in the dark. Anon, a sound, a grunt, 
 "Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!" and up comes a hog, to 
 the utter surprise of young Boyd. 
 
 The next move was towards Fredricksburg, 
 and on May 1-3, 1863, we find our youthful 
 soldier, engaged in the battle of Chancellors- 
 ville, Mary s Heights and Salem Church; his 
 regiment on the third day losing 153 in killed 
 and wounded, and young Boyd escaping with 
 a slight wound in his leg. Next they made a 
 forced march to Centerville, Va., then crossed 
 the Potomac, and with slight intermission con 
 tinued to Manchester, Pa. 
 
 July i, at 10 P. M., they started on their 
 famous march to Gettysburg, marching 15,000 
 strong, covering 38 miles in 14 hours, without 
 food and regardless of the intense heat, and 
 participated in that memorable battle. The 
 next engagement was at Fairfield, with the I5th, 
 in the advance, thence onward to Williamsport, 
 where young Boyd detailed on the picket line 
 was engaged in a very spirited skirmish. 
 
 Onward, marching constantly, finally reach 
 ing Rappahannock Station, and fighting in the 
 battle of the same name. Next the army moved 
 to Brandy Station, erected winter quarters, but 
 on Nov. 30, were ordered to participate in the 
 action at Mine Run, the "boys" suffering in 
 tensely from the cold. They returned and 
 while in camp, our gallant soldier was ordered 
 to report to the Colonel, who requested him 
 to apply for a commission in his own hand 
 writing, and he should be granted one. Being 
 but 17 years, not the required age, the offer 
 must needs be declined. 
 
 Feb. 26, 1864, they marched on a five days 
 reconnoissance, suffering untold misery under 
 a heavy cold rain, and snow storm. The next 
 important event in comrade Boyd s soldier 
 career, was Grant s memorable Wilderness cam 
 paign, May 5, 7, 1864, we find him engaged in 
 the battle of the Wilderness, where all was 
 pell-mell, amid rivulets flowing crimson with 
 human blood. 
 
 Forward again, into the battle of Spotsyl- 
 vania, literally marching into the mouth of 
 death, making a desperate charge May 8, and 
 four days later participating in one of the most 
 sanguinary battles of the war, which has well been 
 designated the "Bloody Angle" in which the 
 noble 1 5th, lost over half its number, being the 
 fourth regiment in the combined Eastern and 
 Western army, that suffered the greatest loss 
 in any one single battle. The remnant of the 
 Regt. consisting of 6 officers and 136 muskets, 
 subsequently fought under Sheridan, in the 
 Shenandoah Valley, losing heavily at Cold 
 Harbor; constructing Fort Sedgwick, later 
 designated "Fort Hell," fighting the enemy at 
 Snicker s Gap, sustaining another terrible per 
 centage of loss at the memorable Winchester 
 battle, and invincibly participating in the 
 battles of Opequon, Va., Fisher s Hill, New 
 market, Mt. Jackson, Cedar Creek and Middle 
 Creek. Returning to Petersburg, he again 
 fought victoriously, during the .fall of the city, 
 the flag of the I5th, N. J., being one of the 
 first, if not the first, to proudly float over the 
 rebel works at that point. They continued on 
 the heels of the- rebels until Lee surrendered. 
 
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 Thus closed the great rebellion, that cost 
 thousands of lives, and accordingly our invinci 
 ble young soldier, who participated in 36 bat 
 tles and skirmishes, was mustered out June 22, 
 1865, as one of the 341 men, out of a total of 
 1871, mustered into the Regt. Returning to 
 his home at Morristown, N. J., he left in the 
 following Oct. for Peoria, 111. 
 
 In 1869, he moved to St. Louis, returning in 
 1876 to Peoria, where he now fills a responsible 
 position in the Government Revenue service. 
 
 Mr. Boyd was married at Peoria, 111., May 
 12, 1881, to Miss Clara Scott. By this happy 
 union there were born two children, a daughter, 
 Emma, and a son, William T., whom we hope 
 is a counterpart of the "old block" in patriot 
 ism, as well as in name. 
 
 Mrs. Boyd, who is an amiable and estima 
 ble lady, is a member of the Woman s Relief 
 Corps, while comrade Boyd has filled the offices 
 of Quarter Master, Quarter-Master Sergeant and 
 Officer of the Day, in John Bryner Post, No- 
 67, Peoria. He is a member of the order of 
 Mutual Aid and Royal League, and is an affec 
 tionate husband, and a genial, wide-awake 
 excellent citizen. 
 
 OUR present subject, John T. Hiteshew, of 
 Fisher, 111., was born June Qth, 1833, in 
 Wyandotte Co., Ohio, where he was 
 reared upon his father s farm. In the year 1854 
 he was siezed, in common with thousands of oth 
 ers, with the California gold fever, therefore pro 
 ceeded thither with the vain hope of finding a 
 fortune, but, after many ups and downs, generally 
 the downs, he concluded to become a soldier. 
 Therefore enlisted at San Francisco Aug. I5th, 
 1861, in Co. A., 1st Cal.Vol. Inf. With his Regt. 
 he went to New Mexico, serving his full term 
 of three years in that and the adjoining terri 
 tory of Arizona, keeping the Indians in subjec 
 tion and in guarding the frontier. His Regt. 
 was divided into small detachments stationed 
 at different points, and during his whole period 
 of service was only engaged in one active tilt 
 with the Indians. At the expiration of his term 
 
 he was mustered out and discharged Aug. 3ist, 
 1864. He then returned to his native State, but, 
 aftera short visit, proceeded to 111., and engaged 
 in farming in Ford Co., where he continued 
 for the following eleven years. In 1875 he re 
 turned to California, and worked one year, 
 when he came East again, settling in Fisher, 
 where he has been employed at the carpenter 
 trade, which he had learned when a young man. 
 He had two brothers, David and Alfred, in the 
 army, and both in the 49th Ohio ; the latter 
 having served for three years, and the former 
 for one year, when he was discharged, owing to 
 disability. 
 
 Mr. Hiteshew is one of the charter members 
 of the G. A. R. Post at Fisher, of which he has 
 served as commander for two years. He is also 
 a prominent member of the Odd Fellows soci 
 ety, and a lifelong Republican. He was married 
 in Illinois in 1865, to Miss Margaret Hammers, 
 and five children have resulted from their mar 
 riage May, Addie, Annie, Maud and Vie. 
 
 GEORGE WASHINGTON JONES, the subject 
 of this sketch, is a member of John 
 G. Bryner Post No. 67, of Peoria, 111., 
 was born in Pekin, the same State, Sept. 10, 
 1843, an d is the son of Joel S. and Jane (Mc- 
 Grew) Jones. His father was born near Hamil 
 ton, Ohio, June 4, 1812, and was of Scotch de 
 scent. His mother was a native of the prairie 
 State, and died in child-birth, March 4, i860, 
 when but 32 years old. About 1842 his parents 
 settled down at Pekin, 111., where his father 
 established himself in the cooper business, 
 later, in the grocery trade, and subsequently 
 moved out on the "Old Gregg" farm near 
 Pekin, where he successfully tilled the soil up 
 to the time he moved to Peoria, where he died 
 at the ripe dd age of 77 years, his mother hav 
 ing lived to see the 85th anniversary of her 
 birthday. George s boyhood days were spent 
 at Pekin, where he was reared and received a 
 common school education. His first enlist 
 ment in the army was at Pekin> 111., June 2, 1862, 
 Co, K., 68 111. Inf., in response to a call made 
 
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 for a period of three months, June 20, 1862, 
 at Camp Butler, Springfield, 111., when but a 
 youth of eighteen summers, young Jones was 
 mustered into actual service, as 1st Corporal of 
 his company. July 5th they received marching 
 orders. Leaving camp they proceeded by rail 
 to Wheeling, Va., from where they moved on 
 to Washington City. Here the Regt. remained 
 at the "Soldiers Retreat," a place more roman 
 tic and endearing in name than in fact, until 
 July 14, when under special orders it proceeded 
 on to Alexandria, Va., crossing a temporary 
 bridge, at Harper s Ferry, just after the origi 
 nal one had been burned, and just in time to 
 escape being captured by the rebel cavalry who 
 were right on their heels. After remaining 
 about two weeks, during which time the meas 
 les appeared among the ranks, the Regt. was 
 ordered to a more healthful location about two 
 miles above Alexandria. Here they remained 
 doing guard duty and drill until the second 
 battle of Bull Run, when they were ordered to 
 the rear of General McClellan s army and held 
 in reserve. After returning to the old camp, 
 doing patrol duty, until the expiration of its 
 enlistment, the Regt. returned to Springfield, 
 111., where, on Sept. 26, it was mustered out. 
 
 During his service young Jones was con 
 fined to the hospital for four days, on account 
 of swelling of the feet. While there he was 
 kindly attended to by Mrs. McCook, mother of 
 the heroic, Robert McCook, who was good 
 enough to supply him wifh socks, shirts and 
 other wearing apparel After the second 
 battle of Bull Run, his company, of which he 
 was Corporal, was kept busy for a whole week 
 burying all the dead and transporting the 
 wounded into the hospital at Alexandria, where 
 he witnessed the horrible and pitiful spectacle 
 incident with the amputation of countless 
 numbers of human limbs. After his first serv 
 ice as a soldier, he returned to his home, 
 where he assisted his father in the grocery 
 business, up to the time a volunteer company 
 was being organized at Peoria. He accordingly 
 enlisted and was mustered in at Springfield, 
 Feb. 8, 1865, in Co. C., being the color com 
 pany, of I48th 111. Inf, The Regt. was organ 
 
 ized at Camp Butler, and immediately left 
 for Nashville, Tenn. March ist, it moved on 
 to Tullahoma, Tenn., where it remained en 
 gaged in guard duty and making frequent 
 scouting expeditions after the troublesome 
 band under Forrest, till June i8th, when five 
 companies including the color company, were 
 ordered to Decherd. Here they remained 
 guarding the Nashville & Chattanooga rail 
 road, for a distance of about 100 miles, being 
 there at the time Jeff Davis was captured, only 
 about 30 miles out. Sept. 5, 1865, the Regt. 
 was mustered out and on Sept. gth, our soldier 
 was paid off and discharged. He returned to 
 Pekin, 111., where he continued in the grocery 
 business of his father, up to 1867, when he 
 moved to Nokomis, 111., and established him 
 self in the cooper business, furnishing barrels 
 and buying wheat for Mulkey & Son, for about 
 five years, or up to the time the firm failed. 
 Later, he reopened a cooper shop at Pekin, 
 111., and subsequently moved to Peoria, where 
 he occupied the position as dry-gauger with 
 the Woolner Distillery Company, a position he 
 has held without interruption for the past ten 
 years. Mr. Jones was married Apr. 4, 1867, by 
 Squire Lee, Peoria, 111., to Miss LydiaTuteweiler. 
 By this union there were born eight children, 
 of whom but one, Charles Roy, is living. 
 Three healthful children were summoned on the 
 shore beyond within one week, by that terrible 
 disease, diphtheria. Mr. Jones is a member of 
 the Druids, and is a genial, whole-souled 
 gentleman, popular with all who know him. 
 
 JAMES L. ROWE of Sheridan, 111., is a native 
 of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was born April 5, 
 1834. His parents, Alexander and Eliza 
 A. (Phillips) Rowe, were natives of the Empire 
 State, removed to the West and located on a 
 farm in La Salle Co., 111., in 1835. Our subject 
 was of Scotch ancestry. His parents were mem 
 bers of the Universalist Church, and were much 
 esteemed by all who knew them. Mr. Rowe, 
 the senior, died Oct. 28, 1887, and his wife in 
 June, 1859. They had ten children, of whom 
 
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 James was the fifth born. He received his 
 education at Mission, La Salle Co., 111., and 
 afterwards assisted his father at the homestead. 
 In 1861 he enlisted at Ottawa, 111., in Co. H., 
 nth 111. Inf., under Capt. T. C.Gibson and Col. 
 W. H. L. Wallace. It proceeded to Spring 
 field and joined the Regt. under Gen. Hallack. 
 From there it went to the southern part of the 
 State, and then to Bird s Point, Mo. Shortly 
 afterward the term of enlistment expired and 
 it was mustered out of service, Mr. Rowe re 
 turning to his home. In the fall of 1862 he 
 again enlisted, this time at Ottawa, in Co. G., 
 104 111. Inf., under command of Col. Moore. 
 The Regt. then went to Louisville, Ky., on to 
 Cave Springs, and from there to Hartsville, 
 where it took part in a severe battle, and where 
 Mr. Rowe was eventually taken prisoner and 
 sent to Murfreesboro, where he was paroled, and 
 sent to Nashville, Tenn., and then to Columbus, 
 Ohio. At length the t\vo contending parties 
 made an exchange of prisoners, among whom 
 was Mr. Rowe, who was sent to Chicago on 
 patrol duty. In March, 1863, he went to Nash 
 ville and rejoined the Army of the Cumberland. 
 From there the Regt. was ordered to Murfrees 
 boro, and then to Bridgeport, Ala. It was in 
 the battle of Chickamauga, taking an active 
 part. The command was next ordered to 
 Chattanooga, where Mr. Rowe, Dec., 1863, re 
 ceived a furlough and went home. Rejoining 
 his Regt. in March, 1864, he was actively en 
 gaged throughout the Atlanta campaign. 
 
 After the fall of Atlanta, his regiment fol 
 lowed after Hood for a time, then returned to 
 Atlanta, and from there marched to Savannah 
 with Sherman. He took part in all the seiges, 
 and was engaged throughout the whole of that 
 memorable campaign, with Sherman. He was 
 mustered out of the service at Washington, D. 
 C., June 6, 1865. Mr. Rowe then returned home 
 and engaged in farming. In July, 1869, he 
 went to Kansas, where he located on a farm, 
 upon which he resided until July, 1874, when 
 he returned to La Salle Co., 111., and where he 
 has since resided. His homestead is some two 
 miles south of Sheridan, and is replete with 
 evey modern improvement. Mr. Rowe is rec 
 
 ognized as being one of the most enterprising 
 and respected farmers residing in this locality. 
 He is a bachelor. He is a member of G. A. 
 R. Post, No. 672. His patriotism was genuine, 
 and his services valuable to his country. Mr. 
 Rowe s first vote, by the way, was given to John 
 C. Freemont. Another of the family, Edward 
 M. Rowe, expressed his loyalty to the Union 
 by entering the army. A sketch of his life 
 will be found in another portion of this work. 
 His father, although not an active participant 
 of the war, did all he could for the Union, and 
 his enthusiasm did much toward influencing 
 others in the same good cause. 
 
 Personally, Mr. Rowe is much esteemed, 
 both as a neighbor and a friend. 
 
 ONE of the most conspicuous personages 
 in Peoria County, 111., one of the lea 
 ding, and most highly respected cit 
 izens in the city of Peoria, is comrade Albert 
 L. Schimpff. The historical city of Landau, 
 Rheinisch, Bavaria, Germany, is his native 
 place, where he was born Oct., 19, 1844. When 
 but four years old Albert lost his mother, and 
 in 1849, the father with four children sailed for 
 America, subsequently locating at Peoria, 111., 
 where he was summoned to the other shore in 
 1873. Our subject and his brother Ernest, how 
 ever, remained in Germany, living with their 
 brother-in-law, who was a commanding officer 
 of a Bavarian regiment, stationed in a garrison 
 in that beautiful and strongly fortified city of 
 Landau. Being reared amid such martial en 
 vironments, and under the tactics of a German 
 officer, he learned to enjoy military life, and 
 grew older, not only in strength and wisdom, 
 but decidedly so in patriotism, in love for lib 
 erty and love of free government. When Al 
 bert was but twelve and his brother a year 
 older, they jointly set out forthe " New World," 
 landing at New York, and immediately pro 
 ceeding to Peoria, 111., where they joined their 
 father and other members of the family. Here 
 he diligently pursued his studies, acquiring a 
 thorough education, and later engaged with his 
 
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 283 
 
 father, who had established himself in the gro 
 cery business. Time rolled on. Soon the elec 
 tric flashes transmitted throughout all the North 
 the echoes of Fort Sumter the great war of 
 the rebellion had been inaugurated, and with it 
 young Albert s patriotism was aroused. Days 
 and weeks rolled by and our subject became 
 more interested in the loyal cause of the North. 
 Each day he grew more anxious to fight for the 
 preservation of his newly adopted, and no less 
 beloved flag. He vainly pleaded with his par 
 ents, who objected to his enlisting on account 
 of his youth. But young Albert loved " life, 
 liberty and freedom" too well. The spirit in 
 fused into his mind during his childhood days 
 had taken firm root. Indeed, so determined 
 was he to carry a gun, that one dark night, 
 while his parents were attending an entertain 
 ment, this youth of seventeen quietly packed 
 his " worldly goods," bid good-bye to his pa 
 rental roof, boarded a steamer and "skipped" 
 for St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Here he again encountered an obstacle. He 
 lost no time trying to enlist, but invariably our 
 young hero was rejected on account of his 
 youth, and his being of a rather small stature. 
 Must he return home? No, never! He was 
 destined to enter the service some way and 
 finally was made happy, engaging as an officer s 
 servant in Co. A., 26th Mo. Inf. In this capac 
 ity he served faithfully for several months, but 
 these duties were not quite in harmony with 
 the spirits of this natural born soldier, and ac 
 cordingly, he shortly shouldered a gun and was 
 actively engaged in the ranks in all the sieges, 
 skirmishes, and scouting expeditions of his 
 company. During the siege of New Madrid, 
 the captain insisted on Albert s remaining in 
 camp; but like a brave and heroic youth, he 
 replied: "Unless I can carry a gun by the side 
 of my comrades, I will leave." Thus the cap 
 tain consented and the soldier boy went into 
 the fight as a fully equipped soldier. At Farm- 
 ington, Miss., May, 15, 1862, he enlisted as a 
 regular soldier in the company and regiment 
 he had served from the outset. After months 
 of constant skirmishing, foraging and guard 
 duty, the Regt. was hotly engaged at luka, 
 
 Sept. 19, 1862, its skirmishes opening that bat 
 tle; the whole Regt. was soon under a severe 
 fire in which many were killed and wounded. 
 After two weeks of constant skirmishing we 
 find him fighting in the battle of Corinth, Oct. 
 3d and 4. During the winter of 1862 to 63 the 
 command was diligently employed in guarding 
 the railroad between Memphis and Corinth, and 
 early in the spring it embarked for down the 
 river, landing near Helena, Ark., from whence 
 the Yazoo expedition was fitted out. Next 
 it moved on to Yazoo City, and finding the en 
 emy too strongly fortified, returned, proceeding 
 down the river to Milliken s Bend where it 
 joined Grant s army on its victorious campaign 
 about Vicksburg. They participated in the 
 battles of Raymond and Clinton, moved on to 
 Jackson, where they routed the enemy un 
 der Johnston, driving him across the Pearl 
 river. During all this time the army subsisted 
 principally on what they could forage from 
 the enemy s country. May 16, 1863, the Union 
 forces encountered the rebels, about 30,000 
 strong, at Champion Hills. The hot firing 
 opened about 9 A. M. The heroic 26th Mo., 
 one of the gallant 300 fighting regiments of the 
 war, was assigned to the front and on the left 
 of the main road. The roar of cannonading 
 was loud and terrific, bullets and shells were 
 hissing and flying thickly, and here on the 
 bloody battlefield while loyally fighting within 
 TOO feet of the enemy, right in the face of its 
 hot firing, comrade Schimpff was shot in the 
 left shoulder joint, the ball passing through the 
 arm, fracturing the bone and necessitating a re- 
 sectioning of the joint. He was taken to the 
 division hospital in the rear and the painful 
 surgical operation was performed. The army 
 moved on, and while lying here in his serious 
 condition, confined with about 200 wounded 
 comrades out of his own division, he was taken 
 prisoner, exchanged three weeks later, trans 
 ported to Chickasaw Bayou and there put on 
 board the hospital steamer and sent to Mem 
 phis. So neglected were the unfortunate 
 wounded, that during the time of theircapture, 
 1 20 out of the 200 died. After two months of 
 suffering at the hospital at Memphis, our 
 
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 wounded comrade was sent to Jefferson Bar 
 racks, Mo., where, after remaining another two 
 months, he was honorably discharged Nov. 9, 
 1863, being totally unfit for further service, hav 
 ing lost the use of his arm. Thus after serving 
 prtriotically and faithfully under the stars and 
 stripes, he returned to Peoria, where he has 
 lived ever since. His brothers, Gustavus H. 
 and Ernest A., both enlisted the former 
 served three years in the 8th Mo., which was 
 noted for its heroic bearing, and the latter 
 served up to the time he was accidentally shot 
 by a comrade while in camp, dying shortly 
 afterward from the effects of the wound. 
 
 Mr. Schimpff has been engaged in the man 
 ufacture of cigars, later in the wholesale gro 
 cery trade, and at present, as senior member of 
 the firm of Schimpff & Slenker, is established 
 in the cold storage business. 
 
 On March 31, 1875, ^ e was united in mar 
 riage to Miss Frida Green, the estimable and 
 accomplished daughter of Louis Green, of Pe 
 oria. By this union four children were born, 
 of whom Lillie and Emily are living. Comrade 
 Schimpff is a conspicuous figure in the social, 
 business and political circles of Peoria. He 
 was for several years President of the Peoria 
 Turnverein, is a member of the Board of Edu 
 cation, Commander of the John Bryner Post, 
 No. 67, of Peoria, and has been a delegate to 
 the National PLncampment. He is a member 
 of the A. O. U. W. lodge, and is a Royal Arch 
 Mason and a Knight Templar. He has also 
 been one of the directors of the German-Amer 
 ican Nat. Bank of Peoria since its organiza 
 tion. 
 
 His politics are Republican, and his party 
 has frequently urged him to accept different 
 political nominations, such as Mayor, City 
 Treasurer, and County Treasurer, but he has 
 invariably declined. Liberal minded in his views, 
 courteous and hdnorable in all his dealings, Mr. 
 Schimpff has won the respect and esteem of 
 all who know him. In the summer of 1890 by 
 act of Congress, Peoria was made a Port of 
 delivery, and in the fall of that year President 
 Harrison appointed Mr. Schimpff Surveyor of 
 Customs of the Port, which office he now holds. 
 
 BALSER ASCHERMAN, of Dewey, 111., enlisted 
 in the Union Army at La Salle, Nov. 25, 
 1862, in Co. B., 1 04th 111. Vol. Inf. He 
 joined his Regt. during the Chattanooga cam 
 paign, and was in the terrible battle of Chicka- 
 mauga, and from that time forward, was with 
 his command in all its marches, battles and 
 skirmishess, defeats, fatigues and victories. Soon 
 after joining he was detailed and sent to Nash 
 ville for horses and mules, to replace those 
 that had died from starvation. His first expe 
 rience while in actual warfare was at Buzzard s 
 Roost, during which his Regt. was in the first 
 division and i4th A. C. He assisted in destroy 
 ing the railroad from Ringgold for a distance 
 of 60 miles, burning upwards of a mile of cars. 
 He was with his command on Sherman s Atlan 
 ta campaign, and also in that to the sea; then 
 northward through the Carolina s, to Goldsboro 
 when the Rebellion was brought to a sudden 
 close. After this he was at the Grand Review 
 at Washington, where he was transferred to 
 Co. K., 34th 111., and assigned to the 2d Brig., 
 2d Div. and sent to Louisville, Ky. After a 
 short delay there he was ordered to Chicago 
 and mustered out of the service in July 1865. 
 
 In front of Atlanta he received an injury in 
 his foot, accidently by an ax in the hands of a 
 comrade, severing a leader and rendering his 
 foot almost powerless. He held his position in 
 the ranks but in long and heavy marching its 
 weakness became apparent to its commander, 
 Col. Hapeman, who frequently permitted him 
 to ride one of their extra horses. Mr. Aschcr- 
 man was born in 111. near Henry City, in 1843, 
 was the son of Christian A. and Kate Ascher- 
 man of German Antecedents. His mother 
 died when he was six weeks old, therefore, he 
 was brought up by friends. His father having 
 remarried, the son lived little under his father s 
 roof, as he found a more peaceful home with 
 strangers, and grew up as a farmer. On Jan. 26, 
 1867, he married Miss Mary E. Stephens, then 
 he followed farming for one year in Putnam 
 Co.; the two following years in La Salle Co., 
 then followed the carpenter and mason trade, 
 and farmed four years in Ford Co., 111. and in 
 1877, removed to Champaign Co., locating in 
 
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 East Bend, where he built the third home 
 erected in the village of Dewey. He resumed the 
 carpenter business until he established a meat- 
 market which he now runs. He has four child 
 ren, John Albert, age 24 years; Emily Cenith, 
 age 20 years; William A., age 14 and Harry 
 Joseph, age 7 years. He is a member of the 
 G. A. R., in which he has held several of its 
 offices, an Odd Fellow, and an out and out Re 
 publican. 
 
 JOHN F. HUG, Superintendent of Highland 
 Park, Quincy, 111., is a native of Baden, 
 Germany, born Sept. 18, 1836. His parents 
 were Frederick and Catharine Hug natives of 
 Baden, and died in their native country. John 
 was the only child of the marriage. He came 
 to America in 1854 arriving in St. Louis Feb. 7, 
 where he learned the barber trade, and after 
 wards removed to Wisconsin, where he was 
 employed until the civil war broke out. 
 
 In July 1861 he returned to St. Louis, en 
 listed in Co. I, ist Mo. Cav. He did duty in 
 Mo. and Ark. being engaged principally in 
 fighting guerillas. This was unquestionably the 
 most dangerous warfare, inasmuch as it in 
 volved the division of the Regt. into small 
 parties who were constantly exposed to dangers, 
 and always in the saddle. Was often confronted 
 by the notorious Quantrell, and other noted 
 bushwhackers. Occasionally they were at 
 tached to a regular command for a time, and 
 then relieved and returned to the former com 
 mand. Participated in the battle of Sugar 
 Creek, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Van Buren, 
 below Fort Smith, Little Rock and a great many 
 skirmishes and battles of lesser importance. 
 Mr. Hug was the company bugler. At Little 
 Rock, he received a disabling injury to his right 
 leg, which has continued ever since. Sept. 10, 
 1864, he was mustered out and discharged at 
 St. Louis Mo. After a collecting tour to Wis. 
 he went to Quincy, 111. where he resumed his 
 trade, and now owns one of the finest outfits 
 for the business in his town, and is excelled by 
 few in the State. Latterly he has been obliged 
 
 to abandon active labor, therefore has leased 
 his store and fixtures, and being extensively 
 interested in Highland Park a noted pleasure 
 resort in the suburbs of Quincy, where he spends 
 his time, superintending the interests of the 
 stock-holders, holding, himself, 40 shares. 
 
 March 30, 1865 he was married in Quincy, 
 111, to Miss Mary Barth a native of Quincy. 
 Her father Henry Barth came to Quincy in 
 1836 and died there in 1875. To this marriage 
 6 children have been born, all of whom are liv 
 ing viz.: Albert, a dentist in Quincy; John 
 Henry; Robert, studying Pharmacy; Carl F., 
 Emily and Frida. Mr. Hug is a member of 
 John Wood Post, G. A. R., as also of the Druids 
 and Mutual Aid Orders. Politically he is a 
 liberal, voting for the man or party who comes 
 nearest his ideal. Two of the sons are mem 
 bers of the Sons of Veterans, and take an active 
 interest in building up the order and in per 
 petuating the memory of the father and his 
 comrades of the late war. 
 
 GILBURY SPECIE, of Morris, 111., is a native 
 of Canada, born in 1837. He came to 
 the U. S. with his parents July 4, 1848. 
 His father and mother were Busiel and Angeline 
 (McGree) Specie. The family home was at 
 Dresden, , where all resided until Gilbury 
 
 and his three brothers entered the U. S. service, 
 enlisting in June, 1861, in Co. E., 23rd 111. Vol., 
 which was known as Morgan s regiment. The 
 Regt. was sent to Mo., forming part of the 
 Irish Brig., and was captured with Col. Mulligan 
 at Lexington, Mo. The men were paroled and 
 afterward re-enlisted in the 53d, 111., Cushman s 
 Regt., and recruited at Ottawa, 111. They were 
 soon sent South and were at Corinth and on the 
 Hatchie, then moved with Gen. Grant to Ox 
 ford and Coffeville, where they engaged the 
 enemy at Big Hatchie. At the siege of Vicks- 
 burg they were in the "horseshoe" and had 
 many close calls. When Vicksburg was cap 
 tured the portion of the army in which Mr.. 
 Specie was serving went, under the command 
 of Gen. Sherman, in pursuit of Gen. Johnston, 
 
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 overtaking him at Jackson, Miss. The 4th Div., 
 "the bloody fourth," as it was designated, was 
 ordered to make the charge upon the rebels 
 who had turned to make a stand against their 
 pursuers. In this charge Mr. Specie was struck 
 by a grape shot, which carried away about one- 
 half of his left arm. He leaped into a railroad 
 ditch and started for the rear. He had not 
 gone far before he met three rebels who called 
 out to him to halt. He replied, "Go to h !" 
 The three rebels fired on him, but only one 
 ball took effect, striking him in the foot, bring 
 ing him to his knees. They came toward him 
 crying, " We ve ( got the Yankee," when he 
 jumped up and said, " No, you have not," and 
 made his escape. This was July 12, 1863. He 
 was moved from point to point, until at Jeffer 
 son Barracks hospital, suffering with gangrene 
 he came near dying. His arm was amputated 
 within six inches of the shoulder, and one 
 of his toes was also removed. This rendered 
 him useless as a soldier, and he was discharged 
 April 23rd, 1864. 
 
 Mr. Specie was married April 24, 1867, to 
 Mrs. Mary E. Harris, a daughter of V. J. Vass, 
 who was the son of Andrew Vass, of Scotch 
 and Irish descent. Her mother was Elizabeth 
 Ralstaine, who was the daughter of James Ral- 
 staine, a soldier in the war of 1812, and in the 
 Mexican War. The Ralstaine s are of German 
 descent. V. J. Vass, the father of Mrs. Specie, 
 was a member of Co. G., 76th 111. Vol., and his 
 brother Olin was the first man to open the en 
 gagement at Pea Ridge. He was color bearer, 
 and the flag was shot from his hands seven 
 times. 
 
 Daniel D. Harris, the former husband of 
 Mrs. Specie, served 3 years in the i6th 111. Cav., 
 and during this time was in prison eleven 
 months and three days. Mr. and Mrs. Harris 
 were married soon after he was discharged 
 from service in 1865, but he lived only six 
 months, having been bitten by a mad dog, 
 which caused his death. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Specie are members of the 
 Catholic church. He votes with the Repub 
 licans every time, and is a G. A. R. man. Mrs. 
 Specie belongs to the Woman s Relief Corps. 
 
 The father of Mr. Specie was a British soldier 
 in the war of 1812, and the grandfather of Mr. 
 Specie was in the same war, and was in charge 
 of the Arsenal at Montreal, Canada. 
 
 Prisk, Joseph, and Peter, brothers of Mr. 
 Specie, served to the end of the war of the 
 rebellion. 
 
 CAPTAIN JOHN SHORT, a resident of Peoria, 
 111., and Sr. Vice-Commander of John 
 Bryner Post, No. 67, of the same city, is 
 a Bostonian by birth and dates his natal day 
 back to March 9, 1832. He is the son of Hugh 
 and Rebekah Short, who were of New England 
 stock, and both of English ancestry. When 
 but six years of age young John lost his dear 
 est friend his mother who died at Boston. 
 Eleven years later he left his parental roof, and 
 bid a last farewell to his father, who having 
 become enthused with the gold excitement in 
 California, started and went overland with 
 stage and ox-tearn. He never returned, but 
 continued living in the Golden State up to the 
 time of his death. 
 
 Thus it was that our young friend was 
 thrown upon his own resources and learned to 
 battle with the realities of life when but a mere 
 boy. He received a good common school edu 
 cation, and continued living at Boston, until 
 his 1 7th year, when he came West to grow up 
 with the country; locating at Waukegan, 111., 
 later moved to Chicago, and in 1857, perma 
 nently settled at Elgin, where he accepted a 
 position as manager of the furniture factory 
 and warehouse of Peter Van Nostrand. Here 
 he lived up to the time the echoes of Fort 
 Sumter rolled loudly over the prairies of his 
 newly adopted State. He personally organ 
 ized, and was Captain of the Elgin Light 
 Guards, who enlisted April, 1861, Co. E., Cap 
 tain Tazewell, and offered their services, with 
 Capt. Short as ist Lieut., in response to the 
 first call for volunteers. The quota having 
 already been filled they were not accepted at 
 the time. In July, 1861, however, they went 
 into camp Douglas, at Chicago, and were mus 
 tered in the 55th 111. Inf. Capt. Short brought 
 
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 the Co. fully equipped into camp, and on arrival, 
 Col. Stuart turned the command over to him. 
 For two weeks he acted as commander of the 
 camp, being Quartermaster, attending to the 
 commissary duties, and in fact had full and 
 absolute charge of the camp, posting the very 
 first guards at Camp Douglas. Here he 
 remained recruiting and drilling the company 
 until Oct., when it was about to be mustered to 
 the front. Up to this time Capt. Tazewell had 
 been intoxicated almost daily. Lieut. Short 
 and the 2d Lieut., realizing that an officer who 
 loved his glass better than his country s flag 
 was disloyal and unfit for the duties of war, 
 refused to go forward under such conditions 
 and accordingly resigned, returning to Elgin, 
 where he resumed his former business. But a 
 few months elapsed when he again responded, 
 this time to the three months call, enlisting at 
 his home, June ist, 1862, in Co. B., 6gth 111. Inf. 
 Their command at once went into camp at 
 Camp Douglas, where our subject, who was 
 well up in military tactics, assisted in drilling 
 the company, and was mustered in as 1st Sergt. 
 June 14, 1862. The Regt. remained on duty 
 at the camp, guarding the rebel prisoners, 
 about i8,OOO in number, until Sept. 26, 1862, 
 when it was mustered out. By this time Capt. 
 Short s love for the "old flag" had only grown 
 stronger, and he re-enlisted on the same day, 
 and on the same grounds, as private in the 5th 
 111. Independent Battery, Nov. 15, 1862, he was 
 mustered in as Sergeant Major, and on Jan. 9, 
 1863, the command left for Jeffersonville, Ind. 
 Here it remained in camp until March, when it 
 was ordered down to Glasgow, Ky. While 
 here, Capt. Short, for meritorious services was 
 promoted to ist Lieut. July 4, after firing a 
 salute at sunrise they immediately proceeded 
 on a forced march after the rebels under John 
 Morgan, who were at that time raiding the 
 country. They kept on their heels to Mum- 
 fordsville, Ky., later moved on to Lebanon, 
 where they met the enemy in a severe skir 
 mish; thence to Newmarket. Ky., and then 
 onward under Gen. White, in the difficult 
 march over the Cumberland Mountains to 
 Louden, Tenn. 
 
 The memory and incidents of that event 
 ful March will ever remain green in the mem 
 ory of Capt. Short. The trip was made under 
 the most strenuous difficulties. Its incline was 
 almost perpendicular, the timber was heavy 
 and almost impenetrable. On this occasion 
 our subject personally superintended the trans 
 porting of the heavy and gigantic guns or car 
 riages. Four times he descended, and four 
 times he directed the hauling of the carriages 
 up the steep and hugely bouldered slopes. 
 After experiencing the same obstructions in the 
 descent, they finally reached their destination. 
 During this time the command was joined to 
 the Army of the Ohio, Gen. Burnside com 
 manding, soon fighting the rebels at Greenville, 
 and next at Kingston, where they met the 
 enemy in a hot and most desperate conflict. 
 During the time intervening these two engage 
 ments Captain Short was under the physician s 
 care. He was practically unfit for duty, it 
 being necessary at times for the boys to assist 
 him in mounting or dismounting his horse. 
 But our gallant soldier was staunch in his duty, 
 and was reluctant to part with the two guns he 
 so faithfully had charge of. Finally he had to 
 succumb, and was confined on his back for 
 three weeks, refusing to go to the hospital, and 
 entering into the battle of Kingston when only 
 partially recuperated. 
 
 The next time our subject was put under 
 fire was during the memorable siege of Knox- 
 ville, Nov. 17 to Dec. 3, 1863. At the very 
 outset of this conflict the Surgeon had made 
 an application for a leave of absence for Short, 
 who, however, bravely insisted on seeing the 
 fight out, and only returned home after the 
 victory, remaining twenty days, being unfit for 
 duty. He returned with recruits from Spring 
 field, 111., to Louden, and was breveted Captain 
 by Governor Yatesof Illinois. Shortly he was 
 again taken seriously sick, ordered home, and 
 March 7, 1864, was finally discharged for phys 
 ical disability. In Elgin he resumed his for 
 mer responsible position, in which he contin 
 ued until December, 1875, when he moved to 
 Peoria, and the following year on the 24th 
 day of Sept, 1876, married Miss Martha Col- 
 
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 Hers, adopted daughter of Theodore Colliers, 
 of Peoria. There was born to them in Sept., 
 1880, one son, Walter Scott, who, judging by 
 the interest he evinces in the history of the 
 great rebellion, has evidently inherited the 
 military spirit of his father. 
 
 Captain Short is a Knight of Pythias, and a 
 Royal Arch Mason. In politics he is a Repub 
 lican, "dyed in the wool." 
 
 M. 
 
 F. LAUGHLIN, of Maiden, 111., was born 
 upon his father s farm in Pa. on June 
 7, 1844, and with his parents removed 
 nine years later to Maiden, which has since 
 been his home. He continued at home with 
 his parents until August, 1862, when he broke 
 through the ties which bound him to the home 
 stead in order to join the Union army and par 
 ticipate in the exciting scenes and deadly con 
 flicts. Reaching a recruiting Station he en 
 listed, and was mustered in as a private in Co. 
 I, 93rd 111. Vol. Inf., Aug. 13, 1862. His Regt. 
 proceeded to Memphis, Tenn., after having 
 spent some time drilling in Chicago, arriv 
 ing Nov. 14 and almost immediately joined 
 Gen. Grant s army in its Northern Mississippi 
 Campaign. Leaving Memphis they arrived 
 Dec. 30, then proceeded to LaFayette, Tenn., 
 and afterwards returned to Ridgeway. March 
 3, his Regt. embarked for Lake Providence, 
 and on arrival moved to Helena, Ark., and 
 from there moved down the river on the Yazoo 
 Pass expedition. Mr. Laughlin although sev 
 eral months in the army had not seen much 
 actual service, but during the fall and winter 
 had been exposed by day and night, which by 
 the spring of 1863, began to tell upon his 
 young and not over strong constitution. By 
 the time April had arrived his illness which he 
 had hoped would not lay him aside from his 
 duties as a soldier became serious, rendering 
 him unfit longer to face the disease without 
 quitting, at least for a time, his Regt. He was 
 placed in a hospital, first at Memphis, then at 
 Jefferson, and finally at Holly Springs, and the 
 Surgeons concluding that he would not be fit 
 
 for service for several months, suggested his 
 retirement, and he was therefore mustered out 
 at Fort Pickering, Miss., in June, 1863, when he 
 returned to his home at Maiden. 
 
 Mr. Laughlin had a brother Samuel A. in 
 the army at the same time, who was also in the 
 same company and regiment, and died, whilst 
 in the service, of typhoid fever at Memphis, 
 Mar. 9, in the year of 1863. 
 
 John Laughlin, the father of our subject, 
 was in the Mexican war, and so distinguished 
 himself as to be promoted to the position of 
 Captain, which he held until the close of that 
 war. In all matters pertaining to the advance 
 ment of the Grand Army work our subject 
 takes a leading part. He is a member of Post 
 No. 309 G. A. R. at Princeton, of which he has 
 been Senior Vice-Commander, for five years, as 
 also a delegate for the last six years represent 
 ing his comrades at the annual meetings of the 
 State Encampment. He has held the position 
 of Supervisor of Berlin Township for two 
 years, and being a leading Democrat was put 
 in nomination for the Sheriff of the county, 
 but as the district has always been recognized 
 as irretrievably Republican, it will not astonish 
 persons to know that honest, popular M. F. 
 Laughlin was defeated on election day by a 
 small majority. At present he fills the posi 
 tion of Police Justice for his town with dignity, 
 and to the satisfaction of all moral, law-abid 
 ing citizens. 
 
 He has been twice married, on the last oc 
 casion to Miss Libbie Rackley, whom he joined 
 in wedlock on Oct. 4, 1876, and five children- 
 George F., Lulu M., John F., Arthur J., and 
 Mathew C., have been the result of that mar 
 riage. Honest and upright in all his dealings, 
 few men in the county are held in higher 
 esteem than is M. F. Laughlin among the 
 many friends, acquaintances and comrades 
 throughout the town and county in which he 
 resides. 
 
 He has taken deep interest in assisting 
 needy comrades in procuring evidence, and 
 assisting them in obtaining pensions, when 
 justly entitled to the same, often bearing much 
 of the expense out of his own purse, and he 
 
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 has earned the gratitude of many who owe 
 much of their success to his intimate acquaint 
 ance with the Pension Law, and the concise 
 manner and promptness with which he has for 
 warded their papers. 
 
 LEONIDAS CONOVER, of Quincy, 111., is a 
 native of 111., born June 22, 1842. His 
 parents were Jonah and Esther (Homan) 
 Conover. Father was a farmer, died in 1873 
 and the mother died in 1890. Six sons and 
 two daughters were born to them, five of whom 
 are now living Norris, David, Leonidas, Thad- 
 deus, John, Laura and Sarah A.; one died in in 
 fancy, Sarah A., and David are also deceased. 
 Thaddeus was a soldier during the Rebellion 
 serving three years in Co. G. iigth 111. Our 
 subject grew to manhood on the homestead, 
 being reared to farm life. He enlisted Dec. 19, 
 1863 in Co. A., 2ist Mo. Regt., under the call 
 for 300,000 men, at Canton, Mo. He served 
 under Gens. Prentiss and Grant in the i6th A. 
 C., and took part in the battle of Pittsburg 
 Landing, that sanguinary engagement, being 
 his first initiation into the horrors of war. The 
 Regt. went into the battle with 1,165 men an d 
 came out with about 300. He took part in the 
 siege of Corinth, and continued with the 2ist 
 Mo., through its varying vicissitudes .until dis 
 charged in Oct. 1864 on account of heart 
 disease. This disability has continued from his 
 discharge up to the present time. The trouble 
 was contracted at Pittsburg Landing as a result 
 of exhaustion and over-heating. He has never 
 been able to do any heavy labor since. He has 
 spent a small fortune in his effort to regain his 
 health but without avail. He was married at 
 Lima, 111., March 3, 1861 the day before the 
 inauguration of President Lincoln to Miss 
 Mary Elick, a native of Covington, Ky., born 
 Jan. 3, 1842. Her parents were Germans, who 
 came to 111. before the war. Nine children 
 have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Conover, seven 
 living Alfred P. the eldest, is married and lives 
 in Lima, 111., a blacksmith by occupation; 
 Emma, now Mrs. Thos. Davis, resides in Quin- 
 
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 cy; Royal, married and is a farmer near Lima; 
 Lillie, married Frank Lewis, and died in Mo.; 
 Harrison is engaged in farming; Orville died in 
 childhood; William, James, Olive and Flora are 
 under the parental roof. Our subject joined 
 the G. A. R., in 1883 and was Adjt. of the Post 
 for sometime, but internal contentions and dis 
 agreements caused his withdrawal. Politically 
 he is a staunch Republican "and always expects 
 to be." Mrs. Conover is a member of the 
 Christian Church. Subject is a physical wreck 
 as a result of his many services whose whole 
 plan of life has been materially changed in 
 consequence. To say that he has suffered in 
 tensely for the Union cause is but telling the 
 plain truth. 
 
 OSCAR B. CHAMPNEY, a resident of 
 Peoria, 111., was born May 30, 1837, at 
 what was then called Black Rock, N. 
 Y., now a suburb of Buffalo, and is the son of 
 Julius B. and Sarah (Bradford) Champney. 
 Mr. Champney has an interesting geneaology. 
 His paternal ancestry in this country is traced 
 back to Richard Champney, who, in 1634, came 
 from Lincolnshire, England, and settled in 
 Cambridge, Mass. He was a ruling elder in the 
 church, and was a man highly esteemed for his 
 piety, and his exhibition of the Christian 
 virtues, and among whose descendants we find 
 lawyers, ministers, physicians, judges and 
 skilled mechanics, all of high repute. His 
 mother, who is of good old Puritan stock, is a 
 descendant of Gov. Wm. Bradford, who landed 
 at Plymouth, on the "Mayflower," and who was 
 one of the early Govenors of the colony. The 
 Bradfords occupy great prominence all through 
 out the history of the Puritans. 
 
 The father of our subject, who was born 
 Feb. 12, 1811, at New Ispwick, N. H., was a 
 master mechanic by trade, and ran the first 
 train from Buffalo to Niagara, making the run 
 on one of the "good old" fashioned locomo 
 tives, with no protection from the elements, 
 no cover but the blue canopy above. The 
 track was constructed of the so called "strap" 
 
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 rails which the locomotive would jump about 
 every five to ten miles. Later he was master 
 mechanic of Boston & Fall River R. R., and 
 subsequently had a similar position on the 
 Chicago & Rock Island road. He had the 
 happy faculty of possessing rare literary qual 
 ities, was staunch in the temperance cause, fre 
 quently making lectures on that subject, and 
 never made use of intoxicating drinks or 
 tobacco in any form whatever. He died at 
 Girard, 111., Jan. 30, 1890, having nearly reached 
 his 79th year. His mother was born at Dux- 
 bury, Mass., June 13, 1813, and died at the same 
 place Jan. 16, 1850. Of the four children born 
 by his father s first marriage, our subject is the 
 only one living. He spent his boyhood days 
 at Fall River, to which place his parents later 
 moved, and where he received an excellent and 
 thorough education, attending the high school 
 of that city up to his i8th year. After leaving 
 school he entered as apprentice in the jewelry 
 and watchmaking business of his uncle at 
 Troy, N. Y. Finding the occupation too con 
 fining, and not adapted to his taste, he joined 
 his parents the following year, and went west 
 to Illinois. He responded to the first call of 
 the President at the outbreak of the great 
 rebellion. He enlisted in Captain Coates Com 
 pany of La Salle, 111., but the quota for that 
 vicinity having been filled, the company was 
 not accepted. Oscar s patriotism, however, 
 would not be quenched. So determined was 
 he to enter the service that he walked over to 
 Granville, in Putnam Co. about nine miles dis 
 tant, where a company was being formed, and 
 enlisted May 8, 1861, in Co. H., Capt. Frisbee, 
 2Oth 111. Inf. The company was called the 
 Putnam Co. Rifle Guards; and what better name 
 could the company have chosen? Whose heart 
 does not thrill with patriotism at the sound of 
 that name "Putnam." 
 
 May 11, the company started for Peru, 111., 
 in wagons accompanied by all the citizens within 
 a range of seven or eight miles, and where they 
 were received with great enthusiasm, amidst 
 music and cheering as was customary on such 
 occasions. At Joliet they went into camp 
 and organized a regiment under Col. C. C. 
 
 Marsh. Shortly afterward were ordered to 
 Alton, Ills., pitched their tent, and were put to 
 grubbing up stumps, which was evidently one 
 of the conditions of the lease of the camp 
 grounds. Next they embarked on boats for 
 St. Louis, camped in the arsenel, and a few 
 days later were transported to Cape Girardeau, 
 Mo., where they immediately began the con 
 struction of breastworks and fortifications, and 
 from where Oscar participated in frequent 
 raids after the troublesome guerrilla bands 
 under Jeff Thompson, remaining about two 
 months, when they proceeded on to Bird s- 
 Point, Mo. From there they made frequent 
 raids into the adjoining country, and on one 
 occasion the long roll was beat in the silent 
 hour of midnight. They formed into line in- 
 stanter, and onward they marched through the 
 dark and misty night, on beyond Charleston, 
 and about 4 A. M., while passing a tract of 
 dense bushes they were startled with a volley 
 of shot fired upon them by the ambushed bush 
 whackers. Three were killed and several 
 wounded, and such was our subject s first ex 
 perience under fire. They returned to Bii;d s 
 Point, where Mr. Champney was taken sevcrelv 
 sick with typhoid fever and was transferred to 
 the hospital at Mound City, Ills., where he was 
 confined several weeks, returned home on a 
 month s furlough, recruited and rejoined his 
 Regt. at Pittsburgh Landing April 3, 1862, 
 under Gen. McClernand. Here he generally 
 attended to the making out of the pay-rolls, 
 and such other duties as belonged to an 
 orderly sergeant. Sunday morning, April 6, 
 while the "boys" were preparing their break 
 fast, and many just arising from their slumbers, 
 their skirmishers came rushing in with the 
 enemy under Gen. Johnston on their heels. No 
 time was lost in breakfasting, nor in meditat 
 ing over the surprise, but immediately they 
 were ordered into line, and then "Forward 
 March," in double quick, soon encountering the 
 glistening of the rebel bayonets, and anon the 
 hot firing of the memorable battle of Shiloh had 
 begun. Mr. Champney s command was up to the 
 front in the very hottest of the battle, where 
 bullets were hissing and flying the thickest. 
 
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 291 
 
 His boon comrades were falling fast and thick 
 by his side, human blood was running in little 
 rivulets, and about II A. M., our young hero 
 was wounded, being shot through the thigh by 
 a musket ball, which grazed and fractured the 
 bone. He was carried to the Surgeon s tent 
 where his wound was dressed amidst the roar 
 and thunder of the conflict, then placed in an 
 ambulance and transported to the hospital 
 boat on the river. Cold water alone saved his 
 leg and his life. Shortly he was taken to the 
 hospital at the Soldiers Home at St. Louis, 
 where he was confined about a month, when 
 having partially recovered he received a fur 
 lough and returned home. 
 
 During this time his father had received 
 news from a neighbor s son, who stated that 
 Oscar had been killed. Anxious to know the 
 particulars, he made arrangements to visit the 
 battlefield. He was to depart an Monday, but 
 that night, at the still hour of midnight, when 
 deep sleep held all in repose except the dis 
 tressed father, the soldier boy arrived at the dear 
 old home. A loud rap came upon the door, 
 and a well known voice called, " Father, Father ! 
 it is I, it is I !" and anon the soldier who was 
 mourned as dead stood before his father and 
 his sisters, who clung to his neck, crying, " My 
 brother ! Oh, my brother, you are not killed ! 
 Oh, how glad we are that you are home again !" 
 Ah, yes ! joy and gladness reigned supremely 
 at that home that night. He stayed but fifteen 
 days, and returned to the hospital at St. Louis, 
 where he remained until about the middle of 
 August. While there he received a letter from 
 his Captain, stating that if he rejoined his com 
 pany he would promote him to Adjutant. Anx 
 ious to return, Mr. Champney at once applied 
 to the Surgeon for leave. He, however, shook 
 his head, saying he had positive orders not to 
 permit anyone to go who was not able for a 
 day s march, and thus our soldier was honestly 
 discharged on account of his wound and phys 
 ical disability. After receiving his discharge 
 Mr. Champney returned to Peru, being com 
 pelled to go about on crutches for several 
 months after. Subsequently he moved to Peo- 
 ria, where he entered into the employ of the 
 
 C., R. I. & P. R. R. Co., remaining with them 
 for eleven consecutive years. At present he is 
 entrusted with the responsible position of cash 
 ier and bookkeeper in the extensive busi 
 ness of James Selby & Co., manufacturers of 
 corn planters. The fact that he has held this 
 trustworthy position for the past seventeen 
 years is the best testimonial of his ability and 
 integrity. 
 
 To find his ideal wife he went all the way to 
 Duxbury, Mass., where, on Aug.23, 1863, he was 
 married to Miss Julia Cushman, daughter of 
 John W. and Deborah (Graff am) Cushman. By 
 this union there were born two children a son, 
 Julius, who died in infancy, and Sarah, who is 
 living at home. 
 
 Mr. Champney is a member of the John 
 Bryner Post, No. 67, Peoria, 111., of which he has 
 been Chaplain; is an Odd Fellow, a member of 
 both the lodges and encampment; is a Knight 
 of Honor, an A. O. U. W., a member of the 
 Traveling Men s Ass n, and also of the Patriotic 
 Sons of America, of which he was first Presi 
 dent of the camp instituted at Peoria. He has 
 always voted the Republican ticket ; is a Uni- 
 versalist, and is a highly-respected citizen, and 
 a gentleman whom it is a pleasure to meet. 
 
 M 
 
 AJ. GF.N. WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK, was 
 born in Penn. in 1824. Educated at West 
 Point, where he graduated in 1844. 
 Entered military service immediately after 
 graduating as 2d Lieut, in the 6th Regt. U. S. 
 Inf. In this capacity he went to Mexico in 
 1846, and served under Gen. Scott in his cam 
 paign from Vera Cruz to the Mexican Capital. 
 In 1847 ne was promoted to First Lieut, for 
 brave and meritorious conduct at the battles of 
 Contreras and Cherubusco; was soon made Reg 
 imental Quartermaster, in which he continued 
 until 1849, when he was chosen Adjt. of the 6th 
 Regt., U. S. Inf. 
 
 Continuing in the regular army until the be 
 ginning of the great Rebellion, Hancock was 
 appointed Brig. Gen. of Vols., and ordered to 
 join the Army of the Potomac Sept. 21, 1861. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 During Gen. McClellan s exciting campaign on 
 the Peninsula, Hancock took a leading part, 
 and for gallant conduct at Yorktown on May 
 5th, 1862, was promoted to Major and Lieut. 
 Col. in the regular army; to Col. June 27th, and 
 on Nov. 29th, 1862, was commissioned Maj. 
 Gen. of Vols. for distinguished service at the 
 battle of Fredericksburg, Va. 
 
 Few Generals in the Union service have done 
 more hard righting or made a better record than 
 Gen. Hancock. From the siege of Yorktown 
 in April, 1861, until the surrender of Lee s army 
 on the gth of April, 1865, he was star in the 
 Army of the Potomac. He participated in all 
 its great battles, and in almost every one dis 
 tinguished himself. So signally fortunate did 
 his battles result that during the latter part of 
 the war his name became a tower of strength 
 throughout the army. 
 
 At Williamsburg, Va., one of the most im 
 portant conflicts in which Gen. McClellan s 
 army was engaged, Gen. Hancock was singu 
 larly fortunate. Our troops had overtaken the 
 retreating Rebels, and a terrible battle was 
 progressing, doubtful in its result. The con 
 tending forces were much exhausted, and vic 
 tory inclined to neither side. At this critical 
 time Gen. Hancock s Div. was brought upon 
 the field. Forming his men in battle line, and 
 hurriedly surveying the field, he dashed quickly 
 to the front and shouted the call to charge. A 
 loud cheer rose from the whole line, and in an 
 instant five thousand bayonets gleamed in the 
 face of the foe. Like a resistless torrent the 
 advancing lines swept across a small ravine and 
 drove the enemy in confusion from the field. 
 This was the first bayonet charge of the cam 
 paign, and the first successful one of the war. 
 The troops at that time had never seen a bay 
 onet charge; yet Gen. Hancock had confidence 
 in his men, and boldly took the chances. It 
 was a masterly stroke and a brilliant success, 
 for which Hancock received universal applause. 
 
 At the battle of Fredericksburg Gen. Han 
 cock was again in the thickest of the fight. 
 His Div. was several times overwhelmed, 
 flanked, cut off, and nearly surrounded. In 
 this unfortunate affair he lost one-third of his 
 
 command, and was himself severely wounded. 
 At the battle of Gettysburg he commanded 
 a corps, and was again dangerously wounded 
 and carried from the field. Compelled by his 
 wounds and failing health to withdraw from ac 
 tive service, he was appointed during the spring 
 of 1865 to the command of a corps of veteran 
 soldiers. It was to consist of fifty thousand 
 experienced men, all of whom were to be old 
 soldiers, tried by long experience in the fires of 
 battle. The intention of the War Department 
 was to make it the finest body of fighting sol 
 diers in the world, and in command of it Gen. 
 Hancock was to take the field against the Re 
 bellion. The known popularity of the proposed 
 commander, the strength and efficiency of the 
 corps, made the new organization universally 
 approved, and veteran soldiers crowded into 
 the ranks. Before it was completed the Rebel 
 lion failed, and this splendid new organization 
 was mustered out of service. Gen. Hancock- 
 remained in service at the close of the war, a 
 soldier by profession, who has earned his fame 
 and won renown on many battlefields. He died 
 Feb. 9, 1886. 
 
 JOHN G. CORBETT, a resident of Peoria, 111., 
 was born Dec. 13, 1845, at Newton, Ham 
 ilton Co., Pa., and is the son of James and 
 Eveline (Glasgow) Corbett, who was a native 
 of Mifflin County, Pa., the father being of 
 Irish and the mother of Scotch descent. In 
 1848, when John was but two years of age the 
 family took boat at Pittsburg, Pa., for Peru, 111., 
 from there by wagon they proceeded to 
 Princeton, 111., where they located, and where 
 the father remained up to the time of his death, 
 his widow out-living him by three years. 
 
 John spent his boyhood days at Princeton, 
 111., where he attended school up to his 
 eighteenth year. During this time some of the 
 " boys in blue " were home on a furlough. He 
 freely visited and conversed with the soldier 
 boys, and anon his patriotism was thoroughly 
 aroused. Accordingly a youth of eighteen 
 years, weighing I2O pounds, bid "good-bye" 
 
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 to the old school home, and went forward to 
 " do or die," enlisting Feb. 18, 1864, in Co. B., 
 64th 111. Inf., known as the Yates Sharp-Shoot 
 ers, with Colonel John Morrill, as commander. 
 The Regt. was organized at Ottawa, 111., and 
 after a long tiresome ride in freight cars ar 
 rived within six miles of Decatur, Ala., during 
 the night of March 24th. They camped out 
 under the open sky of the "sunny" south and 
 awoke the next morning buried in ten inches 
 of snow. Young Corbett having been so com 
 pletely exhausted he never noticed the snow 
 storm up to the time he was aroused. The 
 following day the march was resumed through 
 deep snow to Decatur, Ala., here the boys 
 remained, engaged in garrison duty and the 
 building of breastworks, having frequent skir 
 mishes with the guerrillas under Gen. Rondy, 
 until May, when they started out in the famous 
 Atlanta campaign, joining Sherman s army at 
 Chattanooga. Several days prior to their de 
 parture our soldier boy was attacked with a 
 severe case of chronic diarrhoea; indeed, so 
 badly that his Surgeon insisted on his remain 
 ing. But young Corbett chose to follow the 
 " old flag", tramping with blistered feet, and 
 being quite unfit for the difficult march. 
 
 The first skirmish was at Snake Creek Gap, 
 May 9, they flanked the rebels at Resaca, and 
 on the following night lay on thier arms, 
 standing in deep mud under a heavy rain ready 
 to give the looked-for rebels a warm reception. 
 Co. B., being comprised of sharp-shooters were 
 immediately deployed to do the skirmishing, 
 and the advancing for the corps. May I5th, 
 the day the battle of Resaca was fought, Co. 
 B. and D., advanced the skirmish lines across 
 an open field, right in face of the firing from 
 the rebel sharp-shooters, both companies losing 
 heavily in wounded. After daily skirmishing 
 they next met the secessionists at Dallas, Ga., 
 where in the night of May 25th, they came 
 down on them, rending the midnight air with 
 loud whoops and yells. The "boys in blue" 
 were soon in line capturing and slaughtering 
 the enemy in great numbers. The next en 
 counter was at Big Shanty, and on June 27th, 
 the day of the bloody battle of Kenesaw Mt., 
 
 the 64th and 66th regiments opened out the 
 firing on the left, heroically advancing up the 
 high mountains, doing most gallant service, 
 driving the rebels up to the very top, and, 
 though expert skirmishers, suffered a heavy 
 loss in killed and wounded. July 4th, was cele 
 brated in fighting the battle of Owen s Ferry, 
 in which Gen. Noyes lost his leg. July 2Oth, 
 they captured Decatur. Before Atlanta, Cor- 
 bett s command was placed in the rear of the 
 1 7th corps, the rebels under Hood being ex 
 pected to make their attack there, but instead, 
 they made a circuitous march during the silence 
 of the night, and on the 22nd fell down upon 
 the Union boys, utterly surprising them, and 
 thus commenced the first tragic battle in con 
 nection with the memorable siege of Atlanta, 
 during which Corbett s brigade lost its battery 
 before it could get in position, and nearly 
 half the number of their brave men, amongst 
 whom was General McPherson, who, riding off 
 on an inspection tour without his staff , was sur 
 prised and shot through the heart by a small 
 stray squad of rebels. The enemy was routed, 
 leaving about 10,000 in killed, wounded and 
 prisoners; and Gen. Sherman on this occasion 
 paid the highest compliment to the i6th corps, 
 isolated as it was, for its most gallant service. 
 Immediately the construction of works began. 
 On the 28th Hood concentrated his rebel army 
 and stubbornly fought all day, losing nearly 
 10,000 men. Mr. Corbett says that during this 
 conflict little streams were flowing crimson 
 with human blood. 
 
 After this Co. B. was constantly deployed 
 in advancing and throwing up works, losing 
 more or less men at every advance. Aug. 25, 
 the army fell back with muffled guns, and in 
 the night of the 28th marched to Jonesboro, 
 utterly misleading Hood, as well as the Union 
 boys. Aug. 31, we find our young soldier fight 
 ing at the battle of Jonesboro, and the follow 
 ing day the enemy evacuated Atlanta. Mr. 
 Corbett thinks that Gen. Sherman, in flank 
 ing and capturing Atlanta exercised the 
 greatest military skill displayed in any war. 
 Sept. 8, our young hero was taken sick, trans 
 ported to the hospital at Atlanta, where he lay 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 hovering between life and death for two 
 months, his weight dwindling down to seventy- 
 five pounds. Nov. 10, he arrived at home, re 
 cuperated, about two months later returning, and 
 after missing his regiment in its march through 
 the Carolinas, joined it at Alexandria, Va. 
 and was with it in its grand and victorious en 
 tree at Washington. After participating in this 
 jubilant demonstration, he took the train for 
 Louisville, Ky., where he was mustered out 
 July ii, 1865. 
 
 He returned to Princeton, 111., and subse 
 quently established himself in the harness and 
 saddling business. This he followed success 
 fully for eight years, and only discontinued it 
 on account of ill health. Later he went into 
 the hotel and livery business, and for the past 
 eight years has been a member of the firm of 
 Corbett & Cochran, proprietors of one of the 
 leading restaurants and lunch rooms in Peoria, 
 
 111. 
 
 He was married March 2, 1873, at Prince- 
 ville, 111., to Miss Sarah Rice. "By this union 
 there were born four children, namely: Maud, 
 Mabel, Bessie, and Hazel. Mr. Corbett is a 
 member of the G. A. R., is a Mason, an Odd 
 Fellow, and a member of the Royal Arcanum. 
 He is an excellent citizen, and wide awake in 
 the interests of his city. 
 
 JOHN GRAHAM McGurrix, \vho faithfully 
 served in the Union army in the war of the 
 . rebellion, was born at Claysville, Washing 
 ton Co., Pa., Aug. 8, 1829, of Scotch parents, who 
 came from Scotland and landed in America Aug. 
 6, 1790. The grandfather was William McGuffin, 
 born at Edinburgh in 1762, and married Eliza 
 beth Porter, in 1791. Win. McGuffin, Jr., was 
 wedded to Mary Graham. The family is Scotch, 
 pure and unadwlterated, the name anciently 
 spelled MacGuffin, was originally Guffin, but 
 later Mac, meaning son, was prefixed. Henry 
 McGuffin, a brother of William, Senior, was one 
 of the aids to Wellington, the Iron Duke. To 
 William and Mary McGuffin, who arc now 
 dead, was born ten children who were named 
 
 Martha, Margaret, Sarah, William, John G., 
 Hannah J., Mary, Nannie, Ebenezer and 
 Esther. 
 
 Mr. McGuffin gives an incident that occurred 
 in connection with his parents emigration to 
 this country, which by contrast, shows the 
 marked improvement in ocean transportation, 
 particularly in regard to time and comfort. 
 They sailed from Scotland May 7, 1790, and 
 were 91 days on the water, and in addition to 
 this the stock of provisions becoming exhausted, 
 the passengers were reduced to one half rations, 
 and during the latter part of the voyage, the 
 daily bill of fare was one pint of water and three 
 tablespoonsful of oatmeal for each person, and 
 " no cake " as he quaintly observes. From this 
 privation many people died, as they were so 
 nearly starved that when food could be pro 
 cured the abundance caused more injury than 
 the scarcity. 
 
 Mr. McGuffin passed his early days on a 
 farm, and received such educational advantages 
 as home study and the schools of the times aff 
 orded. He entered a store and was employed 
 as a clerk until the condition of the country 
 and the dangers threatened by the desperate 
 powers of the rebellion appealed to his patriotic 
 heart, and he enlisted at Alcdo, 111., Aug. 5, 
 1862, in Co. K., iO2nd 111. Inf., and was mustered 
 in as a private at Knoxvillc, 111., Sept., 1862. In 
 a short time the Regt. went to Peoria and 
 Louisville and moved southward immediately, 
 marching through Shclbyvillc, Frankfort, 
 Bowling Green and Scottsvillc to Gallatin, 
 Texas, arriving Nov. 26, and going into winter 
 quarters. 
 
 In May Col. Smith, with a detail of men 
 went to Franklin to protect a railway train that 
 was expected, from the bushwhackers that en 
 deavored to capture the express mail matter 
 and to annoy the movement of the Union 
 forces. Col. Smith being in doubt as to the 
 locality of the train and the point of attack, 
 left a part of his men and boarded the cars to 
 go to Bowling Green, expecting to meet the 
 coming train at that place. About three miles 
 out the engineer discovered rails displaced at a 
 curve on an enbankment and was able to stop 
 
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 the train just in time to avoid a catastrophe. 
 As soon as the train stopped a volley came 
 from the woods at the roadside, killing 2 and 
 wounding 5 men. A charge was immediately 
 made and a number of these cowardly, hiding 
 bushwhackers were killed and the remainder 
 put to flight, so that there was comparative 
 freedom from danger to trains thereafter. In 
 June, 1863, the Brig, was ordered to Lavergne, 
 and the I02nd was sent to Stewart s Creek, a 
 small post 6 miles South. Here five companies 
 were mounted on horses taken from disloyal 
 citizens in that locality, and when these were 
 armed with Spencer s Repeating Rifles, the 
 Regt. became well known to the rebels on ac 
 count of its effective service. In Feb., 1864, a 
 forward movement was made through Tulla- 
 homa, Decherd and Stevenson, to camp in 
 Wauhatchie Valley, Tenn. At this place the 
 mounted men gave up their horses, but retained 
 the repeating rifles. May 2, began the Atlanta 
 campaign, and this Regt. performed valiant 
 service and suffered heavy losses in the en 
 gagements at Resaca, Camp Creek, Burnt 
 Hickory, Big Shanty, Peach Tree Creek and 
 at Atlanta. In a few weeks the Savannah march 
 begun, and arriving at Milledgcville, Nov. 22, 
 1864, crossed the Ogeechee, and Dec. 11 this 
 Regt. established the line at Savannah, and en 
 tered the city Dec. 2ist. With but little delay, 
 marching was continued to Hardeeville, Rob- 
 ertsville, Fayetteville, and March 16 was en 
 gaged at Averysboro, and on the 23rd was 
 camped at Goldsboro. In April a march was 
 ordered to Raleigh, where a halt was made 
 until the surrender of Johnston, and this virtu 
 ally ended the military service of this fighting 
 regiment. It took part in the grand review at 
 Washington, and was sent home to be mustered 
 out, receiving final discharge in Chicago, June 
 14, 1865. 
 
 Mr. McGuffin kept a daily diary while in the 
 army, and has many personal and historical in 
 cidents recorded. He was one of those men of 
 whom it was said he could sleep even while on 
 long marches at night, so he was in the hospital 
 only one month during his service, and was 
 absent on furlough but thirty days; and it may 
 
 be safely stated that he well-earned his pay. 
 For meritorious service Mr. McGuffin was pro 
 moted from 5th to ist Sergeant at Scottville, 
 Ky., in Sept., 1862. He received his discharge 
 at the hospital in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 6, 1864, 
 on account of disability, and returning to Aledo. 
 111., has since been a bookkeeper and merchant. 
 John Graham McGuffin and Margaret Susan 
 Harris, of Aleda, a daughter of David R. and 
 Mary A. Harris, were married Feb. 25, 1858, and 
 have one child, who is named William Rice. Mr. 
 McGuffin is a Republican voter, and a member 
 of the G. A. R. He had a brother, Ebenezer, 
 who served in a Penn. regiment. Mr. Mc 
 Guffin is a gentleman who bears in his charac 
 ter the impress of the sturdy ancestry from 
 which he descended, and by these qualities has 
 not only made comfortable provison for him 
 self and family, but has also won, by genial sin 
 cerity and strict integrity, the esteem and con 
 fidence of a wide circle of friends and business 
 associates. 
 
 WILLIAM M. PERKY, Elizabeth s (111.) 
 popular Post Master, was born in 
 Galena, in 1846, a son of Oliver H. 
 and Minerva E. (Wythe) Perry, natives of 
 Mass, and Vt., respectively. The parents were 
 married at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1844, then removed 
 to Galena, 111., where they remained many years, 
 afterwards removing to Iowa, where Mr. Perry, 
 who was a bricklayer and plasterer by trade, 
 became associated with Gen. John C. Smith, 
 in the contracting and building business, the 
 former doing the mason work and the latter 
 the carpenter s part. In Aug. 1862, the two 
 concluded to join the army and were commis 
 sioned to raise a company, which they did, part 
 of the men enlisting from Galena, the remain 
 der from Elizabeth. From the Galena number 
 Mr. Smith was selected as Captain. It was in 
 tended that Mr. Perry should be ist Lieut., but 
 the Elizabeth men desired to nominate a man 
 from amongst their number for that position, 
 which was permitted. The company was mus 
 tered as Co. I., 96th 111. Vol. Inf., in which our 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 subject s father fought all through the war, ren 
 dering his country splendid service and never 
 had the misfortune of being captured or 
 wounded. He was thrown from his horse at 
 Wartrace, Tenn., in 1863, and disabled for a 
 time, and was in the hospital at Nashville at the 
 time the regiment was discharged. He inher 
 ited his soldier nature from his famous ances 
 tor, Commodore H. O. Perry. He was the 
 parent of two sons and five daughters. 
 
 William M. received his education at Galena, 
 but abandoned school when but sixteen, and en 
 listed in the army in his father s Regt. as a fifer, 
 but at the organization of the company, it was 
 found 101 men responded, one over the regula 
 tion number, and as he being very youthful in 
 appearance and small of stature, was rejected, 
 whereupon, boy like, he retreated behind a 
 building and began to cry. One of the men 
 inquired of him the cause, and on ascertaining, 
 joined another company, thus making room for 
 young William, who was permitted to become 
 a soldier. His Regt. remained at Galena for a 
 time, then moved to Camp Fuller, Rockford, 
 where it was mustered, Allan C. Fuller being 
 the officer who performed that duty, and seeing 
 young Perry, said, "You are too small to carry a 
 gun, "but on being informed he was a fifer, per 
 mitted him to pass. Oct. i8th, the Regt. left 
 Rockford, proceeding to Covington, Ky., where 
 Gen. Morgan was expected to appear and assault 
 the place, therefore the Regt. was engaged on 
 guard for several weeks, then marched to Lex 
 ington, thence to Danville, where it went into 
 winter quarters and was employed upon guard 
 and other similar duties, making however sev 
 eral raids into the surrounding country. In the 
 winter of 1861-2, it marched to Louisville and 
 thence to Fort Donelson, reaching the latter 
 point just in time to save that place from capt 
 ure. It marched then to Nashville, remaining 
 there sometime, then moved to Franklin and 
 after a week or two went to Brentwood.when it 
 returned to Franklin and had a slight skirmish. 
 The Regt. then moved to Triune, where it had 
 another skirmish and was continuously in line 
 of battle for a day and part of the night. About 
 this time Mr. Perry was made an Orderly, as he 
 
 was an indifferent operator upon the fife, on the 
 staff of Gen. Steadman, filling the position with 
 distinction and not surpassed by those ex 
 perienced and of mature years. Leaving Triune, 
 the Regt. moved to Shelbyville, where it capt 
 ured 800 prisoners, taking them to Murfrees- 
 boro, then went to Wartrace, guarding bridges 
 and doing camp duty, and subsequently moved 
 toward Chattanooga. 
 
 Our subject was sent from headquarters at 
 Rossville to the Chickamauga battlefield and 
 was captured by his own pickets as a spy 
 and taken to headquarters, where he was not 
 recognized; was kept under guard that night, 
 but next morning some of the staff officers 
 recognized him, when he was released, and 
 returned that same day. Gen. Steadman had 
 the sole of his boot torn off, and sent young 
 Perry to Rossville for another pair and in pas 
 sing through the woods he came upon a rebel 
 whom he covered with his gun, and ordered to 
 throw up his hands, disarmed him and brought 
 him into camp, then carried out his order. On 
 the early morning of the second day s battle of 
 Chickamauga, with his Regt. he went to recon 
 noitre, and regardless of danger passed along 
 the enemy s lines in the open field instead of 
 through the timber as the others, and for the 
 remainder of the clay was kept busy carrying 
 orders from place to place, and at the close of 
 the battle found himself within the enemy s 
 lines. Being mounted he put spurs to his 
 horse and escaped capture but did not reach 
 his Regt., until the following morning after 24 
 hours of continuous riding without resting or 
 feeding himself or horse. He was completely 
 used up and exhausted and scratched and 
 bruised with passing through brush and tim 
 ber, and his horse rendered useless and was never 
 again mounted. The 96th lost in that battle 
 216 in killed, wounded and missing. The Regt. 
 then fell back to Chattanooga. Here the army 
 was besieged, during which time the men were 
 on short rations, part of the time only one- 
 fourth, whilst later they had only one ear of corn 
 per day, until relieved by Gen. Grant s army. 
 Subsequently Mr Perry rejoined his Regt. as 
 fifer, and continued as such until the war closed. 
 
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 His Regt. then took part in the Lookout Mt. 
 battle, scaling the mountain sides and was the 
 second regiment to place its colors upon the 
 rebel works, from which point it looked down 
 upon the surging armies in the battle of Mis 
 sion Ridge. From that point Mr. Perry wrote 
 home with pen, ink and paper left behind by 
 rebels, which letter his mother preserves and 
 still treasures. 
 
 In the spring of 1864, he joined in the At 
 lanta campaign, and participated in the battles 
 of Buzzard s Roost, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, 
 Dalton, Dallas, Big Shanty, Peach Tree Creek, 
 Kenesaw Mt., Siege of Atlanta, and Jonesboro; 
 then followed Hood, and fought in the battle 
 of Franklin, marching the same night to Nash 
 ville, where he took part in that engagement. 
 He again joined in the pursuit of Hood to 
 Pulaski, and on to Huntsville, where he win 
 tered. In east Tenn., he was one of 100 picked 
 men who went on an expedition after bush 
 whackers and succeeded in taking four, to whom 
 no mercy was shown, as theCaptainhadabrother 
 and father cruelly murdered by the rebels. 
 
 From Russellville the expedition continued 
 on the march, and at Bull s Gap heard the news 
 of Gen. Lee s surrender, and death of President 
 Lincoln. It then received orders to return to 
 Nashville where the 96th, was mustered out 
 June 10, 1865, then went to Chicago and was 
 paid off and discharged July 4th, only 50 of the 
 men originally enlisting, returning with the 
 Regt. He was never wounded, captured, fur- 
 loughed, or in hospital. After the war he at 
 tended school at Galena, and was afterward 
 employed in the Post Office, having in the 
 meantime married Willie C. Fullen, March I4th, 
 1867. He then took up a homestead near Sioux 
 City, Iowa, where he lived several years, then 
 returned to Galena, followed plastering until 
 1876, when he moved to Elizabeth and engaged 
 in the confectionery trade. He was Township 
 and Village Clerk, Justice ot the Peace, and 
 Notary Public. In 1888, he was elected Coro 
 ner for JoDaviess County, the only Republican 
 elected in the county in the election of 1889, 
 and was afterward through his friends appointed 
 Post Master. 
 
 He is a charter member and Adjt. of David 
 Hill Post, No., 532, G. A. R. Our subject was 
 Grand Master of Hardin Lodge of I. O. O. F., 
 No. 33, at Elizabeth. He has three children 
 Dr. W. Warren, who graduated with honor from 
 Iowa State University; Jno. Corson Smith; and 
 Annette Minerva. 
 
 DAVID Fox, o-f Quincy, 111., was born in 
 Germany Oct. 7, 1830. His father was 
 John Fox, who served under Napoleon 
 in the battle of Waterloo. He was also a sol 
 dier for 6 years in the German Army. He came 
 to America in 1850 and located for a short time 
 at Philadelphia, going from there to Harris- 
 burg, Pa., he engaged at engine driving, farm 
 ing and car conducting in different parts of the 
 country until the outbreak of the war. April 
 26, 1861, he enlisted in Co., I., 5th Mo. Inf. at 
 St. Louis, leaving there on the double quick to 
 aid in the capture of Camp Jackson. At this 
 place they found, probably, a hundred barrels of 
 what purported to be brandy, whisky, etc. and 
 many boxes of the size and shape of coffins. 
 The boys thought they would "sample" the 
 stuff and found the barrels contained ammuni 
 tion while the boxes were full of 6 pound can 
 nons and other munitions of war. From St. 
 Louis they were sent to Rolla, Mo., then 
 marched out to Springfield, and from there to 
 Carthage, where was fought the battle of that 
 name. This battle was fought under difficulties, 
 the enemy being in the woods, while the Yanks 
 had to take the field. In order to mislead the 
 wily foe, they loaded a few cannons with small 
 stones wrapped in horse blankets. This had 
 the desired effect. The rebels thinking the 
 "Yanks" had no ammunition made a charge 
 and were cut to pieces with grape and canis 
 ter. The battle of Wilson s Creek followed 
 soon after in which Gen. Lyon was killed. 
 The three months men were here discharged 
 and sent to St. Louis to be mustered out, sub 
 ject among the rest. He returned to Quincy 
 and worked two months, for his Uncle, then re- 
 enlisted in the spring of 1862 in Co. E. 84th 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 111. He went to Louisville, and from there to 
 Nashville, under command of Gen. Buell, after 
 ward under Rosecrans. He was in the battle 
 of Perrysville, Ky.,and Stone River, Tenn., and 
 in the following year in the battle of Chicka- 
 mauga, Ga. Here subject had the hair cut 
 from the side of his head by some heavy missile 
 which stunned him, and he, including the Col. 
 of the Regt., and about 16 others were taken 
 prisoners. They were sent to Dalton, Ga., and 
 treated with the greatest indignation by the 
 militia guards, then sent on to Atlanta. 
 
 Frequently a three days fast was enforced, 
 with but very slight diet to break it, when the 
 time did come. Three days without anything to 
 eat, and then received 7 crackers each, to last 
 them through a seven days trip from Atlanta 
 to Richmond. Here there was brought them 
 10 or 15 bushels of sweet potatoes, cooked mud 
 and all, for about 700 men. Our boys were 
 kept at Richmond about 3 months in the 2d 
 story of the Pemberton building, opposite 
 Libby, where they almost froze to death. Here 
 their fare was simply terrible. They found, 
 however, that the basement was full of hogs 
 heads of sugar. The boys contrived to cut a 
 hole through the floor and let a man down who 
 filled a bag, made of pieces of shattered tent 
 and it was hoisted up, emptied and returned. 
 This continued for three or four days, when 
 they were discovered and the sweet temptation 
 removed. He was next sent to Danville, and 
 was kept in a tobacco warehouse. Here 60 or 
 70 men were crowded into a small box car at 
 the point of the bayonet. If a man was so un 
 fortunate as to get down, he was most assured 
 ly taken out dead, five to seven men being 
 taken out every morning trampled to death, or 
 dead from bayonet wounds and exhaustion. The 
 object in loading them on the cars was to ship 
 them to Andersonville, where they arrived in 
 the spring of 18,64. The horrors of Anderson 
 ville have been written by many, but the half 
 has not been told. They were searched, a fin 
 ger ring, knife, spoon, mother s or sweetheart s 
 picture, a comb everything was taken and 
 thrown in a heap for distribution among the 
 spoilsmen, and if any protest was made, they 
 
 were answered by a bayonet thrust. The suf 
 fering was simply appalling. During the winter 
 of 1864 and 1865, while emaciated and sick 
 with long confinement and nothing to eat, they 
 were required to lie like swine upon the bare 
 ground with no covering but the sky. 
 
 When the cold became unbearable to their 
 chilled forms they could take the alternative of 
 getting up and running around or being chilled 
 to death, and many chose the latter in order to 
 bring their terrible suffering to a close. Al 
 though they were surrounded by thousands of 
 acres of timber they were obliged to dig out 
 roots to make a fire. Subject remained in this 
 hell hole a full year, and in all 18 months a 
 prisoner. He says he has seen men so weak 
 and emaciated that they would ask a comrade 
 to fold their hands that they might pray for 
 their friends at home. The ravages of vermin, 
 scurvy and chronic diarrhoea were terrible. 
 When the teeth had fallen out from scurvy, 
 they were fed on half cooked black beans, and 
 corn bread. The cries and prayers of the dying 
 were the only solace to the apparently deserted 
 poor victims of this barbarous rebel govern 
 ment. Of the 16 comrades taken with subject, 
 he is the only survivor. His narrative was told 
 to the writer while copious tears flowed down 
 moistening his now furrowed cheeks. His re 
 lease came when the war was over. He was 
 carried to a box car, with nothing to lie on but 
 the bare dirty floor. This fare a well man 
 might stand for a while, but for an 18 months 
 prisoner, it is no wonder that many died "in 
 sight of home." Subject was sent on a boat 
 and paroled at Vicksburg. The Sanitary Comr. 
 took charge of them and they were royally 
 cared for, many eating so much that they died 
 from over eating. Clean new clothes were giv 
 en them, and they felt that they were not en 
 tirely forgotten after all. Was discharged at 
 Springfield, 111., in the summer of 1865. Re 
 turned to Quincy, where he was married in 
 1867 to Regina Voegel, a native of Germany. 
 Three sons and three daughters were born to 
 this union all living Frank, Flora, Henry, 
 Sophia, Herman and Clara. Flora is now the 
 wife of Charles Bimson and resides in Quincy. 
 
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 The others are unmarried. Subject is a phys 
 ical wreck from the effects of his suffering in 
 prison. A Republican in politics, and a member 
 of John Wood Post, No. 96, G. A. R. 
 
 PETER C. JOHNSON, of Hinsdale, 111, was 
 born May 25, 1835, at Ovanocker, Sweden, 
 and was the second son of Peter John 
 son, born in the same place, in the year 1800, 
 who emigrated to this country when our sub 
 ject was in his i/th year, and died when within 
 ten miles of his destination. Our subject was 
 brought up on a farm in Sweden, where he at 
 tended private school for a short period. Com 
 ing to the United States with his brothers and 
 sisters, Bertha and Catherine, he worked on a 
 farm in Victoria, 111., where he remained for 
 two years, then moved to La Fayette, 111., 
 where he married Martha Vixel, on Oct. 2, 1858, 
 she also being of Swedish ancestry, and by 
 whom he had three children Luella, Edward, 
 and Edgar, the two former of whom are now 
 dead. 
 
 Mr. Johnson, shortly after the outbreak of 
 the Rebellion, enlisted in the Union army, in 
 July, 1862, at Toulon, 111., rendezvoused at Peo- 
 ria, on the old fair ground, and was mustered 
 in there, Sept. 28, 1862, as a private in Co. F., 
 ii2th 111. Vol. Inf. Oct. 8, his Regt. moved to 
 Covington, Ky. and there reported to Maj. 
 Gen. Gordon Granger. While here, Mr. John 
 son was taken violently ill with typhoid pneu 
 monia, and was sent to hospital at Lexington, 
 where he remained until March 21, 1863, when 
 he rejoined his Regt. which moved to Danville, 
 Ky., arriving there on the following day. 
 
 The object of this move was to check the 
 advance of the rebel Gen. Pegram, who was 
 raiding that part of the State, and whom the 
 1 1 2th encountered and engaged in a sharp 
 skirmish, causing the rebels to retreat to Stei- 
 gal s Ferry, where they crossed into Tenn. 
 Shortly the Regt. marched to Harrisburg. 
 While there Mr. Johnson obtained a furlough 
 of 20 days in order to return home, having 
 received news that his house at LaFayette, 111., 
 
 had been burned down, leaving his wife and 
 child homeless. Shortly after his arrival his 
 wife died of conjestion of the brain. He 
 rejoined his Co., at Steigal s Ferry, where it 
 had been detached from the Regt., and doing 
 guard duty. It rejoined the Regt. at Sommer- 
 set, and soon it was ordered to pursue Con 
 federate Gen. Scott, and succeeded in driving 
 him first to Mount Sterling, then back v to Som- 
 merset where he crossed the Cumberland. 
 Then Mr. Johnson s Brig, marched to Stanford 
 where it subsequently organized for the East 
 Tenn. Campaign under Gen. Burnside, and 
 whom it accompanied through his varying 
 fortunes in the ultimately sucessful cam 
 paign. The Regt. actively participated 
 in all the campaigns in East Tenn., up 
 to Feb., 1864, being always at the front, and at 
 times a considerable distance from the main 
 army, was therefore compelled to perform the 
 severest duties, and always on short rations. 
 The battles in which it was engaged were as 
 follows: Kingston, Post Oak Springs, Athens, 
 Calhoun, Charleston, Cleveland, Sweet Water, 
 Philadelphia, London, Campbell Station, Knox- 
 ville, Bean Station, Blane s Cross Roads, 
 Dandridge, Levinville, Fair Gardens, Kelly s 
 Ford, Flat Creek Gap, and some others, at 
 many of which it was engaged in numerous 
 skirmishes, being constantly in the presence of 
 the enemy. 
 
 At the battle of Campbell Station, Mr. John 
 son s company occupied an advance position, 
 being detached and guarding a by-road, had a 
 narrow escape from being captured, the main 
 army having fallen back to Knoxville, but his 
 company managed to join it after a hairbreadth 
 escape. At Calhoun, the H2th brought up the 
 rear of the Brig., and succeeded in holding 
 Wheeler and Forrest s army in check, thus sav 
 ing all the Union stores, for which the company 
 was officially complimented. At Knoxville, 
 the Regt. was thrown in front to check Long- 
 street s advance while the town was being put 
 in a defensible condition, and Nov. 18, 1863, 
 behaved most gallantly, and succeeded admira 
 bly in the purpose for which it was fighting, 
 but with disastrous results to the Regt., having 
 
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 lost about 100 men in killed and wounded, and 
 suffered the further loss of having 20 men cut 
 off and captured. Burnside was here besieged 
 by Longstreet until Sherman brought relief, 
 which came none too soon, as the Union troops 
 had each only four ounces of bread per day 
 with one pound of meat, and the bread that was 
 served was made from corn, ground up cob, husks 
 and all. After the arrival. Longstreet retired to 
 Bull s Gap, being pursued by Mr. Johnson s 
 Brig, (with others), but at Bean Station the 
 rebel General -made a stand, and an engage 
 ment ensued. At Kelly s Ford the 3rd Div. 
 attacked the rebels on the right flank, they 
 being mounted, and acting with the cavalry. 
 The Regt. was there dismounted and sent on 
 foot over the mountains to Sterling, Ky., about 
 200 miles, for fresh mounts. 
 
 About this time Gen. Grant took command 
 of the army and changed all orders, perma 
 nently dismounting the Regt., and moving it to 
 Camp Nelson, and refitted it as an Inf. Regt. 
 The men then marched back over the mount 
 ains into East Tenn., arriving at Knoxville 
 May 3, 1864. May 8, they moved to Cleve 
 land, and from thence to Tunnell Hill, Ga., in 
 charge of a large ordnance and ambulance 
 train. From this time forward, the Regt. par 
 ticipated in the campaign of Gen. Sherman 
 against Atlanta. At Resaca, it lost some 50 
 men killed and wounded, the Capt. of Co. F. 
 being killed and the Colonel being wounded. 
 It proceeded to Cartersville, thence to Burnt 
 Hickory. During this march it rained con 
 tinuously, filling the roads with water, and mak 
 ing the. country to appear like an immense 
 lake, and thereby delaying their arrival until 
 midnight. That night the men slept without 
 shelter and under the storm. Mr. Johnson s 
 Brig, was ordered in pursuit of the rebels, 
 marching to Pumpkinvine Creek, where it en 
 countered them unexpectedly. The Brig, 
 drove in the Confederate skirmishers, built 
 breastworks and held them in that position for 
 24 hours, then it drove them into the Kenesaw 
 Mts., where the battle of that name was fought. 
 From there it marched to Chattahoochie River 
 crossed it on pontoons at night and proceeded 
 
 to Atlanta. From Atlanta the 23rd corps was 
 detailed to follow Gen. Hood back to Nash 
 ville, and at Allatoona Mr. Johnson met his 
 brother, Olif G., whom he had not seen for ten 
 years, he being then in Co. B. 44th Minn, and 
 whom he visited for one day. The corps then 
 proceeded to Pulaski, and afterwards were or 
 dered back to Columbia, where they met Gen. 
 Hood s army approaching that town. 
 
 The rebels under Hood were three times as 
 strong, but notwithstanding the disparity of 
 numbers, Gen. Schofield stopped the rebel 
 march, and held them for three clays in the 
 open field; then falling back across Duck River 
 to prevent flank movements by the enemy, 
 which gave Hood possession of the town, but 
 held him at the river for two days when he 
 forced a crossing on pontoons. In the mean 
 time, the main body of Hood s army had en 
 circled Schofield s left, where the latter sent 
 one Div. of the 4th corps, back to Spring Hill 
 to prevent their advance and keep an opening 
 in case he desired to retreat. Gen. Schofield, 
 finding himself confronted by immensely 
 superior numbers, fell back to Franklin, arriv 
 ing there at 4 A. M., Nov. 30, 1864, after a march 
 of 32 miles. Mr. Johnson and his comrades 
 snatched one hour s sleep on their arms, when 
 they were again in line of battle, and by I P. M. 
 of that day the Union skirmishers were driven 
 in. The battle commenced and was one of the 
 most stubbornly fought during the war, and 
 lasted until after midnight. The Confederates 
 succeeded in making a break in the center of 
 the Union works, and through the opening 
 poured in like bees, but this proved a veritable 
 death trap for them, as the Union forces con 
 centrated their fire and mowed them down as 
 corn stalks fall before the sickle. Much of this 
 battle was fought hand to hand with bayonets 
 fixed, and when they became disabled the 
 musket was used as a club. The rebel forces 
 numbered 45,000 men; Schofield s about 16,000. 
 
 During that night Schofield s command fell 
 back 18 miles to Nashville. Here he joined 
 Gen. Thomas, whose forces were more than 
 equal to Hood s. The latter fortified a range 
 of hills within sight of the city. Thomas with 
 
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 his entire army, Schofield s corps constituting 
 the right wing, attacked Hood s position. The 
 battle was engaged in and lasted about two 
 days, resulting in Hood being completely 
 routed, his army cut in fragments, and nearly 
 all captured, together with 100 pieces of artil 
 lery. The 1 1 2th pursued Hood, who was in 
 full retreat, to Clifton, Tenn. Here Mr. John 
 son s corps was transferred to Fort Fisher, 
 N. C. It then moved to Smithfield, N. C., then 
 moved in line of battle to Fort Anderson, there 
 co-operating with gunboats for the reduction 
 of Fort Anderson which it captured. 
 
 The Fort was evacuated on the night of 
 the 18, and the following morning our subject s 
 Regt. started in pursuit and captured about 
 200 rebels at Town Creek, and drove the bal 
 ance back to Wilmington, and then marched 
 to Goldsboro, where the Army joined Gen. 
 Sherman. 
 
 From here the Regt. marched to Raleigh, 
 and the next day the army was ordered to 
 march and attack Johnston, who had refused to 
 surrender, but he had changed his mind before 
 they had proceeded and agreed to surrender. 
 While at Wilmington 18 car loads of prisoners 
 were exchanged from Andersonville and other 
 places, only about sixty of whom were able to 
 walk from the train up town. 
 
 Mr. Johnson had two brothers, Jonas and 
 Olaf, in the Union army during the rebellion 
 and were both in Company B., 4th Minn. Vol. 
 Inf. After the war Mr. Johnson worked in 
 Chicago as a foreman carpenter, and in 1873, 
 removed to Hinsdale, and went into business 
 for himself. In 1874 he begun his present 
 trade of upholstering and repairing furniture. 
 
 He married a second time on Feb. 7, 1867, 
 Miss Kate A. Riebeling who was born at Buf 
 falo, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1846, and by whom he has had 
 6 children Richard and Henry (twins), Bertha 
 Gertrude, Frederick Otto, Zoe May, and Justus 
 Charles, all of whom are living except the 
 twins and Frederick Otto. Mrs. Johnson was 
 a daughter of Justus J. Riebeling who was born 
 March 30, 1796, at Oberrola, Hessen, Germany. 
 The present Mrs. Johnson s mother was 
 Margeret Sobl, born April 5, 1819. Justus 
 
 Riebeling served 15 years in the German army 
 and fought against Napoleon ist, and was 
 Orderly on the staff of the Hessian Prince 
 Louis, son of Grand Duke William. Justus 
 Riebeling was son of Conrad Riebeling, and 
 was born at Hesse. Mrs. Johnson s paternal 
 grandmother s name was Anna Richard, whose 
 mother s maiden name was Krauss. Mr. 
 Johnson s maternal grandfather died at the 
 age of 104 years, and had many relatives in the 
 war between Russia and Sweden. Mr. Johnson 
 is a Republican in politics and is a member of 
 Napier Post, No. 468, G. A. R. 
 
 TOWERING prominently to the front among 
 Peoria (Illinois) leading business men 
 will be found Captain S. S. Tripp, junior 
 member of the book and stationery firm of D. H. 
 & S. S. Tripp. His birthplace is Decatur, Otse- 
 go Co., N.Y., where heappeared upon the world s 
 horizon in 1835, being the youngest of three 
 sons born to his parents, Nathan and Polly 
 (Seward) Tripp, both of whom were natives of 
 the Bay State, where theirancestors settled, com 
 ing from England many years ago. Our subject s 
 father removed West, settling near Decatur, 
 N.Y., where he followed farming until his death, 
 which occurred in 1847, leaving a widow with 
 five children. The widow, hoping to improve 
 her prospects, moved West three years later, 
 with her four youngest children, and settled in 
 Marion Co., Ohio, where she had a sister mar 
 ried to a Mr. Flint, with whom the family went 
 to reside. Mrs. Flint subsequently died, and, 
 following scriptural teaching, the widow (Mrs. 
 Tripp) in due time became Mrs. Flint, thus 
 uniting the two families and making a comforta 
 ble home for the Tripp children. Our subject 
 was there reared upon the Flint homestead, and, 
 being disposed to work upon a farm in prefer 
 ence to attending school, was indulged by 
 his stepfather, which just suited him ; thus 
 both continued happy. Even at an early age 
 he worked hard continuously, and has always 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 made " work " his motto, to which he can now 
 attribute his past and present successes. Being 
 once asked regarding his principal work in life, 
 he gave the significant answer: "I have been 
 sawing wood all my lifetime." There was a 
 great truth conveyed to the mind of the ques 
 tioner in that reply, for he realized that the 
 great business and fortune of the gentlemen in 
 terrogated was not built up by rapid strides or 
 wild, thoughtless speculation, but from a small, 
 infinitesmal beginning, he had gradually, step 
 by step, attained the financial position he now 
 so modestly adorns, well in the van among the 
 business men of the State of Illinois. 
 
 Thirty years ago he and his brother started 
 a small book and stationery store, the same 
 location being now occupied for his busi 
 ness, but that structure, although then com 
 mensurate \vith his means and business, soon 
 gave way to a more imposing business edi 
 fice, and here it is that Captain Tripp has 
 for years faithfully and energetically been 
 engaged in the book and stationery business. 
 But all has not been smooth sailing for the 
 little craft launched upon the financial seas in the 
 year 1860. Long before a haven was reached 
 the civil war broke out. The question which 
 then disturbed Captain Tripp was, what was to 
 be done? Everything he had ever made was 
 now in his business, which he could not leave 
 without a sacrifice. On the other hand, his 
 country and government demanded his assist 
 ance, which he considered as a patriot and a 
 citizen he had. a right to respect, consequently 
 intimated his determination to his brother, who 
 had a family, telling him to keep the store and 
 he would do the fighting, even if he sacrificed 
 his life. He enlisted in Sept., 1861, as a private 
 in Co. G., nth 111. Cav., which was commanded 
 by Col. Bob Ingersoll. Our subject went into 
 Camp Lyon, Oct. 10, where he remained until 
 Feb., 1862, and upon the organization of the 
 Regt. was appointed Orderly Sergeant of his 
 company, and soon after elected 2nd Lieut. His 
 Regt. proceeded to Benton Barracks, St. Louis, 
 where he was again promoted to Battalion 
 Quarter Master, a position he refused to accept, 
 but on being informed that he must either ac 
 
 cept or resign the service, concluded to accept 
 with the hope that he would soon be relieved 
 and permitted to rejoin the regiment. His hope 
 soon materialized, he being commissioned 
 Captain, and ordered to the command of his Co., 
 which he led throughout the war, distinguish 
 ing himself upon many a hard fought field. 
 Kind and genial to those under him, he made 
 a friend of every man in his regiment, and all 
 speak of him in the warmest terms of praise, 
 as a soldier and gentleman. 
 
 In March of 1862, his regiment was ordered 
 to Pittsburg Landing, and participated in the 
 bloody battle of Shiloh which lasted two days. 
 He continued in that vicinity for a time, and 
 in Oct. his Co. (G.) was detached and sent as an 
 escort to Gen. John A. McArthur, after which 
 time it was attached to the Army of the Ten 
 nessee from the date the latter was organized. 
 By way of showing the high standing of Cap 
 tain Tripp s Co., it may be stated, that at the 
 close of the war, the Captain was instructed to 
 join his Regt. for the purpose of being mus 
 tered out, when Gen. Logan said: "That Co. 
 G. belongs to no regiment, it was detached 
 from the nth 111. Cav. and assigned to the 
 Army of the Tenn., with which it had since re 
 mained, and is known as Co. G. of the Army of 
 the Tenn., and by the gods it shall be mus 
 tered out with the Army of the Tenn," 
 and it was so. Captain Tripp accompanied 
 Grant s army from Corinth to Oxford and 
 Holly Springs, then to Memphis and 
 on to Vicksburg, going into camp at Lake 
 Providence, where he remained until the army 
 commenced its march to the rear of Vicksburg, 
 after which he was with Grant at Jackson, 
 which place he assisted in capturing, then re 
 turning to Vicksburg, took part in the battle of 
 Champion Hills, and afterwards participated 
 in the assaults upon Vicksburg. Subsequently 
 he was ordered to report to Gen. Crocker, as 
 his escort, who had been placed in command of 
 the 4th Div., and accompanied him to Natchez, 
 where the Captain remained until late in the 
 fall of 1863, when he again returned to Vicks 
 burg going into camp on Clear Creek. In Jan 
 uary, 1864, his Co. veteranized, with the ex- 
 
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 ccption of three men, and in February accom 
 panied Gen. Sherman on his Meridian expedi 
 tion, then returning to Vicksburg where he and 
 his men received their veteran furlough. At 
 its expiration Captain Tripp and Company re 
 joined the 4th Div. of the i/th A. C. at Cairo, 
 111. 
 
 Early in May,. 1864, they proceeded up the 
 Term. River, landing at Decatur, Ala., when 
 they started on that tedious march across the 
 mountains, joined Gen. Sherman s army at 
 Ackworth, Ga., participated in the Atlanta 
 campaign, being engaged in the following 
 battles: Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mt, Nickajack 
 Creek, Atlanta and Jonesboro. During the 
 siege, Captain Tripp with his Co., was ordered 
 to report at headquarters of the i/th A. C., as 
 an escort to Maj. Gen. Frank P. Blair, and 
 acted as such until he and his men were com 
 pelled to abandon their horses, as they were 
 completely exhausted from excessively hard 
 riding and lack of necessary feed, in the chase 
 after Hood s Army North of Atlanta. The 
 company was then placed in charge of a wagon- 
 train from the mountains of Alabama to Chat 
 tanooga, and on arrival went to Nashville for 
 fresh remounts where, after a tedious" delay, 
 they finally secured the animals and returned 
 to Chattanooga. Whilst here he received or 
 ders to join Gen. Sherman s army at Atlanta, 
 which he did and participated in the famous 
 march to the sea, and passed through all the 
 trials and thrilling incidents of that memorable 
 expedition. The gallant captain and his brave 
 band of trusted men were constantly on duty 
 until Savannah fell under Government control. 
 Then they joined in the march through the 
 Carolinas, taking part in the battle of Benton- 
 ville, and after the close of the war went with 
 the Army of the Tennessee to Washington, and 
 there took part in the grand review. Subse 
 quently he was ordered to Louisville with the 
 Army of the Tenn., where he and his men were 
 mustered out, July 14, 1865, (under the circum 
 stances before stated), after a service of nearly 
 tour years, having participated in many of the 
 desperate battles of a long and bloody war, and 
 at times had the bullets falling and taking effect 
 
 all around him. Verily he endured hardships 
 which would have broken down a less deter 
 mined man. But notwithstanding his many hard 
 marches, exposures and privations, he passed 
 through his army life and returned home in 
 good health and without a wound or any other 
 mishap to indicate he had been so often en 
 gaged, except a slight wound in the knee re 
 ceived at Vicksburg, which did not incapacitate 
 him for duty. 
 
 Returning to his business he found it sail 
 ing along on the road to prosperity, and im 
 mediately joined in its management with 
 energy. Having his financial affairs in a pros 
 perous state, the Captain concluded he required 
 another partner, not so far as his business was 
 concerned, but to make the social life more 
 pleasant. Consequently he chose as a help 
 mate Miss Amelia M. Snyder, a most estimable 
 and highly cultured young lady of old Penn 
 sylvania Dutch stock who has ever been a 
 true and devoted partner in sharing his many 
 joys and in frequent sorrows, and who may be 
 directly accredited to some extent for the phe- 
 nominal prosperity and continued happiness 
 which has always surrounded the genial Cap 
 tain. Three children now living brighten and 
 illuminate the home of our subject, viz.: Wil 
 liam K., a bright and promising young man; 
 Anna P., wife of G. T. Mowatt, chief clerk in 
 the T. P. & W. R. R. office at Peoria; and 
 Virgia M., whom they call their Christmas 
 present who is just budding into womanhood 
 and about completing her education. 
 
 Capt. Tripp is a worthy and enthusiastic 
 member of Bryner Post No. 67, G. A. R. of 
 Peoria, also a member of the Society of the 
 Army of the Tenn., in which he takes a just 
 pride. He is a staunch Republican but in no 
 sense a political machine, being too much 
 wrapped up in his business and family affairs 
 to devote more time to politics than should be 
 done by every true patriot. He would never 
 permit his name to be used as a candidate for 
 any position to which a reward was attached, 
 being amply satisfied with his abundant per 
 sonal means which he preferred to use rather 
 than profit by the application of public funds. 
 
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 JOHN HARRISON, a native of Middle Musquo- 
 doboit, Nova Scotia, was born March 10, 
 1837. His parents were Dr. William and 
 Leticia (Graham) Harrison. The father was 
 born in England, and the mother in Aberdeen, 
 Scotland, and settled in Nova Scotia early in 
 their married life, where the father was a prac 
 ticing physician in Middle Musquodoboit, until 
 the day of his death. Our subject was the only 
 son, though there were two daughters in the 
 family. He left the parental home when in his 
 15 year, went to Boston and has never seen a 
 relative since. His father accumulated a large 
 fortune in Nova Scotia, but John was practically 
 disinherited, he being unable to get any infor 
 mation relative to the settlement of the large 
 estate. In Boston he worked at the ship car 
 penter s business for over three years, then came 
 to Mo., in 1858, and worked at saw-milling until 
 he enlisted. At the election of 1860, he and a 
 man named William Price, cast their votes for 
 Abraham Lincoln, and in consequence thereof, 
 were given 24 hours to leave the State. Our 
 subject was at Waverly, and came down the 
 Mo. River in a skiff, arriving at Claysville. 
 Feeling that he had something of a grievance 
 against the rebels, they having taken his prop 
 erty 5 head of cattle, a horse and 165 cords of 
 wood, which he had ready for the market. He 
 enlisted in the Union army, Jan. 19, 1862, in Co. 
 B., Qth Mo., S. M. Cav. Previous to enlistment 
 Mr. Harrison was frequently assaulted and shot 
 at by rebel sympathizers. His service was 
 largely confined to Mo., fighting bushwhackers 
 and guerrillas. He was detailed on special po 
 lice duty as Sergt., in charge of 16 men serving 
 in that capacity at St. Joseph, Mexico, Jefferson 
 City and Rolla. He served 9 months as Chief 
 of Police at St Joseph, finally was detailed as 
 U. S, Detective, serving in that capacity 9 
 months, of the latter term of service in the 
 army. Whilst so serving he was ordered to 
 Springfield, 111., by order of Gen. Fisk com 
 manding N. W. Mo., to arrest three noted rebel 
 horse thieves kno\vn to be in Springfield, 111., 
 and while on this duty, he came across one of 
 the men while alone and told him "he was under 
 arrest." He asked to see the papers, which 
 
 were produced. He refused to go, and subject 
 seized him by the collar, whereupon prisoner 
 drew a revolver. Subject drew his, and struck 
 him with it, knocking him down. For this he 
 was arrested by the city authorities after taking 
 his prisoner to the Provost Marshal s office, 
 and was taken before the city authorities for 
 trial (he had however in the meantime com 
 municated with Gen Oglesby at Chicago) and 
 was released on the Governor s telegraphic or 
 ders. 
 
 He was taken by escort of 10 men to Lin 
 coln s Head Quarters, placed on board a train 
 and advised to leave the place. On another oc 
 casion a horse thief under arrest jumped off a 
 train at Hall s Station, Mo., and subject was 
 ordered to go at once to the place and capture 
 him. He traced him to the house of an Irish 
 man named McGee, and on opening the door 
 saw his man. He said, you are the man I want. 
 At this the thief leveled a revolver in the face 
 of our subject, who caught it and prevented his 
 shooting. The men grappled with each other, 
 subject being unable to draw his own revolver, 
 and at the same time prevented the other from 
 using his. Finally the thief fired a shot which 
 grazed subjects back for a space of six or eight 
 inches, the same ball killing McGee. The thief 
 then broke away, and four shots at him in the 
 darkness failed of the mark, therefore, he es 
 caped. Mr. Harrison returned to St. Joseph 
 with the thief s hat and revolver. This was the 
 occasion for considerable merriment among the 
 detectives, at the idea of capturing a revolver 
 from the hands of a desperate man, and the man 
 escaping. Subject participated in 22 engage 
 ments and as many fights, besides many close 
 calls in the detective and police service. Among 
 these may be mentioned Moore s Mill, Kirks- 
 ville, Stone s Port, Bear Creek, Black Foot, etc., 
 etc., etc. 
 
 While in the detective service he was sent to 
 capture a rebel Col., who was reported to be 
 recruiting in DcKalb. Arriving there in the 
 evening about 4 o clock he took up his quarters 
 at the hotel where the illustrious Col. was mak 
 ing his headquarters. The plan was to capture 
 him in the morning at breakfast. Mr. Harrison 
 
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 had retired for the night, after being closely 
 questioned by the Rebel landlord, and soon 
 after he heard horses feet clattering on the 
 streets. He arose and cautiously raised the 
 window, and there saw six rebels including the 
 Col., arousing the saloon keeper across the 
 street. Soon they came to the hotel and were 
 informed by the landlord of the presence of a 
 suspicious character up stairs. Well, said they, 
 we will see what kind of stuff he is, and all 
 started up the stairs. He waited until they were 
 all on the way, and then raised the window and 
 jumped from the second story, spraining his 
 ankle so severely that he could not walk, but he 
 crawled to the timber near by, and towards 
 morning crawled back, broke open the stable 
 door and got his horse, but could not get his 
 saddle or bridle, and started on an 18 mile ride 
 for St. Joseph, arriving there in safety, but 
 with a very sore ankle for many days thereafter. 
 At the battle of Bear Creek, subject had 
 a hand to hand contest with a strapping big 
 rebel, who came near getting the better of 
 him. He had run him down on horseback, 
 the rebel being in front, and when opposite 
 to him he leaped from his horse and grappled 
 with the rebel \vho had just before shot a 
 Lieut, in the Yankee squad. They both drew 
 empty revolvers and then began a series of 
 pummeling which left Mr. Harrison black and 
 blue from head to breast for many a day. For 
 tunately he was reinforced by some of his com 
 rades, or he thinks the rebel might have "got 
 away with him." This kind of service continued 
 for something over three years. He was dis 
 charged at Macon City, Mo., Feb. 28, 1865. 
 He was married Jan. 17, 1865, at Mexico, to 
 Miss Sarah McClanahan, and 7 children have 
 been born to them, 5 living; John, Clara, Rolla 
 (deceased), Emma, Charley, Frank (deceased), 
 and Janes John is now a member of Co. E., 
 20th U. S. Inf., and is now stationed at Mon 
 tana. Clara married Wm. Long of Quincy. 
 Since the war subject has served 14 months on 
 the police force of Quincy, and was also in the 
 Govt. employ for 14 months as chief engineer 
 on the river and harbor, commencing at Keo- 
 kuk, la., and terminating at the mouth of the 
 
 Miss. The balance of his time he has worked 
 at his trade as opportunity and health would 
 permit. He is a member of John Wood Post, 
 No. 96, G. A. R. Mr. Harrison is a life long 
 Republican. 
 
 WILLIAM J. DINSMORE, of MeridenTown- 
 ship, La Salle Co., 111., a prosperous 
 farmer who has a creditable war 
 record, was born in Monroe Co., Ind., March 4, 
 1840, and w r as the fourth of eight children born 
 to John and Margaret (Small) Dinsmore. The 
 parents, born 1810 and 1807, of Scotch descent, 
 came to this western country in 1838, and 
 settled in Monroe Co., Ind., where they have 
 since that time made their home. The family 
 have always been tillers of the soil. The father 
 still resides on the old homestead, the mother 
 being dead. Of the eight children in this fam 
 ily three sons and one daughter are living, and 
 two of these sons were in the army. The oldest 
 son resides in Kan., one son and the daughter 
 live near the homestead in Ind., and William 
 J., a sketch of whose life is here given, has a 
 beautiful farm and home in Meriden Township, 
 near Earlville, 111. He assisted his father in 
 farming until he attained his majority, obtain 
 ing such education as the common schools af 
 forded, then he went to La Salle, 111., where he 
 continued at farm labor until his country s call 
 for soldiers reached him, and he enlisted as a 
 private in Co. K., iith 111. Vol. Inf., March 27, 
 1865, and was mustered in at Joliet, and placed 
 in the I3th Army Corps, known as the Western 
 Army. 
 
 Mr. Dinsmore joined his regiment at Mobile 
 just after the capitulation, where he remained 
 about a month. He then went with his Regt. 
 to New Orleans and from there up the Red 
 River to Alexandria where they remained 
 about four weeks. On their return to Baton 
 Rouge he was taken sick with typhoid fever 
 and placed in the hospital, so he was not in any 
 conflict where the smoke of battle and the boom 
 of cannon, mingling with the rattling musketry, 
 and the whistling of bullets and shriek of shell 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 mark the murderous onslaught, but he fought 
 in that silent conflict with evasive, invisible 
 foes, where his life, that hung trembling in the 
 balance, was the prize and the object of the 
 struggle. 
 
 When mustered out at St. Louis, Sept. 4, 
 1865, Mr. Dinsmore returned to his home in 
 La Salle, and again resumed his agricultural 
 employment, doing some work in the coal mines 
 during the winter. In 1879, he purchased his 
 present home of 120 acres, which is now under 
 a high state of cultivation. On this farm -is a 
 fine house enclosed with luxuriant evergreens, 
 the grounds comprising some 12 acres, with 
 barn and all necessary buildings for comfort 
 and convenience. Mr. Dinsmore was married 
 June 5, 1867, to Mary A. Gatiss, who was a 
 daughter of Henry Gatiss ; her mother died 
 when she was quite young. Of this union two 
 children, Annie M. and Theophilus W., have 
 been born. Mr. Dinsmore is a member of the 
 McCullough Post No. 475, and in politics has 
 always voted with the Republicans. He has 
 represented his town four years as Supervisor, 
 and has served three years as School Trustee, 
 filling these offices of trust satisfactorily and 
 creditably, as shown by his long service and 
 steady re-election. 
 
 CAPTAIN ROBT. M. CAMPBELL This book 
 containing as it does the personal rec 
 ords of the rank and file, will according 
 ly contain the entire history of the war. Truly 
 none are more worthy of representation in the 
 pages than Capt. Robert M. Campbell, assis 
 tant Postmaster of Peoria, 111., and a soldier in 
 the best sense of that term. He was born Nov. 
 10, 1839, in Westmoreland Co., Pa., and is the 
 son of Mungo D. and Mary A. (Mabon) Camp 
 bell, who were both of Scotch descent. His 
 parents located at Monmouth, 111., in 1856, and 
 have resided there ever since. The Campbells, 
 who are evidently soldiers in blood, and not 
 soldiers through circumstances, were indeed a 
 patriotic family. 
 
 Robt. Campbell, the grandfather of our 
 subject, was an officer in the war of 1812, and 
 
 died from the effects of a wound received in 
 that war. The father of our subject was an 
 officer in an independent artillery company, 
 which volunteered to go to Mexico, but whose 
 services the Govt. did not except. During the 
 war of the rebellion, he was Captain of what 
 was known as the " Monmouth Silver Grays," 
 who tendered their services in the darkest days 
 of the war. The extreme old age of these vet 
 erans precluded them from going to the front. 
 James S., a brother, graduated from Monmouth 
 College, June, 1862, and two months later en 
 listed in Co. C., 83d 111. Inf., was orderly Ser 
 geant of his Co., and w r as shot through the 
 heart and instantly killed, Feb. 3, 1863, while 
 standing at the head of his noble band of com 
 rades, resisting the rebels under Forrest at 
 Fort Donelson. John M., a second brother, 
 served six months in the I39th 111., re-enlisted 
 in 1864 in the 47th 111., and served until the 
 close of the war. 
 
 Robert M., our subject, spent his early days on 
 the farm. At the age of 17, he came West with 
 his parents, pursued his studies, and had just 
 entered Monmouth College, Monmouth, when 
 the great rebellion was inaugurated. The 
 echoes of Fort Sumter were still vibrating in 
 the air, when in response to the very first call 
 of President Lincoln, he enlisted April 19, 1861, 
 in Co. F., 1 7th Regt. 111. Vol. Inf. and mustered 
 in at Peoria, 111., May 24, 1861, Leonard F. 
 Ross, Colonel. The Regt. left Peoria June 
 1 7th for Alton, 111., where it was armed and 
 equipped and remained in camp of instruction 
 until July i8th, when they embarked for St. 
 Charles, Mo., thence to W ; arrenton, from 
 there to St. Louis, where they embarked Aug. 
 1st, on transports for Bird s Point, Mo. (oppos 
 ite Cairo, 111.), remaining there on garrison 
 duty until Aug. I5th, when they embarked for 
 Sulphur Springs Landing, joining Gen. Pren- 
 tiss Command at Pilot Knob, thence via Fred- 
 ericktown and Jackson in pursuit of Gen. Jeff. 
 Thompson. At Jackson, Gen. U. S. Grant, who 
 had just been appointed Brig. Gen., arrived and 
 assumed command. Again the Regt. was or 
 dered to Cairo, going into camp at Fort Holt, 
 Ky., and going on frequent raids down near 
 
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 Columbus, Ky. Oct. 3rd, they embarked for 
 Cape Girardeau, Mo., where they went into 
 winter quarters, from whence they made nu 
 merous raids in pursuit of the rebels under 
 Jeff Thompson, meeting and defeating them at 
 Fredericktown, Mo., Oct. 21, 1861. Pursuing 
 them they were again engaged the following 
 day near Greenville, Mo., each time losing 
 several in killed and wounded. 
 
 Returning to camp they did provost duty 
 until Feb. 8, 1862. Feb. 13-15, we find Camp 
 bell participating in the sanguinary battle of 
 Fort Donelson. On the I3th, the i/th, 48th, 
 and 49th 111., were ordered to make a desperate 
 charge on the breastworks, Campbell s .Regt. 
 losing many in killed and wounded. After 
 making two more attempts, Gen. Grant ordered 
 the heroic "boys" to withdraw. During the 
 night of the I4th, our subject was thoroughly 
 initiated in the hardships of soldier life. The 
 night was cold; snow fell heavily, and when the 
 "boys" awoke the next morning they found, 
 themselves under cover of snow and ice A fire 
 was built and the shivering comrades gathered 
 around to thaw out, and make some coffee. 
 
 Anon, the enemy discovered the smoke, 
 trained their battery on them, killing three of 
 the regiment, among whom was Campbell s 
 immediate comrade, Clark A. Kendall, who 
 stood off but a few feet from him at the time. 
 On the morning of the i6th the Fort surren 
 dered, and the victorious "boys in blue", 
 marched in, capturing 15,000 prisoners, 30,000 
 stand of small arms, 125 pieces of artillery, 
 together with immense quantities of knives 
 from 12 to 15 inches long; spears and revolv 
 ers, with which, especially the Texas troops 
 were quite unanimously equipped. March 4, 
 1862, they embarked on steamer for Savannah, 
 Tenn., and comrade Campbell for meritorious 
 services rendered at Fort Donelson was now 
 promoted to sergeant. The next move was to 
 Pittsburg Landing, where the Regt. was as 
 signed to Gen John A. McClernand s Div. 
 Campbell says, the attack of the Confederate 
 forces on April 6, was a surprise, but thinks it 
 should not have been, knowing as they did that 
 the rebels were at Corinth; breastworks should 
 
 have been built and preparations for the battle 
 entered into at once. Sunday morning, April 
 6, 1862, which commemorates the opening of 
 the bloody battle of Shiloh, Campbell s Regt. 
 was ordered to support Taylor s battery near 
 by Shiloh Church, immediately on the left of 
 Sherman s Div. Here they fought until the 
 line on the right gave way and they were forced 
 to fall back abandoning their camps. All day 
 long the battle raged ceasing only when dark 
 ness set in, the loss being very heavy. At roll 
 call only 120 men of the Regt. responded. 
 
 Volunteers were called for to stand picket 
 between the lines of the two contending armies. 
 Campbell was one of three out of his company 
 to respond and remained on duty the entire 
 night, amid a heavy rain and in hearing dis 
 tance of the cries and moans of the wounded 
 and dying. 
 
 During the night reinforcements arrived, 
 and Gen. Grant had his line of battle reformed, 
 and at sunrise the morning of the /th the entire 
 line advanced and the second day s battle 
 opened. Onward they marched amid wreck 
 and confusion, making several fierce and stub 
 born charges, and finally forcing the enemy 
 to fall back. Slowly they advanced, pouring 
 volley upon volley upon the retreating rebels, 
 finally during the evening reaching their old 
 camp grounds, finding many of their old tents 
 all riddled with bullets, and their camp filled 
 with dead rebels. The gallant i/th lost some 
 130 in killed and wounded, but victory was 
 won, and now began the sad duties of bury 
 ing the army of the dead, and nursing the 
 wounded. 
 
 April 29 they marched on Corinth. Here, 
 on account of the many weeks of constant and 
 severe exposure, Sergt. Campbell was taken 
 seriously sick with typhoid fever. May 19, in 
 a delirious and critical condition, he was trans 
 ported to field hospital at Hamburg, Tenn. 
 May 24, he was transferred to convalescent hos 
 pital at Savannah, where he received the tender 
 and excellent care of mother Bikerdike. June 
 18, he rejoined his Regt., at Jackson, Tenn., and 
 soon the army moved to Bolivar. July 27, our 
 young Sergeant was detailed to go home on 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 recruiting services, returning Oct. 29. Subse 
 quently they moved to Holly Springs, where 
 the Regt. was transferred to the I7th Corps, 
 under Gen. McPherson. Jan. 13, 1863, they 
 marched into Memphis, and six days later em 
 barked for Vicksburg, debarking at Young s 
 Point, re-embarked for Lake Providence, La. 
 March 29, 1863, the commanding officer, repos 
 ing trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor 
 and abilities of our subject, promoted him to 
 Color Sergeant of the Regt. About this time 
 Gen. L. Thomas, Adj t-Gen. of the army, ar 
 rived and commenced the organization of col 
 ored troops. Comrade Campbell was immedi 
 ately recommended and appointed 1st Lieut, 
 of what was afterwards designated as Co. F., 
 4/th U. S. colored troops. June 6, 1863, Captain 
 Bishop died from the effects of a wound and 
 Lieut. Campbell was again promoted, this time 
 to Captain. Subsequently they went into camp 
 at Milliken s Bend, remaining the entire sum 
 mer instructing and drilling the Regt., and 
 participating in frequent raids after troublesome 
 bands of guerrillas. The 1st Lieut, having died, 
 and the 2nd Lieut, being off nearly the entire 
 season on account of sickness, Capt. Campbell 
 was left in sole charge of his company. Sept. 
 28, 1863, at 5:30 A. M., the camp was aroused 
 by the cries of "Boat on fire!" Captain Camp 
 bell with two comrades lost no time, rushed to 
 the bank, jumped into a skiff, pulled for the 
 steamer which was wrapped in flames, arriving 
 just in time to save seven lives. Oct. 15, 1863, 
 they embarked for Vicksburg, remaining there 
 the entire winter, assisting in the reconstruction 
 of the fortifications, and on one occasion made 
 an expedition after large quantities of cotton. 
 Early on the morning of March 5, 1864, while 
 in camp at Yazoo City, they were attacked by 
 a large force of Texas troops under General 
 Ross. The conflict was hot and desperate, con 
 tinuing until 4 P. M. The "boys in blue" were 
 quite surrounded, but after heroic fighting suc 
 ceeded in disbursing the enemy, the Regt., of 
 only seven companies, losing 69 in killed and 
 wounded, and Capt. Campbell himself being 
 wounded in the foot. After returning to Vicks 
 burg with victory and honor, our loyal and 
 
 heroic Captain was detailed as picket officer 
 on Gen. Schofield s staff. 
 
 Feb. 8, 1865, they embarked on steamer for 
 New Orleans, launched out into the Gulf of 
 Mexico, landing at Barrances, near Pensacola, 
 Fla., Feb. 26, 1865. Here Gen. Steele organ 
 ized his army to operate in conjunction with 
 Gen. Canby in the great and memorable cam 
 paign against Mobile and its defense. Onward 
 the boys marched, the rain pouring down in 
 torrents, through heavy pine timber, over al 
 most bottomless swamps, building miles and 
 miles of corduroy roads, arriving at Fort 
 Blakely, where they at once engaged themselves 
 in the digging of entrenchments, skirmishing 
 their way almost constantly, building forts and 
 gradually bringing up the artillery and prepar 
 ing for the capture of Mobile. On the after 
 noon of April gth, a final and desperate charge 
 was made. Here Captain Campbell led his 
 company in a heroic charge, it being one of the 
 first to advance out of the entrenchments. 
 After this, the last notable battle of the war, 
 they subsequently moved up the Alabama River 
 under constant fire of guerrillas scattered all 
 along the route, landing at Selma, and return 
 ing with large quantities of confiscated cotton. 
 Later they embarked for New Orleans, went 
 into camp at Pineville, La., where Captain 
 Campbell, July 24, 1865, was detailed with two 
 companies on a steamboat loaded with corn to 
 Trinity, La., where he distributed the food 
 among the destitute in that section. At Alex 
 andria, La., he was on constant duty, detailed 
 as Provost Marshal up to the time he was 
 ordered to Baton Rouge, where he was finally 
 mustered out Jan. 5, 1866. After having 
 so loyally and so gallantly served the grand 
 "old flag" for four years and nine months he 
 returned, crowned with honor and with glory, 
 to Monmouth, 111., and subsequently graduated 
 at the Business college of that place. In Oct., 
 1876, he moved to Peoria, 111., where he has 
 lived ever since. 
 
 At Monmouth, 111., Nov. 13, 1871, Captain 
 Campbell was joined in marriage to Miss Effie 
 G. Babcock, the estimable and accomplished 
 daughter of George Babcock, of Monmouth, 
 
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 111. By this happy union there were born two 
 children, Nellie P. and Minnie A. Of his sol 
 dier record Captain Josiah Moore in a letter 
 speaks of him thus: "Captain Robert M. 
 Campbell as a young student enlisted in my 
 company at Monmouth, 111., April 20, 1861, 
 and for meritorious service was promoted to 
 Color Sergeant of the regiment, Feb. 18, 1863. 
 In campaign marches and battles he was 
 always true, and ever constant and faithful in 
 the discharge of every duty. In the spring of 
 1863, Adjutant General Thomas visited the 
 army, and it was decided to put colored troops 
 in the service, and in order to make this new 
 departure a success he directed that command 
 ers of white regiments furnish the very best 
 men from their commands to officer these ne\# 
 regiments. Sergeant Campbell was promoted 
 April 1 8, 1863, from my command, first as 
 Lieut., and in June, 1863, at the death of Cap 
 tain Bishop, he received his commission as 
 Captain of Co. F., 47th Regt., U. S. colored 
 troops, and his record in that service, as while 
 with my command, was worthy of the highest 
 commendation." 
 
 During the campaign of 1884, our subject 
 a most highly respected citizen, was chosen 
 President of the Union Veteran Club. In the 
 last campaign he was Marshal of the Logan 
 Club, and was later chosen one of the Vice- 
 Presidents of the Republican Club of Peoria, 
 111. Three times he has been chosen Com 
 mander of John Bryner Post, No. 67, G. A. R., 
 of Peoria, without opposition or solicitation, 
 and has served as Senior Vice Department 
 Commander for one term. 
 
 A kind and affectionate husband and father, 
 a soldier, and a most excellent citizen, Captain 
 Campbell is a gentleman who enjoys the 
 esteem and respect of all who know him. 
 
 CA. CUTLER, of Pekin, 111., was born July 
 30,1839, inTazewell Co. ,111. His mother 
 was a daughter of Capt. John Hancock 
 who was a soldier in the war of 1812. Our 
 subject enlisted in the army in 1861, as a mem 
 
 ber of Co. B., 47th 111. Vol. Inf. His Regt. in 
 Sept. moved to St. Louis, then to Jefferson 
 City, Mo., remaining there until Dec., when it 
 marched to Otterville and went into winter 
 quarters. In the following spring it joined the 
 command of Gen. Pope at New Madrid, and 
 proceeded to Commerce, Mo., where it was 
 brigaded with the nth Mo., 8th Wis. and 5th 
 Minn., an alliance which lasted throughout the 
 war. 
 
 After the capture of New Madrid the Regt. 
 went to Fort Pillow, returned and proceeded 
 up the Tennessee River to the battlefield of 
 Shiloh, then on and participated in the siege 
 of Corinth, being actually engaged for the first 
 time, in the battle at Farmington. It con 
 tinued in the siege of Corinth until its surrender, 
 then marched to Boonesville in pursuit of the 
 Rebels, which was. abandoned, returned to 
 Corinth marching a distance of 60 miles in two 
 days. It continued in that vicinity until Oct. 
 when the Brig, was attacked by the combined 
 forces under Price and Van Dorn whom after 
 two days hard fighting they repulsed. Here 
 comrade Cutler was taken sick and sent to the 
 hospital at St. Louis. On recovering he re 
 joined his Regt. and immediately started upon 
 the Vicksburg campaign, taking part in many 
 of the heavy marches, raids and battles leading 
 up to the capture of that rebel stronghold. 
 We find him in the battle of Jackson, and on 
 May 22d storming the works around Vicksburg 
 in which his Regt. suffered very severely in 
 killed and wounded. It then moved up the 
 Yazoo River and engaged the enemy at 
 Mechanicsville and during the following fall, 
 proceeded up Black River where it arrived 
 about the time Sherman s army returned from 
 its Meridian raid. It then went to LaGrange, 
 thence on a march in midwinter to Corinth, 
 afterwards to Memphis, and from there started 
 upon the Red River expedition, capturing Ft. 
 De Russey with about 1,300 prisoners. Mr. 
 Cutler took part in all the battles and skir 
 mishes of that campaign. He returned to Alex 
 andria as assistant Orderly Sergeant of his Co., 
 and on arrival was detailed to assist in organ 
 izing a colored Regt., in which he was appointed 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Orderly Sergeant, and the Regt. then pro 
 ceeded to Natchez, Miss., and became the 70th 
 U. S. Colored Inf., in which he was commis 
 sioned 2d Lieut, of Co. A. He followed the 
 fortunes of his Regt., on its wanderings until 
 mustered out. 
 
 In the spring of 1865, it was sent to New Or 
 leans, then to Mobile, and thence to Winches 
 ter. From here a company was sent to each of 
 the different counties to help conduct the 
 Freedman s Bureau. Lieut. Cutler s Co. was 
 sent to Green County. In the fall he was de 
 tached to Gen. Wood s Head Quarters at Vicks- 
 burg, Miss., to assist in mustering out the 
 troops, where he continued until March, 1866, 
 when he was finally mustered out after a service 
 of 4 years and 7 months. Lieut. Cutler then 
 returned to Washburn, 111., and later located in 
 Minonk, Woodford Co., III., where he carried 
 on the business of contractor and builder until 
 1882, when, upon being elected Justice of the 
 Peace, he conducted with that office the Insur 
 ance business, and continued in that business 
 until 1889, when he was appointed, by Secre 
 tary Windom, a U. S. Storekeeper for the 8th 
 Internal Revenue District of 111. 
 
 He was married in 1869, to Miss Martha J. 
 Davenport of Lacon, 111., who has borne him 
 three children, Lena D., John C., and Eva, who 
 died when two years of age. He is a Repub 
 lican, a member of the G. A. R., a member of 
 the Masonic Fraternity, and an independent in 
 his views on religion. His father, Clark Cutler, 
 was also in the army, having served in the 4<Uh 
 111. Inf., though over 60 years of age, and among 
 other services participated in Serman s Atlanta 
 Campaign and his march to the sea. 
 
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 AJOR GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE, born 
 at Cadiz; Spain, in 1816. Educated at 
 West Point where he graduated in 1835. 
 Entered military servive as brevet Second 
 Lieutenant in the Third Regiment United 
 States Artillery with which he took part in the 
 Florida war against the Seminole Indians. In 
 1837 resigned his commission in the army, and 
 
 served on the commission to run the boundary 
 line between Texas and Mexico. In 1842 he 
 returned to the army and enlisted as Second 
 Lieutenant of Topographical Engineers; was 
 made First Lieutenant May 19, and Captain, 
 August 4, of the same year. May 19, 1856, he 
 was promoted to Major, to Brigadier General 
 of Volunteers, August 31, 1861; Major General, 
 November 29, 1862; Brigadier General in the 
 regular army, July 3, 1863, and Major General 
 United States army, August 8, 1864. 
 
 Was the son of United States Consul at 
 the time residing in Spain, and at the time 
 of his birth belonged to an ancient Vir 
 ginian family. During the Mexican war, 
 Captain Meade participated in the battles of 
 Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and in the 
 capture of Vera Cruz. In the war of the Rebel 
 lion, served in McClellan s campaign against 
 Richmond, in which he was severely \vounded 
 at Glendale, Virginia, June 30, 1862. Took 
 part in the battle of Manassas, August 29-30, 
 1862; commanded a division at the battle 
 of South Mountain and Antietam; commanded 
 Fifth Army Corps at Fredricksburg and Chan- 
 cellorsville. Was made commander of the 
 Army of the Potomac, June 28, and fought the 
 great battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. For 
 masterly disposition of troops, military 
 strategy, terrible loss, and far reaching results 
 on both sides, Gettysburg was perhaps the 
 most important battle of the great war. The 
 Confederate army of Virginia under General 
 Robert E. Lee, had defeated McClellan before 
 Richmond; Burnside at Fredricksburg; Hooker 
 at Chancellorville and Pope at Manassas. Lee 
 had 90,000 men and 250 pieces of artillery; 
 Meade had 65,000 men and 200 cannon. 
 
 At early dawn on Wednesday morning, 
 July i, 1863, General Reynolds opened the 
 bloody drama. Advancing with a single corps 
 of 8,000 men, he was met by Longstrcet and 
 Stonewall Jackson with 20,000 Rebels, all eager 
 for the fight. The roar of artillery mingled 
 with the clash of small arms, soon told the 
 fighting to be hot. The first Corps was already 
 hard pressed. General Howard, with the Elev 
 enth, went on double quick to the rescue. For 
 
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 hours the two corps stood together, while 
 40,000 yelling Rebels poured down upon them. 
 The whole Rebel right wing had concentrated 
 on the Union center. Terrible fighting ensued 
 all along the line. All forenoon this unequal 
 contest went on. In the afternoon the Union 
 lines were driven back by overwhelming num 
 bers, fighting stubbornly over every foot of 
 ground. Late in the evening our lines were 
 broken, and the First Corps fled in disorder. 
 General Reynolds fell mortally wounded early 
 in the day, and was spared the sight of seeing 
 his brave men retreating before a horde of 
 pursuing Rebels. During the afternoon the 
 fighting was terrible beyond description. We 
 had lost 2,500 prisoners, and a heavy list of 
 killed and wounded. The enemy had beaten 
 us by irresistible concentration on one of our 
 lines. All day we had been pressed, fighting 
 against fearful odds. Slaughtered and driven 
 back, but not defeated. Night closed the car 
 nage, dark on the Union side. Stubbornly 
 resolved to do or die, General Meade prepared 
 to renew the conflict. All night the work went 
 on. Our lines were reformed, works thrown 
 up; we were reinforced by the arrival of the 
 Fifth Army Corps. All the forenoon of the 
 second day the enemy were seen moving their 
 forces and throwing up earthworks, prepara 
 tory to a speedy renewal of the battle. Both 
 sides had waited for the other to advance. At 
 four o clock in the afternoon, Longstreet s 
 corps of Rebels \vere seen in long gray lines 
 moving on our left \ving. For miles around 
 the hills shook with thunders of contending 
 artillery; the assault was furious beyond 
 precedent. 
 
 The object of the enemy was to capture 
 Roundtop Hill, a commanding eminence, with 
 good range on all the Union lines. Charge 
 after charge was made by massed columns of 
 the enemy. A murderous fire from the Federal 
 lines literally covering the ground with the 
 dead and wounded. Each charge was repulsed, 
 and every repulse a slaughter, charge and 
 counter charge, hand to hand, and bayonet 
 thrust. For hours the carnival of death went 
 on. Later in the evening, Rebel yells died 
 
 away in wild shouts from the Union soldiers. 
 Heaps on heaps the Rebel dead and wounded 
 lay mangled and bleeding on the bloody plain. 
 The tide had changed and the detestable Rebel 
 ensign was trailing in the dust. While the 
 Rebel lines were falling back, night closed the 
 scene on the second day of the bloody drama. 
 During all the long hours of the struggle the 
 Union lines had stood unmoved and immovable. 
 The enemy had been foiled at every point. 
 Prestige was to-night on the Union side, and 
 Rebel boasting and exultation converted into 
 doubt and distrust. Victory was in the air, 
 and the Union camp glowed with hope in the 
 issue of another day. Before the night had 
 passed, our lines were all strengthened, and 
 the loyal army ready for another day s work. 
 
 Friday morning, July 3rd, Meade s cannon 
 opened full on the enemy s lines, and challenged 
 the Rebels to a renewal of the bloody conflict. 
 The answer was ready. Once more our left 
 center was assailed with a ferocity never ex 
 celled in the annals of war. The enemy 
 advanced four deep, with loud shouts and de 
 moniac yells. Fortunately, the Union army 
 held inside and shorter lines, which enabled 
 General Meade to throw his reserves quickly 
 on either wing. Two hundred Union cannons 
 were trained on the doomed columns of the 
 foe as they moved on the plain below. On 
 they marched, in fast thinning ranks, but to 
 die. Our artillery fire tore wide breeches and 
 bleeding gaps in the enemy s line. Union 
 troops were moved back to make roads for the 
 fatal grape and canister. Parked cannon 
 were held in reserve until the assaulting col 
 umns came within easy range, and then opened 
 with fatal aim on the helpless and exposed 
 ranks. The hills along the Union line were for 
 the time a blazing volcano. For half an hour 
 the crash and roar were simply indescribable. 
 A lull in the pitiless storm of fire, the dense 
 cloud of smoke floats away only to reveal the 
 untenanted rout on which the columns of the 
 enemy had advanced. Whole columns had 
 melted away. They had not retreated; they 
 were dead and lay in mangled and bleeding 
 masses on the field. Next day General Lee 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 began his retreat, recrossed the Potomac and 
 once more escaped into Virginia. Rebel loss 
 at Gettysburg in killed, 5,500; wounded, 21,- 
 ooo; prisoners, 9,000; stragglers and deserters, 
 4,000; total, 39,500. Unionlossin killed, 4,000; 
 wounded, 13,000; in prisoners, 4,000; total, 21,- 
 ooo. Gen. Meade died Nov. 6, 1882. 
 
 JOHN SULLIVAN of La Salle Co. 111., was 
 born in Ireland in 1831, and with his par 
 ents emigrated to the U. S. about the year 
 1835, locating in the State of N. Y. His father 
 died when he was quite young, thus throwing 
 him upon the world to commence the journey 
 of life without the guiding hand of an expe 
 rienced sire to assist him or make suggestions 
 for his welfare on that rough and ragged path 
 way. When the war broke out, however, the 
 electric current had scarcely stopped its vibra 
 tions, calling for troops to suppress the rebel 
 lion, before the natural impetuosity of the dar 
 ing Irishman impelled him to abandon his call 
 ing of mining and respond to the call to arms. 
 He immediately proceeded to Plattsburg, 
 Clinton Co., N. Y., and enlisted April I4th, 
 1861, and was mustered into the service at Al 
 bany, as a private in Co. E., i6th N. Y. Vol. 
 Inf. He was sent with the Regt. to Washing 
 ton, thence to Alexandria, Va., and participated 
 in the battle of the ist Bull Run; also those of 
 Yorktown, Games Mills, Savage Station, 
 Charles City, Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, 2nd 
 Bull Run, Antietam, FYedericksburg, and sever 
 al others of less importance. In all these battles, 
 Mr. Sullivan, with his Regt. bore a prominent 
 part, and his Company suffered as severely as 
 any other engaged in the same field. His term 
 of enlistment having expired in May, 1863, an d 
 having now become an experienced soldier, he 
 concluded he could render his country more 
 service at that period than at any previous time, 
 and although he had during his two years active 
 service, endured untold suffering and hunger, 
 he considered it his duty to again go forward. 
 
 He therefore re-enlisted in April, 1864, at 
 Plattsburg, N. Y., in Co. H.. 2nd N. Y. Vet. 
 
 Cav., and moved with his Regt. to New Orleans, 
 La., participating in many skirmishes about 
 the last named place, as also at Mobile, Ala 
 He was wounded in the left breast at what is 
 known as Hart s Island, by the accidental dis 
 charge of a revolver in the hands of a comrade, 
 and was compelled to go into hospital at that 
 place, and again at Savage Station for about a 
 month. He also received, during his army 
 life, seven different flesh wounds, but none of 
 them proved to be serious; yet the bullets came 
 sufficiently often and close to indicate the 
 dangers to which he courageously exposed 
 himself. He was taken prisoner at Jackson, 
 Miss., and confined in Andersonville, that 
 awful place used for the destruction of the 
 Union soldiers. Mr. Sullivan, when entering 
 that morgue weighed 165 pounds, but when as 
 sisted out, six months after, only tilted the scale 
 at 95 pounds. He had also been a prisoner a 
 short time during his first term of service at 
 Belle Island. He continued in the service 
 even after the suppression of the rebellion and 
 was mustered out Nov. 24, 1865, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Shortly after his discharge, he removed to 
 La Salle, 111., and has been employed in the 
 coal mines ever since. He married Mrs. Ann 
 Payne (a widow) in June, 1874, by whom he 
 has one child, Annie. He has always been in 
 dustrious, frugal and successful. He is a mem 
 ber of Carter Post, No. 242, G. A. R., an officer 
 therein, and assisted in its organization. He 
 is a Republican in politics. 
 
 O PERRY HYDE, of Rantoul, Illinois, 
 became a member, on Aug. 10, 
 1861, of Co. G., 3/th 111. Vol. Inf. 
 He proceeded with his Regt. to St. Louis 
 and after a short delay went to Lexington, 
 but on the way thither they were ordered to 
 Sedalia, where they went into winter quarters. 
 In the following spring he participated in the 
 battles of Pea Ridge, New Town, Perry Grove 
 and Van Buren. At the battle of Perry Grove Mr. 
 Hyde was wounded in the hip, the ball breaking 
 the bone and glancing down the leg to the knee 
 
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 where it lodged. He was placed in the hospital 
 at Fayetteville, where the surgeons proposed to 
 amputate his leg, but on his protesting they 
 searched for and extracted the ball. He re 
 mained many w r eeks in the hospital, but finally 
 rejoined his command and accompanied it in 
 its many skirmishes, marches and battles in 
 Missouri and Kansas. On one occasion after a 
 series of heavy marches the regiment returned 
 to Camp Logan, but instead of being permitted 
 to rest, was immediately ordered to march to 
 the relief of Gen. Blunt, whither they proceed 
 ed upon forced marches, covering 112 miles in 
 three days, and at the end of the journey gal 
 lantly fought and defeated the enemy. When 
 operations were inaugurated for the capture of 
 Vicksburg, our budding patriot, Hyde, was found 
 in the ranks of his Regt. He assisted in the 
 siege of that stronghold, and continued in the 
 trenches until its surrender. He then proceed 
 ed to Yazoo City, and assisted in capturing that 
 place, taking many prisoners, thence marched 
 to Big Black River in pursuit of the enemy. 
 Subsequently, he returned to Vicksburg, en- 
 route to New Orleans, where the Regt. was re 
 viewed at Camp Carrollton, Sept. 4, 1863, by 
 Gen. Grant. After passing from point to point 
 the enemy was again encountered, Sept. 29th, 
 at Morgan s Bend, where the brave band of 
 i, 200 men succeeded in scattering a Rebel force 
 of 3, coo. On Oct. 13 the Regt. started for 
 Brownsville, Texas, then guarded the Rio 
 Grande River as far north as Ringgold. 
 
 Mr. Hyde re-enlisted Feb. 1864, for a fresh 
 term of three years, receiving a furlough of 30 
 days, when he visited home for the first time in 
 three years. At the end of that time he pro 
 ceeded to Memphis and was engaged for some 
 scouting through East Tenn., then returning to 
 Memphis. He then participated in Gen. Banks 
 expedition to Etchafalaya Bayou, from which 
 he narrowly escaped capture by the rebel Dick 
 Taylor. On May 30 he went on another scout, 
 marching 60 miles to Morganzia, and later went 
 up the White River to St. Charles, then return 
 ing to Morganzia, going into winter quarters at 
 Duvall s Bluff Oct. 7. In the early days of 
 January, 1865, the Regt. was ordered to New 
 
 Orleans, thence to Barrancas, Fla., then cross 
 ing the country to Spanish Fort, taking part in 
 the siege of that place. It also assisted in the 
 assault preceeding the capture of the fort, as 
 also the movement against Fort Blakely, which 
 led up to the surrender of Mobile. At the lat 
 ter end of June it went by transports to Gal- 
 veston, Tex., thence to Houston, and was em 
 ployed guarding the railways leading into that 
 town, where, on May 15, 1866, the 3/th was 
 mustered out of the U. S. service and was finally 
 paid off and discharged at Springfield, 111., after 
 a service by Mr. Hyde of four years and nine 
 months. He traveled during his service up 
 wards of 17,846 miles, 3,286 of which were cov 
 ered on foot. His father, William B. Hyde, as 
 also his two brothers, were in the same war and 
 served for three years in the loth 111. Cav. His 
 step-brother, James Hunter, was also in the 
 army and yielded up his life in the service of 
 his country. Mr. Hyde was born in Ind., Aug. 
 15, 1840, and when nine years of age removed 
 with his parents to 111., locating in McLean 
 County. Here his young life was spent upon 
 the farm and in attending school. He learned 
 the carpenter trade, which he made his life 
 calling. He is prominent in all matters con 
 nected with the G. A. R. Post at Rantoul, in 
 which he has filled most of its many important 
 offices. He was married May 2, 1867, to Emma 
 Miller, and they are the parents of eleven 
 children, namely: Myron, Effie, Jesse, Fred 
 erick, Elsie, Ethel, Frank, Ruby, Laura, Martha 
 and William. In all matters relating to poli 
 tics Mr. Hyde entertains very pronounced 
 opinions, and always upon the Republican side. 
 
 GEO. L. BEIDLEMAN, of Kewanee, 111., a 
 native of Ind., was born Aug. 17, 1847, 
 and in early life went to Mount Carmel, 
 111., later moving to Naperville and afterwards 
 to Henry, Marshall Co., where he resided when 
 he enlisted. He was young in years, only 
 about 17, but joined Co. I., 146 111. Vol. Inf. at 
 Peoria, and was mustered in Sept., 1864, at 
 Springfield. The chief work of this Regt. was 
 
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 Provost duty in Chicago and other places, hav 
 ing charge of prisoners and drafted men. In 
 this service two trips were made to the South 
 in the winter as far as Chattanooga, and by a 
 special order this Regt. was at Springfield, 111. 
 when President Lincoln s body was brought 
 there for burial. He was mustered out July 8, 
 1865. Mr. Beidleman, after leaving the army 
 lived at Henry, 111. for several years, then went 
 to Mo. and subsequently returned to Marshall 
 and Bureau counties for about 18 years, then to 
 Kan. where he resided for 7 years. He was 
 married about 18 years ago to Isabel Motheral 
 and by her has four children James R., 
 Charles B., Lizzie L., and Howard L. He is a 
 Republican, and a member of the I. O. O. F., 
 in which he has held office during- the past II 
 years. Mr. Beidleman s brother, Alexander, 
 enlisted in Taylor s Battery and served in the 
 war up to the battle of Peach Tree Cre.ek, 
 where he was killed. His body with 13 others 
 was sent home by the Government and buried 
 at Rosehill Cemetery, near Chicago. J. M. 
 Beidleman, another brother now resides at 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 OUR present subject, James M. Marlin, of 
 Buda, 111., enlisted in the Union army 
 for the late war, Sept. 6, 1861, at Three 
 Springs, Huntingdon Co., Pa., and was mustered 
 in as a Corporal in Co. B., i loth Pa. Vol. Inf. at 
 Camp Crassman. His Regt. rendezvoused 
 there, and was then assigned to the Army 
 of the Potomac with which it operated through 
 out the war. He was principally engaged in 
 Virginia, and participated in the battles of 
 Winchester, Cedar Mountain, and the Second 
 Bull Run, besides many heavy skirmishes and 
 exhausting marches. In May, 1862, Mr. Marlin 
 contracted typhoid fever, went into hospital at 
 Phila.; obtained a furlough of 30 days, and 
 after his recovery rejoined his Regt. at Alex 
 andria, Va., in July of the same year. In Sept. 
 he became afflicted with diarrhoea which devel 
 oped into a chronic condition, again compelling 
 him to seek a hospital at David s Island, N. Y., 
 
 where his disease continued to incapacitate him 
 for a length of time, consequently he was mus 
 tered out of the service Feb. 6, 1863, owing to 
 protracted disability, and was finally discharged 
 at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Mr. Marlin was born at Huntingdon Co., 
 Pa. His parents were also natives of the 
 same County and State. His maternal grand 
 father was a soldier in the war of 1812. 
 
 Mr. Marlin received a common school edu 
 cation, then learned the trade of a mason 
 which he followed until he became a soldier. 
 After his discharge he resumed his trade at 
 Huntingdon, until 1865, when he moved West 
 to Ohio, and the following year proceeded to 
 111., and in 1867 to Mo., where he was employed 
 for four years, when he returned to 111., settling 
 in Buda. He married Nov. 24, 1868, Miss Mary 
 E. Hare, daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Dalton) 
 Hare of Lynchburg, Va. 
 
 Mr. Marlin was Collector of Taxes of his 
 Township for three years, and now holds the 
 position of Postmaster for Buda. He is an Odd 
 Fellow, member of Post No. 198, G. A. R., and 
 in politics, decidedly a Republican. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Marlin are among the favored 
 of earth, having a family like unto the families 
 of olden time, 8 in number 3 boys and 5 girls. 
 The oldest a son, 22, the youngest a son, 2 years 
 old. 
 
 JAMES MADISON KENNEDY, one of the brave 
 soldiers who came to the aid of the Union 
 in the late Rebellion, was born March 2d, 
 1842, at Aurora, 111., and is the son of James 
 and Harriet E. (Newberry) Kennedy. The 
 elder James, and his wife were natives of New 
 York, and were born respectively at Watkins 
 and Poughkeepsie. The founder of the Ken 
 nedy family came to the United States at an 
 early day and was of Scotch ancestry. The 
 Newberry s immigrated from England to the 
 United States before the Revolution, and took 
 an active part in the formation of the Govern 
 ment. 
 
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 James Kennedy s moth er was a Van Vort of 
 old Knickerbocker stock of New York. He 
 was a farmer by occupation, and removed to 
 111., in what is now Kane Co., being one of the 
 pioneers. He died April 18, 1881, much re 
 gretted by the community in which he had so 
 long lived. His widow is now living with her 
 son, Herman N. Kennedy, in Chicago. They 
 were the parents of six children --the subject 
 of this memoir, Herman N., Delia A., Alice I., 
 Etta M., and Scott E., all living but Alice and 
 Scott. James, the subject of this sketch, was 
 carefully reared at home where he received such 
 educational advantages as the common schools 
 of that day afforded, and where he assisted his 
 father in performing such work as boys are ac 
 customed to on farms. At the age of 17 years, 
 he was sent to Wheaton College to complete 
 his course of studies, which were untimely in 
 terrupted by the breaking out of the Rebellion. 
 He early responded to the call of the President 
 for troops, gave up his studies and took up the 
 musket to defend his country, enlisting at Au 
 rora, Aug. 2d, 1861, inCo. A., Cav. 36th 111. Inf., 
 and was mustered in at Camp Hammond, Sept. 
 23d, where the company was uniformed and 
 mounted, and soon after, with Co. B. was or 
 dered to Benton Barracks, Mo., where the 
 Cos. received sabers and revolvers, and com 
 menced to learn the art of warfare. The in 
 fantry receiving arms at the Arsenal, then went 
 forward to Rolla, Mo. Mr. Kennedy remained 
 at Benton Barracks with his Co. for about 
 two months, when the company was ordered 
 to report at Rolla, joining there the Inf. part of 
 its regiment. . It remained there during the 
 greater part of the winter of 1861-62 engaging 
 in camp duty and drilling. 
 
 In Jan. 1862, his command was sent out to 
 meet Price at Springfield, who retreated, and 
 was followed up by the Union forces, and after 
 long and tedious marches was met in battle at 
 Pea Ridge, March 7 and 8. The 36th was in 
 the left wing of the army. The first day the 
 Union troops had the worst of the battle, but 
 the second day they made a gallant and stub 
 born fight and drove the enemy back. This 
 was Mr. Kennedy s first experience in active 
 
 warfare. After this action, the 36th was as 
 signed to Asboth s Brig, and went to Cape 
 Girardeau, where, after a march of some 500 
 miles, and by boat to Hamburg Landing, they 
 joined Grant s army. The Regt. was assigned 
 to Pope s Corps, and took part in the siege of 
 Corinth. Mr. Kennedy was on duty about 
 Corinth for about six months, and took part in 
 the second battle at that place. Previous to 
 the last named action, he fought at luka, where 
 his Co. was hotly engaged. The next move 
 of the company was with Grant toward Vicks- 
 burg, which movement was defeated on account 
 of the loss of the stores at Holly Springs. 
 After this came the Mississippi campaign as it 
 was called. Mr. Kennedy s Co. was sent to Mem 
 phis, Gen. Rosencrans was transferred to the 
 army of the Cumberland, Gen. C. S. Hamilton 
 took his place and Co. A. was retained as his 
 escort, and soon after moved to Memphis. He 
 remained in "Memphis until April 1863, when 
 he with his Co. joined Grant s campaign 
 against Vicksburg, and was placed as escort to 
 Gen. Lauman. He took part in the siege, his 
 command being under Gen. McClernand on 
 the extreme left. After the surrender of that 
 Confederate stronghold, he participated in 
 Sherman s Jackson campaign against Johnston, 
 and had some very hard fighting. After de 
 feating Johnston s army, the Union forces re 
 turned to Vicksburg, feeling very much as 
 though they were able to meet the entire con 
 federate army. From Vicksburg Company 
 A. with other troops, embarked for New Or 
 leans, and joined Gen. Bank s army. After a 
 few days at New Orleans, they moved up to 
 Morganzie, with General Herron s Division, 
 where they had an encounter with Kirby Smith. 
 Returning to New Orleans with his Co., he 
 was detailed as Orderly to Gen. N. J. T. Dana, 
 the Co. remaining with Gen. Lee, Banks chief of 
 cavalry, and in the fall went to Brownsville, Tex., 
 under Gen. Banks command. After remaining 
 there through part of the winter of i863- 64, 
 they moved to Matagorda Bay. They remained 
 there for two months, having occasionally slight 
 action with the rebels. From there Mr. Kenne 
 dy, with four others, returned to New Orleans for 
 
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 the purpose of joining his Co. Co. A. not ar 
 riving, he, with the others, were assigned to 
 Maj. Reed s Co. of Cav., from Boston, as Gen. 
 Lee s escort, and took an active part in all the 
 movements of the disastrous Red River cam 
 paign. No soldier was ever more angry than 
 the subject of this sketch was when, at the ter 
 mination of the fight at Sabine Cross Roads, 
 caused by Banks mismanagement and failure 
 to take advantage of favorable opportunities. 
 Gen. Lee was relieved of command by Banks, 
 and sent to New Orleans, he (Banks) holding 
 him responsible for his defeat. Lee returned 
 to New Orleans, taking with him Mr. Kennedy 
 (who was a great favorite with him) and four 
 others of Co. A. The troops were some two 
 months getting back to New Orleans from that 
 expedition. He found his Co. at New Orleans, 
 and remained there until Aug., when he, with 
 those who were left of the Co., were ordered to 
 Helena, Ark., and became Co. I., I5th 111. Cav. 
 After remaining there for a time, those who did 
 not re-enlist embarked for Springfield, 111., un 
 der command of Col. Bacon, where they were 
 mustered out and paid off Aug. 24, 1864, return 
 ing then to their respectives homes, with the ex 
 ception of Mr. Kennedy, who, having been taken 
 sick, was sent to the hospital at Springfield, 
 and, when recovered, he returned to his home 
 at Aurora. His first occupation was that of rail 
 roading, which he followed for twenty years, 
 retiring as Passenger Conductor. He was then 
 elected City Clerk (in 1884), and has been con 
 tinuously re-elected since, which is a high com 
 pliment to him as an officer, demonstrating his 
 efficiency and popularity. Mr. Kennedy was 
 united in marriage at Pottsdam, N.Y., to Mary 
 E., daughter of Jasper and Augusta (Cady) 
 Stowe, an old Vermont family of English 
 descent. This marriage has been blessed with 
 four children Charles M., Roy Stowe, Bessie, 
 May and Jessie Maud (twins). 
 
 Mr. Kennedy is a member of the G. A. R. 
 Post No. 20; has passed through all the offices, 
 and is at present Past Commander. He is a 
 member of the Masonic fraternity, Lodge No. 
 254, and is a counselor of the order of Chosen 
 Friends. In politics, Republican. This sketch 
 
 would be incomplete if we did not state that, 
 while Mr. Kennedy gallantly discharged all the 
 duties imposed upon him as a soldier, the- war 
 over, true to the character of the American sov 
 ereign, he took up the peaceful pursuits of life, 
 and has none the less distinguished himself as 
 a citizen of the Republic he fought so bravely 
 to save. 
 
 TANDY PRITCHARD, of Fisher, 111., in com 
 mon with thousands of his countrymen 
 deeming it his duty to assist and save 
 the Union enlisted in the army Dec. I, 1861, in 
 Co. H., 54th 111. Vol. Inf., and was soon on the 
 move to Columbus, Ky., in search of victims, 
 who were numerous in that vicinity, and with 
 whom he had an encounter. Serving there he 
 went to Memphis, and returning moved to 
 Union City where he remained four months. 
 His Regt. was defeated by Price and Marma- 
 duke s forces, and in the spring moved to 
 Jackson, thence to Memphis, Helena, Ark., 
 and then to Vicksburg, where it was engaged 
 in the assault upon that city, and followed by 
 the siege until its surrender. After the capt 
 ure of Vicksburg it went on boats to Helena, 
 Ark., fought and defeated Marmaduke and 
 Price, which was repeated again at Little Rock. 
 It then moved to Hickory Station where a part 
 of the Regt. was captured, but Mr. Pritchard 
 was one of those who escaped and reached 
 Little Rock. He re-enlisted Dec. 21, 1863, 
 went home on Veteran furlough, and when the 
 Regt. had reassembled at Charleston, 111., a 
 band of some 300 guerrillas led by Capt. Wells, 
 a noted rebel, had gathered in the town, but 
 being without arms attracted but little atten 
 tion. Suddenly those bandits collected in the 
 Court House Square, where some teams loaded 
 with straw were standing, supposed to belong 
 to farmers. Without warning they rushed to 
 the straw-laden teams which really contained 
 rifles and ammunition and opened fire upon the 
 unsuspecting unarmed soldiers, and in a few 
 minutes 13 of the boys had fallen victims of 
 those cruel guerrillas. The boys telegraphed 
 
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 317 
 
 to Mattoon a few miles distant for their guns 
 which arrived 45 minutes after the outbreak, 
 and. then their turn soon came. They killed 
 many rebels and captured 100. It has been 
 supposed the raid was precipitated by some 
 ill advised conduct or utterance on the part of 
 a boy of the Union ranks, known as " Black 
 Hawk." He was shot and mortally wounded 
 by the first volley from the Rebels, but even 
 after falling he drew his revolver and shot and 
 killed the Rebel leader, Capt. Wells. The 
 Regt. next went to Island No. 10 back to 
 Paducah and at Little Rock, again defeated 
 Gen. Price, then marched to Ft. Smith on the 
 Indian frontier, 250 miles, when it was employed 
 guarding the frontier until after the close of 
 the war. Mr. Pritchard was mustered out Oct. 
 15, 1865, the only times he was off duty, were 
 when he took his furlough, and again when in 
 hospital at Columbus with typhoid fever. 
 
 Mr. Pritchard was born in 111 .Aug. 12, 1844, 
 a son of John A. and Jane A. (Hughes) Pritch 
 ard who were of Scotch descent. His paternal 
 grandfather was in the Black Hawk war. Our 
 subject was employed upon a farm until his 
 enlistment. After the Rebellion he engaged 
 in hotel business at Shelbyville, 111., but later 
 went at the mason trade which he followed 
 in connection with his contracting business. 
 In 1868 he removed to Champaign Co., and 
 built the first house in Fisher. He is a charter 
 member of the G. A. R. Post at Fisher, a Free 
 Mason and a Republican. He was married in 
 1869 to Miss Virginia J. Rowlett of Tenn. and 
 they have 5 children Mattie, Viola, Frank, 
 George and Fay. He had a brother, J. C. 
 Pritchard, also in the war, who was Capt. of Co. 
 H. in the i8th Ky. Inf. and who was three times 
 wounded, viz.: in the breast, shoulder and had 
 his heel shot off, by a piece of shell. He died 
 since the war from the effects of his wounds. 
 
 FREDERICK J.DENNY,of Peru, 111. ,was working 
 at his trade as a tinsmith in Charleston, 
 S. C., when the war of the rebellion was 
 inaugurated. From his observation and knowl 
 edge of the situation, he was convinced that a 
 
 great struggle between the North and South 
 would be the result. With a number of his as 
 sociates Mr. Denny united with the " Marion 
 Rifles" a local home-guard at Charleston, 
 which was armed and uniformed. While he 
 did not participate in the fight he was on what 
 was known as Cole s Island, and from there 
 went to Farley Island, and witnessed the bom 
 bardment of Ft. Sumter. He was then con 
 vinced that before long some severe fighting 
 must be done, and if this was true he wanted 
 to do his fighting on the Union side. He there 
 fore began to lay plans to escape to the North, 
 but soon discovered that this was not an easy 
 matter as orders had been issued to give no one 
 a leave of absence. But by representing to his 
 Capt. that he wanted to go to St. Louis to join 
 a Confederate Regt. there, he succeeded in ob 
 taining permission to depart. He was a spec 
 tator at Charleston convention, Dec. 20, 1860, 
 when the resolutions of secession were 
 passed and the confederate government was 
 formed. He had no idea of going to St. 
 Louis, and finally after many adventures and 
 experiences he reached his home in Peru, 111. 
 Aug. 11, 1862, he enlisted in Capt. A. J. Bur- 
 oughs Co., and was assigned to the I27th 111. 
 Vol. Inf., and was first Sergt., and acted as drill- 
 master in his Co. By general order, allowing 
 ten men out of each Co. of Vol. to re-enlist, he 
 entered the service, and was assigned to the 
 ist U. S. Cav., Co. A., sent first to Carlisle, Pa., 
 then to Capitol Hill, Washington, D. C., after 
 wards to Arlington Heights, and then to Camp 
 Allen, Va. After this there was an active and 
 continuous service during the war. Mr. Denny 
 was participant in 31 battles among which may 
 be noted Gettysburg, July 2, 3, 1863; Falling 
 Water, July 14, 1863 ; Culpeper Court House, 
 Aug. i, 1863; Mine Run, Nov. 30, 1863; Spot- 
 sylvania, May 8, 1864; Cold Harbor, May 31, 
 and June I, 1864; and was with Sheridan on his 
 raid on Richmond. He was wounded at Deep 
 Bottoms, Va., July 28, 1864, and from the effect 
 of the wound received at this time he lost his 
 right leg, and his life hung for a long time 
 trembling in the balance. Many times he had 
 been given up to die by friends and doctors, 
 
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 and he was finally sent to David s Island in 
 New York Harbor, where he received his dis 
 charge and set out for home still suffering sev 
 erely and seriously ill. When he reached home 
 his health rapidly improved and he was soon 
 out of danger, although it was seven years be 
 fore the wound entirely healed. 
 
 Mr. Denny was born at Oregon, Ogle Co., 
 111., in 1839, and two years later moved to Peru, 
 111., with his parents, Michael B. and Eliza 
 McCormick, who settled in N. Y. in 1835, and 
 moved to 111., in 1838. In early life he served 
 an apprenticeship at the tinner s trade, and for 
 a time was in business with his brother at Peru, 
 111. He has also worked in St. Louis and at 
 Charleston, S. C. He was married in 1881, at 
 Peru to Mary Caroline Stimson and two children 
 have blessed this union Jessie May and Fred 
 erick J., Jr. In 1869 he received the appoint 
 ment of City Weigh Master of Peru, and has 
 held this position since that date. He is a mem 
 ber of the G. A. R., E. N. Kirk Post 656. Mr. 
 Denny can justly enjoy the satisfaction of hav 
 ing contributed no small part to the permanent 
 establishment of the nation s progress and pros 
 perity. 
 
 HON. IVORY H. PIKE. No man is better 
 known among the general people of 
 McLean County and the I4th Congres- 
 ional District of Illinois, than Hon. Ivory H. 
 Pike, and no man in either city or county is 
 more popular with the common people. He 
 is a credit to the race of modern Amer 
 icans, being one of the finest specimens 
 of manhood to be found in 111. He is con 
 structed on a generous scale, mentally and 
 physically big bodied, big minded, and big 
 hearted. Honest in deed, word, and action, 
 Ivory Pike is one of the most admirable types 
 of well-balanced citizenship. One of the 
 people in the beginning, no honors to which 
 he has been elevated have caused him to for 
 get for a moment the authors of his prefer 
 ment. He is without guile, cunning or trick 
 ery, and has steadfastly refused to ally himself 
 with the many unworthy schemes and combi 
 
 nations to convert politics into a medium to 
 benefit the few at the expense of the many. 
 Such a man should be cultivated for his con 
 scientious political principles and for his sturdy 
 conviction of right. While a steadfast Repub 
 lican, Ivory Pike has never been drawn into any 
 alliance to defeat the will of the people whom 
 he appreciates and respects, and to whom alone 
 he feels responsible. 
 
 Hon. Ivory Pike was born in Maine, 1844. 
 He came to Bloomington in 1854, and has lived 
 in McLean Co. almost continuously ever since. 
 When a boy he worked in the Chicago & Al 
 ton car shops, but managed at intervals to 
 acquire a fairly complete common scool edu 
 cation. When not yet grown he enlisted in 
 the military service of his country. 
 
 He was taken prisoner and served almost a 
 year in Andersonville and other Confederate 
 prisons, enduring all the hardships of these pest 
 holes. Mr. Pike was mustered out of the army 
 with as clean a record for honorable service as 
 any Union soldier, and yet while inwardly proud 
 of his discharge of patriotic duty he does not 
 advertise this merit as his only claim to public 
 confidence and respect. 
 
 After the war Mr. Pike went to Washington, 
 where he remained five years, which time was 
 passed in almost constant study, taking a 
 course each at Columbia College and the Na 
 tional University. When he returned to Bloom 
 ington Mr. Pike w r as the proud possessor 
 of a diploma from each of the above institu r 
 tutions, having creditably acquired the degrees 
 of B. L. and B. C. L. in Practical Law. He 
 went into the law office of Judge Thomas F. 
 Tipton, and received the benefit of that gentle 
 man s legal attainments. Ivory Pike began 
 life as a poor boy, and his career until the pres 
 ent time may be traced through self denial and 
 the obstructions thrown in the path of the young 
 man without influence and wealth. Yet by 
 habits of industry and economy and the prudent 
 management of his affairs, Mr. Pike has ac 
 quired not a fortune, but a fair competency. 
 He is a devoted home man and his residence 
 in this city is a comfortable and quietly elegant 
 abode of culture and family devotion. 
 
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 319 
 
 Hon. Ivory H. Pike was elected to the Legis 
 lature on the Republican ticket in 1884 and re- 
 elected in 1888. He was one of the prominent 
 and active members of the House in the exciting 
 senatorial contest from which Gen. Logan 
 emerged the honorable victor. Mr. Pike was the 
 author of the juror s paybill which increased the 
 compensation of jurors from $1.50 per day to 
 $2.00. In other legislation he displayed a prac 
 tical knowledge of public affairs that gained for 
 him an influence among his co-laborers as well 
 as a State wide reputation among the people, as a 
 legislator worthy and able to care for their rights. 
 
 Personally Ivory Pike is one of the most 
 candid and genial of men, offering in his con 
 duct and character a most gratifying contrast 
 to the shuffling equivocation and blameworthy 
 unreliability of the average political schemer. 
 He is a practical man, devoting much of his 
 time to conducting the affairs of his farm. 
 While a lawyer by profession his interests and 
 inclinations are largely toward the life and 
 pursuits of farming. Mr. Pike s private char 
 acter is possitively beyond reproach, in that he 
 is indeed exemplary and without ostentation. 
 He was married Oct. 15, 1867, at Bloomington, 
 to Miss Maggie E. Olinger, by whom he has 
 two children, Maud and Daisy. He has an ac 
 complished and most estimable wife, who with 
 her beautiful daughters made a large circle of 
 friends while with him at Springfield. 
 
 Thus is presented a brief memoir of one 
 who is not only well and favorably known by 
 the people of McLean County, but of the 
 State. There is much of the character and 
 career of the man to admire and to imitate. 
 In private as well as public life he has been with 
 the people; his heart has always been with 
 them and he has worked for their welfare. 
 Take him all in all, Ivory Pike is a citizen in 
 whom any community may well feel proud of, 
 and be glad that he dwells among them. 
 
 JOHN L. TEMPLE, of Wataga, Knox Co., 111., 
 was born in Crawford Co., Ind., Feb. 20, 
 1838, were he was reared and continued 
 until 1873. He enlisted in the Union army 
 
 Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. G., 66th Ind. Vol. Inf. and 
 went into Camp Noble, Ind., afterwards going 
 to Ky. where he participated on Aug. 30, in 
 the battle of Richmond, and although they 
 were confronted by an immensely superior force, 
 fought with vigor and determination and sus 
 tained a loss of 37 men killed and wounded, 
 Mr. Temple was wounded in this battle, and 
 captured, having been struck in the left shoul 
 der, with a minie ball, cutting off his left 
 shoulder blade and lodging in the arm. He 
 was soon paroled by Kirby Smith and the pass 
 handed him has been carefully preserved, as 
 also the bullet which he subsequently had 
 extracted from his arm. Having been ren 
 dered unfit for further service he was mustered 
 out and discharged at Indianapolis, Ind., then 
 returned to Ind. 
 
 He married in the year 1861, Miss Martha 
 Powers, a daughter of Edward Powers, by 
 whom he had nine children, seven of whom 
 are still living, viz.: Lettie, now married; 
 George Neal, of Galesburg, married; Ida, wife 
 of Frank H. Pettie, of Chicago; Mary, wife of 
 George Potts, of Galesburg; Jennie, wife of 
 James M. Corley, of Galesburg; Edward C., of 
 Chicago, Olloe and John L. both at home. 
 
 Mr. Temple, about the year 1873 removed 
 from Ind. to 111. settling upon a farm near 
 Knoxville where he resided for several years, 
 then moved to Wataga, where he has since 
 been engaged in buying and selling stock. 
 Eight years ago he opened the Wataga house 
 which he has successfully run ever since. He 
 has served as Town Constable for several years; 
 was elected Collector of his township, and is 
 now President of the Board of Village Trustees. 
 He is a member of the G. A. R., a Republican, 
 and an Odd Fellow. 
 
 JOHN BAKER, of La Salle, 111., came to the 
 U. S. when he was quite a young boy. He 
 belonged to that large half of God s people 
 who have not the advantage of those "born 
 with a silver spoon in their mouths," and hence 
 was compelled at an early age to hew out a 
 way for himself, and win his fortune, unaided 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 by a wealthy parent. At the outbreak of the 
 rebellion, Mr. Baker was following his business 
 in Pennsylvania, but when men were wanted as 
 soldiers to suppress the insurrection in the 
 Southern States, he did not hesitate a moment 
 to tender his services to assist in saving his 
 adopted country from disintegration, and put 
 down all uprisings antagonistic to the rule and 
 good government of the Republic. He ac 
 cordingly enlisted at Pottsville, Pa., and was 
 subsequently mustered in as a private in Co. 
 L., 3rd Pa. Cav., with Colonel Young as Colonel 
 of the Regt. The first move of his regiment 
 after enlistment was to Arlington Heights, and 
 while there acted as bodyguard to Gen. 
 McDowell, and after being relieved from that 
 duty, with his regiment participated in the fol 
 lowing battles: Williamsburg, James Island, 
 Malvcrn Hill, 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, York- 
 town and Fredericksburg. During the Antie 
 tam engagement, and while Captain Gallagher 
 was leading his company (closely followed by 
 Mr. Baker) he was shot and mortally wounded. 
 At the battle of Fredericksburg, being the last 
 he was ever permitted to engage in, our sub 
 ject met with an accident which almost injured 
 his eyesight, as also injuring him internally 
 and in a way that complete recovery cannot 
 be even hoped for. In consequence of his in 
 juries, he was honorably discharged Feb. 21, 
 1863, and returned to Pa., but only remained 
 there a short time when he went West settling in 
 La Salle, 111. While in the army he acted for a 
 short period as Aid de Camp, first to Gen. 
 Sickles, and then to Gen. Hooker. 
 
 After Mr. Baker s arrival at La Salle, he en 
 gaged in mining and gardening, and by his 
 energy, and frugality has succeeded in building 
 up a home for himself and otherwise provided 
 against "a rainy day." 
 
 He was born in the year 1848, at Somer 
 setshire, England, and immigrated with his 
 parents as above stated. He was married in 
 1868, to MissSusannah Jenkinsof Pennsylvania, 
 by whom he has eight children Mary, Eliza 
 beth, James, Thomas, John, Sarah, Susannah 
 and Eddie. At the organization of the Carter 
 Post No. 242, G. A. R. at La Salle, Mr. Baker 
 
 became a member and has since continued to 
 take an active interest in all its affairs. By the 
 reason of his defective sight, and the other 
 permanent physical injury before referred to, 
 he applied for and was accorded a pension of 
 58 per month, which he continues to receive. 
 He is a Republican in politics and does not 
 hesitate in announcing it when the question is 
 asked. 
 
 Louis GERMAIN, of Gardner, 111., was born 
 in Plattsburg, Clinton Co., N. Y., March 
 1 8, 1838, and was reared at that place un 
 til he was 15 years of age. His parents were 
 Peter and Julia Christian Germain of French 
 Huguenot stock, the name originally being St. 
 Germain. The families on both sides are of 
 French nationality and speak that language. 
 
 When Louis was fifteen years old, having 
 worked some time in Saratoga, N. Y., he 
 went to Ind., where he lived at Goshen and Lig- 
 onier until 1859, when he was married to Mary 
 A. Stone, a daughter of Richard and Mary 
 Stone, who were formerly residents of Penn. 
 
 In the same year that he was married, Mr. 
 Germain moved to Gardner, 111., which was then 
 a new town just located on the open prairie. 
 Here he went on to a farm of his father-in-law s, 
 who had purchased a large tract of land in the 
 immediate vicinity, and followed this business 
 for three years. Here very hard times were 
 experienced, as prices for farm products were 
 very low, eggs selling for 4c. per dozen, corn 
 I4c. per bushel, and oats unsalable; only those 
 having cattle and hogs to dispose of were suc 
 cessful. Sometimes here, families were without 
 tea, coffee, or other luxuries for six months at 
 a time. 
 
 Mr. Germain left the farm, went to the vil 
 lage and began business on his own account, 
 meanwhile doing some work as a clerk. In 
 1862, he began to recruit men for the army, and 
 continued this for some time. He had been 
 anxious to go into the service ever since the war 
 began, but a young wife and child depended 
 upon him, and other circumstances made it im- 
 
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 possible. His affairs remained in about the 
 same condition until 1864, when he assisted in 
 recruiting and organizing the I46th 111. Regt., 
 and in September of that year he enlisted as a 
 private in a company that he had organized in 
 connection with Judge Olin, who did not enlist, 
 as Governor Yates had issued an order to the 
 effect that all officers must be elected by the 
 members of thecompany. Mr. Germain went into 
 camp at Springfield, 111., and in fifteen days was 
 elected 2d Lieut, and soon after was chosen ist 
 Lieut. He had made no effort to obtain pro 
 motion, and the first indication that he had that 
 he was to be so honored was when he heard his 
 name proposed and voted on as he stood in the 
 ranks. The men were sent to S. 111., and op 
 erated against Gen. Price. They also assisted 
 in enforcing the draft, which was an unpleasant 
 duty for men who were anxious to be sent to 
 the field. 
 
 Lieut. Germain, after some active service, 
 was detailed to serve on the staff of Gen. Oaks, 
 keeping the records of the regiments that were 
 mustered out. This command served one year 
 and was mustered out in Sept. 1865. 
 
 On returning to his wife and family at Gard 
 ner, and resuming his business, Mr. Germain 
 erected the buildingwhere his office now is, and 
 formed a business partnership with Wm. H. 
 Schoonover, which continued for one year, 
 when he sold out his interest and went into the 
 produce business. In 1872 the firm of Ger 
 main & Huss was organized to carry on a gen 
 eral merchandise business, and at the end of 
 two years the senior partner retired and entered 
 the firm of Snyder, Lutz & Germain, Grain 
 Dealers. When this firm was dissolved Mr. 
 Germain for some time operated alone, then in 
 a co-partnership with Mr. Lutz, which continued 
 until 1880; a large business was transacted. 
 
 In the army Mr. Germain contracted a severe 
 cold, which resulted in a deafness, which has 
 been a serious inconvenience to him. In poli 
 tics he is a Republican, and has represented his 
 town as Supervisor for twelve years. Was six 
 years commander of the G. A. R. Post 305. He 
 has also been Mayor, and served in othermunic- 
 ipal offices of honor and responsibility. 
 
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 These proofs of public favor and confidence 
 are particularly complimentary to Mr. Ger 
 main, as his infirmity with regard to hearing 
 renders it exceptionally difficult for him to 
 transact business. 
 
 The children of Mr. & Mrs. Germain are Eva, 
 the wife of Geo. L. Wilkinson, Dimmis, Mabel, 
 wife of H. B.Gould, of Morris, 111.; Grace, who 
 is now a student in the University at Evanston, 
 111., and Guy. 
 
 Mr. Germain has accumulated property that 
 affords him a comfortable income. He is a 
 very pleasant gentleman, and favorably im 
 presses all who come in contact with him in bus 
 iness relations or socially. 
 
 ADAM ROCKLIN of Peru, 111., was born in 
 Germany, April 24, 1826 and came to 
 America during the year 1856, settling 
 first at Little Falls, N. Y. , then at Michigan 
 City, Ind., finally takingup his abodeat Peru, 111., 
 in 1858, which he has made his home. When of 
 sufficeint age he learned the painting business, 
 which he continued to follow after immigrating 
 to this country. In the early days of the late 
 Rebellion, he enlisted in the union army, Aug 
 i, 1861, rendezvoused at Camp Ellsworth, Chi 
 cago, and was mustered into the service as a 
 private in Co. A., 44th 111. Vol. Inf., Sept. 13, 
 and on the following day the Regt. was 
 ordered to St. Louis Mo. Arriving there on 
 the 15, the Regt. was armed and uniformed at 
 the St. Louis Arsenal, then went by steamer to 
 Jefferson City, which was threatened by Price s 
 army. On the 23, it marched to Sedalia, Mo., 
 and was there assigned to Gen. Sigel s famous 
 Div. The command was ordered then to 
 Springfield, Mo. but arrived a few hours too 
 late for the bloody conflict which took place 
 there, resulting in the driving of the rebel cav 
 alry from that town. Subsequently his Regt. 
 moved to Wilson Creek, the scene of the terri 
 ble battle of the same name, between Gen. 
 Lyon s and Col. Sigel s forces and the rebel 
 army under McCullough, but returned the fol 
 lowing ,day to Springfield, and followed in 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 the rear of the main army towards Rolla, 
 where it arrived Nov 19, and went into winter 
 quarters. The Regt. suffered severely from 
 sickness, many of the men being called to " that 
 house not made with hands," and many others 
 were discharged from disability. Feb. 2, 1862, 
 the Regt. joined in the march toward Spring 
 field, Mo., where the rebels under Price had 
 concentrated, but the latter receded upon the 
 approach of the Union forces, thus allowing 
 that city to again come into the possession of 
 this government. The rebels were pursued, 
 the 44th occupying a position in advance of the 
 Union army, which was continued for four 
 days, when it was abandoned, and the Union 
 army went into camp at Camp Halleck, Ark., 
 for a few days, as the men needed rest after 
 their terrible and protracted march through 
 inclement weather with several inches of snow 
 upon the ground. March 5, it became evident 
 that the combined forces of Van Dorn, Price 
 and McCullough were marching to give battle 
 upon the following day. 
 
 The Union army marched out toward Sugar 
 Creek Valley, and in the afternoon of that day, 
 its rear guard was attacked and repulsed by the 
 enemy. Thus opened the terrible battle of Pea 
 Ridge, which resulted so disastrously to the 
 rebels, who were pursued by the 44th for three 
 days, when it succeeded in capturing a stand of 
 colors and many hundred prisoners, besides sev 
 eral pieces of artillery. Our subject participated 
 sometime later in the battle of Corinth. He, 
 however, about this time was a physical wreck, 
 caused by rheumatism, from which he became 
 a great sufferer, and was compelled to go into 
 the hospital at Corinth, and from there was sent 
 to Mound City, 111., where he was mustered out 
 and discharged, Sept. 30, 1862. He returned 
 to Peru, and when sufficiently recovered in 
 health, resumed ( his trade and continued thus 
 engaged up to the present time. 
 
 He married Miss Christina Bellinghausen, a 
 native of Germany, by whom he has three chil 
 dren Charles, Georgiana and Carrie. 
 
 He is a member of the Odd Fellows order; 
 of the E. H. Kirk Post No 656, G. A. R., at 
 Peru, and a Republican. 
 
 JOHN ULKICH, of Morris, 111., was born in 
 Saxon Godi, Dec. 21, 1842. He was known 
 in the army as John Aldrich, the orderly 
 sergeant of his company being an Englishman, 
 who when Mr. Aldrich enlisted pronounced his 
 name Haldrich, not understanding the German 
 name. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Ulrich were Michael and 
 Regena Ulrich, who came to America when 
 their son was one year old, and settled in 
 Ouincy, Adams Co., 111., where the child ac 
 quired his education and grew to manhood. 
 
 May 8, 1861, he enlisted in Co. C., i6th 111. 
 Vol. Inf., serving for a time with Gen. Fremont 
 in Mo., afterward going to Cairo, 111., then to 
 Bird s Point and New Madrid, Mo., and Island 
 No. 10, taking a prominent part in the battle 
 at New Madrid. The Regt. was transferred to 
 Gen. Pope s command after the battle of Shiloh, 
 and took part in the siege of Corinth, under 
 Halleck s command. A movement was then 
 made to Tuscumbia, then on to Nashville, 
 where there was much suffering from lack of 
 provisions, as the supply was cut off, so that 
 the rations were reduced for a time to corn, 
 sweet potatoes and two crackers a day. At 
 this point there was a rest until the arrival of 
 Buell s army and the battle of Stone River had 
 been fought. From Nashville an expedition was 
 made into Alabama, where the Regt. did special 
 duty and rejoined the main army at Bridgeport 
 in 1863, on the Tennessee River. The march 
 then led to Raccoon Mountain near Lookout, 
 and here it held the Gap while Gen. Hooker s 
 men passed through, moving then to a position 
 on Lookout Mt., where it could see the men 
 climbing up and preparing their way to the top. 
 The next engagement occurred at Ringgold, 
 Ga., and a continuous march followed as the 
 enemy was pursued to Atlanta. At Rome, Ga., 
 the term of enlistment expired, but military 
 necessity requiring, the men were kept on duty 
 over two weeks, when they were sent to Chat 
 tanooga, Tenn., where they turned over their 
 arms and went to Springfield, 111., for payment 
 and discharge. 
 
 Mr. Ulrich did not re-enlist but resumed his 
 avocation as blacksmith, in which he has con- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 323 
 
 tinued, and is now foreman in the blacksmith- 
 ing department of the Coleman Hardware Co., 
 of Morris, 111. 
 
 On Christmas day, 1868, Mr. Ulrich married 
 Miss Anna Keiser, who died in 1880, leaving 
 three children George, Lizzie and Frank. In 
 1865 he was united in marriage to Agnes 
 Klocker, a daughter of Nicholas and Catherine 
 Klocker. Three children have been born to 
 them, Lillie, Ellen and Eddie. 
 
 In politics Mr. Ulrich is a Democrat, a 
 member of the G. A. R. and of the A. F. & A. M. 
 
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 AJOR-GENERAL GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN 
 was born in Philadelphia, December 31, 
 1826. Graduated second in his class at 
 West Point in 1846. Was assigned to duty as 
 2nd Lieut, in the Department of Engineers, and 
 served with distinction in the Mexican War 
 under General Scott. In 1853 and 1854 he acted 
 as Chief Engineer of the survey of the Pacific 
 Railroad. In 1856 he was sent to Europe to 
 report information to his Government on the 
 Crimean War. In 1857 he resigned his com 
 mission in the army to take the position of 
 Chief Engineer on the 111. Central R. R. In 
 the s pringof 1861 he was commissioned Major- 
 General of Volunteers, and put in command of 
 the Department of Ohio. This department em 
 braced Ohio, Ind., 111., W. Va. and the western 
 part of Penn., all of which was threatened by 
 the Rebellion. He was made Major-General 
 of the regular army in May 1861, and command 
 ed the first campaign in W. Va. In this cam 
 paign he achieved a brilliant success, and re 
 ceived a vote of thanks from Congress. 
 
 On July 20, 1861, Gen. McClellan was or 
 dered to Washington, and took command of 
 the army of the Potomac. On the resignation 
 of Gen. Scott, Gen. McClellan was made Com- 
 mander-in-Chief of all the armies of the U. S., 
 with headquarters at Washington City. The 
 winter of 1861 and 1862 was spent in organizing 
 the Army of the Potomac, and on March loth, 
 1862, Gen. McClellan marched into Va. with 
 100,000 men of all arms. On its approach the 
 
 Rebels evacuated very strong works, and fled 
 from Centerville and Manassas Junction. Gen. 
 McClellan s army was next transported by wa 
 ter to the Peninsula, and inaugurated a cam 
 paign against the Capital of the Confederacy. 
 During this campaign, Gen. McClellan fought 
 seven days in succession, ending in a brilliant 
 victory at Malvern Hill, July I, 1862. The po 
 sition of the Union troops was deemed insecure 
 by the authorities, and Gen. McClellan was or 
 dered to fall back to Washington. In approach 
 ing the Federal Capital, he encountered the 
 Confederate forces under Lee at Antietam 
 Creek, in Eastern Md. The battle at Antietam 
 was one of the bloodiest of the war. McClellan 
 had 85,000 and Lee 65,000 men. Gen. Lee 
 chose the position which made his army really 
 the stronger. His ground was well chosen be 
 tween the Potomac River and Antietam Creek 
 Both flanks of the Rebel army were amply pro 
 tected by these streams, and his artillery com 
 manded all approaches. To make the attack, it 
 was necessary for the Union army to divide and 
 cross a deep, rapid stream, with few bridges, 
 and fordable at but few places. 
 
 The 1 5th of Sept. was occupied arranging 
 the two great armies. On the i6th there was 
 some heavy artillery firing, and Hooker s corps 
 crossed the creek and went into camp within 
 easy range of the enemy s lines. On the morn 
 ing of the i /th Hooker opened fight by an in 
 trepid advance on the enemy s left. As soon 
 as Gen. Hooker had fully engaged the enemy, 
 Sumner and Burnside advanced on the center 
 and left. Early in the day the fighting became 
 general all along the lines. The Union troops sev 
 eral times drove the enemy, but only to be driven 
 back in turn. All day the bloody conflict went 
 on. Both armies suffered fearful loss, and at 
 night the result lingered in doubt. During the 
 night McClellan brought up his reserves, ready 
 to renew the conflict; but Lee folded his tents 
 and silently stole away, and the next morning 
 found the Rebel army dragging its weary length 
 along the banks of the Potomac in full retreat 
 from a field strewn all over with its dead and 
 wounded soldiers. Gen. Lee s army recrossed the 
 Potomac River and escaped back into Va. The 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Union loss was 2,016 killed, 9,417 wounded, and 
 1,043 missing. General Lee, on chosen ground, 
 and fighting on the defense, lost 9,000 men in 
 killed and wounded. This was a well-fought 
 field, on which Gen. McClellan displayed fine 
 tactics and indomitable courage. For allowing 
 the enemy to escape from his grasp on this oc 
 casion Gen. McClellan was widely censured, and 
 superseded by General Pope, on Nov. 7th, 1862. 
 He soon after resigned his commission, and re 
 tired to civil life. He died Oct. 29, 1885. 
 In person, Gen.. McClellan was a handsome, 
 small man, light complexion, blue eyes and 
 sandy hair. On duty and in camp he was a 
 modest, unpretending soldier, and, during the 
 winter of 1861 and 1862, while he was Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, he was often taken for a lieu 
 tenant of a company. 
 
 GEORGE E. DIBBLE, of Morris, 111., was 
 born in the town of Vienna, Oneida 
 Co., N. Y. He was reared upon a farm 
 and attended the district schools. He was a 
 son of Jesse and Ann (Palms) Dibble, who 
 was a daughter of Andrew Palms, a family of 
 old American stock in Conn. Jesse Dibble 
 was the son of Jethro and Mary Dibble, who 
 were from the old families of Conn., and were 
 acquaintances before moving to New York. 
 Jesse Dibble was the father of four boys and 
 one girl. The husband of this daughter was in 
 the late war, serving in the same company and 
 regiment with Judson C. Dibble, a brother of 
 George E. 
 
 Our subject enlisted in the Union army 
 and was mustered in Aug. 15, 1862. He 
 served with his Regt. around Washington, and 
 his first experience in actual conflict was in the 
 vicinity of Richmond. The next field of 
 action was at Charlestown, S. C., where his 
 company was detailed during the winter. In 
 the spring it started out on an expedition, 
 reached John Island, and Folly Island, and 
 from thence to Sea Brook Island, by ferry 
 boat, and by wading. On one of these excur 
 sions, in which they had a sharp eacounter, the 
 men were absent five days with only two days 
 
 rations. A supply train was sent out to meet 
 them with hard tack and fat pork which was 
 generally called "sow belly." Although the 
 men had been on short allowance and some 
 were entirely out of food, they issued nothing 
 but crackers the first night, but as this was 
 rather dry eating, Sergeant Dibble, who was 
 commanding Sergeant for the company, de 
 cided to improve the bill of fare, and he soon 
 had an opportunity to "freeze" to a side of 
 bacon, which he generally shared with the 
 boys, much to their satisfaction. On the re 
 turn to camp, coming to an arm of the bay 
 that must be waded, one of the fastidious 
 Lieutenants thinking he could cross without 
 getting his pants wet, decided to remove them. 
 Just as he got them drawn to his feet, and was 
 in a stooping position on the bank within a 
 few feet of the water, he was observed by a 
 captain who never lost an opportunity for a 
 practical joke. The captain came up behind 
 the Lieut., and suddenly pushed him headlong 
 into the water which was about five feet deep. 
 The struggles of the victim, with his feet en 
 tangled as they were, afforded considerable 
 amusement for the men. 
 
 Another time this company was on detailed 
 duty with a part of the 3 rd N. Y., doing picket 
 duty under the Colonel of the 3rd, who was a 
 surly man and tested his pickets by giving or 
 ders not to let anyone get close upon them. 
 He then went out and attempted to approach 
 a picket, and received a bullet hole through 
 his ear. He admired this prompt attention to 
 orders, advanced and commended the soldier 
 for his faithful obedience to orders. In the 
 spring the command returned to Petersburg, 
 then under Grant. It was in the battle of the 
 Wilderness and Cold Harbor, then partici 
 pated in the siege of Petersburg, where Ser 
 geant Dibble was wounded, July 15, by a piece 
 of shell in the right foot, and taken to Fortress 
 Monroe. After three days he was taken to 
 Fort Schuyler, N. Y., where he lay for five 
 weeks in one position with his foot raised 
 higher than his head. During this time gan 
 grene had destroyed the flesh so the tendons 
 were visible. While in this condition, the 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Surgeon of the hospital ordered Dr. Rockwell, 
 who had charge of the ward, to send "that Ser 
 geant up" to have his foot amputated the next 
 morning, but Mr. Dibble requested that it 
 might at least be delayed for a time, so the 
 order was not obeyed. Again the Surgeon re 
 peated the order, but as there were signs of 
 improvement, the patient was not sent up. 
 The Surgeon, the third time gave his directions 
 and was angry at the delay. The improvement 
 rapidly became so marked that the matter was 
 abandoned, and as a result, the subject now 
 has a fairly good foot, and is able to work on 
 his farm. From this hospital he was trans 
 ferred to the Rochester Hospital by the special 
 request of his wife, made to the Governor of 
 the State. Here he lay from Dec. to the 
 next April, when he received a furlough. He 
 was discharged May 31, after the war was 
 ended, and two months before his term of en 
 listment had expired. 
 
 At the age of 20, Mr. Dibble was married to 
 Jane Crandall of Utica, N. Y., and daughter of 
 Krastus and Elizabeth Crandall. One son was 
 born to them before the war, and two after. 
 The wife and mother died in New York State, 
 March i;th, 1883. The sons are Walter E., a 
 young man of 31 years, employed at the can 
 ning factory, Oneida Community N. Y. He has 
 a wife - Carrie- and two children- Lula and 
 George. Willard L., resides on a farm in Liv 
 ingston Co., 111., and has one child, a girl. 
 Charles 13. is at home with his father. After 
 the death of his wife in 1883, Mr. Dibble re 
 moved to Lisbon with his children, for one 
 year. He then returned to New York State, 
 where he was married to Miss Celesta, 
 daughter of Francis Wheeler and Melissa Camp 
 bell of Annsville, N. Y. One child George E., 
 has been born of this marriage. Mr. Dibble is 
 a Republican and has been the recipient of 
 many expressions of confidence from his many 
 friends, as he was chosen to fill a number of 
 Township offices in his native State. He is 
 now a member of Post No. 329, G. A. R., of 
 Morris, 111. He is running an extensive dairy 
 farm and has achieved an amiable position 
 among his fellow citizens. 
 
 IRA WILLIAM HAMLIN, of Hinckley, 111., was 
 born in Linden, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1839, and 
 was the son of Joseph and Mercy (Terrell) 
 Hamlin, natives of the latter State, and of 
 Scotch and German descent respectively. The 
 father removed to De Kalb Co., 111., in the year 
 1852, where he is still living at the advanced 
 age of 82 years. The parents had nine chil 
 dren, of whom only two besides our subject 
 are now living. Ira received a good education 
 in the common schools, and when 18 years of 
 age commenced to learn the blacksmith trade, 
 at which he soon became proficient. The late 
 war breaking out, however, the hammer, anvil, 
 and bellows soon lost their peculiar charm for 
 our friend Ira, therefore, he concluded for a 
 time at least to abandon them, proceeded to 
 Sandwich, 111., enlisted in the U. S. army, and 
 was subsequently mustered in as a private in 
 Co. H., loth 111. Vol. Inf., at Cairo, Aug. 28th, 
 1861. He joined his Regt. at Mound City, 111., 
 and there remained drilling and on guard duty 
 during the succeeding winter, taking part, how 
 ever, in Jan., 1862, in the movement of Grant s 
 forces toward Columbus and Paducah. In Feb. 
 the Regt. moved to Bird s Point, Mo., and 
 while there, March I, had a brisk engagement 
 with Jeff Thompson s troops near Skyeston, 
 taking several prisoners and two field pieces of 
 artillery. It next engaged in the siege of New 
 Madrid, having in a night movement, March 12, 
 advanced on the place, driving in the enemy s 
 pickets, established earthworks, and planted 
 four field pieces which commanded the rebel 
 forts, without having raised an alarm, and at 
 daylight with those pieces opened fire. A con 
 stant fire, which was joined in by the infantry 
 on both sides, was kept up during the day, and 
 resulted in considerable loss to the contending 
 parties. 
 
 The following night the rebels evacuated 
 the works. The loth crossed the river April 7, 
 in advance of Pope s army, intercepted the 
 rebels retreating from Island No. 10, and com 
 pelled the. surrender, at Tiptonville, of Gen. 
 McKall with 2,500 men. April 13, it pro 
 ceeded clown the river on transports to Fort 
 Pillow, and afterward returned fo Pittsburg 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Landing. Mr. Hamlin participated in the 
 movements of Pope s army in its advance on 
 Corinth, and on May 3, had a sharp engage 
 ment, forcing a passage through a four mile 
 swamp where it suffered some casualties, capt 
 ured some prisoners; entered Corinth on the 
 3<Dth, and afterwards pursued the retreating 
 enemy to Boonville. Subsequently the Regt. 
 returned to Corinth, remaining in camp dur 
 ing the month of June, at Big Springs, then 
 marched to Nashville by way of Tuscumbia, 
 Ala., Florence, Athens, and Columbia, reach 
 ing the objective point Sept. I2th. Here the 
 Regt. remained with an occasional movement 
 into the surrounding country until July, 1863, 
 engaged in garrisoning the fort at that place. 
 July 20, 1864, Mr Hamlin s Regt. marched to 
 New Forrestville, afterwards to Bridgeport, 
 Ala., leaving there Oct. i, with the loth and 
 I4th Mich., i6th and 6oth 111., and a section of 
 Ohio Battery under command of Col. Tillson 
 in connection with McCook s Cav., made a 
 forced march of 28 miles up the valley of the 
 Sequatchie, driving Wheeler s Cav. out of the 
 valley where they had raided the Union sup 
 ply trains, and destroyed nearly 1,200 wagons, 
 no of them being laden with ordnance and 
 stores. They fortified this camp at Anderson s 
 Cross Roads and afterwards moved to Igo s 
 Ferry on the Tenn. River, and on the 24, 
 crossed the River and assisted in the support 
 of Sherman s attack upon Bragg s right at the 
 battle of Mission Ridge. 
 
 On the following day the loth 111. closely 
 pursued Hardee s retreating column, and at 
 Chickamauga Station captured 20 of the rear 
 guard and scattered the rebel transportation 
 trains, then pushed into Ringgold, and after 
 ward marched toward Knoxville which was then 
 invested by Gen. Longstrect; but before reach 
 ing that point Longstreet had withdrawn, 
 therefore the ibth was ordered to Columbus, 
 then returning to Chattanooga went into winter 
 quarters at Rossville. In the early days of 
 Jan., 1864, 294 men of the loth re-enlisted as 
 veterans, and granted a 30 day furlough, re 
 turned again in Feb. with 200 recruits. The 
 Regt. joined in the Atlanta campaign, and Mr. 
 
 Hamlin took part in all the battles in which 
 his Regt. was engaged up to the fall of Atlanta. 
 Mr. Hamlin during this expedition was detailed 
 as horseshoer. He was mustered out Sept. 20, 
 1864, at Jonesboro,and paid off and discharged 
 at Louisville. 
 
 He returned to his home at Hinckley, 
 resumed his trade, on this occasion starting 
 business for himself. Mr. Hamlin is a good 
 mechanic, sticking closely to his business, and 
 a right good, honest man, commanding the 
 respect and esteem of his comrades and neigh 
 bors, many of whom may be found congregated 
 in his shop on the front of which is displayed 
 his sign bearing the peculiar cognomen of 
 " Old Ike Hamlin." During stormy days, talk 
 ing over old war incidents and reminiscences, 
 politics, or some kindred subject, and in the 
 midst of the circle will be our whole-souled 
 smithy Hamlin, as the prominent figure. 
 
 HENRY S. COMSTOCK, of Cambridge, Henry 
 Co., II., enlisted in the Union army for 
 the war of the rebellion at Geneseo, in 
 June, 1862, rendezvoused at Peoria and was 
 there mustered into the service as 2nd Sergt. in 
 the Ii2th 111. Vol. Inf., but was promoted 3 
 months later to be a Lieut. With his Regt. he 
 proceeded by rail to Cincinnati, O., where it 
 was immediately ordered over the Ohio River 
 to report to Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger at Cov- 
 ington, Ky., and was there brigaded. Having 
 received transportation supplies, it started Oct. 
 18, for Falmouth, Ky., but before reaching 
 there was detached and sent to guard a supply 
 train to Big Eagle, which duty it successfully 
 performed, arriving at the objective point on 
 the evening of the 2ist, then marched to Lex 
 ington, Ky. Here it remained in camp for 
 about 4 months performing various duties, but 
 was principally engaged on guard and provost 
 duty; although detachments were occasionally 
 sent out to the ferries on the Ky. River to 
 guard against the approach of the enemy. Mr. 
 Comstock has abundant reason to remember 
 one of these expeditions. Having returned to 
 
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 his camping ground after a forced march of 
 thirty hours duration, performed under a cold 
 drizzling rain, was, with his comrades busily pre 
 paring supper, when the bugle called him to fall 
 into line. In the ordinary paths of life a man 
 would usually be justified in hesitating, and 
 debating the propriety of such an unceremon 
 ious, and to him inconvenient call for a sufficient 
 length of time to have enabled him to have par 
 taken of his much wanted supper; but things 
 don t proceed that way in the army the bugle 
 sounded, ergo, fall in, as the exhorting 
 preacher would put it, " not in the afternoon, 
 to-morrow, or next day, but now. And as 
 7ioiv appeared to be the appointed time, and 
 although inimical to the languishings of an 
 empty stomach, comrade Comstock more 
 ready to be patriotic to his country than 
 attentive to a ponderous appetite, cheerfully 
 responded to the call. His and two other 
 companies were started off on the double quick 
 to Dick s River Bridge, several miles distant to 
 prevent its being burned by the enemy. 
 
 About 3 o clock the following morning it 
 was supposed the necessities for guarding the 
 bridge had ceased, therefore, they were ordered 
 to return, but had only proceeded a short dis 
 tance before the bridge was fired by the enemy 
 and destroyed. Arriving "home again" about 
 noon, Mr. Comstock and his comrades were 
 permitted to combine, supper, breakfast and 
 dinner, all in one gorgeous meal, the only ele 
 ments of which were hard tack and sow belly 
 goods certainly not to be despised by men as 
 hungry as were our subject and his friends. 
 His Regt. afterward marched to Nicholasville, 
 and from thence moved by forced marches in 
 the direction of Somerset, Ky., in pursuit of 
 the enemy. The pursuit was abandoned, 
 whereupon, Mr. Comstock s Regt. returned to 
 Stanford. It was here detached from the 
 brigade and ordered to Milledgeville, Ky., 
 where it was mounted and remained in camp 
 until April 26, 1863, when it marched to Somer 
 set, Ky., joined the other troops and moved to 
 Monticello and aided in driving the rebel 
 troops under Gen. Pegram, from that place and 
 out of Ky. into Tenn. In this expedition it 
 
 was first actively engaged in the active opera 
 tions and horrors of war, and by reason of 
 the bravery and steadiness displayed by the 
 men, was complimented by Col. Woolford who 
 remarked, that he could scarcely believe that 
 the Regt. had never before been under fire. It 
 next moved to Somerset, Ky., where it re 
 mained until July. In the meantime, Mr. Com 
 stock became deathly sick and was compelled 
 to go into a hospital at Paris, and there con 
 tinued through the months of June and July, 
 suffering from diabetis. Soon after he entered 
 the hospital it became evident his usefulness, 
 for further service in the army, was no longer 
 a debatable point; to save his life now became 
 to the patient the all absorbing question. He 
 was therefore, mustered out and discharged 
 from the service at Cincinnati, O., in June, 1863. 
 After being discharged from the hospital, Mr. 
 Comstock returned to his home. 
 
 He was born Dec. 29, 1831, at New Haven, 
 Oswego Co., N. Y., and was a son of John B. 
 Comstock, of that place, of Scotch ancestry, and 
 for years a Justice of the Peace. His paternal 
 grandfather participated in the Revolutionary 
 war, having fought, on the side of right and 
 progress. He had the following brothers and 
 sisters, viz.: Anna Melissa, Franklin, Samuel 
 Lewis, Albert Edward, George and Martha. He 
 worked in his early days successively in a 
 woolen factory, sawmill and on the farm in 
 Michigan and in Illinois, respectively. He re 
 ceived a common school education, then at 
 tended the academy at Birmingham, Mich., and 
 afterwards received teacher s certificate and 
 taught for several terms previous to the war. 
 Recovering his health after quitting the army, 
 he resumed teaching, and continued thus em 
 ployed for eleven years, when he was elected 
 County Superintent of Public Schools for a term 
 of four years, and subsequently was principal, for 
 eleven years, of the public schools of Colona, 
 111., and secured an interest in the Cambridge 
 Chronicle newspaper, which he has edited and 
 controlled for the past five years. Mr. Com 
 stock has been twice married, having married 
 Miss Emma G. Terpening for his first wife, in 
 1859, and on the last occasion Mrs. Mary Smith, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 July 6th, 1889. He has four children, viz.: John 
 Josiah, VVinnefred, Mary Elizabeth and Mattie 
 Louisa. In politics he is a Republican, is a 
 member of the Masonic order, as also of Post 
 No. 336, G. A. R., of Cambridge. Prominent as 
 soldier, as a teacher, superintendent and gen 
 eral educator, a journalist, a scholar and gen 
 tleman, possessed of rare ability inspired with 
 broad, intelligent and liberal views upon all po 
 litical, religious and moral questions, Mr. Corn- 
 stock has deservedly earned for himself a po 
 sition of prominence throughout the State of 
 Illinois rarely attained by men traversing simi 
 lar walks of life. 
 
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 ILAN D. PALMER, of Mendota, was born in 
 Richfield, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1828, and was 
 a son of Ebenezer and Jane (Griffiin) 
 Palmer, natives of Sandgate, Vt, and Bangor, 
 Me., and of English descent. The elder Palmer 
 was the youngest of a family of nine children 
 and left home at an early age, going west to 
 Ohio and there engaging in house building and 
 wagon making. Our subject attended the com 
 mon schools until 12 years of age when his 
 father moved to the wilds of Ind. where he re 
 mained for two years when he returned with 
 his family to Ohio, and there resided until he 
 died, which was at the age of 72. Milan having 
 attained the age of 20 years, commenced the 
 trade of harness making, which business he has 
 continued to follow ever since, with the excep 
 tion of the period he was engaged in soldiering. 
 In Oct., 1852, he married Miss Martha Perry, 
 and by this marriage has five children, three of 
 whom are living. They are Sarah E., wife of 
 H. B. Bailey, of Aurora; Willis B., and Edward 
 Henry. In the year 1859, he removed with his 
 family to 111., and shortly after their arrival, set 
 tled in Mendota and has made it his permanent 
 home. 
 
 Mr. Palmer enlisted in the Union army Oct. 
 3, 1864, at Mendota, and was mustered in as a 
 private in Co. K., 59th 111. Vol. Inf., on the 
 same day. His first experience in battle was 
 at Franklin Nov. 30, 1864, in which his Regt. 
 
 was engaged. On the following morning it 
 arrived at Nashville and assisted in fortifying 
 that place. On Dec. 15, the famous battle of 
 Nashville was fought, his Regt. participating 
 with Post s Brig., and was one of the regiments 
 that led in the assault upon Montgomery Hill. 
 Mr. Palmer s Regt. was in the assaulting col 
 umn and planted the first colors upon the cap 
 tured works. 
 
 In the afternoon of the same day it assault 
 ed and carried the enemy s works near the 
 Hillsboro Pike. On the following day his 
 Brig, made the memorable assault upon Over- 
 ton s Hill. In this battle his Regt. lost in 
 killed and wounded one-third of its number 
 who were engaged, there being 9 officers, 
 including Colonel Post, who were severely 
 wounded with grape shot. It then started in 
 pursuit of Hood and continued the chase until 
 the Tenn. River was reached, and subsequently 
 camped at Huntsville, Ala. Towards the end 
 of Jan. it moved to Nashville, but returned to 
 Huntsville during the early days of Feb., where 
 it camped until March 15, then went to Straw 
 berry Plains, Tenn., and thence to Greenville. 
 It was afterwards ordered to Warm Springs, 
 then back to Greenville, and while here Presi 
 dent Lincoln was assassinated. On the follow 
 ing night Mr. Palmer was detailed and stood 
 guard at division headquarters. 
 
 In May, our subject was detailed to super 
 intend the harness-making for his Brig., and 
 later as harness-maker to the 3d Div. head 
 quarters. June 1 6, the Regt. was ordered to 
 Texas, and arrived at Indianola, July I5th. 
 From there it marched to San Antonio and 
 was stationed at New Braunfels until Dec. 8, 
 when it was mustered out of the service. His 
 term of enlistment having expired Oct. 3, Mr. 
 Palmer was left at hospital about Sept. 15, in 
 charge of the sick. He retrained two months 
 and was afterwards paid off and discharged 
 from the army, at Springfield, Jan. 1 1, 1866, and 
 subsequently returned to Mendota. 
 
 Mr. Palmer has been an Odd Fellow ever 
 since 1860, and has passed through the chairs 
 of the Mendota Lodge No. 293, on four differ 
 ent occasions. He is also a member of the 
 
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 329 
 
 K. of P., and is at present Sr. Vice Commander 
 of Post No, 135, G. A. R., at Mendota. He is 
 a Republican. 
 
 ORVILLE B. MERRILL, of Hinckley, 111., 
 was born of an enterprising and long- 
 lived ancestry, in Plessis, Jefferson Co., 
 N Y., Feb. 1 8, 1833. His father, A. Merrill, 
 who died at Aurora, 111., at the age of 76 years, 
 was a contractor and builder. The mother s 
 maiden name was Melinda Shurtleff, who is 
 living now at Aurora, having reached the ven 
 erable age of 83 years. Her father was a Maj. 
 of Dragoons in the war of 1812, and was present 
 at the battle of Sackett s Harbor. Ahira and 
 Melinda Merrill had seven children, of whom 3 
 daughters and 2 sons are now living, and of 
 these Orville B., a brief record of whose life 
 is here given, is the third. The parents moved 
 from Plessis to Kingston, then to Belleville, 
 Canada, residing in those places about six years, 
 moving then to Oswego in 1848, and to New 
 York City in 1851. In 1856 a change was made to 
 Aurora, 111., which was made the permanent 
 home of the family. At the age of 13 Orville 
 .began to learn the printing business, having 
 previously been in the public schools, and in 
 this business found employment up to the time 
 of. his enlistment in the army. He worked on 
 the Aurora Beacon, in 1856, and is one of the 
 oldest printers in the State. When the first 
 muttering notes of the rebellion were heard in 
 the land, Mr. Merrill became impressed with a 
 sense of patriotic duty, and April 27, 1861, en 
 listed at Aurora, 111., in Co. H., I3th 111. Inf., 
 and was mustered in at Dixon, 111., May 24, 
 1861. The first movement of this Regt. was to 
 Rolla, Mo., and here Mr. Merrill was detailed, 
 with two men from each Co., to go through the 
 enemy s country to Springfield, Mo. This duty 
 they successfully accomplished, reaching their 
 destination the night before the battle of Wil 
 son s Creek, which took place Aug. 10, 1861. 
 As Lyon s bodyguard had been somewhat re 
 duced, this detail was sent to its relief and 
 placed on duty as bodyguard for Gen. Lyon, 
 
 and accompanied him in the battle. It also 
 constituted the Guard of Honor when Gen. 
 Lyon was killed, on the night of Aug. 11, be 
 fore the body was sent to St. Louis. He was 
 honorably discharged Sept. 20, 1861. He was 
 appointed clerk in the transportation depart 
 ment at DuVall s Bluff, Ark., on the White 
 River, Jan. 1865, and issued passes to the rebels 
 passing at that point. He was on duty there 
 until after the surrender of Lee and the assassi 
 nation of President Lincoln. About the first 
 of May, 1865, Mr. Merrill resumed his place at 
 the case, in Aurora, and continued to stick type 
 about 1 8 years, traveling during this time all 
 through the West, and working on many of the 
 leading papers of the country, among which 
 may be mentioned the Tribune, Times and 
 Journal in Chicago, the Milwaukee Sentinel, 
 Salt Lake Tribune, Kansas City Times, Omaha 
 Bee, etc. In 1883 he settled at Hinckley, 111., 
 and associated with his brother in a general 
 merchandising store until June, 1891, when he 
 opened a clothing business for himself. Or 
 ville B. Merrill and Fanny L. Smith, a native 
 of Washington Co., N. Y., united their fortunes 
 in marriage at Delavan, Wis., Aug. 26, 1885, and 
 one child, Vivian L. Merrill, now 5 years old, 
 has come to their home. He is a Republican 
 voter, a successful business man, and a gentle 
 man of social position and good standing. 
 
 JOSIAH S. CHALLENDER, of Neponset, 111,, 
 was born in Burlington, Co., N. J., July 26, 
 1841, and is the son of Samuel and Rebecca 
 (Stewart) Challender. Samuel was the son of 
 Stacy Challender, of Scotch descent. His wife, 
 Rebecca, was the daughter of Josiah Stewart, 
 a soldier of the Revolution, for whom the sub 
 ject of this sketch was named. Both families 
 were of old American stock, who have lived in 
 N. J, for many generations, and were imbued 
 with that patriotism which has been the back 
 bone of this country. 
 
 Josiah was raised as a Democrat, and was 
 active in the campaign of 1861, in the support 
 of Douglas, but after Lincoln was elected he 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 believed in sustaining him and upholding the 
 government, and for his course he was greatly 
 denounced by his Democratic neighbors. This 
 action only had the effect of bringing out more 
 strongly his patriotism; so when the States 
 seceded and the rebels fired on the old flag, 
 young Challender was ready to shoulder his 
 gun and fight to protect it. His younger 
 brother, Charles P., had the same convictions. 
 There was some delay about their getting into 
 the service, but in the early part of Aug., 1862, 
 the two brothers might have been seen w r alking 
 on the road to Trenton, a distance of 16 miles 
 from their home, for the purpose of tendering 
 their aid in support of the Union. After this 
 long walk, they were so young looking the 
 officers would not take them without a permit 
 from their parents, and they had to return for 
 this. The permit secured, they returned, were 
 accepted, and were mustered in, Aug. 9, 1862, 
 into Co. G., nth N. J. Inf. They went into 
 camp at Peryne for a time, and then the Regt. 
 was ordered to Washington, and was engaged 
 in building breastworks and strengthening the 
 defences of the city. 
 
 Mr. Challender fought with his company in 
 the battle of Antietam, armed with an old Aus 
 trian rifle which rarely exploded a cap. His 
 next move was to Washington, thence to Fal- 
 mouth, Va., and was in action at the battle of 
 Fredericksburg under Burnside. The follow 
 ing winter he participated with his Regt. 
 in the campaign that has gone into history as 
 "Gen. Burnside s mud expedition." To get 
 back from this march they were obliged to 
 build corduroy roads in order to get their artil 
 lery and wagon trains over. His next engage 
 ment was at Chancellorsville, where the nth 
 took a prominent part. Mr. Challender s com 
 pany (G.) was equal to the occasion, and met 
 the foe with undaunted bravery and fought to 
 the end. Its loss was quite heavy, having 6 
 killed, and 21 wounded. After this battle the 
 command went into camp for awhile. Lee 
 having moved with his army northward for the 
 purpose, as it was supposed, of invading the 
 Northern States, the Army of the Potomac to 
 which the nth N. J. was attached, moved 
 
 after. The two great armies, finally met, after a 
 long march on the field of Gettysburg, and Mr. 
 Challender had an opportunity to fight in one 
 of the most memorable battles of the war. His 
 Co. went into the battle with 40 men, and had 
 8 men killed and 19 wounded. Their haver 
 sacks were empty when the fight opened, and 
 they fought until the third day before they had 
 anything to eat. On the first day of the battle, 
 his Regt. was in front and engaged in hard 
 fighting, but on the second day it supported 
 Hancock s Corps, being held chiefly in reserve, 
 and had a grand view of the celebrated and 
 disastrous charge, made by Pickett, in attempt 
 ing to reach Round Top. On the morning of 
 the 4th (July), it was discovered that the rebel 
 army were retreating and Mr. Challender s 
 company joined in the pursuit. They moved 
 on after the enemy, crossed the Rappahanock, 
 and soon after met them at Culpeper C. H. 
 where they were in action, and again at Union 
 Mills, near the old field of Bull Run. This 
 last encounter was a surprise to the Union 
 troops, yet they succeeded in driving the rebels 
 back, who retaliated by tearing up the railroad 
 track on their retreat, and Mr. Challender was 
 detailed to help repair it. 
 
 In crossing the Rappahannock the soldiers 
 were obliged to wade in water up to their 
 waists, the result of which was a severe cold to 
 Mr. Challender, which settled on his lungs. 
 After wading the river they lay down with 
 their wet clothes, and the weather being cold, 
 their garments were frozen stiff. ThiS laid Mr. 
 Challender up from active duty, but he re 
 mained with his regiment for awhile, and Nov. 
 8, 1863, he was sent to the hospital where he 
 had several hemorrhages of the lungs. Up to 
 this time he had not been sick an hour, had 
 been with his regiment every day since his 
 enlistment, and it went very hard with him 
 when compelled to leave it. While at the hos 
 pital he was reduced in weight to 93 pounds, 
 and was discharged for total disability, March, 
 1864. It was about this time that his Corps, 
 which had performed such gallant service, was 
 merged into the 2nd Corps. 
 
 Mr. Challender remained in N. J. until 1872, 
 
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 331 
 
 when he removed to the West with the view of 
 improving his health, locating at Neponset, 111. 
 He tried farming for awhile, but he soon ascer 
 tained that he was not strong enough for this 
 work. He subsequently engaged in gardening 
 which he has continued since. 
 
 He was married in Jan., 1866, to Alice D. 
 Bird, a native of N. J., who died in 1872, child 
 less. He was married the second time to 
 Alice G., daughter of Robert and Emma 
 (Russell) Thompson, who were natives of Me. 
 Robert, who was a soldier in the war of 1812, 
 was a son of John Thompson, who was a min 
 ister of the Methodist church and a Senator of 
 the State of Maine, and who w r as the son of 
 Hugh Thompson, a native of Ireland. Emma 
 was the daughter of Jonathan and Betsey 
 Russell. Both families were represented in 
 the Revolutionary War. The subject of this 
 sketch was wont to sit on the knee of his great 
 grandmother and listen to stories of the Rev 
 olution. He thinks these stories kindled with 
 in his breast the fires of patriotism which ma 
 tured in after years, and became, so strong 
 that when his country was threatened, to save 
 her he was ready to lay his life down upon her 
 altar. Four children were born to him and 
 his wife Alice Ollie M., Alton R., Zana E., and 
 Ralph T. 
 
 He is a charter member of the G. A. R. 
 Post, No. 284, and has held all the positions of 
 the Post. He is also a member of I. O. O. F., 
 Lodge No. 560 of Neponset; is a Republican 
 in politics, and is in receipt of a fair pension. 
 Both he and his good wife are members of the 
 Baptist church. Mr. Challendcr has held 
 various positions in the village, among which 
 may be mentioned that of Collector and 
 Trustee. He is a good neighbor and a valua 
 ble citizen, and holds the confidence and es 
 teem of his fellow townsmen. 
 
 LEVI W. EWING, of Oneida, 111., was born in 
 Muskingum Co., Ohio, Aug. 17, 1839, a 
 son of Henry G. and Esther (Alexander) 
 Ewing, the former born in Ohio, in 1810, whilst 
 the latter was of Scottish ancestry and a 
 
 daughter of a soldier of the war 1812. Levi 
 was married June I4th 1860, to Josephine 
 Leman, and continued in Ohio until the out 
 break of the Rebellion when he enlisted in the 
 service as a private in Co. E., 3rd Ohio Vol. 
 Inf. for the 3 mos. service, but before expira 
 tion of term he re-enlisted for three years, and 
 his was the first three year Regt. to cross into 
 W. Va., and engaged the enemy under Johnston 
 at Rich Mt., it being one of the first battles in 
 which the Regt. was engaged. In Oct. the 
 Regt. moved into Ky., and on to Bowling 
 Green, thence to Nashville and was among the 
 first Union troops to enter that city. After a 
 short delay they moved to Murfreesboro, and 
 afterwards to Huntsville, where they captured 
 a large quantity of supplies and many railroad 
 locomotives. They were then in Gen. O. M. 
 Mitchell s Div. They were subsequently en 
 gaged in the battle of Perryville, and also in 
 that of Stone River, where our subject, during 
 the battle was detailed to assist the wounded, 
 and whilst thus engaged was captured by the 
 rebels. Two well armed soldiers were con 
 ducting him to the rear when a confederate 
 officer rode up and asked why it was necessary 
 for two armed men to be in charge of one un 
 armed Yankee, and he sent one of them back 
 to the front. That night he was placed in the 
 Court House yard at Murfreesboro and the fol 
 lowing day taken to Libby prison where he 
 was confined for a month or so, then sent to 
 parol camp at Annapolis and thence to camp 
 Chase at Columbus, Ohio, and exchanged for 
 duty about June 1st. His Regt., which was a 
 part of the "Straight s raid" command, had also 
 been taken prisoners near Rome, Ga., and were 
 exchanged about the same time. He rejoined 
 his Regt. at Nashville, Tenn., and proceeded to 
 Kelley s Landing, where, during the battle of 
 Lookout Mt., many prisoners were captured. 
 Among them was quite a number of a Va. Regt., 
 which was guard over the 3d Ohio when its 
 boys were prisoners, who had been treated well 
 in their captivity and now the Ohio Regt., had 
 the opportunity of reciprocating their kind 
 ness, and they certainly did so. Shortly after 
 wards his Regt. moved to Fort Wood, Chat- 
 
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 tanoooga, where he was when his term of serv 
 ice expired. He started homeward passing 
 through Nashville, and thence to Cincinnati 
 where he was mustered out at Camp Denison. 
 
 July 4th, 1864 he started for 111., and settled 
 in Oneida. Our subject had three brothers, 
 also in the war. Albert and Edmund served in 
 the g/th Ohio, Co. K., and Robert was in the 
 3d Ohio with Levi. Mr. Ewing is a member of 
 Post No. 45. G. A. R., Department of 111., a 
 member of the Odd Fellows order; and a Re 
 publican in politics. He has filled the position 
 of Township Clerk for several years, as also 
 that of City Clerk and Alderman for the City 
 of Oneida. He learned the painting trade 
 when young and still works at his occupation. 
 
 HENRY H. BEAMER, of Knoxville, 111., was 
 born in Adams Co., Pa., Sept. 10, 1838, 
 His father was Jacob, a native of Md. 
 Henry H., the subject of this sketch, was 
 raised on a farm and after a limited education 
 was apprenticed to learn the carpenter s trade. 
 June 8, 1861, he was mustered into the military 
 service, having sometime before joined Co. K., 
 ist Pa. Reserves. They went into camp at 
 West Chester, near Phila., remaining there until 
 the battle of Bull Run, July 2ist. They were 
 thoroughly equipped by Governor Curtin, who 
 had no confidence in the idea that the war 
 would be of short duration. Going to Balti 
 more, they served there about a week and 
 thence proceeded to Washington, performing 
 picket duty in that vicinity during the winter of 
 1861-62. March 8, 1862, they marched in the 
 direction of Manassas. The rebels having 
 evacuated Manassas they took possession and 
 remained there encamped for about a week, 
 being then ordered back to Alexandria. 
 
 The ist Pa. was assigned to the ist Brig., 
 3d Div., ist A. C. The ist Corps returned to 
 Manassas, thence moving on to Fredericksburg, 
 Va. The 3d Div. was then ordered to join the 
 army of McClellan at White House landing, 
 and assigned to the $th Corps, under Gen. Por 
 ter. June 26, while on picket duty at Mcchan- 
 icsville, the Regt. was attacked by a large force 
 
 of the enemy with whom they engaged in a 
 hotly contested battle. The following day they 
 were in action at Games Mill, where the 5th 
 Corps bore the onslaught of the whole rebel 
 force, engaging in a desperate encounter, and 
 fighting until their ammunition gave out. The 
 next day they crossed the Chickahominy, 
 blowing up the bridges and taking the post of 
 honor, as having charge of the artillery, which 
 they moved across White Oak Swamp and got 
 into position near Charles City Cross Roads. 
 From some slight skirmishing in the forepart 
 of the day, the battle toward the afternoon 
 raged furiously, resulting in heavy regimental 
 loss, Co. K. losing more than in any other 
 battle, the Captain being killed and 20 of the 
 men killed, wounded and taken prisoners. 
 Both the commander of the Regt. and the 
 commander of the Brig, were killed, being the 
 second brigade commander killed in three days. 
 
 The ist Pa. supported in this battle Battery 
 B., ist Pa. Artillery, which was captured by the 
 rebels, but recaptured during the day. During 
 the night they fell back to Malvern Hill, while 
 the battle was raging, being held in reserve 
 under fire. The succeeding night they 
 fell back to Harrison s Landing, where 
 they remained until the Div. was ordered back 
 to Acquia Creek. Here Mr. Beamer was de 
 tailed as a guard on a steamer and was acciden 
 tally left behind when his Regt. moved out to 
 the support of Pope, and was engaged in the 
 2d Bull Run battle. At Washington they were 
 again assigned to the 3d Div., 1st Corps, under 
 Gen. Hooker, and thence moved on through 
 Md. in pursuit of Lee, and fighting him at 
 South Mt. and Antietam. 
 
 Afterward moving to Warrenton, Va., they 
 were attached to the command of Gen. Burn- 
 side, and reaching Brook s Station Co. K. was 
 detailed for provost guard duty for three or 
 four weeks. They accompanied Burnsicle on 
 the noted "mud march," as it was termed. The 
 roads were frozen and when the thaw came on 
 were so muddy as to render a passage over 
 them well-nigh impossible. After proceeding 
 for 12 miles and losing their wa^on train in the 
 mud, they returned to camp. 
 
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 Afterward going to Fairfax Court House, 
 where they were encamped for about a month, 
 they thence went on to Gettysburg, taking part 
 in that great and decisive Federal victory. 
 During this engagement Mr. Beamer was with 
 in one mile of his own home, the position of 
 his command being on the extreme left of the 
 army and directly in front of Round Top. He 
 knew every foot of the ground, as when a bare 
 footed boy he had been all over it. But this 
 was no time for visiting, and he did not go to 
 his home until after the battle, where he found 
 a Union soldier s dead body, the house having 
 been deserted during the terrible conflict. He 
 did not see any of his family, as he had so 
 quickly to move on with his command in pur 
 suit of the- retreating enemy, during which they 
 recrossed the Potomac. They participated in 
 the actions at Rappahannock Station, Culpeper 
 Court House and Bristoe Station, and again at 
 New Hope Church dispersed and routed the 
 enemy. 
 
 During the winter of 1863-4, Mr. Beamer 
 was one of a detail of 15 men to take charge of 
 division commissary, his duty being to keep 
 with the train. He was at the Wilderness and 
 Spottsylvania, where with several others he was 
 detailed to take supplies, under a flag of truce, 
 to an abandoned hospital. Proceeding to White 
 House Landing they encountered the enemy at 
 Bethesda Church, within a few miles of the 
 scene of their first battle over two years pre 
 vious. The Div. was composed exclusively of 
 Pa. volunteers, and when they reached Harris- 
 burg on their return home the people of the 
 city turned out in great crowds to do them 
 honor. A similar demonstration occurred at 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 Returning to the army after a brief sojourn 
 at home, Mr. Beamer became a member of the 
 Construction Corps as a carpenter, going to 
 City Point to help build the railroad around 
 Petersburg, the line of which was just in the 
 rear of the army. They then proceeded to the 
 Manassas Gap railway, where they were sur 
 rounded by Mosby s guerrillas, when the 
 Federal Cavalry came to their assistance and 
 dispersed them. They removed the rails from 
 
 the Manassas Gap railway to Harper s Ferry, 
 and constructed a railroad to Winchester, where 
 they remained during the winter. After the 
 war he worked at his trade; thence going to 
 Ind., where he worked as a bridge contractor 
 on the Wabash railroad. 
 
 He was married near Gettysburg, Pa., Aug. 
 6, 1868, to Maria Storick, and they have had 5 
 children Anna, (Mrs. William A. Wiley, of 
 De Long, 111)., Minnie, Miles S., Charles W. 
 and Alice Bessie. He came to 111. in the spring 
 of 1875, settling near Knoxville, where he con 
 ducted farming operations for several years. 
 
 In the spring of 1891, he sold his farm and 
 engaged in the grocery business at Knoxville. 
 He is a Republican. Mr. Beamer is a member 
 of Post 239, G. A. R., of which he is post com 
 mander. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., 
 and a Mason. He is an honest, conscientious 
 man, and a useful citizen. 
 
 JAMES WHITTAKER, a resident of Quincy, 111., 
 was born in N. Y. City, Sept. 10, 1861. 
 When an infant of one year, James lost 
 his parents who died during the great cholera 
 epidemic of 1832, and has thus never had the 
 counsel of a loving mother or tender father. 
 His father was of Irish ancestry and his name 
 was Farrell, but our subject being adopted when 
 a mere infant by a family named Whittaker, he 
 bore their name. Growing to manhood at Flat 
 Bush, on the sunny banks of the Hudson River, 
 he attended the country schools of primitive 
 -days, and subsequently commenced life as a 
 house carpenter. This he followed successfully 
 until his enlistment in the army, which occurred 
 July 22, 1862, Co. H., i2Oth N. Y. Inf., and went 
 to the front in Sickle s corps. Dec. 13, 1862, he 
 was thoroughly baptized by the enemy s fire 
 during that bloody battle of Fredericksburg, 
 Va., in which he received a gunshot wound in 
 his left arm. He remained with his comrades 
 who carefully nursed his wound, going to the 
 hospital only to have it dressed. The follow 
 ing spring they moved on the Chancellorsville 
 expedition, and though excused from duty by 
 
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 the surgeon, comrade Whittaker, like a brave 
 patriot, took active part in that desperate fight. 
 Subsequently we find him again in the front 
 ranks during that historic battle of Gettysburg, 
 July i, 1863. Here while attempting to recover 
 the body of Lieut. Creighton, who was mortally 
 wounded, our subject was captured, and recapt 
 ured on the field by a detachment of his Regt. 
 In this sanguinary battle the gallant i2Oth N. Y. 
 lost 23 officers and 300 privates in killed and 
 wounded. Oct. 10, 1863, near James City, 
 Va., Mr. Whittaker was one of a detachment 
 who supported the cavalry on the extreme 
 front. The enemy made a flank movement, cut 
 off the retreat, attacking in front with greatly 
 superior number, and 1 13 of the Regt., including 
 our subject, were taken prisoners. 
 
 Thus captured our comrade was taken to 
 Libby Prison, confined about five months, when 
 he was transferred to Belle Isle, where he re 
 mained till Feb. 22, 1864, when he was returned 
 to Richmond, and Mar. 10, was loaded into a 
 cattle car and transported to Andersonville 
 Prison. Here in this den of pest, in this living 
 tomb, he was confined until the close of the 
 war, excepting a period of six weeks, when they 
 were taken out to avoid recapture by an antici 
 pated raid. Thirteen months a prisoner in that 
 "chamber of horrors" Mr. Whittaker fully ical- 
 ized that " Half has not beentold." The scanty 
 and unwholesome food was not sufficient to 
 nourish a child, much less a soldier. He saw 
 sick men who were lying helplessly on the 
 ground exposed to the burning sun, eaten up by 
 maggots. He saw the bleeding and distorted 
 limbs of the scurvy subjects who were dying by 
 inches, and has witnessed many a "dead line 
 execution." On one occasion a poor sick man, 
 wretched and emaciated, stepped out and saw 
 a bone from which the meat had been gnawed, 
 lying near the dead line. He stooped to pick 
 it up, and was sKot and killed by the sentinel. 
 Cruel, cold blooded murder, wholly inexcusa 
 ble on any grounds real or imaginary. Our 
 subject expressed his opinion of the sentinel in 
 language more forcible than eloquent, and 
 would probably have been another victim had 
 the gun been loaded. He witnessed the hang 
 
 ing of six men who were adjudged guilty of 
 stealing the rations of their fellow prisoners, 
 and, indeed, killing them to carry out their ne 
 farious designs. They were tried and con 
 demned to death by a jury of their associates, 
 under jurisdiction of the prison authorities. 
 The notorious Wirtz kept them under guard 
 after their condemnation and ordered and su 
 perintended the erection of the gallows, but the 
 Union prisoners performed the execution. Com 
 rade Whittaker was released from prison April 
 17, 1865, and taken to Jacksonville, Fla., where 
 he once more saw his beloved stars and stripes. 
 From here he was transported to Indianapolis, 
 then to N. Y., where he was quartered, with 
 plenty of food, until July 26, 1865, when he 
 was finally mustered out. 
 
 Mr. Whittaker was married to Catherine E. 
 Lee, who died Dec. 3, 1861, leaving one daugh 
 ter, Estella, now Mrs. Wendland, of Memphis, 
 Tenn. Dec. 13, 1865, he was married to Miss 
 Helen Jane Winfield a native of Ulster Co., N. 
 Y. By this union three children were born 
 George F., died in infancy, and Lillian and 
 Eva May, living. The family are members of 
 the M. E. Church. Mr. Whittaker is a member 
 of Joe Hooker Post, Canton, 111,, Arates Lodge 
 No. 172, I. O. O. O. F., of Ranndont, N. Y., of 
 which he is a P. G. and is an active and enthu 
 siastic worker in both orders. 
 
 CHARLES CLIMO, of Peru, III., enlisted in 
 the Union army for the war of the Re 
 bellion, in July, 1861, while on his way 
 home from Pike s Peak, Col., whither he had 
 gone some time previous during the gold ex 
 citement at that place. He was first mustered 
 in as a private in Co. C., I3th Mo. Vol. Inf., 
 which was shortly after reorganized as the 25th 
 Mo. Inf. at St. Joseph, in the same State, where 
 he was made a Sergeant of his company. His 
 first experience in warfare was at the battle of 
 Lexington, Ky., where, after some fighting, his 
 whole command were taken prisoners, but 
 were only detained a short time until they 
 were paroled. His Regt. afterward partici- 
 
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 pated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and 
 was the first to open fire during that engage 
 ment. Unfortunately, during this battle, he 
 was wounded by being struck in the thigh with 
 a bullet, and being rendered helpless, was subse 
 quently taken prisoner together with his Captain; 
 2 other sergeants of his company, and about 300 
 men of his Regt. Our subject with 26 other 
 wounded prisoners was shortly after exchanged. 
 He was sent to the hospital at Dayton, Ohio, 
 and subsequently was transferred to St. Louis, 
 where he remained until the following Sept. 
 when he had sufficiently recovered to enable 
 him to rejoin his regiment at Pilot Knob, Mo. 
 With it he was engaged in Mo. and Ark., and 
 took part in several engagements and many 
 skirmishes previous to Jan. I, 1864, when it was 
 sent to Nashville, Tenn., there consolidated 
 with what was then known as Colonel Bissell s 
 Engineers, and were afterward known as the 
 1st Mo. Engineers, Mr. Climo ranking as Ser 
 geant of Co. A. As an Engineer Regt., it was 
 engaged in building the railroad from Nash 
 ville to Jonesboro, on the Tennssee River. 
 After completing this enterprise, the Regt. 
 joined Gen. Sherman s army before Atlanta, 
 and participated in that battle. His Regt. was 
 subsequently engaged in building forts around 
 the city of Atlanta for its future protection. 
 About this time it was reorganized into 5 com 
 panies, our subject being selected as Sergeant 
 of Co. B., arrd on Jan. 20, 1864, while at Nash 
 ville, his Regt. veteranized. He continued 
 with his Regt. and participated in all the bat 
 tles and skirmishes in which it was engaged, 
 up to the close of the war, and was present at 
 the Grand Review at Washington, May 24, 
 1865. While at Louisville, Ky., he was pro 
 moted to the office of 2d Lieut., June, 1865. 
 He was mustered out July 22, 1865, and finally 
 paid off and discharged at St. Louis, Mo., the 
 following month. 
 
 Mr. Climo was born in England, Aug. 25, 
 1840, and with his parents emigrated to this 
 country in 1854, locating at Peru. The father, 
 John Climo, died just one week before his son 
 had been discharged from the army. After the 
 war, our subject returned to his home in Peru, 
 
 where he resumed his trade as a harness maker 
 and subsequently embarking in the business for 
 himself, and being a. splendid tradesman, pos 
 sessed of good business ability, combined with 
 his agreeable, courteous manners, has established 
 a paying trade, and is now looked upon as one 
 of Peru s most prominent citizens. 
 
 He married in 1870, Miss Annie Schultz, a 
 native of Prussia, and an amiable woman, who 
 died in January, 1885, leaving our subject to 
 mourn the loss of an estimable wife. 
 
 Mr. Climo is a member of the E. N. Kirk 
 Post, No. 656, G. A. R., at Peru, of which he has 
 been Quarter Master since its organization. He 
 is now serving his second term as Alderman 
 for Peru, in which town he is respected by the 
 many people with whom he trades, as also by 
 all those who have the pleasure of his acquaint 
 ance. 
 
 GARRETT BROWN, of Kewanee, 111., was 
 born in Phila., Pa., Aug. 23, 1833. His 
 parents were James and Lutitia (Hall- 
 owell) Brown. The father died when his son 
 was but three years of age, and the young boy 
 was bound out to work upon a farm until he was 
 16 years old. He then continued this avocation 
 on his own account, and was married in 1855, to 
 Miss E. K.Taylor, daughter of Thomas and Ellen 
 Taylor, of Phila. He was married in March, 
 and in April starting West located at Kewanee, 
 111., which was then a village of a few small 
 houses, and purchased a small farm on which 
 he was working when the call for soldiers 
 came. August 12, 1862, he enlisted in Co. F., 
 1 24th 111. Vol., and at once took the field, meet 
 ing the enemy first near Grand Gulf, Miss., at 
 a place known as Thompson s Hills. Was 
 next at Raymond, where he was hit in the side 
 by a minie ball at short range, but as the ball 
 passed through a rubber blanket and a canteen, 
 it just penetrated the flesh, but the force was 
 sufficient to knock him down the hill, upon the 
 brow of which he was standing at the time. 
 Although he was able to rejoin his Regt. at the 
 battle of Jackson, on the second day after this 
 
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 incident, he is at the present time unable to 
 sleep on this injured side. 
 
 From Jackson he went into that terrible 
 conflict at Champion Hills after a march of 
 four miles on the double quick, and from the 
 effects of this exertion and the heat Mr. 
 Brown was disabled, and several men in his 
 company died. He, however, recovered in a 
 few days so that he was soon able to keep in 
 place in the Regt. which soon took a position 
 in the siege of Vicksburg. At this place the 
 1 24th assisted in blowing up Fort Hills, 
 and was ordered into the Fort to hold it after 
 the explosion. Some of its companies were in 
 the crater made by the explosion which was 
 called the "Slaughter Pen" on account of the 
 danger and losses. At one time Cos. A. and 
 F. held this point for one hour and twenty 
 minutes, losing 47 out of 160 men. 
 
 This Regt. was left to occupy Vicksburg, 
 and remained in possession nearly two years, 
 by permission of Gen. McPherson, as a reward 
 for arduous services in the entrenchments, 
 making occasional marches out to check some 
 movement of the enemy. During this time 
 there was an unfavorable fight at Jackson Cross 
 Roads, near Jackson. Gen. Dennis had com 
 mand of the Union forces and the belief pre 
 vailed among the men that the Gen. had sold 
 out to the rebels. On learning how matters 
 were going, Gen. Schofield rode from Vicksburg 
 in the night, with an escort of about forty men 
 and took command. He brought the boys out 
 all right and whipped the rebels. The same 
 year the I24th made a trip into La., meeting 
 the enemy at Monroe and giving them a fight. 
 
 In the spring of 1865, after the long stay at 
 Vicksburg, steamers bore the I24th, with others, 
 to New Orleans, embarking there on the steam 
 ship " Guiding Star" for Mobile, landed at Fort 
 Gaines on Dauphine s Island, where they re 
 mained a few days, living on fish and oysters, 
 which the men caught in the bay. March 21, 
 the bay was crossed and the force disembarked 
 on Fish River to invest Spanish Fort. The men 
 laid here in the trenches 13 days during the 
 siege, and remained at Spanish Fort until it 
 fell. A march was then made to Montgomery, 
 
 Ala., then to Vicksburg by rail, thence home to 
 be mustered out, as Spanish Fort was one of 
 the closing engagements of the war. 
 
 Mr. Brown returned to his farm at Kewanee, 
 where he has since remained. His two children 
 living are: Thomas T., who married Tillie Wiley, 
 a farmer near his father, and Anna M., residing 
 at home. 
 
 Mr. Brown is a Republican, but does not 
 aspire to office. Has been School Trustee for 
 the past 15 years. The family are members of 
 the Baptist church. 
 
 BENEDICT DOLL, of La Salle, 111., was born 
 in 1845, m Germany, Came to the U 
 S. with his mother in 1855, his father 
 having previously died in his native country. 
 When the War of the Rebellion commenced, 
 Mr. Doll was too young for service, but as it 
 continued from year to year he resolved to 
 lend a hand in order to bring about its close. 
 He enlisted for three years, at Fort Snelling, 
 Minn., Feb. 25th, 1864, in Co. G., 6th Minn. Vol. 
 Inf. Previous to his enlistment he was in Gen. 
 Sibley s command on his campaign to New 
 Mexico against the Indians. After being mus 
 tered in to the U. S. service he proceeded under 
 command of Col. Cook, and was stationed at 
 Helena Ark. Mr. Doll was assigned upon de 
 tached duty during the greater part of the war, 
 and therefore had no opportunity of participat 
 ing in the bloody work of destroying and capt 
 uring the enemy. The necessities of war, how 
 ever, required brave, courageous, and discreet 
 men in many departments of the service besides 
 those who were continously handling the gun 
 and performing their deathly duties, and Mr. 
 Doll was selected to fill one of these responsible 
 positions. 
 
 He was with his Regt. and actively partici 
 pated in the battle at Mobile, Ala., and dis 
 played the coolness and bravery, which largely 
 constitutes the make up of a warrior. In the 
 retreat from Fort Blakely he had one finger on 
 the right hand broken. 
 
 He was discharged at Fort Snelling, Aug. 
 iQth, 1865, after the conclusion of the war and 
 
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 immediately came to 111., where he had lived pre 
 vious to his going to Minn., and where he re 
 sided at the time of his enlistment. Mr. Doll 
 was born and brought up on a farm but soon 
 after his discharge from service he removed to 
 La Salle, 111., and in 1872, engaged there in the 
 manufacture of soda water, which he has since 
 continued, and through his ability and energy, 
 combined with agreeable manners, has built up 
 a large and successful business, amply sufficient 
 for the necessities of a modest and unassuming 
 gentleman. 
 
 Mr. Doll was married to Miss Eva Henry in 
 Dec. 1868 (a native of Germany), and three 
 children are the result of the marriage, namely, 
 Louisa, Benedict and Randolph. 
 
 He is a Mason, Knight Templar, member 
 of the Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows and a 
 member of Post 242, G. A. R. at LaSalle. He 
 was for many years a Republican but for suf 
 ficient reason has changed his political alle 
 giance and is now a Democrat. 
 
 DR. WILLIAM W. McMANN a son of James 
 and Mary (Lee) McMann, was born in 
 Madison Co., Ohio, Dec. 5, 1838. The 
 father moved to Indiana when this son was 
 quite young, and there he received his early 
 education. He commenced the study of medi 
 cine at the age of 18 in the office of George 
 W. Carr, M. D.. of Ligonier, Ind., where he 
 studied three years. He then studied one year 
 with Dr. Geo. W. Sheldon, and was one year in 
 the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, 
 where he entered to finish his medical studies. 
 Being home on a vacation when the war was 
 declared he enthusiastically enlisted Aug. I, 
 1861, in the McClellan Dragoons of Chicago, 
 commanded by Capt. Barker. The Dragoons 
 went directly to Virginia, where they were 
 equipped; then sent to Washington City, and 
 assigned to provost duty, and attached to Gen. 
 McClellan s bodyguard. 
 
 In March, under Gen. Stoneman, this body 
 of men was sent to the Rapphanock and during 
 
 the first raid Dr. McMann was detailed as sur- 
 22 
 
 geon and was placed in that line of duty. On 
 the return from this raid his horse fell with him 
 and injured his left leg so that there has been a 
 running sore, which resulted in necrosis of the 
 the bone and has given him a great deal of 
 trouble ever since. 
 
 Having thus been unfitted for field service 
 he was placed in charge of the sick and 
 wounded in the camp at Alexandria, Va. He 
 finally secured the admission of these disabled 
 soldiers to the hospitals and joined his com 
 mand at Fortress Monroe a few days previous 
 to the battle of Williamsburg. The command 
 took an active part at Yorktown, being the ad 
 vance guard of the army, and engaging the 
 enemy in the afternoon, suffering a loss of 6 
 men killed and wounded. The next day, May 
 5, at the battle of Williamsburg, Dr. McMann 
 was wounded by a bullet which passed through 
 his left hand, entering at the knuckle of the 
 third finger and was taken out of the joint of 
 the wrist. The hand was raised in front of the 
 the body when struck by the bullet. One 
 hundred and twenty-seven pieces of bone were 
 taken from the wound. The Doctor attended 
 to the case himself and succeeded in saving 
 a good part of the hand. He was sent to Bal 
 timore and from there to the hospital at Phila 
 delphia. He afterwards obtained a furlough 
 for 30 days and visited Chicago. 
 
 On his return to his post he was placed in 
 charge of a hospital until October when he was 
 sent to the front, and was on duty as surgeon 
 at Alexandria, where he continued in the same 
 work until he was discharged on account of his 
 wounded hand and broken leg. 
 
 Returning to Indiana, he staid a short time 
 and then started to join the 2nd Ind. Cav., but 
 on arriving in Louisville, Ky., he was informed 
 the Regt. had been captured by the enemy, so 
 he returned home. 
 
 In 1863, Dr. McMann moved to Gardner, 
 111., and established himself in the practice of 
 medicine in which he has maintained a leading 
 position ever since. 
 
 He was married to Miss Eliza J. Atkinson 
 in the fall of r863, and has one daughter, Maud, 
 now the wife of Earle Lowry, a resident of 
 
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 Rock Island, 111. Mrs. McMann died in Aug., 
 1884, and in Oct., 1886, the doctor was married 
 to Miss Elizabeth Jones of Canton, Ohio, a 
 daughter of Dr. Jones, who went to California 
 in 1849, an d died in South America on his way 
 home, in 1853. 
 
 Dr. McMann is a Republican but has no as 
 pirations for political offices. He is a Knight 
 of Pythias, and has been a Mason for the last 
 30 years. In addition to his extensive practice 
 Dr. McMann is interested in a drug business 
 which he started in 1869. 
 
 CAPT. RICHARD HUGHES, now a citizen of 
 Morris, 111., was born in County Mayo, 
 Ireland, June, 1835. He came to Amer 
 ica with his parents in 1856 and settled at Ports 
 mouth, Va. His father was John Hughes, and 
 his mother s maiden name was Sabina Flood, 
 who was a daughter of John Flood. They had 
 a family of eight boys, and in 1852, four of the 
 sons went north and settled in Grundy Co., 111. 
 Richard Hughes went north two years later. He 
 learned the baker and confectionery trade in his 
 youth in Portsmouth, and when the family left 
 this place in 1852, he went to Raleigh, N. C., 
 and in 1854, June 8, he arrived at Morris, 111. 
 The rest of the family subsequently settled at 
 this place. 
 
 The war caught "Dick" in the South running 
 an engine and he was compelled to enlist in a 
 rebel Regt. Afterwards finding a friend who 
 was a prisoner, he succeeded in escaping with 
 him and enlisted in the U. S. navy, on the Ship 
 "Arctic" at Brooklyn. July, 1862, he enlisted 
 in Co. C., 76th 111. Inf. The first service in the 
 army was at Columbus, Ky., followed by active 
 work at Vicksburg, Miss., Jackson, Miss., and 
 on to Meridian. After the evacuation of Jack 
 son, he entered that city with a squad of 20 men 
 which he commanded. Reporting to his Regt. 
 and returning to Black River under Gen Mc- 
 Arthur, he was attached to the staff of Gen. 
 Benj. Dormblaser, and made a picket officer of 
 the Div. while at this point. Orders were re 
 ceived to be in readiness to join in Sherman s 
 
 march to the sea, but this order was changed 
 and the Regt. was sent to Natchez, Miss., and 
 later took part in Sherman s Meridian expedi 
 tion, and other important movements. In 1865, 
 Feb. 12, the portion of the Regt. in which Capt. 
 Hughes was enrolled embarked on the steamer 
 "George Peabody" en route for Fort Gaines. 
 
 Feb. 14, while on the Gulf, a severe storm 
 nearly destroyed the craft, and it became neces 
 sary to lighten the vessel by throwing the car 
 go overboard. A part of the load thus disposed 
 of consisted of 144 horses and mules, with guns, 
 amunition, wagons, etc. Two men were lost, 
 and the boat badly injured, but was enabled to 
 return to New Orleans. Here the soldiers took 
 a steamer and crossed Lake Ponchartrain to 
 Fort Morgan, and from thence were transferred 
 to Pensacola, Fla. From this point they marched 
 to Fort Blakely, Ala., which Capt. Hughes was 
 the first man to enter, doing so Apr. 9, as Col. 
 Busey, in command, ordered him forward. In 
 going in he was wounded in the left leg, and a 
 few minutes later, while standing at the side of 
 the Colonel, they were both shot in the hip. The 
 rebel who fired that shot was seen by one of the 
 soldiers, who plunged his bayonet through him. 
 Col. Busey is now a M. C. from 111. Both offi 
 cers were sent to the hospital in New Orleans. 
 This battle at Fort Blakely was the last general 
 engagement of the war, and Capt. Hughes did 
 not meet his Regt. again until he met it in July, 
 1865, to be sent to Chicago, 111., where it was 
 disbanded Aug. 4, 1865. 
 
 Seven brothers of this family have creditable 
 war records, particularly so, when it is noted 
 that they were all raised in the South. Thomas 
 was killed at Shiloh, Tenn. The others served 
 during the war. The youngest, William, but 
 fourteen years of age when he enlisted, was 
 wounded at Fort Blakely. James was also 
 wounded the same day at the same place. Ar 
 thur, serving in the 55th 111., was wounded at 
 Shiloh, and has been a cripple ever since, his 
 right arm being disabled. 
 
 At the close of his arduous service, which 
 continued to the end of the war, Capt. Hughes 
 returned to his home at Morris, 111., where he 
 established a good business. He was united in 
 
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 marriage in 1872 with Rachel Knudson. Five 
 boys and one girl have blessed this union. The 
 daughter died in infancy, but the sons, John, 
 William, Thomas, Richard and Dennis are liv 
 ing. The family is Catholic in religion. 
 
 Captain Hughes is a straight Democrat, and 
 when nominated for Sheriff, he largely reduced 
 the majority of his opponent. The G. A. R., 
 I. O. O. F. and Knights of Patrotic Circle find 
 in him a genial companion and faithful member. 
 
 WILLIAM W FENTON is a native of Pa., 
 born June 3, 1843. His parents were 
 Edwin and Elizabeth A. (Press) Fen- 
 ton. The father was born in Pa., Oct. 23, 1816, 
 and died on his 65th birthday, in Ohio. The 
 mother was born Feb 13, 1818 in N. Y. Our 
 subject was the second child of seven children, 
 only three of whom are now living. He enlis 
 ted at Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 16, 1861, in 2nd 
 Independent Battery of Ohio, Lt. Art. The 
 Battery was equipped at Camp Chase and then 
 joined the army under Gen. Fremont, at St, 
 Louis, Mo., went to Jefferson City, and from 
 there to Springfield, Mo. where Fremont was 
 superseded by Gen. Hunter. From Springfield 
 it marched to Rolla and here Gen. Curtis as 
 sumed command of the Dept. of Mo. It 
 remained at Rolla, during the winter, up to 
 Feb. 1st 1862 when it started after the rebel, 
 Gen. Price, then in possession of Springfield, 
 Mo. Price evacuated the city on the approach 
 of the Union army. The 2nd then followed 
 Price down into Ark., where the former was 
 reinforced by Van Dorn. The Union army was 
 concentrated at Sugar Creek where the rebels 
 got in the rear, and the battle of Pea Ridge 
 was fought. This battle was looked upon as a 
 millitary necessity, and defeat meant capture 
 of Curtis entire army. But fortunately the 
 fates favored the Union arms. On leaving Pea 
 Ridge the army went eastward through Mo., 
 thence to Batesville where it remained about 
 three weeks, thence moved to Helena. At 
 Batesville the army was devided, a portion going 
 Cape Girardeau to Corinth, whilst Gen. Curtis 
 
 with about 10,000 men started on an expedi 
 tion similar to the historic march to the sea 
 In this expedition Curtis traveled through the 
 enemy s country with organized armies in the 
 immediate vicinity, yet cut loose from all com 
 munication and living upon the country as they 
 marched along. His men and horses suffered 
 terribly for want of water, and in coming in 
 sight of a stream the horses would become un 
 manageable. On one occasion a soldier s horse 
 threw him into the stream, and striking him 
 with his fore foot, killed him instantly. 
 
 During the march a small body of rebel 
 calvary under Hindman, harassed the troops 
 all the way from Batesville to Helena, necessi 
 tating many skirmishes. The army reached 
 Helena about the middle of July, having been 
 three months in the enemy s country, cut off 
 from communication with Washington and from 
 the soldier s friends. The men were frequently 
 without anything to eat at one time not a par 
 ticle of food was issued for five days, the coun 
 try being very barren, and what little had been 
 raised had been taken by the rebel army. At 
 Helena our subject was prostrated by sickness, 
 as the result of scanty and unwholesome food 
 and water; was sent north to a hospital at Keo- 
 kuk, la., from which he was discharged Jan. 5, 
 1863, and mustered out of the army, owing to 
 disability. He then returned to his home in 
 Ohio, and in the following winter went to Dan 
 ville, 111., where he worked at his trade that 
 of a shoemaker. He remained there until 1865, 
 having in the meantime returned to Conneaut 
 and married. This event occurred June 2, 1864, 
 the lady being Miss Catherine T. Guthrie. Mrs. 
 Fenton s brother, Harvey, was Lieut., in the 
 battery of which our subject was a member. 
 Her cousin, Augustus Beach, was Captain of the 
 battery. Her brother, Nathan Lewis Guthrie, 
 was also a member of the battery, of which also 
 a third brother was artificer. For the next four 
 years we find our subject at Ann Arbor, Mich., 
 then returned to Danville, where he remained 
 until 1874 when he removed to Quincy, 111., 
 which he has since made his home. Here he 
 has established a good business as a manufact 
 urer of fine shoes, and is closely identified with 
 
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 the G. A. R., having been Commander of John 
 Wood Post, No. 96. He filled the office of Sr. 
 Vice Commander in 1888 and that of Jr. V. 
 Com. the year previous. Having passed through 
 the offices in regular rotation, something never 
 accomplished by any other man in the history 
 of that post. While comrade Fenton was pre 
 siding officer there were 300 members of this 
 post. He has since withdrawn and joined the 
 Col. C. H. Morton Post, No. 707, a newly or 
 ganized society. The cause of his withdrawal 
 from the Wood Post may be stated briefly 
 as follows: A by-law was passed restricting 
 relief to the members of the G. A. R., and the 
 widows and orphans of deceased members of 
 John Wood Post. This, our comrade Fenton 
 strongly opposed as being unjust and not being 
 wholly in accord with the broad principle of 
 charity as laid down in the rules governing 
 that body. Subject is an active member of the 
 I. O. O. F. and is the present Secretary of Gem 
 City Lodge, No. 357. 
 
 He has two sons and three daughters, four 
 of whom are living, namely: Myra, now Mrs. 
 Frank, Rosa, Barton W., Catherine E. and 
 Bessie. His paternal grandfather was born at 
 Ipswich, England, in 1780, married in New York 
 City, Mrs. Charlotte Jennings, and resided in 
 Penn., until the war of 1812, where he was a 
 practicing physician, and was the first Mayor of 
 Shippensburg, and later became the first Mayor 
 of Conneaut, O., dying there in 1834. The 
 maternal grandfather of our subject was living 
 on the North shore of Lake Ontario during the 
 war of 1812, and rather than join the English 
 army, he crossed the lake in an open boat and 
 allied himself with the U. S. cause. It is not 
 known whether he was regularly enlisted or 
 not. The Fentons are a hardy, long-lived class 
 of people, given mostly to mechanical pur 
 suits. 
 
 ALFRED A. MEREDITH, of Chicago, 111., 
 a member of the Geo. G. Meade Post, 
 No. 444, G. A. R., at Englewood, 111., 
 enlisted at Pittsburgh, Pa., March 4, 1864, as a 
 private in Co. A., 22nd Pa. Cav., which prior to 
 
 that time was known as the Ringgold Battalion, 
 and at different times was commanded by 
 Gens. Hunter, Sigel and Hooker. This bat 
 talion performed the major part of its service 
 in W. Va., marching, pursuing and being pur 
 sued by the guerrilla forces that infested that 
 region. The company was under the command 
 of Captain James P. Hart, and was always the 
 first in the best or worst of everything. It en 
 gaged in the skirmishes at Lost River Gap, 
 May 4, 1864, and later at Morefield Valley, but 
 found the latter unpleasantly interesting as the 
 rebels made a desperate effort to shoot the 
 Capt. of Co. A., and succeeded in killing his 
 horse, dividing the command, and were pres 
 sing it hard when reinforcements arrived and 
 the enemy were routed from a stone house in 
 which they had taken refuge. The reinforce 
 ments mistaking the members of Co. A. for 
 rebels, came very near proving more disastrous 
 than helpful, but fortunately the mistake was 
 discovered in time to prevent disaster, and the 
 united force gave the rebels a good start in 
 moving from that place. 
 
 Mr. Meredith was made a prisoner July 3, 
 1864, near Martinsburg, W. Va., on the Mar- 
 tinsburg and Winchester Pike, over which Gen. 
 Sheridan made his famous ride, which has been 
 celebrated in song and story. The prisoners 
 were started for Richmond, but as Union 
 soldiers prevented, a change of route was 
 made to Lynchburg and Danville, halting five 
 or six davs at each place, then to Anderson- 
 ville, where, as he says, he was "entertained in 
 rebel style" for 9 months and 27 days. When 
 released he did not return to his command, as 
 he had not recovered his health when mustered 
 out at Harrisburg, Pa., June 2, 1864, and re 
 turned to his home at Carmichales, Greene Co., 
 Pa. 
 
 A. A. Meredith was born June 16, 1845, a ^ 
 Brownsville, Fayette Co., Pa. His father, 
 Thomas Meredith, a native of Brownsville, Pa., 
 was born of Welsh and English ancestry. His 
 grandfather, also Thomas Meredith, was a sol 
 dier in the war of 1812. The mother s maiden 
 name was Elizabeth Wanee, a native of Browns 
 ville, Pa. Her ancestors were English Quakers, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 and four or five generations of the Wanee fam 
 ily were born on the old homestead near 
 Brownsville. A great-grandfather came from 
 New Jersey when a small boy and located near 
 Brownsville. The children of Thomas and 
 Elizabeth Meredith, now both living, are: Al 
 fred . A., Silas and Clarissa, twins; Mary E., 
 Isabel F., Chas. S., Jas. B., Annie E., George T., 
 Nettie M., William G. and Laura P. 
 
 A. A. Meredith was raised on a farm, where 
 he received a common school education and 
 since that has been employed as a carpenter, 
 farmer and policeman, residing in Ottawa, 
 Minooka, Farmer City and Chicago. He was 
 married March 11, 1868 to Mary A. Dix. To 
 Mr. and Mrs. Meredith four children have been 
 born, whose names are: Carrie, Cora, John T. 
 and Charles A. Mr. Meredith in recalling his 
 history states that the twelve children of his 
 father s family were never all together at one 
 time, and in regard to his imprisonment at 
 Andersonville, says that during three months 
 of the time in the winter season he was entirely 
 helpless, and yet he never received any atten 
 tion, except once, when he was given a mustard 
 plaster. Although suffering from chronic 
 diarrhoea and dropsy his bed day and night was 
 made of pine boughs laid-on the ground with 
 out any covering. A strong constitution and 
 earnest determination enabled him to live 
 through this worse than barbarous treatment, 
 and finally after witnessing the Grand Review 
 at Washington to reach his home and friends. 
 
 CAPT. E. S. CHURCH, of Neponset, 111., 
 lived until he was 7 years old in Madison 
 Co. N. Y., where he was born Jan. 12, 
 1818. His father dying when the son was 7 
 years of age he was sent to live with a brother- 
 in-law in Chautauqua Co., and at the age of 14 
 went to Rochester, N. Y., to learn the gilder s 
 trade, at which he served his time and worked 
 for 16 years. When a young man, Mr. Church 
 had traveled in the South and in 1838, while 
 recovering from an attack of yellow fever, 
 fished in the bay where Fort Surnter was after 
 
 ward built. In 1842, he was married in Roch 
 ester to Miss Moxon, of England, and soon 
 after moved to Buffalo, and after residing there 
 ten years, located in Kewanee, 111., in 1861, 
 where he heard the ominous sounds of rebel 
 lion, and became imbued with the spirit that 
 made him willing and anxious to sacrifice 
 every thing in defense of his country. 
 
 Taking an active part in raising a company 
 in his home town he was elected 2d Lieut, of Co. 
 A., 42d 111., Inf., went into camp at Camp Doug 
 las, and was sent to Mo. in the summerof 1861. 
 This company was united with the 42d Regt., 
 received arms at Jefferson Barracks, and was 
 sent in pursuit of "old pap Price." Going into 
 winter quarters at Smithton, Mo., until spring, 
 it took part in the siege of Island No. 10. Here 
 Col. Roberts commanding the Regt., obtained 
 permission to attempt the capture of rebel bat 
 tery No. I which held a prominent position, 
 and Co. A., in command of Lieut. Church was 
 detailed to accompany him on the expedition 
 which consisted of 5 yawls, manned by 10 sail 
 ors, carrying 8 soldiers each, besides officers, 
 and provided with files and hammers to spike 
 the guns. The water was running high when 
 the boats set forth. The rebels had their sen 
 tries out and when they saw the boats approach 
 ing in the darkness, fired and fell back. The 
 boats made a landing and the guns were spiked. 
 The rebels appeared to be paralyzed as they 
 never expected that any man would be brave 
 or foolish enough to attempt such a daring feat. 
 A terrific thunder storm was raging during this 
 heroic expedition and it was daylight when the 
 men returned from this hazardous duty. 
 
 The spiking of this battery made it possible 
 for the boats in the river to pass, and afforded 
 Gen. Pope a means of crossing, which resulted 
 in the detention and capture of fully 7,000 
 rebels and the opening of the Miss. 
 River. The Regt. proceeded to Fort Pillow 
 and returning went up the Tenn. River to Pitts- 
 burg Landing, joining Gen. Halleck in the 
 siege of Corinth. At the battle of Farmington 
 Captain Church was on the skirmish line and 
 marching into an ambush was taken prisoner. 
 As a rebel prisoner he was sent to Corinth, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Columbus, Mobile, Mpntgomery, Ala., Macon, 
 Ga., and with General Prentiss and others to 
 Madison, Ga., staying at this point until Oct., 
 when he was paroled for exchange, and started 
 North via Raleigh and Richmond, where he 
 was in Libby Prison one Sunday, and on Mon 
 day walked to Harrisburg Landing and took 
 the exchange boat to Fortress Monroe. This 
 was in Nov. He was, with other prisoners, 
 taken to Washington and exhibited to Presi 
 dent Lincoln that he might know how the 
 rebels treated their prisoners. Capt. Church, 
 when released, was barefooted and had a piece 
 of a cotton shirt, pants and a skull cap and 
 these were teeming with vermin. This outfit, 
 it is stated, was the best in the whole squad. 
 Lincoln told the men to go to the stores and 
 buy clothing, and to tell the dealers to charge 
 it until the boys received their pay, and if they 
 refused to do so to let him know. These men 
 were paid in Washington and sent home until 
 notified of their exchange. As he had not 
 been heard from by his friends during his cap 
 tivity, he was supposed to be dead, so he re 
 ceived a warm welcome on reaching home. 
 The Captain soon became anxious to rejoin his 
 regiment, and not waiting for an exchange he 
 went back and found his command at Nash 
 ville, where he was met with a great jubilee on 
 the part of his comrades. He fought in the bat 
 tle of Stone River, but subsequently his health 
 failing entirely from rheumatism, scurvy and 
 other effects of his imprisonment, which re 
 sulted in a partial loss of hearing, he resigned, 
 leaving but 16 men in the ranks of his company 
 that started with 100. 
 
 Capt. Church resumed his trade at Kewanee 
 and worked for a few years, but the condition 
 of his health made it impossible for him to 
 continue. He moved to Neponset in the spring 
 of 1865, and has made that place his residence 
 since, with his vvife who is still living. He is 
 Justice of the Peace, was elected Commander 
 of the G. A. R. Post, but could not serve on 
 account of deafness. He now holds the office 
 of Adjutant. In politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 The venerable soldier and his wife have 
 four children who are thus described: Emily, 
 
 wife of Henry P. Custer, who was a soldier in 
 the company with Capt. Church and became 
 its captain. He is in the employment of the 
 C. B. & Q. R. R., at Rock Island, 111. 
 
 Jane, wife of R. H. Morse, of Chicago, who 
 was also a soldier. 
 
 John Church, residing in Kewanee, 111. 
 
 Clara, employed by the Edison Electric 
 Light Company, receiving a salary of $100 per 
 month. 
 
 LORENZO G. KIMBERK, of Seneca, 111., was 
 born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., Dec. 20, 
 1812. His parents were Frederick and 
 Sabrina (Pickharn) Kimberk, the former of 
 German and the latter of Scotch descent. They 
 had 14 children, of whom 5 survive our sub 
 ject, one brother and three sisters. His father 
 was in the war of 1812. During the gold fever 
 he started for Pike s Peak, and has never been 
 heard of since. His mother died at Shiawassa 
 Co., Mich. The Kimberks were eminently 
 patriotic, for in addition to himself, there were 
 four of his brothers and two of his sons engag 
 ed in the late war, all of whom served the 
 Union loyally. Young Kimberk s early life was 
 spent chiefly as a sailor upon the lakes, and he 
 was over 50 years of age when he enlisted. 
 During his three years of service his wife nobly 
 and generously provided for herself and four 
 children. 
 
 Mr. Kimberk enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, in 
 Highland Township, Grundy Co., 111., in Co. D., 
 1 27th 111. Inf. The Regt. rendezvoused at 
 Camp Douglas, Chicago, and went to the front 
 Nov. 9, 1862, going to Memphis, Tenn., where 
 it remained until Dec., and then removed to 
 Yonkers Point a few days previous to marching 
 to Tallahatchie. At this place they had a heavy 
 skirmish with the enemy and were eventually 
 forced to retreat. Soon after the Regt. went 
 up the Ark. River, and at Arkansas Post, Jan. 
 12, 1863, engaged the rebels, taking 780 prison 
 ers. The battle was a severe one. Five Union 
 regiments took part in it, the 55th 111. being one 
 of the number of which Mr. Kimberk s two 
 
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 sons were members. After this, the Regt. pro 
 ceeded to Yonker s Point, and remained in 
 camp until May I, 1863, going then to Grand 
 Gulf, about 60 miles from Vicksburg. His 
 Regt. took part in the battle of Champion Hill, 
 and in the memorable siege of Vicksburg, the 
 capitulation of which, after a 42 days siege, took 
 place, July 4, 1863. After the siege it went to 
 Jackson, Miss., where our forces surrounded 
 Johnston and drove him out. His son, Frank, 
 was wounded in this terrible battle, July 12, 
 1863, and July 22, 1864, was killed at Atlanta, 
 Ga. 
 
 About Oct. ist the Regt. went to Knoxville 
 to relieve Burnside, afterward to Larkinsville, 
 Ala., where it went into winter quarters. Leav 
 ing there May i, 1864, the Regt. joined Gen. 
 Sherman in the Atlanta campaign, and partici 
 pated in a number of important engagements, 
 including those of Resaca, Atlanta and Jones- 
 boro. Immediately after the capture of At 
 lanta it went into camp at East Point, going in 
 a few days to Atlanta, where they completed 
 arrangements for the march to the sea. The 
 command engaged in the capture of Fort Mc 
 Allister, where they took quite a number of 
 prisoners, and succeeded in obtaining a consid 
 erable amount of amunition. The army arrived 
 at Savannah Jan. I, 1865. From here they were 
 transported by sea to Beaufort, and from there 
 marched to Columbia, S C. The Regt. was 
 present at the capture of Columbus, in the ad 
 vance on Fayettesville, and then went to Golds- 
 boro, N. C., which it occupied March 2ist. The 
 army left Goldsboro April 10, 1865, in pursuit 
 of Johnston, and arrived at Raleigh, N. C., 
 April 14, where it went into camp. Just before 
 the army arrived at Raleigh, Sherman took off 
 his hat and exclaimed: " Boys, I think it would 
 be appropriate to sing Raleigh Round the 
 Flag." Taking up the refrain, it was carried the 
 length of the line, some six miles long, the 
 men giving vent to their feelings of relief that 
 the journey was nearly accomplished. The 
 1 27th took part in the Grand Review at Wash 
 ington, and were complimented for their dis 
 cipline and military bearing. They were 
 mustered out June 4, and on June 7 left Wash 
 
 ington for Chicago, where it was finally dis 
 charged June 17, 1865, only 240 remaining out 
 of the 900 that left Camp Douglas in Nov. 
 1862. 
 
 Mr. Kimberk was married at Ashtabula, 
 Ohio, Jan. 13, 1839, to Clarissa Brown. They 
 had nine children Mina, Franklin L., Emma, 
 George, Herbert, Arthur, Justin, William, Su 
 sannah. Three only are living. In politics, he 
 is a Rebublican; is a member of the G. A. R. 
 Mr. Kimberk is well known and much respected 
 in the locality in which he resides, and although 
 at an advanced age, retains his faculties unim 
 paired. 
 
 JAMES O. RAYMOND, the popular city weigher 
 of Aurora, 111., hails from Clinton Co., N. 
 Y., where he was born in 1834, a son of 
 Orrin T. and Caroline (Gaines) Raymond, na 
 tives of the Empire State. His mother died at 
 his native town, and in 1886, his father moved 
 to Aurora, 111., where he still lives in good heath. 
 Four children were born to the parents two 
 girls and two loyal sons of war who both went 
 forth to defend the stars and stripes. Alonzo 
 W., the brother or our subject, enlisted as a pri 
 vate in Co. M., 2nd N. Y. Cav., one of the most 
 famous of the N. Y. Cav. Regt. He is now 
 residing at Chicago where he is employed as a 
 street car conductor, still suffering from a wound 
 received in the w r ar. James, our subject, spent 
 his boyhood days on a farm. He received a 
 good, common school education, after which he 
 commenced life as a clerk and bookkeeper, 
 continuing up to the time he went forth to fight in 
 the defense of the grand "old flag." He enlisted 
 Sept. i gth, 1861, as Sergeant in Co. E., 6otn N. 
 Y. Inf., Col. J. C. O. Reddington commanding. 
 The Regt. went into camp near Ogdensburg, 
 N. Y., where it was equipped, drilled and mus 
 tered in. Subsequently they moved to Wash 
 ington, D. C., where they were actively engaged 
 during the summer and following winter in 
 guarding the Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Dur 
 ing the summer of 1862, the Regt. continued on 
 camp and guard duty, and during the tragic 
 
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 battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862, it was 
 assigned to the rear as a reserve. Shortly they 
 went into winter quarters at Acquia Creek 
 Landing, Va., on the Potomac, and subse 
 quently we find comrade Raymond bravely 
 facing the hot and terrible fire of the enemy 
 during the desperate battle of Chancellorsville, 
 Va., May 1-4, 1863, in which the Union suffered 
 a total loss of 17,287 in killed wounded and 
 missing, our subject himself being severely 
 wounded by a canister shot wound received in 
 the left leg below the knee. The Union army 
 fell back abandoning the army of dead and 
 wounded, and there on that ghastly field of 
 battle our comrade lay for three long nights and 
 nearly four days, without any care or attention. 
 Fortunately he had a goodly supply of water 
 and provisions with him, else he never would 
 have survived the ordeal. He was captured 
 by the enemy but was paroled and shortly taken 
 back to Acquia Creek Landing a few weeks 
 later transferred to Armory Square hospital, 
 Washington, where he was confined until March 
 21, 1864, when he was discharged and mustered 
 out as orderly sergeant. 
 
 Mr. Raymond s first wife died prior to the 
 war. He was married a second time to Carrie 
 A. Felton, a native of N. Y., who bore him 
 three children: Hattie, now Mrs. Wallace W. 
 Rider, of Chicago; Orrin Elmer (deceased), and 
 George A. The same month he was married 
 he went West, locating at Aurora, where he has 
 since lived, engaged largely as a clerk. For five 
 years comrade Raymond has filled the office of 
 Quartermaster of the Aurora Post, No. 20, G. 
 A. R. He is a true soldier, an affable gentle 
 man, and in politics is a Republican. 
 
 JASPER S. HAWKINS, who has been, during 
 the past 26 years, a resident of Cham 
 paign, 111., was born in Fulton Co., Ind., 
 Jan. 7, 1841. He was the son of Zodoc Haw 
 kins of Va., who was the father of thirteen 
 children, three of whom besides our subject, 
 were actively engaged in the great war of the 
 
 rebellion. His brothers, William E., and 
 James F., passed through the war, members of 
 the 48th Ind. Vol. Inf., while Newton, the 
 youngest of the brothers, was taken sick and 
 discharged, dying shortly after his discharge 
 from the effects of exposure incurred while on 
 duty. Jasper attended school in his boyhood 
 days during the winter months, working upon 
 his father s farm through the summer season. In 
 1857, he began to learn the cooper trade, at which 
 he was employed up to the time of his enlist 
 ment for service in the army. He joined the 
 ranks at Indianapolis, Ind, and was subse 
 quently mustered in as a private in Co. A., 39th 
 Ind. Vol. Inf., Aug 29, 1861. 
 
 After drilling a short time, the Regt., under 
 Buell, moved to Louisville, Ky., thence to Nash 
 ville, Tenn, and from there to reinforce Grant s 
 army at the famous battle of Shiloh. Arriving 
 on the field Sunday night, they participated in 
 battle on the following day, until the rebels 
 were routed in confusion, not, however, with 
 out a heavy loss to the Union Army. Mr. 
 Hawkins Regt. at this time numbered about 
 1,013 officers and men. Oct. I5th, after the 
 battle of Stone River, having had companies 
 L. and M. attached to it, it was reorganized as 
 the 8th Cav. The Regt. during its service has 
 borne on its rolls 2,500 men, and was engaged 
 in over 100 battles and skirmishes. Some of 
 the principal ones, and those in which our sub 
 ject was personally engaged, are Shiloh, luka, 
 Corinth, Perryville, Stone River, Liberty Gap, 
 Chickamagua, Winchester, Jonesboro, Flint 
 River, Waynesboro, Lost and Kenesaw Mts., 
 Brown s Cross Roads, Lookout Mt., and Mis 
 sionary Ridge. 
 
 While at Chattanooga, Jasper was detailed 
 on the courier service between Chattanooga 
 and the front. 
 
 In Feb., 1864, the Regt. veteranized, when 
 the men were granted thirty days furlough. 
 In the spring they were reorganized at Nash 
 ville, where they were supplied with fresh 
 horses, new saddles, and other necessaries. On 
 the Rouseau raid, which began shortly after 
 this and lasted 13 days and nights, the Regt. 
 was almost continuously in the saddle and un- 
 
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 der the enemy s fire throughout the raid. 
 Though the men endured almost every priva 
 tion and hardship, nothing could deter them 
 from their purpose, and many interesting and 
 important victories might be spoken of, if lack 
 of space did not prevent, one, worthy of men 
 tion, being that of a single battalion, belonging 
 to their Regt., routing a rebel Brig, at Cheraw 
 Bridge, Ala. 
 
 After the I3th day the men returned back 
 to the Union lines, and notwithstanding their 
 fatigued condition, were on the third day 
 detailed on the McCook Raid, and the 3Qth 
 was the only Regt. which preserved its organi 
 zation on the raid near Atlanta. It charged 
 the enemy, routing them, and opening the way 
 for i ,200 of McCook s men to make their escape. 
 At Jonesboro it assisted in the capture of 550 
 wagons loaded with supplies, destroyed a lot 
 of property, and assisted in the capture of five 
 or six hundred prisoners, and several trains of 
 cars freighted with provisions, and finally tore 
 up several miles of railroad track, heating the 
 rails and twisting them around trees. In July, 
 1864, Jasper was taken prisoner by Wheeler s 
 Mounted Infantry, and sent to that living tomb, 
 Andersonville, where amid such privations and 
 such terrible scenes as human pen can never 
 portray, he was held until after the fall of At 
 lanta. He was then transferred to Charleston, 
 S. C., and placed in such a position that if the 
 city should be fired upon, the prisoners would 
 be the first to be killed. After being guarded 
 here upon the open common, for about three 
 weeks, he was removed to Florence, 80 miles 
 eastward, and placed in an open stockade 
 where he was kept until the closing days of 
 the war, when he was again transferred to 
 Richmond, Va., and placed in Libby Prison, in 
 company with so many other poor, tired, hun 
 gry soldiers, that as they lay crowded together 
 " spoon fashion " upon the hard, dirty floors, it 
 was necessary if one wished to turn over, for 
 all to turn. After being kept here for two days 
 and three nights, suffering from scurvy and 
 rheumatism, he was discharged from prison and 
 sent to Annapolis, Md., where he remained for 
 two weeks, obtaining clean clothes and some 
 
 money. While being forwarded to Camp 
 Chase, Ohio, he was left off with the sick, at 
 Grafton, Va., until he should recover his health 
 sufficiently to continue. Upon arriving at 
 Camp Chase, he was granted a furlough home, 
 where he remained for thirty days. In pursu 
 ance of an order, he now reported at Indian 
 apolis, but before he could rejoin his Regt., 
 the war being over, he was discharged, mus 
 tered out, and returned home. In Juneof 1865, 
 he was married to Miss Mary J. Brandon, and 
 shortly after moved to 111. They are now the 
 parents of five children: Lillie May, born May 
 13, 1866; Vitilla, b. Jan. i, 1870; Alice Elizabeth, 
 b. Feb. 13, 1872; Charles Elmer, b. Aug. 14, 
 1878; and Archie Brandon, b. Jan. 17, 1882, all 
 living. He is a member of Post No. 140, 
 G. A. R., and a Republican in politics, while 
 his wife, himself and oldest daughter are mem 
 bers of the M. E. Church, at Champaign. 
 
 JOHN A. PECKHAM,the gentlemanly shipping 
 clerk of the Challenge Wind & Feed 
 Mill Company, of Batavia, 111., was born 
 May 24, 1840, at Akron, Ohio, a son of George 
 A. and Rhoda (Hunter) Peckham, who were 
 both of English descent. The senior Peckham 
 was a cabinet maker by trade, later took up farm 
 ing, and during President Buchanan s adminis 
 tration was Postmaster at Middlebury, now 
 East Akron, Ohio. (He was also in an official 
 capacity of that city.) John was the I2th of a 
 family of 14 children, of whom 10 are living. 
 -He was reared and educated at his native town, 
 and commenced life as a blacksmith. In 1860 
 he and his brother Sidney came to Batavia, and 
 engaged as blacksmiths with the Newton Wagon 
 Company. In this capacity they continued un 
 til the outbreak of the war, when, in response 
 to the first call of President Lincoln, they both 
 dropped -their hammers and enlisted three dif 
 ferent times in Ed. Swain s Company. Each 
 time they were rejected, the quota having al 
 ready been filled. But they were determined 
 to go to war, and accordingly went on to Chi 
 cago, where, July 20, 1861, they enlisted in Co. 
 
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 B., ist 111. Art., known as the famous Taylor s 
 Battery, and at once went to Bird s Point, Mo. 
 Their first experience under fire was at Freder- 
 icktown, Oct. 26, and Nov. 7 they fought val 
 iantly in the battle of Belmont, the Co. losing 
 one killed, and some wounded. Next, the 
 "boys" moved to Fort Henry, only to find it 
 just surrendered, and Feb. 13, 1862, we find our 
 brother comrades at bloody Fort Donelson, 
 fighting with scarce any intermission for three 
 days. April 6 and 7 commemorates their hot 
 test fight, the tragic battle of Shiloh. During 
 the engagement the Co. was transferred to 
 Sherman s Div., being right up to the front, a 
 fourth time suffering in killed and wounded. 
 Shortly they participated in the siege of Cor 
 inth, then moved onward, fighting nearly the 
 entire way to Memphis. 
 
 Here they went into winter quarters, and 
 in the spring moved on with Sherman to 
 Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, returning to 
 near Vicksburg, they attested themselves with 
 valor at the battle of Champion Hills and 
 throughout all the seiges, battles and hardships 
 of the long and memorable siege of Vicksburg, 
 from May 19, to July 4, 1863. Then ensued 
 months of marching, minor engagements fol 
 lowed by the hottest and most stubbornly and 
 desperately fought battle of Missionary Ridge, 
 Nov. 23-25. 1863. Onward to Knoxville to 
 relieve Burnside, going into winter quarters at 
 Larkinsville. May I, the gallant " boys" start 
 ed out with Sherman on his Atlanta Campaign, 
 and shortly comrade Peckham is gallantly en 
 gaged all through those fights including the 
 battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mt, Mill 
 Grove and many others. At Springfield 111., 
 July 23, 1864, our subject was mustered out 
 after three years, of gallant service, never hav 
 ing lost a day of duty. 
 
 Returning home he resumed his former 
 position and three years later occupied his 
 present position which he has faithfully held 
 without interruption since. Mr. Peckham was 
 married June 14, 1866, to Mary J. Burr, daugh 
 ter of Curtis and Bethesba Burr, and a native of 
 Williamsville, N. Y. By this union four child- 
 red were born, three of whom are living. 
 
 Comrade Peckham is a Mason, and is Junior 
 Vice Commander of the Batavia G. A. R. Post, 
 in which he has held other offices. He is a 
 member of the Christain Church, a true soldier 
 and an affable gentleman. 
 
 WILLIAM WARRINGTON KERNS, of Morris, 
 111., is a native of Ross Co., Ohio, 
 where he was born June 6, 1836. His 
 parents were Andrew and Nancy Kerns. His 
 mother was a daughter of Charles and Charlotte 
 White, the former of German, and Charlotte 
 White was a Dunning of Scotch descent. Grand 
 father White was a soldier in the Revolution 
 and was with Gen. Washington at Valley Forge. 
 Here he was an eye witness when Washington 
 tied his shoe, a scene which is represented in 
 historic pictures, and his first wife was a sister 
 of President Monroe. 
 
 The Kerns were old settlers in Greenfield, 
 Ohio. Andrew Kerns was a soldier in the Mex 
 ican war, ranking as captain of his company. 
 William Warrington Kerns spent the first years 
 of his life on a farm in Ohio. In 1852, his par 
 ents with a family of five children moved to 
 Morris, 111. Of this family, father, mother, two 
 brothers and two sisters, with the wife of the 
 subject of this sketch, are buried in Evergreen 
 Cemetery. Finishing his studies in the schools 
 at Morris, Mr. Kerns early responded to the call 
 of his country and enlisted Aug. i, 1861, in Co. 
 G., 36th 111. Vol., and went at once into Camp 
 Hammond, near Aurora, 111., where the Regt. 
 was mustered into service. Sept. 29, it moved 
 to St. Louis and a few days later went into camp 
 at Rolla, Mo., where the infantry received arms, 
 In Feb., a march was made to Ark. and in the 
 battle of Pea Ridge, March 8, 1862, Co. G. lost 
 13 men in killed and wounded. The Regt. was 
 then sent into Mo., and was in the action at 
 Cape Girardeau. and siege of Corinth. In the 
 early part of Sept., orders were given to move 
 to Cincinnati, and Sept. I, it met Bragg at Cov- 
 ington, Ky. 
 
 At this battle Mr. Kerns was hit by a minie 
 ball which passed through his body. He was 
 taken to the hospital, where, as his wound was 
 
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 considered mortal, nothing was done, for him 
 for seven days. When Dr. Hughes succeeded 
 Dr. White in the hospital, the case came to his 
 notice and was given every attention. In Feb. 
 he was able to rejoin his Regt. at Nashville, 
 Tenn., just as it was ready to start for Stone 
 River, where it was hotly engaged, and suffered 
 a loss "of I officer, 21 non-commissioned officers 
 and 41 privates killed, and not less than 100 in 
 wounded and missing. The next fight was the 
 battle of Chickamauga, where the right met 
 severe losses, Co. G. going into action with 29 
 men and 3 officers, and coming out with 11 men 
 and i officer. Here Mr. Kerns was nearly cap 
 tured by the enemy as he was detailed on the 
 wagon corps driving the medicine wagon. 
 Being at one time outside the line the rebel 
 cavalry was within 40 rods of him when he put 
 the whip to the mules, at the suggestion of Dr. 
 Pierce of the 88th 111., and escaped. The next 
 battle was at Missionary Ridge, when the Regt. 
 lost about 26 men. It was then sent to re 
 inforce Gen. Burnside at Knoxville, Tenn., 
 where it remained until Jan. i, 1864. At this 
 time a call was made for the enlistment of 
 veterans for three years, or during the war, and 
 although Co. G. had only 1 1 men left, every 
 one, with but a single exception, re-enlisted 
 and received a 30 day furlough. After return 
 ing to Chattanooga, a start was made on the 
 celebrated campaign of Atlanta, May 6, which 
 was almost a continual succession of battles, 
 many of which may be noted: Rocky Face 
 Ridge, Resaca, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw Mt., 
 Peach Tree, Creek and Atlanta. At the battle 
 of Kenesaw Mt., Mr. Kerns was so severely 
 wounded by a piece of shell that he was sent 
 back to Nashville, Tenn., and from thence he 
 was removed to Louisville, Ky., where he re 
 mained until able to return to his regiment, 
 which was then at Huntsville Ala., but was 
 soon ordered to Bull s Gap. While encamped at 
 Blue Springs, Tenn., April 10, 1865, the soldiers 
 received the news of Lee s surrender, which 
 occasioned a great jubilee and general rejoic 
 ing, but a few days later, when the assassination 
 of President Lincoln was known, the men were 
 bowed down with grief. 
 
 From Blue Springs, the Regt. returned to 
 Nashville, Tenn., and June 15, 1865, it was trans 
 ported by R. R. to Johnsonville, where trans 
 ports were provided to take them to New Or 
 leans. Here Gen. Sheridan detailed the 36th 
 for headquarters, on special duty. Its camp 
 was on the old Gen. Jackson battleground. 
 Sept. 2Oth, on account of sickness, Mr. Kerns 
 went home for a time, but was soon ordered to 
 Springfield, 111., to be mustered out with his 
 Regt. During this furlough he was united in 
 marriage with Ellen Hennessy, Oct. II, 1865, 
 and she accompanied him to Springfield, where 
 he was mustered out Oct. 8th, with the rank of 
 Sergeant. John Hennessy, a brother of Mrs. 
 Kerns, served in the ii3thlll. Inf. 
 
 After retiring from this long and faithful 
 service for his country, bearing indelible marks 
 of his devotion and sacrifice, he engaged in 
 the occupation of farming, in which he still, 
 continues, occupying the old homestead just 
 north of the city of Morris. His faithful com 
 panion died Sept. 26, 1887, leaving to his care 
 three children, all of whom are now living. 
 They are Alice Bell, Chas. Edward and Anna 
 Aldrich. Charles is at present studying law in 
 Chicago and the daughters are at home. They 
 are members of the Congregational church, of 
 which their mother was a member. 
 
 In politics Mr. Kerns is a Republican, and it 
 is said that but one Kerns has ever been a Dem 
 ocrat. He is also an active member of the G. 
 A. R., a charter member of Post 329, and has 
 creditably filled the office of Quartermaster, 
 also has been chairman of Committee of Ap 
 plications since its organization. He takes 
 great interest in G. A. R. affairs, and has at 
 tended the last four National Encampments, 
 and intends to be present at all as long as he 
 lives. 
 
 JOHN C. MITCHELL enlisted in the Union 
 army March 4th, 1862, and was mustered 
 in as a private in Co. A., 5/th 111. Vol. 
 Inf., March i8th. He proceeded immediately to 
 the front, joining his Regt. at Crump s Land 
 ing, Tenn., and accompanied it by transports 
 
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 up the river to Pittsburg Landing, where it re 
 mained until Sunday morning, April 6th, when 
 firing was heard towards the front in the direc 
 tion of Corinth. It soon became evident a 
 terrible struggle was at hand, consequently, 
 preparations were immediately made therefor, 
 by supplying the men with amunition,etc., and 
 marching them out from camp upon the Cor 
 inth road. Having arrived at the front they 
 found that the famous battle of Shiloh had 
 opened. The 57th, after being held for a short 
 time in reserve, was ordered to the support of 
 a battery then sharply engaged with the 
 enemy, to the left of the lines. The battery 
 was gradually moved to the left, and the 57th 
 was charged viciously by the enemy. In the 
 afternoon the Regt. was ordered farther to the 
 left and to advance, which it did, and en 
 countered the rebels in immense numbers, but 
 had not proceeded far before a murderous fire 
 was opened upon both sides, and during the 
 next 20 minutes a constant roar of muskets 
 was heard. The men of the 57th fought nobly 
 .so long as their weapons held out, but after a 
 few rounds their old altered flint-lock muskets 
 fouled, rendering them useless, as the cart 
 ridges could not be forced into the barrel even 
 when the men in their desperation, to drive 
 the charges home, would strike the ramrods 
 against stumps and stones. Failing, however, 
 even in this extremity, they seized the weapons 
 of wounded or dead comrades and used them so 
 long as they were of service. The contest, 
 however, was unequal, and being without sup 
 port and flanked on both sides, the gallant 
 command to escape capture was forced to re 
 tire, under a storm of grape and canister shot 
 from the enemy s cannons, which continued 
 until checked by the Union artillery, which by 
 this time had been placed in position, and 
 opened fire on the pursuers with awful effect, 
 checking their advance and starting them on 
 the retreat in confusion. Night closed upon 
 the scene, leaving the Regt. to mourn the loss 
 of 187 of its men in killed and wounded. 
 
 The day of this battle, with thousands of 
 dead and wounded upon the field, appeared 
 dark and dreary enough, but night setting in, 
 
 accompanied by a terrific rain and thunder 
 storm, lent new horrors to the soldier life; the 
 rain came down in torrents, and the suffering 
 endured by those who were lying wounded 
 upon the field during that terrible night, can 
 scarcely be pictured to the mind. The longest 
 night, however, has an end, and that of Sunday, 
 6th of April, 1862, was not an exception; in fact, 
 morning came too soon for many. At day 
 break, Mr. Mitchell with his Regt. moved 
 into position near the center of the line and 
 participated in the general advance upon the 
 enemy, and after a stubborn fight, lasting until 
 the afternoon, the latter began to give way and 
 by night were forced into a general retreat. He 
 was afterward engaged in the siege and battle 
 of Corinth, and continued in the vicinity of 
 that place during the fall and following winter. 
 In April, 1863, he joined in the expedition to 
 Town Creek and Tuscumbia, Ala. In Jan. 1864, 
 the Regt. veteranized with the exception of 
 Co. C., and a few new men from each of the 
 other companies- and the boys were granted a 
 30 day furlough, of which they took advantage 
 and returned to their respective homes. Re 
 turning to his Regt. Mr. Mitchell afterwards 
 joined in the Atlanta campaign until Resaca 
 was reached, and was engaged in the battles of 
 Resaca, and Rome Cross Roads. His Regt. 
 remained near Rome, Ga., performing garrison 
 duty with occasional raids into the surrounding 
 country until after the fall of Atlanta. 
 
 Oct. 4th his Co. as also company B. proceeded 
 to Allatoona Pass to reinforce the garrison 
 there stationed, and on the following day the 
 two companies acted in front in the skirmish 
 line, but were soon driven in. The rebels charged 
 all along the union lines, but were repulsed on 
 every occasion until the afternoon, when the 
 enemy withdrew leaving their dead and 
 wounded upon the field. Again at Cave 
 Spring s Road his regiment had a short, sharp 
 battle resulting in several casualties. He 
 joined in the march to the sea, and shared in 
 all the hardships and privations of that inter 
 esting yet successful campaign, then followed 
 the march through the Carolinas. The march 
 was greatly impeded by the enemy, and severe 
 
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 skirmishes were engaged in from time to time ; 
 among the number being those of Branchville, 
 Salkehatchie and Edisto Rivers, and afterward 
 it took part in the battle of Bentonville. After 
 the surrender of Gen. Johnston, it started toward 
 Washington and took part in the Grand Review. 
 The Regt. was mustered out near Louisville, Ky. 
 July 7, 1865, then proceeded to Chicago, where 
 Mr. Mitchell was paid off and finally discharged 
 July 14. He returned to Maiden and continued 
 there until 1866, when he removed to N. Y. 
 State working there until 1874, then returned 
 to Maiden which he has made his permanent 
 home. He was born in Tioga Co., Pa., but when 
 a child moved with his parents to N. Y. State 
 and was there brought upon a farm. He learned 
 the carpenter trade, and subsequently the car 
 riage building business which he has followed 
 on his own account at Maiden. 
 
 He married Miss Orlina M. Lathrop, Dec. 
 23, 18/4, by whom he has two children, Mabel 
 and William, now living. He was of a warrior 
 family, his grandfather, James Mitchell, having 
 been a soldier in the war of 1812, while his three 
 brothers were in the late rebellion. George F. 
 and James were in N. Y. regiments, and Jacob 
 in the 55th Ohio. George was wounded in the 
 battle of Bull Run and Jacob was wounded 
 at Gettysburg, resulting afterwards in his death. 
 
 ANDREW J. RUARK, of Quincy, 111., is a na 
 tive of Wabash Co., same State, where 
 he was born Oct. 31, 1842, and is the son 
 of Erastus and Sidney (Martin) Ruark, who 
 were natives of Ohio, and were among the pio 
 neers of the "Sucker" State. Twelve children 
 were born to them William, Mary, Nancy, Mc- 
 Henry, John, Bertha, Diadena, Fannie, Andrew 
 J., Robert, Lewis and Louisa. Of these seven 
 are living. McHenry served 3 years in the 
 1 1 9th 111. Inf. Robert, who was in the same Co. 
 and Regt. as the subject of this memoir, enlist 
 ed August, 1 86 1, and was mustered out June, 
 1865. 
 
 The elder Ruark was a farmer and a cooper 
 by trade. In 1849 ne located at Pleasant View, 
 111., where he carried on a cooperage business 
 until 1870, when he removed to Browning, 111., 
 and there died in 1879. His widow is now liv 
 ing with her son, McHenry, in Warren Co., 111., 
 in her 84th year. 
 
 The subject of this notice secured his educa 
 tion in the public schools, learning during this 
 period the cooper trade of his father, working 
 at the business up to the time of his enlistment, 
 which was in August, 1861, in Co. G., 28th 111. 
 Inf. He enlisted at Rushville, rendezvoused at 
 Camp Butler, where the Regt. was organized, 
 and where it went into drill. It moved early to 
 St. Louis, where it was armed and equipped 
 and then went to Bird s Point, Mo., and camped 
 for sometime. There crossed the river into 
 Ky. and went into camp at Fort Holt, where 
 they erected log cabins and remained until the 
 expedition up the Tennessee to Fort Henry. 
 While in camp at Fort Holt, Mr. Ruark had his 
 first experience in war, being among a squad of 
 160 men detached on a scouting expedition to 
 Bethel, Ky. The object was to intercept a 
 number of rebel officers, who were on their way 
 to Columbus, Ky. They had a sharp encounter 
 with the rebel party, but failed to capture them. 
 Moving up the Tennessee the troops disem 
 barked below Fort Henry on the west side of 
 the river, and marched around to Fort Hyman, 
 when they discovered that the rebels had evac 
 uated the Forts. The troops lay in camp then 
 until March, when they were ordered up the 
 Tennessee to Pittsburg Landing. 
 
 Mr. Ruark took part in the fight at Shiloh, 
 receiving a wound in the right thigh. He was 
 sent to a hospital at St. Louis, remaining there 
 until May 3, when receiving a furlough he went 
 home. His furlough was extended three times, 
 when he reported for duty, joining his Regt. 
 at Memphis. He was still unfit for duty and 
 when the Regt. moved remained in the hospital 
 at Memphis. He rejoined his Regt. March 9, 
 1863, at Collierville, Tenn., and soon after it 
 moved to Memphis, where he was taken with 
 the smallpox, and was again sent to the hos 
 pital. Upon his recovery he was detailed at 
 
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 the hospital as ward master, remaining until 
 July 25, when he rejoined his comrades at Vicks- 
 burg. In Sept. he went with his command to 
 Natchez, and in Oct. he joined the expedition 
 into W. La. under command of Gen. Gresham. 
 
 In Feb., Mr. Ruark re-enlisted and went 
 home on a furlough, May following. Returned 
 to Natchez in June, where he remained until 
 Sept., when he went with hisRegt. to Morganzia 
 Bend, thence to White River and Memphis, 
 where he remained until Jan., 1865. The next 
 move was to Kennerville, La., where the subject 
 of this sketch was sent to the hospital at New 
 Orleans, being very much emaciated and broken 
 down in health. Recovering somewhat he was 
 detailed to service in a mustering office, and 
 was then sent to the Marine Hospital, where 
 he was on duty until he was discharged, June 
 27, 1865, and returned home. Later he located 
 in Virginia, Cass Co., 111., where hefollowed his 
 trade. 
 
 He was married June 1st, 1862 (while on a 
 furlough) to Melison M. Middleton, a native of 
 Green Co., 111., born Dec. 26, 1842. They have 
 three children Ida May, now Mrs. Wilkey, 
 living near Virginia, 111.; Thomas E., died in 
 1871; Louisa J., married to Henry Bowman, re 
 siding at Beardstown, 111. Mrs. Ruark died 
 Aug. 25, 1874. Mr. Ruark was married the 
 second time Nov. 27, 1875, to Samantha Mor- 
 rill, who died May I, 1880, leaving two chil 
 dren Effie M., who died when young; and 
 Charles E., who resides in Warren Co. with his 
 uncle McHenry. 
 
 Mr. Ruark worked at his trade until the fall 
 of 1890, wh en he completely broke down in 
 health, and Jan. 24, 1891, he went to the Sol 
 diers Home at Quincy, whereby good conduct 
 and industrious habits he has won the confidence 
 of the officers and has been honored with the 
 appointment of Sergeant of cottage No. 11. 
 He has charge of the men in his ward, subject 
 to such rules and regulations as are made by 
 the officials in command. 
 
 Mr. Ruark is a member of the G. A. R. Post 
 No. 321, and is a pensioner. It is a satisfaction 
 to know that a citizen who served his country 
 so faithfully as Mr. Ruark, and whose health 
 
 and constitution were ruined thereby, has been 
 recognized by the government for his valuable 
 services, and his declining years pleasantly and 
 generously provided for. 
 
 OUR present subject, Martin Luther Ben 
 nett, of Quincy, 111., was born at Shel- 
 byville, Ind., May 27, 1837, and was a 
 son of Arson and Margaret P. (Guyme) Ben 
 nett, the father a native of N. J., born May 15, 
 1801, the mother born May 3. 1799, in Pa. Our 
 subject had the following brothers and sisters: 
 Ephraim B. and Rachel O., by Anson Bennett s 
 first wife Elizabeth Campbell; Frances M., by 
 Margaret P., the 2nd wife; and John B., Hattie 
 B., and George M., by Cynthia Ann, the third 
 wife. 
 
 His paternal grandfather was in the war of 
 the Revolution, having served his country for 
 7 years, four of which he was Col. of a Regt. 
 Martin s brother, Ephraim, was a member of 
 the 74th 111. Inf. during the late Rebellion, 
 as was also Frances M. s husband, Thos. A. 
 Edwards, whilst Rachel s two sons were like 
 wise in the army, one of whom, Theodore 
 Weeks, was killed at Fort Donelson. Mr. Ben 
 nett removed to Urbana, 111., when 17 years of 
 age and from there went to Iowa in 1861. He 
 was educated in a log schoolhouse, after which 
 he followed various pursuits until the war 
 period. 
 
 On Sept. 15, 1861, he enlisted in the army at 
 Vinton, la., rendezvoused at Davenport, la., 
 where he was mustered into the service as a 
 private in Co. G., I3th Iowa Vol. Inf. His 
 Regt. was assigned to Col. Crocker s Brig., 
 McArthur s Div., and after Vicksburg, was in 
 Gen. McPherson s Corps. Briefly stated the 
 trackless wanderings of the Regt., without tak 
 ing into account the many sinuous paths and 
 marches undertaken by it from the main line of 
 march may be briefly stated as follows: Leav 
 ing Davenport it proceeded to St. Louis, Mo., 
 thence to Jefferson City, returning to St. Louis, 
 then to Pittsburg Landing, on to Corinth and 
 Bolivar, then back to Corinth, thence to Mem- 
 
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 phis, afterward to Oxford, Miss., returning to 
 Holly Springs, again on to Memphis, and sub 
 sequently to Vicksburg, Miss. Mr. Bennett 
 participated in the terrible battles of Shiloh, 
 Corinth, and in the siege at the latter place, as 
 also in the assaults upon Vicksburg, May 19 
 and 22d, then continued in the trenches around 
 the latter city until its surrender, July 4, 1863. 
 Soon after this he was transferred to the Veteran 
 Reserve Corps, employed at Rock Island, and 
 Washington, D. C. From Jan. 1865, until April 
 1866, he was in Hancock s 1st Vet. Vol. Corps, 
 stationed for a time at Washington, D. C., then 
 at Columbus, Ohio, and subsequently at Louis 
 ville, Ky. He was promoted to be 2nd Lieut. 
 of the 4th Regt. Vet. Vol. in July, 1865, and to 
 ist Lieut, in the following Dec., and as such 
 was mustered out of the service at Columbus, 
 Ohio. 
 
 After quitting the army he returned to Dav 
 enport, la., and has been engaged in various 
 pursuits from that time forward. He was mar 
 ried Sept. 15, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio, to Ida 
 Alice Foster. 
 
 He has been Justice of the Peace for four 
 years, is a member of the G. A. R., has served 
 one year as J. V. C., and is now (1892) Adj t. 
 of Col. L. W. Shepherd Post, No. 628, Dep t. 
 of 111. G. A. R. 
 
 CHRISTIAN HAAS, of Peru, 111., was born in 
 Germany, Sept. 3, 1836, and immigrated 
 to this country with his parents when 
 only seven years of age, and with them located 
 in Peru. He subsequently learned the cooper 
 trade at which he continued to be employed 
 until he engaged in the brewing business here 
 after referred to. 
 
 He married Miss Elizabeth Wagner, born 
 Jan. 29, 1843, a native of Pa., in Nov. 12, 1861, 
 and four children are the result of this mar 
 riage. The two surviving ones are Louisa, mar 
 ried Jan. 8, 1875, to Geo. Wasom, and Katie, 
 married Nov. 14, 1889, to Frederick Ecken- 
 felder. Mr. Haas joined the Union army Sept. 
 26, 1864, and was mustered in as a private in 
 
 Co. A., 44th 111. Vol. Inf. at Springfield, and 
 subsequently joined his Regt. in the battle of 
 Franklin, and although the engagement was 
 short, it was, while it lasted, one of the most 
 desperate struggles in which his Regt. had been 
 engaged during the war. Col. Opdyke, com 
 mander of the brigade afterwards in a general 
 order, under instructions from his superior of 
 ficer, gave the honor of gaining the victory and 
 saving the army, to this brigade. From Frank 
 lin his Regt. was ordered to Nashville and took 
 part in the battle fought there on Dec. 15, and 
 16, 1864, resulting in a magnificent victory for 
 the Union arms, and the shattering of the rebel 
 forces under Gen. Hood, who, with the rem 
 nant of his troops, retreated, being pursued by 
 the 44th until the Tennessee Riverwas reached 
 when the chase was abandoned. The Regt. 
 afterward moved to Huntsville, Ala., where it 
 went into camp for the winter, and there con 
 tinued until March 28, following, when it was 
 ordered to Knoxville, then to Blue Springs, by 
 way of Bull s Gap. It remained at Bull s Gap 
 until April 9, when the rebel army of Virginia 
 having surrendered to Gen. Grant, it was or 
 dered to Nashville, where Mr. Haas partici 
 pated for three days, the second day he was in 
 the front. He was subsequently mustered out 
 and discharged, June 15, 1865. Although he 
 had not the privilege of being engaged in 
 many battles, he had numerous narrow escapes 
 from being wounded if not killed, having had 
 his clothes perforated in many places with bul 
 lets, as well as his canteen shot off. He re 
 ceived an accidental wound in his left foot dur 
 ing his service in the army. After the war he 
 embarked in the brewing business for one year, 
 then in accordance with his family s wish he 
 discontinued this and engaged in farming until 
 1871, after which he engaged in the contract 
 ing and building business in Peru, and in 1879, 
 Established himself in the furniture and under 
 taking business pursuing it until 1890 when he 
 retired from active business, having made a 
 success in all of his callings. He is a member 
 of Post No. 556, G. A. R. at Peru, as also a 
 member of the Turnverein Society at the same 
 place. Mr. Haas has by his ability and energy 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 accumulated considerable real and personal 
 property, and owing to the public spirit and 
 enterprise always displayed by him, became a 
 prominent citizen, deservedly respected and 
 admired by his many friends and acquaint 
 ances throughout that section of the country in 
 which he resides. 
 
 M 
 
 ILES BOLAND, the subject of this sketch 
 was born in Ireland, Sept. 1839, and 
 immigrated to this country with his 
 parents in 1846, settling in New- York City and 
 remaining until 1852, when they removed to 
 La Salle, 111., where he has since made his home. 
 When the war of the rebellion broke out he de 
 termined to offer his services to his country 
 and enlisted July I, 1861, at Wenona, and was 
 mustered in at Chicago Sept. 13, as a private in 
 Co. C., 44th. Ills. Vol. Inf. The Co, was ordered 
 to St Louis by rail, and arrived there the 15, 
 going into camp at Benton Barracks, and re 
 maining till the 22, when it was supplied 
 with arms from the St. Louis Arsenal and trans 
 ported to Jefferson City. From there it 
 marched to Sedalia and was there assigned to 
 Gen. Sigel s Div. It remained in camp drill 
 ing, scouting, foraging, until Oct. 13, when 
 it took up the line of march to Springfield. It 
 then went to Rolla for the winter, enduring 
 much suffering from sickness and hunger, 
 many dying and a number of others being dis 
 charged because of their incapacity for further 
 service. During the early days of Feb. 1862, 
 the Regt. took up the line of march toward 
 Springfield with Gen. Curtis in command. 
 They found that Price had concentrated his 
 forces at that point, but he concluded his safety 
 lay in retreat, and as the Union forces ap 
 proached, the rebels retreated, permitting that 
 city to come under Government control with 
 out a struggle. Price was pursued by the 44th, 
 for four long weary days with six inches of 
 snow on the ground, during the most inclement 
 weather, having the monotony occasionally 
 broken by a skirmish with the retreating 
 enemy. After leaving Camp Halleck they 
 moved toward Sugar Creek Valley, where the 
 
 rear guard of the army was attacked and driven 
 in, thus commencing the battle of Pea Ridge, 
 which resulted so disastrously to the rebels. 
 In this action the 44th took its full share of the 
 work of destruction, and was justly entitled to 
 its share of praise for the successful result of 
 the battle. The 44th, went in pursuit of the 
 fleeing rebels whom it overtook, capturing 
 many hundred prisoners, a stand of colors, and 
 a large quantity of artillery. Its next active 
 service was at the siege of Corinth where it 
 remained until the evacuation. 
 
 Cincinnati and Covington being threatened 
 by the enemy Mr. Boland s Brig, was ordered 
 to protect these places against the enemy. 
 From there it followed the enemy to Louis 
 ville, and shortly afterward went with Bragg on 
 his campaign through Ky. His Regt. was in 
 the battle of Perry ville, pursued the Rebels to 
 Crab Orchard, passed through Bowling Green, 
 thence to Nashville where it relieved the gar 
 rison. 
 
 Then the Regt. went to Murfreesboro, after 
 wards taking part in the battle of Stone River in 
 which it took a prominent position, losing over 
 half its number on the field, either killed or 
 wounded. At Hoover s Gap, Shelbyville, and 
 Tallahoma it was engaged, also in the movement 
 on Chattanooga. After the battle of Chattanoo 
 ga, the regiment with the 20th Corps crossed 
 Sand Mountain and moved down the valley 
 toward Rome. When within about 30 miles of 
 that place, news was received that the rebel for 
 ces under Bragg and Longstreet had attacked 
 the main army, near Chickamauga. The 44th 
 was ordered to return immediately to the main 
 army, and after forced marches for 3 days 
 and nights, it arrived on the field to take part 
 in the bloody conflict Sept. 19, and 20, 1863. It 
 fell back then with its command to Chatta 
 nooga where it remained on quarter rations until 
 the latter part of Nov. On Nov. 25, the Regt. 
 was again called into action and took part in the 
 memorable battle of Missionary Ridge, where 
 for its gallantry it received the praise of Gen. 
 Sheridan. 
 
 The Regt. then went on a forced march 150 
 miles to Knoxville, but the siege was raised be- 
 
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 fore its arrival. During the winter of 1863-4, 
 the soldiers were obliged to exist on short ra 
 tions and suffered very much from the severe 
 weather and lack of nourishing food, many dy 
 ing and much sickness resulting from their con 
 dition. Relief came in the shape of a 30 day 
 furlough which was gladly taken advantage of 
 by those who had been able to withstand the 
 long and tedious winter. 
 
 In the spring following the Regt. joined in 
 the Atlanta campaign and participated in the 
 following battles and skirmishes: Buzzard s 
 Roost, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Adairs- 
 ville, Dallas, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mt., 
 Gulp s Farm, Chattahoochie River, Peach Tree 
 Creek, Atlanta and Jonesboro. Here Mr. Bo- 
 land s term of enlistment expired and he was 
 musteredout and discharged Sept. 13, 1864. 
 
 At the battle of Stone River, he was wound 
 ed in the thigh, and was in the hospitals at 
 Chattahoochie, Nashville and Madison, Indiana. 
 
 After his discharge he returned to La Salle 
 and engaged in farming, which he has followed 
 the greater part of the time since. He has now 
 retired from active business, having accumu 
 lated an independence by his shrewdness and 
 energy. 
 
 He was married to Miss Bridget Clansey, 
 Jan. 12, 1868. To them have been born seven 
 children William, John, Katie, Peter, Miles 
 Mary and Francis. He had two brothers in 
 the war, Michael and James, the latter being 
 Color Bearer in an 111. Regt. 
 
 He is a member of Post N o. 242, G. A. R. 
 and draws a fair pension. 
 
 JOHN H. COREY, of Galesburg, 111., was 
 born in Morgan Co., same State, in 1841, 
 a nd when but an infant his parents re 
 moved to Bureau Co., near Princeton, his father 
 taking up a homestead in the military district 
 with his muster discharge. Here John H. was 
 brought up and given such an education as the 
 schools of that period afforded. He enlisted 
 
 23 
 
 Aug. 11, 1862, in Co. B., 931x1 111. Vol. Inf., 
 known as the Bureau Co. Regt. Mr. Corey 
 went into camp with his Regt. at Chicago, 
 where he was taken sick and allowed three 
 days leave of absence to go home, remaining 
 about 40 days and rejoining his command at 
 Memphis, Tenn. The day following his return 
 he started on the march to xford, Miss., but 
 at Holly Springs their supplies were cut off by 
 the rebels and they returned to Memphis, 
 where they remained for a week, when they 
 went to Ridgewater Station on the Memphis & 
 Charleston R. R. During the night snow fell 
 to the depth of ten inches, and Mr. Corey had 
 his first experience in foraging, securing a large 
 cheese from a wagon. The command then 
 proceeded to Vicksburg by the river, stopping 
 below Helena on Chuckaluck Island, a forma 
 tion created by deposits from the influx of 
 high water in the swamps, which were in some 
 places from 3 to 10 feet deep. Crossing a 
 swamp in the quest of forage, on one occasion, 
 Mr. Corey was obliged to swim at times for the 
 space of three hundred yards. The next 
 move was made by steamboat down Moon 
 Lake to the Yazoo River. On their return to 
 Helena, they had an altercation with an Ind. 
 Regt., who accused them of being $40 men and 
 the 111. boys retaliated by reminding them that 
 they did not run away and leave their colors in 
 a fence corner. The dispute waxed hot and 
 finally some fighting was done, but order was 
 quickly restored by the officers. 
 
 The command moved on to Millikens 
 Bend, and while here Mr. Corey volunteered 
 to run the blockade of Vicksburg in order to 
 get a furlough for his brother-in-law, but 
 his services were not required, he, how 
 ever, procured his brother-in-law a fur 
 lough to go home to his family. He returned 
 to his Regt. and was killed at Mission Ridge. 
 Mr. Corey s Regt. went next to Port Gibson 
 and then to Jackson, Miss., where they were for 
 the first time engaged in battle with the enemy. 
 Mr. Corey was with his Co. on the skirmish 
 line and assisted in the capture of 18 pieces of 
 artillery and about 50 prisoners. The retreat 
 ing rebels had set fire to a fuse in the arsenal, 
 
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 into which the men were gathered, and but for 
 the timely arrival of Sergt. John F. Irey, who 
 extinguished the burning fuse, they would 
 have been blown to atoms. In this battle Mr. 
 Corey was slightly wounded, in the left hip 
 and on the tip of the left ear, but kept with his 
 company throughout the engagement. The 
 next day the command took up the march for 
 Vicksburg, and May 1 8, were within 15 miles 
 of Champion Hills when the battle at that 
 place was in progress, going on a forced march 
 to the field, which was reached by midday. 
 They participated in the action, the Co. going 
 in with about 60 men and coming out with 
 only about 20. Here Mr. Corey was again 
 slightly wounded, receiving a scratch on the 
 right shoulder. His pants were badly torn and 
 his bare legs coming in contact with the poison 
 ivy on the hurried march, he was for years 
 afterward afflicted with a running sore, causing 
 much pain and at times incapacitating him for 
 active service. The following morning the 
 enemy fell back across the Big Black River, 
 and the 93rd 111. pushed on with the command 
 to the works around Vicksburg, taking their 
 position in the line. 
 
 They were in the gallant charge on May 
 22d, during which Mr. Corey was overcome by 
 the heat, and losing consciousness was con 
 veyed to the hospital in the rear, being much 
 astonished, on recovering his senses, at being 
 there. One of his comrades had borne him off 
 during the terrific onslaught. He was able to 
 rejoin his company the next day and go with 
 it to the Big Black River, where the men were 
 engaged in the construction of breastworks 
 until the fall of Vicksburg. They then moved 
 on to Jackson, stopping at Clinton, and return 
 ing to Vicksburg, camped on the edge of the 
 city. Here the men were permitted to draw 
 lots for furloughs, Mr. Corey being successful, 
 and this was the way he provided his brother- 
 in-law with furlough. Mr. Corey continued to 
 experience great suffering from the running 
 sore on his leg and had to be sent to the hos 
 pital at Helena. Here he was, after a short 
 time, with every man who could ride, mounted 
 on a mule and sent in pursuit of Price in Mo 
 
 On his return after 3 weeks, he went with his 
 Co. to Memphis, when he was again confined 
 in the Cumberland Field Hospital at Savannah, 
 Tenn., remaining there for about 6 mos., going 
 on detached duty as quartermaster of the field 
 hospital at Nashville, and rejoined his Co. at 
 Piney Creek, Ga. On the march to Atlanta, his 
 Regt. halted at Altoona, Ga. Four of Mr. Corey s 
 company, including himself, were about a mile 
 out of town at a little fort, and during the night 
 they could hear the movements of the rebels. 
 About sunrise they set out to return to their 
 Co., when they were pounced upon by a small 
 party of rebels whom they succeeded in driv 
 ing off by clubbing their guns and knocking 
 them down. 
 
 During the battle Mr. Corey was lying be 
 tween two men w r ho were both killed by one 
 shot, he escaping by a miracle. The Regt. re 
 mained here until the fall of Atlanta, when they 
 went to that city, where Mr. Corey was put up 
 on a special detail as forager. They next went 
 to Savannah, having several severe skirmishes 
 on the way. Mr. Corey rejoined his Co. at Sa 
 vannah, and took part in the battle fought at 
 that place. Here the boys regaled themselves 
 with oysters and clams, having a jolly time. 
 After being here for some time they started out 
 on a march, camping in a rice field, when the 
 rebels turned in the water on them, forcing them 
 out. Returning to Savannah, they took passage 
 on a vessel for Beaufort, S. C., " packed like 
 sardines in a box," and were on the ocean for 
 about 36 hours. Arriving here, Mr. Corey was 
 detailed as a forager. The Regt. joined Sher 
 man s army at Columbus, and Mr. Corey was 
 among the first to enter the town, which the 
 rebels had themselves set on fire by burning 
 the cotton. As they entered the town they 
 saw a train of Federal prisoners just leaving. 
 They, on reaching Goldsboro, N.C., ascertained 
 that the war was over, Johnston having surren 
 dered. Moving on to Richmond, they went to 
 Washington, there taking part in the grand pa 
 rade and review of the victorious army, May 24, 
 1865, and were mustered out at Louisville, Ky., 
 in June, 1865. Mr. Corey was finally discharged 
 at Chicago, July 6, and on the 4th the Regt. had 
 
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 a grand reception at Princeton, 111. He resumed 
 his farming operations in Ohio Township, and 
 in the fall of 1865 married Phoebe Ann, daugh 
 ter of Ben. L. Reynor, of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Mr. Corey s father was H. F. Corey, a na 
 tive of N. Y. State. His grandfather was a sol 
 dier in the war of 1812, and of German descent. 
 Mr. Corey has one son, a clerk in a music store 
 in Galesburg. He is a Prohibitionist in politics; 
 and a member of the Normal B. Page Post, 511, 
 G. A. R. of Ohio Village, and has been Quarter 
 master and Officer of the Day of that Post. He. 
 is a good citizen and worthy member of the 
 community in which he lives. 
 
 GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER was born 
 at Hadley, Mass., in 1819; entered West 
 Point Military Academy in 1833, and 
 graduated June 30, 1837, number 28 in his class. 
 Acting Adjutant at West Point for two years 
 after graduating, and as aid to General Harmer 
 in the Mexican War. Was promoted to a Cap 
 taincy for distinguished gallantry at the battle 
 of Monterey, to Majority for same at National 
 Bridge, and to a Colonelcy for meritorious con 
 duct at the battle of Chepultepec. At the con 
 clusion of the Mexican War he resigned his 
 commission, settled on a farm in California, and 
 for several years devoted himself to agricult 
 ure, until he accepted the Superintendency of 
 the National Road from California to Oregon. 
 He continued in this service until the breaking 
 out of the Rebellion, when he left the West and 
 returned to Washington, and tendered his serv 
 ices to the Government. He participated in 
 the battle of Bull Run as a volunteer aid with 
 out any appointment of rank. His conduct on 
 that occasion attracted the notice of the au 
 thorities, and he was soon after tendered a Col 
 onel s commission. He took part in Mc- 
 Clellan s campaign on the Peninsula as com 
 mander of a division, and shared the perils 
 of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill and 
 other conflicts of the seven days fighting. He 
 was distinguished for his daring bravery in Gen 
 eral Pope s command, taking an active part in 
 
 all the battles of that short, but eventful and 
 exciting campaign. He was made a Major Gen 
 eral of Volunteers in 1862, and had command 
 of the Fifth Army Corps as successor of Gen 
 eral Fitzjohn Porter, who was relieved by court- 
 martial. At the battle of Fredericksburg, he 
 was in the thickest of the fight, and sustained a 
 terrible loss in his command. Soon after the 
 defeat of General Burnside at Fredericksburg, 
 General Hooker took command of the Army of 
 the Potomac. He advanced into Virginia, and 
 fought the Rebels under General Lee in the 
 Wilderness at Chancellorsville, May 1st, 2ndand 
 3rd. After this battle the Army of the Potomac 
 fell back, and General Hooker was superseded 
 by General Meade. 
 
 In the fall of 1863 General Hooker was sent 
 West to reinforce General Grant with the nth 
 and 1 2th Army Corps. On reaching the south 
 side of the Tennessee River his forces were 
 attacked by the enemy, who were handsomely 
 repulsed. He took possession of Lookout 
 Valley while the whole Rebel army under Gen 
 eral Bragg were in the possession of the heights 
 above. This army assaulted Lookout Mountain, 
 and, by the practice of a splendid military strate 
 gy, carried the Rebel works, November 25, 1863. 
 This battle was one of the most splendid 
 achievements of the war. Grant and Sherman 
 were at Chattanooga, which was overlooked by 
 Lookout on one side and by Mission Ridge on 
 the other. The enemy at that time, held both 
 these wonderfully strong positions, and con 
 stantly threatened to annihilate the Union army. 
 Communications in the rear were endangered ; 
 a demand had already been made for the sur 
 render of Chattanooga. General Hooker held 
 the key to the situation. If Lookout could be 
 taken, communication would be secured, the 
 city would be safe, and Mission Ridge could 
 be successfully assailed. The question was 
 submitted to the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps 
 as they lay on the banks of Lookout Creek, at 
 a safe distance from the rebel works on the 
 mountain. General Hooker and his men had 
 watche d these rugged steeps with growing im 
 patience, until to climb and attack their threat 
 ening heights had become the cherished 
 
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 thoughts alike of officers and men. At last the 
 long desired order came. On the 25th of Nov 
 ember, at four o clock in the morning, a peril 
 ous attempt was begun to drive a well fortified 
 enemy from his rifle pits and intrenchements 
 in a natural fortress higher than the clouds. 
 The whole movement was in full view from 
 Chattanooga. 
 
 The devoted heroes could be seen patiently 
 climbing the rugged steeps in long, dark lines. 
 The top of the mountain was a bursting flame 
 of artillery, resembling the fierce eruption of an 
 angry volcano. The columns of smoke, as they 
 float away from the scene of strife, mingle with 
 the passing cloud. When the smoky curtain 
 rises, the scene is changed; the enemy is retreat 
 ing, the bloody emblem of secession is with 
 drawn, and the stars and stripes wave in beauty 
 and majesty from the renowned table-rock on 
 the top of Lookout Mountain. By this bold 
 and successful achievement General Hooker 
 opened the way to other triumphs. The fall of 
 Lookout convinced the Union army that no 
 position in the hands of Rebels was impregna 
 ble. Flushed with this brilliant victory, the 
 troops marched on and won the battle of Mis 
 sion Ridge, in which General Hooker, as 
 usual, took an active part. On that occasion, 
 Sherman attacked the enemy s right, Thomas 
 the center, and Hooker gallantly led his com 
 mand to attack the left wing. The prestige 
 gained on the mountain insured victory on the 
 plain. The disheartened Rebels broke and fled 
 at the approach of Hooker s troops. From the 
 victory of Mission Ridge, General Hooker con 
 tinued with Sherman in command of the Twen 
 tieth Army Corps. In all the hundred days 
 fighting this corps bore a distinguished part. 
 At Atlanta on the 2oth of July, 1864, Hood led 
 an overwhelming force against Hooker s lines. 
 This was one of Hood s reckless furies. Three 
 successive charges were made, while Hooker s 
 lines stood like a rock. Three times Hood 
 drove his maddened cohorts on Hooker s cen 
 ter in vain attempts to break the serried ranks. 
 They came only to be welcomed by "bloody 
 hands to hospitable graves." Instead of break 
 ing the Union lines, the Rebels fell by thou 
 
 sands, and were finally repulsed, with terrible 
 loss. 
 
 At the close of the war General Hooker was 
 placed in command of the Department of the 
 Atlantic, headquarters at the Astor House, New 
 York City. He died Oct. 31, 1879. In person, 
 General Hooker was a large and handsome 
 man, with light complexion, ruddy and vig 
 orous in appearance. He was six feet high, 
 had a bright expression, blue eyes, and wore 
 small side whiskers. He was a warrior whose 
 record is carved with steel, and whose memory 
 will forever live in the history of his country, 
 as one who nobly periled life to save the Nation 
 from impending ruin. He died Oct. 31, 18/9. 
 
 OTTO LAUER, of Peru, 111., enlisted in Co. 
 A., 44th 111. Vol. Inf., Aug. i, 1861, and 
 was mustered as a private at Chicago, 
 and sent first to St. Louis, Mo., then marched 
 through Arkansas, engaging in the battle of 
 Pea Ridge and later in the engagement at Stone 
 River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and also 
 in the advance that was made on Atlanta. 
 He was taken sick after the fight at Pea Ridge 
 and went home on a furlough for 20 days, re 
 joining his Regt. at Rinzie, Miss. At the ex 
 piration of his three years term of service he 
 was mustered out, as corporal, at Atlanta, Ga., 
 Sept. 28, 1864. 
 
 Otto Lauer was born in Germany, in 1840, 
 and came to this country in 1854, locating at 
 Peru, 111., where he early in lite engaged in 
 business as a butcher until, in 1885, when he be 
 came the proprietor of a saloon. When he 
 was at home from the army on a furlough in 
 1862, he was married to Elizabeth Hags, a 
 native of Peru, but of German parentage. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Lauer have two children Otto and 
 William. Mr. Lauer is a member of the Odd 
 Fellows and the G. A. R. Before the war he 
 was a Democrat but is now a strong Repub 
 lican. In the army he contracted inflammatory 
 rheumatism and received other injuries to his 
 health, and as a consequence he is in receipt 
 of a pension from the government which he so 
 
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 gallantly gave his services to save and defend. 
 
 His Regt. took part in many of the prom 
 inent battles of the war and its pursuit of the 
 enemy led it over a wide extent of country, as 
 its record shows a march of 5,000 miles at the 
 time of its re-enlistment. It was under the 
 command of fighting generals and was sent into 
 battle under the orders of the most noted 
 leaders of the army. 
 
 Mr. Lauer is proud of the history which his 
 regiment made on the field, and he has some 
 satisfaction in the thought that he faithfully 
 performed his duty and thus contributed his 
 part toward maknig this splendid record. 
 
 SIDNEY M. SMITH, of Galesburg, 111., was 
 born May I, 1843, son f Loyal and 
 Nancy Smith, the mother dying when he 
 was two days old. The father being also sickly, 
 Sidney was placed to live with neighbors until 
 five years of age, when he returned to live with 
 his father, and continued until he was ten. He 
 was then sent West to reside with an uncle at 
 Henderson, near Galesburg, where he remained 
 for several years, and attended school. He 
 joined the army in the early days of the war, 
 enlisting as a private in Co. H., 57th 111. Vol. 
 Inf., going into camp at Princeton, afterwards 
 at Chicago, Vhere he was assigned to the 45th 
 111., and proceeded to Cairo, thence to Fort 
 Henry, just in the season of cold, bad weather, 
 causing him much suffering. He participated 
 in the battle of Fort Donelson, and after the 
 battle the men lay upon the ground with snow 
 falling, and in many instances their clothing froze 
 to the ground as they rested. From this point 
 he went to Savannah, Tenn., into camp, there he 
 was attacked with lung fever, placed in a hos 
 pital, but soon recovered and returned to his 
 Regt. To escape he stole out in his bed clothes, 
 thus ending his hospital experiences. He joined 
 in the battle of Shiloh, being color guard for 
 his Regt., and was the only color bearer who 
 escaped unhurt, who had continued at his post 
 throughout the battle. During the second day 
 an old man slapped him on the back and said, 
 
 "Smith, we are the only two color guards with 
 their colors." A few minutes later, a ball passed 
 over Smith s head, striking the old man in the 
 forehead, instantly killing him, and a visit {o 
 the spot the following day revealed his dead 
 body just as he had fallen. He joined in the 
 siege of Corinth, and at one time was so close 
 he was enabled to hear the rebels moving out. 
 He then moved to Oxford, and while on the way 
 news reached him announcing the death of his 
 brother, of the 4th Vt. Regt., he having died at 
 Fair Oaks. Onward to luka, and later to Mem 
 phis, where the Regt. took boats to Milliken s 
 Band near Lake Providence. 
 
 From here he went to Grand Gulf, crossed 
 the river May I (his birthday), and took part 
 in the battle of Port Gibson. In reaching Port 
 Gibson the Regt. moved for 13 miles on the 
 double quick, under a burning sun, causing 
 many of the weaker to "fall by the way," and 
 after a difficult and dangerous descent over a 
 hillside, charged the enemy with the assistance 
 of the I24th and completely routed him whilst 
 Gens. Grant, Logan and McPherson looked 
 admiringly on. Next day the Regt. entered 
 the town, found heaps of Confederate money 
 and large quantities of hams. The former was 
 not looked upon as valuable, but the latter 
 enabled the "boys" to enjoy a magnificent re 
 past, and each man ornamenting his bayonet 
 point with a ham marched to Raymond, and 
 there engaged the enemy who surrounded them. 
 They fell back and in doing so it was every man 
 for himself. Our subject was caught in a grape 
 vine where the bullets were falling fast around 
 him. He escaped, however, and soon the 
 Regt. rallied and returned, driving the rebels 
 before them. It was next engaged at the Jack 
 son conflict, then Champion Hills, where Mr. 
 Smith was shoeless as were also many of the 
 men; then moving to Big Black River where 
 again it was engaged the following day in Lo 
 gan s Div. Going from there to Vicksburg it 
 participated in the assault on the 23rd of May, 
 then joined in the siege and was the first Regt. 
 to enter the city after its evacuation, where it 
 continued for some months on provost duty. 
 Leaving there they were deployed as skir- 
 
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 mishers at Edward Station and encountering 
 the enemy drove him several miles, Mr. Smith 
 having charge of the lines as a non-commis 
 sioned officer. 
 
 Here he again was without shoes, and with 
 bleeding feet left his mark on the ground at ev 
 ery step. Subsequently he joined in the Meridian 
 campaign, going 150 miles east of Vicksburg, 
 then returning went into camp where he had 
 charge of his company for a time. The Regt. 
 veteranized and returned home on a furlough, 
 and after returning to the front went to Clifton, 
 having assisted in capturing 2,200 cattle, thence 
 to Allatoona Pass and stood by Gen. Sherman 
 as he signaled Gen. Corse the message upon 
 which the ever memorable words of " Hold the 
 fort for I am coming " are founded. It after 
 wards went to Chattahoochie Run on picket 
 duty, then to Atlanta, and later participated in 
 the grand march to the sea. Although Mr. 
 Smith s term had expired some time he contin 
 ued until the fall of Savannah, when he boarded 
 the first boat down the river and in proceeding 
 outward struck a torpedo, then a sand bank, 
 but finally reached the ocean. He expected to 
 obtain his pay at Hilton Head and rejoin his 
 Regt., but could only do so by going to New 
 York, where he started on a five decker boat 
 loaded with 3,000 soldiers, the voyage occupy 
 ing three days and nights. During the passage, 
 one of the men, in smoking, set fire to the boat, 
 causing a terrible panic but fortunately the dan 
 ger from fire was soon removed. He intended 
 on reaching New York, enlisting in Hancock s 
 command, but found on arrival that Chicago 
 was headquarters for pay, and ingoing thence 
 visited a sister in Vt. who insisted on his re 
 turning home which he did. 
 
 He was married to Miss Lora Palmer, of 
 N. Y. State, and has three children, viz.: Loyal, 
 Friend and Blanche. He has since the war 
 been farming and carpentering, and has been a 
 police officer for two and one-half years. lie 
 is a member of the A. O. U. W., and of Post, No. 
 45, G. A. R. 
 
 DR. W. F. TAIT, a physician and surgeon, 
 of Galesburg, 111., was born in Kirku- 
 brightshire, Scotland, June 21, 1836. 
 He emigrated with his parents to the U. S. in 
 1839, settling in Knox Co., 111. Here he was 
 brought up to work on a farm, attending school 
 at intervals, until he attained the age of manhood, 
 subsequently entering Knox College at Gales- 
 burg, at the age of 18 years, where he continued 
 his studies for one year. After an interval of 
 three years he entered Monmouth College 
 where he remained during one course, when he 
 entered Lee Center Academy, Lee Co., 111., 
 from which he was graduated in the spring of 
 1857. In the winter of 1861, he began his 
 medical studies at the Physio-Medical Institute 
 at Cincinnati, attending lectures until the sum 
 mer of 1862. In Aug., 1862, he enlisted in Co. 
 G., Sgih 111. Inf., and was mustered in at Chi 
 cago, thence going to Louisville, Ky., where 
 after the return of Buell s army they were assig 
 ned to Willich s Brig. The Regt. left Louis 
 ville with Buell s forces. The Brigade to which 
 the Sgth was attached was characterized as the 
 " Bugle Brigade," and saw much hard service 
 and became distinguished for gallant and meri 
 torious conduct in many battles. The Regt. 
 numbered in the aggregate at the beginning of 
 its service amd from later recruits about 1,500 
 men, and when discharged at the expiration of 
 three years had only about 400. Their first 
 battle was at Pcrryvillc, where they formed a 
 part of McCook s Corps. After this they co 
 operated at Nashville with the forces of Gen. 
 Rosencrans, and formed a part of the advance 
 line to the south and east of the city. From 
 their position they were brought into frequent 
 skirmishes with the enemy, during which sev 
 eral of their number were wounded, and on one 
 occasion while out foraging they were engaged 
 in battle for nearly a whole day. From Nash 
 ville they moved on to Stone River. Being in 
 the advance on the right wing of the army, they 
 were deployed as skirmishers and fought their 
 way step by step through the whole extent of 
 the Nolansville Pike. 
 
 On the 3 1st of December they occupied the 
 extreme right. Having marched up in close 
 
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 proximity to the enemy s position on the night 
 before, they were attacked, while at breakfast 
 the next morning. The enemy was in superior 
 force and dislodged and drove them back some 
 distance, but upon the arrival of reinforcements 
 they rallied and in their turn retaliated by 
 driving the rebels from the field. The regiment 
 lost 50 men in killed in this action and the 
 commander of the brigade (Gen. Willich), was 
 taken prisoner. On the afternoon of Jan. 2, 
 1863, Gen. Breckinridge attempted to repulse 
 the left wing of the Federal army, but he was 
 drawn into a defile and there lost 2,000 of his 
 men. This disaster so discomfited the enemy 
 that they hastily withdrew. After the battle 
 of Stone River, Dr: Tait was detailed for hos 
 pital service at Murfreesboro, Tenn. 
 
 Dr. Tait being a medical student, was in 
 request at the hospital to assist in caring for 
 the wounded, and was stationed there during 
 the remainder of the stay of the army at Mur 
 freesboro. He had previously performed sim 
 ilar duty after the battle of Stone River. The 
 army left Murfreesboro June 24, for the Tulla- 
 homa Campaign. Dr. Tait remained at the 
 field hospital at Murfreesboro until the latter 
 part of July, when he was sent to take the 
 wounded to the hospital at Stevenson, Ala., and 
 his services were in constant requisition at Ste 
 venson and Bridgeport until June, 1864. At this 
 time he was transferred to Chattanooga. He was 
 on duty at Chattanooga in Hospital No. i, acting 
 as Hospital Steward until June 4, 1865, in con 
 stant service", except a 30 day furlough home, 
 in October and November, 1864, and was dis 
 charged June 4th, 1865, and returned to Victo 
 ria, 111. He resumed his medical studies at 
 the Physio-Medical College at Cincinnati, in 
 the winter of 1865-66, from which he was 
 graduated Feb. 13, 1866. He located at Onei- 
 da, 111., for two years, thence removing to Mil- 
 ford, Ohio, remaining for about one year, and 
 then to Lebanon, Ohio, for four years. In 
 June, 1872, he returned to Galesburg, where 
 he has since devoted himself to the practice 
 of his profession. He was married June 21, 
 1866, to Rhoda A., daughter of Andrew and 
 Catherine (Fritz) Sperry, of Camden, N. Y. 
 
 They have two children Mary E., and Mar 
 garet S. From 1866 to 1870, Dr. Tate was the 
 Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the 
 Physio-Medical College, and since that time 
 has held the Chair of Surgery in that institu 
 tion, its seat having been removed to Chicago, 
 where the Doctor goes to deliver his lectures, 
 in which he is assisted by two adjunct pro 
 fessors. 
 
 He is a Republican in politics and cast his 
 first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. 
 He is a member of the G. A. R. Post, James T. 
 Shields, at Galesburg; the Templars of Honor 
 & Temperance; and of the Knights and La 
 dies of the Golden Rule. He is a member and 
 an ordained elder of the Presbyterian Church. 
 His parents are William and Mary Tait, who 
 had four sons, all members of Co. G., Sgth 111. 
 The eldest was wounded at New Hope Church, 
 dying a month later. Peter Gordon, another 
 brother, 1st Lieut. of Co. G. was killed at the 
 battle of Nashville. Huston Pascal, the re 
 maining brother, is alive but afflicted with rheu 
 matism contracted during the service. 
 
 GEORGE BURGESS, of Utica, 111., enlisted in 
 the Union army for the war of the Re 
 bellion, at Indianapolis, Ind., in August, 
 1863, and, was was mustered in as a private in 
 Co. F., Ii7th Ind. Vol. Inf., under Col. Brally. 
 He participated in the battle of Clinch Moun 
 tain. His term of enlistment having expired, 
 he was mustered out of the service, but he im 
 mediately rejoined it and was again mustered 
 in, on this occasion as a private in Co. G., I43rd 
 111. Vol. Inf., June II, 1864, his enlistment being 
 for 100 days. On the 16, of the same month, 
 his Regt. moved to Memphis, and on the 19, 
 was assigned to the 4th Brig., District of Mem 
 phis, but was re-brigaded on the 12, of the fol 
 lowing month and assigned to the 3rd Brig, 
 with Col. John Wood commanding. On July 
 27th, his company was ordered to report at 
 Helena, Ark., where it arrived the following 
 day, and was assigned to garrison duty. From 
 this point it moved Northward to Mattoon, 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 111., where it was mustered out, Sept. 26, 1864, 
 at the expiration of its term of service. 
 
 Mr. Burgess was born in England in the 
 year 1847, an d emigrated to the U. S. with his 
 parents when still a child and shortly after 
 suffered the loss of both his parents. After 
 being discharged from the army, he went West, 
 settling in Utica. La Salle Co., 111., where he en 
 gaged in farming and gardening, which occupa 
 tion he has followed ever since. He has been 
 a member of the school board Dist. No. 8. Utica 
 township, for the past ten years, and has held 
 the position of Justice of the Peace for two 
 succeeding terms. 
 
 He married Miss Elizabeth Praeter of 
 Effingham, in the year 1870, and they have had 
 seven children, of whom three George H., 
 Aaron W., and Samuel B., are living. He is a 
 member of the G. A. R. and a Republican. 
 
 CAPTAIN GARDNER G. STEARNS, of Knox- 
 ville. 111., was born at Conway, Franklin 
 Co., Mass., Feb. 9, 1836. He continued 
 at home, attending school until his 2ist year. 
 His family were of Irish descent. Hi? father 
 bore the name of George, as also did his father 
 and grandfather, the latter being one of the 
 original settlers of Conway. His mother was 
 Fannie Arms, who was descended from a highly 
 respectable Massachusetts family. 
 
 In 1858, Gardner G. Stearns settled in Knox 
 Co., 111., where he was a farmer at the begin 
 ning of the war of the rebellion, and a member 
 of the ist 111. Cav., under the State organization. 
 When Fort Sumter was fired upon he enlisted 
 in Co. D., ist 111. Cav., April 23, 1861, and going 
 to Quincy, 111., was there mustered in in July, 
 without arms or equipments. At Benton Bar 
 racks they were given six revolvers to each 
 company, going-thence to Jefferson City, Seda- 
 lia and Georgetown. At the latter place they 
 secured a prominent political prisoner, Ex-Gov. 
 McGoffin, of Ky. As the men entered the town 
 they were fired upon by the citizens from the 
 windows, which warm welcome they returned 
 in kind. 
 
 In the early part of Sept. they joined Mul 
 ligan s forces at Lexington, and at Warrensburg 
 met the advance of the enemy under Price, fal 
 ling back to Lexington. They were constantly 
 in action from Sept. 15 to 17, when they were 
 surrounded and under fire for three days. At 
 4 o clock, on the third day, Mr. Stearns was in 
 command of his Co. as 1st Sergt, and was or 
 dered by Gen. Mulligan to charge the enemy, 
 who had assaulted and carried the works. This 
 he proceeded to do, but hardly were the men 
 in motion when he was shot through the right 
 arm, which was badly shattered. The Co. dashed 
 on into the ranks of the rebels and were all 
 either killed, wounded or taken prisoners. 
 Soon after the whole garrison surrendered. 
 The enemy had a force estimated at 30,000, 
 while the Federal troops were only about 3,000. 
 Sergt. Stearns was sent to the field hospital, 
 and after two weeks removed to St. Louis. His 
 wound was a compound fracture of the upper 
 arm, and he found much difficulty in preventing 
 the Surgeons from amputating it. He subse 
 quently had an operation performed and 21 
 pieces of the bone and two pieces of the ball 
 removed, the wound eventually healing. At 
 the hospital in St. Louis he was placed opposite 
 a member of his company who had always been 
 a rebel sympathizer, and who during the battle 
 at Lexington started to run, being ordered back 
 by Sergt. Stearns who threatened to shoot him 
 dead unless he obeyed. The dastard did obey 
 the command and a few minutes later was badly 
 wounded in the foot by a ball from the rebels. 
 Sergt. Stearns was discharged on account of his 
 wound Feb. 15, 1862, and returned to Knox- 
 ville, 111. 
 
 In Aug., 1862, he assisted in organizing Co. 
 A., 77th 111., Capt. M. V. Hotchkiss, who was 
 mustered in as Major, Mr. Stearns as 2nd Lieut, 
 and later on the organization of the Regt, ist 
 Lieut. While at Covington Lieut. Stearns had 
 an operation performed on his arm from which 
 he \vas prostrated for several weeks, afterward 
 joining his command at Louisville and going 
 on to Memphis. While at Memphis he was de 
 tailed and placed in charge of the Brig, ordnance 
 stores. Six regiments and the Chicago Mer- 
 
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 cantile Battery were embarked on the "Duke 
 of Argyle," remaining on board for 30 days. 
 Going to the Yazoo swamps, they disembarked 
 opposite Haynes Bluff, where they attacked 
 the enemy s works and were repulsed. They 
 afterwards besieged and captured Fort Hind- 
 man, on the Arkansas River, and its garrison of 
 6,000 men. 
 
 In this affair Co. A. lost 2 killed and 7 
 wounded. They united with Grant s army, 
 and at Port Gibson bore a conspicuous part in 
 the battle, coming up at a double quick of two 
 miles and engaging in action and driving the 
 enemy back to Raymond with a loss of 1,000 
 prisoners. They were also in the engagements 
 at Champion Hills and . at other points to 
 Vicksburg, where Lieut. Stearns was given the 
 command of the company. He went into the 
 charge at Vicksburg with 36 men and came out 
 with 17, his company sustaining a heavier loss 
 than any other. He was constantly under fire 
 from ten in the morning until the same hour 
 at night. The Regt. planted their colors on 
 the rebel works, but owing to the unerring aim 
 of rebel sharp-shooters, they could not bring 
 them away. They were under fire for 48 days 
 during the siege. The day after the fall of 
 Vicksburg they co-operated with Sherman in 
 the pursuit of Johnston and fought him at 
 Jackson. 
 
 After 24 days returning to Vicksburg, Capt. 
 Stearns obtained a leave of absence and went 
 home, rejoining his Regt. in Sept. at New 
 Orleans. After being in winter quarters at 
 Indianola, Tex., where on Christmas day the 
 men went in swimming and at night were 
 almost frozen by the cold north wind. In 
 Feb. they returned to Algiers, La., and organ 
 ized for the Red River campaign. At Mans 
 field, in the battle with Dick Taylor s army, 
 Capt. Stearns had command of the skirmish 
 line, subsequently taking command of the right 
 of the skirmish line, his own company and Co. 
 F. They played havoc with the reriels for a 
 time, but were so outnumbered they had to 
 yield, the regiment left fighting alone, being 
 taken prisoners. 
 
 They were put in the stock yards over night 
 
 and in the morning sent to Tyler, Tex., where 
 they were confined in a stockade in an open 
 field without any shelter, but within 30 days 
 they built themselves cabins, carrying in the 
 logs on their shoulders, the whole squad of 40 
 having but one ax. Here they were held until 
 Oct. 20, when Capt. Stearns was exchanged, it 
 being supposed that he \vas going to die from 
 his old wound. He rejoined his Regt. after 
 marching to Shreveport, there going by boat to 
 New Orleans, reaching that city Nov, I, 1864, 
 and remaining there until Feb., 1865, when the 
 command was ordered to Fort Morgan, Mobile 
 Bay. 
 
 They participated in the desperate battle at 
 Spanish Fort, thence up the Tombigbee River, 
 capturing a gunboat and four blockade runners, 
 returning to Mobile. He was mustered out 
 July 10, 1865, reaching home after an absence 
 of exactly three years, having command of his 
 company in every battle. 
 
 He has been a prosperous farmer at Knox- 
 ville since the war. In 1865, he was married 
 to Lucy G. Runklc, of Knoxville, by whom he 
 has had five children: George E., now of 
 Spokane Falls, Washington; Arthur D., in the 
 employ of the Union Pacific R. R. at Omaha, 
 Neb.; Fred R., a pupil of St. Albans school at 
 Knoxville; Fannie G., attending St. Mary s 
 school, and Mary, at home He is a Repub 
 lican and a zealous member of the G. A. R., 
 and of the Masonic Fraternity. He returned 
 home in 1865, with only seven of the men who 
 accompanied him to the field. He is an honor 
 able citizen and in every respect a true example 
 of what a good soldier ever emulates unflinch 
 ing conformity to, and a rigid discharge of 
 duty. 
 
 DAVID DUSTIN, of Quincy, 111., was born in 
 Rochester, N. V., Feb. 15, 1817, son of 
 Becluas and Ascneth ( Hurlbut) Dustin. 
 Of a family of eight children David was the 
 eldest, removed to Ouincy in 1837, where he 
 was married in 1841 to Miss Mary Ann Evans, 
 a native of Ohio. To this marriage four chil- 
 
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 dren have been born of whom three are linvig 
 viz.: Jane, Ida wife of John Thompson, Helen 
 Josephine, wife of Chas. Wild. Mr. Dustin 
 learned the business of sawyer, and was fore 
 man in a large lumbering mill when he enlisted. 
 He has also worked as an engineer, at which he 
 is now employed. 
 
 He enlisted in Co. C, loth 111. Vol. Inf. 
 early in April, 1861, for the three months serv 
 ice, under Capt., afterwards Gen. Prentiss. It 
 went to Springfield, then to Cairo thence to 
 Ky. The honor of carrying the first flag from 
 111. into the enemy s country during the civil 
 war falls to Comrade Dustin. Some years after 
 the war when Gen. Prentiss was delivering an 
 address to the Quincy people, he called Mr. 
 Dustin to the stage and introduced him to the 
 audience, as the man who bore the honorable 
 distinction of having carried his country s flag 
 across the borders of secession in advance of 
 all others. The three months service was 
 occupied in guarding property and in drilling 
 in the vicinity of Cairo, with occasional expe 
 ditions into the enemy s country on the bor 
 ders of Ky. Returning to Quincy after the 
 three months had expired he re-enlisted for 
 the three years service, and in the same organ 
 ization, and again carried the flag of the Co. 
 New Madrid was his first battle, during which 
 the flag was torn from his grasp by a shell, but 
 seizing it again he soon had it waving to the 
 breeze as proudly as ever. He then went to 
 Mound City, was present in reserve at the bat 
 tle of Belmont, then moved to Fort Pillow, 
 thence to Pittsburg Landing and from there to 
 Corinth, participating in the siege and battle at 
 the last named place. He next went to Nashville 
 and joined Sherman s army and took part in the 
 battle of Mission Ridge, wintered at Rossville 
 and recruited during the winter where the Regt. 
 re-enlisted as veterans. The men were granted 
 a furlough and returned home for 30 days, 
 returning joined the Regt. at Rossville. He 
 participated in the engagement at Buzzard s 
 Roost then moved on the Atlanta campaign, 
 taking part in many of the trials and exciting 
 scenes of that bloody, yet. military successful 
 campaign. This campaign having been suc 
 
 cessful, he joined in the march to the sea, 
 which was a series of protracted skirmishes 
 with an occasional sharp fight to relieve the 
 monotony of the adventure. After capturing 
 Savannah he took transport to Ga., then 
 marched inland to where Johnston s forces 
 were encountered, and then commenced a 
 fresh series of skirmishes and battles which 
 only terminated in the surrender of the Rebel 
 army. 
 
 Mr. Dustin is a veteran in the truest sense 
 of that term. During upwards of four years 
 of continuous active service he never missed a 
 day, from any cause, and was never away from 
 the front except when on veteran furlough. 
 That he was often in imminent danger will be 
 unquestioned by the boys, who know what it is 
 to carry a regimental flag in battle. Still he 
 passed through his four years of service, and 
 came out unscratched, except in the cheeks, 
 which were scratched by minie balls in the 
 battle of Atlanta. At Atlanta 1,500 rebels 
 were captured and the loth was placed as a 
 guard over them. One of the number ap 
 proached Mr. Dustin and said: "Old man you 
 need never be afraid of being killed in battle, 
 for to-day I took a rest and fired seven shots at 
 you, hoping to bring down the flag." He went 
 with his Regt. to Washington and displayed his 
 tattered colors in the Grand Review. He was 
 then sent to Louisville where he was mustered 
 out, and discharged at Chicago, July, 1865. On 
 one occasion the exact whereabouts and 
 strength of the enemy was not known, the 
 Regts. of the Brig, were in line, and the color 
 bearers were required to advance " lining" on 
 the centre, until the enemy fired upon them. 
 This required a great deal of bravery and cool 
 ness, yet the men made targets of themselves. 
 The enemy fired upon them and those who es 
 caped the enemy s bullets were recalled to 
 their regiments, Mr. Dustin being among the 
 latter. 
 
 Since the war Mr. Dustin has been engaged 
 mostly as an engineer, and is at present run 
 ning the electric light engines. On June 4, 
 1891, he and his life-long companion celebrated 
 the 5Oth anniversary of their wedding day. 
 
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 363 
 
 Few indeed are the survivors of the war who 
 have lived out their "threescore years and ten," 
 yet this old veteran has passed his 74th, and is 
 now near his 75th milestone on life s journey. 
 He is a charter member of John Wood Post, 
 No. 96, G. A. R., and is also a Mason. Mr. 
 Dustin is a member of the W. R. C. and Con 
 gregational Church. In politics he has been a 
 Republican since the organization of the party, 
 being previously a Whig. 
 
 CAPTAIN ORVILLE POWELL of Oneida, 111., 
 is one of the best known and most pop 
 ular of the old veterans of the late war. 
 He was born in the State of New York in 1837, 
 son of John and Evelyn (Brainard) Powell, the 
 latter a direct descendant of J. Brainard, who 
 emigrated to this country, settling in Haddam 
 in 1662. John Powell, as also his brother James, 
 were soldiers in the war of 1812. Captain Pow 
 ell, with his parents, removed to 111. in the year 
 1851, settling a half-mile north of the present 
 site of Oneida, where he continued for a time, 
 then traveled west, visiting Col. and N. Mex., 
 continuing one year at Bento, Old Fort Buffalo, 
 where large herds of these animals could daily 
 be seen. One day, while out, traveling, he 
 passed through one continuous herd extending 
 very many miles. 
 
 He enlisted in the army in August, 1861, in 
 Co. C., 42nd 111. Vol. Inf. His Regt. moved to 
 St. Louis, thence to Springfield, and in the fol 
 lowing spring to Island No. 10. Subsequently 
 they moved down the river to Fort Pillow, re 
 turning, went to Hamburg Landing, arriving 
 there soon after the battle of Shiloh.then took 
 part in the siege of Corinth. Captan Powell 
 also took part in the battle of Farmington, capt 
 uring many prisoners, then moved to Big 
 Springs, Ala., Decatur, Courtland and Nash 
 ville, and then to Stone River, where he was 
 engaged in the terrible battle of that place, 
 lasting from Dec. 31 to Jan. 2, 1863. In the fol 
 lowing spring he joined the Tullahoma expedi 
 tion, having many skirmishes with the enemy, 
 and was in the battle of Chickamaiia, which 
 
 lasted two days. During the engagement he 
 was wounded by being struck in the left foot 
 with a bullet. The Colonel, seeing he was 
 wounded, placed him upon his horse and 
 started him for the rear, and he went into a 
 house near by, and when the Union army fell 
 back he was left within the rebel lines; was taken 
 prisoner and sent to Richmond, where he was 
 placed in the east corner room of Libby. He 
 continued for a long time unable to walk, hence 
 did not try to escape through the tunnel. He 
 speaks of one occasion of a prisoner who sat 
 near a window, reading a paper, and, being ob 
 served by a guard from the road, he shot him 
 through the head. 
 
 In the spring of 1864, he with many other 
 prisoners were sent in cars to North Carolina, 
 and then to Macon City, Ga. where he was 
 placed in a stockade. On the journey two of 
 the men escaped and he could have done like 
 wise but owing to his being compelled to use a 
 crutch did not make the attempt. The suf 
 fering and torture endured in these prisons 
 beggars description. He was next moved to 
 Savannah, where the prisoners received better 
 treatment than at any previous time. The boys 
 after several weeks of dilligent work con 
 structed a tunnel out, but. just on breaking 
 ground at the exit a guard was in full view 
 awaiting them, thus frustrating the attempt to 
 escape. He was nqxt moved to Charleston 
 and placed in the old jail for about one month, 
 then moved to Columbus, S. C. where he was 
 with others turned into a field. His foot by this 
 time had improved and as the guards would 
 parol the prisoners to obtain wood, he took 
 advantage of their carelessness and escaped 
 w r ith a comrade named Gordon, and two others. 
 They took a northwesterly course, traveling at 
 nights, and by traveling 500 miles struck the 
 Union lines near Knoxville. Making this 
 long and wearisome journey took many days, 
 and the experiences, to give them in detail, 
 would occupy nearly a volume. The terrible 
 strain and suspense, to say nothing of the contin 
 uous walk at nights, through brush and timber, 
 and finding means of hiding, to say nothing 
 about the hunger endured, was sufficient to dete* 
 
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 them from the attempt, but fourteen months 
 of southern prison life had made life almost 
 unendurable, and any other condition in the 
 world was preferable. Captain Powell arrived 
 at Knoxville upon the day of battle at Spring- 
 ville, Tenn. He rejoined his Regt. at Decatur 
 and with it went to Texas where he continued 
 until Jan. 10, 1866. 
 
 He was promoted to be ist Lieut., soon 
 after the battle of Stone River, for meritorious 
 conduct, and whilst in prison was commis 
 sioned as Captain. After leaving the army he 
 returned to Oneida where he has since resided. 
 He was married in 1867 to Miss Lida A. 
 Moore, daughter of L. K. Moore. They have 
 two children, J. Brainard and Eliza Moore. 
 Captain Powell had five brothers in the rebel 
 lion. J. Brainard after whom Captain Powell 
 has called his son, was killed in the battle of 
 Resaca whilst commanding his company. 
 Capt. Powell is now engaged in farming and 
 handling stock. He is a Republican, a Free 
 Mason, and a member of the G. A. R. 
 
 GEORGE HARRINGTON, of Hinckley, 111., 
 was born in New Berlin, N. Y., Sept. 
 26, 1835, a son f Rufus and Eliza 
 (Welsch) Harrington. In the year 1848, the 
 parents moved to DeKalb Co., 111., where they 
 settled and remained; the father dying May 24, 
 1886, aged 76 years, while the mother still lives 
 upon the homestead with their son George. 
 Our subject s great-grandfather was in the war 
 of the revolution, and figured in the now famous 
 battle of Bunker Hill. Mr. Harrington is the 
 eldest child of a family of four children. His 
 next youngest brother, Blin, of the I27th 111. Inf., 
 was killed during the siege of Vicksburg. Our 
 subject attended school as circumstances per 
 mitted, and with the assistance of his father 
 came in possession of a fair business education, 
 which he always improved with good practical 
 business habits. 
 
 He married, Nov. 25, 1858, Miss Elvira A. 
 Ward, daughter of John Ward, of Ohio. Their 
 children are: Jessie A., now Mrs. J.J. Elanders; 
 
 Ruth Eliza, now Mrs. Wm. E. Houghton, and 
 Estella May. He enlisted for the rebellion at 
 Sandwich, Aug. 22, 1862, as a private in Co. H., 
 105th 111. Vol. Inf., at Dixon, 111. The Regt. 
 moved to Chicago, and Sept. 30 proceeded to 
 Louisville, Ky. Leaving there Oct. 2, it moved 
 to Frankfort, where it arrived on the gth, after 
 a severe march, and was there engaged in guard 
 and picket duty, with occasional skirmishes 
 with the enemy. While at this place the Regt. 
 made a raid to Lawrenceburg, and returning 
 moved, Oct. 26, to Bowling Green, and Mr. 
 Harrington having been taken sick, was on 
 Oct. 30 left at Borclstown, Ky., in hospital. 
 After a delay there of several weeks he joined 
 the Regt., Dec. 23, arriving on the 24th at South 
 Tunnel, Tenn. Continuing at that point until 
 Feb. i, 1863, it returned to Gallatin, remaining 
 there until June I, when it moved to Lavergne. 
 Mr. Harrington became ill during the month 
 of Jan., and continued so for several weeks, but 
 received much kindness and attention from the 
 officers and commanders of the Regt. many 
 of whom, knowing his illness desired him to 
 seek relief in a hospital but he hesitated to 
 give up companionship with them, preferring 
 to endure the discomforts of camp life as long 
 as strength permitted. 
 
 At Gallatin he was detailed on safe guard 
 service, guarding a plantation for upwards of 
 five weeks, and being comfortably situated, he 
 improved in health while performing his duties. 
 He then rejoined the Regt., moved to Lavergne, 
 then to Murfreesboro, then back to Lavergne, 
 and afterwards to Nashville, arriving Aug. 19, 
 it was quartered at Fort Negley and occupied 
 at guard duty in it, and the city of Nashville. 
 In the spring his Regt. started for Chattanooga, 
 Tenn. ( P eb. 24, 1864), arriving at Wauhatchie 
 Valley March 10, where it remained until May 
 2. The army, on May 2, moved towards Gor- 
 dan s Mills, and on the 6th started on the ever 
 to be remembered " Atlanta Campaign." His 
 Regt. first proceeded to Leet s Farm, thence to 
 Taylor s Ridge, then to Snake Creek Gap and 
 Sugar Valley, where it arrived May 12. On the 
 following day and evening, it did some skir 
 mishing in the vicinity of Resaca, and on the 
 
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 365 
 
 1 4th, supported a battery playing on the ene 
 my s works at that place, where it lay for the 
 remainder of the day and the following night, 
 and May I5th was then ordered to the left and 
 supplied with 60 rounds of cartridges, and with 
 it did splendid execution, taking a fort and a 
 battery of four brass cannon called "The Pride 
 of Alabama." Mr. Harrington well remembers 
 the last day of the battle of Resaca. It was 
 Sunday, and in preparing to carry out the or 
 ders of moving to the left, his mind wandered 
 back to his home and parents, well knowing 
 that there, instead of the whizzing bullets, ex 
 plosion of shells, and general noise, confusion, 
 and bustle of actual battle, his parents were in 
 their quiet home preparing for church, or hum 
 bly wending their way thither, where they 
 could worship after their own fashion " none 
 daring to make them afraid." The following 
 day was occupied in burying the dead. A long 
 trench was dug, and at the north end the "Boys 
 in Blue" were laid to rest, while those in "Gray" 
 found an abiding place at the south end. In 
 this place hundreds were buried, and as the sun 
 was sinking in the western horizon the last and 
 sad duty of man to his deceased fellowman 
 was performed. 
 
 "Few and short were the prayers we said, 
 And we spoke not a word of sorrow, 
 
 But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, 
 And we bitterly thought of the morrow." 
 
 During the twilight the bugle sounded, and 
 shortly after, the Regt. was on the move, and 
 continued marching in pursuit of the enemy 
 until 3 o clock of the following morning, when 
 a halt was called and the men were allowed to 
 lie down for rest upon the wet ground, exposed 
 to a drenching rain. By daylight, May Qth, 
 they were again in the skirmish line, and after, 
 in the advance, came up with the rear guard of 
 the enemy, near Kingston and skirmishing with 
 it, driving it in at every point. On the march 
 toward Atlanta, Ga., it again engaged the rebels 
 at New r Hope Church May 25, and remained in 
 line all night, under a drenching rain. The 
 morning of 2d June, the Regt. was moved to 
 the extreme left of the army and made an as 
 sault upon .the enemy s works at Rickett s Mills, 
 
 amidst showers of grape and gunshot from the 
 rebels, but finding the ground covered by it 
 untenable, fell back beyond the reach of the 
 enemy s guns. Proceeding towards Atlanta, 
 the iO5th was put out as flankers, and on June 
 4th, moved around and beyond the enemy s 
 right and encamped near Ackworth, where it 
 remained until the 6th. It must be quite ap 
 parent to the reader that the only available 
 wardrobe of an active soldier is the outfit he 
 wears, and in order to persuade himself that he 
 has a change for Sunday, he turns it inside out. 
 This, however, was not Mr. Harrington s expe 
 rience, for while at Ackworth he had sufficient 
 respite from active duty to wash his shirt, a 
 luxury not enjoyed for several weeks previ 
 ously. 
 
 After leaving Ackworth his Regt. took a 
 position at Golgotha Church, in line of battle, 
 remaining there until the 15, when it advanced 
 and encountered the enemy behind breast 
 works, directing their fire with deadly effect 
 upon the Union soldiers, whereupon it was de 
 cided that the latter should fall back. That 
 night and the following day was occupied in 
 throwing up andstrengtheningtheUnion works 
 under the continuous fire of the rebels, and dur 
 ing the night of the i6th, was ordered to the 
 right and there lay in arms until morning, but 
 by that time the enemy had evacuated the 
 place. In the two days at this place, the Regt. 
 lost 19 men in killed and wounded. Pursuit 
 of the Rebels, who were fleeing toward Marietta 
 was ordered, and started upon by the I05th. 
 Mr. Harrington, about July, 2Oth became too 
 sick to longer continue in the ranks, and after 
 being examined by the Surgeon, who ex 
 pressed astonishment that he could have en 
 dured the hardships encountered as he did, or 
 dered him into the hospital, where he re 
 covered sufficient strength to rejoin his Regt., 
 on the 25, of the same month. He was in ac 
 tive duty in front of Atlanta, in the riflepits, 
 which were partly filled with water, again caus 
 ing him sickness for some days, and on re 
 covery was placed on picket duty. The Regt. 
 remained in the vicinity of Atlanta until it 
 joined in the march to the sea. The evacua- 
 
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 tion of Savannah took place on the night of 
 Dec. 20th and the Union army continued near 
 that place until the expedition through the 
 Carolinas, started Feb. 2, 1865 when the I05th 
 took its place in that campaign and partici 
 pated in the engagement ot Lawtonville, Feb. 2, 
 Averysboro, March 16, Bentonville, March 19- 
 22, arriving at Goldsboro, March 24, besides 
 many skirmishes. He was in every battle 
 the Regt. was in except one. Shortly after 
 this his Regt. commenced its move toward 
 Washington, took part in the Grand Review, 
 w r as mustered out on June 7, and arrived in 
 Chicago on the 10, where it remained until the 
 17, when the men were paid off and dis 
 charged. 
 
 DR. EDWARD H. STILSON, of Kewanee, 111., 
 was born April 17, 1847, m Waterville. 
 Me., left his native State when 8 years 
 of age and settled in Clinton, 111., with his 
 mother, a widow, who died about two years 
 later. Attending school until he was 16 years 
 old, he enlisted in Co. H., i4th 111. Vol. Inf., 
 which was mustered in at Quincy, 111., under 
 Capt. L. B. Peck and Col. Hall. The Regt. was 
 sent to Camp Butler, at Springfield, 111., where 
 it received arms and was then put on cattle cars 
 and thus transported to Rochester, N. Y., where 
 a change was made to passenger cars to New 
 York City. At this place the steamer "Bristal" 
 was boarded and a voyage made to Morehead 
 City, N. C., where a landing was made in the 
 night, and, after disembarking, the men laid out 
 in a soaking rain, starting the next morning on a 
 march with clothing completely saturated. 
 The rain continued during the whole week 
 without intermission, and this was considered 
 a wet introduction to the service. This was in 
 Feb. 1865, and the movement was continued 
 until the army of Gen. Sherman was joined at 
 Goldsboro, N. C., and the Regt. was placed in 
 the 3rd Brig., 4th Div., i/th A. C., Army of the 
 Tennessee. Here Co. H. was put on outpost 
 duty at Best Station, N. C., for a time. The 
 next movement was to Raleigh, N. C., on which 
 
 there were frequent skirmishes with parties of 
 rebels. After some service, in different direc 
 tions, the men were sent to Washington, by the 
 way of Richmond, and took part in the Grand 
 Review, afterward camping at Arlington 
 Heights for about a month. The Regt. was 
 then sent to Louisville, Ky., on coal cars, and 
 there took boats to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 
 where it was organized to fight against the In 
 dians, and marched to Fort Kearney, Neb. 
 Three regiments were sent out to meet the In 
 dians, and during the whole time were harassed 
 by flank attacks, which were more vexatious 
 than regular battle, according to modern meth 
 ods. Shortly after this expedition the I4th 
 was sent to Camp Butler, and discharged 
 Sept., 1865. 
 
 On his return home, Mr. Stilson began a 
 course of study in Knox College, which he pur 
 sued to the junior year, when he was compelled 
 to leave school and seek employment to earn 
 money to complete his studies. He then en 
 tered a course of medical studies at the New 
 York Homeopathic College, followed by the 
 Bellevue Hospital College, in each of which he 
 spent a year, taking the clinical course at Belle 
 vue. He then entered the Hannemann Medi 
 cal College of Phila., from which he graduated 
 in 1871. Dr. Stilson located at Knoxville, 111., 
 where he practiced for a time and then removed 
 to Keokuk, la., pursuing his profession for two 
 years. He then removed to Jefferson City, Mo., 
 where the fact becoming known that he had 
 been a soldier in the "Yankee Army" he was 
 "left severely alone," and was compelled to 
 move, which he did, going fo Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 and afterwards settling in Kewanee, 111., in the 
 fall of 1887, where he has since remained. 
 
 Dr. Stilson was married in Knoxville, 111., 
 to Miss Kate Eads, in 1884, who was a daugh 
 ter of John Eads of Knoxville, and who was 
 educated at St. Mary s College, Knoxville, 111. 
 One child, named George, constitutes the cen 
 ter of the family. The Dr. is a Democrat in 
 politics and is quite active in his party. He 
 was in the Democratic County Central Com 
 mittee of Knox County, 111., and also made a 
 number of speeches in the political" campaign. 
 
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 He is a member of the G. A. R., and of the 
 Masonic order. 
 
 Dr. Stilson has acquired a good practice and 
 is comfortably situated, holding a high position 
 in the confidence and esteem of his associates, 
 and is regarded as a gentleman of fine intel 
 lectual attainments and a leader in matters that 
 relate to the public good. 
 
 ERICK NELSON, of Peru, 111., enlisted in the 
 army for the war of the rebellion at 
 Chicago, March 15, 1865, and was mus 
 tered into the services a private in the 38th 111., 
 but a few months afterwards transferred to Co. 
 D., 36th 111. Vol. Inf. Immediately after his 
 enlistment he was ordered to Springfield, 111., 
 where he was engaged in drilling and on guard 
 duty until the fall of Richmond, when he was 
 sent to Nashville, Tenn., where he was made 
 Corporal of the Co., and was again engaged in 
 camp and guard duty for several weeks, and 
 subsequently went to New Orleans, La., and 
 was there mustered out in October, paid off 
 and finally discharged. While in the army, he 
 contracted a disease of the heart, from which 
 he has been a continual sufferer ever since. 
 
 Mr. Nelson was born in Sweden, in 1840, 
 and came to this country sixteen years there 
 after, locating first in Chicago, where he fol 
 lowed his trade as a tailor (which he had 
 learned before leaving his native country), con 
 tinuing there until 1877, when he removed to 
 Peru, and worked 12 years as a foreman, and 
 then engaged in business for himself, Apr. 3, 
 1889. Being a good workman, he has suc 
 ceeded in building up a profitable business, 
 and in providing a comfortable living for him 
 self and family. 
 
 In 1866, he married Mary Louisa Heft, also 
 a native of Sweden, and has seven children 
 Cora Amelia, Annie Olive (born the night of 
 the Chicago fire in 1871, shortly after her par 
 ents home had been reduced to ashes), Lydia 
 Adeline, Jennie Violet, Erick Walter, Horace 
 Rasmus, and Alvira Louisa. 
 
 He is a member of the order of Modern 
 
 Woodmen of America; of E. N. Kirk Post, No. 
 656 G. A. R. at Peru; and is a Republican in 
 politics. 
 
 DR. S. L. B. BLACKE, of La Salle, 111., was 
 born in Brown Co., Ohio, Feb. 15, 1840, 
 and resided upon the farm with his 
 parents until he had attained his i8th year, 
 having in the meantime, attended school, pre 
 paring himself as a teacher, and successfully 
 passing the examination, was licensed as such, 
 and engaged in that profession, for a few years, 
 using it as a stepping-stone to attain the pro 
 fession which he had determined to make his 
 life work. The war breaking out, the stalwart 
 dominie saw little excitement in using the birch 
 rod on disobedient youngsters, and the still 
 more monotonous labors of repeating the 
 alphabet to children sent to school to allow 
 mother s apron strings a day s peace. He 
 therefore determined to behold the exciting 
 scenes incident to a life of war, and enlisted 
 Aug II, 1862, at Georgetown, Ohio, and was 
 mustered into the 4th Co. Independent Ohio Cav 
 alry, at Camp Dennison. He was with his 
 command in the campaign against Atlanta; 
 the march to the sea; the expedition through 
 the Carolinas, and was in all the battles and 
 skirmishes of his regiment some 47 in all 
 from the time of his enlistment up to the close 
 of the Rebellion. Dr. Blacke was serving in 
 the Inspector General s department under the 
 command of Gen. John A. Logan, at the Grand 
 Review at Washington, where he was mustered 
 out, and afterwards returned to Camp Denni 
 son where he was paid off and finally discharged. 
 
 Returning to Georgetown, he took up the 
 study of medicine and surgery, and gradu 
 ated at the Ohio Medical College at Cincin 
 nati, in the year 1869. Having been granted 
 his medical diploma, he removed to and took 
 up the practice of his profession, first at 
 Decatur, Ohio, continuing there until 18/6, then 
 removed to Tonica, 111., where he remained 
 until 1887, then finally removed to La Salle, his 
 present place of residence. 
 
 In 1867 he married Miss Jennie Maklem, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 also a native of Ohio, and three children have 
 blessed the union Ida, Roberta and Horace. 
 The Doctor s parents were of Scottish descent, 
 born in Penn., but removed to Ohio in their 
 early married life. The father was always a 
 pronounced Democrat, while the son without 
 meaning or intending any disrespect to his 
 sire s good intentions, thought proper to cast 
 his vote for, and be quite as pronounced in his 
 Republican faith: and while father and son 
 could always engage freely in the discussion of 
 nearly all questions, a line w^as drawn when 
 they came to the subject of politics. While the 
 Doctor practiced at Tonica, he led off in the 
 organization of the G. A. R. Post at that place, 
 and was one of the charter members and filled 
 several offices there, including that of Com 
 mander for two years. He afterward assisted 
 in organizing the Posts at La Salle and Peru, 
 respectively. He is a Free Mason, and a mem 
 ber of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. 
 Our subject has advanced round by round in 
 his profession, and by strict attention to his 
 patients, succeeded in building up a large and 
 lucrative practice, with a reputation extended 
 away beyond the community in which he 
 resides. 
 
 JAMES ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY, one of 
 Rock Island s (111.) public spirited citi 
 zens hails from Bellemana, County Downs, 
 Ireland, where he first saw the light of day, July 
 21, 1846. His parents were Samuel E. and Sa 
 rah (Young) Montgomery. His paternal grand 
 father was James Montgomery, a native of 
 Scotland. His paternal grandmother was 
 a member of the Ewart family, and by 
 marriage was connected with the old 
 Scotch family of Ridele. When James was 
 but two years old he lost his mother who lies 
 buried in her own native land of Ireland. The 
 following year we find him and his father, who 
 was a carpenter by trade, sailing for America 
 and landing at N. Y. City. Here the elder 
 Montgomery engaged himself with the United 
 States hotel, and continued in this entrusted 
 position for twenty-five successive years, when 
 
 he went West and settled on a farm in Henry 
 Co., 111. Subsequently he returned to N. Y., 
 connected himself with the Lovejoy hotel, and 
 a few years later resumed farming on the old 
 place where he is still living at the present 
 time. His second wife was Catherine McMan- 
 ara. The marriage took place at New York, 
 and by that union have been born six children 
 of whom are living, namely: William, Maggie, 
 Mary, Samuel, George and Lizzie. James, our 
 subject, was reared by his uncle, William Mc- 
 Gonigal, of N. Y. City. When a boy of twelve 
 he commenced life on the farm which occupa 
 tion he continued until the outbreak of the 
 great rebellion. Though only a youth of 15 
 years, James was thoroughly imbued with the 
 true spirit of patriotism, and accordingly added 
 his name to the muster roll of honor, and went 
 forth to battle for the right, to lend his strong 
 arm in defense of the grand old flag, as one 
 of the very youngest and bravest. He enlisted 
 March 8, 1862, in Co. B., 65th 111. Inf., and was 
 mustered into service at Camp Douglas, Chi 
 cago, May i, 1862. 
 
 They went to the front, going into camp at 
 Martinsburg, Va. Subsequently they were 
 driven out by the enemy and proceeded to 
 Harper s Ferry, where, during the surrender, 
 on Sept. 15, the entire Regt. were taken prison 
 ers. The next day they were paroled and sent 
 to Camp Parol, Annapolis, Md. Oct. 31, 1862, 
 our soldier boy was discharged at Chicago on 
 account of physical disability, he having been 
 a victim of chronic diarrhoea. Returning home 
 he remained on the farm until- March 13, 1865, 
 when he re-enlisted at Rock Island in Co. K., 
 58th 111, The organization of the company 
 was largely due to the zealous efforts of com 
 rade James, who was elected Sergeant, and who 
 was the first one to drill the boys after arriving 
 at Camp Butler, Springfield, 111. Shortly they 
 left for New Orleans, where they embarked for 
 Dauphin Island. From here our comrade 
 aided as commissary Sergeant of the detach 
 ment, and shortly was under fire during the 
 arduous and sanguinary siege and capture of 
 Spanish Fort, Fort Blakely and Mobile. After 
 this victory the detachment was ordered to 
 
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 369 
 
 Meridian, Miss., to arrange for the surrender of 
 Gen. Dick Taylor s army. Subsequently they 
 marched to Demopolis, Ala,, where they were 
 transported to Selma, and from there proceeded 
 to Montgomery, same State, where the 58th 
 was actively employed in doing provost mar 
 shal duty. Here Sergt. Montgomery had 
 charge of the company for about three weeks, 
 the other officers being sic"k, and here he was 
 mustered out March 13, 1866, the great rebellion 
 having come to a close. Returning to Henry 
 Co., 111., our comrade continued farming for 
 about 1 8 months, when he re-entered school 
 and pursued his studies diligently. Subse 
 quently he accepted a position as a bookkeeper, 
 which calling he followed two years. The 
 country with its unbounded field of sunshine 
 and its magnificent panorama of nature s beau 
 ties had more charms for this young man, and 
 he accordingly returned to the tilling of the 
 soil, which he continued three years, when he 
 was injured while threshing and disabled for 
 further duty on the farm. Then he moved to. 
 Rock Island, where, March 14, 1874, he went 
 into the employ of the Government as guard of 
 the bridge. This entrusted position he has held 
 ever since. 
 
 Mr. Montgomery found his ideal wife in 
 the person of Louisa C., the estimable daugh 
 ter of George W. and Louisa (Smith) Kincaid. 
 The marriage took place Dec. 26, 1870, at 
 Colona, 111., and this happy union was blessed 
 with seven bright children, Sadie L., George 
 A., Susie E., Mary A., William E., Bessie M. 
 and Margarett Ewart, all enjoying good health. 
 
 A loyal soldier, Sergt. Montgomery could 
 not but make a loyal citizen. Frequently his 
 fellow citizens have called on him to accept 
 different municipal offices, and a man of more 
 integrity they could not easily find. Without 
 his knowledge he was nominated, almost unani 
 mously for alderman in his ward but declined. 
 Subsequently he was appointed on the police 
 force, with a position as desk sergeant, but 
 again declined. In 1889, he was a candidate 
 for city clerk, and only after the seventh ballot 
 was defeated in the convention. He is a Repub- 
 
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 lican in politics and is an earnest and active 
 worker for his party. Mr. Montgomery is a 
 worthy member of the A. F. and A. M. Lodge, 
 No. 658, of which he has been Worshipful 
 Master for the last five years. He is Captain 
 of the uniform rank of the K. of P. Lodge, No. 
 48, and holds the position of keeper of records 
 and seals of the St. Paul Lodge, No. 107, K. of 
 P. He still holds and has held for the past five 
 years, the office of Adjutant of the John Buford 
 Post No. 243. Was delegate to State encamp 
 ment at Quincy, in 1889; and is assistant Inspec 
 tor for the G. A. R. of Rock Island County. 
 His family are members of the Presbyterian 
 Church. Mr. Montgomery, himself, is a man 
 with a clean, honest record a genial, whole- 
 souled and affable gentleman who is a credit 
 to any community. 
 
 M 
 
 AJOR WM. McCoNOCHiE. Few men are 
 better known or more universally re 
 spected for their honorable straight 
 forward methods as business men than is Wil 
 liam McConochie, Esq., Rock Island s (-111.) 
 honest and progressive Mayor. In the early 
 days of the late Rebellion, he longed to par 
 ticipate in the exciting scenes of the battle 
 field, but being only a mere boy of 16, and 
 having an elder brother John, in the army, the 
 mother absolutely refused her consent. Deter 
 mined, however, to join the army, he broke 
 through all parental ties, adopted an assumed 
 name, and after considerable difficulty reached 
 recruiting ground, where he enlisted as a sol 
 dier and followed the fortunes of war in the 
 Army of the Tenn. at first, and in that of 
 the Cumberland up to the beginning of the 
 year 1864. His young and rising ambition 
 was in no way cooled by the many hardships 
 and privations endured during his soldier life, 
 therefore, immediately re-enlisted at Chicago, 
 Feb. 23, 1864, as a private under his proper 
 name in Co. K., 72nd 111. Vol. Inf., and was 
 mustered in at Springfield. He joined his 
 Regt. at Vicksburg, where he continued to 
 be employed upon provost duty until Oct., 
 
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 having in the meantime been out upon two 
 expeditions, one to Benton, Miss., May 7, 1864, 
 when it had a short but severe fight with 
 rebels, and the second at Grand Bluff, July 
 1 8th. When Sherman s preparations for his 
 march to the sea were about completed, the 
 Regt. was ordered to join in this campaign, 
 but found itself too late to reach a given point, 
 therefore, was ordered to join Gen. Schofield s 
 command, which it did on Nov. 21, about the 
 time Hood crossed the Tenn. River, and the 
 latter having a superior force, Schofield deemed 
 it prudent to retire toward Nashville. On Nov. 
 29, they evacuated Columbia and had a severe 
 skirmish with the enemy at Spring Hill be 
 tween Columbia and Franklin. They reached 
 Franklin on the following day and about 4 p. M. 
 were attacked by Hood, and the battle raged 
 furiously until midnight, during which, Mr. 
 McConochie s Regt. being in the front line, 
 suffered severely, having lost 9 out of 16 offi 
 cers engaged, and 152 men who were either 
 killed or severely wounded. That night they 
 left their works and retreated toward Nash 
 ville, reaching there Dec. I, and on the follow 
 ing day moved out and attacked the old foes, 
 on this occasion completely whipping the 
 rebels and putting them to route, following up 
 the victory and pursuing them to Clifton. 
 Then proceeding to Eastport, Miss., where 
 they remained until Feb., making in the mean 
 time, a fruitless expedition to luka and Cor 
 inth, Miss. 
 
 Feb. 9, they started for New Orleans, 
 continued there for a time, then crossed 
 the Gulf to Dauphin Island, Ala., and the 
 following day to Mobile Bay, where they re 
 mained a few days shirmishing with the enemy, 
 which was intended as a feint movement upon 
 Mobile, and returned to Fisher River, near 
 Smith s Mills, Ala. On March 26, they moved 
 in front of Spanish Fort, and lay siege to 
 the place which was continued until April 
 8th, when they assaulted the Fort, capturing 
 it together with the garrison and supplies. 
 The following morning they moved to Fort 
 Blakely, and assisted in the capture of that 
 place, and on the 24th moved forward on the 
 
 road to Montgomery, Ala., marching over 200 
 miles to that place, which was reached in 1 1 
 days. Subsequently, they moved to Union 
 Springs, where they remained upon post duty 
 until July, when Mr. McConochie, with many 
 others were transferred to the 33d Regt. at Me 
 ridian, Miss., with which he continued until he 
 was mustered out of the service at Springfield. 
 
 Mr. McConochie - was born in Scotland, Jan. 
 II, 1847, an d was a son of John and Annie 
 (Campbell) MacConochie, the former of whom 
 was born in 1817, and the latter in 1821. The 
 mother of Annie Campbell was a relative of 
 the great Campbell family, the head of whom 
 is the present Duke of Argyle. Our subject 
 had the following brothers and sisters: John, 
 Mary, William, Robert, James and Annie, the 
 last named having died many years ago. 
 John was a soldier in the late war, having 
 served inthe2Oth 111. for upwards of four years, 
 during which he was a prisoner at Anderson- 
 ville for six months, having been captured at 
 Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864. William immi 
 grated when quite young to this country and 
 only attended school for a short time, but 
 after arriving to manhood discovered the 
 necessity of a better education, consequently 
 became a close student and by diligent re 
 search, acquired an education fitting himself 
 for any position he might be called on to fill. 
 
 He learned the business of a stone cutter 
 and builder, which he followed since the war. 
 He married, Dec. 28, 1868, Miss Isabella Kit- 
 son, by whom he has the following children: 
 John, William, Robert, Isabella, Mary and 
 Margaret. He was elected and served as an 
 Alderman for two years, and is no\v serving his 
 second term as Mayor of the prosperous city 
 of Rock Island, and his administration has been 
 one characterized as the most systematic and 
 progressive with which that town has been 
 blessed for many years. Mr. McConochie has 
 always been a Republican, but has always rele 
 gated his own personal emolument to the 
 background when the interests of his country 
 and city were considered. In other words, the 
 advancement of his county and city first, his 
 own personal aggrandizement and advantage 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 37 
 
 second, has been the leading characteristic and 
 the motto of Major McConochie. Heisa Knight 
 Templar and an honored member of the John 
 Buford Post, No. 243, G. A. R. 
 
 FREDERICK F. SHELDON, of Sterling. III., 
 was born at Rochester, N. Y., in March, 
 1842. His parents dying while he was 
 yet an infant, he was adopted by Mr. Benjamin 
 F. Sheldon, assuming the name of that gentle 
 man, who was indeed a father to him in all that 
 the word implies. He was the youngest of five 
 children, three of whom are living the subject 
 of this sketch, and Franklin and Leavett Fox. 
 He remained with his adopted father, assisting 
 in work on the farm, and in going to school un 
 til his sixteenth year. Mr. Sheldon, his father 
 by adoption, was a native of New England and 
 a man of the most commendable character and 
 Christian principle. To him and his influence 
 Frederick Sheldon ascribes whatever life s bless 
 ings have fallen to his lot. This rarely good 
 man and earnest Christian died at Nelson, Lee 
 Co., 111., in 1859. The enlistment of young 
 Sheldon in his country s service was in keeping 
 with the noble principles instilled into him by 
 his adopted father, who ever advocated the 
 right and condemned the wrong. He enlisted 
 at Sterling. 111., as a private in Co. F., 75th 111. 
 Inf., Aug. 8, 1862. The Regt. went at once to 
 Dixon, the place of rendezvous, thence, on Sept. 
 27th, embarking for Louisville, to take part in 
 the movement against Bragg, being almost con 
 tinuously on the march until ordered to Perry- 
 ville, where they were engaged in the battle in 
 which they sustained, for a time, an infilading 
 fire, losing heavily, but bearing themselves 
 with the inflexible courage of veterans. The 
 Regt. came out of this battle with but 235 men 
 reporting for duty. Co. I. had considerable 
 losses in killed, wounded and missing. Mr. 
 Sheldon remained with his command until its 
 arrival at Lebanon, Ky., where he had a severe 
 attack of typhoid fever, and was sent to the 
 hospital, where he was detained for six months, 
 when he was removed to the Orphan Asylum 
 
 Hospital at Cincinnati, and subsequently to 
 Camp Dennison, Ohio, where. March 4, 1863, 
 he was discharged on account of his physical 
 disality. 
 
 After his discharge from the military serv 
 ice, he attended the Eastman Business Col 
 lege at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., from which he 
 was graduated June 8, 1864. Returning to 
 Sterling, 111., he, in 1870, began the study of 
 law in the office of William H. Bennett, which 
 he assiduously prosecuted for two years, being 
 admitted to the bar in 1872. In March, 1873, 
 he was elected police magistrate. He declined 
 to serve as a magistrate and did not enter upon 
 the practice of his profession, choosing the 
 more acceptable opportunity for business of 
 fered by the Union Mfg. Company of Rock 
 Falls, in which he became interested as a 
 member. The products of this company were 
 wagons and carriages and the business was 
 conducted upon a progressive and enterprising 
 scale. He continued in this relation for four 
 years, when he became associated with the 
 Keystone Manufacturing Company to which 
 he has since devoted himself, being the present 
 manager of the collection department. He 
 has been the secretary of the school board for 
 some nine years and has been an enthusiastic 
 champion of the cause of education. 
 
 He was married at Morrison, Jan. 7, 1876, 
 to Laura M., daughter of John Lane. Of his 
 wife s family there were twelve children, one 
 of whom was Judge William Lane. Mrs. 
 Sheldon s parents are now dead. Mr. Sheldon 
 is the father of four children Charles F., John 
 F., George F., and Florence. Both Mr. and 
 Mrs. Sheldon are members of the Congrega 
 tional Church. Mr. Sheldon is in politics, a 
 Republican. He is a member of Will Robin 
 son Post No. 274, G. A. R., and the incumbent 
 adjutant, of the A. O. U. W., Industrial Lodge, 
 No. 5, of Rock Falls, and the Rapids Camp, 
 M. W. A. Mr. Sheldon has exhibited in his 
 life work and conduct those traits of character, 
 which invariably achieve for their possessors a 
 distinction compatible with their devotion to 
 right and duty. His early training by his 
 adopted father has ever exerted an in- 
 
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 fluence for good, and under all circumstances 
 guided his footsteps into proper paths that lead 
 to honor. 
 
 THOMAS CAMPBELL, the Treasurer of Rock 
 Island Co., 111., was born in County 
 Down, Ireland, and is the son of John T. 
 and Margaret (McQuoid) Campbell. The 
 grandfather of John was Thomas Campbell, a 
 native of Scotland, who removed to Ireland 
 during the religious troubles which afflicted his 
 own country, and from which he desired to be 
 relieved. 
 
 John T. came to the U. S. in 1841 and pro 
 ceeded, by way of New Orleans, to Rock Is 
 land, 111., where he located, and for many years 
 afterwards cultivated a farm in that vicinity. 
 He was born in 1806 and died in 1858. His 
 wife died of ship fever at St. Louis on her way 
 to 111. 
 
 They had four children Mary (Mrs. Robert 
 Rutherford), Thomas, Margaret, who died of 
 consumption, and Robert. Thomas Campbell, 
 the subject of this sketch, passed his early life 
 on the farm of Mr. John A. Boyer, in South 
 Rock Island Township, and received his edu 
 cation in the common schools, pursuing his 
 studies in the winter and assisting in the field 
 labor in the summer. Mr. Boyer, with whom 
 he resided during his childhood and youth, 
 died in California Dec. 5, 1891, at the advanced 
 age of 82 years, leaving Mr. Campbell more 
 than one-half of his fortune, which is estimated 
 at $100,000, and made one of the two execu 
 tors of his will. This is a very high, as well as 
 agreeable compliment to the poor orphan boy, 
 who came to the late Mr. Boyer s home friend 
 less and alone in the world, some forty years 
 ago. 
 
 Thomas responded to the call to arms and 
 enlisted at Rock Island Aug. 9, 1862, as a pri 
 vate of Co. I., 1 26th 111. Inf., and was mustered 
 in at Dixon, 111., Aug. 27, thence going into 
 camp. The seven companies composing the 
 Regt. were now ordered to rendezvous at Camp 
 Douglas, Chicago. While here two companies 
 were mustered into the regular service, one in 
 
 the 89th and one in the 93rd, and the five com 
 panies from Southern 111. constituted the I26th, 
 being mustered in at Alton, where they metthe 
 other companies. While the Regt. was at Chi 
 cago, Harper s Ferry was captured by the reb 
 els, and the Federal prisoners were paroled and 
 sent to Camp Douglas. It happened that one 
 of these prisoners, going into a sutler s store to 
 buy a plug of tobacco one day was jeered by 
 the sutler, who pronounced him a coward, and 
 flatly refused to sell him what he wanted. This, 
 on being reported about the camp, aroused such 
 a spirit of indignation against the sutler that 
 his store was completely demolished by the 
 soldiers and his stock destroyed. 
 
 As a means of protecting the other sutlers a 
 guard was detailed, Mr. Campbell being one of 
 the number. Just as he was getting ready for 
 duty, a gun which one of the detail was load 
 ing, was accidentally discharged, the ball enter 
 ing his left knee joint, causing a painful wound, 
 and necessitating his removal to the hospital. 
 This happened Sept. 29, 1862, and he remained 
 at the hospital until Oct. 17, when he was sent 
 home to Rock Island. He was for the ensuing 
 two years unable to work or to perform any 
 kind of labor. His knee joint had been badly 
 shattered, and the healing process was neces 
 sarily slow. When able to work he engaged in 
 farming, an occupation he has since followed, 
 and in 1871 was elected to the position of as 
 sistant Supervisor, serving one year. 
 
 He was afterwards elected Supervisor for 
 eight terms consecutively, and for two terms 
 1886-7 Chairman of the Board. In 1890 he 
 was nominated by the the Republicans for 
 County Treasurer and elected by a majority of 
 271, the majority of his own township being 
 92. He entered upon the duties of his office 
 the first Monday in Dec. 1890. 
 
 He was married at Rock Island, Sept. 7, 
 1864, to Mary J., daughter of John and Mary 
 (Johnson) Carson, who were natives of Vir 
 ginia, and early settlers in Ind. They are now 
 deceased. There were born to this marriage 
 seven children John T., Ada B., Samuel M., 
 Charles C., Mary Alice, Albert H. and William 
 R., all of whom are living. The family are 
 
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 members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Camp 
 bell is a member of the John Buford Post, No. 
 243, G. A. R., of Rock Island, and its Com 
 mander in 1889. He is also a member of the 
 M. W. A. Camp, No. 1,550 of Rock Island. He 
 is a Republican in politics, a faithful and ef 
 ficient official, and a useful citizen. 
 
 CAPT. B. F. HOLCOMB, a Justice of the 
 Peace, of Galesburg, 111., was born in 
 Westport, N. Y., July 24, 1821. His 
 parents Dr. Diodorus and Sylvia (Loveland) 
 Holcomb, were natives of Vt. and N. Y. res 
 pectively, and of English and Welsh extrac 
 tion. They reared to man and womanhood 10 
 sons and 5 daughters, and buried two infants. 
 Dr. Holcomb was a surgeon in the war of 1812- 
 14 and practiced his profession as long as he 
 lived. He was a prominent member of the 
 Methodist Church. He buried his wife in 
 1839 at the age of fifty years. He lived to be 
 upward of eighty, dying in Essex Co. N. Y. in 
 i S6o. 
 
 B. F. Holcomb was educated reasonably 
 well, at the eommon schools and academy in his 
 native county, and when about 16 years of age 
 began clerking in a store at Whitehall, N. Y. 
 He subsequently learned the tailoring trade. 
 In 1844 he set up a tailoring establishment for 
 himself in Schroon, N. Y., and in 1848 he re 
 turned to his native town and remained until 
 1855 at which time he removed to Galesburg. 
 111., where he was employed as "cutter" for the 
 succeeding three years. In the spring of 1859 
 he was elected City Treasurer, which office he 
 resigned in 1861 to enter the U. S. Army. Sept. 
 ist of that year, he was mustered in as Capt. of 
 Co. K., 45th 111., Vol. Inf., and served for 3 
 years and 4 months. Early in July, 1862, he 
 was placed, by detachment, as an Aid-de-Camp 
 upon Gen. Logan s Staff, in the engineer de 
 partment, where he remained until he left the 
 service. Before his detachment upon staff 
 duty, while in command of his Co., he participa 
 ted in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donel- 
 son and Shiloh, receiving at the last named en 
 
 gagement a gunshot wound in his right side, 
 which removed him from duty about three 
 months and from which he never fully re 
 covered. Subsequently he took part in the 
 battles of Fort Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, 
 Champion Hills, Big Black, the siege of Vicks- 
 burg, Kenesaw Mt., Atlanta and Sherman s 
 march to the sea. Leaving the service at the 
 close of the war. at Savannah, Ga., in 1865, he 
 then returned to Galesburg, 111., and for ^con 
 secutive years discharged the duties of Con 
 stable, three years of the time filling also the 
 office of Deputy Sheriff. 
 
 In April, 1885, the people by a large major 
 ity placed him in the office of Justice of the 
 Peace. In the spring of 1889, he was re- 
 elected, and which office he now holds. He is 
 a member of the G. A. R. and politically votes 
 with the Republican party. May 14, 1844, Mr. 
 Holcomb was married in Essex Co., N. Y., to 
 Miss Elizabeth A. Towner, a native of St. 
 Johns, Canada East, who is now living, and 
 they have four sons and four daughters, namely: 
 Watson T., Dillon, Mont.; Theodore C., Roch 
 ester, Kan.; Arthur B., Monmouth, 111.; Helen 
 A. Converse, Frances I. Regmir, Libbie M. 
 Greenwood, Edwin P. Holcomb and Hattie P. 
 Mair, residing in Galesburg, 111. Capt. Hol 
 comb after an active and industrious life, and 
 an army record that is honorable and creditable, 
 is justly entitled to the esteem and respect 
 which he receives from the large circle of 
 friends he has made by kindly courtesy and a 
 keen sense of justice. 
 
 HANS F. HARTMANN, a resident of Rock 
 Island, 111., and a member of the G. A. R., 
 was born July 25, 1841, at Ulzburg, Prov 
 ince Holstein, Germany, the only child of 
 Hans and Christina (Siegfried) Hartmann. 
 When Hans was but a year old he lost his 
 mother, and in 1854, his father emigrated to 
 America, locating at Davenport, Iowa, where 
 he still lives at the age of 70, enjoying a retired 
 life of ease and comfort. When 17 years old 
 Hans, too, sailed the Atlantic, joined his father 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 at Davenport, and subsequently followed farm 
 ing up to the time of the great rebellion. July 
 21, 1861, we find his name on the roll of volun 
 teers and Sept. 17, 1861, at Davenport, la., he 
 was mustered into Co. B., i6th Iowa Inf. The 
 Regt. remained in camp until the following 
 March, when it marched to Benton Barracks, 
 Mo., where Hans was appointed Corporal. 
 Shortly, they embarked for Vicksburg, Miss., 
 landing on Friday night, April 4, 1862. Sunday 
 morning, April 6, they were ordered into line 
 with the gallant i6th Iowa in the front and 
 center. Onward they bravely marched over the 
 open field. Anon, they encountered a battery 
 of the enemy, which lay covered under heavy 
 brush and timber. When within about a quar 
 ter of a mile, it suddenly opened out volley 
 upon volley of its hot and deadly fire, the 
 shattered Regt. being forced to retreat, losing 
 135 in killed and wounded, but notwithstanding 
 this terrible loss was immediately ordered to 
 support our battery. The Union forces being 
 strengthened during the night, the bloody 
 battle was quickly resumed the next day, this 
 time with victory to our gallant " boys in blue." 
 After months of skirmishing and foraging, we 
 next find our subject actively engaged in the 
 battle of luka, Sept. 19, 1862, where, with only 
 a force of 7 or 8,000, the brave "boys" attacked 
 and repulsed the entire army of the enemy, 
 20,000 strong. Here on the field, while sleep- 
 ingduring the cannonading, comrade Hartmann 
 was wounded a charge of grape and shot tak 
 ing him in the right shoulder, demolishing his 
 cartridge box, and only for the good fortune 
 that he lay with his head turned, he would have 
 been shot through the skull. 
 
 Thus our soldier was taken to the hospital 
 at luka, where he lay several days, amidst the 
 pittiful and horrible sight of piles and piles of 
 amputated limbs, which were thrown from the 
 second story into -an adjoining shed, filling it 
 up to the roof. From here he was transported 
 to Benton Barracks, Mo., where he was confined 
 three months when he was granted a furlough, 
 being without money he could not return home, 
 thus remained in St. Louis, and after twenty 
 days rejoined his comrades at Holly Springs, 
 
 Miss. Here our loyal and faithful soldier was 
 promoted to Sergeant. After weeks of march 
 ing and an engagement on the canal in the 
 rear of Vicksburg, our Sergt. actively partici 
 pated in the long, arduous and memorable siege 
 of that city, from May 22, to July 4, 1863. Next 
 we find him in the Meridian expedition, return 
 ing to Vicksburg, whence the Regt, received a 
 30 days furlough. The boys rejoined the army 
 at Dalton, Ga., and subsequently Sergt. Hart 
 mann was actively engaged in the Atlanta cam 
 paign. At Atlanta, July 22, 1864. his Brig., the 
 famous, "Crocker s Iowa Brigade," made the 
 gallant charge which is so well known to his 
 tory. Desperately they fought it was Greek 
 to Greek each soldier was his own commander, 
 and during this tragic conflict, 1,950, among 
 whom was our comrade Hartmann, were taken 
 prisoners. Crammed into cattle cars so tightly 
 that there was no room to kneel, much less sit, 
 they were transported to Andersonville prison. 
 "The gates of hell" were opened and the pris 
 oners were marched into the roofless court sur 
 rounded by a gloomy stockade. Here amid the 
 ghastly scenes of this living tomb, he was con 
 fined sixty days, sleeping on the bare ground, 
 rain or shine, and sometimes going without food 
 for three days. With little or no food, and only 
 a few ragged shrouds to protect them from the 
 inclemency of the weather, the poor comrades 
 died and starved at the rate of a hundred a day. 
 Shipped to near Atlanta, comrade Hartmann 
 was one of the fortunate who, half alive, was 
 exchanged -many being returned to the prison 
 probably never to return. Having joined Sher 
 man in his march to Savannah, Ga., the brave 
 boys march onward through the Carolinas, 
 wading swamps, fording cold and icy streams, 
 and at Columbus, N. C., the gallant Brig, capt 
 ured a secession flag, for which there was a 
 reward of $500. Onward, fighting the battle of 
 Bentonville and finally joining the grand review 
 at Washington. The remnant of the Regt. was 
 discharged at Louisville, Ky., July 19, 1865, 
 comrade Hartmann returning to Davenport, la. 
 At present he is connected with the Rock 
 Island Lumber Company, at Rock Island, as 
 Superintendent of thejr mammoth lumber yard, 
 
D. HAPEMAN. 
 
 G. W. HOWE. 
 
 L. C. MILLS. 
 
 JAMES KENNEDY. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 375 
 
 a highly responsible position which he has held 
 for the past ten years without interruption. 
 
 He was married at Davenport, June 22, 
 1867, to Kathcrine D. Aye, and to them were 
 born five children, of whom are living: William 
 F., with the Lumber Co.; Clara A., now Mrs. 
 Feimers, of Davenport, la., and Julia A., the 
 youngest, now being educated. 
 
 Mr. Hartmann is a member of the K. of P., 
 also of the M. W. A. Society. In politics is a 
 Republican. A true and loyal soldier, an hon 
 orable and upright citizen, Mr. Hartmann has 
 not only won the respect of his employers, but 
 of all who know him. 
 
 EZRA MclNTiRE was born in Somerset Co., 
 Me., Feb. 2, 1831. His father was Ezra 
 Mclntire, who was the son of Phineas 
 Mclntire, and his father was Jacob Mclntire, 
 who was a Scotchman by birth, but lived and 
 raised a family of five children in the State of 
 Mass., long before the Revolutionary war. He 
 took an active part in the French and Indian 
 war of 1754 to 1763. Soon after the close of 
 the war he died at the age of 45 years. 
 
 His three sons, Perley, Jacob Jr. and Phineas 
 were soldiers in the war of the Revolution. 
 Phineas, the grandfather of the subject of this 
 sketch, served out two enlistments (2 years) of 
 the war and participated in several engage 
 ments, among which were the battles of White 
 Plains, Harlem Heights and Brandywine, and 
 was with the army during that memorable 
 winter at Valley Forge. After the close of the 
 war he married and emigrated to the District 
 of Maine, which at that time was a part of the 
 State of Mass. He went up the Kennebec as 
 far as where Skowhegan now is, but then an en 
 tire wilderness, and there made a settlement, 
 improved a farm, reared a large family and had 
 the satisfaction of seeing them all settled in 
 comfortable circumstances about him. He 
 died in 1837 at the age of 84 years. Ezra Mc 
 lntire Sen. in early life followed the occupa 
 tion of shoemaking but soon after married a 
 Miss Claima P. Stichfield of Cumberland Co., 
 
 Me., and settled on a farm in the town of 
 Bloomfield, and with industry and perseverance 
 was enabled to make a comfortable home for the 
 remainder of his days. His family consisted 
 of ten children, eight of whom grew to ma 
 turity. 
 
 Ezra the subject of this sketch was the 
 youngest of the boys and with the limited ad 
 vantages of securing an education at that time, 
 made good use of the opportunity offered, and 
 having the advantage of taking a few terms in 
 Bloomfield Academy, determined to adopt 
 teaching as a vocation for at least winter em 
 ployment. Having had some three or four 
 years experience in that line, prior to the time 
 that gold was discovered in Cal. It was then 
 that the gold fever spread so generally all over 
 New England. Having been seized with this 
 epidemic, he with two of his brothers deter 
 mined to start for the far-off Eldorado. Accord 
 ingly Sept. nth, 1851, he embarked on board 
 the Steamship "Illinois" at N. Y. bound for the 
 Isthmus of Panama. Having somewhat of an 
 eventful voyage to San Francisco, he finally 
 arrived at the gold fields in Columbia, Puolumne 
 Co., Nov. 8th. Spending nearly two years 
 there at mining, he returned home. 
 
 After spending a time visiting the native 
 home, he came to 111., then visited Wis., re 
 maining there during the winter of 1854-55 
 teaching in Fond-du-Lac Co., returning to 
 Me. the following spring, soon began to lay 
 plans to return to 111., and there make a per 
 manent home. Accordingly in April, 1856, he 
 came to Bureau Co., and soon settled on a farm 
 at Neponset wherehenow resides. In Feb. 1858, 
 he was married to Miss Thankful C. Wells, a 
 daughter of Hon. Richard Wells, of Clinton, 
 Me. Mr. Mclntire enlisted in Co. H., g^d 
 Vol. Inf., Aug, I4th, 1862. He was with his 
 Regt. during the entire term of its service, with 
 the exception of a few weeks just before the 
 close of the war, when he was sick in hospital. 
 The first fight was at Jackson, Miss., May 14, 
 1863, and the second at Champion Hills two 
 days after, where both Co. H., and the entire 
 .Re?t. lost severely, and two color bearers were 
 
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 shot down. Then came the siege and charge 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 on Vicksburg which entailed heavy losses to 
 the Regt., a movement up the East Tenn. re 
 gion followed by a long series of marches and 
 engagements leading up to the fall of Atlanta. 
 At "the Tunnel" at Missionary Ridge, Nov. 
 25, 1863, the Regt. again met with a serious 
 loss, Col. Putnam having been killed while 
 storming the Rebel works and three men bear 
 ing the colors were also killed. The 93d also 
 took an active part in the defense of our 
 garrison at Allatoona, Ga., Oct. 5, 1864. After 
 which it started with Sherman on his grand 
 march to the sea. Was on guard duty at the 
 city of Columbia at the time it was burned. 
 Was also with the forage expedition from John 
 E. Smith s Div., under the command of Maj. 
 Archer, that made an assault on Florence, S. 
 C., with the view of relieving some of the 
 Union prisoners about the time the 15 corps 
 was moving on Cheraw. 
 
 Having arrived at Goldsboro, N. C., a rest 
 so much needed by the troops was ordered. In 
 consequence of the long and tedious marching 
 Mr. Mclntire was taken sick and sent to the 
 hospital at Newbern, and was soon transferred 
 to the General hospital at Madison Ind., here 
 he received his discharge May 26, A. D. 1865, 
 and arrived home a few days before the rest of 
 the Co., who had also received their discharge. 
 Since the war Mr. Mclntire has devoted him 
 self to the cultivation of his fine farm on which 
 he was residing when he enlisted, situated on the 
 edge of the valley of Neponset. He has seven 
 children who are thus briefly sketched: Ezra 
 Elmer, born the first year of the war, was edu 
 cated at Colby University, Waterville, Me., and 
 is at present Supt. of Stevens Seminary and the 
 public schools at Glencoe, Minn, and has a 
 wife and one child, whose name is Herbert 
 Spencer; Nellie L. is engaged in teaching in 
 the schools at Sheffield, 111.; Mary E. a teacher 
 in a department under her brother at Glencoe; 
 Richard E. resides at home; Merton P. at school 
 at Dixon, 111.; Florence A. and Adelaide V. 
 living at home. Mr. Mclntire, in politics, is a 
 Republican, never seeks office, but has ever 
 taken a deep interest in govermental affairs, 
 and the cause of education. He and his wife 
 
 are members of the Baptist Church, and he 
 holds a membership, and is a Past Commander 
 of Post 284 G. A. R. at Neponset, 111. This 
 gentleman, though quiet and unassuming, is 
 highly esteemed by those who know him best, 
 and is regarded as one possessing a high char 
 acter for sterling honesty and unimpeachable 
 integrity. 
 
 WILLIAM P. QUAYLE, editor and proprie 
 tor of the Rock Islander and the Tri- 
 City Trade Journal, of Rock Island, 
 111., was born at Newburgh, Ohio, Aug. 2, 1846. 
 His parents were John and Ann (Holland) 
 Quayle. His father was the son of Mr. and 
 Mrs. John Quayle, of the Isle of Man. They 
 emigrated to the U. S. about 60 years ago, set 
 tling at Newburgh, being among the first to lo 
 cate at that village. The father of William P., 
 the subject of this sketch, was by trade a car 
 penter, and was born on the Isle of Man in 1810. 
 He died in 1880, and his widow in 1890, at the 
 old family homestead. He was notably emi 
 nent as a member of the order of Odd Fellows, 
 and was instrumental in its advancement in the 
 section of country in which he resided. In 
 politics he was a pronounced Republican. Nine 
 children were born to him, as follows: John 
 (dead); Mary, who married Henry Botten, of 
 Cleveland, Ohio; Sarah, who married Mr. Oscar 
 Ruggles, of the same city; Albert, Samuel, 
 (dead); William P.; Charles, Lucy, who mar 
 ried George Canfield, of Cleveland, Ohio, en 
 gaged in oil refining; Frank H., a clothier at 
 Elyria, Ohio. Samuel and Albert were in the 
 military service of the Union, Samuel in the 
 1 24th Ohio, and Albert in the iO3d Ohio. 
 
 William P., the subject of this sketch, after 
 a preliminary education in the common schools, 
 went at the age of 16 to Lima, Ohio, where he 
 secured employment in his uncle s grocery bus 
 iness. After a year thus spent, he returned 
 home and enlisted at Cleveland in Oct. 1864, 
 and was mustered in at Atlanta, Ga., as a mem 
 ber of Co. E., 66th Ohio Inf., a part of the 1st 
 Brig., 2d Div. of the 20th A. C. His Regt. was 
 with the famous " march to the sea " of Gen. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 377 
 
 Sherman, during which he was often, engaged 
 in foraging expeditions. Arriving at Golds- 
 boro, after a long and arduous march from Sa 
 vannah, the Regt. presented a truly bizane ap 
 pearance, having nothing in the way of clothing 
 that would establish their identity as soldiers, 
 in garb not unlike Falstaff s recruits. Mr. 
 Quayle was shoeless, and was often driven by 
 hunger to snatch the grains of corn from the 
 mules, themselves but very little short of starv 
 ation. 
 
 The iO3d Ohio, to which his brother Albert 
 belonged, which was a part of Gen. Schofield s 
 Corps, sent to relieve Sherman, created on their 
 arrival at Goldsboro the most intense expres 
 sions of delight. His brother did not at first 
 recognize him, but their meeting was one of 
 great joy to both. While at Goldsboro the 
 tattered regiment was reclothed in neat uni 
 forms, and in a general way recruited. From 
 Goldsboro the command moved North to 
 Raleigh, where they remained but a few days. 
 It was here that the sad news was received of 
 the assasination of President Lincoln. Their 
 next move was to Bentonville,but the Div. was 
 not engaged in the battle at that place, being 
 held in reserve. The next event to follow was 
 the surrender of Johnston. After going into 
 camp for a few days the command took up the 
 march for Washington, where they participated 
 in the grand parade and review, May 24, 1865. 
 Remaining in camp for a few days at George 
 town, they proceeded to Louisville, Ky., where 
 they were mustered out, and then finally paid 
 off and discharged at Columbus, Ohio, July 20, 
 1865. 
 
 Soon after reaching his home, Mr. Qualye 
 entered the Western Union Commercial Col 
 lege, from which he was graduated, afterwards 
 engaging in business with his brother, Samuel, 
 who had a photograph gallery at Painesville, 
 Ohio. This partnership was continued for about 
 one year and a half, when he sold out his inter 
 est to his brother, and going to Iowa, located 
 at Davenport, where he held a clerkship in a 
 hotel for 9 years. He afterwards for two years 
 represented the Davenport Gazette, then remov 
 ing to Rock Island, he became associated with 
 
 the Union as an an advertising solicitor. Pre 
 serving this relation for about two years, he 
 connected himself with the Argus, and was the 
 business manager of that newspaper for nine 
 years. He then purchased the Rock Islander, 
 and the Tri-City Trade Joittnal, subsequently ac 
 quiring sole ownership of the latter, and has 
 since conducted both publications. The Jour 
 nal is devoted to the manufacturing and whole 
 sale interests of the Miss. Valley. It is a hand 
 some quarto of 24 pages, is issued monthly, 
 and is now in its second volume. As an adver 
 tising medium it is very popular and gives great 
 satisfaction to its numerous patrons. The Rock 
 Islander, now in its 37th year of publication, is 
 a quarto sheet of 12 pages, and is issued every 
 Friday. It holds an independent position in 
 politics, and is exceptionally prosperous, with 
 increasing patronage. Connected with the 
 newspaper is a well equipped job office. 
 
 He was married March 16, 1871, in Clinton 
 Co., Iowa, to Kate, daughter of John and Jane 
 (Graham) Stewart. Mrs. Quayle s mother was 
 a native of Ireland, and her father of Pa. Her 
 mother died when she was but two years old. 
 Her father is still living. Of the union of Wil 
 liam P. Quayle and Kate Stewart there have 
 been six children: Charles S., Frank, Minnie, 
 Edith, William and Ernest. Mr. Quayle is a 
 member of the M. W. A., Camp No. 29, of Rock 
 Island, and was the first Woodman initiated in 
 that camp ; a member of the Masonic Lodge, 
 Trio Lodge No. 57, A. F. & A. M. ; and a member 
 of Gen. John Buford Post, No. 243, G. A. R., and 
 its present quartermaster. In politics he is a Re- 
 publian, and both he and his wife are members 
 of the Presbyterian Church. He is the Super 
 intendent of the South Park Mission Sunday 
 School. He has been an able advocate of pub 
 lic improvements, and since his residence at 
 Rock Island has labored assiduously in all di 
 rections in which the town could be benefitted. 
 He was one of the five that secured the charter 
 for the Elm street railway, which is now being 
 utilized by the Electric Street Railway Co., 
 they running their electric cars over the line 
 greatly to the benefit of that section of the 
 city. . 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Mr. Quayle is an honorable and strictly con 
 scientious man, whose deeds are projected 
 from his disposition to do what is right and 
 just. 
 
 SA. KUTER, of Hinckley, 111., a native of 
 Pa., and a son of John and Lydia Kuter t 
 was born June 18, 1846, inSchuylkill Co. 
 The parents were natives of Pa., the father be 
 ing physically a strong man, 6 feet, 3 inches 
 high, and a carpenter by trade. Of the 12 chil 
 dren born to these parents 9 are now living, and 
 Simon is the youngest. He acquired a common 
 school education, and at the age of 17 years en 
 listed at St. Charles, 111., Jan. 28, 1864, in Co. A., 
 i/th 111. Cav. This Co. pursued the usual route 
 of the 111. troops on their way to active service 
 to the front, and went to Jefferson Barracks, at 
 St. Louis, then to Alton to guard prisoners, re 
 maining on that duty about three months. 
 While here Mr. Kuter met with an accident 
 that nearly cost his life, and which brought on 
 a three months sickness, the result of a desperate 
 swim in the Miss. River, which is thus described: 
 He and one other soldier were well out in the 
 river when a passing steamboat attempted to 
 run them down ; after a terrible struggle with 
 the waves and the boat. both men finally reach 
 ed the shore completely exhausted. Mr. Kutcr 
 sinking a few feet from the shore was rescued ; 
 his companion died a short time afterwards in 
 the hospital from the effects of his exertions at 
 the time. After recovering he moved with his 
 Regt. to St. Joseph, and from this time there 
 was plenty of active service. The men were 
 kept on the move, sometimes riding in saddle 
 for three days and nights at a time without rest. 
 This Regt. took part in the raid after Price, and 
 was the first to attack him. Sometime in Aug. 
 Co. A. was ordered West on to the plains to 
 guard against the Indians, and of this expedi 
 tion Mr. Kuter can recall many thrilling inci 
 dents and experiences. This Co. was located 
 at Fort Laramie a few months and afterwards 
 assisted in the construction of Fort Ellsworth, 
 where the regular soldiers who occupied the 
 Fort, after Co. A., were all massacred by the In 
 
 dians. Mr. Kuter, on this western service, wit 
 nessed the marriage of Chief Bever s son to a 
 white woman, on which occasion the Indians 
 indulged in a great feast and dance. After night 
 Mr. Kuter and a comrade returned to this dance 
 and joined in with the Indians, but it proved to 
 be a hazardous experience, as they narrowly 
 escaped with their lives. At this time the plains 
 were covered with herds of buffaloes, the sol 
 diers shooting many simply for amusement. 
 After his return from the West, Mr. Kuter was 
 discharged Dec. 15, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth, 
 and paid off at Springfield, 111. He engaged in 
 farming about eight years until 1873, then for 
 nearly eleven years was employed as contractor 
 and builder, and in 1884, started in the furniture 
 and undertaking business at Hinckley, 111., in 
 which he is at present interested, located in a 
 fine store with a large stock, where every evi 
 dence of success and prosperity is clearly 
 visible. 
 
 Mr. Kuter was married, Oct. 9, 1876, to Mary 
 Lintner, a native of Ohio, and has a family of 
 four children living, whose names are: Francis, 
 Fernando, Maynard and Altia, with three dead. 
 The grandfather of Mr. Kuter was a soldier in 
 the war of the Revolution, and he feels proud 
 that he could serve in the defense of his country 
 that his ancestors fought to establish. The Co. 
 that Mr. Kuter enlisted in, shows by its record 
 that its experience in the war was not all pomp 
 and parade, as of the 1 1 5 men mustered in but 10 
 answered to the last roll call to be mustered 
 out. Truly the silent voices and the vacant 
 ranks speak more eloquently than words of 
 eulogy or songs of praise of the bravery and 
 sacrifice of the soldiers of the country who 
 deserve the highest honor and esteem of a 
 grateful people. 
 
 HENRY EMRICH, one of the leading citizens 
 of Galesburg, 111., hails from Germany > 
 where he was born Jan. 26, 1844. In 
 1853, the family sailed for America, and in 1856, 
 located at Galesburg. Two year:; later young 
 Henry learned the art of printing. When in 
 
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 379 
 
 1861, the echoes of Fort Sumter rolled loudly 
 over the Prairie State, he was desirous of en 
 listing in the first company raised in his town, 
 but not being of age his father objected. On 
 the 26th of the following January Henry reached 
 1 8 years, the required age, and the next day he 
 enlisted in Co. IT., I3th 111. Cav. The Regt. 
 was organized at Camp Douglas, Chicago, and 
 soon they were ready to go to the front. Rid 
 ing barebacked with only a halter to guide 
 their fiery steeds, they galloped down to the 
 Alton depot with the mercury 10 degrees below 
 zero. They arrived at St. Louis in a drenching 
 rain storm, and Mr. Emrich notes that it has 
 rained every time he has been there since. At 
 Benton Barracks they were drilled and 
 equipped, and shortly, the I3th formed in line, 
 then forward " to do or die" for the grand "old 
 flag." The first day s march under a constant 
 and severe rain storm ended with their retiring 
 at Jefferson Barracks without any supper. The 
 next place reached was Pilot Knob, not, how 
 ever, until the residents along the route were 
 thoroughly cognizant of the fact that the I3th 
 had early learned to forage and subsist on the 
 enemy. Subsequently we find our young sol 
 dier with little rest or sleep, actively engaged 
 in scouting, bushwhacking and assisting in keep 
 ing the line open from Pilot Knob to Poca- 
 hontas, a distance of about 200 miles. Then 
 followed months of marching interspersed with 
 many skirmishes with the invading enemy, un 
 til the boys knew the " ins and outs" of the 
 Mingo Swamp, and Lone Jack and Ozark Mts., 
 with the intervening rivers, hills and swamps, 
 about as thoroughly as the streets and alleys of 
 their native city. 
 
 During the winter of 1862 to 63, they 
 engaged, under hardships and privations, in a 
 fruitless attempt to reach Little Rock. Return 
 ing the 1 3th did constant foraging for the infan 
 try, and the fact that they grew "fat and saucy" 
 was the best testimonial of the Cavalry s good 
 work. July, 1863, they moved to Clarendon, 
 Ark., joined Gen. Steele s Inf. and then began 
 the Little Rock campaign. On one occasion 
 at 2:30 A. M., a detail of 125 advanced 
 onward through the. dark night, discovered .a 
 
 rebel picket, passed him on the run, and soon 
 the advance guard of 14, among whom was our 
 soldier, Henry, ran into an ambush of about 
 200 rebels. The little squadron was soon sur 
 rounded but not to be captured. A demand 
 for surrender was gallantly answered with a 
 volley from their revolvers, in return of which 
 they received a hot volley. They heroically 
 held their ground until the battalion came up, 
 when the enemy retreated. After weeks of 
 almost constant skirmishing Mr. Emrich par 
 ticipated in the battle of Bayou Metor and the 
 capture of Little Rock. During the latter 
 engagement they swam the Ark. River, and 
 after a desperate fight with the rebels in a cot 
 ton field the enemy retreated and the cavalry 
 took posession of the city on a dead run, Sept. 
 10, 1863. Subsequently Mr. Emrich was detailed 
 as orderly at the headquarters of Gen. Rice, and 
 the following year he faced the enemy s fire in 
 the following battles: Terra Noir Creek, April 
 12, in which his horse fell shot in the neck by 
 a canister shot; Little Missouri, April 4; Prairie 
 D Ann, April 10, 11 and 12, during which con 
 flict he had his eyes injured through an explo 
 sion of shell; Poison Springs and the capture 
 of Camden, April 15, and finally in the battle 
 of Jenkins, April 30, during which his command 
 stood the brunt of the battle for six hours, and 
 where the Union troops suffered a loss of 700, 
 but inflicted a loss on the enemy of over 2,000, 
 the latter being rebel authority. 
 
 During this campaign the command suffered 
 quite heavily in killed and wounded, Gen. Rice 
 being twice wounded, the last time fatally. 
 After his death, comrade Emrich was trans 
 ferred to the headquarters of Gen. Steele and 
 received the thanks and compliments from that 
 officer for special duty performed with the 
 enemy while under a flag of truce. He remained 
 at Corps headquarters until he was mustered 
 out, Jan. 27, 1865, having loyally served three 
 years and being under fire 18 times. 
 
 Mr. Emrich was married Jan. 6th, 1867, to 
 Miss Caroline Rulf, who bore him five children, 
 Erminie, Charles, Lillie, Erie and Roy, the 
 two latter being twins. Charles is at present a 
 cadet engineer in the U. S. Navy. He became 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 editor of the Galesburg Plain Dealer in 1879, 
 and has held that responsible position since. 
 
 DR. EDWARD HALE BOWMAN, of Andalusia, 
 Ills., was born Aug. 15, 1816, at Frank 
 lin, Pa. His parents were Andrew and 
 Sarah (Hale) Bowman. Andrew s father was 
 James, a soldier of the War of the Revolution 
 under Washington. Andrew was born at 
 Easton, Pa., as was his father James. 
 
 Dr. Bowman s paternal ancestors were 
 Scotch-Irish, and his maternal descent from 
 the English Cavaliers of Md. His mother, 
 Sarah Hale, was the daughter of an Indian 
 trader, and was born in Venango Co., Pa. His 
 father s occupation was that of a farmer, being 
 also a tanner and currier, to which was added 
 the business of boot and shoemaking. He 
 served as Sheriff of Venango Co., and held the 
 position of Clerk of the Court and Recorder. 
 In his later life he was often called upon to 
 adjust the disputes and differences of his 
 neighbors as an arbitrator, a duty which gave 
 him great satisfaction as conducing to the 
 greater harmony and peace among them. 
 
 In his early life he espoused the cause of 
 the Whig party, but subsequently became a 
 Democrat. He was the father of seven child 
 ren: Edward Hale, the subject of this sketch, 
 Andrew W., a graduate of West Point, and at 
 the time of his death Colonel of the 3ist U. S. 
 Inf.; William George, Edwin Charles, Alfred 
 and Ruth, of whom Edwin, Andrew, William, 
 Ruth and William George are dead. 
 
 The father died about 1854, and the mother 
 12 years later. Edward s childhood was passed 
 amid the charms of home and in acquiring a 
 preliminary education in the common schools 
 of the period., He completed his education at 
 the Venango Academy, after which, on account 
 of his father s ill health, he was given control 
 of his business. He subsequently established 
 a school which for sometime he successfully 
 taught, and in which he gained distinction for 
 the maintenance of a scrupulous discipline. 
 Resolving finally to try his fortunes away from 
 
 home, he packed his clothes and other small 
 personal effects in a trunk which he made from 
 his father s stock of leather, and set out for 
 Kentucky. Locating at Lexington, he early 
 obtained a school, which he taught for five 
 months, incurring the highest commendation 
 of his patrons, who offered to double his salary, 
 if he would continue to teach. This he thought 
 proper to decline, and going to Jessamine, Ky., 
 opened a private school, and began the study 
 of medicine, which he prosecuted at the same 
 time. It was while here that he obtained a 
 skeleton, which he still has in his possession. 
 
 During his period of teaching at Jessamine, 
 and in Montgomery Co., he saved up enough 
 money to defray the expense of a regular 
 course of medical lectures at Transylvania 
 University, Lexington, Ky., from which he was 
 graduated in March, 1841. Returning to his 
 old home, he opened an office, and, after his 
 marriage, which occurred in a few months, 
 removed to Harrisville, Pa., where he began 
 the practice of his profession. He remained 
 here for two years, when he removed to Rock- 
 Island, 111. .resuming practice. Here, with some 
 interruptions, he continued until the beginning 
 of the War of the Rebellion. . 
 
 In the spring of 1852, he caught the gold 
 fever and went to California, where for two 
 years he was engaged in mining, in which he 
 was partially successful. He lost considerably 
 in various speculations, but managed to save 
 and send his wife a fair proportion of the re 
 sults of his operations. Subsequently his cash 
 balance becoming reduced to but fifty cents, 
 he began to look around him for some employ 
 ment. He found a man who was building a 
 hotel, and representing himself as a carpenter 
 secured a job at $5 per day. It was soon dis 
 covered that he was not a carpenter, although 
 his work was well done. During this time one 
 of the men around him was taken sick and he 
 treated him. At first the sick man showed 
 signs of improvement, but subsequently was 
 .attacked with a hemorrhage of the lungs, upon 
 which the Doctor gave him a receipt for some 
 medicine. The man took the prescription to 
 a drug store to be filled and the druggist told 
 
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 him it was written by a regular physician. This 
 made known the Doctor s real character. 
 
 His California claims, which he had con 
 sidered worth $20,000 were appropriated by 
 trespassers, but for the reason that he refused 
 to bribe the Judge, they retained possession, 
 thus denuding him of his rights. He returned 
 by way of the Isthmus, and reaching home, re 
 sumed the practice of medicine at Edgington, 
 111., which proved lucrative, but his health fail 
 ing he engaged in politics, offering himself for 
 the position of Circuit Clerk, to which he was 
 elected in 1860. 
 
 At the beginning of the Civil War he was 
 offered by Col. Buford, of the 2;th 111. Inf., the 
 post of Surgeon, asking his acceptance by tele 
 gram from Cairo. Going the same evening to 
 Chicago, he failed to receive an order for his 
 examination, and returned to Rock Island, 
 again entering upon his duties as Circuit Clerk. 
 A second attempt to secure a position as Sur 
 geon proved successful, Gov. Yates giving him 
 the appointment, without an examination, of 
 Surgeon to the 2/th 111. He entered upon his 
 duties at Cairo, remaining there during the en 
 suing winter, the next summer participating 
 with his regiment in the battle of Belrnont. 
 He had, subsequent to assuming incumbent 
 duties as a Surgeon at Cairo, passed a very 
 satisfactory examination at Springfield. At 
 this time there were about 150 applicants for 
 Surgeons positions. He was required to write 
 a thesis, which he did to the satisfaction of the 
 examining board, but as his name had not been 
 enrolled, the issuance of his commission could 
 not follow. An appeal to Gov. Yates, how 
 ever, obtained him the necessary order, and he 
 was duly installed as Surgeon. He earned the 
 distinction of dressing more cases of the men 
 wounded in the battle of Belmont than any 
 other Surgeon of his department. 
 
 The next important move of this command 
 was from Cairo to Columbus in the spring of 
 1862, and thence down the Miss., to Island No. 
 10, with the gunboat flotilla, taking part in all 
 the operations that succeeded. He was while 
 here an observer of the process of cutting the 
 levee to permit an influx of water to New 
 
 Madrid, enabling the passage of boats from 
 that point to aid in capturing the position. 
 This plan was originated by the 27th, who were 
 on the boats which ran the batteries. The 
 Doctor having been requested by Col. Buford 
 to receive the surrender of such of the garrison 
 of Island No. 10 as had not escaped, was thus 
 the first Union soldier to set foot upon it after 
 the capitulation. Before the surrender of Island 
 No. 10 the Regt, accompanied by the Doctor, 
 made an expedition to Union City, debarking 
 at Hickman, to disperse the rebels there sta 
 tioned. While here the Doctor was directed 
 by Col. Buford to investigate a light which was 
 observed at some distance. Proceeding in the 
 direction indicated by the light, he was halted 
 by a Union soldier on guard at a house, the 
 occupants of which were rebel sympathizers. 
 Returning to Col. Buford they repaired to the 
 place where supper had been prepared for them. 
 The rebel force of some 2,OOO men at Union 
 City was taken by surprise and made a precipi 
 tate retreat after a few discharges of shells 
 from the Federal batteries, leaving behind them 
 their unfinished breakfasts. After destroying 
 the camp the expedition returned to Island No. 
 10, the Doctor bringing off as trophies, which 
 he still retains, the saddle and trappings of a 
 rebel colonel. 
 
 The command after this moved down the 
 river to invest Fort Pillow, but just as the attack 
 had commenced the battle of Shiloh took place, 
 and the order to retrace their steps to that 
 point, as a reinforcement, was at once acted 
 upon. Here the Doctor had no difficulty in 
 observing the action and noting the various 
 manoeuvers, which he does not regard as being 
 creditable to those in command. He was with 
 the march to Corinth under Gen. Halleck, and 
 at the siege, remaining until after the surrender. 
 From Corinth the command proceeded east 
 along the line of the Memphis and Charleston 
 R. R., keeping up communications until Kirby 
 Smith broke through his barriers on the route 
 to Louisville. The command was then ordered 
 to Nashville, while the rest of the army moved 
 on to Louisville. 
 
 During the march from Corinth to Nash- 
 
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 ville, Dr. Bowman received promotion as 
 Surgeon in Chief of the 1st Division of the 
 Army of the Mississippi. The command rested 
 at Nashville for about two months, performing 
 guard duty and making occasional expeditions 
 in the vicinity. Col. Buford was here promoted 
 to Brig. Gen., Col. Harrington succeding to the 
 command of the Regt. The Doctor accom 
 panied, while at Nashville, an expedition to 
 Goodlitsville to destroy a rebel camp there lo 
 cated, wich was attended with much fatigue 
 and privation. On his return to Nashville he 
 was able to treat his friends to some excellent 
 port wine, which he had secured before they 
 set out on the expedition. At ten o clock on 
 the night of the return, orders were given to 
 march at midnight in the direction of Murfrees- 
 boro, and to Lawrence, which was reported to 
 be in possession of the enemy. The 27th hav 
 ing been on the late expedition was in no con 
 dition to move, the men being literally worn out. 
 The Dr. reported this fact to the Gen. John M. 
 Palmer, telling him the men were not able to 
 march, when the General asked him if the men 
 would consent to fight if they were provided 
 with transportation. The Dr. replied that they 
 would, and orders were immediately given to 
 have ambulances ready for them at midnight, 
 which were promptly obeyed, and the move 
 was made, resulting in a sharp encounter with 
 the enemy in which he was driven out with the 
 loss of several prisoners, camp equipage, wag 
 ons and rebel uniforms. 
 
 Returning to Nashville, they remained 
 there until after the battle of Perryville, when 
 Rosencrans came in with his army, taking the 
 command. The army was now reorganized 
 and the division to which Dr. Bowman had 
 been attached in the Army of the Miss, disolv- 
 ed, and the Dr. assigned as Surgeon of the 3rd 
 Brig, of Sheridan s Div., but the seniority of his 
 rank should have made him Surgeon of the 
 Div. Preparations were now begun for the 
 move upon Murfreesboro, and the Union troops 
 proceeding in that direction met the enemy to 
 the north of that point, engaging in a skirmish. 
 Here the rebels got in the rear of the Union 
 force, capturing Dr. Bowman s wagon contain 
 
 ing his medical supplies and surgical instru 
 ments. 
 
 He was with his brigade in the battle of 
 Stone River and was kept busy attending to the 
 wounded, finally removing them over to the 
 Murfreesboro pike, whence they were sent on 
 to Nashville. He was on the 2cl day ordered 
 to turn over his hospital to another Surgeon 
 and to follow the main line. He presently 
 noticed the movement of the rebels around to 
 the rear of his position. He was now between 
 the lines, but by riding cautiously along, he 
 finally came into his own line again, after pass 
 ing a rebel battery. 
 
 During this battle Col. Harrington was 
 brought to him, having been badly wounded 
 in the face with serious injuries to his jaw. The 
 Dr. having him removed to a clump of cedars, 
 dressed his wounds as well as he could. He 
 was here pounced upon by the rebels, who 
 fired into his improvised hospital, and coming 
 up, took him, the wounded Col. and several 
 others prisoners, making them walk, the 
 wounded as well as those who were uninjured. 
 He continued a prisoner until the rebels were 
 defeated and had evacuated Murfreesboro, 
 when he was permitted to return to his com 
 mand. 
 
 During the time of his captivity he attended 
 to the enemy s wounded, and when he was sum 
 moned to the bedside of Col. Harrington, who 
 had been captured with him, he found him dy 
 ing from an overdose of morphine which had 
 been administered by some rebel surgeon. 
 Procuring some lumber he with the assistance 
 of a negro, made a good coffin, and then, he 
 and some of the men dug a grave large enough 
 for two, they buried side by side the Union Col 
 onel and the rebel Gen. Sill, amid the firing of 
 artillery, proclaiming the victory of the Union 
 arms. His duty performed he was returning to 
 make a report to the Provost Marshal, when he 
 was seized with hunger, and meeting a man 
 with some "turn over" pies paid him liberally 
 for what he had, dividing them with the men who 
 had assisted him in burying the dead. He 
 then proceeded to take care of the wounded of 
 the Union troops, who were suffering from 
 
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 hunger. He took up a candle and made a 
 search for something for them to eat, succeed 
 ing in getting some beans, bacon and flour, 
 which were cooked with the aid of some of the 
 Union prisoners. In this way he had pre 
 pared provisions for a meal for 162 of the men 
 that night, for which they were profoundly 
 grateful, and which they heartily enjoyed. 
 After a protracted period of inactivity at Stone 
 River, and the essential rest and reorgani 
 zation, the army moved forward in the cam 
 paign, which through its superior management 
 compelled the rebels to relinquish their hold 
 upon Tullahoma, and drove then from Ten 
 nessee. 
 
 In every movement the Doctor was at the 
 front, and although ordered back on account of 
 sickness by Gen. Sheridan, he was at his own 
 earnest request and that of his Div. Surgeon 
 permitted to accompany the army on its march. 
 He much preferred to seethe compulsory flight 
 of the enemy before "Old Glory," and consid 
 ered it really a better tonic in his case than 
 quinine in commissary whisky. 
 
 The rebels had burned the bridge across the 
 Tenn. River, but a crossing was effected over a 
 temporary structure of pontoons and trestles. 
 They were on the extreme right wing of the 
 advancing army, which brought them to Alpine 
 in Ga. The enemy had been anticipating this 
 movement and had left the country open, taking 
 down the fences to admit the passage of cavalry 
 and artillery. The command went into camp 
 in line of battle, but were soon ordered to 
 "strike tents and take the back track." They 
 ascended and descended Lookout Mt., then 
 marched up the Tenn. Valley for 18 miles or 
 more, afterwards reascending Lookout Moun 
 tain, and again descending, finding a whole 
 regiment of Thomas command making a road 
 way for them, by which they could more easily 
 get down. By building fires upon the rocks 
 and then when heated pouringwaterupon them 
 to crack them, they finally succeeded in effect 
 ing a rough passage. The command proceeded 
 to the Chickamauga Valley and were at once 
 put into line of battle. The march was resumed 
 until after dark, when the command halted to 
 
 get supper and rest, but were soon again in 
 motion, finally about midnight the order to 
 bivouac without lights indicating the proxim 
 ity of the enemy, and the command lay upon 
 their arms. The camp was aroused in the early 
 morning, and the men hastily prepared coffee 
 and again were in readiness for the advance. 
 
 Dr. Bowman was sitting upon his horse with 
 two blankets over his saddle talking with his 
 Brig, commander, Gen. L. C. Bradley, and Otis 
 Moody, brother of the noted evangelist, who 
 berated him for "riding on a pile of blankets 
 like an old huckster woman." They declared 
 it "undignified for the chief medical officer of 
 the Brig.," but the Dr. received it as the joke it 
 was meant to be. Proceeding on the march 
 they arrived at Crawfish Springs, a large stream 
 issuing from under the mountain. The order 
 to fill canteens was ominous of battle. Dr. 
 Bowman kept a large lookout for "straw piles" 
 on the farms they were passing, and late in the 
 afternoon he noted some, "freshly threshed." 
 They soon came to Glenn s Mills and crossed 
 he valley. The Dr. was riding in company 
 with Lee, Sheridan s Adjt.-Gen., when the tramp 
 of the march behind them suddenly ceased. 
 They rode back to ascertain the cause and en 
 countered the "Brigade of the old Dutchman 
 Lieboldt." In a few moments they were in a 
 storm of shot and shells. 
 
 Soon after, the Doctor was summoned to at 
 tend Gen. Bradley, and Adjutant Moody, who 
 had been wounded. He had them conveyed 
 by ambulance to a convenient point, which he 
 had noticed in passing. They were placed in a 
 farm house and the Dr. " covered them with 
 the blankets," for carrying which, they had so 
 "unmercifully jeered" him that morning. Recol 
 lecting the straw stack, he ordered the driver 
 of an empty ammunition wagon to go back half 
 a mile and load up with straw and bring it for 
 the wounded to be laid on. The man was not 
 disposed to obey this order, saying to the Doc 
 tor "I am not under your orders, sir." The 
 Doctor s reply was, " The - you ain t. Come 
 here boys, double quick." Several responded 
 to whom the Dr. gave the command: "Jerk 
 that man out and break his neck if you can 
 
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 D - a man who won t work to help his 
 wounded comrades!" The straw came and gave 
 much comfort to the wounded, the Surgeon be 
 ing enabled by the light of the burning rails to 
 properly care for, and dress their wounds. On 
 Sunday, the 2Oth, the entire right wing of the 
 Div. was disorganized and forced to re 
 treat. While on the North side of Mission 
 Ridge, the Doctor was ordered to remove the 
 ambulances from the drift in order to have 
 them sent back for the wounded. He consulted 
 with the medical officers who were not disposed 
 to think he could manage to get the ambulances 
 out, but in a short space of time he had sixty 
 packed across a field ready for orders, and re 
 ported to the commanding officers, who did not 
 at first think he could accomplish his purpose. 
 But after some delay they ordered him to get 
 them into the road, as being the only way to 
 save them. Going up to the drivers of the am 
 bulances he ordered them to do their duty, and 
 they readily agreed to obey his commands. He 
 galloped back for some distance and discover 
 ing a gap of about five rods in a large head 
 quarters train, he forced the ambulances 
 through, and thus brought them safely into the 
 road. 
 
 The wagon "boss" while the move was 
 being made galloped up and wanted to know 
 what was stopping his train, and saying that it 
 was Gen. McCook s Headquarters train and he 
 had orders to keep it together. But no atten 
 tion was paid to this profane functionary who 
 burst out into repeated invectives and oaths 
 worthy of the Army in Flanders. The Doctor 
 calmly rode up to him and asked: "Were you 
 addressing those observations to me, sir?" He 
 was so taken aback by the doctor s coolness 
 that he at once began* to apologize. The Doc 
 tor told him that he "had simply enlarged his 
 train iy a rather summary way, and enjoined 
 him, as he valued his place, to take good care 
 of it." In less than an hour after this, the Doc 
 tor was ordered to Chattanooga, to establish a 
 hospital for Sheridan s Div., which he pro 
 ceeded at once to do, and arriving at Chatta 
 nooga after encountering numerous difficulties, 
 took charge of Hospital No. 2, and speedily 
 
 brought into requisition a well organized force 
 of attendants and adequate supplies. 
 
 Being relieved from further duty here, he 
 was ordered to organize and equip another hos 
 pital in a valley North of the Tenn. River, 
 which he did. He next returned to Chatta 
 nooga and established a third hospital thereand 
 for sometime had charge of two hospitals, but 
 this proving too oppressive, he was relieved of 
 the care of the one across the river. Here he con 
 tinued until active preparations for battle were 
 again undertaken. In the mean time he had 
 had conveyed to his hospital over 200 of the 
 wounded from the field of Chickamauga in one 
 night. Being finally relieved of hospital duty, 
 the doctor resumed his position with his old 
 brigade under "the gallant Harker." His 
 duties at Mission Ridge were confined ex 
 clusively to the field. "Reaching the summit," 
 says the Doctor, in relating his experiences in 
 this battle, "just as Sheridan and his officers 
 were gathering up at the rebel Bragg s head 
 quarters, I received a high compliment from 
 Sheridan: God bless you, Doc., you are 
 always in the right place. " 
 
 After properly disposing of the wounded he 
 accompanied a forced march to Knoxville, to 
 relieve the garrison at that point, then closely 
 invested by the enemy. Their rapid approach 
 compelled the rebels to precipitate the attack 
 while there was still a chance of success, but 
 Gen. Burnside was equal to the occasion. 
 Anticipating the rebel movement and consider 
 ing well the nature of the ground and the bur 
 den of the attack, he caused a network of 
 wires to be woven aHout the stumps and trees 
 in front, which added greatly to the slaughter 
 of the rebels, who were driven back, thus avoid 
 ing the necessity of the reinforcement. The 
 Doctor had nothing to do but congratulate the 
 the troops when he arrived. From Knoxville 
 the command moved on to Bain s Cross Roads, 
 where they passed a miserable winter in "try 
 ing," as the doctor expressed it, "to live off an 
 exhausted country." The troops were on the 
 verge of starvation and had often to resort to 
 parched corn to appease the pangs of hunger. 
 
 "Our Revolutionary sires at Valley Forge," 
 
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 3*5 
 
 remarked the Doctor, "did not suffer any 
 greater privations, and did not endure them 
 more bravely." During this period the Doctor 
 was required to go to Chattanooga, to collect 
 material, from which to make the report of the 
 battle of Mission Ridge. He obeyed the 
 order, but at the same time condemning the 
 lack of consideration that suggested it. "The 
 army," said the Doctor, " was cursed by a class 
 of officers who had no higher conception of 
 their duty than to hold down a camp-stool and 
 write orders to better men." 
 
 The Doctor had for a long time been enti 
 tled to the rank of Surgeon of Div., and ap 
 propriately resented being outranked by a non 
 descript who had "never smelt the powder of the 
 enemy, or had any experience of war," but who 
 spent his time in sitting around an office. The 
 Doctor now tendered his resignation to Col. 
 Harker, who promptly refused to accept it, as 
 signing as his reason "that the services of this 
 officer are too valable to be lost to the service 
 for the causes alleged. But the justice of the 
 reasons herein is respectfully sustained." This, 
 of course, invalidated the resignation, but he 
 determined to make it very unpleasant for the 
 usurper if he still persisted in depriving him of 
 his proper rank. The Col. advised him to be 
 careful and not to exceed the limits of pru 
 dence, saying, "Always be sure you are right, 
 and I will always sustain you." By dint of de 
 feating the various plans and schemes of this 
 Surgeon, he was at last driven to resign, and 
 Doctor Bowman appointed to his rightful posi 
 tion as Surgeon of Div. 
 
 In all of the subsequent stirring events of the 
 close of the conflict the Doctor bore a conspic 
 uous part, notably, in the assault on Kenesaw 
 Mt., in which his Div. took an active part, and 
 being always at hand to succor the wounded or 
 to assist in the movements of the army. The 
 Medical Director of the Army of the Cumber 
 land, Dr. Cooper, paid Dr. Bowman the neatly- 
 turned compliment, " I will not say that we con 
 sider his Div. the best managed in the Depart 
 ment of the Cumberland, but I will say that we 
 don t consider there is any superior to it." 
 
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 After the siege of Atlanta, the Doctor s time of 
 service having expired, he was mustered out 
 with the 27th 111. 
 
 He was mustered in 1861, and late in Sept., 
 1864, was discharged, having in his period of 
 service participated in eighteen battles, skir 
 mishes and campaigns. The Doctor still re 
 sides at Anclilusia, and in the evening of his 
 days enjoys the content and comfort derivable 
 from his faithful improvement of the talents 
 committed to him. 
 
 FREDERICK C. HEMENWAY, a resident of 
 Rock Island, 111., was born at Grande 
 Detour, Ogle Co., 111., May 23, 1843, a 
 son of Luke E. and Jane E. (Marsh) Hemen- 
 way. His father was born Aug. 7, 1816, at 
 Shoreham, Addison Co., Vt., where he was 
 reared and attended public school, a school 
 mate of Vice President, Levi P. Morton. At 
 Grande Detour, June 23, 1842, he married his 
 estimable wife, who was a native of Bethel, Vt. 
 To them was born a happy family of six chil 
 dren, viz.: Fred C., Ellen M., Charles F., 
 George H., Harry and Horace E. The grand 
 father of our subject, Francis Hemenway, was 
 born at Grafton, Mass., and married Clara Tur- 
 rill, of Shoreham. They were both descen 
 dants of New England stock, their ancestry 
 being traced as far back as July 5, 1634, when 
 Ralph Hemenway married Elizabeth Hewes at 
 Roxbury, Mass. Among their descendants 
 are men of high repute, both as physicians and 
 theologians. The father of our subject fol 
 lowed the mercantile business in the East, and 
 successfully continued in the same calling at 
 Grande Detour, up to the time he entered into 
 the employ of Millard & Gushing, manu 
 facturers of grain cradles and forks, as book 
 keeper and general manager. Aug. 7, 1855, he 
 moved to Moline, 111., where he accepted the 
 position of bookkeeper in the mammoth busi 
 ness of The John Deere Plow Company, re 
 maining with them up to the time he set up a 
 chair factory. Later he established himself in 
 the manufacture of grain-cleaning mills, a 
 
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 business he continued up to about 1866, and 
 from which has now grown the mammoth es 
 tablishment of Barnard & Leas, Moline. Sub 
 sequently he went into the cracker business, 
 and in 1878, he was appointed Postmaster of 
 Moline, an office which he filled with honor and 
 with universal satisfaction for six successive 
 years, being discharged only after the change 
 of administration. He is still living, his wife 
 having died suddenly about the year 1884. 
 
 The Hemenway family were indeed loyal 
 to their love for the old flag the father as well 
 as Charles, a brother of our subject, having 
 also enlisted in the service of the country. 
 Fred, lived in his native town up to his I ith year, 
 when he moved with his parents to Moline, 
 where he continued his studies for several 
 years, and subsequently learned the trade of 
 machinist. This calling he followed dilligent- 
 ly up to the time the Northwestern States 
 desired to aid the Govt. in every way possible, 
 made a call for a volunteer force to relieve the 
 veteran soldiers. Immediately Fred, respond 
 ed, and enlisted May 14, 1864, at Moline, in Co. 
 H., with his father Luke E., as captain, I32nd 
 111. Inf., he having enlisted two years prior but 
 was rejected on account of youth. Two years 
 having elapsed he matured into more manly 
 proportions, and being a man with a natural 
 instinct of loyalty to his country, he was now 
 made happy by being granted an opportunity 
 to demonstrate his patriotism and his zeal in the 
 preservation of the grand " old flag." The 
 Regt. was organized at Camp Fry, Chicago, 111., 
 June i, 1864. About a week later, it was ordered 
 on to Clarksville, Ky., from whence it moved 
 to Paducah, Ky., under Gen. Meredith. About 
 May i, Co. H. was detached from the Regt. 
 and sent to Smithland, Ky., where it was en 
 gaged in doing provost duty, and guarding the 
 large supply of stores which were located there. 
 It remained there until the expiration of its 
 service, when it moved to Chicago and was 
 awaiting its discharge, when an order came for 
 reinforcements from Gen. Rosencrans, who, at 
 the head of a poorly appointed army, was con 
 tending against fearful odds for the preserva 
 tion of St Louis and the safety of Mo. 
 
 Although its term had expired, Co. H. vol 
 untarily extended its services and at once 
 marched to St. Louis to the relief of the "boys" 
 who were expecting to encounter the enemy 
 under Gen. Price at any moment. The com 
 pany was held in reserve till Oct. i, 1864, when 
 it returned to Chicago and was mustered out 
 Oct. 17, 1864. Mr. Hemenway returned to his 
 home and continued his former calling, until the 
 following spring, when he re-enlisted at Moline, 
 Feb. 27, 1865, in Co. I., 28th 111. Inf. The Co. 
 went into camp at Camp Butler, 111., and soon 
 moved on to Whistler Station, Ala., joining the 
 Regt. and arriving just three days too late to 
 participate in the battle of Mobile. May u, 
 they marched to within three miles of Mobile, 
 Ala., where our soldiers remained on guard and 
 picket duty until July 2, when the Co. embarked 
 on boats and plowed the gulf, arriving at Santi 
 ago, Texas, July 6th. Subsequently they 
 marched to Brownsville, Tex., where young 
 Hemenway was active in doing provost guard 
 duty up to March 15, 1866, when the Regt. was 
 mustered out, the great rebellion having come 
 to a close. The subject of our sketch then re 
 turned to Moline, where he joined his father in 
 the cracker business. One year had gone by 
 and he longed for the freedom and quiet life of 
 a farmer, and accordingly engaged in the tilling 
 of the soil for two years, returning to Moline 
 and engaging as engineer in the cracker factory 
 of his father. Mr. Christy subsequently bought 
 out the business, and fully appreciating the 
 ability, the integrity, and the gentlemanly qual 
 ities of young Fred., engaged him as salesman 
 and manager, in which responsible capacity he 
 continued up to about 1872, when he took sole 
 charge of the management of the entire factory 
 and business, the proprietor having established 
 a second factory at DesMoines. About 1876, 
 he removed to Rock Island, to resume full man 
 agement of J. M. Christy s large bakery there, 
 a trusted position he has held ever since. Mr. 
 Hemenway found his ideal wife in the person 
 of Sylvia J. Thomas, daughter of H. F. and H. 
 (Hay ward) Thomas, both natives of Mass. The 
 happy marriage ceremonies took place at Hamp 
 ton, 111., Dec. 31, 1869, and the union was blessed 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 387 
 
 with seven children, namely: Ellen M., Luke 
 E., Alice T., Ada]., Frederick H., Ruth E.,and 
 Sylvia C., all living but Ellen M. 
 
 He is a member of the G. A. R. and Sons of 
 of Veteran organization; is master workman of 
 the A. O. U. W., Black Hawk Lodge, No. 81, 
 Rock Island. He is a Republican in politics 
 and has frequently been tendered the nomina 
 tion for different political offices, but invariably 
 declined. Mr. Hemenway is a gentleman who 
 has troops of friends, and one who commands 
 the respect, confidence, and love of all who 
 know him. 
 
 FRANK P. SHEPHERD, one of Elgin s 111., 
 prominent hardware merchants, was born 
 in Buffalo, Ogle Co., 111., April 29, 1841. 
 He enlisted in the army April 19, 1861, Co. B., 
 Chicago Zouaves, proceeded from Chicago to 
 Cairo, where they took possession of the city, 
 which had previously been held by a mob of 
 rebel sympathizers, and were not only the first 
 Union troops in that place, but the first troops 
 to see active service in the State. On the way 
 to Cairo a detachment was left at Big Muddy 
 Bridge for its protection, whither Mr. Shepherd 
 with about 39 others were sent as reinforce 
 ments, and one night an inoffensive log came 
 floating down the stream, which being observed 
 by the guards, all were called hurriedly out and 
 ordered to fire at the object, believing it a boat 
 containing rebels destined to burn the bridge. 
 The log, however, disregarding the Yankee 
 lead, continued at the same pace, neither faster 
 nor slower, until the bridge was reached, when 
 Uncle Sam s men reflected upon their stupidity, 
 and even the inanimate log seemed to jeer, and 
 elevate an eyelid, as it solemnly passed by. 
 
 They then moved to Springfield, 111., where 
 the Regt. was reorganized as a State institution 
 for thirty days. In the organization of the first 
 Regt. under the three months call, his Regt. 
 was overlooked, consequently received no pay 
 for their services, and even of the rebel supplies 
 they assisted in capturing, they received no 
 portion thereof, nor prize money therefor. 
 
 They continued in Camp at Springfield for 30 
 days, when they were ordered to Chicago to 
 take part in the funeral obsequies of the late 
 Stephen A. Douglas, where the men subse 
 quently organized as the igth 111. Vol. Inf., en 
 listing for three years. 
 
 Mr. Shepherd having been mustered into Co. 
 K., after a short delay the Regt. moved to 
 Quincy, then to Palmyra, Mo., thence to St. 
 Louis, exchanging there its useless arms for 
 Springfield Rifles, but not before the Col. 
 (Turchin) was placed under arrest for resent 
 ing an insult from Gen. Pope, who intimated 
 that the old ones were good enough for horse 
 thieves and mutton jerkers. The regiment 
 then moved down the river in Fremont s expe 
 dition to Bird s Point, thence to Pilot Knob, 
 thence to Cape Girardeau, and then to Fort 
 Holt, Ky. It started next in the Columbus ex 
 pedition, but was ordered to return to Cairo, 
 thence to Washington. On the way the train 
 crushed through a bridge in Ind., thereby kil 
 ling and wounding about 100 men, but as Co. 
 K. could not obtain transportation it escaped 
 this disaster. The survivors subsequently went 
 to Cincinnati, afterwards to Lebanon Junction, 
 Ky., Elizabethtown and Bacon Creek, there 
 going into camp for part of the winter of 1861- 
 2. The following spring the Regt. proceeded 
 to Bowling Green, where Mr. Shepherd and a 
 rebel had a bloodless duel, then continued on to 
 Nashville, which they captured without a strug 
 gle. Later they took part in the capture of 
 Shelbyville, Fayetteville and Huntsville. Sub 
 sequently they marched to Decatur, capturing 
 considerable quantities of stores, then on to 
 ward Tuscumbia, and returning burned all the 
 supplies at Decatur and Huntsville which they 
 were unable to move with them. 
 
 At the battle of Stone River Gen. Rosencrans 
 passing along said, " for God s sake who will 
 save my left?" whereupon Col. Scott of the 
 igth tendered the services of his Regt., which 
 were accepted, and in an instant the men were 
 upon the move and led the charge, supported 
 by Gen. Negley s Div., driving the rebels back 
 across the river, capturing a stand of colors and 
 several pieces of artillery. During this battle 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Mr. Shepherd had his rifle shot out of his 
 hands. 
 
 After this battle the Regt. camped at Mur- 
 freesboro until June, 1863, then started on the 
 Tullahoma campaign, which being ended it 
 camped at Deckerd, until it started upon the 
 Chickamauga expedition, the first conflict oc 
 curring at McLemore Cave, which was closely 
 followed by the terrible battle of Chickamauga, 
 in which Mr. Shepherd fought from Saturday 
 until Monday forenoon, when he was taken 
 prisoner. He was carried to Richmond and 
 confined in Pemberton Prison until the spring 
 of 1864, when he was removed to Anderson- 
 ville, where he languished until Sept., then re 
 moved to Savannah, thence to Milan, next to 
 Blackshire, and again returned to Anderson- 
 ville, on Christmas, 1864, where he continued 
 until April, 1865, when he was taken to Jack 
 sonville, Fla., where, after suffering months of 
 prison hardships and privations, he was finally 
 released. He was then ordered to Springfield, 
 111., where he was mustered out June 30, 1865. 
 Immediately prior to the battle of Chicka 
 mauga, Mr. Shepherd was offered a Captain s 
 commission, by Gov. Yates, but declined, pre 
 ferring to return home with the honors and 
 glory of the Regt. 
 
 He married Lydia C. Starr, and by this 
 union were born five children, viz.: Grace P., 
 Frank S., Jennie A., Estella M.and Marion K. 
 the second and third of whom are dead. 
 Comrade Shepherd is a member of the G.A.R.; 
 is a Republican in politics, and a true soldier, 
 and a worthy citizen. 
 
 OLIVER GRAHAM, a resident of Rock Island, 
 111., enlisted in the U. S. Navy in the 
 early part of the year 1862, and was 
 commissioned as third assistant Engineer on 
 the flag ship " East Post," of the Miss, squadron, 
 under command of Ledyard Phelps, who was 
 Lieut. Commander of that, as also of the Ohio 
 and Tenn. squadrons. Mr. Graham s ship was 
 ordered to the siege of Vicksburg, and while 
 proceeding down the river, grounded upon 
 
 Bulletin Bar, thirty miles above Memphis, 
 breaking forty timbers in the bottom, hanging 
 up the boat for over a day. Every steamboat 
 passing down the river was impressed into the 
 service to assist in towing off the flag ship, and 
 finally, with the combined efforts of thirteen 
 steamships, it was floated and taken in tow, 
 and finally reached Mound City, 111., where he 
 was about three months engaged in repairing 
 the ship. All being ready he embarked and 
 proceeded down the river, stopping en route at 
 Island No. 19, and then at Helena, Ark. Whilst 
 there the rebels attacked a fort at Helena, Ark., 
 whereupon the flag ship was ordered back to 
 Island No. 10, in consequence of a lying report 
 circulated by the enemy that it had assaulted 
 the Island No. 10, the object being to get the 
 boat away from Helena, which they attacked 
 in two divisions. They succeeded in capturing 
 our battery, but the gunboat "Tyler" had driven 
 the enemy out of the fortifications. It had 
 done good service driving the rebel troops 
 out of the Fort, which they succeeded in en 
 tering. Mr. Graham s ship soon returned to 
 Helena, where it was stationed for sometime 
 on guard. 
 
 During his stay there he was stricken down 
 with fever and was confined to bed on board 
 the ship about one month, when he called a 
 medical survey, to use a nautical expression, the 
 conclusions of which being that our subject was 
 disabled by sickness for the service. He there 
 fore resigned and was mustered out and dis 
 charged. Returning to his home in Rock Is 
 land, Mr. Graham soon improved in health, then 
 resumed his calling of engineer, and was em 
 ployed on the river until 1874, when he aban 
 doned that service. Afterwards he entered the 
 employ of the Rock Island Plow Co., at Rock- 
 Island, as an engineer, and at the end of four 
 teen years is still an employ^ in the same 
 concern. 
 
 Mr. Graham was born March 29, 1842, and is 
 a son of William and Esther (Sutton) Graham. 
 The father was a native of N. J.,of Scotch de 
 scent, and a cabinet-maker by trade. The 
 mother was of German ancestry, and a native 
 of Pa. Mr. Graham, Sr., built the first railroad 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 389 
 
 that ran over the Alleghany Mts., and was after 
 wards engaged in the iron business at Johns 
 town, Pa., and unfortunately suffered a loss in 
 business of $90,000. He subsequently moved 
 Westand engaged in farming nearOquawka, 111., 
 which he continued until the fall of 1847, when 
 he removed to Rock Island, where he ran the 
 Graham hotel until his death on May 2d, 1853. 
 He and his wife were members of the Presby 
 terian Church and belonged to the type of hon 
 est, square Christians. They had eight chil 
 dren, but Oliver is the only one now surviving. 
 
 Our subject attended the common schools 
 at Rock Island until 19 years of age, when he 
 started out to learn the engineering trade. He 
 joined the Benedicts on the 26th of May, 1868, 
 by marrying Miss Mary C. Starr, and one child, 
 Thomas, has resulted from the marriage. Mrs. 
 Graham is a daughter of Jacob andEliza (Lef- 
 fel) Starr ; the former a native of Virginia and 
 a millwright, which business he followed until 
 his death, June I3th, 1857; the latter was a na 
 tive of Ohio, and now resides in Rock Island, 
 at the ripe old age of 73 years. She had eight 
 children, four of whom are still living, viz. : 
 Caroline, wife of Joseph A. Gray, of Wayne Co., 
 Neb. ; George, of Rock Island ; William, of 
 Rock Island ; Mary, wife of our subject, and 
 McCoy Starr, of Rock Island. 
 
 Mrs. Starr was a sister of James A. Leffel, 
 of Springfield, Ohio, who was the inventor of 
 the Leffel Turbine Water Wheel, which after 
 wards brought him an independent fortune. 
 
 Oliver Graham is well known in Rock Is 
 land and surrounding country as an honorable, 
 upright man, having the fortune of possessing 
 an estimable wife and interesting family. 
 
 HENRY REAM, one of Galesburg s whole- 
 souled citizens, hails from Richmond 
 Co., Ohio, and was born Oct. 14, 1841, a 
 son of Henry and Elizabeth (Doremine) Ream, 
 who were both natives of Pa. In 1851, the 
 family moved to Mo. and located near Trenton, 
 where they lived during the outbreak of the re 
 bellion. The family being of strong Union 
 
 sentiment, Henry, in 1861, entered the regular 
 enrolled militia located at Chillicothe, and was 
 soon engaged in frequent expeditions to inter 
 cept the rebels in their raids under Price. Sept. 
 5, 1862, he duly enlisted in Co. B., 23d Mo. Inf. 
 and was actively engaged in guard duty at Ma- 
 con City until spring, when the Regt. was or 
 dered to St. Louis to guard the railroad. Mr. 
 Ream was with his Regt. in this service some 
 time when it was ordered into more active mil 
 itary operations in which he was always on 
 hand to participate. The 23d was assigned to 
 the ist Brig., 3d Div., I4th A. C., and was 
 among the Regts. that were selected to take 
 part in the great Atlanta campaign, in which it 
 was distinguished for its effective work. Mr. 
 Ream was in at the opening of hostilities in the 
 move on Atlanta, taking part in the movements 
 that compelled the evacuation of Dalton, and 
 then in the series of operations which were 
 known as the battle of Dallas. He was in the 
 battles of Resaca, Kenesaw Mt,, Peach Tree, 
 Creek, and Atlanta, ending with the sanguinary 
 fight at Jonesboro, in all of which Mr. Ream s 
 arm was ever ready to strike at the enemy. 
 Subsequently he was detailed as a scout and 
 forager, tramping onward in time, to the pulsa 
 tions of constant skirmishes and battles, con 
 nected with the "march to the sea." While 
 lying before the city of Savannah for three 
 days, they subsisted wholly on rice which was 
 brought in bundles and threshed with flails. 
 After the capture of the city they pursued the 
 enemy through the Carolinas, and at Benton- 
 ville they bravely fought their last battle. 
 They moved onward victoriously to Richmond, 
 then to Washington, taking part in the grand 
 review amid deafening peals of victory. Com 
 rade Ream was finally mustered out at Louis 
 ville, after three years of hard loyal service and 
 returned to Trenton, Mo. 
 
 In 1867, he engaged as fireman on the C. B. 
 & Q. R. R. In 1871, he was promoted to 
 engineer, which responsible position he filled 
 till Feb. 27, 1888, when he stepped out during 
 the great strike. Since then he has been look 
 ing after his interests at Galesburg and in Mo., 
 the old homestead there having come into his 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 possession. Mr. Ream was married July 23, 
 1867, to Miss E. A. Roley, daughter of Michael 
 and Sarah (Daugherty ) Roley, natives of Pa. 
 By this happy union were born seven children 
 of whom are living, Joseph A., Lydia A., Ethel 
 A. and Grace Victoria. 
 
 He is a member of the Jas. T. Shield Post, No 
 45, G. A. R., and of the Brotherhood of Loco 
 motive Engineers, being Chief of Division No. 
 62, located at Galesburg, 111. His estimable wife 
 is President of the Woman s Relief Corps, and 
 are both members of the Baptist Church. A 
 true soldier and a gentleman in the best sense of 
 the term, Mr. Ream is an ardent sympathizer 
 with the laboring class for whose interests he 
 always works zealously. In politics he is a 
 Republican, and is an earnest worker for his 
 party. 
 
 ALLEN SACRA, of Quincy, 111., enlisted 
 April 23, 1861, in Co. I., i$th Ind. Inf., 
 at Chambersburg, Ind. He was the 
 second to enroll his name in that county upon 
 the first call for troops. His enlistment being 
 for 3 months, but the quota was filled before he 
 reached the Regt. His service was principally 
 in the Army of the Cumberland, though he 
 participated in the battle of Rich Mountain in 
 West Va.; also in the first engagement at 
 Green Briar. The Regt. was then sent to 
 Louisville and wintered in Camp Wycliffe, and 
 from there went to Shiloh, participating in the 
 battle of that place, as also in the siege of 
 Corinth. The next engagement of importance 
 in which the I5th participated was the bloody 
 battle of Stone River. A drizzling rain was 
 falling which added to the gloomy unpleasant 
 ness of the situation. The commanding officers 
 previous to the battle, had mapped out to them 
 selves a line of attack, but those calculations 
 so nicely exhibited upon paper were not per 
 mitted to materialize. The Rebel attack was 
 strong and vigorous, dispelling all hope of 
 carrying out the original plans as laid down by 
 the Union commanders. Mr. Sacra s l)iv., with 
 the exception of his own Regt. and that of the 
 5/th Ind., had gone to support the right wing, 
 
 leaving the two Regts. above named to hold 
 the extreme left with no second line, no reserve 
 and only one battery to assist them. The 
 Rebel battery in front now unmasked and 
 began firing at a rapid rate w r ith shot, shell, 
 grape and canister, and swept the open ground 
 in front. Soon the I5th and 57th Ind. were 
 ordered forward and their real part in the bat 
 tle of Stone River began. Their lines were 
 swept by the artillery fire from a battery on the 
 heights in front, and enfiladed by a battery on 
 their right, and what was worse they were un 
 able to "hit back," not being within musket 
 range. They hurried forward within range 
 of the enemy and opened a deadly fire, and 
 before the day closed those two regiments 
 captured more Rebel prisoners than the com 
 bined number of the 1 5th and 57th. In this 
 engagement the I5th lost 54 killed and 152 
 wounded out of 440 engaged, or a little over 
 50 per cent. From Stone River Mr. Sacra s 
 Regt. went to Chattanooga participated in the 
 battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, 
 during which 202 men of his Regt. were killed 
 and wounded. It then went to London, Tenn., 
 thence to Knoxville, and finally returned to 
 Loudon where the I5th remained in camp until 
 the men were discharged, which occurred at 
 Indianapolis, June 25, 1864. 
 
 Mr. Sacra returned to his home in Ind. but 
 the war was still raging and there being a call 
 for more help, he again enlisted, on the I4th 
 Oct. 1864, in Co. H., 5ist Intl. Vol. Inf. He 
 participated in the fight at Rich Hill where his 
 regiment performed a feat seldom recorded, 
 namely; marched through the Rebel camps in 
 the night, the rebels asking, "Wha yous all 
 agoin?" He was in the battle of Franklin. 
 Tenn., and that of Nashville. In the latter he 
 was wounded through the right leg which 
 shattered the bones and left him disabled, the 
 wound remaining unhealcd until this clay. 
 Several pieces of bone have been removed and 
 the limb still remains weak and unreliable. He 
 was taken to field hospital, thence to Louisville 
 where he was mustered out June 30, 1865. He 
 was previously wounded Dec. 16, 1864. He 
 returned to his parental home and two years 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 later was married to Miss Susan Hain. To this 
 union 13 children were born, of whom nine arc 
 now living, namely: Georgia Etta, Grace Vir 
 ginia, Edward Tilden, John, Lucy V., Nellie, 
 Bessie Jennie, Fred and Dolly. 
 
 Our subject was born near Lexington, Ky., 
 Oct. 7, 1842, son of Robert and Patsy (Olverson) 
 Sacra. The mother died of cholera, Aug. 19, 
 1849, the father of typhoid fever m 1884. Mr- 
 Sacra had the great misfortune of losing his 
 wife by death Dec. 2, 1890, leaving him with a 
 family of small children who are thus deprived 
 of a mother s love and counsel. Mr. Sacra is a 
 member of Gem City Lodge No. 357, I. O. O. 
 F., and D. of R. I. O. O. F. of Gem City Camp, 
 and of the M. W. of A. No. 219. Was a mem 
 ber of John Wood Post No. 96, for eleven years, 
 but has withdrawn. Is a member of the 
 Christian Church and a staunch Republican in 
 political faith. 
 
 GENERAL WILLIAM A. SCHMITT, of Rock 
 Island, was born in Quincy, 111., June 
 30, 1839, where he grew to manhood, 
 and resided until Jan. i, 1888, when he removed 
 to Rock Island, to assume charge as Secretary 
 and Manager of the Sun Accident Association 
 of that city. His parents were natives of 
 Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, the father emi 
 grating to the U. S. in 1830, and the mother in 
 1831. They were married at Chambersburg, 
 Pa., in the same year soon after, moving West, 
 and locating at Quincy, 111., in 1834, where the 
 father died in 1880, and the mother in 1890, both 
 at an advanced age. 
 
 The subject of this memoir received his 
 preliminary education at the public and paro 
 chial schools of his native city, spending most 
 of his time when not in school, in the furniture 
 ware rooms and factory of his father. In 1856 
 he was sent to the 111. State University, then 
 located at Springfield, an institution under the 
 control of the Lutheran Church, and was a 
 branch of the celebrated Gettysburg University. 
 He remained at that institution for four years, 
 when the war broke out and he left his books 
 
 of which he was very fond, as he was an ear 
 nest student, and enlisted as a private, April 
 20, 1861, in the loth 111. Inf., Capt. B. M. Pren- 
 tiss, then commanding the Co. From this en 
 listment he was mustered out, as Orderiy Ser 
 geant, July 29, 1861, returned home to Quincy, 
 and by his energy and patriotic zeal, raised a 
 company within six days, for the three years 
 service, or during the war; was unanimously 
 chosen Captain, although but 21 years of age, 
 and was assigned by Gov. Yates, as Co. A., 
 27th 111. Inf. Capt. Schmitt was a natural born 
 soldier and rose rapidly in the army. There 
 were few instances in the late war of men ris 
 ing to such high rank and holding such re 
 sponsible positions so young in years as he 
 was. At the age of 23 years, he temporarily 
 exercised the command of Brig. Gen. on the 
 battlefield, and it was for distinguished gal 
 lantry, displayed on such occasions that he re 
 ceived the brevet rank of Brig. Gen. 
 
 The 27th, commanded then by Gen. N. B. 
 Buford , participated in the battle at Belmon 
 Nov. 7, 1 86 1, and the subject of this notice 
 then Capt. of Co. A., opened the battle on the 
 skirmish line and fired the first shot at the 
 enemy. While hotly engaged in the action 
 that followed, Capt. Schmitt was wounded, but 
 remained on the field until the battle was over. 
 It is impossible in so brief a biography as this 
 must necessarily be, to give the military record 
 of Gen. Schmitt. He was engaged in 17 hard 
 fought battles, and skirmishes almost without 
 number, and several promotions were for meri 
 torious conduct on the field. Among the en 
 gagements in which he took an active part 
 were Belmont, Island No. 10, Siege of Corinth, 
 Lavergne, Stone River, Chickamauga, Rocky 
 Face Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mt., 
 Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta. As Major he 
 led his Regt. in the well known charge at Stone 
 
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 River, which was spoken of by Rosencrans.ina 
 general order, as having saved the day to the 
 Union forces. The Regt. at this time was in 
 Sheridan s Div., and the I4th A. C. Gen. 
 Schmitt was known to remark after this charge 
 " that he would rather be Major of the 27th 
 than President of the United States." The 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 men had distinguished themselves on that 
 memorable field, and he was proud of them. 
 Gen. Sheridan in his report of the battle says, 
 " I refer with pride to the splendid conduct, 
 bravery and efficiency of the following regi 
 mental commanders: among others, Major 
 W. A. Schmitt, 2;th 111." In the terrible 
 charge on Kenesaw Mt., the 27th, forming part 
 of Harker s Brig., made the center assault. In 
 the charge Gen. Harker was mortally wounded. 
 The 27th went into action with seventeen offi 
 cers and came out with only seven. The 
 fatality among the brave men in the ranks, was 
 in the same proportion. Gen. Schmitt led the 
 Regt. in that fearful, hopeless charge, fortified 
 as the enemy was behind impregnable breast 
 works, but it planted its colors on the Con 
 federate works, where they proudly waved 
 over the enemy, until the color bearer, Ser 
 geant Delaney, fell mortally wounded without 
 the Confederate lines, while the rebels fell 
 within. 
 
 The 27th, was relieved from duty at the 
 front, and ordered to Springfield, 111., where by 
 reason of expiration of service, it was mustered 
 out, Sept. 20, 1864, having served three years 
 and three months. After the war, Gen. Schmitt 
 returned home where he began the study of 
 law, in the office of Grimshaw & Williams, was 
 admitted to the Bar, but did not enter into 
 practice. He was appointed to and held sev 
 eral positions under the Government, the last 
 under President Arthur s administration, in 
 charge of the money order department of the 
 Post Office, at Quincy. He was Western Man 
 ager of a large Insurance Company, which was 
 cleaned out by the Chicago fire. He was then 
 engaged in the postal service, until the election 
 of Cleveland. He then started a daily German 
 paper at Quincy, which he conducted for 
 awhile, when he sold out his interest to accept 
 the position of Superintendent of Agents, 
 of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. 
 A few years later he accepted the position of 
 Secretary and Manager of the Sun Accidental 
 Association, at Rock Island, 111., to which place 
 he removed Jan. I, iSSS, and which position he 
 still holds. 
 
 Gen. Schmitt, was united in marriage at 
 Bowdoinham, Me., Sept. 11, 1866, to Nannie L., 
 daughter of Captain John and Mary (Purring- 
 ton) Patton. Two children have blessed this 
 union, Lelia P., and Carrie N. 
 
 In politics, Gen. Schmitt is a Republican. 
 He was mustered into the Grand Army Organi 
 zation at Bloomington, in 1886, before any 
 posts were regularly organized. He was elected 
 Commander of Post No. 32, Dept. of 111., and 
 served a term as such. Like many other or 
 ganizations, it was discontinued, and so re 
 mained for some time. When the Grand Army 
 was reorganized, Gen. Schmitt became a mem 
 ber of the John Wood Post, No. 96, of Quincy. 
 \Vhile visiting friends in Maine in the summer 
 of 1867, he instituted the first G. A. R. Post, 
 ever organized East of the Alleghany Mts., viz.: 
 Post No. i, at Bath, Me. This was done by 
 virtue of his position as Aid-de-Camp, on the 
 staff of the first Commander-in-Chief, Gen- 
 Stephen A. Hurlbut. 
 
 Gen. Schmitt is a man of fine presence, hos 
 pitable and genial by nature, and is very popu 
 lar among his associates. As a citizen he is 
 held in high regard; as a soldier his name will 
 adorn the military pages of our country s his 
 tory for all time. The above sketch is con 
 densed from the military record of Gen. 
 Schmitt, as compiled from the official records, 
 by Col. W. L. Brackett. 
 
 JOHN S. BLANCHARD, our present subject, a 
 representative farmer and carpenter, re 
 siding at Tiskilwa, 111., was born in Pa. Jan. 
 24, 1842, a son of William and Mary (Smith) 
 Blanchard, both natives of the same State, the 
 former born in 1804 and the latter in 1814. The 
 father was of French, and the mother of Ger 
 man origin. Besides our subject, the parents 
 had the following family: Eliza, Porter, Helen, 
 Charles D., Erwin W., Horace H., James and 
 and Frank. Porter H. Blanchard, brother of our 
 subject, was in Co. H., 6th Pa. R. V. Corps, and 
 tAvo other brothers, Charles and Erwin, were in 
 Co. H., 45th Pa. Vol. Inf., all in the war of the 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 393 
 
 late Rebellion. John S. graduated from the 
 Holidaytown district school, then learned the 
 carpenter trade, at which he was engaged up to 
 the outbreak of the war. 
 
 Immediately upon the first call for troops 
 being issued, young Blanchard responded, en 
 listing April 22, 1861; rendezvoused at Camp 
 Curtin, Harrisburg, and was mustered into the 
 army as a private at Harrisburg, Pa., in Co. H., 
 6th Pa. Reserves, Vol. Inf., with Gen. Reynolds as 
 his first Brig. Commander, and Generals McCall 
 and Hooker in command of the Div. and Corps, 
 respectively. With his Regt. he went to the 
 front, and participated in the battles of Drains- 
 ville, Dec. 20, 1861; the Second Bull Run, Aug. 
 27, 1862; South Mt, Sept. 14, 1862, and Antie- 
 tam, Sept. 17, 1862. In the last named battle 
 Mr. Blanchard was wounded by having a ball 
 pass through his body and piercing his left 
 lung. He was sent to Broad and Cherry Street 
 Hospital, Phila., where he continued for up 
 wards of three months, during which time it 
 was doubtful whether he would recover or not. 
 He improved, however, and rejoined his com 
 mand at Fredericksburg, Dec. II, 1862, where, 
 two days later, he participated in the bloody 
 battle fought at that place. 
 
 The next heavy conflict in which he was en 
 gaged was at Gettysburg, which occurredjuly I st, 
 2nd and 3rd, 1863, at which time Mr. Blanchard 
 was wounded in the left hand which was equal 
 to loss of hand. He was transferred to Summit 
 House hospital, Phila., where he remained 
 about ten months, and at the expiration of that 
 time was discharged at Harrisburg, Pa., and 
 paid off, his term of service having expired. 
 He was also engaged in very many heavy skir 
 mishes and marches during his soldier experi 
 ence, and endured all the hardships and priva 
 tions which have fallen to the lot cf private 
 soldiers and certainly in the loss of a hand, he 
 has as much reason to remember that exciting 
 period as any other man who escaped with his 
 life. His command, during the war was known 
 as the Penn. Reserve Corps, was organized by 
 Gov. Curtin as a State Reserve force, and in 
 tended for State Service serving upon the bor 
 ders of the State until the first Bull Run when 
 
 it was called to Washington where it arrived 
 July 22, 1861, and was sworn into the United 
 States service, and the men had the privilege 
 of electing their own officers, from a Lieut, to a 
 Col. 
 
 After being discharged he moved to Bureau 
 Co., 111., where he engaged at his trade, finally 
 settling at Tiskilwa, where he has a fine farm 
 and is occasionally employed at his trade. He 
 married Nov. 8, 1874, at Princeton, Miss Beth- 
 sheba D. Drake, a daughter of John and Cath 
 arine Thomas. He is a pensioner and in politics 
 a Republican. 
 
 JACOB EVANS, of Rock Island, 111. To better 
 form an idea to what degree some of 
 the "boys" have gallantly sacrificed their 
 health, and their all, beneath the folds of the 
 stars and stripes, one needs but visit comrade 
 Jacob Evans, a faithful and loyal soldier of Co. 
 A., 93rd 111. Inf. 
 
 He is a resident of Rock Island, 111., and 
 was born at Crawford Co., Pa., Feb. 2, 1826, the 
 5th child of a family of twelve. His parents, 
 Jacob and Katherine Evans, were natives of 
 Pa., and both of German descent. Walter, a 
 brother of our subject, enlisted in Co. E., nth 
 Pa., Inf., was engaged in many battles, and the 
 last day he served his beloved country, he 
 fought persistently the entire day, going with 
 out food or water. The day being hot, and the 
 fight constant and hard, he took sick and was 
 transferred to the Lincoln hospital at Washing 
 ton, where he died April, 1863. 
 
 Jacob commenced life on the farm at the 
 old homestead. May 2, 1851, he went to Rock 
 Island, 111., where he enlisted Aug. 5, 1862. 
 The Regt. was mustered in at Chicago, Oct. 13, 
 1862, and shortly joined Grant s army at Mem 
 phis, Tenn. The next move was to Oxford, 
 Tenn., and during this march the Colonel 
 requested the "boys" not to let any hogs bite 
 them, and indeed they executed the order 
 faithfully. Hogs were slaughtered in large 
 numbers and the number of chickens and tur 
 keys put to flight was legion. On one occasion 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 while our subject was busy foraging he met a 
 minister riding on a fine sorrel. Doubting the 
 parson s loyalty to the Union, Jacob soon rid 
 him of his steed. "If you can produce Union 
 papers," said Jacob, "I shall, as you demand, 
 return the horse." This the clergyman could 
 not do, and our loyal soldier rode promptly off. 
 Calling on the Col. the next day, the minister 
 demanded the return of his horse. If you will 
 pray for the success of the Union, replied the 
 Col., you shall have your horse. "No!" and 
 he left without the sorrel, calling next day 
 on Gen. Grant, who inquired into the details. 
 "If he won t pray for the success of the Union 
 he ll not have his horse," responded the Gen., 
 and thus the parson s persistent efforts were in 
 vain. 
 
 The next march was to La Fayette, Tenn. 
 At midnight there came an order for one Co. 
 out of each Regt. to report at headquarters. 
 Evan s company was one of these. Drawing 
 40 rounds of ammunition, they quickly moved 
 onward, expecting to capture the guerrillas who 
 were reported near by. Finding them gone, 
 the "boys" gave their attention to foraging, 
 bringing back liberal supplies of chicken, geese, 
 beef, and Evans, who was considered the "boss" 
 forager, returning with fourmules. After months 
 of marching and skirmishing, they encountered 
 the enemy at Jackson, Miss., May I4th. Here 
 the Regt. led the advance, losing several in 
 killed and wounded. Two days later the "boys" 
 were again fighting for victory, facing the hot 
 fire in the battle of Vicksburg May 22d. Dur 
 ing the conflict Evans had charge of the ammu 
 nition wagon. A typical fighting soldier as he 
 is, he received permission to leave the wagon, 
 just long enough to "kill at least one rebel." 
 Out he went into the foremost ranks, when lo 
 and behold, he was shot and badly wounded in 
 the right thigh. 
 
 After months of suffering in the hospital 
 he rejoined his old comrades Dec. 1st. The 
 next March was under brave Gen. Logan to 
 Huntsville, Ala. Subsequently while at Alla- 
 toona Pass, a detail of 25, among whom was 
 Mr. Evans, went out in a foraging -expedition. 
 Soon they met a squad of IOO -rebels, in a 
 
 lively encounter, in which all but seven of the 
 Union boys were captured, our subject being 
 one of the fortunate ones, who after hiding 
 for some time in the woods, under a heavy 
 rain, finally made their escape to camp. Sev 
 eral other skirmishes were participated in, and 
 on the night of Oct. 5, 1864, the pickets were 
 suddenly fired upon by the rebels under Gen. 
 Hood. No sooner had the enemy, 7,000 
 strong, succeeded in encircling our gallant 
 force of only 1,500, when down they came, 
 shouting at the top of their rebel voices, " Sur 
 render you d Yankee devils, or we ll kill 
 
 you all! " Ah! but for our brave "boys " soon 
 evinced their metal. Desperately they fought; 
 for eight hours, the battle raged furiously, 
 when just in the nick of time they were re 
 inforced and the enemy hastily withdrew. The 
 Union force had lost nearly half their number, 
 but this day our subject too was shot and seri 
 ously wounded in the spine. He fell, and be 
 side him thickly fell his comrades, among 
 whom was the Sergeant. When finally the 
 thunder of musketry had ceased, our wounded 
 soldier was carried off the bloody field and 
 transferred to shelter. After months of suf 
 fering in various hospitals, he finally rejoined 
 his command some time in April, 1865, at 
 Raleigh, N. C. Then came the glorious march 
 homeward, the air ringing with paens of vic 
 tory. Participating in the Grand Review, his 
 Co. was mustered out at Washington June 22, 
 1865. 
 
 Thus after two years and 10 months of 
 loyal and arduous service, Comrade Evans 
 returned to Rock Island, 111., and although 
 suffering severely from the effects of his 
 wound, he continued in the position of fore 
 man with a lumber company for 16 years, 
 when he became totally disabled. 
 
 Mr. Evans first wife died, and lie was mar 
 ried a second time May 25, 1854, to Mrs. Runan 
 Clemantin, who has made him a most faithful 
 and excellent companion. 
 
 The living children by this marriage are 
 
 William N. S., Lucinda K., now Mrs. Ed. Cobb; 
 
 George W. and Mary A., now Mrs. Joe. Bush. 
 
 - Mr. Evans is a member of the G. A. R. He 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 is a kind and hospitable citizen, and a brave 
 soldier whom heaven alone can justly reward. 
 Fortunately he has been blessed with a loving 
 and dutiful wife, who is ever ready to lend him 
 comfort in his many hours, days and years of 
 suffering. 
 
 LIEUT. NELS NELSON, of Galesburg,!!!., was 
 born in near the city of Halmstad, 
 Sweden, July 13, 1840, and came to 
 Galesburg in 1856, his parents having located 
 there in 1854. His father s name was Nels 
 Bengtson, and the Swedish custom is that the 
 son shall assume his father s first name, hence 
 he became Nels Nelson. He attended school 
 in his native country. His father died during 
 the cholera epidemic in Chicago, in 1854. The 
 son thus early bereft of help, went to work on 
 a farm, at intervals going to school until 1861, 
 when he was serving as an apprentice to the 
 cabinet-maker s trade. He was among the first 
 volunteer troops to enter the service in a com 
 pany of Swedes mustered in under the three 
 months call, but which was rejected (thequota 
 having been filled) and disbanded. But he re 
 sponded to the call for 300,000 men, and was 
 mustered in as private in Co. C., 43d 111., Vol. 
 Inf. This was the color company, and was 
 composed wholly of Swedes, except Dr. H. M. 
 Starckloff, who was by birth a German, and 
 subsequently became the Surgeon of the Regt. 
 Having organized at Camp Butler the Regt. 
 was ordered to St. Louis, which place they 
 reached Oct. 13, 1861. Here they were armed 
 with the old Austrian muskets, but were more 
 properly equipped at Tipton, Mo., where they 
 received the old English muskets. In 1862, 
 the command returned to St. Louis, in Feb. 
 embarking for Fort Henry, where they were 
 stationed for some time after its capture. 
 While here they were assigned to the Brigade 
 of Gen. L. F. Ross, being the 3d of McCler- 
 nand s Div. In the march from Fort Donelson 
 to Bell s Landing on the Tenn. River, the men 
 suffered acutely from the cold, and being ob 
 liged to swim streams of water 200 feet wide 
 
 they got wet, and taking severe colds many 
 died. The command moved on to Savannah, 
 Tenn., and thence began what has been char 
 acterized as the "pin hook" march, upon which 
 the men again suffered terribly from exposure 
 to rain and the cold. Taking boats for Pitts- 
 burg Landing they arrived at that point March 
 22d. In the morning of the first day s battle at 
 Shiloh they distinctly heard the firing, but sup 
 posed it proceeded from the pickets who were 
 firing off their guns preparatory to the inspec 
 tion to be held that day. They were precipi 
 tated into action within five minutes, en 
 countering a perfect storm of shells and bul 
 lets, and bearing the brunt of the battle for 
 two days, the rebels moving their artillery 
 around to the left and the regiment being 
 brought into position to repel them, their 
 Colonel being assigned to the command of the 
 Brig. In this engagement the Regt. lost 36 
 men who fell in their own camp. 
 
 The Regt. held its position until the enemy 
 fell upon their rear, when they were forced to 
 fall back. They had during this time been cut 
 off from the Brig., their commander having 
 been mortally wounded early inthe engagement. 
 The next day the rebels were driven back and 
 they regained their camp. It was a dearly 
 bought, but complete victory, the enemy w : as 
 badly demoralized, and might have been fol 
 lowed up, thinks Mr. Nelson, to advantage. Of 
 500 of the Regt. who went into this battle, 206 
 were killed or wounded. The Captain of Co. 
 C, Olifs Fdrall, died of his wounds a home at 
 month after. The command next proceeded 
 "with Halleck to Corinth, where they tore up 
 the railroad, although confronted by a force of 
 about 30,000 of the enemy. Their next move 
 was to Jackson and thence to Bolivar, where 
 Mr. Nelson as Sergeant, was detailed for re 
 cruiting service. He subsequently rejoined his 
 Regt. at Bolivar, and was there detached with 
 225 men to join an expedition to Lexington, 
 Tenn., where with only 500 men they engaged 
 battle with 1,800 of the enemy under Forrest, 
 the 43d losing two men, killed. ; While at Boli 
 var they were much harassed by guerrillas, and 
 needing cavalry to successfully repel them, the 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 commanding general ordered 200 men of the 
 43d to procure horses and mount themselves, 
 Sergt. Nelson being one of the number. They 
 afterward, as mounted infantry, made numerous 
 incursions into the country and engaged in 
 many skirmishes, rendering their vicinity very 
 unsafe for the guerrillas. In 1863, the Regt. 
 formed a part of the army of Gen. Grant at the 
 siege of Vicksburg. 
 
 May 31, they ascended the Yazoo River to 
 Sartartia, and thence co-operated with Gen. 
 Kimballand drove the rebels back for over four 
 miles, pursuing them through the village of 
 Mechanicsville. Returning, they marched for 
 several days along the Yazoo bottoms, to 
 Haines Bluff, where they fortified. The 
 weather was intensely warm and the roads dry 
 and many of the men fell with sunstroke by the 
 wayside. They were with the command that 
 was protecting Grant s rear against Johnston s 
 army. After the fall of Vicksburg the command 
 was ordered to report to Gen. Steele, at Helena, 
 Ark. Reaching Helena they were assigned to 
 the command of Gen Steele, the ist Brig., 2d 
 Div., of the 7th A. C., marching thence to Lit 
 tle Rock, the 43d being the first Regt. of in 
 fantry to enter the city. The Regt. made its 
 headquarters there, and was frequently en 
 gaged in expeditions about the country. 
 
 Feb., 1864, Co. C. re-enlisted and was fur- 
 loughed home for 30 days. During this time 
 Sergt. Nelson was taken sick and did not re 
 turn with the rest, but in a short time after 
 ward rejoined his command. Sergt. Nelson 
 was detailed on special service with an escort 
 of 65 men as a guard to the paymaster from 
 Little Rock to Fort Smith, a distance of some 
 250 miles through the enemy s country, during 
 which they had frequent skirmishes with the 
 rebels, but succeeded in reaching their destina 
 tion in safety. 
 
 In March, 18*65, Sergt. Nelson was promot 
 ed to ist Lieut. About this time while he was 
 returning from a three days visit to Du Vails 
 Bluff, and when between that point and 
 Brownsville the train was ditched, a section of 
 rail having been removed by rebel guerrillas, 
 and in a short time was attacked by about 40 
 
 of them coming up at full speed. Lieut. Nel 
 son had no arms but determined to make a 
 bold resistance. There was a cavalryman on 
 the train who had his carbine and revolver and 
 two infantry men. The Captain from fright or 
 other causes was unable to move and Lieut. 
 Nelson took command of the train and its 
 defense. His experience in warfare became of 
 great assistance to him, and through his bravery 
 and skillful management, the guerrillas were 
 defeated and driven back with loss, and the 
 train with its lives and supplies were saved 
 from their murderous and destructive hands. 
 
 Lieut. Nelson was in the summer of 1865, 
 stricken down with malarial poisoning and was 
 sent to the hospital at Little Rock. After 
 partial recovery he secured a leave of absence 
 from Gen. Reynolds of 20 days, and an exten 
 sion of 20 days more from Gen. Sherman, when 
 he returned to his Regt. at Little Rock. He was 
 mustered out w^ith the Regt. Nov. 30, 1865, by 
 general order from the War Dept., reaching 
 home Dec. 2Oth. He was engaged in the gro 
 cery business for four years but was obliged 
 from ill health to discontinue it. In 1871, he 
 was elected City Treasurer, and in 1875 re 
 signed, his failing health preventing his further 
 occupation of that office. He then engaged 
 in the book business, but for 13 months was 
 unable to devote his attention to any active 
 employment. In 1883 he was conspicuous as 
 among the organizers of the " Scandinavian 
 Mutual Association," of which he became the 
 Secretary, and has since creditably discharged 
 the duties of that office. 
 
 He was married in 1868, to Sarah Nelson, 
 They have one child Arthur. Mr. Nelson is a 
 prominent and zealous Republican. He is a 
 member of the Board of Supervisors; has been 
 for four years a member of the Board of Edu 
 cation, and for 7 years of the Board of Direc 
 tors of the Public Library. He is a member of 
 the G. A. R. and Loyal Legion Commandry of 
 the State of 111., at Chicago, and a member of 
 the Lutheran Church. Mr. Nelson exhibits in a 
 marked degree the sterling principles of char 
 acter which continually move him to the accom 
 plishment of high aims and noble purposes. 
 
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 397 
 
 WILLIAM RINCK, of Rock Island, 111., 
 enlisted in the Union army in the 
 year 1861, and was mustered into the 
 service as a private in Co. B., 2nd Mo. Vol. 
 Inf. with Mr. Bernstein as Col. of the Regt. 
 His Regt. was at Benton Barracks, then Camp 
 Jackson, Springfield, Mo., and later, went on an 
 expedition to Rolla, then to St. Louis and in 
 this movement had several skirmishes with 
 rebel guerrilla parties. The term of enlist 
 ment expired, and he was mustered out, then re- 
 enlisted Aug. loth, 1861, in Co. F., Capt. Light- 
 foot, I2th, Mo. Vol. Inf., Col. Osterhaus, the 
 enlistment on this occasion, being for 3 years. 
 The Regt. was assigned to become a part of 
 Gen. Fremont s command, with Gen. Steele and 
 Brig. -Gen. Sigel as commanders of the Div. 
 and Brig, respectively. With his Regt. he was 
 in line of battle at Springfield but was not 
 called in action. Then he took part with his 
 Regt. in several heavy skirmishes after rebel 
 bands and guerrilla parties besides very heavy 
 and continuous marching until he reached Ark., 
 then took up the line of march on the return 
 to Rolla where he remained about one month. 
 Leaving Rolla, the Regt. made a detour around 
 by the Indian Terr, then into Ark. and en 
 countering the enemy at Pea Ridge, Ark., 
 March 6th, 1862, participating in the engage 
 ment at that place which lasted all that and the 
 following day, but resulted in a signal defeat 
 for the enemy, they having lost 3,600 killed and 
 wounded, besides 2,000 prisoners, whilst the 
 Union loss, all told, was not more than 1,300. 
 His Regt. moved to Helena, Ark., then to Pilot 
 Knob, and having rested for one month there, 
 the majority of the men took, " French leave" 
 for 14 days, but at the expiration of that time 
 returned to the command at Helena, Mo., on 
 the Miss. River, then later, they embarked 
 by boat for Milliken s Bend opposite Vicksburg. 
 He was afterwards in the battle of Chicka- 
 saw Bayou, then fell back to Milliken s Bend 
 where the Regt. was placed on board of small 
 boats and passed to the front of Fort Pember- 
 ton, but owing to the strength of the works it 
 was decided to be inexpedient to make an at 
 tack. His next active engagement was at Ar 
 
 kansas Post where his Regt. bore a promi 
 nent part, and whose movements were directed 
 by Gen. McPherson. From there it marched 
 to Grand Gulf, crossed the river and marched 
 on Jackson, and on the way had several skir 
 mishes with the rebels, making, however, the 
 march to Jackson, 60 miles in two days, having 
 also burned numerous bridges ; then captured 
 Jackson after a hard fought battle, May 14, 1863. 
 On the i8th, his Regt. was again in the conflict 
 of Chickasaw Bayou. The return march to the 
 river was again made in two days, and the only 
 rations served to the men during that time was 
 at Black River, when, standing in line Col. 
 Wenglen treated them to a cracker each, and 
 continuing the march they brought up between 
 Vicksburg and Haines Bluff, when communica 
 tion was again opened and provisions obtained. 
 Then followed the assaults and siege of Vicks 
 burg in which the Regt. sustained heavy loss in 
 killed and wounded. In the charge of May 22, 
 his Regt. advanced and reaching a point at 
 which it would mean almost annihilation to 
 proceed further or fall back, therefore, the men 
 lay down exposed to a fire for several hours, 
 and when darkness had enveloped them, "they 
 folded their tents like the Arabs and quietly 
 stole away." 
 
 In the charge Mr. Rinck received a flesh 
 wound in the right leg, but not so serious as to 
 lay him aside for duty. The Regt. continued 
 in line in the trenches until the surrender, and 
 was the first to plant its colors upon the rebel 
 works. It next proceeded to Jackson and there 
 participated in the second engagement at that 
 place, July, i6th, 1863, afterwards pushed on to 
 Black River where it continued about three 
 weeks, when it took transports for Memphis and 
 from that point marched to the vicinity of 
 Chattanooga. Nov. 23, 1863, the memorable 
 conflict of Hookers "battle above the clouds" 
 or Lookout Mt., and the next day that of Mission 
 Ridge, were fought and won, where the rebel 
 army was driven forth from his works, cut into 
 pieces, and in the pursuit of which the I2th 
 Mo., joined in the chase as far as Ringgold, 
 Ga., where again a heavy battle was fought, 
 resulting in another victory for the Govt. Regt., 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 however, losing heavily in killed and wounded. 
 This closed the operations of the Regt., for the 
 year, and in the following spring (1864), it 
 moved with the main army in the advance 
 upon Atlanta, and besides many skirmishes, 
 was prominently engaged in the battles of 
 Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mt., Atlanta, Ezra 
 Chapel, and Jonesboro, which was the last 
 actual conflict in which it was engaged. The 
 men s term expired before the last named bat 
 tle, whereupon Gen. Osterhaus intimated that 
 those whose term had expired and desired to 
 be mustered out were at liberty to go, but not 
 a man forsook the ranks until the campaign 
 ended, when they were mustered out Sept. iQth, 
 1864. 
 
 Mr. Rinck was born in Prussia in the year 
 1839, where he continued until 16 years of age, 
 w : hen he came to this country with his sister 
 Eliza, landing at New Orleans, then proceeding 
 up the Miss. River to Davenport, Iowa, where 
 he settled and learned the shoemaking trade, 
 at which he was engaged until his enlistment. 
 After the war he returned home, and the fol 
 lowing year removed to Rock Island, and in 
 1874, opened up business for himself in the 
 grocery line, at which he has since been en 
 gaged with success. 
 
 He is a member of Buford Post, No. 243, G. 
 A. R., a member of the Odd Fellows order, and 
 of the A. O. U. W. 
 
 He was married March 8th, 1866, to Katoria 
 Cordes, a native of Hanover, Prussia, and eleven 
 children now surround the family table, viz.; 
 Freddy and Katie (twins), Mary, William, 
 Benny and Johnny (twins), Henry, Anna, Dora, 
 Tillie, and Lizzie. 
 
 BEERI SERVISS, the leading furniture dealer 
 of Warre n, 111., was born in 1843, m the 
 same State, and is the son of Beeri Ser- 
 viss, a native of N. Y., who removed to Jo 
 Daviess Co. in 1827, settled down, married, and 
 there lived as a farmer, until the time of the 
 Black Hawk war when he enlisted as a volun 
 teer. He died at Warren in 1885. Beeri was 
 
 the youngest of 3 children, two sons and a 
 daughter. He was reared upon a farm and 
 when only 19 years of age enlisted as a soldier 
 Aug. 5, 1862, and was mustered in as a private in 
 Co. K., 96th 111. Vol. Inf. The Regt. rendez 
 voused at Rockford until Oct. 8, then moved to 
 Covington, Ky., and several weeks later 
 marched to Lexington, thence to Harrisburg 
 where Mr. Serviss was smitten with the measles. 
 The Regt. having during his illness moved to 
 Danville, he started for that point on foot and 
 being obliged to lie on the ground at night, 
 caught cold, producing typhoid fever. He was 
 sent to the hospital at Danville, Ky., where he 
 necessarily remained several months. Long be 
 fore he should have left the hospital, all those 
 able to move at all were required to rejoin 
 their respective regiments, as the rebels appear 
 ed to be growing more numerous in that State. 
 Consequently he proceeded by rail to Nash 
 ville where his command was then stationed. 
 With it he went to South Tennessee, had a 
 slight engagement at Franklin andTriune,then 
 remained in the vicinity of the latter place 
 during the summer and fall of 1863, when he 
 moved to Chattanooga, and on Friday, Sept. 
 18, went with Rosencrans army to the relief of 
 Gen. Thomas at Chickamauga. 
 
 The following night after arrival he lay 
 upon his arms and next morning fought bravely 
 at the front. Having been placed in an exposed 
 position, he suffered terribly under the rebel 
 fire, and by the time night closed over the 
 scenes the regiment had lost 220 of its rank and 
 file, being over 50 per cent, of its number en 
 gaged. It fell back during the night to Ross- 
 ville, and next day fortified Mission Ridge, 
 where it was attacked the same evening by the 
 enemy, but after a determined resistance the 
 regiment returned to Chattanooga, and next 
 morning crossed the Tenn. River and camped 
 upon the mountains. Its next engagement was 
 at Wauhatchie, which was closely followed by 
 that of Lookout Mt., in which the 96th scaled 
 the mountain side under a withering fire, and 
 after forcing the rebels back were second to 
 place a flag upon the rebel works. After the 
 battle of Chickamauga the men were on short 
 
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 399 
 
 rations, part of the time on one-fourth, conse 
 quently the suffering endured from hunger alone 
 almost makes those who endured it shudder even 
 at this distance of time. The g6th was left to 
 guard the mountain, and on the 25th, whilst 
 the sanguinary battle of Mission Ridge was 
 in progress, Mr. Serviss saw all the movements 
 of the respective armies. He continued upon 
 the mountain on guard a few weeks after the 
 battle, and with part of the Regt. proceeded to 
 Cleveland, and in the following spring to Blue 
 Springs, thence to Stephenson, Ala., from which 
 point he started out with his Regt. on the Ala 
 bama campaign, taking part in the battle of 
 Buzzard s Roost and Rocky Face Ridge, at the 
 latter of which he had ascended the mountain 
 and almost reached the top when he was 
 wounded in the right leg, badly shattering the 
 limb and foot. 
 
 He started down the mountain, but being 
 unable to walk, tried to roll over the rocks but 
 had only gone a short distance when he was 
 shot through the clothing just grazing the skin. 
 He continued on the roll until he reached a log 
 under which he endeavored to crawl, but while 
 in the act of so doing was struck in the fore 
 head with a ball rendering him unconscious. 
 After a time he was discovered by comrades 
 who carried him off the field to the nearest 
 surgeon, who dressed the wound, and he was 
 then taken on an ambulance, conveyed with 
 others to Tunnel Hill Hospital, and afterwards 
 sent to Chattanooga, and placed in a field hos 
 pital tent. That same night a severe storm 
 arose arid leveled the tent to the ground. He 
 was next removed to hospital at Jefferson, where 
 he grew gradually worse, gangrene having set 
 in. The doctors concluded his case was hope 
 less. It was, after a long delay, decided to am 
 putate the leg after all the flesh below the knee 
 had been burned off. Accordingly he was taken 
 to the dead house where the operation was per 
 formed, the doctors, however, intimating that 
 he could not live, hence that place was selected 
 for the operation. He grew slowly better, was 
 removed to Mound City about Oct. 1st, and 
 discharged ( on the 26th, after weeks of most ex 
 cruciating suffering. 
 
 Returning home the day before the election, 
 he was conveyed to the polls at Warren and 
 cast his first vote for Lincoln. The following 
 June he was made Postmaster for Apple River, 
 and held the office until removed in 1885. A 
 petition signed by every person served by his 
 office, irrespective of politics, was presented 
 asking for reinstatement, and compliance prom 
 ised by Postmaster General, but owing to the 
 death of the first assistant Postmaster General 
 soon after, and some misunderstanding on the 
 part of his successor, it was not done. 
 
 He subsequently engaged in the furniture 
 trade at Apple River, but afterward sold out 
 and removed to Warren, where he now person 
 ally manages the business he had established 
 there several years past. He married Mary 
 McDonald in 1869, but she dying the following 
 year, he married Miss Huldah Bunker in 1872, 
 she having been born in New York. Mr. Serviss 
 is a charter member of Warren Post, No. 315, 
 G. A. R., served as Commander and is now 
 Senior Vice Commander of that order. 
 
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 AJ. GEN. JAMES B. MCPHERSON was born 
 at Clyde, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1828. His 
 mother, Cynthia Russell, was a native 
 of Mass. His father, William McPherson, was 
 of Scotch-Irish descent. The pair were mar 
 ried near Canandaigua, N. Y., and shortly 
 removed to Ohio. Here the father settled on 
 a tract of woodland near where the village of 
 Clyde now stands, built a frame house and a 
 blacksmith shop, worked at his trade when 
 work offered, and employed his leisure time in 
 clearing the farm ; and here four years later the 
 son was born, who was to be so famous and so 
 mourned. The boy grew up in the hardy labo 
 rious backwoods life, of the time and region. 
 He was never much employed in his father s 
 blacksmith shop, but was taught to pick brush, 
 to pile wood, to drive horses, and by and by to 
 plow and chop. Meantime the father s health 
 broke down. Poor and an invalid, he thus left 
 his growing family to the struggles of his wife, 
 with such aid as four children, the oldest of 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 them only 13, could offer. James anxiety to 
 get some employment by which he might di 
 minish his mother s burdens, was great. Soon 
 he was engaged and for the next six years he 
 remained, first as store-boy, then as clerk in the 
 establishment of Mr. Robt. Smith, of Green 
 Spring, the next village. Here he remained six 
 years. Always anxious for a better education, 
 he devoured all books of standard authors, 
 whenever time permitted. At last came the 
 promise of an appointment to West Point, which 
 his firm character and esteem it won him, had 
 secured. He was now 19 years old, and entered 
 Normal Academy for preparatory study. A 
 few months before reaching his majority the 
 blacksmith s boy was established at West Point. 
 Here he graduated at the head of his class in 
 1853, and here he taught for a year. Subse 
 quently he served with the regular army in the 
 corps of engineers, until 1861, when he was made 
 aid-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Halleck. In 
 Gen. Grant s expedition against Forts Henry 
 and Donelson, McPherson was chief engineer. 
 In all the exciting campaigns through Miss, and 
 the final capture of Vicksburg he acted a con 
 spicuous part. Young, dashing and brave to a 
 fault, he early attracted the notice of Grant and 
 Sherman, at whose special request he was made 
 Maj-Gen. of Volunteers, and assigned to the 
 command of the i/th A. C. His fine form and 
 noble bearing soon made him a universal 
 favorite in the army. 
 
 After the fall of Vickburg McPherson ac 
 companied Gen. Grant to Chattanooga, gallant 
 ly shared in the battles of Mission Ridge, and 
 continued with Sherman in his campaign against 
 Atlanta. In all the terrible struggle and con 
 flict around Atlanta in the summer of 1864 Gen. 
 McPherson was a leading spirit. Always in 
 front and in the thickest of the fight, he signal 
 ized himself on all great occasions. 
 
 During a lull in the memorable battle of 
 Atlanta, fought July 22, about 1 1 o clock, while 
 the noble and gallant General was riding to the 
 rear of the i/th A. C., he was shot at and killed 
 by a squad of rebels that were engaged in mak 
 ing a flank movement. He fell from his horse, 
 his body pierced with several bullets, was picked 
 
 up directly after and carried to the rear, lie 
 was the idol of the whole army loved and ad 
 mired by officers and men; his loss was deeply 
 regretted. In McPherson the whole Nation 
 mourned the loss of the noblest of its soldiers 
 and most brilliant among its commanders. 
 
 RICHARD PROUDSTONE, of Grand Ridge, 
 111., a brother of Geo. C. Proudstone, 
 whose sketch appears on another page, 
 was born in Fayette Co., Pa., in the year 1834. 
 When quite a boy he removed with his parents 
 to La Salle Co. 111. He enlisted in the war of 
 the Rebellion, Aug, 15, 1862, in Capt. Ford s 
 Independent Cavalry Co. L., which formed 
 Gen. Grant s bodyguard at the battle of Cor 
 inth. Under a general order the company 
 was shortly after consolidated with the I5th 
 111. Cav. The Co. was detached for special 
 duty, the greater part of the time acting as 
 scout. While in this capacity he had many 
 hair-breadth escapes both from capture and 
 death. He participated in the second battle 
 of Corinth and also that of Hatchie River. 
 After 2 years of continual hard service, our 
 comrade was taken sick with Arkansas Swamp 
 fever, and was sent to the hospital at Quincy, 
 111., where after suffering for several months 
 he recuperated sufficiently to do hospital duty, 
 and was thus detailed as ward master of the 
 i6th ward, until mustered out of service, June 
 22, 1865. 
 
 He is a member of Post No. 165, G. A. R., 
 Ottawa, 111. He was married in 1873, to Miss 
 Emma Alice Miller, and by this union were 
 born six children. 
 
 WILLIAM H. H. BROWN, of Sadorus, 111., 
 was born in Ohio, July 27, 1840, a son 
 of Richard and Rebecca (Cress) 
 Brown, who removed from N. Y. State many 
 years ago, the father dying in 1852. Five years 
 later the mother and family removed to 111., 
 where William engaged in the carpentering trade, 
 
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 and was thus employed at Sadorus in the spring 
 of 1861. When the gathering war clouds burst 
 over the Republic in that year, young Brown 
 concluded to enter the strife and lend his as 
 sistance in its suppression, but owing to an in 
 jury to his hand which left that member useless 
 save the thumb, and forefinger, he found it 
 difficult to be accepted. Being determined 
 however to accomplish his purpose he finally 
 succeeded, and on June ist, 1861, we find him 
 enrolled in Co. G., 25th 111. Vol. Inf., assigned 
 to duty as wagon master. From St. Louis he 
 went to Jefferson City, Sedalia, Springfield and 
 then to Rolla, where he was smitten down with 
 the measles and sent to the general hospital at St. 
 Louis. His illness delayed him there 30 days, 
 at the end of which he accepted a furlough 
 home of 30 days, then rejoined his comrades at 
 Pea Ridge, whilst the battle of that place was 
 in progress. Subsequently he went to Camp 
 Huffman where he was made wagon master for 
 the whole Regt., having had only the Co. wa 
 gons up to that time. From that time forward 
 his history is a repetition of that of the Regt., 
 for he was always present with it accompanying 
 it through all its long marches for three long 
 years, and was discharged at Springfield, 111., 
 Sept. i, 1864. Thus it will be readily seen he 
 did his full duty as a brave and fearless soldier 
 and patriotic citizen. 
 
 After the close of the war he returned to 
 Sadorus where he resumed his trade as a car 
 penter and has since followed that business at 
 the same place. Mr. Brown is one of the 
 charter members of the Sadorus Post, of which 
 he was its commander for two years. He is a 
 Master and Chapter Mason, and has been Master 
 of his lodge for fifteen years. He has always 
 been a strong Republican and cast his first vote 
 for A. Lincoln as President. He was married 
 in 1865 to Miss Sarah E. Pedgett, whose father 
 was killed in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain 
 in 1864. Our subject by this marriage has had 
 eight children, four of whom are living, viz.: 
 Mattie, Ora, Harry and Richard. 
 
 Mr. Brown was at one time detailed as 
 Quarter-Master Sergeant, and to draw clothing 
 for Gen. Willie s Brig., and rode 80 miles with 
 
 out removing from the saddle, and the follow 
 ing day repeated the same extraordinary ride 
 upon the same horse. 
 
 THE subject of our sketch, Alonzo Acker- 
 man, was born at Prospect Park, Du Page 
 Co., 111., July 30, 1838, and is the son of 
 John D. and Lurania Ackerman. His father 
 was born Oct. 24, 1799, and in 1834, came from 
 Syracuse N. Y. and located a claim in Du Page 
 Co., 111. Land at this time in the " Wild West " 
 was obtainable at a nominal price, while the 
 wildness of the surrounding country was 
 attested by the presence of savage bands of 
 Indians, who were roving about from place to 
 place, some of whom, made their camp near 
 his homestead. Mr. Ackerman built a log 
 house on his claim, the site of which is, to-day, 
 occupied by the fine and modern residence of 
 his son, the subject of this sketch. 
 
 The early life of our subject was similar to 
 to that of many others attending school dur 
 ing the winter months, and in the intervals 
 doing farm work. Industrious and persevering, 
 he soon acquired the rudiments of a plain but 
 substantial education, while his work upon the 
 farm in the open air, aided in developing a 
 constitution naturally strong, and one which in 
 after years enabled him to endure the many 
 hardships and trials connected with the war, 
 in which he took so active a part. He enlisted 
 Aug. 21, 1862, in Co. F. losth 111. Vol. Inf., at 
 Wheaton, 111. The Regt. proceeded to Dixon, 
 111., later in Camp at Chicago, and Oct. 10, 
 1862, it proceeded to Louisville, Ky. and almost 
 immediately commenced the pursuit of Mor 
 gan s cavalry, following them as far as Frank 
 fort, Ky. Here they remained about four 
 weeks, drilling and preparing for active service. 
 Next they went to Scottsville, Ky., and ul 
 timately to Gallatin, Tenn., where they remained 
 about a month, subsequently returning to Tun 
 nel Hill, on guard duty. Much sickness was 
 occasioned in this locality by the impure state 
 of the water, and many of the men were utter- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ly prostrated. Feb. 20, 1863, they returned to 
 Gallatin again, doing guard duty, and early in 
 the following June, proceeded to Lavergne,Tenn., 
 and then went to Murfreesboro. August I, it 
 returned to Lavergne, later proceeded to Nash 
 ville, Tenn., then to Fort Negley where they 
 engaged in doing camp and picket duties 
 during the following nine months. Towards 
 the close of this period, Mr. Ackerman was 
 taken sick, and accordingly was taken to a hos 
 pital, where he recovered in the course of eight 
 weeks and rejoined his company, April I, 1864, 
 at Wahatchie Valley. Subsequently it joined 
 the forces under command of Gen. Sherman, 
 and started for the front. The first battle it 
 engaged in was that of Resaca, Ga., May 15, 
 1864. The fight commenced about 12 o clock 
 and raged with considerable fury for some 
 time. The enemy, however, was completely 
 routed, though not, however, before Lieut. 
 Firtlock, of Wheaton, 111., was severely 
 wounded and Arthur Rice was killed. The 
 rebels lost four pieces of artillery and fled in 
 all directions. Mr. Ackerman took part in 13 
 battles, including those of Resaca, New Hope 
 Church, Kenesaw Mt., Peach Tree Creek, At 
 lanta and Marietta. 
 
 In connection with this latter battle, he re 
 calls a somewhat amusing ancident. A shell 
 exploded so close to an Irishman, that it 
 seemed miraculous that he was not killed. He 
 was not hurt, but frightened almost to death, 
 and took to his heels exclaiming as he run: "I 
 guess they were after old Pete that time !" 
 From the first engagement in the opening of 
 the Atlanta campaign, May 15, to its close, he 
 was with his Regt. performing nobly his part, 
 and never with his back to the foe when an 
 action was at hand. He was with Sherman 
 during his celebrated march to the sea, and at 
 the capture of Savannah. Jan. 29, the com 
 mand started on the campaign through the 
 Carolinas. In this long and wearisome march, 
 Mr. Ackerman participated in its many skir 
 mishes. He fought at Averysboro, at Benton- 
 ville, and was in the final movement to Raleigh. 
 They then proceeded to Richmond en rou te for 
 Washington, and there took part in the grand 
 
 review. As the Regt. marched past the re 
 viewing point, it was heartily cheered by the 
 people. It was mustered out of service near 
 Washington, June 7, 1865. They then pro 
 ceeded to Chicago, were paid off, and returned 
 to their various homes. 
 
 Mr. Ackerman is a member of Post, No. 5 13, 
 E. S. Kelley, G. A. R. His mother was one of 
 two twins (girls), and was born at Rutland, Vt, 
 Feb. 15, 1802. She is still living, though at an 
 advanced age, and is in possession of all of her 
 faculties. She takes an active interest in every 
 thing about her, and converses freely on the 
 general topics of the day. 
 
 Mr. Ackerman was married, Jan. I, 1859, to 
 Miss Mary Sophia Koffin, who was born at 
 Wackendorf, Germany, July 29, 1835. They 
 have seven children Mary, Ella, Matilda, 
 William, Minnie, Hattie and Angie. He is 
 popular with his associates, and esteemed by 
 all who know him. Alonzo Ackerman is justly 
 proud of his record as a soldier, and it must be 
 admitted to be one of much interest to those 
 who are interested in the lives of our Union 
 veterans. 
 
 ADJT. WILLIAM WILSON, of Sheffield, 111., 
 enlisted at Sheffield, 111., Sept. 18, 1861, 
 and was mustered in as 1st Lieut, of Co. 
 C., i4th Mo. Vol. Inf. This Regt. was subse 
 quently credited to 111., as the greater part of 
 the men were residents of that State. It was 
 then known as the 66th 111. Vol. Inf., although 
 it had received the name of "Birge s Sharp 
 Shooters" as it was commanded by Col. Birge, 
 who was afterward arrested and deposed from 
 the command. Col. P. E. Burke then led the 
 Regt. until he died at Resaca, Ga., May 10, 
 1864, from wounds received in battle. The first 
 fall and winter were spent at Sturgeon, Mo., 
 with headquarters at that point, and in April, 
 1862, Lieut. Wilson was appointed Adjutant. 
 The Regt. had an opportunity to "test its met 
 tle" in the battles of Mount Zion, Fort Donel- 
 son, Shiloh, and the advance upon Corinth and 
 luka. It was then assigned to post duty for 
 
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 about a year, and in Dec., 1863, the Regt. vet 
 eranized at Pulaski, Tenn.,and Adjutant Wilson 
 was sent home for recruits to fill the regiment. 
 From Pulaski the command was directed 
 against Chattanooga and attached to the 2d 
 Brig., 2nd Div., Army of the Tennessee, with 
 which it experienced many of the vicissitudes of 
 army life. In May, 1864, the 66th joined in the 
 Atlanta campaign in which it was under fire 129 
 days, engaged in all the noted battles from 
 Chattanooga to Atlanta. It was in the siege of 
 Atlanta, at the battles of Dallas, Kenesaw Mt., 
 Nickajack Creek, Chattahoochie River, Lovejoy 
 Station, Rome, Cross Roads, Atlanta and many 
 others. Adjutant Wilson was twice wounded, 
 once by a piece of shell striking him on the 
 left knee, and at Jonesboro his right arm was 
 pierced by a ball, as talking with Lieut. Bald 
 win he extended his arm to point out something 
 of interest in the distance. The ball passed 
 through the fleshy part of the arm and pene 
 trated the breast of Lieut. Baldwin, causing his 
 death. Had his arm been an inch lower, it 
 doubtless would have been destroyed and 
 would have saved the life of Lieut. Baldwin. 
 
 Although severely wounded, Adjt. Wilson 
 was not absent from duty a day, nor did he 
 miss a meal when he could get it, during his 
 three years service. Adjt. \Vilson was sent 
 home carrying with him many relics of great 
 value from the South, among which were a 
 piece of the shell that wounded his knee, a 6 
 pound solid shot that struck the ground at his 
 feet at Fort Donelson; a copy of a will dated 
 Feb. 1695, captured in an attorney s office at 
 Sturgeon, Mo.; a captain s sword captured by 
 him at the battle of Corinth and several long, 
 roughly made dirk-shaped knives. When the 
 rebels were asked what they intended to do 
 with such instruments of war they said, "that 
 they had been told that the Yanks were all 
 little short fellows and they intended when 
 they came upon them to take them by 
 the hair and cut their heads off with a blow 
 of the knife. But," remarked the rebel 
 who gave this information concerning their in 
 tended mode of warfare, "we were lied to, you 
 Yanks are not so very small and your heads 
 
 don t come off so easy as we expected." Adjt. 
 Wilson s collection contains hundreds of relics 
 gathered from every battlefield where his regi 
 ment was engaged, and from every camp, town 
 and city of the South that he visited, and is 
 particularly valuable, not only as historical 
 relics, but also as an exposition of days and 
 methods that have passed away forever. The 
 end of his war service ended in Sept. 1864, 
 when he was mustered out near Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 William Wilson was born at Washington, 
 Mason Co., Ky., Dec. 25, 1828. His father was 
 of old Tenn., and his mother of old Ky. Revo 
 lutionary stock. His grandfather, Benjamin 
 Wilson, was killed in the war of 1812, and 
 Benjamin Wilson, Jr., an uncle of William Wil 
 son, also did good service for his country in 
 1812, thus there is shown a creditable martial 
 ancestry. 
 
 In early life William was compelled to start 
 out for himself with but very little outside as 
 sistance. He went to Brown Co., Ohio, in 
 1836 when but a lad, and in 1845 moved to 
 111., becoming one of the pioneers in that State 
 and locating at Hennepin where he was for 
 two years deputy Post Master. Possessing an 
 inclination for mercantile business he early 
 prepared to engage in this line and begun 
 merchandising in Hennepin, Sheffield and 
 other adjoining places, but sometime ago re 
 tired from this work on account of advanc 
 ing age. He has been for many years 
 Notary Public, was appointed Post Master at 
 Sheffield by the present Administration and is 
 now acting in that capacity. Mr. Wilson has 
 been prominent in the G. A. R., being a charter 
 member of J. P. Kile Post No. 605, of Sheffield; 
 he named the post for the first man killed in 
 his regiment. He has been commander and 
 filled that office for three successive years. He 
 is a Mason and Odd Fellow of high standing. 
 A life long Republican, his influence is recog 
 nized in his party. 
 
 He has been twice married, the first time in 
 1853. His wife died in 1876. In 1878 he 
 married Lydia I. Culver, who was. a native of 
 Jackson Co. Mich. 
 
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 WILLIAM R. LYND, of Elgin, 111., whose 
 name appears on the roll of the faith 
 ful defenders of his country s flag, was 
 born in N. Y. City June 15, 1844. His father, 
 James Lynd, was born in Ireland in 1807, and his 
 mother, whose maiden name was Ann Caldwell, 
 a native of Ireland, was born in 181 1, and to these 
 parents came nine children: Sarah J., Mary Ann, 
 Alexander C., Ellen, William R., Catharine, 
 Henry, James T. and John R. Alexander C. was 
 a soldier in the war, serving in Co. A., 36th 111. 
 Inf., and was wounded at Stone River. 
 
 The early life of William R. Lynd was spent 
 in Elgin, 111, where he steadily attended the 
 public schools until his eleventh year, then he 
 worked on the farm with his father during the 
 summer, and went to school in the winter. 
 Later, he spent some time in the Elgin Acad 
 emy. 
 
 His first military service was in Co. B., 69th 
 111 Inf., which enlisted for 90 days, and was on 
 duty nearly five months at Camp Douglas, Chi 
 cago. When mustered out Mr. Lynd returned 
 to Elgin and resumed his place on the farm 
 and at school. 
 
 The war still continued, and with it the civil 
 struggle grew more desperate. Under these 
 circumstances, Mr. Lynd could not long remain 
 an inactive spectator, so he re-enlisted in Jan 
 uary, 1864, in Co. G., 52nd 111. Inf,, and was mus 
 tered in the same day. In a few days he was in 
 the front at Pulaski, Tenn., and started on the 
 march to Chattanooga, where he was in the 
 front lines, participating in every engagement 
 that his Company and Regt. were in, up to and 
 including the capture of Atlanta. 
 
 The history of Mr. Lynd s service, as he 
 recalls it, may be briefly given in detail. On 
 July 22, his Div. (the fourth) marched around 
 Atlanta, and was stationed in front for a time, 
 but during the day the position was changed 
 six times, and before night it was posted on 
 the extreme left of the army. 
 
 Subsequent to this engagement at Atlanta 
 came the battle at Jonesboro, followed by a 
 march to Rome, while scouting and skirmish 
 ing was of frequent occurrence. On one raid 
 ing expedition from Rome to Allatoona, by 
 
 cars, the train, by accident, was disconnected 
 and one -half left behind. Mr. Lynd was on 
 the first portion of the train and arrived in 
 time to see the enemy retreating without ex 
 change of shots. On returning to Rome he 
 assisted in burying the dead and caring for the 
 wounded left on the field by the enemy. Soon 
 the 52nd started on the famous march to the 
 sea, being assigned to the 4th Div. I5th A. C. 
 
 In the longcontinued wading in theCarolina 
 swamps, Mr. Lynd became so thoroughly 
 chilled that he has never recovered from the 
 effects of the exposure. During the siege of 
 Savannah, the Regt. was forced to halt on the 
 Ogeetchie River, in the swamp, and lived on 
 unseasoned rice, but after the evacuation of 
 the city and when the army had taken posses 
 sion, there was a change, for provisions were 
 then freely received from the fleet. At 
 Savannah, Mr. Lynd and comrades were placed 
 on guard over the supply department and they 
 "captured" two barrels of apples, and a cask 
 of tobacco which were doubtless intended 
 for the officers use. The men had an enjoya 
 ble time selling the apples at the rate of 
 3 for 25 cents, and there were no arrests for 
 this service, which was not in the regular line 
 of duty. This detail remained on this duty 
 until the Savannah River was crossed and the 
 march through the Carolinas was commenced. 
 The Regt. was employed while in the Caro 
 linas in building corduroy roads, and in both 
 those States left a good sample of its work. 
 
 At Columbia it witnessed the exciting 
 scenes that transpired on the day of the battle 
 there, and was also on active duty in the en 
 gagement at Bentonville. The rapid move 
 ments of the closing campaign led Mr. Lynd 
 with his regiment to Goldsboro, onto Raleigh, 
 then out near Hillsborough, to attack Johnston, 
 where this command was located when Johns 
 ton surrendered. This even,t changed the 
 movement and the grand march to Richmond, 
 Washington:, and home, was cheerfully exe 
 cuted. The 52nd was the first Regt. to reach 
 the Potomac River, and it went into camp at 
 Alexandria until the Grand Review. 
 
 Mr. Lynd, witnessed the parade on the first 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 405 
 
 day, and on the second was one of the valiant 
 army of victorious soldiers who escaped from 
 the hazards of war and marched triumphantly 
 through the Capital of the country which their 
 valor had saved from disunion and probable 
 destruction. 
 
 Following this demonstration the Regt. 
 camped on the Baltimore Pike and was sent to 
 Parkersburg to take transports to La. While 
 in camp here, Mr. Lynd secured a furlough, in 
 view of the fact that he had not been absent 
 from his company, for one day or night, ex 
 cept on duty, since the date of his enlistment. 
 He came home to Elgin, but in a few days re 
 ceived orders to report to Chicago to be mus 
 tered out. The Regt. received its payment and 
 discharge Jan. 12, 1866. When this service was 
 ended, and there was no longer a sound of 
 war in the land, Mr. Lynd came to Elgin and 
 soon went to Chicago, where he worked as a 
 carpenter seven years, and then went South 
 into Miss., and Texas for 8 years, working at 
 his trade. He then in the same employment, 
 was West on the U. P. Ry. ; in Colorado, one 
 year, afterwards in Kansas City, Mo., and on 
 the Ft. Scott, and Gulf Ry. ; then into Texas 
 and through the Indian Territory with a train. 
 He went through La. and Mo., to Chicago ar 
 riving about the time of the great fire, and re 
 mained about one year. 
 
 Mr. Lynd was married about Oct. 15, 1876, 
 to Nellie Devitte of Chicago, and located in 
 Elgin, 111., where he has since remained with 
 the exception of sometime in Topeka. He 
 now operates a large planing mill business 
 which he established seven years ago. He is a 
 member of a number of organizations among 
 which may be noted the A. O. U. W., and A. T. & 
 A., G. A. R. and also the Oriental Consistory of 
 Chicago. In politics he is independent, and in 
 all matters is considered a gentleman of liberal 
 views and fair judgment whose opinions are 
 worthy of consideration. 
 
 He certainly has a most excellent war 
 record for faithful duty in the field and camp, 
 extending over a range of time and territory 
 which included some of the most brilliant and 
 daring campaigns of the rebellion. 
 
 THE father of Anthony Wiltheis, of El 
 gin, 111., Peter Wiltheis, was a German, 
 while his mother, Elizabeth (Store) 
 Wiltheis, was an American, born in Pa. They 
 had the following family besides our subject: 
 Charles, William, and Mary C. His parents 
 are now dead, having died at Northumber 
 land, Pa. His maternal grandfather, Charles 
 Store, was engaged in the Mexican war. 
 William and Charles Wiltheis, brothers of our 
 subject, were in the war of the rebellion. The 
 latter was taken prisoner at Andersonville, and 
 that was the last ever heard of him. Mr, 
 Wiltheis was born in Milheime, Center Co., 
 Pa., March. 5, 1845. He attended the public 
 schools in his boyhood days, and there re 
 ceived sufficient education to enable him to 
 successfully pursue whatever business his in 
 clination from time to time dictated. In the 
 early days of the rebellion, his young soul 
 fired with love of his country, concluded to 
 offer his services for its preservation, and al 
 though only 17 years old, enlisted July 3, 1862, 
 at Lockhaven, Pa., and was mustered into Co. 
 C., 1 37th Pa. Vol. Inf. It rendezvoused at 
 Harrisburg, Pa., leaving there during the early 
 part of the same month for Washington. His 
 Regt. assisted in felling trees and building 
 breastworks with othes duties to impede 
 the rebels in a threatened advance on the Cap 
 ital. Next the Regt. followed Lee as far as 
 South Mt., where the engagement of that name 
 took place. After the battle, the I37th was 
 placed in charge of a wagon train and suc 
 cessfully conducted it to Antietam. During 
 an armistice between the armies it remained 
 on the battlefield and buried its dead, then 
 marched to Williamsport, where it remained 
 about two weeks, patroling the country in that 
 neighborhood. Marched to Frederick City, 
 then took train for Washington. 
 
 All through the Maryland Campaign Mr. 
 Wiltheis was terribly afflicted with chronic 
 diarrhoea and when near Frederick City was 
 taken in the ambulance train, first to Frederick, 
 and then sent to Arlington Heights, Washing 
 ton. He was placed in Gen. Lee s house, 
 where he remained during the night, and was 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 then transferred to a barn fitted up for a tem 
 porary hospital. He was here two weeks and 
 was then transferred to St. Elizabeth Hospital. 
 He improved rapidly of his ailment, but after 
 two weeks contracted typhoid fever which also 
 reproduced his former illness, and by the time 
 the fever had run its course, his weight was 
 reduced from 145 to 75 pounds. Gradually he 
 recovered and when he had regained sufficient 
 strength was placed in charge of part of a ward 
 occupied by nine persons, each of whom had 
 lost a limb by amputation. May I, 1863, he 
 rejoined his Regt. and with it went to Harris- 
 burg, Pa., where he was mustered out May 3d, 
 the term of his enlistment having expired. 
 
 When fully recovered, he re-enlisted at 
 Lockhaven, Pa., Feb. 24, 1864, and was mus 
 tered into Co. E., /th Pa. Vet. Cav. From here 
 it was ordered to Williamsport, thence to Har- 
 risburg; then to Carlisle Barracks, at Carlisle, 
 Pa., where it remained until the furloughs of 
 the old veterans expired. In March it was 
 ordered to Nashville, and encamped at Fort 
 Negley, Tenn.,from which point it was ordered 
 to join Gen. Sherman s army at Ringgold, Ga., 
 and participated in all the battles and many 
 skirmishes up to the fall of Atlanta. At Fort 
 Negley he with eight others, of his Regt., at 
 their own reque,st, were transferred to Co. I. 
 
 During the last raid befort the capture of At 
 lanta, his Regt. was under Gen. Kirkpatrick, 
 when they made a 30 miles circuit in the rear 
 of Atlanta and striking Jonesboro. Here they 
 tore up the railroad, burned and destroyed 
 property. After leavjng this place they were 
 surrounded by the enemy, and there being no 
 opening for escape, Gen. Kirkpatrick leading, 
 gave orders for Gen. Minty s Brig, to charge, 
 which was immediately obeyed, and resulted in 
 its cutting its way through and extricating the 
 Brig, from its perilous situation, and permit- 
 ing it to continue the raid and complete the 
 circuit, bringing it up at BigShanty, near Chat- 
 tahoochie. It remained here all night, and in 
 the morning could distinctly see the work of 
 destruction of property going on in the city of 
 Atlanta, into which the brigade marched the 
 following morning. Soon Mr. Wiltheis Regt. 
 
 was ordered back to Nashville, under Gen. 
 Thomas, and from the latter city to Louisville, 
 where it was remounted and equipped, and 
 then went into winter quarters at Gravely 
 Springs, Ala. During March the men were or 
 dered out on the Wilson Cavalry raid. On this 
 raid the battle of Selma, Ala., was fought, re 
 sulting in the capture of Gen. Forrest s com 
 mand, he himself escaping across the river. 
 All the field officers, except one, in Mr. Wil 
 theis Regt. were wounded. The raid was 
 continued on through Montgomery, Ala., pass 
 ing completely through the State and out of it 
 at Columbus, Ga., then it continued on to 
 Macon, arriving about April 21, when the men 
 were ordered into camp by Gen. Sherman, by 
 telegram, over the rebel wires from Newburne, 
 N. C. They were then ordered to scour the 
 country to apprehend Jeff. Davis. Mr. Wil 
 theis Co. was near by when Davis was cap 
 tured by the 4th Mich. Cav., and, within six 
 hours, started with him for Macon, Ga., where 
 he was turned over to Govt. authority and sent 
 to Washington. Sept. 15, the Regt. was dis 
 charged at Macon, and started for home in a 
 body and were paid off at Harrisburg. 
 
 Since the war Mr. Wiltheis has followed the 
 shoe business, first as a clerk but subsequently 
 as an accountant and manager. He removed 
 from Pa. to Wheaton, 111., in March, 1866 ; and 
 in 1872 removed to Elgin, 111., where he has 
 since remained. While in Wheaton, he was 
 elected Town Clerk. 
 
 He married Hattie Albert, at Lewisburg, 
 Pa., Jan. 31, 1867. They have four children : 
 Eva A., Carrie E., Mary S., and Albert; the lat 
 ter died when an infant. Aug. 15, 1877, he en 
 listed as a private in Co. E., 3d Regt. I. N. G., 
 and the same month was appointed Sergeant ; 
 1st Sergt., June 21, 1879; 2d Lieut., Feb. 20, 
 1880; 1st Lieut., Nov. 5, 1883, and Capt. Aug. 
 4, 1884. He was re-elected Capt. in August, 
 1887, and again in Aug., 1890. He is a member 
 of the Masonic Lodge, Monitor, No. 522 ; is a 
 member of the G. A. R. Post, No. 49, at Elgin ; 
 member of the National Union; member of the 
 Knights of the Globe, &nd is a Republican in 
 in politics. 
 
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 JOHN SCHARLAN, of Lombard, 111., was born 
 at Eucorik, Prussia, in 1845, anc * is the son 
 of David and Sophie (Seams) Scharlan. 
 Of five children, John was the eldest. His 
 father is still living. His mother died at Elm- 
 hurst, 111., Jan. 30, 1886. His education com 
 menced before he left the Old Country, and 
 was finished in the public schools in the neigh 
 borhood of Elmhurst, 111. He enlisted at Elm- 
 hurst, DuPage County, 111., in the I7th Cav. 111. 
 Vol., a regiment which was organized under 
 special orders of the War Department, issued 
 Sept. 5, 1863, by Gen. John F. Farnsworth. 
 Assembling at St. Charles, 111., July 22, 1864, it 
 numbered eight companies, and by April fol 
 lowing, were in possession of 650 horses. Leav 
 ing St. Charles, May 3, 1864, they went to Jef 
 ferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., but afterwards 
 returned to Alton, 111. Later they were ordered 
 to Glasgow, Mo., where they acted as scouts. 
 With McNeil s Brig., the i/th was sent forward 
 in pursuit of the retreating foe. Three times 
 the line of battle was formed, the enemy being 
 driven back twice, but the third time they main 
 tained their ground, having the advantage of an 
 open prairie, with a force of 15,000 men as op 
 posed to a brigade numbering about 1,500. Oc 
 cupying the left flank, the i/th commenced the 
 attack, and after a short, sharp engagement, 
 the enemy made an attempt to overwhelm the 
 right flank. This, however, was prevented by 
 the arrival of two guns, which checked their 
 progress in this direction. The General then 
 issued an order to charge along the whole line, 
 and after a little delay, the command, "For 
 ward," was given and the i/th, now numbering 
 300 men, made the charge. 
 
 At their approach, the enemy moved off 
 rapidly, although the center and right wings of 
 the Union forces, were fully half a mile in the 
 rear. It was a bold heroic move, ably executed, 
 and the surviving members of the company 
 will ever remember where it took place near 
 Fort Scott, Oct. 25, 1864. The lack of forage 
 combined with rapid marching, caused the loss 
 of more than half of the horses, and the regi 
 ment traveled hundreds of miles on foot. The 
 escape of the rebels over the Arkansas line 
 
 was followed by the march of the brigade to 
 Springfield, Mo. Here orders reached them 
 from headquarters, .directing them to go to 
 Cassville, Mo., and from there to Rolla where 
 they arrived Nov. 15, 1864. The march extended 
 over 1,000 miles, and the regiment suffered the 
 loss of about 600 horses. The next important 
 duty performed by the i/th, was to accompany 
 the Commissioners from Department Head 
 quarters with a flag of truce to Gen. Jeff 
 Thompson s headquarters, to arrange terms and 
 places for the capitulation of his forces. From 
 Cape Girardeau, the Regt. was ordered to Kan., 
 where it occupied detachment posts on the 
 plains. Later, a detachment accompanied the 
 commissioners to Fort Smith, to treat with 
 the Indians, at the great Council held in Sept., 
 1865. The Regt. was almost entirely under 
 the direction of the Department of the Mis 
 souri, under the command of Gen. Rosencrans, 
 Dodge, and Pope, respectively. The service it 
 rendered, and the various duties it performed, 
 were not only meritorious, but were duly ac 
 knowledged and appreciated. They were 
 mustered out December. 1865. 
 
 Mr. Scharlan married Miss Louisa Thies, 
 Dec. 16, 1874, and the union has been blessed 
 with seven children Carrie, Henry (deceased), 
 Malinda (deceased), Martha, Matilda, Annie 
 and Bertha. Personally, Mr. Schlaran, posses 
 ses many traits of character which have won 
 for him the good esteem of his neighbors, and 
 he is happy in the possession of many warm 
 personal friends and acquaintances. 
 
 HARLAN L. BREWER, proprietor of the 
 Stanley House, Rock Falls, 111., was 
 born at Tonawanda, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1845. 
 His parents were Addison and Maria (Adams) 
 Brewer, both of whom were natives of New 
 York. His father was by trade a wagon maker, 
 and removed to the west in 1847, settling in 
 Lee Co., 111., and engaging for a time in farm 
 ing. Selling out his estate, he located at Dixon 
 and engaged in the manufacture of wagons for 
 two years. He next went to Binghamton, 111., 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 where he, for about a year, conducted a hotel. 
 He was killed by a runaway team in 1854. His 
 widow is still living at Amboy. The American 
 family of Brewer had its original seat in New 
 England; the Adams family in New York. 
 Only two children were born to their union: 
 Harlan L., the subject of this sketch, and 
 Viletta, who died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. Brewer received his education in the 
 common school, and during his childhood 
 received from his parents that kindly care and 
 excellent training which fitted him to encounter 
 the rough ways of a soldier s life, and his sub 
 sequent struggles and responsibilities. 
 
 He enlisted in the service of his country at 
 Amboy, 111., Sept. 13, 1861, and was mustered in 
 at Paducah, Ky., on the following day as a pri 
 vate in Co. B., 1 2th 111. Inf. The Regt. was 
 organized at Cairo, where they remained until 
 Sept. 5, when they removed to Paducah, Ky., 
 being the first of the Union troops to arrived at 
 that place. Subsequently the Regt. operated 
 in an attack upon Columbus, Ky., and during 
 the battle of Belmont. Proceeding they occu 
 pied Fort Hammond, and Feb. 12, moved to 
 Fort Donelson, and endured the many discom 
 forts and privations incident to that memorable 
 siege. About this time Mr. Brewer s company 
 was drawn into an ambush and surrounded; and 
 in the fight that ensued, the gallant soldiers 
 triumphed over their foes, but had the misfort 
 une to lose their Captain, and a heavy loss of 
 the company, the largest during the war, in the 
 encounter. 
 
 Feb. 22, the command moved forward to 
 Clarksville,Tenn., occupying F^rt Sevier. Feb. 
 28, removed to Nashville, returning to Clarks- 
 ville, March i, the command began the march 
 to Pittsburg Landing, where they arrived and 
 went into camp March 19. The regiment was 
 constantly in action for two days atShiloh, and 
 lost 109 killed, wounded and missing. They 
 were under the command of Gen W. H. L. 
 Wallace, and their positton was near the "Hor 
 net s Nest." Moving forward again on April 
 28, they participated in the siege of Corinth, 
 and after the evacuation, they co-oporated with 
 Gen. Pope in the pursuit of the enemy. They 
 
 were at Boonville for six days during this ex 
 pedition, after which they returned to Corinth, 
 remaining there until about the middle of 
 April. Sept. 16, they moved on to a point near 
 luka, thence to Burnesville. Oct. 3, and 4, 
 they were engaged in the battle of Corinth with 
 the 2d Brig, and the 4th Div., having opposed 
 to them nearly the whole of the rebel army. 
 During this time our subject was a member of 
 the drum corps, but at the battle he took up a 
 musket and joined the ranks, not liking the 
 idea of being shot at without the opportunity 
 to retaliate. At this battle the Colonel took 
 him out of the ditch and commanded him to 
 attend to his duties, but after the officer had 
 gone, he again resumed his gun. 
 
 In this battle the I2th bore a conspicuous 
 part, capturing a stand of colors, and turning 
 the captured guns upon the enemy. This Div. 
 suffered severe losses during the day, being 
 perhaps more than one third of the whole 
 number of the killed and wounded in the 
 battle. The I2th lost in killed 17, wounded 80, 
 and missing 15. General Oglesby, command 
 ing the Brig., was badly wounded. The com 
 mand remained at Corinth until Jan. 24, 1863. 
 They were then sent as a train guard to Ham 
 burg, returning April I2th. After resting at 
 Corinth until Oct. 29th, they went to Pocahon- 
 tas, thence to Pulaski where they veteranized 
 and came home on a veteran furlough, return 
 ing to Pulaski, joining Sherman s army on the 
 Atlanta campaign. April 28th, the Regt. 
 marched to Larkinsville and thence by rail to 
 Chattanooga. They started in the great At 
 lanta campaign May 9th. The Regt. partici 
 pated in the battles of Atlanta and the subse 
 quent engagements with Hood. Mr. Brewer 
 was slightly wounded at Alltoona Pass from 
 the bursting of a shell. Nov. nth, the army 
 moved forward on the grand march to the sea, 
 in which the I2th proved the calibre of its 
 men in many a hard fought and sanguinary 
 contest, and gained for itself an imperishable 
 distinction. Mr. Brewer was ever among the 
 foremost in battle, as he was in every relation 
 of duty in which he was placed. The com 
 mand entered Columbia, S. C., having marched 
 
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 since leaving Savannah, a distance of 600 miles. 
 Johnston having surrendered, the command 
 proceeded North through Petersburg, Va., 
 making 86 miles in six and one-half days. 
 They reached Winchester, May gth, and Alex 
 andria, May iQth. On May 24th, the Regt. 
 marched in the Grand Review at Washington. 
 They left Washington June 3rd, mustered out 
 at Louisville, July loth, and was finally paid 
 off at Springfield, 111., July 18, 1865. 
 
 Mr. Brewer, whose record has been traced 
 through the war, showing him always a true 
 soldier, returned home to Amboy and engaged 
 primarily in railroading. He continued in this 
 relation until his removal to Rock Falls where 
 he opened a hotel known as the Brewer House, 
 which he conducted about ten years, when he 
 established the Stanley House, of which he is 
 still the proprietor. He is interested in real 
 estate in Rock Falls, and also owns landed 
 property in Dakota. He was married Jan. 31, 
 1866, at Amboy, 111., to Amelia, daughter of 
 Horace and Sarah Jane (Dykeman) Doolittle. 
 They have had two children, Stella, (Mrs. J. E. 
 Pierce, of Rock Fajls) and Blanche. Mr 
 Brewer is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge 
 590, A. O. U. W., No. 5, M. W. A., and the 
 G. A. R., Will Enderton, No. 729, of which he 
 is its present Commander. He is a Republican 
 and a member of the City Council, and of the 
 School Board. He was the City Marshal for 
 about seven years, and a Constable for about 
 nine years. 
 
 He entered the military service as a private, 
 but being very young, he served first as drum 
 mer, but after being placed in the ranks he was" 
 made Corporal, and was promoted to Sergeant. 
 No man more deserves whatever of good fort 
 une has fallen to his lot than Harlan L. 
 Brewer, whose popularity as a host is almost as 
 great as was his record as a soldier. 
 
 PHILIP WOLFERSBERGES, of Princeton, 111., 
 enlisted at Ottawa, 111., in Sept., 1861 as a 
 private in the 4th 111. Cav. After the 
 battle of Vicksburg in 1863, his term of service 
 
 had expired. He re-enlisted and was promoted 
 to ist Lieut, and Commissary of Subsistence 
 of the 3d U. S. Colored Cav., and acted in that 
 capacity until June 26, 1866, when he was mus 
 tered out at Memphis by General Order from 
 the War Department. 
 
 He participated in the battles at Fort Don- 
 elson, Pittsburg Landing, and Holly Springs, 
 and saw considerable active service for five 
 years and four months, yet came home without 
 a scratch, and was only disabled by sickness 
 and in the hospital a short time. 
 
 Philip Wolfersberges was born in Lebanon 
 Co., Pa. March 28, 1826, where his father was a 
 merchant and hotel keeper. At the age of 18 
 Philip began an apprenticeship as carpenter 
 and builder. In 1853 he came to Princeton, 111., 
 and worked as carpenter until he engaged in 
 the hotel business in which he was employed 
 when he went into the army. After the war he, 
 in company with others, started and operated a 
 planing mill at Princeton for five or six years, 
 after which he was in the mercantile business 
 for many years. He was made Postmaster at 
 North Princeton, which position he now holds. 
 Was also for two years one of the Aldermen of 
 Princeton. 
 
 Mr. Wolfersberges was married in 1847, m 
 Pennsylvania to Elizabeth Miller, a native of 
 that State, and six children brightens his 
 home Leah, Clara, Emma, Frank, William, 
 and Charles. 
 
 Mr. Wolfersberges is a Republican voter 
 and worker. 
 
 ARTHUR S. NOTT, of Galva, 111., was born 
 at Cleveland, Ohio, May 8, 1844, where 
 he attended school until the age of 17, 
 when he was apprenticed to learn the trade of 
 iron molder in Pittsburg, Pa. He enlisted in 
 battery C., ist Pa. Light Art.; was in the State 
 service for 3 months, and was mustered into 
 the military service of the U. S. in Oct., 1861, 
 at Carlisle Pa. The command went into camp 
 at Williamsport, Md., thence going on to Har 
 per s Ferry and Winchester, Va., under Gen. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Kilpatrick. They were for the first time in ac 
 tion at Winchester. Ordered to relieve Gen. 
 Banks, then reached his army in time to save 
 .it from capture, and recaptured the wagons 
 which were in the hands of the enemy. 
 
 They participated in the battle at Cedar 
 Mountain, under Gens. Pope and McDowell, in 
 which they bore a gallant and effective part. 
 After nightfall, Gen. Dureau with a detail of 
 three men, Mr. Nott among the number, went 
 into the woods to select a suitable position for 
 planting a battery, riding into the enemy s lines 
 before they knew it, and to a point where the 
 rebels were also locating a battery, which they 
 discovered to be Walker s battery, of Rich 
 mond, Va. They rode up to the rebels and 
 Gen. Dureau ordered them to shoot high. They 
 found their way back to their battery and opened 
 fire on Walker s Battery, succeeding in disa 
 bling it and repulsing the artillerists, who fled 
 leaving their guns. The commander of the 
 battery, Walker and his son, were among the 
 killed. The command after this battle pro 
 ceeded to the Rappahannock River, which 
 they crossed and entered Fredericksburg. Here 
 they were hotly engaged in action with the 
 forces of Stonewall Jackson, afterward con 
 fronting Longstrect, fighting him throughout a 
 whole day at Thoroughfare Gap, and prevent 
 ing the co-operation of his forces with those of 
 Jackson at Bull Run. Subsequently atCatlin s 
 Station the rebels made a dash upon them, 
 capturing their wagon train and baggage. 
 They, however, moved forward that night to 
 Bull Run, engaging in the battle at four o clock 
 in the morning. Mr. Nott here had charge of 
 the caissons of his 5 batteries, which were 
 placed in a hollow. His captain, who had dis 
 covered that the enemy was preparing to 
 charge, ordered him to get the caissons away 
 as quickly as possible as the woods were full of 
 rebels, which he promptly succeeded in doing. 
 The battery was charged by Ashley s Cavalry 
 who captured five of the guns, but the men had 
 spiked them before being obliged to resign 
 them. Mr. Nott and twelve other men were 
 taken prisoners. 
 
 Lieut. Stevenson, of battery C., snot five of 
 
 the rebels in a hand to hand contest for the 
 guidon, which he prevented them from taking, 
 although he was wounded and made a prisoner. 
 The man who held the flag got away with it al 
 though five times severely wounded. They all 
 subsequently escaped from their captors, ex 
 cept Lieut. Stephenson. Rejoining their bat 
 tery the following day, they were in action at 
 Chantilly, where Gen. Karney, in a reconnois- 
 sance to ascertain the position of the enemy, 
 was killed, falling near where Mr. Nott was at 
 the time posted. After this battle the battery 
 crossed the Potomac at Edward s Ferry, thence 
 proceeding to Frederick City, Md., where Gen. 
 McClellan took command of the whole army. 
 They served under Gen. Hooker in the engage 
 ments at South Mt., Middleton and Antietam. 
 After the battle at Bull Run, Mr. Nott was 
 made a gunner. At the battle of Antietam 
 Gen. Hooker was standing near his gun, and 
 Mr. Nott told him to look out. A minute later 
 the Gen. received a ball in his foot and had 
 finally to be carried from the field, although he 
 led a charge after being wounded. After Antie 
 tam the guns of battery C. were found to have 
 been much injured from being overheated and 
 were condemned. 
 
 Mr. Nott was put in charge of 29 men and 
 ordered to Washington to procure new guns 
 and fresh horses. On their return the battery 
 had moved, and when on their way to rejoin it 
 they had a skirmish with Mosby s guerrillas, 
 falling back to Berlin, which place was the next 
 clay attacked by Mosby. Mr. Nott rejoined 
 his battery at Brandy Station, thence going to 
 Fredericksburg, where he was detailed to man 
 four loo-pound Parrott guns for the bombard 
 ment of the town. During the severe fighting 
 at Fredericksburg and Chanccllorsvillc and in 
 the subsequent battles of the campaign Mr. 
 Nott was constantly at his post of duty and 
 exhibited a personal gallantry which gained 
 him a merited commendation. The battery 
 did very effective service at Gettysburg with 
 the corps of Gen. Hancock. The next day, 
 after the battle of Peach Orchard, Mr. Nott 
 ordered one of the men to clean the guns. The 
 men were seated around, some of them lying 
 
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 across the guns. In proceeding to obey the 
 order the man inserted a fuse and pulled the 
 lanyard. This gun had missed fire in the battle, 
 but was supposed to have been fired, and was 
 discharged killing three of the men around it. 
 The man who fired it was so distressed at the 
 deplorable accident that he became mentally 
 deranged. 
 
 On the first day s battle at Gettysburg the 
 battery was 46 miles from the field, but before 
 the next morning was in line. Gen. Hooker 
 wished to take the battery with him in his 
 western campaign, but Gen. Hancock would 
 not relinquish it. Mr. Nott was wounded at 
 Spotsylvania Courthouse by a ball in the thigh 
 and lay on the field for five days. He w r as 
 subsequently sent to Lincoln hospital, and 
 thence to Cleveland, Ohio. Being hopelessly 
 crippled from his wound, he was discharged 
 May 22, 1865, having been in continuous serv 
 ice since the spring of 1861. 
 
 After his return to 111., he was engaged in 
 photography, but for the past six years has 
 conducted the grocery business at Galva. He 
 was married in 1871, to Lizzie, daughter of Pliram 
 Ulom, of Monroe, Wis., and they have two 
 children Walter H. and Ruth B. Mr. Nott is 
 a Republican and a member of the G. A. R., 
 and has shown himself in all of his relations a 
 worthy and honorable citizen. 
 
 DUNCAN HAMILTON, of Lowell, 111., enlisted 
 from La Salle Co., 111., Aug. 6, 1861, in 
 Co. A., 42d 111. Vol. Inf., and was mus 
 tered in Sept. 16, for 3 years. By general order 
 from the War Department, dated Feb. 11, 1864, 
 was transferred to lo/th Ind. Regt., 2d Bat- 
 tallion Vet. Reserve Corps. He w ? as sent first 
 to St. Louis, and then to Jefferson City, follow 
 ing the army of Price through different por 
 tions of Mo., in the spring of 1862, went to 
 Cairo, 111. He was one of the fifty daring men 
 who, under Col. Roberts, crossed the Tenn. 
 River to Island No. 10, and spiked the six guns 
 of a rebel battery, which was considered one of 
 the most daring acts of war. When Col. Roberts 
 
 asked permission to make the attempt, and for 
 100 men to accompany him, the commander 
 said it was impossible to accomplish such a 
 thing, and refused to give his consent. He 
 finally yielded, telling Col. Roberts that he 
 could imperil the lives of but 50 men. The Col. 
 then selected his 50 men, Mr. Hamilton being 
 of the number. 
 
 The Col. said, "Boys, this is a most hazard 
 ous undertaking, and every man who goes with 
 me takes his life in his hand. Any man not 
 wishing to take the chances can withdraw and 
 volunteers will be called to fill his place." But 
 not a man withdrew. "Now," continued the 
 Col., " I will spike those guns or not come back 
 alive. All you have to do is to follow me and 
 obey orders." In the face of the enemy and 
 the fury of an impending storm, on that memor 
 able night of April I, this band of determined 
 men made its way to the Island, surprised and 
 routed the sentinels, spiked every gun in the 
 battery, and rendered all as useless as so much 
 old iron. 
 
 Then under the fire of the rebels, who had 
 recovered from their surprise, made good their 
 escape, and returned safely without the loss of 
 a man. This band of brave men thus accom 
 plished one of the greatest feats of daring 
 bravery during the war, earning for Col. Roberts 
 and his comrades great praise from his superior 
 officers. The comment of Commodore Foote 
 was: "It was the most brilliant thing I ever 
 heard of." 
 
 Dec. 31, 1862, Mr. Hamilton was wounded 
 at the battle of Stone River, by a minie 
 ball weighing a full ounce, which penetrated 
 the left lung. Here, after receiving the wound, 
 he fell into the hands of the enemy, and it was 
 three days before the ball was removed, and 
 eleven days before the wound was dressed. All 
 this time he suffered untold agony. When the 
 ball was removed he obtained it and now has it 
 in his possession, not to prove that he was shot 
 and wounded, as his shattered health is ample 
 evidence, but to show that it is possible to be 
 shot through the lungs with such a terrible in 
 strument of death and recover. 
 
 Remaining in the hospital from the date of 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 his wound until the expiration of his term of 
 enlistment, he was discharged Sept. 18, 1864. 
 After the war he engaged in the mercantile bus 
 iness at Lowell, LaSalle Co., 111., and continued 
 in this line for many years, accumulating ample 
 means that afforded a good income. Some 
 years ago Mr. Hamilton retired from business 
 on account of failing health, and to find time to 
 indulge his taste in other directions. He lives 
 with his genial wife in a house that bears many 
 evidences of intellectual culture and refinement. 
 He is a gentleman of wide reading and infor 
 mation, and a good writer of prose and verse. 
 
 Duncan Hamilton was born in Glasgow, 
 Scotland, August 2, 1826, and came to America 
 in 1852, locating at Lowell, LaSalle Co., 111., 
 where he now resides. He has been twice 
 married, the second time April 30, 1868, to 
 Phoebe Speakman, a lady of English birth and 
 parentage. Mr. Hamilton is a member of the 
 G. A. R. Post at Kewaneee, 111., and is a strong 
 Republican. 
 
 SERGEANT HOWARD L. JENKS, of Cottage No. 
 15, 111. S. and S. Home, hails from Bucks 
 Co., Pa., where he was born Feb. 1 1, 1820, 
 of Quaker parentage. His parents were Thomas 
 and Rachel (Wilson) Jenks, both natives of 
 Pa. The father was born in 1771, followed 
 farming, and died at the age of 56. Howard 
 received a most excellent education, attending 
 school from his fifth to his twentieth year. 
 Later, he learned the art of printing; also stud 
 ied mechanical engineering, but was a clerk 
 when he rallied forth to fight for the grand old 
 flag. He enlisted April i, 1862, in Co. M., 2d 
 111. Art. He first served actively in the Army 
 of the Potomac, but, after the capture of Har 
 per s Ferry, ( Sept. 12-15, 1862, was transferred 
 to the Army of the Tennessee. Subsequently 
 he was under the enemy s fire at the engage 
 ment at Harper s Ferry, and during the siege 
 at Knoxville, Nov. 1863. Then onward into 
 East Tenn., being constantly engaged in spir 
 ited skirmishes, hard marching and severe duty. 
 Comrade Jenks enlisted as Sergt., in which ca 
 
 pacity he served one year, when he was made 
 Quartermaster, and filled that position during 
 the balance of his term. Being the only man in 
 his Co. who did not use liquor, he was strongly 
 urged to accept this responsible position, being 
 considered a safe and most competent man to 
 place in charge of the "Commissary." After 
 3 years, 2 months and 6 days of active duty in 
 the service of his country, he was mustered out 
 June 6, 1865; went to Chicago, 111., and, July 
 13, the same year, was joined in matrimony to 
 Mrs. Cecil M. Greenfield, who was a native of 
 Louisiana, and was born March 4, 1830, on a 
 plantation near New Orleans. By this union 
 there were born two children, who died in in 
 fancy. After the war Sergeant Jenks filled an 
 entrusted position in the Recorder s office in 
 Chicago for five yers; later, was for a short time 
 engaged in engineering, and in 1870 went to 
 Chicot County, Ark. 
 
 He returned to Chicago in 1871, resumed 
 engineering, which he continued with intervals 
 of rest until he entered the Home in Nov., 
 1887. Having been disabled in the long service, 
 and feeling his disabilities growing upon him 
 with advancing years, he felt obliged to leave 
 off active labor, and having justly and honora 
 bly earned a place in this most excellent insti 
 tution, he felt justified in claiming this right. 
 In the Home each cottage is under the imme 
 diate charge of a Sergeant, who has exclusive 
 control under the Commander. Nov. 1888, he 
 was chosen Sergeant of Cottage No. 15, a posi 
 tion he still holds with a salary of $9 per month. 
 Comrade Jenks was mustered into the G. A. R. 
 as a member of Mulligan Post, Chicago, and 
 was subsequently transferred to the Home Post, 
 Col. L. W. Shephard, No. 628. He served one 
 term each as officer of the day and sentinel. 
 He was made a Mason April 30, 1855, in Hunter- 
 don county, N. J. He is a member of the Good 
 Shepherd Episcopal Church, in Quincy, 111., 
 and is a true soldier and a worthy citizen. 
 
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 GEORGE H. GURLER, of DeKalb, 111., was 
 born at Keene, N. H., in 1844, and is a 
 son of Benjamin and Harriet F. (Hop 
 kins) Gurler, who removed from their native 
 State about the year 1855, settling near DeKalb, 
 and afterwards in DeKalb, the father dying in 
 1887, aged 83, and his wife at Sycamore, Jan. 
 19, 1889, aged 74, on the anniversary of her 
 birth. The father was in his time a well-to-do 
 farmer and occupied the position of Road Com 
 missioner for a term, and before removing from 
 N. H. had been Captain of a company of Light 
 Infantry. 
 
 Henry Gurler, brother of our subject, was a 
 soldier in the late rebellion, having enlisted 
 with the 42d, 111. Vol. Inf., in 1861, but through 
 illness, was compelled to quit the service. He 
 recovered however, and re-enlisted again on 
 this occasion in the I32d 111. Vol. Inf., as Lieut, 
 and operated with his Regt. until the close of 
 the war. He is now a partner with our subject, 
 in the farming and creamery business. George 
 H. was reared upon a farm where he attended, 
 at times, the public schools, but the facilities of 
 attaining an education were in those days ex 
 ceedingly poor, and as a consequence his early 
 education was not so good as he could have 
 wished for, but he has since by persistent study 
 obtained a good business education. He en 
 listed as a soldier in Jan., 1865, and was later 
 mustered in as a private in Co. H., I5th 111. Vol. 
 Inf., with George C. Rogers as Colonel and Capt. 
 Bumel as Commander of the Co. After the or 
 ganization of the Regt. he continued in Camp 
 Fry, Chicago, for a short time, then on to N. Y., 
 where he went on board a cattle boat loaded 
 and absolutely crowded with soldiers for More- 
 head City, N. C., all suffering terribly with sea 
 sickness, and even those able to eat could only 
 obtain hard tack and salt pork. They, however, 
 finally disembarked and passed on through 
 Newbern, Kingston, and Raleigh, where our 
 subject was employed guarding the railroad 
 over the Neuse River, up to the time Lee sur 
 rendered, thus closing the war. 
 
 His Regt. was attached to the 2d Brig. 4th 
 Div., and I7th A. C. He set out after the 
 close of the war, on the march for Richmond, 
 
 over exceedingly bad roads, which he reached 
 six days thereafter, covering the entire dis 
 tance of 196 miles, and from there subsequently 
 proceeded to Washington, where he was 
 present and participated in the Grand Review. 
 He then went into camp at Parkersburg, for a 
 time, then moved to Louisville by river, thence 
 to Cairo, St. Louis, and up the Mo. River to 
 Fort Leavenworth, arriving at that point about 
 the 1st of July. 
 
 He took sick whilst at St. Louis, and was 
 sent to the hospital at Leavenworth, remaining 
 there about a month. In the meantime his 
 Regt. had gone to Fort Kearney and did not 
 return until Sept., when our subject started for 
 Springfield, by the way of St. Joseph, where 
 he was discharged and paid off, then immedi 
 ately returned to his home after an absence of 
 nine months, wherein his experience was one 
 long continuance of privation, sickness and 
 hardship. 
 
 Returning after the war, he engaged at De 
 Kalb in the grocery, butter, egg and poultry 
 business, which he followed for 14 years, when 
 he changed over to the creamery trade. 
 
 He married in 1867, Zilla Newitt, daughter 
 of Robert and Susan Newitt, natives of Eng 
 land, who had emigrated to DeKalb, where 
 they still reside. Mrs. Gurler was born in 
 England, and has two children, to our subject, 
 a son and a daughter. 
 
 Mr. Gurler is a charter member of Merritt 
 Simmonds Post, No. 283 G. A. R., and has held 
 all the offices in the gift of the Post, except 
 Chaplain. He is also a member of the Odd 
 Fellows Order, and of the Knights of Pythias. 
 
 SIMON SWARTWOUT, Sergeant of Cottage No 
 5, of the 111. S. and S. H. Quincy, 111. first 
 saw the light of day at Ulster Co., N. Y., 
 March 28, 1823. His parents were Rhodolphus 
 and Permelia (Kimball) Swartwout and his 
 father died when Simon was about 1 1 years old. 
 To them were born two daughters and four 
 sons, verily, four patriots, for when the grand 
 old flag was threatened, each of them sallied 
 
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 from the parental roof to its suppport. They 
 were evidently soldiers by birth, and, indeed, 
 the father was a soldier in the war of 1812. 
 Levi, a brother, served in the first three 
 months, and participated in the first battle of 
 Bull Run. He re-enlisted in i8th N. Y., and 
 was killed in the battle of Games Mills, Va. 
 Sylvanus, enlisted in a N. Y. Regt. was 
 wounded and discharged, and is now a resident 
 of Deleware Co., N. Y. George W., enlisted in 
 the I4th N. Y. He was Sergeant of the Co., 
 and served until the end of the war. Wm. 
 Everett Lord, a half brother, served one year 
 in the marine service, then re-enlisted in the 
 5th N. Y. Cav., and served until the close of 
 the war. Simon, our subject, after receiving a 
 good common school education, learned the 
 trade of piano finisher and polisher, and fol 
 lowed that trade up to the time of the Mexican 
 war, when he enlisted in the 2nd U. S. 
 Dragoons and served actively for nine months. 
 After returning he took up the business of 
 house painter, decorator and paper hanger, 
 which he successfully continued up to the time 
 he was again taken with the war fever. He en 
 listed in Co. I., 1 7th 111. Inf., Sept. 23, 1864, at 
 Fort Jefferson, where he had overtaken the 
 regiment on its way to the front. Scarcely a 
 month later he is engaged in the battle of 
 Fredricktown, Mo. The i/th did gallant serv 
 ice, in appreciation of which, its Colonel L. 
 Ross, received a star. 
 
 The next day the boys pursued the enemy 
 and fought him at Greenfield, Ark., the Regt. 
 again losing in killed and wounded. During 
 the sanguinary battle of Fort Donelson, Feb. 
 15, 1862, the 1 7th was assigned to McCler- 
 nand s Div., which bore the brunt of that hot 
 engagement. On the memorable battlefield of 
 Shiloh, April 6, and 7, 1862, the gallant I7th 
 fought heroically both days, losing 130 in killed 
 and wounded. After this victory it marched to 
 Corinth and took part in its siege. After the 
 surrender of that city they marched to Bethel 
 then onward and captured Jackson, Tenn., and 
 subsequently moved to Bolivar where they en 
 countered a hot skirmish. While here, Ser 
 geant Swartwout, was one of 100 picked men who 
 
 were sent out to relieve a picket line, which 
 was a full day s march off, and which was being 
 closely pressed by a large force of the enemy. 
 The line was relieved and they returned with 
 the rebels right on their heels. The next ex 
 pedition was to luka, to reinforce Rosecrans, 
 capturing about 400 rebel prisoners. While 
 passing through Jackson on their return, their 
 martial band played a medley: "Bonny Blue 
 Flag," "Dixie," "John Brown s Body," etc. 
 While the first two parts of the medley were 
 being played, the women and children would 
 cheer and wave their handkerchiefs, but when 
 the band switched off on "Yankee Doodle" 
 they slunk out of sight. Subsequently our sub 
 ject was one of 100 picked men who, one night, 
 were ordered to capture Summerville. They 
 did so, returning with several distinguished 
 citizens as prisoners. After months of constant 
 hard marching, counter marching, and foraging 
 the Regt. went on duty at Memphis. Jan. 16, 
 1863, they embarked for Vicksburg; re-em 
 barked and proceeded to Lake Providence, La. 
 While here they were without proper cloth 
 ing or blankets, and subsisted on only what they 
 could forage. During the time Gen. Logan 
 came down and asked Gen. McArthur to send 
 the 1 7th back to his corps, offering to exchange 
 an Ohio regiment of much greater number. 
 Gen. McArthur refused, and Logan appealed 
 to Gen. Grant, who gave an order for the re 
 turn of the Regt. to its former commander. To 
 prevent the carrying out of this order, Mc 
 Arthur sent the I7th up the river on a foraging 
 expedition. The loyal "boys" returned with 
 the boat loaded down with contraband negroes, 
 cattle, hogs, etc., and subsequently joined Gen. 
 Logan s Div. and marched via Raymond, 
 Champion Hills, and Big Black on to Vicks 
 burg, taking their position in the line at Fort 
 Hill. Shortly, it was moved to another point. 
 During this memorable siege, the I7th was in 
 the rifle pits. It made a charge for an advanced 
 position, which it took and held, losing heavily. 
 May 23, the rebels displayed a flag of truce, 
 and Gen. Logan went out to meet Pemberton 
 between the lines. As he passed through the 
 1 7th 111. the "boys" spoke the now historic 
 
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 word " Unconditional!" His reply was " Noth 
 ing else by G-d!" Shortly after the surrender 
 of Vicksburg, our comrade was taken sick, 
 transferred to the 4th Vet. Reserve Corps, and 
 sent to Rock Island 111., engaged in guarding 
 the prisoners, he having charge of the I3th 
 barracks. Subsequently he was transferred to 
 East Davenport, and later they were ordered 
 to Milwaukee on account of the anticipated 
 draft riot. On arrival our subject was detailed 
 with ten men to go to the U. S. Marshal s office 
 where he had charge of the police service. He 
 was one of those "boys" who feared nothing 
 and every expression of disloyalty or opposition 
 he promptly met with a threat that they were 
 there to enforce the law and had the tools and 
 the disposition to do it. Here he was finally 
 mustered out Sept. 25, 1864, after over three 
 years of most active service. Subsequently he 
 followed his trade at Chicago, St. Louis, New 
 York, and St. Paul. At St. Cloud, Minn., he 
 took the Red River trail and went up to Fort 
 Abercrombie. Returning, he came to New 
 Boston, 111., where he remained until he went 
 to the Home four years ago. Three years ago 
 he was chosen Sergeant of Cottage No. 5, which 
 position of trust and responsibility he has held 
 ever since. He joined the G. A. R. at New 
 Boston, but the Post having surrendered its 
 charter, he has never allied himself with any 
 other since. In politics he is a Republican. A 
 born soldier, Sergeant Swartwout could not 
 but make an excellent citizen. 
 
 ALVAH REYNOLDS JORDAN, a prominent and 
 influential citizen of Morris, Grundy Co. 
 111., was born Dec. 13, 1843, Kennebunk. 
 Me., and came with his parents to Morris in 
 the latter part of 1854. The father of Mr. 
 Jordan was Samuel Jordan and his mother s 
 maiden name was Philena Dow, a daughter of 
 Able Dow and Betsey Betton Dow, of Windham 
 N. H. Through this line A. R. Jordan is a 
 direct descendant of Matthew Thornton of Lon 
 donderry, a signer of the Declaration of Inde 
 pendence. Miss Betton s mother s family name 
 
 was Morrison, and her mother was a Thornton, 
 daughter of Matthew Thornton. On his fath 
 er s side, Mr. Jordan is of English descent, 
 from a line of an Episcopal clergyman, while 
 his mother s ancestry is principally Scotch and 
 Irish. This combination probably accounts 
 for the energy and ability shown in the suc 
 cessful life which this sketch protrays. After 
 preparation in the schools at Morris, Mr. Jordan 
 entered the Sophomore class of Union College, 
 at Schenectady, N. Y., in 1860, where he 
 remained until June, 1861, having entered the 
 Junior class. At this time the call of the coun 
 try became stronger than the duty to school 
 or self, and he left his studies and college 
 course, so nearly completed, returned to Morris 
 and enlisted in Co. G., 36th 111. Vol. Chosen 
 Corporal of his Co. and mustered into service, 
 he was sent to the field, but having the misfort 
 une of dislocating his ankle at Rolla, Mo., in 
 Nov., 1861, and as the case was decided to be 
 incurable, he received his discharge and re 
 turned home to begin the study of law in the 
 office of Grant & Turner. Although disap 
 pointed, the fires of patriotism burned with 
 unabated fervor in the breast of this devoted 
 citizen, and he again enlisted in June, 1862, in 
 Co. I., 69th 111. Vol., receiving the commission of 
 Second Lieutenant. With this Regt. he served 
 the three months term of enlistment, and was 
 mustered out Sept. 27, 1862. 
 
 After the service, Mr. Jordan visited Col 
 orado and taught school for a time. Here he 
 enlisted in Co. H., 3rd Col. Inf., and served 
 with distinction until the Regt. was mustered 
 out of service in May, 1865. This Regt. took 
 an active part in an Indian battle at Fort Lyon, 
 Col., and achieved a creditable victory. Re 
 turning to Morris, 111., in 1865, Mr. Jordan was 
 admitted to the bar, and here his record shows 
 the sterling character of the man and the ap 
 preciation of his ability by his fellow citizens. 
 He has served three terms as City Attorney of 
 Morris, has been chosen States Attorney two 
 terms, and has been honored with the respon 
 sible position of County Judge, in which, at 
 this date, he is serving a second term. A 
 genial gentleman, and an able jurist, Judge 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Jordan has been in public office continually 
 since he was admitted to the bar in 1865, and 
 never has been defeated. He has always taken 
 an active part in politics, and is in sympathy 
 with the Republican party. In June, 1869, Mr. 
 Jordan was married to Sarah D. Parmlee, a 
 daughter of Charles B. Parmlee, of Morris, but 
 now a resident of Lansing, Mich. They have 
 no children. Judge Jordan and his wife are 
 Unitarians, although his ancestors for many gen 
 erations were members of the Episcopal church. 
 Notwithstanding the demands made by the 
 office of County Judge and an extensive law 
 practice, this gentleman by no means neglects 
 the other important interests of society, and 
 holds a deservedly prominent place in the con 
 fidence and esteem of a wide circle of friends 
 and acquaintances. 
 
 AARON G. WOODBURY, of Morris, 111., was born 
 in Putnam Co., Nov. 8, 1842, and is the 
 son of Artemus O. Woodbury, who was 
 a member of Co. A., 53d 111. Vol. Inf., with 
 which he served two years, taking part in the 
 battle of Shiloh with his son Isaac W., who died 
 at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., after serving nearly 
 two years. Artemus O. Woodbury, now resid 
 ing at Hastings, Neb., was the father of three 
 sons, two of whom stood by him in the ranks 
 fighting for the Union. He was the son of 
 Isaac, who was born in Mass., who was the son 
 of John, whose ancestors were Puritans, and 
 reached America about five years after the 
 landing of the Mayflower, settling in Franklin 
 Co., Mass., where the descendants still reside. 
 From two brothers came the great family of 
 VVoodburys, now resident in the U. S. 
 
 The father of Aaron G. married Miss Sarah 
 Renniff, of Mass., and soon after the young 
 couple left trie East to make a home in Putnam 
 Co., Ills., settling in 1836. Here the wife died, 
 leaving one daughter, Susan, who afterwards 
 married and died without issue. In 1 839, the father 
 married Miss Lydia S. Winters, daughter of 
 Obediah and Elizabeth (Frillman) Winters. 
 
 Aaron G. Woodbury accompanied his par 
 
 ents to Grundy Co., 111., June, 1852, and located 
 in Norman Township, where he received such 
 educational advantages as the district schools 
 afforded. When his father and two brothers 
 went into the army in 1861, he was left in charge 
 of the farm, but the following August afterthey 
 left he joined Co. D., gist 111. Vol., and went to 
 the field at Louisville, Ky. While guarding the 
 railroad at Elizabethtown, Ky., his regiment 
 was captured by John Morgan in his raid into 
 Kentucky and Ohio. After the exchange and 
 reorganization of the gist, it was sent to Browns 
 ville, Texas, and met the rebels on the banks of 
 the Rio Grande. At that time the army of 
 France was operating in Mexico, in support of 
 Maximilian and at one time an imposing mili 
 tary scene was witnessed, the four armies being 
 in line of battle in the same locality. The right 
 of the French army rested on one bank of the 
 river and our left on the opposite bank. The 
 Mexican left laid on the river opposed to the 
 invading force, and the Confederate soldiers on 
 the other side at a place called White s Ranch. 
 The Union forces dispersed the rebels and the 
 French drove the Mexicans across theriverinto 
 Uncle Sam s domain. Mr Woodbury went with 
 his Regt. to Mobile, Ala., in the spring of 1864, 
 and assisted in the charge at Fort Blakely, after 
 doing service in the reduction of Spanish Fort. 
 
 This was followed by meritorious action 
 until camp was made at Macintosh Bluffs on the 
 Tombigbee River, where the men were held 
 until they were sent to Mobile, Ala., when the 
 Regt. was discharged returning home up the 
 river, via New Orleans. In the winter of 1864, 
 while in New Orleans Mr. Woodbury who was 
 a Sergeant in his company, was put in charge 
 of a lot of prisoners who had been exchanged, 
 and was detailed to deliver them to the rebel 
 authorities in Mobile; here in conversation 
 with them they acknowledged the defeat of the 
 Confederacy, and said the war was practically 
 ended. 
 
 Mr. Woodbury returned to his home July 
 31, 1865, having served his country three years 
 lacking eight days, as he enlisted the 8th of 
 August, 1862. He was married June 4, 1866, 
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 and Delilah Meacham. They purchased a 
 farm in Norman, where they remained until 
 the fall of 1876, when they moved to Morris, 
 111., where he established a general Insurance 
 Loan and Real Estate office. 
 
 Taking an active part in politics, Mr. Wood- 
 bury has acceptably filled several town and 
 city offices, serving eight years as Police Mag 
 istrate of Morris. Two daughters have graced 
 the home of this family: Susan D., wife of 
 W. E. David, who has one son, Walter Wood- 
 bury David, and Lydia Ardella, yet with her 
 parents. 
 
 M 
 
 AJ. GEN. WILLIAM STARK ROSECRANS was 
 born in Ohio, Sept. 7, 1819. Young 
 Rosecrans was a close student, and at 
 fifteen was master of all that the schools of his 
 native place could teach. He then already 
 evinced the strong religious tendency which 
 continued to characterize him through life, and 
 was noted among all the boys of his neigh 
 borhood for his disposition to study the Bible, 
 and to engage preachers and others on religious 
 topics. Not less characteristic is another 
 glimpse we get of his boy life. His proficien 
 cy in such mathematical and scientific studies 
 as he has been able to pursue, led him to look 
 longingly upon the treasure of a West Point 
 education. Soon he received an appointment 
 as a cadet, entered the military school at that 
 place and graduated in 1847. He was known 
 as a hard student. He entered military life as 
 a brevet 2nd Lieut., July I, 1847. Was assigned 
 to the corps of engineers, and spent the first 
 year of his professional life at Fortress Mon 
 roe. From this he was transferred to West 
 Point where during the succeeding four years 
 he acted as Assistant Professor of Military 
 Engineering. From 1847 to 1853 he was chief 
 engineer on the Government fortifications at 
 Newport, R. I,, from whence he was again 
 transferred to the navy-yard at Washington 
 City. In November, 1853, he resigned his com 
 mission in the regular army and engaged in the 
 
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 pursuit of civil life as civil engineer in the 
 city of Cincinnati. He afterward occupied 
 the position as engineer of the Ohio & Miss. 
 R. R. Entering service on Gen. McClellan s 
 staff, as engineer he served with distinction in 
 West Va., until McClellan was called to Wash 
 ington to take chief command of the army, 
 when Rosecrans was commissioned Brig.-Gen., 
 and placed in command of the Union troops in 
 the Department of Virginia. His commission 
 bears date of May 16, 1861, and as Maj.-Gen. 
 March 21, 1862. 
 
 After the rebels had been expelled from 
 West Va., Gen. Rosecrans was ordered to the 
 Southwest and assigned to a command under 
 Gen. Halleck in Miss. The battle of Shiloh 
 had been fought and the enemy was now con 
 centrated at Corinth. Shortly the rebels were 
 compelled to fall back, and the position was 
 occupied by Union troops. General Buell s 
 army was now ordered to north Ala., Gen. Hal 
 leck to Washington, Gen. Grant was organiz 
 ing a campaign down the Miss. River, while 
 Gen. Rosecrans, with 5,000 men was left to 
 hold the position at Corinth. The rebel Gens., 
 Price, Vaughn and Lovell, had arrived with a 
 large army of 30,000 men. Seizing as they thought 
 a favorable chance, these rebel chiefs made a 
 continued attack on the garrison at Corinth, 
 Oct. 4, 1862. Previous to this time Rosecrans 
 with i, 800 National forces, had defeated 5,000 
 of these Rebel troops under Price at luka. 
 Thus the rebel chief was now determined to 
 avenge himself on Rosecrans, whose position 
 was thus isolated and exposed. The assault 
 began with impetuosity. All day the fighting 
 was desperate and doubtful, night closing the 
 carnage favorable to the enemy. It lives in 
 the memory of every living soldier who fought 
 that day how Gen. Rosecrans galloped up and 
 down the lines giving orders inspiring the 
 "boys" with his confidence, how he himself 
 plunged into the thickest of the conflict, 
 fought like a private soldier, dealt sturdy 
 blows with the flat of his sabre on runaways 
 and fairly drove them to stand. 
 
 The second day the assault was renewed 
 with new vigor. A hand to hand conflict was 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 maintained for hours. Finally the army was 
 put to flight and the fortunes of the day decid 
 ed. This brilliant achievement under circum 
 stances the most trying, secured to Gen. Rose- 
 crans his National fame and made his military 
 fortune. Soon after the victory General Buell 
 was relieved of the command of the Army of 
 the Cumberland and Rosecrans appointed his 
 successor. Advancing South he next encoun 
 tered the enemy under_Gen. Bragg at the battle 
 of Stone River, Tenn. This memorable con 
 flict began Dec. 31, 1862, and lasted three days, 
 with fearful loss on both sides. The Union 
 forces numbered 43,000 men and the rebels full 
 65,000. Here again Gen. Rosecrans displayed 
 phenomenal skill, endurance and dauntless 
 courage. Everywhere his presence was the in 
 spiring feature. To every remonstrance to his 
 personal exposure, the General only replied: 
 "This battle must be won," and by the will of 
 Providence it was won. Pursuing the retreat 
 ing foe, Rosecrans fought him again at Chicka- 
 mauga. Soon after he was relieved of com 
 mand by Gen. Thomas, and transferred to 
 command a department in the West, in which 
 he remained until the close of the war. In per 
 son he is remarkably mild and genial in his 
 appearance and manner. Five feet, ten inches 
 high, stout, straight and handsome. He is 
 nervous and active in all his movements, from 
 the dictation of a despatch to the tearing and 
 chewing of his inseparable companion, his 
 cigar. His complexion is florid, eyes blue, 
 hair and whiskers brown. His forehead is 
 high, and his features closely indicate superior 
 intelligence. He is easy of access, utterly des 
 titute of fortune, and was always kind with 
 private soldiers. 
 
 Thus is Gen. Rosecrans whose memory must 
 forever shine on in history as a brave, able and 
 devoted soldier to the Republic. 
 
 EDWARD M. ROWE, the subject of thissketch, 
 was born in La Salle Co., 111., July 13, 
 1841, and is the son of Alexander and 
 Eliza A. (Phillips) Rowe, both of whom were 
 
 natives of the State of N. Y., and of Scotch an 
 cestry. Edward M. Rowe is the eighth, born 
 of a family of ten children. His father was a 
 farmer and located in 111., about the year 1835. 
 Both he and his wife were members of the 
 Universalist Church and were much respected 
 by all who knew them. Mr. Rowe died in 1887, 
 and his wife in 1860. 
 
 Edward received his early education in the 
 public schools of La Salle Co., and subsequent 
 ly attended the Academy at Elgin. On leav 
 ing here he joined his father in the ordinary 
 avocations of farm life. Dec. 21, 1861, he en 
 listed in Co. A. 53d 111. Inf., whose Colonel 
 was W. H. W. Cushman, and whose Capt. was 
 Wm. Ford. Feb. 28, 1862, Mr .Rowe was among 
 the number who went to Chicago to guard 
 prisoners, captured at Fort Donelson. In 
 March of that year, he went to St. Louis and 
 was among those who were mounted. The 
 Co., as one of three, was made escort to Gen. 
 Halleck, until he was called to Washington, 
 after which it continued in the same duty un 
 der Gen. Grant, until Sept. 27, 1862, when be 
 ing sent to Chewalle they discovered the ad 
 vance of the rebels under Gens. Van Dorn and 
 Price, from which time they were constantly 
 on duty day and night until driven within the 
 fortifications of Corinth, Oct, 3d. Being the 
 only Cav. Co., available at that time, the entire 
 arduous duty fell on them, about seventy in 
 number. During these hardships comrade 
 Rowe laid the germs of disease, which together 
 with an injury received, his back being thrown 
 upon a picket rope, disabled him, and he was 
 sent to the hospital in Keokuk, la., where he 
 remained until March, 1863, when he returned 
 to his Co., then located in Glendale, Miss. In 
 April or May his Co., joined the I5th, 111. Cav. 
 as Co. L. and in Sept. went to Helena, Ark., 
 where he remained until Jan. 1st, 1865, during 
 which time he saw much active service, and was 
 engaged in numerous skirmishes of more or less 
 importance. He was mustered out of service 
 at Springfield, 111., Jan. 9, 1865. The last nine 
 months of his service was spent in the Govern 
 ment Printing Office at Helena, Ark. Return 
 ing home, he again became engaged in farming 
 
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 which he followed with much success for many 
 years. 
 
 Mr. Rowe was married Dec. 16, 1868, to Miss 
 M. Jennie Angevine, who was born at Cincin 
 nati, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1864, and was the daughter 
 of Chas E. and Catherine (Skaates) Angevine. 
 This union was blessed with three children 
 Catherine S., Harry E., and Edith A., all of 
 whom reside with their father. Mrs. Rowe died 
 Oct. 5, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe were both 
 members of the Universalist Church. Mr. Rowe 
 is a member of the G. A. R. Post No. 672, and 
 also of the W. W. of A. Camp 214. He cast his 
 first vote for Grant, and has always been a con 
 sistent member of his party. He has held the 
 office of Justice of the Peace, and during the 
 occupancy of this position, carried out the du 
 ties connected with it in an exemplary and 
 faithful manner. As a Veterinary Dentist, his 
 skill is great, far more than merely local. He 
 is one of the most popular citizens of Sheridan. 
 
 TIMOTHY WEBB, a resident of Rock Island, 
 111., first saw the light of day at Warren, 
 Trumbull Co., Ohio, June nth, 1849, and 
 is the son of Joseph and Mary E. (Dilley) 
 Webb. His father, who was a native of Pa., 
 was born in 1813, later moved to Fort Wayne, 
 Ind.,and subsequently to Maysville, Ind., where 
 he died at the ripe age of 73. He was both a 
 gunsmith and a shoemaker by trade. His 
 mother who was of English descent, was born 
 in the State of N. J., and died at Rock Island, 
 111., in 1865. Mr. Webb s brother, Austin, who 
 has since been mustered in the army on high, 
 faithfully served his country in the battlefield 
 for over three years, having enlisted in Co. A., 
 37th 111. Inf., Aug. 14, 1861, and was mustered 
 out Oct. 4, 1864. His Regt. was known as 
 " Fremont Rifles." He participated, consider 
 ing the number engaged, in some of the most 
 hotly contested and bloodiest engagements of 
 the war, among which were the battles of Pea 
 Ridge, Prairie Grove, siege of Vicksburg, Yazoo 
 City, Morgan s Bend and others. 
 
 Mr. Webb spent his. happy boyhood days 
 
 on the banks of the beautiful Mississippi, in 
 the city he has since made his home. Being 
 of a studious mind he received a thorough 
 education, pursuing his studies in both the public 
 and high schools, until the age of nearly 16, 
 when he abandoned them for the love of his 
 country s honor, and the preservation of the 
 grand "old flag." Notwithstanding that he 
 was only a boy, he had the characteristics of a 
 patriot, and had always been anxious to shoul 
 der a gun, but being so young he invariably 
 had to relinquish the thoughts of becoming a 
 soldier. He, however, was determined, and 
 Feb. 24, 1865, when but a yonth of barely 16 
 summers, he passed himself for 18 years, was 
 accepted and was made happy, being mus 
 tered into Co. G., Capt. James W. Ballard, 47th 
 111. Inf., under Col. D. W. McGee. They went 
 into camp at Camp Butler, Springfield, 111., 
 remained about a month doing guard duty, 
 when they embarked on a steamer for New 
 Orleans, La., from there plowing the gulf over 
 to Spanish Fort, Ala., where his Regt. joined 
 the 2nd Brig., 1st Di-v., i6th A. C., under Gen. 
 Smith, and immediately took part in the reduc 
 tion of that Fort. 
 
 Landing at Mobile during a hot and des 
 perate fight in connection with the siege of that 
 city, Webb s command was at once ordered to 
 defend the breastworks, the fighting continuing 
 hotly and stubbornly for several days. During 
 the second day of the bloody conflict Lieut. 
 Shaughnessy was badly wounded in the leg, 
 and it was our youthful hero who was entrusted 
 and detailed to accompany him as a favorite 
 son of the war, to New Orleans, where they 
 were transferred to St. Louis Hotel Hospital. 
 Here our soldier boy remained nursing the 
 Lieutenant up to the time he was convalescent, 
 when both returned in June and rejoined their 
 Regt. at Selma, Ala. Here he remained in 
 camp doing picket and guard duty for about 
 two weeks, when his command was marched to 
 Demopolis, Ala., camped about a month, during 
 which time he was actively engaged in foraging 
 and picket duty, and then proceeded on to Cam- 
 den, Ala. While here young Webb was detailed 
 to return to Selma, where on Dec. 26, 1865, he 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 was detailed as Orderly, under Col. McGee, 
 and in which duty he continued up to Jan. 21, 
 1866, when he was mustered out, and ordered 
 to Springfield, 111., where he received final dis 
 charge. He immediately returned home to 
 Rock Island, and on May 9, 1866, entered the 
 employ of Mr. David Donaldson, proprietor of 
 a very extensive saw factory, as saw maker. 
 This position he has held without interruption 
 up to the present day, and in the absence of 
 Mr. Donaldson is entrusted with the responsi 
 bility of absolute manager. The fact that he 
 has held one position for twenty-five consec 
 utive years, is the best testimonial for the abil 
 ity and integrity of Mr. Webb, who is a most 
 affable gentleman, commanding universal 
 esteem and respect. Mr. Webb found his ideal 
 wife in the person of Susan E. Flickinger, 
 daughter of George W. and Sarah (Ancurts) 
 Flickinger, now of Burton, Kan., and was mar 
 ried at Moline, 111., Oct. I, 1873. Mr. Flick 
 inger was of Swiss-German descent, and served 
 his adopted country in the capacity of Sergeant 
 of Co. G., 4/th 111., having enlisted at the same 
 time with his future son-in-law. This happy 
 union was blessed with four children, of whom 
 Edna E. and Susan E. are living. 
 
 Mr. Webb is a member of the G. A. R. Post, 
 and is also a member of Camp No. 29, Modern 
 Woodmen of America, Rock Island. Though 
 a machinist by trade, he has not lost sight of 
 the value of good books, in whose company he 
 spends many a leisure hour. He is also an 
 artist, executing some very fine work both in 
 crayon and oil. In politics he is a Republican, 
 
 AARON TRASK, of Lowell, 111., enlisted in 
 the army at Shelburn Falls, Franklin Co., 
 Mass., Sept. 12, 1862, in Co. E., 52d Mass. 
 Vol. Inf., was mustered in at Greenfield, Mass., 
 and sent to New Orleans, on to Baton Rouge, 
 La., and to Franklin, La., where he participated 
 in that battle. He was at the siege of Fort 
 Hudson, and engaged in many skirmishes at 
 different places. After an active service ex 
 tending a little more than one year, Mr. Trask 
 
 was mustered out Oct. 20, 1863, and returned to 
 his home at Heath, Mass., residing there and 
 at Shelburn Falls for five years, when he moved 
 to Nebraska, locating at West Point, and in 
 1876 came to Illinois, settling at Farm Bridge, 
 in La Salle Co., subsequently he removed to 
 Lowell, 111., where he has been engaged in 
 farming since. He contracted a chronic diar- 
 rhce in the army and draws a pension of $10.00 
 per month. 
 
 In politics he is a Democrat, and is a mem 
 ber of Randolph Post, G. A. R. Mr. Trask was 
 born at Heath, Mass., in 1836, and was raised on 
 a farm. He was married at Shelburn Falls, 
 Mass., in 1868, to Miss Eliza C. Ward, a native 
 of Mass., and has one child, Rosa A. 
 
 CAPTAIN GEO. W. PEPOON, a prominent 
 citizen of Warren 111., was born at 
 Painesville, Ohio, in 1832. His parents 
 were Silas Pepoon and Mary W. Benedict, 
 natives of Conn., born about 1790 and 1800, 
 respectively, and were married in Austinburg, 
 Ohio, residing in that State until 1850, when 
 they moved to Jo Daviess Co., 111., where the 
 mother died in 1867, and the father, a farmer 
 and a good citizen, about six months later, 
 in Mar., 1868. Joseph Pepoon, the father of 
 Silas, was born in Conn., but was an early 
 pioneer in Ohio, settling there in 1802. The 
 family is of French Huguenot stock, and the 
 few descendents bearing the name of Pepoon 
 are now all living in the West. The mother s 
 father died while serving in the war of 1812. 
 Capt. Geo. W. Pepoon was the eldest son 
 in a family of 5 sons and 2 daughters. The 
 sons all served in the army, as here noted: 
 Captain Geo. W., whose record will be more 
 fully given; Silas went West and during the 
 war served in the 1st Oregon Cav., as ist 
 Lieut., and from 1867, until his death was in 
 the regular army in the roth Cav. with rank of 
 2nd Lieut., later as ist Lieut., receiving com 
 mission as Capt. just before his death; Theo 
 dore W., first joined Co. K. ,96th 111., and after 
 wards enlisted in Co. K., 2 1st 111., serving to 
 
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 the end of the war in Texas in the Commis 
 sary Department; Joseph B., now residing at 
 Table Rock, Neb., was in the ist Oregon Cav. 
 as a private from 1861 to 1865; Henry O. en 
 listed at the age of 16 in the 3rd Mo. Cav., in 
 1861, and served in Mo. and Ark., until his 
 death in 1863, at Jacksonport, Ark. 
 
 Geo. W. Pepoon attended the common 
 schools until about 14, then took a thorough 
 course at Painesville Academy, Ohio, and went 
 West with his parents. He married in 1858, 
 Mary, a daughter of Wm. and Sarah Abbey, 
 both natives of Leeds, England, who came to 
 N. Y., in 1830, and in 1831 went to Painesville, 
 Ohio; then in 1856 moved to Jo Daviess Co., 
 111., where Mrs. Abbey died in 1868. Mr. Ab 
 bey died in 1881 in Neb. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Pepoon are the parents of 
 two sons and one daughter, thus briefly noted: 
 Wm. A., now at Baker City, Oregon, engaged 
 in the stock business. He graduated from the 
 University at Champaign, 111., but failing health 
 made it necessary to move to the Pacific Coast 
 and abandon the study of law, which he had 
 chosen. Dr. Herman Silas, a graduate of the 
 Champaign University, and the Hahnemann 
 Medical College of Chicago, is now a success 
 ful physician at Lewistown, 111.; Mary, the 
 only daughter, educated at the Warren High 
 school, is now a teacher. 
 
 Captain Pepoon was engaged in farming 
 and teaching until the war called him into the 
 service of his country, enlisting Aug. 6, 1862, 
 in Co. K. ,96th 111. Inf., and at once elected 2nd 
 Lieut. April 24, 1864, he was made ist Lieut., 
 and just at the close of the war, received com 
 mission as brevet Captain. 
 
 The 96th was organized and sent into camp 
 at Rockford, remaining there from Sept. 3 to 
 Oct. 8, when it went to Covington, Ky., then 
 to Danville, where Capt. Pepoon was made 
 Aid-de-Campto the Brigade Commander. Pro 
 ceeding then to Lexington, Louisville, where 
 taking boat for Nashville, Tenn., they soon 
 after went to Franklin, Triune, Shelbyville, 
 Watrass and other places, skirmishing more or 
 less during the summer of 1863. The move 
 ment was then to Rossville, and on to the ter 
 
 rible fight at Chickamauga, in which the regi 
 ment took part Sunday P. M., Sept. 3Oth. This 
 was the first battle the Regt. was engaged in, 
 and Captain Pepoon was the only Staff Officer 
 unharmed two were captured, two killed, and 
 Gen. Whittaker, the Brig. Commander, was 
 knocked from his horse, but not seriously in 
 jured. At this place Capt. Pepoon was made 
 Provost Marshal, and held that position until 
 the close of the war. The regiment then 
 moved to Chattanooga and in a few weeks to 
 Shell Mound, thence to Lookout Mountain, 
 where the g6th was on the right of the line, 
 and with its Brig, captured the enemy s works. 
 On the next day the position was on the ex 
 treme right at Missionary Ridge. During this 
 sanguinary conflict the Captain held his posi 
 tion in the front and captured the sword of a 
 rebel officer who surrendered to him. Sub 
 sequently the Q6th returned to Shell Mound 
 and camped until the end of winter, when it 
 was ordered to Blue Springs. Here Capt. 
 Pepoon went with part of the Regt. to Cleve 
 land, Tenn., occupying it as Provost Marshal 
 and making an expedition to Dalton. During 
 the Georgia campaign Captain Pepoon was 
 acting as courier and as Staff Officer in the 
 hottest part of every engagement but one, 
 when he was in the rear, sick, being the only 
 night he ever spent in the hospital during his 
 entire service. Many times he was fired on, 
 and always in great danger, but very fortu 
 nately always escaped. The first day of the 
 fight at Nashville the Regt. was held in re 
 serve, but on the second day was in the main 
 line, capturing four pieces of artillery. Here 
 he was for a time engaged in removing prison 
 ers. Almost immediately orders were given 
 to pursue Hood. Reaching Huntsville the 
 Regt. went into winter quarters until Mar. 13, 
 when it went to Bull s Gap and to Nashville, 
 where it was finally mustered out June 10, 
 1865. 
 
 Capt. Pepoon returned home from an active 
 and prominent service in some of the most tri 
 umphant and sanguinary battles of the war 
 without a wound, although his regiment lost 
 more men than any other regiment in the Brig., 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 and his duties placed him in greater danger 
 than he would have encountered in the ranks. 
 Reaching home he laid down his sword and 
 assumed the supervision of his farm. No 
 sooner were war duties ended than civil offices 
 and responsibilities were thrust upon him. In 
 1865, he was elected County Supt. of Schools 
 and served 8 years. He was also Township 
 Assessor 10 years, and Supervisor two terms. 
 In 1888 he was elected to the State Legislature, 
 and placed on such important committees as 
 Committee of Agriculture, Labor and Indus 
 trial Affairs, Committee on State Institutions 
 and Soldiers and Orphans Homes. In 1890 he 
 was re-elected and made Chairman of the Com 
 mittee on State Institutions, and also served 
 on committees on Agriculture and Horticult 
 ure, Soldiers Homes, Labor and Industrial 
 Affairs. 
 
 Hon. Geo. W. Pepoon is a charter member, 
 and was the first P. C. of Warren Post, 315, 
 G. A. R. He is a leading member of Jo 
 Daviess Lodge, 278, A. F. & A. M., and of the 
 Chapter. He is universally acknowledged as 
 a gentleman of superior administrative abili 
 ties, of high mental culture and social standing, 
 honored and esteemed by a wide circle of 
 friends and constituents. 
 
 THOMAS DILLER, of Sterling, 111., oldest son 
 of Charles and Ann E. (Thompson) Dil- 
 ler, was born July 14, 1845, a ^ New Hol 
 land, Pa. His father was born April 28, 1818, 
 in Lancaster City, Pa., and died in Sterling, 111., 
 April 5, 1884, and his father s father, Samuel, 
 was born in Chester Co., Pa., and was noted for 
 his great physical strength. 
 
 The Diller family is descended from German 
 ancestry, their American progenitors coming 
 to this country long before the Revolution. 
 The mother of Thomas Diller was born Feb. 6, 
 1814, at Newville, Pa., of Scotch-Irish descent, 
 and is still living. His grandfather, John 
 Thompson, was a soldier in the war of 1812. He 
 was a man of influence and a unique character. 
 
 Charles Diller, the father of Thomas, grad 
 uated at the Moravian school at Litiz, Lancas 
 
 ter Co., one of the best schools of the day, and 
 was then apprenticed by his guardian to a tan 
 ner. Next he worked sometime at the wheel 
 wright trade; quit this to become a sailor, run 
 away and learned the cooper trade, became a 
 tinsmith, and finally, after his marriage in 1840, 
 settled down as a school teacher, receiving $10 
 per month and boarded himself. In 1849 ne 
 came West, walking from Chicago to Sterling, 
 north of which place, in Jordan Township, he 
 entered a quarter section of Government land at 
 $1.25 per acre. He brought his family out in 
 1850, put up a log house, plastering it with mud 
 and shingling it with "shakes" that he split 
 himself. He settled down to the life of a 
 farmer, experiencing all the ups and downs of 
 life in a new country. His neighbors had con 
 fidence in him, and without his solicitation he 
 was kept in some local office all the time. He 
 was Justice of the Peace for 25 years. By nature, 
 he was timid and retiring, with an active con 
 structive mind, remarkable for mechanical in 
 genuity. 
 
 The children of Charles and Ann E. Diller 
 are Laura, wife of H. L. John, of Penrose, 111., 
 Thomas, the subject of this sketch, Samuel, 
 Roland and William T. 
 
 Reared upon a farm, Thomas began to plow 
 corn with an old fashioned single-shovel plow 
 the summer he was nine years old, and after 
 that never attended school in the summer time 
 until he returned from the war. His boyish life 
 was made up of unceasing toil. When the war 
 broke out, he made three attempts to become 
 a soldier. When the 34th 111. was being raised 
 he was sent to town for the mail and he enlisted 
 in Co. A. His father had his name taken off 
 the roll and took him home, claiming that the 
 boy was too young and that his services were 
 absolutely necessary on the farm. In the fall 
 of 1862 he again enlisted in Co. D., 75th 111. 
 His father again kept him at home by promis 
 ing to take him to the State Fair, buy him an 
 unabridged Webster s dictionary, a copy of 
 Shakespeare s works, and his first pair of fine 
 boots. His father claimed that he was too 
 poor to get along without the aid of Thomas 
 on the farm. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 423 
 
 Thus things stood until Jan. 3, 1864, when 
 Thomas determined to make a last and suc 
 cessful trial, and he enlisted in Co. D., 75th 111- 
 and was shipped soon to Camp Yates. The 
 weather turned very cold and he was put with 
 others in tents with straw on the ground, and 
 towards morning of the second night, he was 
 taken desperately ill with rheumatism, and the 
 surgeon had him carried in a stretcher to the 
 barracks, where he could not get out of the 
 bunk for several days. He did not have a soli 
 tary acquaintance in camp, and this with his 
 illness, and the thought that he might not get 
 off to war this time, but be taken back home, 
 brought him woe and despair. 
 
 After remaining at Camp Butler fora while, 
 in the latter part of March he was sent to his 
 Regt. at Blue Springs, Tenn., riding on the top 
 of freight cars all the way from Louisville, Ky. 
 The night before reaching Stevenson, Ala., he 
 was taken very ill in the rain and sleet, and he 
 got down between the cars and pried open a 
 small end door and crawled in on a car full of 
 oats and went to sleep. When he woke up 
 next morning he found himself side-tracked, 
 with his jaws swollen up by the mumps, and 
 not a soul to be seen. He found a hospital, 
 was refused admittance, found the convalescent 
 camp where the soldiers were three deep when 
 they lay down in the old Sibley tents, and 
 where the only manner possible to get any 
 sleep was to lie down on top of somebody else, 
 and sleep until somebody else got on top of 
 you. Such rough-and-tumble and the mumps 
 did not go very well together. Finally on the 
 top of burdened trains he got to his Regt. 
 
 The first shock of war that young Diller 
 felt was at Rocky Face where he was put on 
 the skirmish line all day. At Resaca he was 
 hit on the hip with a piece of shell and another 
 shell burst so near him that he found himself 
 flat on the ground on his face without knowing 
 how he got in that position. At Kenesaw he 
 had two holes made in his blouse by minie 
 balls, after being ordered to halt by the rebels. 
 The comrade that was with him, Samuel Orcutt, 
 was captured and never got back to his Regt. 
 At Pumpkin-vine Creek he was ordered by his 
 
 Captain to and took his position behind a tree, 
 after two men had been shot at the same place. 
 The tree was just large enough to cover him, 
 and the enemy s range was so close and so accu 
 rate that they kept barking the tree on both 
 sides, and the only thing that Diller could do 
 was to expect every minute to be shot and to 
 keep his knees and elbows within the circum 
 ference of the tree. At Lovejoy Station a 
 piece of shell struck his knapsack on the back 
 part of which was his frying pan; a part of 
 this pan was torn away, Diller was knocked 
 head over heals with holes made in his coffee 
 pot and in his haversack. The Colonel said 
 but for the frying pan he would have been cut 
 in two. His command went with Gen. Thomas 
 to fight Hood, while Gen. Sherman marched to 
 the sea. At the battle of Franklin young 
 Diller was detailed to carry cartridges, and he 
 carried four one hundred pound boxes, and 
 while going back and forth the flying shells 
 crashed into houses and tore away fences all 
 around him. 
 
 After the battle, when all was quiet, the Sergt.- 
 Major and Diller went into town to get an over 
 coat that the former had left at a house to have 
 pockets inserted. The occupants of the house 
 had left the tea-table standing, and had all gone 
 into the cellar. While the Sergt.-Major was 
 hunting for his coat, Diller was helping himself 
 to biscuit, honey and tea, when, all of a sud 
 den, a stray shell came through the side of the 
 house, knocking the lath and plaster all over 
 the table. The boys got out as soon as the coat 
 was found, and in going out a nicely tied-up jar, 
 supposed to contain butter, clung to Dillers 
 arm. When they got to the Regt. the Sergt.- 
 Major ran to get a plate for some of the butter. 
 Diller tore the cover off the jar, spread the but 
 ter two inches thick on a cracker, and took a 
 no small section of it into his mouth. When 
 the Sergt.-Major returned he was so eager for 
 butter that he took a knife, and, cutting out a 
 chunk, put it into his mouth, without any hard 
 tack. When he got his mouth cleared out 
 he remarked, " Diller, if you tell the boys 
 about this, there ll be a funeral," for the sup 
 posed "butter" was lard. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 The suffering for want of sleep on the march 
 from Franklin to Nashville was very great. 
 The men dozed walking along, and Diller re 
 members that he walked right off the road and 
 bang up against a rail fence; the collision 
 wakened him up. At the battle of Nashville 
 during the charge of the second day, Diller 
 and Seth Coates of the same company, got a 
 short distance in advance, and just as the works 
 were reached before the rebels broke, a big 
 rebel raised up in the trench and shot at these 
 two boys, and then seeing that he could not get 
 away without being shot, he raised a stick with 
 a whitish rag on it. Coates was going to bay 
 onet this rebel, but Diller prevented. Taking 
 his C. S. A. belt which Diller still has, they al 
 lowed their would-be slayer to go to the rear 
 with the rest of the prisoners. 
 
 After the fight it rained many days and our 
 army followed Hood s retreating army to the 
 Tenn. River. Sand and gravel got into the 
 shoes, and young Diller s feet got so cut up 
 and were so sore that he could not get his shoes 
 on and he tore up his blouse and tied his feet 
 up and in this way marched several miles in the 
 morning until he could get his shoes on. Half 
 rations was a luxury. One day Diller and 
 Leonard Richards, of the same Co., made a de 
 tour to take in a farm house, and after searching 
 all around saw a hen out on a stack of grain. 
 Of course she was captured sooner or later, and 
 that night the boys staid up late to cook the 
 old hen, in order to have "spring chicken" soup 
 and hard-tack crumbs for a three o clock break 
 fast. He had the valuable hen that was to 
 produce the "golden elixir" in a tin pail on an 
 immense bed of ash coals. About ten o clock 
 at night when he raised the fowl and savory 
 soup with his hooked stick, the bail and sides 
 of the pail came up, but the bottom of the pail, 
 old mother hen, delectable breakfast for four, 
 went into the coals and ashes. 
 
 The regiment went into quarters at Hunts- 
 ville, Ala. Diller was in every skirmish and 
 engagement of that memorable campaign that 
 began May 4th and ended with the rout of 
 Hood s entire army, and he was never absent 
 from the Regt. except four weeks on account 
 
 of a sprained foot. At Huntsville, Ala., he 
 was promoted corporal. When the 75th was 
 mustered out, his term of service not having 
 expired, he was transferred to Co. D., 2ist 111. 
 Veterans, and was sent down the Miss, to New 
 Orleans, and from there across the gulf to 
 Texas, landing at Indianola in August. Here 
 the weather was very hot. The command 
 started out to Green Lake but on account of 
 the want of water, nine others and Diller w r ere 
 the only ones that reached Green Lake that 
 evening. The rest of the command fell by the 
 wayside, overcome by thirst and heat. About 
 midnight a terrific thunderstorm came up; the 
 boys spread their blankets and pieces of tent 
 out, and got them wet and then squeezed the 
 water out into their cups and drank it. After 
 this they all got into camp, but every one on 
 that march was sick for several days. Several 
 died from the effects of it. They went into 
 camp at Victoria and then marched to San An 
 tonio and staid until Dec. 
 
 Foraging was good, citizens had no love for 
 blue coats, officers toadied to the citizens, 
 and the soldiers besides their rations lived on 
 sweet potatoes, veal and pecans. One time 
 Diller went with several others eight miles 
 down the river to gather pecans. They found 
 a large grove of pecan trees. One soldier was 
 sent up a tree with a pole to knock some nice 
 ones down. The farmer, another man, the 
 farmer s wife and two daughters and three big 
 dogs came out to drive the pecan hunters away. 
 The boys told them they wanted their haver 
 sacks full of nice nuts then they would go 
 away. The citizens said they wanted all these 
 acres of pecans to feed their hogs, and if the 
 soldiers didn t get away, Gen. Stanley would 
 send them to military prison. One of the wo 
 men took the man s blouse that was up in the 
 tree and started off with it. This she was com 
 pelled to give up at the point of a revolver. 
 This stirred matters up and the man and his 
 wife said they would take a good look at 
 each soldier and then go and tell Gen. Stanley. 
 The next morning before sunrise the men were 
 before the General s headquarters. His Adju 
 tant issued an order for each Colonel to draw 
 
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 425 
 
 his men up in line and allow these citizens to 
 walk by and pick out the intruders. Diller 
 changed his big hat for a cap, his long coat for 
 a jacket for the occasion, and when the com 
 pany was formed in one line, these pecan own 
 ers marched along in front to see if they could 
 pick out the terrible criminals. Diller felt re 
 lieved when he heard them say to the captain, 
 "No, Captain, it was none of your men." 
 
 After coming home from the army, young 
 Diller worked on the farm the first season, and 
 for the next four years went to school. From 
 Pa., where he was going to school, he walked 
 over Pa, and N. Y. States, through Canada and 
 Mich, to Grand Haven, a distance of 1,185 
 miles. He then went to Texas where he was 
 clerk in a post office for some time. Re 
 turning to Whiteside Co. he taught school in 
 the country for five years and then became 
 principal of the Lincoln school in Sterling, 
 for the next six years. He then went into 
 the school book and supply business, and 
 in 1886 became editor and half owner of the 
 Sterling Standard. In 1890 he was elected 
 State Central Committecman by the Repub 
 licans of the 7th Congressional District and 
 Chairman Jones of that Committee made him 
 one of the Executive Committee. On Feb. 
 1st, 1891, he was appointed postmaster at 
 Sterling. He is a member of G. A. R. Post, 
 No. 274, and takes an active interest in politics, 
 Grand Army matters, educational and literary 
 matters. 
 
 FREEMAN D. ROSEBROOK, of Rock Falls, 111., 
 the first Commander of Will Robinson 
 Post, and the Postmaster of Rock Falls, 
 was born June 23, 1843, at Jefferson, N. H. His 
 parents were Lucius M. and Mary (Perkins) 
 Rosebrook. His father was a native of N. H., 
 and his great-gandfather, Capt. Eleazer Rose- 
 brook, made the first settlement at the site of 
 Fabyan House in 1/92. He opened there, in 
 1803, the first house for summer visitors ever 
 kept in the mountains. 
 
 Lucius M., the father of Freeman D., erected 
 
 the first house on the top of Mount Washing 
 ton, known as the Summit House, and his wife 
 was the first woman to pass the night at this 
 great mountain elevation. Here they resided 
 for two summers, subsequently disposing of the 
 property, and in 1854 removed to Dixon, 111. 
 Later Mr. Rosebrook invested in a farm at Har 
 mon, 111., to the cultivation of which he gave 
 his attention for many years. In 1867 he sold 
 this estate, and located at Woosung, 111., where 
 he continued to reside for 18 years, when he 
 and his wife made their home with their daugh 
 ter, Mary J. His father has been for some 
 years deceased; his mother still survives at the 
 age of seventy-six, retaining her sprightly and 
 active nature to a remarkable degree. 
 
 The Manchester Union, of Manchester, N.H., 
 of July 26, 1888, has the following obituary of 
 Lucius M. Rosebrook, a noted mountain pio 
 neer, and one of the builders of the original 
 Summit House on Mount Washington: 
 
 " Many people in Manchester knew Lucius 
 Mitchell Rosebrook ; while in the northern 
 section of the State his name was a house 
 hold word. He departed this life early in the 
 present month, at Harmon, 111., where he was 
 residing with his daughter, Mrs. Ackert. He 
 first saw light in the town of Carroll, this State, 
 March 27, 1812, and spent all his early life in 
 Northern N. H. 
 
 " He came from a hardy race of honest- 
 hearted, strong limbed and worthy people, and 
 was in every way a representative of an illus 
 trious ancestry. 
 
 " In 1852, in company with Hon. Nathan R. 
 Perkins of Jefferson, who has several brothers 
 in this city, and Joseph S. Hall, he built the 
 original Summit House on Mount Washington. 
 
 "There was only a bridle path leading to the 
 top of the mountain at that time, and all the 
 material for building the house had to be car 
 ried to the top on the backs of men and ponies. 
 They retained the house until 1853, w r hen they 
 disposed of it by sale, and during the following 
 year Mr. Rosebrook removed West, and from 
 that time to his death made his home there, 
 visiting in this city two years since. 
 
 "The pleasant residence of Mr. Perkins, at 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Jefferson, was built by the deceased, and pur 
 chased from him by the present owner. Mr. 
 Rosebrook was a man of prodigious strength 
 and many are the tales of feats performed by 
 him in the days of the early pioneers in north 
 ern N. H. Western papers containing notices 
 of his death spoke of him as an exemplary 
 Christian man, and such he was. He had been 
 a member of the Baptist Church for 48 years, 
 and was a pioneer in religious worship in that 
 section of the West to which he went. An 
 aged widow survives him." 
 
 Freeman D. was brought up under the par 
 ental roof at Jefferson and Lancaster, N. H., 
 where he attended school, resuming his studies 
 at Dixon, 111., during which he enlisted in Co. 
 G., loth 111. Inf., as a musician, and was regu 
 larly mustered into the service at Camp But 
 ler, Sept. i, 1861. 
 
 While in camp he was dispatched to Lee 
 County to secure recruits, a duty occupying some 
 two weeks. He reported to his Regt. at Cairo 
 and Mound City, at that time guarding the 
 construction of the gunboat, " Flotilla," remain 
 ing upon this service during a considerable por 
 tion of the winter. He accompanied his Regt. to 
 Fort Jefferson, Ky., from which point they were 
 ordered on a reconnoissance of 14 days into 
 Ky., during which they captured the towns of 
 Burneville and Marysville, and proceeded to 
 within a few miles of Columbus to ascertain the 
 strength of the enemy s fortifications, and then 
 went to Bird s Point, Mo. In the frequent expe 
 ditions in pursuit of Jeff Thompson and in other 
 and more important services, the Regt. soon re 
 ceived distinguished recognition. Attached to 
 Gen. Pope s army, in the brigade composed of 
 loth and i6th 111. and Battalion of Yates sharp 
 shooters, it engaged in the siege of New Mad 
 rid, Mo. In a night movement, March 12, it 
 advanced on the place, driving the enemy s 
 pickets, establishing earthworks and planting 
 four siege guns commanding the rebel works ( 
 without raising alarm until daylight, when our 
 fire opened. During the next day it lay under 
 fire of the enemy s -two forts and five gunboats; 
 made sorties in which it lost one captain (Carr of 
 Co. H.) and two men killed. The place was 
 
 evacuated during the night. April 7, crossed 
 the river from New Madrid in the advance of 
 Pope s army, intercepting rebels retreating from 
 Island No. 10, bringing them to surrender at 
 Tiptonville, resulting in the capture of about 
 6,000 men and a large amount of field ar 
 tillery and small arms. It took part in the 
 movements of Pope s army in the advance 
 on Corinth, Miss. Had a brisk fight May 
 6, forcing passage through Four Mile Swamp, 
 losing two men killed and five wounded, cap 
 turing fifteen and killing an equal number of 
 the enemy whom they buried. Entered Corinth, 
 May 30, then skirmished with the rear guard of 
 Beauregard s army at Boonville. Held the city 
 of Nashville, Tenn., while the armies of Bragg 
 and Buell were racing for Louisville and were 
 cut off from all communication with the North 
 for five weeks. 
 
 In the almost daily battles which followed, 
 the icth bore a conspicuous part, and gained 
 many and signal honors for gallant and meri 
 torious conduct in the field. At the battle of 
 Missionary Ridge the Regt. operated on the left 
 and shared in the glory of that sanguinary and 
 decisive engagement. From Rocky Face Ridge 
 to Atlanta, and from Resaca to Kenesaw Mt., 
 the Regt. participated in nearly all the battles, 
 and always with great credit and distinction. 
 While at Rome, Ga., Mr. Rosebrook was detail 
 ed as Brig. Postmaster, afterwards detailed by 
 Gen. Sherman and placed on the railroad in 
 charge of the mail from Chattanooga to the 
 front. He took the last mail from Atlanta to 
 Chattanooga, and on the way, at Marietta, was 
 cut off and it was three weeks before he could 
 deliver it, but it was delivered without the loss 
 of a single letter. He next was put upon the 
 route between Chattanooga and Knoxville, 
 upon which service he was continued until his 
 final honorable discharge from the army, Aug. 
 27, 1865. He went through the war without 
 any serious personal injury, having been slightly 
 injured only once. 
 
 Returned home, he began farming near 
 Cordova, in Rock Island Co., and continued in 
 this relation until 1871, when he removed to 
 Rock Falls, securing a position as Railway Pos- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 427 
 
 tal Clerk, between Sterling and Shabbona, a 
 service which he faithfully and creditably per 
 formed for 1 8 years. 
 
 Jan. 16, 1890, he was appointed Postmaster 
 of Rock Falls, of which office he is the present 
 incumbent. He was married near Amboy, 111., 
 Feb. 22, 1866, to Mary E., daughter of William 
 P. and Mary (Pyle) Roff, natives of N. Y. and 
 N. J. respectively. They are still living at Al 
 bany, 111. Only two children have been born 
 to this union, Willet M. and Lucius, both of 
 whom died in childhood. Mr. Rosebrook is a 
 prominent member of the G. A. R. Post, No. 
 274, of which he was the first Commander, in 
 1883; member of the I. O.O. F. Lodge, No. 590, 
 of Rock Falls, and its past Grand Master, and 
 a member of the encampment. 
 
 Mrs. Rosebrook is a member of the Rebecca 
 Lodge, and President of the Woman s Relief 
 Corps, No. 193. Mr. Rosebrook is a consistent 
 Republican in politics, and a man who has 
 achieved through his own unassisted efforts a 
 position and a name which invest him with an 
 honorable and distinguished consideration. 
 
 HON. ThoMAS J. ABEL, who made an envia 
 ble record in the army of his adopted 
 country, was born in Canada, Feb. 15, 
 1837, f English ancestry. His father, a farmer 
 of English descent, was a native of Canada and 
 served in the military force of that country. 
 The mother s maiden name was Sarah Ross, 
 born in Canada, of Highland Scotch descent. 
 The early life of Capt. Abel was spent in N. Y., 
 Mich, and 111., working upon a farm and obtain 
 ing slight educational advantages from the 
 primitive schools. In 1847 the family located in 
 southwest Iowa on a farm when there were no 
 white settlements in that part of the State, and 
 Indians were frequently seen passing on their 
 hunting excursions. In 1859 Mr. Abel left 
 school and made a trip to the Rocky Mts. to 
 recruit his health, intending to complete his 
 collegiate education, for which plans were ma 
 tured, as well as the outline for future work, 
 but when the country called for loyal men to 
 
 defend its flag, he did not hesitate, but gave up 
 everything cheerfully, and entered the service. 
 He enlisted at Glenwood, la., Sept. 5, 1861, and 
 going injto camp at Davenport remained until 
 the latter part of Nov., then went to Mount 
 Pleasant for winter quarters. Early in 1862, 
 the men were armed, equipped and mustered 
 in, as Co. A, 4th Iowa Cav. During all these 
 months they had received no pay and many 
 were almost totally unprepared to meet neces 
 sary expenses, and were so reduced that they 
 could not procure stamps to send a letter home. 
 In their extremity, Mrs. Senator Harlan (her 
 daughter, now wife of Hon. Robt. Lincoln, 
 minister to England), with other loyal ladies of 
 Mount Pleasant, procured writing materials, and 
 Senator Harlan franked 5,000 envelopes, which 
 were distributed among the men, and thus re 
 lieved the necessity. In Feb., just previous to 
 the battle of Pea Ridge, the Regt, was ordered 
 to Benton Barracks, St. Louis, and was soon 
 sent to Rolla, and after a few days marched to 
 Springfield and Batesville. At Searcy, Ark., 
 on the night, of May 12, it having been reported 
 that the Regt, of Gen. Osterhaus had been 
 captured, Gen. E. A. Carr. commanding the 
 Brig., called for a volunteer to go back to head 
 quarters at Batesville a distance 50 miles with 
 dispatches. Here we may give a circumstance 
 which may have determined the person who 
 should be volunteer. 
 
 When Co. A. was organized, the Capt. elect 
 ed was a lawyer from Sidney, la., named Ben 
 jamin Rector who was ready on every occasion 
 with a speech, -and on every possible occasion 
 expressed his appreciation of the honor he 
 enjoyed in commanding such a select body of 
 men of such high character and ability, and 
 indicated that such a superior company of men 
 would doubtless be chosen as the bodyguard 
 of Gov. Kirkwood. He pictured the advanta 
 ges this would bring, as the adopted son of the 
 Governor would become an officer in the Co., 
 and the captain (himself) would be Major of 
 the Regt, and asked for an expression from 
 the men. Mr. Abel, in a maiden speech, stated 
 that as a soldier he hoped the Co. was com 
 posed of too good material to consent to act 
 
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 as bodyguard of any one, if that meant 
 remaining in Iowa instead of going to the front 
 for active duty where the enemy was, and 
 advanced the idea that any promotion or 
 honor in the direction suggested would be a 
 disgrace, and also unjust to the other officers 
 of the Co. who were willing and anxious to 
 earn promotions on the field. The men were 
 of this opinion and thus defeated the captain s 
 plan of promotion. It was the fact that he 
 had thus expressed himself in favor of soldierly 
 duty that determined Mr. Able to volunteer 
 for this dangerous duty that Gen. Carr re 
 quired, and it also influenced his subsequent 
 army service. Bravely starting out where the 
 chances of capture or death were at least two 
 to one against him, he arrived at Gen. Curtis 
 headquarters and on account of the danger 
 was held four days before he was permited to 
 return with his message. 
 
 The Regt. moved by forced march to Helena, 
 and when in July, Gen. Curtis went to St. Louis 
 accompanied by his staff to arrange for assum 
 ing command of the army of the Southwest, 
 Mr. Abel was left at Helena in charge of the 
 Staff train commissary, and sanitary supplies 
 belonging to it. In Aug. he was ordered to 
 report to Gen. Curtis at St. Louis, and arriving 
 was appointed clerk at headquarters, remaining 
 in this position about a year. During this time 
 the enlistment of colored troops was author 
 ized and Mr. Abel was commissioned Capt. of 
 Co. B., 3rd Arkansas A. D., afterwards known as 
 the 56th U. S. C. I. While drilling these troops 
 the officers were subject to every possible taunt 
 and insult that could be given by the citizens 
 of Mo. In recruiting, officers were scattered 
 over the State and in several instances were 
 arrested by the citizens and held as pris 
 oners until released by military authority. 
 When the colored troops were first drilled with 
 arms, complaints were sent to Gov. Gambel, by 
 the citizens, who influenced him to such an 
 extent that he ordered the troops to be dis 
 armed, and the guns were packed in their cases 
 and the men placed on guard without arms. 
 It appears that this order was issued without 
 authority and the next day the arms were dis 
 
 tributed again. About this time Gen. Schoficld 
 assumed command of the Department of the 
 Southwest, relieving Gen. Curtis, and from this 
 time there was constant opposition and com 
 plaint in regard to arming the colored troops. 
 This opposition w r as carried to an extreme and 
 became so strong that the Regt. was ordered 
 to Helena just after the fall of Vicksburg. On 
 the day the Regt. marched through St. Louis, 
 fearing an outbreak on the part of the people, 
 the guns were ordered to be loaded with pow 
 der and ball, and the Regt. was then marched 
 through the principal streets, it being the first 
 time that colored men had ever been permitted 
 to bear arms as a military organization in that 
 city. Arriving at Helena, August, 1863, this 
 Regt. and the 6oth U. S. Colored Inf. took 
 charge of the fortifications and outposts, per 
 forming camp and garrison duty in the absence 
 of the force that had been withdrawn to rein 
 force Vicksburg and other points. 
 
 Here Capt. Abel was detailed with two com 
 panies to take charge of Quartermaster, Com 
 missary, ordnance stores and other supplies of 
 the post. He served on two general court- 
 martials each occupying more than a month. 
 Served three times on a Board of Survey, to de 
 termine loss of arms and stores by overflow of 
 the Miss., to exhonorate officers in their re 
 ports of storage while on the march and to 
 estimate loss of government stores by sinking 
 of a barge. During the occupation of this 
 place by these troops the death rate was very 
 great, as the water was bad and the climate 
 extremely warm. Capt. Abel retained his posi 
 tion until the office was discontinued. During 
 the occupation of this important office, Capt. 
 Abel performed a vast amount of work and 
 was constantly on the alert to prevent the 
 smuggling of cotton, food, medicine, and all 
 other contraband articles, which, on account 
 of scarcity and price, made smuggling a profita 
 ble as well as a dangerous occupation. Capt. 
 Abel paroled many men of Gen. Jeff Thomp 
 son s rebel army who came in and surrendered. 
 The rebels after being paroled and sent to their 
 homes, usually continued to wear the confed 
 erate uniform, and this practice, Capt. Abel 
 
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 ordered to be discontinued after a certain date. 
 While he held this position by appointment, 
 he also acted as correspondent of the Signal 
 Service of the Dept. west of the Miss., report 
 ing the information gathered from prisoners, 
 captured, deserters and scouts, who came inside 
 the federal lines, giving all the important 
 movements of the enemy within that military 
 district. 
 
 April 13, 1864, while Provost Marshal at 
 Helena, Capt. Abel took a lot of prisoners 
 to Columbus, Ohio, and on returning was sent 
 with 25 men to visit the county seat of each 
 county within his military district with sealed 
 orders to be opened on his arrival at each 
 county seat, the instructions being to visit 
 prominent citizens of each county and ascer 
 tain the popular feeling in regard to re-estab 
 lishing the civil Government. The opinions 
 were conflicting, but as a result of this trip, a 
 military post line was established for commer 
 cial purposes. 
 
 Capt. Abel was ordered by Maj. Gen. J. J. 
 Reynolds to report to Gen. J. W. Sprague at 
 Little Rock for duty in the Bureau of Freed- 
 man Refugees and abandoned lands. He was 
 sent to Fort Smith, Ark., in charge of a steam 
 boat load of clothing, provisions and seed corn 
 to be distributed among the destitute in that 
 locality. Back of Fort Smith was a country 
 that had been raided over a number of times 
 by both armies, thus it was impoverished, and 
 the people came as far as sixty miles to draw 
 supplies during the winter. Capt. Abel was 
 also instructed to encourage schools as well as 
 protect them, for both the whites and the 
 blacks. He visited many localities as far north 
 as Springfield, Mo., where there were collec 
 tions of colored people. About June ist, 1866, 
 Capt. Abel was ordered to Columbia, where the 
 people had failed to organize their local gov 
 ernment satisfactorily and had petitioned for 
 an officer to be sent to assist. 
 
 After this matter was adjusted he was taken 
 seriously sick for the first time in his five years 
 service. Fearing the consequences of remain 
 ing in the Southern climate, he asked to be re 
 lieved, and Nov. 6, 1866, was mustered out at 
 
 Little Rock, having served five years, two 
 months. 
 
 At one time the name of Capt. Abel was 
 sent forward for promotion to Major, but on 
 account of official jealousy was not favorably 
 endorsed, but afterwards he was made brevet 
 major for faithful and efficient service, and no 
 officer received higher commendations. 
 
 After the war Capt. Abel came to Decatur 
 and engaged in mearchandising, which he has 
 continued since. He was married in 1864, at 
 Decatur, to Bidana Locke, born in Pa., of Vir 
 ginian ancestry. Her father was a Chaplain in 
 the Union army. Three children were born : 
 Marion, Louis, and Clara, all living. Capt. Abel 
 was again married in 1877, at Decatur, to Susan 
 Hinman Sine of that place. She is the mother 
 of three children Jean, Flossie and Celeste. 
 
 In politics, Capt. Abel is a Republican, hav 
 ing cast his first vote for J. C. Fremont. He 
 has held a number of important offices and was 
 a member of the city council two terms, was 
 then candidate for Mayor and lacked only 57 
 votes of election. In 1876 he was elected to 
 the Legislature, serving in the 3Oth 111. As 
 sembly, and has not been actively engaged in 
 politics since, although supporting the party 
 candidates. 
 
 Hon. Thomas J. Abel is a member of Macon 
 Lodge, No. 8, A. F. & A. M., the G. A. R. and 
 has been an official member and trustee of the 
 M. E. Church. A brother, John L. Abel, was a 
 soldier in the late war and on account of his 
 service has been in delicate health since. 
 
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 AJ. GEN. FRANZ SIGEL. This distin 
 guished German patriot and soldier 
 was born at Zinsheim, Roumania, No 
 vember i8th, 1824. He was thoroughly edu 
 cated at the civil and military schools of 
 Germany, and was given an honorable po 
 sition in the Ordnance Department of his 
 government. He became distinguished as an 
 engineer, and was regarded as one of the 
 most scientific artillerists of his age. He was 
 at one time in the army of the Grand Duke of 
 
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 Baden with the rank of Adjutant. He espoused 
 the cause of the Revolutionists of 1848, and 
 took a command in the Revolutionary army. 
 His skill as a tactician and his professional 
 ability gave him a vast influence and soon raised 
 him to high command, and established him as 
 a leader. The revolutionary movement was 
 doomed to defeat, notwithstanding the ability 
 of its leaders. Their army was surprised, and 
 on one occasion General Sigel successfully con 
 ducted a retreat with 30,000 men pursued by 
 80,000. He finally concentrated his defeated 
 and demolished troops in the fortress of Rastadt. 
 Upon the dissolution of the Provincial govern 
 ment he sought refuge in Switzerland. Being 
 expelled from there he emigrated to the U. S., 
 and was engaged for some years as Prof, of 
 Mathematics in a N. Y. academy, and was also 
 connected with the 5th N. Y. militia. In 1858 
 he settled in St. Louis, and became a professor 
 in one of her colleges. When the rebellion was 
 precipitated by the slaveholders, he tendered 
 his services to the country of his adoption, and 
 was appointed to the command of the 3rd Regt. 
 of Mo. Vols., which was raised in St. Louis. 
 In connection with the lamented Lyon, Sigel 
 was largely instrumental in saving Mo. to the 
 Union. He was in command at the battle of 
 Carthage, which was fought July 5, 1861, against 
 Price and Jackson, in which they were defeated 
 with great loss. 
 
 His next serious engagement was at Wilson s 
 Creek, Aug. loth, when he, with Gen. Lyon, 
 who was in command, with 5,000 troops made 
 an attack on the rebel forces under McCullough 
 numbering 25,000 men. In this engagement 
 Gen. Lyon was killed and they were driven 
 back, but by a skillful retreat Sigel saved the 
 Union army. At Rolla to which place Sigel 
 had retreated he was made a Brig.-Gen. which 
 dated from May I7th, served in the campaign 
 of Gen. Fremont, and subsequently in Mo. and 
 Ark., under Gen. Curtis. He planned the 
 battle of Pea Ridge and took an active part in 
 the conflict, May 6, and 8, 1862. Having some 
 difficulty with Halleck, Sigel resigned his com 
 mission. He was called to Washington and 
 was tendered the appointment of Maj.-Gen., 
 
 which he accepted and was placed in com 
 mand of Harper s Ferry, June 22nd. After the 
 resignation of Gen. Fremont, Gen. Sigel took 
 command of his corps, June 26th, and did ex 
 cellent service in Northern Va., during the brief 
 campaign of Gen. Pope, taking a conspicuous 
 part in the 2nd battle of Bull Run, Aug. 3Oth. 
 Subsequently he was placed in command of the 
 1 2th A. C., with which he had several hard 
 fought engagements with Stonewall Jackson. 
 In March, 1864, he succeeded to the command 
 of the department of W. Va. After the battle 
 of New Market, May I5th, in which Gen. Sigel 
 was defeated, he resigned his commission and 
 returned to civil life. He settled in N. Y. City. 
 In 1871 he was chosen register. He has been 
 quite active there and has been a leading spirit 
 in N. Y. politics. 
 
 Gen. Sigel was an able and faithful officer 
 and nobly served the Government of his adop 
 ted country, when she was threatened with 
 dismemberment. From youth up, his life has 
 been donated to the cause of freedom. Having 
 been banished from his native country for his 
 Republican principles, it was but natural that he 
 should espouse the cause of those principles 
 in the country of his adoption, and draw his 
 sword for the defense of the Union. He will 
 be always held in grateful rememberance and 
 honored by the American people when the 
 thrones of tyranny shall have crumbled into 
 dust, when the old dynasties of Furope shall 
 have been forgotten, when oppression shall 
 cease to exist, and confederacies founded upon 
 human slavery shall be regarded as institutions 
 of barbarism. 
 
 GEO. C. PROUDSTONE, Color Sergeant of 
 53rd 111. Vol. Inf., was the son of Rich 
 ard and Elizabeth Proudstone and was 
 born in Fayette Co., Pa,, Aug. 30, 1829. He 
 removed with the family to La Salle Co., 111., 
 in 1854. Enlisted in the army in Nov. 1861, as 
 Color Bearer of the 53rd 111. Vol. He took 
 part in all the battles in which his Regt. was 
 engaged during the campaign leading up to 
 
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 the battle of Jackson, Miss., July 12, 1863. He 
 was mortally wounded in that battle and left on 
 the field to be taken prisoner by the Rebels. 
 His flag was taken from his bosom by a Rebel 
 officer and was not heard of again until recently. 
 For six days he remained a prisoner of war. 
 He was then retaken and sent to the Union 
 hospital near Vicksburg, where he died in the 
 hands of his comrades, July 23, 1863. His body 
 was at once sent home to his parents and in 
 terred in the family burying ground in Farm 
 Ridge Township. About six years ago the 
 following appeared in the National Tribune; 
 "There is a U. S. flag at the War Department 
 the history of which the authorities know noth 
 ing about except that it was found in the Con 
 federate War Department and is marked with 
 the name of the "53d 111. Inf." The flag shows 
 evident signs of hard fighting in its neighbor 
 hood, for it is pierced in many places with 
 bullet holes, and through the starry field and in 
 many places in the silken stripes, are gaping 
 holes where pieces of shells have torn their 
 way. Their is no flag staff attached and the 
 folds arc deeply stained with broad stripes of 
 blood hinting that some gallant Color-Sergeant 
 had torn it from the staff and folded it away in 
 his breast to save it from capture, and had 
 poured out his own life s blood on the flag he had 
 sworn to defend." This attracted the attention 
 of Gov. Oglesby of 111. who at once ordered the 
 flag sent to him. Investigation proved that it 
 was none other than the one carried by Color- 
 Bearer Proudstone of the 23d 111. Vol. 
 
 Mr. Pierce in a communication to a New 
 Orleans paper says, that he himself took the 
 flag from the bosom of the Color Sergeant and 
 turned it over to the Confederate War Depart 
 ment. The flag is now on exhibition in Memo 
 rial Hall at Springfield, 111., as one of the 
 highly valued mementoes of that terrible war. 
 
 ISAAC N. COAKLEY, a member of the G. A. R. 
 and a resident of Galesburg, 111., was born 
 at Faitfield, Ohio, Sept. 20, 1840. He re 
 ceived a good common school education and 
 
 when in 1861, the electric wires flashed the 
 news of the bombardment of Fort Sumter, 
 comrade Coakley was up and responded to the 
 very first call for 75,000 volunteers. The same 
 month, April 1861, we find him enlisted in Co. 
 D., 1 7th Ohio Inf. During the three months 
 service he served actively in W. Va., and two 
 days after the expiration of its term, the company 
 and Regt. reorganized and he re-enlisted for 
 three years. Forward he went to the field of 
 glory and also of death and horror. His first 
 experience under fire was at Wild Cat where 
 they fought Zollicoffer. Jan. 19, 1862, he was 
 engaged in the battle of Mill Springs, Ky. and 
 subsequently he was facing the enemy s fire in 
 some of the bloodiest and hottest battles of the 
 rebellion, among others the battle of Shiloh, 
 April 7, 1862; Perrysville Oct. 8; Stone River 
 Dec. 31; Chickamagua Sept. 19, and 20, 1863; 
 Missionary Ridge, Nov. 23, and 25th. The 
 fact that the Union forces suffered a loss of 53, 
 068 in killed, wounded and missing in these 
 five battles, well establishes the importance of 
 these engagements. The memory of that gal 
 lant and heroic charge our "boys" made at 
 Lookout Mountain with the brave "Ike" 
 Coakley in the lead, being the first man in his 
 Regt. to enter the Rebel breastworks, will echo 
 through history long after the heroes are dead 
 and gone. For his valor and bravery in this 
 sanguinary battle our comrade was promoted 
 to Sergeant, even while yet in the field, immedi 
 ately after the fight. After months of hard 
 marching, skirmishes and camp duty, the 
 three years expired, but our loyal Sergeant 
 was staunch in his love for the grand "old flag" 
 and enlisted a third time. During the long 
 arduous and memorable Atlanta campaign, 
 from May ist to Sept. 1,1864, Sergeant Coakley 
 now in charge of twelve men, was actively en 
 gaged, being detailed to take charge of the 
 surplus baggage of the brigade. 
 
 Subsequently he participated in the memor 
 able march to the sea, and after the capture of 
 Savannah we find him in the victorious, but dif 
 ficult march homeward, during which he 
 had charge of the Brig, headquarters guard. 
 Onward, through the Carolinas, through swamps 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 and rivers on to Raleigh, Goldsboro, Richmond 
 and finally joining the grand review at Wash 
 ington. After remaining at the Capital for 
 three weeks, they moved to Louisville when our 
 subject went on a short furlough to see his sick 
 father. Returning, he was finally mustered out 
 June 23, 1865, after over four years of hard 
 marching and hard fighting. He returned to 
 Logan, Ohio, where he was married to Jennie 
 Shrader, the daughter of Dr. A. J. Shrader, 
 of Logan, Ohio, by which union there were 
 born three children : Herrman, Fred and Mabel. 
 Mr. Coakley later moved to Straitsville, Ohio, 
 and was its Postmaster under President Hayes. 
 Later he was elected as City Marshal, and did 
 most efficient service in that capacity during 
 the big strikes of 1873, when 600 men were 
 fighting and shooting, with Comrade Coakley 
 as the sole officer to keep peace. In 1875, he 
 removed to a farm in Henry Co., 111., and three 
 years later he went to Knoxville, same State, 
 where he served six years as city Marshal. In 
 1888 he removed to Galesburg, 111., and has 
 served on the police force ever since. Mr. 
 Coakley is a large bodied, large hearted man, 
 is a member of the A. O. U. W., and is a most 
 efficient officer, whose tall and stately form 
 commands universal admiration. 
 
 JOHN V. BROWN, of Knoxville, a native of 
 Knox County, 111., enlisted in Co. D., 7th 
 111., Cav. in Nov., 1863, going to Camp 
 Yates at Springfield and thence to St. Louis, 
 and Memphis, joining the Regt. at LaGrange, 
 Tenn. The first engagement in which he par 
 ticipated was at Moscow, where Gen. Hatch 
 was wounded, and was next in action at a point 
 1 8 miles northeast of LaGrange, where about 
 one half of his Regt. was captured. 
 
 Mr. Brown narrowly escaped capture by 
 swimming across a creek and finally going into 
 hiding at the suggestion of a citizen, who pro 
 vided him with food for himself and his com 
 panions. They, after a day or two rejoined 
 their command at LaGrange. They were after 
 ward constantly on the move, but had no hard 
 
 fighting until the battle at Franklin, in which 
 they did gallant and effective service. In the 
 morning of the first day s battle at Nashville 
 they were dismounted and went into the fight 
 on foot, charging the works, capturing two 
 forts and repulsing the enemy. They remained 
 on the field during the night, renewing the bat 
 tle the next morning and assisting in driving 
 Hood from his intrenchment. Getting their 
 horses, they started in pursuit, fighting every 
 day until Christmas, and at Pulaski, which was 
 the last fight the Regt. was in, Hood was thor 
 oughly routed and discomfited. They went 
 into winter quarters at Gravelly Springs, thence 
 moving on to East Port, Miss. Here they 
 remained until June, thence going to luka, 
 Miss., and then to Aberdeen and to Decatur, 
 Ala. At Madison Station they were ordered 
 to report to Nashville to be mustered out. Mr. 
 Brown reaching home Nov. 18, and resumed 
 farming which he has continued since. 
 
 He was married in 1870, to Alice, daughter 
 of J. B. Hirshberger, of Knox Co. They have 
 had seven children, five of whom are living, 
 two -having died in childhood. They are, 
 Myrtle (Mrs. Wm. Beaumaster), Mary, Del- 
 mar, Bessie, and Alfred. Mr. Brown is a char 
 ter member of the G. A. R. Post, 239, of Knox 
 ville, and is a very successful farmer and an 
 honorable and highly respected member of his 
 community. 
 
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 AJ. GEN. B. F. BUTLER, was born at South 
 Deerfield, N. H., Nov. 5, 1818. Educa 
 ted at Waterville College, Me., and 
 studied law at Lowell, Mass. He was for many 
 years an officer in the militia of that State. 
 Commissioned Brig. Gen. of the U. S. Volun 
 teer service April 28, and Maj. Gen., May 16, 
 1861. He belongs to a military family. His 
 grandfather fought with Gen. Wolfe at the siege 
 of Quebec, and in the first American Revolu 
 tion, and his father, John Butler, was an officer 
 in the British war. The first 10 years of Gen. 
 Butler s business life was spent in the practice 
 of law in Lowell, Mass. He then removed to 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 433 
 
 Boston. During his residence at this place he 
 mingled in the political affairs of the State and 
 Nation; was an ardent Democrat and a leading 
 partisan. He was several times elected to the 
 Legislature, having been a member of the Lower 
 House and Senate from 1853 to 1859. In 1860 
 he attended the Charleston Democratic Con 
 vention, and took a leading part in its exciting 
 debates. He was chosen a member of the 
 Committee on Platform. The majority report 
 of this committee proposed to demand of the 
 Government "protection for the internal slave 
 trade and for slavery in the Territories." The 
 minority report assumed that the "Supreme 
 Court should furnish all necessary protection 
 to the slave interests." After the merits of 
 these reports had been presented by their re 
 spective friends, Butler offered a third report, 
 recommending the Cincinnati Platform, which 
 had been adopted four years previously, and 
 upon which Mr. Buchannan had made a suc 
 cessful race for the Presidency. This platform left 
 the subject of slavery open and the Territories 
 free to all settlers. Through the arguments and 
 personal influence of Mr. Butler, his report was 
 adopted by a large majority of the Convention. 
 When nominations came up, he voted for Judge 
 Douglas, until satisfied that his name was una 
 vailable. Dropping him he voted for Jeff. Davis 
 in all succeeding ballots. The coincidence will 
 be interesting when it is remembered that soon 
 after, Davis (then President of the treasonable 
 Confederacy), in an official manifesto, pro 
 claimed this same Butler "an outlaw and com 
 mon enemy to mankind, and ordered all rebel 
 officers and soldiers to have the said Ben. F. 
 Butler hung as soon as captured." 
 
 After the Charleston Convention he con 
 tinued to act with the Democratic party, and in 
 1860 was a candidate for Gov. of Mass, on the 
 Breckenridge Democratic ticket. During the 
 winter of 1860 and 1861, he was in Washington, 
 where he met the State Commissioners who 
 visited the Capital for the purpose of inducing 
 the President to recognize the secession of S. 
 C. From Butler s known antecedents and con 
 nection with the Democratic party, the South 
 expected to find in him a firm friend and a bold 
 
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 advocate. Greatly to their surprise, he rejected 
 all the advances of the S. C. Commissioners 
 and denounced the wicked scheme of secession. 
 He earnestly expostulated with them on the 
 folly and madness of any attempt to break up 
 the Union; warned them that the North would 
 never consent to peaceable secession; that war 
 would result, and the ruin of the South would 
 necessarily follow. In reference to this extra 
 ordinary commission from S. C., Butler pro 
 posed to the President to arrest and hold them 
 as prisoners of State, try them for treason, in 
 the Supreme Court, and, if found guilty, hang 
 them instanter. Such a proceeding, he argued, 
 would deter all plotters and emissaries of trea 
 son. Mr. Buchanan and his advisors rejected 
 this wholesome counsel, and vainly attempted 
 to conciliate the disaffected Southerners. But 
 ler returned to Mass, and warned the Gov. to 
 prepare for war. That officer accordingly be 
 gan to organize the State militia, anticipating a 
 call for troops. As Butler had forewarned the 
 Executive, the call soon came, and when it 
 reached the State Department Butler was plead 
 ing a case in court. It was his last case. He 
 left the court-house and addressed himself at 
 once to the business of war. 
 
 A Brig, was raised, and General Butler 
 placed in command. In compliance with or 
 ders from the War Department, the troops 
 were sent to Washington as fast as they re 
 ported. The 6th Mass. Regt. of this Brig, was 
 mobbed in the streets of Baltimore on their 
 way to the Capital. With the 8th Regt. the 
 commander in person started for the seat of 
 Govt. A sufficient force having arrived to se 
 cure the Capital, a military department was 
 formed in Md., and Butler placed in command, 
 headquarters at Annapolis. The State Legis 
 lature being in session, one of his first official 
 acts was to notify that body that if they passed 
 an ordinance of secession he would arrest all 
 the members of both houses. Gen. Butler pro 
 posed to Gen. Scott, Commander-in-Chief, to 
 defend Washinton by fortifying and holding 
 Manassas Junction. He offered, should the 
 War Dept. approve the measure, to take the 
 responsibility of its execution with two Regts. 
 
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 of soldiers. This suggestion was rejected, and 
 in a very short time the Rebels saw the import 
 ance of the position, took possession, fortified 
 and held it. The possession of this important 
 strategic point enabled the enemy to achieve 
 their first and only great victory at the battle 
 of Bull Run. May 16, Gen. Butler was trans 
 ferred from Annapolis to the command of a 
 department of Fortress Monroe. Having been 
 made Maj.-Gen. he was placed in command of 
 10,000 men. Soon after his arrival at Fortress 
 Monroe, large numbers of slaves escaped from 
 the revolted districts, and came within the mil 
 itary lines. He refused to surrender them to 
 their owners, and employed them in the Govt. 
 service. Aug. 18, Gen. Butler was succeeded by 
 Gen. Wool, and placed in command of an ex 
 pedition against Fort Hatteras, N. C. The ex 
 pedition was signally successful. In Oct., 1862 
 he was ordered to raise six new Regts. in New 
 England, for three years service. He performed 
 this service with his characteristic energy. The 
 troops were soon recruited, organized and re 
 ported ready for duty. In an interview with 
 the President, Gen. Butler was asked if he 
 could take New Orleans. Answering in the 
 affirmative, he was placed in charge of an ex 
 pedition for that purpose. 
 
 January 23d, 1862, the expedition left Fort 
 ress Monroe, and reached the Miss. River Feb. 
 23d. Two formidable forts, Jackson and St. 
 Philips, defended the river, and the city could 
 not be reached" until they were taken. For six 
 days the forts were bombarded by the fleet un 
 der Capt. Farragut. The Gen. was disappointed 
 in the result. The shelling produced no effect; 
 the forts still held out. On the morning of the 
 24th of April twelve vessels of the co-operat 
 ing squadron ran past the hostile forts. In the 
 meantime Gen. Butler had landed troops to as 
 sault the works as soon as the necessary prep 
 arations could be made. On the 27th the gar 
 risons in the forts mutinied and surrendered to 
 the U. S. forces. May ist Gen. Butler landed 
 and took possession of the Crescent City. He 
 ordered the National flag to be raised on all 
 public buildings, issued a proclamation threat 
 ening the severest punishments on any insult 
 
 offered to the same, and guaranteeing full pro- 
 tection of person and property to loyal and 
 peaceful citizens. Many serious and unfore 
 seen difficulties awaited the commander of this 
 revolted city. All civil authority ceased, and 
 society was in utter confusion. A master hand 
 was needed to grapple with difficulties so nu 
 merous and so complicated. Gen Butler 
 proved to be the man for the occasion and en 
 countered the many troubles and contended 
 with the severest and unmitigated hostilities of 
 the secessionists, with phenomenal skill, valor 
 and diplomacy. Here he ably contended with 
 the severest unmitigated hostility of the seces 
 sionists. 
 
 Dec. 24, 1862, Gen. Butler was relieved from 
 the command at New Orleans, and ordered to 
 report at Washington. He was next placed in 
 command of the i8th A. C., and sent again to 
 Fortress Monroe. His command was extended 
 until it embraced the army of the James River, 
 with which he efficiently co-operated with 
 Grant in the capture of Richmond. He con 
 tinued in the field until the armies of the 
 James and Potomac passed into the immediate 
 command of Gen. Grant, then Butler took 
 command of an expedition against Fort Fisher, 
 on the Cape Fear River, near Wilmington, 
 N. C. He soon after retired from the field, 
 but remained in service until after the close of 
 the war, when he voluntarily retired to the 
 peaceful avocations of private life. 
 
 Gen. Butler s military career is full of in 
 cidents, trials and successes. He has held 
 many positions critical and responsible 
 sometimes surrounded by difficulties which 
 would have overtaxed the abilities of most 
 men. His capacity has been tested by the 
 most rigorous ordeal known in peace or war, 
 and he has never failed to show himself equal 
 to the emergency. He fought but few battles 
 on the field and gained but few victories his 
 prominent ability as a statesman and jurist in 
 dicating him for appointments in which he 
 was occupied in administrative duties. The 
 campaigns he undertook were prosecuted with 
 all that vigor and energy which characterized 
 his administration of government. No man is 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 43: 
 
 more universally detested in the South, and 
 few are regarded with more favor by the loyal 
 men of the Nation. He retired from his long 
 service in the army with the proud conscious 
 ness of having fought the monster, Secession, 
 from its very first stand until its last retreat. 
 Convinced from the first that it was the incar 
 nation of evil, he pursued the vile heresy into 
 its darkest dens, was in at its death, and helped 
 to bury it under merited infamy and the curses 
 of the American people. 
 
 In person Gen. Butler is a hale, stout look 
 ing man, about five feet, nine inches high, full 
 medium size, large round head, very bald; full 
 brown eyes, very restless; upper lid of the left 
 eye slightly depressed. He wears a heavy 
 black mustache, but no beard; speaks rapidly 
 and usually in a sarcastic and critical vein. 
 He impresses the listener with the idea that 
 Ben Butler is not only a rigid commander in 
 war, but a stern ruler in peace. 
 
 JAMES M. ROTH, of Fisher, 111., entered the 
 Union Army Aug. 2, 1862 as a private in 
 Co. I. 107 111. Vol. Inf. His first expe 
 rience in war was when called upon to face the 
 Rebels at Manfordsville, Ky. He next moved 
 to Thompsonsville, Ky., then crossed the 
 mountains to East Tenn., fought in the battles 
 of Huff s Ferry and Doudridge and then moved 
 to Fort Negley and Knoxville. On Nov. 16, 
 1863 he joined in the Chattanooga expedition 
 and participated in the desperate battles of 
 Campbell s Station, Lookout Mt. and Mission- 
 Ridge. In Feb. he was in that at Buzzard s 
 Roost and whilst on the Atlanta Campaign 
 fought in the charge upon Kenesaw Mt. and in 
 the battle of Lovejoy s Station. After the fall 
 of Atlanta, Mr. Roth s command assisted in 
 the pursuit of Hood and had engagements at 
 Spring Hill, Bear Walla and again at Franklin. 
 In this battle Mr. Roth was struck in the hip, 
 captured and held for 4 weeks, in a rebel tent, 
 until the field was recaptured when he was 
 placed in a hospital for three months. Al 
 though offered, he refused his discharge, and 
 
 whilst suffering from his wounds he took his 
 place in the ranks at Washington and was soon 
 after sent to Ft. Fisher, N. C, where he 
 fought and assisted in taking the place, then 
 pressed on to Ft. Anderson where he had an 
 other conflict. He was here wounded by a 
 limb of a tree cut off by a cannon ball. Al 
 though wounded he refused to leave the field 
 and was soon after found upon the battlefield 
 at Wilmington. His captain observed he was 
 unfit for duty and preemptorily ordered him 
 out, stating: "boy, you are unfit to stand the 
 hard work." Our boy persisted, but for a 
 third time the Captain ordered him to return 
 to the hospital which he consented to do. 
 
 He rejoined the Regt. at Raleigh, N. C., 
 where he was engaged for the last time. He 
 was detailed to assist moving the arms captured 
 from the Rebels at that place, and April 19, 
 1865 news arrived that Lee had surrendered, 
 when Mr. Roth drew his rations that day he 
 held over his head a cracker (hard tack) and 
 said he would preserve it as long as he lived as 
 a memento of his varied war experiences. 
 Faithful to his word he carried it home and 
 after the lapse of 27 years still can hold it up in 
 triumph. It has been exhibited at 21 re-unions. 
 He also has in his possession a medal presen 
 ted by Mr. Goot for the capture of a Rebel spy 
 at Bacon Creek, Ky., afterwards hung at Louis 
 ville, by order of Gen. Boyle. Mr. Roth is 
 fully convinced that a medal presented to the 
 youngest enlisted soldier from" 111., although 
 possessed by another, belongs rightfully to 
 him (Roth), as he lacked 8 days of being 14 
 when he enlisted. 
 
 For a time he was on the staff of Gen. 
 Haskell as also upon that of Gen. Sherman, 
 but at his own request was relieved. He was 
 mustered out at Greensborough, N. C. July 21, 
 1865, having spent 3 years in the service. 
 
 ANDREW SIMON CUTLER, a prominent den 
 tal surgeon of Kankakee, 111., was born 
 at West Medway, Mass., Jan. 9, 1839. He 
 is a lineal descendant of John Cutler, a Puritan, 
 
436 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 who came to this country in 1636, and settled at 
 Hingham, Mass., and became the head of along 
 line of descendants. Simon Cutler, the great 
 grandfather of Andrew Simon Cutler, was a sol 
 dier in the Revolutionary war, and the grand 
 father, Simon Cutler, located in Medway, Mass., 
 and was twice married. The father was Edwin 
 Simon Cutler, who married Martha Grant and 
 had eight children thus described : Andrew 
 Simon, whose sketch is here given ; Adaliza, 
 died in infancy : Henry H., enlisted in the 96th 
 111 Inf., and was killed at Nashville, Tenn., in 
 1864 ; William E., died at the age of one year ; 
 Laura, died at the age of 19 ; Leslie G., a resi 
 dent of Creston, Ind., served in an Ind. Regt. ; 
 Mary, died when six years old ; Herbert, a mer 
 chant, living at Lowell, Ind. 
 
 The father was a farmer, who came West in 
 1852, and made a residence in Lake Co., Ind. 
 He was one of the old Garrison and Phillips 
 abolitionists, very earnest and zealous. He had 
 a personal acquaintance with Henry Wilson and 
 Charles Sumner. In argument on his political 
 views he was well posted, and in debate was a 
 strong and able champion of the cause that in 
 those days required not only ability but bravery. 
 He died in Ind., in 1872, but the mother is yet 
 living. 
 
 Andrew Simon Cutler was educated in the 
 public schools and at the Waukegan Academy, 
 afterward beginning dental work, and finally 
 graduating as dental surgeon, in 1867, at Balti 
 more Dental College, which was the first dental 
 college established in the world. In Sept., 1861, 
 he enlisted in Co. C., igth Ohio Inf., and was 
 mustered in at Alliance, Ohio, and remained 
 there one month, then was ordered to Camp 
 Dennison, and afterward to Columbia, Ky.,and 
 the different points on the Cumberland River, 
 performing guard duty and protecting supplies. 
 After this service a change was made to 
 Bowling Green, reaching it at the same time 
 the rebels evacuated the place. Was then or 
 dered to Nashville, remaining there about three 
 weeks, and joining Critttenden s Div., marched 
 with him to Savannah, Tenn., and the same 
 night started for the battlefield of Shiloh. Ar 
 rived there Sunday at 9 P. M., and participated 
 
 in the battle on Monday. Here Dr. Cutler re 
 ceived a gunshot wound in the left knee, and was 
 sent to the Camp Dennison, Ohio, Hospital, 
 after lying in the field hospital until the Sat 
 urday after the battle. When the wound was 
 dressed the Surgeons thought it would result 
 in the amputation of the leg, but he was fortu 
 nately spared that misfortune. He lay in 
 Camp Dennison until discharged July 29, 1862, 
 when he returned to his home in Lake Co., Ind., 
 soon after engaging in the book business at 
 Crown Point. 
 
 Dr Cutler was first married in April, 1864, 
 in Wilmington, Ohio, to Abbie Nickerson, who 
 died in 1865. He completed his study of den 
 tistry and commenced to practice his profes 
 sion in Lake and Pulaski Counties, in Ind. In 
 Dec., 1869, he married Mary J. Ball, a daugh 
 ter of Judge Ball, of Lake Co., and a native of 
 Ind. In 1867, Dr. Cutler removed to Kanka- 
 kee, 111., continuing the practice of his profes 
 sion, and while by no means ambitious for of 
 fice or making special effort to secure it, he has 
 been particularly favored by his friends with 
 many positions of responsibility. He is a 
 charter member of Whipple Post, No. 414, and 
 has served two terms as its commander; is a 
 member of the American Association for the 
 advancement of science, and the American 
 Institute of Social and Political Science. Has 
 been chairman of the Educational Committee 
 on the Board of Education in Kankakee for 8 
 years, and for the same length of time was 
 Vice-President, and a director of the Kan 
 kakee Building and Loan Association. 
 
 He has been twice specially honored by 
 Whipple Post, No. 414. Once in being pre 
 sented with a beautiful gold-headed cane, and 
 once with a magnificent solid gold Grand Army 
 badge, for his labors in securing the erection of 
 the Kankakee County Soldiers Monument. 
 
 Dr. Cutler is a member of the Baptist Church, 
 serving ten years as Superintendent of Sabbath 
 School. Politically he is a strong Republican, 
 who cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln, 
 and has since voted for the Republican candi 
 dates. This gentleman at once impresses those 
 who meet him as a person of high aims and 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 principles, possessing a strength of character 
 which is the result of wide culture and expe 
 rience. He is comprehensive in his views and 
 conclusions, and his good judgment has ever 
 placed him at the head of affairs where these 
 qualities are demanded. With a creditable 
 war record, a satisfactory practice, honored by 
 public confidence and esteem, Dr. Cutler can 
 with satisfaction contemplate the place that he 
 has won by his efforts after the years of strug 
 gle and conflict. 
 
 M 
 
 AJ. GEN. OLIVER OTIS HOWARD was born at 
 Leeds, Kennebec Co., Me., Nov. 3, 1830. 
 He was educated at Bowdoin College, 
 graduated at the head of his class in 1848. In 
 1850 he entered West Point Military Academy 
 from which he was graduated fourth in his class 
 in 1854. Soon after he was appointed 2nd 
 Lieut in the regular army, and had his first war 
 experience with the Seminole Indians in Flor 
 ida. After this initiation into the practical side 
 of war, he was called to West Point, to assume 
 the chair of Asst. Prof, of Mathematics, in 
 which position he remained until the opening 
 of the civil war. He resigned his position at 
 West Point to enter the volunteer service, and 
 was commissioned Col. of the 3rd Regt. that 
 was raised in Me. for the three years enlistment. 
 Arriving at the seat of war he was placed in 
 command of a Brig, composed of Me. Regts. 
 The disastrous battle of Bull Bun introduced 
 him to the war of the rebellion, which was 
 fought July 21, 1861, and in which the young 
 commander distinguished himself. For his 
 gallant conduct he was made Gen. of volunteers 
 Sept. 3. After this battle he was assigned to 
 the Peninsular campaign in which he took an 
 active part. At Fair Oaks, June i, one of Gen. 
 McClellan s first great battles, Gen. Howard 
 had two horses shot from under him, was twice 
 wounded, the result of one being the loss of 
 his right arm. Disabled by his wounds he was 
 taken from the field and placed under surgical 
 treatment. He rejoined his command in time 
 to take part in the second battle of Bull Run, 
 30. This was another defeat for the Union 
 
 army, and as the commander of the rear guard, 
 of Pope s retreating army, he displayed skill and 
 great coolness. 
 
 He took part in the battle of Antietam un 
 der McClellan, fought Sept. 17, 1862, and was 
 very effective in the management of his 
 command. On November 2Qth he was made 
 a Maj.-Gen. At the battle of Fredericks- 
 burg Gen. Howard s command formed the right 
 of the Union line, under Burnside,and managed 
 his forces with great skill under a terrible artil 
 lery fire from the enemy. The battle resulted in 
 the defeat of the Union forces, yet the com 
 mand of Gen. Howard, with many others, dis 
 tinguished itself for its action in the field. April 
 i, 1863, he was placed in command of the nth 
 A. C. At the battle of Chancellorsville, which 
 began May i, 1863, Gen. Howard again distin 
 guished himself. He commanded the right wing, 
 under Hooker, and was called on to meet the 
 fiery and intrepid Stonewall Jackson, with his 
 host of 40,000 invincibles. Gen. Howard con 
 stantly voted against falling back, and insisted 
 on continuing the fight by advancing on the 
 rebels. After the battle of Chancellorsville the 
 two armies remained inactive for sometime, 
 when the main army of Lee began its advance 
 north in two Divs. This resulted in the ever- 
 memorable battle of Gettysburg, in which Gen. 
 Howard took part as commander of the nth 
 Corps. After the defeat of Gen. Reynolds, 
 Howard had command of the army until the 
 arrival of Gen. Meade on the field. This was 
 on the first day of the fight (July i ). 
 
 About this time the administration had 
 learned that the vital forces of the enemy lay 
 in the southwest, and a change in the conduct 
 of war was determined upon. Accordingly, 
 the nth and I2th corps were ordered to Chat 
 tanooga, respectively under the command of 
 Generals Howard and Slocum, and both under 
 Gen. Hooker. 
 
 On reaching the south side of the Tenn. 
 River, his corps was attacked at Lookout Val 
 ley. They made a gallant stand and drove the 
 enemy back with great slaughter. The pos 
 session of this valley by the nth and I2th 
 corps t restored the line of communication be- 
 
438 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 tween Bridgeport and Chattanooga, and re 
 lieved the army from want and placed it again 
 on full rations. In rapid succession the bat 
 tles of Lookout Mt. and Missionary Ridge 
 were fought, and Gen. Howard s corps was 
 hurried along up the Tenn. River into East 
 Tenn. to relieve Gen. Burnside, who was hotly 
 pressed by Longstreet at Knoxville. The 
 enemy , however, were defeated before How 
 ard s corps arrived and he returned to Chatta 
 nooga. 
 
 In April, 1864, the nth and I2th corps were 
 consolidated to form the 2Oth corps which was 
 given to Gen. Hooker, and Gen. Howard was 
 assigned to the 4th A. C. of the Cumberland. 
 With this corps he accompanied Gen. Sherman 
 in his hundred days fight between Chatta 
 nooga and Atlanta, in which he displayed his 
 usual military skill. July 27th, 1864, Gen. 
 Howard was, by the order of the War Depart 
 ment, placed in command of the Army of the 
 Tennessee which consisted of the i/th and 2Oth 
 A. C. Soon after he assumed this command, 
 Gen. Hood made one of his desperate and 
 peculiar sallies, charging on the Union lines. 
 Gen. Howard s troops were among the first to 
 meet the rebel charge which was repulsed 
 though yielding stubbornly. 
 
 In this engagement the enemy s loss was 
 upwards of 5,000, while that of the Union army 
 was about 500. When Gen. Sherman started 
 on his final march to cut the confederacy in 
 two, Gen. Howard s command was selected to 
 form the right wing of the grand army, on its 
 march to the sea. 
 
 The subsequent march through the Caro- 
 linas terminating with the surrender of Johnston 
 at Durham Station, April 26, Gen. Howard was 
 at the head of his department. The Rebellion, 
 whose chief was to die in the "last ditch" had 
 vanished like-a mist, and Gen. Howard marched 
 to Richmond and then on to Washington 
 where, at the head of his brave department, he 
 participated in the grand review, May 24, 1865. 
 
 After the close of the war, Gen. Howard 
 was appointed Commissioner of the Freed- 
 man s Bureau, which position he held until 
 1872. Covered with military glory, he in this 
 
 position of benevolence furnished indubitable 
 evidence to the world that "peace had its 
 triumphs more renowned than war." In 1861, 
 he was appointed superintendent of the mili 
 tary academy at West Point. Gen. Howard 
 remained in the army serving his country which 
 he helped to preserve inviolate. Though he 
 won his fame on battlefields, he is a Christian 
 of eminent piety. Some believe that his great 
 success resulted from the fact that when going 
 into the battle he was not ashamed to kneel 
 before his men and invoke the Divine blessing. 
 Every Sabbath morning while on the field and 
 surrounded by the dread conditions of war, he 
 would assemble his staff around him and offer 
 up his invocations to the Supreme Ruler of All. 
 While brave in war, he was gentle in peace. 
 As a Christian warrior, he faithfully served his 
 country, reflecting honor on it in the profession 
 of arms, and may justly be remembered and 
 honored as the Havelock of America. 
 
 WILLIAM J. GAHAGEN, a charter member 
 of John Buford Post, No. 243, of 
 Rock Island, 111., was born Aug. 30, 
 1844, at Bedford, Bedford Co., Pa., and is the 
 son of John Y. and Elizabeth (Reddig) Gaha- 
 gen. His father, a son of the same State, was 
 born in 1817, later located in the Prairie State 
 and died at Duquoin at the age of 38. His 
 mother who was of German ancestry, dates the 
 day of her birth back to Jan. 27, 1824, at Rox- 
 bury, Pa., and is still enjoying the best of 
 health, living immediately beside the pleasant 
 home of her only son. William spent his boy 
 hood days and attended school at Mount 
 Pleasant, Pa. After bidding "good-bye" to his 
 studies, he took up the trade of shoemaker 
 which he continued up to the time of the 
 breaking out of the great rebellion, when, 
 though only a youth of barely eighteen sum 
 mers, he offered his services and accordingly 
 enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, at Coal Valley, 111., in 
 Co. H., 1 26th 111. Inf. His Co. was mustered in 
 at Camp Dixon, 111., later camped at Camp 
 Douglas, Chicago, and then went to Alton, 111., 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 439 
 
 where it joined the Regt. doing picket duty 
 and guarding the prison located there, up to 
 the time it was ordered to Jackson, Tenn. 
 From here they moved on to Humboldt, Tenn., 
 and now began the real duties of war. Lively 
 skirmishes with the enemy were of frequent 
 occurrence, and on Dec. 31, they encountered 
 the rebels under Gen. Forrest in a desperate 
 fight which continued from 10 A. M. until 2 P. M. 
 Although the enemy outnumbered the union 
 forces four to one, they were repulsed and fell 
 back leaving the field in possession of the latter 
 forces that had fought them so heroically for 
 four hours, and had during that time captured 8 
 pieces of artillery and 500 prisoners, the I22nd 
 suffered a total loss of 80 in killed, wounded 
 and missing. After this they rendezvoused at 
 Humboldt until the latter part of Feb., 1863, 
 next moving on to Jackson. Tenn., Grand Junc 
 tion, Bolivar, Miss., then returning to LaGrange, 
 Tenn., where they guarded the railroads, and 
 later, joined Gen. Grant s army which was mov 
 ing on to Vicksburg, Miss. 
 
 Here during the long and memorable siege, 
 which resulted in the surrender of Vicksburg 
 July 4, 1863, our young soldier was active in 
 the rear of the army where the Regt. was bus 
 ily engaged in holding the rebels under Gen. 
 Johnston, in check. After this victory they 
 moved on to Helena Ark., where his Co. joined 
 the 7th A. C., later, marched on to DuVall s 
 Bluff, Ark., then on to Little Rock, Ark. having 
 been engaged in numerous skirmishes and 
 minor fights. At Little Rock, Ark., the rebels 
 were located in strong fortifications, but on the 
 arrival of Gahagen s command they fled, aban 
 doning their works, and leaving a well-cooked 
 supper in preparation for the Union boys, who, 
 at once took possession and lost no time in 
 partaking of the rebel flavored viands. After 
 remaining several days they retraced their 
 steps to DuVall s Bluff where they went into 
 winter quarters, doing guard duty up to 
 March, 1864, after months of marching. The 
 next occasion on which we find our soldier boy 
 fighting, and one in which his Co. suffered the 
 .loss of several wounded, was at Clarendon, 
 -Ark. Here let our reader picture a running 
 
 fight which continued almost without interrup 
 tion for three successive days of hot weather. 
 During all this time imagine our brave Union 
 boys going without any food, with scarcely 
 any drink, and only such water as could be 
 gathered in the pools along the wayside, stag 
 nant pools which the enemy comtaminated 
 with the carcasses of dying horses, or dead 
 mules, and you can better realize some of the 
 many privations and many hardships of a sol 
 dier s life. 
 
 After several marches they moved on to St. 
 Charles, Ark., where they camped during the 
 winter, doing guard duty and almost constant 
 foraging. In the spring they moved to Pine 
 Bluff, where they remained several months, 
 again subsisting only on w r hat they could 
 forage, this time being obliged to go out as far as 
 the Sabine River. The great rebellion was now 
 over, and on July 12, 1865, Mr. Gahagen was 
 mustered out, returned to Springfield, 111., where 
 he was duly discharged and paid off, having 
 served his country faithfully, never having gam 
 bled and never having been arrested or confined 
 in a guard house during his entire service. He 
 returned to Rock Island, 111., resumed his former 
 trade and in 1867 took up carpentering which 
 occupation he followed successfully up to the 4th 
 day of July, 1872, Mr Gahagen being a true 
 patriot loyally set aside this day, the anniversary 
 of his country s birth, and dedicated it to the 
 memory of bygone heroes. He was Orderly 
 Sergeant of the Rock Island light artillery, a 
 part of the State militia, under w hose auspices 
 the celebration took place at Davenport, la., 
 and on this occasion, through the premature 
 discharge of a cannon, he met with the sad 
 misfortune of having his right fore arm, which 
 had so faithfully carried his gun through the 
 many ordeals of war, shot so badly that it 
 necessitated its amputation. He was thus 
 obliged to discontinue the carpenter trade and 
 was subsequently appointed as guard at the 
 Govt. Magazine at Rock Island, 111. At 
 present Mr. Gahagen is employed as night 
 watchman for Weyerhauser & Denkmen s 
 mammoth saw mill, a trusted position which 
 he has held successively for the past 17 years. 
 
440 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 On Aug. 30, 1868, at Rock Island, 111., he 
 took to himself, as wife, Fredericka A. D. Zer- 
 rahn, daughter of Carl and Dorethea (Schultz) 
 Zerrahn, who were natives of Germany, and 
 who after emigrating to America, settled down 
 at Davenport, la. There were born to them 
 five children, viz.: Dora E., now Mrs. Paul 
 Heinztberger; Edward S., who died when a 
 boy; Seblinna Mary, Benjamin S., and Minnie S. 
 
 Mrs. Gahagen and her daugher, Mrs. Heintz- 
 berger, are members in good standing of the 
 Endora Rebecca Degree Lodge, No. 73, I. O. 
 O. F. Mr. Gahagen is an Odd Fellow, is a 
 member of the A. O. U. W. Lodge, and is fore 
 man of the Franklin Hose Company of this 
 city. In 1889, he was elected to the important 
 office of Township Collecter, an office which 
 requies a bond and security to the amount of 
 $250,000, receiving the largest majority ever 
 given any candidate. 
 
 COL. ANTHONY R. MOCK is one of Cam 
 bridge s (111.) prominent citizens. He 
 was born in Randolph Co., Ind., June 
 5th, 1836. He was a grandson of Daniel Mock 
 who was a native of Davie Co., N. C., at the 
 place now known as the town of Mockville, 
 which received its name in honor of the family 
 and is the county seat of that county. He was 
 a soldier in the war of 1812 and fought in sup 
 port of his country. John Mock, the father of 
 our subject, was born in Green Co., Ohio. 
 March 7th, 1811, and afterwards became an 
 honored and respected citizen of Randolph 
 Co., Ind., having been elected to and adminis 
 tered the honorable and distinguished office of 
 Associate Judge for the Circuit Court of Ran 
 dolph Co. He was twice married, and four 
 children besid.es our subject resulted from that 
 marriage. By his second marriage he had five 
 children viz: Frank M., Eliza, Belle, William, 
 and Nettie, and is still living having by reason 
 of strength reached four score and one (81) 
 years. His first wife died in 1846. Col. Mock- 
 resided with his father in Randolph Co. until 
 June, 1855, when he moved with him to Cam 
 
 bridge, 111. He attended the Randolph Co. 
 Seminary. He then learned the blacksmith 
 trade, but not finding that occupation con 
 genial to his tastes, applied for and received a 
 certificate as school teacher and followed that 
 avocation a few terms. His father, after his 
 term upon the bench expired, engaged in the 
 hotel business, in which our subject assisted in 
 conducting for some years, after which he fol 
 lowed various pursuits until the outbreak of the 
 Rebellion when he concluded to lend a hand 
 in putting down what was then looked upon as 
 of trivial importance and easily suppressed. He 
 accordingly tendered his services for the army, 
 and enlisted at Geneseo, 111., as a private, Sept. 
 10, 1861, rendezvoused at Chicago where he 
 was mustered in, as a private in Co. C., 9th 111. 
 Cav. 
 
 He was appointed ist Sergeant (or Orderly 
 Sergeant) of Co. C., then transferred to Co. H., 
 and promoted to 2nd Lieut, of Co. H., then 
 transferred back to Co. C., and promoted to ist 
 Lieut, of Co. C., then detailed to act as Regi 
 mental Quartermaster during the absence on 
 sick furlough of the Quartermaster, then pro 
 moted Captain of Co. B., then promoted Major, 
 and finally was promoted to the Lieut. -Colonelcy 
 of the Regt. 
 
 It would simply be impossible to follow in 
 anything like detail the wanderings of Col. 
 Mock and his Regt. from the time they left 
 camp in Chicago until mustered out more than 
 four years later, so we will, therefore, content 
 ourselves with giving an outline of the places 
 and country passed through during that long 
 and eventful period. Arriving at Benton Bar 
 racks, near St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 18, 1862, the 
 Col. and his Regt. marched to Pilot Knob, 
 Jacksonport, Ark., Helena, where they re 
 mained for some time operating in the sur 
 rounding country. Thence to Memphis, Tenn., 
 Corinth, Miss. Raiding through Miss, and 
 Tenn. Moving from there again they marched 
 by the way of and crossing the Tenn. River at 
 Cliffton, Tenn., to Pulaski, Middle Tenn., Flor 
 ence, Ala., thence back to Pulaski, then to near 
 Florence, in front of Gen. Hood s command, 
 afriving there Nov. 6, 1864. They remained in 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 441 
 
 front of Hood s army skirmishing daily, and 
 finally fell back in front of Hood s army to 
 Nashville, and participated in driving Hood 
 back across the Tenn. River. The next move 
 was to Eastport, Miss., luka, Decatur, Mont 
 gomery, Selma, Gainesville, and back to 
 Selma. The gth 111. Cav. was an active fighting 
 Regt., and from the time it encountered Gen. 
 Forrest s command in Tenn. and Miss, was en 
 gaged in almost daily skirmishes with the 
 enemy, until the final collapse of the Con 
 federate army. Col. Mock participated in the 
 following battles: Cachie River Bridge, Wad- 
 dell Farm, Stewart s Plantation, La Grange, 
 Helena, Okolona, Coffeeville, Coldwater, Gren 
 ada, Salem, Wyatt, Salisbury, West Point, 
 Mount Ivy, Guntown, Pontotoc, Tupelo, Old 
 Town Creek, Abbeville, Oxford, Shoal Creek, 
 Lawrenceburg, Campbellville, Franklin, Nash 
 ville, Rutherford s Creek, Ross Farm. 
 
 In the battle of Nashville Col. Mock s Regt. 
 fought upon both days and was the first to enter 
 the rebel fort which his Brig, captured, and 
 which was the first break in Gen. Hood s line, 
 and immediately afterward joined in the pur 
 suit of the rebel army. In March of 1864 he 
 veteranized and accepted, with his men, .a 30 
 days furlough, which was his only absence from 
 his Regt. for nearly four years, except when he 
 proceeded North in the winter of 1865 in con 
 nection with the recruiting service, rejoining his 
 command when that work was performed. He 
 and his Regt. were mustered out at Selma, Ala., 
 on Oct. 31, 1865, and were subsequently paid 
 off and discharged at Springfield, 111. 
 
 Col. Mock was married to Mary J. Vestal, 
 Dec. 7, 1865, by whom he has three children 
 Horace J., Ruth and Edward A. He is a mem 
 ber of the Masonic fraternity ; of the A. O. U. W. ; 
 of Post No. 436, G. A. R., at Cambridge, of 
 which he is the present Commander; and in 
 politics he is a Republican. Since his with 
 drawal from the army he has studied law; has 
 followed that profession ever since, and has 
 held the position of Prosecuting Attorney for 
 Hem^ 1 and Rock Island Counties; was a dele 
 gate to the Republican Convention at Cincin 
 nati in 1876; elected and served as a member 
 
 of the State Legislature for two terms, 1879- 
 1881; Township trustee for several years, and 
 in Nov., 1890, had the honor of being nomi 
 nated and elected as a County Judge of Henry 
 County. 
 
 Col. Mock is a gentleman in the true sense 
 of the word, commanding the respect of a 
 large circle of acquaintances, irrespective of 
 their creed or politics. 
 
 GEORGE L. KINNEAR, of Elgin, 111., a native 
 of New Brunswick, who gave valiant 
 service for the defense of the U. S. in 
 the war for National Union, was born Sept. 23, 
 1842. His father, Andrew Kinnear, a carpenter 
 and farmer, was born in 1816. . The mother 
 whose maiden name was Elizabeth Kline, a 
 native of Halifax, was born in Nov., 1820. 
 George L. was the third of the family of fifteen 
 children. His brothers, William and Albert 
 served under the stars and stripes, the former 
 in Dodson s Kane Co. Cav., and died while a 
 soldier at St. Louis. Albert was in an 111. Inf. 
 Regt. and is now living. 
 
 George L. Kinnear came to the U, S. in 
 1844, landed in Me. where he remained one 
 year, and then moved to Kane Co. 111. Here 
 he went on to a farm, attended district school 
 as opportunity afforded, and thus grew to man 
 hood. In 1861 the alarm of civil war burst over 
 the land, stirring the fires of patriotism in every 
 loyal heart. This call reached Mr. Kinnear 
 and he promptly responded by enlisting Aug., 
 1861, at Geneva. 111., in Co. A., 52nd 111. Inf. 
 He remained in Camp about three months dril 
 ling and performing the routine duty of the new 
 soldier, when the first movement was made to 
 Benton Barracks, St. Louis. Here he found 
 his brother William, who had enlisted in another 
 company, dead, and he secured a ten days 
 leave of absence to take the remains home. 
 Returning to Benton Barracks, he found the 
 Regt. had moved, but as he was taken sick with 
 measles he could not proceed for 30 days. 
 When sufficiently recovered, he secured trans 
 portation and rejoined his comrades at St. Joe, 
 
442 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Mo. Moved the next day, by cars to Hanni 
 bal and marched to Quincy, where the river 
 was frozen over and the ground covered with 
 snow. No shelter was provided for the men 
 that night, and they secured protection where- 
 ever it could be found. From Quincy the 
 Regt. by degrees moved southward to the seat 
 of war, the first point reached was Smithland, 
 Ky., then to Ft. Donelson, which having sur 
 rendered before the Regt. arrived, it remained 
 on the boats until disembarked at Cairo. From 
 there the 52nd was sent to Chicago in charge 
 of prisoners captured at Ft. Donelson. 
 
 It remained ten days, then proceeded to 
 Pittsburg Landing, where it lay some weeks 
 before the battle. On the evening of April 4, 
 the ominous notes of the long roll vibrating 
 through the camp, called the men into line of 
 battle, but after a few minutes, orders were 
 given to break ranks and the soldiers went to 
 their quarters. Nothing more of importance 
 occurred until Sunday April 6, when the army 
 was again called out. Mr. Kinnear was on 
 special duty in camp, but begged permission of 
 the captain to be allowed to fall in and go with 
 his comrades to the front. The engagement 
 had already begun when his division was or 
 dered up, and as it proceeded to its place, met 
 wounded men on their way to the rear. Inquir 
 ing of them "How is it in front"? the reply 
 would be, " My regiment is all cut up." The 
 52nd, became engaged between 10 and n 
 o clock, the first attack coming from the ene 
 my s cavalry, which was repulsed to be suc 
 ceeded by an infantry charge, under which the 
 regiment was compelled to fall back, being 
 gradually forced to retire until it came to the 
 bank of the Tenn. River. Mr. Kinnear while on 
 the river bank saw men plunge into the river 
 and drown to escape capture by the enemy. 
 Early in the morning, orders were given to fall 
 into line. Soon a start was made for the front, 
 where the fight began about ten o clock. The 
 rebels made no resistance, but fell back grad 
 ually and by noon had disappeared. The loss 
 of Co. A., in the battles here, was 3 killed and 
 some 16 or 17 men wounded, and that night 
 after the second .day s battle it returned to its 
 
 old camp, but found its tents badly damaged 
 by bullets. 
 
 The next day Mr. Kinnear was detailed to 
 assist in burying the dead. The army after 
 some preparation moved to Corinth, where the 
 52nd, was held in and around on scouting and 
 garrison duty until the latter part of Sept. when 
 it went on the luka campaign and returned to 
 Corinth. On the night of Oct. 2, Mr. Kinnear 
 was on picket duty, the lines being drawn close 
 to camp. In the morning in going to his 
 quarters, he discovered his Regt, had just gone, 
 on orders to march with three day s rations. 
 He joined it and about one mile north of the 
 town, they met the rebel cavalry which were at 
 the right of Ft. Robinette, and in the engage 
 ment that followed Mr. Kinnear received a 
 gunshot wound, from a bullet which passed 
 through the muscles of the left arm and going 
 on through his folded blanket, made 16 holes 
 in it and then lodged in his ribs. He extracted 
 the ball and has it now in his possession. Col. 
 Sweeney ordered him to the rear, and making 
 his way to the Mobile and Ohio depot, he 
 remained there during the night with other 
 wounded men, but could not sleep on account 
 of the cries of the disabled, and the rebel shots 
 that came through the building. In the morn 
 ing he went on to the street, and witnessed the 
 battle in progress around Corinth, and the next 
 day returned in an ambulance to the old Camp 
 Montgomery, which was about two miles from 
 the city. 
 
 In a few days Mr. Kinnear was transferred 
 to the hospital at Mound City, 111., where he 
 remained about 30 days and returned to his 
 Regt. under the protest of the Surgeon. He 
 reported at Corinth and was ordered to report 
 to the Surgeon in the morning, who after ex 
 amination said he would send him back but did 
 not. He was given light duty during the win 
 ter and in July was ready for regular service. 
 In Oct. a move was made to Germantown, back 
 to Corinth, then on to Pulaski with occasional 
 skirmishing with the enemy s forces. At Pu 
 laski about three-fourths of the Regt. re-enlisted 
 and went home on furlough in Jan., 1864, re 
 turning to Pulaski where preparations were 
 
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 443 
 
 made for the Atlanta campaign, which started 
 May 3. The 52nd bore a conspicuous part in 
 the battles of Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Lay s 
 Ferry, Rome Cross Roads, Dallas, Kenesaw 
 Mt. Nickajack Creek, Decatur and before At 
 lanta and Jonesboro. Mr. Kinnear participated 
 in every skirmish, march and engagement that 
 his Regt. was called into during the campaign 
 to Atlanta. 
 
 Up to this time he had served as a private, 
 but in July was made corporal, and in Oct. was 
 elected ist. Lieut, by his Co. and received his 
 commission at Savannah from Gov. Yates. 
 The Regt. left Rome, where it had moved to, 
 joined in the march to the sea and lay at Savan 
 nah until the army was ordered forward. At 
 this place Lieut. Kinnear was placed in com 
 mand of Co. E., and held this position until he 
 arrived in Goldsboro. He was then assigned to 
 command a Brig, of Foragers for two days, 
 after arriving at Raleigh, where he camped un 
 til the surrender of Johnston. From this place 
 the regiments started on the race for Richmond 
 and Alexandria, where preparations were made 
 for the final review at Washington. Lieut. Kin- 
 near witnessed the review of the Army of the 
 Potomac and marched with his company on the 
 2nd day of the review in Gen. Sherman s army. 
 He camped then at Georgetown until late in 
 June and took cars for Parkersburg to embark 
 on transports to Louisville, where he was as 
 signed to position of acting Q. M. of the regi^ 
 ment, which he held until discharged from 
 military service, July 12, 1865. 
 
 On his return to Kane County, Mr. Kinnear 
 resumed his farm duties and performed them 
 about three years, then went West, but on 
 learning of his father s death, returned to 111. 
 He afterward made Elgin his home and has 
 there been connected with the police force, act 
 ing four years as patrolman and three years as 
 Chief of Police. 
 
 Now. 21, 1869, Mr. Kinnear was married in 
 Chicago, to Alice O. Jackson, and the two chil 
 dren born to them, are both dead. He holds 
 membership with the Odd Fallows, Foresters, 
 Woodmen, and G. A. R. In politics he is a 
 Democrat. This gentleman can certainly con 
 
 template his war record with satisfaction, and 
 the positions of honor and trust that he has 
 held since his return to civil life show the con 
 fidence and esteem he has won and merited. 
 
 M 
 
 AJ. GEN. AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE was born 
 at Liberty, Union Co., Ind., May 23, 
 1824. He was educated at West Point 
 Military Academy, where he graduated in 1847. 
 He entered military service as 2d Lieut, in the 
 2d Regt. of Regular Artillery at the City of 
 Mexico, in Oct. 1847. Was promoted to ist 
 Lieut, in the 3d U. S. Art., and remained in the 
 regular army until 1853, when he resigned his 
 commission and returned to peaceful life. At 
 the breaking out of the late Rebellion, he was 
 appointed Col. of the ist Regt., April 17, 1861; 
 promoted to Brig. Gen. of volunteers, Aug 6, 
 1860, and to Maj. Gen. March 18, 1862. He 
 served in the Mexican war under Gen. Scott in 
 1846 and 1847, an d in the Indian wars in N. M. 
 in 1849 an d 1850. He went early into the war 
 of the Rebellion, and remained until the last gun 
 was fired. Gen. Burnside participated in Gen. 
 Patterson s campaign in West Va., in Gen. Mc 
 Dowell s campaign in E. Va., in Gen. McClel- 
 lan s campaign in Md., and in Gen. Grant s 
 campaign against Richmond. He took part in 
 the first battle of Bull Run, battles of South 
 Mt., Antietam, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North 
 Anna, and Petersburg, In the spring of 1862, 
 he commanded an expedition against Roanoke 
 Island and Newbern, N. C. Both these im 
 portant places were captured, garrisoned and 
 held until the end of the war, and Gen. Burn- 
 side from that time became a favorite of the 
 public. 
 
 At the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 
 1862, he commanded the Union forces. During 
 the summer of 1863, when John Morgan, the 
 great rebel raider, made an excursion into Ind. 
 and Ohio, Gen. Burnside issued orders to have 
 the river policed by armed vessels. By these 
 timely orders, every ford was securely guarded 
 and every avenue closed against the retreating 
 foe. The whole squad of rebel adventurers 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 were driven like birds into a net, surrounded, 
 captured, disarmed, and turned into military 
 prisons. Soon after the capture of Morgan, 
 Gen. Burnside was ordered to take and hold 
 East Tenn. 
 
 He proceeded south and attacked Cumber 
 land Gap, this fortification being regarded by 
 the enemy as invulnerable. He assaulted the 
 works on all sides and captured it Sept. 10, 
 1863. Sept. 19 and 20, the battle of Chicka- 
 mauga was fought and the Army of the Cum 
 berland was shut up by a siege at Chattanooga, 
 and unable to furnish any succor to Gen. Burn- 
 side whose army was destitute of rations and 
 suffering terribly from the rigors of winter. 
 The enemy, having full information as to the 
 number of Gen. Burnside s forces and of his 
 many embarassments, now sent Gen. Long- 
 street with a corps of tried veterans numbering 
 16,000 men to capture the army and take pos 
 session of East Tenn. To meet this emergency 
 Gen. Burnside had concentrated 15,000 men at 
 Knoxville. A severe battle ensued at Camp 
 bell s Station, Nov. 14, 1863. The Union 
 troops by order of Gen. Burnside, fell back to 
 Knoxville. After shelling the works, the 
 enemy assaulted with much fury, and closed 
 around the fortifications with fixed purpose to 
 take them by storm. Longstreet imperiously 
 demanded a surrender. Burnside answered 
 promptly, " No." Day after day the storming 
 columns rushed madly on the Union works, 
 only to be slaughtered in heaps before the 
 forts. Erom Nov. 18, until Dec. 6, the heart 
 less butchery continued, and Longstreet drew 
 off his bleeding and disappointed army. Dur 
 ing this investment Burnside and his little 
 army remained in painful suspense. After the 
 gallant victory Gen. Burnside was again trans 
 ferred to the East, and took part in Gen. 
 Grant s campaign against Richmond, Va. We 
 have now hastily sketched the military history 
 of Gen. Burnside, one of the most popular 
 Union Generals. Continuing in service until 
 the end of the war, everywhere with distin 
 guished ability, he was followed from the field 
 by the affections of the army and the gratitude 
 of the Nation. At the close of the war he re 
 
 signed his commission and retired to private 
 life, became a candidate for gubernatorial 
 honors, and was made Governor of Rhode 
 Island. In person he was a stout, heavy built 
 man, five feet, nine inches in height, dark com 
 plexion, bilious temperament, hair and eyes 
 black, bald on top of his head, and usually 
 wore heavy side whiskers. He died Sept. 3, 
 1881. 
 
 THE subject of this sketch is a man who 
 has established his fidelity to his country, 
 and his record as a patriot by his wooden 
 leg. He is a member of the G. A. R., a resi 
 dent of Moline, 111., and his name is Henry 
 Karstens. The oldest of a family of six, he 
 was born Feb. 24, 1836, at Holstein, Germany, 
 and is the son of Jacob and Gescha Karstens, 
 both natives of Germany, who emigrated to 
 America in 1870 and located at Moline, 111., 
 where the father died in 1874. The mother is 
 is still living with her son. Henry s happy 
 boyhood and school days were spent in his 
 native town where he learned, and subsequently 
 followed the carpenter trade up to his 2Oth 
 year, when he bid good-bye to his good old 
 Fatherland and sailed for America, landing at 
 Davenport, la., and resuming his former calling 
 up to the time his newly adopted country was 
 being threatened with the internal foes. He 
 lost no time in responding to the very first call 
 for volunteers, enlisting at Davenport, la., May 
 10, 1861, Co. G., Captain Vantz, ist Iowa Inf. 
 The Regt. was equipped and mustered in at 
 Keokuk, la., next moved on to Brownsville, 
 Mo., later to Springfield, Mo., marching along 
 the Ozark Mts., and encountering almost con 
 stant skirmishing with the bushwhackers and 
 guerrillas, all along the route. They went into 
 camp and were engaged in picket and guard 
 duty, and shortly after an all night s march, 
 fought the rebels under Gen. Price in the hot 
 and bloody battle of Wilson s Creek, Aug. 10, 
 1861, Karstens command arriving on the 
 grounds early in the morning and taking their 
 position in the centre and near the front. The 
 
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 terrible conflict in which the Union forces lost 
 570 in killed, wounded and missing, raged all 
 day. 
 
 On the following day its time of service 
 having expired, the Regt. was sent to St Louis 
 Mo., and discharged. Mr. Karstens returned 
 to Davenport, where he remained but a few 
 months when his patriotic spirit again prompted 
 him to advance for the protection of the good 
 "old flag." He re-enlisted as ist Corporal, Dec. 
 4, 1861, at Davenport, la., Co. G., i6th Iowa 
 Inf. March 16, 1862, the Regt. went to Benton 
 Barracks. St. Louis, Mo., where it was equipped 
 ready for action, then embarked for Pittsburg 
 Landing. Two days later, after laying on its 
 arms the entire night, it participated in the 
 memorable and stubbornly fought battle of 
 Shiloh, Karstens command again being in the 
 very front and the thickest of the firing where 
 the bullets hissed without intermission, the en 
 tire day. Here while bravely fighting, our 
 gallant soldier was severely shot in the right 
 leg. He was soon transported to an ambulance 
 wagon, and taken to the hospital at the river, 
 and later removed to the hospital at Savannah, 
 where he remained about three weeks, when he 
 was transferred to hospital at Quincy, 111. Af 
 ter being confined about a month, he received 
 a four weeks furlough to go home, returning at 
 once to the field and rejoining his comrades at 
 Bolivar, Tenn., in the famous "Crocker s Iowa 
 Brigade," universally noted for its excellent 
 fighting material. Here, and in the neighbor 
 ing country we find him participating in several 
 hard-fought skirmishes, and shortly, the boys 
 in blue marched bravely on to luka, Miss., 
 where, Sept. 19, 1862, they fought the short, 
 but most desperate battle of luka, Karstens 
 Regt. losing about 225 in killed and wounded. 
 Here on the tragic battlefield, while heroically 
 facing^rolley upon volley of the rebel shot and 
 shell, while his brave comrades were falling 
 thick and fast, our gallant soldier was not only 
 shot in his body with twelve buckshot, but was 
 struck with a minie ball which so badly shat 
 tered his right knee joint, that it necessitated 
 the immediate amputation of his leg, even 
 while the turbulent smoke of musketry and 
 
 cannon was still hovering near him. After un 
 dergoing this most painful operation he was 
 transported by ambulance to luka Springs 
 Hotel, and subsequently taken to hospital at 
 Jackson, Tenn., where he lay hovering between 
 life and death for six months, and only for his 
 remarkably strong constitution would doubtless 
 never have survived the ordeal. Finally he was 
 transported with a crutch and one leg to Mem 
 phis, Tenn., where he was mustered out, March 
 11, 1863. 
 
 Mr. Karstens was married Aug. 20, 1863, at 
 Moline, 111., to Christina Neva, with whom he 
 had already exchanged love in his old Father 
 land. To them were born six children, namely: 
 George, August, Henry, Lillie, William and 
 Frank all living. Mr. Karstens is a member 
 of Schiller Lodge, No. 11, A. O. U. W., Moline, 
 111., and is a good and highly respected citizen. 
 
 RICHARD JAMES HANNA, one of the most suc 
 cessful and popular business men of 
 Kankakee, 111., has a genealogy and fam 
 ily history which is worthy to be recorded. 
 He is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bird) 
 Hanna, and was born Oct. 24, 1835, at Staten 
 Island, N. Y. The Bird family can be traced 
 back to the I2th century in Scotland, but sub 
 sequently moved to England, and in 1830 emi 
 grated to America, settling on Staten Island. 
 The Hanna ancestry is traced to Scotland, but 
 located in the north of Ireland in 1730. Robt. 
 Hanna, the first one of the family to move to 
 America, came to Pittsburgh, Pa., about 1820. 
 Thomas Hanna emigrated to the U. S. and 
 made his residence on Staten Island, where he 
 had a family of children, of whom six lived to 
 adult years. They may be thus briefly sketched, 
 except Richard J. to whom more space will be 
 given: Isaac, deceased; Elizabeth, who is the 
 wife of William Cole of New Jersey; Mary, 
 married James Bingham and died at Royal Oak, 
 Mich., in 1889; Sarah J., wife of S. G. Parker, 
 of Jersey City, N. J.; Thomas enlisted in the 
 9th N. Y. 3 months militia, and when his time 
 
446 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 expired re-enlisted and joined the 83d N. Y. 
 Inf., and was promoted to 1st Lieut, in a col 
 ored Regt. 
 
 Thomas Hanna; the father became a resi 
 dent of N. Y. City, and in politics was a strong 
 Clay Whig, and afterwards a Republican. He 
 died in 1869, and his wife died in 1867. They 
 were Episcopalians, and strict adherents of that 
 belief. 
 
 Richard J. Hanna passed the greater por 
 tion of his youthful days on Staten Island, and 
 while yet in his teens learned the carpenter s 
 trade with Mr. W. S. Hunt. Subsequently he 
 came to 111. and has the honor of erecting the 
 first house in what is now Chebanse, also the 
 first one at Clifton, Iroquois Co. Aug. 7, 1859, 
 he married Ann Frith, a native of England, and 
 had five children who are named: Isaac B., Car 
 rie E., William E. (deceased), George B. (de 
 ceased), and Lizzie M. He became a citizen 
 of Kankakee Co. in 1855, locating on section 1 1, 
 Otto Township and began a mercantile career 
 at Chebanse in 1856, in which he continued un 
 til the defiant attitude of Southern Secessionists 
 showed that every lover of his country must, 
 hold himself in readiness to make any sacrifice 
 to maintain the National Union, and when at 
 last the stern appeal to arms sounded like a 
 tocsin through the land that had grown and 
 prospered in the genial lap of peace, he 
 promptly responded, and leaving wife and 
 children and business, presented himself a will 
 ing subject to his country s service. He was 
 mustered in Co. H., ii3th 111. Inf., as Orderly 
 Sergt., notwithstanding he had previously been 
 appointed 2nd Lieut, by the Governor, and 
 after the ordinary preliminary experience of a 
 newly enlisted soldier in drill and guard duty, 
 he marched with his Regt. to the front and was 
 an active participant in the battles and marches 
 of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Milliken s 
 Bend, Siege of Vicksburg, Spanish Fort, Fort 
 Blakely and Mobile. 
 
 He was soon promoted to a captaincy in 
 the 5ist U. S. colored Inf., June, 1863, anc > in 
 April, 1865, to the rank of Major. A more de 
 tailed account of his army experience may 
 prove valuable and interesting. Soon after mus 
 
 tering in at Chicago the Regt. was ordered to 
 Memphis, where it remained but a few days, 
 and, under Gen. Sherman, went to Oxford. Re 
 turning to Memphis, started for Vicksburg to 
 form a junction with Gen. Grant, who, on account 
 of destruction of supplies at Holly Springs, 
 was forced to return, and Sherman s army made 
 the attack alone, but was unsuccessful. After 
 that expedition went to Arkansas Post, and 
 captured it, with about 6,OOO men and arms, and 
 returned to Young s Point, opposite Vicksburg, 
 and held that place until March. 
 
 In April was sent on the Deer Creek expe 
 dition. The next movement was down the river 
 to Hard Times Landing, and on the Vicksburg 
 campaign. The H3th was in battle at Vicks 
 burg, and took part in the charges May 19-22. 
 and was one of the regiments assigned to picket 
 duty through the siege and capture of that city. 
 In June, 1863, he was detailed by Gen. Sherman 
 to organize the colored troops, and formed the 
 1st Miss. Inf., receiving commission as Capt. of 
 Co. E., and went into camp at Milliken s Bend. 
 While at this place was in one of the bloodiest 
 engagements of the war, which was made 
 upon the raw colored troops by an attack 
 ing party of rebels, who were repulsed with 
 a loss of 125 killed, while the Union force 
 lost 10 killed and 40 wounded. Here, as in 
 other engagements, the colored troops demon 
 strated their desperate bravery under the 
 fire of battle. Expeditions and marches in 
 different parts of the country filled the time 
 until late in 1864, when Major Hanna \vent 
 to Vicksburg to do garrison duty, and re 
 mained there until Feb., 1865, then went with 
 Gen. Steele s expedition against Mobile ; was 
 sent to New Orleans, where the Regt. camped 
 until March, when it was ordered to Barrancas, 
 Florida, and sent into the country toward Mont 
 gomery to draw the forces from Spanish Fort 
 and Fort Blakely, which had the desired effect. 
 The Regt. went to Fort Blakely, and was pres 
 ent at its capture. Major Hanna s men were 
 the first to enter, and he was the first white 
 Union officer inside the Fort. He was then 
 sent on an expedition up the Alabama River to 
 Montgomery, and back to New Orleans. He 
 
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 went to Alexandria, on the Red River, and occu 
 pied that country until his command proceeded 
 to Baton Rouge, serving until June, 1866, when 
 he was mustered out. After the occupation of 
 Fort Blakely he was promoted to the rank of 
 Major for valiant service at that place. 
 
 After serving his country actively and faith 
 fully in all the tedious marches and bloody 
 scenes of civil war, Major Hanna received an 
 honorable discharge from the service when 
 there was no doubt of the thorough defeat of 
 the secession element, or of the permanent vic 
 tory for the Union, which is now more than 
 ever " one and inseperable." On his return to 
 his home Major Hanna engaged in the grocery 
 business, which by tact and ability he has es 
 tablished an extensive trade, prosperous and 
 permanent, until to-day it is the largest house 
 of its kind in the city, complete in all its de 
 tails. In addition to his army and business 
 record, Major Hanna has a history as a leading 
 citizen, which attests beyond question that he 
 fully possesses the utmost confidence of the 
 public, as he has held all the important posi 
 tions of trust and responsibility that he has 
 been willing to accept from his fellow citizens. 
 He has held positions on the Board of Super 
 visors and City Council, and the Board of Ed 
 ucation, of which he is President. In 1882 he 
 received the appointment of Postmaster, and 
 as might be anticipated, has filled this position 
 creditably and satisfactorily. In 1880 he was 
 one of the delegates from his district to the 
 Chicago Convention, and was one of the his 
 torical 306 who stood to the last for the nomi 
 nation of Gen. Grant for President, and in 1888 
 was an elector on the Presidential ticket. He 
 has always been one of the staunchest Repub 
 licans, and believes that the party that saved 
 the Nation is the safest one to rule its destinies. 
 
 LIEUT. HENRYG. GRIFFIN, a prominent farm 
 er residing near Cambridge, 111., was born 
 in Stockbridge, Berkshine Co., Mass., 
 July 19, 1819, and was a son of John and Mary 
 (Hoag) Griffin. The father, a native of Stock- 
 
 bridge, was of Welsh descent, and was a soldier 
 in 1812. Before his marriage, the father was a 
 weaver by trade, and afterwards became a car 
 penter. In 1841 he moved to Mercer Co., 111., 
 and lived upon a farm until his death, June 4, 
 1865. The mother, a member of the M. E. 
 Church, who died Jan. 11, 1890, aged 92 years 
 and 6 months, was born at Brunswick, N. Y., of 
 English parentage. To this father and mother, 
 John and Mary Griffin, seven children were 
 born, three of whom are now living. These 
 are Hulda, wife of Anson Calkins, residing at 
 Alpha, 111.; Septimus, a farmer in Green Town 
 ship, Mercer Co., and Henry G., a short sketch 
 of whose life is here given. 
 
 Reared in Mass., where he received a com 
 mon school education, Henry G. Griffin, in 
 1838, moved to Mercer Co., and obtained em 
 ployment in breaking prairie and working on a 
 farm for three years, and went into Warren Co. 
 in 1842, and then into Henry Co., in 1844, where 
 he now lives, having made farming his lifelong 
 occupation. In 1861, April 7, his son, John A., 
 enlisted in Co. D., i/th 111. Vol. Inf., and served 
 until March, 1866, although severely wounded 
 in the thigh at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, 
 in 1862, coming out as a Lieut. Mr. Griffin 
 feeling that duty called him to follow the ex 
 ample of his son, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, in Co. 
 D., 1 1 2th 111. Vol. Inf., leaving the farm and 
 family in the care of his wife and younger son. 
 He was mustered in as ist Lieut, at Persia, Sept. 
 20, 1862. 
 
 In a few weeks these new soldiers were sent 
 to Covington, equipped and ordered to the front 
 at Lexington where a camp was made during 
 the winter. March 29th, the Co. was forwarded 
 to Danville, Ky., where it first encountered the 
 enemy and smelled the smoke of battle. It 
 marched then in succession to Hickman s Bridge, 
 Lancaster, and Dix River. On the way to Somer 
 set the bridge was found to be burned and the 
 Co. returned to Lancaster and marched to Crab 
 Orchard. The following morning it started out 
 again for Somerset, but the night found it at Sty- 
 galls, where it was compelled to camp in a terrible 
 snow storm. This night the cavalry in advance 
 captured a lot of cattle from a force of rebels 
 
448 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 that was on the way to Lexington. When the 
 Cav. returned to camp with the cattle and a re 
 port of the rebel force, Co. D. was sent in pur 
 suit falling back as far as Crab Orchard and 
 going into camp a few miles from Danville. 
 Here it remained until formed into a mounted 
 Co. It then went to Somerset, doing duty as 
 scouts for a month along the Cumberland 
 River, where there were many detached bodies 
 of the enemy engaged in the same line of war 
 fare. Taking a short furlough, Lieut. Griffin 
 made a trip home, and rejoined his Regt. at 
 Somerset and made, soon after, the Sanders 
 raid with 62 men under his command. On this 
 raid he was out nearly 15 days and almost con 
 stantly in the saddle. Meeting the enemy at 
 Wortburg, he had a skirmish, capturing a squad 
 of rebels, over 100 in number, then pressed on 
 to Clinch River, crossing at Clinton and mov 
 ing down to Loudon, ontheTenn. River, where 
 the object of the expedition was to destroy the 
 railroad bridge, but there were too many rebels 
 gathered there for this small force, so instead 
 of entering the town, the raiding party turned 
 toward Knoxville where it arrived at night 
 making a small demonstration, and in the 
 morning went above Knoxville and began the 
 destruction of R. R. Bridges at Strawberry 
 Plains and Mossy Creek, where the homeward 
 trip began. 
 
 Lieut. Griffin on this raid was out 14 days 
 and lost 14 pounds of weight, showing that 
 such a raid was not without its cares and re 
 sponsibilities. He had but just retuned from this 
 expedition when he was sent with 100 men to 
 Lexington, Ky., with about 500 worn out 
 horses and other stores to be exchanged for 
 new supplies. This had been accomplished but 
 a day or two when the force was sent after Mor 
 gan, who was devastating that region by his 
 rapid raids. , The rebel guerrilla was overtaken 
 just as he was leaving Lebanon, and the Fed 
 eral force remained in this locality about a 
 month gathering up stragglers that Morgan in 
 his rapid movements had left in his rear. 
 Lieut. Griffin was detailed with a squad of men 
 to preserve the peace at Columbus, Ky., during 
 the election there, after which he rejoined his 
 
 command at Lancaster and was ordered to 
 Crab Orchard, where this force united with the 
 army of Gen. Burnside, which was moving on 
 its campaign into East Tenn., marching through 
 Athens toward Calhoun on the Hiawassa River, 
 where the rebels were stationed and gave skir 
 mish. Marched on to Knoxville and shortly 
 afterwards back over the same road part of the 
 way to Phila. Tenn., near which an engagement 
 took place with some of Forrest s Cav., which 
 was dispersed. For some days shifting posi 
 tions were taken in the locality when the 
 troops were ordered back to Loudon, then to 
 Knoxville where they were posted to guard 
 the approaches from Longstreet s army which 
 was already investing that point. On the out 
 post there was a fight all day, and the position 
 was held until four o clock, when Lieut. Griffin 
 was ordered to the other side of the hill to sup 
 port a Regt. that was closely pressed there and 
 almost surrounded. He detailed his men, 32 
 in number, and started over the hill under fire 
 of the enemy. When he reached the summit 
 there were only 11 men with him, the others 
 having fallen on the way up. 
 
 Just as he reached this point and was wait 
 ing for the struggling little band to rally, an 
 order came to fall back an order which nine 
 of the men who had now overtaken their leader 
 and one comrade, were able to obey, but the 
 Lieut, and his one follower, when they reached 
 the summit of the the hill, in advance of their 
 comrades, found themselves facing about 20 
 rebel muskets which almost touched them. He 
 was ordered to surrender and he was under the 
 necessity of obeying, but questioned whether 
 death would not be better than confinement in 
 the rebel prisons. This event occurred Nov. 
 1 8, 1863. He was taken to the rear of the rebel 
 lines and the following day marched to 
 Loudon, and thence to Richmond, Dec. I, 1863, 
 and was here given his choice of rooms in 
 Libby prison where there were about 1,100 of 
 ficers of all ranks divided into messes. He 
 was put into mess 22 and the first salutation in 
 the morning was "Mess 22 come and get your 
 hash." The rations here, issued once a day, 
 consisted of a piece of corn bread four inches 
 
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 square, and two inches thick almost as hard as 
 a brick, a little rice and cow peas. At first a 
 little meat was given. To pass away the time, 
 the men would read, and play cards, chess, 
 jackstraws, etc., day after day. All were re 
 quired to be promptly in line at roll call, and if 
 one was a minute late he would be punished. 
 If boxes from home came for the prisoners, 
 they were certain to show evidences of rob 
 bery before reaching their destination. 
 
 In May the prisoners at Libby were marched 
 to Macon, Ga., and 1,200 men were placed in 
 a stockade on about two acres of ground. 
 Here they fared better at first than at Libby. 
 They were removed to Charleston, Aug. 24, 
 and some were placed in the jail yard and kept 
 there until Oct. 6, right under the fire of the 
 Federal guns. The next move was to Colum 
 bia where the prisoners were placed in an old 
 abandoned field strongly guarded. When 
 the rebels, thinking they were fit subjects for an 
 insane asylum, moved them to that institution 
 on the other side of the city. Feb. 17, they 
 were marched to Charlotte, N. C., then to Ra 
 leigh where Gen. Johnston was hard pressed, 
 so to secure men to reinforce him the prison 
 ers were paroled, but not exchanged until they 
 reached Goldsboro, sometime after. The ex 
 change was effected April 26, 1865, after Lieut. 
 Griffin had been held a prisoner fifteen and 
 one-half months. 
 
 After reaching the Union lines, Lieut. Grif 
 fin was sent to Rock Point and delivered to the 
 Union forces, and then marched to Wilmington, 
 a distance of 14 miles, and there met his own 
 regiment, and the " boys " of his own company 
 gave him a grand reception, after which he ob 
 tained a 30 days leave of absence, and came 
 home to visit his family. Returning he joined 
 his Regt. at Greensboro, N. C., and assumed 
 command of his company, until mustered out at 
 Greensboro, N. C., June 20, 1865, and discharged 
 at Chicago, July 7, 1865. With a consciousness 
 of a patriotic duty done, Lieut. Griffin returned 
 to his home an d resumed the work he had left 
 to defend his country against internal foes. 
 
 Henry G. Griffin and Isabella McGaughey 
 were married Aug 4, 1840, and nine children 
 
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 have been born to them, of whom are living- 
 John A., Mary A., Rebecca A., Julia A., and 
 Sarah A. Mr. Griffin and wife are members of 
 the Congregational Church at Cambridge, of 
 which they are now the only original members, 
 and in which he has sevred as deacon about 
 40 years. 
 
 Deacon Griffin has always taken an active 
 part in church matters, and given his influence 
 politically with the Republican party. He is an 
 old pioneer in Illinois, and a gentleman whose 
 opinions are regarded with consideration, and 
 whose character and reputation are such as to 
 demand the universal respect and esteem which 
 he so widely and justly enjoys. 
 
 DANIEL L. FOSTER, a native of Crawford 
 Co., Pa., born Nov. 3, 1845, enlisted in 
 the Union army, in 1864, and was mus 
 tered in as a private in Co. A., 3rd Minn. Vet. 
 Vol. Inf., at St. Paul, Minn., in August, of that 
 year. 
 
 The Regt. proceeded to Helena, Ark., 
 thence to DuVall s Bluff, where they were en 
 camped for three months, then moved to Little 
 Rock, and later to Fort Smith, where they re 
 mained for upwards of a month, upon guard 
 duty. 
 
 They subsequently moved to Pine Bluff, and 
 there were ordered in pursuit of Robin, the 
 rebel bushwhacker, and were upon his trail for 
 nearly three months, then went to Batesville, 
 returning to Ball s Bluff, where the outlaw was 
 captured. This chase was a long and exciting 
 one and to accomplish the end in view, occu 
 pied several months, as he was a clever, active 
 fellow, and when pursued too hotly, changed 
 his garb to that of a female. 
 
 Mr. Foster was mustered out at Fort Snel- 
 ling and discharged. He was a son of John W. 
 and Josephine (Finney) Foster, who were the 
 parents of the following children, besides our 
 subject, viz.: Charles A., Sarah L., Sedelia R., 
 Chester C., Viola B., and Roy W. 
 
 Daniel married May A. Pease, by whom he 
 had the following children William A., Law- 
 
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 rence F., Maud Pearl Effie, Albert, Daniel L., 
 and George. George Foster the grandfather 
 of Daniel, was a soldier in the Union army, 
 and also fought for his country throughout the 
 war of 1812. 
 
 Our subject was wounded in the leg at the 
 skirmish of Fletcher s Woods, taken prisoner, 
 and held for one day, then paroled. He is a 
 Republican. 
 
 WILLIAM A. P. TOTTEN, a resident of 
 Rock Island, 111., was born Jan. 17, 
 1844, at Providence, R. I., and is the 
 son of Levi P. and Freelove A. (Pierce) Tot- 
 ten. His father was born in 1820, at South 
 Kingston, was the son of a lawyer of high re 
 pute, and died when only 24 years of age. His 
 mother is a native of Providence, where she was 
 born April 13, 1823, and is still living at the 
 pleasant home of our subject. 
 
 William was reared in his native city, and 
 received a thorough education in the public 
 schools. He learned the jewelry and watch 
 making trade, but subsequently followed the 
 sea up to the time he went forward to battle 
 for the preservation of the stars and stripes, 
 though only 18 years old. He enlisted Aug. 26, 
 1862, at Edgartown, Martha s Vineyard, Mass., 
 in Co. H., 1st Mass. Inf. The Co. went into 
 camp at Camp Cameron, Mass., and shortly 
 moved to the front, joining the Regt. under 
 Col. Robert Cowden, at Fairfax Seminary, Va., 
 Dec. i, the noble army marched on and went 
 into camp at Falmouth, Va. There the "boys" 
 were engaged in constant camp and picket 
 duty, and on Dec. 13, 1862, we find young 
 William thoroughly initiated in the tragic 
 duties of a soldier on the battlefield of Freder- 
 icksburg. After fighting gallantly the entire 
 day in the advance, facing volley upon volley 
 of rebel shot and shell, they were during the 
 entire night actively engaged, skirmishing al 
 most without intermission. 
 
 The next morning they fell to the rear and 
 were ordered to cook coffee and wash out their 
 guns. On this occasion William snapped the 
 
 cap on his gun, which unbeknown to him con 
 tained a little powder, thus causing a report, 
 for which slight and innocent offense he was 
 court-marshaled and fined $26.00, ortwo months 
 salary. After this terrible and horrible battle, 
 in which the Union forces lost over 12,000 in 
 killed, wounded and missing, the army went 
 into winter quarters on the old grounds opposite 
 Fredericksburg. 
 
 About the following May they started on 
 the Burnside failure, historically known as the 
 " Mud march." Onward they moved, and soon 
 they became mired in the bottomless mud, 
 horses and mules lay scattered about helplessly, 
 and thus they were forced to retreat, doing so 
 only under the greatest of difficulties, tearing 
 down houses and fences, anything to make a 
 corduroy road. Finally returning to camp 
 Burnside was retired, Hooker taking command, 
 and anon began the preparations for the 
 slaughter at Chancellorsville, Va., May 1-4, 
 1863. 
 
 During the outbreak of this bloody battle 
 Totten s command was ordered to the left, 
 then fell back to partake of some supper, and 
 just as the "boys" began their feast, the long 
 roll beat loudly, and then "Forward, March!" 
 in double quick to relieve the nth Corps which 
 had been attacked by the rebels under Stone 
 wall Jackson. 
 
 Taking their position on the right of the 
 plank road, they did constant fighting and skir 
 mishing during the entire night. At daybreak 
 the rebels fell down upon them heavily, and 
 they were forced to retreat back to where 
 Hooker lay prepared with his entire artillery, 
 which anon, opened and literally mowed the 
 enemy down. After remaining in camp several 
 weeks preparing for the Gettysburg campaign, 
 they moved on about June I. Onward "to do 
 or die," regardless of the dreary dust and the 
 fact that our soldier boy was suffering severely 
 with blistered feet. On they tramped on, on, 
 on. Finally one day, William growing somewhat 
 tired thought he would prefer to ride. Accor 
 dingly when the sick roll beat, he readily re 
 sponded with the balance of the lame ( ?) boys. 
 Pleading sick, he was after some controversy 
 
E, J. SEARLE. 
 
 E. H. BOWMAN. 
 
 J. ALEX. MONTGOMERY. 
 
 THOMAS CAMPBELL. 
 
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 45 
 
 admitted into the ambulance and was assigned 
 to the seat which consisted of a concave sur 
 face about five inches wide. Soon he dis 
 covered that walking was preferable to this 
 style of a vehicle, but procuring some very fine 
 "apple jack" in a mill by the wayside, the dis 
 comfort was greatly relieved, and thus he held 
 on, though under difficulties, for the balance 
 of the day. 
 
 After halting at Bridgeport, where they 
 could easily hear the cannonading during the 
 first day at Gettysburg, the tramp was resumed, 
 marching all night, and the next morning the 
 Regt. having arrived on the field was immedi 
 ately assigned to a position at the Peach 
 Orchard, where the skirmishing continued ac 
 tively all day, the Co. having four men killed, 
 among whom was Totten s immediate comrade, 
 and our soldier, himself, having the heel of his 
 shoe shot off. Driven from the field about 4 
 P. M., they fell back in a pell mell condition, 
 and the following morning again rallied to the 
 front, and this, the last day, Totten s Regt. did 
 most excellent work, supporting the battery. 
 Pursuing the retreating rebels, the Regt. con 
 tinued marching and counter-marching with the 
 army up to the time it was loaded into stock 
 cars and transported to N. Y. to aid in sup 
 pressing the riots during the drafting of 
 1863. 
 
 After remaining there until about Oct., dur 
 ing which time young William acted as Orderly 
 to Gen. Canby, the Regt. returned and joined 
 the army at Centerville, Va., where under cold 
 and heavy rain, with no tent or any protection, 
 the "boys" did heavy fatigue work, many tak 
 ing seriously sick. After remaining in winter 
 quarters at Brandy Station until March, 1864, 
 they started on an expedition, fighting the 
 enemy at Locust Grove, and after a hot skir 
 mish at Mine Run returned to the old camp 
 grounds. Again moving out they unexpectedly 
 met the enemy on the second day. Totten s 
 command was forward in the line of battle and 
 ordered into the woods. Hardly had they 
 entered when they met their own skirmishing 
 line, who had been slow in advancing and soon 
 the entire rebel force who had been quietly in 
 
 ambush, popped up and poured volley on vol 
 ley, literally mowing down the Union "boys," 
 who were forced to retreat in a pitiful and con 
 fused condition. After bivouacking the entire 
 day they again participated in the bloody 
 second day s battle of the Wilderness, the regi 
 ment this day losing fully 50 in dead and 
 wounded, but our soldier boy, though again 
 in the front, fortunately escaping without a 
 wound. 
 
 After marching all that night they continued 
 participating in almost constant skirmishing up 
 to May 11, the day they were ordered on skir 
 mish line at Spottsylvania Court House about 
 9 P. M., and engaged in heavy skirmishing the 
 entire night, the Regt. again losing about 20 in 
 killed and wounded. The following day, May 
 12, our gallant soldier was again bravely 
 engaged under 13 hours of steady, heavy firing 
 before Spottsylvania, his regiment this time los 
 ing over a hundred men in killed and wounded. 
 The next day they marched until about 2 
 P. M., halted for bridge building, and at dusk 
 again encountered the enemy, fighting the 
 entire night, and capturing about 8,000 prison 
 ers, who were marched into Grant s headquar 
 ters the next day. While in camp the Regt. 
 was mustered out, and finally discharged at 
 Boston, Mass., May 24, 1864. 
 
 Thus comrade Totten after having bravely 
 participated in many of the very heaviest and 
 most important battles of the war, returned, and 
 again took to the sea, following it until 1869, 
 when he went West and located at Davenport, 
 Iowa, and in 1871, moved to Rock Island. For 
 the past 21 years he has acted in the important 
 and entrusted position of foreman and super 
 intendent of labor, at the U. S. Arsenal located 
 there. 
 
 Mr. Totten found his ideal wife in the per 
 son of Malvina Rapp, the amiable and ladylike 
 daughter of Christian and Anna M. (Astor) 
 Rapp, who were of German descent. 
 
 To them were born three children, namely: 
 William C., Lombard M. and Thomas B. Mr. 
 Totten is a member of the G. A. R., and is a 
 liberal-minded, courteous gentleman whom it 
 is a pleasure to meet. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 HENRY WINTER, a merchant and jeweler 
 of Hanover, 111., is a native of Prussia, 
 where he was born June 22, 1841. He 
 immigrated with his parents to Mass, in the 
 year 1844, and continued to reside in the New 
 England States until 1854, when they moved 
 West, settling in Carroll Co. 111. The father 
 served nine years in the army of his native 
 country, and became the parent of five sons, 
 besides our subject, and two daughters. John, 
 one of the sons, was in the late war, having 
 served in Battery B., 1st 111. Light Art., and is 
 now living in South Bend, Ind. Henry received 
 his education in the district schools East. 
 
 Aug. 30, 1861, he enlisted at Galena, for the 
 war, and was mustered as a bugler in Co. A., 
 45th 111. Vol. Inf., but in the first engagement 
 pitched his bugle and shouldered his gun in 
 stead. His Regt. continued at Galena fora time, 
 then moved to Chicago, and Jan. 15, 1862, pro 
 ceeded to Cairo, and subsequently on the Fort 
 Donelson Campaign. In that battle the Regt. 
 lost several of its men in killed and wounded, 
 and Feb. I3th young Winter was struck in the 
 head with a ball, which has never been entirely 
 removed. He was taken to Mound City hos 
 pital, where he continued unconscious for sev 
 eral days, his life being despaired of for weeks. 
 He was subsequently removed to Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, and placed in a Jewish hospital until con 
 valescent, and then sent home, after a hospital 
 life of about three months, arriving near the end 
 of May, 1862. He recovered and rejoined his 
 Regt. June 19, at Jackson, Tenn., making a re- 
 connoissance of Humboldt July I, returning to 
 Jackson, and on Aug. I2th was detailed, with 
 175 others, to guard at Medon Station, and 
 whilst there was attacked by about 4,000 men 
 under Longstreet. The garrison piled up bales 
 of cotton, as protective works, and for three 
 hours kept the enemy at bay until reinforce 
 ments arrived and relieved them from the per 
 ilous position. 
 
 Mr. Winter s chum, W. C. Benefield, was 
 killed. The men rejoined their Regt. at Jack 
 son, Nov. 2, and started upon that ever mem 
 orable Tallahatchie expedition, the object of 
 which was to get into Vicksburg via the rear. 
 
 The Regt. was besieged during the campaign 
 for about two weeks and the only food obtain 
 able was rotten corn. 
 
 Men were wanted to run the blockade under 
 the Vicksburg batteries, whereupon Gen. Logan 
 said the "Lead Mine Regt.," meaning the 45th 
 111., would volunteer for the service, which they 
 did, every man of them, being many more than 
 were required. Mr. Winter and many of the 
 Regt. were excused and afterwards started for 
 Grand Gulf, then towards Thompson Station, 
 where he fought all day May I, defeating the 
 rebels; then went in pursuit of them, engaging 
 them at Raymond for several hours, and again 
 in the midst of a heavy thunderstorm at Jack 
 son, defeated them and captured the city. Con 
 tinuing the pursuit of the enemy, he was 
 encountered again at Champion Hills, where 
 one of the severest battles of the war was 
 fought. He w r as afterwards assigned as Ward 
 Master in the field hospital, where he was soon 
 captured and paroled. Later he assisted in the 
 siege of Vicksburg, until the fall of that city. 
 
 He went home, arriving July 23, returning 
 again to Vicksburg, Oct., 13, then went to 
 Black River and after some skirmishing re 
 turned to Vicksburg, Dec. 28, he was examined 
 by the surgeon and pronounced unfit for field 
 service, and accordingly transferred to the 
 veteran Reserve Corps, and Jan. 27, another ex 
 amination confirmed the previous report. In 
 the early days of April, he proceeded to Wash 
 ington, obtained a furlough and returned home. 
 Rejoining his Regt., then at Freeport, the 45th 
 all having been furloughed, he proceeded with 
 them to Cairo, then to St. Louis, where the 
 Veteran Reserve Corps was formed. He was 
 made a drummer and with his Regt. went to 
 Washington, camped there for a time, after 
 wards moving to Harrisburg, where Mr. Winter 
 was discharged Sept. 5, 1864, some weeks after 
 the term ot his enlistment had expired. 
 
 He then returned home, and 15 days after 
 quitting the service was married to Minerva 
 S., daughter of W. and Sarah Johnson. Mr. 
 Winter has been a Notary Public, and Justice 
 of the Peace for 16 years, and Police Magis 
 trate for several years. He was the first Com- 
 
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 mander of the John O. Duer Post, No. 399, G. 
 A. R., and has served several terms since. He 
 is a member of Plumb River Lodge, No. 554, 
 A. F. & A. M.; of the K. of L.; and also of the 
 Fanners Alliance. His chosen calling was a 
 farmer, but his illness contracted during the 
 war unfitted him for heavy physical labor, hence 
 he abandoned it and has since been engaged 
 in the jewelry business. 
 
 ON the pages of this book are portrayed 
 the names and deeds of those who left 
 their loved ones and their occupations, 
 went to the front, and by their bravery and 
 devotion to the Union and the "old flag" saved 
 this great Republic from being destroyed. It 
 will contain the deeds of the rank and file, the 
 backbone of the Union army and among these 
 none are more justly entitled to representation 
 than comrade J. M. Holt, the .gentlemanly 
 Postmaster of Molinc, 111. He hails from 
 Golden, N. Y., and dates his birth Feb. 21, 
 1844. His father, Arnold Holt, who in 
 his youth w r as 1st Lieut, of the Bennington 
 Rifle Co. of Vt., was born at Sharon, Vt., July 
 5, 1/94, and was a descendant of Nicholas 
 Holt, who emigrated from Fngland in 1635, 
 and settled at Newbury, Mass. His mother, 
 Hannah (Millington) was born at South Shafts- 
 bury, Vt., and was also of English ancestry. 
 Up to his iith year John lived and attended 
 school at Buffalo, N. Y. Moving with his par 
 ents to Moline, 111. he resumed his studies for 
 three years, and then learned the art of print 
 ing. In this excellent institution of learning 
 he continued until he volunteered to go to the 
 " Front" as a son of war, of but 17 years. He 
 enlisted at Moline, 111., Dec. I, 1861, Co. H., 
 8th Kan. The Regt. was organized at Fort 
 Leavenworth, Kan., Feb. 15, 1862, and com 
 manded by Col. John A. Martin, the famous 
 soldier Governor of Kansas. It moved to the 
 city, did provost guard duty, and subsequently 
 marched to Fort Riley, crossing the John 
 Brown battlefield, en route, where it camped 
 and was drilled by the famous Lieut. Robin- 
 
 ette. Returning to Fort Leavenworth, May 
 27, they embarked for Columbus, Ky., under 
 the almost constant fire of bushwhackers. 
 Moving on to Corinth they were constantly 
 engaged in scouting and repairing railroads. 
 During the time of the Buell campaign, they 
 marched on to Louisville, Ky., and Oct. 8, 
 1862, met the enemy in that bloody battle of 
 Perryville, Ky. 
 
 From here Holt s Regt. led the advance on 
 to Lancaster, drove the enemy out of the town 
 and crowded them close on to Crab Orchard, 
 Ky. Shortly, the entire army retraced its steps 
 to Nashville, Tenn. Here, on the Franklin 
 Pike, the Regt. bravely held the line of battle 
 for about two weeks, with our soldier boy sta 
 tioned on the outposts, where he faithfully 
 stood as a target, with others, for the rebel rain 
 of bullets, fortunately escaping without an in 
 jury. During the battle of Stone River the 
 "boys" of the 8th Kan. were constantly on duty 
 at Nashville, Tenn., day and night, guarding the 
 prisoners and forwarding several thousand 
 North. On this occasion comrade Holt noticed 
 that "Andy" Johnson was invariably giving 
 carte blanche to noted rebels, while Union men 
 were unable to receive admission to headquar 
 ters. After remaining at Nashville five months, 
 we next find our soldier engaged in the battles 
 and skirmishes which ended in the capture of 
 Tullahoma. The next march was to Deckerd 
 Station, and while camped here, the Regt. was 
 detailed to capture a squad of bushwhackers 
 who lay fortified in a basin of a mountain about 
 25 miles off. Forward they moved, completely 
 routing them, and capturing many prisoners 
 with all their horses and provisions. Onward 
 again and camped at Stevenson, Ala. Here on 
 the early morning of Aug. 30th, the 8th Kan. 
 was the first Regt. to move across the Tenn. 
 river, where lay the enemy. Bravely the com 
 mand pressed on, their line being strengthened 
 with artillery, and repulsing the foe. During 
 this short but hot conflict our comrade had 
 another narrow escape one of the whizzing 
 balls, indeed, passing between his legs. After 
 weeks of skirmishing and hard marching, climb 
 ing and reclimbing Lookout Mt., we find our 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 youthful hero fighting bravely in one of the 
 bloodiest conflicts of the rebellion, the battle 
 of Chickamauga. 
 
 At 7 o clock on the morning of Sept, 19, 
 1863, just as the "boys" were breakfasting, 
 came the sound of the signal gun. Instanter 
 all was dropped, and forward the Div. marched 
 to meet the enemy near the Widow Glenn 
 House. Onward, "to do or die," even within 
 50 feet of its main line, hid as it was, behind a 
 wall of shrubbery. The conflict was fluctuating 
 back and forth they rallied over the field, 
 crimsoned with human blood. Time after time 
 our "boys" bravely rallied, holding their line 
 until dark, when they were relieved. During 
 the raging battle nearly every man who stood 
 by the side of comrade Holt was killed or 
 wounded, and poor George Veasey while stand 
 ing directly at his front had his brains blown 
 out, thus passing from active duty to grim 
 death, in a flash of a gun. The next morning 
 the firing was reopened. Soon the Union forces 
 were split, and the Regt. was ordered to fall 
 back. Holt and his immediate comrades, not 
 hearing the order, came within 20 feet of being 
 captured. Retreating right in face of the 
 entire enemy s shot and shell, he was the only 
 one of his Co. who passed a rebel battery in 
 the flank, back to the rallying point without 
 getting shot, verily, as if by a miracle. Every 
 other one was either killed or wounded, and 
 brave David Sayle, who was within four feet 
 of our subject, was literally blown to atoms, his 
 sad remnants lying scattered about the tragic 
 scene. The battle raged furiously the entire 
 day, and at night the Union forces withdrew 
 to Rossville Gap near Chattanooga, the gallant 
 8th Kan. alas, leaving 57 per cent, of their entire 
 number on the field either killed or wounded. 
 After another days heavy firing, the Union 
 forces fell back to Chattanooga where the 
 skirmishing continued incessantly until Oct. 
 2O, when the army was reorganized, and the 
 Regt. was attached to Willick s Brig., Wood s 
 Div., 4th A. C. which brought it in line of bat 
 tle directly in front of Orchard Knob, where, 
 Nov. 23, another hot battle ensued, ending in 
 the capture of Orchard Knob by the 8th Kan. 
 
 Nov. 24, the " boys " lay in skirmish line all 
 day, and the story of their gallant and desper 
 ate charge on Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, will 
 echo through history long, long after the heroes 
 are dead and gone. 
 
 The attack was made at 4 P. M., then on 
 ward! onward! up the Ridge, facing volley 
 upon volley of deadly firing, and before the 
 setting sun had reflected its scarlet splendor 
 upon that bloody scene, the stars and stripes 
 were proudly floating upon the summit Holt s 
 command, which was again in the advance, be 
 ing one of the first to pierce the rebel fortifica 
 tions, capturing 300 prisoners, 300 stands of 
 small arms, and 17 pieces of artillery. Three 
 days later, the Div. started on a forced march 
 to relieve Burnside at Knoxville, Tenn., arriving 
 at Strawberry Plains, Dec. 7, after a most ar 
 duous tramp through sleet, ice and cold rain. 
 It was on such an occasion that the "boys" 
 damned the army contractors who delivered 
 paper-sole shoes, our soldier boy s feet bleeding 
 badly, the soles of his shoes having nearly 
 dropped off. Here they built a bridge across 
 the Holston River, and shortly after, drove the 
 rebels under Longstreet into Va. About this 
 time the major portion of the Regt. returned 
 home on furlough, young Holt, however, re 
 maining with the 68th Ind. After months of 
 continued camp duty, we find him actively en 
 gaged in the Atlanta campaign; rejoining his 
 Regt. June 28, 1864, en route to Kenesaw Mt., 
 participating in the battle there. From this 
 time on to Sept. I, our soldier was almost con 
 stantly under fire, sometimes day and night 
 without intermission. On July 22, in the battle 
 of Atlanta, Gen. McPherson met with his death. 
 During the confusion of a hot skirmish on the 
 night of the 24th, Holt and his immediate com 
 rades were left between the two fires, the other 
 "boys" falling back. There they lay hugging 
 the ground, as if riveted, with shot and shell 
 whizzing above them fof an interval of ten or 
 fifteen minutes. 
 
 Aug. 26th the great flank movement was 
 inaugurated, terminating in the hard fought 
 battles of Jonesboro and Lovejoy Station, and 
 the fall of Atlanta, comrade Holt having par- 
 
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 ticipated in the entire campaign, with a loss to 
 the Regt of 25 per cent, of their number. Oct. 
 3, 1863, they followed Hood, headed him off at 
 Resaca, drove the enemy into Gaylesville, Ala., 
 thence marched to Chattanooga, where they 
 were transported to Huntsville, and marched 
 to Pulaski, Tenn., arriving Nov. ist. Nov. 23 
 they started on a race for Columbia, Tenn., 
 marching all night and beating the enemy but 
 a short time. On the morning of Nov. 30th we 
 find our "boys in blue" skirmishing their way 
 to Franklin. Dec. i they moved to Nashville, 
 and were at once employed in the fortifications. 
 Dec. 7 comrade Holt received his discharge, 
 his term of service having expired a week prior. 
 As the loyal soldier was about to take his leave, 
 he was called back by the captain, who asked 
 him if he would like to take with him his 
 wounded but faithful gun. Responding joy 
 fully in the affirmative, he was escorted to the 
 colonel, who presented it to comrade Holt, 
 with: "Take it and preserve it, John, you have 
 most dearly earned it!" Thus after three years 
 of most active service, having had only two 
 days leave of absence, and having traveled 
 3,680 miles, our loyal soldier returned home 
 crowned with honor, but badly broken down in 
 health, which, alas, he has never quite regained 
 since, arriving at Moline Dec. 10, 1864. Mr. 
 Holt kept a detailed and most complete jour 
 nal while in the army. This he prizes dearly, 
 together with his gun, which was wounded in 
 his hands at Chickamauga; a rebel sharp 
 shooter s ammunition pouch captured at Chat 
 tanooga; cartridges made at the tower in Lon 
 don and captured on the summit of Missionary 
 Ridge, besides other articles of note and interest. 
 
 After his return Mr. Holt established him 
 self in the grocery business, which he continued 
 nearly up to the time he received the appoint 
 ment as Postmaster, May i, 1890. He is a 
 member of R. H. Graham Post, of Moline; a 
 Mason; also a member of the A. O. M. W.; and 
 the Modern Woodmen of America. 
 
 Has been a member of the State Militia 
 since it was reorganized, and for the past 9 
 years Q. M. of the 6th Regt. 111. Nat. Guards, 
 and was for 5- years Sergt. of Moline Co. 
 
 He found his ideal wife in Miss Maria W. 
 Hitchcock, the highly estimable daughter of 
 Rev. Allen B. and Francis E. (Hotchkiss) 
 Hitchcock, whom he joined in wedlock at Mo 
 line. By this happy union were born, Mabel D., 
 Geo. D., and Niel Allen. 
 
 A leading and representative citizen, a true 
 soldier, and an affectionate father, Mr. Holt is 
 an honor to any community a gentleman in 
 the best sense of the term one who has justly 
 won the love, respect and esteem of many 
 friends. 
 
 HORACE C. BKINTNALL, of Elgin, 111., was 
 born in Windham Co., Vt., Nov. 10, 1837, 
 and his parents, Prosper and Amy (John 
 son) Brintnall were also natives of that State. 
 The father was a farmer by occupation. The 
 family consisted of four children, viz.: Ervin, 
 Lorin, Laurette,and Horace C. The early days 
 of the latter were spent on the farm, but he at 
 tended school during the winter season, until 
 he was fifteen years old, when he moved to 
 Elgin, 111., and was a student for a time in the 
 Elgin Academy. At Elgin he learned the trade 
 of carpenter and worked in that place until the 
 date of his enlistment, Sept. 25, 1861, in Co. G., 
 52nd 111. Inf., being mustered in at Geneva, 111. 
 After nearly two months of camp duty here, 
 the Regt. was transferred to Benton Barracks, 
 St. Louis, and assigned to garrison duty, until 
 a march was ordered to St. Joseph, where Co. 
 G. was employed to guard the railroad bridge 
 at Bush Run, and to do scouting duty. It was 
 next sent to Stewartsville, for guard duty on 
 the railroad, and soon moved to St. Joseph, 
 Cairo, and Ft. Holt, and marched from Palmyra 
 to Quincy where it camped two nights and en 
 joyed a feast given by the ladies of that place. 
 From Quincy a movement was made to Ft. 
 Holt, where preparations were made for the 
 more serious work of the soldier. Anon orders 
 came that turned the regiment toward the field 
 of conflict. It went to Smithtown, Ky., then 
 started for Ft. Donelson, and arriving just after 
 the surrender, \vas detailed as guard for the 
 
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 prisoners, being sent subsequently, with the 
 guard that conducted them to Chicago, where 
 the Regt. remained on guard duty for a short 
 time, when it was ordered to Pittsburg Landing. 
 Here danger and death were to be met face 
 to face. The 52d was stationed on the front 
 line. In the opening of the fight it withstood 
 a charge of cavalry, most bravely repulsed it, 
 and held its place in front during the whole 
 day although suffering heavy loss. At night it 
 formed a new line back of the first and slept on 
 its arms until morning. On the second day of 
 the fight it was also actively engaged. 
 
 Here Mr. Brintnall secured a furlough for 
 30 days, and made a visit home, joining his 
 Regt. at Corinth in time to participate in that 
 siege, in which it was near Ft. Williams, and on 
 the second day was in the hottest of the engage 
 ment. After the capture of the city the com 
 mand remained in possession until relieved, 
 when it marched to luka, Little and Big Bear 
 Creeks, scouting and skirmishing occasionally 
 on the way until it reached Germantown, 
 Tenn., where it performed camp and guard 
 duty, then moved to Pulaski, Tenn., where 
 the Regt. veteranized and the men were 
 given a 30 days furlough. Returning to Nash 
 ville the 52d started on the Atlanta campaign 
 and was in all the important marches and bat 
 tles of that famous expedition. 
 
 Mr. Brintnall was at Rome, Ga., when that 
 city was captured and acted as hospital nurse. 
 Here on account of gangrene in his hand and 
 arm he was given leave of absence. He re 
 joined his comrades at Beaufort, N. C. The 
 vicissitudes of war led this Regt. through the 
 Carolinas, where at the battle of Lynch. Creek, 
 it waded through the water, waist deep. 
 
 It was at the battles of Averysboro and Ben- 
 tonville; marched on to Goldsboro and then to 
 Raleigh. After the capture of Columbia, S. C., 
 the Brig, tore up the railroad tracks. Then 
 followed the march to the Capital via Rich 
 mond, and after the Grand Review at Wash 
 ington, the battle scarred veterans left for their 
 homes, for the civil war was over. 
 
 Mr. Brintnall was mustered out at Chicago, 
 July 12, 1865, and laying down the musket, 
 
 went to Elgin to take up his plane and saw. 
 He continued as carpenter and joiner, and for 
 the past eight years has been the owner of an 
 extensive planing mill. 
 
 He was married in Elgin in 1859, to Sarah 
 Lynd, and to them were born two children 
 Nellie and Harry. Mr. Brintnall is a good Re 
 publican, and w r ell known as a prominent Ma 
 son and an active member of the G. A. R. Post, 
 in which he has held all of the important 
 offices. A true soldier, a gentleman, he has 
 won the esteem of all who know him. 
 
 WILLIAM H. DERRICK, of Geneva, 111. De 
 puty Sheriff of Kane Co., 111. is a native 
 of N. Y., born in Skaneateles, Onon- 
 dago Co., in 1839. His parents are Benjamin 
 and Hannah (Warford) Derrick, born in 1810 
 and 1816 respectively, near Bristol, England, 
 where they were reared and married, emigrat 
 ing to America and locating in N. Y., in 1844, 
 later moving to Geneva, 111., and are now living 
 in their old age at Sycamore, same State. 
 
 Wm. H. Derrick, the only son in a family of 
 three, passed his early years upon a farm and 
 when he attained his majority, continued in 
 that vocation until the war cry of the Nation, 
 in peril from the faithlessness of a part of her 
 own children, reverberated over the land, start 
 ling and enthusing the hearts of loyal young 
 men in shops and on farms. 
 
 He enlisted in Co. E., ;2nd 111. Inf., Aug. 8, 
 1862, was mustered in Aug. 23, in Chicago, and 
 known as the 1st. Board of Trade Regt. com 
 posed of 930 men, of which, F. A. Starring was 
 Colonel. W. B. Holbrook was Captain of 
 Co. E. 
 
 The Regt. went to Cairo, then to Paducah, 
 for post duty. It was then sent to Columbus, 
 Ky., on guard and picket duty. Two expedi 
 tions were made to Mo. The first to Clarkson 
 where the /2nd dispersed the Confederates 
 and captured a number of prisoners, the second 
 to New Madrid. Dec. I, 1862, they fought the 
 Confederates at Lumpkins Mills, Miss., and 
 afterward fell back to near Granada, Miss. On 
 
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 the retreat the 72nd guarded the wagon train 
 to Memphis and went into camp about eight 
 miles from the city until Jan. 18, 1863, when it 
 occupied the city as provost guard. While 
 there, Thomas Seacord, a nurse in the hospital, 
 and a brother-in-law of Mr. Derrick, died from 
 disease contracted on the inarch in Miss. 
 
 March I, 1864, the /2nd, and its Div. was 
 ordered on an expedition to Yazoo Pass, but 
 finding Pendleton s forces to be quite strong, 
 the movement was abandoned and returning 
 went to Helena, Ark., then down the river to 
 Milliken s Bend, where after ten days Mr. Der 
 rick was assigned to duty as guard, on the 
 steamer "Empire City." Mr. Derrick was 
 afterward made issuing clerk, and served in 
 this capacity 17 months. The first trip of the 
 steamer after his assignment was up the Yazoo 
 River, where it remained until the fall of Vicks- 
 burg, then went to that city, and he continued 
 in his duty until Oct. 1864, when he rejoined 
 his Regt. and embarked for Nashville. This 
 force reached its objective point, too late to 
 march with Gen. Sherman to the sea, and was 
 ordered to Columbia, Tenn., to join Gen. 
 Schofield. On the 29th, Columbia was evacu 
 ated and a march made to Spring Hill, where 
 the 72nd was engaged in that memorable bat 
 tle. It then marched to Franklin where it 
 fought the next day from 4 o clock until near 
 midnight, in the hottest of the battle, the Regt. 
 losing 9 of its 16 officers and 152 men killed 
 and wounded, leaving but 30 men in Co. E., 
 who were in the fight. This same night after 
 the fight, the Regt. marched to Nashville, mak 
 ing the third night that the men had been on 
 duty without rest. Reaching Nashville about 
 daylight, the men were at once ordered to 
 throw up works. The 72nd here, were on the 
 extreme right, and after the battle, Mr. Derrick 
 was on guard duty, until Dec. 14, when he was 
 detailed as issuing clerk in the Commissary 
 Department and the command began its pur 
 suit of Hood. 
 
 Feb. 9, 1865, it embarked at East Port, for 
 New Orleans, arriving Feb. 21. Mar. 12, it 
 embarked for Dauphin Island, which it 
 reached Mar. 17, and the next day crossed 
 
 over to the main land on the western shore of 
 the Mobile Bay. The command was employed 
 in skirmishing with the enemy here a few days, 
 when the object of the expedition having been 
 accomplished, which was a feint on Mobile, 
 from that direction, it rejoined the army near 
 Smith s Mills, Ala. On the morning of Mar. 
 27, the 72nd arrived in front of Spanish Fort 
 and was busily engaged in the siege during the 
 next 13 days. On the night of April 8th, the 
 Brig, made a brilliant midnight assault on the 
 enemy s works, and captured the fort. The 
 next morning it started for Fort Blakely. 
 Shortly a march was begun to Montgomery, 
 which proved to be a severe one, as the men 
 covered a distance of 200 miles in II days. 
 
 Remaining in camp until May 23, a march 
 of 45 miles was made to Union Springs, where 
 they were employed in post duty for two 
 months. July 19, they moved to Vicksburg, 
 and reaching that place Aug. 6, were discharged 
 and embarked for the homeward jourrtey. The 
 72d, during its service, received 450 recruits and 
 when discharged transferred 270 of these to the 
 32d 111. Veterans and returned home with 12 
 officers and 310 men. 
 
 Mr. Derrick, after the war, resumed his 
 farming interests until a few years ago, when 
 he moved to Geneva and engaged in other bus 
 iness for about a year, but retired from it to 
 accept the position of Deputy Sheriff, which 
 he now holds. He married Emma Hathaway, 
 Jan. I, 1874, a daughter of David R., and Mary 
 Hathaway. Mrs. Derrick was born near Potts- 
 dam, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. 
 
 Mr. Derrick served three terms as Township 
 Collector, and is now acting as a member of 
 the -School Board, and holds the office of Con 
 stable. In the Geneva Post, No. 60, G. A. R., 
 lie was Commander two terms and has always 
 been in some important position. In the Gen 
 eva Lodge, No. 139, A. F. & A. M., he has held 
 the position of S. W. & J. W., and is Captain of 
 the Host, in Fox River Chapter; also a mem 
 ber of Bethel Commandery No. 36, at Elgin, 
 111. 
 
 During his service in the army, he was on 
 duty most of the time and participated in near- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ly all the important movements and battles that 
 his regiment encountered, being but a short 
 time in the hospital at Memphis and Vicks- 
 burg, and absent on home furlough only about 
 six weeks. His war record is a creditable one, 
 and the positions he has since held are satis 
 factory evidence of the public confidence and 
 respect he enjoys as a gentleman of unimpeach 
 able character and integrity. 
 
 CARL SCHURZ was born at Cologne on the 
 Rhine, in Prussia, March 2, 1829. He 
 received his education at the schools of 
 Germany, and at an early age took an active 
 part in the political affairs of his country. He 
 was connected with the Liberal movement of 
 1848, on account of which he was obliged to 
 leave his country. The U. S. being more in 
 consonance with his ideas of government, he 
 sought its shores, and subsequently became 
 one of its citizens. After the war broke out he 
 tendered his services to his adopted country. 
 In April 1862, he was appointed by the Presi 
 dent, Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, and was assigned 
 to the Army of the Potomac. He served with 
 distinction in Gen. Fremont s campaign in the 
 Shenandoah Valley in 1863, and in Gen. 
 Hooker s campaign in E. Va. When Gen. Lee 
 moved his great army north in Pa., he was as 
 signed to a command under Meade, and par 
 ticipated in the battle of Gettysburg. Subse 
 quently he served with Grant in his Chatta 
 nooga campaign, and was with Sherman at 
 Knoxville, Tenn. In command of a Div., Gen. 
 Schurz took part in the battles of Freeman s 
 Ford, Sulphur Springs, Second Bull Run, 
 Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chattanooga and 
 Mission Ridge. He was promoted Maj. Gen. 
 of Volunteers, April 14, 1863. At the begin 
 ning of the rebellion he was Minister to Spain, 
 which position he resigned to enter the army. 
 
 After the war he was elected by the Re 
 publican party to the U. S. Senate to represent 
 the State of Wis. for one term. He subse 
 quently moved to Mo. and became a citizen of 
 that State. He was again honored with a seat 
 
 in the U. S. Senate, representing the State of 
 Mo. After his term expired he retired from 
 politics to be again brought out by President 
 Hayes to occupy a place in his cabinet as 
 Secretary of the Interior. After his retirement 
 from the cabinet he located in N. Y. City and 
 entered the field of journalism, connecting him 
 self with the Evening Post, now the Press. He 
 has drifted away from the Republican party 
 and is independent in his politics. 
 
 Gen. Schurz is a man of extensive learning, 
 a gifted orator and a master of the language of 
 his adopted country. In person is tall, straight 
 and slender, sanguine in temperament, florid in 
 complexion, with expressive blue eyes, and red 
 hair, now mixed with gray. His forehead is 
 large, and his appearance is that of a cultured 
 and intellectual gentleman. At one time he 
 held a commanding influence with the German 
 element of his country. 
 
 TRUMAN CULVER, of Rock Falls, 111., was 
 born in Boonville, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1835. 
 His parents were Truman H. and Cath 
 erine (Campbell) Culver. His father was a na 
 tive of N. Y., and descended from English an 
 cestry. His paternal grandfather, Solomon 
 Culver, was a Colonel in the war of the Revo 
 lution, and was killed in the defense of a fort 
 during an attack by the British. Truman H., 
 the father of the subject of this memoir, was 
 born in 1805, and Catharine A. (Campbell) 
 Culver, his mother, in 1810. Truman H. Culver 
 was a school teacher, and followed that profes 
 sion for about 20 years. In 1880 the family 
 moved to China Township, Lee Co., 111. Fif 
 teen children were the fruits of the union of 
 Truman and Catharine A. Culver, 1 1 of whom 
 came to adult age, 4 dying in infancy and child 
 hood. Of the sons, Herman was a member of 
 the /th 111. Cav., and is now living at Port An 
 geles, Washington. Staunton, a Sergt. of the 
 5th Wis. Inf., who, after participating in all the 
 battles of the Army of the Potomac, was killed 
 at the battle of the Wilderness, receiving seven 
 wounds, and was buried upon the field. William 
 
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 a member of the I2th 111. Inf., was killed in the 
 attack upon Fort Donelson, being among the 
 first to scale the fortifications, and was buried 
 there. Truman H. Culver died in Lee Co., 111., 
 in 1866, and his widow at Cambridge, Neb., in 
 1887. 
 
 Truman Culver, the subject of this sketch, 
 was of a delicate constitution as a child, and up 
 to his 1 4th year a prey to ill health. Becoming 
 more robust, he was put to school, where he 
 made rapid progress, passing a very satisfactory 
 examination at the age of 17. He, for several 
 years successfully taught school during the 
 winter months, employing his time in various 
 pursuits during the summer. 
 
 In 1859, he caught the Pike s Peak fever, but 
 his experiences there were not in accord with 
 his anticipations, and his stay was prolonged 
 only till he could properly fit himself for his 
 return to civilization. He went to Oswego, N. 
 Y., where he resumed teaching, his old school 
 awaiting him. After teaching here for one 
 term, he accompanied his parents to Lee Co., 
 111., locating himself at Union Grove Township, 
 where he was when the war of the Rebellion 
 began. Raising a company, he was selected its 
 captain, but soon losing faith in his ability to 
 command, he desired to resign and become a 
 private, which, however, his men would not 
 permit. He finally threw up his commission 
 and the company was disbanded. Sept. 2, 1861, 
 he enlisted as a private in Co. C., 8th 111. Cav., 
 and was regularly mustered in at St. Charles, 
 Sept. 1 8th. It was soon discovered that he 
 knew more of military tactics than any other 
 member of his Co., and that he employed him 
 self almost nightly in drilling his company. 
 He was quickly promoted to Orderly Ser 
 geant, the best office at that time in the com 
 pany s gift. The Regt. soon proceeded to their 
 winter quarters at Alexandria. The command 
 was ordered to the front and took up its line of 
 march for Richmond. Before reaching Manas- 
 sas, Sergt. Culver undertook a reconnoissance 
 alone, and seeing a rebel, concluded to capture 
 him, but he was suddenly confronted by two 
 others. They commanded him to surrender, 
 at the same time firing upon him. He started 
 
 to return to his men when they were reinforced 
 by two others who began firing on him, but 
 throwing himself on the side of his horse he 
 escaped their bullets and reached camp in 
 safety. His comrades hearing the firing, be 
 lieved that he had been killed. He was in 
 this adventure the first of his regiment to get 
 sight of the enemy. 
 
 When approaching Manassas, the regiment 
 was ordered to charge, and coming upon a fort 
 found it garrisoned by negroes with wooden 
 guns. Moving on in the advance with an 
 occasional skirmish, the command reached 
 Rappahannock Station where they dislodged 
 the enemy 30,000 strong, driving them across 
 the Rappahannock. The 4th, N. Y. Cav. going 
 out on a foraging expedition, becoming con 
 fused and separated in two squadrons, com 
 menced firing on each other, each squadron 
 mistaking the other for the enemy. The 8th 
 111. rallied out and soon settled the difficulty 
 by capturing both squadrons. Here the com 
 mand continued for ten days, enduring hunger 
 and other privations. In their rear was a small 
 creek, the bridge over which had been burned 
 and to their right and left was a swamp. Under 
 a scattering fire from the rebels they reached 
 the river, and finding a ford to their right, 
 planted a battery. The command proceeded 
 to cross by the ford, and as the 8th was prepar 
 ing to follow, the rebels having discovered 
 their ruse, made an attack upon them which 
 was quickly repulsed by the battery, the reg 
 iment going across the ford in safety after the 
 other troops. The next engagements were at 
 Aldie Gap and Upperville. 
 
 During the winter of 1862-3, the Regt. was 
 chiefly employed in picket duty and on scout 
 ing expeditions in that section of the country. 
 Sergt. Culver was promoted to 2nd Lieut., May 
 24,1863. In the battle of Beverly Ford, June 
 9, 1863, distinguished as one of the most im 
 portant cavalry engagements of the war, the 
 8th performed prodigies of valor, defeating 
 Stuart s attack, and driving him back to Brandy 
 Station, where he was reinforced by Stonewall 
 Jackson. The advance into Maryland by 
 Stuart s cavalry was also subsequently checked 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 by the precipitate action of this command, 
 which was among the most distinguished for 
 gallantry of the cavalry force in the Federal 
 army. Toward the last of June the Brig, moved 
 forward to Md. and then on to Gettysburg. Mr. 
 Culver was in command of his Co., and was the 
 first to engage the rebel cavalry about two miles 
 south of Gettysburg, which after a slight skir 
 mish fell back and was driven across the creek, 
 where they held their position. This action 
 occurred, June 30. 
 
 Lieut. Marcellus E. Jones, afterwards of Co. 
 E., fired the shot that opened the famous battle 
 of Gettysburg, July I, 1863. 
 
 He fell back to the main line, and the 8th 
 was quickly in action. In the latter part of 
 the battle the Iron Brigade reinforced the 8th 
 and the other cavalry engaged with them and 
 marched to the rear with the large number of 
 prisoners that had been captured. About two 
 o clock in the afternoon the battle raged fear- 
 ully, and Lieut. Culver was placed in com 
 mand of two companies on the left flank. The 
 command had orders to fall back, but he did 
 not receive it and was left alone in the midst 
 of the enemy, but cut his way out, receiving a 
 wound in the right ankle, though he kept in 
 the saddle throughout the day. Moving into 
 the new line established by Gen. Meade, the 
 8th assisted during the night in conducting 
 other troops to their assigned positions. On 
 the second day they were dispatched at inter 
 vals to the support of batteries, and in other 
 contingent duties. Lieut. Culver continued in 
 the saddle all this day, despite the severe suf 
 fering he was enduring from his wound. On 
 the third day, late in the afternoon, they re 
 ceived orders to move on to and occupy South 
 Pass. 
 
 Finding the enemy in possession, they 
 speedily dislodged and drove him out, remain 
 ing until the afternoon of the 4th without hav 
 ing tasted food. Being relieved by another 
 Brig, of Buford s Div., they were proceeding to 
 satisfy their hunger, when the troops relieving 
 them were fiercely attacked and unable to hold 
 their position. Desisting from the completion 
 of their meal, these hungry but gallant caval 
 
 rymen repulsed the rebels, driving them back 
 to Goose Creek, a distance of six miles, and 
 proving the superiority of the Spencer rifle as 
 a cavalry arm. They held their position dur 
 ing the night of the 4th. 
 
 Among their number was a man who for 
 sometime, Lieut. Culver had suspected of be 
 ing a spy, and the suspicion was generally 
 shared by the command, who styled the indi 
 vidual " Culver s Spy." This felon gave it out 
 that there was a rebel wagon train unsupported 
 but a few miles away that could be captured. 
 A Regt. of regular cavalry was dispatched in 
 the direction indicated, only to encounter a 
 large force of the enemy in ambush and be 
 badly cut to pieces. The men had baited the 
 trap in which they were caught, but he was af 
 terward captured, brought into camp that night, 
 and in 15 minutes was dangling from a tree, af 
 ter a hasty drumhead court martial. At Rapi- 
 dan Station the Regt. suffered heavily from an 
 engagement with the rebel cavalry. A subse 
 quent reinforcement of Gregg s cavalry Div. en 
 abled them to retaliate by giving the rebels a 
 sound thrashing. Lieut. Culver was for some 
 time after this in command of a detachment of 
 regulars operating in Md. to detect marauders 
 and spies, and to protect telegraph lines. He 
 was finally sent on a recruiting expedition to 
 Morrison, 111., succeeding beyond any other 
 officer except his colonel. 
 
 For some time he was enged in police duty 
 at Washington making many arrests of sus 
 pected persons, subsequently rejoining his 
 regiment and participating in the army of the 
 Potomac in the numerous and sanguinary bat 
 tles which marked the closing days of the war. 
 At the Wilderness he was continually on duty 
 for 48 hours without partaking of food. 
 Throughout his career as a soldier his conduct 
 was especially distinguished for a rare and 
 splendid courage under all the peculiar and 
 trying circumstances by which he was sur 
 rounded. He won fresh laurels in every fight, 
 and was several times promoted, rising from 
 the ranks to be ist Lieut., though on many 
 occasions when in action commanding his com 
 pany and at Gettysburg commanding a special 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 detachment of two companies on the left flank 
 during the first day s battle. 
 
 During their stay at Rappahannock a laugh 
 able incident occurred which should not be 
 omitted from the pages of history. The 4th 
 N. Y. was partially composed of Dutch, many 
 of whom could not speak English, and having 
 been under fire, many of the shells were lying 
 around upon the ground without bursting, and 
 our friends, the Dutchmen, were examining a 
 shell and discussing its merits, and to deter 
 mine the matter, one suggested that they put 
 it into a camp fire near by to test the matter, 
 which they did. One more intelligent than the 
 rest, came to Mr. Culver and told him what was 
 going on, and he cried to them to get away 
 from the fire, but they could not understand 
 him. Then their comrade tried his powers to 
 get them to move, and while they were making 
 an effort to do so, the shell exploded and about 
 twenty Dutchmen were sailing through the air, 
 and strange to say, not one was killed, though 
 many were more or less hurt. 
 
 During the Peninsular campaign an incident 
 occurred which is worthy of mention. While 
 following the rebels in what would be termed 
 a running fight, and capturing the enemy in 
 large numbers, one stormy, disagreeable day, 
 orders came to halt and clean their arms. The 
 horses were turned loose to feed on the grass 
 with their saddles and bridles on, and guarded 
 by one compnny, while the other companies 
 put up tents to protect them from storm while 
 cleaning their guns. The various companies 
 went out to fire off their guns, one company at 
 a time. When the first company fired, the horses 
 huddled together with their heads up. When 
 the second company fired they formed a line, 
 and when the third fired they made a charge 
 for the tents, and but for the timely call for a 
 halt by the bugle, one company would undoubt 
 edly have been dislodged by a regiment of 
 riderless horses, which was only prevented by 
 the bugle blowing a halt. 
 
 Mr. Culver was mustered out of service 
 Oct. i, 1864. He was married at Morrison, 111., 
 Sept. 5, 1865, to Clarinda, daughter of Phillip 
 and Harriet (Wilson) Allen, a native of Sara 
 
 toga Co., N. Y. Mrs. Culver s grandfather, 
 Ezra Wilson was for several years a member of 
 the N. Y. legislature. He was a tanner and a 
 manufacturer. Mr. and Mrs. Culver have had 
 but one child, Glen, who died at the age of 
 five years. Mr. Culver was the first Postmaster 
 at Rock Falls, and remained in office from 1868 
 to 1872. He has been a member of the School 
 Board, and is a member of the I. O. O. F., 
 Lodge and A. P. A. He was a delegate to 
 the State Convention at Chicago in September, 
 1891; is a member of the G. A. R., and in poli 
 tics a Republican. 
 
 He still carries the ball in his foot received 
 at Gettysburg. He conducted a grocery busi 
 ness for about 14 years at Rock Falls, selling 
 from $40,000 to $50,000 per year. He is now 
 engaged in the boot and shoe business on a 
 very large scale. 
 
 To Mr. Culver may justly be ascribed signal 
 abilities which, as soldier and citizen, have 
 earned for him an imperishable renown. His 
 manly and noble service for his country, and 
 his unceasing devotion to the best and truest 
 elements of human character have enshrined 
 his name in history, a sacred legacy to his race 
 and to his generation. 
 
 ABRAM M. STEWART, of Quincy, 111., is a 
 native of N. J., born April 7, 1833. His 
 parents were John and Susan (Morris) 
 Stewart, the former born June 1 1, 1800, and the 
 latter Oct. 7, 1808. The father died Aug. 3, 
 1888, aged 88, whilst the mother is still living 
 at the ripe old age of 84 years. Our subject is 
 the fourth member in a family of ten children, 
 five girls and five boys, of whom five are still 
 living. In 1837 tne parents moved to Adams 
 Co., in which Abram has resided ever since, 
 and remembers Quincy before there was a 
 brick building within its limits. In 1852 the 
 father became owner of a steam saw and grist 
 mill, in which Abram learned the business of 
 engineer and miller which he followed until 
 1864, when he enlisted, having for a short time 
 previous to becoming a soldier, run an engine 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 on the Hannibal and St. Joseph R. R. He en 
 listed in Co. D., 39th Mo. Inf., the principal 
 duty of which Regt. was to protect the Hanni 
 bal & St. Joe R. R. against depredations of 
 guerrillas and bushwhackers. In Sept., 1864, it 
 was attacked and cut to pieces by the notori 
 ous Bill Anderson. This engagement was 
 brought about in the following manner: A 
 detachment of the 39th composed of com 
 panies D., E., F., H. and I. were out in charge 
 of Major Johnson who sawa squad of guerrillas, 
 and believing his force equal to the emergency 
 ordered an attack. Both parties were mounted 
 and well armed w^th guns and revolvers. The 
 attack was made and in a few minutes the 
 companies above named were entirely sur 
 rounded, when Col. Johnson, seeing his posi 
 tion, ordered each man to take care of himself. 
 Mr. Stewart observed a man approaching him 
 at full speed and as the assailant fired striking 
 his opponent in the right leg. Stewart, how 
 ever, had fired about the same time with the 
 result that one horse was riderless. Our sub 
 ject took possession of the horse and managed 
 to make his escape, subsequently selling the 
 captured animal for $100 in greenbacks. Co. 
 D on this occasion emerged from the conflict 
 with only two survivors, whilst two others fared 
 little better. Major Johnson was killed and 
 scalped and some time afterwards when mem 
 bers of this gang of desperadoes were captured, 
 it was found some of them had bands for their 
 horse s bridles made from the Major s scalp. 
 After this the regiment was quartered at Macon 
 City until Dec. 10, when it was ordered to 
 Nashville where it was assigned to the 2nd 
 A. C. Soon after, smallpox broke out, con 
 sequently the regiment was ordered to return 
 to Macon City where it remained until April 
 and thence to St. Louis, where it continued 
 until July 9, 1865, when the men were mustered 
 out of the service. Mr. Stewart assisted in 
 capturing the Rebel Holtzclaugh whom they 
 bound hand and foot, and as he had been re 
 sponsible for many outrageous murders he was 
 thrown into the river. 
 
 Our subject, after being discharged, returned 
 to Quincy and entered the employ of Bonnett 
 
 and Duffy, as engineer in their stove foundry, 
 where he contined seven and one half years, 
 when he embarked in the present business, 
 namely: that of dying and cleaning. His 
 business card is rather unique in make up, read 
 ing as follows: "I dye to live: I live to dye: 
 the longer I live the more I dye. Are you 
 ready to dye? Your time has come and you 
 are called upon to take your clothing to the 
 Quincy Steam Dye Works." Mr. Stewart was 
 married April 21, 1862, to Miss Margaret Ells 
 worth, and nine children have resulted from 
 the union, all of whom are living, namely: Effie 
 Ellen, Mary A., Georgiana, John, Susan B., Ed 
 ward M., Florence E., Henry L., and Viola D. 
 Mr. Stewart is a member of John Wood Post 
 No. 96, G. A. R.; Quincy Lodge, No. 12, 
 I. O. O. F.; Allen Encampment No. 4, 1. O. O. F., 
 and Golden Rule Lodge No. 27, D. of R. I. O. 
 O. F. and in politics a Republican. He as well 
 as his wife are members of the M. E. Church. 
 She is a member of Golden Rule Lodge, No. 27 
 D. and R. and an active and prominent mem 
 ber of the W. R. C. 
 
 WILLIAM N. HARRISON, of Sterling, 111., 
 was born June 19, 1837, at Hornby, 
 Steuben Co., N. Y. His parents were 
 George and Mary (Sands) Harrison. His 
 father was born in Oswego Co., N. Y., July 13, 
 1802, and his mother in Westchester Co., N. Y., 
 March 14, 1809. The Harrison family came of 
 English ancestry and the Sands family of the 
 Puritan element of New England. George 
 Harrison, the father of William N., was a farmer, 
 and died at the family homestead in 1350; his 
 widow still survives him and resides at the old 
 farm, at the advanced age of 82. They had 
 seven children, five of whom are living Wil 
 liam N., the eldest; Emma A. (Mrs. P. H. Will- 
 mon, of Hornby, N. Y.) ; John J., and Sarah A. 
 (Mrs. David Masters, of Iowa). 
 
 As a boy, William N., lived with his parents, 
 assisting in the farm work and attending school 
 until the outbreak of the rebellion. He enlisted 
 at Elmira, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1861, in Co. H., loth 
 
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 N. Y. Cav., there going into Camp, Dec. 24, 
 1861 ; his Regt. was ordered into field service 
 at Gettysburg, where it was stationed until 
 March 8, thence moving on to Perrysville and 
 there remaining for about two months, when it 
 proceeded to Havre de Grace, Md. Arriving 
 later at Baltimore, the Regt. was armed, 
 equipped and mounted, and continued there 
 until the latter part of July. 
 
 It next went into camp at Washington for 
 about 7 weeks, when for sometime afterward it 
 performed picket duty along the Potomac inVa. 
 
 The first battle in which Mr. Harrison was 
 engaged, was at Salem, where he behaved with 
 becoming gallantry. The next move was to 
 Rappahannock Station, and about the middle 
 of Nov. to the U. S. Ford, on the Rappahan 
 nock River, where they encountered Stuart s 
 Cavalry, were taken prisoners, and sent to 
 Fredericksburg, and subsequently to Libby 
 prison at Richmond. They were confined here 
 3 days and 4 nights, when they were sent to 
 Annapolis for parol, Nov. 22, 1862. Remain 
 ing at home until exchanged, in Apr., 1863, Mr. 
 Harrison rejoined his Regt. at Acquia Creek. 
 He accompanied Stoneman on his raid in the 
 direction of Richmond, during which he was 
 engaged in several skirmishes with the enemy. 
 He returned by way of Kelly s Ford, and con 
 tinued for some time in that section, engaging 
 in the battles of Aldie, Middlebury, Upperville, 
 and Snicker s Gap, six days of continuous 
 fighting. 
 
 They were active participants in the battle 
 at Gettysburg on the third day, July 3, 1863, 
 and were subjected to a galling artillery fire, 
 but without much loss; also at Shepherdstown 
 they were hotly engaged. 
 
 Crossing the mountains to eastern Va., they 
 were engaged in scouting and went into winter 
 quarters about Dec. I, at Turkey Run, Va. Mr. 
 Harrison accompanied the Sheridan raid toward 
 Richmond, about May I, and saw some hard 
 fighting. He was, during the ensuing cam 
 paigns, with Sheridan and was engaged in all 
 of the battles Spottsylvania, Wilderness, Cold 
 Harbor, Charles City, Cross Roads, etc., and 
 afterward at Hall s Shops and Reams Station. 
 
 He was in front of Petersburg and was of 
 the number of the besieging forces. A spell of 
 sickness sent him to convalescent camp, and 
 then to dismounted camp at City Point for two 
 months, during which time he was retained at 
 City Point on detached duty as a clerk at head 
 quarters. 
 
 He was mustered out Oct. 31, 1864, at camp 
 before Petersburg, Va., as a Corporal, his term 
 of service having expired. During the whole 
 period of three years service he was only absent 
 from his Regt. for six days, excepting as stated 
 above and the time he was prisoner of war. Re 
 turning to peaceful avocations, he located at 
 Watkins, Schuyler Co., N. Y., where he began 
 business as a carpenter, and which he contin 
 ued for three years. He after this went West, 
 eventually settling at Sterling, 111., where he re 
 sumed his trade as a carpenter, in partnership 
 with Dryas Gould, a relation which existed 
 for about three years. His next venture was in 
 the canning of vegetables and meats, which he 
 discontinued after two seasons, returning to his 
 business as a contractor and builder, which he 
 has since successfully prosecuted. Later on he 
 formed a copartnership with Richard Keeney, 
 adding to his business as contractor and build 
 er, the manufacture of the Empire Rotary Corn 
 Planter,and wood work generally for the job 
 bing trade. 
 
 He was married at Sterling, 111., June 19, 
 1871, to Jennie, daughter of William H., and 
 Maria (Hyde) Gates. Mrs. Harrison s parents 
 were descended from the best blood of New 
 England, and are still living in Buchanan Co., 
 la. Her brother Willis H., was during the war, 
 a member of the 4th Iowa Cav. Two children 
 have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Harrison 
 Clare G., and Dale S. 
 
 Mr. Harrison is a member of the A. O. U. W., 
 Knights of Honor, and Will Robinson Post, G. 
 A. R., of Sterling. He is a Republican and was 
 Commander of his Post in 1889. Mrs. Harri 
 son is a distinguished member of the Woman s 
 Relief Corps; was its Treasurer for one term, 
 and has been President for two terms. She was 
 a delegate to the National Convention at Bos 
 ton in 1890. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 THOMAS A. HOSLEK, of Oneida, 111., a native 
 of Ohio was born March I, 1837, a son 
 of George and Ann (Osborne) Hos 
 ier, the former a son of Samuel Hosier of Pa. 
 ancestry, and the latter was a granddaughter of 
 and old Revolutionary soldier. He married 
 Miss Eliza Ewing in the year 1860, and had one 
 child at the time he enlisted in the army on 
 Aug. 21, 1862. He was mustered in as a private 
 in Co. K., 97th Ohio Vol. Inf., proceeded to 
 Ky. to help keep Kirby Smith and his forces 
 in check, thence to Louisville, and on the way 
 to Nashville participated in the battle of Perry- 
 ville. He was again actively engaged at La 
 Vernge for several days and closed that year s 
 operations assisting in the terrible battle of 
 Stone River. He continued near Murfreesboro 
 until the following spring when he joined in 
 the Chattanooga campaign, and his was the 
 first Regt. to unfurl its flag upon the rebel fort 
 at that place, when the city, also, fell under 
 Governmeut control. Mr. Hosier was after 
 wards in the Chickamauga conflict, lasting two 
 days, and on falling back his regiment consti 
 tuted the rear guard, and had a hand to hand 
 conflict, with rebels over a cannon, the contend 
 ing parties pulling,in their respective directions. 
 The Regt. took part in the battles of Lookout 
 Mt. and Mission Ridge, and on the second day 
 of the last named battle, Mr. Hosier, whilst 
 charging up the ridge was struck in the right 
 thigh with a minie ball, cutting an artery 
 from which he would soon have bled to death. 
 He tied a gun strap above his wound and a hand 
 kerchief below, then took up the artery and 
 stopped the flow and laid upon the ground 
 until the next day, before he was removed 
 from the battlefield. He was then sent to 
 Chattanooga, remaining there until Dec., when 
 he was sent home, arriving the day before 
 Christmas, where he remained until March 1864. 
 Subsequently he reported at Camp Chase, 
 was sent to Chattanooga, joining his Regt. at 
 New Hope Church, and took part in the mem 
 orable battle of Peach Tree Creek, during which 
 battle, a bullet grazed his scalp. He continued 
 in this campaign and was in all the conflicts 
 until Atlanta fell, the most notable fights after 
 
 he joined the Regt. being Peach Tree Creek, 
 Atlanta and Jonesboro. Whilst Sherman s 
 army entered upon the march to the sea, Mr. 
 Hosier s command was assigned to look after 
 the rebels, consequently moved to Chattanooga, 
 Nashville, Pulaski, and Columbia, engaging the 
 enemy at the last named place. Our subject 
 moved to Franklin and the following day the 
 main forces there were attacked by the enemy 
 who charged over the open ground three lines 
 deep, Mr. Hosier being engaged upon the skir 
 mish line until compelled to retire within the 
 lines which were charged. The contending 
 parties became so close that bayonets and clubs 
 were used, but finally the rebels were forced to 
 retire after sustaining terrible losses. The 97th 
 Ohio then returned to Nashville, where it 
 rested until Dec. 16, when it was again actively 
 engaged in the battle of Nashville, then fol 
 lowed Gen. Hood, who was driven from that 
 State, and continued onto Florence and thence 
 to Huntsville for a time, returning then to 
 Nashville where Mr. Hosier was employed un 
 til mustered out July, 1865. 
 
 Hereturnedto Zanesville where hecontinued 
 to reside until 1867, then removed to Galesburg, 
 remaining seven years, when he removed to 
 Oneida which he has made his home. He has 
 seven children living, viz.: Jennette, wife of 
 Christopher Schobar; Flora B., Frank S., Carrie 
 M., now Mrs. Ben Watson; Herbert S., Harvey 
 T., and Jessie P. He is a Republican and Royal 
 Arch Mason. 
 
 FRANK BUNKER, the gentlemanly and high 
 ly respected Postmaster of Geneva, 111., 
 dates his birth in that city April 28th. 
 1845, an >d is the son of Edward and Maria 
 (Howard) Bunker. His parents were both 
 natives of the Empire State, the father being 
 born at Ghent, Columbia Co., March 25, 1813, 
 and the mother at Hamburg, May 31, 1817. 
 Both came West at an early day, and their 
 marriage took place in 1837, at St. Charles, 111. 
 Later they moved to Geneva, where Mr. 
 Bunker died Oct. 8, 1878, his estimable widow 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 following him March 22, 1862. The paternal 
 grandfather of our subject was David Bunker, 
 a Quaker, who was born in N. Y. State, July 
 16, 1785. His maternal grandfather, Aaron 
 Howard, a farmer, was born at Monson, Mass., 
 July 10, 1772, and died at Hamburg, N. Y., 
 April 6, 1818. He was the son of Thomas 
 Howard, who was a soldier in the Revolution 
 ary war. 
 
 Charles H., a brother of our subject and 
 now a resident of Geneva, did three years of 
 faithful and noble service during the rebellion. 
 Frank, our subject, spent his boyhood days 
 and attended school at Geneva, 111. June 11, 
 1862, when only a youth of 17 years, he vol 
 unteered for an urgent call for more men and 
 went forward as a loyal son of America, en 
 listing in Co. A., 67th 111. Inf. The Regt. 
 relieved the veteran forces at Camp Douglas, 
 Chicago, where they were kept on arms al 
 most constantly for four months, guarding 
 the prisoners, a conspiracy having been formed 
 to liberate them. Frequently they were called 
 out for extra duty in the dead of night. Oct. 
 6, 1862, the "boys" were mustered out. Mr. 
 Bunker returned home, where he remained 
 until his re-enlistment at Chicago, Feb. 22, 
 1865, in Co. C, is6th 111. Inf. The Regt was 
 immediately ordered to the front at Nashville, 
 Tenn., where it was actively engaged in guard 
 ing railroads, bridges and provision trains. The 
 next move was to Chattanooga, where it did 
 similar duty, frequently participating in skir 
 mishes with the troublesome bushwackers. 
 Our soldier was here during the great excite 
 ment of President Lincoln s Assassination, and 
 while there he saw a man pinned to the fence 
 with a bayonet, and on him a placard with the 
 inscription, " Warning to Traitors." The next 
 move was to Knoxville, thence to Memphis, 
 Tenn., where they participated in active patrol 
 duty, and guarding the Irving Block, a military 
 prison. The I56th was one of the last regi 
 ments left in charge of the city. Here Mr. 
 Bunker was mustered out Sept. 20, 1865. The 
 great war was over, he returned home, and the 
 ensuing five years clerked in a drug store. Sub 
 sequently he took up carpentering which he 
 
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 followed successfully up to July, 1889, since 
 which time he has been Geneva s Postmaster. 
 Mr. Bunker was joined in matrimony June 
 30, 1875, to Addie Kaley, a native of Alleghany 
 City, Pa. By this happy union were born two 
 children Bessie L. (deceased), and Percy K. 
 One of Geneva s leading spirits, he was elected 
 first, City Clerk, and has been Township Col 
 lector for three terms. Comrade Bunker takes 
 lively interest in all army matters, is a charter 
 member of Geneva Post, No. 60, of which he 
 has been Past Commander for five terms, and 
 carries with him the esteem of all who have the 
 pleasure of knowing him. 
 
 GEORGE H. THRUSH, of Quincy, 111., was 
 born in Ohio, Sept. 28, 1841, a son of 
 Robert and Eliza A. (Wimer) Thrush, 
 the former being born in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 
 14, 1813, and the latter in Pa., in the year 1814. 
 There were 8 children in the father s family, of 
 whom John was the eldest. He enlisted in Co. 
 I., i6th 111. Vol. Inf., and served under the first 
 call for troops, then re-enlisted, the Regt. hold 
 ing its original organization and returned South 
 and served about one year. He participated in 
 the siege of Corinth, and while on the march 
 from Corinth to Nashville, guarding a train of 
 ammunition wagons, was shot and killed by 
 guerrillas near the foot of the Cumberland 
 Mts. Thomas, another brother, is a resident of 
 Mo. and Postmaster at a place called Thrush, 
 where he also conducts a mercantile business. 
 Our subject received his education in the public 
 schools and was reared to farm life. Aug. 2, 
 i86r, he enlisted in Co. A., roth Mo. Vol. Inf., 
 and was mustered into the U. S. service at St. 
 Louis three days later. The Regt. spent its first 
 winter at Herman, Mo., up to Christmas, and 
 after that, guarded the N. Mo. R. R., fighting 
 guerrillas and bushwackers. In this service the 
 "boys" had many hardships not accorded to 
 those regularly assigned to the army organiza 
 tion. Comrade Thrush states that on one oc- 
 cation Capt. Gray cut eight men loose whose 
 hair was frozen in the mud in which they were 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 reposing for the night ; and recites the follow 
 ing as his most distressing experience while in 
 the army : A train had been fired upon by a 
 bushwhacker and the party been caught, subject 
 was detailed, with others, to serve subpoenas. 
 On this trip he had to ride 55 miles in the sever 
 est winter weather of the year 1862. When he 
 returned he was almost frozen to death and was 
 taken from his horse unable to stand, and was 
 soon after sent to the hospital at St. Charles, 
 Mo. Here he suffered a thousand deaths from 
 pneumonia and abscesses formed on the out 
 side of his body. For four days after he went 
 to the hospital he was insensible, and his friends 
 at home were notified that he was dead. This 
 was the beginning of a lung trouble, which has 
 persistently followed him until the present day 
 though fortunately " he is a pretty lively 
 corpse." 
 
 Recovering, Mr Thrush rejoined his Regt. at 
 Corinth, where he took part in the battle of 
 that place, then went on the chase after the 
 rebel army after the evacuation of Corinth, 
 stopping at Clear Creek where they encamped 
 and did scouting duty for a time, afterwards 
 removing to Jacinto, and on the morning of the 
 battle of luka, subject was detailed to accom 
 pany a supply train back to Corinth. His Regt. 
 rejoined him at Corinth, and following this oc 
 curred the second battle of Corinth, Oct. 3, and 
 4, 1862. In this he participated, his Regt. suf 
 fering very severely. Then followed Price over 
 the Hatchie River where he engaged in that 
 battle. He went into camp at Rienzi, and suf 
 fered terribly from the cold a cold drizzling 
 rain following, and everybody was wet and 
 nearly frozen. From Rienzi they went back to 
 Corinth and continued on to Grand Junction, 
 from thence to Wolf River and on to Holly 
 Springs, the loth Mo. being the first Regt. to 
 enter that place; but their reception was such 
 that they felt obliged to return to Wolf River. 
 
 The enemy followed closely, and comrade 
 Thrush regards it as miraculous that they were 
 not all captured, the Brig, being almost entirely 
 surrounded. At Wolf River Gen. Grant re 
 viewed the army, and they at once started over 
 land to Moscow, Holly Springs, Lumpkin s 
 
 Mills, Oxford, and the Youghany River. Their 
 supply train was captured by Van Dorn at Holly 
 Springs, hence their only rations for a time was 
 corn meal. Hard tack was worth $5 a piece at 
 Lumpkin s Mills, and none on the market. They 
 went to Memphis, guarding a supply train and 
 a number of prisoners; camped near Fort Pick 
 ering until their train was loaded and then ac 
 companied it to Colliersville, near Germantown, 
 Tenn. There they patroled the railroad from 
 that point to Colliersville for several weeks. 
 While engaged in this duty an incident occurred 
 which is worthy of note. Co. A., of the 10th 
 Mo., was deployed as skirmishers to dislodge a 
 squad of guerrillas who had just shot a man, 
 and while advancing they came to a fine man 
 sion. The Captain went into an investigation 
 and returned with the announcement that a 
 wedding ceremony had just been performed, 
 and that the dinner was now on the table. He 
 said, " boys, don t eat too much, and don t eat 
 any thing that is not good! Break ranks, 
 march ! " Of course there was a rush for the 
 house, and our subject being versed in the culi 
 nary art, intuitively opened the oven doors, 
 and lo! there were two chickens and a turkey 
 nicely cooked and ready for service. Taking 
 these, he went to the table and took a fine large 
 cake. Wedding cake, turkey and chickens were 
 quite an improvement on the corn meal diet so 
 recently rendered obligatory by Van Dorn s 
 capture of their rations. Of course the people 
 begged for their dinner, and the " boys" finally 
 did return some hams, only to be pre-empted 
 by the next squad that came along. He then 
 went to Memphis and drew pay for two months 
 nine months due then went down to Helena, 
 Ark., and by transports down the Yazoo Pass, 
 and got as far as Fort Pemberton, but was una 
 ble to go farther. Then returned to Milliken s 
 Bend. Here the men drew four months pay 
 and started to capture Vicksburg. 
 
 After leaving Milliken s Bend our subject 
 became too sick for duty, returned to Milli 
 ken s Bend, where he remained until June, re 
 joining his Regt. during the siege of Vicksburg. 
 After its surrender he proceeded to Helena, 
 then to Memphis, and later to Glenwood, from 
 
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 467 
 
 which they marched to luka. Here our subject 
 was transferred to the veteran reserve corps, 
 and was sent to Rock Island for duty, and was 
 there employed guarding prisoners for three or 
 four months; then went to Charleston, 111., to 
 quell a riot. He was discharged at Chicago in 
 August, 1864; returned home, where heremained 
 until Feb. 1865, when he re-enlisted in the 34th 
 111., and went to Springfield, and from thence 
 East. Was in N. Y. City, on his way to the 
 front, when Lee surrendered, and was then sent 
 to Moorhead City, N. C., and from thence to 
 Goldsboro, and whilst there Gen. Johnston sur 
 rendered. He marched on to Washington, par 
 ticipated in the Grand Review, and was mustered 
 out at Louisville, Ky. He returned to his pa 
 rental home, near Industry, McDonough Co., 
 111., and engaged in farming on his father s farm. 
 For several years our subject spent most of his 
 time in traveling. He visited Kan. and Mo., 
 seldom engaging in any regular work, but all 
 the time on the lookout for a location where he 
 could make some money without heavy manual 
 labor, which he was physically unable to per 
 form. In 1872 he and his father went into the 
 grocery business at Cambridge, 111., and re 
 mained there until 1875; from there removed to 
 Terre Haute, Ind., on account of his father s fail 
 ing health. The party who bought them out at 
 Cambridge failed; therefore, they were obliged 
 to take back the property, and returned there 
 in 1877, remaining until 1879, when they went 
 to Quincy. Here subject was employed for a 
 time as special police, appointed by the State 
 and commissioned by the city of Quincy. His 
 principal business was to look after the interests 
 of the State at the Soldiers Home. 
 
 In 1887, he went into the real estate, loans 
 and collection business which he has followed 
 since; but recently entered into a partnership 
 with S. M. Mann, whose sketch appears herein, 
 in the pension business. They are fully 
 equipped for successful work in the line of co 
 lecting any thing due the soldiers from any of 
 the Departments at Washington. The Thrush 
 family are all members of the M. E. Church. 
 Both subject and his father are members of the 
 I. O. O. F. and the latter is also a Mason. 
 
 Father Thrush is an old soldier who is perfectly 
 helpless, being entirely blind and very deaf. 
 He is now a pensioner at $30 though entitled to 
 the highest rate. Subject is an active member 
 of Colonel Morton Post, 707, G. A. R., being 
 the present commander. He is a P. G. in the 
 Gem City Lodge, No. 357, I. O. O. F., and is 
 the present D. D. G. M. He is also a member 
 of the encampment branch of the order and is 
 at present H. P. The father is a prohibitionist 
 in political faith whilst the son is an active 
 Republican. The loth Mo. survivors have a 
 regimental association, the last meeting of 
 which was held at Princeton, Sept. 22 and 23rd, 
 when comrade Thrush was elected President of 
 the association for the ensuing year, being his 
 own successor at two prior elections. 
 
 CAPT. J. W. NILES. In preserving the 
 records of the lives of the old soldiers 
 who went out in defense of their country 
 and for the preservation of union and liberty 
 during the late Civil War, there are none more 
 worthy of space in the pages of its history than 
 the subject that heads this sketch. He is a 
 native of N. Y. State, born in Madison Co. Nov. 
 11, 1833, and is the second son and fifth child 
 of eight children of John and Sarah (Moseley) 
 Niles. The former was also born in Madison 
 Co., N.Y., Nov. 27, 1800, who was the son of 
 John Niles, who served as a Captain in the war 
 of 1812, a native of Mass., and a son of the Rev. 
 Nathan Niles, a prominent minister of the 
 Presbyterian Church, a native of Mass., whose 
 ancestors came from England in an early day. 
 John Niles, the father of our subject, was 
 Captain of the militia in N. Y., and was mar 
 ried in Madison Co., in 1824, to Sarah Moseley, 
 a daughter of Araunah Moseley. She was born 
 in Lebanon, Madison Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, 1803. 
 Her ancestors were of Puritan stock. Captain 
 John Niles, the grandfather of our subject, 
 emigrated from Mass, to Madison Co., N. Y., 
 about the year 1790, where he and his brother 
 took up a large tract of land which is now 
 known as Niles settlement, where he followed 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 agricultural pursuits during his life, and died at 
 the age of 60 years, in Dec., 1830. The father 
 of our subject was reared on his father s farm, 
 and after his marriage he settled on a part of 
 the original tract which his father had previously 
 taken up from the Govt., where he resided un 
 til 1854, when he came West with his family, a 
 part of which had preceeded him and settled 
 in Jones Co., la., where he purchased a section 
 of wild land, and with the assistance of his two 
 sons, John W. and Harvey, began the task of 
 improving, and resided until 1868, when he 
 came to Sterling, 111., where he died in Dec., 
 1882, his wife surviving him until Sept. I, 1884. 
 Of the eight children, all are living: A. M., of 
 Neb.; Mrs. Sarah Jewett, of Sioux Falls, Dak.; 
 Mrs. Susan Price, of Hinckley, 111.; Mrs. Mary 
 Buell, of Sterling; John W.; Harvey; Anna 
 Hortshorn, Onango, 111., and S. W., of Hastings, 
 Neb. The subject s youth was spent on a farm, 
 and his early education was obtained in the 
 common schools and completed at Hamilton 
 academy. 
 
 In 1852 he came west to 111., engaged in 
 teaching in various places for two years, then, 
 went to Jones County with his father and there 
 engaged in farming on the land his father had 
 purchased, teaching school in the winter. He 
 was also Postmaster of Madison, la., although 
 he was a Republican, there being no Democrat 
 competent to hold it. At the time of the 
 breaking out of the rebellion he was one of the 
 first to answer to the call for troops, and assisted 
 in raising a company of volunteers. He en 
 listed Aug. 12, 1 86 1, was mustered in as Sergt. 
 of Co. B., gth la. Vol. Inf. and was first ordered 
 to Dubuque, la., where the Regt. was organized 
 in Oct. It was then ordered to St. Louis where 
 it received arms and uniforms at Benton Bar 
 racks, thence to Pacific, Mo., thence, Jan. 2, to 
 Rolla where the Regt. was assigned to the com 
 mand of Gen. Curtis, who was in command of 
 the Army of the Southwest. During this time 
 Price and McCullogh were committing depre 
 dations through Southwest Mo. and the gth per 
 formed excellent service in repelling them and 
 driving them into Ark, where they turned, and 
 the result was the battle of Pea Ridge. Sergt. 
 
 Niles was with his command at that battle, and 
 his Regt. lost in killed, wounded and prisoners 
 256 gallant men. Toward the close of the battle, 
 Sergt. Niles took command of the Co., the com 
 missioned officers having been killed wounded 
 and disabled. At one time during this hotly 
 contested engagement, the gth was surrounded 
 but with a courage born of despair, they extri 
 cated themselves by hewing their way through 
 the opposing lines of the enemy. 
 
 Here Sergt. Niles proved himself a good 
 soldier, and one suited to command wherever 
 his fate might place him. In the assault upon 
 Vicksburg 1st Lieut. Jones, of Co. B., was killed, 
 and Sergt, Niles promoted to fill the vacancy. 
 Throughout the long and weary marches, and 
 almost daily battles around Chattanooga and 
 the " March to the Sea," Lieut, Niles bore him 
 self bravely and well, earning the noblest trib 
 utes in the appreciation of his superior officers. 
 He was subsequently appointed Regimental 
 Quartermaster, and served in that relation dur 
 ing the Atlanta campaign. The resignation of 
 Captain Max Sweeney at Savannah, gave the 
 command of Co. B. to Captain Niles, who was 
 accordingly commissioned. He was at the 
 siege of Savannah and in many other battles 
 won distinction. After the surrender of Lee, 
 he went to his home in Iowa on a furlough, but 
 returned to his command and remained in the 
 service, being of the number of the gallant band 
 that passed in review at Washington, May 24, 
 1865, and which represented one of the grand 
 est military pageants known to history. Cap 
 tain Niles was honorably discharged at Clinton, 
 la. with his Co., July 18, 1865. He returned to 
 the occupation of farming on his estate of 240 
 acres in Montmorency Township, 111., where 
 he continued his operations until 1878, when 
 he removed to Sterling, having sold his farm. 
 He has been a member of the Board of Edu 
 cation, and is its Incumbent Secretary. He is 
 a member of the Masonic fraternity; Master of 
 Lodge No. 312, and Recorder of the Com- 
 mandery; is also a Past Commander of Robin 
 son Post G. A. R. In Mr. Niles is afforded a 
 striking example of what may be accomplished 
 by subordinating all things to the law of devo- 
 
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 tion, to right and principle. The satisfaction 
 thus derived cannot be compassed in words, 
 nor can the influences thus engendered ever be 
 obliterated. 
 
 ROBERT R. LYNN, a resident of Rock Island, 
 is the son of Robert R. and Mary L. 
 (Fowler) Lynn, and was born Oct. 25, 
 1844, in Jo Daviess Co., 111. His father was a 
 native of N. Y., and of Scotch ancestry. His 
 mother, of German descent, was a native of 
 Ohio and a daughter of the illustrious Col. 
 Fowler, who was killed in the Mexican war. 
 Robert, or "Bob" as he is better known by his 
 many friends, enlisted in the service of his 
 country Oct. 19, 1861, at Peoria, 111., when not 
 yet fully 17 years. He joined Co. G., nth 111. 
 Cav., under the now famous Col. Robert G. 
 Ingersoll, who, subject says, embodies all the 
 qualities that go to make a complete man and 
 a typical commander. Feb. 22, 1862, they 
 broke camp, marched to Springfield, 111., were 
 reviewed and addressed by the Governor and 
 his staff, and then proceeded onto Benton Bar 
 racks, Mo., where they received necessary 
 equipments. Soon they embarked for Pitts- 
 burg Landing, and after immediate and con 
 stant skirmishing they rallied bravely onward 
 and participated in that bloody battle of Shiloh, 
 Apr. 6, and 7, 1862, in which the Regt. lost 
 heavily in killed and wounded. The next move 
 was on to Corinth. Slowly and arduously they 
 proceeded, being constantly engaged in skir 
 mishing and picket duty. About June 17, our 
 soldier was taken severely sick with pneumonia 
 which rapidly developed into a serious case of 
 typhoid fever. At Hamburg Landing he was 
 transferred to the hospital boat and for the en 
 suing six weeks he lay hovering between life 
 and death, in a pitiful delirious condition. 
 When he regained consciousness he found him 
 self at hospital No. 5, New Albany, Ind., under 
 the tender and skillful care of Dr. Chas. E. 
 Bowman, to whom he to-day owes his life. 
 Some time in Oct. he was examined by aboard 
 of army physician s, who decided that our con 
 
 valescent soldier would never be fit for field 
 duty, and having no descriptive list from the 
 company roll, he received a discharged fur 
 lough signed by the medical directory and the 
 Post Commander, Maj. Flint. Then he returned 
 home, spent the winter hobbling round on 
 crutches, and through the obstinacy and mal 
 feasance of the Captain who refused to forward 
 the descriptive list, Lynn could not receive his 
 full discharge. 
 
 In the meantime, the captain was super 
 seded by Capt. S. S. Tripp, now of Peoria, 
 111., who had the kindness and manliness to 
 immediately notify him that he was reported 
 on the roll as absent without leave. Having 
 partially recovered health, our soldier presented 
 the facts before Gov. Yates, who requested him 
 to return home and he would have matters cor 
 rected. The details having been deferred, com 
 rade Lynn, although hardly able for duty, con 
 cluded to return to the rescue of the grand "old 
 flag." He called on the Gov. who kindly but 
 reluctantly furnished transportation, stating 
 that he was not fit for duty, and thus he rejoined 
 his command at Jackson, Miss. Here he was 
 informed that if he desired he would be dis 
 charged immediately with full pay from time 
 of enlistment. But under promise of light duty 
 as field orderly, at Gen. McPherson s head 
 quarters, he preferred to remain as a loyal son 
 of the war. In this position he was actively 
 engaged during the entire siege of Vicksburg. 
 During the winter we find our subject busily 
 employed in scouting. Next came the famous 
 Meridian raid and subsequently we find young 
 Lynn participating in the memorable Atlanta 
 campaign, taking active part in the battles of 
 Rome, Allatoona Pass, Big Shanty, Kenesaw 
 Mt., Nickajack Creek and Atlanta. During 
 the last named battle his duties were severely 
 critical, he being obliged to take messages to 
 the Iowa Brig, when it was completely sur 
 rounded by the enemy, the air buzzing and 
 whizzing with bullets. 
 
 During the night of July 21, the illustrious 
 Walter Q. Gresham was wounded by the side of 
 our subject, who assisted in carrying him off 
 the field. Anon-, -we find -him in the hot battle 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 of Jonesboro. This time he did not escapethe 
 rain of shot and shell, but was struck in the 
 breast by a ball, knocking him off his horse. 
 But our soldier s patriotism was not lessened 
 by his disability. His horse having been 
 caught by a negro, he bravely remounted, 
 when, alas, but a few minutes later; he was 
 severely shot through the left leg. Still our 
 young hero would not succumb. Onward he 
 went "to do or die." He proceeded but ashort 
 distance when his faithful horse was shot in the 
 head, dropping instantly. Thus ended the 
 memorable siege of Atlanta, with Lynn con 
 fined to camp, he preferring it to the horrible 
 scenes of a hospital. Only about a fortnight 
 elapsed, and he was back to his Regt., en 
 gaged in all the difficult scouting, and hard 
 ships incident to the "march to the sea," atone 
 time being on duty, carrying messages from 
 one army to the other, for four days and 
 nights successively. After the siege and sur 
 render of Savannah, the army remained 
 four weeks." Sickness again overtook our 
 heroic soldier boy. Soon the disease de 
 veloped into smallpox, and for weeks he 
 struggled with death, subsisting on a daily ra 
 tion of a pint of weak tea and two pieces of 
 burnt bread. Thinking himself sufficiently 
 convalescent, he tore up a board in the floor 
 and made his escape from the hospital. Wad 
 ing out to a supply tent, he equipped himself 
 with new clothes, a revolver, a rifle and amuni- 
 tion, then proceeded to a negro shanty, filled 
 his canteen with tea, his haversack with corn- 
 meal, secured a skiff, crossed the Poccotella, 
 and then onward to overtake Sherman s 
 army. 
 
 After dodging squads of rebel scouts, and 
 tramping days and nights, he finally overtook 
 the rear, Jan. 6, 1865. Welcomed by his com 
 rades, he was furnished with a horse and joined 
 his command in the advance. The next day 
 he was one of 25 men who volunteered to blaze 
 a passage through the Salkahatchie swamp. 
 After the most strenuous efforts, he was one of 
 four who succeeded in crossing, and one of 
 only two who returned to report to head quar 
 ters. A third and a fourth time our hero crossed 
 
 with a message to Gen. Sherman. Subsequent 
 ly he was actively engaged in all the fighting 
 and most dangerous scouting along the route 
 to Goldsboro, N. C. The next battle was the 
 final battle of Bentonville, in which our gallant 
 soldier, who was invariably in the advance, 
 was not only a third time wounded, being 
 struck in the hand with a piece of shell, but 
 was a second time rid of his horse, which was 
 again shot beneath him. Thus the last battle 
 was fought. The great Rebellion came to an 
 end, and now the victors made their glorious 
 march homeward, joining the grand review at 
 Washington. Comrade Lynn received his final 
 discharge at Springfield, 111., Sept. 25, 1865, 
 thence went to Lewistown, 111.; later moved to 
 Rock Island, where he has resided since, and 
 where for the past twelve years he has held 
 the trusted and responsible position of Super 
 intendent of one of the mammoth mills of the 
 Rock Island Lumber Company. 
 
 By Mr. Lynn s first marriage there is living 
 one daughter, Esther E. He was married a 
 second time, Oct. 20, 1864, at Chicago, 111., to 
 De Rinda Bourdeau,who presented him with two 
 children, Roscoe Blaine, deceased, and Mildred, 
 living. He is a Free Mason and a member of 
 
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 the M. W. A., and A. O. U. W. societies. In 
 politics he is a staunch Republican. Mr. Lynn 
 is a highly respected employee, a true soldier, 
 and a fellow like and progressive citizen. 
 
 PROMINENT among the citizens of Rockford, 
 111., as a gentleman and business man, 
 stands AMASA HUTCHINS, who was born 
 in Winnebago Co., 111., June I, 1844, an only son 
 of Rial and Diana, (Brinke) Hutchins of Pa. 
 
 The father being a farmer the son s early 
 life was spent there and in attending the dis 
 trict schools. At the outbreak of the war, 
 our subject was only 1 8 years of age, and there 
 fore ineligible to enter the army, but in the 
 following year the martial courageous spirit of 
 his youth, could no longer be restrained, so he 
 broke through parental ties and became a sol 
 dier by enlisting at Rockford, and was mustered 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 47* 
 
 into the service as a corporal in Co. A., 74th. 
 111. Inf., Sept. 5, 1852. His Regt. remained in 
 camp a few weeks, drilling, then proceeded to 
 Louisville, Ky., where Mr. Hutchins was de 
 tailed in charge of clothing during his stay at 
 that place. Rejoining his Regt. at Bowling 
 Green, he marched to Nashville, and was again 
 in charge of wagons and clothing. The Regt. 
 was held in reserve in the battle of Perrysville 
 then marched to Nashville and Dec. 26th, 
 moved out, encountered the enemy, and helped 
 dislodge his batteries. The following day was 
 devoted to heavy skirmishing and a slow gen 
 eral advance upon the rebel lines. The next 
 day being Sunday, both armies rested, and on 
 Monday there was constant skirmishing, and 
 heavy artillery firing by both sides. On the 
 night of Dec. 30, ,1862, Mr. Hutchins and all 
 his comrades slept upon their arms and at four 
 o clock A. M. were in line, and at daybreak 
 were attacked by vastly superior numbers. 
 Johnston s Div., which was on the right of the 
 /4th, was taken by surprise. Its batteries being 
 captured it was forced back, thus leaving the 
 Regt. exposed. The men however fought with 
 desperation but being unable to withstand a 
 much heavier force, also fell back a distance, 
 but only after having wrought great destruc 
 tion upon the attacking force. The 74th, 
 after retreating about a mile came upon the 
 rebels in force, in its rear, seven lines deep. 
 The rebel commander in front gave order to 
 his men to right wheel, whereupon Mr. Hutch 
 ins leveled his rifle and it told its own story. 
 That Commander gave no further directions. 
 Mr. Hutchins suffered the loss of his right 
 thumb which was shot off, and he was compelled 
 to go into the field hospital, where he remained 
 for several days. 
 
 He was afterwards removed to Nashville, 
 where he remained about six weeks, when he 
 rejoined hisCo. at Murfreesboro. Inthe month 
 of June, the 74th moved out of camp and set 
 out on the Tullahoma campaign, being on con 
 stant march, skirmish and battle, which termina 
 ted in the desperate battle of Chickamauga, 
 fought Sept. 19 and 20, 1863. Proceeding to 
 Chattanooga the Regt. took its position in the 
 
 front line, and engaged in building works. Nov. 
 14, it received from the ladies of Rockford its 
 new flag. On the 25th, when only eighty rods 
 from the enemy s skirmishers, it was ordered to 
 move forward and carry the rebel pits at the 
 foot of Mission Ridge. It assisted in carrying 
 out the order, taking many prisoners, and al 
 most immediately thereafter joined in storming 
 the Ridge. In that charge, the new flag of the 
 74th was borne by Chas. E. Allen, of Co. E. 
 He soon fell struck by a minie ball, but the 
 colors had hardly dropped from his nerveless 
 grasp, before they were seized by Alba Miller 
 who carried them but a short distance, when he 
 too fell wounded, whereupon they were grasped 
 by Corporal Compton, who was also killed. 
 The emblem was snatched from the hands of 
 the dying Compton, and was soon planted 
 upon the rebel works, pierced with 15 bullets, 
 being the first Union flag to fly upon the hard- 
 won crest of that rugged hill. 
 
 In this assault the 74th lost 14 killed, 39 
 wounded and 6 missing. Of the wounded sev 
 eral survived but a short time. Mr. Hutchins 
 was after this sent back to Chattanooga and 
 placed in hospital, then granted a furlough 
 when he returned home. He rejoined his 
 Regt. and started out on the Atlanta campaign 
 and was at the battle of Buzzard s Roost. 
 Here he was detailed in charge of pioneers 
 and was sent to cut a road on the mountain, 
 and whilst so engaged was fired upon by 
 the enemy, and being without guns, and be 
 yond the Union picket line, fell back within 
 the lines. He was taken sick whilst at Dallas 
 and sent back to hospital at Chattanooga, then 
 to Nashville, afterwards to Chicago, where he 
 remained in hospital until May 25, 1865, when 
 the war being over he was discharged. 
 
 Immediately he returned to his home in 
 Rockford, and owing to his physical illness, 
 contracted whilst in the army, was unable to 
 do any work for the following two years. In 
 the year 1867, having somewhat improved he 
 engaged in farming for a year, then at carpen 
 ter work for about nine years, when he com 
 bined the callings of a farmer and carpenter 
 for the succeeding three years. Popular as a 
 
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 soldier and in every other relation of life, 
 when a man was wanted to fill the responsible 
 position of Sheriff for his County, the friends 
 of Mr. Hutchins induced him to accept the 
 nomination, and they voted him into the office 
 triumphantly. This situation he filled with 
 commendable tact, skill and ability. After a 
 service of six years, Mr. Hutchins gave up the 
 Sheriffship, and engaged in the marble and 
 granite business, at which he has continued to 
 be engaged up to the present time. 
 
 Mr. Hutchins during his war career verified 
 the truism " that in Union there is strength," 
 and, concluding to profit by it, selected as his 
 better-half, Elizabeth Harrod, whom he joined 
 in the holy bonds of matrimony, in the month 
 of Sept., 1867, and six bright, sparkling chil 
 dren are the result of that marriage, viz.: May, 
 Fred, Bessie, Annie, Ray, and a little baby, the 
 joy and delight of its parents. All are now 
 living except Bessie. He has held the posi 
 tion of Assessor for four terms, is a member of 
 G. L. Nevin s Post No. I, G. A. R., and is a 
 Republican. Honorable and business-like in 
 all his transactions of life, no effort was re 
 quired on his part, but he has been quietly and 
 unostentatiously placed by the universal senti 
 ment of the public, in the front ranks of Rock- 
 ford s most substantial business men and citi 
 zens. 
 
 ABRAHAM LEATHERMAN, of Elgin, 111., was 
 born Dec. 21, 1840, in Cook Co., 111., and 
 is the son of Abraham Leatherman who 
 was born Oct. 25, 1801, in Ky. His grand 
 father was born in Germany, as was also his 
 grandmother. His parents are dead. He had 
 three brothers in the war of the Rebellion- 
 William and John were in the H3th 111. Inf., 
 whilst Evin was in the I4ist 111. Inf. Mr. 
 Leatherman after receiving his education in the 
 public schools went to work on the farm and 
 continued in this occupation up to the time of 
 his enlistment. He was a loyal, patriotic 
 citizen, and seeing his country and its institu 
 
 tions endangered by traitorous rebels who 
 sought its dissolution, concluded to join the 
 soldiery for its preservation, and enlisted at 
 Iroquois Co., 111., Aug. 12, 1862. He rendez 
 voused at Kankakee, then at Camp Douglas, 
 Chicago, where he was mustered in as a private 
 in Co. F., ii3th 111. Inf., Oct. i, 1862. His 
 Regt. was subsequently forwarded to Memphis, 
 Tenn., where it remained for a short time. 
 Leaving here, it went on the -Tallehatchie ex 
 pedition, and then returned to Memphis. 
 Here it took transports down the Miss. River, 
 and then passed up the Yazoo River in the rear 
 of Vicksburg, where the first outbreak in that 
 city took place. After doing picket duty along 
 the Yazoo River, the next move was to Ar 
 kansas Post, at which place an engagement re 
 sulted in the Union forces capturing and 
 taking possession of that Post Jan. II and 12, 
 1863. On this occasion about 8,000 rebels 
 were taken prisoners. Five companies, includ 
 ing Co. F., were detailed to guard the prison 
 ers, marching them to Camp Butler at Spring 
 field, 111., landing there in the early part of 
 Feb., 1863. Here the Co. remained until the 
 spring of 1864, when it was ordered to Mem 
 phis where it joined the Regt. and engaged in 
 picket duty and guarding the supply trains. 
 In the autumn of that year, the Regt. was or 
 dered to Guntown for the purpose of tearing 
 up the railroad. A battle ensued, called the 
 battle of Guntown, which resulted disastrously 
 to the Union forces, which were compelled to 
 retreat to Memphis. The Regt. continued 
 there doing guard duty until the close of the 
 war. Comrade Leatherman was mustered out 
 of service Jan. 20. 1865, at Memphis, and dis 
 charged at Chicago, on the 2gth. He was pro 
 moted to corporal, some time before his dis 
 charge. 
 
 After the war he resumed farming which he 
 continued for many years, and has accumulated 
 a sufficient amount of money and property to 
 warrant his retiring from active business pur 
 suits during his remaining years. 
 
 On June 13, 1867, he married Josephine 
 McChesney by whom he has the following 
 children: Wm. O., Jesse D., Fonetta M., Ida 
 
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 473 
 
 D., and Mary E., the two first named are dead. 
 Mrs. Leatherman was a daughter of Jos. and 
 Mary B. McChesney. In politics, Mr. Leather 
 man is a Republican. 
 
 PROMINENT among the citizens and profes 
 sional men of Momence, 111., is BENJAMIN 
 F. GRAY, a native of Oneida Co., N. Y., 
 born July 7, 1834, son of Jonathan and Esther 
 (Martin) Gray, the former a native of Rensse- 
 laer Co., N. Y., while the latter was a lineal de 
 scendant of the famous Roger Williams family. 
 His father and family removed to Perrysburg, 
 Ohio, in the year 1835 (where the mother of 
 our subject died), and two years later to Lake 
 Co., Ind., where he pre-empted Govt. land and 
 commenced to build up a homestead. He mar 
 ried again, and had one child by that marriage, 
 Daniel, who enlisted in the Union army for the 
 war; was taken prisoner, and died in that place 
 of horrors, Andersonville prison. Our subject 
 lived with his father and step-mother until 1839, 
 when he, with an elder brother, was compelled, 
 owing to his parents inability to keep him, to 
 go into the alms house, and the same year arti 
 cled out to William H. H. Holton, of Crown 
 Point, Ind., where he continued for the following 
 eight years, then started out for himself . He con 
 tinued in Lake Co. until the year 1850, when he 
 concluded to seek his fortunes in another State, 
 therefore removed to Momence, 111. Although 
 he had now reached his I5th year, he had never 
 entered a school, and, in fact, had not the op 
 portunity. He had, however, realized the ad 
 vantages of those possessed of an education 
 over himself as he trudged through life unable 
 to read or write, and therefore lost no time when 
 an opportunity presented for attending school. 
 Shortly after his removal to Momence he com 
 menced going to school, working mornings and 
 evenings for his board during the winter season, 
 and being employed on the farm in the summer, 
 and in a short time, owing to his energy and 
 ability, was soon happily possessed of a good, 
 practical business education, which he has al 
 ways improved by a liberal course of promis 
 cuous reading. 
 
 Notwithstanding his early impecuniosities, 
 he was, while yet in his early twenties, able to 
 lay aside a little money from his earnings, with 
 which he purchased some land enabling him to 
 start farming. Being a daring, energetic and 
 courageous young fellow, he decided to join 
 the army when the first call for troops was pro 
 claimed, and accordingly enlisted in July, 1861, 
 and w 7 as mustered into the service at Chicago 
 as a private in Co. D., 42nd 111. Vol. Inf. About 
 two months after its organization it moved to 
 St. Louis, and joined Maj. Gen. Hunter at Tip- 
 ton, Mo., Oct. 18, 1861, and was assigned to 
 Col. Palmer s Brig. The Brig, proceeded first 
 to Warsaw, then to Springfield, from which it 
 went to Smithton, Mo., where it arrived Dec. 
 13, and went into winter quarters. During the 
 march to Springfield Mr. Gray was taken vio 
 lently ill, and was compelled to remain at Camp 
 Baker, but later rejoined his Regt. in its winter 
 quarters, and remained there until Feb. 3, 1862, 
 when he marched to St. Charles, then on to 
 Fort Hold, and March 4th occupied Columbus. 
 The next move of his Regt. was to Island No. 
 10, and participated in the siege of that place 
 until it surrendered, April 11. Colonel Roberts, 
 with fifty men of Co. A., having spiked six guns 
 of the enemy on the night of the first of April. 
 Leaving this place, Mr. Gray, with his Regt., 
 proceeded to New Madrid, opposite Fort Pil 
 low, there disembarking, but on the following 
 day re-embarked and moved to Paducah and 
 Hamburg Landing, where he was ordered to 
 Pittsburg Landing, and on the march toward 
 Corinth participated in the battle of Farming- 
 ton, May gth, losing 2 men killed and 12 
 wounded, then leading the advance in pursuit 
 of Beauregard s army to Baldwyne, Miss., after 
 which he returned to Corinth. He then went 
 to Big Springs, performing guard duty for a 
 time, then to Cortland, Ala., which the Regt. 
 occupied until Aug. 3d, being engaged there 
 also upon guard duty along the Memphis and 
 Charleston R. R. then moved to Nashville, 
 via Decatur, engaging the enemy in a sharp, 
 warm battle at Columbia, sustaining several 
 casualties. It remained at Nashville during the 
 siege,, part of the time on short rations. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Marching out of Nashville on the Nolans- 
 ville Pike, it proceeded some days later on the 
 Murfreesboro campaign, having a heavy skir 
 mish with the rebels Dec. 30, and on the fol 
 lowing day as also on Jan. I and 2d, 1863, par 
 ticipated in the bloody battle of Stone River, 
 losing 22 comrades of the Regt. killed, 116 
 wounded and 85 taken prisoners. March 5 
 engaged in the pursuit of Gen. Van Dorn to 
 Columbia, returning to Murfreesboro and 
 remaining there until June 24, when the Regt. 
 proceeded upon the Tullahoma expedition, 
 which having been successful, took up the 
 Chattanooga campaign during which the com 
 mand marched to Alpine, Ga., Trenton, crossed 
 Lookout Mt. and Sept. 19 and 20, took part in 
 the battle of Chickamauga, and was heavily 
 engaged throughout those days; the 42nd los 
 ing 28 men killed, 128 wounded, and 28 pris 
 oners. The next battle in which Mr. Gray took 
 part was that of Missionary Ridge, his Regt. 
 being in the skirmish line during the engage 
 ment and again bearing its full share of the 
 hardships and deadly results of the war; then 
 pursued the retreating rebels to Chickamauga 
 Creek, and on returning, joined the EastTenn., 
 campaign and marched to Knoxville to the 
 relief of Gen. Burnside at Stone s Mill. Jan. I, 
 1864, the 42nd re-enlisted as a veteran volun 
 teer organization and 15 days later moved to 
 Danbridge, then to Chattanooga, and from 
 there to Chicago where the men were granted 
 a veteran furlough. Mr. Gray was placed upon 
 recruiting duty at Kankakee where he enlisted 
 10 recruits. Returning at the termination of 
 the furlough he entered upon the Atlanta cam 
 paign, and his Regt. took a prominent part in 
 the battle of Rocky Face Ridge and Resaca, 
 at the latter of which he was struck with a rebel 
 minie ball in the groin which he has unwill 
 ingly carried ever since. He was then sent 
 back to the hospital at Nashville and soon as 
 able to travel he was furloughed for 30 days 
 and returned home, afterward reported to offi 
 cers Hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio, and was dis 
 charged Aug. 17, 1864, by reason of disability. 
 He was promoted to 2nd Lieut. March 30, 1863, 
 and was mustered out as such by reason of 
 
 meritorious service rendered at the battle of 
 Stone River. 
 
 Having left the army he attended Bryant & 
 Stratton s Business College, and later, gradu 
 ated at Washington, D. C., Feb. 25, 1865, was 
 appointed clerk in the Treasury Department 
 at Washington, which he held until the fall of 
 1872, when he was compelled to resign by rea 
 son of impaired health. In the year 1870, he 
 commenced the study of law at the law branch 
 of Columbus College, Washington, D. C., and 
 graduated at the National University in 1872; 
 was admitted to the bar at Washington, com 
 menced the practice of his profession, July of 
 the same year, and has been in active practice 
 ever since. By the application of his ability 
 and energy he has built up a remunerative 
 growing practice, and having accumulated con 
 siderable means has displayed much public 
 spirit and enterprise in the manner of its in 
 vestment which is highly advantageous to the 
 community in which he resides. 
 
 Mr. Gray married in 1867, Flora A. Clark, 
 daughter of B. T. Clark, by whom he has seven 
 children, vizx Allie M., Laura C., Charlotta F., 
 Mary A., Jessie M., Esther, and Gertrude M. 
 He is a member of G. A. R., Post at Momence; 
 President of the Electric Light Company, and 
 holds positions on the Directorate Board of 
 three corporations. 
 
 Lawyer Gray s life and success stands out as 
 a prominent example of what can be accom 
 plished by a boy, even although he be born poor. 
 By the energetic use of the powers with which 
 the Almighty endowed him, and a religious ob 
 servance of the laws intended for the well being 
 and government of mankind, he has risen step 
 by step in social position and affluence until 
 now, although only comparatively a young 
 man, he stands out prominent in fortune and 
 position among the inhabitants of the district 
 in which he resides. 
 
 RUFUS DANFORTH, of F.nglewood, charter 
 member of George G. Meade Post, No. 
 444, of Chicago, enlisted at Lewiston, 
 Me., June 15, 1862, in Co. K., I7th Me. Inf., 
 
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 475 
 
 rendezvoused for awhile at Portland, and then 
 was ordered to Fort Carroll, near Washington, 
 where it was engaged in drill and garrison duty 
 until Oct. when it crossed into Va., and was 
 assigned to the 3rd Brig., ist Div., 3rd A. C. 
 The 1 7th was one of the righting regiments 
 and made creditable record at Fredericksburg 
 and at Chancellorsville, where it sustained a 
 loss of 10 killed, and 65 wounded. The Regt. 
 was generally in the front and was known as 
 the " crack regiment." Mr. Danforth was 
 with his Regt. in nearly all of its engagements, 
 and avoided the hospital whenever he could. 
 On the field of Gettysburg, Philip Gunlock, a" 
 gunner, presented Mr. Danforth with a gold 
 badge which had been given him by his com 
 rades for bravery on the field. Mr. Danforth 
 had saved this soldier s life three times on that 
 field. He was wounded at the fight of Melville 
 Hill, but preferred to stay with his Regt. and 
 be his own physician than go to a hospital. 
 Soap and water giving out, however, he was 
 obliged to fall behind his Regt., which he re 
 joined on the road between Petersburg and 
 Richmond, about the last of August. He was 
 discharged at Washington April i, 1865, after 
 having served his country over three years. 
 While near Richmond his Regt. came nearly 
 being captured. The box containing enlist 
 ment, and other valuable papers was taken. 
 After the surrender and while on their way 
 home, they stopped at Baltimore to rest, many 
 having become sick and exhausted. Mr. Dan 
 forth was taken into a saloon and laid on the 
 floor. While lying there he noticed a box that 
 aroused his curiosity and forgetting his illness 
 for the time, and choosing a favorable oppor 
 tunity, he seized the box, put it under his arm 
 and left the saloon, and later conveyed it to the 
 officers of his Regt., who, upon opening it dis 
 covered the papers that had been stolen at 
 Richmond. 
 
 At one time the subject of this sketch was 
 posted as vidette one dark night in company 
 with comrade Miller. In front of them was 
 a clump of bushes which they had noticed 
 in the daytime, and these they desired to reach 
 if possible, in order to secure a better position 
 
 for getting information from the enemy. They 
 started for these bushes, crawling stealthily 
 along but missed them and went direct into 
 the rebel camp. Discovering their mis 
 take, they decided to make a run for their lives 
 and starting down what they supposed to be 
 the middle of the camp street, they unfortu 
 nately got too near a guy rope, stumbled and 
 fell. Their fall attracted the attention of the 
 rebels and they were soon captured and placed 
 under guard. After they had satisfied the 
 rebels that they had by accident strayed into 
 their camp, they were escorted toward the 
 prison by a Lieut, and an orderly. Mr. Dan 
 forth was much exhausted, and would purposely 
 stumble occasionly to see what effect it would 
 have on his guards. The Lieut, becoming 
 vexed with such awkwardness, administered a 
 blow with his sword on his shoulder as he was 
 rising, the point springing down and taking a 
 piece of his flesh out of his hip, causing the 
 blood to flow profusely. This in no wise dis 
 couraged him from his purpose of making his 
 escape if possible. In spite of the vigilance of 
 the guards the Union soldiers managed to make 
 signals to each other and at the proper time 
 the orderly was relieved of his gun and knocked 
 down by Mr. Danforth, his comrade, Miller, 
 treating the Lieut, in the same way, who fell on 
 the prostrate orderly. They were held in this 
 position at the point of the bayonet until dis 
 armed. Then, as prisoners, the rebel guards 
 were permitted to rise and were marched off, 
 and coming to a turn in the road where there 
 was a large boulder, were informed that they 
 must exchange uniforms with their "Yankee" 
 prisoners, and that quickly. When this was 
 done they were ordered to run for their lives, 
 and admonished that if they looked back they 
 would be shot dead. It is not necessary to state 
 that they made double quick time. Mr. Dan 
 forth and his comrade started for the wood not 
 far away, and were about crossing a large stream 
 when a troop of rebel cavalry came upon them. 
 After a conflict the Union soldiers shot two of 
 the rebels and made their escape. Hiding by 
 day, and walking by night they finally ap 
 proached the Union lines exhausted and nearly 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 starved to death and were taken by the Union 
 Cav. as rebel prisoners into camp. 
 
 Mr. Danforth was born at Brunswick, Me., 
 Sept. 10, 1822. His parents were Moses and 
 Elizabeth Danforth. The father was of English 
 and the mother was of Scotch ancestry. The 
 father died at an advanced age. His father 
 was in the Revolutionary war. Children born 
 to parents were Charles, Henry, Lincoln, Na 
 thaniel, Daniel, Martin, Elizabeth, Moses, 
 Rufus and James. Moses was in the army and 
 served in the Red River expedition. Mr. Dan 
 forth was educated at the public schools, and 
 before the war was engaged in house and sign 
 painting. He has resided in Warrensburg, Mo., 
 Kansas City and Chicago. He was married at 
 Saco, Me., June 15, 1860, to Adaline, daughter 
 of Asa and Elizabeth (Larabee) Thompson, of 
 English and German parentage respectively. 
 Their children are Charles H., Ida M., Willard 
 H., John A., Frank H. and Adaline. He is a 
 member of the United Sons of America, and 
 the George G. Meade Post No. 444, of Engle- 
 wood, and is a Democrat in politics. Mrs. Dan 
 forth is an active member of the Woman s Re 
 lief Corps No. 136, auxilliary to the Meade Post. 
 She also has a badge presented to her from the 
 George G. Meade Post, of which she is an hon 
 orary member. It has been organized about 
 two years. Since its organization it has bought 
 two elegant flags, one for the Meade Post, and 
 the other for the Sons of Veterans, at a cost of 
 $250; also two field flags and a portrait of Gen 
 eral Meade. Mr. Danforth takes an active in 
 terest in G. A. R. matters, and is much respected 
 among those who know him. 
 
 RICHARD KEENEY, of Sterling 111., was born 
 atLaceyville, Pa., Nov. 8, 1842. His parents 
 were Ezra and Clarissa (Shartz) Keeney. 
 His father was born July 15, 1806 at Laceyville, 
 Pa., and was the son of Richard. The family 
 was sprung from old Puritan stock. The 
 Shartz family was of Holland "ancestry the 
 
 American progenitors, settling at an early 
 period in New England. Ezra Keeney was a 
 carpenter and farmer, from which services he 
 derived a considerable prosperity. He was 
 the father of six children by his first wife, who 
 died Dec. 3, 1843, when Richard was an infant. 
 
 By his second wife, Almira Dexter, to 
 whom he was married March 15, 1848, he had 
 four children. He died Nov. 30, 1875. After 
 his mother s death Richard lived with the 
 family of Samuel Lake, attending school until 
 he had attained his I4th year, when he went to 
 live with his father, assisting with the work on 
 the farm, and at intervals going to school until 
 Aug. 21, 1862, the date of his enlistment in the 
 military service as a private of Co. K., I43rd 
 Pa. Inf. He was mustered in at Harrisburg, 
 Pa. His company was detailed for guard duty 
 at Marion during the battle of Antietam, after 
 which he joined his Regt. in camp near Wileks- 
 barre, where he remained until Nov. 2Oth. 
 During the battle of Chancellorsville, the Regt. 
 \vas under fire opposite Fredericksburg,then pro 
 ceeded on forced march to Chancellorsville, af 
 terwards returning to Belle Plain and there 
 remaining until June I3th when the march was 
 begun for the historic field of Gettysburg. Mr. 
 Keeney went into action with his command on 
 the first day about 11 o clock in the morning, 
 the position being on Seminary Ridge near the 
 railroad cut. Reynolds having been killed, 
 Gen. Doubleday took command. Towards 
 three in the afternoon, the order to change front 
 was given. The loss to Mr. Keeney s Regt. 
 was expressed by over half its number in killed, 
 wounded and prisoners. The fighting was des 
 perate, and the I43d bore gallantly the leaden 
 storm poured down upon it. Mr. Keeney here 
 exhibited great personal bravery, and proved 
 himself worthy the distinction of a good sol 
 dier. The command was under fire on the 
 second day, but in reserve. On the third day 
 it was engaged in the action during Pickett s 
 charge, which it received in front, losing sev 
 eral men. 
 
 July the 15, the command began its return 
 march in the pursuit of Lee s retreating army, 
 going i nto winter quarters at Culpeper Court 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 477 
 
 House and remaining until May 4th. Mr. 
 Keeney went through the Campaign of the 
 Wilderness. In the battle of the Wilderness 
 he was severely wounded by a rifle ball in the 
 left leg, and was removed to the field hospital, 
 and the next day to Fredericksburg, where he 
 was placed in an old tobacco factory. Here he 
 was compelled to remain for 21 days without 
 having his blood-saturated garments removed, 
 and for a whole day was exposed to the rain in 
 an open car pending his transport to Sickle- 
 barracks Hospital, where he was given proper 
 medical and surgical attention, having his leg 
 amputated. In Sept. he was transferred to 
 Harwood Hospital in Washington, where he 
 remained until Nov. 24, when he received his 
 discharge. Returning home, he attended school 
 for a year, subsequently teaching for the same 
 period. Going West he located at Lanark, 
 Carroll Co. 111., where he again taught school 
 for one term, afterwards again attending a 
 course of study at Fulton, the Illinois Soldier s 
 College, and the Seminary at Mt. Morris. 
 After thus completing his education, he alter 
 nately taught school and engaged in farm work 
 until 1874, subsequently entirely devoting his 
 attention to farming in Ustick "Township until 
 1879. In this year he removed to Sterling, 
 where he served as government store-keeper 
 for four years. After this he began the manu 
 facture of the Empire Rotary Corn Planter 
 with Fayette Dyer, holding a half interest. 
 The firm name was, in April, 1886, changed to 
 Keeney & Harrison, since which it has remained 
 the same. About fifteen hands are employed 
 in this industry, which has been exceptionally 
 prosperous. 
 
 Mr. Keeney is prominent in G. A. R. cir 
 cles, and a member of Post No. 274, and the 
 M. W. A. Camp No. 12. He is in politics 
 Republican, and an eminently worthy man in 
 all his relations. He was married Sept. 28, 
 1870, in Ustick Township, to Jennie E., daugh 
 ter of Henry and Lucy (Ingham) Bond, and 
 they have two children; Myrthie and Henry 
 E. Mrs. Keeney s parents are living in Mor 
 rison, and but recently celebrated their golden 
 wedding. 
 
 SAMUEL NEWELL CALKIN, the Superintendent 
 of the State Insane Asylum farm at Kan- 
 kakee, 111., was born at DuPage, Will Co., 
 111., Aug. 16, 1842. His father James M. Calkin, 
 a native of Cochocton, Sullivan Co., N. Y., of 
 Welsh descent. The grandfather, Moses Cal 
 kin, settled in N. Y. State in an early day, and 
 at the time of the French and Indian war was 
 driven from his possessions. The mother s 
 maiden name was Phidelia Harris. 
 
 The father and mother of Samuel N. Calkin 
 were the parents of four children, two sons and 
 two daughters. They are: Mary E., wife of 
 Robert Jarvis, of Laredo, Texas, who was a 
 soldier in the 72d 111. Inf., serving his full time; 
 Samuel W., whose record will be more fully 
 given; Ruth E., wife of Sanford Oldehan, of 
 Purden Co., Neb., who served in the late war; 
 and Charles A., a resident of Iroquois, 111. 
 
 James M. Calkin, the father of the above 
 named family, was one of the pioneers in 111., 
 emigrating to this State in 1836, locating on a 
 farm in Will Co., being one of its first settlers. 
 In early life the father was a Whig, afterwards 
 becoming a Republican. He was a man well 
 informed on the current topics of the day, and 
 is still living at the age of seventy-eight years 
 with his wife who is over seventy years old, 
 having some time since celebrated their golden 
 wedding, 
 
 Samuel Newell Calkin attended the public 
 schools in the winter, working on the farm in 
 the summer, but received some knowledge of 
 the higher branches at Lemont Seminary. He 
 remained on the farm until the war of the re 
 bellion made it necessary for patriotic men on 
 farms and in every occupation to listen to the 
 call of the country for help in her threatened 
 danger. He enlisted in Aug., 1861, in the I2th 
 111. Cav., in Co. H., which was known as the 
 Chicago Dragoons, and mustered in at Chicago. 
 Almost immediately orders were received to 
 report to Washington, D. C., where it was as 
 signed to provost duty in the city. In the 
 spring of 1862, its duty was changed and it 
 joined the army of Gen. McClellan and fol 
 lowed his movements at Manassas, and to the 
 front at Richmond, where it was present during 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 the seven days fighting. Arriving at Alexan 
 dria, Co. H. was detailed to perform provost 
 duty under Gen. Slocum, who had charge of 
 the Inf. The Co. did not take part in the sec 
 ond battle of Bull Run, but was there in time 
 to join in the stampede of the army. Relieved 
 from detail duty, Mr. Calkin was with hisRegt. 
 at the battle of Antietam, and also at Freder- 
 icksburg. In the spring of 1863, the Cav. was 
 organized into a corps and placed under com 
 mand of Gen. Stoneman, and participated in 
 \vhat was known as the Stoneman raid, to the 
 rear of the rebel forces back of Richmond. 
 The 1 2th Cav. was then detached from the 
 main body and sent through to Yorktown under 
 Col. Davis, who succeeded in his mission and 
 reached the force at Yorktown. 
 
 After recuperating about a month this de 
 tachment was ordered to join the main body, 
 and was then engaged at Brandy Station, Kel 
 ly s Ford, and under almost constant fire for a 
 number of days. At this time Lee was making 
 desperate demonstrations on the East with all 
 the force at his disposal, and cavalry was sent 
 out by him to annoy and impede themovement 
 of the Union army, which required constant 
 activity and much hard service on the part of 
 the Union Cav. Near Williamsport, July 6, it 
 was learned that the place was held by one 
 Regt. of Stuart s Cav., so the 8th 111. Cav. and 
 a portion of the I2th rushed forward and drove 
 out the enemy. July I4th, at Gettysburg, the 
 1 2th regiment was the first to make the attack 
 and the first to suffer loss. Driven back from 
 the assault it made a stand, but after stubborn 
 resistance was forced to fall back to Cemetery 
 Hill until Lee retreated, when it followed his 
 scattered forces. 
 
 This valiant Regt. performed heroic service 
 in the battles at Falling Waters, Rapidan, and 
 Stevensburg, and won from the Secretary of 
 War the privilege of returning to Chicago in 
 Nov. 1863, to reorganize as Veterans, receiving 
 this favor as a reward for "brilliant services in 
 the field." In Chicago the Regt. recruited up 
 to the maximum of 1,259 officers and men, and 
 in Feb., 1864, went to St. Louis and soon 
 boarded transports for New Orleans to join 
 
 Gen. Banks on his Red River expedition, which 
 was in retreat by the time the I2th reached him- 
 It participated in the battles of the retreat, los 
 ing a large number of men. After reaching 
 New Orleans it was ordered to do picket duty 
 on the Lafourche from Donaldson to Thibo- 
 deaux, La., which continued during the summer 
 months. At Donaldson Mr. Calkin severed his 
 connection with the Regt. and was mustered 
 out Aug. 4, 1864, returned to Will County, 111., 
 and finally located in Iroquois Co. 
 
 He was married Mar. 9, 1865, to Adelaide 
 George, a daughter of Daniel and Nancy (Dal- 
 rymple) George, who came to 111. about 1850. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Calkin are the parents of eight 
 children who are named: Samuel A., Gertrude 
 Marie. Harry A., Jacob E., Mary E., Hannah 
 R., Perces F. and Nancy A. Mr. Calkin is a 
 member of Howard Lodge I. O. O. F., in which 
 he has passed all the chairs, and a member of 
 Whipple Post 414, G. A. R. In the spring of 1881 
 he was appointed Supt. of the State Insane Asy 
 lum farm at Kankakee, which contains over 800 
 acres. Mr. Calkin is a practical thorough farmer 
 with good executive ability, and when he made 
 application for ^ie position, he was endorsed by 
 the following list of prominent gentlemen in 
 his locality: J. M. Cash, Supt. of County Farm; 
 T. S. Arnold, Inspector of County Farm; David 
 McGill, President 1st National bank; Geo. C. 
 Harrington, Cashier 1st National Bank; Rob 
 ert Doyle, Atty.; D. Fry, produce merchant; 
 Alex. L. Whitehall, County Judge; Charles E. 
 Barber, County Treasurer; Robert Hayes, Dep. 
 County Clerk; and C. F. McNeil, Judge of 
 County Court 
 
 In politics Mr. Calkin is not bound by party 
 lines, but supports what he considers the best 
 men and the best measures. While residing in 
 Iroquois Co. he was elected Supervisor in his 
 Township, serving 9 years in succession. This 
 gentleman has witnessed the wonderful growth 
 of the northern portion of his native State from 
 an unsettled, and apparently unboundless tract 
 of rolling prairie to highly cultivated farms, 
 closed by railway lines, along which have 
 sprung up towns and cities and great manufact 
 uring institutions as if by magic. The Indian, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 479 
 
 the prairie wolf and the log cabin, so common 
 in his boyhood days in Illinois, have given way 
 to all the marvelous improvements of the pres 
 ent day, and are left so far behind in the rapid 
 advancement of the times that his children 
 know these ancient landmarks only as historic 
 incidents, as they know of the landing of the 
 Pilgrim fathers. Yet in the years of one lifetime 
 all these wonders have been done, and before 
 the eyes of one of the early pioneers, Samuel 
 N. Calkin, this great transformation has been 
 wrought, which has never been equaled in the 
 history of any age or country. 
 
 M 
 
 ORRIS HAYS, the subject of this sketch 
 was born in Lewistown, Pa., June, 4th, 
 1845. Son of John W. and Ann E. 
 (Wonder) Hays, she was the daughter of Jacob 
 and Hannah (Scott) Wonder, Scotch and Ger 
 man descent; the latter a daughter of Chris 
 topher Scott, an officer on Gen. Washington s 
 staff during the revolutionary war. The father 
 John W. Hays, who was of Irish descent, was 
 raised in Baltimore, Md., where he became a 
 wealthy merchant and owned a line of boats 
 plying between that city and Pittsburg, Pa., in 
 the wholesale grocery trade. He died in 1856 
 and his wife followed him fifteen months later. 
 Morris went to live with his grandparents 
 (Winder), who removed to Peoria Co., 111., the 
 same year. In Feb. 1862, young Hays tried to 
 enlist in the i/th 111., then at Cape Girardeau, 
 Mo. His uncle, John W. Wonder, then a mem 
 ber of that Regt., offered him a nice present if 
 he would stay at home with the old folks, as 
 all three of their sons were then in the service. 
 Owing to his youth he was not accepted in the 
 i ;th, but was with them for three months at 
 Fort Henry, Fort Donelson and Shiloh, re 
 turning home in April. In July, was accepted 
 as drummer for Co. C., 47th 111. Vol. Inf., but 
 shouldered a gun as soon as mustered; joined 
 his Regt. at Corinth, Miss., Oct. 4th, just after 
 the battle, and helped to care for the wounded 
 and bury the dead. The Regt. was a member 
 of the "Eagle Brigade" with the 2nd Iowa bat 
 
 tery, 5th Minn., nth Mo. and 8th Wis. the 
 latter carried "Old Abe" the eagle. These 
 Regts. were together for 4 years, under brave 
 "Joe" Mower., campaigned with Grant, to Ox 
 ford, Miss., returned to Memphis, took boats 
 for Vicksburg, stopped at Chuck-a-luck Island 
 for three weeks, going to Milliken s Bend, 
 worked on the upper canal, and in April, 
 marched below the city, crossed at Grand Gulf, 
 and marched on Jackson, Miss., when they 
 formed and charged the enemy who were be 
 yond a creek, which they forded with water to 
 their shoulders. 
 
 After a sharp contest, the rebels set fire to 
 the cityand fled. Mr. Hays with others worked 
 hard all night to save the hospital from the 
 flames. Marched on to the rear of Vicksburg, 
 and on the 22d of May was with his Regt. in 
 the hopeless assault on that stronghold; their 
 colors were planted on the outer face of the 
 rebel works, but had to withdraw under cover 
 of night, after a fearful loss. Soon after went 
 up the Yazoo, and engaged the rebels at Me- 
 chanicsville, returning then to Young s Point, 
 directly across the river from the city; was for 
 48 hours in a semi-circle of the rebels river 
 batteries, while their own mortars and siege 
 guns played directly over them. The Regt. 
 lost severely; young Hays was struck with a 
 flying splinter, which gave him a sore head and 
 black eye; shortly after, while laying close to 
 the ground with three others, a shell burst 
 among them. The force of the explosion 
 threw him against a small tree around which 
 his head and feet met; but one of the four was 
 killed. 
 
 After the fall of the city, campaigned with 
 Sherman, until the spring of 1864, then as 2(1 
 Brig., ist Div., i6th Army Corps, under Gen. A. 
 J. Smith, started up Red River; was at the capt 
 ure of Fort De Russy; j oined Banks at Alex 
 andria; at Pleasant Hills was in the line that 
 received the terrible onslaught of the victori 
 ous rebel army, after they had routed the army 
 under Banks, and was in possession of all his 
 artillery. The enemy, on the day previous had 
 driven the I3th Corps; flushed with victory, at 
 tacked the iQth Corps with such force and 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 rapidity he became irresistible, consequently 
 the Union men were forced back, and took po 
 sition behind the line of the i6th Corps, when, 
 almost hand to hand, the order to "fire" came 
 and every finger touched a trigger; the advanc 
 ing and yelling hordes went down like the grain 
 before the sickle; they rallied and again met a 
 similar fate, when the Union forces charged the 
 now broken enemy, keeping up a destructive 
 fire, and driving him back and recapturing the 
 guns which had been lost. 
 
 For several weeks after this they covered 
 the rear of the retreating army, being almost 
 continously under fire. Reaching the mouth of 
 the Red River, the i6th Corps returned to 
 Memphis, Tenn. On the way up, the 1st Div. 
 was put ashore to chastise the rebel Gen. Mar- 
 maduke, who had been firing into the steam 
 boats. The 47th was put on skirmish line and 
 drove the rebels through the swamps for 12 
 miles, to Lake Chicot, routing them from their 
 chosen position, but with terrible loss to the 2d 
 Brigade; Reached Memphis just after the 
 Sturgis disaster, when Smith took command and 
 marched on Tupello, Miss., and had a three 
 days brush with Gen. Forrest. On the return 
 Mr. H., with 30 others of the Regt. was detailed 
 to help man the 2d Iowa battery, and was sent 
 to Nashville, and took part in the battle be 
 tween Thomas and Hood, and for two days he 
 assisted to keep the guns hot from constant 
 firing; on each day, when the infantry charged, 
 the gun on which Mr. Hays worked was de 
 tailed to go with them. 
 
 The weather was severely cold during the 
 march which followed, in pursuit of the retreat 
 ing rebels. The battery wagons that came up 
 after the fight had left behind all that belonged 
 to the 4/th boys, so they were compelled to do 
 duty in the freezing rain for several days with 
 only a light blouse, .soon however, captured 
 some "butternut" clothes which kept them from 
 freezing until reached East Port, Miss., where 
 for about ten days, lived on a pint of raw corn 
 to the man. After this they took boats on the 
 Tenn. River, and after a 2,000 mile trip landed 
 in New Orleans, took steamer "Guiding Star," 
 for Mobile Bay; was three days on the Gulf; 
 
 from Dauphin Island moved to Spanish Fort, 
 drove the enemy within his works, and lay siege 
 to the place, which was surrendered after thir 
 teen days. 
 
 The evening the place fell, Mr. H. was in 
 the advance rifle pits, the third man from the 
 end. Sometime after dark a pole with a rag 
 upon it, was displayed just in front of him; his 
 comrade, Ben. Young, exclaimed: "By God, 
 they have surrendered," jumping out of the pit 
 he ran for the flag, a few yards distant, young 
 Hays close after him, and others following with 
 a yell, the Union forces thinking the rebels were 
 charging, opened with artillery allalongthe line, 
 but soon ceased when the facts were disclosed. 
 There has been considerable controversy about 
 who was the first man into these works, but 
 Mr. Hays has no hesitation in declaring that 
 his comrade, Ben. Young, a half-breed Indian 
 of the 5th, Minn., and himself were the first to 
 get within the rebel stronghold. Marched then 
 to Montgomery, Ala., then to Selma, on the way 
 heard of Lee s surrender, and Lincoln s assas 
 sination. 
 
 In July, 1865, was discharged at Selma, Ala., 
 and returned to Brimfield, Peoria Co., 111. Dur 
 ing his three years service he was always with 
 his Regt., except when detailed in the battery; 
 was sick but three days, and never rode in an 
 ambulance, but traveled many thousands of 
 miles through Ky., Mo., Tenn., Ark., Miss., La. 
 and Ala. 
 
 The above is but a brief outline of the active 
 soldier s life. It is impossible to tell of 
 
 The many weary marches 
 
 In sun and snow and rain, 
 The many weary watches, 
 
 Midst hunger, thirst and pain. 
 
 The many lonely sentries, 
 The many thoughts of home, 
 
 And the many ardent wishes 
 For the dawn of peace to come. 
 
 In 1872, Mr. Hays was married to Laura A., 
 daughter of Frank D. and Laura P. Hotchkiss, 
 of Toulon, 111, Three children have resulted 
 from this union John Wonder, Grace Darling, 
 and Kate Ladd. Mrs. Hays had two brothers 
 in the army, one having sacrificed his life in the 
 
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 481 
 
 service of his country. During the year 1874, 
 Mr. Hays moved from Peoria to Monmouth, 
 where he still resides. His politics were 
 moulded during the war. and he is by nature a 
 Republican. 
 
 CHESTER A. GERMAN, deputy Sheriff of 
 Kane Co., 111., was born at Geneva, 111., 
 June 6, 1838, ason of Lyman and Eliza 
 beth (McKinley) German. His father who 
 was a highly respected and well-to-do farmer, 
 has retired from active life and now resides at 
 Geneva, while his mother died at Geneva, 1888. 
 Chester is the eldest of a family of 9 children. 
 He was reared and received a good education 
 in his native town, and commenced life as a 
 farmer. He enlisted in the service of his 
 country at Geneva, 111., Aug. 7, 1861, Co. H., 
 1 5th 111. Cav. The Regt. went into camp and 
 was equipped and organized at Jefferson Bar 
 racks, Mo., six weeks later marched to Benton 
 Barracks, and shortly went on duty at Gen. 
 Halleck s headquarters, at St. Louis. Here it 
 remained on duty until May, 1862, when it was 
 ordered to report to Gen. Steele,at Pilot Knob, 
 and soon after started on a march for Helena, 
 Ark., participating in several skirmishes, en 
 route. Here they remained on guard and 
 picket duty for five months. The next move 
 was down to Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss., where 
 Dec. 27 and 28, 1862, they gallantly partici 
 pated in the hottest of that desperately fought 
 battle. Onward with Sherman, and were en 
 gaged in the capture of Arkansas Post, return 
 ing and going into winter quarters at Young s 
 Point, La., where they made frequent expedi 
 tions. In the spring they moved to Hard 
 Times Landing, crossed into Miss., and shortly 
 comrade German is facing the enemy s fire in 
 the battles of Raymond, Jackson, Champion 
 Hills, and Black River Bridge. Thence on 
 ward toward Vicksburg, participating in all the 
 49 days of skirmishing and battles which re 
 sulted in the capture of the city, July 4, 1863. 
 The same day his command moved to and re 
 captured Jackson, then onward to Canton, de- 
 
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 stroyed the railroads, returned to Vicksburg 
 and embarked for Helena, Ark., and shortly, 
 were engaged in the capture of Little Rock. 
 Later the command was ordered to join Gen. 
 Banks in La., moving onward and fighting, en 
 route, the -battles of Mark s Mill, Jenkin s 
 Ferry and Camden. Returningto Little Rock, 
 they remained on duty until Sept. 8, 1864, 
 when our comrade was mustered out after 
 three years of loyal, and faithful service. 
 
 After the war Mr. German resumed farm 
 ing which he continued very successfully until 
 about five years ago only retiring to spend the 
 balance of life in more ease and comfort. He 
 is a member of Geo. Spaulding Post No. 60, 
 of which he has been both S. V. and J. V. 
 Commander. Has been L. D. and J. D. of 
 Geneva Lodge No. 139, is Master of Fox River 
 Chapter No. 14; is a member of Bethel Com- 
 mandery at Elgin, No. 36, and is an Odd 
 Fellow. 
 
 CAPTAIN JAMES G. WELLES, a member of 
 the U.S. detachment guarding the bridge 
 at Moline, 111., was born at Columbus, 
 Ohio, Feb. 27, 1816, and is the son of Robert 
 and Polly (Grundy) Welles. His father was 
 born in the U. S., of Irish parentage, and was a 
 merchant at Columbus at the time of the birth 
 of the subject of this sketch. During a trip to 
 Harrisburg, Pa., to lay in a stock of goods his 
 father mysteriously disappeared, and after fif 
 teen years had elapsed it was discovered that 
 the body of a murdered man found in a ware 
 house at Harrisburg about the time of his visit 
 was his. His death thus occurred in 1815, his 
 widow surviving him until 1868. 
 
 James G. was an only child, and about one 
 and a-half years of age at the period of his 
 father s disappearance. He was then sent to 
 live with his grandfather, with whom he con 
 tinued to reside until he reached his I2th year, 
 w r hen he started out in the world to make his 
 own living, beginning by learning the carpen 
 ter s trade, and subsequently engaging in vari 
 ous kinds of business up to the time of the out 
 break of the war of the rebellion. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 He enlisted at Muscatine, Iowa, in July, 
 
 1862, in Co. B., 37th Iowa Inf., under the com 
 mand of Col. G. W. Kincade, and was mustered 
 in at that place. The Regt. was ordered to the 
 front, and arrived at St. Louis, Mo., Jan. i, 
 
 1863, where it remained in camp for 3 months, 
 performing guard duty. From St. Louis his 
 command was ordered out on the Union Pa 
 cific Railway, his Co. halting on the way at 
 Washington, Mo., the other portion of the 
 Regt. being strung out all along the route. 
 
 Capt. Welles recruited his Co. and was 
 elected to command it by the suffrages of its 
 members. He was subsequently commissioned 
 by Gov. Kirkwood of Iowa on recruiting service 
 for the army, a duty which he occupied about 
 3 months. During a greater part of the time 
 while on this service he was accompanied by 
 his wife. From Washington, Mo., the Regt. re 
 moved to Alton, 111., to guard the military prison 
 at that point, relieving the 77th Ohio. Here 
 they remained for about 4 months, being then 
 transferred to Rock Island., 111., there perform 
 ing similar duties at the military post for over 
 five months. They left for Memphis, June 5, were 
 there brigaded with Wisconsin, Indiana and 
 Iowa regiments, and placed upon the outpost 
 picket line engaging in several skirmishes with 
 Forrest, checking his advance. They continued 
 here for about three months, and thence moved 
 on to Indianapolis. It was here that Capt.Welles 
 was taken sick and consequently did not pro 
 ceed with his Co. to Columbus, but rejoined it 
 at Gallipolis toward the end of Oct. 1864, where 
 he was stationed until the close of the conflict. 
 He was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, May 
 25, 1865. 
 
 Returning to Muscatine, Iowa, he for awhile 
 conducted the auction business, after which for 
 one year he served as City Marshal. In 1868 
 he removed to Moline, where for sometime he 
 was engaged as a manufacturer of patented arti 
 cles of various descriptions, afterwards being 
 appointed constable and collector for the town, 
 and filling those positions for one year. After 
 the incorporation of Moline, he was appointed 
 City Marshal and continued to act in that ca 
 pacity for 13 years. He was subsequently asso 
 
 ciated with Dimock & Gould for two years. 
 Aug. i, 1888, he was appointed by the U. S. 
 Govt. one of the guards at the bridge which 
 connects Moline with the Island, and is still 
 the incumbent of that position. 
 
 He was married in 1837, at Danville, 111., to 
 Almira Hunt, daughter of William Hunt, a 
 native of N. Y. They had five children Aus 
 tin, George, John, Charles and Homer, of whom 
 only one, Austin is living. John was a member 
 of Co. A., 7th Iowa, and served until Jan., 1865, 
 being mustered out at Vicksburg. He was 
 among the killed in the explosion of the 
 steamer "Sultana," which occurred onthe Miss. 
 on the way to St. Louis. At the time of the 
 frightful accident there were on board 1,500 
 soldiers and prisoners from Andersonville. 
 Captain Welles lost his wife in 1851, and was 
 married a second time at Moline, to Jennie 
 Thompson, daughter of John and Susan (Samp 
 son) Thompson, natives of Pa., settling at 
 Moline in the spring of 1842. Mrs. Welles 
 father was a farmer. He died in 1877, and his 
 wife in 1873. By his second marriage Captain 
 Welles, has had 5 children Fred, Frank, Ella, 
 Hattie and Mattie (twins), Mattie died in 1881. 
 Ella was married at Moline, Sept. 14, 1887, to 
 Harry H.Haley, of Moline; Hattie was married 
 April 24, 1889, to Paul A. Keller, of Rock 
 Island. 
 
 Captain W elles is a member of the Masonic 
 Lodge, No. 319, of Moline, and the American 
 Protection Association. He is a prominent 
 member of G. A. R. Post, No. 312, of Moline. 
 In politics he is a Republican. He and his 
 family are members of the M. E. Church. 
 Captain Welles has truly earned the high rep 
 utation he bears, and may well experience the 
 satisfaction that ever attends a well spent and 
 honorable life. 
 
 JOHN OHLWEILER, a member of the firm of 
 Cars & Ohlweiler, the most extensive bot 
 tlers of mineral waters at Rock Island, 111., 
 is a native of Rheinduerkheim, Hessen-Darm- 
 stadt, Germany, where he was born Feb. 2, 
 1843. H e spent his boyhood days in Bechts- 
 
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 483 
 
 heim, where he attended school up to his i6th 
 year, and the following year set out for the 
 New World, landing at N. Y., from whence he 
 came directly to Rock Island, 111. Here he fol 
 lowed the trade of cooper up to the time he 
 went forward in battle for the preservation of 
 his newly adopted country. He was mustered 
 into service at Camp Douglas, July 22, 1862, 
 Co. D., 7ist 111. Inf. The Regt. soon moved to 
 Mound City, 111., where it was engaged in guard 
 ing the marine hospital and the Government 
 arsenal, and upon the completion of its term of 
 service returned to Chicago, where it was mus 
 tered out Nov. 22, 1862. Mr. Ohlweiler re 
 turned to Rock Island, and re-enlisted Feb. 18, 
 1864, Co. D., I2th 111. Inf. After rendezvousing 
 at Camp McClellan, Chicago, they were or 
 dered to Pulaski, Tenn., later despatched to 
 Chattanooga, Tenn., marching onward and en 
 countering the enemy in a hot conflict at Rome s 
 Cross Roads, Ga. Forward, skirmishing nearly 
 every day up to the time they participated in 
 the battle of Big Shanty. Onward they pressed 
 without delay, wading the Chattachoochie 
 River, then moving on toward Atlanta, Ga., 
 their march being constantly interrupted with 
 lively skirmishes. July 22 commemorates 
 that bloody battle of Atlanta. During this 
 conflict his command was assigned to the 
 left flank, where it guarded the supply train, 
 and where it had a desperate hand to hand 
 combat with the notorious rebel corps under 
 Hardee, who were determined to capture the 
 provisions. 
 
 On this occasion our subject suddenly en 
 countered a rebel lying in a ditch with loaded 
 and cocked gun, just about to take the fatal aim 
 when through the alert movements of young 
 Ohlweiler, who " got the drop on him," he was 
 forced to surrender. Victory had barely crown 
 ed these gallant services in the desperate hand 
 to hand conflict, when the Brig, was ordered to 
 the right, in double quick, to recapture the 
 breastworks, which the enemy had taken from 
 part of the 1 5th Corps, and heroically they took 
 them. The Brig, being largely armed with the 
 famous Henry rifles, brought out the expression 
 from the rebels, " Those damn Yanks load all 
 
 night and shoot all day !" After lying on their 
 arms all night, they again opened firing at 2 A. 
 M., continuing within ten feet of the breast 
 works until daybreak, when the enemy surren 
 dered. Then commenced the sad work of dig 
 ging ditches and burying the army of the dead. 
 July 28th, they fought the battle of Ezra Chapel, 
 Ga., and for the ensuing four weeks were en 
 gaged in almost constant skirmishing, the bullets 
 literally razing all the bushes and small trees 
 about them. During Aug. the "boys" were act 
 ively engaged in the siege of Atlanta, then the 
 battle of Jonesboro, and subsequently Ohlwei- 
 ler s command of only 161 muskets, was sudden- 
 lyordered to Alatoona Pass, where the rebels un 
 der Hood were about to obtain access to the large 
 supply of crackers stored there. Here our sol 
 diers participated in one of the hardest and 
 most stubbornly fought battles in the annals of 
 the war, Gen. Corse having been thrice wound 
 ed, and Ohlweiler s small command of 161 gal 
 lant heroes losing nearly half their number in 
 killed and wounded. Nov. I ith the army started 
 on the " march to the sea, " capturing about 900 
 prisoners on its route, and arriving at Savannah, 
 Ga., in due time. 
 
 For a period of a week the boys were quite 
 destitute of rations, and lived solely on rice, 
 which they gathered in bundles in the sur 
 rounding territory, brought into camp, threshed 
 out the kernels, and made their porridge. At 
 Savannah Mr. Ohlweiler, with a detail of about 
 a hundred, were ordered to guard the prisoners, 
 about 800 in number, and take them to Hilton 
 Head. Subsequently the command joined the 
 army in the famous march through the Caroli- 
 nas, during which time Mr. Ohlweiler was de 
 tailed as forager for his Co. Onward the victo 
 rious "boys" marched, through almost bottom- 
 les swamps and across rivers, finally joining the 
 grand review at Washington, where the Western 
 army was received amid the deafening paens of 
 victory. Our subject was mustered out at Louis 
 ville, Ky., July 10, 1865, and received final pay 
 and discharge July i8th, at Springfield, 111. 
 
 After gallantly following the fortunes of war, 
 Mr. Ohlweiler returned to Rock Island, 111., 
 where he resumed his former calling. Later he 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 established himself in the grocery trade, and 
 subsequently entered into his present business, 
 in which his labors have honorably been crowned 
 with success. 
 
 Mr. Ohlweiler was married Oct. 23, 1867, at 
 Rock Island, 111., to Anna Ehlers, a native of 
 Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He is a mem 
 ber of the G. A. R. ; also of the I. O. O. F. lodge. 
 Politically, and as a citizen, he has held many 
 positions of trust and honor. He is President of 
 the Rock Island Turnverein; President of the 
 German-English School Society of his city; 
 President of the State Liquor Dealers Associa 
 tion, and also President of the District Board of 
 the Association. He has been a member of the 
 City Council; in 1891 he received the Demo 
 cratic nomination by acclamation for Mayor of 
 his city, and is at present Chairman of the Dem 
 ocratic County Committee. A thoroughly self- 
 made man, he has demonstrated what integrity 
 and peseverance can accomplish. 
 
 JAMES S. COLEMAN, of Rockford, 111., was 
 born July 15, 1844, in Ind. ( a son of James 
 Coleman, born in 1804, who was in the 
 Mexican war as Sergt. Major, afterwards pub 
 lished the Delphi Oracle, and later was upon 
 the Patriot s Staff at Washington. Subsequently 
 he rounded the Horn to Cal. and edited a paper 
 in San Francisco, where he was burnt to death 
 in 18154, his hotel being consumed by fire. 
 
 Our subject spent his early days about a 
 farm and in attending public schools. In 
 his i /th year he enlisted as a private in Co. F., 
 46th Ind. Vol. Inf., at Logansport, Oct. 10, 1861. 
 He continued in camp of instruction first at 
 Logansport, then at Camp Wycliffe, where he 
 continued drilling and on camp duty until Feb., 
 1862, when he marched with his Regt. to the 
 Ohio River, took transports to Paducah, Ky., 
 and then proceeded to New Madrid, Mo. The 
 Regt. next moved to Point Pleasant, and there 
 supported batteries until the evacuation of Fort 
 Madrid; then by transports and marches 
 reached Fort Pillow, Ark., where it continued 
 in the operations around that place until it also 
 wasevacuated. Leaving there it moved to Mem 
 
 phis, and witnessed the naval engagement which 
 resulted in the capture of the town, then took 
 formal possession, garrisoning the place for a 
 time and afterwards took transports to St. 
 Charles, landed and stormed the rebel works, 
 capturing the entire rebel fortifications and 
 millitary stores. A rebel cannon ball struck 
 and exploded the steam chest of the steamer 
 "Mound City," and the escaping steam and 
 other flying debris killed 80 of its crew. The 
 Regt. afterwards proceeded up the river to Du- 
 Vall s Bluff and was continually under the 
 enemy s fire, and on account of the low water 
 in the river, was compelled to return to Helena, 
 where it joined Gen. Curtis army, and from 
 where they engaged in frequent expeditions 
 into the interior. Mr. Coleman joined in the 
 Tullahoma campaign, then in the Yazoo River 
 expedition, during which a shell exploded in 
 the steamer "Tuscumbia," resulting in the kil 
 ling of 14 men. In April the Regt. started for 
 Vicksburg, arriving about 2 o clock A. M., and 
 immediately marching to Magnolia Hills, 
 opened battle upon the enemy, who was, by 10 
 o clock, completely routed. The regimental 
 loss in this engagement was about 20 killed and 
 wounded. He assisted to repair the bridges, 
 then marched to Champion Hills and took part 
 in that dreadful conflict in which his Regt. lost 
 upwards of 200 men, or one-third of those en 
 gaged, whilst his Co. entered the battle with 46 
 men, and emerged from the bloody conflict 
 with only 19. His Regt. remained upon the 
 battlefield employed, during May 19, in burying 
 the dead, then moving to the front of Vicks 
 burg, participated in the assault upon the rebel 
 stronghold, on the 22nd, which being success 
 ful, it joined in the siege until the surrender, 
 and on the following day, started for Jackson, 
 where it entered the battle at that place. Re 
 turning then to Vicksburg, continued at that 
 point four or five weeks, when it went by trans 
 ports to Natchez, where it remained for a time 
 organizing colored troops. 
 
 It subsequently went upon the Peninsular 
 Campaign, and when it closed, started on the 
 Red River Expedition, engaging the rebels at 
 Mansfield, La., during which 80 of its number 
 
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 485 
 
 were captured including its Colonel and sev 
 eral other officers, Mr. Coleman also being one 
 of the victims. April 9, our subject and all the 
 other prisoners started for Tyler, Texas, 200 
 miles distant, which was covered in 8 days. 
 There was only one canteen to every five men, 
 and the men received as rations one pint of 
 coarse corn-meal and three-fourths Ib. salt beef 
 per man, as they went into camp each night. 
 No cooking utensils were to be had, therefore 
 the men roasted the meat on sticks, over the 
 fire, whilst the meal was moistened, made in 
 rolls, and burnt brown, and eaten. The men 
 could not live without the meat, and as they 
 had no means of supplying themselves with 
 water, the suffering endured is beyond descrip 
 tion. Arriving at Tyler they were placed in a 
 stockade. Aug. 20, on account of the place 
 being overcrowded, 500 prisoners, Mr. Coleman 
 being of the number, were removed to Hemp- 
 stead, but found a much worse place; the water 
 was contaminated and almost hot, and the 
 mortality became astounding. Our subject 
 became ill with brain fever, from which he 
 recovered, but on being paroled with about 500 
 others, Dec. 12, 1864, weighed only 75 Ibs. 
 
 He embarked at Galveston, proceeded to 
 New Orleans, thence to Cairo, and then to 
 Indianapolis, where he received a six weeks 
 furlough. Subsequently he rejoined his Regt. 
 at Lexington, Ky., where he was engaged until 
 Sherman s army reached Louisville, where he 
 removed, and continued on duty there until 
 Aug., then moved to Indianapolis and was 
 mustered out Sept. 5. 1865. 
 
 After leaving the army Mr. Coleman clerked 
 in Delphi, for 3 years, then removed to Cham 
 paign, 111., where he was railroading during the 
 two following years; then removed to Bloom- 
 ington, and was engaged in the dry goods busi 
 ness, until 1873, and finally removed to Rock- 
 ford, where he engaged in the same calling for 
 1 1 years, and later at the roofing business. 
 
 He married in 1873, Mary Winklepleck, by 
 whom he has one child, Heber S. He is a 
 member of Post, No. 6, G. A. R. of Rockford, 
 and can justly feel proud of his distinguished 
 record as a soldier. 
 
 ADAM PICK, of Quincy, carpenter and con 
 tractor, is a native of Prussia, Germany, 
 born Sept. 9, 1840, a son of Simon and 
 Anna (Ackerman) Fick. Adam was the 
 youngest of a family of three, only one of 
 whom Mrs. Christina Wenk, is now living in 
 her native country. Mr. Fick came to America 
 when in his i8th year and located at Quincy, 
 111., June II, 1857, which has since been his 
 home. He served an apprenticeship at the 
 carpenter trade in Prussia, and again in this 
 country up to 1860, then engaged in a chair 
 factory until the war. He enlisted as a soldier 
 April 27, 1 861, for three months, under Capt., af 
 terwards Maj. Gen. B. M. Prentiss, went to 
 Springfield, 111., then to Cairo when the three 
 months expired. Returning to Quincy he re- 
 enlisted in the same army engaging with Capt. 
 Wm. A. Smitt in command of Co. A., 27th 111. 
 Inf. He participated in the following battles: 
 Belmont, Mo., Union City, Siege of Corinth, 
 Running the blockade of Island No. 10, La- 
 vergne, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission 
 Ridge, Resaca, Adairsville, Dallas, Mud Creek, 
 Kenesaw Mt., Peach Tree Creek, and the move 
 ment on Atlanta. From Mission Ridge they 
 followed the enemy for three months through 
 Tenn. and into N. C. and were without commu 
 nications with the outside world, living entirely 
 upon the country, largely upon parched .corn. 
 He was discharged at Springfield, 111., Sept. 20, 
 1864. He was wounded in the battle of Mis 
 sion Ridge receiving a fracture of the left 
 shoulder blade, by a shell, causing him a loss of 
 two weeks off duty. He rejoined his Regt. at 
 Knoxville, then went across the plains towards 
 White River, marching all day and turning 
 around marched back at night, in face of the 
 pursuing enemy, he being found in force and a 
 battle without support could not be hazarded. 
 
 After being discharged he returned to 
 Quincy where he resumed his calling. He is a 
 wood-work contractor, and has finished many 
 of the fine buildings, both public and private, 
 which adorn the city of Quincy. He married, 
 in Quincy May 18, 1865, Mary Schrage, a native 
 of Germany, who came to this country with her 
 parents when a child of five or six years. He 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 had six children, five of whom are living, viz.: 
 William C., Walker L., Carrie, John and Ida. 
 
 Mr. Pick is a member of the A. O. U, W., 
 "Mutual Aid," and of John Wood Post, No. 96, 
 G. A. R. His family are members of the M. E. 
 Church in Quincy. He is a staunch Republi 
 can, but he has never sought an office from his 
 party. Mrs. Fick is an active worker in the W. 
 R. C., and the two eldest sons are members of 
 the Sons of Veterans. 
 
 EUGENE C. KINCAID is a native of the State 
 of N. Y., where he was born Jan. 24, 
 1839, a son of Elam H. and Rhoda (Cor- 
 (nell Kincaid, the former born in Vt., and the 
 latter in Galway, N. Y. His paternal ances 
 tors were of Scotch descent, whilst the Cor 
 nell branch claim to be American from a re 
 mote period. Elam H. Kincaid was an editor 
 and proprietor of a newspaper, which business 
 he conducted for many years, and died when 
 subject was an infant, leaving the following 
 children: L. C. Kincaid, Julia M. Kincaid, and 
 our subject. Eugene resided with his grand 
 parents upon a farm in York State until thir 
 teen years of age, attending the public school 
 as opportunities presented themselves, then 
 learned the printing business at which he con 
 tinued to be employed until the outbreak of 
 the war. He then enlisted in May, 1861, as a 
 private in Co. K., 2;th N. Y. Vol. Inf., H. W. 
 Slocum, Col.; rendezvoused at Elmira, N. Y., 
 where he was mustered into the U. S. army 
 in June, 1861. His Regt. finally assigned to 
 Slocum s Brig., Gen. Franklin s Div. was at 
 tached to the Army of the Potomac. He con 
 tinued with his command and participated in 
 some of the heaviest marches, sieges and raids 
 of the rebellion, bore an active part in the 
 battles of the First and Second Bull Run, 
 Crampton s Gap, Antietam, the two engage 
 ments at Fredricksburg, and the terrible battle 
 of Chancellorsville, fought on the 1st, 2nd and 
 3rd days of May, 1863. In the two years of 
 actual war service, Mr. Kincaid had many es 
 capes from wounding and death, and the inci 
 
 dents and reminiscences he is still able to re 
 late and picture to the minds of his auditors, 
 would fill a large volume. He participated in 
 the Peninsular campaign from the commence 
 ment until its close, and during that expedi 
 tion, was engaged in most of the heavy battles, 
 and was exposed almost daily to the rebel fire 
 in the many skirmishes in which he took apart. 
 In January, 1862, he secured a furlough of 30 
 days, rejoining his Regt. again near Alexan 
 dria, Va. He was on one occasion detailed as 
 Act. Q. M. Sergeant, at which he was employed 
 for three months, and again in charge of a 
 wagon train for a short period. 
 
 During his soldier life, Mr. Kincaid claims 
 to have had the good fortune of a liberal sup 
 ply of rations always at hand, but owing to the 
 exposure to which he was necessarily subjected, 
 contracted rheumatism from which he has been 
 a constant sufferer, in fact, to use his own 
 language, regarding that malady, " it s always 
 alive and kicking." 
 
 Having served his full term of two years 
 he was mustered out at Elmira, N. Y., Jan. 
 1863, and there finally discharged. He then 
 moved to Albion in the same State, and subse 
 quently to Elgin, 111., where he was established 
 in his former calling. Mr. Kincaid was mar 
 ried, June 19, 1866, to H. Isadore Padelford, a 
 daughter of Rodolphus Williams and Mary 
 (Wilber) Padelford, descendants of the great 
 John Rogers and Roger Williams families. He 
 has two children, Eugenie and Mazie. He has 
 held a position in the Railway Mail service for 
 upwards of twelve years. He is a member of 
 the G. A. R. and in politics a Republican, with 
 strong leanings to the Prohibition party. L. 
 C. Kincaid, his brother, also served 8 years as a 
 soldier in the 6th U. S. Inf. 
 
 JOHN MAHOOD, Surveyor of Customs at 
 Galena, 111., was born in County Cavan, 
 Ireland, in 1839, and received his educa 
 tion in the common schools of that country 
 until 1855, when he came with his brother Ed 
 ward, now of Neb., to Galena. Here the young 
 man worked about three years for S. Crawford 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 487 
 
 & Co., Druggists, then on a farm, attending 
 school in the winters, until the tocsin of war 
 called his attention in another direction. Aug. 
 30, 1861, he enlisted at Mt. Carroll, 111., in Co. 
 A., 45th 111., Inf.. and went into camp at Camp 
 Washburne, Galena. In Nov. was transferred 
 to Camp Douglas, and soon started for Cairo 
 and proceeded with Gen. Grant s army in Feb. 
 to Ft. Henry and on to Ft. Donelson, where he 
 took part in that memorable battle for three 
 days and nights. Nothing further of special 
 interest transpired in the forward movement 
 until reaching Shiloh, where some severe fight 
 ing was encountered, and Mr. Mahood, during 
 the first day, was struck on the head by a buck 
 shot, but the wound at first not appearing to 
 be serious he remained on the field, and the 
 next day was severely wounded in the shoulder, 
 and being disabled so as to be unfit for duty 
 for sometime, was sent home on the fleet 
 which Governor Yates sent down to bring home 
 the wounded soldiers of 111. 
 
 At home Mr. Mahood lay for a long time 
 in a critical condition from the effects of the 
 wound on his head, and from which. he has 
 never fully recovered. He now feels that he 
 owes his life to the provision made by Gov. 
 Yates for the transfer of the wounded men to 
 their homes. Mr. Mahood received his dis 
 charge, as he was too seriously injured to per 
 form further service in the army. When suffi 
 ciently recovered he entered upon a course of 
 study in Mt. Carroll Seminary, which complet 
 ed his school education. He then taught school 
 some years in Carroll and Jo Daviess Counties, 
 and was for a time a clerk in a dry goods store; 
 then acted four years as Deputy Surveyor of 
 Customs under Christov Earner during the 
 Arthur Administration, and a part of Cleve 
 land s term. In Nov., 1889, he was appointed, 
 by President Harrison, Surveyor of Customs, 
 and now holds that position. 
 
 Mr. Mahood is a charter member of the E. 
 D. Kiltoe Post, G. A. R., in which he was for 
 some years Adjutant; and also holds member 
 ship in Galena Lodge, No. 17, I. O. O. F., in 
 which he has passed all the offices. In 1870, 
 he married Sarah West, who was born in County 
 
 Cavan, Ireland, and when a child came with 
 her parents to Jo Daviess Co. This gentle 
 man, who has thoroughly proved his devotion 
 to his adopted country by honorable service in 
 the army, which was cut short by disabling 
 wounds, has, by his energy and ability, won a 
 prominent position of trust and responsibility 
 which indicates the public confidence he enjoys, 
 and the influence he exerts in the locality 
 where he has grown from boyhood to manhood 
 and in which he is so well and favorably 
 known. 
 
 DANIEL W. TYRRELL, Editor of the De 
 Kalb Review, and Postmaster at De 
 Kalb, 111., was born at Kalamazoo, 
 Mich., in 1840, a son of Manilus and Esther 
 Tyrrell, natives respectively of N. Y. and Vt., 
 who were married in New York and moved to 
 Kalamazoo. The father was of Irish origin, a 
 blacksmith by trade, and died at Fayette Co., 
 la., in 1860. The mother is living now at 
 Woolstock, Iowa, and is 83 years of age. Her 
 father, Amos Lewis, was a soldier in the war of 
 1812, and died at Magnolia, Wis., at the age 
 of 92. 
 
 Daniel W. Tyrrell received a common 
 school education, and in 1859, learned the 
 printer s trade at West Union, Iowa, where his 
 parents resided, and was preparing for a course 
 of instruction in the academy when the call to 
 arms resounding through the land changed the 
 currents of his thoughts. In Sept. 1861, he en 
 listed in Co. F., 9th Iowa Inf., and was made 
 5th Sergt. The Regt. was organized at Du- 
 buque, and was sent first to St. Louis, for drill 
 while awaiting equipments, and afterwards em 
 ployed in guarding railroad bridges during the 
 winter near Pacific Junction. In the spring it 
 marched through Rolla to Springfield in pur 
 suit of the retreating rebel columns that Price 
 had gathered in Mo., and following them into 
 N. W. Ark., camping at Cross Hallows. After 
 Price was reinforced the battle of Pea Ridge 
 was fought and Co. F. had a number of men 
 killed, and its Captain and 1st Lieut, were 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 wounded, the latter mortally. After this battle 
 the Regt.was ordered back to Mo. and sent to 
 Batesville, thence to Helena, meeting the Texas 
 Rangers in a number of skirmishes before 
 reaching the objective point. Three or four 
 months of inactivity followed the arrival at 
 Helena, varied only by several foraging ex 
 peditions. At the end of this time a start was 
 made down the river under Gen. Sherman. 
 The Qth Iowa was in the engagement at 
 Chickasaw Bayou, but was not under fire. 
 From this place it proceeded to La., to take 
 part in the expedition to, and the capture of 
 Arkansas Post, where a number of men in Co. 
 F. were killed and wounded. The next move 
 was to Greenville, Miss., then toward Vicks- 
 burg, going to Raymond, Jackson, Champion 
 Hills and the other" points where it marched 
 across bloody fields and left proof of its 
 prowess. 
 
 The Regt. had a place in the 1st and 2nd 
 assaults on Vicksburg and fought all through 
 the long and desperate siege of 47 days. Sub 
 sequent to the fall of Vicksburg the Qth was 
 ordered into Ala. in pursuit of Gen. J. F. John 
 ston, but not being able to bring him to a de 
 cided engagement, returned to Black River 
 and soon afterward proceeded to Corinth. 
 From this place the gth and its Brig, was sent 
 out to check the movements of the famous 
 rebel Gen. Wheeler whose Cav. was active 
 and aggressive. This pursuit was carried into 
 Ala. and at one place had a severe encounter 
 with his force, Mr. Tyrrell acting as Sergeant 
 Major. Returning they moved toward Chatta 
 nooga. On this march, creeks and rivers were 
 waded, and many difficult obstacles overcome. 
 Co. F. participated under Hooker in the battle 
 of Lookout Mt. After this battle the Regt.was 
 sent into Ala. and encamped for the winter, 
 and here most of the men veteranized and were 
 furloughed home, but Mr. Tyrrell did not re- 
 enlist. He remained in camp and was detailed 
 to go to Nashville to serve in the government 
 printing office, where he remained until Nov., 
 1864; then went to Atlanta and was mustered 
 out and discharged to return home. 
 
 While at Batesville, also at Helena, Mr. 
 
 Tyrrell, with others were detailed to work in 
 the printing office of Gen. Curtis, and at each 
 place issued a little paper. 
 
 During the war, the mother of Mr. Tyrrell 
 did noble service for the soldiers, spending about 
 two and one half years time in the hospitals 
 at St. Louis, Springfield and Pacific Junction, 
 Mo., and while her son was on the march 
 through Mo. to Batesville, she came to meet 
 him over the mountains in an ambulance. A 
 sister, Janet Ellen (who afterward mar 
 ried a soldier, named Henderson, whom she 
 had nursed in the hospital at Memphis), also 
 spent several years administering to the 
 wants of the suffering soldiers at the different 
 hospitals in the South. 
 
 At the conclusion of the war Mr. Tyrrell 
 worked in the office of the Independent^ Broad- 
 head, Wis., for a short time, when he purchased 
 an interest in the paper, which he then assisted 
 in editing. After a time he moved to Monroe, 
 Wis., where associating with Mr. Potter, he 
 founded the Gteen County Republican, and con 
 tinued with it until removing to St. Charles. 
 111. In 1870, he was engaged a year or two on 
 the Geneva Republican, and became editor of 
 that paper. Later he established the St. 
 Charles Transcript, of which he was afterward 
 sole proprietor, continuing its publication until 
 1875, tnen removing to De Kalb, was engaged 
 in the office of the News until 1882, when he 
 purchased an interest in the DeKalb Revieiv, 
 with which he has since been connected. 
 
 In Jan., 1890, Mr. Tyrrell received the ap 
 pointment of Postmaster. He is a charter 
 member of Merritt Simonds Post, No. 283, G. 
 A. R., in which he has satisfactorily served in 
 the offices of Adjt., S. V., J. V. and P. C. He 
 also holds membership in De Kalb Lodge, F. 
 and A. M., No. 144, and has been connected 
 with the I. O. O. F. and G. T. 
 
 Mr. Tyrrel was married in St. Charles, 111., 
 in 1870, to Mrs. Sarah E. Aken, a daughter of 
 Chas. B. Gray, one of the pioneers of Kane 
 Co., Ind. She was born in Mo., and has one 
 son, Louis G. Mr. Tyrrell, as maybe gathered 
 from these few incidents of his life, is a gentle 
 man of wide experience and good judgment, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 489 
 
 who has gradually won his way by persistent 
 energy and business ability to the prominent 
 and responsible positions as an evidence both 
 of his fitness and the confidence and esteem 
 with which he is regarded by his fellow citizens. 
 
 EB. WATSON, of Elgin, 111. The town of 
 Springfield, Bradford Co., Pa., claims 
 the honor of being the birthplace of 
 this gentleman, the event having occurred Sept. 
 6, 1838. Mr. Watson, seeing the autonomy and 
 institutions of this great Republic threatened 
 by the secession of the States, and tempo 
 rary success of the Confederate troops, de 
 termined to openly declare his patriotism, show 
 his country that he was willing to even offer 
 his life, if needs be, and accordingly enlisted 
 Aug. 5, 1862, at Chicago, and was mustered in 
 at Camp Douglas, Aug. 31, as Corporal in Co. 
 K., Sgth 111. Inf. His Regt. left camp Sept. 4, 
 for Louisville, Ky., where it remained until 
 about Sept. 28, when it was ordered to pursue 
 Gen. Bragg on his retreat out of Ky. It over 
 took and routed him at Perrysville, in a sharp, 
 hot skirmish. The Regt. then marched toward 
 Cumberland Gap, retraced its steps over to 
 Bowling Green, then proceeded to Nashville, 
 stopping along the route protecting and repair 
 ing the railroad. Here it remained until Dec. 
 26, when it was ordered to follow Bragg. At 
 Stone River it overtook him, and then ensued 
 the desperate battle of that place, lasting from 
 Dec. 31 to Jan. 2, 1863. During the first day 
 of the battle his command was disposed of as 
 follows: The Corps (McCook s) was to the 
 right of the army; the Brig, to the right of the 
 Corps; the Regt. to the right of the Brig., and 
 Mr. Watson s company to the right of the Regt. 
 The advance of the rebels was commenced 
 as Mr. Watson was preparing his breakfast 
 by firing into the Union ranks with terrible 
 effect, forcing his Regt. back some distance, 
 when it reformed and took and held the posi 
 tion until the rebel Cav. appeared in the rear 
 causing the Regt. to fall back which was done 
 in good order. On New Year s day his Regt. 
 was kept engaged in different parts of the 
 
 field, and on the following day his Brig, moved 
 to the left of the army, his Regt. being detached 
 to guard the -ford at Stone River. The next 
 morning, Jan. 3, the enemy had retreated, 
 whereupon his Regt. pursued it some distance 
 when a halt was called, and returning to Mur- 
 freesboro, it remained for six months recruiting 
 and fortifying the position. Leaving there 
 June 23, 1863, the command proceeded to 
 Chattanooga and was engaged in the battle of 
 Liberty Gap, June 25th. Mr. Watson had pre 
 viously felt a growing sickness overtaking him, 
 which at this time had become serious and 
 compelled him to seek a hospital. He was 
 sent to Murfreesboro where he remained about 
 ten days, then to Nashville and from there was 
 transferred to Louisville, Ky. He there re 
 ceived a furlough of one week, at the expiration 
 of which he rejoined his Regt. at Louisville, 
 and was promoted to be Corporal of colors. 
 He was discharged at Louisville, Sept. 26, 
 1864, and returned to his home in 111. 
 
 His parents Were Charles and Jane Watson 
 (nee Remington), who had the following 
 children besides the subject of this notice- 
 Edward C., Jasper \V., Erank L., Fred Philetus, 
 Jannet, Henrietta, Jane N. and Ellen. John 
 Watson, the grandfather of our subject was in 
 the war of 1812; and Niles Watson, his great 
 grandfather, was in the Revolutionary war. 
 
 Mr. Watson received his education in the 
 public schools, then apprenticed himself at the 
 carpenter trade, and after completing it again 
 attended school until he entered the employ of 
 the N. W. R. R. Co., first residing for a time 
 at Turner, then moving to Elgin in 1874, where 
 he has since remained continuing in the service 
 of the same Company. 
 
 He married Miss May Lina Woodward, 
 July 1 8, 1861, at Batavia, Ills. Mrs. XVatson s 
 grandfather was also in the war of 1812. This 
 union was blessed with the following children: 
 Charles E., Edward, Flora, Delia, Allie M., 
 Clara L., Lucy B., March A., Earl B., Evelyn 
 Rose, the two first named being now dead. 
 
 Mr. Watson is a Free Mason; a Republican 
 in politics, and a Past Commander of Post No. 
 26, G. A. R. at Turner, 111. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 JOHN H. PARK, a resident of Rock Island, 
 111., first saw the light of day at New 
 London, Huron Co., Ohio, .Sept. 2, 1845, 
 and is the son of Benjamin and Sarah (Treat) 
 Park, natives of Monroe Co., N. Y., the father 
 having been born July 27, 1810, and the mother 
 Feb. 17, 1813. The Park family originally 
 emigrated from England and located in Conn. 
 The father of our subject married his wife at 
 Mendon, Monroe Co., N. Y., where they re 
 sided until the year 1831, when they emigrated 
 to New London, Ohio, going by way of the 
 canal and Lake Erie. Here the father pursued 
 the tilling of the soil until 1847, when he re 
 moved to the Badger State, settling down in 
 Rock Co., and resuming his former occupation 
 of farming. Here he is still living at the good 
 old age of 82 years, hale and hearty, his estim 
 able wife with whom he had so peacefully 
 shared the joys and sorrows of this life for 
 more than half a century of years, having died 
 July 30, 1890, after reaching the ripe age of 78 
 years. 
 
 His brother Ben took active part in the 
 rebellion, having been mustered into service 
 at Madison, Wis., Jan. 31, 1862, in Co. F., i6th 
 Wis. Inf. He faithfully served his country for 
 three years, bravely defending the "old flag" 
 in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Kenesaw Mt., 
 Atlanta, and other noted conflicts, being with 
 Sherman on his famous march to the sea. 
 
 Our subject spent his younger days on a 
 farm, living with his parents up to the time he 
 enlisted in the service of his beloved country, 
 at Beloit, Wis., Feb. 6, 1865. His command 
 went into camp at Camp Randall, Madison, 
 Wis., and shortly moved to the front at Nash 
 ville, Tenn. March 15, to Tullahoma, Tenn., 
 where they camped, and were engaged in 
 picket and guard duty, digging ditches to pre 
 vent the camp grounds from being flooded, 
 and training themselves in the knack of living 
 on half rations. About April I, they broke 
 camp, marched on to Huntsville, thence into 
 the Cumberland Mts., to meet and conquer 
 Perkin s Independent Cav., the noted band of 
 outlaws who knew neither friend nor foe. 
 They participated in more or less skirmishing 
 
 daily, and finally met the enemy in full force 
 in a desperate fight which resulted in a partial 
 victory for the Union forces. On this occasion 
 Park s Co., together with two other companies, 
 were cut off from the army for 11 days, during 
 which period they existed on only such sub 
 sistence as could be foraged in so barren a wil 
 derness as the Cumberland Mts., their food 
 consisting chiefly of corn which was stolen 
 from the feed boxes of the mules. Being des 
 titute of supplies, and it being impossible to 
 move through the thickets with their supply 
 wagon, it was burned, and anon six men 
 mounted on mules detailed on a scouting and 
 foraging tour, their main object being to locate 
 the batallion. On the close of the nth day 
 came the shouts of " Eureka!" one of the num 
 ber had returned bringing joy to the stray sol 
 dier boys in the happy news that he had 
 located the command. To verify the state 
 ment, for the half starved "boys" were inclined 
 to be skeptical, he produced a piece of corn 
 bread, better known to the "boys" as "corn 
 pone." Without losing a moment s time the 
 joyful band started for the "happy land, " ar 
 riving at Tony s Mills, where the batteries 
 were stationed, the next morning, having gone 
 with scarcely any food for nearly 20 days. 
 Here they found a "land of plenty" of such as 
 it was, and here Mr. Park contracted chronic 
 diarrhea, a disease from which he still suffers 
 severely, it having been brought on by ex 
 posure to almost constant rain, by starvation, 
 and finally by a feast of corn mush, bacon and 
 molasses. After remaining about three days 
 they resumed their chase through the mount 
 ains in pursuit of Parker s notorious band, 
 finally succeeding in totally disbanding same. 
 
 Subsequently they were ordered to different 
 parts of Tenn. to guard elections, and about 
 Sept., 1865, went to Nashville, Tenn., where the 
 Regt. was mustered out at Exchange Barrack. 
 Our soldier then returned to Madison, Wis., 
 where he received final discharge Sept. 13, 
 1865. 
 
 Mr. Park relates where on one occasion some 
 time in Aug., he with a comrade, took a stroll 
 out to visit some friends about six miles off, 
 
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 491 
 
 when late in the evening they were suddenly 
 aroused by the clanking of horses hoofs and 
 the yelling of a remnant of Parker s Cav., con 
 sisting of about 25 men, who were about to sur 
 round the house, when, he and his comrade 
 made their escape to the woods about 100 feet 
 off, being pursued by constant rattling of bul 
 lets. They took refuge in the woods, followed 
 by the blood-thirsty gang, who continued 
 searching for them, and only when daylight, 
 which is the bushwhacker s deadly enemy, 
 dawned, did they discontinue their hunt for 
 Park and his comrade, who had lain almost 
 breathlessly during the long and fearful night. 
 They improved the first opportunity, and re 
 turned to camp congratulating themselves that 
 the night had been deep and dark, and that 
 they escaped being filled with the bullets they 
 had been made targets of. 
 
 After receiving his discharge he returned to 
 the old homestead where loving faces welcomed 
 him, remaining there until the spring of 1866, 
 when he took up railroading. 
 
 At present he is locomotive engineer on 
 the R. I. & P. R. R., and also proprietor of 
 Park s restaurant at Rock Island. Mr. Park 
 was married at Milan, Pa., Oct. 26, 1881, to Miss 
 Pleiades Walker, daughter of George and Sarah 
 (Brooks) Walker. 
 
 Sept. 21 , 1891, this happy union was blessed 
 with a bouncing boy, who was christened Ar 
 thur Walker. Mr. Park is a highly pleasant, 
 a genial and most hospitable man to meet. He 
 is a member of the G. A. R., is a Mason, and 
 belongs to the Brotherhood of Locomotive En 
 gineers. In politics he is Repubican. 
 
 M 
 
 ELVIN A. GOULD, a member of the G.A.R., 
 and a citizen of Moline, 111., was born 
 at Richmond, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1832, and 
 is the son of Allen and Olive (Spencer) Gould. 
 His mother, born in Ontario Co., N. Y., was of 
 English descent, and died at Richmond, N. Y., 
 when but 34 years of age. His father, born at 
 Essex, Vt., was of Scotch ancestry, died at the 
 age of 65, and was buried by the side of his 
 wife. 
 
 There were born to these parents seven 
 children, of whom there are living, namely: 
 Our subject; Niel, living at Richmond, N. Y.; 
 and Adelia, now residing at Syracuse, N. Y. 
 The grandfather of our subject took part in the 
 war of 1812, fought at the battle of St. Albans, 
 and brought home the captured sword, British 
 blade, now in the possession of Niel Gould. 
 
 This brother Niel also loyally served his 
 country for 3 years, enlisted in Troop B., ist 
 N. Y. Cav., and was actively engaged in all the 
 battles, sieges and marches of his troop, receiv 
 ing an honorable discharge. 
 
 Melvin was reared at Richmond, N. Y., 
 where he received an excellent education, at 
 tending school up to his i8th year. The follow 
 ing year he engaged in teaching, later went 
 West to Marengo, 111., resumed teaching, and 
 subsequently was engaged in the mail service 
 on the C. & G. U. R. R. July 28, 1853, he moved 
 to Moline, 111., was engaged as Superintendent 
 of Public Works, devoting his unemployed time 
 to surveying and stencil cutting, and continued 
 in that entrusted office up to the time he went 
 forth to battle for the stars and stripes. Mr. 
 Gould enlisted at Moline, June 10, 1861, in Co. 
 H., igth 111. Inf., under the noted Col. J. B. 
 Turchin. 
 
 July 12 the Regt. moved out of its camp at 
 Chicago, started on its martial career of 3 years 
 of service, given patriotically and voluntarily 
 to the Govt., and went forward to relieve 
 Grant s Regt. at Palmyra, Mo. Here the Co. 
 participated in frequent skirmishes, and did 
 most heavy foraging, on one occasion totally 
 cleaning out the premises of a Major Proctor, 
 a confederate who had stored away immense 
 quantities of provisions, and military supplies, 
 including mules and wagons. By virtue of the 
 exceedingly heavy and most excellent foraging 
 that the Regt. did, it was subsequently nick 
 named "Chicago Jerkers," it being generally 
 remarked that if the igth had been left un 
 molested it would have stolen the Confederacy. 
 . The next move was to St. Louis, where they 
 received new uniforms and new arms, changing 
 from a flint lock to a percussion, and shortly 
 they joined, a large flotilla, landing at Bird s 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Point, from whence the Regt. was immediately 
 detailed to Norfolk as an advance guard, where 
 its duties where difficult and arduous. 
 
 Subsequently, when an expedition was made 
 towards Jackson, Tenn., where it was expected 
 to meet the enemy, Gen. Prentiss requested that 
 the iQth move as an advance guard of the col 
 umn. No enemy having been met, the Regt. 
 was subsequently ordered to Camp Holt, a most 
 miserable camp. From here the " boys " march 
 ed down the river, under fire of the rebel gun 
 boats, again doing most efficient foraging. 
 Sept. 17, the 1 9th was ordered to Washington 
 to act as special guard for Gen. McClellan, 
 who had by this time heard of its heroic ex 
 ploits. On the route one of the trains broke 
 through a bridge, in which frightful accident 24 
 were killed and 105 wounded, and many crip 
 pled for life. This trouble caused them to stop 
 at Cincinnati, from where, Sept. 25, they were 
 ordered to Lebanon, Ky. While in camp here, 
 Gould, who is proficient in music, was detailed 
 to the band as regimental bugler and instructor. 
 Oct. 22, they moved to Elizabethtown. While 
 here the command was reviewed by Gen. Buell, 
 who confessed that he " never saw a better 
 drilled Regt." Feb. 10, 1862, they moved and 
 bivouacked at Belle s Tavern, awaking in the 
 morning covered with about five inches of snow. 
 Shortly they moved to Bowling Green, the igth 
 being the first Regt. to enter that stronghold, 
 where a large amount of rebel stores were cap 
 tured. They next moved to Nashville, where 
 they were constantly engaged in repairing and 
 building bridges. 
 
 Then to Jackson. Here the band was mus 
 tered out, and comrade Gould returned to Louis 
 ville, Ky., where he was taken seriously sick 
 and was transferred to the hospital. While con 
 fined there he later performed the duty of mak 
 ing out pay. rolls. His ability, accuracy, and 
 neatness of work being perfect to such a degree, 
 he was commissioned to the office of chief clerk 
 of the Adjutant, having nine men in the clerical 
 force under him. In this position of responsi 
 bility and honor, he creditably continued up to 
 Oct. 8, 1862, when his health having failed, he 
 was discharged and returned to Moline, 111., 
 
 where he has resided ever since. Mr. Gould was 
 married Dec. I, 1856, to L. Maria, daughter of 
 Capt. Jefferson and Margaret (Bennett) Taylor, 
 who were natives of Mass. By this union eight 
 children were born, of whom are living Geo. 
 M.; Wm. T., married to Estella Heck; Albert 
 S.; and Herbert R., married to Mary Sheley. 
 
 Mr. Gould has held many positions of honor 
 and public trust. He has been County Sur 
 veyor of Rock Island County, superintended 
 the building of the C. R. I. & St. L. R. R. from 
 Rock River to Macomb, was City Engineer of 
 Moline for eight years, during which time he 
 built the first water-works and was author of the 
 sewerage system of Moline. For the past eight 
 years he has done all the recording of plats for 
 Rock Island Co., and as an arbitrator, he is 
 quite universally wanted in all disputes requir 
 ing engineering knowledge. At present Mr. 
 Gould is established in the manufacture of nov 
 elties, and the stencil cutting business, doing 
 the very finest and most artistic work in this 
 line. Verily, he is a genius in the best sense of 
 the term, and can fix quite anything that needs 
 fixing. Though 59 years old, he is physically 
 and mentally a well preserved man, and handles 
 a gun in the various maneuvers of a drill with quite 
 the same grace and agility he did in by-gone 
 days. He is a member of the G. A. R., has 
 been officer of the day for five years, and has 
 attended eight National Encampments. A 
 soldier, a scholar, an artist and a musician, Mr. 
 Gould is a whole-souled, liberal minded gentle 
 man whom it is a pleasure to meet. 
 
 CHARLES B. DRAKE, of Belvidere, 111., be 
 gan his soldier career Aug. 14, 1862, by 
 enlisting in the Union army at Belvi 
 dere, rendezvoused at Camp Fuller, Rockford, 
 where he was mustered into the service as a 
 Corporal in Co. B., 95th 111. Vol. Inf. The men 
 were drilled at Rockford, and Nov. 4, left for 
 Jackson, Tenn., and on arrival, proceeded to 
 Grand Junction, and the following winter took 
 part in the Northern Miss, expedition. Grant s 
 supplies at Holly Springs having been captured 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 493 
 
 by the rebel Van Dorn, they took up the line 
 of march for Memphis, arriving at Moscow, 
 Dec. 3Oth, then on to Collierville where it 
 halted and was guarding the railroads for a few 
 days, being obliged, owing to the surprise at 
 Holly Springs to be up and in line of battle at 
 three o clock each morning; afterwards pro 
 ceeded to Memphis where they arrived Jan. 13, 
 1863, thus closing that campaign. Here the 
 95th, with 14 other transports, started down 
 the Miss. River, for the purpose of operating 
 againt Vicksburg, arriving at Milliken s Bend 
 15 miles above Vicksburg on Jan. 26, where 
 they disembarked the following day and went 
 into camp. Mr. Drake was detailed at Lake 
 Providence to escort some prisoners to Mem 
 phis, and upon returning to that point became 
 exceedingly ill, therefore went into camp hos 
 pital, where his malady did not yield to treat 
 ment, and after a stay of one month, he was 
 discharged by reason of disability, on March 
 23, 1863, and mustered out. 
 
 Mr. Drake was a son of Charles E. and 
 Martha (Heaton) Drake, born near Belvidere, 
 Boone Co., 111., June 21, 1838. His mother 
 died Feb. 23, 1891, whilst his father is still liv 
 ing upon the homestead. Charles was em 
 ployed upon the farm and attending school, in 
 early life, but when he had attained his 20th 
 year embarked in farming upon his own 
 account, which he continued until his enlistment 
 in the army. Immediately after his discharge 
 as a soldier he returned home, resumed farming 
 and continued that occupation until the year 
 1882, when he removed to Belvidere and ac 
 cepted a position with the Northwestern R. R. 
 Co., as freight agent for that place, a trusted 
 and responsible situation, wherein he has been 
 universally courteous and obliging to all pa 
 trons of the railroad, having business to trans 
 act through him, and also conducted his depart 
 ment to the full satisfaction of his employers. 
 He was married to Susan M. Boyce, Nov. 12, 
 1861, daughter of Hugh and Maria Boyce, and 
 by this marriage has one child, namely, Will 
 iam E. Our subject is a member of the Odd 
 Fellows order, politically a Republican, and is 
 a member of Hurlbut Post, No. 164, G. A. R., of 
 
 which he is Adjutant. He was Register Clerk, 
 for twelve years. William H. Boyce, a brother 
 of Mrs. Drake, served in the same Co. with our 
 subject, and died Feb. 1863, at Overton Hos 
 pital, Memphis. 
 
 M 
 
 AJOR STEPHEN JEFFERS, a prominent citi 
 zen and retired farmer of Hanover, 111., 
 is a native of N. Y. State, born in Broom 
 Co., Sept. 20, 1820. He is a son of Stephen 
 and Cynthya (Coburn) Jeffers, natives of N. H. 
 and N. Y., respectively. The paternal grand 
 father, John Jeffers, was a Scotchman who 
 emigrated to America prior to the Revolution 
 ary War, in which he was a soldier. The mater 
 nal ancestors were English and came to the U. S. 
 during the present century. 
 
 Major Stephen Jeffers was one of 9 children 
 and was given limited opportunities to secure 
 an education, but possessing more than ordi 
 nary natural ability and persistent energy, this 
 lack was largely overcome. In 1837, when DU t: 
 17 years old he came to 111. and spent two years 
 in Whiteside Co., moving in 1839, to Hanover, 
 then to Wapello, where he was engaged on a 
 farm until 1842, when he purchased 200 acres 
 of land and began its cultivation. Feb. 1844, 
 he married Julia Maxwell, who was born in 
 Delhi, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1820, and came to 111., in 
 1837, with Mr. Jeffers parents and others. 
 She died Mar. 10, 1889, the mother of 5 chil 
 dren George, Perry, Albert, William and 
 Ellen, who died at an early age. Mr. Jeffers 
 continued his farming and stock raising opera 
 tions until a few years previous to the war, 
 when he engaged in business in Hanover. 
 Sept. 6, 1862, he enlisted in Co. F., 96th 111. 
 Inf., and was at once made O. M. of the Regt., 
 which went to Camp Fuller near Rockford, 111., 
 and remained there until Oct. 8, when it started 
 South, stopping for a short time at Covington, 
 Ky., and marched to Lexington, Harrodsburg 
 and Danville, where it wintered, making nu 
 merous expeditions into the adjoining country. 
 In the early spring they marched to Louisville 
 and took passage for Nashville, marching 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 thence soon after to Franklin where it made 
 headquarters for several months, occasionally 
 meeting Gen. Forrest s rebel cavalry and skir 
 mishing at different points, the most important 
 engagement occurring at Triune. In the latter 
 part of Dec. the Regt. started for Chattanooga, 
 camped at Rossville, for a time, and then took 
 part in the hottest of the fight at Chickamauga, 
 returning subsequently to camp at Shell Mound 
 for the winter. Here Mr. Jeffers was sick and 
 in camp during the battles of Lookout Mt. and 
 Missionary Ridge. 
 
 The next move was to Cleveland to prepare 
 for the Georgia and Atlanta campaigns. Just 
 prior to these expeditions Mr. Jeffers was com 
 missioned as Captain of subsistence and ordered 
 to report to Col. Porter at Chattanooga, where 
 he remained in charge of that department for 
 more than a year, supplying Gen. Sherman s 
 army with cattle and other stores. During 
 this time 96,000 cattle and $70,000,000 passed 
 through the hands of Capt. Jeffers. In the 
 spring he received orders to join Gen. Sherman 
 at Beaufort, N. C., but when he arrived Gen. 
 Sherman was at Washington and ordered him 
 to report there. He remained there a few days 
 and returned South to Nashville expecting to 
 go to Chattanooga, but instead was sent to a 
 point in Northeast, Miss., on the Tenn., River 
 where he lay two months, then went to Nash 
 ville and soon to Atlanta, Ga., to relieve the 
 Commissaries there. Late in Dec. he was dis 
 charged and returned home without a wound. 
 He proved himself in every capacity a thor 
 ough soldier and a valuable and efficient officer 
 as is evidenced by the important trusts w r hich 
 were placed in his charge and faithfully exe 
 cuted. 
 
 George, the son of Major Jeffers, enlisted 
 with his father, Sept. 1862, and acted as chief 
 clerk while his father was Q. M., after which 
 he was detailed as Commisary Sergean^ and 
 served as such until the end of the war. 
 
 When Major Jeffers returned to private life 
 he resumed his extensive farming business and 
 was actively engaged until a few years ago, 
 when he retired with a comfortable competence. 
 He started in life a poor boy with but few ad 
 
 vantages but by untiring energy and strictest 
 integrity he has made "a fortune, now owning 
 1,000 acres of fine land, near Hanover, under a 
 high state of cultivation. He has not only ac 
 quired wealth, but honors and position have 
 come to him, and in every place, public or pri 
 vate, he has proved his ability and made a suc 
 cess. He is a charter member of John O. Duer 
 Post, No. 399, G. A. R., and has for nearly 40 
 years been a member of the A. F. & A. M., also 
 holds membership in the Chapters. 
 
 In the locality where he resides few men 
 are better known and held in higher esteem 
 than Major Stephen Jeffers. 
 
 ROBERT M. BENELL a resident of Moline, 
 111., was born June, 16, 1844, in Holmes 
 Co., Ohio, and is the son of Jacob and 
 Elizabeth (Mitchell) Benell who were natives of 
 Greene Co., Pa. His father was born Dec. 10, 
 1825, and died at Newton, Kan., in 1890. His 
 mother was born Sept. 1823, and is still living 
 at Galesburg, 111. To them was born a family 
 of nine children, namely: Robert, our subject; 
 Martha A., now Mrs. J. H. Andrews of Santa 
 Barbara, Cal.; Wm. A.; John M.; Phrosina (de 
 ceased), Annette, now the wife of D. H. Porter, 
 Editor of the "Geneseo Republic", Geneseo,-!!!.; 
 Elizabeth, now Mrs. L. Kat, of Emporia, Kan.; 
 and Capitola, now Mrs. Ray Whiteof Geneseo, 
 111. When Robert was 3 years old his parents 
 located at Fulton Co., 111., where he was reared, 
 went to school, and later continued working 
 the farm up to the time of the inauguration of 
 the great rebellion. Only a few months had 
 passed since the loud echoes of Fort Sumter 
 tingled in his ears, and soon our youthful sol 
 dier responded, essayed to enlist, but was re 
 jected on account of his youth. But he was 
 determined and after a few restless weeks he 
 tried a second time, and this time not in vain. 
 Though but a youth of 17 years he enlisted as 
 artificer, Sept. 6, 1861, at Prairie City, 111., Co. 
 B., ist Mo. Engineers, and was mustered in the 
 following day at St. Louis Arsenal, St. Louis. 
 After remaining in camp at Camp Genessis,for 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 495 
 
 three weeks, during which time the "boys" 
 were equipped, drilled and engaged in picket 
 and guard duty, they moved on to Otterville, 
 Mo. There he assisted in constructing the first 
 railroad bridge, built during the war, and 
 shortly we find him active in all of Fremont s 
 campaign, returning to Otterville about Feb. I, 
 1862, then to St. Louis, and subsequently under 
 Gen. Pope, was actively engaged in the battles 
 and capture of New Madrid, his Regt. having 
 planted the guns, set up the breastworks, and, 
 indeed, deported itself most gallantly. Next 
 we find our yong artificer at Phillip s Landing, 
 cutting the levees and assisting in the most 
 difficult and arduous duty of constructing a 
 channel of 12 miles, right through the thickest 
 of timber, thus enabling four steamboats to 
 pass on to New Madrid, where Gen. Pope s 
 army lay in readiness to be transported, result 
 ing as it did in the phenomenal victory of capt 
 uring 6,000 prisoners. After this he joined Gen. 
 Pope on his expedition to Fort Pillow, and 
 subsequently the Regt. was sent to reinforce 
 Halleck at Corinth, participating as it did in 
 all the skirmishes connected with that great 
 siege, and being the 3d Regt. to enter 
 the city. No time was lost and his command 
 was dispatched to pursue the rebels, encounter 
 ing them in a hot and spirited two days battle 
 in the swamps and bottoms of the Tuscumbia 
 River, and in which the ist Mo. lost 30 in 
 killed and wounded. Under Gen. Logan our 
 soldier-mechanic next moved on to Jackson, 
 Tenn., constantly engaged in important duties 
 of an artificer and a soldier, and remaining up 
 to the time the "boys" proceeded and took 
 active part in all the skirmishes, battles, and 
 sieges connected with the memorable siege of 
 Corinth, Oct. 3, and 4, 1862. Joining Gen. 
 Grant on his expedition down the Miss. Cen 
 tral R. R., they participated in lively skir 
 mishes all along the route, and later were con 
 stantly employed guarding the mail cars be 
 tween Memphis and Corinth. 
 
 The next important service rendered by 
 Comrade Benell, was at Young s Point, opposite 
 Vicksburg, where the ist Mo. Engineers per 
 formed most excellent service on Butler s 
 
 Canal. There during the deep darkness of but 
 a single night, it muffled its wagons, quietly 
 constructed breastworks, planted casemated 
 batteries, and thus with the dawn of daylight, 
 the batteries were enabled to fire their deadly 
 shells into Vicksburg. After participating in 
 the long siege of Vicksburg, followed by 
 months of continued guard and artificer s 
 duty, young Robert was next marching under 
 Gen. Sherman, and soon actively engaged on the 
 tragic battlefields before Atlanta, including 
 those two days of horrible fighting at Jones- 
 boro, Ga., Aug. 31, and Sept. I, 1864, during 
 which campaign the Union forces suffered a 
 total loss of over 33,000 in killed and wounded 
 and missing. 
 
 His term of service having expired he was 
 mustered out at East Point, Ga., Sept. 15, 1864, 
 was discharged at St. Louis Mo., Sept. 23, 
 and accordingly returned home to Abingdon, 
 111., having loyally served under the grand "old 
 flag" for over three years. But during this 
 long time Comrade Benell had evidently only 
 grown even more patriotic, for he re-enlisted 
 Feb. 7, 1865, at Galesburg, 111., in Co. F., I48th 
 111. Inf. The Regt. moved to Nashville, Tenn., 
 later to Tullahoma, Tenn., and after nearly 7 
 months of constant guard and garrison duty, 
 was mustered out Sept. 5. 1865. Thus the 
 great rebellion came to an end, Comrade Benell 
 returned to Abingdon, and in 1867 moved to 
 Moline, 111., where he is now engaged in the U. 
 S. mail service, as a trustworthy and faithful 
 mail carrier. 
 
 At Knoxville, 111., Feb. 6, 1865, our subject 
 was married to Nancy Smith, by which mar 
 riage there were born six children, of whom 
 Charles and Harry are living, the others being 
 buried by the side of their beloved mother at 
 Moline, 111. Mr. Benell was married a second 
 time, March 16, 1879, to Julia Peregoy, the es 
 timable daughter of Moses J. Peregoy. By this 
 happy union there were born a family of three 
 talented children, namely: Nellie, Nannie and 
 Robert. Verily, comrade Benell can well feel 
 proud of his offspring, who, with their songs, 
 music and repertoire of recitations keep their 
 home radiating with sunshine. Scarcely a sol- 
 
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 dier in the State of 111. who has not heard of 
 Little Nellie Benell, a child in age, but a giant 
 in ability; a fitly adopted daughter of R. H. 
 Graham Post, Moline, 111., who spoke at their 
 camp fires and was voted a gold medal when 
 but a wee bit of a child of four years. Nine 
 years have passed, and during that time she has 
 spoken at all their camp fires, decoration exer 
 cises and gatherings, which are noted for hun 
 dreds of miles aronnd. Aye, she is the bright 
 little star of all their entertainments, and all 
 that is necessary to draw an audience is to ad 
 vertise that " Little Nellie " will be there, and 
 the crowd is assured. In 1887 she spoke at the 
 State Encampment of the Sons of Veterans, 
 and was presented with a silver badge of the 
 order. In 1888, during the Military Tract Re 
 union, at which Gov. Fifer and Gen. Palmer 
 spoke, Little Nellie rendered " Only a Private 
 Soldier," and took the audience by storm. 
 Many societies throughout her section of 111. 
 have had their programmes honored with the 
 name of Little Nellie Benell, who has had the 
 honor of being encored by President Harrison, 
 Hon. Lucius Fairchild, our own John A. Logan, 
 General Sherman, and scores of other great 
 men. Yes, long live Little Nellie! 
 
 Mr. Benell isa member of the G. A. R., and is 
 an affectionate husband and a good citizen. 
 
 LUTHER H. KNAPP, a member of the G. A. 
 R., and a resident of Galesburg, 111., is a 
 son of the Empire State, born in Wayne 
 Co., Jan. 7, 1841. His parents were Asa B. and 
 Mary A. (Storm) Knapp, the former a descend 
 ant of New England stock, the latter of 
 Mohawk Dutch. In 1850, the family moved to 
 Batavia, 111., where Luther spent his boyhood 
 days and attended school. Sept., 1861, he en 
 listed in Co. D., 7th Kan. Cav., known as the 
 "Jayhawkers." The winter was spent in western 
 Mo., and the following June they embarked to 
 near Corinth, Miss. Shortly after, they partici 
 pated in the siege of that city, and after the 
 capture were engaged the next two years in 
 guarding the railroads between Corinth, Mem 
 
 phis and Holly Springs. During this time we 
 find comrade Knapp engaged in the battle of 
 Corinth, on the arduous march to Oxford, 
 Tenn., in fact, kept in motion constantly; on 
 one occasion Col. Anthony, who was in com 
 mand, gave orders not to ride faster than a 
 walk. One young fellow spurred up to a trot. 
 For this slight offense he was arrested, balled 
 and chained. Standing on top of a log sur 
 rounded by his fellow comrades, while the 
 blacksmith was riveting the cruel fetters, the 
 young soldier sweetly and touchingly sung, 
 "Brave boys are they who go to their country s 
 call." This was more than the boys who had 
 so recently left their homes and loved ones to 
 go forward in their country s defense could 
 stand. Their heart strings were soon vibrating 
 in response to his mellow voice. Up, almost 
 simultaneously, away with the guard, cutting 
 the chains, freeing the young patriot, then 
 hastening to the guard house, they freed the 
 prisoners who had been punished for similar 
 offenses and left the grim guard-house wrapped 
 in flames. While in Memphis, comrade Knapp 
 remembers seeing the dead bodies of negroes, 
 victims of the Fort Pillow Massacre, float by 
 for days and days. 
 
 On another occasion, while comrade Knapp 
 was out with a squadron, they discovered a lone 
 horseman. Pursuing him, he took refuge in his 
 house, where he bravely defended himself, kill 
 ing one of our boys and wounding several oth 
 ers, and himself receiving a wound in the arm. 
 The house was set on fire, and the lone hero 
 came out, still fighting. Then for the first time 
 the answer came back, " My God ! are you 
 Union men ?" The lone soldier had deserted 
 the rebel army in which he had been conscripted. 
 Thinking the squadron were rebels disguised in 
 Union uniform, who had come to retake him, he 
 was determined not to be taken alive. Subse 
 quently we find our subject with Gen. Smith in his 
 raid through Miss., and, July 13, 1864, the boys 
 had a hard all-day s fight at Tupelo. Just ahead 
 of the 7th was a colored Regt., and our com 
 rade saw many poor colored lads, exhausted, 
 lay down by the wayside, well knowing that a 
 rebel bayonet would be sunk into his side a few 
 
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 minutes later. Oct., 1864, after over 3 years of 
 active service, comrade Knapp returned to Ba- 
 tavia, and soon resumed work as fireman on the 
 C., B. & Q. R. R. Shortly, he was put in charge 
 of a locomotive as engineer, and has filled that 
 entrusted position ever since, excepting one 
 year, when he went to Sedgwick Co., Kan., and 
 bought a farm, which he still owns. 
 
 Mr. Knapp was joined in matrimony to 
 Jennie Elliott, of Aledo, 111., in 1878. By this 
 union there was born one son, James Asa. In 
 politics he is a Republican, and as a citizen he 
 is honored and respected by all who know him. 
 
 EGBERT H. OSBORN, of Quincy, 111., was 
 born in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 17, 1841, a 
 son of W. S. and Mary E. (Homan) Os- 
 born, the latter being a direct descendant 
 of Gov. Buckingham of Mass. The father died 
 a few years ago but his mother is still living. 
 Our subject had two brothers in the late Rebel 
 lion, one having served in the I3th N. Y. Mili 
 tia, while the other was in the 48th N. Y., and 
 forfeited his life to save his country during the 
 Wilderness campaign. Mr. Osborn was educa 
 ted at Brooklyn, and on Oct. 14, 1861, enlisted in 
 the army, rendezvoused at N. Y. City, where he 
 was mustered into Co. H., 87th N. Y. Vol. Inf., 
 then proceeded to Washington. His Regt. was 
 assigned to Robinson s Brig., Kearney s Div., 
 Heintzleman s Corps. The 87th N. Y. was 
 composed of as fine a lot of men as ever 
 handled muskets, but many of the officers were 
 cowardly and incompetent, and as a conse 
 quence the Regt. was in a short time left with less 
 than 200 men. It was consolidated with the 
 40th N. Y., the officers mustered out and non 
 commissioned officers were reduced to the 
 ranks. Mr. Osborn was made Corporal of the 
 consolidated Co., a position he held until his 
 discharge. His corps became a part of the 
 army of the Potomac with which he continued 
 to be associated from the time of the siege of 
 Yorktown, until the battle of Fredericksburg, 
 participating in all the battles, skirmishes, 
 sieges, and marches during that period in which 
 
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 his regiment was engaged. Whilst at Freder 
 icksburg, on Dec. 5, 1862, Mr. Osborn had his 
 feet badly frozen, rendering him unable to walk 
 for many weeks, therefore was mustered out on 
 Jan. 10, 1863 owing to disability, and two days 
 later was paid off and finally discharged at 
 Washington. After the siege of Yorktown he 
 was one of the first to enter the city upon its 
 evacuation. On one occasion he did special 
 scout duty for Gen. Kearney during the Penin 
 sular campaign, and the services rendered 
 elicited the compliments of that general, de 
 livered publicly for gallantly performing a 
 hazardous undertaking. At the battle of Mal- 
 vern Hill he was wounded in the forehead, re 
 ceiving a slight wound caused by an exploded 
 shell. Whilst in the 87th he was promoted to 
 be a Corporal and afterwards to be a Sergt. of 
 his Co. 
 
 After being discharged he returned to N. 
 Y. and soon after removed West and became 
 an employe of the C., B. & Q. Railroad, part of 
 that time being spent at Chicago and the re 
 mainder at Quincy where he has been located 
 for upwards of 27 years. After abandoning 
 railroading he engaged in the manufacturing 
 business which in turn he left to take up the 
 real estate business. 
 
 He was married May 22, 1866, to Martha 
 Bernard, daughter of James C. and Thirza ( Kay) 
 Bernard, of Ky., and by whom he has the fol 
 lowing children: Helen M., born Feb. 28th, 
 1872 and Russell H., Oct. 2, 1884. He was 
 elected and served as Alderman for two years. 
 He is a member of the G. A. R., of the Elks, 
 and a Free Mason, having taken every degree 
 in masonry excepting the 33rd. In politics, to 
 use his own words, he is " Mostly Republican." 
 
 CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. BROWN, a lawyer and 
 a leading and representative citizen of 
 Geneva, 111., hails from Forfax, Scotland, 
 where he was born in 1833, a son of Daniel and 
 Ellen (Shepher) Brown. In 1842, the family 
 sailed for America and located at Virgil, 15 
 miles west of Geneva. Here the father, who 
 was a farmer, died in 1888, at the age of 88, his 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 estimable wife having departed ten years prior. 
 True patriotism was strikingly characteristic 
 of the Brown family. From beneath its roof, 
 three staunch and able-bodied sons went forth 
 to fight for the grand " old flag." Thomas, 
 now a druggist at Middle Park, was a Sergt. 
 and served his country nobly for 3 years. John, 
 a second brother, now a merchant at Middle 
 Park, enlisted in Co. F., I24th 111. Inf., was 
 with his Co. in all the many hard-fought battles 
 and was mustered out as a corporal. William, 
 our subject, received a good common school 
 education at Kane Co., 111., and later pursued 
 his studies at Oberlin College, Ohio. He then 
 decided to follow the profession of a lawyer, 
 and accordingly we next find him a diligent 
 student of Blackstone in the office of Judge W. 
 D. Barry, of St. Charles. Subsequently he 
 opened an office at Geneva, 111. During the 
 outbreak of the great rebellion Capt. Brown 
 was residing at Wyanett, 111. He was a true 
 patriot, a man of strong Union sentiments. As 
 the aggressions of the secessionists grew 
 stronger he likewise grew stronger in his 
 fidelity to the Union. In the summer of 1862 
 we find him on the rostrum, making speeches 
 in behalf of the stars and stripes. Aug. 10, 
 1862, after weeks of zealous devotion to the 
 good work, he completed the organization of 
 Co. C., of which he was made Captain. They 
 were assigned to the 93d 111. Inf., and were mus 
 tered in at Camp Douglas, and shortly, marched 
 to Cairo, arriving Oct. 29, and embarking for 
 Memphis. From here they started out on the 
 Tallahatchee expedition, returning and shortly 
 participating in another expedition into the 
 Yazoo country. After weeks of constant 
 marching we find the Captain facing the hot 
 fire of the enemy in the battle of Thompson 
 Hill, Bayou Pierre, Raymond, Jackson, Cham 
 pion Hills, and Black River Bridge. 
 
 At Champion Hills he was wounded, but 
 never "gave up the ship." Then came the long 
 and memorable seige of Vicksburg, in all of 
 which he was actively engaged. After the sur 
 render of the city, July 4, 1863, the Regt. re 
 ceived a short furlough, returning, it went to 
 the assistance of Gen. Steele, at Helena, Ark. 
 
 Next they moved on to Memphis, from whence 
 they engaged in an expedition to luka, Miss. 
 During their stay at Memphis, Captain Brown 
 was actively engaged in Court Martial service, 
 while his Co. marched on and fought at Mission 
 ary Ridge, Nov. 23, 1863. He rejoined it at 
 Huntsville, Ala., Then came months and 
 months of marches and counter marches and 
 minor engagements, and Oct. 5, 1864, they en 
 countered the enemy in that stubbornly fought 
 battle of Alatoona Pass, Ga. Here, while open 
 ing a package of ammunition Capt. Brown was 
 wounded in the neck. He returned home on 
 leave of absence and remained until his recov 
 ery, when he rejoined his comrades at Savannah, 
 in their long, arduous march through the Caro- 
 linas, participating in all the skirmishes and 
 hardships of that memorable campaign. On 
 ward to Washington, where he led his Co. in 
 the grand review, thence to Louisville, Ky., 
 where he was mustered out July, 1865, after 
 nearly 3 years of active service. 
 
 Since the war Capt. Brown has resided at 
 Geneva, 111., excepting four years, which were 
 spent on his fruit farm, which he still owns, and 
 which is located near Kinmundy, 111. 
 
 He was married in 1857, to Mary Baxter, 
 daughter of Richard Baxter, who emigrated 
 from England when a young man. By this 
 union 4 children were born, namely: May, now 
 Mrs. W. E. Hogeboom; Richard K.; Fannie and 
 Millie, the two latter of whom are dead. A true 
 soldier.Capt.- Brown takes live interest in all army 
 matters. He is Past Commander of the G. A. R 
 Post at Geneva, and also at Kinmundy. He is 
 a Mason, and for the past six years has been 
 High Priest of Fox River Chapter, No. 14, at 
 Geneva. 
 
 BREVET MAJ. GEN. GEORGE A. CUSTER, born 
 in 1837 in tne State of Ohio. Educated 
 in the West Point Military Academy, and 
 graduated in the spring of 1861. Entered 
 military service as 2nd Lieutenant of Cav. in 
 the regular army immediately after graduating 
 and joined the army of the Potomac, June, 
 1861. Exhibiting military talents of good 
 
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 promise during the fall and winter of 1861, he 
 was promoted to first Lieut, and Captain in the 
 regular service. In the spring of 1862 he was made 
 an Aid-de-Camp, and placed on Gen. McClel- 
 lan s Staff. For distinguished conduct during 
 the famous campaign on the Peninsula, Custer 
 was made a Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, June 29, 
 1863. Took part in all the Cav. movements in 
 the army of the Potomac, under McClellan, 
 Pope, Burnside, Hooker and Mead. In Gen. 
 Mead s campaign into Pa. in 1863, Gen. Custer 
 commanded the 2d Brig, in Kilpatrick s 
 Div. of Cav., and acted a prominent and dis 
 tinguished part in the battle of Gettysburg. 
 Gen. Pleasanton, at that time Chief of Cavalry 
 in the Army of the Potomac, said on one occa 
 sion that " Custer is the best cavalry officer in 
 the world, and I have given him the best Brig, 
 to command." This observation was made of 
 Custer, while he was yet a subaltern and only 
 loaned to cavalry expeditions as Gen. McClel- 
 ian used to say. Afterwards, however, when 
 Custer had been tried in the most critical emer 
 gency on the field in battles, retreats and sabre 
 charges, that same distinguished officer said 
 that " Custer had met his highest expectations." 
 The ensuing fall he was severely wounded in 
 the leg, but absolutely refused to quit the field 
 or accept leave of absence from active service. 
 During Gen. Sheridan s raid around Richmond, 
 he found the rebels on one occasion strongly 
 fortified on a commanding hill, holding the 
 only route on which the Union army could 
 advance. 
 
 It proved to be one of the outer works of 
 the Rebel fortifications around Richmond and 
 was manned by a strong garrison. Sheridan s 
 army halted, and Custer ordered to dislodge 
 the enmey. All supposed that, in attempting 
 an enterprise so hazardous, a position would be 
 taken, lines formed, batteries planted, cavalry 
 dismounted and the attack made in accordance 
 with the known and approved rules of war. 
 Not so, however, with the intrepid Custer. 
 The usual cautions and preliminaries were too 
 previous for his impetuous nature. Quickly 
 forming his command in line, he ordered the 
 men to draw sabres and charge front. In the 
 
 face of a galling fire from the Rebel artillery 
 these daring cavaliers, under Custer s lead rode 
 headlong on the enemy s works, brandishing 
 their burnished blades andyelling like demons. 
 The works were taken and the enemy igno- 
 miniously routed. The whole proceeding occu 
 pied less than an hour. When Custer notified 
 the commander that the way was open the 
 expedition moved quietly on. If Custer, on 
 this occasion, had attacked the enemy in reg 
 ular military order, notice would have reached 
 Richmond, the enemy would have been re 
 inforced, and, perhaps, Sheridan s entire expedi 
 tion captured or defeated. Bold, dashing and 
 daring, Custer was always chosen to head cav 
 alry expeditions of unusual hazard or diffi 
 culty. He always led his column in person, 
 and never wanted a soldier to go with him who 
 would hesitate a moment to ride right straight 
 on to the Rebel army, if ordered. Although 
 young in years, Custer fairly and nobly won 
 enduring honors as a cavalry leader. 
 
 At the close of the war he was made Lieut. 
 Col. with brevet rank as Maj. Gen. In 1867 he 
 served on Gen. Hancock s expedition against 
 the Cheyennes and Sioux, but was tried by 
 court martial and suspended for a year for cru 
 elty to his men and leaving his command with 
 out permission. He conducted his regiment to 
 Dakota, serving in the Yellowstone expedition, 
 and a year later explored the Black Hills. His 
 report regarding that region stimulated white 
 immigration whose encroachments upon the 
 reservations led to trouble with the hostile 
 Sioux under Sitting Bull. In 1876 Gen. Sheri 
 dan ordered an expedition in three columns un 
 der Gens. Terry, Gibbon and Crook to subdue 
 them. Custer led Gen. Terry s column, and 
 when near Little Big Horn River, divided his 
 command into three parts, and pushed on with 
 five companies. General Custer and all his 
 force were captured and killed June 25, 1876. 
 In 1879 a statue to his memory was erected at 
 West Point. 
 
 In person, Gen. Custer was small in stature 
 five feet, ten inches high, light complexion, 
 fair skin, flaxen hair and blue eyes. With a 
 Roman nose, a restless eye and broad forehead, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 he looked every inch a bold cavalier. His hair 
 curled handsomely and was worn long, reach 
 ing far down on his shoulders. His appear 
 ance was peculiar, gay and intelligent. Mount 
 ed on a horse, he looked the very beau-ideal 
 of a trooper. 
 
 DR. JAMES G. ELDER, of Fisher, 111., was 
 born in Pa., Oct. 3, 1826, a son of Joseph 
 and Jane (Gagehy) Elder, who were of 
 Scotch-Irish ancestry. A paternal ancestor 
 of the Dr. was one of those who came to this 
 country in the May-Flower. Joseph Elder the 
 father of our subject was highly educated and 
 connected with several institutions of learning 
 during the greater part of his life. The Dr. 
 received a liberal education under the tuition 
 of his father, preparing him for a teacher. 
 After teaching 4 years he entered the Wash 
 ington College and afterwards the Jefferson 
 University, from which he was graduated in the 
 medical department, and immediately com 
 menced the practice of his chosen profession. 
 He remained but one year in his first location, 
 then removed to Lexington where he practiced 
 until he laid down his surgeon s knife to 
 shoulder his musket in defense of his country. 
 He could, for the asking, have been surgeon of 
 his Regt. but he had gone into the army bent 
 upon fighting, and not for the purpose of ap 
 plying the healing art, to those who might fall 
 in battle. He enlisted in Co. D., 54th Pa. Vol. 
 Inf. It soon became evident to the Doctor s 
 superior officers that in filling a subordinate 
 position in the ranks he was not fulfilling his 
 destiny and therefore he was promoted to 1st 
 Lieut, of his company. The anxiety and sus 
 pense experienced by a soldier engaged in war 
 fare, are generally sufficiently burdensome 
 but in the Dr s. instance other and unexpected 
 troubles crowded upon him, he was called home 
 to bury his eldest boy Joseph Clarence whose 
 sad and untimely death created a vacant chair 
 in that happy family circle. This last and 
 solemn duty performed he immediately re 
 joined his Regt. at Washington City, and after 
 a short delay there moved by rail to Hancock, 
 
 thence to Romley and Cumberlin, Md., and 
 was employed guarding the heights about 
 Hagerstown, and to prevent Lee s army from 
 crossing the river. They pursued Lee s army 
 to North Mt., returned to Romley, built forts 
 on the heights as also at Petersburg. 
 
 His Regt. then proceeded to Martinsburg, 
 where it was formed into a Div. of the 2Oth A. 
 C., under Gen. Sigel, and proceeded to Win 
 chester, encountering the enemy under Breck- 
 enridge, was defeated and fell back to Cedar 
 Creek. Here Gen. Hunter superseded Sigel 
 in command, and renewed the march and 4 
 miles from Port Royal, near Piedmont, was 
 attacked, but after a stubborn fight the Rebels 
 were repulsed with much slaughter and loss of 
 I ,OOO prisoners. They defeated the Rebels again 
 at Lexington, pushed on to Lynchburg destroy 
 ing the railroad at that place and camped for 
 the night. In the morning were attacked by 
 the enemy, fell back across the Alleghany 
 Mts., to the head waters of the Big Kanawha 
 River, and took boats for Parkersburg, then 
 moved by rail to Martinsburg, thence to 
 Snicker s Gap and through the Gap and across 
 the river to Shenancloah Valley to reconnoiter 
 the place. They found the enemy in large 
 numbers under Early, outnumbering the Union 
 forces in the proportion of 4 to I, by whom 
 they were attacked and compelled to fall back 
 through the Gap. Here they made a stand. 
 The next morning they recrossed the river 
 and moved to Winchester where they were 
 attacked by Early, but could not resist the 
 immensely superior numbers, and therefore 
 fell back to Williamsport where Gen. Sheri 
 dan relieved Hunter. At this action Dr. El 
 der was struck in the foot by a spent ball, 
 causing him to fall forward on a pile of rub 
 bish resulting in a severe shock and injuring 
 his spine. He was sent to the hospital at An 
 napolis, Md., where he was necessarily de 
 tained 5 months and from which injuries he 
 has never fully recovered. He joined the 
 command and was soon in the battle of Opa- 
 can, where the boys enjoyed the extreme 
 pleasure of defeating Gen. Early s forces and 
 driving him back to Cedar Creek, where an- 
 
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 other battle was fought with similar success to 
 the Union army. The fleeing Rebels were fol 
 lowed to Fisher s Hill, where Gen. Early and 
 his rebel soldiers were captured. The Dr s 
 Regt. was then placed in the 24th A. C., and 
 sent in front of Richmond where he remained 
 until the close of the war. He veteranized in 
 1863, but took no furlough, therefore he was 
 with his command continuously for 4 years, 
 excepting when absent to bury his boy and 
 whilst in the hospital. 
 
 The Dr s usefulness was not confined to his 
 duties as soldier, as he was constantly en 
 gaged among the sick, wounded and dying; 
 his medical ability and skill exerted on be 
 half of his unfortunate comrades, being always 
 at the command of those in need of it. He is 
 prominent in G. A. R. circles, a high degree 
 Odd Fellow; a Master Mason, and whilst in 
 Pa., was a member of the Grand Lodge of 
 Masons of the State of Maryland. Is a Re 
 publican. 
 
 In 1867, he removed to 111., located in Old- 
 town, where he practiced till 1876, when he 
 removed to Fisher and built the 2d home 
 erected in that place and is now conducting a 
 large practice in his adopted town. He was 
 married Dec. I, 1865, to Susan King, and four 
 children have been born to them, only one of 
 whom is now living Capt. James Alexander 
 Elder, a promising young man and now Capt. 
 of the Sons of Veterans of Fisher. Skillful 
 in his profession, genial and honorable as a 
 gentleman he sustains his same good relations 
 to the community which he did throughout 
 the war as a brave and able soldier. 
 
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 AJ. GEN. NATHANIEL P. BANKS, born at 
 Waltham, Mass., Jan. 20, 1816, entered 
 military service as Maj. Gen. of the Vol. 
 army, May 16, 1861. In early life Gen. Banks 
 had enjoyed very few advantages. His par 
 ents were unable to afford him any better edu 
 cation than was furnished in the factories and 
 common schools of Mass, in the old dispensa 
 tion. Notwithstanding, these embarrassments 
 
 he manfully met and rapidly surmounted diffi 
 culties that would have deterred a great major 
 ity of his age. From childhood he was enter 
 prising. While yet the bobbin boy of the fac 
 tory he was active and prompt at the Sabbath 
 school. While filling the quills with factory 
 yarn, he was filling his mind with useful knowl 
 edge for future use. Long before he reached 
 manhood he read extensively, studied the art 
 of debating, formed literary societies, and con 
 tributed to the neighboring papers. In 1849 
 he was elected by the Democratic party to a 
 seat in the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1850 
 he was re-elected and chosen Speaker of the 
 House. In 1862 he was elected to Congress, 
 and, after a long and exciting struggle, was 
 elected Speaker of the Lower House of Con 
 gress. In this position his ready knowledge 
 of parliamentary law, and his prompt and im 
 partial decisions, secured for him a National 
 reputation. After serving one term in Con 
 gress, he was elected Governor of his own 
 State, in which position his strict integrity, 
 practical industry, and executive ability proved 
 eminently useful to Massachusetts. Declining 
 a second nomination for Governor, he accepted 
 a presidency of the Illinois Central Railroad 
 and went to the West. He remained in this 
 position until the outbreak of the rebellion. 
 It is a singular fact that Speaker Banks had 
 long anticipated a war with slavery, and had 
 spent much time in the study of military 
 science preparatory to such an event. Soon 
 after the bombardment of Fort Sumter he ten 
 dered his services to aid the government in 
 suppressing the Rebellion; and May 16, 1861, 
 was commissioned Maj. Gen. in the Vol. service 
 On entering service he was ordered to succeed 
 Gen. Butler in command at Baltimore, Md. Trans 
 ferred from Baltimore he next took command 
 of the Shenandoah Valley, and, after a succes 
 sion of skirmishes with Stonewall Jackson s 
 forces, finally succeeded in defeating the Rebels 
 at Winchester, Va., March 22, 1862. During 
 the same year he commanded the defenses 
 around the capital, during the campaign in Md. 
 and the battleof Antietam. In the winter of 62 
 and 63 Gen. Banks fitted out an expedition to 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 the South, landed at New Orleans and super 
 seded Gen. Butler, at that time in command of 
 the Department of the South. While in this com 
 mand he made an extensive campaign through 
 N. La. and the Red River country, in which he 
 captured Fort Hudson and took possession of 
 Baton Rouge, the capital of the State. At the 
 close of this campaign he returned to New 
 Orleans, and assumed the critical duty of gov 
 erning that conquered and subdued city. The 
 administration of Gen. Banks was mild and 
 conservative, contrasting so strongly with that 
 of his predecessor that it obtained a wide pop 
 ularity among all classes of citizens. 
 
 At the end of the war Gen. Banks returned 
 to Mass, and was elected a member of Con 
 gress, taking his seat in Dec., 1865. He con 
 tinued in public life and is an eminent states 
 man and truly representative American. 
 
 His records furnish a signal instance of the 
 triumphs of patient industry and strict integ 
 rity. Once the child of misfortune and pov 
 erty, he rose to become an honored citizen, 
 distinguished leader and popular representa 
 tive. 
 
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 ARTIN FINCH, of Galesburg, 111., the sub 
 ject of this sketch, was born near Green 
 field, Highland Co., Ohio, Jan. 25, 1842. 
 His father, John W., was a Virginian by birth, 
 and his father, also John W., was a soldier of 
 the Revolution, at the time of his enlistment 
 being a mere boy, and serving with his four 
 brothers. The father of John B., the great 
 grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a 
 Colonel in the British army, and was killed soon 
 after the beginning of the war ot the Revolu 
 tion. His name was John Barnet Finch, and 
 his American progenitors were among the Col 
 onists at the* first permanent Fnglish settlement 
 in the U. S. at Jamestown, Va., in 1607. The 
 family date their origin in Ireland. John W., 
 the grandfather of Martin Finch, of this mem 
 oir, was a soldier of the war of 1812. Many 
 of the families, except that of John W., were 
 soldiers of the confederacy, and many of them 
 were numbered with the fatalities of the great 
 
 Civil Conflict, over 30 of the name being among 
 the killed at the battle of the Wilderness. The 
 mother of J, Martin Finch was Hester, a daugh 
 ter of James Boatright, who was also, when a 
 boy, a soldier of the Revolution, This family 
 came originally from England and were among 
 the early settlers of the Virginia Colony, and 
 persons of great wealth and influence. James 
 Boatright died in 1851, at the rare old age of 
 102 years. 
 
 J. Martin Finch enlisted Sept. Qth 1861, in 
 Co. A., 6oth Ohio Inf., and joined his Regt. at 
 Hillsboro, Ohio, going thence to New Creek, 
 Va., where his Regt. was assigned to the Div. 
 of Gen. Fremont in the army of the Shenan- 
 doah. He participated in the campaigns of 
 Romney, Franklin and Cross Keys, at the 
 latter place being engaged in a fierce encounter 
 with the forces of Stonewall Jackson. In this 
 engagement Gen. Shield s command was badly 
 cut to pieces and was relieved by Fremont, 
 Jackson escaping up the valley. The command 
 went to Winchester, after this, where they 
 strongly entrenched themselves, thence moving 
 on to Harper s Ferry, w r here they were sur- 
 surrendered as prisoners by Gen. Miles, being 
 paroled and sent to Chicago and soon after 
 discharged. 
 
 Mr. Finch re-enlisted in the Cav. service 
 having never been exchanged, and remained in 
 the service to the close of the war. He was 
 present at Johnston s surrender, at Durham 
 Station, the final act in the drama, after which 
 he returned home to Hillsboro. He was married 
 to Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Shuff, of Cler- 
 mont Co., Ohio. Mrs. Finch had a brother in 
 the Union army, who was at Libby prison for 
 three weeks, and a prisoner at Danville, Va., 
 for over 18 months. Of the Finch family of 
 Ohio there were four in the service of the 
 Union, namely M. V., I. H. and H. M. They 
 are now dead. After the war Mr. Finch re 
 moved to Henderson, Knox Co., 111. Henry 
 Shuff, his wife s brother, served from the be 
 ginning to the end of the war, being among 
 last of his department to be discharged, and, 
 mourned by his family as dead, his return home 
 creating great surprise and joy. 
 
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 503 
 
 After the end of the war Mr. Finch followed 
 his trade of carriage maker for 18 years. During 
 the past ten years he has been lecturer for the 
 I. O. G. T. of J:he State of 111., having delivered 
 lectures in every county of the State, and with 
 great success. He is the father of five chil 
 dren four boys and a girl. They are: Clifton, 
 now living near Gunnison City, Col.; Frank, a 
 young man who officiates as advance agent for 
 his father; Lucian, a clerk in a music store at 
 Galesburg; Ernest, a youth of ten, and Nellie, 
 a bright little girl of five years. 
 
 Mr. Finch is a prohibitionist ; a member of 
 the G. A. R., No. 45, of Galesburg, and the Jun 
 ior Order of American Mechanics. He takes a 
 deep interest in those orders, and has on several 
 occasions delivered discourses at their assem 
 blies. He is a member of the M. E. Church, 
 and a staunch advocate of whatever can con 
 duce to the moral education and elevation of 
 humanity. 
 
 In the last ten years Mr. Finch has traveled 
 more and lectured oftener, and made more 
 lodges and pledged more men to total absti 
 nence than any other one man in the world. 
 
 PHILLIP R. TOLL, of Kewanee, 111., one of 
 the battle-scarred veterans of the war of 
 the Rebellion, is a native of Canada, born 
 Aug. 5, 1839. His parents were John and Ann 
 Toll, who were residents of England, but mi 
 grated to Kent Co., Canada, where their son 
 was born and lived until he was 19 years of age, 
 when he crossed the line into the U. S., locating 
 at\Vyanet,Ill.,in 1859, and made his home there 
 up to the time of his enlistment in the army. 
 In 1862, when it was evident that, with fanati 
 cal secessionists in the front and traitors at 
 home, the life of the Union hung in the balance. 
 Mr. Toll decided that his duty called him, in no 
 uncertain tones, to make every sacrifice for his 
 adopted country, and battle for her defense. Ac 
 cordingly he enlisted in Co. I. ,93d 111. Vol. Inf., 
 and went immediately to the front, first smell 
 ing the powder of battle at Jackson, Miss., and 
 a day or two later went into that disastrous en 
 
 counter at Champion Hills, which sadly dissemi 
 nated the enthusiastic [.regiment, as it was 
 flanked and surrounded at one time by the ene 
 my that had not yet been discomfited by the 
 crushing defeats that followed in quick succes 
 sion. 
 
 This Regt., from its first baptism in the fire 
 and blood of battlefields, was kept in active 
 service, taking part in the famous and desper 
 ate charge at Vicksburg, May 22, and all through 
 that long and determined siege which followed, 
 then on by long marches and crowded trans 
 portation boats, through the changes and vicis 
 situdes that brought it to the front and into the 
 battle of Mission Ridge, at Chattanooga, Tenn. 
 
 Mr. Toll relates a personal incident which 
 occurred at Chattanooga that well illustrates 
 one of those peculiar changes which were so 
 common in warfare. He was in the ranks, firing 
 at the enemy, when he noticed a rebel soldier 
 directly in front of him, holding aloft a large 
 flag. He decided that this rebel would make 
 a good target, and fired at him, but missed his 
 aim ; lying down to load, he raised himself 
 again to take better aim, and just as he was 
 ready to fire, a piece of shell struck Mr. Toll in 
 the right forearm, breaking both bones, and 
 thus saving the rebel s life. A moment s delay 
 in the arrival of the shell might have made 
 considerable difference to both parties. Mr. 
 Toll was removed to the hospital, and then fur- 
 loughed to go home. He rejoined his Regt. 
 July 10, 1864, at Yorkville, Ga., and had been 
 with his comrades but 1 1 days, when, in the 
 battle of Allatoona, he was again wounded in 
 the same arm by a minie ball, which struck the 
 wrist, cutting away a part of the bone and 
 knocking the gun out of his hands. He was 
 sent to Nashville, where the wound healed, but 
 the arm remaining weak, he was detailed for 
 light service at that place, so was in Nashville 
 at the time of the engagement there, and was 
 on duty caring for the wounded that were in 
 jured in that battle. At this place Mr. Toll re 
 mained until May 20, 1865, when he was dis 
 charged. 
 
 After the war Mr. Toll located at Wyanet, 
 and resumed his avocation as a farmer, well 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 satisfied with the result of his service, and what 
 he had given for the defense and permanence 
 of the National Union. He remained on the 
 farm about five years, and then removed to 
 Princeton, and became interested in the stock 
 business, buying and selling cattle. After some 
 time thus engaged he returned to Wyanet, and 
 later went to Chicago, where he was in the 
 livery business, and in the spring of 1891 be 
 came a general merchant. He has made some 
 profitable investments outside of his regular 
 line of trade, and is the possessor of a tract of 
 good land in Neb., partly under cultivation. 
 
 Mr. Toll was married, just after enlistment 
 in the army, to Elizabeth Sisler, who died in 
 1869, leaving two children Nettie, who died 
 in Princeton at the age of 16 years, and Harry, 
 who is now a farmer near Wyanet. Mr. Toll 
 chose a second wife, and was wedded to Miss 
 Trout, of Abingdon, 111., a daughter of David 
 Trout, who moved to 111. from the South after 
 the war. 
 
 A Republican in politics, a fine business 
 man with thorough executive ability, Mr. Toll 
 has always, when he could accept, been honored 
 with some municipal position in the various 
 places where he has made his home and become 
 acquainted. He has by his frugality and enter 
 prise accumulated a satisfactory amount of 
 property, so that a comfortable income and 
 established business tend to lighten the declin 
 ing years of his life, which has ever been 
 active and progressive. 
 
 LIEUT. JOSEPH WARE, of Mahomet, 111., 
 was born in Ohio, Jan. 10, 1838, a son of 
 Lester and Jane (Reed) Ware. The 
 senior Ware was born in Pa., and subsequently 
 removed to Ohio, where he became a lawyer of 
 considerable prominence. It was there our 
 subject received a liberal education, consider 
 ing the period. The death of his mother oc 
 curred when he was three years of age. His 
 father moved from Cincinnati in 1853, settling 
 near Mahomet, 111., where he remained for 
 about two years and then moved to Iowa. In 
 
 1856 our subject returned to Ohio, remained 
 there two years, when he again moved to 111., 
 and engaged in farming near Clinton, DeWitt 
 Co., until the Spring of 1861, when he settled 
 in the town of Clinton. He answered the Pres 
 ident s first call for troops, and as the quota had 
 been made up his Co. was refused. A few 
 months later he became a member of Co. C., 
 4ist 111. Vol. Inf., and was sent to St. Louis, 
 where the men were armed and equipped. 
 They then moved to Bird s Point, Mo., thence 
 to Paducah, Ky., where they assisted at build 
 ing fortifications and made a reconnoissance 
 between that point and the Miss. River. In 
 Jan., 1862, they went on an 1 1 days march to Fort 
 Henry, and suffered much from the exposure 
 to the cold rains and snows, then returned and 
 went to camp at Paducah until Feb. Com 
 mencing in Feb., Lieut. Ware led an active life, 
 he was engaged in the capture of Ft. Henry, 
 the battles of Ft. Donelson and Shiloh, where 
 he rendered his country distinguished service. 
 It was here brave Lient. Col. Tupper fell dead 
 whilst leading his men, and in obedience to his 
 expressed wish when accepting a flag at De- 
 catur at the organization of the Regt., to the 
 effect that should he be killed in the service, 
 he desired to be wrapped in the flag and his 
 body sent home, this request was literally ful 
 filled. The flag is still in possession of his 
 daughter. Lieut. Ware next moved to Corinth, 
 took part in the siege, then to Memphis, and 
 later fought in the battle of Hatchie River. He 
 took part in the operations against Vicksburg 
 in the spring of 1863, and was in the trenches 
 around that city until its surrender, exposed 
 daily to the fire from the rebels. He went to 
 Jackson, and with two other Regts. composed 
 the 2nd Brig., 4th Div., i/th A. C., which made 
 that desperate charge which precipitated the 
 battle at that point, resulting in the loss of 300 
 men of the Brig, in less than ten minutes. Im 
 mediately before the charge the enemy was 
 pouring shot and shell into the ranks. 
 
 An opportunity offering, he filled his can 
 teen with water and as he did so, his Lieut., 
 Col. Nail, standing close by, asked for a drink, 
 and as he passed him the canteen it was struck 
 
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 with a bullet, which pierced it and lodged in 
 Col s stomach, knocking him down. The can 
 teen however had exhausted the force of the 
 ball, and thus a life was saved. The following 
 winter was spent in the vicinity of Vicksburg, 
 where Lieut. Ware veteranized and started for 
 home on furlough. At Springfield while on 
 their way home he and his comrades were 
 armed, placed on cars and hurried to Charles- 
 .ton to repel an attack made by the members 
 of the Golden Circle, upon unarmed soldiers, 
 and after many of the former had been killed 
 and captured, Mr. Ware was permitted to enjoy 
 his furlough. In the spring of 1864, rejoined 
 his Regt. at Nashville, went to Tunnel Hill, 
 Ga., thence to Marietta, where he was detailed 
 to the pioneer corps. Lieut. W^are was assigned 
 to Co. K., 53d 111., but he did not serve therein 
 after the battle of Atlanta, as he was commis 
 sioned Lieut. Co. D., which he had recruited in 
 that section, I35th U..S. C. T. He led his 
 Co. upon the march to the sea, being usually 
 in advance assisting in building bridges and 
 roads. After the capture of Savannah he turned 
 Northward with Sherman s army through the 
 Carolinas and on to Washington, being the only 
 colored troops who had accompanied this com 
 mand. He took part in the Grand Review. On 
 one occasion being out scouting near Jackson 
 he was fired upon, and in making his escape, 
 his horse fell, throwing him and breaking his 
 collar bone, from the effects of which he con 
 tinues to be a sufferer. After the grand re 
 view he was sent to Louisville, where he was 
 mustered out Oct. 21, 1865, and recommended 
 for Capt. 
 
 After the war he moved to Minn., and en 
 gaged in farming, but in 1868 and 1869 was em 
 ployed in building forts Ransom and Pembiln 
 in Minn. He has been twice married, the first 
 time to Mary Truet, who died in 1878, 
 leaving two children, Charles and Lottie. His 
 last marriage was to Ella McFeeters, Jan. 7,- 
 1883. He has since his residence in Mahomet 
 been engaged in farming and stock raising. 
 
 Lieut. Ware is a member of the G. A. R., 
 and a Republican, having cast his first vote for 
 President Lincoln. 
 
 AM. SWENGEL, a prominent member of the 
 G. A. R. Post, at Princeton, Bureau Co., 
 111., enlisted as a soldier in the Union 
 army at the first call of the President which 
 was for three month s men. He joined Co. I., 
 I2th 111. Vol. Inf., in April, 1861, and served at 
 Cairo, 111., and Paducah, Ky., being most of 
 the time on detailed duty. 
 
 July 24, of the same year he re-enlisted in 
 the I2th 111. Vol. Inf., and went into the field. 
 In the winter of 1863, at Pulaski, Tenn., Mr. 
 Swengel enlisted as a veteran, starting out as a 
 private he was promoted near Atlanta, Ga., to 
 Sergeant Major. With a record reaching over 
 four years active service and participating in 
 many of the fiercest battles of the war with no 
 absence from duty during this time, except 
 while home on a veteran furlough, Sergeant 
 Major Swengel escaped every injury and 
 returned untouched by a bullet or disease 
 except contracting rheumatism. This is all 
 the more remarkable when it is remembered 
 that he was in the battles of Fort Henry and 
 Fort Donelson; with Grant at Pittsburg Land 
 ing; in the siege and battle of Corinth; in the 
 Atlanta campaign, participating in the battles 
 of Kenesaw Mt., Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, 
 Jonesboro, Lovejoy Station, and was with Gen. 
 Sherman from Atlanta to the sea; in the cam 
 paign of the Carolinas, taking part in the bat 
 tles of Averysboro and Bentonville, and was in 
 the army until he was discharged at Springfield, 
 111., July io, 1865. From Atlanta to the sea 
 Sergeant Swengel was acting as Adjutant of 
 his Regt. 
 
 A. M. Swengel was born at Middleburg, Pa., 
 Jan. 2, 1841, and coming West with his parents 
 in 1857, was on a farm until 15 years of age, 
 near Mendota, 111., and a year later moved to 
 Princeton, his present home. For the past 20 
 years he has been connected with the First 
 National Bank at Princeton. At present he is 
 manager of the Beehive Branch store in Prince 
 ton. He cast his first vote for Abe" Lincoln; 
 has been -commander of the G. A. R. Post; and 
 is a member of the Masonic Chapter and a 
 Knight Templar. Mr. Swengel, has by per 
 sistent "energy and faithful attention to busi- 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ness, worked his way up to a satisfactory 
 position and won recognition by his worth and 
 integrity as a gentleman and a citizen. 
 
 Mr. Swengel was married at Princeton, Dec. 
 25, 1865, to Laura B., only daughter of George 
 Cropley, of Princeton. By this union they 
 have two sons Harry W. and George L. In 
 politics he is a Republican and seeks no office. 
 
 FRYAR JOBLING entered upon his soldier life 
 by enlisting in the Union army, July 6, 
 1862, at Centralia, 111., and was mustered 
 in as Sergt. in Co. C., 8oth 111. Vol. Inf., during 
 August of the same year. They proceeded 
 shortly after organization to Louisville, and 
 were assigned to the Army of the Ohio, and 
 Oct. i, under Gen. Buell, marched in pursuit of 
 Bragg, passing through Taylorville, Bloom- 
 field and Mackville, and on the i8th participat 
 ed in the battle of Perrysville, where they lost 
 14 killed and 58 wounded, as also Gens. Terrell 
 and Jackson, commanders of the Brig, and Div. 
 respectively. They afterwards moved through 
 Danville, Lebanon, and New Market to Mum- 
 fordsville, and Nov. 30th to Bledsoe Creek 
 by way of Glasgow and Hartsville, remaining 
 at the latter place until Dec. 26th, when they 
 went in pursuit of Gen. Morgan on to Bear 
 Wallow, where they arrived Dec. 3ist. Aban 
 doning the chase of Morgan they marched into 
 Murfreesboro, where they remained during the 
 greater part of the winter, relieving the monot 
 ony of camp duty, however, by an occasional 
 raid into the surrounding country. March 20, 
 when out on one of theseexpeditions they were 
 attacked by rebels under John Morgan, whom 
 they succeeded in repulsing with heavy loss to 
 the attacking party. They subsequently 
 marched to Nashville; then by transports 
 moved down the Cumberland and up theTenn. 
 Rivers, disembarking at Eastport, and April 
 19 marched to Tuscumbia, where they were 
 mounted. Moving from the last named place 
 on the 26th, they were attacked at Dug s Gap 
 and Sand Mt. respectively, but on both occa 
 sions repulsed the enemy capturing at the lat 
 
 ter a battery of two guns sustaining the loss 
 of 20 men in killed and wounded. 
 
 They encountered the enemy again May 2d, 
 at Blunt s Farm, whom they defeated. On the 
 following day the rebels again appeared with 
 an overpowering force under Gen. Forrest to 
 whom the whole command was surrendered. 
 After depriving the Union soldiers of all their 
 money, blankets, etc., they were taken to Rome, 
 paroled, excepting the officers, who were the 
 Lieuts. of Co. C., and sent on coal cars to At 
 lanta, and finally reached Camp Chase, Ohio. 
 At the time of the fight Sergt. Jobling was laid 
 up in the hospital at Murfreesboro, and joined 
 the Regt. at Nashville. The officers captured 
 were sent to Libby Prison. Having been de 
 clared exchanged June, 23rd, the Regt. moved 
 to St. Louis, from there to Nashville. As the 
 Capt. of Co. C. was now in Libby, Sergt. Wer- 
 rich took command until the close of the 
 war. Sergt. Jobling with his Co. moved after 
 ward to Stevenson, Ala., and after a delay there 
 of six weeks, marched to Bridgeport, and on 
 the 2/th was present at the battle of Wau- 
 hatchie. In the latter end of Nov. the Regt. 
 participated in the battle of Lookout Mt. and 
 Missionary Ridge, in each of which the Union 
 army were successful, compelling the rebels to 
 retreat; then it started with Knoxvilleas its ob 
 jective point to raise the siege instituted there 
 under Gen. Longstreet, but before arrival it had 
 been raised by Burnside s forces, causing Long- 
 street to retreat, whereupon the Regt. returned 
 to the vicinity of Chattanooga. During this 
 march and return the men endured terrible suf 
 fering from cold and hunger, being almost 
 naked and had only such food as could be for 
 aged along the line of march. The 8oth con 
 tinued here until Jan. 27, 1864, then moved to 
 Charleston and Blue Springs, and afterwards 
 entered upon the Atlanta campaign, but unfort 
 unately during the first engagement Rocky 
 Face Ridge fought during that expedition 
 and whilst Sergt. Jobling was leading his Co. 
 he was struck by a ball in the left arm and 
 therefore obliged to go into a hospital where he 
 remained for 3 months. After recovering from 
 his injury he rejoined his Regt. which was then 
 
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 a part of The Army of the Cumberland, and 
 participated with it in all the battles and skir 
 mishes in which his Regt. was engaged up to the 
 close of the war. His Regt. was mustered out 
 of service on June the loth, 1865, and pro 
 ceeded to Camp Butler, 111., where the men re 
 ceived final pay and discharge. During the 
 Regts. term of service the men traveled 6,000 
 miles and were engaged in upwards of 20 bat 
 tles. 
 
 Sergt. Jobling was born at New Castle upon 
 the Tyne that town which is neither in Eng 
 land nor Scotland, but is "upon the Tyne"- 
 Feb. 24, 1829. When old enough to work he 
 engaged in coal mining, afterwards becoming 
 a mining engineer which he continued to fol 
 low in his native place until 1852, when he im 
 migrated to America. Arriving in this country 
 he resumed his calling, first at Peoria, then at 
 Tiskilwa, whither he removed in the year 1867. 
 He is a practical, level-headed Englishman 
 no: well Scotchman but we are not sure. If 
 he had been born in any other part of Great 
 Britain we could locate his nationality, but 
 since he hails from New Castle "we give it up." 
 It makes little difference, however, as the Ser 
 geant has earned for himself a reputation as a 
 practical mining engineer, far beyond the 
 bounds of his own country and has opened up 
 many of the coal mines scattered through 
 Bureau and other counties in this State, and in 
 doing so has made many very valuable discov 
 eries in the profession he has chosen. He sold 
 out his mining interests sometime ago and ac 
 cepted the position of Mine Inspector for 
 Bureau County, which he has now held for 
 several years, and gives perfect satisfaction to 
 all with whom his business brings him in con 
 tact. 
 
 He has been twice married; his second wife 
 Mary E. Simpson, of Ohio, a clever, intelligent 
 lady, assists the Captain in dispensing hospi 
 talities to all friends of whom they have hosts, 
 when they think it proper to drop in to our 
 subject s happy comfortable Tiskilwa home. 
 
 In politics, Sergt. Jobling is a Republican. 
 He is a member of the Free Mason s order and 
 a member of Post No, 660, G. A. R., of Tiskilwa, 
 
 Being at the head of his profession as an engi 
 neer, and possessed of all the practical knowl 
 edge relating to coal mining, he has been en 
 abled to make a financial success of his calling, 
 and by his well chosen locations and good in 
 vestments, succeeded inamply providinga finan 
 cial way tor the wants of himself and family. 
 
 PROMINENT men are usually selected for 
 prominent positions, and the life of our 
 subject Ernest Lorenz, of Dewey, 111., 
 goes to confirm that truism. He was the first 
 to build one stone upon another in the present 
 town of Dewey, became and has been Post 
 Master ever since, except during the period of 
 Cleveland s administration. He is a charter 
 member of the Dewey Post, No. 282, of which 
 he has served as commander for 9 consecutive 
 years, but absolutely refused re-election this 
 year and as a compromise, was forced into the 
 office of S. V. Commander. He was born in 
 Germany in 1844, and with his parents came to 
 America in 1849, an d settled in Ky. opposite 
 Cincinnati upon a farm. His parents belonged 
 to the better class of German farmers and had 
 some means. Ernest received a liberal educa 
 tion for that period, but abandoned school and 
 home at 17 to become a soldier. He respond 
 ed to the first call for troops, April i86i,and 
 enlisted in Co. F., 6th Ohio Vol. Inf., but the 
 term of service (3 months) was spent at camp 
 Dennison. He re-enlisted for three years in 
 the same Co. and Regt. and after being at Lex 
 ington and other places, participated in the 
 battle of Filleby, which was his first experience 
 with Rebel bullets. He was also in the battle 
 of Laurel Hill, Carrick s Ford and joined in the 
 campaign through West Va., reaching Louis 
 ville in the fall of 1861. Whilst on a scouting 
 expedition in W. Va., with 7 others they were 
 fired upon and four of the number fell dead, 
 whilst Mr. Lorenz was wounded in the hip by a 
 bullet which passed through and killed one of 
 his comrades. He made his escape and re 
 fused to go into a hospital preferring to remain 
 with his command, He participated in Jan. 19, 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 1862, in the battle of Mill Springs, and soon 
 after moved to Fort Donelson, but the place 
 was captured before their arrival, then took 
 transports to Nashville and to Pittsburg Land 
 ing, where he was actively engaged in the 
 bloody battle of Shiloh, having been in the ad 
 vance of Gen. Buell s army under Gen. Nelson. 
 We next find him in the operations against 
 Corinth, exposed to the rebel fire for several 
 weeks and when the desperate and disastrous 
 battles of Perrysville and Stone River were 
 fought there also he could be seen on hand. 
 The 6th Ohio did grand work for its country 
 in the last named battle, and owing to its ex 
 posed position was one of the largest sufferers, 
 haying lost in the three days fight some 300 
 men killed and wounded. 
 
 The following year he participated in the 
 Chattanooga Campaign, and fought in the 
 battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mt. and 
 Mission Ridge, then undertook a severe march 
 to Knoxville for the relief of Gen. Burnside, 
 covering 112 miles in three days and prac 
 tically without food. He returned to Chatta 
 nooga where the command wintered, most of the 
 time the men being on short rations, and part 
 on quarter allowance. Mr Lorenz s Xmas 
 dinner, which was the only meal for the day, 
 comprised a half Ib. of black bread and some 
 beans, which when counted numbered 17. In 
 the spring of 1864 he started upon the Atlanta 
 campaign, went as far as Kingston and then 
 back to Resaca, but his term of service having 
 expired he was mustered out in June 1864. He 
 continued in the employ of the Govt. at Cov- 
 ington until Oct., of that year when he enlisted 
 as first Sergt. in Co. G., nth Ky. Cav. in 
 which he served until the close of the Re 
 bellion, as ist Lieut. 
 
 For a time Mr. Lorenz was upon detached 
 duty in Ky. in charge of a squad of Cav., and was 
 making the pursuit warm for the Rebel guer 
 rillas when the war came to a sudden close. 
 He then went in pursuit of Jeff Davis and as 
 sisted in his capture. He was finally mustered 
 out at Louisville, Ky. After the war he re 
 turned home much broken in health, and for a 
 change moved to 111., settling on a farm in 
 
 Champaign Co., which he operated success 
 fully until 1872, when he engaged in mercan 
 tile pursuits. He had a brother Edward in the 
 army with him in the 6th Ohio, who served a 
 full term of 3 years and was wounded at Stone 
 River. Mr. Lorenz is a prominent Odd Fellow 
 and Free Mason; has been 19 yrs. Justice of 
 the Peace; Town Assessor for 17 years; Notary 
 Public 12 yrs., besides holding many other 
 offices. He married in July 5, 1865, Catherine 
 Bowman by whom he has eight children liv 
 ing Ida, wife of R. M. Chatham, Dora, Emma, 
 Edward, Cora, Minnie, Ernest and Annie. He 
 is a Republican. 
 
 DR. ESAIAS S. COOPER, of Galesburg, 111., 
 was born in Butler Co., Ohio, Jan. I, 
 1822, passed his early years in that 
 locality, and attended Miami University, from 
 which he was graduated with degree of A. B. 
 Later he received the diploma of A. M. at 
 South Hanover, Ind., and also at Knox College, 
 111. In medicine Dr. Cooper made a thorough 
 study, graduating at the Medical College of 
 Ohio, in Cincinnati, receiving also the diploma 
 of the Rush Medical, Chicago, and the degree 
 of M. D. from the St. Louis Medical College. 
 After some years of extensive practice in Hen 
 derson, 111., Dr. Cooper was appointed Surgeon 
 in the U. S. Army, Nov. 9, 1862, when the 83rd 
 Regt. petitioned for his assignment to its staff, 
 he accepted the position, went to Fort Donel 
 son, Dec. 9, and assumed charge of the regi 
 mental hospital. 
 
 He was here during the attack on the gar 
 rison by Forrest and Wheeler, with a force it is 
 stated ten times greater than the Union com 
 mand, yet this smaller band killed, wounded 
 and captured of the enemy a number of men 
 greater than all its own available force, and 
 this feat was not accomplished with the ad 
 vantage of breastworks, but in the open streets 
 of the town. Against this superior number the 
 Union men held the place until night, when the 
 enemy withdrew. The next day gunboats ar 
 riving shelled the woods, but the rebels had 
 
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 been dispersed. The 83rd did not know what 
 surrender meant, and proved its strength and 
 bravery many times during the fight at Ft. 
 Donelson, as several times when the rebels sent 
 a flag of truce demanding surrender, Col. Har 
 ding refused to parley, finally ordering the 
 party with the flag of truce not to return to 
 him, as he would not respect the flag again. 
 
 While the rebels at this battle evidently had 
 respect for the yellow flag of the hospital where 
 Dr. Cooper was located, several times during 
 the day brought in their wounded for him to 
 treat. Here an old lady visited the hospital 
 whose sympathies were so very freely expressed 
 toward the rebel wounded, the Doctor thought 
 he would give her an opportunity to practically 
 demonstrate her partial kindness and pity; so 
 ordering several bales of hay to be spread on 
 her parlor floor and covered with blankets, sent 
 25 wounded rebels from thehospitaltoherhome, 
 which was not at all satisfactory. The woman 
 was known as widow Cable, and many of the 
 soldiers will remember her. 
 
 Dr. Cooper was very fertile in expedients, 
 and on a number of occasions displayed his 
 ability. A certain house on the river outside 
 the lines gave considerable trouble, and the 
 Doctor engaged lodging there for a few sick 
 men, then nailing a smallpox sign on the door, 
 soon dispersed the other notorious inmates. 
 He also resorted to the same means to preserve 
 certain camps and ambulances from the attack 
 of the local guerrillas. In May, 1863, Dr. 
 Cooper was transferred to Clarksville to take 
 charge of the hospital there, and this place he 
 held until the end of the war, making a daily 
 report of matters under his jurisdiction. 
 
 When his service in the army was ended, 
 Dr. Cooper resumed his practice at Hen 
 derson, but in a few years removed to Gales- 
 burg, where he has established an extensive 
 and lucrative practice. He married Mary 
 Martin, of Rushville, Ind., and she bore him 
 six children, all living at present: These are 
 Edwin H., who was assistant Surgeon of the 
 83rd Regiment under his father. He is a grad 
 uate of Yale College and received a diploma 
 of the Bellevue Medical College, N.Y., just before 
 
 the war, was qualified for the U. S. Army and 
 secured a diploma from Rush Medical College 
 before he was of age. He is a member of 
 Post, No. 45, G. A. R. Elias S., a graduate of 
 the University of Pa., has also the degree of M. 
 D. from the Bellevue Medical College in N. Y. 
 Charles, graduated from the University of Pa. 
 and from the Jefferson Medical College of 
 Philadelphia, Pa. William H., residing in 
 Denver, Colo., finished a course at Ann Arbor, 
 Mich., graduating as Bachelor of Arts and Dr. 
 of Pharmacy; Carrie M., graduated at Daven 
 port, Iowa; Emma L. is a graduate of Knox 
 College. 
 
 Dr. E. S. Cooper is an Odd Fellow and 
 Mason, as are all his sons. He votes the Re 
 publican ticket, but never has accepted official 
 positions that have been offered. In addition 
 to his general practice Dr. Cooper is examining 
 Surgeon of Pensions. 
 
 The two daughters of Dr. Cooper went west 
 a few years ago, to the North Platte, Neb., and 
 under the homestead act located 640 acres of 
 land, residing on the same until they had com 
 plied with the law and proved their claim. 
 When they first occupied the claim, they were 
 25 miles from any human habitation. 
 
 DR. JOHN W. MITCHELL entered the U. S. 
 service as assistant Surgeon of the 2ist 
 Mass. Regt., at Boston, Mass., in July, 
 1863. Sept. 8th of the same year he was 
 appointed Surgeon of the 4th U. S. C. G. He 
 served with his regiment at Deep Bottom, City 
 Point, Spring Hill, in front of Petersburg at 
 Fort Harrison, White Oak Swamp, Fort Fisher, 
 Sugar Loaf Mountain and Goldsboro. He 
 served as Division Surgeon until a wound, 
 received at City Point, Va., in June, 1864, ren 
 dered him unable to ride on horseback. After 
 this, he had charge of a hospital until he was 
 mustered out of the service in 1866. He had 
 charge of the Division Hospital in front of 
 Petersburg, and at Fort Fisher, Wilmington 
 and Raleigh, N. C., he had charge of the Post 
 Hospitals. At the suggestion of Gen. Payne, 
 
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 after the siege of Fort Fisher, for faithful serv 
 ice, in behalf of the sick and wounded, he was 
 breveted, Colonel. His wound received at 
 City Point resulted in disease of the hip joint, 
 which has grown worse with advancing years, 
 rendering him unable to practice his profession. 
 
 GAPTAIN JOHN B. LESTER, of Co. F., I25th 
 111. Inf., a man who justly bears the dis 
 tinction of a true and gallant son of war 
 enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, and was at once detailed 
 as recruiting officer in Champaign Co. He as 
 sisted to a great degree in the raising of the 
 company, being also empowered to swear the 
 men into service, and upon its organization was 
 commissioned first Lieut. From Oct. 8th he 
 was in command of his Co., the former Capt. 
 having resigned, but not until Feb. 14, 1863, 
 did he receive his commission. Tfye Regt. was 
 organized at Danville, 111., Sept. 2, 1862, and 
 first entered the enemy s territory at Coving- 
 ton, Ky., proceeding at once to Louisville, and 
 being attached to the I4th corps, moved out 
 on the campaign against Bragg, encountering 
 the enemy at Perrysville, Oct. 8, 1862. During 
 this sanguinary battle the I25th did noble serv 
 ice in the very front ranks. From here our 
 Capt. led his Co. to Crab Orchard, where they 
 again gallantly assisted in fighting Bragg. 
 Then moved to Stone River, where he, with his 
 command, were ordered back to Nashville on 
 Post duty, remaining so engaged for six months. 
 This style of warfare waxed too monotonous 
 for our typical soldier and Captain, to whose 
 ears the sound of battle was like music. The 
 Regt. was relieved from this duty and he pro 
 ceeded at once to the battle grounds at Chick- 
 amauga, arriving Sept. 18, 1863, and already the 
 following morning we find him gallantly facing 
 the enemy in that fierce and desperate conflict, 
 which continued two days; Nov. 23 and 25, 
 1863, followed the desperate battle of Mission 
 ary Ridge and Lookout Mt. Here Capt. Les 
 ter and his men, with the Brig., built the pon 
 toon bridge, and were among the first to cross 
 it. They followed close on the heels of the 
 
 enemy and again fought him at Buzzard s Roost, 
 then moved by forced march to re-enforce 
 Burnside at Knoxville, a distance of 180 miles, 
 covering it in 7 days, and at once took a hand 
 in defeating Longstreet. Returning, they went 
 into winter quarters on the old Chickamauga 
 battlefield, and in the spring our gallant Capt., 
 leading his brave " boys," started out on the 
 memorable Atlanta campaign and participated 
 in most of its important battles. Then onward 
 with Sherman in his great march to the sea, 
 engaging in all the hardships and skirmishes. 
 Onward, leading his men through the swamps 
 and rivers of the Carolinas, fighting his last 
 battle at Bentonville, N. C., March 19, 1865, 
 and then making the victorious march to 
 Washington, participating in the Grand Review, 
 after which he was mustered out at Washing 
 ton June 9, and finally discharged and paid off 
 at Chicago, June 29, 1865. 
 
 Thus our brave Captain laid down his weap 
 ons of war after nearly 13 years of active service 
 He participated in many of the most important 
 battles and campaigns of the great Rebellion, 
 and came out without a scratch or mark, though 
 having many hairbreadth escapes. The Capt. 
 being ranking officer, he frequently had com 
 mand of the Regt., which was the case dur 
 ing the battle of Jonesboro, Sept. i, 1864, and 
 Bentonville. He was never off duty but three 
 weeks, when he was sick at Nashville. During 
 the engagement on June 7, 1863, his clothes were 
 pierced with 7 rebel bullets. At the battle of At 
 lanta he and his command were taken prisoners 
 of war, but when the Captain was about to be 
 disarmed he made a bold and heroic strike for 
 liberty, cutting and slashing his way, finally 
 breaking the lines and taking with him the 
 rebel commander. For this act of towering 
 bravery on the part of the Capt. and his "boys," 
 Gen. M. Cook presented to Mr. Lester the 
 sword of the Rebel General. This feat is doubt 
 less one of the most heroic deeds on record. 
 The captured sword the Capt. still has in his 
 possession and it is a constant reminder to him 
 that had he not been successful in his daring 
 act he doubtless would have suffered the tor 
 tures of a rebel prison, yea, perchance, even 
 
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 death. But the Captain was too brave a man, 
 too patriotic a soldier, to die so easily. Yet 
 whilst his name is synonymous to bravery, he 
 was kind and obliging to his men, many of whom 
 speak of him in the highest terms, as a man 
 brave as a lion, yet at times as gentle as a child. 
 One of his comrades relates that during the 
 battle of Bentonville when the Capt. was in 
 command of the Regt. they were charged by 
 the enemy in a desperate manner. Then echoed 
 the Captain s voice from the very front: "Boys, 
 hold the ground, I ll die with you!" So kind 
 and sincere were these words, that it gave them 
 new courage, and while the rebels charged 
 them eleven times and came within 20 ft., they 
 repulsed them each time and crowned the day 
 with victory. Thus we have presented a brief 
 history of Capt. Lester s military record. 
 
 Many more acts of kindness and bravery of 
 this typical soldier, and whole-souled and big- 
 hearted citizen might be mentioned. He was 
 born Feb. 2, 1836, in Switzerland Co., Ind., and 
 is a son of Benjamin and Deliverance R. (Bald 
 win) Lester. His paternal ancestry were Ger 
 man, while his mother was of Welsh descent. 
 His maternal grandfather fought in the Revolu 
 tionary war and both he and the paternal 
 erandfather were soldiers in the war of 1812. 
 
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 Thus it is readily seen that young Lester was a 
 soldier by birth, a warrior by blood. He was 
 reared on a farm receiving a common school 
 education, and at the age of 17 turned West "to 
 grow up with the country." When he took his 
 departure his aged grandfather said to him, 
 "boy run is a good dog, but hold fast is a bet 
 ter. " He settled on a farm in Champaign Co., in 
 1853, where he has ever since "held fast," and 
 today has one of the finest farms in that vicinity. 
 The Capt. has filled many of the local offices 
 in the town and county, having been town 
 Supervisor for four years, school director 21 
 years, and it is generally said that Capt. Lester 
 can have any office that he will accept. He is 
 an active G. A. R. man, a charter member of 
 Van West Post No. 300, of Fisher, and was one 
 of its first officers. He is a Mason and a life 
 long Republican. He joined Elizabeth A. 
 Trotter in marriage Oct. 12, 1865. She was 
 
 born in Frederick Co., Va. By this happy 
 union have been born 8 children of whom are 
 living: Rosa, Wiley, Liddie and Nellie. Capt. 
 Lester can justly feel proud of his record as a 
 soldier, while as a citizen he is a man of many 
 friends, universally respected and esteemed. 
 
 JAMES H. LOTT, the subject of our present 
 notice, was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., June 
 19, 1842, son of Henry and Elizabeth 
 (Arnwine) Lott. He springs from old veteran 
 stock, his grandfather Lott having served his 
 country in the Revolutionary war. About the 
 year 1846 he moved with his parents to a farm 
 near Kankakee, 111., having gone thither by 
 way of the lakes, but in 1854 removed to Iowa. 
 When the Rebellion broke out young Lott had 
 budded into manhood, and his patriotism dic 
 tated in no unmistakable way his course in 
 that National emergency. He enlisted Aug. 4, 
 1862, as a private in Co. A., 28th Iowa Vol. Inf., 
 was mustered in at Iowa City, Oct. 11, and pro 
 ceeded to Helena, Ark. He next joined an 
 overland expedition to Coldwater, Miss., and 
 made the greater part of the march under a 
 drenching rain, with several inches of mud 
 upon the ground over which they moved. On 
 return Mr. Lott was smitten with mumps, caused 
 by exposure, went into the hospital, where he 
 was confined for six weeks, and received other 
 permanent injuries from that hard and exposed 
 campaign, which has left him with a wrecked 
 constitution and deformed body having what 
 is known as a curvature of the breast. This 
 injury has grown steadily worse since the war. 
 On recovering from the mumps he again re 
 sumed his position in the ranks, went down the 
 river to Vicksburg, and remained in the con 
 valescent camp at that place. To show the 
 nerve and courage of our young Lott, it may 
 be stated that many times he went upon picket 
 duty when his comrades had to carry his be 
 longings to his post. He accompanied his 
 command to Natchez, Miss., and after two 
 weeks moved to Carlton, La., thence to Algiers, 
 and Brashear; leaving the garrison equipage 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 and camp supplies at the latter place, they 
 started on a long march up the Bayou Teche, 
 and finally under a drenching rain went into 
 camp at Vermillionville, thence to Rebel Camp 
 Pratt, after which they fell back to New Iberia, 
 where they remained until Dec. loth. Here 
 Mr. Lott suffered much from cold and exposure. 
 On the iQth he marched to Brashear, then 
 by cars to Algiers where the Regt. awaited 
 transportation to Texas, but before its arrival 
 started for New Orleans, thence for Shreve- 
 port to join in the Red River expedition. To 
 follow, however, the many wanderings of our 
 fighting comrade would of itself fill a volume, 
 for he marched thousands of miles, made 176 
 different camps, in two years of his army life; 
 embarked for Washington by way of the Gulf 
 of Mexico; marched through the Shenandoah 
 valley, fought and defeated Pemberton at Port 
 Gibson, also fought in the battles of Champion 
 Hills, Vicksburg, Sabine Cross Roads, Jackson, 
 Cane River, Middle Bayou, Winchester. Fish 
 er s Hill and Cedar Creek. He went by trans 
 ports to Morehead City, N. C., took steamer 
 for Savannah, Ga., then inarched to Augusta, 
 and returned to Savannah where he camped 
 until July 31, 1865, where he was mustered out 
 and returned to Davenport, la., and was then 
 discharged after a service of upwards of three 
 years. His Regt. received much praise for the 
 excellent work performed at Champion Hills. 
 Gen. Hovey in his report said: "No Regt. ever 
 fought with more valor than did the old 28th 
 la., and the State may well be proud of the 
 brave boys composing it." Mr. Lott had three 
 brothers in the army, Jacob, William and 
 Charles, all in the ;6th 111. Jacob was killed 
 in the battle of Jackson and found a common 
 grave in the trenches, while Charles, who was 
 but sixteen years old, was wounded in the leg 
 in the same battle. After returning from the 
 army Mr. Lott went to 111., where he farmed 
 for 6 years, and then engaged in the mercantile 
 business at Mahomet, at which he has been 
 since employed. He is characterized as well 
 for his honest straightforward ways, as for his 
 bravery and good soldiership. His business 
 has prospered which indicates that he is a man 
 
 possessed of good business ability. Although 
 quite in sympathy with the G. A. R. he has 
 never become a member. He is a Master and 
 Chapter Mason. He was married in Cham 
 paign Co., June 24, 1869, to Sarah J. Hinton, by 
 whom he had five children Minnie O., Nancy 
 E., Maud A., Lillie L. and Lura H., the last two 
 twins. All living but Nancy and Lura. 
 
 HENRY W. SADORUS, of Sadorus, Cham 
 paign Co., 111., was born near the pres 
 ent site of the town of Sadorus, April 
 I, 1840, a son of William and Mary (Moore) 
 Sadorus. In the year 1824, the father, then a 
 boy of 12, immigrated with his parents, pene 
 trating the unexplored Western prairies, finally 
 locating upon the land which is the site of 
 Sadorus. In after years when the town was 
 started, it was named Sadorus in honor of the 
 family. The grandfather was an old soldier in 
 the war of 1812 and died seven years ago at 
 the advanced age of 95 years. William Sad 
 orus, father of our subject, was at the outbreak 
 of the war an extensive farmer, merchant, 
 miller and warehouse owner in the manage 
 ment of which, Henry assisted. Regardless 
 however of the financial interests he was 
 jeopardizing, and of the great dangers to be 
 encountered, our subject promptly responded 
 to the President s call for troops, enlisted, but 
 was not accepted at the first call. He again 
 enlisted and Aug. 27, 1861, became a member 
 of Co. G., 25th 111. Vol. Inf., which Co., he as 
 sisted in raising. With his Regt. he pro 
 ceeded to Jefferson City, Mo., where he 
 continued six weeks, then moved to Otterville 
 and Springfield, upon a wild chase after Gen. 
 Price, who was menacing the latter place. 
 There he was taken sick with chronic diarrhoea 
 and flux, which gradually increased in severity 
 until it was supposed the patient was dead, and 
 preparations were being made for his inter 
 ment. But comrade Sadorus had nofyet com 
 pleted his work on this side of the hemisphere, 
 hence surprised those around him by showing 
 signs of life and returning strength. Soon he 
 
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 was sent to the hospital at St. Louis, where life 
 hung by a brittle thread for some weeks, but 
 he finally began to mend sufficiently to move 
 about. He was then tendered a furlough to 
 return home, and recruit his health, but he re 
 fused, stating that it was for fight that he was en 
 listed, and not to return home. Finally he 
 obtained permission to join his Regt. at Rolla, 
 where it remained until Feb. 2, 1862, when it 
 was again marched to Springfield, thence to 
 Bentonville, Ark. While there his Co. was 
 sent to guard a mill near by, and having some 
 knowledge of the business Mr. Sadorus was 
 detailed to run the mill, but his management 
 was cut short by the appearance of the Rebel 
 hosts, and, dog in the manger like, the mill was 
 rendered useless and abandoned. 
 
 On the 6th, ;th and 8th of March, he par 
 ticipated in the battle of Pea Ridge, and occu 
 pied a position in the front on the last day 
 under Gen. Sigel, during which he had two holes 
 shot through his clothing, and the bayonet of 
 his gun struck by a ball, severing it. He then 
 moved to Forsythe, Mo., where he remained for 
 sometime, and there he suffered much with 
 rheumatism. He, however, stood by his Regt., 
 crossed theOzark Mountains toBatesville, started 
 for Little Rock, but before reaching was headed 
 for Cape Girardeau, marching 36 miles per day 
 for three successive days, and on arrival started 
 for Pittsburg Landing. The battle of Shiloh had, 
 in the meantime, been fought and won. Here he 
 was placed on detached duty for a time, then mov 
 ed to Corinth and was in the skirmish line during 
 the siege. He next moved to luka Springs, and 
 subsequently via Decatur, Nashville and Louis 
 ville, on to the battlefield of Perrysville, where 
 his Regt. was held in reserve. He proceeded 
 to Bowling Green and on the last day of Dec., 
 1862, joined in the desperately fought battle of 
 Stone River. His Regt. under orders fired their 
 80 rounds of cartridges as rapidly as could be 
 done, and when concluded Mr. Sadorus shoul 
 der and arm began to swell, caused by the re 
 bounding musket, and then to turn black. In 
 the following spring he went upon the Tullaho- 
 ma campaign, under Gen. McCook, then to 
 Winchester, where he was detailed to guard a 
 
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 drove of cattle across Lookout Mountain. He 
 assisted in erecting Fort Wood, then partici 
 pated in the battles of Orchard Knob and Mis 
 sion Ridge, where he was in advance in the 
 capture of the latter place. He was slightly 
 wounded in the left hand during this battle. 
 He then started upon that wearisome march to 
 Knoxville, for the relief of Burnside, skirmish 
 ing with the enemy along the march, then into 
 Strawberry Plains, where he wintered. In Feb., 
 1863, his Regt. went to Cleveland, upon Post 
 duty, then to Dalton, Ga., where it was attached 
 to the 4th A. C. He joined in the Atlanta cam 
 paign and fought in the battles of Kenesaw 
 Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, and many other 
 of the heavy battles and skirmishes of that 
 famous expedition. He was discharged at 
 Springfield, Sept. I, 1864 (his enlistment hav 
 ing expired), after a service of 37 months, and 
 after participating in many of the hard marches 
 and heavy battles of the Rebellion. He returned 
 to his home at Sadorus, where he has since 
 resided. In 1887 the Govt. granted him $2,200 
 back pension and $12 per month by reason of 
 his disabilities contracted during the war. In 
 1889 he erected his fine residence within the 
 corporate limits of the town which bears his 
 name, where he is now living a retired life, 
 overseeing the operations upon his farm. He 
 is a charter member of the G. A. R. Post at 
 Sadorus ; for five years its Quarter Master, and 
 has held many other offices in the Post. He is 
 the Secretary of the Old 25th Regt. Association; 
 has been 14 years a member of the Village 
 Board, of which he was four years its President. 
 His father and grandfather were Democrats, 
 but he and his brother, Capt. G. W. Sadorus, 
 are strong Republicans. 
 
 Mr. Sadorus was married in 1865, to Marvil- 
 lia Padgett, of Ind., who served in Co .H, 125 111., 
 and was killed in the battle of Kenesaw Mt. 
 June 16, 1864. Mr. Sadorus had six children, 
 five of whom are living, viz.: Addie, Nettie, 
 Charles, Gertrude and Bert. Public spirited, 
 patriotic, and scrupulously honest in all 
 his transactions of life, Mr. Sadorus has well 
 sustained his honorable family name handed 
 down through his illustrious ancestors. 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 DR. J. L. WILKINS, of Tiskilvva, 111., was 
 born in that much disturbed country, 
 Ireland, in the year 1827, where he was 
 educated and afterward attended the Dublin 
 Medical University, from which he was gradu 
 ated as a physician and surgeon. Shortly after 
 receiving his diploma he was appointed phy 
 sician on one of the Atlantic passenger ships 
 and as such crossed the Atlantic on two or 
 three occasions, but tiring of that itinerant life 
 resigned the position on this side of the ocean 
 and came West, settling at Whitefield, 111., in the 
 year 1852, but afterward removed to Tiskilwa, 
 where he has since remained, except, of course, 
 the time he was absent during the war. Im 
 mediately upon locating at Whitefield, the 
 doctor opened an office and entered upon the 
 practice of his profession, and being the gradu 
 ate of such a renowned institution as the Dublin 
 Medical College, he was soon rewarded with a 
 flourishing and ever-increasing practice. After 
 a few years, however, he preferred to practice 
 in a larger place, consequently removed to his 
 present location. At the outbreak of the re 
 bellion, Dr. Wilkins tendered his services and 
 was accepted for service in the Union army for 
 the war of the Rebellion, and was mustered 
 into the 86th 111. Inf., Co. H., at Camp Lyon, 
 Peoria, Aug. 27, 1862. Sept. 7, following, his 
 Regt. 923 men and officers embarked for 
 Louisville, Ky., from which point it joined about 
 Oct. 1st, in the pursuit of Gen. Bragg, and on 
 the 8th, participated in the battle of Perrysville, 
 occupying, during the engagement, a position 
 in front of the main army, and in which it 
 suffered many casualties in killed and wounded. 
 His Regt. again pursued Bragg s forces to Crab 
 Orchard, Ky., then returning marched to Nash 
 ville, where it arrived Nov. 7, and remained in 
 that vicinity for the winter. The Doctor was 
 mustered out for the purpose of becoming As 
 sistant Surgeon in the I4th 111. Cav., which was 
 then being organized at Peoria. 
 
 By the end of March, 1863, the men were 
 well drilled, and started for the front, arriving 
 at Glasgow, Ky., April 7, was brigaded, and two 
 hours thereafter the Brig, was on the move 
 toward Celind, on the Cumberland River. 
 
 Marching day and night, it struck the enemy 
 on the i gth, and, after some firing, captured the 
 town and destroyed an immense quantity of 
 rebel supplies stored there for its use. In 
 June the Regt. pursued and attacked Col. Ham 
 ilton s rebel force near Turkey Neck Bend, and 
 drove them into the mountains of Tennessee, 
 havng captured 600 stand of arms, a wagon, 
 train of supplies and the commander s papers 
 It pursued the rebel raider, John Morgan from 
 July 4, until his capture, during which it was en 
 gaged in many battles and skirmishes. On the 
 raid it took a particularly prominent part at the 
 engagement of Buffington Island, as also at the 
 capture of Morgan, traveling during this cam 
 paign about 2,100 miles. In the early days 
 of Sept., when in advance of the command, it 
 captured the rear guard of the enemy and a large 
 amount of stores and munitions of war. Again 
 on the gth, at the battle and capture of Cumber 
 land Gap, it took an important part, as also in 
 the engagement of the I5th, when it pursued 
 and routed Col. Carter s rebel command. Con 
 tinuing into Va., it again, on the 2Oth and 22nd, 
 engaged the enemy, and on each occasion suc 
 ceeded in starting him on the retreat. Oct. u 
 saw the I4th Cav. giving battle to the rebels, 
 which was renewed on the I4th, when they were 
 forced from under cover; then hurried on, and, 
 by quick, decisive movements, harassed Long- 
 street s forces, then besieging the Union army 
 at Knoxville, where Dr. Wilkins was on detail 
 service, being in charge of a hospital. 
 
 Dec. 19, the Brig, was attacked by a greatly 
 superior force from Longstreet s command, and 
 in retreating with skill, although it suffered 
 severely, inflicted terrible loss upon the enemy. 
 At the close of the siege of Knoxville the 
 Doctor rejoined his Regt. In the same month 
 it took part in a battle at Danbridge, From 
 this time the men rested until the Regt. was 
 selected in Jan., 1864, to fight "Thomas Legion" 
 of whites and Cherokee Indians in N. C. Start 
 ing out on this expedition after following a 
 mountainous old Indian trail, it surprised the 
 Legion, killing and capturing the greater part 
 of them, and for which Gen. Grant highly com 
 plimented the men for the manner in which 
 
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 they performed the duty entrusted to them. 
 The Atlanta campaign having opened in the 
 early days of May, the I4th joined Gen. Sher 
 man s command and July 27, with it left Lost 
 Mt. on the famous Macon raid, which town was 
 reached on the 30th where it destroyed a large 
 amount of property and captured many pris 
 oners. At Sunshine Church after a hot battle 
 with the enemy, Gen. Stoneman decided to 
 surrender, consequently, Dr. Wilkins became a 
 prisoner, and was confined in "Hotel Libby" of 
 which institution he was an unwilling and un 
 fortunate "guest" for six months, when he was 
 exchanged, and rejoined the regiment at Edge- 
 field, Tenn., where he remained until mustered 
 out in July 31, 1865, returning immediately to 
 Tiskilwa. The Dr. had a brother George, also 
 in the war, who was Captain of Co. H., 47th 
 111., and who passed through it safely and is 
 now a resident of San Diego, Cal. 
 
 Our subject married in the year 1856, Mary 
 J. Church, by whom he had three children, only 
 one of whom Charles Leslie is now living. 
 Returning home he resumed the practice of 
 his profession, and being skillful, attentive to 
 business, and possessed of winning manners, 
 soon regained his practice lost during his ab 
 sence which steadily increased until he was 
 completely absorbed in the business of his high 
 and noble calling. He now holds the position 
 of Examining Surgeon of Pensions. He is 
 Surgeon for the Rock Island R. R. at Tiskilwa; 
 a Free Mason, a Republican, and a member of 
 Post No. 660, G. A. R., of Tiskilwa, in which he 
 held the position of Surgeon for a time. 
 
 SWAN H. OLSON, was born in Sweden, Aug, 
 4, 1844, and coming to the U. S. in 1854. 
 settled with his parents at Galesburg, 111., 
 where he attended the district schools for two 
 months of each year for six years, in the inter 
 vals assisting a farmer as a farm haud. He en 
 listed in Aug., 1862, in Co. A., io2nd 111. Inf., 
 going into camp at Knoxville, being put upon 
 rations of badly cooked bread and having to en 
 dure many privations and hardships. 
 
 They were subsequently encamped for 
 two weeks at Peoria. Until they were suitably 
 armed and equipped, they performed guard 
 duty with sticks instead of guns. In going 
 from Peoria to Louisville the train only had 
 enough coaches to accommodate half of the 
 regiment, the other half having to ride in stock 
 cars. At this the men began to complain and 
 to refuse to be transported like so many cattle. 
 They were carried the balance of the way in 
 coaches. Arriving in Jeffersonville, they were 
 armed but got no tents. They were thence sent 
 on to Louisville to operate against Forrest, and 
 were assigned to Ward s Brig., with which they 
 proceeded on a forced march toward Franklin, 
 Ky. The weather was extremely hot and there 
 was no fresh water to be had. Coming across 
 a pond in which hogs had been wallowing, the 
 men drove them out, and thus in great disgust 
 quenched their thirst. Many halted by the 
 wayside, being unable to proceed further, and 
 camped out rejoining the command the follow 
 ing day. They then then moved on to Shelby- 
 ville, there going into camp in a freshly 
 ploughed field without tents, their only shelter 
 being afforded by blankets suspended over 
 their guns. 
 
 They went into winter quarters at Gallatin, 
 Tenn., thence moving on to Murfreesboro, 
 where for a year they guarded the railroad be 
 tween that point and Nashville. While at 
 Gallatin, they were transported on railway 
 trains to other points, from time to time, and on 
 one of these occasions while quietly sitting in 
 the cars they were suddenly fired upon by the 
 rebels, which was promptly returned with a 
 loss to the enemy of 6 or 8 men. The detail 
 had several men wounded, and afterward form 
 ing a line, they offered battle, but the rebels re 
 treated leaving their dead and wounded. 
 
 In the spring of 1864, they joined the Army 
 of the Cumberland and were in action at Resaca, 
 where they captured a masked battery and 
 held their position. Here the regimental loss 
 was heavy. The Regt. was afterward in all of 
 the battles of the campaign up to Atlanta. 
 Next they accompanied Gen. Sherman on his 
 march to the sea, were present at the surrender 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 of Gen. Johnston at Raleigh, N. C. Pushing 
 on they arrived at Washington and took part 
 in the Grand Review. Discharged at Wash 
 ington, they went home by way of Chicago. 
 
 Mr. Olson obtained temporary employment 
 in the R. R. shops at Galesburg, afterwards 
 driving a grocery wagon for F. O. Crocker for 
 three years, when he bought out the business, 
 five years later having a new building erected 
 at his present location, the firm being S. H. 
 Olson & Bro. They are doing a thriving and 
 profitable business. 
 
 He was married to Clara Burke in 1870, and 
 they have had three children Clarence, a stu 
 dent at Knox College, Grace M., who died 
 when five years old, and Irene, yet quite a 
 child. 
 
 He is a Republican and a Prohibitionist, 
 and has been a Supervisor of his Township for 
 several terms. He is a member of the G. A. 
 R., I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W.; also a Modern 
 Woodman and a member of the C. M. B. A. 
 He is an upright and worthy citizen and a pro 
 gressive and enterprising merchant. 
 
 JOHN M. PALMER is a Kentuckian by birth, 
 having been born at Eagle Creek, Scott 
 County, Sept. 13, 1817. He moved in 
 early life to 111. In 1839 he settled at Carlin- 
 ville where, in 1840, he was admitted to the bar. 
 He at once took an active part in politics. He 
 represented that district in the State Senate 
 from 1852 to 1855. He was prominent in the 
 organization of the Republican party in 1856. 
 In 1861 he was a delegate to the Peace Conven 
 tion which met in Washington. At the out 
 break of the Civil War he entered the service 
 and was appointed Colonel of the I4th Regt. of 
 111. Vol., and was with Gen. Fremont in his ex 
 pedition to Springfield, Mo. In Oct. 1861, he 
 was made a Brig. Gen. and subsequently, for 
 gallant conduct on the field at Stone River, he 
 was made a Maj. Gen. He was in command of 
 the 1 4th A. C. at the beginning of Sherman s 
 Atlanta campaign, and subsequently in com 
 mand of the Department of Ky. He resigned 
 
 his position in the army in Sept. 1866, and re 
 turned to civil life. 
 
 In 1848 he was nominated by the Republi 
 can party for Governor and was elected, serv 
 ing from 1869 to 1873. In subsequent years he 
 changed his politics and became a Democrat. 
 In 1885 he ran for Governor on the Democratic 
 ticket, but was defeated by Joseph Fifer, the 
 present incumbent. During the campaign of 
 1890, Gen. Palmer made a general canvass of 
 the State to secure a popular expression from 
 the people of their choice for U. S. Senator to 
 succeed Charles B. Farwell. The result at the 
 fall election was very favorable to him and the 
 following legislature after a long and exciting 
 contest in joint ballot, chose him to represent 
 the State in Congress. He took his seat in the 
 U. S. Senate, Dec. 6, 1891. Thiselection to the 
 Senate brought Gen. Palmer once more into 
 prominence in the politics of the State, and 
 made him an important factor in the Demo 
 cratic councils of the country. At the present 
 time he is favorably mentioned as one of the 
 Presidential candidates before the coining 
 National Democratic Convention to be held at 
 Chicago. 
 
 LYSANDER B. PIPER, of Moline, 111., a native 
 of Royalston, Mass., was born March 20, 
 1822, a son of Luke and Betsey (Cole) 
 Piper, natives of Mass. The former was the son 
 of Josiah Piper, a Scottish emigrant, who settled 
 in this country many years ago. Having been 
 born upon the farm, our subject continued with 
 his parents, attending school and working upon 
 the homestead, like other boys similarly circum 
 stanced. The farm, however, did not furnish him 
 with the exciting scenes, or go to make up what 
 Lysander concluded should be his ideal of 
 life, and, as his parents would not hear to his 
 leaving home at so tender an age, nothing was 
 left for him except to choose between farm 
 drudgery and an elopement, and, to cut the 
 agony short, he decided upon the latter, al 
 though he was only 17 years of age. He pro 
 ceeded to Charleston, Mass., and enlisted in the 
 
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 U. S. Naval Service, and was assigned to the 
 sloop of war "Preble,"on her sail for Labrador, 
 under command of Lieut. Johnson. The cruise 
 lasted some 4 months, during which time the 
 ship was employed in looking after the inter 
 ests of Uncle Sam s fleet fishing in and about 
 those waters. Completing the object of this 
 cruise, he returned to Boston, and was trans 
 ferred to the receiving ship "Columbus," from 
 which he was drafted to the " Macedonia," and 
 with her proceeded to the West Indies, cruising 
 among the islands for upward of four months, 
 then returned to Boston, where he was returned 
 to the "Columbus," which completed his first 
 year s service. A draft was ordered in which to 
 man the line of battleship "Delaware," No, 74, 
 and desiring to become a member of her crew, 
 to which he was not, under the circumstances, 
 eligible, he re-enlisted for three years from 
 that date, and was accepted, and went to Nor 
 folk, where the ship was. fitted out for a three 
 years cruise in the Brazilian waters, under com 
 mand of Capt. Samuel McAuley, with Com 
 modore Charles Morris as Squadron Com 
 mander. 
 
 With his ship he cruised for 16 months on 
 the Brazilian coast, and then to the Mediterra 
 nean Sea, where he continued for the remainder 
 of his term, besides an additional year, and by 
 the time he had reached Norfolk, had been in 
 the service six years in all, therefore, on ar 
 rival at the last named point he was discharged 
 and paid off in the year 1845. He returned 
 to his native State where he worked until 1856, 
 when he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he 
 resided until 1860, then removed to Moline, 111. 
 At the outbreak of the war, our young naval 
 soldier concluded to join, but on reflection, 
 thinking the war would be suppressed without 
 fighting or excitement, decided otherwise. The 
 second call for troops, however, soon followed 
 and proved to be more than our courageous 
 subject could stand, therefore, he enlisted June 
 17, 1861, rendezvoused at Chicago and was sub 
 sequently mustered into the service as a private 
 in Co. H., igth 111. Vol. Inf. They remained in 
 camp at Chicago where they were instructed in 
 drill and army movements and then ordered to 
 
 Mo. The command was really an independent 
 one, yet was nominally under Gen. Fremont, 
 and after operating in Mo. for six months, was 
 ordered to Washington and in proceeding 
 thither by rail the train fell through a bridge 
 at Willow Valley, Ind., resulting in the killing 
 and maiming of 160 of the Regt. The order to 
 proceed to Washington was here counter 
 manded, so the Regt. proceeded to and went 
 into camp at Cincinnati for three weeks, and 
 were then sent to Louisville, Ky., and on ar 
 rival was assigned to Sherman s command, and 
 later, to Buells. Secret, rapid and continuous 
 movements became the order of the day with 
 fighting and skirmishes coming along in rapid 
 succession. 
 
 Having completed operations in that State, 
 the Regt. moved to Tenn., where they were 
 later actively engaged in the battles of luka, 
 and Stone River. During the latter, the igth be 
 ing unacquainted with the grounds, by mistake 
 found themselves in a swamp where they were 
 completely surrounded by the rebels, neces 
 sitating a surrender or a desperate assault upon 
 some part of the enemy s line in order to cut 
 their way out. The latter course, although a 
 desperate one, was decided upon, and with the 
 knowledge that if captured the prison gates of 
 Libby stood open and already yearned to re 
 ceive them, "they all as of one accord" joined 
 in the charge upon the rebel line which gave 
 way, thus setting Mr. Piper and his gallant 
 comrades free. His Brig, then under Rose- 
 crans charged across Stone River and drove 
 the enemy back in confusion, and fearing its 
 position untenable, the enemy retreated during 
 the night. 
 
 While drilling at Baron s Creek in the spring 
 of 1862, under Gen. Mitchell and just before 
 the battle of Ft. Donelson, Comrade Piper 
 slipped by accident and his left knee coming 
 in contact with the end of a log, caused a se 
 vere wound. By being exposed he caught cold 
 causing inflammation to set in, which rendered 
 him totally disabled. Notwithstanding this 
 injury he remained with his Regt. until July 
 29, 1862, when he was discharged on a surgeons 
 certificate. From this injury he has never re- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 covered and at the present time is totally dis 
 abled from its effects. 
 
 After quitting the army he located at Mo- 
 line, and has there lived, except for a short 
 period, when he was at Colorado Springs, Col., 
 being in the employ of Dimmock & Gould part 
 of the time, and afterwards with the Moline 
 Plow Company, where he continued 17 years, 
 ending in Oct. 1891. He is a member of Gra 
 ham Post, No. 312, G. A. R. and also of the Odd 
 Fellows Lodge, of Moline, No. 133. He first 
 married Rachel Done, by whom he had three 
 children. He married again Lavenia Town- 
 send, and by her had one child, Mary E., who 
 died Aug. I2th, 1891, aged 16 years. 
 
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 ELVIN W. BENNETT, of Morris, 111., a son of 
 George and Jane (White) Bennett, was 
 born in the town of Cairo, Green Co., 
 N. Y., Sept. 17, 1846, and made his home at this 
 place until he reached the age of 22 years. The 
 maternal ancestor of Mr. Bennett was a daughter 
 of George and Elizabeth White who were from 
 Kent, England. On the paternal side, his 
 grandfather was Jeremiah Bennett, of New 
 Bedford, Mass., of Puritan stock. 
 
 When the call for soldiers sounded through 
 the land, Mr. Bennett presented himself for 
 enlistment but was declared too young. He, 
 however, entered the service of the Govt. on a 
 dispatch boat, plying between Baltimore and 
 Fortress Monroe, carrying troops, provisions 
 and dispatches. The young man took a posi 
 tion as sailor on board this boat, his brother, 
 William Bennett, being the pilot. He served 
 in this capacity for about 18 months until the 
 vessel was pronounced unseaworthy, he then 
 returned home and remained until the spring of 
 1869, when he moved to Morris, 111., where he 
 has been engaged in farming ever since. 
 
 In 1877 he took unto himself a wife Marie 
 E. Johnson, a daughter of William K. Johnson. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have two children 
 Daisy and Mary. He was formerly a Democrat 
 and voted for Seymour and Cleveland, but has 
 
 determined to vote hereafter with the Republi 
 cans. Mr. Bennett is an extensive farmer, a 
 temperance man, a good citizen and a man 
 widely respected for his many good qualities. 
 
 HENRY C. YETTER, of Galesburg, 111., was 
 born at Dayton, Ohio, May 30, 1843, 
 and with his parents, who were Louis 
 and Elizabeth (Bear) Yetter, came to Hancock 
 Co., 111., when but a small boy. His father, 
 Louis, was a native of Pa., as was also his wife. 
 
 Henry C. Yetter, the subject of this sketch, 
 was brought up on a farm in Hancock Co., 111.* 
 and at the age of 17, in Aug., 1862, enlisted in 
 Co. A., iiSth 111. Inf., going to Camp Butler, 
 and thence to Memphis. Subsequently he 
 participated in the battle of Champion Hills. 
 Here Co. A. threw out as skirmishers, fully 
 three-quarters of a mile from the main line of 
 the army, and was charged upon by a Brig, of 
 the enemy, losing heavily the Captain, ist 
 Lieut., Orderly Sergt. and ist, 2nd and 3rd 
 Sergt s, and every non-commissioned officer to 
 the corporal being killed. C. M. Gedis, the 8th 
 Corporal being the next day promoted to Cap 
 tain. 
 
 The enemy seeing with what obstinacy they 
 held their position, now fell back, and the Co. 
 was enabled to rejoin the command. They 
 were after this at the siege of Vicksburg, where 
 they were under the command of Gen. Mc- 
 Clernand on the left of the works. They were 
 here on constant duty as skirmishers for 42 
 days. After its capitulation and surrender, 
 they moved on to Baton Rouge, and were there 
 mounted and equipped for an expedition 
 through La., under Gen. Davidson, into the 
 pine forests of that State and Ala. They were 
 on this raid for three weeks, two weeks of 
 which time it rained incessantly. They had to 
 ford the rivers and cut boughs from the pine 
 trees to afford them a passage through the 
 muddy roads. 
 
 Mr. Yetter has never entirely recovered 
 from the effects of his sufferings on this memor 
 able march. Taking a vessel at Pensacola Bay 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 they went to New Orleans, where they re 
 mained for six weeks, leaving then for Baton 
 Rouge, where they continued until the expira 
 tion of their term of service. 
 
 During the whole period of his service to 
 June 10, 1865, when he was discharged for dis 
 ability, Mr. Yetter was never absent from duty. 
 Returning home to Hancock Co., he engaged 
 in the grocery business at Webster, subse 
 quently removing to Burnside, same Co., where 
 he became Postmaster, retaining that position 
 for 12 years, after which he went into the drug 
 business. In 1888 he sold out and went to 
 Galesburg, where he resumed the drug business, 
 purchasing the interest of Anderson & Bros., 
 in which he has achieved a notable success. 
 
 He was married in 1877, to Ida J. McGee, 
 of Adrian, 111., and has three children Har- 
 din, Gay and Bessie Mabel. 
 
 He is a member of G. A. R. Post, No. 45, 
 and a Republican. Is also a member the Alpha 
 Lodge No. 155, A. F. & A. M., of Galesburg, 
 and Sr. Deacon of said lodge. Mr. Yetter is a 
 worthy citizen and merchant, and retains the 
 high respect and confidence of all who know 
 him. 
 
 WASHINGTON M. ELLIOT, of Kewanec, 
 111., lived at Mount Pleasant, Jeffer 
 son Co., Ohio, (where he was born 
 May 7, 1832,) until he moved to Kewanee, 111. 
 in 1854, before the railroad reached that place 
 and when only three houses had been erected. 
 His father was James Elliot, a native of Eng 
 land. The mother s name was Mary Mayhew, 
 who was born in Kennebec Co., Me. She was 
 the daughter of Aaron Mayhew. The family 
 of Mayhews descend from an early missionary 
 of that name who was in America at time of 
 its earliest settlement. 
 
 Washington Elliot was married in Knox- 
 ville, 111., Ang. 1865, to Amanda M. Goodnow. 
 She was born April 8, 1836, in Erie Co., Pa., 
 and is now living. She had one brother, Frank, 
 in the army with Mr. Elliot in Co. A., I24th 111. 
 Vol. Inf. 
 
 Mr. Elliot entered the U. S. service as a re 
 cruit, March 14, 1864, and joining his Regt, at 
 Vicksburg, remained with it until Dec. in the 
 same year. The heat of the southern climate, 
 the bad food and water induced chronic diar 
 rhea, on account of which he was discharged. 
 He has never fully regained his health. When 
 he left the regiment the "boys" never expected 
 to see him alive, so greatly was he reduced, 
 but by skillful treatment has made some re 
 covery although for a year after his return 
 home he was an invalid. Mr. Elliot has made 
 his home in Kewanee since 1854, and has been 
 employed as a carpenter and in other work. 
 He is a Republican and has usually been in 
 some office. He is now Street Commissioner, 
 and Health Officer of the city; was also Truant 
 officer for two years. He has 8 children living, 
 and 3 dead, as follows: Rose, wife of Gilbert La 
 Shell, living at Norton Co., Kan., with 6 chil 
 dren ; Isora, wife of George Geer of Chicago, and 
 has two children Ed., an engineer in the Rol 
 ling Mills, at Kewanee; Benj. H., married, is a 
 clerk in a dry goods store in Omaha; Ollie G., a 
 graduate of the High School at Kewanee, is a 
 stenographer and typewriter in Chicago, Carrie 
 is at home; William is at home, preparing to 
 perfect himself in electrical science. Ernest, a 
 lad of 9 years, is at home; Ulysses Grant died 
 in 1866, at the age of two years; Grace died in 
 1884, 18 months old; and Ethel died at the age 
 of 8 years in 1882. 
 
 Mr. Elliot is a working member of the G. 
 A. R. and also member of the Baptist Church. 
 
 DANIEL C. LONG, of Urbana. 111., enlisted 
 in Co. D., 72nd Ind. Vol. Inf., July 25. 
 1862, for 3 years, and was assigned to 
 Wilders Brig., 2nd Div., I4th A. C. His Regt. 
 started Aug. iith, for Indianapolis and after 
 spending a day marching and countermarching 
 at that place camped until the i8th, when it 
 crossed the Ohio River and marched through 
 Louisville to Oakland. On the following day 
 it moved to Lebanon, Ky., capturing its first 
 prisoners on the 3Oth, and on Sept. 5th moved 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 to Lebanon Junction where, it was expected the 
 enemy would be encountered. On the 22nd it 
 marched to Shephardsville and Louisville, and 
 Oct. 6th, by boat to Salt River; on the i8th to 
 Shelbyville, and immediately went in pursuit of 
 the Rebel Morgan. It subsequently marched 
 to Scottsville, Gallatin, Castillion Springs, Bear 
 Wallow, Cave City and then on to Murfrees- 
 boro, where it went into camp and was mounted, 
 and remained for several weeks performing 
 hard duty and kept upon short rations. The 
 Regt. led in the advance of Rosecrans army 
 upon Hoover s Gap where they took part in a 
 bloody battle in the rain, losing several men in 
 killed and wounded. Mr. Long was among 
 those wounded having had his right arm broken 
 in two places. The ball had entered at the 
 wrist, shattering both bones into many pieces 
 and came out at the elbow. Mr Long was at 
 once placed in Hospital, No. I, Murfreesboro, 
 where the wound was dressed and pieces of 
 bone extracted in the vain hope of saving the 
 arm. He lay in the hospital for eight and a 
 half months suffering untold pain but finally 
 he submitted to the inevitable and had it am 
 putated after gangrene had appeared and 
 threatened his life. He soon improved and 
 was removed to Camp Dennison, Ohio, where he 
 spent two months. He was discharged from the 
 army June 24, 1864, when Moses Boggs, a per 
 sonal friend, offered to pay his way for a short 
 course in the Kingston College, Ohio, which 
 he accepted and fitted him all the better to 
 earn a living. He removed to Tippecanoe, 
 La Fayette Co., Ind., where he was elected and 
 served as assessor and apprisor for seven years 
 in succession and was fora portion of the same 
 period Deputy Sheriff at La Fayette. 
 
 In 1869, Mr. Long moved further west, set 
 tled down at Homer, 111., where he had a 
 brother living, and became engaged in several 
 enterprises until the following year, when he 
 removed to Urbana, and there engaged in the 
 news and stationery business which he has 
 since followed. He has by industry and atten 
 tive habits, built up a large and prosperous 
 trade. He has served two years as town clerk 
 of Urbana, is one of the charter members of 
 
 the G. A. R. Post, No. 1 29, and has filled about all 
 the offices, having occupied the honorable 
 office of Commander of the Post. Mr. Long is 
 a Republican, first, last, and all the time. He 
 has also represented his Post on several occa 
 sions at the Department Encampment. The 
 72d Ind. has an annual reunion and at these 
 meetings the genial face of comrade Long will 
 always be found, and with one empty sleeve 
 he has a constant reminder of the terrible war 
 and the sufferings he endured in the interest of 
 the Republic. 
 
 Mr. Long was married March 16, 1865, to 
 Catherine Kiser, a native of Ohio. He and his 
 estimable wife are well and favorably known 
 in his county, and both are consecrated mem 
 bers of the M. E. church. 
 
 GALLANTLY and patriotically jeopardizing 
 his life, fighting the battles of his coun 
 try, was Capt. David J. Ford of Ma 
 homet, 111., during the late Rebellion. He was 
 born in Ohio, May 15, 1833, a son of James G. 
 and Elizabeth P. (Hannah) Ford. He had an 
 uncle (John Ford) as also grand uncle in the 
 war of 1812. His parents were among the early 
 settlers in Ohio, where our subject first saw the 
 light, and grew up upon a farm. After acquir 
 ing such an education as was then obtainable at 
 the country schools, young Ford moved to the 
 fertile prairies of 111., settling upon land in 
 Piatt Co., near Monticello, where he became a 
 tiller of the soil. The war having been precip 
 itated, our gallant subject could no longer con 
 tent himself upon a farm, and assisted to raise 
 a Co. Aug., 1862, of which he was chosen Capt. 
 It became Co. C, of the io;th 111. Vol. Inf. 
 He led his Co. to Louisville, Ky., where he 
 camped for two weeks, then moved to the pro 
 tection of Elizabethtown, threatened by the 
 rebel raider, John Morgan, whose forces were 
 encountered and defeated after a short struggle. 
 He was next employed guarding the Louisville 
 and Nashville R. R. until Dec. He wintered at 
 Mumfordsville, Ky., and in April moved south 
 to Glasgow, fortifying the position as the army 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 moved forward. A detachment of the Regt. 
 made two expeditions to the Cumberland River 
 for the purpose of dispersing a band of guerril 
 las who were foraging the country for Bragg s 
 Army. Capt. Ford, whilst at Glasgow was 
 taken sick, from constrained work and exposure, 
 and compelled to give up his command for a 
 time, but soon was able to resume his responsible 
 position. On Aug. i8th he started on that long, 
 hard march across the mountains to Knoxville, 
 Tenn., but on reaching Armstown was again 
 smitten with chronic diarrhea and rheuma 
 tism, and sent back to Lebanon for medical 
 treatment, where he remained until Nov. Hav 
 ing recovered, he again assumed command of 
 his Co, at Loudon, Tenn., participating in the 
 battles .of Huff s Ferry, Leonore Station, and 
 Campbell s Station, where the boys in blue 
 were outnumbered by the rebels in the propor 
 tion of three to one; but notwithstanding this, 
 the enemy was kept back until the retreat was 
 covered to Knoxville. Then came the siege of 
 Knoxville. Here Capt. Ford s men were kept 
 day after day upon the sidewalks, much of the 
 time without rations, and throughout on short 
 allowance. The men grew restless and insisted 
 upon knowing the reason for such treatment, 
 The Capt. communicated the facts to his su 
 periors and the following day Gen. Burnside 
 came to them and informed the men of the 
 circumstances which amply satisfied them with 
 their hard luck. 
 
 Subsequently Capt. Ford led his men at the 
 battles of Elaine s Cross Roads, Dandridge, 
 Strawberry Plains, from the latter of which he 
 was driven back to Knoxville for protection. 
 The long suspense and exposure, coupled with 
 the want of nourishing food whilst in Knox 
 ville, told upon a constitutionalready weakened 
 with a wasting disease, yet our hero stood at 
 his post, directing, cheering and encouraging 
 his men until his constitution could no longer 
 respond to active work. Being a physical 
 wreck and no longer able to continue with his 
 command, he resigned Feb. 10, 1864, and re 
 turned to his home. Finding himself unable 
 for the heavy toil of farming, he abandoned it 
 and engaged in mercantile pursuits at Mahomet 
 
 in 1868, where he became a prominent figure 
 and a businessman. He was one of the prin 
 cipal organizers of the G. A. R. Post at Ma 
 homet, of which he has been Commander for 
 three years. He has been a delegate on sev 
 eral occasions to the National Encampment. 
 He is Aid-de-Camp on the Staff of the Depart 
 ment Commander, and whilst he is a Republi 
 can has never allowed his name to be used as 
 a candidate for any office. He is a prominent 
 Mason. Capt. Ford is a man of soldierly bear 
 ing, fine appearance, pleasant gentleman, and 
 a great favorite with the boys. He was mar 
 ried to Annie Webb Jan. 20, 1853, by whom he 
 has two children living, Stella G. and Irene L. 
 
 JAMES L. RICHARDSON, of Galesburg, 111., was 
 born in Cooperstown, Otsego Co., N. Y., 
 April 10, 1838, where he resided with his 
 parents, John and Elizabeth Richardson, of old 
 Conn, families, until he went into the army, 
 Aug. 12, 1861, enlisting in Co. D., 3d N. Y. Cav., 
 better known as the Van Allen Cav., which was 
 the ist Vol. Cav. Regt. to enter Washington. 
 
 The first encounter with the enemy was at 
 Ball s Bluff. Next it proceeded to Charleston 
 turnpike and joined in Foster s expedition into 
 N. C., where guarding railroads running into 
 Newbern it made a number of raids, at one 
 time going as far as Goldsboro, meeting the 
 rebels in a heavy fight on the road, where they 
 were in force, but gave way after a sharp con 
 test. After Gen. Grant assumed command of 
 the Army of the Potomac the Regt. came North 
 and at one time, when ordered to Cold Harbor, 
 was about five miles from Richmond, where it 
 tore up about 50 miles of railroad and captured 
 two trains, and this, Mr. Richardson says, was 
 the beginning of his work on railroads. 
 
 The men had just returned to camp from 
 this raid when the explosion of the mine at 
 Petersburg, three miles away was heard and felt, 
 as the earth under them trembled and every 
 man leaped into his saddle to be prepared for 
 the worst, as none knew the cause of the terri 
 ble convulsion which was like an earthquake. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 The Regt. was sent on the Wilson raid, and 
 going into the rear of Richmond raided the 
 country to destroy property, burn bridges and 
 tear up railroad tracks, so that the enemy could 
 not escape from the city. During this whole 
 time, day and night, the enemy was endeavor 
 ing to check the operations, continually firing 
 upon the raiders. One night the union force 
 was surrounded by cavalry, and fording a creek 
 to escape received a volley from some infantry 
 hidden there, but rallying, the Union men cut 
 their way through the rebel lines, and rode 24 
 hours, encountering others of their force, who 
 had escaped in other directions. When nearing 
 Petersburg this command ran unexpectedly into 
 the right wing of Lee s army, and it required rapid 
 movements and some fighting to effect an es 
 cape, as at one time Lee s whole army lay be 
 tween this raiding command and the Union 
 army. 
 
 Previous to this, when Gen. Butler held pos 
 session of Bermuda Hundreds, the Union Cav. 
 made a dash into Petersburg, and reached 
 the bridge in the streets of the city, and if it 
 had been supported could have held the place. 
 A few days later when dismounted, and acting 
 as Inf. in a skirmish, Col. Simon Mix fell at the 
 head of his Regt., and his body left on the field 
 with many others of his comrades, was never 
 recovered. 
 
 The 3d Regt. was in the battle of Reams 
 Station, was then ordered to go up the Ann 
 River, and later was at Pingo, where it hunted 
 guerrillas and performed guard duty, after 
 wards going to Suffolk, Va., where it was con 
 solidated with another Regt., as the men had 
 re-enlisted in the fall of 1863 for three years 
 more service. 
 
 In 1864, Mr. Richardson was appointed 
 Quartermaster Sergeant of his Regt. While at 
 Pingo, he went to Norfolk and -the Gen. gave 
 him official notice of Lee s surrender, and when 
 the Captain of the Co. was informed of the fact 
 he ordered Mr. Richardson to take a ten gallon 
 keg of whisky which was in the commissary 
 stores, knock in the head and allow the men 
 to help themselves. Mr. Richardson, anticipat 
 ing the result, suggested that the guns should 
 
 be removed first, so on pretense of inspection 
 of arms the guns were secured; then the Cap 
 tain read the news- he had received and invited 
 the men to help themselves to the whisky, with 
 a result that can better be imagined than de 
 scribed. 
 
 At Norfolk the Regt. was mustered out Aug. 
 12, 1865, just four years after the day of enlist 
 ment, and returning to Otsego Co., N. Y., Mr. 
 Richardson was married to Emma Burk, daugh 
 ter of John Tracy Burk, of an old American 
 family. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson moved to 
 Galesburg, 111., in 1866, where the next day af 
 ter arriving he secured a position as brakesman 
 on the C., B. & Q. R. R., rising in 22 months to 
 the position of conductor, which he has held 
 to the present time, running passenger trains 
 during the past seven years, and is now one of 
 the best known conductors on the road. 
 
 Conductor Richardson has two children 
 Elizabeth and James Leroy. He is a member 
 of the Universalist Church, A. O. U. W., and a 
 charter member of Post No. 45, in which he has 
 filled every office. He has also held the posi 
 tion of Jr. Vice Department Commander of the 
 State of 111, and served one term as Quarter 
 master General of the Department. He has 
 always taken a deep interest in the object and 
 success of the G. A. R. In politics he is, as he 
 says, "Republican all the way through," as was 
 his father and his wife s father, and exerts no 
 small influence in the political affairs of his lo 
 cality. Posessing a genial nature and having a 
 wide acquaintance, Conductor Richardson 
 makes friends everywhere, and is deservedly 
 popular among those who best know his many 
 commendable attributes and true worth of 
 character. 
 
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 AJ.-GEN. IRWIN McDowELL, was born in 
 Ohio in 1818. Educated at West Point, 
 and graduated in 1838. Entered mili 
 tary service as 1st Lieut, of Art.; was promoted 
 to Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Gen. Wool in 
 1845. Served in the war with Mexico, and dis 
 tinguished himself at the battle of Buena Vista. 
 Resigned his commission and retired from mil- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 itary service in 1857. Early in 1861 he was ap 
 pointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers and took com 
 mand of the Army of the Potomac. The fine 
 appearance and military knowledge of this 
 young officer rapidly won the confidence of 
 Gen. Scott, then Commander-in-Chief, and 
 made him a leading spirit in the military move 
 ments about the Capital. Washington City was 
 at that time threatened by a strong Rebel force 
 concentrated at Centerville and Manassas Junc 
 tion, on the Va. side of the Potomac. As soon 
 as a Union army could be organized, Gen. Scott 
 determined to force the enemy into battle, and, 
 if possible, to crush the Rebellion in its incep 
 tion. The position of the Confederate troops 
 was well understood, and Gen. Scott drew the 
 plans and directed the movements against it. 
 Everything being ready, Gen. McDowell was 
 given the command, and on July 2ist, 1861, the 
 first great battle of the war was fought. Gen. 
 Scott s plan was to make a feint on the center 
 of the position of the enemy, push a strong 
 flank movement on the left, double up his lines 
 and crush them between two fires. Bull Run 
 Creek only divided the two armies. At five 
 o clock in the morning Gen. Tyler opened fire 
 with heavy artillery on the center of the Rebel 
 lines, while Gens. Sumner, Burnside and 
 Heintzelman crossed the Creek and attacked 
 the Rebel left with terrible fury. All the fore 
 noon the bloody strife went on. For long and 
 weary hours the tide of battle raged w r ith ever 
 changing results. The day was terribly hot. 
 
 The Union soldiers, many of them stripped to 
 the buff, delivered some of the most daring 
 bayonet charges ever known in war. These 
 were answered by shouts and yells and counter 
 charges from the rebels. At noon the struggle 
 was still in doubt. Gen. Robert Patterson was 
 at Charlestown, twenty miles away, with twenty 
 thousand men, ordered to hold the Rebel Gen s. 
 (Joe Johnston) army under the same place, or 
 unite with Gen. McDowell at Bull Run. From 
 causes never fully explained, Gen. Patterson 
 failed in his work. Johnston was allowed to 
 hurry his troops via railroad to the field of 
 strife, while Patterson and his men quietly sat 
 and listened to the distant roar of the cannon 
 
 as they thundered along the banks of Bull 
 Run. Never did men fight better as long as 
 there was hope on the Union side. As soon as 
 our first lines wavered, the Rebel troops rapidly 
 advanced, charging and shouting like demons 
 incarnate. The Union troops in disorder, fell 
 back to the fortifications around Washington, 
 and the followers in wild confusion, made their 
 way across the river and into the city. The 
 enemy had suffered so severely that no effect 
 ive pursuit was attempted. The forces engaged 
 in this great battle were about equal when the 
 fighting began, but the arrival of Johnston s 
 turned the tide in favor of the Rebels. 
 
 General McDowell continued to serve in the 
 Army of the Potomac until the close of the war 
 and remained in service in the regular army 
 until his death, in May, 1885. In person, Gen. 
 McDowell was over six feet high, and very 
 large. His complexion, hair and eyes very 
 dark, making his appearance commanding and 
 soldierly in a degree rarely equaled among all 
 the commanders of the great Union army. 
 
 JOSEPH ENDERLE, a member of the G. A. R., 
 and a resident of Rock Island, 111., was 
 born in Durmersheim Baden, Germany. 
 Aug. 24, 1842, the only child of Anton and 
 Carolina ( Heinz) Enderle. When but an infant 
 of six months, Joseph lost his mother, and on 
 March 25, 1860, he joined his father and sailed 
 for America, landing at New Orleans, from 
 whence came directly to Davenport, Iowa, 
 June 14, 1860. 
 
 In the Enderle family we have a case that 
 clearly depicts how the love of liberty and 
 freedom so freely flows in the German blood, 
 All honor to the army of Germans who so 
 valiantly stood by their new colors! In this 
 case both fatherand son, though having scarcely 
 settled in their new home, lost no time in 
 rallying to the support of their newly adop 
 ted flag, but responded to the very first call for 
 volunteers, both enlisting Apr. 25, 1861, at 
 Davenport, Iowa, in Co. G., ist Iowa Inf. 
 They went into camp at Keokuk, Iowa, where 
 
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 the Regt. was organized, and where the "boys" 
 were equipped, drilled and mustered in May 
 8, 1861. Soon they broke camp and moved to 
 the front, first halting at Macon City, then to 
 Boonville, Mo., Springfield, Mo., and at Duck 
 Creek they had their first brush with the enemy. 
 Returning to Springfield they subsequently en 
 countered the rebels at Wilson s Creek, where 
 Aug. 10, i86j, they participated in the short, but 
 desperately fought battle in which the Union 
 force suffered a loss of 1,235, m killed, wounded 
 and missing. Here stood father and son, side by 
 side, right up in the front and left, facing 
 volley upon volley of the enemy s fire. Here 
 our soldier was slightly wounded, being shot 
 near the stomach. Regardless of the Captain s 
 request, he refused to go to the hospital, but 
 was accordingly assigned to the ambulance. 
 
 The term of enlistment having expired the 
 Regt. was mustered out at St. Louis, Aug. 2, 
 1 86 1 . But neither father nor son was contented 
 to remain at home. Only a few months elapsed 
 and we find both of them again marching in 
 time to the pulsations of cannon. The senior 
 Enderle enlisted in Co. E., 4th Mo. Cav., and 
 served three years, participating in all the 
 sieges, marches and battles of his Co. Joseph 
 re-enlisted at Davenport, Iowa, Jan. 22, 1862, in 
 Co. K., i6th Iowa Inf. The Regt. was 
 mustered in at Davenport, Feb. 5, 1862, later 
 moved to Benton Barracks, Mo., where it was 
 equipped ready for action. Shortly they em 
 barked for Pittsburg Landing, arriving during 
 the night of Apr. 5th. The next morning we 
 find comrade Enderle engaged in the bloody 
 battle of Shiloh, his command which was again 
 to the front, suffering a heavy loss, among 
 which was the Captain of his Co. After this. 
 Apr. 27, 1862, the gallant i6th, together with 
 the nth, I3th and I5th Iowa were formed into 
 the famous "Crocker s Iowa Brigade," which 
 was so generally noted for its heroic bearing 
 throughout the war. 
 
 Subsequently we find our young soldier 
 actively engaged on the battlefield before Bol 
 ivar, July 27, luka, Miss., Sept. 19, and Corinth, 
 Oct. 3 and 4, his Regt. losing heavily each time. 
 After months and months of constant march 
 
 ing and countermarching, together with active 
 service on the canal at Young s Point, we find 
 our young Corporal again under fire during the 
 stubborn assault on Vicksburg, May 19, 1863. 
 Two days later they made another desperate 
 assault, and then set in the long and terrible 
 siege which resulted in the surrender of Vi cks- 
 burg, after which Mr. Enderle was taken sick 
 and confined to the Captain s tent for several 
 weeks. After months of general duty in their 
 winter quarters at Vicksburg, they started out 
 Feb., 1864, on the famous Meridian expediton 
 under Sherman. Subsequently our subject went 
 home on veteran furlough, returning about 
 May i, and rejoining his comrades on their 
 march to Atlanta. 
 
 At Nickerjack Creek, Ga., the Regt. did 
 constant skirmishing for three consecutive days, 
 losing several in killed and wounded. After a 
 week of hard and active service in the Atlanta 
 campaign, our young hero was taken prisoner, 
 marched into Atlanta, loaded into box cars 
 and transported to Andersonville Prison, about 
 July 22, 1864. Here in this living tomb of liv 
 ing skeletons and such horrors as the pen can 
 never picture, with hundreds of his comrades 
 starving daily, he was confined for eight long 
 weeks. Sept. 21 he was exchanged and joined 
 what was left of the Regt. at Atlanta. 
 
 Oct. 4 he was confined to the general hos 
 pital, and subsequently went home on a sick 
 furlough. Dec. 23 he rejoined his command at 
 Savannah, Ga., and soon we find him on the 
 difficult march through the Carolinas, tramp 
 ing through almost bottomless swamps, fording 
 rivers, and on March 19, 1865, fighting his last 
 battle thebattleof Bentonville. Crowned with 
 victory the heroic "boys" marched onward, 
 and March 24, 1865, amidst prens of victory, 
 joined the Grand Review at Washington. 
 
 Returning to Davenport, Iowa, comrade 
 Enderle, who had during this time been pro 
 moted to Sergeant, was finally paid off July 27, 
 1865, having faithfully served the stars and 
 stripes for nearly four years. 
 
 Mr. Enderle was married at Davenport, 
 Aug. 31, 1865, to Mary A. Littig, daughter of 
 Peter and Letonia Littig. For many years past 
 
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 he was in the employ of the government, and 
 is now engaged as a shipper with Deere & Go s 
 Plow Works, Moline, 111. He is a member of 
 the A. O. U. W. Lodge No. 11, of Moline, and 
 a loyal and faithful soldier, he has made a good 
 citizen. 
 
 LS. HOPKINS, M. D., a leading physician, 
 residing at Maiden, 111., enlisted in Aug., 
 1862, in Co. B., 93rd 111. Vol. as a private. 
 He was appointed at the organization of the 
 Co. Orderly Sergt. and while in camp at Chi 
 cago was appointed Assistant druggist of the 
 Post and afterward selected as Hospital Stew 
 ard. At Germantown, Tenn., he was commis 
 sioned 1st Lieut, of his Co. At the battle of 
 Champion Hills, the second fight the Regt. 
 encountered, he was wounded in the side and 
 also received injuries while in the line of duty 
 from the falling limb of a tree cut off by a can 
 non ball. 
 
 The brother of Dr. Hopkins, Capt. J. W. 
 Hopkins, in the same Co., \vas taken prisoner 
 at Champion Hills and died in Mo. in 1869. 
 His father, Dr. S. A. Hopkins, was Surgeon of 
 the Regt. and was made Sergt. Major and held 
 the commission until he resigned on account 
 of a severe sunstroke. He died at Maiden in 
 March, 1887. 
 
 After the capture of Vicksburg, Dr. L. S. 
 Hopkins resigned as the wounds he had re 
 ceived rendered him unfit for duty. He was 
 born at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1838, and was edu 
 cated in his native city, graduating from the 
 Miami Medical College in the spring of 1857, 
 when but 19 years of age. He had also studied 
 medicine in 111. in 1854. He did not obtain 
 his diploma until two years after graduation, 
 although he successfully passed the examina 
 tion, as the college could not issue one to stu 
 dents under 21. Dr. Hopkins practiced medi 
 cine for sometime in different places in Iowa 
 and Illinois after the war, until 1870, when he 
 located at Maiden and has secured there an 
 extensive practice. He is a member of the 
 G. A. R. Post in Princeton, and holds a mem 
 
 bership in the Masonic Chapter, and also with 
 the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen. 
 In politics is a Republican. 
 
 The father and two brothers of Dr. Hop 
 kins were physicians. Dr. Hopkins now holds 
 a position as Examiner on the Pension Board 
 at Princeton, his commission bearing date Oct. 
 17, 1889. He is regarded as a careful and able 
 physician and is frequently called in consulta 
 tion by other doctors in different parts of the 
 county. His early associations and training, 
 with the wide experience of years, a varied 
 and constant practice have given him a high 
 place among his associates, and in the confi 
 dence of the people, while his social standing 
 and intellectual culture make him honored 
 and esteemed in his community. 
 
 Dr. Hopkins was married in Bureau County, 
 111., Feb. 18, 1865, to Victoria A., daughter of 
 William and Elizabeth Ott, and they have four 
 children Samuel W., John W., Elizabeth H., 
 and Eva. 
 
 JOHN NESBIT EDMOND, of Minooka, III., 
 was born in the city of New York, March 
 30, 1837, Dut lived until he was about 17 
 years old in Pa., his family going into this State 
 when he was quite young. His father was 
 John Edmond, who married Isabel Nesbit, a 
 lady of Scotch and Irish ancestors. Reaching 
 the age of 18 the young man went West and 
 settled at Plainfield, Will Co. 111. While he 
 was at this place the call of his country came 
 to him and inspiring his heart with patriotism, 
 led him to offer himself as a soldier to battle 
 for the preservation of the Union. In response 
 to this call at the beginning of the war he 
 joined the McAllister Battery, or the Plainfield 
 Light Art., which was incorporated with the 
 loth Regt. 111. Vol. Inf., and was sent to Cairo 
 to guard the river. As the term of service had 
 expired, Mr. Edmond was discharged in the 
 fall of that yea.r and returned home. As his 
 father was dead and his widowed mother had a 
 family of six children, it became necessary for 
 John to assume the responsibility. A brother, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Samuel, in the army, a member of the i8th 
 Pa. Cav., was captured by Mosby at Fairfax 
 Court House and taken to Libby prison, and 
 afterwards to Belle Island, where he was held 
 a prisoner for 7 months. The other brother, 
 Robert, was in the i5Oth Pa., "Bucktails," and 
 at the battle of Gettysburg, on the first day of 
 the conflict, was hit in the foot by a shell and 
 taken prisoner by the enemy, but was released 
 as he could not walk. Both of these brothers 
 returned from the war and are now living in 
 Iowa. 
 
 John N. Edmond was married Jan. 2, 1862, 
 to Ellen McCauley, of Plainfield, 111., who was 
 born in N. Y. of Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Edmond have two children, Mary married to 
 Edward Brady, who has one child named, 
 Mary, and John, living at home. 
 
 . After leaving the army Mr. Edmond re 
 turned to his home in the East, but in 1865, 
 moved to 111. and commenced farming oper 
 ations in which he was engaged until he became 
 interested in the oil regions of Pa., where he 
 was quite successful. After one year in this 
 field he returned to Illinois, and with the profits 
 of his venture in oil, purchased 80 acres of 
 land three miles north of Minooka. Two years 
 later he sold this 80 acre tract and bought 160 
 acres where he has resided for twelve years. 
 Having added 80 acres adjoining, he now owns 
 a fine farm of 240 acres, all under good culti 
 vation, and one of the best in the county. 
 
 He is a member of the Burden Post, 494, G. 
 A. R. In politics, he is a Republican. 
 
 FREDERICK A. SHULL, who was in active 
 service in the most important engage 
 ments of the civil war, was born in Phila., 
 Pa., Feb. 20, 1845, an< ^ at the age of 9 years 
 moved to Lacon, 111. His father was F. A. 
 Shull and his mother Sarah (Mustin) Shull, a 
 daughter of William Barger of Phila., who 
 served in the Mexican war ancf was a man held 
 in high repute in his city, having been twice 
 chosen Past Grand Master of the Masonic 
 Lodge of Pa., an honor seldom conferred. His 
 
 picture is preserved in a large compass and 
 square of solid gold, which was presented to 
 him. The wife of William Barger was of Eng 
 lish descent, but the Barger family is of Dutch 
 ancestry. 
 
 Frederick A. Shull was living in Rutland, 
 111., when he enlisted in Co. A., 88th 111. Inf., 
 under Captain Geo. W. Smith, in Chicago, and 
 went to Louisville under Buell, operating 
 against Bragg. It is said that the two oppos 
 ing Gens, slept togethcrat night after marching 
 in sight of each other by day. The first fight 
 of the 88th after uniting with the army was at 
 Perrysville, followed by the engagements at 
 Stone River and Chickamauga. Just beforethe 
 fight at the latter place the men marched all 
 day and night, and halting a short time on the 
 road, Mr. Shull and some others fell asleep. 
 When they awoke the Regt. was not in sight, 
 but following on it was overtaken in the midst 
 of the fighting. Immediately after the battle 
 he was made bugler of the Regt., having pre 
 viously served as Drummer in the Co. At the 
 battle of Stone River, Dec. 31, before he was 18 
 years old, he was wounded and taken prisoner. 
 A piece of shell struck him in the left hip and 
 knocked him down so the rebels captured him, 
 but paroled him on the field. The next day the 
 enemy were driven back and the prisoners re 
 taken. The next hard battle was at Mission 
 Ridge, and while making his way with the 
 Regt. up this fearful height, undera galling fire, 
 Gen. Phil. Sheridan saw him, and as his own 
 bugler had not arrived, ordered young Shull to 
 sound the call " Forward, all along the line." 
 
 When the color bearer of the 88th, John 
 Cheevers, who was said to bear a charmed life, 
 planted his colors, the first on the top of that 
 rugged hill which was above the clouds. Mr. 
 Shull was there inspired with the thrilling or 
 der "forward." Subsequent to the battle 
 the Regt. started on the march from Chat 
 tanooga to Knoxville, 100 miles distant, and 
 the rations issued on this march were one 
 pint of corn meal per day for eight or nine days, 
 until a country was reached that afforded an 
 opportunity of foraging. Battles then fol 
 lowed in quick succession, the enemy making 
 
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 a stand at Dalton, Resaca, Adairsville, Dallas 
 and Kenesaw Mt. At the latter place Mr. Shull 
 was sent to the rear for ammunition and as he 
 was returning over a ridge with a box of cart 
 ridges, the bullets came so thick and fast, he 
 concluded to lie on the ground for a few min 
 utes until the storm was over, and while in this 
 position a man who was shot fell across his 
 body. At Peach Tree Creek, the heel of one 
 shoe was shot away. The siege and fall of At 
 lanta, the battle of Jonesboro, under "Pap" 
 Thomas, the engagements at Lovejoy Station 
 and Franklin were participated in and bravely 
 fought. At the latter place the Brig., under 
 command- of Col. Geo. W. Smith was held in 
 reserve and when the rebels had massed their 
 forces and broken the Union line after repeated 
 and desperate assaults and taken some slight 
 earthworks, Col. Smith s Brig, was thrown into 
 the breach in the hottest of the fight and right 
 nobly did its duty, not only holding its position 
 but rushing forward captured the opposing re 
 bels already on the works. It was close work 
 and every officer used his pistols in the bloody 
 fray, but the determined bravery of his brigade 
 turned the tide of battle and saved the army 
 from defeat. The rebel forces far outnum 
 bered the Union men and they made a desper 
 ate effort to win the victory. The next en 
 counter at Nashville, known also as the battle 
 of Spring Hill, although continuing two days, 
 was not severe, as the enemy was practically 
 beaten from the first of the fight. This ended 
 the war record of the 88th Regt. as it was mus 
 tered out and sent to Chicago for payment and 
 discharge and was marched through the build 
 ing in Chicago in which the Sanitary Fair was 
 being held. 
 
 Mr. Shull returned to Rutland, 111., and en 
 gaged in the railroad business, but for the past 
 1 8 years has been a conductor on the C., B. & 
 Q. Ry., making his home at Galesburg since 
 1869. He married Emma H. Ellsworth, Oct. 
 25, 1869, a daughter of O. A. Ellsworth of Elm- 
 wood, 111., formerly of Vermont. Mrs. Shull 
 had two brothers in the army John and Alonzo 
 the former was a Lieut, in the Vt. Regt. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Shull have had eight children, 
 
 seven of whom are living William B., married 
 to Mary Barlow, of Galesburg, is a machinist 
 in the C., B. & Q. R. R. shops. Fred. A., Luella 
 Maud, a young lady at school; Alonzo, John, 
 Benjamin and Harry. Mr. Shull is a Repub 
 lican, a member of the Baptist Church, the G. 
 A. R. and O. R. C. 
 
 At the battle of Chickamauga when made a 
 bugler of the regiment Mr. Shull was presented 
 with a new bugle, this he still has, and although 
 old and battered it is called into use at almost 
 all the soldiers reunions and camp fires, where 
 "Fred" is always in demand to sing a song or 
 tell a story of the war, which rekindles old 
 memories and touches the brave hearts that 
 can never forget the days when the old soldiers 
 stood side by side on many a hard, fought bat 
 tlefield. 
 
 LIEUT. H. M. FERRELL, of Tiskilwa, 111., en 
 listed in the Union army for the war of the 
 rebellion on Oct. 15, 1861, and was mus 
 tered in as a private in Co. F., 5/th 111. Vol. Inf. 
 Feb. 8, 1862, the Regt., armed with old Harper s 
 Ferry muskets, altered from flint locks, left 
 Camp Douglas for Cairo, 111., where it arrived 
 on the following evening, then proceeded by 
 boat to Fort Henry, on the Tenn. River. With 
 out disembarking, the Regt. was hurried back 
 down the river to Paducah, thence up the Cum 
 berland to a point two miles below Fort Donel- 
 son, where it landed on the morning of the I4th, 
 and made its first march to a position in front 
 of that rebel stronghold, where fighting had al 
 ready begun. It was attached to Col. Thayer s 3d 
 Brigade of Gen. Lew Wallace s 3rd Div., which 
 occupied the center of the line. It remained in 
 this position through the night, the men suffer 
 ing greatly from exposure, having nothing but 
 blankets to protect them from the cold and 
 snow, which fell in quantities to cover the 
 ground. During the I5th the Regt. occupied 
 an unenviable position, being subjected to dan 
 ger from the cannonading in its front and the 
 bullets of the sharp-shooters, without the privi 
 lege of retaliation. On the following morning, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 when ready to make an attack, word passed 
 along the line thatthegarrison comprising about 
 17,000 men, had surrendered to Gen. Grant. It 
 afterward moved to Fort Henry, where the men 
 were overtaken with sickness in such numbers 
 as to be unable to furnish sufficient men for guard 
 and camp duty. It afterward proceeded up the 
 Tenn. River to Crump s Landing, the boat car 
 rying it being one of 122 transports, nearly all 
 loaded with troops, constituting the greater part 
 of the Army of the Tenn., the fleet forming one 
 of the grandest sights of the war. 
 
 Arriving at the landing, March 26, the Regt. 
 moved up to Pittsburg Landing and there re 
 mained until April 6 (Sunday), when firing was 
 heard toward Corinth. Preparations were 
 made for the impending struggle and the Regt. 
 moved toward Shiloh. Arriving at that point, 
 it was for a time held in reserve, but afterward 
 went to support a battery of art. which was 
 sharply engaged with the enemy, and about 4 
 P. M. it was in the thickest of the fight, the men 
 fighting with all the heroism and valor that 
 could have distinguished older and tried sol 
 diers, but the conflict was unequal; the old 
 altered flint-lock rifles became foul after a few 
 rounds rendering it impossible to get a load 
 down, though many of the men in their efforts 
 to drive the "charges home" drove the ramrod 
 against the trunks of trees; some baffled in this 
 attempt picked up the muskets of dead or 
 wounded comrades and renewed the fight. 
 Being at last practically without arms and 
 flanked in on both sides, the gallant command 
 was forced to retire or suffer capture, and on 
 falling back was subject to a storm af grape 
 and canister from the enemy s cannon. In this 
 murderous engagement the 57th lost 187 offi 
 cers and men, killed, wounded, and missing. 
 The night was almost as weird as the day; the 
 clouds opened and deluged the battlefield 
 amidst a terrible lightning storm, drenching the 
 soldiers as also the wounded and dying who 
 were left upon the field as they had fallen. At 
 daybreak the 57th was again in the front and 
 after a stubborn fight the rebel lines began to 
 waver under a terrific fire and before night the 
 enemy were forced into a general retreat. In 
 
 the general advance upon Corinth, which be 
 gun the last of April, the 57th took a prominent 
 part and shared in all the toil and dangers in 
 cident thereto, until the evacuation of that 
 place May 30th. 
 
 It afterwards went into camp near Corinth 
 and there remained until Oct. 3rd, when it 
 moved out 4 miles to wait an expected attack 
 under the combined forces of Van Dorn, Price, 
 Powell, Villipiguc and Rust, and soon the 
 Union pickets were driven in and the engage 
 ment became general, and although at first un 
 decisive, the rebels were afterwards forced 
 back but received fresh troops when the 57th 
 fell back to Corinth Seminary. On the fol 
 lowing morning the battle was renewed with 
 varying and changing success until the after 
 noon when a desperate effort was made by the 
 Union forces which succeeded in forcing the 
 enemy to retire in confusion, leaving over 
 2,000 prisoners to fall into the former s hands. 
 In the two days fighting the regiment lost 42 
 in killed and wounded. It remained in camp 
 at Corinth until April 16, 1863, when it left on 
 an expedition to Town Creek and Tuscumbia, 
 Ala.-, then returning to Corinth, where it re 
 mained until the fall when it moved to Holly 
 Springs, afterwards returning to the point of 
 starting. In the following Jan. the Regt. vet 
 eranized, when the men were granted a fur 
 lough of 30 days. On his return from veteran 
 furlough, Mr. Ferrell was appointed sergeant. 
 The men joined their Regt. at Athens, Ala., 
 March 15, and remained until May, when it set 
 out on the Atlanta campaign, taking part in 
 the maneuvering against the rear of Gen. John- 
 ton s army and in the battle of Resaca. 
 While at Athens he was ordered before the 
 Board of Examination, and was appointed 
 later 2nd Lieut, of the io6th U. S. Colored Inf., 
 April 14, 1864, but served with his old Regt. 
 until he went to Rome. It was afterwards en 
 gaged in the battle of Rome Cross Roads, and 
 then went on a fruitless march through middle 
 Tenn., taking three days rations, but was gone 
 a month. Sept. 22, 1864, Mr .Ferrell was com 
 missioned 1st Lieut, of Co. D., io6th U. S. Col. 
 Inf., and moved from Rome to Atlanta with 
 
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 529 
 
 the i6th A. C. Later they were transferred 
 to the i /th. Nov. 10, his Co. started on 
 that campaign known as the "march to the 
 sea." Mr. Ferrell continued through the Caro- 
 linas and then in the march to Washington, 
 where he took part in the grand review. From 
 Washington he was ordered to Granville, Tenn., 
 where his Co. was consolidated with the 4Oth 
 U. S. Colored Inf., and assigned to Co. H. 
 They wintered at Bridgeport, Ala. Were mus 
 tered out at Chattanooga, April 25, 1866. 
 
 After leaving the army he returned to his 
 birthplace, Tiskilwa. He was born Jan. 7th, 
 1843, an d was the son of Timothy K. Ferrell 
 who removed from Mass, in the year 1840, set 
 tling in 111., and had but one child, the subject 
 of this sketch. Aug. 13, 1865, Lieut. Ferrell 
 married Belle M. Gibbons, a native of Pa., who 
 is now a representative woman, and holds the 
 position of Senior Vice of the W. R. C. of 
 Tiskilwa. They had one child, Henry D. Mr. 
 Ferrell is prominent in all matters relating to 
 Grand Army work and is a member of Post, 
 No. 660 G. A. R. at Tiskilwa, of which he was 
 Commander for two years, and at present is 
 the Adjutant thereof. He has been Town 
 Clerk of Tiskilwa for many years; is a member 
 of the Odd Fellows order, a modern Wood 
 man, and a Democrat in politics. 
 
 CHAUNCEY H. STARKEY, of Wheaton, 111., 
 was born near the town of Addison, 
 Steuben Co., N. Y., Sept. 16, 1840. His 
 parents were Warren and Sophia (Bixby) Star- 
 key, both of whom were natives of the Empire 
 State, and died his mother at Bellefonte, Pa., 
 in April, 1852, and his father in Oct., 1877, at 
 Batavia, 111. Young Starkey s early life was 
 spent at home, attending school a part of the 
 time, and assisting his father in the stone busi 
 ness, in which he and his brother, David W., after 
 wards became prominently engaged. He en 
 listed in Co. I., 42nd 111. Vol. Inf., Aug. I, 1861, 
 and rendezvoused at Camp Douglas, Chicago. 
 Sept. ist, the Regt. was ordered to Camp Ben- 
 ton. St. Louis, Mo., and then went to Jefferson 
 
 83 
 
 City. From here it went to Warsaw, Mo., 
 then to Springfield, following Price s army, then 
 to Tipton and Smithton, where they went into 
 winter quarters. Mr. Starkey s Co. was sta 
 tioned at Farmer s City, some two miles from 
 the main body of the Regt. Early in the 
 spring of 1862, they returned to Jefferson City, 
 and crossing the river, marched to St. Charles 
 and then on to St. Louis where the regimental 
 band was mustered out of service. The Regt. 
 then took up the line of march to Fort Holt, 
 then on to Columbus, Ky., which the enemy 
 were evacuating. About the middle of March, 
 it participated in the siege of Island No. 10, 
 and part of Co. A., participated in the spiking 
 of the guns of a large battery, which the rebels 
 had placed at the head of the bend of the river, 
 thus opening the way for gunboats to go below 
 the Island. After this they went to Fort Pil 
 low, and from there to Pittsburg Landing to 
 join Gen. Grant. On the morning of May 9, 
 1862, when near Farmington, Miss., they come 
 in contact with about 3,000 of the enemy. A 
 fierce battle ensued, in which the losses on both 
 sides were severe. The Regt. a few days after 
 ward moved to Farmington, where it camped 
 and threw up heavy fortifications, remaining 
 there during the siege of Corinth, Miss., at 
 which place it arrived the morning after the 
 evacuation. 
 
 Mr. Starkey relates an incident which oc 
 curred and in which he participated, immedi 
 ately after the evacuation of Corinth. It was 
 in the early morning when he and some of his 
 comrades entered one of the fine residences of 
 the city and found the breakfast table laid with 
 all the appointments that wealth could procure, 
 and an elegant repast just ready, the house and 
 table deserted, while the food was still warm. 
 The sight was a pleasant one and the hungry 
 soldiers did justice to the sumptuous repast, no 
 doubt being more able to appreciate it than the 
 persons for whom it was prepared. Breakfast 
 over, they enjoyed themselves for an hour or 
 two in the music room, one of their comrades 
 being a fine musician, and as the house pos 
 sessed an elegant piano, they took advantage 
 of the opportunity for a little recreation. Leav- 
 
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 ing Corinth, the Regt. proceeded to Cortland, 
 and from there to Nashville, Tenn. On the 
 way it had a skirmish with the enemy at 
 Pulaski, Tenn., defeating them and killing and 
 wounding quite a number while losing but one, 
 a private. They captured lots of horses on the 
 way, to form a Cav. Regt. Early in the winter 
 of 1862, Mr. Starkey s Regt. was ordered to 
 Camp Sheridan, on Stuart s Creek, and placed 
 in Sheridan s Div., 2Oth A. C. Here the army was 
 surprised by the enemy, hostilities commenced, 
 and the battle of Stone River took place. Af 
 ter this, they remained inactive near Murfrees- 
 boro for sometime. While in camp at this 
 point Mr. S. was appointed Brigade Bugler for 
 the 3d Brig., 3d Div., 2Oth A. C. 
 
 Jujie 3, 1863, the Regt. moved to Cowen s 
 Station, Tenn., and was stationed on top of the 
 Cumberland Mts., and after being there two 
 or three weeks went to Bridgeport on the Tenn. 
 River, then joined Rosecrans near Chattanooga, 
 participating in the battle of Chickamauga. At 
 Chattanooga his Regt. was placed in 3rd Brig., 
 2nd Div., 4th A. C. The battle of Mission 
 Ridge, Nov. 21, was the last in which this Div. 
 engaged under Sheridan. The Regt. was then 
 sent to Knoxville and Strawberry Plains, and 
 from there to Loudon, where they went into 
 winter quarters. March 12, 1864, Mr. Starkey 
 was granted a 30 days furlough and went home. 
 Before the expiration of his furlough he went 
 to Louisville, on his way back to his command. 
 Meeting an officer in the street, he made 
 inquiries concerning the depot from which to 
 leave for Nashville. The officer arrested him 
 and took him to the guard house, where he was 
 asked to give his name. This he at first refused 
 to do, as he felt he was unjustly detained, but 
 finally handed him his furlough papers, which 
 upon examination proving to be correct, he 
 was released, and rejoined his Regt., which was 
 then not far from Loudon, in time to participate 
 in the Atlanta campaign. Mr. Starkey was 
 mustered out at Atlanta, Sept. 16, 1864, paid off 
 at Louisville, Ky., and discharged. He then 
 returned to his home. 
 
 He was married at Waterman, 111. April 7, 
 1886, to Miss EllaE. York, formerly of Walling- 
 
 ford, Vt. She was the daughter of Levi P. and 
 Laura (Allen) York. They have one daughter 
 Laura Sophia. 
 
 After leaving the army, Mr. Starkey resided 
 in Batavia, Ills., where he was engaged in the 
 stone business for some years, afterwards, in 
 1874-75, he became engaged in the clerical 
 Evangelical work in behalf of the Y. M. C. A. 
 of Vermont, was appointed local preacher in 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1876 
 went to Nebraska, in 1877 to Colorado Springs, 
 Colo., returning to Batavia, Ills., in 1882, where 
 he took charge of the editorial department of 
 the Batavia Nezvs. Was in the stone business 
 in Aurora, Ills., in 1884. Elected Justice of the 
 Peace in Batavia in 1886. He is a member of 
 the G. A. R., Post No. 48, of which he was 
 chaplain, also J. V. C. Courteous and genial 
 in manner, he possesses innumerable friends, 
 and is much respected by all who come in con 
 tact with him. 
 
 CAPTAIN EDWARD C. RAYMOND, of Gales- 
 burg, 111., was born at Brunswick, Me., 
 June 16, 1828, where he received his 
 preliminary education, and where he resided 
 until 26 years of age, working at the carpenter s 
 trade and as a clerk in a store until he came to 
 Chicago, Jan. 21, 1854. Here he found employ 
 ment in the ship chandlery business, in which 
 he continued for about two years. Subse 
 quently removing to Kewanee, 111., he re 
 mained there until his enlistment in the mili 
 tary service in 1862. 
 
 He was mustered in Aug. 9, 1862, as 2nd 
 Lieut, of Co., A., I24th 111. Inf., which was as 
 signed to the 1st Brig., 3rd Div. of the I7th A. 
 C. Gen. John A. Logan commanding. They 
 were quickly marched to the front and accom 
 panied Grant to Holly Springs and Oxford, 
 Miss., thence returning to Memphis, subse 
 quently composing a part of the expedition 
 through Miss., participating in the battle of 
 Port Gibson, May I, 1863, and moving on to 
 Raymond. Here Lieut. Raymond took com 
 mand of his Co., as the Captain and 1st Lieut. 
 
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 were on sick leave. The ist Lieut, was killed 
 June, 25, and July 9, the Captain resigned, and 
 on petition of the entire company, Lieut. 
 Raymond was commissioned Captain. 
 
 The command was actively engaged in the 
 actions at Raymond, Jackson and Champion 
 Hills, then moved to Vicksburg. Here, May 
 22, Co. A., in a desperate charge captured a 
 position of vantage which it held during the 
 siege. Feb. 12, 1864, Captain Raymond was 
 ordered by the War Department to report to 
 Gen. Julius White at Springfield, 111., and was 
 placed in charge of the draft rendezvous of the 
 State of 111. He was engaged in this duty for 
 18 months, receiving and transporting to the 
 different Regt s., 57,784 men, including all 
 kinds of recruits. 
 
 He was mustered out in 1865, with an hon 
 orable and gallant record. Returning home to 
 Kewanee, he became a member of the dry 
 goods firm of Phillips & Raymond, which ex 
 isted for five years, after which he conducted 
 a sash, door and blind factory for six years, 
 losing everything he had by fire. He procured 
 employment with Geo. W. Brown & Co., of 
 Galesburg, as a traveling salesman, in which he 
 continued up to a short time ago, when he be 
 came general agent for the State of 111. 
 
 He was married May 10, 1857, a second 
 time. He has two children Harry P. and 
 Addie M. He is a Republican in politics and 
 an active worker in that cause, and is a mem 
 ber of the G. A. R. and the Masonic Frater 
 nity. He is, as merchant and citizen, an ex- 
 amplification of what a good soldier ever be 
 comes. 
 
 WILLIAM H. YOUNGBLOOD, of Sidney, 111., 
 enlisted upon the first call for troops 
 by President Lincoln. His uncle 
 who was his guardian at the time (his father 
 having died) refused to allow his enlistment, 
 to overcome which, our brave young hero 
 ran away to Champaign Co., 111., from Lo- 
 gansport, Ind., joined an elder brother and 
 enlisted in Co. A., 35th 111. Vol. Inf., July 
 
 3d, 1861. With his Regt. he went to St. 
 Louis then to Jefferson City and was as 
 signed to Gen. Sigel s command and marched 
 across the country to Bolivar and Springfield, 
 where he got his first snuff of rebel powder. 
 Here our subject although he escaped the ene 
 my s bullets was smitten with smallpox, sent 
 to hospital at St. Louis, where he continued 
 from Dec., i86i,to Feb. 2d, 1862. He rejoined 
 his Regt. in winter quarters at Rolla, then took 
 up the march through Ark. and participated in 
 the famous battle of Pea Ridge, fought on 
 March 6th, 7th and 8th, 1862, then the com 
 mand moved to Shiloh, but arrived too late for 
 the battle. It was not engaged in the siege of 
 Corinth, but after its evacuation started by a 
 forced march for Holly Springs and Louis 
 ville, which occupied 12 days and nights, and 
 was almost constantly on the move, the stops 
 for rest being only of one hour s duration. It 
 then went in pursuit of Bragg, chasing him 
 from point^to point until Perryville was reached, 
 and where a desperate battle ensued, Oct. 8th, 
 1862, resulting in defeating the enemy, whom 
 it again pursued through Tenn., and on to Mur- 
 freesboro, when again comrade Youngblood 
 was an active participant in the bloody battle 
 of Stone River, Dec. 31 Jan. 2d, 1863. Mr 
 Youngblood was on guard duty at the Gait 
 House, Louisville, when the unfortunate alter 
 cation took place between Gens. Nelson and 
 Davis; heard the hot words and assaults of 
 Gen. Nelson and was within a few feet of the 
 men when the latter fell fatally wounded by a 
 pistol bullet from the hands of Gen. Davis. In 
 the summer of 1863 our subject went upon the 
 Chattanooga campaign, and was actively en 
 gaged in the ever memorable battles of Chick- 
 amauga, Lookout Mt. and Mission Ridge. The 
 following year (1864) he went upon the Atlanta 
 campaign, and was in the battles of Buzzard s 
 Roost, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta. 
 At that of Resaca Mr. Youngblood received an 
 injury, which during the remainder of his life, 
 will be a constant reminder of the horrors of 
 that terrible war. While in line a rebel shell 
 came into the ranks and exploded striking him 
 and leaving him insensible and to all appear- 
 
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 ances dead. He continued on the field in that 
 condition from 3 o clock P. M. until midnight, 
 but on regaining his senses it was found that 
 although his eyes were severely injured his 
 other hurts were not permanent. He refused 
 to go into the hospital but remained at his post 
 until his term of enlistment expired when he 
 was mustered out Sept. 2/th, 1864. He re 
 turned home and by the following Feb. his 
 eyes were nearly well, therefore he re-enlisted 
 Feb. 6th in Co. K., isoth 111. Vol. Inf. and went 
 to Nashville, where he was put on detached 
 duty in charge of wagon trains, but two months 
 thereafter his eyes began to fail him, therefore 
 our daring comrade was obliged to yield up his 
 responsible position, return to his Regt, with 
 which he continued until Jan. 16, 1866, when 
 he was mustered out on special order, after a 
 service of nearly four years. 
 
 Mr.Youngblood then returned to Sidney, en 
 gaged in the saw-mill business and other enter 
 prises, but his eyes began to fail him, growing 
 gradually worse, until four years ago, when he be 
 came blind from the effects of his terrible experi 
 ences at Resaca, and for which he reaps a small 
 reward from his country in the shape of $72 per 
 month. His brother, Thomas J., who enlisted 
 at the same time, was discharged before his 
 time expired, owing to disability contracted in 
 the service, and died soon after from the same 
 causes. Whilst this Republic may well be looked 
 upon as the greatest country of the earth, it 
 should never be forgotten that the glory of pre 
 serving it from disintegration, belongs to her 
 brave and courageous sons (like comrade Young- 
 blood), who left their peaceful, happy homes 
 and went into the battle, many of them to sac 
 rifice their lives or be maimed for life, for its 
 preservation. Consequently Mr. Youngblood 
 even after he shall have finished his race and 
 "fought the good fight," shall have erected to 
 his memory, a monument in the world s history, 
 which to his children and country, will ever re 
 main imperishable. He has ever been an active 
 member of the G. A. R., and is now a member 
 of the Sidney Post. 
 
 He was born at Logansport, Ind., Dec. 3, 
 1840, and is a son of Thomas and Mahala (Ar 
 
 cher) Youngblood. His father was a veteran 
 in the Mexican war, and did good service in 
 that conflict, dying when our subject was but 
 14 years of age. Mr. Youngblood has always 
 been an ardent Republican and " votes as he 
 fought." He has been a member of the Board 
 of Education. He was married March 30, 1866, 
 to Savila Lucas, and six children have blessed 
 the union James A., Anna L., wife of William 
 Eaton; Lizzie, Howard, Grace and Leroy, all of 
 whom are living except Grace. 
 
 Mr. Youngblood has recently completed a 
 beautiful home, where he expects to spend the 
 evening of his days, surrounded by his devoted 
 wife and happy family, and amidst that modest 
 luxury which a willing hand and honest toil has 
 enabled our much respected comrade and fellow 
 citizen to accumulate. 
 
 LIEUTENANT STEPHEN TART, of Kankakee, 
 111., who has an enviable record of hon 
 orable service in the War of the Rebel 
 lion, was born in Alburgh, Vt., Dec. 12, 1839, of 
 Canadian parents. His father and mother were 
 Peter and Rosilia (Terrien) Tart, who, on ac 
 count of political difficulties in Canada 1837-9, 
 made their home in the U. S. 
 
 Stephen Tart came West with his parents in 
 June, 1849, an d settled on a farm in Bourbonais, 
 111., where he received a common school edu 
 cation. In 1854, he removed to Kankakee, 111., 
 followed later by his parents who made their 
 home there until death. In 1862, when it was 
 evident that a desperate struggle was imminent 
 and that the Nation was in its greatest peril 
 from foes at home and abroad, he put aside 
 every other claim and consideration and en 
 listed on the anniversary of Washington s birth 
 day in 1862, as a private in Co. I., ist 111. Art. 
 Was mustered in at Chicago, remaining in camp 
 but a short time when orders came to proceed 
 to Benton Barracks, St. Louis, arriving March 
 3, and on April I, and went on board the 
 "Crescent City," enroute for Pittsburg Landing 
 which was reached on the night of April 5. 
 The next day the Co. was in the engagement 
 
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 of Shiloh, and during the two days battle, lost 
 a number of men in killed and wounded, and 
 from this introduction to the stern realities of 
 war, there was active service and almost con 
 tinuous movement. 
 
 The battery was next engaged at Russell 
 House and at the siege of Corinth, Mr. Tart 
 having been made gunner at Shiloh, held in 
 that siege a very important position. From 
 Corinth a march was made to Fort Pickering, 
 where he was promoted to Sergeant. After a 
 short delay at Fort Pickering, the battery was 
 removed to Colliersville and Moscow, Tenn., and 
 employed in garrison duty for a short time. 
 It was then transferred to Memphis, July 18, 
 1862, from whence the expedition to Holly 
 Springs was made, to join Generals Grant and 
 Sherman. Owing to some change in the move 
 ments, the battery, with other portions of the 
 army, returned to Memphis and took a boat for 
 Haines Bluff, on the Yazoo near Vicksburg. 
 From Memphis a number of expeditions were 
 made, including the Tallahatchie march, the 
 Yazoo, Fort Randolph, Colliersville, and other 
 engagements. 
 
 After a short winter s camp at Moscow, 
 Tenn., and a few months of activity in different 
 directions, the investment of Vicksburg came 
 with its long siege and final capture. Then at 
 Jackson, the battery was engaged in the second 
 day s battle and proceeded to Messengers 
 Bridge, on Black River, arriving at Big Black, 
 July 24, and going into a camp, which was 
 found to be very unhealthy, as the sick men 
 soon out-numbered the well, reducing the force 
 so that there was not a sufficient number of 
 well men to do guard duty and Mr. Tart, who 
 had been made Orderly Sergeant July 27, 1863, 
 at Black River, was compelled to assume this 
 duty. In Sept. this camp was vacated and the 
 battery sent to Vicksburg, arriving Sept. 9, then 
 to Memphis in Oct., where Sergt. Tart was 
 taken to the hospital and confined by a severe 
 sickness ( caused by a former injury at Fort Pick 
 ering) for a month. Meanwhile the battery 
 had been to Corinth, Missionary Ridge, Chatta 
 nooga, and to Scottsboro, Ala., where Sergt. 
 Tart rejoined it. While at Scottsboro the bat 
 
 tery veteranized March 17, 1864, and received 
 a 30 day furlough to go home. 
 
 After the visit home the men returned to 
 the army at Nashville, and the battery received 
 new equipment, new guns, and outfit complete. 
 At Nashville, Sergt. Tart received a commission 
 as Lieut., dated back to Feb. 10, 1864. The 
 battery remained some time at Nashville and 
 was there at the time Hood made his attack, 
 then followed his forces, until they took refuge 
 at Dalton. From Nashville the line of March 
 led to luka and Eastport, where winter quar 
 ters were occupied, making several expeditions 
 in vicinity until mustered out. 
 
 This battery made a creditable record, serv 
 ing under Gen s. Grant, Sherman, Thomas and 
 Logan to the end of the war, and received a 
 royal welcome on its return. 
 
 Lieut. Tart was mustered out at Chicago 
 July 26, 1865, and returned to Kankakee where 
 he has since resided. He was married in 1871, 
 to Nettie Hughes of Joliet, 111., and has two 
 children Arthur T.. and Belle A. Mrs. Tart 
 was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1851 and 
 is the daughter of Henry Hughes. Lieut. 
 Tart, cast his first vote for Stephen A Douglas, 
 but since that time has voted and worked with 
 the Republican party, although not seeking for 
 office. He is a member of Whipple Post No. 
 414, G. A. R., and has held a position on the 
 Board of City Aldermen for ten years. 
 
 This gentlemen is the recipient of a pension 
 -om the Govt. for injuries received in 1862, and 
 has established a pleasant and a comfortable 
 home, which bears many indications of the cult 
 ure and refinement of its inmates. 
 
 DANIEL S. HECKER, of Galesburg, 111., was 
 born at Reading, Berks Co., Pa., Jan. 4, 
 1849, an d is the son of Daniel and Ma 
 tilda (Sellers) Hecker. Hisgrandfather, Jacob 
 Hecker, lived to be 92 years of age. The Amer 
 ican progenitors of the Hecker family were of 
 distinguished German ancestry. Daniel S., the 
 subject of this sketch, lived at Reading until 
 his eight year, when he removed with his par- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ents to Valley Forge, where they resided in the 
 house used by Washington as his headquarters 
 during the Revolution. His father was station 
 agent at Valley Forge for sometime, subse 
 quently removing to Phila. At Valley Forge, 
 as a boy, Daniel would often, by digging in the 
 works thrown up by Washington s command, 
 unearth curious and highly prized relics of the 
 Revolutionary period. 
 
 He was living in Phila. when the Civil War 
 begun, and was at the age of 12 ambitious to 
 be a soldier, and in 1863 made an attempt to 
 enlist, but his father prevented him. A few 
 months later he ran away with one of his com 
 panions and joined Battery D., ist Pa. Reserve 
 Light Art., and while but 14 he successfully 
 passed muster by simulating a greater than ac 
 tual height. He pushed on to the front and at 
 Alexandria, Va., was uniformed and armed. 
 While here he wrote his father informing him 
 where he was, but it was now too late for pa 
 rental interference to avail in getting him 
 released. 
 
 Proceeding to Harper s Ferry he joined his 
 battery, there awaiting the arrival of new guns. 
 He participated in numerous skirmishes until 
 July, 1864, when he was inaction with the bat 
 tery on the 4th at Harper s Ferry, and again 
 on the i8th at Maryland Heights. Thence 
 going to Halltown they became a part of the 
 command underSheridan to operate in Va.,and 
 were sent to intercept the rebel Gen. Ewell, 
 meeting and defeating him at Monocacy 
 Bridge. After this, returning to the Shenan- 
 doah Valley they had a skirmish with Early s 
 Army at Berryville, being again in the engage 
 ment at Winchester with Sheridan. This was 
 a hotly contested battle, but the enemy was 
 driven back to Fisher s Hill. The rebel army 
 was badly routed at Fisher s Hill, Sept. 22, and 
 Sheridan continued in pursuit for several days, 
 destroying everything on both sides of the road 
 as they went along. 
 
 Oct. 19, Early attacked Cedar Creek about 4 
 o clock in the morning, creating great conster 
 nation, capturing the guns of Mr. Hecker s 
 battery and killing several of the gunners. 
 The Federal forces fell back, but before night 
 
 succeeded in repulsing the enemy and retriev 
 ing their position. The Cav. went in pursuit of 
 the flying enemy, driving them up the valley. 
 Thus they effectually rid themselves of Early. 
 The battery moved on to Martinsburg, where 
 they received new guns, thence going into winter 
 quarters at Harper s Ferry. The weather was 
 very cold and Mr. Heckerhad both of his feet 
 frost-bitten, but managed to recover their use 
 after sometime. The battery remained at Har 
 per s Ferry until ordered to Camp Curtin, Har- 
 risburg, Pa., to be mustered out, June 30, 1865. 
 
 Before this Mr. Hecker had been appointed 
 bugler for the Co., but on arrival at Harper s 
 Ferry he was retained as a mounted orderly to 
 Gen. Stevenson and bore dispatches through 
 the surrounding country. During the war his 
 parents had removed to Lancaster Co., Pa. 
 Here he rejoined them, but did not remain 
 long as he had an aversion to farming. He 
 went to Lancaster City, where he met some of 
 his old comrades, who had secured employ 
 ment under a railroad contractor. He did 
 likewise, and going to Pittsburg worked in that 
 vicinity for a short time, thence returning 
 home and remaining there until 1868, when he 
 came to Chicago. Previous to this he served 
 one term as door-keeper of the Pa. Senate. 
 
 In the spring the family, consisting of the 
 father and mother, three sisters, Laura, Rosa 
 and Mary, and himself came to Chicago, but 
 only remained a short time, going to Naper- 
 ville, where he was employed in a plow factory. 
 In 1869 he went to Kansas City, where he was 
 engaged as a fancy cake baker, having previ 
 ously acquired that trade. Returning to 
 Ouincy, 111., he worked on a farm until the fall, 
 thence going back to his old home at Reading, 
 Pa., where he remained until the fall of 1870, 
 working on the Phila. & Reading R. R.. In 
 Sept. 1870 he became connected with the C., B. 
 & Q. R. R., and as a conductor for 18 years 
 has won the cofidence and commendation of 
 the company. 
 
 He was married in Sept., 1879, to Hattie E., 
 daughter of I. W. Wilbur, of Galesburg, in the 
 house where they now reside. They have no 
 children living, having lost three in their 
 
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 childhood. He is a confirmed Republican and 
 takes great interest in whatever concerns the 
 supremacy of his party. He has the finest col 
 lection of badges in the city. 
 
 He is a member of the M. E. Church, of the 
 G. A. R., and of Division 83, order of R. R. 
 Conductors. In 1890 he was Secretary and 
 Treasurer of that division and a delegate to the 
 convention at Rochester, N. Y. This conven 
 tion expunged the "strike" clause from the 
 constitution. He was Commander of his Post, 
 and is now a member of the State Encamp 
 ment. Mr. Hecker has ever preserved his 
 identity as an incorruptible servitor of all con 
 fided trusts, and is honored and respected by 
 all who know him. 
 
 LIEUT. HENRY L. NICOLET, of Champaign, 
 111., a native of Baltimore, Md., was born 
 Sept. 4th, 1825, a son of Julian and Em 
 ily (Favre) Nicolet, natives of Switzerland, 
 who immigrated to this country when young, 
 settling in Baltimore, where the father engaged 
 in the watchmaker and jewelry business, having 
 learned that trade in his native country. In the 
 year 1831 he removed to Pittsburg, there fol 
 lowed the same occupation, then, in 1836, 
 removed to Madison, Ind., where he continued 
 for three and one-half years, and finally settled 
 in St. Louis, where he died of appoplexy. He 
 had three children besides our subject, now all 
 deceased. The mother died of cholera in the 
 year 1854. 
 
 Our subject was educated in the public 
 schools of Madison, Ind., and when 14 years of 
 age entered the Madison Courier office and 
 learned typesetting. When his parents removed 
 to St. Louis he accompanied them, and engaged 
 in the office of the New Era newspaper, and af 
 terwards on the Reveille and Republican. 
 
 He was married at St. Louis in 1851 to Anne 
 A. Stout, of Baltimore, who was born in 1833. 
 In the year 1852 he removed to Canton, 111., 
 where he purchased an interest in the Canton 
 Register, with which he remained connected 
 until the spring of 1869. 
 
 Lieut. Nicolet enlisted in the Union army 
 Aug. 6, 1862, and was mustered into the service 
 Oct. 2 following, at Peoria, as ist Lieut of Co. 
 C., iO3rd 111. Vol. Inf., in the organization of 
 which he was very active, and rendered mate 
 rial assistance in the raising of his own Co. 
 The following days were spent in drilling 
 the men, and by the latter end of the month 
 all was ready when the order to move arrived. 
 The regiment proceeded to Cairo, then to Co 
 lumbus, Ky., then on to Bolivar, Tenn., a point 
 only 1 8 miles distant from a well organized and 
 powerful enemy. Nov. 3, it moved to LaGrange, 
 where again the men were instructed in drill, 
 and on the 28th moved South as part of the 
 army intended by Gen. Grant for the capture 
 of Vicksburg, passing through Holly Springs, 
 camped near Waterford, where the men did 
 garrison and other such duty. Whilst here the 
 men were scourged with measles which caused 
 many deaths, and disabled many others who 
 were necessarily discharged by reason of dis 
 ability. The last day of the year saw the Regt. 
 on the move by rail for Jackson, Tenn., where 
 the winter was passed, the men being employed 
 upon guard and other similar duties until March 
 loth, when the Regt. was ordered to return to 
 LaGrange. Lieut. Nicolet during the winter 
 had felt a growing illness coming upon him 
 ending in chronic diarrhea, which refused to 
 yield to treatment, completely disabling him. 
 Seeing his health endangered, and at the sug 
 gestion of his surgeon, he resigned the service 
 and was mustered out. 
 
 He returned home to Canton and resumed 
 his business there until 1869, and removing to 
 Champaign purchased an interest in the Cham 
 paign Union newspaper which he assisted to 
 manage for six and one-half years. He has 
 always been a Republican and so pronounced in 
 his views that if anything good should per 
 chance appear in the acts of the other party it 
 is largely obscured by his partizanship. His 
 faithfulness to his party has secured for him 
 the position of Justice of the Peace which he 
 has held for 12 years, as also the office of City 
 Clerk. He is a member of Col. Nodine, Post 
 No. 140, G. A. R. He has seven children, viz.: 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Annie, widow of Dr. Allsbrook; Charles H., of 
 Ogden, Utah, civil engineer; William H., of 
 Chicago, clerk in savings bank; Emma; Harry 
 L., reporter of the Kansas City Star; Arthur].; 
 and Jesse G. 
 
 Lieut. Nicolet is a man well posted, pos 
 sessed of broad, liberal views, and being of a 
 mild disposition, and agreeable manner, has be 
 come a familiar figure and much respected citi 
 zen in the town and county in which he resides. 
 
 REV. JOHN HITCHCOCK, of Minooka, 111., 
 was born near the town of Oquawka, 111., 
 Sept. 9, 183$, an d ls tne son f Emanuel 
 and Rebecca (Merrill) Hitchcock. Emanuel 
 was the son of John and Sarah (Ball) Hitch 
 cock, who were natives of Vt. He was among 
 the early settlers of 111., having moved to the 
 prairie State in 1829, settling near where Peoria 
 is now located. Rebecca was the daughter of 
 Samuel and Nancy Merrill, who were natives 
 of Va., and removed first to Ohio, subsequently 
 to 111., settling in Peoria Co. The father of the 
 subject of this sketch removed from Peoria, 111., 
 to Mo., where he lived for a time, then went to 
 Iowa, and from that State to Savannah, 111., 
 where young John was raised, securing the 
 advantages of such education as was obtainable 
 in that town, at that time. 
 
 Mr. Hitchcock was of that American family 
 who believed in the Union, and whose patriot 
 ism never wavered when the liberties of their 
 country were in danger, so he is found in the 
 early part of August, 1862, enrolled for the 
 War. He was mustered into the 92nd 111. 
 Regt., Co. C., Sept. 4th. The Regt. was raised 
 from Stephenson, Ogle, and Carroll Counties, 
 and was organized by the election of Smith D. 
 Atkins as Colonel. It went into camp at Rock- 
 ford where it remained, preparing for the great 
 struggle that was to come, and in which it was 
 to take a conspicuous part, until Oct. 10, when 
 it was ordered to Cincinnati and participated 
 in the movements that protected that city and 
 drove the rebel Morgan out of Ky. In Nov. it 
 was stationed at Mt. Sterling, Ky., guarding 
 
 that part of the State from the guerrillas. From 
 that post it was ordered to Nicholasville, thence 
 to Danville. While there the entire command 
 under Granger marched out to intercept Mor 
 gan on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. 
 Morgan changed his course and they returned 
 to Danville. In Jan. 1863, they moved out to 
 Louisville and thence on to Nashville, and went 
 into camp south of the city. In March the 
 Regt. was ordered out to meet Van Dorn s 
 forces, which were driven south of Columbia. 
 It then marched to Franklin, and thence to 
 Brentwood, which place it assisted in fortify 
 ing. The 92nd was kept busy for some weeks 
 operating at various points in Tenn. against 
 Van Dorn, Morgan and Forrest. In July, 1863, 
 the Regt. was detached from Granger s Corps 
 and was assigned to Wilder s Brig., mounted 
 Inf., Reynold s Div., Thomas Corps, Army of 
 the Cumberland. Thus organized it moved 
 over the mountains into the Tenn. Valley, 
 north of Chattanooga, driving back the rebel 
 Cav. 
 
 The next important movement in which Mr. 
 Hitchcock was engaged was the operations 
 against Chattanooga, his Regt. entering there 
 Sept. 9, 1863 in advance. The Brig, was next 
 sent against Forrest, met him near Ringgold 
 and drove him through Ringgold Gap. By 
 Sept. 12, the Regt. with its command, had 
 opened communications with the main army of 
 Thomas, when it chiefly engaged in scout duty 
 prior to the great battle of Chickamauga, in 
 which it took an active part. Subsequently it 
 recrossed the mountains to Bridgeport, and 
 from there it marched to Huntsville, Ala., for 
 forage and winter quarters. For a time Mr. 
 Hitchcock with other members of the regiment 
 were used as dispatch bearers, between the two 
 armies. While at Huntsville the Regt. was out 
 on several expeditions against the enemy. 
 
 Receiving orders to get ready for the Atlanta 
 campaign, the Regt. moved out from Hunts 
 ville, April, 4, 1864, and marched to Ringgold, 
 Ga. About daylight April 23, the g2nd picket 
 was attacked eight miles from camp, where it 
 was guarding a picket post at Nickajack Gap, 
 by a large force of rebels, who surrounded the 
 
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 picket, and out of 62 men, killed, captured or 
 wounded 33; shooting down 12 after they had 
 surrendered and were disarmed. Mr. Hitch 
 cock participated in that long and brilliant 
 campaign which terminated in the fall of 
 Atlanta, and his command covered the left of 
 Sherman s army when it withdrew from Jones- 
 boro. When Kilpatrick s Div. was reorganized 
 Nov. 4, the 92nd, was assigned to Atkins Brig, 
 and participated in all the Cav. actions on the 
 march through Ga., and in the capture of Sa 
 vannah. Leaving Savannah in Jan. the Regt. 
 took part in all the Cav. fighting on the march 
 through the Carolinas, until the close of the 
 war. In the engagement at Averysboro it had 
 the honor of opening the fight and was in 
 action at Bentonville. After the surrender of 
 Johnston, it was ordered to Concord, N. C., 
 where it was mustered out, sent to Chicago, 
 and there the men were paid off and discharged. 
 During the engagement at Averysboro, a rebel 
 officer, w 7 ell mounted, dashed in among the 
 Union troops and ordered the boys up, sup 
 posing they were of his own army. The boys 
 laughed at him, when he cried out, "Maybe 
 you don t know who I am! I am Colonel 
 Rehtt of the 2nd., S. C. Regt." Hearing this, 
 one of the soldiers pulled his carbine on him 
 and told him to throw up his arms, which he 
 quickly did and was taken a prisoner. The 
 Hitchcock family were distinguished for their 
 patriotism and for their sturdy devotion to 
 their country, and the principles of liberty. A 
 grand uncle of John Hitchcock (Miles) vvas 
 in the War of the Revolution and took part in 
 the battles of White Plains and Brandywine. 
 An uncle of the subject of this sketch Miles 
 Hitchcock, was in the war between Texas and 
 Mexico and took part in the battle of San 
 Jacinto, where he was killed. Mr. Hitchcock 
 had two brothers both of whom served in the 
 war for the Union S. G. Napoleon, and 
 Thomas A. 
 
 After final muster out Mr. Hitchcock re 
 turned to Savannah and subsequently went to 
 Rockford and entered the Methodist Ministry. 
 His first charge was at Capron, 111. Since that 
 time he has been stationed at Harvard, Che- 
 
 mung, Barryington, Kingston, Albany, and 
 Fulton. He was returned to Kingston, serving 
 there two years, then at Millidgeville and Joliet. 
 In 1890, he was placed in charge of the Min- 
 ooka church where he is at the present time, 
 Mr. Hitchcock has had an extensive experience 
 in the pulpit and pastoral field, and has been 
 an able, successful minister of the Methodist 
 Church. He has been as brave and as gallant 
 a soldier fighting under the banner of the Lord, 
 as he was in fighting in the army of the Union, 
 under the flag of his country, in both of which 
 he has done effective work. 
 
 He is a Republican in politics, with strong 
 prohibition tendencies. He is a member of the 
 Joliet Post No. 6, G. A. R., and also of the M. 
 W. A., Camp. Mr. Hitchcock was married to 
 Josephine, daughter of Dr. Edward Cochrane, 
 formerly of Savannah. This union has been 
 blessed with six children John H. (civil en 
 gineer), Laura, Mary, Bird, Grace and Eva B. 
 Mary is quite an accomplished artist and many 
 of her artistic productions adorn her home. All 
 the children have fine musical taste and when 
 gathered around the home circle, they make it 
 exceedingly attractive by their musical per 
 formances. 
 
 JUDGE ARTHUR A. SMITH, of Galesburg, 111., 
 was born in Batavia in Clermont Co., 
 Ohio, May 6, 1829, a county honored and 
 historically immortalized as having been the 
 birthplace of the famous military genius, Gen. 
 U. S. Grant. Here Judge Smith grew up amid 
 the impressionable incidents of parental 
 affection and a happy home until his eleventh 
 year, when he removed with his father and 
 mother to 111. His father was Erastus 
 Smith; his mother Martha (Hulick) Smith. 
 They settled upon a farm in Knox Co. 111., and 
 their son, Arthur A. continued at home until 
 about 1848, when he was put to school at Gales- 
 burg, entering Knox College, from which he 
 was graduated in 1853. He soon, after began 
 the study of law with Mr. Abraham Becker, of 
 Otsego Co., N. Y., and after a year thus em- 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ployed, he resumed his preparation for ad 
 mission to the bar in the office of Mr. Julius 
 Manning. In 1855, he was admitted to the bar 
 and began the practice of his profession at 
 Galesburg, at that time a mere village. In 
 
 1862, he, with the co-operation and assistance 
 of Gen. A. C. Harding, organized the 83rd 
 Regt. of 111., Inf. Gen. Harding being elected 
 Col. and Judge Smith Lieut. Col. This Regt. 
 was mustered in Aug. 21, 1862, and pro 
 ceeded at once to Cairo, 111., the place of rendez 
 vous, thence to Forts Henry and Donelson. 
 where for some time they performed guard 
 duty along the Cumberland River, having fre 
 quent skirmishes with the bands of guerrillas 
 at that time infesting that locality. Feb. 3, 
 
 1863, the Confederate Gens. Forrest, Wheeler, 
 and Wharton, with an aggregate force of 8,000 
 men attacked the remnant of the 83rd 111. on 
 duty at Fort Donelson (one Co. having that day 
 gone on special expedition to Clarksville), a 
 Co. of the 5th Iowa Cav., and a section of three 
 guns of Flood s battery, Col. Harding was in 
 command of the post and Col. Smith in direct 
 command of the Regt. 
 
 The Confederate coalition was bent upon 
 the capture of Fort Donelson, and surrounding 
 it demanded its surrender, but the gallant little 
 band of defenders determined to stand their 
 ground. The attacking enemy charged from 
 two sides, penetrating the camp where many were 
 killed. They had succeeded in capturing one 
 of the two guns of Flood s battery, after having 
 killed all of the horses, and carried it off. Col. 
 Smith proposed to recapture it, and with the 
 assistance of some of his men made a gallant 
 effort to do so, but were overpowered by supe 
 rior numbers and withdrew. The battle raged 
 until after nightfall, the heroic defenders of their 
 position fighting and holding in check without 
 assistance an overwhelming force of the enemy, 
 which was driven back to the woods. The gun 
 boats coming up Col. Smith was ordered by 
 Gen. Harding to go aboard to direct their fire, 
 causing the rebels to abandon any further 
 attempt to capture the fort. This is truly 
 regarded as one of the most signal triumphs 
 recorded of the Federal army during the con 
 
 flict. Gen. Lowe, then commandant of Fort 
 Henry, complimented both Gen. Harding and 
 Col. Smith for their gallant and meritorious 
 conduct on this occasion. They were given 
 the camp as a post of honor and became very 
 well posted concerning the surrounding country 
 during the ensuing summer. Lieut. Gamble, 
 of Co. C., who had been despatched with six 
 men to guard a train going to Nashville, was 
 set upon by rebel guerrillas and he and his men 
 taken prisoners. After stripping them of their 
 shirts their captors affixed a tab to each one.read- 
 ing-"Killed by guerrillas." They stood them up 
 in line for the final act of the tragedy, Lieut. 
 Gamble at the head and but a few feet from the 
 bushes. Just as they were about to fire, Lieut. 
 Gamble sprang into the bushes and escaped, 
 but the six men who were with him were shot 
 down like dogs. Lieut. Gamble reached the 
 camp in safety and it was said that the murder 
 of his men was subsequently many times 
 avenged. Gen. Harding was promoted to Brig. 
 Gen. but on account of defective sight he soon 
 after resigned and returned home, and Col. 
 Smith was given command of the Regt. with 
 his corresponding rank and commission, and 
 subsequently was assigned to the command of 
 the District of Tenn., with headquarters at 
 Clarksville, where a part of the Regt. was sta 
 tioned. He held this position until the end of 
 hostilities. 
 
 During the period of the anticipated inva 
 sions and threatened capture of Nashville by 
 Hood, pending reinforcements from A. J. Smith, 
 Gen. Thomas would telegraph him every half 
 hour to know if the enemy was yet in sight. 
 About this period Gen. Smith formed two large 
 camps of freedmen (as the former slaves were 
 called), who were coming to him from every 
 direction. 
 
 In 1865 he was mustered out with his Regt., 
 with the rank of Brevet Brig. Gen. Returning 
 to his home in 111., he soon after returned to 
 Clarksville, Tenn., temporarily engaging in 
 business there with Mr. W. A. Peffer, of the 
 83rd, and at present U. S. Senator from Kansas. 
 Here he encountered the violent antipathies of 
 some of the people, being shot at at night on 
 
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 539 
 
 several occasions and receiving menacing let 
 ters. His friends finally persuaded him to 
 leave, and in 1866 he returned to Galesburg, 
 where he devoted himself to the practice of his 
 profession as an attorney-at-law until 1867, 
 when he was appointed by Gov. Oglesby to a 
 seat on the bench of the Circuit Court to fill 
 a vacancy. In 1868 he was elected to the same 
 office, and for every six years successively 
 since. At the conclusion of his present term 
 he will have served in this relation 31 years. 
 
 He married early in life, losing both his wife 
 and a child within a year. He was again mar 
 ried Nov 12, 1856, to Mary E. Benner, daughter 
 of Elias Benner, of Galesburg, and they have 
 five children living Blanche V., Arthur A. Jr., 
 DeWitt, Loyal L., and Ben X. His daughter 
 is accomplished in music, and spent five years 
 in Europe in the perfection of her talent. 
 Arthur A. Jr. is a rising young attorney of 
 Galesburg; DeWitt is now in the mercantile 
 business in Chicago; and Loyal is an attorney- 
 at-law in Chicago. The youngest son, Ben X., 
 is now a student of the Columbia College of 
 Law in New York City. Judge Smith is a Re 
 publican, and a member of the G. A. R., Post 
 No. 45, of Galesburg. He served as a member 
 of the Illinois Legislature from his district in 
 1861 and in 1862. Few men have retained for 
 so long a period so honorable a position in the 
 legal profession as Judge Smith. As a soldier 
 he was an inflexible example of courage and 
 duty, and as a citizen and jurist has won as 
 priceless a heritage. 
 
 JAMES C. WARE was born in Ohio, May 27, 
 1841 a son of Lecester and Jane (Reed) 
 Ware. The father was a practicing at 
 torney of recognized ability and prominence. 
 Our subject s mother died when he was 6 
 weeks of age. He lived in Champaign Co., 
 Ohio., until he was 13 years of age, at which 
 time he moved with the family to 111., settling 
 near Mahomet, then called Middletown, Cham 
 paign Co. After two years he moved to Pella, 
 Marion Co. Iowa. There our subject attend 
 
 ing the common schools, and the Iowa Central 
 University for two years, after which he re 
 turned to Mahomet, 111., working on a farm 
 until the outbreak of the Rebellion. Realiz 
 ing that his country was in danger, young 
 Ware, to the army determined to go, and as 
 sist in the suppression of war and save the 
 Republic from disintegration. Enlisting at 
 Mahomet June I, 1861, as a private in Co. I., 
 25th 111. Vol. Inf. He was soon appointed to 
 be a corporal and in the following winter, 
 color bearer of his Regt. For thousands of 
 miles and on many a bloody battlefield we 
 find young Ware sacredly guarding and bravely 
 unfolding to the breeze his country s flag. He 
 was mustered in at St. Louis, then moved to 
 Jefferson City, Mo. His Co. was detailed un 
 der Capt. Houston to convey supplies to Gen. 
 Mulligan at Lexington. They impressed a 
 river boat into service, the Capt. and crew of 
 which were rebel sympathizers. They pro 
 ceeded up the River, calling at different points 
 to discharge merchandise, without encounter 
 ing any unusual incidents, until Glasgow was 
 reached. Almost instantly a rebel battery, 
 concealed in the bushes, and the muskets of 
 1,200 rebels, opened a deadly fire on the Co. 
 The boat captain intimated that he would sur 
 render the boat, whereupon Capt. Houston 
 covered him with his revolver and said, any at 
 tempt to do so, would mean instant death. The 
 pilot was similarly informed and compelled to 
 start down the river. The fire, from the re.bel 
 guns, flew wide of its mark and soon the men 
 found protection behind the boxes of merchan 
 dise, which they piled up for that purpose, 
 then opened fire on the Rebels; the crew per 
 forming their duties at the point of the bayo 
 net. They were soon beyond the enemy s 
 reach. 
 
 The rebels gave chase along the banks, 
 many of whom were killed before the chase 
 was abandoned. Not one of this brave Land 
 was killed or injured, and the trip was looked 
 upon as one of the most perilous expeditions 
 of the war. Mr. Ware wintered at Rolla, Mo., 
 and in the spring moved to the protection of 
 Springfield which was threatened by Gen. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Price, whom they followed to Ark., and across 
 the Ozark Mountains. He participated in the 
 desperate battles of Pea Ridge, Shiloh, seige 
 and battle of Corinth and Stone River, at the 
 latter of which, he and another man, were the 
 only two survivors out of five color bearers who 
 ever engaged in that conflict. Col. Williams 
 took the colors in the heat of the conflict to 
 lead a charge and was killed instantly. In the 
 summer of 1863, Ware joined in the Chatta 
 nooga campaign, and on the second day of the 
 famous battle of Chickamauga, fell pierced 
 through the hip by a rebel bullet. He, however, 
 struggled to his feet, and with bullets flying all 
 around him, succeeded in hobbling beyond the 
 rebels reach, whilst many of his comrades were 
 captured as prisoners. He was sent to a hospital 
 at Louisville, but the ball could not be extri 
 cated. Whilst there he received an appoint 
 ment to the secret service but his wound pre 
 vented his accepting. Recovering he joined 
 his Regt. at Cleveland E. Tenn. where he was 
 elected Sergt. Major of the roll of honor corps, 
 which was organized by Gen. Rosecrans, but 
 the organization was countermanded by the 
 war department, and he continued with his 
 Regt. until discharged Sept. 5th, 1864, having 
 faithfully and patriotically served his country 
 for upwards of 3 years. During his service he 
 participated in the battle of Pea Ridge, Shiloh, 
 Corinth, Stone River, Chickamauga, Noon Day 
 Creek, Pine Top Mountain, Chattahoochie, 
 Kenesaw Mt., Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta. 
 Whilst in the war Mr. Ware contracted rheuma 
 tism, from which aggravated by his wounds, he 
 suffers terrible pain and is caused much un 
 easiness. After leaving the army he returned 
 to Mahomet, where he has been engaged farm 
 ing and fancy stock raising, adjoining the 
 limits of .the town, where he owns a splendid 
 farm and a comfortable home. In politics he 
 is decidedly Republican, and as a reward has 
 been elected by his party as Supervisor: 
 and also as sheriff of the county from 1882 
 till 1886 as well as to many other minor posi 
 tions in his county. Being an able leader and 
 forcible debater, his party always looked to 
 him for aid, where hard work, requiring skill 
 
 and ability to perform is to be done. He is a 
 prominent member of the G. A. R.; an exem 
 plary member of the Baptist Church and a 
 great warm hearted and patriotic citizen. 
 
 HON. LUCIEN B. CROCKER was born Nov. 12, 
 1840, in Windsor Co., Vt. The father 
 was an early pioneer farmer in Illinois, 
 and the family endured the hardships that such 
 a life, supplemented by poverty and lack of edu 
 cational facilities, inevitably necessitates. 
 
 Under obligation to do his part in assisting 
 his parents, the subject of this sketch was able 
 to secure only a limited education, mostly ac 
 quired at the rude common schools of that pe 
 riod, supplemented, however, by such academic 
 aid as could be obtained in three months while 
 working for board. 
 
 After teaching school two winters, and 
 " boarding round," after the manner of that 
 time, a natural prejudice agaist hard work at 
 the rate of twelve dollars a month, turned young 
 Mr. Crocker s attention toward a profession, 
 and the spring of 1861 found him in an uncle s 
 office at Mendota, wrestling with the mysteries 
 of Blackstone. Just as he had learned that 
 " law signifies a rule of action," the drums that 
 ushered in the great war of the rebellion began 
 to beat. Of sterling revolutionary ancestry, 
 it seemed natural to Mr. Crooker that he should 
 follow the example of his ancestors, and fight 
 for his country. He enlisted the sixth man, or 
 rather, boy, in his town, and served during the 
 "three months" service in the I2th 111. Inf., 
 commanded by Colonel John McArthur. 
 
 At the end of that term our young friend 
 re-enlisted in what was then called the Douglas 
 Brigade, organizing in old Camp Douglas, under 
 David Stuart. This became afterward the 55th 
 111. Inf., in which he became the First Sergeant 
 of Co. I. This regiment was one of the best 
 and most famous in the war annals of Illinois 
 during the rebellion, losing a greater per cent, 
 of killed and wounded than any other like or 
 ganization from that State. 
 
 At Shiloh it, with one other regiment, was 
 stationed on the extreme left, and 800 yards 
 
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 separated from any other troops, and for two 
 hours stood a sturdy obstruction in the way of 
 the grand left wheel by which Albert Sidney 
 Johnston proposed to sweep that field. In this 
 bloody struggle the 55th 111. lost 249 men killed 
 and wounded, or 53 per cent, of its members 
 engaged the heaviest, with one exception 
 upon that noted battlefield. 
 
 The subject of this sketch received three 
 wounds in the first day s battle one through 
 the right knee, one through the left leg, and 
 one under the shoulder. 
 
 Mr. Crooker was commisioned First Lieut, 
 of his company, and his first commission bore 
 the legend, " for gallantry at Shiloh." 
 
 After partially recovering from his injuries, 
 Mr. Crooker rejoined his regiment at Memphis 
 and participated in the various marches and 
 skirmishes from that place during the summer 
 of 1862. He took part in the Tallatchie cam 
 paign and from thence to Chickasaw Bayou, 
 where occurred the first battle of Vicksburg 
 under Gen. Sherman. At this place Mr. Crooker 
 was transferred to and made Captain of Co. F. 
 of the same regiment, "vice Schleich, killed in 
 battle." He took part in the battle which 
 quickly followed at Arkansas Post, and then in 
 the various efforts in canal digging and finally 
 the movement via Grand Gulf in the rear of 
 Vicksburg, participating in the battle of Cham 
 pion Hills on the way. May 19, \vhile engaged 
 with his Regt. in an assault upon the "Grave 
 Yard" fort, Mr. Crooker was again wounded. 
 This occurred about 50 yards from the rebel 
 entrenchments toward which he and his com 
 panions were struggling, and was caused by a 
 musket ball breaking the left forearm. After 
 partial recovery from this, his fourth wound, 
 Mr. Crooker finding himself unable to do duty, 
 was discharged Aug. 3, 1863, "for wounds re 
 ceived in battle," having served 2 years and 3 
 months. He was subsequently commissioned 
 Captain in the Invalid Corps and appointed 
 Major in a Colored Regt. but was too badly 
 disabled to accept either position. After the 
 war Mr. Crooker finished the study of his pro 
 fession and practiced law at his home for more 
 than 2O years, where he now resides, having re 
 
 tired from the active professional work. He 
 has probably the largest war library of any pri 
 vate person in this State, and has a miscellaneous 
 library of several thousand volumes. He has 
 paid great attention to war history and may be 
 safely consulted as authority thereon, and has 
 written considerable on that line, notably the 
 history of his own Regt. In due time he mar 
 ried and has now two children grown, who to 
 gether with his wife and himself, now reside at 
 their pleasant country home in Mendota, 111. 
 
 Since the war Mr. Crooker has been a Re 
 publican in politics, and has been occasionally 
 honored by his fellow citizens, having been 
 Mayor, City Attorney, Supervisor, etc., in his 
 municipality. 
 
 He has also served in the Legislature of 
 Illinois for four years, and was Revenue Col 
 lector of the Second District of Illinois from 
 1879 to 1885, and until removed by President 
 Cleveland, ostensibly as an offensive partisan. 
 
 Mr. Crooker is a member of the G. A. R., 
 Loyal Legion of the Masonic fraternity. Of 
 late years he has become very heavy, and his 
 time is mostly spent in his library and such 
 amusements as his tastes call for. Among the 
 latter may be named five visits, within the last 
 ten years, to the various battlefields of the Re 
 bellion. 
 
 We close this short sketch by quoting from 
 Mr. Crocker s epigrammatic sentences uttered 
 by him when the author visited him. These 
 seem to state his convictions, and are in part as 
 follows : 
 
 " In the language of Tom Payne; the world 
 is my country, and to do good, my religion. I 
 think one flag is enough for this country, and 
 humbly apologize for being born on American 
 soil. I regret that no means have been pro 
 vided for naturalizing a native born American, 
 and acknowledge it to be a disqualification for 
 office. After years of study and two visits to 
 the field, since the war, I conclude that Shiloh 
 was a complete surprise, and think the rebels 
 outgeneraled us, but we outcoloneled them. 
 I believe Grant to have been the great soldier 
 of the war, on our side. I bow to Thomas, 
 Sherman and Sheridan. When I see the mis- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 takes we made, I wonder we ever whipped the 
 rebels, and when I see the mistakes the rebels 
 made, I wonder they were not whipped 
 
 sooner. 
 
 WILLIAM STEWART, a member of the G. 
 A. R., and a resident of Batavia, wa s 
 the eldest of a family of six able- 
 bodied and stalwart sons who all rallied to the 
 defense of the grand "old flag" at the first out 
 break of the great rebellion. He was born in 
 1836, in Tompkins Co., N. Y., and the par 
 ents who begot this family of patriots were 
 Henry and Harriet (German) Stewart, both 
 natives of the same place. In 1853, the family 
 moved to Geneva, 111., and for the last two 
 years, the parents have lived at Batavia. The 
 father is a carpenter, and is the son of Solomon 
 Stewart, who, at an early age came from Scot 
 land, and who was a soldier in the war of 1812. 
 Lewis S., a brother, enlisted with our subject, 
 but after three months of active service was 
 discharged on account of physical disability. 
 Charles, a second brother, enlisted in 1861, in 
 a Kan. Co. which went to the front as a body 
 guard to Gen. Steele. He was discharged after 
 three years of noble service. Chester and 
 Maurice, a third and forth of this noble band 
 of soldiers, enlisted in the army. At the ex 
 piration of three months service, Maurice re-en 
 listed in the i/th 111. Cav. and served to the 
 close of the war. 
 
 William, our subject, spent his boyhood 
 days attending school until his i6th year at his 
 native home. He then began life as a carpenter. 
 This calling he diligently followed until the 
 war. He tried to enlist in his native State in 
 response to the first call, but the quota had 
 already been filled. However, he was deter 
 mined, and hearing that there might be a 
 possibility of success in the West, he at once 
 came to 111., where he was duly mustered in, 
 May 25, 1862, Co. K., 8gth 111. Inf. Ten days 
 later the Regt. was ordered to Louisville, Ky., 
 and the following month we find comrade 
 Stewart under the enemy s fire in the hard and 
 
 bloody battle of Perryville. Moving on to 
 Nashville, he was transferred to and made 
 Sergt. of Co. F., U. S. Engineer Corps, under 
 Gen. Morton. Shortly, they moved to the front 
 at Murfreesboro, and much of the success of 
 the Union, on that day was due to the gallant 
 service of Stewart s command. The troops 
 remained camped here for five months. 
 
 During this time Sergt. Stewart was detailed 
 with a command of forty men to construct 
 pontoon bridges. At Bridgeport, under almost 
 constant fire of the enemy, they built a bridge 
 for the army to cross the Tenn. River. At 
 Chattanooga, although hemmed in by the rebels 
 they constructed bridges for Sherman s army 
 to cross to Mission Ridge. After months 
 of constant activity, began the arduous and 
 hazardous duties connected with the long and 
 memorable Atlanta campaign, during which 
 the "boys" were constantly engaged in laying 
 bridges over the many streams, subject many 
 times to the greatest danger. After the fall of 
 Atlanta they returned with General Thomas 
 and participated in the battle of Nashville, 
 next going to Chattanooga where our Sergeant 
 was mustered out July 20, 1865, after three 
 years of active service, he never having been 
 off duty a single day. 
 
 His first wife died and he was married a sec 
 ond time, in 1878, to Mrs. Mary Alvison. Com 
 rade Stewart is a prominent member of the 
 Batavia Post. He has been Officer of the Day 
 for two years, and was its first Junior Vice Com 
 mander. He is a Mason, and a member of 
 the Fox River Chapter, No. 14, at Geneva. 
 
 M 
 
 AJ. C. M. REESE, Sergt. Cottage No. 2, I. 
 S. & S. H. at Quincy, 111., was born in 
 Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 13, 1824. 
 Came to America in May, 1852, and located in 
 Rock Co., Wis., where he had editorial charge 
 of the Emigrantcr, a Scandinavian paper pub 
 lished in Inmansville. In the summer of 1854 
 he severed his connection with the paper and 
 went to Chicago, where he was employed as a 
 book-keeper in a real estate office for two 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 years. He then went to Madison Wis., in 1856, 
 and took charge of the Norwegian-American, a 
 paper published there. In the spring of 1860 
 he returned to Chicago and started a Scandi 
 navian paper on his own account, but before 
 fairly started, the Civil war broke out. Having 
 taken an active part in the Presidential cam 
 paign of 1868, he felt compelled, in honor, to 
 "practice what he preached," and he set about 
 organizing a company of about 70 of his coun 
 trymen, for the three months service. But the 
 quota was filled, and they were not accepted. 
 In June. 1861, he joined the 24th 111. Inf., and 
 was mustered into service July 8, 1861, as Or 
 derly Sergt. of Co. I. In Aug. following, our 
 subject was honored with promotion to the 
 position of Adjt. of his Rcgt. He remained 
 with the 24th until Nov. 26, 1861, when he was 
 commissioned as Maj. of the I5th Wis. Inf. 
 This Regt. was organized at Madison. Re 
 mained with the 1 5th until Aug. 28, 1862, when 
 he resigned on account of disability. Remained 
 out of service until Dec., 1863, when he re-en 
 listed as a private in Co. B., 82d 111. Inf. Soon 
 after his enlistment, in recognition of his dis 
 abilities and former services he was detached 
 and sent with the Quartermaster s department 
 on Gen. Thomas staff. Was mustered out of 
 service July 3, 1865, but remained as a civilian 
 clerk for two months afterward. Participated 
 in the guerrilla warfare in Mo. until Aug., 1861, 
 when they were sent to Cairo, and the 24th 
 helped to build Fort Holt on Ky. soil, opposite 
 Bird s Point. Was then sent East to Cincin 
 nati, and was about to leave for Va., when the 
 order was countermanded and the Regt. was 
 returned to Louisville, Ky., and sent down on 
 the Louisville and Nashville R. R. between 
 Colesburg and Elizabethtown, Ky. Here sub 
 ject received promotion, as before stated, to 
 Maj. 1 5th Wis. 
 
 March I, 1861, the Regt. left Madison and 
 went to Bird s Point, Mo., and from thence to 
 take part in the expedition against Island No. 
 10. Here the Maj. was prostrated with rheum 
 atism, which eventually compelled him to re 
 sign. With the 82d 111., he participated in the 
 battles at Resaca, Ga., and Dallas, Ga. Maj. 
 
 Reese was liberally educated in his mother 
 country, being able to speak, read and write 
 four languages. Being discharged, he re 
 mained two years in the South in the coal busi 
 ness, and later came to Ottawa, 111., where he 
 studied law. He was elected Justice of the 
 Peace there, in which office he served eight 
 years. He was also editor of a German paper 
 published in Ottawa for several years. Maj. 
 Reese was married in Wis., in 1853, to Ida Cole, 
 who died 10 years later, leaving 3 children, two 
 sons and one daughter the latter only now 
 living. The sons died in childhood. He is a 
 member of the G. A. R. at Ottawa, 111. He has 
 always taken an active interest in political af 
 fairs, and has spent considerable time during 
 exciting campaigns on the stump, as a Repub 
 lican. Our subject served in the army of his 
 native country for a period of five and a half 
 years, three years of this time 1848, 1849 a d 
 1850 in active warfare, during the war with 
 the German Confederacy, known in history as 
 the Schleswig-Holstein war. During this service 
 he rose to the rank of a Captain in the regular 
 army. He came to the I. S. & S. H. in 1887. 
 His wife and children being dead and having 
 no other home, he feels especially grateful for 
 the splendid provision made by the State for 
 her wards, whether wholly dependent or par 
 tially so. He has been in charge of Cottage 
 No. 2, for the last seven months, a position of 
 responsibility which affords relief from the 
 monotony and humdrum of life suffered by those 
 who are without employment. It also brings 
 some recompense. 
 
 CHARLES LEHNUS, a retired farmer of Kan- 
 kakee Co., 111., was born at Baden, 
 Germany, August 26, 1833. I" J an - 
 1854, he left his native country to come to 
 America, landing in N. Y., and soon after set 
 tling at Naperville, 111., where he began work 
 by the month to replenish his purse which was 
 empty, as he was robbed on ship-board of what 
 money he possessed. He moved to Kankakee 
 in Oct., 1856, and was married to Mary Schmidt, 
 
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 who was born at Nassau, Germany, Feb. 6, 
 1840. He then settled on a farm, cultivating 
 the same until 1889, when he went into the 
 city of Kankakee. Mr. and Mrs. Lehnus are 
 the parents of nine children, eight of whom are 
 living William C., Emma L., Charles E., 
 George F., Jacob B.; Katie, who died Oct. 5, 
 1891 ; Herman, Ida M. A. and John F. 
 
 In 1862, Mr. Lehnus enlisted in Co. I. 76th, 
 111. Inf., and mustered in at Kankakee. He 
 went to Memphis and on account of sickness was 
 sent to the hospital, remaining for some time. 
 From Memphis he was moved to St. Louis and 
 was placed in the convalescent camp. On one 
 occasion while in St. Louis, about 4,000 of the 
 Union forces went out to fight against General 
 Coffee. Having been taken sick, Mr. Lehnus 
 was transferred to the Invalid Corps, and sent 
 to Indianapolis, where he performed guard 
 duty. While in the army his eyesight was in 
 jured and he was mustered out at Indianapolis 
 July, 1865, and returned to his farm at Kanka 
 kee. 
 
 Mr. Lehnus is a charter member of Whipple 
 Post. No. 414, G. A. R., and interested in its 
 success and prosperity. In politics he is a Re 
 publican, and, with his wife, belongs to the Ger 
 man Evangelical Church. Mr. and Mrs. Leh 
 nus have become old and respected citizens in 
 the locality where they reside, and have lived 
 to see many changes in the growth and devel- 
 opement, not only in their neighborhood, but 
 of the country generally. By hard labor and 
 strict economy, they have acquired property, 
 and are now able to live the remainder of their 
 days in the enjoyment of a home that has been 
 so honestly secured, respected and esteemed 
 by those who know them best. 
 
 GEORGE W. ROBINSON, of Elgin, 111., a na 
 tive of N. Y. State, was born in Yates 
 Co., March 9, 1840. His parents were 
 Carl Robinson, born in New York in 1808, of 
 German ancestry, a shoemaker by trade, and 
 Rachel (Winters) Robinson of N. Y., born in 
 1808. Carl and Rachel Robinson were the 
 parents of eleven children. 
 
 Beldin, one of the brothers, served in a 
 Mich. Regt. 
 
 The early life of George W. Robinson, was 
 spent in 111. on a farm, with but few opportuni 
 ties for attending school, so when the call came 
 for soldiers he gladly enlisted and bravely 
 started to serve in the army of his country. 
 Joining Co. G, 520! 111. Inf. at Barrington, 111., 
 Sept. 25, 1861, and going into camp at Geneva, 
 111., was mustered in Oct. 4th. 
 
 After drilling and learning camp duty here 
 and at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, for a month 
 or two, the men were ordered to St. Joseph, and 
 guarded railroad bridges until into the winter 
 season. Having received the necessary disci 
 pline in this service they were faced southward 
 for more important and more serious duty, and 
 went through Quincy to Ft. Holt, up to Smith- 
 land and Ft. Donelson, then back to Chicago 
 in charge of prisoners. 
 
 Only a few days were spent here, when they 
 proceeded to Pittsburg Landing. 
 
 Early in the morning of April 6th, the long 
 roll beat, and the 52d, going about two miles 
 to its position in front, was at once engaged. 
 As a movement was being made by the flank, 
 a rebel Cav. Regt. made a charge, but a volley 
 from the 52d piled the men and horses in ridges 
 and the Cav. retired to give place to an assault 
 ing column of rebel infantry, which forced the 
 Regt. back for a time to a battery, and while 
 making a stand to guard it, a Regt. approached 
 in Union uniform under the stars and stripes. 
 When it arrived within a certain distance it 
 dropped the Union flag, and hoisting the rebel 
 colors opened with a galling fire. It was driven 
 back, but in pursuing it, the 52d was drawn into 
 an ambush and nearly captured. While it was 
 thus escaping Mr. Robinson made an effort to 
 carry back a wounded comrade, but found it 
 impossible. Stopping a moment to make him 
 more comfortable, where he was compelled to 
 leave him, he had just started back when he 
 was commanded to halt. He did not obey how 
 ever, but as he says, "got out quick" and soon 
 overtook Col. Sweeney, who had been wounded. 
 
 The forces were soon rallied and the enemy 
 checked for a time. Col. Sweeney recom- 
 
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 mended Mr. Robinson for promotion on ac 
 count of "meritorious conduct in the battle of 
 Pittsburg Landing", and he received an ap 
 pointment as 2nd Lieut, from that date. 
 
 The Union forces were driven back until 
 about four o clock when the supply of amuni- 
 tion failing, the 52nd, went to its camp, but 
 could not remain there on account of heavy 
 firing from rebel guns. Late in the even 
 ing the amunition arrived and the Regt. 
 promptly took its place in the line again, re 
 maining all night in the rain until morning; 
 then went through a bayou of water nearly 
 neck deep, and were soon engaged. When the 
 Art. opened fire, Lieut. Robinson was wounded 
 by a heavy piece of shell which struck his cap, 
 glanced over the front of his head, through 
 the nose, and lodged in his mouth. 
 
 He was put on a hospital boat, and sent to 
 Mound City, where he remained a few days un 
 til a furlough was given him to go home. 
 
 He rejoined his Regt. just after the evacua 
 tion of Corinth, and camped in that vicinity 
 until the second battle at Corinth, where the 
 regiment was actively engaged, marching out 
 eight miles to meet the enemy, and fighting 
 over the ground all day. It was a terrible, 
 long, hot day, but by hard and persistent 
 fighting, the position, which had been changed 
 five times, was finally held for the next day s 
 work. Lieut. Robinson while in command of 
 his Co. this day, received a wound in the hip 
 by a rifle ball, and while crawling to the rear 
 was run over by the artillery horses. 
 
 He was sent to the hospital, but was dis 
 abled a month before returning to duty. He 
 then went on a raid into Northern Ala., about 
 100 miles, and returned to Corinth. A forward 
 movement was made to Germantown and Pu- 
 laski, where the Regt. re-enlisted, and Lieut. 
 Robinson went home on recruiting service and 
 returned to Pulaski. April 28 they started on 
 an expedition to Chattanooga. Here the river 
 was found to be so full of worms that it was 
 difficult to procure water. Passing over to the 
 Chickamauga battlefield, they camped in Hall s 
 Gap, and May 9, 1864, made the advance on 
 Resaca, charging the enemy and driving him 
 
 for a time, then drew back and threw up breast 
 works. 
 
 A march was then made by flank movement 
 to Lacy Ferry, where the rebels were found in 
 strong force. They had sharp-shooters posted 
 in trees, but these were soon disposed off. At 
 this place one of the Union men swam across 
 the river and stole the rebel flag from the fort. 
 The next day the Regt. crossed the river, 
 and in a fierce and most desperate charge took 
 the rebel works. When this work was done 
 the force marched on and struck the railroad 
 south. The next day it was entrapped in an 
 ambush by the enemy, but swinging into line 
 and falling on the rebel flank soon started them 
 in lively retreat, and marched on without delay. 
 The next objective point was Dallae, then 
 Pumpkinvine Creek, where there was fighting 
 for five days, and from which the force was 
 compelled to fall back on account of the un 
 endurable stench arising from the unburied 
 dead and uncared for wounded. 
 
 Following this came the engagement at Big 
 Shanty and Kenesaw Mt. Most of the time dur 
 ing the march between different points there was 
 almost continued skirmishing, so that constant 
 alertness and watchfulness were required, which 
 rendered the service more exhaustive. At 
 Kenesaw Mt. the rebels evacuated the place, 
 and the $2nd marched on to Resaca, where the 
 mills for grinding corn and wheat were captured. 
 The battle of Resaca finished, the enemy was 
 pursued to Decatur, where he made a short 
 stand, and continued his retreat. 
 
 One day when on picket duty Lieut. Robin 
 son was ordered to ascertain the movements of 
 the enemy, and by going to the lines discovered 
 that they were being abandoned, when report 
 to this effect was made. An early movement 
 was ordered the next morning, when it was dis 
 covered that the rebels had entrenched them 
 selves, and about 8 o clock the engagement of 
 Atlanta began. The 52d took a position on the 
 left, where the firing was hot and heavy. Mc- 
 Phersonhadjustbeenkilled.and there wasactive 
 fighting all along the line. The rebels made 
 desperate charges, but were met by counter 
 charges which held them in check. That night 
 
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 works were thrown up, and the dead were 
 buried. The engagement was fiercely continued 
 during the next two days, and, moving to the 
 west side of the city, seven lines of works were 
 thrown up and occupied. 
 
 Lieut. Robinson, in command of his 
 Co., was called upon to send three men and 
 a non-commissioned officer to build an out 
 work ; he did not wish to make a detail 
 for this dangerous duty, knowing that it 
 was almost certain death, so he called for vol 
 unteers, and one young soldier, about 17 years 
 old, said, " I will go, Lieut." and soon two more 
 responded, and a Sergeant volunteered, and 
 preparations began for this hazardous duty. 
 The men gave their valuables to the Lieut., 
 with messages to be sent to their friends at home 
 in case they did not return, and after a sad good 
 bye to their comrades, set out to face death 
 where duty called. They succeeded in build 
 ing the works and successfully held them. No 
 greater act of real heroism was ever performed 
 during the war, for there was no enthusiasm of 
 battle to hide the stern reality of death. 
 
 At this place there was a long siege of skir 
 mishing and fighting, and Lieut. Robinson 
 states that he lay nine days in one ditch, sup 
 porting a battery and repairing embrasures, 
 and some of the boys did not remove their car 
 tridge boxes during this time. When, at last, 
 Atlanta fell they at once pressed on to Rome, 
 where the enemy was massed for another- 
 struggle. 
 
 While the Regt. was engaged here Lieut. 
 Robinson was detailed to assist the Provost 
 Marshal who had charge of the prisoners to be 
 sent North, and the refugees that distress, mis 
 fortune and starvation had driven into the 
 camp of the Union army from the country that 
 had been devastated by both armies. These 
 refugees consisted of men, women and chil 
 dren, white and black. An attempt was made to 
 provide for them, and many were assisted to 
 Kingston, but it became necessary to abandon 
 them, as the army moved on to make prepara 
 tions for the unequaled march to the sea. 
 
 In this great expedition the 52nd was on the 
 right of the column, and at Ogeechee River 
 
 crossed on pontoon, as the enemy had burned 
 the bridge, and, charging down, the pike cap 
 tured the rebel works and a number of prison 
 ers, compelling the opposing force to retreat 
 and leave the dead upon the field. Nov. 20, a 
 snow storm and freezing weather made progress 
 difficult and unpleasant for men and teams, but 
 the march continued, crossing the Oconee 
 River, on to Macon and Millen. At this place 
 the rebel prison was captured, with its Union 
 prisoners, and Lieutenant Robinson says: " I 
 never saw such living skeletons and such filth." 
 From this point to Savannah the march was a 
 continual skirmish, the men subsisting chiefly 
 on rice and ear corn. 
 
 About this time Lieut. Robinson was mus 
 tered out, and, returning to 111., engaged in 
 fruit farming for a number of years, was in 
 mercantile business, and also in the ministerial 
 work for some time, and at present is pastor of 
 a Baptist Church. Rev. George W. Robinson 
 was married July 7, 1860, at Bellington, 111., to 
 Jane Applebee, a daughter of American parents, 
 and four children have blessed their union 
 Mabel, Grant L., Gilbert A. and Willis Judson. 
 With a brilliant and thrilling army record, in 
 some of the famous battles and campaigns of 
 the war, followed by years of selfsacnficing 
 work for the good of humanity, this gentleman 
 may regard his life work with satisfaction and 
 confidently expect at the end, the welcome 
 plaudit, "Well done, thou good and faithful ser 
 vant." 
 
 COL. NICHOLAS C. BUSWELL, of Neponset, 
 111., was born in Caledonia Co., Vt., Dec. 
 5,1831. In the year of 1834 he came with 
 his father to a point on the farmington road 
 near Peoria, 111., and in 1837 moved to Osceola, 
 Stark Co., 111., where he lived untill he grew 
 to manhood, acquiring such education as the 
 log school-houses of pioneer times afforded. 
 Neponset 111. was started in 1855, and in 
 1857 he located at that place where he 
 was in business when the cloud of civil war 
 broke upon the land. The country in this 
 
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 vicinity, just opened by a railroad, was rapid 
 ly settling up, and Mr. Buswell was well 
 situated to reap the advantages, as he had 
 entered a law office as a student, and was pre 
 paring to begin the practice of this profession. 
 
 In 1862 he was commissioned by Gov. Yates 
 to raise a Co. of men for the army. This he 
 did, and entered the 93d 111., Vol. Inf., which 
 was known as the Bureau Co. Regt. When the 
 Regt. was organized Mr. Buswell was chosen 
 Lieut. Col. He went to the field under Gen. 
 Grant and was with the Regt. below Oxford 
 when Holly Springs surrendered, and on the 
 march to Memphis where they went into winter 
 quarters. In the spring of 1863 they started 
 on an expedition through Moon Lake and 
 Coldwater, going through the muddy swamps 
 on boats to reach the Yazoo. This, the Col. 
 says, was his first overland trip on a boat. The 
 return from this movement required 18 days. 
 Orders were then received to go down to Milli- 
 ken s Bend above Vicksburg. The command 
 proceeded to cross the river at Bruinsburg, and 
 was at the battles of Port Gibson and Ray 
 mond, but the 93d did not participate in these 
 battles, although Col. Buswell was fiel d officer 
 at Raymond, and witnessed the action. 
 
 The force was sent forward to Jackson, and 
 was in that battle and shortly afterwards was 
 in the battle of Champion Hills where the 
 Regt. lost 180 men in about 45 minutes. 
 
 Col. Buswell always had a great admiration 
 for fine horses, and at the battle of Champion 
 Hills, was riding his favorite steed, which 
 became excited and when struck in the jaw 
 by a ball became unmanageable. Rearing and 
 plunging, the saddle girth was broken, and the 
 Col. was unhorsed, but had no time to do any 
 thing with the escaping horse which ran into 
 the rebel lines with the saddle under his flanks. 
 The Regt. went to Vicksburg, and was in the 
 siege until just before the fall of that place, 
 when it was sent out to Black River and Jack 
 son to intercept Gen. Johnston. Returning on 
 the day that Vicksburg fell the Col. rode into 
 the captured city on a mule. Here he found 
 his lost horse which was claimed by a rebel 
 Gen. The General s orderly had the horses in 
 
 charge, and Col. Buswell riding up took hold 
 of the bridle, and finding the rebel Gen. made 
 his claim for the horse. The Gen. protested, as 
 according to the terms of surrender, the officers 
 were to retain their personal property. The 
 Col. said "I rode into this city as Christ did 
 
 into Jerusalem, but I ll be d d if I am going 
 
 out that way. This is my horse and I am going 
 to keep him," and started with him towards 
 camp. Stopping on the way a cavalryman 
 stole the horse, and the rebel Gen. finding this 
 man with the horse took it from him. The 
 Colonel started out again in search of his horse 
 and going along a very high bluff that over 
 looked a large corrall, he told a comrade to 
 stay on the hill and gather the boys passing 
 along the road so they could assist him if neces 
 sary, and he would go down and get his horse 
 which was in the rebel Gen s, camp. He got 
 the horse, but the rebel Gen. and his aids saw 
 him and ordered him to dismount, threaten 
 ing to do him harm if he did not. The Col. 
 simply called their attention to the soldiers 
 gathered on the hill who were there, he said, 
 to see that no harm came to him, and he was 
 allowed to go with his well earned horse. 
 
 The Col. went with Gen. Sherman on the 
 Atlanta campaign, and took part in all the bat 
 tles leading up to the capture of that city, and 
 continued on with Gen. Sherman to the sea; 
 took part in the Grand Review at Washington, 
 and returned home, 
 
 Col. Putnam, who went out in command of 
 the Reg t was killed Nov. 25, 1863, at Mission 
 ary Ridge, when Lieut. Col. Buswell was placed 
 in command and led it until the close of the 
 war. 
 
 The Colonel is considered one of the best 
 posted men in war history now living, and 
 has painted the largest map in the world, show 
 ing all the battlefields from Brownville, Tex. 
 to Gettysburg, Penn. This work required sev 
 eral years time and a great deal of careful and 
 dilligent research; but every battle given in 
 history is located and the position of the troops 
 indicated. Some very highly interesting lec 
 tures on the war has also been delivered at 
 various times by this gentleman. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Col. Buswell, after his return from the war, 
 was elected sheriff on the Republican ticket of 
 Bureau Co., and has held other important 
 offices. He was also tendered a commission 
 in the regular army, which was declined. He 
 is a member of the G. A. R. Post No. 289. 
 
 At the time of his enlistment he was study 
 ing law, and since that time has been admited 
 to practice in the local courts. Col. Buswell 
 was never blessed with children, and has 
 recently been called to mourn the loss of his 
 wife, who was a lady possesed of very fine 
 qualities, 
 
 In 1873 Col. Buswell was selected by the 
 Granger societies as their agent to go to Eu 
 rope to purchase blooded horses. This com 
 mission he performed with ability and to the 
 complete satisfaction of the societies. 
 
 In addition to his other accomplishments, 
 the Colonel is the author of many fine literary 
 productions, and a poem is here given that 
 will appeal to the "boys in blue," especially 
 those who took part in the famous battle. 
 
 BATTLE OF CHATTANOGA. 
 
 November 23, 24 and 25, 1863. 
 
 BY COL. N. C. BUSWELL, 930 ILL. VOL. INFTY. 
 
 We cannot forget the bold mountains before us, 
 Nor the camp in the valley, in years long ago, 
 
 The blue lines of battle, our flag floating o er us, 
 On the heights far above us, a resolute foe. 
 
 From the crest of each mountain their cannon are 
 bristling, 
 
 And the face of each hillside is green with the Grey, 
 Where line above line their bay nets are glist ning, 
 
 Entrenched and awaiting the bloody affray. 
 
 Nor long do they wait, for the columns of Granger, 
 Out from the center, are sweeping the plain ; 
 
 Are cheering and charging, regardless of danger, 
 Where death-dealing missiles are falling like rain. 
 
 On the right, the heroes of Hooker are forming ; 
 
 They charge cross the valley ; they cheer as they go ; 
 The bold heights of Lookout are gallantly storming ; 
 
 Are striving, are driving, pursuing the foe. 
 
 A sulphurous mantle, the mountain enfolding, 
 Creeps steadily onward and up the steep way, 
 
 "Till shouts of the loyal are loud, on beholding 
 Our flag on the crest, at the close of the day. 
 
 The vale is now vacant where Sherman was camping ; 
 
 They stem the dark flood at the hush of the night ; 
 Along the broad valley their columns are tramping ; 
 
 Are nearing the tunnel ; are climbing the height. 
 
 On right, left and center the battle is raging 
 
 From brow of the mountain to valley and plain ; 
 
 And doubtful the contest the Union is waging ; 
 And woeful the sight of our comrades there slain. 
 
 The foe in confusion, in darkness retreating, 
 
 Encumbered the highways, as southward they flee ; 
 
 The sound of the bugle and drums loudly beating 
 Our army pursuing well remembered by me. 
 
 We cannot forget the dead and the dying 
 
 That cumbered the crest, as the smoke cleared away ; 
 When there, side by side like brothers, were lying 
 
 In death s calm repose, both the Blue and the Grey. 
 
 Nor can we forget the brave comrades we carried, 
 And laid, side by side, in the long shallow grave ; 
 
 Nor the field on the hillside, where those heroes were 
 
 buried, 
 To await the reward of the true and the brave. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARK, of Sidney, 111., commenced 
 his soldier experiences in the early days of 
 the late war. Responding to the Presi 
 dent s first call for troops, he enlisted in Co. A., 
 2Oth 111. Vol. Inf., in April, 1861, being about the 
 first man to enroll his name from Champaign 
 Co. With his Co., he went to Joliet, where he 
 was drilled and made acquainted with army 
 movements. This occupied the period of his 
 enlistment. He immediately re-enlisted for the 
 3 years service in Co. C., 25th 111. Vol. Inf., he 
 being better satisfied with the officers in charge 
 of that Regt. than of the former. With his 
 Regt. he proceeded to St. Louis, then to Jeffer 
 son City, where it relieved Mulligan s Brig., 
 and, after a month, went to camp Otterville, 
 and afterwards to Springfield, via Sedalia, for 
 the purpose of driving the rebel, Price, out of 
 that part of the country. The Regt. wintered 
 at Rolla, and, March 6 and 8, was engaged in 
 the battle of Pea Ridge, then moved on to Cape 
 Girardeau, thence to Pittsburg Landing, where 
 they took part in the bloody battle of Shiloh. 
 The Regt. then started on the expedition 
 through Tenn., Miss, and Ala., bringing up at 
 Louisville, then on to the famous battlefield of 
 
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 Perryville, where it was held in reserve. Leav 
 ing there, they marched back to Nashville, 
 where they did some scouting and foraging, 
 then participated in the battle of Stone River, 
 going into winter quarters at Murfreesboro. 
 The following spring they participated in the 
 operations against Vicksburg, and took part in 
 the battle of Champion Hills. After the surren 
 der of that city it joined in the Chattanooga cam 
 paign, and was actively engaged in the battle 
 of Chickamauga. On the morning of the sec 
 ond day s fight, and while in the line of duty, he 
 was struck by a rebel bullet in the left arm, 
 which shattered a bone. He was the only 
 soldier in the Regt. that carried a i6-shooter, 
 having purchased it himself at a cost of $60, 
 and, on being wounded, he handed his gun to 
 a comrade, and he, too, soon fell, pierced by a 
 rebel bullet; consequently, Mr. Clark s much- 
 prized weapon went into the enemy s hands. 
 
 Mr. Clark escaped from being captured, 
 was then conveyed by ambulance and taken 
 across the river, then by wagon across the 
 mountains to Bridge Port, thence by cars to 
 Murfreesboro, where he lay suffering for 3 
 months. By that time he was enabled to go 
 home on a furlough which was extended to a 
 period of 60 days. He then returned to hos 
 pital No. 3, at Murfreesboro and desired to go 
 to the front but the Surgeon refused to give 
 him a permit, but a few days later he secured a 
 pass to go down town, and taking advantage 
 left for his Regt. then at Strawberry Plains, 
 having secured passage on a freight car 
 loaded with soldiers going to the front. 
 He reported to the Surgeon at Knoxville, but 
 finding that his was not a flesh wound, he in 
 sisted upon knowing where he had come from. 
 Mr. Clark admitted running away from hospital 
 No. 3 to which the Dr. said he must return. 
 That advice did not suit Mr. Clark s ambition, 
 therefore he skipped out, reached his Regt. and 
 marched with the boys to Cleveland, Tenn., 
 where they went into Camp. Subsequently he 
 moved with the Regt. to Rome, Ga., and was 
 there ordered to a hospital where he was fur- 
 loughed and was afterwards discharged Sept. 
 6th, 1864. 
 
 His arm continued to give him much 
 trouble, many pieces of bone having come 
 away. Although it has not been amputated he 
 has little more use of it than if he were with 
 out that member. Mr. Clark inherited his 
 soldierly qualities from his father Michael Clark, 
 who was also a soldier in the Rebellion and 
 died from disease contracted while in the 
 army, at Young s Point, La. His brother, Hugh 
 Clark, was also in the army for upwards of a 
 year when he was discharged, and has not been 
 seen since. Our subject was born in Ohio, 
 May 10, 1840, and grew up upon his father s 
 farm, where he received a common school 
 education. In 1855, he removed to Homer, 
 111., and after one year returned to Ohio where 
 they remained until i860, when he again re 
 turned to Homer, where he remained until he 
 entered the service of the war. He lived for a 
 time at Homer, then at Monticello, where he 
 spent 2 years, going to Sidney, 111. where he 
 has since resided. He has been town clerk for 
 one year, assessor for five years, and police 
 justice for four years. In 1889, he engaged in 
 the general hardware business at Sidney, at 
 which he is still employed, as well as in the 
 buggy and harness trade. Mr. Clark was a 
 charter member of the Sidney Post and has held 
 the offices of Adj. and Quarter Master. He is 
 a member of Odd Fellow Subordinate Encamp 
 ment, and a Republican, having changed his 
 party allegiance at the time of the war. He 
 was married Jan. 10, 1864, to Susan A. Eaton, 
 and out of a family of 13 children 8 are living, 
 viz.: Laurabella, Arizona, Henry, lola, Clara, 
 Nellie, Charlie and Fannie. 
 
 THERE is no resident of Champaign Co., 
 111., better or more favorably known then 
 FRANKLIN D. SCOTT of Rantoul, now 
 commander of Senior Post No. 253 at Rantoul. 
 He enlisted in the Union army April 8, 1864, as 
 a private in Co. A., 26th Ind. Vol. Inf. He 
 started for the front joining his Regt. at Don- 
 aldsville where it remained for several weeks. 
 Here he became ill, was placed upon detached 
 
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 duty but was soon forced to abandon all active 
 work and sent to the hospital. For many 
 weeks he lay helpless hovering between life and 
 death with every indication pointing to the lat 
 ter as the probable issue. He recovered how 
 ever, and rejoined his Regt. He participated 
 later in the expedition having for its object the 
 capture of Mobile. He was actively engaged 
 in the siege and assault upon Spanish Fort, the 
 capture of Fort Blakely and was present at the 
 surrender of Mobile. He was with his Regt. 
 at Meridian, and accompanied it to Jackson, 
 thence to Vicksburg where he was mustered 
 out of the service Jan. 1 1 , 1 866. Having been in 
 capacitated the greater part of the time through 
 sickness, he had not the opportunity of partici 
 pating in many of the operations of the war. 
 He had two brothers in the army who did val 
 iant duty for their country, viz.: H. B. and 
 Thomas W. the former also served in the 26th 
 Ind., having joined at its organization in 1861, 
 and continued with it throughout the whole 
 war. He was wounded by a bullet at Prairie 
 Grove which, incapacitated him for active serv 
 ice, for a short time, but that was his only 
 casuality. His other brother, Thomas, enlisted 
 in the 46th Ky., in Oct. 1861, afterwards was 
 veteranized, and was in all the battles of his 
 Regt., but was killed towards the close of the 
 war in the battle of Mansfield. This brave 
 young hero s body found an unknown grave. 
 
 Mr. Scott s parentage on his father s side 
 runs back in the country to the early settle 
 ment of this as a colony, and of Scotch an 
 cestry. He was born at Irishburg, Vt, Sept. 8, 
 1842, a son of Phineus and Anna (Brown) 
 Scott who were of the leading families of Vt. 
 His parents were both well educated, and for 
 generations had been identified with the edu 
 cational institutions of the State. When the 
 son was a bby of 8 years the parents, in com 
 mon with thousands of others, joined in the 
 Western movement, settling in Ind., where they 
 engaged in farming, but results did not justify 
 their expectations, therefore they both engaged 
 in teaching, under whose tuition young Scott 
 was prepared for the same profession. He was 
 licensed as a teacher, following that calling for 
 
 several years, but his principal business of life 
 has been a tiller of the soil." His ancestors 
 were conspicuous in times of war as well as 
 peace his grandfather Brown fought for his 
 flag and country in the war of 1812, and his 
 two uncles in the Mexican war. The father 
 died many years ago, the mother died four 
 years ago at the mature age of 84 years. 
 
 In 1864 Commander Scott removed to 111., 
 locating on a farm near Rantoul, which he con 
 ducted until three years ago, when his circum 
 stances enabled him to retire from that honest 
 and healthgiving toil. He has built himself a 
 fine residence in the city where he expects to 
 spend the evening of his active life, surrounded 
 by all the comforts which a modest income, 
 devoted wife, and interesting family can supply. 
 He was married March, 1871, to Elizabeth 
 Lukens, an estimable lady from Ind., by whom 
 he has three bright, intelligent children, viz.: 
 George H., Clara and Arthur H. Mr. Scott 
 has filled many of the subordinate offices in the 
 G. A. R., as well as ably represented his post 
 as a delegate to the Department Encampment. 
 Honorable and straightforward in every walk 
 of life, Mr. Scott has established for himself a 
 good name which will endure in that part of 
 the country, long years after the owner shall 
 have been called to his final muster in the 
 Heavenly army. 
 
 JAMES P. HAMBLEN, of Galesburg, 111., was 
 born at Livingston, York Co., Me., July 8, 
 1829. He was early put to school, and at 
 theageof 19 was apprenticed to learn the trade 
 of machinist. After working for a time in this 
 relation he became a locomotive engineer on 
 the Portland & Rochester R. R. He continued 
 in this employment until the outbreak of the 
 war of the rebellion. July 18, 1862, he enlisted 
 in Co. F., i6th Me. Vol. Inf., going into camp 
 at Augusta and thence to Fort Tillinghast, near 
 Arlington Heights, Washington, D. C. Here 
 the men were drilled in heavy artillery tactics, 
 for 3 months, and joined the advance to Antie- 
 tam, reaching the field just as Gen. Lee asked 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 for a cessation of hostilities for 24 hours to bury 
 the dead. 
 
 The i6th Me. went into camp at Sharpsburg, 
 where they remained for a short while, thence 
 going to Fredericksburg, and participating in 
 that battle, where they suffered heavy losses. 
 The Regt. experienced great suffering from not 
 being provided with suitable clothing, and 
 many deaths occurred from exposure to the 
 cold, often being obliged to sleep in the snow 
 and rain without shelter, and with only a 
 blanket as a protection from the pitiless frost. 
 It was not an unusual thing to find men frozen to 
 death in their blankets. It was in a demor 
 alized condition that these tattered and dis 
 heartened men went into action at Fredericks- 
 burg, caring little as to whether they survived 
 the battle or not. They moved forward in the 
 charge and were cut down on all sides. Mr. 
 Hamblen had now been assigned to duty as 
 Sergeant in the ordnance department. The 
 Regt. was* also engaged in the battle of the 
 Wilderness, in 1863, where on the first day the 
 Brig, was drawn up inline for religious services 
 on Fast Day by a proclamation from Lincoln, 
 when the enemy opened their batteries upon 
 them, killing several, and putting an abrupt 
 termination to the solemnities. 
 
 The ensuing night they marched ten miles 
 to another part of the line, and were supposed 
 to be very near the enemy; hence the troops 
 were not permitted to speak above a whisper, 
 or to light a fire. It had begun to rain about 
 nightfall and continued all night, coming down 
 in torrents. They were held in this position 
 for two days, and on the night of the second 
 day, when they were ordered to fall into line of 
 march, it was so dark they could not see each 
 other at the distance of a few rods. They 
 were again compelled to stand in the rain, 
 which was still falling, for two hours, when the 
 order was whispered to put up their tents and 
 lie down, which was quickly done, but just as 
 they were beginning to get a little rest, an or 
 der was whispered to fall in again. Keeping 
 in line until daybreak, they resumed the march 
 in the rain, tramping 26 miles through the 
 mud. Previous to this, they had been on the 
 
 famous "mud march" with Burnside. This 
 march will never be forgotten by those who 
 were so unfortunate as to have been called 
 upon to undertake it. The ground had been 
 frozen, upon which a warm rain had fallen, 
 causing a thaw and mud to the depth of sev 
 eral feet. Some of the mule teams became 
 suffocated in the mud, and the wagons were 
 driven right over them. A corduroy road was 
 laid upon the dead mules, over which the troops 
 were finally enabled to pass. 
 
 The next battle in which they participated 
 was at Gettysburg, where, although his duties 
 did not call him into the action, Mr. Hamblen 
 left his ordnance store with a deputy and took 
 a place in the ranks. On the morning of the 
 second day s fight when they came together 
 there were but 14 men of the whole Regt., the 
 highest officer being an orderly sergeant, who 
 took command. They left Me. as a Regt. of 
 1,000 men, but had been reduced from time to 
 time, until, after this battle, the rebels having 
 released their prisoners, they mustered nearly 
 300. They had borne the first great charge of 
 Lee s army as a part of the corps of Gen. Rey 
 nolds, who was killed in this action. Mr. 
 Hamblen, after this battle, while on the pursuit 
 of the retreating rebels, was attacked with sun 
 stroke, and was sent to the hospital at Wash 
 ington, where he remained through the ensu 
 ing winter. 
 
 In the following spring he went to the con 
 valescent camp, and, at his examination, was 
 declared unfit for duty, and was sent home on 
 a furlough for thirty days, thence going to the 
 post hospital. There were 900 inmates of this 
 hospital and after a few months Mr. Hamblen 
 was given charge of the cooking department. 
 He was finally discharged at Augusta, Me., 
 May 22, 1865, the war being over. 
 
 He returned to his home at Limington, 
 but was unfit for any kind of labor for more 
 than a year. He had a brother residing in 111., 
 and his physician had recommended a change 
 of climate, so in the spring of 1866, he went to 
 Galesburg, where he soon found employment 
 as a machinist in the C., B. & Q. R. R. shops, 
 and in which he continued until about four 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 years ago, when he became a locomotive engi 
 neer on the same road, and has since followed 
 this occupation. 
 
 He married Susan S., daughter of Sam. and 
 Eliza Hopkinson, of Limington, Me., Jan. 2, 
 1853. They were raised as children in the same 
 neighborhood. Two sons have been born to 
 them Frank E. and James. Mrs. Hamblen 
 died April 26, 1880, her children surviving her. 
 
 Mr. Hamblen is a Republican in politics. 
 He enlisted in the service without his wife s 
 knowledge, at the time, though she very unwill 
 ingly assented for the cause sake, leaving her 
 to support herself and two boys as best she 
 could on what he could manage to send her 
 from his soldier s pay. He was among the first 
 to enlist in the call for 600,000 more troops. 
 His wife was a patriotic woman and did her 
 duty as the wife of a soldier, while he was away, 
 and bade him God speed on his way to the 
 field. She learned the trade of a tailoress and 
 worked industriously in that relation during 
 her husband s absence in the service. When 
 he became chief of the cooking department at 
 the hospital she took a place with him to the 
 end of the war. 
 
 He is a member of the G. A. R., Post 45, and 
 ranks as past Post Commander. He is a mem 
 ber of the Baptist Church, and a strictly honor 
 able and conscientious man. 
 
 FIRST LIEUT. JOSEPH W. HARRIS, of Tiskilwa^ 
 111., was born at Valley Falls, R. I., Jan! 
 16, 1819, his ancestors, as far as he has 
 been able to trace them, being all close follow 
 ers and ardent adherents of the Quaker faith 
 and doctrines. When in his eighteenth year 
 he removed West, and settled in Mich., but 
 growing disappointed with that country, re 
 moved in the year of 1840, to Tiskilwa, where 
 he engaged in farming and stock raising. 
 
 He is a son of William Harris, who in his 
 time was a gentleman of prominence, and ex 
 tensively engaged in the cotton manufacturing 
 business in R. I. His grandfather, Joseph Har 
 ris, was on the "Gasper," and was one of the 
 
 men who assisted in throwing the tea into the 
 Narragansett Bay in 1774. He could trace his 
 genealogy through those who were citizens of 
 this country even anterior to the arrival of the 
 Pilgrim Fathers upon the shores of America; 
 his first American ancestors having arrived 
 here from Bristol, England, in the year 1630. 
 
 After the outbreak of the rebellion, inherit 
 ing the soldierly characteristics of his grand 
 father, he enlisted in the Union army, and was 
 mustered in as 1st Lieut. Co. F., 57th 111. Vol. 
 Inf., with F. A. Beatty as Capt. of the Co. His 
 Co. with three others proceeded to Chicago, 
 where they went into camp, and in the follow 
 ing Dec. the 56th was consolidated with the 
 57th, and continued to be known as the latter 
 during the war. Feb. 8, 1862, the Regt., com 
 prising about 975 men, fully officered and armed 
 with old Harper s Ferry muskets altered from 
 flint locks, proceeded by rail to Cairo, 111., and 
 thence by transports to Fort Henry, which had 
 been evacuated by the enemy and taken pos 
 session of by the Union forces, and from there 
 hurried down to the river to Paducah, Ky., 
 thence up the Cumberland to a point three 
 miles below Fort Donelson, disembarked and 
 marched to a position in front of the rebel 
 stronghold, where fighting had already com 
 menced. It remained in this position through 
 the night, and suffered greatly from cold, hav 
 ing nothing but blankets to sleep in and pro 
 tect them from the snow which fell. 
 
 On the following day the Regt. was sent to 
 support two batteries of artillery. Next morn 
 ing, when the men were all in readiness to as 
 sault the rebel works, word passed along the 
 line that the whole rebel garrison about 17,000 
 men had surrendered to Gen. Grant. They pro 
 ceeded a few days later to Fort Henry, then up 
 the river to Crump s Landing, the boat carrying 
 them being one of 122 transports, nearly all 
 loaded with troops, constituting the greater part 
 of the Army of the Tenn., the fleet formingone 
 of the grandest sights of the war. They con 
 tinued ascending the river until Pittsburg 
 Landing was reached, having on the route 
 touched at different places, and making short 
 excursions into the surrounding country, to as- 
 
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 certain, if possible, the situation of the enemy. 
 They went into camp a short distance up the 
 river, to the right of the Landing, and remained 
 there until Sunday morning, April 6, when 
 firing at the front in the direction of Cor 
 inth was heard, and the battle of Shiloh had 
 opened. Lieut. Harris Regt. was ordered to 
 the front by the Corinth road, and on its arrival 
 was held in service for a time when it, went to 
 the support of a battery of artillery then sharply 
 engaged with the enemy. The fighting increased 
 in severity as the numbers engaged increased, 
 and when placed in position in the afternoon, 
 the 57th changed its position to the extreme 
 left of the Union line, and made an advance 
 where the enemy was encountered in immense 
 numbers ; simultaneously fire was opened from 
 both sides, and for twenty minutes a terrible 
 roar of musketry was steadily maintained. The 
 Regt. soon discovered, however, that its men 
 were waging an unequal contest. The old al 
 tered flint locks became fouled and heated after 
 firing a few rounds, making it impossible to 
 force the cartridge into the barrel, even when 
 the men in desperation would strike the ram 
 rods against stumps and stones to force the 
 charge home ; therefore the rifles of their dead 
 and wounded comrades were seized and used, 
 until they also became useless. 
 
 Thus handicapped by arms which failed to 
 be of use, being without support and flanked 
 on both sides, the gallant command, although 
 they had fought with all the heroism of tried 
 veterans, were compelled, in order to avoid 
 capture or annihilation, to retire, and in doing 
 so were subjected to a storm of grape and can 
 ister from the enemy s cannon until they had 
 passed the line of Union artillery, which opened 
 upon the enemy with awful effect, checking his 
 advance, and starting him on the retreat in 
 confusion. By this time night closed upon the 
 scene, leaving the Regt. with a loss of 187 of 
 its number in killed, wounded and missing. 
 In this engagement Lieut. Harris was wounded 
 in the left wrist, rendering his hand useless for 
 a time. He did not go into a hospital, but ac 
 cepted a thirty-days furlough and returned 
 home. He soon regained the use of his hand, 
 
 rejoined his regiment, and with it participated 
 in the siege, and afterwards in the battle, of 
 Corinth. Shortly after the Corinth engage 
 ment he was detached from his regiment and 
 placed upon special duty, at which he was con 
 tinued for upwards of two years, without ex 
 periencing any noteworthy incidents. 
 
 This detailed duty consisted of superin 
 tending, first contrabands, who were afterwards 
 known as Freedmen, who were put at work in 
 the cotton fields near Corinth, Miss. He next 
 had charge of contrabands at Pulaski, Tunnel 
 Hill and Hobbs Plantation. In this depart 
 ment Lieut. Harris was very successful and re 
 ceived many thousand dollars worth of cotton, 
 which he sold for the Government. He was 
 mustered out and discharged to date June 7, 
 1865, and immediately returned to his home. 
 After severing his connection with the army 
 he resumed farming, which he operated with 
 intelligence, andsucceeded in producing satis 
 factory and flattering results; improving his 
 farm so that it is now considered one of the 
 finest in Bureau County. Ten years ago Lieut. 
 Harris removed to Tiskilwa, where he has a 
 magnificent home, but still attends to his farm 
 and stock-raising business. 
 
 He always took an active part in politics, 
 and as he was a rising and prosperous man, 
 was selected by his friends and elected as a 
 member of the State Legislature in 1861, and 
 served a term of two years before his enlistment 
 in the army. He has never been a slave to 
 party, and when the party in power departs 
 from what he considers the path of rectitude, 
 he does not hesitate to sacrifice even his friends, 
 so that, even at the expense of his party, he is 
 often found engaged with the party which he 
 considers does the greatest amount of good for 
 the great body of the people, regardless as to 
 whether the party earning his displeasure is of 
 the Republican or Democratic faith. He has 
 no hesitation in announcing that in his time, 
 and as he still believes, at the proper time, he 
 was a Republican; afterwards a Greenbacker, 
 but at the present time has ranged himself with 
 the Democrats. 
 
 He was united in the holy bonds of mar- 
 
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 riage to Fannie Hall, a native of Devonshire, 
 England, Jan. 15, 1846, and one son, William, is 
 the fruit of that long, prosperous and happy 
 union. Our subject is a member of Post No. 
 666, G. A. R., and takes a prominent part in 
 all matters pertaining to the advancement and 
 general good of that order. 
 
 Lieut. Harris has been successful in all busi 
 ness transactions of his long and honorable 
 life, and by exercising intelligence and energy 
 and by following honorable methods, he has 
 been able to accumulate ample means for his 
 declining years. 
 
 LR. THOMPSON, of Homer, 111., who has 
 been one of Champaign County s most 
 successful farmers, and enterprising 
 business men, was born in Ind., Oct. 30, 1845, 
 son of F. M. and Susan (Hartman) Thompson. 
 His parents in 1838 settled in the "big woods" 
 of Ind. where 7 years later our subject saw the 
 first light of day. In 1852 with his parents he 
 removed to near Homer, Champaign Co., 111., 
 settling there upon a farm, being one of the 
 early poineers of that now flourishing district. 
 He grew up upon his father s farm, at which he 
 assisted, and attended school when he could be 
 spared from that work. Being a true son of the 
 Republic and a devoted patriot, he enlisted in 
 the army Feb. i, 1864, in Co. F., 26th 111. Vol. 
 Inf. He joined it at Scottsborough, Ala., and 
 on the following spring set out to endure the 
 hardships and confront the dangers of actual 
 warfare, his first move being upon the Atlanta 
 campaign. During his service, besides many 
 skirmishes and heavy and continuous marches 
 he was engaged in the following battles: 
 Resaca, fought May 13-16, 1864; Ackworth, 
 May 17; Kingston, May 18; Burnt Hickory, 
 May 24; Allatoona Hills, May 25; New Hope 
 Church, May 26 and June 4; Big Shanty, June 
 6; Kenesaw Mountain, June 10-22; Marietta, 
 July 4; Chattahoochie River, July 11-12; Peach 
 Tree Creek, July 19-20; Atlanta, July 22; Siege 
 of Atlanta, July 23-Aug. 17: Griswoldville, Nov. 
 22; Savannah, Dec. 10-21; Columbus, S. C., Feb. 
 
 15-18, 1865; Bentonville, March 18-20. At the 
 siege of Atlanta, Aug. 17, he was wounded in 
 the head by a piece of shell striking him on 
 the left side of his head. He lay unconscious 
 upon the ground for sometime, was then 
 taken to the Div. hospital in the rear, 
 where he was led to overlook his own intense 
 pain by the excruciating, agonizing sufferings 
 of the .dying and wounded close about him. 
 One poor fellow in the bunk at his right had 
 been shot in the face, the ball passing through 
 his head, rendering him speechless. 
 
 He groaned terribly, and what he suffered 
 was painfully evident, but his moaning grew 
 more feeble as the moments flew by. Finally 
 Mr. Thompson was enabled to snatch a short 
 sleep, but the noise in the bed to his right had 
 ceased; his wounded comrade had died, and 
 his spirit had taken its flight to the God who 
 gave it. To Mr. Thompson s left was another 
 wounded comrade who told the following story 
 of his wounds and escape from death. Upon 
 leaving home he had left behind him a young 
 wife, who as a parting token, had placed in his 
 breast pocket a small Bible, with the request 
 that he carry it where she had placed it. 
 Many times, being burdened with supplies and 
 army outfit, he was tempted to throw it away, 
 but carried it faithfully as a token of a dear 
 one at home. In battle he was struck with a 
 bullet in the hand which took off the index 
 finger and struck against the Bible, upon his 
 breast, imbedding itself therein, and knocking 
 the possessor down. He exhibited the book 
 to Mr. Thompson, who looks upon his comrade s 
 escape as miraculous. Our subject soon re 
 covered and entered the ranks. Just previous 
 to the battle of Atlanta, his Col. received 
 orders to occupy an open field before the 
 enemy s lines, and replied that he was only too 
 glad to do so, thereby calling forth the remark 
 from Isaac Rush of Co. F., "You may be d 
 glad to get out again." He occupied the field 
 however and held it against five repeated 
 charges from the Rebels under Gen. Hood. 
 Upon one occasion when on the march to the 
 sea, his Regt. went into camp, after a hard 
 day s work and was waiting for the appearance 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 S55 
 
 of the men who had that day been out foraging. 
 Late in the evening the boys along the line 
 commenced shouting and laughing and whilst 
 wondering as to its cause their forager, Ira D. 
 Carpenter, appeared, sitting in a fine family 
 carriage drawn by a band of negroes whom he 
 had pressed into the service from the plantation, 
 and as he rode by he was cheered from one 
 end of the line to the other. He had captured 
 about 300 Ibs. of cured pork, the contents of 4 
 or 5 beehives, several bushels of potatoes, large 
 quanties of corn meal; besides several chickens. 
 That night Mr. Thompson and his comrades 
 enjoyed a banquet with the negroes as guests. 
 Mr. Thompson was one of 900 picked sol 
 diers who were detailed to storm the rebel 
 works around Atlanta and at a given signal did 
 so, capturing the fortifications as also many 
 prisoners, not before however he had heard the 
 whiz of many bullets as they passed by him, 
 some of which made victims of his comrades. 
 One bullet pierced his blouse. His comrades 
 fell dead and wounded all around him, but he, 
 strange to say, escaped. Many times during 
 the pursuit of Hood, he had wished the rebels 
 would make a stand and fight, by which means 
 he might obtain a respite from his long and 
 tedious marching. Near Columbia, S. C., so 
 completely tired and exhausted was Mr. 
 Thompson, that one night while asleep he 
 dreamed that someone was gently tapping on 
 his tent, but awaking was surprised to find the 
 gentle tapping was caused by rebel shells ex 
 ploding uncomfortably close to where he re 
 posed. The 26th being veterans it was expect 
 ed to perform, and was generally assigned to 
 the most hazardous duties. After the surren 
 der of the rebel army Mr. Thompson marched 
 with his Regt. to Washington, and there took 
 part in the grand review. Later was ordered 
 to Louisville where he was mustered out, July 
 28, 1865, and discharged at Springfield, July 
 28th. He had a brother, Harmon H., also in 
 the 26th, who was severely wounded in the bat 
 tle of Atlanta, served until the close of the war, 
 and died from his injuries in 1888. Mr. Thomp 
 son s grandfather was a soldier in the war of 
 1812. Returning from the army, Mr. Thomp 
 
 son spent one year at school, then engaged in 
 farming for many years, then in the butchering 
 and stock business at Homer where his trade 
 prospered and grew apace, enabling him to re 
 tire from active duty and enjoy a quiet and 
 retired life. He figures prominently in all the 
 matters pertaining to the G. A. R. work, has filled 
 many places of trust and responsibility in his 
 Post at Homer, of which he has been the com 
 mander. He spent 7 years in Kan., after the 
 war, where he pre-empted a homestead and 
 where he still holds valuable property. He is 
 also the proprietor of valuable real estate in 
 and about Homer, among which is his fine 
 home, where he lives in peace and happiness 
 surrounded by his family. Courteous and affa 
 ble in his demeanor, shrewd, energetic and en 
 terprising as a business man, he has made a 
 success of life, accumulated a fair share of this 
 world s goods and retired from active work, in 
 the full enjoyment of respect and esteem of all 
 his friends and acquaintances. 
 
 He was married at Homer, Aug. 28, 1868, 
 to Maggie Robinson, by whom he had eight 
 children Fred, May, Frank, Anna, Lulu, 
 Charles, Harry and Bessie. Mrs. Thompson 
 died June 6, 1881. She was an active member 
 of the W. R. C. His oldest son is a member of 
 the Sons of Veterans. Mr. T. had an excep 
 tionally happy home until the demise of his 
 beloved wife. 
 
 PETER KIEFFER, the present commander of 
 Eph. Scott Post G. A. R., No. 464. of 
 Mahomet, 111., a German of more than 
 average ability, with a record as a citizen and 
 soldier that any American-born citizen might 
 well be proud of, was born in Luxemburg, 
 Germany, Sept. 19, 1832. In 1851, he immi 
 grated to the U. S., remaining in N. Y. State 
 for two years, then moved to Chicago, where 
 he was engaged on steamboats upon the laker, 
 for some years. But in 1860 he removed to 
 Champaign Co., where he was employed in 
 farming near Mahomet. He enlisted in the 
 army Aug. 2, 1862, as a private in Co. H., I25th 
 
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 111. Vol. Inf., and with his Regt. proceeded to 
 the front by way of Covington, Ky., and Louis 
 ville, and then upon a chase after Gen. Bragg, 
 whose army was encountered in the battle of 
 Perrysville, Oct. 8, 1862, and then again at Crab 
 Orchard. He then started upon a hard march 
 to Nashville, Tenn., driving the rebel Bragg 
 and his army before him; then wintered 
 at Nashville. He was employed guarding the 
 prisoners captured at the battle of Stone River. 
 In the spring of 1863, he took part in the 
 Chattanooga campaign, and in the battles of 
 Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. After the 
 first named battle his Regt. was stationed to 
 guard a ford, some four miles above Chat 
 tanooga, where it was many times shelled by the 
 enemy. There the men were several times on 
 the point of starvation, and oftentimes but one 
 or two crackers were doled out to them as a 
 meal. Mr. Kieffer was one of a party of for 
 agers to capture a flock of sheep, and he ad 
 mits soon after this he had at least one square 
 meal. The winter of 1863-4 was spent in camp 
 at Gordon s Mills, and in the spring he started 
 upon the capture of Atlanta, and was in nearly 
 all the battles of that expedition, and among 
 the number may be mentioned those of Kene- 
 saw Mt., Dalton Ga.; Peach Tree Creek, At 
 lanta, and Jonesboro; at the last named, he was 
 struck in the knee by a spent ball, but he did 
 not suffer the loss of one drop of patriotic 
 blood. This campaign terminated successfully 
 in the capture of Atlanta, he started again with 
 Sherman on his march to the sea, participating 
 in all the heavy marches and skirmishes until 
 Savannah was made to acknowledge Union 
 supremacy. 
 
 Turning northward, he accompanied the 
 army up through the Carolinas, and was act 
 ively engaged in that desperate battle at Ben- 
 tonville. In- fact, Mr. Kieffer was always in line 
 of duty and present when his Regt. was called 
 upon to encounter the enemy, and displayed 
 all the courage and bravery which are such 
 necessary ingredients in the composition of a 
 successful soldier. He was at the surrender of 
 Johnston, then moved to Richmond and after 
 wards to Washington, and was in the Grand 
 
 Review. After a service of three years he was 
 mustered out and discharged in June, 1865. 
 He was promoted first to Corporal, and after 
 wards to Sergt. He was always commended 
 by his superior officers for having the cleanest 
 gun in the Regt. After leaving the army he 
 returned to his farm, where he has since re 
 sided. He has been twice married, the last 
 occasion being in 1870, to Mrs. Lydia Ann 
 Payton, a widow, by whom he has two children 
 living, viz.: Frederick and Mary. 
 
 He was formerly a Republican, but of late 
 years has voted with the Prohibition party. 
 Mr. Kieffer makes very little display, and is 
 always the same happy, good-natured individ 
 ual, whose company is always enjoyed by his 
 many friends. He declined several times the 
 honor of being elected Commander of his Post, 
 but these excuses were no longer regarded, 
 consequently he was elected to the position, 
 which he fills with dignity and to the satisfac 
 tion of his comrades. He never lost a day s 
 duty while in the service, and never was put 
 on extra duty, but was always ready for battle 
 whenever called upon. 
 
 JAMES LAWRENCE, enlisted in the army Aug. 
 10, 1861, Co. D., 7th 111. Cav., and with his 
 Regt. went to Bird s Point, then to New 
 Madrid, after the fall of Island No. 10. From 
 this time the Regt. was on the move, and passed 
 through Jacinto, Courtland, Russelville, Tus- 
 cumbia, and took part in the battle of luka, and 
 then, 3d and 4th of Oct., at Corinth, where his 
 Regt. suffered severely. He next was in the 
 engagements at Oxford and Coffeeville, respect 
 ively, and during the latter was appointed 
 Quartermaster Sergeant in charge of the camp 
 equipage, where all the commissioned officers 
 were taken prisoners, he alone escaping. He 
 was subsequently in command of his company 
 after its release, whilst Capt. Bradshaw was at 
 home recruiting. It went to La Grange, where 
 it wintered, taking part in the meantime in sev 
 eral skirmishes and raids into the adjoining 
 country. He was here in charge of the camp, 
 
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 after the Rcgt. left upon the Guntown raid, and 
 continued there until July, 1863; then he went 
 to La Fayette, and afterwards took part in the 
 battle of Moscow. In Feb., 1864, he partici 
 pated in the attempt of Gen. Smith to join 
 Sherman s army at Meridan, Miss., resulting 
 in failure, during which the men suffered terri 
 ble hardships, from cold and hunger. Having 
 re-enlisted, Mr. Lawrence went home on vet 
 eran furlough, and remained until June, when 
 he returned, joining his Regt. at Memphis; then 
 went to Moscow, then to White Station, next 
 to Florence, where General Hood s forces were 
 encountered, from which point he returned with 
 the camp equipage to Memphis. Having been 
 afflicted with sore eyes, he went into hospital 
 and there obtained a furlough, and on returning 
 home voted for President Lincoln. Subse 
 quently, he rejoined his Regt. at Nashville, ar 
 riving there the day of the Franklin battle, at 
 which place his Rcgt. arrived the following 
 day, going into camp, and in the following 
 month took part in the battle of Nashville; 
 then followed the rebels to East Port, Miss.; 
 then proceeded to Bibb s Springs, by way of 
 Corinth and luka. The men were all taken sick; 
 consequently were sent to Huntsville, Ala. 
 Having been mustered out, Mr. Lawrence finally 
 got home in Nov., 1865. 
 
 In June, 1862, his horse stumbled, and the 
 rider falling upon his saddle pommel, was rup 
 tured, making it difficult and almost impossible 
 to endure heavy work of any kind, and the in 
 jury has always been a source of pain. In his 
 Co. were five of his nephews, all of whom called 
 him Uncle Jim, by which name he became 
 known. Before going to the front, he returned 
 home to see his sick wife, and on returning, 
 the Regt. had gone, whereupon he mounted his 
 horse and wended his way to St. Louis, with 
 out a dollar in his pocket. Then took a boat, and 
 having no money to pay for transportation, the 
 clerk detained his horse. He, however, found 
 Gen. Grant, who gave an order, which im 
 mediately released the animal. 
 
 Mr. Lawrence was born March 7, 1819, in 
 Ohio, and is the son of Elisha Lawrence who 
 took part in the war of 1812, and a descendant 
 
 of the Lawrence family of Delaware, founded 
 by one of three brothers, who reached this 
 country in the Mayflower. Our subject went to 
 Knoxville, 111., in 1839, and the following year 
 cast his first vote for General Harrison, as Presi 
 dent. 
 
 Mr. Lawrence married Frances Ferguson, 
 daughter of Major James Ferguson, who was a 
 soldier in the Black Hawk war. He had four 
 children, viz.: Ann, who married Alexander 
 Burnett; Minnie, wife of Robert Christian; Ed- 
 win, a railroad man residing with his father; 
 and Estella. 
 
 He is a Republican, an M. E. Churchman, 
 and a member of Post No. 45, G. A. R. 
 
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 AJOR-GENERAL JUDSON KILPATRICK was 
 born in Sussex Co., N. J., Jan. 14, 1836; 
 educated at West Point Military Acad 
 emy, and graduated in 1861; entered military 
 service as a 2d Lieut, in the 1st Regt. U. S. 
 Art., May 6, 1861. He was soon transferred to 
 the volunteer service, and made a Capt. in Du- 
 ryea s N. Y. Zouaves. His first opportunity to 
 smell powder was at Big Bethel, in Va., on June 
 10, 1861, where he went rashly into the fight, 
 and was seriously wounded. As soon as he re 
 covered from his wounds he accepted a commis 
 sion as Col. of what was then called the Harris 
 Light Cav., a Regt. of scouting dragoons, ope 
 rating against the rebels from Long Bridge, 
 near Washington, out into the neighboring 
 counties of Va. Eastern Va. was at that time 
 a theater for raids by the Cav. of the contend 
 ing armies. Gen. Kilpatrick soon distinguished 
 himself in this exciting mode of warfare as a 
 bold and dashing leader, and for two years on 
 horseback he ranged the country between the 
 Potomac and Rapahannock Rivers. By sudden 
 dash, intrepid fighting, and rapid pursuit of 
 Rebel cavalry, he became a terror to the enemy 
 on the Potomac. During the summers of 1861 
 and 1862 he continued in this hazardous service 
 under Gen. McDowell, protecting Washington 
 and harassing the Rebel army in Virginia. It 
 was here he acquired the knowledge of Cav. tac- 
 
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 tics for which he was afterward so highly dis 
 tinguished. In June, 1863, he was made Brig.- 
 Gen., and took command of a Div. of Cav. in 
 the Army of the Potomac. After the organiza 
 tion the Cav. on the Potomac, in 1863, Gen. Kil- 
 patrick took command of the 1st Brig, of the 3d 
 Div. of Cav. under Gen. Stoneman. About this 
 time extensive raids were introduced by Gen. 
 Stewart, of the celebrated Black Horse Cav. in 
 the Rebel army. A grand raid had been made, 
 and the Union army completely circumvented, 
 greatly to the surprise of its commander and 
 the mortification of the country generally. 
 
 To counteract this daring adventure was an 
 object of prime necessity, and a counter-raid 
 was organized. Gen. Kilpatrick was chosen 
 among the leaders of this uncertain expedition. 
 Striking west from Washington, the Confeder 
 ate army was flanked, their Cav. outwitted, and 
 the Union raiders reached Richmond with very 
 little opposition. After making an accurate 
 reconnoissance of Richmond, the defensive 
 works and surrounding country, the expedi 
 tion returned with the loss of I officer and 37 
 men. All previous Rebel raids were eclipsed 
 by this bold ride of 200 men in five successive 
 days. Gen. Kilpatrick made another raid on 
 Richmond in Feb., 1864. Leaving Stevens- 
 port with three brigades of light Cav., and 
 passing rapidly to the rear of the Rebel army, 
 he reached the fortifications around Richmond 
 the second day. Some of the outer works 
 were captured and held for several hours. 
 Having no support and without artillery, of 
 course, the opposition could not be held. This 
 was the last of Kilpatrick s brilliant services in 
 the East. By order of the War Department, 
 he was transferred to the West in the winter of 
 1864 and 1865, and assigned to Gen. Sherman s 
 army. When Sherman began his last and final 
 march through the South, Kilpatrick was 
 placed in command of the cavalry. How well 
 he succeeded in this command, the smoulder 
 ing ruins of Rebel property a hundred miles 
 wide through Ga. and S. C. amply attest. 
 The Rebel Cav. were defeated wherever over 
 taken. Sherman s army was protected on the 
 flank and on the rear. Wherever it moved, 
 
 Kilpatrick s Cav. was seen around it as a wall 
 of fire. Not only was Sherman s army defend 
 ed by his cavalry, but the cavalry captured 
 supplies, tore up railroads, burned bridges, 
 opened roads, and drove the lurking enemy 
 out of the way. A thousand miles ride 
 through a hostile country has no parallel in 
 the world. As Sherman s army marched 
 through the Confederacy, Kilpatrick s cavalry 
 could always be heard in advance. The Rebels 
 never could assemble an army to capture 
 Sherman, but Kilpatrick would have it whipped 
 before Sherman s army proper could come up, 
 Continuing in service until the close of the 
 war, Gen. Kilpatrick returned to N. J. Few 
 Generals have conferred more enduring honor 
 on the service or done more to save the coun 
 try. He died Dec. 4, 1881. 
 
 JOHN HOLMES, of Morris, Ills., was born 
 in Fort Wayne, Ind., June 30th, 1849, 
 and has the reputation of being the 
 youngest soldier in the region where he re 
 sides. He removed in early life with his 
 father, John Holmes, to Constantine, Mich., 
 where he was raised and educated. In Dec., 
 1861, when but a boy, he enlisted in Co. C., igth 
 Mich. Vol. Inf. Starting from Grand Rapids, 
 Mich., his first move was to McMinnville,Tenn., 
 and from there marched to Resaca, Ga. From 
 this point a steady pursuit of the enemy was 
 maintained until Atlanta was reached; having 
 participated in the battles of Peach Tree Creek 
 and all the actions that led up to the siege of 
 Atlanta. Here the young soldier was seriously 
 wounded, the day before the victory came, and 
 was carried into the captured city. He recov 
 ered and was able to join his comrades just as 
 they were preparing to march with Sherman to 
 the sea. The wound which disabled our young 
 soldier was caused by a minie ball, which passed 
 through a part of his body, coming out at the 
 hip, and was received while digging pits on the 
 skirmish line. 
 
 During the memorable "March to the Sea" 
 Mr. Holmes was detailed as forager in a com- 
 
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 pany of 500 men under command of Capt. 
 Cahill, and his band supplied the army with all 
 the provisions on this trip to Savannah, Ga. ; 
 and it is stated that there was no dissatisfaction 
 in regard to the quality or quantity of the 
 supply. It was discovered that the people of 
 the country through which the army marched 
 made a practice of hiding their goods and pro 
 visions in the woods, leaving a trusty negro in 
 charge of the premises. The negro, in most 
 cases, faithful to his master s interests, would 
 at first attempt to lead the soldier astray, but 
 by threatening him with death, with a number 
 of muskets pointingtoward him, the true locality 
 of the hidden treasures would soon be revealed. 
 
 One day Mr. Holmes found in a field a large 
 pile of sugar cane, and accidentally stepping 
 upon a bottle, he proceeded to investigate, and 
 soon found 500 bottles of fine wine, which, it is 
 needless to say, were very soon appropriated 
 by the boys. 
 
 On reaching Savannah there was a change 
 in the supplies, and from an abundance of the 
 best, gathered from the fertile valleys of a rich 
 section of country, the soldiers were compelled 
 to thresh out rice and use it with unwholesome 
 swamp water. 
 
 When Savannah surrendered the Regt. en 
 tered and went into camp about one week; 
 then crossed the Savannah River, going through 
 the rice swamps to Columbia, where the news 
 of Lee s surrender was first received, which 
 occasioned great rejoicing. From Columbia the 
 march led to Washington, D. C.; was in Wash 
 ington at the time of the grand review, and 
 remained in camp there about three weeks, 
 when orders came to go to Jackson, Mich., 
 where the Regt. was mustered out. 
 
 Three brothers of Mr. Holmes were in the 
 army, two (Jeremiah and Perry) were members 
 of the same Co. he was in. Perry received a 
 wound at Resaca which required three fingers 
 of his left hand to be amputated. Henry was 
 a member of the 53d, Mich. Vol. Inf., and was 
 wounded at Atlanta two days before its sur 
 render. He was shot through his left leg. 
 
 Mr. Holmes was married July 4, 1869, to 
 Minnie Knight, at Constantine, Mich. She was 
 
 the daughter of E. A. Knight. He remained 
 in Mich, about four years and then located in 
 Ottawa, 111., where he was engaged in the ice 
 business about 1 1 years. He then removed to 
 Morris, 111., and purchased a livery stable. 
 
 They have three children, Willie, Daisy, and 
 Earl, all attending school. Mr. Holmes is a 
 decided Republican, a member of the G. A. R. 
 and A. O. U. W., and is a respected citizen of 
 the country that he sacrificed so much to 
 defend. 
 
 WILLIAM J. M. FISH, of Sandwich, 111., 
 enlisted in the army for the war of 
 the rebellion at Sandwich, Aug. 22, 
 1862, and was mustered in as a private in Co. 
 H., I05th 111. Vol. Inf. With his Regt., he went 
 to Chicago, Sept. 8, and from there to Louis 
 ville, Ky., reporting to Gen. Dumont, was at 
 tached to his Div., and Ward s Brig. Subse 
 quently the Div. moved to Frankfort, then to 
 Bowling Green, where it arrived Nov. 4, and 
 then went to Scottsville. He spent the fall and 
 the following months between Gallatin, South 
 Tunnel, Lavergne, Murfreesboro and Nash 
 ville, and at the latter place was employed 
 guarding trains and other similar duties. On 
 Feb. 24, 1864, they moved to Wauhatchie Val 
 ley where he remained until May 2, when his 
 Regt. joined in the Atlanta campaign, and par 
 ticipated in the battles of Resaca, Cassville, 
 Dallas, Kenesaw Mt., Gulp s Hill, Golgotha 
 Church, New Hope Church, Peach Tree Creek, 
 and Atlanta. At the Dallas battle, Mr. Fish s 
 Regt. took a very prominent part in capturing 
 a masked battery, being the only one of the 
 kind taken during the campaign. His brigade 
 was the first of the 3d Div., 20th A. C., com 
 manded by Gen., afterwards Pres. Harrison. 
 It also suffered severely in this engagement, 
 losing upwards of 40 killed, and 448 wounded. 
 It remained in the vicinity of Atlanta until 
 Nov. 15, when it joined in the "March to the 
 Sea" campaign, and took part in all the im 
 portant battles and skirmishes of that expedi 
 tion. Mr. Fish now looks back with pleasure 
 
560 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 to his experiences in the last mentioned cam 
 paign, inclining his interviewer to the belief 
 that if to-morrow a similar expedition became 
 necessary, Mr. Fish would apply for a place 
 therein. After the fall of Savannah, the iO5th 
 remained there for some days, then crossed the 
 Savannah River and moved to Hardeeville, 
 where it found that the Union troops had started 
 on the march through the Carolinas. Mr. Fish 
 with his Regt. fought the battles of Lawton- 
 ville, Averysboro and Bentonville; and was 
 also in several important skirmishes during the 
 expedition. 
 
 The surrender of Johnston at Raleigh ended 
 the war, therefore the iO5th left a few days 
 later for Washington; participated in the Grand 
 .Review at that place, and was mustered out of 
 service June 7, 1865, and placed en route for 
 Chicago, where the men were finally paid off 
 and discharged. Mr. Fish was born in Craw 
 ford Co., Pa., April 18, 1830, and was the son 
 of Amon and Marilla (Joles) Fish, both of 
 whom are now dead. His great grandfather 
 was married three times, and was the father of 
 22 children. Our subject attended school until 
 14 years of age, when he hired as a farm hand, 
 continuing thus engaged for four years, then 
 moved west to Galesburg, where he learned the 
 carpenter trade, then, in 1851, moved to Minn., 
 and engaged with the North American Fur 
 Company. He continued with this company 
 for five years, then went to Texas and traded 
 on his own account for a short time, when he 
 returned to his old home in Pa. on a visit; 
 leaving again, went west and settled at Sand 
 wich. 
 
 He married Martha Elizabeth Jolcs in Au 
 gust, 1861, and by her had 12 children, 6 of 
 whom are now living. 
 
 After his discharge from the army, Mr. Fish 
 returned to Sandwich and entered the employ 
 of the Sandwich Manf g. Co., and was placed 
 in the position of foreman in the wood de 
 partment of that establishment, which he has 
 filled ever since with satisfaction to his em 
 ployers. He is a member of Post No. 510, G. 
 A. R., at Sandwich, and a prohibitionist in 
 politics. 
 
 CAPTAIN WILLIAM WARNER, a prominent 
 citizen of Hampshire, 111., was born in 
 Stark Co., Ohio, Oct. 5. 1829. His par 
 ents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Fetters) 
 Warner, who were natives of Pa., settling at an 
 early period in Ohio, and in 1854, removing to 
 Hampshire, 111., which place their son William 
 had a few months before selected as a future 
 home. Here the remainder of their lives were 
 spent, the father dying in 1887, at the age of 80, 
 and the mother in 1889, at the a g e of 81. Jacob 
 Warner was a prosperous farmer and his father, 
 George, who died in Ohio, belonged to one of 
 the oldest and most highly respected Colonial 
 families. The maternal grandfather of Capt. 
 William Warner, Phillip Fetters, died in 
 Ohio. William was an only child and was 
 carefully reared under the safe guidance of 
 his parents, and was educated in the common 
 schools. He was married in 1852, in his native 
 county, to Catherine, daughter of Patrick 
 Harney, who was born near Dublin, Ireland, and 
 emigrated to Ohio about the year 1843. He 
 was a contractor and builder. Catherine A. 
 Harney, first wife of Wm. Warner was born in 
 County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1830, and died at 
 Hampshire, 111., June 13, 1855, leaving two 
 children, Mary E. and George O. In April 
 1857 Capt. Warner, married Sallie A. Dickson, 
 of Hampshire, 111. She died in Dublin, Texas, 
 Feb. 10, 1883, leaving 6 children Alice Lorain, 
 Jessie J., Francis Marion, William Tecumseh, 
 Willis Montgomery and Albert Chapmann. 
 Alice L. departed this life Aug 5, 1882 at China 
 Springs, Tex. The others are all living. Capt. 
 Warner went to Kane Co., 111., in the spring of 
 1854, and purchased a farm near Hampshire, 
 which he cultivated up to the outbreak of the 
 rebellion. In 1861, he went to Washington 
 where he engaged as a cook for the soldiers 
 and was present at the battle of Ball s Bluff. He 
 returned home in 1862, and raised a squad of 
 30 men with whom he enlisted at Hampshire, 
 Aug. 7, 1862, as Co. C., I27th 111. Inf. After be 
 ing at Camp Douglas, Chicago, for about 3 
 months, the Regt. was ordered to Memphis 
 and was there brigaded and assigned to the 2nd 
 Brig., 2nd Div. of the I5th A. C. Mr. Warner 
 
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 was commissioned 2nd Lieut. The command 
 participated in the Tallahatchie campaign, en 
 during great hardships, and losing 3 of Lieut. 
 Warner s Co. 
 
 In the winter of 1862-3 they returned to 
 Memphis and proceeding thence to Young s 
 Point opposite Vicksburg, remained there dur 
 ing the winter. In the spring crossing at 
 Hardtimes Landing, taking part in the battles 
 of Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills and 
 Black River Bridge. Lieut. Warner here re 
 ceived his deserved promotion as Captain, and 
 in that relation led the skirmish line in two 
 assaults at Vicksburg, and his Co. being the 
 color Co., was actively engaged during the 
 siege, suffering considerable loss. After the 
 capitulation, they recaptured Jackson and 
 went into camp at Camp Sherman. While 
 here Capt. Warner was detailed for duty with 
 the Brig. Q. M, and ordered to Memphis, 
 thence going to Chattanooga, arriving there 
 just previous to the battle of Missionary Ridge, 
 and resuming the command of his Co. which 
 did some excellent fighting, but at the expense 
 of heavy losses in killed and wounded. Capt. 
 Warner gallantly led his Co., into the thickest 
 of the fight and won imperishable renown. 
 After this, the command moved on to Knox- 
 ville to relieve General Burnside, and after 
 Longstreet s repulse, returned to Chattanooga, 
 thence going into winter quarters at Larkins- 
 ville, Ala. May 2, 1864, they started out on 
 the Atlanta campaign, being engaged in the 
 battles at Dalton, Dallas, Resaca, Kenesaw Mt. 
 Big Shanty, Peach Tree Creek and other places. 
 At Atlanta the Regt. was to the right of the 
 center and did hard fighting with considerable 
 loss. After the capture of Atlanta, Capt. War 
 ner was appointed to a position on Gen. 
 Sherman s staff and ordered to his headquar 
 ters at Nashville, Tenn., to take charge of the 
 engineering department. He had had some 
 experience as a civil engineer in his early life 
 in Ohio. While at Nashville, after the failure 
 of some French scientific engineers to success 
 fully construct a pontoon bridge across the 
 Cumberland River, he was requested by Gen. 
 Thomas to undertake the operation. Selecting 
 
 60 men from the Mich, troops who had recently 
 arrived and who were from the pine districts 
 of that State, he put them to work and accom 
 plished his undertaking, greatly to the satis 
 faction of Gen. Thomas who expressed high 
 commendation of his skill and enterprise. 
 Soon after this, Capt. Warner was ordered to 
 join Gen. Sherman at Savannah, which he did, 
 going by way of Louisville and Cincinnati. 
 During this trip, while the train was sidetracked 
 at night at Great Bend, Pa., the car in which 
 was Capt. Warner and a number of other pas 
 sengers, was run into by a freight train. Sev 
 eral persons were killed and wounded, and 
 Capt. Warner severely shocked, receiving 
 injuries from which he has never entirely re 
 covered. He, however, proceeded on his way, 
 joining Gen. Sherman in Savannah and remain 
 ing with him during his march through the Caro- 
 linas. He was at the Grand Review of the Fed 
 eral army at Washington, May 24, 1865, and 
 afterwards went on to St. Louis to establish the 
 headquarters of Gen. Sherman in that city. He 
 remained here until March, 1866, when he re 
 signed and returned home. He received a com 
 mission in the regular army but refused to muster. 
 During his period of service he was engaged 
 in 25 pitched battles and numerous skirmishers; 
 was never wounded or taken prisoner, and was 
 never in a hospital. He was, while at Nash 
 ville, granted a furlough of 10 days to go 
 home. On his return to civil life he resumed 
 the cultivation of his farm near Hampshire and 
 was thus engaged forseveral years, after which 
 he invested in a large ranch in Texas. Losing his 
 wife and daughter of 27 years of age, he returned 
 to Hampshire, which has since been his home, 
 retiring from active employment. He has 
 served as Township Assessor, Collector and in 
 other relations. He was one of the super 
 visors of the construction of the court house 
 building at Geneva, recently burned. He is a 
 member of Miller Post, No. 453, G. A. R., of 
 Hampshire. It may be well said of Captain 
 Warner that in all of his obligations and re 
 sponsibilities he has ever shown himself worthy 
 of the high place he holds in the estimation of 
 all who know him. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 GOTTLOB GMELICH, of Peru, 111., entered 
 the army of the U. S. Aug. i, 1861, 
 rendezvoused at Camp Ellsworth, Chi 
 cago, and was mustered into Co. A, 44th 111. 
 Inf. Aug. 1 3th, taking the cars next day for 
 St. Louis, Mo., where they arrived on the I5th. 
 His Regt. went into Benton Barracks, where, a 
 few days later, it received arms and uniform 
 from the St. Louis arsenal, and then went by 
 steamer to Jefferson City in order to protect it 
 against a threatened attack from the enemy. 
 When the danger of this attack ceased, the 
 Regt. moved to Sedalia. It remained there 
 drilling and scouting until Oct. 13, when itt~ok 
 up the line of march to Springfield, Mo., where 
 it remained until Nov. 8, when it moved to 
 Wilson s Creek to deceive the enemy, after 
 wards returning to Springfield, following in the 
 rear, and remaining over winter. It suffered 
 severely from sickness during its stay there. 
 Many of the soldiers died and many were dis 
 charged on account of disability. In Feb., 1862, 
 the army under Gen. Curtis returned to Spring 
 field, where the rebels under Gen. Price had 
 concentrated, but instead of offering battle they 
 retreated upon the approach of the Union forces, 
 and a pursuit was immediately ordered the 44th 
 111. taking an advanced position and continued 
 for two successive days, skirmishing daily, and 
 in most inclement weather, with several inches 
 of snow upon the ground. The chase, however, 
 was abandoned, the Union army going into 
 camp at Camp Halleck, Ark., where it staid for 
 several weeks. March 5, it became evident 
 from the movement of the rebels that an attack 
 was determined upon by the united forces of 
 VanDorn, Price and McCullough, and by the 
 way of preparation the Union army under Gen. 
 Curtis moved toward Sugar Creek Valley, and 
 on the afternoon of the same day its rear guard 
 was attacked and driven in by the enemy, thus 
 opening the terrible battle of Pea Ridge. Mr. 
 Gmelich s Regt. was one of those selected to 
 follow up the victory, and to pursue its now re 
 treating foe, and being continued for three days 
 succeeded in capturing a stand of colors, many 
 hundred prisoners, and several pieces of artil 
 lery. 
 
 It subsequently returned to Camp Halleck, 
 and remained there until April 5, when it crossed 
 over into Mo., then to Batesville, Ark., where 
 the army was reorganized. The Regt. afterwards 
 proceeded to assist in the siege of Corinth, ar 
 riving at Pittsburg Landing May 26, and on the 
 following day had reached a point within sup 
 porting distance of the main army, being two 
 days before the evacuation of Corinth. His 
 Regt. was again sent in pursuit of the enemy, 
 but the roads were impassable, hence it was 
 abandoned after a few days, when it returned 
 and went into camp at Rienzi, and there re 
 mained until Aug. 26, when it again moved out 
 toward Cincinnati and Covington to repel, if 
 needs be, the threatened raid upon those places 
 by the enemy. His Regt. afterwards moved to 
 Louisville, and, after a delay there of some days, 
 \vent in pursuit of Gen. Bragg through Ky., 
 and, on Oct. 8, participated in the battle of Per- 
 ryville, then followed the retreating foe to Crab 
 Orchard, and afterwards moved toward Bowling 
 Green, arriving Nov. 1st. Communication be 
 tween Nashville and Louisville having been cut 
 off by the enemy, the 44th took up its line of 
 march to the former place, reaching there on 
 the 7th, and successfully re-established commu 
 nications between those points. 
 
 On the 26th it again advanced against the 
 rebels at Murfreesboro, Tenn., and in that vi 
 cinity was in the terrible conflict of Stone Riv 
 er, wherein it sacrificed more than one-half its 
 number in killed and wounded. The army, 
 next went into winter quarters and about the 
 end of June, 1863, went in search of the enemy 
 whom it met and engaged at Hoover s Gap, 
 Shelbyville, and again at Tullahoma, Tenn. An 
 expedition against Chattanooga having been 
 determined upon, the 44th joined therein, and 
 on Aug. 21, moved from Stevenson, Ala., cross 
 ing Sand Mt. down the valley toward Rome, 
 Ga., and had reached a point within 27 miles of 
 the last named place, when the main army near 
 Chickamauga was attacked by the rebels under 
 Bragg and Longstreet. The 44th was immedi 
 ately ordered to return and rejoin the main 
 army, which it succeeded in doing after three 
 days and nights forced marches, arriving just in 
 
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 563 
 
 time to participate in the bloody battle of 
 Chickamauga, fought Sept. 19, 1863, then fall 
 ing back to Chattanooga, remained there on 
 one-fourth rations until the latter end of Nov. 
 In the charge upon Missionary Ridge, Mr. 
 Gmelich s Regt. took a leading part, and was 
 thanked by Gen. Sheridan for being the first to 
 place a flag upon the rebel works. It followed 
 the now retreating enemy and captured many 
 prisoners and several pieces of artillery, and 
 subsequently made forced marches to Knox- 
 ville. The army remained for a time at Straw 
 berry Plains, where the men endured cold and 
 hunger in its most distressing forms. It after 
 wards moved to Chattanooga, where for the first 
 time in 3 months, it drew full rations. Mr. 
 Gmelich joined in the Atlanta campaign, and 
 participated in the early battles of that march 
 including that of Resaca where he was wounded 
 in the knee by a rebel bullet, and was placed in 
 a hospital, first at Jefferson, then at Quincy, 
 111. in all about 3 months during which time, 
 his term of 3 years enlistment expired, conse 
 quently he was mustered out and discharged, 
 Sept. 15, 1864. He was promoted during his 
 service to be Corporal. 
 
 Mr. Gmelich was born at Wurtumberg, Ger 
 many, in 1843, an d with his parents came to 
 this country in 1853, locating at Peru; and at 
 the age of 14 started to learn the trade of a 
 tinsmith, which he followed until his enlist 
 ment. After his discharge from the army, he 
 returned to Peru, and resumed his trade until 
 1866, when he embarked in the hardware busi 
 ness; at first as a clerk, and later, on his own 
 account; and being possessed of a good busi 
 ness training, of energy and excellent judg 
 ment, was not long in building up a splendid 
 business, which, owing to his popularity and 
 shrewdness, has increased year by year until 
 few men now in business in country towns are 
 more successful and prosperous. Although he 
 had a large business to oversee he was not 
 unmindful of his duty as a citizen, and being 
 pressed by friends, allowed himself to be nom 
 inated as Alderman of Peru, and was duly 
 elected and served for six years, filling that 
 position so honestly and faithfully that he was 
 
 in time elected Mayor, in 1890, and again in 
 1891, which position he now adorns. 
 
 He is a member of the Odd Fellows order, hav 
 ing filled the chair of his lodge forseveral years, 
 and was also delegate on several occasions rep 
 resenting it in the General State Conventions 
 of that institution. He is a member of the 
 lodge of Modern Woodman, at Peru, and its 
 manager; has served as President of Peru Turn- 
 verein Society, and is a Republican in politics. 
 He married in the year 1867, Josephine Schmidt, 
 and four children have been the result of the 
 marriage Lula, Jacob, Robert and Fred. 
 
 In visiting Peru we would suggest, to our G. 
 A. R. friends especially, to call upon comrade 
 Gmelich and feel assured they will meet with a 
 hearty welcome from him, his amiable wife and 
 interesting family. 
 
 FD. PETTEYS, of Tiskilwa, 111 , was born at 
 Clyde, Wayne, Co., N. Y., in the year 
 1841, where hemade his home until 1879, 
 save the time he was in the army, then re 
 moved io Mich., where he engaged in farming 
 and continued there until 1881, when he re 
 moved to his present home in Tiskilwa, where 
 he has since been occupied in farming. Com 
 rade Petteys springs from warrior stock, his 
 paternal grandfather having been in the war of 
 1812, serving his country with distinction. Our 
 subject enlisted in the Union army for the war 
 of the rebellion in Aug., 1862, and was afterwards 
 mustered in as a private in Co. H, gth N. Y. 
 Heavy Art. His Regt. was stationed for some 
 time in the vicinity of Washington in order to 
 protect that city against an attack from the 
 enemy, and while there built Fort Sommons, 
 Mansfield, Bayard, Gaines, and Foote. May 
 18, 1864, the Regt. left Alexandria, Va., for the 
 front and participated in the storming of the 
 rebel earthworks at Cold Harbor, which was 
 its first experience under fire, losing 16 killed 
 and 126 wounded. Its next battle was before 
 Petersburg, then at Monocacy, Md., Opequon, 
 Cedar Creek, Va., Fisher s Hill, siege of Peters 
 burg, fall of Petersburg, and Sailor s Creek, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Va. He was also present in reserve in the fol 
 lowing battles: Fort Stevens, Snicker s Gap, 
 Charleston, Smithfield, Hilltown, Hatcher s 
 River, Appomatox, and was there when Gen. 
 Lee surrendered, thus closing the war, having 
 been in active service for nearly three years. 
 In the engagement at Cedar Creek, the Regt. 
 lost 43 killed and 165 wounded. In the battle 
 of Monocacy, when the Regt. was compelled 
 to fall back, Col. W. H. Seward was left with a 
 broken leg, his horse having been shot from 
 under him. After falling back some distance 
 Mr. Petteys turned to fire his gun and Col. 
 Seward succeeded in attracting his attention. 
 He ran back and whilst helping Seward off the 
 field received a ball through his shoulder. He, 
 however, secured a horse, rode back about 40 
 miles while his blood flowed freely from the 
 wound as he wended his way to the rear. His 
 shoulder having been rendered useless for a 
 time, he was granted a furlough when he re 
 turned home, and on recovery rejoined the 
 Regt. at Winchester. He entered the service 
 as a private but was promoted to be Sergt. 
 and as such was mustered out at Washington 
 in July, 1866, after the close of the war. At a 
 reunion of the gth N. Y. H. A. at Lyons, N.Y., 
 Oct. 29, 1891, Gen. W. H. Seward in speaking 
 of this battle of Monocacy said: "I remember 
 with gratitude, the face of Sergt. Petteys, who 
 upon the same occasion held me up beside the 
 colors until a minie bullet passed through my 
 sleeve and shattered his right arm." 
 
 In the year 1866, our subject finding it was 
 not good to be alone, therefore, in compliance 
 with the scriptural injunction, "took to himself 
 a wife," Almary Jenkins, by name, who has 
 been his faithful and loving helpmate to the 
 present time and shares with her husband the 
 general respect and esteem entertained for 
 them by their many friends and acquaintances. 
 They had five children, of whom are living 
 three sons and a daughter. Commander Petteys 
 has never recovered from the wound above re 
 ferred to, but has continued a great sufferer 
 therefrom. He is a member of Post No. 660, 
 G. A. R., at Tiskilwa, and has been so greatly 
 esteemed by his comrades as to be selected as 
 
 Commander of that Post, a position which he 
 now holds. He is a Mason, and in politics a 
 Republican. Mrs. Petteys is the President of 
 the Woman s Relief Corps at Tiskilwa and has 
 held that distinguished position since the orga 
 nization of the society. Commander Petteys 
 has a magnificent record as a soldier, and al 
 though he was not one of those who directed 
 the action of war, he, nevertheless, played 
 quite an important part, and when his comrades 
 were falling thick and fast around him, as they 
 did in several battles in which he was engaged 
 notably in those of Cold Harbor, Monocacy 
 and Cedar Creek he never hesitated in the 
 surrounding danger, but discharged his duty 
 as a brave soldier and patriotic citizen of the 
 Republic, which in a humble yet forcible way 
 he was endeavoring to preserve. 
 
 WILLIAM F. COKBUS, of La Salic, 111., is 
 a native of Ohio, having been born 
 at Millersburg, April 28, 1840, and is 
 the son of Godfrey Corbus, also a native of 
 Ohio. His mother, Sarah Clark, was born in 
 Va. The subject of our sketch attended the 
 public schools until he attained the age of 13 
 years. Being possessed of an intelligent mind, 
 reinforced with a determined application to 
 whatever duties he might be engaged upon, he 
 was not long delayed in falling into possession 
 of a liberal education which was always being 
 improved by a course of general reading. After 
 leaving school, he entered a printing office, 
 starting in the position of "Printer s Devil." 
 After having continued for 7 years he became 
 proficient in that trade. In 1860, he came to 
 111. and located at Malugin Grove, read medi 
 cine a year and a half, under his brother, J. C. 
 Corbus, until his enlistment in the U. S. service 
 in the 75th 111. Vol. Inf., and was mustered in 
 as Hospital Steward, Sept. I5th, 1862. The 
 Regt. remained at Camp Dement, perfecting 
 its drill until the 2/th, when it was ordered 
 South; subsequently arrived at Jeffersonville, 
 Ind., on the 29, and crossed the Ohio on the 
 following evening. Oct. I, it was ordered to 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 565 
 
 move against Bragg whose forces were concen 
 trated at Bardstown, Ky., and on tne 8th took 
 part in the battle of Perryville. 
 
 The loss of the 75th in this engagement 
 was severe; Lieuts. Eels and Blean were killed, 
 Major Kilgour, Captains Whallon, Frost, 
 Roberts, and Lieuts. Barber, Thompson, Irwin 
 and Blodgett were wounded. His Regt. with 
 the army then moved to Bowling Green where 
 the latter was reorganized, the 75th being 
 placed in the ist Brig., ist Div. It participated 
 in the skirmishes at Nolandsville and Knob 
 Gap as also in the battle of Stone River. In 
 this battle the retreat of Johnston s Div. left 
 Post s Brig, exposed to a flank movement of 
 the enemy, therefore, the Brig, was ordered to 
 fall back. Go s. E. and H. of the Regt. was 
 ordered to contest the advance of the rebels 
 until the line could be reformed. During the 
 entire battle Mr. Corbus Regt. was actively 
 engaged and lost 2, killed, 25 wounded and 21 
 taken prisoners. It was next at Liberty Gap 
 and Chickamauga. It aftenvard participated 
 in the battle of Lookout Mt, Nov. 24. 1863; 
 marched to Blue Springs, and subsequently 
 shared in the reconnoissance to Buzzard s 
 Roost Feb. 24, and 25, of the following year. 
 It remained in camp until the early days of 
 May, when it joined Gen. Sherman s army in 
 his historical campaign of Atlanta, during 
 which, it participated in the engagements at 
 Dalton, Resaca, Marietta, Kenesaw, and all the 
 skirmishes and battles of its Brig., until At 
 lanta was reached and the expedition termi 
 nated. It was afterwards in the battle of Frank 
 lin: Marching all night, it reached Nashville 
 Dec. i, and was engaged on the 2nd day in the 
 conflict of that place, charging through an 
 open field on the enemy s line, and capturing 
 233 prisoners and a large quantity of arms and 
 camp equipage, and thus terminated the active 
 existence and open hostile conflict of the 75th 
 111. Vol.-Inf: Our subject owing to the posi 
 tion he occupied had not the opportunity of 
 using his musket and destroying the enemy, 
 but in the position he filled, while nearly as 
 hazardous, endured a terrible and almost un 
 bearable experience. Surrounded and be 
 
 sieged by wounded and dying comrades, Mr. 
 Corbus patiently, skillfully and systematically 
 administered to their wants as enabled so to 
 do with the limited means at his command; and 
 no doubt many a dying soldier was soothed on 
 his path to the great Unknown, so far as pos 
 sible by human means, by our kind and tender 
 hearted comrade, Corbus. His Regt. was 
 mustered out at Nashville, June I, 1865, and 
 finally paid off in Chicago in July. 
 
 After the war Mr. Corbus engaged in the drug 
 business at Mendota, 111., where he continued 
 until 1876 ; he then removed to La Salle, and 
 followed the same vocation which he has man 
 aged ever since, and by reason of his good 
 qualifications, genial and courteous manner and 
 attention to business, has secured a lucrative 
 trade. He had two brothers in the army, Dr. 
 John C. Corbus and Dr. J. R. Corbus, the former 
 being Asst. Surgeon of the 75th 111. The latter 
 is now engaged in his profession in Chicago. 
 Mr. Corbus maternal grandfather was in the 
 Revolutionary war. 
 
 In the year 1870 our subject married Clara 
 M. Robinson and they have one child Burton 
 R. Mr. Corbus assisted in the reorganization of 
 the G. A. R. Post, at La Salle, is one of its most 
 active members, and in all matters pertaining 
 to his comrades, he takes a lively interest. He 
 is a Free Mason, a Modern Woodman, and a 
 Republican in politics. 
 
 WILLIAM BEAL, of Sheridan, 111., was 
 born in Crawford Co., Ohio, July 27, 
 1837, a d was the son of Daniel M. 
 and Olive (Westover) Beal, both of whom 
 were natives of Vt. Mr. Beal s grandfather, 
 Obadiah Beal, was a soldier of the Revolution, 
 and his father an enterprising farmer, who loca 
 ted in La Salle Co., 111., in 1847. He died in 
 1872, and his wife in 1876. Mr. and Mrs Beal 
 raised a family of 8 children, of whom William 
 was the fourth son, and who received his edu 
 cation in the public schools of the neighbor 
 hood, after which he followed farming. At 
 the commencement of hostilities, in 1861, he 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 enlisted in Co. K. 8th 111. Cav. under command 
 of Col. John F. Farnsworth. They went into 
 camp at St. Charles 111. Here the Regt. was 
 formed and was ordered to Washington, D. C., 
 where it joined Gen. Stoneman s Brig, and sub 
 sequently Gen McClellan s army. They after 
 ward moved to Richmond and took part in 
 almost all the prominent battles and skirmishes 
 in which this army was engaged. Among 
 them were Richmond, 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, 
 Williamsburg, Baltmore Cross Roads, Fair 
 Oaks, Turkey Creek, Malvern Hill, Poolville, 
 Bardstown, Cacatin Pass, Middletown, South 
 Mountain, Boonsboro, Marti nsburg, Wood- 
 grove, Phillimont, Union, Upperville, Barber s 
 Cross Roads, Amosville, Little Washington, 
 Fredericksburg, Freeman s Ford, Beverly Ford, 
 Kelly s Ford, Rapidan Station, Fairfield, Get 
 tysburg, Williamsport, Benevola, Funkstown, 
 Falling Water, Chester Gap, Culpepcr, 2nd 
 Rapidan, Madison Court House, Raccoon 
 Ford, Stephensburg, Bealton Station, Hazel 
 River and Chantilly. He was mustered out of 
 service Jan. 1864, veteranized the same day at 
 Culpeper Va. and took part in the defense of 
 Washington City, remaining there until Au 
 gust, when he went to Va., and from there to 
 St. Louis, Mo., in which city he was finally 
 mustered out of service, July 5, 1865. Return 
 ing home, he continued farming, but in 1876, 
 removed to Kan. Five years later he returned 
 to 111., where he has since remained. 
 
 Mr. Beal is a member of the G. A. R., Post 
 No. 672. He cast his first vote for President 
 Lincoln. He was never married and lives with 
 his sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Hib- 
 bard. 
 
 Mr. Timothy Hibbard, the brother-in-law of 
 Mr. Beal, was born March I, 1824, in Monroe 
 Co., N. Y., and is the son of John and Mary 
 (Hess) Hibbard, natives of Vt. and Germany, 
 respectively. His father was a farmer and lo 
 cated at Mission, 111., in 1843. He died, July 
 26, 1843, and his wife Oct. 3, 1874. Mr. Hib 
 bard is the only one now living, out of a family 
 of 13 children, 10 of whom lived to be grown. 
 Timothy was the 8th born, and received his 
 education in the common schools of Monroe 
 
 Co. In 1839, he located in La Salle Co., 111., and 
 engaged in farm work with the various farmers 
 of this county. He was twice married. His 
 first wife was Tiny Dart, a native of Ind., and a 
 daughter of Mr. Thomas Dart. Mrs. Hibbard 
 died Feb. 22, 1843, leaving an infant. In 1849, 
 Mr. Hibbard married Sopronia Beal, who was 
 born in Ohio, Oct. 13, 1828. They have two chil 
 dren. He did not participate in any active duty 
 during the war, on account of his disability, 
 but his sympathies were entirely with the union 
 cause, and he did all possible to further its ad 
 vancement. He is well known and much re 
 spected. 
 
 CAPTAIN HENRY HAWKINS, of Quincy, 111., 
 in Aug. ,1862, in conjunction with Lieuts. 
 Cannon and Earl raised a Co. of men for 
 the army of the Union in Adams Co., 111., and 
 Sept. 1st, received a commission as Captain of 
 Co. F, 78th 111. Inf., and on the igth, the Regt. 
 under Col. W. H. Bennison, was ordered to 
 Louisville, and detailed for provost duty until 
 sent to guard the railroad. At Rolling Fort 
 Bridge, Co. F., built a stockade and remained 
 during the winter. The rebel guerrillas under 
 Morgan attacked the headquarters of the 78th 
 at New Haven, but were repulsed. A demand 
 was also made by them upon Capt. Hawkins 
 to surrender the stockade he held, but the in 
 vitation was declined and the rebels made no 
 fight. The rebel officer stopped about three 
 miles out to forage on a loyal Ky. farmer, and 
 he is reported to have said "that was a d d 
 ugly looking cuss at the stockade," which Capt. 
 Hawkins considered a rather dubious compli 
 ment. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1863, the Regt. was ordered to 
 Franklin, Tenn., where it remained until June 
 24th, guarding railroads. In the fall it partici 
 pated in the battle of Chickarrtauga. After 
 conveying about 2OO prisoners to Chattanooga 
 on the night of the fight, Capt. Hawkins re 
 turned Monday P. M. after the battle and as 
 sisted in protecting the rear of the army. 
 Here by some official carelessness, Co. F, and 
 
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 several details from other Regts. were left on 
 the picket line when the army fell back at mid 
 night. These details consisting of eleven 
 commissioned officers and about 160 rank and 
 and file fell into the enemy s hands. Oct. I, 
 Capt. Hawkins found himself inside Libby 
 Prison with about 900 officers like himself, 
 prisoners of war, and here he remained until 
 the following spring when he was transferred 
 to Danville, to Macon, and thence to Charles 
 ton, where he remained in prison buildings 
 under the steady bombardment of the federal 
 fleet for two months, but no missile ever touched 
 the building except one piece of shell that 
 dropped in the prison yard. 
 
 When the U. S. authorities retaliated by 
 placing about 600 rebel prisoners on an 
 island in the harbor under the fire of the rebel 
 guns, Capt. Hawkins was removed with other 
 prisoners to Columbia, S. C. When Gen. Sher 
 man approached Columbia the prisoners were 
 hurriedly crowded on to cars in a storm of 
 snow and sleet to be sent to Charlotte for 
 parol. About 30 miles out the prisoners, 
 having no confidence in the statement in regard 
 to parol, succeeded in cutting the train in two 
 and about 250 escaped. The officer in charge 
 made no effort to recapture them, and said, 
 "The bottom is dropping out of the Confederacy 
 and they may just as well go as not." 
 Although the weather was terribly severe Capt. 
 Hawkins and four officers, on the third day 
 fortunately discovered a true friend in the 
 person of a colored man who recognizing them 
 as Union soldiers, and learning their needs 
 assured them of his personal care until "Massa 
 Sherman comes along in a day or two." He 
 well fulfilled his promise to care for these 
 prisoners, and one evening came with the joy 
 ful news that Gen. Sherman had come and they 
 could go where they pleased. That night an 
 Orderly en route from Gen. Sherman to Gen. 
 Logan, took them in charge and by noon the 
 next day they gladly rejoined the victorious 
 army of General Sherman. 
 
 March 5, Capt. Hawkins was heartily wel 
 comed by his comrades. At Fayetteville he 
 was granted a furlough, and passing through 
 
 Washington had the honor of recounting his 
 sufferings and escape to President Lincoln. 
 Before his furlough expired the war was ended 
 and Capt. Hawkins was mustered out by Gen 
 eral order May 15, 1865. 
 
 Captain Henry E. Hawkins, a native of 
 England, was born at Stroud, in the County of 
 Gloucester, Feb. 2, 1822, a son of Henry 
 Hawkins, an eminent attorney and solicitor, 
 and M. A. S. Hawkins, ne6 Ross, both now 
 dead. On the father s side his male ancestors 
 were for many generations Naval officers, the 
 father of Henry Hawkins serving as Lieut, 
 under Lord Nelson, was disabled by losing an 
 arm, which caused him to resign. At a very 
 early age Capt. Henry E. Hawkins, wearying 
 of the restraints of home and school, was 
 articled to the Captain of a merchant ship in 
 the Australian trade, and on the arrival of the 
 ship at Adelaide, South Australia, not fancy 
 ing the idea of five years work as an appren 
 tice without wages, he left the ship. After 
 about 1 8 months experience in the several 
 Australian Colonies, he shipped on a New 
 England whaler, and for 7 or 8 years was on 
 the sea, having five times rounded Cape Horn. 
 He also visited the graves of the Arctic Ex 
 plorers in Petro-Palonski, captured whales in 
 the Pacific, shivered and toiled in the nightless 
 day of Behring Sea, and reveled on the sunny 
 Isles of the Pacific a varied life, full of con 
 trasting experiences, the remembrance of which, 
 even at this distant period, assists in pleasantly 
 passing away hours that otherwise would be 
 w.carisome. 
 
 Capt. Hawkins becoming weary of this 
 rambling life determined in 1853 to make the 
 overland trip to California after spending the 
 winter in Ohio. He started, as book agent, 
 for St. Louis, and shortly visiting a friend in 
 Schuyler County, concluded to defer his West 
 ern trip, and spent three years in teaching 
 school. When the Northern Cross Ry. was 
 opened he secured a position as Station Agent, 
 and continued for several years, and was, dur 
 ing the six years prior to the war, at Coats- 
 burg, in Adams County, during which time he 
 held the office of Justice of the Peace, and for 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 three years was Supervisor of the Township of 
 Honey Creek. 
 
 Captain Hawkins for many years since the 
 war has been subject to epilepsy, which at 
 times totally incapacitates him for mental or 
 physical labor, and for the past two years has 
 been an inmate of the 111. S. and S. Home at 
 Quincy, 111., of which he speaks in the highest 
 terms as being indeed a Home. In 1856, Capt. 
 Hawkins married Miss P. Blackburn, of Brook 
 lyn, Schuyler Co., 111., daughter of Dr. James 
 Blackburn, formerly of that place, now de 
 ceased. He is the father of three living chil 
 dren S. F. Hawkins, a lumber dealer at Bos- 
 worth, Mo.; Mrs. M. P. Graham, and Maude B., 
 both residents of that place. Capt. Hawkins 
 has been for many years a Mason, and is a 
 member of the Presbyterian Church, at Quincy, 
 111. 
 
 J MONROE RIFENBERICK, a native of 
 Clarion, Pa., born April 30, 1845, son of 
 William and Margaret ( Ralston) Rifen- 
 berick, the former a native of N. J., born in 
 1805, and died in 1863, the latter was also 
 born in the same State, in 1815, and died 
 December, 1869. The father was a farmer 
 and merchant and held various offices of trust 
 and responsibility. Our subject is the eldest 
 living of a family of four children, his brother 
 William, and sister Mary having died in infancy, 
 leaving a sister Annie L., wife of W. H. Lane 
 of Farmington, 111. J. Monroe grew to man 
 hood in Pa., attended the public schools, and 
 at the age of sixteen entered Covode Academ 
 ical Institute and graduated therefrom in his 
 igth year. While in the school he enlisted in 
 Co. C, 2o6th Pa. Vol. Inf., and during his serv 
 ice received his diploma from the President 
 of the college. He served in the Army of the 
 Potomac under Col. Hugh J. Brady, who was 
 an old veteran of the Mexican war. His 
 regiment lay in front of Richmond during the 
 winter of 1864-5, taking part in the final cam 
 paign of the war, and being among the first to 
 enter Richmond. During his stay at the last 
 
 named place our subject was discharged on 
 account of disability pneumonia having 
 caused partial paralysis of the right side. His 
 enlistment bore date Aug. 12, 1864, and his 
 discharge followed May 26, 1865, after the war. 
 
 He then returned to Covode, Pa., and the 
 following winter being improved in health, 
 was able to teach school, which he continued 
 simultaneously with reading medical works 
 until the fall of 1869, when he was again pros 
 trated with sickness. He then moved West, 
 settling in Bloomington, 111., where he taught 
 school for two years, then returned to Clarion, 
 Pa., in 1872, and taught school and read law for 
 upwards of a year and a-half, subsequently re 
 turning to Bloomington and resumed teaching 
 which he continued for twelve years in that 
 town and adjoining villages. Here he was 
 married, Feb. 12, 1883, to K ya E. Hayes, prin 
 cipal of the Chenoa, 111. graded schools. She 
 died June 16, of the same year of consumption. 
 Here also Mr. Rifenberick had a stroke of 
 paralysis and was rendered helpless. Recover 
 ing slightly, he entered the Soldiers and Sail 
 or s Home May 4, 1887, remaining about 18 
 months. During his sickness at Bloomington, 
 which prostrated him for a year, his former 
 students presented him with an invalid s chair, 
 in which he spent his time when not in bed. 
 While at the "Home" he began work at the 
 pension business, and finally felt competent to 
 conduct an office, and withdrew from the 
 "Home" and opened his present business, Pen 
 sion Atty., in which he has been phenomenally 
 successful and has over 1,200 cases now on file. 
 July 25, 1890, he was united in marriage with 
 Mrs. Lizzie A. Thompson, of Kirksville, Mo., 
 born at La Grange, Mo., in 1855, she being the 
 widow of Capt. Fred Thompson, of a Mo. Regt., 
 in the Confederate service, serving under Gen. 
 Price. Her parents were John S. and Charlotte 
 (Gotliff ) Craig the former a soldier in Co. A, 
 3rd Mo. Cav., who died from the effects of his 
 army service. The mother resides at Quincy, 
 and is a pensioner by reason of her husband s 
 army service. 
 
 Three brothers, Joseph F., Charles G., and 
 Andrew, were soldiers in the same Co. and 
 
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 Regt. with their father, the latter dying soon 
 after his discharge. Another brother is Dr. 
 Thomas Craig, Government Physician at Talla- 
 quale, Ind. One sister, now Mrs. F. M. Brown, 
 resides at Kirksville, Mo. By her former mar 
 riage Mrs. Riefenberick has three children, viz.: 
 Ora Lee, bookkeeper for the Singer Sewing 
 Machine Co., in Ouincy; Thomas Clifford and 
 Pansy Eva, both in school. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Rifenberick are members of 
 the first Presbyterian Church, of Quincy. Mr. 
 Rifenberick is a member of John Wood Post, 
 No. 196, also of the I. O. O. F., at Hamilton, 
 Pa., and is a P. N. G. of that order. Mr. Rifen 
 berick is six feet, four inches tall. Mrs. Rifen 
 berick is a Notary Public and is of great assist 
 ance to her husband in his large and increasing 
 business. 
 
 WALTER S. ANGELL, of Sterling, 111., was 
 born Oct. 31, 1838, at Smithfield, 
 R. I. His parents were Arnold J. 
 and Almira (Maxfield) Angell. His father was 
 the son of Thomas, who was also a native of 
 R. I., and descended from an Fnglish family, 
 settling in America before the Revolution. His 
 mother was likewise a native of R. I. Arnold 
 J., the father of Walter S., was by profession a 
 wheelwright and prosecuted his trade in his 
 native town until his removal to the west in 
 1853, locating at Como, Whiteside Co., 111., 
 where he resumed his occupation. He is still 
 living at Prophetstown, 111., surviving his wife 
 who died Jan. 20, 1892. They had seven chil 
 dren WalterS., the eldest, Arnold J., Jr., Henry 
 (dead), Draper, a member of the 75th 111., Co. 
 H., now living at Prophetstown, Pardon, and 
 two others who died in infancy. 
 
 Walter S. as a boy was kept at home, attend 
 ing school, assisting in. the farm work, and ac 
 quiring some knowledge of blacksmithing. He 
 enlisted in Aug. 1862, and was mustered in at 
 Dixon, 111., Aug. 30, as a private of Co. H, 75th 
 Ills. Inf. After being in camp for awhile the 
 Regt. marched to the front and was engaged 
 in the action at Perry ville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862. 
 
 The Co. was in the center of the line and in the 
 thickest of the fight, losing in killed and 
 wounded 31 men, all in about 20 minutes. Mr. 
 Angell shared the honor with his gallant com 
 rades and won the recognition and approval of 
 his commanding officer by his courageous and 
 soldierly bearing. The Regt. next went in pur 
 suit of Bragg to Danville, Ky., where they were 
 overtaken by a furious snow storm and had to 
 go on to Lebanon for their tents and camp sup 
 plies, which had been left behind when they 
 advanced upon Perryville. The next move was 
 to Bowling Green and Nashville, and pursuing 
 the enemy as far as Crab Orchard, subsequently 
 returning by way of Stanford, Danville, and 
 Perryville. Nov. 7th, the reorganization of the 
 command was effected, and the 75th was as 
 signed to ist Brig., 1st Div. At the battle of 
 Murfreesboro the 75th operated with the 22d 
 Ind., and the 5Qth and 74th 111., making an ad 
 vance upon the town, continuing the engage 
 ment throughout the day. Night found them 
 still upon the field, where they bivouacked. 
 Resting on the 27th and 28th, the army moved 
 forward on the 2Qth, and on the 3Oth the entire 
 corps reached Overall s Creek, three and one- 
 half miles from Murfreesboro, the command 
 remaining here during the winter and spring 
 engaged in picket and other incident duties. 
 
 Just before the battle of Lookout Mt. the 
 75th was ordered to protect the train of sup 
 plies which was coming in. The Regt. was not 
 in the battle at Chickamauga. The 75th was 
 now placed in the 3rd Brig., ist Div., 4th A. C. 
 The command was in action at Lookout Mt. 
 and again at Missionary Ridge, contributing 
 essentially to the victories which attended 
 those engagements. The battles of Ringgold 
 and Tunnel Hill closed the campaign, the com 
 mand afterwards going into winter quarters at 
 Whiteside. They joined the advance upon 
 Atlanta in the following spring and partici 
 pated in all the battles of that memorable cam 
 paign. Buzzard s Roost, Dalton, Rocky Face 
 Ridge, Resaca, Pumpkinvine Creek, Dallas, 
 Kenesaw Mt., Adairsville, Gulp s Farm, Peach 
 Tree Creek and other minor engagements. 
 
 After" the battle of Atlanta the command 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 went in pursuit of Hood, forcing him back up 
 on Franklin, there bringing him to battle and 
 defeat. The Regt, pushing the enemy on they 
 reached Hunts ville, Ala., where they were 
 quartered through the winter, Onward they 
 moved and reaching Strawberry Plains about 
 the middle of April, they proceeded to 
 Nashville, where they were mustered out by 
 the general order of the war department June 
 12, 1865, and finally discharged at Chicago. 
 
 At Nashville on their return home July i, 
 1865, the 75th arranged a grand torchlight pro 
 cession by placing lighted candles in the muz 
 zles of their guns, and marched to the head 
 quarters of Gen. Stanley, who in a speech warmly 
 applauded the Regt. for its brilliant services in 
 the cause of the Union. He returned home. 
 He had passed through the war and many of 
 its most desperate situations without a scratch 
 or having lost a single day from sickness. Re 
 turning to Como, 111., July 3, 1865, he conducted 
 farming operations and a blacksmithing shop 
 until 1872, when he removed to Sterling, where 
 he has since been engaged mostly as a black 
 smith. He was married Oct. 8, 1865, at Como, 
 to Frances, daughter of Jason and Eleanor 
 Hopkins, the veritable girl he left behind him 
 when he took up arms in defense of his country. 
 The parents of Mrs. Angell were old settlers in 
 Whiteside Co., and their first child was the first 
 white male child born in that county. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Angell had but two children: William 
 H., living, and Carl, who died in infancy. Mrs. 
 Angell died March 6, 1891. Mr. Angell is a 
 member of the G. A. R. Post No. 274, and is a 
 staunch Republican, and as a citizen as highly 
 esteemed as he was distinguished as a soldier. 
 
 CAFT. ALIMIEUS M. BLAKESLEV, of Rock 
 Island, 111., one of that city s most enter 
 prising and responsible manufacturing 
 and business men, is the subject of the present 
 notice. He was born April 28, 1835, a ^ Kings- 
 ville, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, a son of Alpheus and 
 Almira (Webster) Blakesley, the former born 
 Feb. i, 1798, and the latter, April 16, 1804, a 
 daughter of Clark Webster. The Captain s 
 
 maternal grandfather Michael Webster, was a 
 soldier in the war of 1812, which he passed safe 
 ly through, and died at the extraordinary age 
 of IC2 years. Capt. Blakesley s father died 
 when the son was only a few weeks old, leaving 
 his widow, and three children, viz.: George O., 
 Celia and Alpheus M. The mother died in 1845, 
 the daughter, Celia, having died soon after the 
 father. At the age of 10, after the death of his 
 mother, Alpheus removed to Wisconsin to re 
 side with an aunt, but not finding matters as 
 satisfactory as he could desire, left to fight his 
 journey alone. His struggles in early life were 
 heroic and his misfortunes were realized by 
 none more keenly than himself; therefore, he 
 determined to acquire a good education which 
 he finally accomplished, finishing up at Kings- 
 ville Academy, Ohio, when 21 years of age. 
 He then learned the tinner trade, and soon after 
 became interested with his brother in the hard 
 ware business at Sterling, 111., which continued 
 from 1856, for two years, when he removed to 
 Rockford where he continued in the same line. 
 
 At the first call for troops in April, 1861, he 
 enlisted fqr the three months service in the Rock- 
 ford Zouaves, a company made up mostly of 
 Col. Ellsworth s first company, and commanded 
 by Capt. G. L. Nevins. His Co. claimed to 
 be among the first to respond and report for 
 service under the President s call. He reported 
 at Springfield and was mustered into the nth 
 111. Vol. Inf. with W. H. L. Wallace (a brother 
 of Gen. Lew Wallace), afterwards a Gen. killed 
 at Shiloh, as Colonel of the Regt., and Gen. 
 Ransom, as Major. 
 
 Capt. Blakesley served out his term, but 
 owing to very poor health was compelled to 
 abandon the army for a time. He, however, 
 assisted in raising and drilling a Co. at Sterling, 
 111., and Aug. 13, 1862, he again enlisted as a 
 private at Rockford, where he was mustered in 
 as 2nd Lieut, of Co. E., 74th 111. Vol. Inf., with 
 Elias Cosper as Captain, and Jas. B. Kerr, as 
 Lieut. Col. of the Regt. On Sunday, Sept. 28, 
 amidst the ringing of bells and a general dem 
 onstration, the Regt., 940 strong, left for Louis 
 ville, Ky., where, on arrival, it was brigaded 
 with the /5th and 59th 111., the 22d Ind., and 
 
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BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 the 5th Wis. battery, forming the 3Oth Brig., gih 
 Div., 3d A. C., with Col. Post in command of 
 the Brig., Gen. Mitchell of the Div., Gen. Gil 
 bert of the Corps, and Gen. McCook, of the 
 army. In Oct., 1862, the army then at Bowling 
 Green, was reorganized under Gen. Rosecrans, 
 and afterwards known as the Army of the 
 Cumberland. The /4th, while still in the 1st 
 Brig., became part of the 1st Div., under Jeff 
 C. Davis, of the 2Oth Corps, commanded by 
 Gen. McCook. 
 
 In Oct., 1863, at Chattanooga, when the re 
 organization of the Army of the Cumberland 
 occurred, the 74th was brigaded, during the re 
 mainder of the war, with the 36th, 44th, 73d 
 and 88th 111., 22d Ind., 2d and I5th Mo., 
 and 5th Wis. battery, forming the 1st Brig., 
 2d Div. and 4th Corps, with Col. Sherman, 
 of the 88th 111., or Gen. Kimball, as Brig, 
 commanders ; Gen Phil Sheridan commanding 
 Div. a part of the time, and Gen. Gordon 
 Granger the Corps. Moving from Louis 
 ville, Capt. Blakesley was in almost daily skir 
 mishes with Bragg s army. The Regt. \vas held 
 in reserve at the battle of Perryville. From 
 this time until Nov. 7th, when Nashville was 
 reached, the Regt. was almost constantly on the 
 march. At the battle of Perryville, our subject 
 acted as Adjutant of his Regt. It continued in 
 camp near Nashville, having occasional skir 
 mishes with the enemy, until the latter days of 
 Dec., when it became evident that a deadly 
 struggle was soon to occur in the vicinity of 
 Stone River. The Union army advanced their 
 lines, driving the rebels before them towards 
 Murfreesboro. At Nolensville, on the 26th, 
 the /4th, being in advance, came upon an outpost 
 of the enemy, strongly supported by a battery. 
 Mere the Regt. received its first real test under 
 fire. It gallantly drove the enemy from the 
 hill under heavy fire. In this charge our sub 
 ject was partially disabled by a cannon shot, but 
 by the aid of two of his men went through the 
 charge. They continued in the advance bivouack 
 ing without fires, being engaged Dec. 3Oth, with 
 constant skirmishing and heavy artillery firing, 
 and resting that night upon their arms and 
 without fire. 
 
 Before daybreak the 74th was in line and as 
 the day dawned the confederate shots were ob 
 served moving up the left flank, when the col 
 umn to which the 74th was attached moved by 
 the right. The rebels then charged Johntson s 
 Div. to the right, completely surprising it, and 
 capturing the batteries before a gun was fired. 
 Johnston s Div. having fallen back, exposed the 
 Brig, to an enfilading fire, to avoid which, it 
 changed front, fell back some6o rods, and took 
 position behind a fence. The rebels advanced 
 in three lines, and as they did so, Gen. Davis 
 rode along in front and turning to the men 
 said: "Give them hell, 74th, keep cool and fire 
 low." Firing commenced immediately, but the 
 74th reserved its fire until the enemy was close 
 upon them when it opened with volley after 
 volley, making the solid lines to recoil. Mean 
 while the 5th Wis. poured in grape and canister 
 at short range, making fearful havoc in the 
 closely pressing confederate ranks. Being 
 confronted with an immensely superior force 
 and to escape capture, the 74th fell back, three 
 quarters of a mile, reformed, checked the en 
 emy, then drove him back a considerable dis 
 tance. The regimental casualties in this action 
 were 8 killed, 35 wounded, and 42 missing or 
 captured, being a loss of one-fifth of its force 
 engaged. The same evening the 74th repelled 
 a persistent Cav. attack made by the Texas 
 Rangers and Morgan s Cav. In this engage 
 ment our subject was complimented by the 
 commanding Col. for the skill in which he 
 handled the skirmish line. The bravery and 
 skill displayed by the 74th during the battle of 
 Stone River was highly commended by Col. 
 Post, who said of the 74th: "The deliberation 
 and order in which the 74th retired is espe 
 cially commended." Jan. 2, the Regt. was 
 again engaged, but it soon terminated by the 
 enemy starting on full retreat. It continued 
 near Murfreesboro during the winter, then 
 started on June 24, upon the Tullahoma cam 
 paign, one of incessant march, battle and skir 
 mish, which terminated in the fierce struggle of 
 Sept. igth and 2Oth on the line of Chickamauga, 
 and the occupation of Chattanooga by the 
 Union forces. On the last day of this battle, 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Mr. Blakesley s Brig, was entirely cut off from 
 the army, and in imminent danger of capture, 
 but on the following day, cut their way through 
 the rebel lines, and joined the main army. 
 Nov. 14, his Regt. received a flag from the 
 ladies of Rockford. Nov. 25, Sherman made 
 several ineffectual attempts upon the confed 
 erates right, at Mission Ridge, but early in the 
 afternoon, Sheridan s Div. and the 4th Corps 
 were ordered forward to carry the rebel rifle 
 pits at the foot of the Ridge. 
 
 They succeeded in surprising the enemy 
 and carrying the pits, taking the surviving oc 
 cupants as prisoners. Orders were then given 
 to storm the Ridge, which after a terrible and 
 sanguinary conflict was carried. In this charge 
 Capt. Blakesley was knocked senseless by the 
 concussion of a shell, but soon regained con 
 sciousness and led his company on "to do or 
 die." He has never fully recovered from the 
 effects of this injury. In this charge the /4th s 
 new flag was borne by Sergt. C. E. Allen who 
 soon fell wounded. It had scarcely fallen from 
 his grasp, before it was seized by Alba Miller 
 of Co. C, who a few minutes later fell severely 
 wounded. It was then taken by Corporal 
 Compton, who in time fell mortally wounded, 
 whereupon, it was snatched from the dying 
 Compton by Corporal Hensey who soon plant 
 ed it pierced by 15 bullet holes upon the rebel 
 works, the first Union flag to wave upon the 
 hard-won crest of that rugged hill. In this as 
 sault the 74th lost 14 killed, 39 wounded, and 6 
 missing. The Regt. took part in the expedi 
 tion to Knoxville and the occupation of Lou- 
 don. That winter will long be remembered for 
 the intense suffering by the exposed troops, 
 from the severity of the weather. In Feb. 1863, 
 our subject was promoted to be 1st Lieut., and 
 on Feb. 8, 1864, was commissioned as Captain 
 of his Co. In the spring of 1864, he participa 
 ted in the Atlanta campaign and was actively 
 engaged in the battles of Tunnel Hill, Rocky 
 Face Ridge, at which he worked all one night, 
 with others, hauling two parrot guns by ropes 
 up the Ridge, giving the rebels an early salute 
 the next morning. The view from this point 
 presented an imposing sight of the contending 
 
 forces. Then followed the battles of Dalton, 
 Resaca, Calhoun, Lost Mt., assault at Kenesaw 
 Mt., Marietta, Vining Station, Peach Tree Creek, 
 Atlanta and Jonesboro. During the assault 
 upon Kenesaw Mt., the 74th suffered a loss of 
 1 8 killed, 39 wounded, and 6 taken prisoners. 
 From this time forward the 4th Corps under 
 Gen. Thomas was detailed to keep the rebel 
 Hood, and his forces in subjection, going first 
 to Chattanooga, then to Resaca, thence to 
 Pulaski, Nashville and Spring Hill, where the 
 74th engaged the enemy, moving the same day 
 to Franklin. About Nov. i, Capt. Blakesley, 
 owing, to the absence of the Col., was placed in 
 charge of the Regt., when he in turn was grant 
 ed a furlough, rejoining his Regt. again at 
 Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 6th. It was while en 
 camped near this place that the Regt. was com 
 plimented by the Gen. in command of the Corps, 
 as excelling all others in the Corps, in the neat 
 ness, cleanliness, and comforts of the camp. 
 In the latter partof March they moved to Knox 
 ville, and whilst in camp near there, received 
 news of the surrender of Gen. Lee and the 
 assassination of President Lincoln. No tongue 
 nor pen can describe the intense excitement in 
 camp, of those few days. His Brig, then 
 marched to Nashville where, on June 12, it was 
 mustered out of service with 343 officers and 
 men, then placed en route for Rockford, arriv 
 ing there on the 29th, where they were tendered 
 a public reception at the hands of the citizens. 
 As the Regt. moved homeward it was de 
 tained at Indianapolis, Ind., awaiting transpor 
 tation. Gov. Morton, on hearing this, sent an 
 urgent request that they go to the Capitol 
 Grounds to receive his congratulations, with 
 other returning troops. The " boys" were in a 
 scarcely presentable condition, and at first 
 hesitated, but finally yielded and were marched 
 to the grounds under the command of Capt. 
 Blakesley, who modestly sought a seat upon a 
 concealed corner of the platform. He was 
 soon called upon for a speech, but at first de 
 clined the honor. He was lifted bodily and 
 passed over the heads of the people to the 
 front of the platform amidst wild enthusiasm, 
 where he made a short address to the assem- 
 
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 bled multitude. The Regt. continued on to 
 Chicago, where they were finally discharged, 
 and started for their respective homes. 
 
 After the war, the Captain removed to Beloit, 
 Wis., where he embarked in the hardware and 
 stove trade, and remained until 1869, when he 
 removed to Hiawatha, Kan., and there resumed 
 the same business. In 1875 he removed to 
 Chicago, continuing there for two years, then 
 went to Rock Island, working with the old 
 R. I. Stove Company until Dec., 1880, when 
 with Messrs. Mitchell & Mixter, he formed a 
 co-partnership under the style of Rock Island 
 Stove Company, for the manufacture of stoves 
 and ranges, which has grown to be an exten 
 sive and flourishing business. On July 19, 
 1865, he married Mary Ann Avery, of Belvi- 
 dere, daughter of Egbert H. Avery, and by 
 whom he has the following children: Ella 
 Avery, George Webster, Charles Alpheus, and 
 Theodore Seward. 
 
 In politics he is a Republican; a member of 
 the G. A. R.; and a member of the Broadway 
 Presbyterian Church at Rock Island, of which 
 he is an PLlder and trustee. He has always 
 been characterized by his pronounced views 
 upon moral, religious, and temperance subjects, 
 and is admired and respected for his honest 
 methods in all his business transactions. 
 
 CHARLES JOSENHANS, of Morris, 111., a na 
 tive of Wurtemberg, Germany, whose 
 parents were Gottleib and Redina Josen- 
 hans, came to America in 1853, before he was 
 17 years of age. He soon found his way to 
 Chicago, and was employed as a tanner, a trade 
 which he had learned in the old country. When 
 the war was declared he was a resident of Lock- 
 port, 111., and there enlisted in the 3 months 
 service. At the expiration of his term he en 
 listed in Co. D, 111. Light Art., known as Dres 
 sers Battery. In this he served 3 years, tak 
 ing part in the battle of Fort Henry, Fort Don- 
 elson and Shiloh; also the siege of Corinth, and 
 in guarding the Mobile & Ohio and Memphis 
 & Charleston roads, while Gen. Grant made his 
 
 expedition to Holly Springs, and was in the 
 fight at Davis Mills, just below La Grange, Tenn. 
 Serving in this army until his time had expired, 
 in 1864, Mr. Josenhans returned home, and 
 again enlisted, this time as a veteran, in Han 
 cock s Corps. He was ordered to Washington, 
 D. C., and was a participant in the latter part of 
 the Eastern campaign. He was also employed 
 in guarding prisoners, among whom, at one time, 
 was the noted Mrs. Surratt. When this woman 
 was executed he stood within 20 feet of her, 
 and in full sight of her when the drop fell and 
 she was launched into eternity. 
 
 Returning to Illinois in 1866, after receiving 
 his discharge, this faithful veteran settled in 
 Morris, and found employment with the firm of 
 Casper & Woelfell, where he has remained to 
 this date, although the firm has changed several 
 times. In 1868, Mr.Josenhansand MaryPelke.of 
 Morris, were married. They have five children : 
 Amelia, Frederick, Charles, Julia, Hulbert and 
 Nellie. 
 
 At one time Mr. Josenhans moved with his 
 family to Pawnee Co., Kan., to secure a farm un 
 der the Soldiers Claim Law, and was in the West 
 about three years. This farm he still owns. He 
 is a decided Republican politically, and is an 
 active member of the G. A. R., and a citizen 
 worth of respect. 
 
 SERGEANT DAVID FLACK, of Cottage No. I, 
 111. S. and S. H., Quincy, 111., and a mem 
 ber of the G. A. R. was born in Wayne 
 Co., Ohio, March 16, 1836; and is the son of 
 James and Judy Plack. His father was one of 
 the early pioneers of Ohio, having located at 
 Wooster, when there were but two or three 
 cabins in that now important city. He was 
 twice married, our subject being the eldest of a 
 family of six born by the second union. 
 Ezekiel, a brother, and now a resident of In 
 dianapolis, Ind., served in the i6th Ohio Inf. 
 David was reared to farm life, attended the 
 public schools and grew to manhood in his 
 native county. When he was twenty years of 
 age he lost his father, and shortly went to 
 Henry Co., 111., where he remained three years. 
 
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 He returned home, and upon the death of 
 his mother, which occurred soon after the 
 parental home was broken up. David contin 
 ued farming until the outbreak of the great 
 rebellion, when he responded to the very first 
 call for volunteers, enlisting in Co. E, 4th Ohio 
 Inf. The Regt. camped at Camp Dennison, 
 where it remained drilling and awaiting arms 
 and equipments during the entire term of en 
 listment. June i, 1861, Sergt. Flack mustered 
 into the three years service in the same or 
 ganization. The "boys" lost no time but at 
 once moved to the front, crossing the Ohio 
 River and entering Va., thence onward, under 
 McClellan into W. Va., receiving the first bap 
 tism of rebel fire at Rich Mt., July 11, 1861. 
 After this victory they subsequently marched 
 to Pendleton, Md., to relieve the 8th Ohio, who 
 were all sick from exposure and camp diseases. 
 Here they remained during the summer, 
 strengthening the fort, digging rifle pits and 
 doing general fatigue duty. Co. E continued 
 in these duties during the winter and rejoined 
 the Regt. in the spring at Cumberland, Md. 
 
 May 25, comrade Flack participated in the 
 battle of Winchester, where the troops defeated 
 the rebels under Stonewall Jackson. At Fred- 
 ericksburg they joined McDowell s forces and 
 then began the manoeuvers in which the Union 
 tried to hem in Jackson between Fremont and 
 McDowell s forces. In the opinion of Sergt. 
 Flack, Jackson could have been captured very 
 easily. But instead McDowell sent one divi 
 sion down to Port Republic, where it was badly 
 used up trying to hold the bridge, and thus 
 Jackson escaped. Orders were given by Mc 
 Dowell to not destroy this bridge, which was 
 another "military bull." The 4th Ohio joined 
 McClellan s army at Harrison s Landing, and 
 subsequently, when the army moved on the 
 second Bull Run campaign, it marched to New 
 port News, whence by transports to Alexandria. 
 Soon it was ordered to N. Y. City to aid in sup 
 pressing the draft riots. Remaining about five 
 weeks, it returned to Alexandria, Va., and went 
 into winter quarters at Falmouth. May 1-4, 
 1863, the Regt. participated in the sanguinary 
 battle at Chancellorsville, and was assigned to 
 
 the 1st Brig., 3d Div., and 2nd A. C., with its 
 position on the right center. During the des 
 perate charge, the giving way of the nth corps 
 on the right, placed the second corps, especially 
 the right wing, in a most critical position. After 
 digging intrenchments they lay in the rain all 
 night, and the second night afterward, covered 
 their retreat, leaving the line about daylight 
 and being the last of the army to recross the 
 Rappahannock. Returning to Falmouth, they 
 remained there until the march for Gettysburg, 
 which was a most wearisome one, the men be 
 ing obliged at times to march night and day. 
 July 2, they reached the bloody battle field and 
 at once went into action. Bravely they fought, 
 and heavily they lost in killed and wounded. 
 After the battle they followed Lee s defeated 
 army to the Potomac. Here, in comrade Flack s 
 opinion, was another grievous mistake of those 
 in high authority, in not following the rebels 
 closely. Instead, they were allowed to peace 
 ably recross the Potomac, and gain their fast 
 nesses in Va. The next spring we find Sergt. 
 Flack actively engaged in the memorable Wild 
 erness campaign, after which, June 21, 1864, at 
 Columbus, Ohio, he was duly mustered out af 
 ter three years of active service. 
 
 Returning to Wooster, Ohio, he was mar 
 ried Oct. 11, 1864, to Mary E. Stonebreaker. 
 By this happy union were born five children, 
 of whom are living: William Irvine, Mary 
 Ellen, and Effie May. Mrs. Flack died at Cleve 
 land, Ohio, after which our subject moved to 
 Minn., remained four years, thence to Cal., re 
 turning to Chicago, and going to the "Home" 
 Oct. 3, 1889. Here he has charge of cottage 
 No. i. Mr. Flack is a member of the congre 
 gational Church. In politics he was formerly 
 a Republican, but is now a Prohibitionist. He 
 is a brave soldier and an affable comrade. 
 
 C 
 
 OL. EI.HANAN J. SEAKLE. The subject of 
 this sketch was born fifty-five years ago 
 Fairfield Co., Ohio. In 1840, his 
 
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 parents emigrated to Rock Island Co., 111., and 
 located on a farm about 14 miles east of the 
 city of Rock Island. Here he was brought up 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 575 
 
 until near manhood. His father was a farmer, 
 born in Ohio Co., Va. (now W. Va.), in 1802, 
 of New England ancestry, more remotely of 
 English ancestry, his foreparents, both on his 
 father s and mother s side, having emigrated 
 from England and settled in Mass., in the early 
 part of the i/th century. His mother was born 
 in 1800, in Tazewell Co., Va., of English an 
 cestors, her parents being among the oldest 
 settlers in Va. Soon after their advent to the 
 New World his ancestors, both paternal and 
 maternal, became thoroughly identified with 
 and adapted to the new conditions, circum 
 stances and interests of their new home; in 
 other words, they became Americans in every 
 sense of the term. Some of them were in the 
 Revolutionary war with the mother country for 
 independence; also in the war of 1812; also in 
 some of the Indian wars. His father s paternal 
 grandfather was a chaplain in the Revolutionary 
 army, and took an active part in the battle of 
 Bunker Hill; and his father s father was a Cap 
 tain in the war of 1812. Both parents are dead. 
 Colonel Searle is the eldest of a large family 
 of children, his brothers and sisters being in 
 the order of their birth as follows: Almira New- 
 some, Elmer Q. Searle, James W. Searle, Alvah 
 P. Searle, Pauline Smith, of the full blood, and 
 Melcina Yolton, Clark Searle, Mary Searle, 
 Clarissa Hubbard and Sherman Searle, of the 
 half-blood. Col. Searle was brought up on his 
 father s farm, at hard work, and with but limited 
 educational advantages. When near manhood, 
 in 1855, he left home for the purpose of acquir 
 ing a thorough education. In Sept. of that year 
 he entered Rock River Seminary, at Mount 
 Morris, 111., and therein prepared for college. 
 In 1856 he matriculated in the Northwestern 
 University, at Evanston, near Chicago, 111. 
 Here he took a full classical course, and was grad 
 uated June, 1859, receiving the degree of Bache 
 lor of Arts. In due time he received from the 
 same institution the degree of Master of Arts. 
 Some months before completing his course he 
 commenced the study of law under the direc 
 tion of Gov. Beveridge, of Chicago, 111. After 
 leaving the University he continued his legal 
 studies atSpringfield, 111., in theofficeof Lincoln 
 
 & Herndon, until Feb., 1861, when he passed a 
 successful examination by the Supreme Court 
 of 111. for admission to the bar. Anticipating, 
 even then, the impending struggle for the pre 
 servation of the Union, and being resolved to 
 render his services as a soldier in that behalf, if 
 his country should need them, for the time be 
 ing, he did not locate or seek to locate for the 
 practice of his chosen profession. Having 
 spent a few months in travel and recreation, 
 Sept. 23d, 1861, he entered the military service 
 of the U. S. as a private in Co. H, in the loth 111. 
 Cav. Vol., at Camp Butler, near Springfield, 111. 
 It may be observed at the outset that Col. 
 Searle s military life was eventful, varied and 
 laborious,, scarcely to be paralleled by that of 
 any other soldier no older than he and attain 
 ing to no higher rank in the army; and we can 
 give no more in this sketch than a very short 
 summary of his services. Col. Searle rendez 
 voused with his regiment at Camp Butler until 
 Jan., 1862, then a short time at Quincy, 111.; 
 then was thrown into active service in the field 
 at the front in the Southwest. He served with 
 his Regt. until the 2/th of Feb., 1863, when he 
 was transferred or promoted to the 1st Ark. Inf. 
 Vol. In this latter Regt. he served until Aug. 
 10, 1865, when he was discharged at Fort Smith, 
 Ark. During his whole service of nearly four 
 years he never received a furlough or leave of 
 absence; and though almost continuously at 
 the front, and in many battles and skirmishes, 
 he never was made a prisoner or received a 
 wound. In Jan., 1862, at Camp Butler, while 
 on duty in the rain and wading in slush snow, 
 he took the measles, was taken to the military 
 hospital and there remained three weeks. His 
 attack nearly proved to be fatal; indeed, dur 
 ing the forepart of his illness, the surgeons 
 gave up hope of his recovery. This attack 
 resulted in lung trouble, from which he has 
 never been clear. Only by the natural vigor of 
 his constitution has he been enabled to regain, 
 in some measure, his former health and vitality. 
 Immediately upon his discharge from the hos 
 pital, he was put to duty in the most exposed 
 situations, when he should have been in a warm 
 room or in bed But this he desired and re- 
 
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 quested, so anxious was he to perform his whole 
 duty as a soldier. Col. Searle s description of 
 his experience and the hospital scenes while he 
 was a patient, is interesting and instructive. 
 There was at the time a vast amount of sick 
 ness among the troops from typhoid fever and 
 measles, and the hospitals were crowded with 
 these patients. The measles especially was 
 very fatal, and many died from it. The suffer 
 ing by the patients was hardly to be paralleled 
 by the field hospitals after a terrific battle. The 
 moans and cries were distressing, and there was 
 hardly a time when he could not see from his 
 own cot some poor fellow in a dyingcondition. 
 Perhaps it was in a measure due to his own 
 suffering that he became noted, during his 
 whole after service, for his tender solicitude for 
 and kindness to the sick and wounded, whether 
 comrades or the enemy, wherever he met them 
 in field or hospital. 
 
 Col. Searle served as private until Dec. 
 30th, 1 86 1, when he was promoted to ist Lieut, 
 in Co. M., in the loth 111. Cav. He served in 
 this position until July 7, 1862; he was then 
 promoted at Springfield, Mo., to Captain in 
 same company; served as Captain until Feb. 
 27, 1863, and was then promoted at Fayette- 
 ville, Ark. to Lieut. Col. of the 1st Ark. Inf., in 
 which position he served to the date of his 
 discharge, Aug. 10, 1865. The principal cam 
 paigns and marches in which Col. Searle par 
 ticipated after reaching the front were as fol 
 lows: From Rolla, Mo., to Springfield, Mo., 
 thence to Hartville, Mo., thence to Rolla, 
 thence back to Springfield, thence to S. Mo. and 
 return, all in the spring of 1862: From Spring 
 field, Mo., to Cassville, Mo., thence to the 
 vicinity of Van Buren, Ark., thence back to 
 Springfield, in June and July, 1862. From 
 Springfield to Hartville, thence to Clark s 
 Mills, Mo. 1 , thence to the vicinity of Yellville, 
 Ark., and back, thence to the vicinity of Salem 
 and back, all in August, Sept. and Oct., 1862. 
 From Clark s Mills to Ozark, Mo., thence on 
 the campaign to Northern Ark. in Nov. and 
 Dec. 1862, which ended in the battle of Prairie 
 Grove, Ark. From Fayetteville, Ark. to Cass 
 ville and thence to Springfield, Mo., in April, 
 
 1863. From Springfield in campaign to Fort 
 Gibson, Indian Ter., thence to Perryville, Ind 
 ian Ter., thence to Fort Smith, Ark., all in 
 August, 1863. From Fort Smith to Darden- 
 clle, Ark., and return in Nov. and Dec., 1863; 
 thence to Waldron, Ark., in December, 1863; 
 thence to the vicinity of Red river and return, 
 in Jan., 1864; thence to Fort Smith in March, 
 1864; thence to Camden, Ark. with Gen. 
 Steele s column, co-operating with Gen. Banks 
 in his Red River operations in March and 
 April ; thence to Jenkins Ferry, where the battle 
 of that name took place on the 3Oth of April, 
 1864; thence to Little Rock, Ark., thence back 
 to Fort Smith in May, 1864. From Fort Smith. 
 to Clarksville, Ark., to intercept Gen. Price on 
 his retreat from his Mo. raid, and return to 
 Fort Smith in Nov., 1864; thence to the Indian 
 Terr, in a campaign for the protection of com 
 missary trains carrying provision for the army 
 from Fort Scott, Kan., to Fort Gibson and 
 Fort Smith. This campaign continued through 
 the months of Dec., 1864 and Jan., 1865, during 
 which time Col. Searle was the ranking officer 
 in the Indian Terr. He was without pro 
 visions or camp and garrison equipage and it 
 was in the dead of winter. The duties were 
 most difficult and trying and he was almost 
 continually on the move. His force consisted 
 of but little over one thousand men, and with 
 this he confronted and held in check Gen. 
 Cooper with a much higher force. These 
 were his principal campaigns and marches; 
 but many others might be named to the num 
 ber of forty or fifty, not counting such as did 
 not exceed fifty miles. 
 
 Incident to these campaigns, Col. Searle 
 took part directly in the following battles; 
 Cane Hill, Prairie Grove and Fayettville, Ark.; 
 Perryville, Ind. Ter.; Moscow, Camden and 
 Jenkins Ferry, Ark., and many other battles 
 and skirmishes to the number of thirty or for 
 ty. During his military career, Col. Searle 
 served under Gens. Curtis, Brown, Schofield, 
 Herron, Blunt, Totten, Edwards, Thayer, Solo 
 mon, Steele, Reynolds, and a number of others. 
 In Col. Searle s eventful army experience, but 
 two or three instances of his conduct and 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 positions in trying situations and engagements 
 will be given. And first, as to the part he took 
 in the battle of Jenkins Ferry or Saline River 
 April 30, 1864. During the greater part of this 
 terrific battle (which lasted from 6 o clock A.M. 
 to 12 o clock M.) he was in command of a Brig, 
 and his position was in the left wing of the 
 army and part of the time upon its extreme 
 left flank. In the latter position he checked a 
 powerful flank movement which the enemy at 
 tempted, and which, if accomplished, might 
 have resulted disastrously to the whole army. 
 Here he had a horse shot and killed under 
 him. In this engagement he did not receive 
 the credit due him, so far as the reports of the 
 same were concerned, though he was compli 
 mented on the battle field by his Div. com 
 mander for his gallant conduct. Again in the 
 engagement at Moscow, Ark., about the 1st of 
 April, 1864, his Div. being at the rear of Gen. 
 Steele s column and not having broken camp 
 was suddenly attacked by a large calvary force 
 under Gen. Price. It was a complete surprise, 
 and a stampede was setting in when Col Searle, 
 having his Regt. (composed of 700 men) well 
 in hand, with great energy brought it into 
 position confronting the enemy, and checked 
 his charge until the rest of the Div. rallied and 
 moved into line to the right and left of him. 
 The result was the defeat and severe chastise 
 ment of the enemy. This prompt and ener 
 getic action of Searle saved the Div. from a 
 humilating and disastrous defeat. Here he 
 was complimented on the field by Gen. Ed 
 wards commanding the Brig. Another in 
 stance will be given: Gen. Steele in his move 
 ments in co-operation with Gen. Banks in the 
 Red River expedition, took possession of Cam- 
 den, Ark., within a few days of the ist of April, 
 1864, having approached it from the west 
 against the constant opposition of Gen. Price 
 for forty miles. Two or three days after his 
 occupancy of that city, he sent Col. Williams 
 with his Regt. (known as the ist Kan. Colored 
 Inf.) and about 200 cavalry and two small how 
 itzers on a foraging expedition to the vicinity 
 of Poison Springs, about 12 to 14 miles west of 
 Camden. 
 
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 The next morning after Williams was sent, 
 the i8th la. Inf. was ordered to go in the same 
 direction, probably to reinforce Williams. On 
 the next day Col. Searle was ordered out with 
 his Regt. in the same direction to forage, with 
 no intimation, however, that he was to rein 
 force Williams, or even as to the latter s where 
 abouts. He was furnished from Gen. Steele s 
 headquarters with several scouts who acted as 
 guides. He started about noon. At the time, 
 distant but heavy artillery firing was heard in 
 the direction of Poison Springs. He could not 
 understand the meaning of this but he moved 
 out with double quick speed, so that if his 
 assistance were needed in any emergency, he 
 would be present as quickly as possible to ren 
 der it. Four or five miles from Camden he 
 drove before him a rebel picket post of several 
 men. The firing of the artillery increased in 
 rapidity and distinctness; and still he pressed 
 on. Six or seven miles from town he arrested 
 a boy 14 or 15 years of age, who lived a few 
 miles south of this point. After severe threat 
 ening he obtained from him information, from 
 which he became satisfied that Williams was in 
 the vicinity of Poison Springs and that he was 
 attacked by a large force of Price s army, 
 whose camp was then in the vicinity of the 
 boy s residence. Searle then pressed on with 
 greater energy. A little further on he drove 
 before him a heavy rebel picket post, com 
 posed probably of forty or fifty men with whom 
 shots were exchanged. He now concluded 
 that the enemy were between him and Wil 
 liams. At this point, the day being still, he 
 heard the musketry musketry heavy enough 
 for an engagement of several thousand on a 
 side. He went but a mile or two further, being 
 then probably nine or ten miles from Camden, 
 when the artillery and musketry suddenly 
 ceased. Experienced as he was he knew what 
 this meant. Williams, in all probability had 
 been defeated. At once he halted and sent 
 back a scout on the fleetest horse direct to 
 Gen. Steele with information as to the supposed 
 situation. Soon his fears were confirmed. 
 Large numbers of straggler s from Williams 
 command were seen slipping through the 
 
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 woods, many of them wounded, some fatally, 
 some on foot, some on mules that had been 
 cut loose from the forage wagons. All agreed 
 in their reports as to the disaster. Williams 
 forces had been overwhelmed, badly cut to 
 pieces, and very cruelly treated. Searle then 
 fell back two or three miles, selected a favor 
 able position for defense and awaited further 
 orders from Gen. Steele. 
 
 In an incredibly short time orders came and 
 to the effect that Searle should rapidly fall 
 back toward Camden until he met reinforce 
 ments. This he did and met the reinforcements 
 four or five miles from town before night. The 
 evening and night were spent in gathering up the 
 broken fragments of Williams command. Two 
 or three days later Col. Searle made the detail 
 that buried the dead, all of whom had been 
 left upon the field. They were found to num 
 ber 30 or 40 white soldiers and 124 colored, a 
 large proportion of the latter being shot in the 
 head, showing that the wounded and prisoners 
 had been killed by the enemy. There were 
 probably not over 450 men in this colored 
 Regt. in the engagement, and 124 killed was an 
 immense mortality. This regiment displayed 
 great bravery in the unequal conflict and 
 proved to the army and country that colored 
 troops well drilled and disciplined, as they 
 were, and well commanded as they were on 
 this occasion, could be depended upon in the 
 most trying emergencies. It was for some 
 time a wonder to Col. Searle that the rebel 
 forces, upon the defeat of Williams, did not 
 turn upon his small command and annihilate it. 
 But this was removed some years later by a 
 prominent confederate officer with whom 
 Searle became acquainted after the war, who 
 was in the Poison Springs battle, and he stated 
 that when their conflict with Williams ended, 
 they expected the arrival of reinforcements 
 from Camden and they supposed that Scarle s 
 regiment was the advance. The circumstances 
 of this affair have been thus fully stated to show 
 what disasters sometimes resulted from slight 
 oversights of commanding generals, and what 
 grave responsibilities were often suddenly 
 thrown upon subordinates 
 
 Among the earlier of his experiences the 
 following is given: Confederate Colonel Por 
 ter with a Regt. newly organized in N. Mo., 
 passed southward through the Ozark Moun 
 tains, Mo., in the latter part of Oct., 1862. 
 Major Stephenson commanding at darks 
 Mills (a post in said mountains), was ordered 
 to intercept Porter s Regt., if possible. In 
 obedience to the order, he, at the head of 300 
 men scoured the mountains with great energy 
 for three or four days. On the evening of the 
 second day he went into camp at Mountain 
 Grove Village. Next morning, before sunrise, 
 he and Col. Searle (then Captain) met to con 
 sult as to the course to pursue for the day. 
 While together, they took a walk in the 
 vicinity of the village and camp, armed only 
 with their side arms. They carelessly walked 
 on until they reached a farm house more than 
 a mile from camp. Here they enquired of the 
 resident whether any rebel soldiers had been 
 seen in the vicinity, the past few hours, and 
 were informed that there were four men at the 
 stable putting up their horses, who they were he 
 did not know. They then walked on past an 
 orchard and a lane leading from the road back 
 to the stable, when they suddenly confronted 
 four men, not more than 150 feet distant, in 
 line across the lane, armed wifh revolvers and 
 Sharps carbines, etc. 
 
 Instantly they commanded, "Halt!" The 
 command was hardly given before the Union 
 officers halted and fronted the enemy with arms 
 leveled. The rebel sergeant commanded, "Ad 
 vance one, and give an account of yourselves." 
 The Union officers made the same demand. 
 Thus they confronted each other for a few mo 
 ments, that seemed like an hour. The sergeant 
 finally showed signs of weakening by taking a 
 step or two to the front, with a timid bearing. 
 Seeing this the Union officers repeated their 
 demand with the threat that they would fire at 
 once unless instantly complied with. The 
 Sergt. then promptly came upand delivered up 
 his arms; and so did the others, one at a time; 
 and they were all marched to camp. They 
 proved to be a scouting detachment from 
 Porter s command (which had just passed 
 
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 through a few miles distant) and the detach 
 ment had stopped at this farm house to procure 
 food for themselves and horses. The boys in 
 camp laughed at them for having permitted 
 themselves, armed as they were, to be "gobbled 
 up" by two men poorly armed. The Sergt. 
 shrewdly answered that they could plainly see 
 that their antagonists were officers, and they 
 supposed, of course, that they had a body of 
 men near at hand. "We could not," said he, 
 "presume otherwise without taking the officers 
 to be fools, or at least fool-hardy." Perhaps 
 this was true. The rebels were intelligent and 
 cool, and no doubt they were brave men. 
 
 Col. Searle was often detached on special 
 service or duty, but seldom under such circum 
 stances as to take him from the command of 
 his Regt. He was provost marshal at the Post 
 of Hartville, Mo., in the summer of 1862; also 
 provost marshal of the District of Fort Smith, 
 Ark., in Sept. and Oct., 1863. He was in com 
 mand of the Post of Dardanelle, Ark., in No 
 vember, 1863; also in command of the Post of 
 Walden, Ark., during the most of the winter of 
 1863-4. Several times he was in command of a 
 Brig., and once of a Div. 
 
 He was several times on courts martial and 
 military commissions, and in every instance, 
 owing to his previous legal studies, he was 
 president of the court. Another instance of 
 special duty must be mentioned. In Jan., 1863, 
 one Dr. J. M. Johnson, a prominent citizen of 
 Ark., an excellent man and a true patriot, de 
 sired Col. Searle to aid him in the organization 
 of a Regt. of loyal men from his state for three 
 years, or during the war, for the raising of 
 which he had authority from Gen. Schofield 
 and the War Department. Col. Searl was Cap 
 tain at the time in the loth 111. Cav. He went 
 in with Johnson and they completed the Regt., 
 March 23th, 1863. He was promoted to the 
 position of Lieut. -Colonel in said Regt. and 
 was mustered in as such Feb. 27, 1863; and 
 Johnson was mustered in as Colonel March 25, 
 1863. Colonel Searle served with said Regt. 
 until his discharge, the loth of August, 1865. 
 Col. Johnson was in no respect a military man. 
 So the organization of the regiment devolved 
 
 entirely upon himself, as well also as its com 
 mand and management during its service to 
 August 10, 1865, except when he was assigned 
 to higher commands or more important duties. 
 
 Again, in Oct., 1863, he was ordered by 
 Gen. Blunt, then in command of the Fort 
 Smith Military District, to organize another 
 regiment of the loyal men of Arkansas, for 
 three years, or during the war, to be known as 
 the 3rd Ark. Cav. Vol. In obedience to this 
 order he enlisted and organized in the months 
 of Oct. and Nov., 1863, 1,200 men. But Col. 
 Ryan having organized the 3rd Ark. Cav. under 
 the authority of Gen. Steele, in command at 
 Little Rock, Ark., Col. Searle s men were as 
 signed by companies to the 2nd Ark. Cav. and 
 the 4th Ark. Cav., about half to each. In en 
 listing and organizing these men, it was never 
 his purpose to leave the I st Ark.Inf .,a Regt. brave 
 and patriotic, composed of the very best 
 material, and in which he had great praise and 
 confidence. He simply acted in obedience to 
 Gen. Blunt s orders. 
 
 Col. Searle s occupation since the war has 
 been that of a lawyer. Upon his discharge 
 from the military service, he located in Ark., 
 and entered upon the practice of his profession 
 in the western part of the State. On the iQth 
 of Feb., 1866, he was commissioned as prose 
 cuting attorney of the gth Judicial Circuit of Ar 
 kansas, consisting of eight counties. The 
 position at the time was very difficult, requir 
 ing much courage, tact and skill. He entered 
 upon the duties of the office and performed 
 them to the satisfaction of all classes. He was 
 also appointed U. S. Commissioner for the 
 Western District of Ark., embracing the west 
 ern portion of the State and the whole of the 
 Indian Terr. He also acted as assistant Dis 
 trict Attorney of the U. S: District and Circuit 
 Courts for said district. He filled these 
 positions until about the ist of Jan., 1867, when 
 he was commissioned as Circuit Judge in and 
 for said gth Judicial Circuit, by the Provisional 
 Governor of the State, by and with the approval 
 of the Military authority of the United States. 
 This was the most difficult circuit in the State. 
 Well understanding this, he, at first refused the 
 
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 commission. But he was urged to accept; in 
 deed, it was almost forced upon him. He served 
 under this commission until 22nd of July, 1868, 
 when, after reconstruction, he was commis 
 sioned by Gov. Clayton, with the approval of 
 the State Senate, as Circuit Judge of the same 
 circuit for the term of six years. He served 
 by virtue of this commission until the loth of 
 Feb., 1871, when he was appointed, with the ap 
 proval of the Senate, as an Associate Justice of 
 the Supreme Court of the State, under which he 
 served nearly two years and until he was elected 
 by the people of the State, Nov. 5, 1872, to 
 succeed himself. Dec. 19, 1872, he was com 
 missioned, in pursuance of said election, as 
 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for the 
 term of eight years. Under this commission 
 he served until the fall of 1875, when his term 
 was cut short by the inauguration of a new 
 governor under a new State constitution. He 
 also served on the State Board of Education 
 for several years; also as one of the Trustees of 
 the Arkansas Industrial University from the 
 beginning of that enterprise in 1870, to near 
 the time of his departure from the State. As 
 such Trustee he filled some of the most im 
 portant positions on the Board, as Chairman of 
 the Executive and Building committees. The 
 scheme of government and instruction for the 
 institution and all its departments were drafted 
 by him; and this has been proven by the suc 
 cess of the school to be the best that could 
 have been devised under the circumstances. 
 Indeed, it may be said that both the efficiency 
 of the University during his service on its Board 
 of Trustees and its success and high standing 
 since in the Southwest are largely due to the 
 activity, labor and fidelity of Col. Searle in its 
 behalf. 
 
 In the fall of 1875, he returned to 111. and 
 located in Chicago. After this he resided sev 
 eral years in the city of Pana, 111., and while 
 there was elected and served a term of two 
 years as City Attorney. In 1887, he returned 
 to his old home Rock Island Co., 111., since 
 which time he has resided in the cities of Mo- 
 line and Rock Island. Col. Searle had three 
 brothers of the full blood in the service as fol 
 
 lows: Elmer Q. Searle, Sergt. in Co. M, loth 
 111. Cav., who died in 1864, of disabilities con 
 tracted in the line of duty; James VV. Searle, 
 in the I7th 111. Cav., and promoted to 2d Lieut, 
 in Co. H., ist Ark. Inf., and Alvah P. Searle, 
 Sergt. of Co. F, 8th 111. Cav. Col. Searle is 
 now and always has been a Republican in poli 
 tics. He is not a pensioner and has not applied 
 for a pension. He belongs to the G. A. R. and 
 was for two years ( 1886-7) Commander of Post 
 No. 411 at Pana, 111. Colonel Searle was mar 
 ried April i, 1862, to Cassie R. Pierce, who was 
 born in Sangamon Co., 111., April I, 1843. Her 
 parents were Charles and Melinda Pierce. 
 They migrated from Tenn, and settled in Sanga 
 mon Co., 111., in 1825. They were of English 
 and German ancestry, but their families have 
 been residents of America for several genera 
 tions. From this union two children are living, 
 namely: Charles J. Searle, born May 16, 1865, 
 now in the practice of the law in the city of 
 Rock Island, 111.; and Blanche Searle, born 
 April 26, 1873. Both make their home with 
 their parents. 
 
 DR. CHARLES A. KITCHEN, of Rock-ford, 
 111., was born in Troy, Ohio, Oct. 20th, 
 1839, a son of John Kitchen, born 1808, 
 in Pa., a merchant tailor by trade. The ma 
 ternal grandfather of our subject was a soldier 
 in the Revolutionary war, and served with 
 eminent distinction. Joseph Kitchen, brother 
 of our subject, joined Co. C, 33rd 111., during 
 the rebellion, continued with his regiment 
 eighteen months, was honorably discharged, 
 and is now living at Harvey, near Chicago. 
 
 Charles lived in Ohio until seventeen, in the 
 meantime having attended school, then 
 moved with his parents to Lexington, 111., 
 there also attending school for a time, then en 
 tered Wesleyan College at Bloomington, at 
 which he continued his studies until his enlist 
 ment in the army. The towns of Lexington 
 and Bloomington had each a band of musi 
 cians, young Kitchen being a member of the 
 latter, and these two united and formed what 
 
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 was known as the 33rd, regimental band, of 
 which our subject became a member. 
 
 Sept. 19, 1861, he was mustered into the 
 service at Springfield, 111., and immediately 
 proceeded toward the front, via St. Louis, 
 thence to Pilot Knob, Mo., camping there some 
 weeks; then moved to Arcadia, lived in tents 
 during the fall and occupied vacant houses for 
 the winter, during which time his Regt. as 
 sisted in building a tort, our subject s partic 
 ular duty being to attend to rehearsing, prac 
 ticing etc., and attending dress parades etc., 
 with the band. 
 
 About Oct. 20, his Regt. was engaged in the 
 battle of Frederickton, Mo., he taking a gun 
 and acting as a private with the regiment, be 
 ing the first conflict in which the Regt. was en 
 gaged and among the first of the war. Jeff. 
 Thompson and Col. Lowe, were the command 
 ing rebel officers, the latter being killed and the 
 opposing forces completely routed after sus 
 taining a loss of 175 killed, besides having a 
 large number wounded and many prisoners 
 taken. The following day the Regt. returned 
 to Arcadia, where it continued upon guard and 
 similar duty until March, when it moved to 
 Reeves Station, where it was delayed some 
 weeks by reason of the heavy rains and im 
 passable roads, then continued to Batesville, 
 Ark., stopping at that point for upwards of a 
 month. Then it marched to Clarendon, Ark., 
 on the White River. In this vicinity the Texas 
 Rangers were encountered, the Regt. being 
 commanded by Col. Hovey, of the 33d Regt. 
 and a sharp contest ensued resulting favorably 
 for the Union army, and in which many of the 
 rebels were killed or wounded, and the sur 
 vivors scattered. 
 
 He next moved toward Helena, and the 
 rations being exhausted, the water hot, and the 
 roads bad and heavy, the men experienced 
 many hardships and much suffering before the 
 point of destination was reached. After a stay 
 of several weeks the Regt. proceeded to Old 
 Town Landing, south of Helena, and had one 
 month s camping at that point, which proved 
 to be a very sickly place. Nearly all the men 
 becoming ill and unfit for duty, they were 
 
 moved up the river to Sulphur Rock, near St. 
 Louis, in order that the men might recuperate 
 in health. After a delay there for a few weeks, 
 being much improved, they moved to Pilot 
 Knob, thence to Patterson, Mo., where Mr. 
 Kitchen was relieved, the Government having 
 abolished the office of Principal Musician, to 
 which office he had been promoted. He re 
 turned to Lexington, and resumed his studies 
 at Wesleyan College for a time, then studied 
 dentistry at Bloomington, and when he had 
 completed his course commenced practice at 
 Toulon, and then at Galva, near by, where he 
 remained eleven years. He subsequently settled 
 in Rockford, where he has since continued his 
 profession. 
 
 He married Oct., 1865, Abby Gardner, by 
 whom he had three children, all of whom are 
 dead. He has held the position of Tax Collector 
 for one term; has been President of the State 
 Dental Society, Vice-President one term, and 
 Treasurer for five years, and was appointed by 
 the Governor as Dental Examiner upon the 
 State Board, which office he has filled for nine 
 years. HeJs a Free Mason, held the position 
 in that organization as Recorder for the Com- 
 mandery, and is a member of Post No. I, G. A. 
 R., of Rockford. He is a Republican in pol 
 itics. 
 
 COL. MOSES DILLON, lumber, grain and 
 coal merchant of Sterling, 111 , the son 
 Lloyd and Margaret (Culbertson) Dil 
 lon, was born at Zanesville, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1841;. 
 Lloyd, the father of Moses Dillon, was, as was 
 his father, John, born at Baltimore, Md. The 
 family is of Quaker ancestry. The mother of 
 Moses Dillon was a native of Pennsylvania. 
 His father was a pioneer pig iron manufacturer 
 of Ohio, at Dillon s Falls, near Zanesville. 
 Five children were born to him as follows: Ella, 
 who died in childhood ; Lloyd H., Mary P., 
 Washington M., and Moses. He died at Zanes 
 ville in 1845, an d his wife at Sterling in 1879. 
 The early years of Moses Dillon were spent 
 under the parental roof, where he received the 
 
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 kindly care and salutary instruction, which have 
 never lost their virtue and effect. His family 
 removed from Zanesville to Dixon, 111., in 1856, 
 and from thence to Sterling, 111., in 1860, where 
 after receiving such an education as was afford 
 ed by the common schools of that period, he 
 obtained a clerkship in Crawford s dry goods 
 store. He continued in this employment up to 
 the time of his enlistment in Co. A, I40th 111. 
 Inf., at Sterling, May 19, 1864, going into camp 
 at Dixon. His Co. was commanded by Capt. 
 J. A. Morgan, and the Regt. by Col. L. H. Whit 
 ney. June 1 8, the Regt. removed to Camp 
 Butler, and thence by rail to Cairo, where it 
 embarked for Memphis. The ensuing 3 months 
 were spent in guarding the Memphis & Charles 
 ton R. R., after which the Regt. was ordered 
 back to Memphis, and thence to Camp Fry, 
 Chicago. At the time of Price s invasion of 
 Mo. the command of Mr. Dillon was sent to 
 that State to assist in repelling his advance 
 upon St. Louis. Throughout a period of six 
 weeks in this service, Mr. Dillon exhibited the 
 most commendable example of fortitude and 
 endurance, and achieved the satisfaction of 
 having been engaged in a successful military 
 movement, although not actually participating 
 in a battle. 
 
 He was mustered out at Camp Fry, Oct. 29, 
 1864, returning to his home at Sterling, where 
 he has since resided. His first venture was in 
 the grocery business with a Mr. Smith, the firm 
 name being Smith & Dillon. After ten years 
 he sold out his interest and engaged in the 
 lumber, grain and coal business, purchasing the 
 establishment of Judge Golden, and has since 
 devoted his attention to this branch of trade, 
 in which he has accomplished a marked suc 
 cess. He operated a large planing mill and 
 grain elevator in connection with his business. 
 Mr. Dillon,was united in marriage May 8. 1867, 
 at Sterling, to Emma J., daughter of Judge 
 Joseph and Prudence Golden. Judge Golden 
 was a former Judge of the Woodstock district. 
 Their children are Mary P., Morgan A., Alice 
 E., Joseph G. and Moses L. Mrs. Dillon died 
 June 14, 1888, and on Jan. 6, 1892, Col. Dillon 
 was married to Mrs. Annie H. Whipple, one of 
 
 the most charming and cultured ladies of Ster 
 ling, as also a general favorite in society. After 
 a two months trip to the Pacific Slope, they 
 have settled down in their elegant home at 
 Hawthorn Villa, a beautiful suburb of the city 
 of Sterling. 
 
 He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Lodge 
 174, of Sterling, and has successfully filled its 
 various offices. He was Lieut. Colonel of the 
 ist Regt. P. M. of 111. He is a member of the 
 A. O. U. W., the M. W. A., the G. A. R., Post 
 No. 274, and was its Commander in 1888. While 
 serving as Commander of his Post he conceived 
 and projected the erection of the soldier s mon 
 ument, which resulted in the most satisfactory 
 consummation of his plans in the completion 
 of this noble and artistic memorial to Sterling s 
 devoted sons, who so gallantly fought for their 
 country. It was due to the untiring zeal and 
 patriotic fervor of Mr. Dillon, while serving as 
 the President of the soldier s and citizen s com 
 mittee, that Sterling has been so distinguished 
 in possessing this grand tribute of honor to her 
 soldiers, and to the cause for which they hero 
 ically struggled. The dedicatory ceremonies 
 were held July 4, 1890, in the presence of Gen. 
 R. A. Alger, Commander-in-Chief of the G. A. 
 R., an oration being delivered by Gen. McNulty, 
 of Bloomington, 111. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Dillon is a Republican. He 
 is a member of the Board of Trustees of the 
 Presbyterian Church, and was a member of the 
 building committee for the erection of the new 
 church structure which was completed in 1887. 
 He served on the staff of Commander-in-Chief 
 Warner of the G. A. R., in 1889. Mr. Dillon 
 has by his many laudable public and private 
 acts and benefices conferred much honor upon 
 his community, and given to his country an 
 example of lofty patriotism which will ever 
 dignify and ennoble his name and memory. 
 
 CAPTAIN ARCHIBALD MEANS, of Peru, 111., 
 made a record in the war of the rebel 
 lion which is worthy of being placed in 
 enduring form, that other generations may gain 
 some knowledge of the sacrifices made to per- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 petuate the liberties of this country, and trans 
 mit them as a legacy to the future. 
 
 Captain Means is a native of Pa., born 
 in Alleghany Co., March 31, 1833, and when 
 three years of age removed with his parents to 
 Steubenville, Ohio, where he grew to man 
 hood. He received an academic education at 
 Steubenville, but, on account of delicate 
 health, went onto a farm at the age of 18, antici 
 pating a benefit from the change. In 1854 he 
 moved to Kentucky, and resided in that State 
 during the exciting Presidential campaign of 
 1 860, and, although his political convictions up to 
 this time had been in favor of the Democratic 
 policy, and his first vote was cast for James 
 Buchanan, he became convinced that the views 
 of that party were not conducive to the best 
 interests of the National Union, and he deter 
 mined to give his influence on the side of loy 
 alty, and at the next Presidential election cast 
 his vote for Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 This act, in that locality, at such a crisis in 
 public affairs, was equivalent to taking his life 
 in his hand, and some idea of the bravery re 
 quired for an American citizen to exercise the 
 right of franchise in Ky. at that time may be 
 given when it is stated that Captain Means was 
 one of five men in his precinct, and one of 
 eleven in the county, who voted for the Repub 
 lican President. Of this act, under the cir 
 cumstances, Captain Means is as proud as of 
 any event in the history of his eventful life, 
 and justly so, when all things are considered. 
 
 In the following spring he began to compre 
 hend the true situation of the country, and saw 
 the perilous danger that threatened the Na 
 tion s life, therefore decided to do all in his 
 power to save the country from disunion and 
 defend the honor of the Stars and Stripes. So, 
 in June, 1861, he began to recruit a company of 
 loyal men of Kentucky, which was afterwards 
 known as Co. F., I4th Ky. Inf., and of which he 
 was elected Captain, receiving his commission 
 Oct. 1 6, 1861. 
 
 Captain Means at once went to the front 
 with his Co., and served under Gen. Garfield 
 (then Colonel) on the Big Sandy River, against 
 Humphrey Marshall. The I4th Ky., with oth 
 
 ers, in 1862, formed the nucleus of seven Tenn. 
 regiments, which were known as the East Tenn. 
 troops. 
 
 At the battle of Cumberland Mt, Captain 
 Means was actively engaged, and while at this 
 place was taken seriously sick, and went home 
 on a furlough, as his friends thought, to die, but 
 by the faithful and careful nursing of his devoted 
 mother, with the assistance of other friends and 
 relatives, he slowly recovered, and, returning to 
 the front, was assigned to the staff of Gen. A.J. 
 Smith, and had charge of the pontoon bridges 
 at Cincinnati; but, his health again failing, he 
 was reluctantly compelled to resign his com 
 mand, and sent in his resignation Oct., 1862. 
 
 After recovering his health in a measure, 
 Captain Means engaged in business at Pitts 
 burgh, Pa., and later at Manchester, Ohio, un 
 til 1871, when he located at Peru, 111., and erect 
 ed the extensive zinc works at that place, in 
 which he has ever since been a stockholder and 
 manager, extending the business which has 
 grown to a large and permanent enterprise. 
 
 Captain Means was first married June 2, 
 1858, to Isabella, daughter of Thomas W. 
 Means, of Lawrence Co., Ohio, who died with 
 out issue, Jan. 20, 1863, near Hanging Rock, 
 Ohio. He was again married April 26, 1866, 
 taking as his wife, Sarah Jane Ellison, a daugh 
 ter of Wm. Ellison, a resident of Manchester, 
 Adams Co., Ohio, and four children were born, 
 of whom three are living. These are: William 
 E., Archibald L., Robert W., and Sadie. Robert 
 E. was drowned Dec. 29, 1888, at Peru in 
 attempting to rescue a companion who had 
 broken through the ice. Death again invaded 
 the home of Captain Means and took his wife, 
 who died Jan. 24, 1880, at Peru. He was married 
 Aug. 16, 1881, to Jenie Schleich, a daughter of 
 General Newton Schleich, of Lancaster, Ohio, 
 and one child, Allan Hay, has been born. 
 
 The biography of Captain Means would be 
 far from complete without a short history of 
 his ancestry, of which he has a published rec 
 ord showing the connection with prominent 
 families of the old country. His paternal 
 grandfather was a native of Ireland, born in 
 County Tyrone in the year of 1750, and emi- 
 
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 grated to America in 1787, soon after the close 
 of the Revolutionary War, and settled on a 
 tract of land in Pa., where his son William 
 Means, the father of Captain Archibald Means, 
 was born Sept. 15, 1803. William Means passed 
 the early years of his life on a farm in Penn 
 sylvania until his removal to Steubenville, 
 Ohio, where he was engaged in the foundry and 
 manufacturing business until 1850, when he be 
 came interested in farming, and continued in 
 this line until his death, which occurred Oct., 
 1871, at the age of 68 years. 
 
 The mother of Captain Archibald Means, 
 who was married to William Means, Feb. 11, 
 1832, in Alleghany County, Pa., was a descend 
 ant of Garret Von Swearingen who came 
 from Holland to America in 1656, and settled 
 near New Amsted., Delaware, on the Delaware 
 River, and in 1664, removed to St. Mary s, Md. 
 The direct line of descent through a number of 
 generations on the mother s side is thus given, 
 beginning with Garret Van Swearingen, of 
 Holland, who had one son, Zacharias. Zacha- 
 rias had four sons, one of whom was John, 
 whose son John, had also a son of the same 
 name, who was the father of Nicholas Dawson, 
 the father of Nancy, the mother of Captain 
 Archibald Means. The mother, a native of Pa., 
 now resides in that State at the advanced age 
 of 85 years. The maiden name of the mother 
 of Mrs. Nancy Means, was Verlinda Blackmore, 
 born April 30, 1776, and married Nicholas 
 Dawson Swearingen, in Nov. 1/95. Verlinda 
 was a daughter of Samuel Blackmore, Jr., who 
 came from England and settled in Maryland 
 on a tract of land granted to his father, Samuel 
 Blackmore, Sr., by Lord Baltimore, which 
 covered the land now occupied by the National 
 Capitol at Washington. 
 
 Captain Archibald Means is a gentleman 
 who makes no ostentatious display, but never 
 theless extends a marked influence in the com 
 munity in which he resides, and by his business 
 ability and integrity of character has won the 
 confidence and esteem of his associates in bus 
 iness and social circles. During the war he 
 not only gave his services for his country s 
 need, but also contributed of his means to 
 
 enable others to serve in the same patriotic 
 cause. 
 
 Captain Means is President of the School 
 Board of the city of Peru, an active charter 
 member of the E. N. Kirk Post, G. A. R., in 
 which he has served as Commander. He takes 
 an active interest in enterprises that conduce to 
 the public good, and all measures that promote 
 local or National prosperity find in him an able 
 supporter, although his extensive business in 
 terests fully occupy his time and prevent his 
 more active participation in such measures. 
 
 ALFRED H. POLLARD, of Rock Island, 111., a 
 native of Jacksonville, 111., was born June 
 15, 1841, and spent his early days in his 
 native State, removing with his parents to 
 Whiteside Co., 111., 12 years later. He enlisted 
 in the Union army for the late rebellion Aug. 
 5, 1862, rendezvoused at Dixon, where he was 
 mustered into the service as a corporal in Co. 
 C., 75th 111. Vol. Inf. and was there engaged 
 upon guard duty, armed with a club as a weapon 
 of offense as well as defense. The Regt. re 
 mained at that point perfecting its drill, and 
 army movements, until Sept. 27, when it was 
 ordered South, arriving at Jeffersonville, Ind., 
 there crossed the Ohio River and moved with 
 the army against Gen. Bragg s forces at Bards- 
 town, Ky., Oct. 1st. Coming upon the enemy 
 on the 8th, it engaged in the battle of Perrys- 
 ville and sustained a heavy regimental loss in 
 killed and wounded, viz.: 46 killed, and 167 
 wounded. For the bravery and courage dis 
 played by the boys of the 75th they received 
 honorable mention in Gen. Mitchell s despatch 
 es to his commanding officers. With the army 
 the Regt. moved southward, arriving at Bow 
 ling Green on the 3ist. It next did noble serv 
 ice in the bloody battle of Stone River, which 
 lasted nearly four days, Dec. 31, 62-Jan. 3, 63. 
 Going into winter quarters, the suffering en 
 dured by the soldiers through sickness, cold and 
 hunger, was intense. Its next engagements was 
 at Liberty Gap sustaining about 50 casualities 
 in killed and wounded and soon after, followed 
 the desperate encounter of Chickamauga. 
 
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 Later, it was in the main army at Chatta 
 nooga whilst that place was being besieged by 
 the enemy, and afterwards took an active part 
 in the conflict of Lookout Mt. known in his 
 tory as "Hooker s battle above the clouds "- 
 occupying a prominent position in the line, and 
 there again its men sustained their reputation 
 for bravery and courage so dearly bought in 
 the sacrifice of life and limb on previous oc 
 casions. Next it confronted the enemy in the 
 battle of Mission Ridge, and while its deadly 
 fire mowed swaths in the rebel ranks, it es 
 caped with but fewcasualities. Having routed 
 the enemy, the 75th joined in his pursuit and 
 proceeded as far as Ringgold, Ga., and coming 
 up with the enemy, engaged at the last named 
 place and soon had him in full retreat. The 
 situation at Knoxville, however, precluded a 
 further pursuit, consequently the 75th returned 
 to Chattanooga, destroying railroads and other 
 property along the line of march, and on arri 
 val, went into winter quarters. The winter was 
 a long and dreary one, the men having been 
 kept upon short rations, which at one time was 
 reduced to a cracker at each meal certainly 
 not high living that would endanger the men 
 with gout. In the early days of Feb., 1864, 
 Mr. Pollard with his Regt. marched to Camp 
 Blue Springs, Tenn., and shared in the recon- 
 noissance to Buzzard s Roost in front of Dai- 
 ton, and May 6th, he joined in the Atlanta 
 campaign, and was engaged in the battles of 
 Dalton, Resaca, Marietta, Kenesaw Mt. and all 
 the other skirmishes and battles of his Regt., 
 until Atlanta was reached and the campaign 
 terminated. After the fall of Atlanta, the 75th 
 was left by Sherman at Galesville and under 
 him marched to Pulaski, Tenn., following Gen. 
 Hood s forces, and on the 30th engaged the 
 rebels at Franklin, where the army suffered 
 severely. In quick succession followed the 
 battle of Nashville which commenced Dec. 
 1 5th, and continued throughout that and the* 
 following day, and in proportion to the number 
 engaged, was one of the most desperately 
 fought battles of the rebellion, but resulted in 
 the complete breaking up of the rebel army 
 hitherto led by Gen. Hood. The 75th was en 
 
 gaged, and again distinguished itself for the 
 bravery displayed in charging on the second 
 day over an open field upon the enemy s line, 
 which it forced, and captured 235 prisoners, 
 besides a large quantity of small arms and camp 
 equipage. This was the last battle of the Regt. 
 It went into winter quarters at Huntsville, 
 afterwards at Nashville and proceeded to Chi 
 cago, where the men were discharged and 
 paid off July, 1, 1865. Comrade Pollard, although 
 he was never wounded, nor suffered the indig 
 nity of being captured, the exposure and hard 
 ships endured during his three years active 
 service wrecked his weak constitution, which 
 has never recuperated since that exciting peri 
 od. For meritorious service he was promoted 
 to be sergeant in May, 1863. 
 
 After leaving the army he returned to Mor 
 rison, 111., where, for a short time, he followed 
 farming, after which he took up railroading on 
 the C. & N. W. R. R., with which company he 
 continued for two years, then accepted a posi 
 tion on the Q Road, and was later, appointed a 
 conductor, and has ever since maintained his 
 connection as such, and is the oldest conductor 
 on the division. 
 
 He was married in the year 1872, to Amelia 
 S. Hubbard, and two children, Alfred R. and 
 Harvy DeWitt, are the fruits of that union. He 
 is a member of Burford Post, No. 243, G. A. R., 
 is a Free Mason, and has passed through the 
 Barrett Chapter and Evart s Commandery. His 
 brother, E. J. I. Pollard, was also in the war. 
 
 Comrade Pollard is a big hearted, genial 
 gentleman, and owing to the nature of his em 
 ployment, is acquainted with very many people 
 all of whom appreciate a kindly smile from 
 him, but when it comes to a matter of business 
 he "punches" all alike. 
 
 JOHN POPE. This distinguished general of 
 the Union army was born in Louisville, 
 Ky., March 16, 1823. He was appointed a 
 cadet to the military academy at West Point, 
 from which he was graduated in 1842. In July 
 following, immediately after graduating, he was 
 commissioned Brevet 2nd Lieut., and was as- 
 
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 signed to the department of Topographical 
 Engineers. Prior to 1846 he was engaged in 
 military duty in Florida, and in the survey of 
 the N. E. boundary line between the United 
 States and Great Britain. Gen. Pope was one 
 who believed that having been educated by the 
 government, it was entitled to his time, and he 
 has been continuously in its service since he 
 left that point. He was in the army that was 
 sent to Mexico in 1846, and served through the 
 Mexican war with credit, having been twice 
 promoted for meritorious conduct, gaining the 
 brevets of 1st Lieut, and Captain. Among the 
 battles he took part in were those of Monterey 
 and Buena Vista. After the termination of the 
 Mexican war he conducted the survey of a 
 route for the Pacific railroad. When the re 
 bellion broke out he was engaged on lighthouse 
 duty. He was among the first to be placed in 
 command in the civil war, and was made a 
 Brig. Gen. May 17, 1861, and assigned to the 
 Department of Mo. In Dec. of the same year, 
 he surprised a confederate camp at Milford, 
 which he captured, with a large amount of sup 
 plies. This forced the rebels under Gen. Price 
 into Southeast Missouri. Following up his 
 success, now in command of the Army of the 
 Mississippi, he lay siege to New Madrid, and 
 with the co-operation of Admiral Foote, capt 
 ured that place March 14, 1862. By the capt 
 ure of this Fort he gained possession of the 
 river below Island No. 10, which was then oc 
 cupied and strongly fortified by the enemy. 
 He was promoted to Major Gen. March 21, 1862, 
 and a month later captured Island No. 10 in 
 the Miss., with upwards of 2,500 prisoners. 
 This was a most brilliant affair and exhibited a 
 talent for masterly strategy on the part of Pope. 
 It was a victory of great importance to the 
 National cause and reflected much credit on 
 its commander. Uniting with the combined 
 armies under Gen. Halleck, he participated in 
 the advance upon Corinth, and upon the evac 
 uation of that place, May 30, pursued the con 
 federate army as far as Baldwin. 
 
 In June (1862) he was called to the East, 
 and having been made a Brig. Gen., (July 14) 
 was placed in command of the Army of Va., 
 
 comprising then, the force of Fremont, Mc 
 Dowell and Banks, to which were added those 
 of the Army of the Potomac, arriving from the 
 Peninsula. Before he had his army well under 
 command he was attacked Aug. 28, by the com 
 bined forces under the rebel Gens. Hill, Ewell, 
 Jackson and Longstreet, and a fierce battle 
 ensued, lasting six days, with great loss to both 
 sides. Through the insubordination or want of 
 support of some of Pope s generals, he was 
 finally beaten and compelled to fall back. It 
 is the general belief of military men and other 
 critics, that had Pope been properly supported 
 by his subordinates, he would have been suc 
 cessful in defeating the enemy. Soon after 
 this battle he was transferred to the Army of 
 the West, where he remained until the close of 
 the war, in important commands. He was 
 made a Maj. Gen. of the regular army, Dec. II, 
 1882. His history in detail is full of adventure. 
 He was generally successful in war, achieved 
 many brilliant victories and captured a large 
 number of prisoners. His record is a sure 
 prestige of renown, and his name will shine on 
 the pages of future history conspicuous among 
 the honored soldiers, who in time of peril 
 commanded the Union armies and saved the 
 Nation s life. 
 
 JOHN C. DUNBAR, of Monmouth, 111., is a 
 native of Morrayshire, Scotland, born 
 April 26, 1843, m the village of Gumtown, 
 and with his parents removed to America, 
 arriving at N. Y. Aug. 4, 1856, going direct to 
 Peoria. The parents settled at Smithville, near 
 Peoria, where the mother died, Sept., 1866. 
 Then the family removed to College Springs, 
 where the father died in the fall of 1880. John 
 enlisted in the army Aug. 11, 1862, as a private 
 in Co. C., 77th 111. Vol. Inf., and went into camp 
 at Peoria, where the men were, armed, then went 
 on cars to Covington, Ky., and thence marched 
 to Richmond, Ky. During this march the boys 
 experienced some cold weather, from which 
 they suffered severely. Next they marched to 
 Louisville, and there took transports for Mem- 
 
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 phis, and from there moved with Sherman s 
 army against Vicksburg, about the last of Dec. 
 In the early days of Jan., 1863, they fell back, 
 took transports for Arkansas Post, where they 
 had a severe battle on Jan. 11, and succeeded 
 in capturing the Post, together with the garrison 
 and war supplies. Subsequently they returned 
 to Young s Point, and worked upon Butler s 
 canal, suffering during the winter from exposure 
 and hardship. Mr. Dunbar was afflicted with 
 typhoid fever and other ailments known to 
 camp life. 
 
 He worked in the ditch whilst able until 
 April, when with his command he moved down 
 the river and marched to the rear of Vicksburg, 
 having witnessed the running of the blockade 
 and was the first command to reach Port Gib 
 son. The Regt. had constant engagements 
 and heavy skirmishing with the rebels, and was 
 continuously engaged on May 1st, it being the 
 first to enter the city of Port Gibson. Mr. 
 Dunbar was also engaged in the battles of Ray 
 mond, Champion Hills and Big Black River 
 Bridge, arriving at Vicksburg in time to close in 
 the lines around that place, where on the 19, and 
 22, of May respectively, he participated in the 
 assaults upon the rebel stronghold, and having 
 pushed forward and mounted the rebel works, 
 he was shot in his left arm with a cartridge 
 ball. He had his gun leveled in the act of fir 
 ing when his arm was shattered and dropped 
 powerless, but it saved his life as doubtless the 
 ball would have entered his breast. He fell to 
 the ground beside a fatally wounded comrade 
 and almost immediately a bursting shell 
 literally tore the dying comrade to pieces, also 
 striking Mr. Dunbar, leaving him insensible and 
 on regaining partial consciousness, imagined 
 he was disemboweled and in the attempt to 
 replace them discovered his error. He crept 
 from that spot as soon as able amidst a shower 
 of bullets and bursting shells, taking refuge 
 behind a stump until dark, when he reached 
 camp, and w r as sent to the field hospital, thence 
 to Memphis where he remained two months, 
 having in the meantime, taken intermittent 
 fever. He then went to Peoria, a broken down 
 man, where he was kindly treated by Dr. Fry 
 
 and Mr. and Mrs. Wonder, who took good care 
 of him and he soon recovered. His arm has 
 never grown strong and is still very tender. 
 The ball was composed of pounded glass and 
 lead which was extracted and is still retained. 
 He reported to his Regt. in Texas in Dec. 1863, 
 and was discharged the following month, Jan. 
 16, 1864, as unfit for duty, then returned to 111., 
 and in 1866 settled in Monmouth, engaging in 
 the drug business with W. F. Smith by whom he 
 was employed. He became a partner in 1869, 
 with W. F. Smith & Son which lasted for a year 
 when the name was changed to Smith and 
 Dunbar, and in the fall of 1876, the firm moved 
 to its new quarters. 
 
 He is a member of the first United Prespy- 
 terian Church. Mr. Dunbar has a long and 
 honorable career as a merchant in his adopted 
 town and stands in the front rank, for sterling 
 honor and unfaltering integrity among the 
 first class business and professional men of the 
 prosperous city of Monmouth. 
 
 He was married at Monmouth, 111., Oct. 7, 
 1869, to Mary F., daughter of Wm. F. and 
 Margaret (Bell) Smith by whom he has had 
 six children Margaret J., Anna, Robert C., 
 Mary H., Wm. F. Edna I., all are living except 
 Wm. F. 
 
 OUR present subject, Albert B. Straub, of 
 Galesburg, 111., enlisted as a soldier at 
 Ouincy, Aug. 22, 1861, in Co. F., 50th 
 111. Vol. Inf., the Co. being known as "The blind 
 half hundred" which always clung to it. He 
 first came under fire at Fort Henry, then at 
 Fort Donelson, where, having succeeded in 
 capturing almost the entire army (14,500) op 
 posing them, at that point, wrote that he would 
 soon be home, concluding that the same 
 success would always attend the Union arms. 
 He was next in the battle of Shiloh, that des 
 perate encounter which caused him to change 
 his mind, and concluded that there were still 
 some rebels under arms, and fighters too. In 
 entering this battle, the Regt. was cut off from 
 its Div., surrounded by the rebels, and the first 
 
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 volley poured upon them 90 men dropped 
 dead or wounded. It then fell back and sup 
 ported the battery. He joined in the advance 
 upon Corinth, being occupied 31 days, going 
 21 miles, having thrown up breastworks almost 
 every mile to insure safety, and when the en 
 gagement took place on Oct. 3d and 4th, he 
 again participated with his Regt., which was 
 there also cut off from its Brig, for 7 hours, but 
 finally with a desperate charge cut its way 
 through. On the second day, the rebels ad 
 vanced against the Union works almost in 
 the cannon s mouth, capturing several, but the 
 place was made so hot they soon fell back in 
 confusion and were pursued 40 miles. The 50th 
 garrisoned Corinth until Nov., 1863, but in the 
 meantime, was engaged in several raids one 
 to Town Creek, meeting the enemy at Bear 
 Creek, whom it attacked driving him of up 
 wards of 100 miles. In the winter it joined 
 Sherman s army, and later participated in the 
 battles of Buzzard s Roost, Resaca, Kingston 
 and Rome Cross Roads, and was then sent to 
 Rome to garrison the place. This was done by 
 the request of the Col. who desired to remain 
 in command although he was carrying a ball in 
 his side and had his arm shot away. The Regt 
 here remained until the fall of Atlanta, then 
 moved to Linnville, Tenn., where it secured 
 horses and mules by confiscation, and subse 
 quently re-enlisting, the men went home on a 
 veteran furlough. Returning, his Regt. joined 
 Sherman s army on the march to the sea, where 
 it was dismounted and participated in all the 
 hardships of that campaign, terminating in the 
 fall o.f Savannah, and afterwards went on the 
 march through the Carolinas, taking part in 
 the battles Lawtonville, Averysboro, and Ben- 
 tonville, which closed his active field service. 
 He was present at the surrender of Gen. John 
 ston at Raleigh, and shortly after, participated 
 in the grand review at Washington, and later, 
 was discharged in Ky., July 13, 1865. 
 
 Mr. Straub was born in 111., April 22, 1842, 
 son of John and Dorothy (Linclenmeyer) 
 Straub, who in 1837 removed to 111. where they 
 lived and died, having had a family of 5 boys 
 and 5 girls, 3 of the former being in the rebel 
 
 lion, viz.: F. H., who was killed at Atietam; 
 Joseph, wounded whilst fighting under Sher 
 man; and our subject. Our subject s grand 
 father was in the Revolutionary war. 
 
 Returning from the war, Mr. Straub engaged 
 in the general merchandising business at Mur 
 ray, Iowa, which he continued for 3 years, 
 then moved to Fowler and opened a grocery 
 store which he followed for some years, then 
 removed to Galesburg in 1881, and went rail 
 roading for 5 years, when he was appointed 
 depot master which position he now fills. He 
 is handsome in appearance, a jolly good fellow, 
 and known by many. He married Elizabeth 
 Weidenhomer Feb. 28, 1867, and they have 
 nine children, viz.: Rose, now Mrs. L. J. Burk; 
 Edward; Dolly, now Mrs. J. B. Stout; Roy, 
 Mattie, William, John, Peach, and Arty. He 
 is a Republican as is also the soldier brother, 
 whilst the two brothers who were not in the 
 war are Democrats. He is a member of Post 
 No. 45 G. A. R., an Odd Fellow, and a Modern 
 Woodman. He was a Justice of the Peace at 
 Fowler, and Collector, and now owns a hand 
 some home on the Knoxville Road. 
 
 WALTER J. CAMPBELL, at this time a re 
 sident of Minooka, 111., was regist 
 ered in the army as Walter Campbell. 
 He was born near Vandalia, 111., Jan. I, 1843. 
 His father was Robert Campbell of Scotch de 
 scent, and a resident of Fulton Co., Pa. His 
 mother was Nancy Fogler, a daughter of Henry 
 and Barbara Fogler, of German ancestry. The 
 Foglers were of old Va. stock and early settlers 
 in Va., afterwards moving to Md. and later to 
 the vicinity of Delaware, Ohio. Grandfather 
 Fogler, born in America of German parents, 
 was in the War of 1812. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was a resident of 
 Vandalia, 111., until he was 18 years of age. At 
 this time, inspired with a love of country and 
 desire to take part in the great struggle for 
 freedom, he united with a number of fellow 
 patriots and formed a company. The quota of 
 the county was so rapidly filled that this Co. 
 
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 could not be accepted. This was a great dis 
 appointment to the enthusiastic young men, 
 and as Major Webber, of St. Louis, offered to 
 find a place for them in the Regts. of Mo., they 
 went to St. Louis, expecting to enlist for 3 
 months, learning when they reached there that 
 they must go in for three years. About 40 of 
 the 85 men returned to their homes, but the 
 others, including Mr. Campbell, made up what 
 was known as Co. C, 6th Mo. Vol. Inf., being 
 mustered in June 14, 1861. This Regt. remained 
 in Mo. until May of the next year, guarding 
 railroads and performing duty at Pilot Knob. 
 They left Pilot Knob about Sept. 20, went to 
 St. Louis; from there embarked for Jefferson 
 City, and from there they marched to Tipton, 
 Mo., where they joined Fremont s expedition 
 to Springfield; then returned to Tipton, and 
 guarded the Union Pacific until May. It was 
 then sent to Shiloh, and formed a part of Sher 
 man s Div., just after the battle at that place. 
 The first loss to the Regt. was while on picket 
 duty in front of Corinth, during the siege of 
 that city. Reaching Memphis June 27, 1862, 
 the summer and autumn were spent in drilling 
 and scouting. The next movement was under 
 the command of Gen. Sherman, to invest Vicks- 
 burg, Miss. 
 
 Mr. Campbell recalls a pleasant incident 
 that occurred on the boat going down the river. 
 The second morning when he awoke he found 
 his haversack filled with pigs feet and his can 
 teen full of whisky. Not having any use for 
 the whisky he put it away, but made good use 
 of the pigs feet. In explanation it was dis 
 covered that the officers had laid in a good 
 supply of delicacies to be used on the trip 
 down the river, but some of the boys captured 
 these good things and made a general dis 
 tribution. The canteen of whisky was more 
 profitably disposed of than by drinking it, as 
 a comrade suggested that it could be diluted 
 one-half with river water and sold for five dol 
 lars, which was done. 
 
 The first severe engagement this Regt. par 
 ticipated in, was under command of Gen. Sher 
 man, at Chickasaw Bayou. In this engagement 
 the company marched into battle by the "right 
 
 flank," that is four men abreast. The man 
 behind Mr. Campbell and the men on either 
 side were shot down. The Capt. called for 
 men to follow him across the Bayou, and Mr. 
 Campbell and four men responded. In cross 
 ing he became separated from his comrades 
 and fell in with Co. A., and was with it during 
 the rest of the day. In returning over the field, 
 covered over the wrecks of the battle, he found 
 a young boy of his Co., named Ray, who had 
 been shot through both legs. The boy implored 
 the men not to leave him, so Campbell placed 
 his gun in the hands of a comrade by the name 
 of Scott, and carried the wounded boy to the 
 rear. On reaching his own Co. Mr. Campbell 
 heard the men recounting the names of the 
 killed, among which his name was mentioned; 
 one man said he saw Campbell killed and 
 others were equally certain, but just then he 
 spoke and said, "Hold on there, not yet." The 
 boy whom he so kindly bore from the field, 
 recovered from his wounds. 
 
 From the Chickasaw Bayou campaign, these 
 soldiers were sent up the White River to Arkan 
 sas Post, where they had a sharp engagement, 
 and many good men were lost. The Post was 
 taken with about 8,000 prisoners. 
 
 A very amusing event occurred in this bat 
 tle The men had advanced until they were 
 close upon the enemy and were still firing 
 when the order was given to lie down. While 
 lying upon the ground a rooster between the 
 lines began to crow. This was too much for 
 the "boys," so one of the Union soldiers arose 
 and started after the defiant rooster, which, 
 when pursued, ran toward the rebel lines. At 
 this point one of the officers while rising to call 
 the reckless soldier back, received a ball in his 
 foot and went hobbling to the rear on one foot. 
 This appeared so ludicrous that all lost sight 
 of the man and rooster for a time, and the 
 rooster was not found even after the enemy 
 surrendered, which they did within a few hours. 
 They moved then to Milliken s Bend. The 6ist 
 Regt. with others was then set to work on the 
 canal across from Vicksburg and while camped 
 on the bank of the river Mr. Campbell saw the 
 "Oueen of the West" run the blockade. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 The command then moved up the Yazoo 
 River, where it engaged the enemy while Gen. 
 Grant, went around by Grand Gulf and Jack 
 son. Following this was the battle of Cham 
 pion Hills; May 17. the troops crossed the 
 Black River, and on the i8th, closed up on 
 Vicksburg, and the igth, drew the enemy s fire, 
 his Regt. losing quite a number of men. It 
 then crossed the Black River at the upper ford 
 and had a skirmish with the opposing forces. 
 May 22, the assault was made and Mr. Camp 
 bell was engaged in the siege until the surren 
 der. On the day Vicksburg fell he was on 
 guard where he could overlook the rebel works 
 and a rebel invited him to partake of his break 
 fast which was taken from the rump of a mule. 
 
 The next expedition was with Gen. Sherman 
 into East Tenn. In Oct. a Co. of the 6th and 
 .a Co. of the 8th were detailed to load the "Sam 
 Gatey", an old Miss. Steamer, on which they 
 started for Memphis. In the night the boat 
 struck a snag and sunk in about 15 feet of 
 water. The men were put on board a trans 
 port and continued on their course. The pilot 
 of the steamer was arrested, as it was thought 
 he intentionally wrecked the Steamer for the 
 benefit of the rebel guerrilla bands. 
 
 At Memphis the Regt. took the cars for 
 Corinth, Miss., and marched to Tuscumbia, 
 Ala., crossed the river at Eastport and marched 
 to Chattanooga, Tenn, The day before the 
 battle of Mission Ridge, its line was formed 
 on the left of the army, and on the morning of 
 the battle, it took the first line of works, al 
 though later in the day the heaviest fighting 
 was on the right. Nov. 24, having drawn three 
 days rations, the Regt. started to relieve 
 Burnside at Knoxville, marching over a portion 
 of country that had been scourged by two 
 armies. On this march, after fasting 24 hours, 
 Mr. Campbell bought a piece of fat pork, 
 which he ate without any other food, and it 
 made him sick; he soon secured some corn 
 bread which remedied the difficulty. Becom 
 ing footsore he procured a horse and rode with 
 the command back to Chattanooga and was 
 there detailed to go with the pontoon train 
 down the river to Bridgeport, later going into 
 
 camp at Larkinsville, where the men enlisted 
 for 3 years more. Taking a furlough for 30 
 days, he went home to Vandalia, 111. The first 
 battle after re-enlistment was at Snake Creek 
 Gap, followed by actions at Resaca, Dallas, 
 Kenesaw, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesboro, 
 then going into camp at Eastpoint. The com 
 mand then followed Hood as far as Rome, 
 Ga. 
 
 At Vining Station the men voted for Presi 
 dent Lincoln. A start was then made on the 
 "March to the Sea" with Gen. Sherman. The 
 Div. commanded by Gen. Hazen, opened the 
 line of communication by capturing the rebel 
 Fort McAllister, at Savannah. On boats by 
 sea, Beaufort, N. C., was reached and a cam 
 paign through the Carolinas was entered upon, 
 during which on Feb. 14, the men waded in the 
 swamp part of the day with water up to their 
 waists, for the purpose of flanking the rebel 
 line. They were in Columbia the night it was 
 burned, and participated in the battle of Ben- 
 tonville, and then moved to Goldsboro. While 
 here a soldier insulted an elderly lady, for 
 which his head was shaved and he was drum 
 med out of the service. They followed Gen. 
 Johnston and occupied Raleigh, N. C. After 
 Johnston s surrender, April 26, the command 
 then marched through Va. to Petersburg, Rich 
 mond, and Washington, where they took part 
 in the grand review. From there they were 
 sent to Louisville, Ky., then to Little Rock, 
 Ark., and were mustered out Aug. 17, 1865. 
 Mr. Campbell served three years as a private, 
 and when re-enlisted he was appointed Orderly 
 Sergt. He was also offered a brevet Lieuten 
 ancy. After the war Mr. Campbell resided in 
 Vandalia, 111., until 1867, when he moved to 
 Minooka, where he opened a harness shop. 
 
 He was married Sept. 5, 1870, to Bell Gif- 
 ford, of Oberlin, Ohio, a daughter of John N. 
 Gifford, a retired farmer. They have a family 
 of six children; Maude, Dora, Hattie, Robert, 
 Gertrude and John. 
 
 Mr. Campbell votes the Republican ticket, 
 and is enrolled in Post No. 494, G. A. R. His 
 only brother was in the service and suffered 
 the horrors of Andersonville. 
 
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 CAPT. G. W. B. SADORUS, of Sadorus, 111., 
 was born Dec. 31, 1838, upon his father s 
 farm, situated near the head water of the 
 Kaskaskia River, contiguous to the present site 
 of the town of Sadorus. His father. Wm. Sa 
 dorus, removed with his parents to that locality 
 in 1824, from Pa., the family being an honor 
 able specimen of Pa. Dutch stock, as also de 
 voted patriots to their country. The grandfather 
 Henry Sadorus, was an old soldier in the war 
 of 1812. Our subject continued upon his 
 father s farm until 1858, when he entered his 
 father s mercantile business, which the former 
 conducted, as also a large warehouse and 
 mill business. He assisted in raising a Co., 
 and enlisted himself Aug, 12, 1862, and became 
 a Sergt. in Co. E., I25th 111. Vol. Inf. He was 
 promoted to Orderly Sergt., Jan. 20, 1863, and 
 as such commanded his Co., receiving his com 
 mission as Capt. April 20, 1865, which was 
 delayed for a time, as communication between 
 Sherman s army and the north had been inter 
 rupted. With his Regt. he proceeded to Cin 
 cinnati, thence to Covington, and later to 
 Louisville, where the Regt. was Brigaded with 
 the 85th 111., 86th and 52nd Ohio. Our gallant 
 young hero has good reasons to remember his 
 first greeting in the historical battle of Perry- 
 ville, fought Oct. 8, 1862, which was a contest 
 between the giants, and to a finish. He then 
 started in pursuit of Bragg s army, and as his 
 men who were not accustomed to army life, set 
 out carrying, besides other impediments, an 
 extra suit of clothing each. As the chase upon 
 which they were engaged demanded constant 
 action we soon saw the "boys" drop by the 
 roadside all superfluous clothing. Bragg was 
 pursued to Cumberland Gap, then the I25th 
 was headed for Bowling Green and Nashville, 
 where Gen. Rosecrans superseded Buell to the 
 command, which change brought rejoicing 
 among the men who had grown exasperated in 
 being led by a Gen. who performed his move 
 ments in a carriage with his servants, as does a 
 State Gov., in times of peace. 
 
 Reaching Edgefield, Nov. 8, they established 
 winter quarters, and soon were under command 
 of Gen. Sheridan. In the spring of 1863, the 
 
 army moved across the Cumberland River, to 
 below Nashville, where Capt. Sadorus was em 
 ployed upon Provost duty, and at Nashville, 
 and in guarding supply trains, en route to the 
 main army, at Murfreesboro, until Aug. 20, 1863, 
 when they started on the Chattanooga campaign, 
 marchingby way of Franklin, Columbia, Decatur, 
 Athens and Turn, then crossed the country, ar 
 riving at Huntsville Sept. 4, 1863, crossed the 
 Tenn. River at Bridgeport, then to Lookout 
 Mt., and went into camp at Rossville, with 
 rations for three days only, having arrived 
 several days in advance of the army supplies. 
 The men were soon compelled to go foraging, 
 whereupon Gen. Granger issued an order, stat 
 ing that soldiers caught thereat, should be hung 
 up by the thumbs for six hours. The men s 
 necessities compelled them to even take the 
 chances or a violation of the order, and being 
 discovered were subjected to this terrible pen 
 alty. Gen. McCook remonstrated with Granger 
 at the inhuman treatment, but without avail. 
 The troops became mutinous, rushed for Gran 
 ger s tent, at the same time turning a battery 
 upon his headquarters. He, seeing the des 
 peration of the men with whom he was con 
 fronted, promptly, and covered with humilia 
 tion, abrogated the order, and had the men 
 undergoing such barbarous treatment cut down. 
 This occurred upon the eve of the great battle 
 of Chickamauga, and caused Granger the loss 
 of all prestige with his command, therefore he 
 was superceded by Gen. Davis. On the day 
 preceding the battle Capt. Sadorus Regt. was 
 sent out to locate the enemy. It surprised him, 
 captured 25 men, and lay upon their arms that 
 night. Early the following morning the Corps 
 was ordered to Cumberland Gap, to hold that 
 point, and at 2 o clock joined in the general 
 struggle, repulsing the enemy, who was attempt 
 ing to take a position in the rear of Thomas 
 army. 
 
 On the 2 ist while guarding the Gap, a rebel 
 shell exploded directly over Capt. Sadorus 
 head, but beyond having his wits almost dis 
 lodged for a time, sustained little other injury. 
 He was also an active participant in the battles 
 of Lookout Mt. and Missionary Ridge, which 
 
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 lasted from the 23d to the 27th Nov. He was 
 next in the engagement at Ringgold, and from 
 there started for Knoxville, to the relief of 
 Burnside, and immediately returned. This was 
 one of the hardest marches of the war, and the 
 men endured more suffering from cold and 
 hunger, than at any other period of their army 
 life. After wintering at Gordon s Mills, our 
 subject, on May 4, 1864, started upon the cele 
 brated Atlanta campaign, and was exposed to 
 the enemy s murderous fire in the battles of 
 Buzzard s Roost, Ringgold, Resaca, Rome, 
 Kingston, Dalton, New Hope Church, Kenesaw 
 Mt., Chattahoochie River, Peach Tree Creek, 
 the siege and battles of Atlanta, and Jonesboro. 
 His Regt. entered upon the campaign with 449 
 men, and at its close only 206 were to be found 
 within its ranks. In the short space of 20 min., 
 lost 1 20 of its brave and patriotic members, in 
 the assault upon Kenesaw Mt. Capt. Sadorus 
 and the survivors of his brave band went into 
 camp at Atlanta upon the capture of that place 
 for 48 days. Subsequently they were ordered 
 to Huntsville and Athens, Ala., by train, thence 
 marched across *~he country to Florence where 
 they were headed off by Hood. Returned to 
 Athens, then took the cars for Chattanooga, 
 thence marched back to Atlanta. Nov. 16, his 
 command started on the march to the sea. In 
 due time Savannah fell into the Govt s hands, 
 and accordingly Capt. Sadorus started north 
 through the Carolinas to make fresh conquests. 
 He took part in the battles of Averysboro and 
 Bentonville, which was his last experience in 
 actual conflict. Soon after he started for Rich 
 mond, where for the first time during his army 
 service he was taken ill having been smitten 
 with cholera morbus. He recovered in time 
 to join his Regt., being sent with the sick down 
 the James River to Fortress Monroe, up the 
 Chesepeake Bay and landed at Alexandria, and 
 then participated in the Grand Review at Wash 
 ington, where he was mustered out June 9, 
 1865. Subsequently proceeded to Chicago and 
 was finally discharged June 30, 1865. Notwith 
 standing his numerous battles and many ex 
 posures to rebel bullets, causing death, and the 
 wounding of his comrades, all around him, he 
 
 emerged from the war without a scratch, except 
 two slight wounds from spent balls. 
 
 Returning to citizen life and casting all wars 
 behind him, Capt. Sadorus Dec. 24, 1865, mar 
 ried Phcebe J. Brown, and six children have 
 blessed this marriage; one died in infancy, the 
 others are living, viz.: William Elmer, Enos B., 
 Frank Allen, Warren and Mary Edna. Capt. 
 Sadorus is an active member of the G. A. R., 
 an exemplary consistent member of the M. E. 
 Church, in which he is Steward, a member of 
 the Board of Trustees, and Supt. of the Sunday 
 School. He was a Douglas Democrat on enter 
 ing the army, but soon became and has since 
 continued to be a staunch Republican. 
 
 PROF. A. W. WILLIAMSON, of Augustana 
 College, Rock Island, 111., was born in 
 Swift Co., Minn., Jan. 31, 1838, and was 
 the son of the Rev. Thomas S. and Margaret 
 (Poage) Williamson, the former a native of S. 
 C., and the latter of Ky. The father removed to 
 Minn, in May, 1835, making it his permanent 
 home. Our subject passed his boyhood days 
 in his native State, and when of sufficient age 
 attended the public schools. Afterwards stud 
 ied successively at Knox College, Galesburg, 
 111., -and Marietta College, Marietta, O., from 
 which he was graduated in 1857, and completed 
 his education at the University of Yale. He then 
 engaged in teaching at which he continued to 
 be employed until he enlisted as a soldier in 
 the Union army Jan. 17, 1862, Co. B., 5th Minn, 
 Vol. Inf. After organization, his Co. was sta 
 tioned at Fort Ridgely, Minn, to keep the In 
 dians in subjection. Whilst at that point the 
 Indian outbreak occurred and in the battles 
 with them 24 men of Co. B. were killed, besides 
 8 severely wounded. Prof. Williamson while 
 at Fort Ridgely was clerk in the Quartermaster 
 and Commissary Department but drilled and 
 fought with his Co. In Nov. they rejoined 
 their Regt. in the South, and with it in the fol 
 lowing spring, participated in various battles 
 and skirmishes of the Vicksburg and other 
 campaigns as also in the assaults and siege upon 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 593 
 
 that town, continuing before the city until its 
 surrender. He was mustered in as a private 
 but was soon promoted to Sergeant and held 
 that position throughout the campaign just men 
 tioned, and as such, owing to the illness of his 
 superior officer, was at times in command of his 
 Co. For a short time he was detached in charge 
 of one or more mortar boats wherein he had 
 command, and was bombarding the city, 
 when the " Cincinnati" made its attack and 
 was sunk. During the fall of 1863, and win 
 ter of 1863-4, his Regt. was kept in pursuit 
 of the rebel Gen. Forrest and his command, 
 and when not engaged in active battle or 
 skirmishes, was in the march from point to 
 point minimizing so far as possible, the de 
 structive operations of that portion of the 
 enemy. In the spring of 1864, he was again 
 detached and transferred to the recruiting serv 
 ice, and in that capacity recruited Co. F., 
 7ist Inf. (Col. troops), was commissioned 2nd 
 Lieut, and mustered in at Alexandria, La., March 
 nth, 1864. He served as acting regimental 
 Quartermaster for one month, and afterwards 
 as acting Co. commander, until the consolida 
 tion of the Regt., with the 70th U. S. Col. Inf. 
 (he becoming a Lieut, of Co. D.) in Oct., same 
 year, at Natchez, Miss. Much of his time was 
 spent as junior member of boards of survey. 
 Shortly he was appointed Adjutant of Fort 
 McPherson, Natchez, Miss., and in Dec., 1864, 
 as Quartermaster and Commissary, Freedmen s 
 Bureau, District of Natchez, in which capacity 
 he served until disabled by swamp fever, being 
 relieved of duty in Aug., 1865. He nominally 
 returned to duty in Nov., straightened up his 
 business as Q. M. and Commissary, but his 
 system was shattered to such a degree that 
 any active exertion at once disabled him for 
 several days, and he was mustered out with his 
 Regt., March 6, 1866. Up to the time he fell a 
 victim to swamp fever, he never lost a day 
 from duty from the time of his enlistment, par 
 ticipating in the ranks in all battles and skir 
 mishes in which his Co. was engaged, even 
 when he was on detached service. As did 
 others of his command, he often marched all 
 day, and stood guard all night, notwithstanding 
 
 37 
 
 his painful sufferings from chills, fever and 
 diarrhea. The performance of duty while 
 suffering from swamp fever so shattered his 
 nervous system, that he was unable to do any 
 thing for sometime after his discharge. In 
 June, 1866, he took up the study of law in Min 
 neapolis, until August, when he accepted the 
 position of Principal of Central College, Ohio, 
 continuing there four years. Failing health 
 then compelled him to resign. He, subse 
 quently, temporarily occupied various positions 
 in Minn., being, part of the time, an instructor 
 in the State University, but the nervous dis 
 ease contracted in the Army compelled him to 
 discontinue teaching for some years, and he 
 continued in the mercantile business at Sleepy 
 Eye, Minn., the greater part of the time. His 
 health being sufficiently regained, he resumed 
 teaching. He was Professor at Gustavus 
 Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn., from 1876 
 to 1880, and has since been engaged in his 
 present prominent position, as Professor of 
 Mathematics and Astronomy, in the Augus- 
 tana College, Rock Island, 111. He is a mem 
 ber of Buford Post, No. 242, G. A. R., 111., and 
 as an educator, his excellent reputation is not 
 limited by the bounds of his State. 
 
 NICHOLAS GEORGE VAN SANT, of Sterling, 
 111., the son of John Wesley and Lydia 
 (Anderson) VanSant, was born at Rock 
 Island, 111., Nov. 22, 1,846. The elder Van Sant 
 was born in Burlington Co., N. J., June 9, 1810, 
 and was descended from German parentage. 
 The Anderson family to which his wife be 
 longed was of English extraction. The pro 
 genitors of both of these families were among 
 the early settlers in the U. S. John Wesley 
 Van Sant, the father of the subject of this 
 memoir, was by profession a ship carpenter and 
 worked at his trade in N. J., and afterwards in 
 Rock Island in 1837, where they resided until 
 1860, when they removed to La Clare, Iowa, 
 where they are now living. Six children were 
 the fruits of his marriage Adam C., Hester 
 Ann, Elias, Samuel, Nicholas George and Nel 
 lie. Hester Ann married T. C. Harris; and 
 
594 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Nellie, Thos. B. Taylor. Mr. Van Sant was a 
 pronounced abolitionist, and took great inter 
 est in the dissemination and encouragement of 
 the principles of his doctrine. Nicholas George, 
 as a boy, remained at home until his i6th year, 
 going to school and assisting his father in the 
 operation of a saw-mill, and in boat building, as 
 an adjunct of his regular business. His father 
 is now engaged in a lumber logging and towing 
 business, conducted by the Van Sant & Musser 
 Towing Co., and the Le Clare Navigation Co., 
 of both of which he is a member, 
 
 Nicholas George, in 1863, when but 16 years 
 of age, entered the military service as a visitor 
 of the Qth 111, Cav,, but being by reason of his 
 age unable to muster, remained only a few 
 months, during which he accompanied the 
 Regt, on several scouting expeditions. Return 
 ing home he attended school during the fall 
 term of 1863. His strong inclination for the 
 military service finally, in Feb., 1864, resulted 
 in his enlistment in Co. A, Qth 111. Cav., joining 
 his Regt. at Memphis, under the command of 
 Colonel Harry Berg. Memphis continued for 
 some time the base of operations for the fre 
 quent expeditions in which the gth was en 
 gaged. In the first move they encountered the 
 enemy in a sharp engagement at Guntown, 
 where they met with a loss in killed and wound 
 ed, and prisoners of thirty. It was here that 
 Mr. Van Sant first experienced a battle. Again 
 on July 10, the gth was engaged in action at 
 Tupello, being on the left flank and hotly 
 pressed by the enemy. In the battle with For 
 rest at Hurricane Creek, the Regt. behaved with 
 great galantry, and Mr. Van Sant bore himself 
 like the true soldier he ever showed himself to 
 be. The command next moved on to Oxford, 
 Miss., which it occupied for a few days, when 
 a return was made to Memphis. Removing 
 their base of operations to East Tenn., they met 
 the army of Gen. Schofield which was being har"- 
 rassed by Hood, and which they reinforced. 
 An engagement followed at Campbellsville, in 
 which the Qth shared the honors, as also at 
 Franklin, where it was for some time subjected 
 to a heavy fire and considerable suffering. The 
 Regt. went into camp at Edgefield until the 
 
 battle of Nashville, in which it took an active 
 part, afterwards scouting and doing picket duty 
 until spring, when it moved on to Eastport on 
 the Tenn. River, thence to Selma, Ala. Here 
 did police and guard duty until mustered out 
 Oct. 31, 1865. Mr. Van Sant returned home 
 and resumed his studies first at Galesburg, and 
 then at Cornell College at Mt. Vernon, la., 
 from which he was graduated in the spring of 
 1870. He became associated with his father in 
 the lumber and boat business at Le Clare, Iowa, 
 in which he continued until 1872, when he went 
 to Rock Falls and began business on his own 
 account, which he has since successfully con 
 ducted. He carries a full stock of lumber, 
 coal, and all kinds of moulding, sash, door and 
 building accesories. In 1883 he purchased a 
 farm of 142 acres in Montmorency Township, 
 which he devotes specifically to raising the 
 finest breeds of poultry, swine, etc., notably the 
 Poland China, and Plymouth Rock varieties. 
 
 He is a prominent member of the G. A. R., 
 Post No. 247, of Sterling, of which he is the 
 incumbent Commander, and the A. O. U. W. 
 He is a member of the M. E. Church, and of 
 its Board of Trustees; also the Superintendent 
 of a Sunday school at Montmorency, which he 
 regularly conducts, and in which he takes a 
 special pride. In politics he is a Republican. 
 He was married at Sterling, Nov. 17, 1870, to 
 Ella A., daughter of Joseph and Prudence 
 (Goodrich) Godder. Her mother is still liv 
 ing, but her father has been for some years 
 deceased. They were both members of the 
 older families of Sterling, and came originally 
 from N. Y. State. Mrs. Van Sant is like her 
 husband, a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. 
 Van Sant as soldier and merchant has demon 
 strated an honorable identity, and afforded his 
 generation an instance of incorruptable man 
 hood. 
 
 DANIEL D. COOPER, of Belvidere, 111., was 
 born in Bates Co., N. Y., Jan. 20, 1835, 
 and is a son of Henry and Phoebe 
 (Snyder) Cooper, natives of the same State, of 
 English descent, who were the parents of seven 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 595 
 
 children, viz.: James R., Daniel D., George W., 
 Lavina, Rebecca Mariette, and Johanna. Our 
 subject spent his boyhood days in his native 
 State, where he received his education. When 
 only 12 years of age he was thrown upon his 
 own resources and compelled to hire out upon 
 a farm and earn a living for himself. When 18 
 years of age he went to Tioga Co., Pa., but 
 after staying there seven years, returned to his 
 former home, resuming work at that place. 
 The following year he travelled to seek his for 
 tunes in the West, and at last struck Belvidere. 
 Here he engaged upon a farm until the war. 
 The handling, however, of hay forks and teams 
 became monotonous, and to participate in more 
 exciting scenes, to the war he would go. So he 
 enlisted, during the first days of the month of 
 Aug., 1861, and was subsequently mustered into 
 the service as a private in Co., I., 37th, 111. Vol. 
 Inf., at Camp Webb, Sept. 18, of the same year. 
 On the following day the Regt. left for St. 
 Louis. 
 
 It next proceeded to Boonville, via Sedalia 
 and Springfield; the rebels retreating from the 
 latter town on its approach. It went into camp 
 at Lamine River, where it was joined in Feb. 
 1862, by Capt. Payne s command and marching 
 by way of Cassville, Mo., along the wire road, 
 skirmishing all the way with the retreating 
 rebel army to Sugar Creek, Ark., and on the 6th, 
 7th, and 8th, of March, participated in the battle 
 of Pea Ridge, where, although the rebel army 
 outnumbered that of the Federal, two to one, 
 the latter gained a complete victory and saved 
 St. Louis from Price s grasp. During the 
 second day from 10 A. M., until sundown, Mr. 
 Cooper s Brigade met and repulsed the on 
 slaught of 6,OOO rebels under Gens. McCul- 
 loch and Mclntosh, both of whom were killed 
 in front of his Brig. The regimental loss was 
 21 killed and 114 wounded, our subject being 
 among the latter number, having sustained a 
 slisfht wound. His Regt. was then stationed at 
 
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 Cassville on outpost duty and guarded the 
 frontier in S. W. Mo., all through that summer, 
 having frequent fights with roving bands under 
 Coffee and Quantrell. Later it was detailed as 
 guard of the College Military Prison at Spring 
 
 field, constructed a stockade and otherwise 
 fortifying the town. In the last days of Oct., 
 it w r as again in pursuit of the enemy, proceed 
 ing to Pond Springs, drove the rebels out of 
 Newtonia, thence to Gadfly, thence to Hunts- 
 ville, Ark, arriving Oct. 20th. Two days later 
 they started in the evening for Bentonville, 
 marched all night, passed through Cross Hol 
 lows, Osage Springs, and marched again on the 
 night of the 27th surprised the rebels at day 
 light at Fayetteville, Ark., took some prison 
 ers and retired to Osage Springs. The Regt. 
 continued the chase of the enemy from place 
 to place, and, owing to its rapid and continuous 
 movements, gained the sobriquet of "The 
 111. Greyhounds." Whilst at Camp Lyon, Mo., 
 it was ordered to the relief of Gen. Blunt, be 
 sieged at Sugar Hill and reached that point, 112 
 miles, in three days, the last ten miles being 
 covered on the double quick. 
 
 On the following morning it engaged the 
 enemy at Prairie Grove, Ark., which lasted all 
 day, and was one of the most hotly contested 
 and bloody battles of the war, considering the 
 number engaged; the 37th lost about one-sev 
 enth of its number in killed and wounded. It 
 spent the winter in marching from place to place 
 in M o. and Ark., having numerous skirmishes 
 with the enemy, and in April going to St. Louis, 
 then to Cape Girardeau, where it again engaged 
 the enemy, single-handed, and drove them across 
 the country to Chalk Bluffs, then, returning to 
 St. Louis, proceeded to Vicksburg. Here Mr. 
 Cooper was detailed to the heavy Art. service, 
 and fought every day for three weeks, without 
 once taking off his shoes or clothing. July 15, 
 1863, the Regt. proceeded to Yazoo City, which 
 it captured after a desperate fight, taking many 
 prisoners; returning, then, to Vicksburg, thence 
 to Port Hudson, afterwards to New Orleans, 
 where it was reviewed by Gen. Grant, and sub 
 sequently moved to Morganzia, from which point 
 it pursued the rebel, Dick Taylor, and Gen. 
 Green s forces west of Atchafalya River. Sept. 
 29 it met the rebel force near Morgan s Bend, 
 utterly routed them, and in the following month 
 returned to New Orleans. In the same month 
 the Brig, embarked for Texas, took possession 
 
596 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 of Brownsville, and was also employed until 
 winter, when, having re-enlisted, the men were 
 granted a furlough. Returning, the boys joined 
 the Regt. at Chicago, and proceeded to Mem 
 phis, and afterwards went on the Red River 
 campaign, and thence to Natchez. Subsequently 
 it was detailed to New Orleans, then proceeded 
 over the swamps to Fort Blakely. During the 
 latter action, April 9, 1865, Mr. Cooper had 
 his left arm broken in 16 places, neces 
 sitating its amputation at the shoulder. The 
 next day he was transported over a cordu 
 roy road in an ambulance to Mobile Bay, 
 where he lay stretched on . the beach, hov 
 ering between life and death, during the entire 
 long and, to him, memorable and painful night. 
 From here he was sent to the St. Louis hospi 
 tal, at New Orleans, and subsequently home to 
 Belvidere, arriving June 7, 1865. 
 
 Whilst absent on furlough, in 1864, he mar 
 ried Huldah Carmichael, April 7, 1864, a daugh 
 ter of James B. Lanning. 
 
 Mr. Cooper, when able, engaged in farming 
 near Belvidere, and continued so employed un 
 til 1869, when he removed to Belvidere, where 
 he followed different vocations until 1872, and 
 was then elected City Marshal for the town, 
 and Chief of Police, which he held for six 
 years, when he resigned, and has since been 
 otherwise engaged. He is a member of the Bap 
 tist Church, and of Post No. 164, G. A. R., and 
 votes as he shot, for the Republicans, of course. 
 
 COLONEL J. P. SANDFORD, of Wheaton, Ill. ( 
 the popular lecturer, was born at Romu- 
 laus, Seneca Co., N. Y., Nov. 11, 1837. 
 He is the son of John and Sarah Sanford. His 
 excellent education was completed at Iowa 
 University. He enlisted as a private in Co. H., 
 2nd Iowa Cav., at Iowa City, July, 1861. He 
 was promoted from time to time, until at length 
 he became Captain of his Co. He was engaged 
 during his term of enlistment, in active service. 
 At the close of the war, he was in command of 
 the 47th Iowa Inf., and was mustered out in 
 Sept., 1865. Shortly after his return home, he 
 
 became engaged in lecturing, and to-day is one 
 of the most popular lecturers in this country. 
 No man of the day has traveled more ex 
 tensively than he, and in the art of presenting 
 humorous lectures on travels in all lands, he is 
 probably without a peer. He has over 16 years 
 reputation, and to-day stands in the first rank. 
 His witticisms are irresistible, while his full, 
 clear accent, natural eloquence, and acute com 
 prehension of human nature stamp him as one 
 of the most interesting speakers and popular 
 lecturers of the day. The extent of his travels 
 can be appreciated when we state that he has 
 crossed the Atlantic Ocean nineteen times, cir 
 cumnavigated the entire globe, thrice, and lit 
 erally dined in every kingdom, empire, and 
 Republic on the globe. The press and other 
 testimonials which he has received would alone 
 fill a large volume. He is of fine personal ap 
 pearance and commanding address. Intellect 
 and energy are suggested in all his features. 
 Always ready to give more than he receives, 
 ever anxious to do all the good he can for 
 others, he goes from city to city, and from land 
 to land entertaining the audiences he appears 
 before with accounts of his extensive travels, 
 instructing them from his large store of 
 knowledge. Col. Sanford may well be called 
 the world s preat traveler and humorist. 
 
 THOMAS B. MANNING, of Momence, 111., was 
 born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire Co., Eng 
 land, July 29, 1830, and is a son of Wil 
 liam and Sarah (Blair) Manning, natives of the 
 same place. Thomas grew to manhood in 
 England, having received an education in the 
 public schools in his native country, then was 
 apprenticed to the carpenter and joiner trade, 
 which he completed. He left the shores of 
 "Old England" April 10, 1852, and landed in 
 N. Y. City. He engaged at his trade soon after 
 landing, and there continued for 3 years, when 
 he went West, locating first in Chicago for 3 
 years, then finally removing to Momence, 111., 
 where has since made his home. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 597 
 
 He joined the U. S. army in the early days of 
 the late rebellion, and was mustered in as a 
 private in Co. H., ;6th 111. Vol, Inf., at Kanka- 
 kee, Aug. 22, 1862. The Regt. remained at its 
 place of organization for a few days, engaged 
 at drilling and obtaining an insight into army 
 movements, and were ordered to Columbus, 
 Ky., where the men were armed. They continued 
 at this point until Oct. 4, when they proceeded 
 to Bolivar, Tenn.; were there under fire from 
 the enemy, and after a month s camping moved 
 to La Grange, at which point they joined Gen. 
 Grant s command, and participated in his cam 
 paign along the Miss. Central R. R., and did their 
 part in driving Price s army Southwest. Con 
 tinuing the march Southward, it halted near 
 Springdale, until Dec. 22, when news reached 
 them that the rebel Gen. Van Dorn had cap 
 tured Holly Springs, and destroyed a large 
 quantity of supplies, and cut off all communi 
 cation with the North. Then the command 
 was immediately " about faced " and proceeded 
 Northward, reached Holly Springs, which they 
 occupied Jan. 5, 1863, and there witnessed 
 many extensive conflagrations. In leaving the 
 place the /6th was the last to pass out and 
 moved on to Moscow, where it remained until 
 Feb. 5, then to La Fayette, and subsequently 
 to Memphis, Tenn. May 13, it proceeded down 
 the river on board the "Fort Wayne," and 
 whilst en route, was fired upon by guerrillas 
 from the Arkansas shore, wounding two men 
 and disabling the boat, which was towed down 
 the river to Young s Point, La., where the men 
 landed. 
 
 The Regt. shortly afterwards proceeded by 
 boat to Chickasaw Bayou, and subsequently as 
 sisted in closing up the lines around Vicksburg, 
 until after the charge, when it was placed on 
 the left of the besieging lines, and bravely held 
 its place close under the rebel guns until the 
 final surrender, July 4, and on the following 
 day moved with Sherman s army against Jack 
 son, skirmishing with the rebels at Big Black 
 River. Then followed the conflict of Jackson, 
 \vhere it was engaged from the I2th to the i6th 
 of July. Leaving Jackson a few days later Mr. 
 Manning s Regt. proceeded to Vicksburg, then 
 
 moved to Natchez, afterwards returned to 
 Vicksburg, going into camp at Cowan, then to 
 Camp Hebron, and from there proceeded with 
 Sherman s army on the Meridian campaign, and 
 was on the continual move until March 4, 1864, 
 and returning, went to the vicinity of 
 Vicksburg. 
 
 During the Meridian campaign which lasted 
 31 days, he had skirmishes almost daily with 
 the rebels. May 4th, it moved for Yazoo City 
 and took part in the battles of Benton, Vaughn s 
 Station, Deasonville, and drove the enemy from 
 Yazoo City; then returned to Vicksburg, again 
 joining in the Jackson expedition. Encounter 
 ing the enemy, had a sharp battle July 6th, 
 which was renewed on the 7th, when the Regt. 
 became detached from the main body of troops 
 but cut its way out, sacrificing however, 102 
 in killed and wounded, and returned to Vicks 
 burg much fatigued. It was during the same 
 month, transported by boat to Morganzia, then 
 to port Hudson, and then landed and marched 
 with five days rations, night and day to Clinton, 
 but the rebels fled before the approaching 
 Union troops. 
 
 It then returned to Morganzia, arriving Aug. 
 29th, footsore and weary. Subsequently it pro 
 ceeded toMemphis, then to DuVall s Bluff, where 
 it assisted in building log cabins, which it was 
 forced to abandon and return to Memphis, from 
 there to New Orleans, arriving Jan. 4, 1865, and 
 there continuing for several weeks. It next 
 proceeded by transport for Fort Barrancas, 
 Fla., then to Pensacola, and March 20th, joined 
 in the campaign to Spanish Fort, traveling 
 through pine swamps, necessitating corduroy 
 ing the quicksand roads, for a distance of 42 
 miles, and whilst on this march fought Gen. 
 Clarendon, whose command was either killed 
 or captured, besides having many severe skir 
 mishes. Spanish Fort was captured April 
 gth, and the same day the 76th participated in 
 the battle of Fort Blakely, capturing the whole 
 garrison, and was the first to plant its colors on 
 the enemy s works, losing, however, in the en 
 gagement, 17 killed and 81 wounded. Mr. 
 Manning and his Regt. were then transported 
 to Mobile," where they did guard and picket 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 duty, then moved to Selma, afterwards back to 
 Mobile, and later to Galveston, Texas, where 
 they remained doing guard duty until mustered 
 out, July 22, and ordered to Chicago, and there 
 finally discharged and disbanded Aug. 5, 
 1865. Mr. Manning then returned to Momence 
 and resumed his former trade. He was mar 
 ried on the 22nd of March, 1852, to Ann Bar- 
 naby, a daughter of William and Mary (Davis) 
 Barnaby, and five children have resulted from 
 the union, viz.: Nelson B., locomotive engineer, 
 of San Francisco, Cal.; William Henry, travel 
 ing salesman; Sarah A., Frank B., traveling 
 salesman; and Mary J., wife of Robert Blake. 
 
 In arriving in the U. S. Mr. Manning was, 
 like the great majority of emigrants, without 
 means; he had however other resources quite 
 as important, namely, a good trade, ambition, 
 and energy, which he never hesitated to use, 
 and by his industry, honesty and ability, has 
 won for himself a position of respectability, 
 and a character for uprightness, of which he 
 has every reason to be proud. In politics he is 
 an uncompromising Republican. He cast his 
 first vote for Gen. Scott, 1852, voted for Fre 
 mont in 1856, and subsequently for Abraham 
 Lincoln, and has never neglected voting for the 
 Republican nominee. 
 
 He has held the positions of Toxvnship 
 Collector, Road Supervisor, and Judge of 
 Election. He is a member of Wooster Post, 
 No. 627, G. A. R., of which he is Chaplain. He 
 and family are consistent members of the Epis 
 copal Church, and are people who are much 
 respected in the district in which they reside. 
 
 GEORGE HENRY STONE, of Neponset, 111., 
 who lived in Westboro, Mass., until he 
 nearly attained his majority, was born 
 in that place Oct. 4, 1840. In the prosecution 
 of his studies he had passed through the high 
 school, when in 1860, he accompanied his 
 brother, who was visiting the East, to the West 
 and settled at Toulon, Stark Co., 111., where in 
 June, 1861, he enlisted in Co. B, igth 111. Vol. 
 Inf., and was mustered in at Chicago June I7th, 
 1 86 1, for three years service. 
 
 The first movement was to operate against 
 rebels in Mo., marching from Palmyra to St. 
 Louis, and then to Pilot Knob and back to St. 
 Louis. The Regt. was then moved to Bird s 
 Point, where it embarked for a return to St. 
 Louis. \t was ordered into Ky. opposite Cairo, 
 and took train for Washington via Cincinnati, 
 Ohio. On the first day out the 2nd Div. of 
 the train went through a bridge and almost all 
 of Co. I were lost, with many other men. The 
 dead and wounded were conveyed to Cincin 
 nati, where the citizens received them, burying 
 the dead and providing for the wounded. The 
 Regt. went into camp here two weeks, and 
 then was sent to Louisville, Ky., and from 
 there to Lebanon. Under Gen. Mitchell, it in 
 succession saw Huntsville, Florence and Athens. 
 One time on this expedition Mr. Stone was 
 detailed to go to Athens as conductor with a 
 train of cars, and had Fred Whitaker and a 
 colored man for brakemen. 
 
 The i8th Ohio held the city, and as Stone 
 reached his destination he saw their Regt. re 
 tiring, but as no guns had been fired, he tele 
 graphed to Gen. Mitchell, who came on a 
 special train, and when he saw the situation 
 gave orders for the trains to pull out with all 
 speed. On reaching a bridge it was discovered 
 to be on fire with John Morgan s men in pos 
 session. The engineer opened the throttle, put 
 on all the steam possible, and rushed across 
 through the flames and the fire of the rebel 
 bullets. The train following went through the 
 bridge and was destroyed with the U. S. mail. 
 Some Regts. were gathered, returned to Athens, 
 and burned the town, for which act the Colonel 
 was censured. Here the igth was detailed to 
 guard the railroad, and was left on that duty 
 when the army was withdrawn from that local 
 ity. This fact the men did not learn until three 
 days afterwards, when they took a train to re 
 join their Co. On this trip Mr. Stone was sit 
 ting in the door of a car with others when he 
 saw some horses tied to a tree near Pulaski, 
 and soon the train was fired into and thrown 
 from the track. Here 600 rebels attacked the 
 125 Union soldiers, but the rebels soon ran, 
 leaving the boys to get the engine righted. By 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 599 
 
 repairing the bridge with cotton bales from the 
 train, this detachment finally reached Nashville 
 and reported to Gen. Negley. 
 
 A Mrs. Hardin out on the Hardin pike 
 asked for a guard to protect her property. 
 The Gen. said if a guard was sent out it would 
 be captured, but she assured him that it would 
 not. He said if the men were taken he would 
 send out 3 Regts. to live on the products of 
 the plantation. The men were captured the 
 second night they were on guard, as the Gen 
 eral predicted. So he sent out the iQth with 
 other regiments to subsist on the plantation as 
 he said he would do. 
 
 The Regt. remained at Nashville until the 
 battle of Stone River in which it was engaged. 
 At Murfrcesboro Mr. Stone was detailed to 
 serve at Div. headquarters in Gen. Negley s 
 Div., when he took charge of the ammunition 
 train, his duty being to issue ammunition to 
 the brigades. 
 
 At the battle of Lookout Mt, he went in 
 the night in charge of two wagons of 
 ammunition to the General. The night before 
 the battle at Chickamauga his train was in two 
 sections when he went into camp. In the dark 
 ness of the night orders came to move up, and 
 in so doing he became entangled in the rebel 
 skirmish line which happened to be in front of 
 his Regt.; here one of the boys perceiving the 
 situation piloted him out although the rebels 
 had opened fire upon him. Gen. Rosecrans 
 noting this ordered him clown the hill to the 
 rear, .and the next morning as the army fell 
 back the train was nearly stampeded, but all 
 was safely removed except one wagon, which, 
 when the boys moved forward again, they found 
 just where it was needed to replenish their 
 cartridge boxes and turn the tide of battle. 
 
 The Regt. was at one time holding a spring 
 which the rebels were very eager to secure, 
 and during the fight to maintain possession, 
 one of the boys by the name of Pike assumed 
 the disguise of a rebel officer, and rode into 
 the rebel picket lines and ordered the men to 
 fall back, which they did. The deception was 
 soon discovered and the rebels in pursuit un 
 horsed him just outside of the Union lines. 
 
 He had a 16 shooter and emptying several 
 saddles, finally made his escape. That night 
 the men burned piles of rails in many places 
 to give the rebels the impression that there was a 
 large force opposed to them. They held this 
 position against heavy odds until reinforce 
 ments arrived and the enemy.was driven back. 
 The whole line was engaged in the battle of 
 Chickamauga, where the rebels outnumbered 
 the Union soldiers four to one. Arriving at 
 Chattanooga the Regt. lay there for some 
 time, and the supplies having been cut off, 
 many of the men, it is stated on good author 
 ity, ate meat from mules that had died of 
 starvation. 
 
 Mr. Stone had been sick for some time, but 
 had remained on duty rather than go to the 
 hospital, but here he was reduced to 85 pounds 
 in weight and so weak he could not move about. 
 He then got better, and becoming hungry he suc 
 ceeded in stealing a sack of corn and buying a 
 beef s liver for $1.50. He lived on this supply 
 for a time and became quite hearty. Before 
 this he had been offered a discharge on account 
 of his feeble condition. 
 
 After taking part in the engagements at 
 Mission Ridge and Resaca, the term of en 
 listment expired and the men started homeward, 
 receiving their discharge papers in Chicago. 
 Mr. Stone was mustered out July 9, 1864. 
 
 Returning to Toulon Mr. Stone went into 
 business. In 1868 he was married to Hannah 
 Hilckins, a daughter of Jonathan Huckins, of 
 Neponset, 111. Two years later he moved to 
 Neponset, where he has resided since, except 
 ing about two years absence at Stewart, Iowa, 
 and one year in Chicago. In 1889 he was ap 
 pointed Postmaster. Holds the office of Com 
 mander of the W. S. Bryan Post, 284, G. A. 
 R., and has been Jr. V. C. and Sr. V. C., and 
 discharged the duties of other offices in the 
 Post. 
 
 Mr. Stone is a Republican in politics, and 
 has filled the office of Collector of the Town 
 ship and Constable. His family consists of two 
 sons and three daughters, who may be enume 
 rated as follows: William, a young man living 
 in the home town; Charles E., Effie a young 
 
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 lady who has officiated as assistant Postmaster, 
 but is now devoted to the study of music; Lucy 
 M., who is assisting her father in the Postoffice; 
 Ethel Maud, a young girl in school. 
 
 Mr. Stone recalls the following incident in 
 his experience: At one time the great guer 
 rilla, John Morgan, came into Elizabethtown, 
 Ky., and passed 6*utby the Post that Mr. Stone 
 was guarding. He was disguised as a planter 
 in homespun clothes, and had a pass properly 
 signed. When he passed through all right he 
 turned back and gave Mr. Stone a flask of 
 whiskey, saying, as he bade him good bye, 
 " accept this from John Morgan," and putting 
 spurs to his horse was soon hidden from sight 
 among the trees. It was a common thing for 
 Morgan to come disguised into camp to witness 
 the drill of the iQth regiment, for which he had 
 a great admiration, and which had the reputa 
 tion of being the best drilled Regt. in that part 
 of the army. 
 
 JW. PERRY, of Maiden, was born at Clays- 
 ville, Ohio, July 23, 1843, an d is a son 
 of John and Martha Perry. The father 
 was a prosperous merchant, therefore, the son 
 concluded, wisely as is now apparent, to en 
 gage in the same business after he had left 
 school and was so employed at the outbreak 
 of the war. In the summer of 1862, the whole 
 population of the U. S. who continued loyal ^to 
 the Govt., grew restless and excited. Young 
 Perry, whose heart beat with patriotic pride 
 was among those that concluded that the 
 autonomy of the Govt. and its institutions 
 should be preserved, even if he should sacrifice 
 his young life in the cause he so forcibly advo 
 cated. He accordingly enlisted in the Union 
 army, Aug. 2, 1862, and was mustered in as a 
 private in Co. B, 9/th Ohio Vol. Inf. Leaving 
 a comfortable, happy home, he set out with 
 his Regt. to meet the fates which the gods of 
 war should decree to be his portion. The 
 Regt. drilled and proceeded first to Covington, 
 Ky., thence to Louisville, and during the fol 
 lowing 14 months took a prominent part in the 
 
 battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga 
 and Mission Ridge, besides many other 
 smaller engagements and numerous skirmishes. 
 At the last named battle, which occurred 
 Nov. 25th, 1863, Mr. Perry was struck in the 
 left shoulder by a rebel bullet, shattering many 
 bones and rendering him powerless. He lay 
 in this condition upon the field which he so 
 bravely and courageously fought to save for a 
 night and a day, and at the expiration of that 
 time only received relief in the shape of being 
 removed and protected from the cold, and nine 
 days elapsed before the merciless ball which 
 caused his wound was extracted. He lay in 
 the hospital first at Chattanooga, then Nashville, 
 Louisville, and Madison, Ind., successively, in 
 all 9 months; his young spirit, meanwhile, 
 hovering between life and death, with every 
 indication to his family and friends that the 
 final result would incline toward the latter. 
 He had, however, in the fearful conflict that 
 was being waged in his physical condition, 
 marshalled on the side of a favorable issue, 
 health, strength and youth, able and successful 
 combatants in such a struggle, and fortunately 
 the contest so often won by this combination, 
 was again repeated in young Perry s case. 
 After indications looking favorably toward his 
 his recovery presented themselves, he was re 
 turned to Camp Dennison, Ohio, and then 
 discharged from the army July 8, 1864, when 
 he returned to his parental roof, completely 
 broken in health and a constant sufferer. Dur 
 ing his period in the hospital and for some 
 months afterward, pieces of bone were being 
 cast off from time to time through the wound 
 caused by the bullet, and these discharges did 
 not discontinue until 28 pieces of bone had 
 come away through the wound. The opening 
 having healed, he slowly recovered and assisted 
 in his father s shop, and in 1869, removed to 
 Maiden and started a general store on his own 
 account. Being possessed of a good business 
 training, with a thorough knowledge of busi 
 ness, to which he had been carefully trained by 
 his father, his business commenced to grow 
 and increase in volume and has steadily gone 
 forward, to the present time, when he com- 
 
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 mands one of the largest and most successful 
 trades in the county in which he lives. 
 
 Mr. Perry married Harriet Nevin, of Cam 
 bridge, Ohio, Sept. 12, 1871, by whom he has 
 three children Mattie E., John N., and Wil 
 liam W. He a is Mason, a Knight Templar, and 
 a member of Post No. 308, G. A. R., at Prince 
 ton. In politics he is a Republican. 
 
 M 
 
 ATTHEW G. KENNEDY, of Galesburg, 111., 
 was born at Holly Cross, County Tip- 
 perary, Ireland, July 12, 1843. His pa 
 rents were Thomas and Mary Kennedy. He 
 was one of 7 children, of which there were four 
 boys, one of whom died from the effects of a 
 burn received at Chicago when the house oc 
 cupied by his parents was on fire. This was 
 soon after the arrival of the family in this 
 country. The other three sons grew to man 
 hood and were in the military service of the 
 Union army during the war of the rebellion. 
 
 Matthew G., the eldest of the three sons, is 
 the only survivor of the family, except his 
 father, who is still living in Warren Co., and 
 one sister in Cairo, 111. Both John and Pat, the 
 two brothers of Matthew, were members of Co. 
 H, 47th 111. Inf. John became a Sergt. and 
 \vas for some time on duty as a marine. He 
 was killed on the Santa Fe R. R. at Topeka, 
 Kan. Pat died in 1891, at the Soldiers Home, 
 at Quincy, 111. 
 
 Matthew G., the subject of this sketch, en 
 listed in Co. K, nth 111. Cav., commanded by 
 "Bob" Ingersoll. He participated in the san 
 guinary battle at Shiloh, thence proceeding to 
 Corinth, where Co. K. was constituted a body 
 guard to Gen. Lew. Wallace, accompanying him 
 to Memphis and thence to Vicksburg, scouting 
 through Miss, and Ark., and subsequently going 
 with Sherman s army to Meridian, Miss. They 
 had a battle with the enemy at Jackson. Here 
 the Cav. charged the rebel Art., and a Lieut, of 
 the enemy, mounting one of the guns of his 
 battery, shot the horse of Lieut. Col. Otto 
 Funk, that officer, however, escaping unhurt. 
 The Regt. went on a raid after this to Enter 
 
 prise, Miss., where the garrison was placed on 
 a railway locomotive just as they came in sight, 
 upon which they all escaped, except the fire 
 man, who returned and surrendered himself a 
 prisoner. 
 
 Returning thence to Vicksburg, they went 
 on a raid into Ark., where for weeks they waded 
 through water up to their horses knees. On 
 one of their expeditions they noticed a solitary 
 horseman in the road above them, who, when 
 they rode out after him, put spurs to his horse and 
 went at full speed in the direction of a valley. 
 Pursuing him, they came upon a large force of 
 the enemy, and had two of their men shot, whom 
 they were obliged to abandon. 
 
 During their sojourn at Memphis the Regt. 
 went on a reconnoissance to Holly Springs, 
 Miss, where they took several hundred negroes 
 and their baggage, and on their return had the 
 whole of their rear guard captured, but when 
 within about 20 miles of Memphis, they, having 
 made their escape, came up. 
 
 While at Jackson Gen. Sullivan took com 
 mand and sent a detail of 80 picked men from 
 the Regt., one being Mr. Kennedy, to the Tenn. 
 River, to ascertain if Forrest was advancing. 
 After coming to a point about eight miles from 
 the river they started to return, with Forrest s 
 advance closely pursuing them. At Lexington 
 Col. "Bob" Ingersoll came, out with reinforce 
 ments, and he and some 250 of his men were 
 captured. Forrest told Ingersoll that he was 
 going to capture Jackson, and Col. "Bob" asked 
 him to bring him his trunk, which he had left 
 there, which Forrest said he would do. But 
 his plan miscarried, and he did not enter Jack 
 son. Forrest allowed Ingersoll the freedom of 
 the camp, and gave him $100 in confederate 
 money. When they reached a small town where 
 there were several stores, Ingersoll went into 
 one of them and bought a suit of clothes, of 
 which he was in great need, compelling the 
 Jew to accept Confederate money in payment. 
 All of the rebels likewise bought clothes with 
 the same kind of money, much to the sorrow 
 of the proprietors. 
 
 When the nth 111. Cav. were first armed 
 with carbines at Jackson, they went off about 
 
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 ten miles to a country town, where they first 
 loaded up with "Tenn. Spring Water," after 
 which they loaded their guns and kept shoot 
 ing at a mark until they had nearly exhausted 
 their stock of ammunition. After being in 
 camp at Peoria for three months, they pro 
 cured horses and rode to St. Louis. While at 
 Vicksburg they made an expedition up the 
 Yazoo River, encountering Forrest and having 
 a spirited engagement. 
 
 The Regt. re-enlisted at Clear Creek, Miss., 
 and continued at Vicksburg until 1865, being 
 discharged Oct. II, and going to St. Louis 
 on the steamer "Welcome," a very slow boat. 
 The men declared she \vould be welcome when 
 she got there. Mr. Kennedy after reaching 
 home and getting rested, went back to Mem 
 phis, where he was employed by the Memphis 
 & Charleston R. R. as carpenter. He returned 
 to 111. in 1866, and secured a position with the 
 C. B. & Q. R. R., which he occupied for about 
 18 years. During Cleveland s administration 
 he was appointed a gauger in the Internal Rev 
 enue service, continuing in this capacity for 
 four years and three months, when he returned 
 to the C. B. & Q. R. R. In April, 1891, he was 
 appointed Supt. of streets of the city of Gales- 
 burg. 
 
 He has a family of seven children three 
 boys and four girls, and is a grandfather. He 
 is a member of Post No. 45, G. A. R., of Gales- 
 burg, A. O. H., and is President of the Gales- 
 burg division of that order. He is a member 
 of the Corpus Christi Church, of Galesburg. 
 He was Alderman of the seventh ward from 
 1877 to 1888. His wife and children are all 
 living. One of his sons, Geo. W., is a machin 
 ist for the C. B. & O. R. R.; another son, Mat 
 thew V., is in the employ of that road. His 
 eldest son is married to Mary Goodsill, as also 
 a daughter, the wife of William Mylon, of 
 Galesburg. The other children at home are 
 Julia, John, Lilllie and Bessie. 
 
 In all his relations in life, Mr. Kennedy has 
 ever kept in sight the virtue and value of the 
 true employment of his time and energies, and 
 is a citizen of whom his community is justly 
 proud. 
 
 FRANK G. WELTON, County Clerk of Henry 
 Co., 111., and resident of Cambridge, 
 joined the army in the early days of the 
 late Rebellion, and was mustered into the serv 
 ice July 28, 1861, as private- in Co. B, 42nd 111. 
 Vol. Inf. The Regt. moved to St. Louis, Sept. 
 20th; Oct. 8th embarked for Jefferson City, was 
 then fitted out with a wagon train and put in 
 marching order. Oct. I5th their real soldiering 
 began, when they started to Tipton, Mo., where 
 they were assigned to Gen Hunter s Div., Gen. 
 John M. Palmer, Brigade Commander. Arrived 
 at Warsaw, Oct. 2 1st, and at Camp Baker on 
 the 28th. The Regt. with a detachment of 
 home guards made a raid upon guerrilla rebels 
 under Dick McCann and captured considerable 
 stock and supplies together with five of the 
 rebels. Nov. ist it started on a forced march 
 for Springfield, Mo., where it arrived on the 
 4th, left Springfield on the gth and proceeded 
 to Smithton, Mo., and went into winter quar 
 ters. The winter proved almost as disastrous 
 to the soldiers as did actual war, many of the 
 42nd having in consequence of this forced 
 march from Camp Baker to Springfield and re 
 turn to Smithton contracted colds and diseases 
 causing their death, among their number be 
 ing Col. Webb, who died the day proceeding 
 Christmas, 1861, of typhoid fever. The Regt. 
 left for Columbus, Ky., Feb. 3d, which place it 
 occupied March 4th, having passed through 
 St. Charles, Mo., and Fort Holt, Ky., on its 
 way thither. Shortly thereafter the command 
 moved against Island No. 10, participated in 
 the military operations in the vicinity until its 
 surrender, on the nth of the following month; 
 and on the following night joined Gen. Pope s 
 army, proceeded down the Miss. River and 
 took part in -the bombardment of Fort Pillow. 
 Two days later the 42nd was ordered to Pitts- 
 burg Landing where it was brigaded with the 
 22nd, 27th, and 5ist 111. and Co. C, ist 111. Art. 
 with Gen. J. M. Palmer in command, and took 
 part in the siege of Corinth, as also in the 
 battle of Farmington, May 9, 1862, resulting in 
 a regimental loss of 2 killed, 12 wounded, and 
 3 missing. 
 
 After the evacuation of Corinth it was in 
 
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 the advance in pursuit of Gen. Beauregard s 
 army as it retreated to Baldwin, Miss. The 
 42nd, returning, went into camp at Big Springs, 
 Miss., June 14, 1862, and July 2ist marched to 
 Cortland, Ala., where it continued until Sept. 
 3rd, then left for Nashville, crossing the River 
 at Decatur, Ala., en route, and on the gth par 
 ticipated in the engagement at Columbia, Tenn. 
 while acting as rear guard for the main army 
 and suffered the loss of one man killed. The 
 Regt. arrived at Nashville Sept. I3th, and re 
 mained during the siege, then on Dec. loth 
 moved to Mill Creek, where it was assigned to 
 Gen. Sheridan s Division, starting on the Mur- 
 freesboro campaign on the 26th, occupying a 
 position in the advance along the march, and 
 on the 3ist joined in the bloody battle of Stone 
 River, the 42nd losing 167 men in killed, 
 wounded and prisoners. It continued in the 
 vicinity of Murfreesboro during the winter of 
 1862-63, and March 5th moved in pursuit of 
 Gen. Van Dorn s forces until Columbia was 
 reached, subsequently returning to Murfrees 
 boro, where it camped until the following June. 
 During the months of July and August the 
 command participated in the Tullahoma cam 
 paign, and later in that of Chattanooga. Dur 
 ing the latter it marched to Alpine, Ga., thence 
 to Trenton, and on to Athens, Ga., then back 
 to Stevens Gap and McElmon s Cove. Sept. 
 igth it took part in the battle of Chickamauga, 
 which left him to mourn the loss of 28 of 
 his comrades killed, 128 wounded, and 28 taken 
 prisoners. In the afternoon of the 2Oth the 
 Div. fell back to Mission Ridge, which was 
 done amidst great confusion. On the 2ist it 
 threw up works at Rossville, and with the army 
 entered Chattanooga on the 22nd, and remained 
 until Nov. 25th, when the desperate conflict at 
 Mission Ridge was fought, after which they 
 assisted in pursuit of the fleeing rebels to 
 Chickamauga Creek, and then returned. Next 
 they proceeded to the relief of Gen. Burnside s 
 army, at Knoxville, but before their arrival the 
 siege had been raised; on Dec. 27th the Regt. 
 went into camp at Stone Mills, East Tenn. 
 Early in Jan., 1864, the men of the 42nd re- 
 enlisted, and it became a veteran organization. 
 
 After participating in the Dandridge campaign, 
 in pursuit of Longstreet, they started for Chat 
 tanooga, arriving February 2nd, and left on the 
 2 ist by rail for Chicago, when the men were 
 granted a veteran furlough. April 5th found 
 Mr. VVelton in the ranks of his Regt., and with 
 it arrived at Chattanooga, April 27th, and May 
 3 started on the Atlanta campaign; shared in 
 all the hardships, privations and dangers of 
 that terrible but finally successful expedition, 
 and was actively engaged in the desperate 
 struggles known as Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, 
 Adairsville, and New Hope Church. 
 
 In the last named battle, he received five 
 bullet wounds simultaneously, three of them in 
 the left leg, one in the right knee, striking 
 under the knee cap and taking a downward 
 course to the ankle; the fifth bullet struck the 
 back of his right hand, where a portion still 
 remains. The right leg was so badly shattered 
 that it was amputated above the knee on the 
 same day. Eleven days later our subject was 
 being moved to the hospital at Ackworth, when 
 by accident he was thrown from the ambulance, 
 and in striking the ground the wounded limb 
 struck first, forcing the bone through the flesh 
 and skin which overlapped it, in which con 
 dition he lay on the ground without care for 24 
 hours, during which time his wounds were fly 
 blown and filled with maggots. Arriving at 
 Ackworth his wounds were dressed and after 
 a few days rest, he was conveyed to Chatta 
 nooga, thence to Nashville, and on July 4th, 
 * started for home accompanied by his father, 
 who had come to his assistance, and remained 
 with him until he was sufficiently recovered to 
 endure the journey. So soon as he could go 
 about on crutches he reported at Military Hos 
 pital, Quincy, and was sent to hospital at Camp 
 Douglas, Chicago. He contracted the small 
 pox in Nov. and did not escape from the pest 
 house until Jan., and was mustered out and dis 
 charged from the service March gth, 1865. 
 After recovering he attended the college at 
 Wheaton for one year, then engaged in the 
 drug business at Berlin, 111., which business he 
 sold out nine months later, in consequence of 
 re-opening of his wounds. Later he was ap- 
 
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 pointed in the circuit clerk s office at Cam 
 bridge, where he was employed for a year. He 
 then turned his attention to mercantile pur 
 suits until 1869, when he was elected County 
 Clerk, which position he has filled to the 
 present time. He has been Treasurer of the 
 town for five terms. He is a Republican, a 
 Free Mason, and a member of Post No. 436, G. 
 
 A. R., of which he has been Commander for 
 two years. 
 
 Mr. Welton chose as a life companion, Ella 
 M. Clark, whom he married April 30th, 1 866, and 
 8 children have resulted from the union, 6 of 
 whom are now living, viz.: Albert D. t Clar 
 ence W., Kate C., wife of Benj. M. Smith, of 
 Birchwood Beach, Chicago; Mabel E., Susie 
 
 B. and Tom. Mrs. Welton is daughter of 
 Dexter G. and Mary J. (Moore) Clark, of 
 Rockford, 111. The father was a physician 
 during the early years of his life, but subse 
 quently embarked in banking, at which he was 
 engaged up to the time of his death. 
 
 Our subject was born near Waterbury, New 
 Haven Co., Conn., April 14, 1843. He is the 
 son of Albert and Susan (Bidwell) Welton. 
 The father was a wood-turner, which he fol 
 lowed in his native State, then removed in 1851, 
 to Cambridge and engaged in farming until 
 1879, when he removed to Lancaster Co., Neb., 
 where he now resides. He had four children, 
 only one of whom besides Frank G., is now 
 living, namely: George W., who also resides 
 in Neb. Our subject was 8 years of age when 
 his parents moved to 111., and was therefore, 
 only 18 years old when he joined the army, 
 having spent the earlier days of his life upon 
 his father s farm. 
 
 JOSEPH VOLLER, of Elgin, 111., a native of 
 Canada, was born of English parents at 
 Toronto, Oct. 12, 1836. His father was 
 Joseph Voller, born in England in 1794, and as 
 captain took the first vessel through the Wei- 
 land Canal. The mother s maiden name was 
 Ellen Donahue, a native of Ireland. 
 
 Joseph Voller, the son, passed the first 12 
 years of his life at his birthplace in Canada, 
 and then moved with his parents to Batavia, 
 111. He continued on the farm until the sound 
 of rebel cannon, firing upon the flag of the 
 Union that floated over Fort Sumter touched 
 with its echoes every loyal heart. He offered 
 his services the next day after the assault and 
 enlisted at Batavia on the call for the first 75,- 
 OOO men, but was not able to muster in as the 
 quota was full. He then enlisted in Co. I, 
 42nd 111. Inf., in the latter part of July, and was 
 mustered in at Chicago Aug. i, 1861. This 
 Regt. went^to Benton Barracks, and to Jeffer 
 son City, Mo., for instruction and equipment, 
 and marched to Warsaw, where our comrade 
 saw the first man killed, but the death was 
 caused by accident. 
 
 Then he went to Tipton as train guard, and 
 remained until the regiment returned to Smith- 
 town, where Co. I was detailed to patrol the 
 railroad about two months. Marching to St. 
 Louis, they took transports to Cairo, then 
 crossed to Fort Holt, and remained there until 
 Orders came to move to Columbus, Ky., then on 
 to Island No. 10 and up to Union City; they 
 marched out under command of General 
 Buford. Moving back to Island No. 10, they 
 were engaged there until its surrender, April 
 nth. Among the most noted of the many 
 heroic acts performed by the soldiers during 
 this siege, was the spiking of a rebel battery 
 of 6 guns in the darkness and storm of night, 
 by Colonel Roberts and 50 men of the 42 Regt., 
 without the loss of a man. Subsequently, the 
 42d moved down to Fort Pillow, and after the 
 battle of Shiloh, boarded vessels for Hamburg 
 Landing. Was engaged in the siege of Corinth, 
 also participated in a battle at Farmington where 
 the soldiers were ordered to remove their knap 
 sacks, which fell into the hands of the enemy. 
 Moving back to Corinth, the 42nd was the first 
 in the enemy s works. It followed the enemy 
 after the battle to Boonville and returned to 
 Camp Blue Springs, near Corinth. Here the 
 Regt. was equipped with "pup" tents, Austrian 
 rifles, saber bayonets and ordered to Cortland, 
 Ala., which it occupied from July 25, 1862, 
 
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 until Sept. 3, when it marched to Nashville, 
 Tenn., and on the way had a skirmish at 
 Columbia, losing one man killed, the rebels 
 losing 8 killed and 45 wounded, before they 
 escaped. At Nashville the command partici 
 pated in the siege and waited until Rosecrans 
 returned, when the Murfreesboro campaign 
 was inaugurated. It had a heavy skirmish Dec. 
 30, and sustained severe loss, but the next day 
 engaged in the battle of Stone River and again 
 suffered a serious loss of 22 killed, 1 16 wounded 
 and 85 prisoners. As the train was captured by 
 the rebels, the men had nothing but a little mush 
 for supper. 
 
 At Stone River Mr. Voller was wounded 
 twice during the first part of the battle, and dis 
 covered that three bullets had passed through 
 his clothing. Although deprived of the use of 
 his arm by wounds he heroically held his place 
 as Corporal in the ranks with his company to 
 the end of the battle. During the whole day 
 of fighting, so fierce and hot was the action that 
 the men were without food, and as they were 
 compelled to sleep on their arms, under picket 
 firing the whole night, there was no opportunity 
 to secure rations. The arrival of the supply 
 train in the morning, however, changed this 
 condition of affairs. 
 
 After the evacuation of Murfreesboro, they 
 went to Nashville in charge of a train sent for 
 provisions. This duty, which required 3 or 4 
 days, was performed in a cold, heavy rain with 
 out tents. A camp was then made at Murfrees 
 boro until the advance on Chattanooga was 
 ordered, when a position was taken near Frank 
 lin for about a week before proceeding to 
 Chattanooga. 
 
 General Rosecrans established a roll of 
 honor, to stimulate and reward those who dis 
 tinguished themselves by bravery and faithful 
 service. In accordance with this one corporal, 
 one sergeant, and five privates were chosen 
 from each company. Accordingly Mr. Voller 
 was honored by being chosen Corporal. After 
 the battle of Stone River, Mr. Voller was pro 
 moted to Q. M. Sergeant, as a reward that he 
 had justly won and merited. While at Mur 
 freesboro, during a foraging expedition, a corn- 
 
 company of rebels suddenly attacked the for 
 aging party, but were dispersed. Then some 
 were discovered in the woods scattered for the 
 purpose of shooting Union Generals, so Mr. 
 Voller with three men went out and captured 
 them, and for this promptness and daring, re 
 ceived commendation, and deserved recogni 
 tion. In the performance of his duties as Quar 
 termaster Sergeant, he was with the supply 
 train that crossed Lookout Mountain, south of 
 Chattanooga, which was a most difficult under 
 taking, attended with great danger. 
 
 From Chattanooga Mr. Voller was sent, in 
 charge of the brigade tools on the march to Knox- 
 ville, and then up to Dandridge,but, soon return 
 ing to near Knoxville, remained there until 
 Jan. i, 1864. Here the regiment re-enlisted, and 
 marched back to Chattanooga to take 30 days 
 furlough and a trip home. On the expiration 
 of the furlough the men returned to Chattanoo 
 ga, and soon started on the Atlanta campaign, 
 during which Mr. Voller was in charge of his 
 train. He relates that while he was on this ex 
 pedition he went out foraging, and was informed 
 that the Big Sandy road was abandoned, on ac 
 count of the bushwhackers investing it, but, not 
 being acquainted with any other road, decided 
 to try that. He was soon fired upon, but his 
 horse carried him safely through. At one time, 
 on this march, a company of officers were 
 found at a house where they had ordered a din 
 ner of chicken, and were waiting in the parlor, 
 entertained by the young ladies until it should 
 be ready; one soldier engaged the old lady in 
 conversation in the kitchen, while another, en 
 tering the dining room, secured all the chicken 
 and other good things from the table. 
 
 Mr. Voller was with his regiment in the bat 
 tle of Peach Tree Creek, but acted as Quarter 
 master during the Atlanta campaign, as the 
 Q. M. of the regiment was sick at Chattanooga. 
 The command remained in Atlanta some 
 time after the city was captured, then pro 
 ceeded with Gen. Thomas to Bridgeport, 
 Ala., and on to Nashville. While here the 
 .Colonel of the 42nd sent to the Governor 
 of the State for a commission for Mr. Voller, 
 but did not receive it. From here the ene- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 my was pursued about eighty miles, to Lexing 
 ton, when, after a short rest, the regiment 
 marched to Decatur. Leaving April I, it started 
 for East Tennessee, going to Blue Springs, 
 where news came of Lee s surrender and Lin 
 coln s assassination. The 42nd then returned 
 to Nashville, and, when preparations were com 
 pleted, was transferred to New Orleans, and 
 from there to Port Lavaca, Texas, where, 
 after a trip to Camp Irwin, it was assigned to 
 post duty until mustered out and finally paid 
 off at Springfield, 111., Jan. 20, 1866. While 
 here Mr. Voller received commission as Q. M. 
 of the regiment. 
 
 After his military duty was concluded he 
 went to Batavia, and thence to Chicago, where 
 he established himself in the wholesale notion 
 business. The great fire of 1871 reduced his 
 flourishing business to ashes. He moved to 
 Portland, Maine, and was engaged there two 
 and one-half years in a manufacturing business, 
 then returned to Elgin, and resumed the manu 
 facture of chewing gum, which, at the present 
 time, has become an extensive and prosperous 
 business. He was married in 1868 to Martha. 
 C. Faldron, of Elgin, and has two children 
 Dunbar W. and Nellie. Mr. Voller is a promi 
 nent member of the G. A. R. Post, in which he 
 served three or four years as Quartermaster and 
 S. V., and at the present date is Commander. 
 He is a Republican in politics, and a gentleman 
 in good circumstances, who has made not only 
 an enviable position by his energy and ability, 
 but also by superior social and intellectual qual- 
 ties, has won the high esteem of his fellow-men. 
 
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 AJOR GENERAL DON CARLOS BUELL, one 
 of the most accomplished millitary 
 scholars of the army, and one of the 
 most popular Generals of volunteers during the 
 war of the rebellion, an officer who oftcner 
 deserved success than won it who was, per 
 haps, the best organizer of an army that the 
 contest developed, and who was certainly the 
 hero of the greatest o f the early battles of the 
 
 war, was born near Marietta, in WashingtonCo., 
 Ohio, March 23, 1818. Before the lad that was 
 afterward to hold so prominent positions, had 
 completed his 7th year, his father died. The 
 mother remarried, but young Don Carlos, how 
 ever, was soon taken by his uncle, George P. 
 Buell, to Lawrenceburg, Ind., where his boy 
 hood was passed. He was a reserved and taci 
 turn lad, having few intimate associates, but re 
 garded by them as a "most genial and compan 
 ionable fellow." He excelled in all the boyish 
 sports of the time, was a fearless hunter, and 
 noted as the best skater in all that region. Un 
 usually undemonstrative and quiet in demeanor, 
 he, nevertheless gave proof enough that, when 
 roused, he was not only a brave but almost a 
 savage fighter. At 16 he left school and began 
 life as a clerk in a dry goods store. Here he 
 remained a year, when he entered West Point 
 Millitary Academy, from which he graduated 
 in 1841. He entered millitary service as 2nd 
 Lieut, of the third Regt. U. S. Inf. immediately 
 after graduating. \Vas promoted to ist Lieu 
 tenant, June, 1846, and to Captain, September, 
 1847. Continued in the regular army until the 
 beginning of the Rebellion. He accompanied 
 Gen. Taylor to Mexico, and took an active part 
 in the campaign of 1846. Marching with Gen. 
 Scott from Vera Cruz to the renownded city of 
 Mexico, he participated in the battle of Cerro 
 Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco. At the last 
 named place he was severely wounded and 
 promoted for gallant conduct on the field. 
 In 1861 we find him at the Adjutant-General s 
 office at Washington regarded by the few who 
 concerned themselves with the affairs of the 
 army as one of the best administrative officers. 
 When Gen. McClellan organized the Army of 
 the Potomac, Buell was placed in command of 
 a Div. Subsequently he was transferred to the 
 West, and superseded Gen. Sherman in the 
 command of the Union forces in Ky. As Maj. 
 Gen of Volunteers he commanded a campaign 
 through Ky. andTenn. in 1863, and took part in 
 the battle of Pittsburg Landing. He was after 
 wards relieved by the appointment of Gen. 
 Rosecrans, and mustered out of service, May 
 23, 1864. Personally he was cultivated, pol- 
 
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 ished and retired; disposed to have but few 
 warm friendships; exclusive and somewhat 
 haughty in his bearing. He was a forcible and 
 pungent writer. He died 
 
 JOHN CONKLIN, of Galesburg, 111., a soldier 
 in the war for his country, was born June 
 7, 1811, in Zanesville, Muskingum Co., 
 Ohio, where he lived to the years of early 
 manhood, and married Maria Ritchey, a daugh 
 ter of Samuel Ritchey. The parents of John 
 Conklin were John and Mary (Spencer) Conk- 
 lin. The paternal grandfather was Matthew 
 Conklin, a native of Washington Co., Pa., of 
 English ancestry. The mother s father was 
 John Spencer, of German descent, whose 
 brother, Amos, served in the Revolutionary 
 War, and lived to be an old man. His stories 
 of that war and his exploits are well remem 
 bered by the subject of this sketch. 
 
 John Conklin was a seller of clocks, travel 
 ing through the country, but raised his family 
 on his farm near Zanesville, until he removed to 
 DeWitt Co., 111., in 1859, and settled in Clin 
 ton. July 4, 1861, after war had been declared, 
 Mr. Conklin began to raise a Co. of men for 
 the army, and on the I5th, going into camp at 
 Decatur, 111., was elected Captain. The men 
 were sent to St. Louis and there assigned to 
 the 4ist 111. Inf., as Co. C, Col. Isaac C. Pew, 
 commander. The first service was at Fort 
 Henry, followed by the battle at Fort Donel- 
 son. Marching from Ft. Henry to Ft. 
 Donelson the men were compelled to wade 
 through the water, and to camp at night in 
 freezing weather without covering, so that 
 they were frozen into the mud in the morning. 
 From this exposure Capt. Conklin became 
 sick, but remained with his Co.. although unfit 
 to do so, through the terrible days of Fort 
 Donelson, where the Regt. was in the front 
 line, and charged across an open field. 
 
 In March, still suffering from disease and 
 continually growing worse, Capt. Conklin re 
 turned to his home, starting on the first boat 
 that went up the river after the battle of 
 
 Shiloh. The Regt. went through the battle of 
 Ft. Donelson; was in the hard marches, in bad 
 weather, with Gen. Payne on the campaign 
 from Columbus to Paducah, and served with 
 prominence and distinction to the end of its 
 term of service. 
 
 Capt. Conklin recalls an incident of a march 
 when meeting a colored man who was asked con 
 cerning the locality of the rebels. He replied, 
 " Look out, dey s jus ahead of ye." The Art. 
 was brought forward and shelling the woods 
 developed the fact that a rebel force was lying 
 in ambush awaiting the appearance of the 
 Union troops. 
 
 While the army was at Paducah a negro 
 came to Capt. Conklin seeking employment as 
 servant, as he wished to escape from slavery, 
 but the orders at the time forbade the employ 
 ment of negroes or any interference with the 
 slaves even of rebels. " Mose," however, 
 would not go back, but remained in camp until 
 the Captain wishing to assist him, asked the 
 Colonel how the man could be sent across the 
 river to 111. The reply was, "Give a pass to 
 five men without designating or describing any 
 of them." He did so, and the man secured 
 his liberty. 
 
 At Paducah Gen. Payne reviewed Co. C., 
 which \vas 100 strong, and had 75 men who 
 stood 6 ft. high. The General called the Cap 
 tain up and shook hands with him, saying it 
 was the finest Co. he had ever reviewed. 
 
 John and Maria Conklin were the parents of 
 six children, as follows: John R., now a prom 
 inent stockgrower and shipper in Nebraska, 
 was a member of Co. E, 2Oth 111. Inf., and re 
 ceived the -appointment of Adj., on the field at 
 Fort Donelson; Arenius Origen, was in the 66th 
 111. Inf., and served 3 years in the Eastern army; 
 Sam A. and Seth Thomas, named for the cele 
 brated maker of clocks. The three last named 
 sons are in the clothing business in Faribault, 
 Minn. Then there are two daughters, Hannah, 
 wife of Thornton Snell, a banker at Blooming- 
 ton, 111., and Mary, married to Samuel Rhodes, 
 a hardware merchant in Indianapolis, Ind. 
 Both sons-in-law were soldiers in the Union 
 army. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Captain Conklin is an uncompromising Re 
 publican, and a gentleman of wide experience 
 who has never lost interest in the events that 
 affect the stability of the country he so bravely 
 volunteered to defend in the hour of its peril. 
 
 After the war, Capt. Conklin went to Minn, 
 and engaged in the clothing business. In 1882 
 he removed to Galesburg, 111., where he has 
 since resided, and engaged in the feed business. 
 
 THE sufferings and privations endured by 
 many of the old veterans of the late 
 Rebellion have never yet found an appro 
 priate place on the imperishable pages of war 
 history. And while many will never be re 
 corded, the war record of our subject, Thomas 
 J. Scott, of Mahomet, 111., will no longer remain 
 unknown to the world. His history is an in 
 teresting one, and although it is not our inten 
 tion to particularize every hardship he endured, 
 or danger he encountered, it is our object to 
 portray, in a feeble way, some of those hard 
 ships, and a few of those dangers, as also the 
 prominent features of his life. Mr. Scott was 
 born in the county in which he now resides, in 
 1838 a son of Fielding and Julia (Herriot) 
 Scott. His grandfather, with other ventur- 
 some pioneers, penetrated the Western prairies 
 in the early part of this century, and becoming 
 surrounded by hostile Indians sought refuge 
 on an Island below Louisville, Ky., where, for 
 a period, they entertained little hope of escape. 
 They had saved some corn, which they planted 
 in order to supply food in the event of its being 
 required. Two of the besieged party at last 
 determined to make an attempt to escape and 
 finally reached the headquarters of Gen. Boone, 
 who, with a small force went to the rescue of 
 the besieged islanders and assisted them away 
 from the place of their imprisonment. That 
 Island has since been known as Corn Island. 
 Old Mr. Scott, on being relieved, went to Ky., 
 where he became one of the prominent resi 
 dents of that State, as also a slave holder. Our 
 subjects father, however, disliked being a slave 
 owner, became an abolitionist and moved from 
 
 that State, taking with him all his earthly pos 
 sessions, as also his wife, moving towards the 
 setting sun. Finally he halted upon the un 
 broken prairies of 111., near the present town of 
 Mahomet. Here, in 1838, the subject of our 
 sketch becomes a factor in his father s house 
 hold. Our subject was reared upon the home 
 stead, assisted in farm work, and attended a 
 country school. 
 
 In the early days of the late war he ten 
 dered his services for the support of his coun 
 try s cause, enlisting June ist, 1861, in Co. I, 
 25th 111. Vol. Inf., as aSergt. He wasmustered 
 in at St. Louis, moved to Jefferson city, Mo., 
 and with his Co. was detailed to convey sup 
 plies for Gen. Mulligan, then at Lexington. 
 They impressed a steam-boat having as a crew 
 sympathizing rebels, and proceeded upon their 
 perilous trip. The boat called at several 
 points to discharge merchandise, but on touch 
 ing at Glasgow for the same purpose was at 
 tacked by a battery and 1,300 rebels. The Capt. 
 proposed to surrender but he, as also the pilot 
 and other members were covered with revol 
 vers and ordered to return down the river at 
 full speed. The fire from the battery was wild, 
 and the men were enabled to barricade the ship 
 and find protection from the musketry, then 
 opened fire upon the rebels as they rode along 
 the banks in pursuit, and many of them were 
 seen to tumble from their horses. Mr. Scott s 
 first heavy battle was Pea Ridge, and from that 
 time forward his life was one continual and un 
 broken line of privations, hunger, danger, bat 
 tle skirmishes and suffering until discharged 
 from the service. Among the battles in which 
 he participated may be mentioned, Crossville, 
 Batesville, Shiloh, Corinth, luka, Stone River, 
 and Chickamauga. He arrived upon the 
 ground at the opening of the last named battle 
 after a long and forced march, and immediately 
 joined in that fierce and desperate struggle. 
 Mr. Scott was in the very front where the fire 
 was the hottest, and his comrades, without his 
 knowledge, during his excitement, had retreated 
 leaving him alone as a target. The bullets flew 
 around him like driving rain, and soon he was 
 struck in the side with a ball, felling him to the 
 
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 ground. His blood flowed freely from what 
 he feared was a mortal wound, but calming 
 himself and bracing his mind for the inevitable, 
 struggled to his feet to seek a place of safety. 
 He had almost reached a ravine when the 
 sound, of what appeared to him a thousand 
 rifle shots; echoed in his ears and simultane 
 ously he again fell pierced by a dozen rebel 
 bullets. With his life s blood coursing from 13 
 wounds he lay helpless upon the battle ground. 
 His right arm was the only limb not disabled. 
 During the following night 4 of his com 
 rades on searching found him, tenderly con 
 veyed his prostrate form in a blanket to camp, 
 where the surgeon intimated that his case was 
 hopeless. He however extracted some of the 
 balls and dressed his wounds. Besides his first 
 wound, two balls had entered his hip, another 
 broke his collar bone, another took away his 
 right heel, another in the leg above the knee, 
 the others lodged in different parts of his body. 
 His belt was also pierced on the left side, the 
 ball coursing around his body to the right 
 side, cutting his shirt and waist band but 
 made no mark upon the body. The fol 
 lowing day the hospital was captured, hence 
 Mr. Scott received better treatment, it be 
 ing believed he had no chance to live. He, 
 however, determined to still be of service to 
 his country. Thirteen days later he was ex 
 changed, and the want of medical treatment had 
 about completed the work so nearly accom 
 plished by rebel lead. Already maggots had 
 found a lodging place in his gaping wounds. 
 He was carted across the mountains in an am 
 bulance to Bridgeport, some 90 miles a four 
 days trip exposed to a Southern sun and the 
 miseries he endured cannot be truthfully de- 
 described in language. His father hearing of 
 his illness, went in search of his boy, traveling 
 on foot from point to point, in all about 200 
 miles, finally finding him at Bridgeport. He 
 took him to Nashville, placed him in hospital, 
 obtained a furlough, then returned home with 
 his son, where under good surgical treatment 
 and the attention of a loving mother he was 
 soon on the fair way to recovery. In March, 
 1864, he returned to Nashville, using crutches 
 
 to move upon, when he was smitten with vario- 
 loid by which he was confined to his bed for 
 five weeks. Recovering he reported to Parol 
 camp, thinking he was a paroled instead of an 
 exchanged prisoner. His name could not be 
 found upon the parol list, hence he was ordered 
 to the front, joining the Regt. at E. Tenn. 
 There gangrene set in in his heel. He was placed 
 in hospital for a month, then granted a fur 
 lough to go home and await his discharge with 
 the Regt., which he received at Springfield, 
 Sept. 5, 1864. 
 
 For many years our hero suffered from his 
 wounds but at present although his wounds 
 were considered fatal and he still carries two 
 bullets, he suffers but little in his deathly ex 
 perience. His father was in the Black Hawk 
 war, and his brother E. J. was also in the late 
 rebellion serving in Co. H., I25th 111. 
 
 Mr. Scott is a prominent member of the G. 
 A. R., one of the charter members of the Post 
 at Mahomet, and was a Republican until a few 
 years ago, when he became an ardent Prohibi 
 tionist. He is a member of the Baptist Church, 
 and his wife of the M. E. Church. His life 
 work has been farming and stockraising, but 
 of late years he has taken life easy, living in 
 his beautiful home in Mahomet, surrounded by 
 an interesting family and devoted wife. Brave 
 and courageous as a soldier, honorable as a 
 citizen and business man, the name of Thomas 
 J. Scott will long be remembered in the town 
 in which he lives after he shall have been mus 
 tered into the army above. 
 
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 R. LYCURGUS C. POWELL, of Kewanee, 
 111., a native of Ky., was born at Frank 
 fort, Oct. 18, 1843, an d early came to 
 111., with his parents. His father was Wm. 
 Powell, a Virginian of an old American family. 
 His mother, who is still living at the age of 75 
 years, in Kan. and rides her horse over the 
 prairies, was Nancy Hancock, a native of Ky., 
 a daughter of Col. Hancock, who died in 1850, 
 belonging to one of the foremost families in 
 that State. On the mother s side there were a 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 number of relatives, living in Ky. that served 
 in the rebel army. 
 
 The Powell family located first in 111. at 
 Albany, Whiteside Co., in 1853, and moved to 
 Port Byron, Rock Island Co., in the same State, 
 where Lycurgus C. Powell, enlisted in Co. D, 
 I2th 111. Inf., was mustered in at Cairo, Aug. 
 12, 1861, and started on an expedition which 
 included Belmont, Ky., Cape Girardeau, Mo., 
 and the return to Cairo. The winter of 1861 
 was spent in Paducah, Ky. In Feb., 1862, the 
 Regt. was in action at Fort Henry, then Fort 
 Donelson, where it held a position on the ex 
 treme right, suffering heavy losses. After this 
 fight it was in the battle of Shiloh in what was 
 called "the hornets nest" in McCarther s Brig. 
 Major Hugunin was in command when it was 
 surrounded by a triangle of rebels and he gave 
 the order "about face," and the men cut their 
 way out, although Gen. Prentiss had sur 
 rendered, and this way the I2th escaped. 
 Prentiss had maintained his position against all 
 attempts to force him back from early morning 
 until five o clock in the evening, and the 
 supply of ammunition had become exhausted, 
 he surrendered. The I2th then moved on to 
 Corinth under Gen. Halleck, and participated 
 in the battles there Oct. 3d and 4th, 1862, 
 under Gen. Rosecrans. From Corinth a march 
 was made to Pulaski, Tcnn., and then into 
 camp for the winter at Richland Creek, near 
 Corinth. 
 
 In Jan., 1864, the Regt. re-enlisted as vete 
 rans, and in April marched to Larkinsville, 
 and went by rail to Chattanooga, Ga. On 
 May Qth, it started on the Atlanta campaign 
 and was in all the engagements that followed 
 in that memorable expedition. 
 
 Shortly after the battle of Chickamauga, 
 Mr. Powell was hurt in the foot, so he was not 
 able to march, and was sent to Chattanooga, 
 Tenn., and to the hospital at Paducah, Ky., 
 where he had intermittent fever. He was with 
 his Regt. and on duty during its entire service 
 except while in the hospital. 
 
 Mr. Powell was in the line of battle at At 
 lanta under a heavy fire of artillery when his 
 discharge papers came to him. The papers 
 
 had been sent to the Colonel s headquarters, 
 which could be seen by the rebels, and they 
 fired at the tent. The Col., busy with the 
 papers, was nearly hit by a shell which came 
 close to his head; as he dodged down he said, 
 "Boys this is a good place to get out of." The 
 discharge of these men was on account of ex 
 piration of term of enlistment. They were in 
 one charge in this siege of Atlanta under John 
 A. Logan. 
 
 After his war service Mr. Powell came back 
 to Port Byron and staid a year, then moved to 
 Hardin Co., Iowa, remaining about a year, when 
 he came to Kewanee, 111., with his brother, 
 Leonard B., who was in the 65th Regt., and also 
 the I26th. His father was also a member of the 
 65th Regt., but was captured with his son 
 Leonard at Harper s Ferry. The father, who 
 had previously served in the I2th 111., but was 
 discharged for disability, died at Port Byron, 
 111., in Sept., 1864, a few weeks after the return 
 of his son Lycurgus from the army. 
 
 In the family of Wm. Powell there were two 
 sons and three daughters. The two sons have 
 been mentioned; the sister, Minnie, married a 
 soldier and lives in Port Byron, 111., and two 
 sisters reside with the mother in Jewell Co., 
 Kan. 
 
 Dr. Powell has now a wide reputation as a 
 Veterinary Surgeon, and his skill and ability 
 are known far beyond the limits of his own 
 State. He was married in 1868, and has three 
 children by this marriage. They arc William 
 D., now working in the Western Tube Works at 
 Kewanee; Bird C., a young man living in 
 La Salle, 111.; Maree, a young miss of ten, at 
 home. 
 
 Dr. Powell is now living with his second 
 wife, who was May Terrell, of Toulon, Stark 
 Co., III., a daughter of Ed. Terrell. The father 
 of Dr. Powell was a strong abolitionist, and all 
 the family are Republicans, straight and true. 
 The Doctor is a member of the G. A. R., of 
 Kewanee, and can be counted on when good 
 counsel and decided action are demanded, as he 
 holds a leading position in his profession, and 
 is widely known as a cultured and well-informed 
 man. 
 
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 AYNARD H. DEAN, a member of Abraham 
 Lincoln Post, No. 91, Dept. of 111., G. 
 A. R., was born at Palmyra, N.Y., Sept. 
 8, 1840. His parents were John S. and Chloa 
 E. Dean. The former was a hatter, and died 
 in 1860, at Detroit, Mich., the latter dying six 
 years later in Chicago. Of the five children 
 born to them our subject is the only survivor. 
 When Maynard was but a youth his parents 
 moved to Detroit, Mich. Ten years later they 
 located at Adrian, Mich. Here, at the age of 
 19 years, he bid his parental home good-bye, 
 and went to Toledo, O., where he enlisted April 
 21, 1861, in Co. K, 25th Ohio Vol. Inf., under 
 Lincoln s first call for 75,000 troops. He faith 
 fully served with the nth A. C. in all of its 
 continuous maneuvers, faced the enemy s hot 
 fire in the battles of Rich Mt., July 11, 1861; 
 Bull Run, July 21, 1861 ; and was with the Army 
 of the Potomac in all of its fluctuating fortunes 
 up to the consolidation of the nth and I2th 
 Corps, thus forming the 2Oth Corps, which was 
 under Sherman. Subsequently he was in the 
 Shenandoah Valley, during the Peninsular cam 
 paign, fighting in the front ranks in the tragic 
 and stubbornly-fought battles of Winchester, 
 Culpeper Court House, and Chancellorsville. 
 During the last bloody engagement, May 1-4, 
 1863, this gallant soldier was shot through both 
 legs. He was carried off the field, fell into the 
 enemy s hands, and was exchanged and taken 
 to Columbia College Hospital, at Washington. 
 After convalescing he was furloughed and 
 visited his family in Chicago for 60 days, return 
 ing to hospital, and shortly rejoining his Regt., 
 which had come to Washington to recruit. 
 Then onward again under the stars and stripes. 
 Onward with the 2Oth Corps, moving South 
 and joining Sherman in his march to the sea, 
 participating in all of the many privations and 
 hardships of the exhausting marches, skirmishes 
 and battles. After the capture of Savannah, 
 we find our comrade victoriously tramping 
 through the heavy swamps and rivers of the 
 Carolinas. Onward, finally joining the grand 
 review at Washington, May 24, 1865. He re 
 mained in the fortifications about Washington, 
 where he was mustered out Nov. 14, 1865, after 
 
 having loyally and actively served his country 
 for 4 years and six months, probably as long a 
 term as was served by any volunteer during 
 the war. Moreover, his service was one con 
 tinuous line of active duty from first to last, 
 except during the period he was confined to the 
 hospital, wounded. In 1887 Mr. Dean felt 
 obliged to leave off active labor on accouut of 
 his disabled legs, and accordingly entered the 
 111. Soldier s Home at Quincy, 111., and indeed, 
 if any inmate of that worthy institution has 
 justly earned a respite from labor, and a care 
 ful and loving attention, it is comrade Dean, 
 whose life has been sacrificed to a great degree 
 to the service of the grand old flag. A Pres 
 byterian in religion, a Republican in politics, 
 Mr. Dean is a true soldier and a gentleman of 
 exceptionally good habits, abstaining both from 
 tobacco and liquor. 
 
 ELMER H. DEAN enlisted in the Union 
 army at Champaign, 111., August 14, 
 1862, rendezvoused at Chicago, where he 
 was mustered in as a private in Co. G, 72nd 111. 
 Vol. Inf., the Regt. being known as the "First 
 Board of Trade Regt." Immediately after the 
 organization it was ordered to Cairo and Sept. 
 8, moved to Paducah, where it .performed post 
 duty, afterwards marched to Columbus, Ky., 
 and was there engaged in guard and picket 
 duty. The work of the Regt. continued to be 
 hard and onerous; beside heavy marching, the 
 men were obliged to drill, and in a short time 
 were among the flower of the army. Oct. 6th 
 they joined in an expedition to Clarkson, Mo., 
 and there dispersed a rebel camp, capturing a 
 number of prisoners, then on a similar campaign 
 to New Madrid and afterwards passed through 
 Moscow, Lumpkin s Mills, Miss., then accom 
 panied Gen. Grant s army to Yaconapatfa River. 
 Owing to supplies having been cut off at Holly 
 Springs, the army was forced to return, the 
 72nd being detailed to guard a wagon train to 
 Memphis. It remained in the vicinity of 
 Memphis until March ist, when with its Div. 
 it started down the Yazoo Pass, but afterwards 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 returned and proceeded to Milliken s Bend, La. 
 and from there with Grant s army marched to 
 ward Vicksburg, arriving at Champion Hills 
 May 16, just in time to participate in that bat 
 tle and turn the enemy s left, and by that 
 movement decided the fate of the engagement. 
 This was the first live battle in which the 72nd. 
 was engaged, and although its share was an 
 important one, it sustained but few casual 
 ties. The following day it moved to Big Black 
 in the rear of Vicksburg and was the first to 
 open the assault upon that city, May 19, and 
 again on the 22nd it participated with the high 
 est honor, but as a consequence suffered terri 
 bly, losing 130 of its number in killed and 
 wounded. It continued in the siege until the 
 surrender, shortly after embarking for Natchez, 
 of which it took possession and captured a 
 large number of prisoners, several pieces of 
 artillery, stores and 5,000 head of Texas cattle. 
 Mr. Dean remained here except whilst 
 absent on a couple of skirmishes, one at Cath 
 erine s Creek, Miss., and the other at Cross 
 Bayou, La., afterwards moving, Oct. i6th, to 
 Vicksburg, Miss., where he was on provost 
 guard duty for the following twelve months. 
 On moving the Regt. went to Benton, there 
 engaging the enemy in a severe fight, and 
 again some weeks later, had a similar battle at 
 Grand Gulf. Oct. 3Oth, it moved to join the 
 march to the sea, but on arrival at Nashville it 
 was too late, therefore, became attached to 
 Gen. Schofield s command. At Spring Hill 
 the 72nd had a severe skirmish with the rebels, 
 and the following day arrived at Franklin and 
 were attacked by Hood about 4 P. M., the bat 
 tle raging with terrific fury until midnight. 
 The 72nd lost 9 out of 15 officers engaged, and 
 1 52 men killed and wounded. It left that night 
 for Nashville where it arrived Dec. 1st, and on 
 the 1 5th the whole Union army stationed there 
 moved out to give battle to the rebels, the 
 engagement lasting all that night and the fol 
 lowing day, resulting in the complete whipping 
 of the enemy; then started in pursuit of the 
 retreating rebels whom they followed as far as 
 Clifton, and afterwards proceeded to East Port, 
 Miss., where they remained until Feb. 9th. The 
 
 72nd, on the last named date, set out for New 
 Orleans, then across the gulf to Dauphin 
 Island, Ala., then to the western shore of 
 Mobile Bay, where they had several skirmishes 
 with the enemy, afterwards returning, rejoined 
 the main army at Fish River, Ala. 
 
 March 26, it moved to Spanish Fort where 
 it took part in the siege until April, when the 
 rebel works were attacked and about midnight 
 were carried, and the Fort captured. The same 
 day it was engaged in the charge upon the en 
 emy s works at Fort Blakely, which was also 
 captured, then moved on the road to Mont 
 gomery, Ala., marching over 200 miles to that 
 place in 1 1 days, and there remained in camp 
 until May 25th; were ordered to Union Springs, 
 remaining there until July, when they started 
 on their homeward journey. Mr. Dean was 
 mustered out at Vicksburg Aug. 6th, then pro 
 ceeded directly to Chicago. During the serv 
 ice of the 72d it received 450 recruits, traveled 
 during its term of service 9,280 miles and was 
 145 days under the enemy s fire. He was de 
 tailed on one occasion to accompany some 
 prisoners to Chicago, on another was given a 
 furlough to enable him to return and vote for 
 Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 Mr. Dean was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., 
 Oct. 4th, 1842, removing with his parents to 
 Ohio, in 1852, and two years later to Cham 
 paign, 111., where he was residing at the time of 
 his enlistment. After receiving his discharge 
 from the army he returned to his home, and 
 four years later was married to Eliza Batzell of 
 Dark Co., Ohio, and two children, Emmett C., 
 and Myrtle J., are the result of that marriage. 
 Emmett is a Lieut, in the Sons of Veterans or 
 ganization. Our subject is a member of No- 
 dean Post, No. 140, G. A. R., and in politics is 
 a Republican. He is one of the oldest settlers 
 in his county, having . removed there before 
 Champaign had an existence even as a village. 
 
 WILLIAM OUTHOUSE, of Elgin, 111., whose 
 ancestors have a creditable war re 
 cord in the older wars, was born at 
 Campton, Kane Co., 111., in Aug. 1840, the 
 
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 third in a family of 7 children whose names 
 were Priscilla, Edward, William, George, Mary, 
 Renahvin, and Arathusa. 
 
 His father was James Outhouse, a German 
 farmer, a native of New Brunswick, who was 
 born in 1807. Three of his father s uncles 
 were killed at Bunker Hill, and three others 
 were in King William s Life Guard. The moth 
 er was Elizabeth Reed, born in 1811, in New 
 Brunswick, of English parents. Her father was 
 a soldier with Gen. Wolfe in the capture of 
 Quebec. Wm. Outhouse spent the early years 
 of his life on a farm in 111., and acquired a 
 thorough education in the distict schools. 
 
 May 10, 1864, he enlisted for 100 days serv 
 ice in Co. G, I4ist 111. Vol. Inf., at Elgin, 111., 
 and was mustered in as 1st Sergeant, June 10. 
 The Regiment soon started for Columbus, Ky., 
 which was made the headquarters of the com 
 mand until the expiration of their term of en 
 listment, making an occasional excursion into 
 the country in pursuit of the rebel forces. In 
 this camp the men received thorough instruc 
 tion in all of the duties of a soldier, including 
 tactics and camp and garrison service. 
 
 About Aug. i, the Regt. went down the 
 Miss. River to Cairo, then up the Ohio to Union- 
 town, Ky., and disembarking here marched out 
 after the rebel Gen. Morgan to Careyville, go 
 ing through the country to Smithland. Being 
 in light marching order, and without wagons or 
 provisions, marching by forced marches from 
 twenty to thirty miles per day, the men foraged 
 for supplies, which were limited, and consisted 
 chiefly of green corn and green apples. 
 
 Morgan crossed the Cumberland River 
 about 20 miles from Smithland, and the Union 
 force marched down on the opposite side of 
 the river, crossed to Smithland, where it em" 
 barked for Columbus. This campaign lasted 
 about two weeks, and Oct. 5, the order came to 
 take transports for Cairo to receive marching 
 orders for St. Louis; but these were counter 
 manded, and the troops sent to Chicago to be 
 mustered out. When the time of enlistment 
 expired Gen. Thomas came to Sergt. Outhouse 
 and requested him to use his influence to have 
 the men remain in service until they could be 
 
 relieved. When a vote of the regiment was 
 taken a majority voted against the proposition, 
 but it was held two months over time, and 
 mustered out Oct. 15, 1864. 
 
 Sergt. Outhouse made a creditable record, 
 and holds a certificate signed by President 
 Lincoln, commending him for honorable ser 
 vice of which he should be justly proud. 
 
 After his war experience he resumed his 
 work upon a farm, prosecuted it until seven 
 years ago, when he moved to Elgin 111., and 
 became interested in the granite and marble 
 business, in which he is now engaged, although 
 still managing his farm which he yet owns. In 
 Nov., 1871, he was married to the estimable 
 Hanna Kelly, of Campton, 111., and to them 
 were born four children. These are James and 
 David, twins, who are now 19 years of age; 
 Frank, a younger son, and a daughter Lizzie. 
 
 Near the beginning of his service the Ser 
 geant received a severe sunstroke, while waiting 
 for transfer boats at Cairo. He was unconscious 
 for twelve hours, and was prostrated for some 
 time so he was unfitted for duty. He was also 
 much reduced in weight, running from 180 
 pounds to 106 in a very short time; and al 
 though years have passed, he has never fully 
 recovered from this injury, and for two years 
 was unable to perform any labor. 
 
 Mr. Outhouse is a leading member in the G. 
 A. R., and in politics is a Democrat. By 
 his enterprise and ability he has success 
 fully managed his affairs so that he may be 
 considered in good circumstances. His social 
 qualities and warm, genial manners have ever 
 made him popular among a large circle of 
 friends, while his business integrity and good 
 judgment have won the esteem and confidence 
 of the entire community where he is known. 
 
 JOHN S. BALL, of Turner s Junction, 111., was 
 born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., April 24, 
 1838, and is the third son of Alvin and 
 Eunice (Selfridge) Ball, both deceased. His 
 paternal grandfather, James R. Ball, was in the 
 war of 1812, and Mr. Ball and his two brothers 
 took part in the great Rebellion, being in the 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 same Co. and Regt. He was reared on the 
 family homestead, receiving his education in the 
 common schools of the neighborhood. He en 
 listed for three years at Batavia, 111., August ii 
 1862, in Co. B., 1 24th 111. Vol. The Regt. ren 
 dezvoused at Camp Butler, where it was mus 
 tered in. Mr. Ball, though not strong, staid 
 with his Co. until Dec. following, when, owing 
 to continued sickness and incapacity for mili 
 tary duties, he was discharged and returned 
 home. His two brothers, Samuel and Theodore, 
 however, remained in their command and saw 
 much active service. Samuel was taken sick 
 with the measles at Vicksburg, and was removed 
 to the hospital at Memphis, Tenn.- Later, he 
 was furloughed, and returned home, where he 
 died some five weeks after. Theodore com 
 pleted his full term of service, and was mustered 
 out Sept., 1865. On his discharge from the 
 service, Mr. Ball became engaged in wagon 
 making, and has continued in that line most of 
 the time since. For some time he was a resident 
 of Sarpy Co., Neb. From there he went to 
 Fairbanks, Iowa, and then to Turner, 111. He 
 was married March 30, 1863, to Louisa Higby, 
 daughter of Harvey and Eliza (Anisworth) 
 Higby. They have four children Viola, Wal 
 lace, Estella and Eliza E. 
 
 He is a member of the G. A. R. Politically, 
 Mr. Ball is a Republican. Had his health per 
 mitted, he would have remained in the army 
 and probably have served his country equally 
 as well as his brothers. He is well known in 
 the locality where he resides, and is held in high 
 esteem. 
 
 CHARLES I. HAYNES, of Wauponsee, 111., 
 was born in Iowa City, Dec. 31, 1842, 
 and was a son of George W. and Tacy 
 (Inschoe) Haynes. The mother s father came 
 from Plymouth, Ohio, and settled in Little 
 Rock, Kendall Co., 111., at a very early date. 
 Three Haynes brothers Andrew Jackson, 
 Wm. Henry Harrison, and George Washington 
 moved from N. Y. to 111., where the two 
 younger brothers married into the Inschoe 
 
 family. After George W., the father, was mar 
 ried, he located at Big Grove, Kane Co., 111., 
 where two children were born. He afterwards 
 changed his residence to Iowa, where Charles 
 was born, and then returned to Kendall Co., 
 111., where another child was born. The father 
 died when the children were young. The 
 mother kept the family together for years, and 
 died at the home of her son Charles, Aug. 15, 
 1876. Charles I. Haynes received the school 
 advantages that came to young men reared as 
 he was upon a farm. He enlisted Aug., 1862, 
 in Co. C, 4th 111. Cav. and at once joined the 
 Regt. at Trenton, Tenn. His first assignment 
 was picket duty, and while serving on this post 
 he became tired and begun to shoot at a stump 
 to relieve the monotony. The Sergt., who 
 came out to ascertain the cause of the firing, 
 said: " Don t you know better than to shoot 
 when on picket duty?" and the new recruit an 
 swered, " No." But before the war was over 
 he had learned the lesson well. The first hard 
 service experienced was on the Coffeyville 
 march. The Regt. was posted along the Mem 
 phis and Charleston R. R. during the summer 
 of 1863, and had many skirmishes with the 
 rebels, who were under Forrest and Chalmers, 
 and also with a band of guerrillas under the 
 Porter brothers. 
 
 In 1864, about Feb., Mr. Haynes and 16 
 men were detached from the Regt. and put on 
 duty as escorts and aids to Gen. Thomas Kirby 
 Smith, in the Red River campaign, during 
 which Mr. Haynes carried despatches. While 
 at Alexandria, Gen. Smith crossed the river 
 with his escort and went to a military academy 
 about four miles from the city, which had been 
 in charge of Gen. W. T. Sherman before the 
 war. Here four wagon loads of books were 
 secured and were taken to the river and placed 
 on boats. 
 
 The night before the fleet moved up the 
 river, Mr. Haynes was chosen to carry the 
 orders to the boats lying along the bluff. The 
 bluff was very high and a cable was run up 
 over the bank which was the only means of 
 reaching the boats at night, where the orders 
 were to be delivered. Starting about 9 o clock 
 
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 with orders to be delivered to some 15 boats, 
 he found usually no one up but the watchman. 
 Calling out, " Boat a hoy ! " The watchman 
 would ask, "What do you want ?" "I want to 
 go aboard with orders ! " would be the answer. 
 " All right, get aboard," was the reply, leaving 
 the messenger his own time and way. The 
 only thing to be done was to climb down the 
 cable hand-over-hand, wake up the captain, 
 deliver the orders and get a receipt. The Cap 
 tain would provide help to land. This opera 
 tion was repeated at each of the 15 boats, and 
 kept him busy until after midnight, when he 
 returned to the steamer Hastings, which was 
 headquarters. 
 
 While at Natchitoches, Gen. Smith disem 
 barked and started out along the river with a 
 part of his escort, numbering about 15 men, 
 when he saw some rebels across the stream. Turn 
 ing to his men he said, "How many of you are 
 there here?" A little Frenchman, Louis Pelke, 
 from Kankakee, 111., answering, said, "Dere is 
 enough of us here to fetch dem fellows in if 
 you say so. The fleet proceeded up the 
 river, while the army marched by another route. 
 At one point the rebels had cut trees and sunk 
 a boat across the channel to stop the fleet. On 
 meeting the obstruction, Gen. Smith landed 
 his escort and sent them into the woods to in 
 vestigate the matter. Mr. Haynes being well 
 mounted soon was in the advance. In the 
 brush he saw some of the rebels, on the other 
 side of the river, arid reported the fact to the 
 Gen. At this point the fleet turned back and 
 Mr. Haynes was in a position to witness the 
 fight between the gun boats, the infantry on 
 transports, and a force of rebels. On the night 
 after this battle the fleet passed several batter 
 ies on the land and received their fire, but Mr. 
 Haynes was so exhausted that he slept on the 
 top of a boat and dreamed of a storm with 
 thunder and lightning. 
 
 A start was made for Alexandria, and on 
 this trip there were engagements in front, rear 
 and flanks almost daily. One day there was a 
 duel between the batteries of the opposing 
 armies that continued nearly the whole day, 
 until at last the rebels gave way. Again this 
 
 command took the boats and were conveyed 
 to Memphis, but before this, it was necessary 
 to transport the troops over Atchafalaya Bayou. 
 This was done by placing the boats side by 
 side with the bows up-stream and building a 
 bridge on them. 
 
 Mr. Haynes was at Memphis at the time of 
 Sturgis raid and soon after joined his Regt. at 
 Natchez, Miss. From Natchez he was sent to 
 Alton, 111., with prisoners, and while North 
 went home for a week. 
 
 Mr. Haynes can relate many personal 
 experiences in camp and saddle, which are a 
 part of the most thrilling history of the war, 
 much of which has not been written. In 1863, 
 he had a very narrow escape and lost his horse, 
 and at Yazoo City he had a horse shot from 
 under him where he led in a charge. At Sar- 
 tasia, on the Yazoo River, in a hotly-contested 
 fight, where 60 Union men were combating 175 
 rebels, he was one of three men in advance; 
 one of these men ran but the two remaining 
 dismounted, and seeking the shelter of trees, 
 held the enemy in check until the rest of the 
 company came up. The fight continued from 
 9 o clock until 12, when the supply of ammuni 
 tion failed. In reporting this fight, the rebels 
 stated that they were opposed by 500 Yankees, 
 when the fighting force actually consisted of 
 but 30 men. In June, 1865, Mr. Haynes was 
 mustered out, having been promoted to Orderly 
 Sergeant. 
 
 His brother, Andrew]., went out in the 4th 
 Cav., and was afterward commissioned a Capt. 
 in Co. K, 3d U. S. Colored Cav., in which he 
 served until late in 1866, when he located in the 
 South, and was in Ark. under Gov. Powell Clay 
 ton s administration. He was killed July 15, 
 1869, by the Kuklux. 
 
 Charles I. Haynes, after returning to his 
 home was married Sept. 13, -1866, to Louisa 
 Crisler, a daughter of Benjamin Crisler, who 
 was the father of 7 daughters and two sons. 
 Mrs. Haynes was the mother of 4 children, and 
 died in 1886. The children are as follows 
 Charles, who is married and lives near his fath 
 er on his own farm of 160 acres, and has a son 
 Chas. F., Jr., 3 years of age ; Halbert A., a young 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 man of 21, living at home; Benjamin H., a bright 
 young lad, who is a "chip of the old block;" and 
 Florence Louisa Tacy, a young lady, living at 
 home with her father. Mr. Haynes is a decid 
 ed Republican and could not be anything else. 
 He has been a School Director and Justice of 
 the Peace, and holds the office of Road Com 
 missioner. He is a Congregationalist and a 
 member of the G. A. R. He has faithfully dis 
 charged the many duties placed upon him and 
 has won . the esteem of his townsmen by his 
 integrity and honorable reputation. 
 
 DR. J. A. MCDANIEL, of Princeton, 111., 
 was born in Boone Co., Ind., July 20, 
 1847, where he attended school until he 
 enlisted as a soldier in the Union army, Jan. 2, 
 1864, a few months before he was 17 years of 
 age. He was mustered in as a private in Co. 
 D, 72nd Ind. Mounted Inf. Dr. McDaniel did 
 not wait to be called upon to take part in the 
 rebellion, but at the earliest moment sought 
 out the recruiting officer and after some banter 
 was "allowed to pass." He relates an amusing 
 incident which occurred on this occasion. He 
 had a twin brother who accompanied him on 
 the occasion of his enlistment, and who was 
 desirous of entering the army, but was not quite 
 so large in stature nor so old looking. On pre 
 senting himself for muster he was rejected and 
 told he had better go home to his mother. 
 This rebuff was rather unexpected by the en 
 thusiastic young patriot, and he proceeded to 
 inform the officer, that if he was not quite so 
 large or so old looking as his brother who had 
 just been passed, he could prove beyond a 
 question of a doubt that he was just a half 
 hour older. This settled the point, and the 
 courageous young spirit was duly enrolled as 
 a soldier. The winter months were spent in 
 camp, where the regiment was thoroughly 
 drilled in all the tactics of war, and in the 
 spring proceeded to the front and became at 
 tached to the Army of Sherman, and with it, in 
 fcfae early days of May, started upon the Atlanta 
 
 campaign, taking part, during that expedition, 
 in the battles of Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, 
 Cassville, Adairsville, New Hope Church, Rack 
 et s Mills, Kenesaw Mt, Smyrna, Camp Ground, 
 Vining s Station, Peach Tree Creek, siege of 
 Atlanta and Jonesboro, besides numerous skir 
 mishes, some of which were as severe and 
 destructive as battles. After the fall of At 
 lanta Dr. McDaniel, with his Regt., participated 
 in the "march to the sea," going as far as Rome 
 and took part in that action. It fell back then 
 to Selma, and later participated in the cam 
 paign against Hood and fought in the battles 
 of Franklin and Nashville. Then followed 
 Hood in his retreat for a time, and moved to 
 Gravely Springs, where they camped for two 
 months, then moved back and operated in 
 Tenn. Our subject continued in the army after 
 the war was over, and was only mustered out 
 at Nashville Sept. 14, 1865. 
 
 Previous to his entering the army, he at 
 tended an academy for two terms, and after his 
 discharge studied the Dental profession, and 
 has been engaged in dental practice since. He 
 practiced for some years in Ind., but in 1878 
 removed to Princeton and there resumed his 
 profession. The Doctor springs from old Quaker 
 stock, and illustrates a peculiar tenet of that 
 sect by stating that his maternal grandfather 
 was drafted as a soldier during the War of 1812, 
 but the doctrines governing his ideas and modes 
 of life frowned down wars, irrespective of the 
 causes which produced them, or the conse 
 quences which they might entail, and, true to his 
 faith, the old grandparent simply refused to 
 fight. History docs not throw any light upon 
 the result of this conflict of opinion between 
 this no doubt honorable, well-intentioned 
 Quaker, and his government, but presumes he 
 was compelled to accompany his regiment until 
 the necessity for his presence therein had dis 
 appeared. The Doctor s paternal grandfather 
 was a large slave-owner in the South before the 
 war, but we incline to the belief he had sold 
 out, otherwise the grandson must be regarded 
 as a naughty boy in exhibiting so much zeal in 
 the cause of the North, thus threatening his 
 parental estates. 
 
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 617 
 
 The Doctor married Delight Garten, of 
 Ind., Sep. 13, 1870, by whom he had one child, 
 who died in infancy. . He is a Royal Arch 
 Mason, and a member of Furris Post, No. 309, 
 G. A. R., of Princeton. 
 
 Soon after settling in Princeton, the Doctor s 
 practice owing to his prominence in the pro 
 fession, accompanied by his strict attention to 
 business, commenced to grow and increase in 
 volume year by year, notwithstanding that 
 rivals had since sprung up, until now he has an 
 extensive and lucrative practice. Besides be 
 ing a skilled and eminent dentist, he is a 
 gentleman who takes an active part in all mat 
 ters relating to the town and county, and when 
 ever important movements, having for their ob 
 jects the improvement of the town of Prince 
 ton or of Bureau Co.,aresetin motion, Dr. Mc- 
 Daniel may be looked for as one of the pro 
 moters. 
 
 NELSON WELLINGTON BURNESON, of Gales- 
 burg, 111., was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., 
 Dec. 31, 1838. His father went to reside 
 in Phila. when his son was a mere boy, where, 
 after a limited education, he obtained employ 
 ment in the great publishing house of J. B. Lip- 
 pincott & Co. He continued in this relation 
 until he attained the age of 19, when, his mother 
 being dead, he came to Knox Co., 111., where he 
 engaged with the C., B. & Q. R. R., and was at 
 work for that Co. until he enlisted in the mili 
 tary service. He was mustered in in Aug., 1862, 
 in Co. G, Sgth 111. Inf., and accompanied his 
 Regt. to the front, taking part in the battle of 
 Stone River. Here his Co. lost six men killed. 
 The night before, Mr. Burneson was in camp 
 in a dense body of woods, and when the 
 attack of the enemy was made, early in the 
 morning, he at first supposed them to be his 
 own men. The night after the battle it grew to 
 be very cold, and as they had divested them 
 selves of their blankets and every other article, 
 they suffered intensely. 
 
 The day before the fight at Stone River, in 
 looting a store, Mr. Burneson had provided 
 himself with a white plug hat, which he wore 
 during the battle, ignoring the fact that it made 
 a conspicuous mark for the enemy s bullets. 
 Afterhe had escaped, however, unhurt, the Col 
 onel came up to him and said: "Hello ! white 
 plug ; you here all safe? I never expected to 
 see you get out of there alive." Later he was 
 in the action at Liberty Gap. The next im 
 portant engagement in which he participated 
 was at Chickamauga, where he was wounded 
 and taken prisoner. He had been in line all day 
 and after dark had taken refuge with some of 
 his companions behind a log. In the desperate 
 charge of the rebels upon his point several of 
 the Co., including Capt. Whiting, were killed, 
 after which they came on to the other side of 
 the log, when there ensued a hand to hand fight 
 with clubbed guns, which was kept up until the 
 line had fallen back on either side of them, the 
 bullets coming thick and fast from the rear, 
 when they were forced to surrender. 
 
 They were taken on to Richmond, and put 
 into a tobacco warehouse, where there were 
 about 1,350 prisoners. They had one meal a 
 day, consisting of half a loaf of bread and a 
 piece of meat as large as one s hand. Mr. Bur 
 neson was detailed in the hospital as ward 
 master. He became well acquainted with the 
 rebel commandant, and asked to be allowed to 
 go with the paroled prisoners about to be sent 
 off, but he was found to be of too much value 
 in caring for the sick and wounded, and was not 
 granted the privilege. However, being required 
 to make out the list of those paroled, he in 
 cluded his own name and that of a comrade not 
 entitled to be put down, and thus by mingling 
 with the others managed to get off . He reached 
 Annapolis, Md., and by paying $5.00 for a bogus 
 furlough, tramped with three of his comrades, 
 a distance of 185 miles to Pa., and after a short 
 stay at home, reported to the parole camp at 
 St. Louis. He rejoined his Regt. during the 
 Atlanta campaign, and was wounded in front 
 of Atlanta, July i6th, but was able to take part 
 in the battles of Atlanta, Jonesboro and Love- 
 joy. He was in the campaign against Hood, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 and took part in the battles of Columbus and 
 Franklin. Thence he went to Nashville, and 
 was in the midst of the desperate conflict of 
 the i stand 2d days battle. He was mustered 
 put at Chicago, June 9, 1865. He was mustered 
 out Sergeant Major of the 89th. Was promoted 
 for gallant conduct on the field at Santee River. 
 
 Returning home after the war, he resumed 
 work for the C., B & Q. R. R., as locomotive 
 engineer, continuing up to 1887. In 1888, he 
 was nominated on the Union Labor ticket for 
 the Legislature, and carried his own county. 
 He was married in 1865, to Mattie Rodgers,and 
 has one child Eva M. He is a member of the 
 G. A. R., Post No. 45, and is a Mason and 
 Modern Woodman. 
 
 As soldier and citizen Mr. Burneson has 
 demonstrated the most commendable charac 
 teristics, and has assumed a place and name in 
 the public confidence consistent with his un 
 questioned merits and capabilities. 
 
 DR. JOSEPH W. EDWARDS, of Mendota, 111., 
 was born at Washington, D. C., June 30, 
 1832. In the year 1838 removed West 
 with his parents, receiving an academic course 
 at Mount Vernon, Jefferson Co., 111., and a 
 collegiate course at McKendree College, Le 
 banon, St. Claire Co., 111. He entered upon the 
 study of medicine in the year 1851, and com 
 pleted at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 
 the class of 1854. 
 
 Dec. 19, 1854, he was married to Harriet E. 
 Higgins, and has 5 children Hiram, Hattie, 
 Maud, Willie, and Arthur. 
 
 Dr. Edwards enlisted in the war of the 
 Rebellion O ct. 21, 1862, as Assistant Surgeon 
 in the 4<Dth 111. Vol. Inf. Joined his Regt. at 
 Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tenn., 3 days later, 
 and remained in the vicinity of that city until 
 Nov. 25, when it moved in the direction of 
 Vicksburg, via College Hill, Miss., and South 
 Oxford, Ga., returning subsequently to Holly 
 t Springs, and from there to Davis Mills, in 
 
 Northern Miss., where it went into winter- 
 quarters. 
 
 While encamped at Davis Mills, the Doc 
 tor was detached from his Regt. for special 
 service in the general hospital at LaGrange, 
 Tenn., where he continued until June, 1863, 
 when he was ordered for duty to the Provis 
 ional Encampment at Fort Pickering, Mem 
 phis, where he served until Oct. of the same 
 year. He then joined his Regt. on its march 
 from Memphis by way of Corinth, Eastport, 
 Florence, and Stevenson, reaching Brown s 
 Ferry 2 miles below Chattanooga, Nov. 23rd. 
 On the night of the 24, the Regt. crossed the 
 river and succeeded in reaching the main 
 body of the army about one o clock A. M.; at 
 daylight crossed the mouth of Chickamauga 
 Creek and captured a high hill, driving back 
 the enemy and placing a battery in position on 
 top, supporting it through the night. At day 
 break of the 25th, the Regt. was deployed and 
 under fire, led the assaulting column upon the 
 enemy s works at Mission Ridge and drove in 
 the rebel pickets and scaled their works. The 
 enemy made a determined attack upon the 4Oth, 
 but the battery above spoken of poured a dead 
 ly fire upon them, checking their advance, but 
 at the same time unintentionally killing and 
 wounding many of the Reg t it was intending 
 to protect. The men protected themselves by 
 lying upon the ground in front of the rebels, 
 many of whom they picked off, thus weakening 
 their lines and silencing their batteries. A 
 heavy assault was about this time made upon 
 the enemy s right, engaging their forces, thus 
 affording the 40th an opportunity of falling 
 back, which it did. There were five companies 
 of the 40th, numbering 130 men engaged in 
 this battle, of whom 7 were killed and 44 
 wounded, many of them mortally. On the fol 
 lowing day the Regt. joined in the pursuit of 
 the enemy and had several skirmishes. It 
 afterward marched Northward to relieve Burn- 
 side at Knoxville, during which march it sub 
 sisted off the country. 
 
 Shortly it returned to Scottborough, and 
 went into winter quarters. The Doctor was 
 here again detached for special service, and 
 
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 proceeded to Chattanooga to examine into the 
 condition of the wounded of the 4th Div. of the 
 1 5th A. C., arriving at that place after the bat 
 tle of Mission Ridge, and to collect such statis 
 tics and make such examinations as to the re 
 sults of operations performed and general med 
 ical and surgical treatment as he considered 
 necessary. Having faithfully and skillfully per 
 formed this service, he prepared his written re 
 port, and presented the same to Dr. Chas. Mc 
 Millan, U.S. Surgeon Vols.and Medical Direc 
 tor for the 1 5th A. C., whose thanks he received 
 for the able and comprehensive statement there 
 presented. In the early days of Jan. the 40th 
 veteranized, and was granted a 3O-day furlough. 
 Its numbers, at this date, had been reduced to 
 443 men, 266 having been killed in battle, or 
 died from other causes, while 196 had been 
 wounded, or laid aside from other casualties. 
 Reporting after the furlough, the Regt. made 
 preparations in the early days of May, and 
 started on the celebrated Atlanta campaign, 
 and the Doctor was present in all its battles, 
 marches and skirmishes, which finally termi 
 nated in the capture of Atlanta. Among the im 
 portant battles in which Dr. Edwards took part 
 may be mentioned Mission Ridge, New 
 Hope Church, Black Jack Knob, Kenesaw Mts., 
 Decatur, Atlanta, Ezra Chapel, Jonesboro and 
 Dallas. Shortly after the fall of Atlanta our 
 subject, owing to ill health caused by exposure, 
 resigned, Sept. 28th, 1864. 
 
 After his discharge he returned to Mendota, 
 and resumed the practice of his profession. 
 
 WILLIAM E. WARD, of Galesburg, 111., who 
 bears honorable scars received on the 
 battlefield, in the service of his coun 
 try, was born at Walnut Grove Township, Knox 
 Co., 111., Sept. 8, 1841, and lived near Altona until 
 the war of secession was declared. His father, 
 Amos Ward, came to 111. in 1838, and settled 
 in Knox Co., with the early pioneers of the 
 Prairie State, and William E. Ward passed his 
 early years on a farm, gaining such educational 
 advantages as the district schools could afford. 
 
 When scarcely 21 years of age he enlisted, Aug. 
 9, 1862, in Co. G, Sgth 111. Inf., and was mus 
 tered in Aug. 25, in Chicago, going in a few 
 days to Louisville, Ky., to reinforce Gen. Buell s 
 army. While the Regt. was at this place the 
 rebel general Bragg came with his forces and 
 after investigating the condition of affairs 
 decided to retreat, and was promptly followed 
 and given battle at Perryville, Crab Orchard, 
 Bowling Green, Rye Springs, Stone River and 
 Nolensville Pike, although Longstreet s army 
 had come to the assistance of Bragg. On this 
 campaign the men were kept busily marching 
 a number of days, and one very dark night a 
 march led into some thick woods, and as it was 
 impossible to move on, a camp was made until 
 early morning, when it was discovered that the 
 right of Gen. Bragg s army lay within a stone s 
 throw. Hastily falling back in the rain, and 
 unable to locate the position of the support, 
 about one-third of the Regt. was captured, the 
 remainder escaping in disorder. When it was 
 fairly light Mr. Ward crossed a cotton field and 
 with two others gathered about the regimental 
 colors, and constituted the Regt. for the time. 
 This little group, on the retreat, would stop to 
 fire at the rebel lines and move on, constantly 
 gathering up the scattered men, until in the 
 afternoon when there were about 200 men 
 together, they made a charge on the rebels 
 across a cotton field. As their own corps was 
 almost entirely annihilated, their men attached 
 themselves to Gen. Rosecran s command. A 
 cold night followed, and as no fires could be 
 made, and most of the men had lost their 
 blankets and overcoats, there was much suffer 
 ing and but little sleep that night; but the next 
 day the rebels were routed and driven across 
 the river, and that victory softened most of the 
 discomfort of the preceding days when the tide 
 of battle was moving in- another direction, 
 toward defeat. 
 
 Jan. 4, Murfreesboro was entered, and one 
 of the incidents of that battlefield, was a rain, 
 continuing all day and night which flooded, 
 the ground. Some of the men sat up during 
 the night, but others lay on the ground in water 
 several inches deep and slept soundly. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Manyskirmishes followed the battle at Mur- 
 freesboro, and until June there was constant 
 activity, when Mr. Ward was compelled to go 
 to the hospital, and was sent to Nashville, Lou 
 isville and Chicago, where he was held until 
 Sept. At Chattanooga, Sept. 20, 1863, Mr. Ward 
 was with the wagon-train that crossed Lookout 
 Mt. before the battle, and was also in the battle 
 of Mission Ridge and siege of Chattanooga. 
 The next move was into East Tenn. to strength 
 en Gen. Burnside s army, and Longstreet was 
 then forced back and met in battle at Dan- 
 dridge. When the Union army started to return 
 the 8gth was in the rear and Longstreet s Cav. 
 followed and harrassed it for some distance. 
 Reaching McDonald Station, a camp was formed 
 while the army was reorganized for the Atlanta 
 campaign, and May 5, 1864, started for Atlanta, 
 meeting the enemy at Rocky Face Ridge, and 
 Buzzard s Roost. From the latter place going 
 out with the sharpshooters, the rebels were en 
 countered on the top of a mountain and Mr. 
 Ward with two comrades took a position be 
 hind a rock; as he had the best place to fire 
 from, he bade his comrades load the guns and 
 he would do the shooting. The rebels were 
 hidden and the method was to fire where the 
 smoke of a gun showed the presence of an ene 
 my. This continuedsome time without visible 
 results, when Mr. Ward, with gun cocked and 
 ready to fire, remarked concerning a bullet that 
 had just passed above him through the leaves, 
 "They cannot come as close as that again." Just 
 at that instant a bullet struck him and passing 
 through his arm was stopped by the stock of 
 his gun. This wound rendered him unfit for 
 service, and he was discharged Jan. 4, 1865. 
 
 In the summer of 18/3, necrosis of the bone 
 began, giving continual pain, and since Oct. 10, 
 1888, four and one-half inches of the bone has 
 been remov6d, so that there is now no bone to 
 stiffen the arm. The wound still festered until 
 Aug. 1891, when Mr. Ward himself removed a 
 piece of bone, and since that time it has been 
 well. He states the peculiar fact that in a num 
 ber of different engagements his gun wasstruck 
 and shattered by rebel bullets. 
 
 Mr. Ward was appointed Postmaster of Al- 
 
 tona when he returned home wounded, and 
 served two years; was then for two years a clerk 
 in a store; then tried farming, but unable to do 
 this work was employed in the Postoffice. In 
 1876, moving to Iowa, he engaged in the gro 
 cery trade, but the condition of his arm unfit 
 ting him for this business, he secured the posi 
 tion of Deputy Postmaster at Creston, Iowa. 
 In 1882, he was appointed Special Pension Ex 
 aminer and assigned to 111., with headquarters 
 at Galesburg. This position he has filled since, 
 except one year, when he was compelled to have 
 a surgical operation performed on his arm. 
 
 Feb. 19, 1869, he married Mattie A. Dicken- 
 son, of Galva, 111., daughter of H. L. Dickcn- 
 son, and has one son, Harry A,, a lad of 12 
 years of age. 
 
 Mrs. Ward had eight uncles in the army, 
 and two of them were wounded and disabled 
 one losing an arm. Mr. Ward is a member of 
 Tom Potter Post, No. 440, G. A. R., of Creston, 
 Iowa, and is a Republican. He draws a pen 
 sion. In the discharge of his duties as Special 
 Pension Examiner he has an extended acquaint 
 ance among the old soldiers, and is well and 
 favorably known. 
 
 M 
 
 AJOR JAMES M. HOSFORD, of Geneseo, was 
 a son of Stephen Hosforcl, a native of 
 Vt. and of Welsh descent, whose 
 father, as also several of his ancestors and rel 
 atives, were actively engaged in the American 
 army during the war of the Revolution. 
 Stephen Hosford was prominent as a citizen, 
 and also as a politician in his day, being a suc 
 cessful and prosperous merchant for nearly 
 fifty years, and having been elected as a mem 
 ber of the State Legislature for Mass., and also 
 held the position of Trial Justice for Berk 
 shire Co. in the last mentioned State. He died 
 many years ago. Our subject s mother, Amy 
 (Brown) was of English ancestry, born in 
 Mass., and departed this life many years 
 since. Besides the Major, she had the fol 
 lowing children: Juliet P., wife of C. R. 
 Taft; Henry B.; William H.; Louisa A., and 
 Laura M., wife of Major A. M. Smith. Of this 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 621 
 
 number Henry B. was in the war of the rebellion, 
 having joined an Ohio Regt., and for a time 
 was detached on the hospital service. He died 
 in 1888. Major Hosford was born at Williams- 
 town, Mass., April i5th, 1822, attended the 
 public schools, afterwards studied at Williams 
 College, Mass., then studied the legal profes 
 sion in the office of Gov. W. H. Seward at 
 Auburn, N. Y. Having completed his law 
 course, he practiced his profession in that State 
 for eight years and by his energy and ability 
 built up a remunerative and prosperous busi 
 ness. Whilst practising his profession he was 
 appointed Superintendent of Schools in Onon- 
 dago Co., N. Y., and discharged the duties of 
 that office for six years. He was, however, in 
 duced by the prospects of a western location, 
 to proceed thither, which he did in the year 
 1856, settling in Geneseo, there engaging in the 
 real estate and insurance business, which he 
 successfully carried on for three years, when he 
 accepted the position of cashier of a bank in 
 his adopted town. He filled this trusted and 
 responsible position until he resigned, in July, 
 1862, deeming it his duty as a true, patriotic 
 American to assist in the suppression of the 
 rebellion which had been needlessly and im- 
 providently precipitated upon the people of 
 the Republic. Major Hosford enlisted as a 
 private, then raised a company, of which he was 
 unanimously chosen Captain; and subsequently, 
 on the organization of the Ii2th 111. Vol. Inf., 
 at Peoria, he was, with the same unanimity, 
 elected for its Major and was duly commis 
 sioned as such, Sept. 20th, 1862. 
 
 The Major s Regt. went first to Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, and was there ordered to report to Maj.- 
 Gen. Gordon Granger at Covington, Ky. 
 Having reported, it then proceeded, Oct. 18, 
 1862, for Falmouth, but had not gone far until 
 it was ordered to guard a large supply train to 
 Big Eagle, on the Lexington and Covington 
 Pike. It successfully executed this order, ar 
 riving at its destination on the evening of Oct. 
 2 ist, and on the night of the next day, the 
 bugle called the men to arms to repel a threat 
 ened attack from the rebels under Gen. John 
 Morgan, and whilst marching toward George 
 
 town the night being exceedingly dark his 
 horse missed its footing and tumbled over an 
 embankment carrying the Major with it, causing 
 him hernia and other severe injuries. He was, 
 owing to this accident, compelled to part com 
 pany with the Regt. for about three weeks, but 
 having improved, rejoined his command in 
 Fayette Co., near Lexington, Ky., with which 
 he continued, participating in all its varied ex 
 periences and hardships, until the month of 
 Feb., 1863, when, owing to his physical con 
 dition, he resigned from his command, and was 
 thereupon retired from service in the field. In 
 the following month he was assigned to duties 
 connected with the commissary department at 
 Camp Douglas, which he continued to perform 
 until Oct., 1865, when he was mustered out and 
 discharged. Major Hosford has been twice 
 married. The first occasion being in New 
 York, in the year 1847, to Susan S. Seymour, 
 whose mother was the sister of Gen. Joseph 
 Hooker s father: therefore the first Mrs. Hos 
 ford was a cousin of "Fighting Joe." By this 
 wife he had five children Carrie Seymour, 
 James Egbert, Mary L., William H. and Susan 
 A. Mrs. Hosford having died many years ago, 
 our subject after some years, concluded it was 
 not well to continue longer alone, consequently, 
 married Mrs. Ruth D. Davidson, widow of Cap 
 tain William K. Davidson who died from the 
 effects of battle and exposure in the field. 
 
 Major Hosford has been a Justice of the 
 Peace, Supervisor, and held the position of 
 State Agent for the Home Insurance Company 
 for 21 years, resigning the same in 1889, but is 
 still in connection with that institution as ad 
 juster, as also for some other companies. He 
 has been Prest. of Board of Education, and is 
 now President of Geneseo Collegiate Institute. 
 He is a Mason, a member of E. J. Jenkins Post, 
 No. 452, G. A. R., at Geneseo, and was a Re 
 publican and prominent supporter of the party 
 for many years, but it having, as the Major 
 believes, sacrificed its principles on the question 
 of whisky, he concluded as an honorable man 
 no longer to support it, and not seeing his ideal 
 in the Democratic institutions, identified him 
 self with the Prohibitionists. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 THE biographies of many of the heroes 
 developed during the late war period, 
 have been told and reduced to imperish 
 able print, but there still remains the story and 
 history of one who fulfilled his destinies, and 
 served his country with distinction, and who at 
 the close of an honorable and useful career, at 
 ripe old age, crowned with honors, and beloved 
 by his comrades, quietly passed to that bourn 
 from whence no traveler returns we refer to 
 Gen. Abner C. Harding, who, when living, re 
 sided at Monmouth, 111. The General was born 
 at East Hampton, Conn., Feb. 10, 1807, an< ^ 
 when of tender years moved with his parents 
 to Plainfield, N. Y. He was sent to school and 
 readily acquired a good education, qualifying 
 him to become a teacher at the age of 15, which 
 profession he followed for the succeeding six 
 years, reading law at the same time. He was 
 admitted as a lawyer when 22 years of age at 
 Lewiston, Pa., and soon built up a good prac 
 tice in his adopted professsion. 
 
 He married Rebecca L. Byers, nee Liebrick, 
 who bore him two children, George F. and Mary 
 R. She died in 1833. Two years later he mar 
 ried Susan A. Ickes, an educated and accom 
 plished young woman of Pa., daughter of Dr. 
 Jonas Ickes, who was a gentleman of large pro 
 portions, possessed of rare intelligence, and 
 lived to the unusual age of 96 years, and with 
 faculties unimpaired. He died March 28, 1889, 
 after spending the evening of his days with his 
 daughter, Mrs. General Harding. The mother 
 of Mrs. Harding was a niece of the Rev. Joseph 
 Brady, minister of the Presbyterian Church, 
 who died July 10, 1868. Her name was Dun 
 can. 
 
 In 1833, Gen. Harding was elected to the 
 Constitutional Convention of Pa., and served 
 his constituency in that position with ability 
 and fidelity/ Two years later he removed West, 
 settling at Monmouth, where he resumed the 
 practice of his profession and stood in the front 
 rank among the lawyers of his adopted State, 
 until removed from the field of struggle and 
 anxiety by death. In the year 1848, he was 
 elected a member of the Constitutional Con 
 vention of 111., and about that time became in 
 
 terested in railroad projects and subsequently 
 with other gentlemen of Monmouth, completed 
 what was known as the Peoria & Oquaka R. R. 
 from Peoria to Burlington, which now forms 
 part of the C., B. & Q. system. In politics, 
 he was a Whig and always ready with his 
 tongue and purse to assist his party, which never 
 failed to draw upon his resources when delicate 
 political work required performance. In 1851 
 his eyesight began to fail, from which he 
 never fully recovered. 
 
 Prominent as a politician, and beloved by 
 acquaintances and devoted to his country, he 
 had no hesitation in tendering his services to 
 his Government during the war, and accordingly 
 enlisted as a private in the 83rd 111. Vol. Inf., 
 and was immediately elected as Colonel, and as 
 such was mustered in Aug. 21, 1862. Four 
 days later Col. Harding with his Regt. moved 
 to Cairo, thence to Fort Henry, then on 
 to Fort Donelson, where he was employed 
 for about one year. During this time he 
 had heavy guard duty to perform over the 
 surrounding country, especially upon the 
 banks of the Tenn. and Cumberland Rivers, 
 they being infested with guerrillas, and had 
 daily skirmishes with the enemy, some of them 
 quite severe, namely, those at Waverly, Tenn., 
 and Garrettsburg, Ky. Feb. 3rd, 1863, at Fort 
 Donelson, 9 Cos. of his Regt., with Co. C of 
 the 2nd 111. Light Art., successfully resisted the 
 combined attack of Gens. Forrest and Wheeler 
 with 8,000 men, the battle lasting from 1 130 P. 
 M. until 8:30, when the enemy was compelled 
 to retire with a loss of 250 killed, 600 wounded 
 and 105 prisoners. Col. Harding only lost 13 
 men killed and 51 wounded. He was immedi 
 ately promoted to Brig. Gen. for gallant conduct 
 on this occasion. Besides being an able gen 
 eral and courageous soldier, our subject was, 
 when necessity demanded, a wily diplomat. 
 On the day of the battle of Fort Donelson, just 
 mentioned, he knew of the enemy s strength 
 and the improbability of his small band being 
 able to repel an attack therefrom, his object, 
 therefore, was delay, as he momentarily ex 
 pected the Govt. gun boats up the river for his 
 relief. Repeated demands were made by mes- 
 
GEN. A. C. HARDING. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 623 
 
 sengers under a flag of truce demanding a sur 
 render, and as often the General would delay 
 the messenger and discuss all imaginable sub 
 jects barring that of laying down his arms and 
 voluntarily becoming a captive. The final 
 messenger, however, came in the person of a 
 young officer from an Alabama Regt., who, with 
 a very dignified step, approached Gen. Harding 
 and in the name of Gen. Wheeler and of the 
 Confederate States of America, demanded his 
 surrender. Gen. Harding lengthened his face 
 and assuming a Yankee drawl, took part in the 
 following dialogue: 
 
 Gen. Harding: "Be you from Gen. Wheel 
 er s camp?" 
 
 Con. Officer: "I am, sir, and am instructed 
 to say that he has an overwhelming force, which 
 it would be useless for you with your small 
 force to attempt to withstand. The demand is 
 made that there may be no unnecessary blood 
 shed." 
 
 Gen. Harding: "Suppose I did surrender." 
 Con. Officer: " In that case, sir, you and 
 your men shall be treated with respect and be 
 protected as prisoners of war." 
 
 Gen. Harding; "And suppose I don t?" 
 Con. Officer: "Then sir, you will have to 
 take the consequences." 
 
 Gen. Harding:" Air you right from Gen. 
 Wheeler s headquarters?" 
 Con. Officer: "I am, sir." 
 Gen. Harding: We seed you a comin and 
 didn t know whether you was or wasn t. What 
 Regt. do you belong to?" 
 
 Con. Officer: "The I4th Ala., sir." 
 Gen. Harding: Wa-11, wa-11, is that so. 
 Alabama, that is a pretty fine country. I ve 
 lots to say about it, and often thought I d like 
 to go down there some time. Do you live 
 there?" 
 
 This last discussion was prolonged after the 
 same fashion for nearly an hour, discussing the 
 soil, climate, population and other characteris 
 tics, health, wealth, &c., until the young man 
 having been detained and delayed, could not 
 longer be comforted, and there being no other 
 way out of the difficulty, Gen. Harding intimi 
 dated that he could not surrender, and would 
 
 be obliged to " take the consequences." Soon 
 after he was assailed by the rebel hoards with 
 the result above stated. 
 
 After retiring from the army, Gen. Harding 
 M. C. upon the Republican ticket, and served 
 in the 39th and 40th Congresses. In 1869, his 
 health began to fail and his maladies to in 
 crease until July 19, 1874, when he passed 
 peacefully away, leaving a splendid record be 
 hind him as a soldier, lawyer, business man, 
 and gentleman. By ability and zeal he accu 
 mulated a large fortune, which, during his life 
 time, was so used that all classes of society re 
 ceived benefits from his accumulated wealth 
 and bounteous hand. 
 
 Mrs. Harding, a lady of excellent birth and 
 liberal attainments, survived her beloved hus 
 band, and is admired and esteemed by her 
 many acquaintances, and particularly by the 
 old soldiers, who have always found in her a 
 true and devoted friend and benefactor, in all 
 matters pertaining to the advancement of the 
 soldiers collectively and individually, and one 
 who often has shown the depth of her devo 
 tion to their interests, by liberal contributions 
 from her own private purse. 
 
 JOSEPH P. GIBBS, of Galva, 111., a son of 
 Jonathan Gibbs, was born in Waterford, 
 N. J., May 23, 1833, and came to 111., with 
 his parents in 1838, settling on Walnut Creek in 
 Knox Co. The father at one time owned a 
 section of land in this locality, and built a fine 
 house, in which he lived and died, leaving a 
 family of six children four sons and two 
 daughters, all at this time living. 
 
 Joseph P. Gibbs was living on the old home 
 stead when the flag of his country, flying above 
 Fort Sumter, was fired upon. He was in the 
 field, plowing, when he heard the news of this 
 fact, and, unhitching his horses, mounted one 
 and rode to Knoxville, then the County seat. 
 On the way two young men joined him, Win. 
 McBride and G. W. Bainbridge, and on reach 
 ing town all signed the muster call of the ist 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 111. Cav., the date of enlistment being April 15, 
 1861. This Regt. first enlisted for three months, 
 but was soon mustered in for 3 years. 
 
 Sent South, it camped for a time in Mo., 
 and was at Lexington with Mulligan, when 
 Price captured that place. This force fought 
 him three days, although cut off from water 
 the first day, and held out until ammunition 
 and stores were exhausted before it surrendered. 
 It was paroled at once and forwarded to 
 Quincy, 111., and home. During the battle the 
 rebels closed in and surrounded the Union men, 
 and like a mob gathered behind houses and on 
 roofs, coming within speaking distance, when 
 Geo. W. Bainbridge, who enlisted with Ser 
 geant Gibbs, rode up onto a hill and calling to 
 the rebels challenged any man in their army to 
 single combat. The reply he received was a 
 shot which killed his horse, and as he stopped 
 to remove the saddle and bridle another shot 
 went through his arm; this made him terribly 
 angry, and he swore that wounded as he was 
 he could whip with one arm any man in the 
 Southern Confederacy. Mr. Bainbridge was 
 finally taken to the hospital by Sergt. Gibbs, 
 and, just as they entered the room, saw a man 
 stretched on the operating table, and, at that 
 instant, a ball went through a part of his hip 
 bone, knocked down some of the Surgeons at 
 tending him. On the second day, when the 
 men began to suffer terribly from thirst, Mr. 
 Gibbs decided he would endeavor to reach a 
 hog wallow about 50 yards outside the breast 
 works, and, taking his gun in his hand, jumped 
 the works, ran to the pond and throwing himself 
 into the water took a drink. When he ran back 
 the rebels opened a heavy fire upon him, and, 
 leaping the works, his toe caught, throwing him 
 headlong, and some of his companions, think 
 ing he had been shot, said, "Joe has sent in his 
 check," but rising to his feet he said "Not yet," 
 
 On the march to Lexington the Regt. passed 
 a house in front of which was a low picket 
 fence. A man and woman were standing in the 
 door, and as the troops passed the man cried 
 out "Hurrah for Jeff Davis!" when Mr. Bain 
 bridge, before mentioned, rode to the fence, 
 leaping it drew his saber, and with the point 
 
 touching the old man s breast, said, "Now 
 hurrah for Lincoln," which the old rebel did in 
 a lusty voice. On the 3rd day a house, outside 
 the works about 50 yards, used for a hospital, 
 fell into the hands of the enemy and Col. 
 Mulligan gave orders to charge with fixed 
 bayonets and retake it. A part of a Mo. Regt. 
 under Col. Peabody undertook this, and had a 
 hand-to-hand encounter, losing 14 men killed. 
 A Lieut., who was among the wounded men ly 
 ing on the floor, describing the fight, said that 
 men pinned each other to the walls of the house 
 with bayonets. The rebels were reinforced and 
 the Union men were driven back at last with a 
 loss of 14 men killed. 
 
 In 1887, Sergt. Gibbs returned to the site of 
 this battle and saw the old house bore all the 
 marks of the fierce encounter. 
 
 In Dec., 1861, the Regt. was ordered to the 
 field in Mo. and Ark., and went to St. Louis, 
 where it was mustered under a special order 
 from the War Department. When the Regt. 
 started, after it had been exchanged, Mr. Gibbs 
 was made orderly Sergt., and when discharged 
 enlisted in the 3 1st Mo., taking 30 men with 
 him, and was promoted to ist Lieut., but owing 
 to orders from the War Department, which 
 would not allow troops from one State to be 
 credited to another, all were sent home. 
 
 Lieut. Gibbs remained at home from Sept., 
 1862, until June 1863, meantime making an ef 
 fort to join the Ii2th Regt., and went to Dan 
 ville, where he entered the Military Telegraph 
 Corps, and was second in command, ranking as 
 1st Lieut., acting in this branch of the service 
 to the close of the war. The duty of this corps 
 was to put up and repair telegraph lines. 
 
 At Louisville this corps was discharged, and 
 Lieut. Gibbs went to Memphis and worked un 
 til 1866 at bricklaying and plastering, and then 
 came to St. Louis, where he was engaged at 
 the same business until 1876; and during this 
 time, while his home was at St. Louis, he went 
 to Chicago to help rebuild the city after the 
 great fire. He then went to Sherman, Tex., 
 which had been destroyed by fire, and in 1878, 
 was in Kansas City and later in Clyde, Kan., as 
 contractor. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 525 
 
 In 1879, Lieut. Gibbs returned to his old 
 home at Galva, 111., where he has since resided, 
 in business as contractor and builder. He has 
 2 children: George, who is a brick manufact 
 urer at Lafayette, 111., and Katy, wife of O. Q. 
 Beckwith, a druggist in Denver, Col. 
 
 Joseph P. Gibbs is a Republican in politics. 
 He is now and has been for several years Chief of 
 the Fire Department, in which he has always 
 shown much interest, and is also a working 
 member of the G. A. R. 
 
 Jonathan Gibbs, the father of Joseph P. 
 Gibbs, was born Dec. 22, 1808, at Camden, N. J., 
 a son of Martin Gibbs, also a native of N. J. 
 The forefathers of this family were Quakers, 
 who came to this country with Wm. Penn, in 
 1682. The wife of Martin Gibbs was Hannah 
 Beck, of Irish extraction. The wife of Jonathan 
 Gibbs, and mother of Joseph P. Gibbs, was Ta- 
 mar Norcross, a daughter of Joseph and 
 Martha (Duhle) Norcross, of N. J. 
 
 The Gibbs family were of old Whig stock, 
 and were among the first to unite with the Re 
 publican party when it was organized. 
 
 M 
 
 AJOR HILAND HENRY CLAY, one of Gales- 
 burgh s prominent and public-spirited 
 men, copiously endowed with patriotic 
 pride, assisted to raise a company in the early 
 days of the late Rebellion, of which he was 
 chosen ist Lieut, of Co. D, I02nd 111. Vol. Inf., 
 and was mustered Sept. 2, 1862. He started 
 immediately for Louisville, and from Louis 
 ville the Regt. was ordered to Frankfort. In 
 Oct. 1862, it left Frankfort for Bowling Green. 
 Subsequently it was ordered to Gallatin,Tenn., 
 where the command remained six months, and 
 then was ordered to Laverne, Tenn., where the 
 troops were employed in guarding the L., N. 
 & Chattanooga R. R., for about six months, 
 Major Clay s Co. being stationed at Mill Creek 
 most of the time. 
 
 In April, 1863, he was promoted to Captain 
 of his Co., at Gallatin. During Feb., 1864, 
 with his Brig., he moved to Chattanooga, and 
 
 39 
 
 soon after joined the Atlanta campaign and 
 was heavily engaged at the battles of Resaca, 
 Cassville, New Hope Church, Lookout Mt., 
 Marietta, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta. 
 
 During this campaign Major Clay com 
 manded his Co., and all through the several 
 battles was upon that part of the field where 
 the battle raged in its fiercest fury, and again 
 at the siege of Atlanta was almost constantly 
 under the enemy s fire until the surrender of 
 the town, which occurred Sept. 2, 1864. After 
 a rest in the vicinity of Atlanta, Major Clay 
 led his Regt. all through the expedition to the 
 sea, and on arrival at Savannah received his 
 commission as Major, as a recognition for his 
 gallantry, and from that time was ranking 
 officer in command of this Regt. Occupying 
 that position in his Regt., he commanded it 
 through the campaign of the Carolinas, and 
 participated in the battles of Lawtonville, 
 Averysboro and Bentonville, which was the 
 closing battle of his command and practically 
 closed the war. The Rebellion being over, he 
 conducted his Regt. to Washington, took part 
 there in the Grand Review, was mustered out 
 on June 6, 1865, and placed en route for home. 
 
 Major Clay was born in the State of Vt., 
 Jan. 3, 1838, a son of John L. and Louisa M. 
 Clay, the latteragranddaughter of Hart Balch, 
 who was a Federal soldier during the Revolu 
 tionary War. The Major s parents moved, with 
 their family, to Galesburg in the year 1840, 
 settled there upon a farm three miles distant 
 from the town, and engaged in farming, the 
 father dying in 1877. The homestead, a beau 
 tiful, well-appointed farm, is owned and ope 
 rated by Major Clay, and amidst comfortable 
 surroundings he makes his home. He married 
 Jennie E. Clay, of. Gaysville, Oct. 14, 1878, and 
 six children have blessed the union, viz.: Fred 
 erick, Emma, John L., Walker, Irwin H. and 
 Edna. 
 
 The Major is a Democrat in politics, and 
 takes a prominent part in the political affairs 
 of his party. He has been Supervisor for his 
 Township, and Road Commissioner, and is a 
 prominent member of Post No. 45, G. A. R., at 
 Galesburg. Asa soldier, no man upon the field 
 
626 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 displayed greater zeal, courage and patriotism 
 than did Major Clay, and his many promotions 
 testify to the unbounded confidence and respect 
 entertained for him as a gentleman and army 
 officer by his superiors in command. 
 
 JOHN RIPPBERGER, of Elgin, 111., was born 
 Aug. 3, 1844, m Baden, Germany. When 
 but three years old he sailed with his par 
 ents to America, locating at Hanover, Cook 
 Co., 111. Here he was reared a farmer and 
 attained a thorough education. When but 19 
 years old, he sallied forth to fight for the honor 
 of the stars and stripes, enlisting Jan. 6, 1864, 
 in Co. G, ryth 111. Cav. He rendezvoused at 
 Camp Kane, St. Charles, 111., until the follow 
 ing May, when the Co. was ordered to Jeffer 
 son, Mo., where it performed scout duty. 
 While there it was attacked by Quantrell and 
 Andrews, the noted rebel bushwhackers, but 
 repulsed them without much loss on either 
 side. Then the Regt. was transferred to Alton, 
 111., where it performed guard duty at the 
 prison. He remained in this situation guard 
 ing rebel prisoners and on scouting duty until 
 transferred by steamer to Glasgow, Mo., and 
 then to St. Louis, where he was detailed to do 
 scout duty in the country around that city, 
 remaining there until his Regt. was ordered to 
 Rqlla, Mo. January, 1865, he joined in the 
 raid made with a view to capture Price and his 
 command. On Jan. 10, 1865, his Regt. left 
 Rolla and proceeded to Pilot Knob, via, St. 
 Louis. The country around Pilot Knob was 
 infested with bands of bushwhackers; therefore 
 Mr. Rippberger s Regt. was with others, de 
 tailed to pursue and control these bands as far 
 as possible. It continued at this service until 
 about April 19, when it marched through the 
 country to Cape Girardeau. It then boarded 
 the steamer Silver Wave, proceeded to Kansas 
 City, Mo., and had the inexpressible pleasure of 
 having bread served out to it, a commodity 
 unseen by the men, much less tasted, for sev 
 eral weeks. From here it marched to Fort 
 Scott, and on arrival there did some scouting, 
 and was also detailed to escort provision wag 
 
 ons to the Indian Terr. Next it was ordered 
 to Lawrence, Kan., remaining there until Sept. 
 27, 1865, then marched across the Plains to 
 Fort Lamed. At this point four companies, 
 including Co. G, were detached to go to Fort 
 Fletcher, traveling continuously for 17 days. 
 It left there early in Dec., and went to Leaven- 
 worth, where he joined the after portion of the 
 Regt. On the way, the weather was so exceed 
 ingly cold that the men suffered severely. Mr. 
 Rippberger had his foot frozen, while three of 
 his comrades were frozen to death. It is 
 impossible to give the reader a clear conception 
 of the suffering endured on the march. The 
 distance of nearly 400 miles occupied about 17 
 days, and the cold was continuous, while those 
 who endured it were poorly clad and scantily 
 provisioned. Here they were mustered out of 
 the service Dec. 18, paid off and discharged at 
 Springfield on the 26, after which Mr. Ripp 
 berger went to Elgin. 
 
 He had the following brothers and sisters : 
 Neitz C., Abraham, Adam, Charles, Louisa, 
 Henry and George. His parents are both dead. 
 His brother, Abraham, was in Co. K, 52nd 111. 
 Since the war Mr. Rippberger has been engaged 
 in mercantile pursuits. He was first married 
 Jan. i, 1869, to Sophia Heine, by whom he had 
 four children, but she having died, he again 
 married this time to Anna Hesse, by whom he 
 has six children. The names of those living 
 are Leah E., Etta F., Charles C., Julius J., 
 George W., Lulu A., Wesley H., Rudelphia L. 
 and Frederick William. He is a member of the 
 G. A. R. Post, No. 49, of Elgin, and is a Repub 
 lican in politics. 
 
 JAMES P. DIXON, a member of the G. A. R., 
 and a resident of Quincy, 111., was born in 
 Licking Co., Ohio, March 30, 1838, a son of 
 John and Harriet N. (Kemp) Dixon. His father 
 hails from the County Tyrone, Ireland, where 
 he was born Nov. 2, 1809, and when a child 
 came to America with his parents, locating in 
 Ohio. His mother is a native of Vt., and dates 
 her birth Jan. 11,1817. Her family settled in 
 
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 Ohio when the commonwealth was a territory, 
 To the parents were born 11 children, of whom 
 are living Alvira, now Mrs. Bull, of Enis, Mon 
 tana; Harriet N., now Mrs. L. D. Simmonds, of 
 Quincy, 111 .; Cyrus A., now a resident of Indian 
 apolis; Serepta E., now Mrs. Thomas C. De- 
 Board, of Quincy, 111.; Julia R., now Mrs. F. M. 
 Corbeley, of Council Bluffs, la.; Florence P., 
 now Mrs. M. A. Dunkle; Laura B., now Mrs. E. 
 D. Woods, of Galesburg, 111. James, our sub 
 ject, grew to manhood in his native State. He 
 attained a common school education, and fol 
 lowed the calling of a farmer until the echoes 
 of Fort Sumter heralded the inauguration of 
 the Rebellion. He enlisted the same even 
 ing the wires flashed the startling news, joining 
 Co. B, nth Ind. Inf., under Col. Lew. Wallace. 
 The stigma imposed upon the nth Ind. during 
 the Mexican war was the occasion for the per 
 petuation of their number. Accordingly Col. 
 Wallace asked the "boys" to register an oath 
 that they would vindicate the nth, and bring 
 honor where dishonor had been unjustly given. 
 This they did the entire regiment kneeling on 
 the State House Square, Indianapolis, with un 
 covered heads and uplifted hands, they regis 
 tered a vow to redeem the reputation of the I ith 
 Ind., which, in this case, was probably the first 
 Ind. Regt. organized under the call for 3 months 
 troops. The Regt., on the expiration of the 3 
 months, re-enlisted, and were sworn in for 3 
 years, nearly every man volunteering. 
 
 How well the brave " boys" kept their vow, 
 the history of the noble Regt. and its gallant 
 colonel, -Lew. Wallace, who became a distin 
 guished general well shows. The first 3 months 
 service was spent in Ind.,Md.,andW. Va. These 
 were trying times in the early history of the 
 war, and while there was but little fighting, there 
 was the excitement of an untried contest be 
 tween two great armies, and the active duties 
 involved in securing advantageous positions. 
 During the service comrade Dixon contracted 
 a disease, resulting in the permanent affection 
 of the lungs and partial loss of hearing. When 
 the regiment was re-enlisted he was prostrated 
 with sickness, and upon his recovery immedi 
 ately offered to rejoin his comrades, but on ex 
 
 amination was rejected. On one occasion 
 later in the war, he volunteered for service, but 
 was unable to serve, not having been mustered 
 in. Thus our loyal patriot returned home, and 
 for a time was engaged in Indianapolis as an 
 engineer in a manufacturing establishment. 
 This calling he followed at different places, 
 until his disabilities compelled his retirement. 
 Subsequently he tried farming, but had to give 
 it up. 
 
 Mr. Dixon was married in 1868, to Mary D. 
 Clark, who died at Quincy, 111., after 2 years 
 and 4 months of wedded life. By this union 
 one child, Melvina, was born. In 1872, he 
 married Mrs. Jane E. Dunning. The family 
 are all members of the M. E. Church. Mr. 
 Dixon is an Odd Fellow and a member of the 
 Shelbina Lodge, No 142, in which he has taken 
 the encampment degrees. Politically, he is a 
 Prohibitionist, of Republican antecedents, they 
 having been Whigs, Know Nothings, and Re 
 publicans, from time immemorial. 
 
 DAVID MAGEE, of Kewanee, 111., was a son 
 of James B. and Sophia (Hattoway) 
 Magee. The parents died when their 
 son was only 5 years old and left him and ayoung 
 brother, William, to make their way in the 
 world. He was bound out, and, like many other 
 orphan children, has but few pleasant memories 
 of the years of his servitude. His home was in 
 a slave State, where the masters were harsh and 
 cruel to all dependents. He lived among the 
 slaves and received a share of the severity that 
 prevailed during that terrible time. At the age 
 of 13 years he went to Philadelphia Co. and 
 lived there two years, and at the age of 16 com 
 menced to learn the trade of shoemaking at 
 Brusleton and served out his time. He con 
 tinued to work at his trade in that city until he 
 moved to Glencoe, Minn., in 1856, and took a 
 claim near that place in McClead Co., remain 
 ing two- years. The State banks failing in 1858, 
 he lost everything. Capt. Moss, of Peoria, 
 offering him a position, he moved to that city, 
 afterwards going on to a farm near Galva, 111. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Aug. 13, 1862, Mr. Magee enlisted at Kevvanee, 
 in Co. F, I24th 111. Vol. Inf. and was mustered 
 in at Camp Butler, going at once to the field in 
 Tenn. At Camp Jackson he was sick for a time, 
 but recovering, accompanied the Regt. on the 
 Oxford march. Laid in Memphis until the 
 spring of 1863 and was detailed as nurse in the 
 regimental hospital, which Mrs. John A. Logan 
 visited at one time. He went to Milliken s 
 Bend, and while in the rear of Vicksburg, had 
 charge of the general hospital as head nurse. 
 He took charge of a train of sick soldiers, 
 with only 12 guns to protect them from the 
 rebels, on the way to Raymond and on to 
 Vicksburg. At Champion Hills he was placed 
 in charge of the wounded men of both armies. 
 Here one of these cruel necessities of war arose 
 which touches many hearts. In the movement 
 of the army it became necessary to leave some 
 of the wounded men behind to fall into the 
 hands of the rebels. 
 
 Mr. Magee, after this service, reported to 
 the hospital to Dr. Angel, to be sent to his 
 Regt. and the Dr. said: "We need you right 
 here where all these men need care." So he 
 staid there, occupying the Cook House, where 
 both sick and wounded were sent. Here he 
 was ward master on the night of May 22, when 
 hundreds of men were brought in and laid in 
 rows on the floor, some crying in agony, some 
 cursing and many dying. He remained here 
 until fall, and although they had the large house 
 and many tents there was no room any night 
 to sleep inside so he slept in a hollow tree. 
 The shells of the rebel batteries and the Union 
 gunboats were continually flying over the place 
 during the siege and on the day after the sur 
 render, Dr. Gudbrick, a Surgeon, of the hospi 
 tal, not understanding the minute guns of the 
 Fort when the morning salute was fired, jumped 
 up from his couch and said: "My God, it s not 
 over yet!" Mr. Magee was then sent to 
 Hospital No. 2 in Vicksburg and became Ward 
 Master under Dr. Smalley, who came from the 
 rebel army. In this hospital the duty was very 
 hard as a great many men were suffering from 
 fever and bowel troubles. Here Mr. Magee 
 was highly complimented for his faithful and 
 
 efficient service, and has also been compliment 
 ed by his regiment for impartial and generous 
 kindness to all. It has always been a source 
 of great satisfaction to him in later years, when 
 he met any of those men who were in his care 
 that he endeavored always to do everything 
 that was possible for the sick and suffering. 
 
 At the end of the service Mr. Magee was 
 assigned for duty as commissary guard in 
 Vicksburg, and afterwards took his place for a 
 short time in the ranks and went with the Regt. 
 to Dauphin Island. In the autumn of 1863, he 
 returned home for a short visit, and married 
 Elizabeth Ann Jewell, daughter of William C. 
 and Margaret Jewell, natives of Va. and Pa., 
 but residents of Henry Co., 111. Mrs. Magee 
 accompanied her husband on his return to the 
 army and served as an assistant in the laundry 
 department. While working here she was 
 seriously sick with the measles, the result of 
 washing the hospital infected clothing, so that 
 her recovery was very doubtful. She was sent 
 home in the winter, but she never fully recovered 
 and died Aug. 4, 1887, of pulmonary consump 
 tion. Mr. Magee went with his Regt. to Dau 
 phin, where he was again employed as nurse 
 for the wounded at Spanish Fort, and Blakely. 
 going then to Montgomery, where he received 
 a sunstroke, induced by overwork in carrying 
 soldiers who were seriously sick. On account 
 of this disability he was sent back and dis 
 charged at Vicksburg. There was one day s 
 march on the way to Vicksburg, and as it was 
 impossible for him to be in the sunshine, he 
 was compelled to march in the night. On 
 reaching Vicksburg he attempted to stand in 
 line with the boys but was forced to seek the 
 shade. Discharged in Sep., 1865, Mr. Magee 
 made his home, until 1882, with his father-in- 
 law in Kewanee, when he went on to a farm 
 near Grinnell, Iowa, remaining 4 years and 
 suffering while there from the great cyclone 
 that swept over that part of the country, ruin 
 ing the crops and almost destroying the town 
 of Grinnell. He moved to Oscaloosa, Iowa, 
 where he was doing well, but his wife died 
 there, and he returned to Kewanee with his 
 sons, one of whom, George W., is head cook in 
 
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 a hotel in Bloomington, 111., and the other 
 William Taylor, now a baker in Chicago. Mr. 
 Magee is a member of the Methodist church, 
 a Republican in politics, and has served as Tax 
 Collector. He is a gentleman of kind and 
 sympathetic nature, unobtrusively and quietly 
 pursuing the even tenor of his way, content in 
 the thought and memory of duty faithfully 
 performed. 
 
 OF all the men who participated in the 
 late rebellion, no one is better or more 
 favorably known to the people of 
 Galesburg and surrounding country, than Col 
 onel H. H. Willsie. Enlisting in the early 
 days of the war, he was immediately selected 
 as Captain of Co. D, iO2nd, 111. Vol., Inf., in 
 which capacity he served with gallantry and 
 soon convinced his superior officers that he 
 was a born leader of men. He moved with his 
 Regt. to Peoria, thence to Louisville, and soon 
 after under Gen. Bucl started upon an expedi 
 tion through Ky., one of the hardest marches, 
 entailing as much suffering and privation to 
 those engaged, as was endured in any other 
 campaign of the war. On this expedition a 
 slave escaping from his owner sought refuge 
 with the army and became the servant of the 
 Captain, although orders had been given not 
 to harbor them. The owner, in citizen s dress, 
 a general in the rebel army, appeared and de 
 manded his property, and on the slave intimat 
 ing that his master was a rebel, he was taken 
 into custody. A company was detailed to visit 
 the officers quarters, to drive all slaves out, and 
 coming to the Captain, the latter told them to 
 halt and in a moment was supported by his 
 men. The Colonel was appealed to, and he re 
 peated his order, specially ordering the Cap 
 tain to give up the negro, but again he refused, 
 intimating his life also must be sacrificed be 
 fore he would yield. This apparent act of in- 
 surbordination was reported to the General 
 commanding, who investigated, the result of 
 which was the slave was permitted to accom 
 pany his benefactor, Captain Willsie through 
 
 out the war, and proved himself by his devo 
 tion, as worthy of the respect entertained for 
 him by his new master. Several attempts were 
 made to catch him, one of which was nearly 
 successful, but a cocked pistol in the hands of 
 Captain Willsie induced his would-be captors 
 to desist, glad to make their escape. 
 
 Whilst Gen. Payne had command at Galla- 
 tin, Tenn., he sent for Capt. Willsie, to take 
 command of 350 picked men, comprising 300 
 Inf., 30 Cav. and 2 sections of light Art., to 
 make an expedition to the Ferry near Harts- 
 ville, where the great rebel raider, John Morgan 
 was encamped, with about 7,000 troops, guard 
 ing a large quantity of supplies. The object 
 was to load and get away with about 40 or 50 
 wagon loads of supplies, and returning cover 
 the retreat by destroying the ferry. Starting 
 on his perilous undertaking, about midnight, 
 he was soon beyond his own lines taking or 
 placing guard over every person in sight, and, 
 proceeding by a byway through the timber, 
 reached the ferry, 2O miles from camp, just 
 about day break, completely surprising the 
 guards, and citizens who gave up without a 
 struggle. Unmooring the ferry-foot, he placed 
 it in charge of Lieut. Clay, with 15 men, started 
 it down the river, then loaded the wagons in a 
 short time, and taking every person along with 
 him, to prevent alarm, moved back toward his 
 camp, arriving inside his own lines by dark, 
 without the loss of a man or the firing of a gun. 
 He was immediately recommended for pro 
 motion and was elected Major of the Regt. 
 Whilst at Gallatin, the field officers all became 
 deathly sick and the Major was in a similar 
 condition, yet he commanded his Regt. and 
 with other duties rode every fourth day, as of 
 ficer of the day from one end to the other of 
 the Union lines, a distance of 16 miles, unac 
 companied. His illness, however, grew gradu 
 ally worse, until he was reduced in flesh from a 
 man of 200 Ibs., to 124 Ibs., when his strength 
 completely failed him, consequently he re 
 signed his command as the only hope of sav 
 ing his life, not from the enemy s bullets but 
 from a disease which pointed to a fatal con 
 clusion. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Major Willsie, after being mustered out, 
 returned home, May, 1863, and the following 
 spring was elected City Marshal, of Galesburg. 
 The city desired him to assist in raising its 
 quota of men for service, and placing his duties 
 in the hands of a deputy, in four days he 
 reported at Peoria with 114 men, with letters 
 from the business men of Galesburg to "Bob 
 Ingersoll" which secured for our subject the 
 position of Lieut. Colonel of the I39th 111., 
 enlisted for 100 days service. He did duty 
 in Ky. and Mo., and after being on the field 
 about five months, returned to Peoria, where 
 the men were to be mustered out, but orders 
 were received calling them back to St. Louis, 
 as Gen. Price was threatening that city. Col. 
 Peter Davidson had command of the Regt. and 
 the men rebelled and were likely to cause 
 bloodshed, when Lieut. -Col. Willsie, who had 
 returned home, was telegraphed for, and 
 returning post, haste, found Col. Davidson tak 
 ing refuge in the Peoria House. Col. Willsie 
 went to the camp alone, gathered the men 
 together, talked vith them, and within an hour 
 had the boys in line marching out the gates on 
 their way to St. Louis. He took command 
 and proceeded to St. Louis, where, the occasion 
 for his presence having ceased, he returned to 
 Peoria with his Regt., where he and his men 
 were mustered out. In the winter of 1864-5, 
 he raised another Co. and sent it to Springfield, 
 and a few days later, being tendered the Col 
 onelcy of the Regt. (i48th) he accepted, took 
 the Regt. to Nashville, and reported to Gen. 
 Thomas. The train upon which his horses 
 were traveling, was captured at Franklin, Ky., 
 where three of the men we re made to stand up 
 and were shot by the rebels. The Col. did duty 
 at Tullahoma where he was appointed Post 
 Commander of Dechard, by special request of 
 the citizens, and subsequently was compli 
 mented by the General in command, at a ban 
 quet given by Gen. Thomas, at Nashville, for 
 having the best-drilled and disciplined Regt. in 
 the department. 
 
 Col. Willsie was born in Canada, Jan. 27, 
 1827, his grandfather having fought as Captain 
 in the British army, during the war of 1812. 
 
 He returned from the war in the fall of 1865. 
 In the spring of 1868 he was elected city marshal 
 of Galesburg, and was re-elected holding the 
 office in all six years. Then he started the livery 
 business, which he made a success and conducted 
 until recently. He married at Galesburg, June 
 5, 1855, Betsey H., daughter of Orson Nichols, 
 and has a family of four sons and one daughter. 
 Wilber F., Horace M., Alfred N., John and 
 Daisy A. Few men in that part of the country 
 are so widely or favorably known as Col. Will 
 sie, who although recognized by all as a deter 
 mined and daring soldier, is genial and com 
 panionable as a private gentleman, and has 
 always without effort, been enabled to com 
 mand the respect and esteem, of all who have 
 the pleasure of his acquaintance. 
 
 CURTIS BISHOP KNOX, a gentleman whose 
 expression of face, says as if in so many 
 words, "I m contented, fate can not 
 harm me," was born July 20, 1844, in Rock Island, 
 111., the city he has ever since made his home, 
 and is the son of Charles B. and Mary ( Gohram ) 
 Knox, who were both natives of Mass., and 
 descendants of good old New England stock. 
 His father was born June 27, 1819, was a cabi 
 net and furniture maker by trade, went West, 
 landing at Rock Island, Apr. I, 1841, and at 
 once resumed his adopted calling. About 1853, 
 he established himself in the undertaking busi 
 ness, which he continued with unusual success, 
 and without interruption up to the time of his 
 death, May 26, 1890. His mother who was 
 born Sept. 14, 1820, is still living at her home 
 in Rock Island. Curtis was reared and spent 
 the days of his boyhood in his native town 
 attending school up to his I5th year, when his 
 natural love for freedom prompted him to take 
 up farming. This he continued, devoting the 
 winter months to the manufacture of brooms, 
 up to the time he entered the service of his 
 country. It was while he was out binding in 
 the harvest field that his patriotism reached its 
 height, and he suddenly saluted his comrade 
 with a " Let s join the boys on the battle field," 
 
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 They dropped their bundles and walked to 
 town the same day, his comrade losing his 
 courage while young Curtis grew more enthu 
 siastic in his devotion to the stars and stripes, 
 and accordingly enlisted at Rock Island, July 
 24, 1862, Co. F. His command went into 
 camp at Camp Douglas, Chicago, and shortly 
 moved to the front, joining the 8Qth 111. Inf. 
 They lost no time, but at once proceeded on 
 ward, and the next morning our young soldier 
 was thoroughly initiated in the short but hotly- 
 contested battle of Perryville, Ky. 
 
 In Dec. they started out on the fall cam 
 paign, and shortly fought the bloody and mem 
 orable battle of Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862, to 
 Jan. 4, 1863. On this occasion Knox s com 
 mand did most gallant work, being on the 
 extreme right, in the very front and thickest of 
 the charge, his Regt. losing 142 in killed, 
 wounded and prisoners. Here while bravely 
 defending the "old flag" young Curtis was 
 struck in the head, the bullet glancing off from 
 a tree and tearing out a piece of his scalp. He 
 was left lying on the battlefield in an uncon 
 scious condition, and when he regained his 
 senses found himself in the hands of the enemy. 
 He was taken into the town of Murfreesboro, 
 marched into the courthouse square, which was 
 surrounded by a cold gloomy stone wall, re 
 lieved of overcoat and all valuables, and then 
 turned loose under a cold and heavy rain amid 
 shocks of several thousand bushels of unhusked 
 corn, into which the fortunate "boys" buried 
 themselves for shelter against the rough in 
 clemency of the elements. Shortly they were 
 treated to a clay s rations, a "feast," consisting 
 of one pint of crude, stale, and musty corn 
 meal. The next morning being New Year s 
 morning, the brave boys exchanged their 
 "Happy New Year" greetings amid these deso 
 late and pitiful scenes of a rebel prison, young 
 Curtis suffering severely from his wound, which 
 had up to this time received no medical atten 
 tion whatever. From here the prisoners were 
 marched to a grist mill, where they each re 
 ceived another pint of musty corn meal. This 
 time they cooked their meager rations, and for 
 this purpose tore down thespoutings, which was 
 
 used for fuel. Shortly they were crowded into 
 cattle cars and transported to Huntsville, Ala., 
 where amid a cold and shivering rain they hud 
 dled themselves around small camp fires during 
 the entire bleak and wintry night. 
 
 About the middle of Jan. they reached 
 Richmond, Va., and were there lodged in Libby 
 Prison. Amid those gloomy walls they were 
 confined 2 months, during which time, Mr. 
 Knox says, he was treated fairly well, but re 
 ceived hardily enough food to hold soul and 
 body together. The weather was cold, and on 
 one occasion when the prisoners tore down 
 several boards from an old bunk for fuel pur 
 poses, they were for this slight offense, cut off 
 from food for two days. Finally they were 
 loaded into dirty, filthy, roofless cars and 
 transported to Petersburg, where they indulged 
 in a little stealing of tobacco, for which offense 
 they were threatened to be killed. Next they 
 were taken to City Point, on Chesapeake Bay, 
 where for the first time in 2 months they once 
 again got sight of their beloved stars and 
 stripes, which were so proudly floating o er a 
 vessel anchored down the bay. After several 
 months they were taken to Benton Barracks, 
 St. Louis, and while on parole duty there, 
 young Curtis took up his heels and made his 
 flight from custody, reported to headquarters 
 at Chicago, receiving transportation for him 
 self and five men for Louisville, Ky., and about 
 Sept. 15, 1863, joined his old comrades, who 
 had long thought our hero dead. Only five 
 days later we again find him actively engaged 
 in.the battle of Chickamauga. After the en 
 counter, they proceeded to fortify Chattanooga, 
 fighting almost daily up to the time of the 
 great and memorable three day s battle at Mis 
 sionary Ridge. At Chattanooga, Mr. Knox 
 says, he witnessed one of the most awful and 
 saddest sights of his life mules dropped of 
 starvation one after another, and for a long 
 distance they tramped over a corduroy road of 
 living skeleton mules. 
 
 The Regt. next took active part in the siege 
 of Knoxville, Dec. 3, and 4, 1863. This accom 
 plished, they followed the rebel army up into 
 the Smoky Mt., N. C., subsequently participat- 
 
632 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ing in the stubbornly-fought battles of Resaca 
 and Kenesaw Mt., and from July 20, to Aug; 
 28, were constantly engaged in the hard siege 
 before Atlanta. The Regt., after the fall of 
 Atlanta, moved after Hood to take part in the 
 brilliant achievement at Franklin, Tenn. The 
 next important battle was at Nashville, driving 
 Hood s army to Pulaski, Tenn., where they en 
 countered another severe fight and from whence 
 Mr. Knox was detailed to take care of a sur 
 geon of the 4th U. S. Cav., who had his leg 
 shot off and soon died, and for whom he per 
 sonally constructed a coffin and had the remains 
 forwarded to Nashville, where the wife of the 
 deceased soldier was in waiting. He rejoined 
 his Regt. and subsequently was taken danger 
 ously sick. Recovered after several weeks and 
 with his Regt. returned to Chicago, where June 
 24, 1865, he was mustered out, having served a 
 little less than 3 years, and although having 
 been a prisoner 6 months, young Curtis never 
 missed one of the many battles of his Regt. 
 Mr. Knox returned to Rock Island and subse 
 quently received the appointment as guard at 
 the main gates at the U. S. Arsenal, Rock 
 Island, a position which he held successively 
 for 16 years, and at present is acting as fore 
 man of a crew in Govt. employ. 
 
 He was married April 30, 1866, at Coal Val 
 ley 111., to Mrs. Martha Thompson, who was of 
 Scotch-Irish descent. By this union there were 
 born three children, viz.: Charles T., who is at 
 the present time studying for the ministry at 
 Chapin College, Beloit, Wis.; Mary H., de 
 ceased; and Martha F., a bright young lady, 
 living at home. 
 
 Mr. Knox is a member of the G. A. R. and 
 also of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 18, Rock- 
 Island, of which he is now Past Grand. He is 
 a jovial, genial, whole-souled gentleman, and a 
 right good Citizen. 
 
 M 
 
 AJOR GEN. HENRY WAGER HALLECK, born 
 at Weston, N. Y., in 1820; was educated 
 at West Point Military School, where he 
 graduated No. 3 in the class of 1839; entered 
 military service as 2d Lieut, of Engineers, and 
 
 remained one year at West Point as Assistant 
 Teacher of Engineering; was then assigned to 
 post duty on the Atlantic Coast, until 1845, 
 when he was sent to Cal., to construct fortifi 
 cations and protect Government interests. 
 
 In 1847, Lieut. Halleck had some fighting 
 experience among the California Indians, in 
 which he acted so gallantly that he was pro 
 moted to a Captaincy in the regular service. In 
 1848 he acted as Chief on the Staff of Commo 
 dore Shubric, and in 1848, was appointed Sec. 
 of State for what was then the Terr, of Cal. In 
 1.849 h was chosen a member of the conven 
 tion and aided in making the first constitution 
 for the State of Cal. Remaining in Cal. until 
 1854, he resigned his commission in military 
 service, studied the profession of law and 
 opened an office in San Francisco. When Gen. 
 Fremont was superseded in command of the 
 West, Halleck was summoned from Cal. and 
 placed by the Secretary of War, in command of 
 the department thus vacated. 
 
 On reaching St. Louis, he was appointed 
 Maj. Gen., Aug. 19, 1861, and took charge of 
 military affairs in the entire West. Gen. Fre 
 mont had been relieved, Gen. Hunter placed in 
 temporary command, the troops were discour 
 aged, confusion everywhere prevailed, and the 
 current of events ran strongly in favor of the 
 rebels. Mo., Ark. and Tenn. were occupied by 
 the enemy, and the Miss, securely blockaded 
 by Rebel fortifications. Gen. Halleck with a 
 master hand grappled with these complicated 
 embarrassments. Among the first of his mili 
 tary movements was to issue an order to cap 
 ture all bridge-burners as soon as possible. 
 Wealthy Secessionists were taxed to indemnify 
 Union men who had been robbed by Rebel 
 bands of guerrillas; gunboats were dispatched 
 to strategic points; troops were concentrated, 
 reassured and rapidly moved on the enemy s 
 lines. In quick succession the Rebels were ex 
 pelled from Mo. and Tenn. Island No. 10, 
 Forts Henry, Donelson and Corinth were all 
 captured by a series of bold and successful 
 movements. So brilliant were these achieve 
 ments that the War Department ordered Gen. 
 Halleck to Washington City, in the spring of 
 
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 1862, to act as Chief of Staff in supervising the 
 military affairs of the Nation. 
 
 In this position he remained until the close 
 of the war, when he was placed in command of 
 the Department of Va., with Headquarters at 
 Richmond. As soon as military matters settled 
 into quiet in Va., Gen. Halleck, at his own re 
 quest, was ordered to Cal. and placed in com 
 mand of the Department of the Pacific, with 
 .headquarters at San Francisco. Perhaps no 
 officer in the military service in the country has 
 filled more important and critical positions than 
 Gen. Halleck; and few, indeed, have acquitted 
 themselves with more distinguished honor. In 
 all varied experiences in the administration of 
 military affairs, he has made no capital mis 
 take, so common among commanding Generals 
 in times of war. On the contrary, he has con 
 stantly evidenced an exalted patriotism, and an 
 unfaltering purpose to suppress the Rebellion 
 and vindicate the authority of the Nation. 
 Uniformly successful while in the field, he has 
 given the most indubitable proofs of first-class 
 ability as an executive officer. 
 
 He died January 9, 1872. In person Gen. 
 Halleck was medium size, hale, stout and com 
 pact, of dark complexion and full habit, black 
 hair, brown eyes, small nose and ample fore 
 head. His manner was impatient and conver 
 sation rapid. He was an educated soldier, a 
 successful commander, and ranks deservedly 
 high among our National Chiefs. 
 
 A few weeks after the outbreak of the 
 Rebellion, Mr. Thomas J. Huston, of 
 Lemont, 111., with feelings of patriotic 
 pride in the welfare of his country, determined 
 to offer his services for the preservation of the 
 Union, was accepted, and enlisted at Gardner, 
 111., Dec. 20, 1861, as a private in Co. I, 58th 
 III. Vol. Inf. They rendezvoused at Camp Doug 
 las, Chicago, and were there mustered in Dec. 
 24, 1 86 1, and remained until the early part of 
 Feb. of the following year, when they left for 
 Fort Donelson, joined Grant s army, and were 
 attached to Gen. C. F. Smith s Div. They ar 
 
 rived at Fort Donelson, Friday morning, the 
 2nd day of the battle, where they were held in 
 reserve for that day, but on the following day, 
 they were placed in the front line of the left 
 center where they threw up some temporary 
 works and dug rifle pits. In this position they 
 fought vigorously all day, and at the close 45 
 of their number were killed. The Regt. lay on 
 arms that night prepared for an advance at 
 dawn of the following day, but the rising Sol 
 dispelled the darkness, and a flag of truce, dis 
 played by the rebels, was seen. Mr. Huston s 
 Div. then marched to Fort Henry, a distance of 
 16 miles, where it remained in camp for 3 weeks, 
 then joined Grant s expedition to the Tenn. 
 River. They proceeded on transports, landing 
 frequently, making detours to locate the posi 
 tion of the enemy, and had numerous skir 
 mishes with the rebels. His Regt. participated 
 in the battle of Shiloh, Gen. Grant personally 
 assigning it a position on the Old Hamburg 
 Road, with orders to hold it all hazards. Here 
 the 58th 111. was temporarily annexed to Gen. 
 Prentice s Div., the former occupying a position 
 about the center. In this situation, the enemy 
 made an attack; the Regt. and left wing of the 
 Union army fell back, leaving Prentice s com 
 mand to be flanked on both sides, and resulted 
 in about 2,300 Union soldiers, including Mr. 
 Huston, being taken prisoners. During this battle 
 he was shot with a bullet through the right 
 shoulder. He was then sent to the Confederate 
 hospital at Mobile, where he remained 3 months. 
 To call this place a hospital would be a travesty 
 upon the word, therefore, a just regard for his 
 torical accuracy compelled Mr. Huston to call 
 this "hospital" wherein he was confined, a 
 human slaughter and maiming house combina- 
 nation. For instance, in that institution, the 
 surgeons (?) removed a comrade s arm from the 
 shoulder socket and that without the use of 
 anaesthetics who had been only slightly 
 wounded in the forearm. In his own case, he 
 had a bullet deeply imbedded, extracted from 
 near his spine with proffered whisky as the 
 only anesthetic. At this period chloroform was 
 worth $500 per pound in the Confederacy. So 
 it can be left to the imagination of the reader 
 
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 as to the quantity of that drug expended upon 
 the Union soldiers. 
 
 Aft*er his discharge, or rather after his hav 
 ing been turned out of the hospital, he was sent 
 to Macon, Ga., and there imprisoned on the 
 FairGrounds. He continued sick and physically 
 broken up, which was bad enough if endured 
 under reasonable circumstances: but in this 
 condition to be penned up with 20,OOO prisoners, 
 the majority of whom were sick or wounded, 
 many fatally, entombed with comrades dying 
 at the rate of 20 or 30 per day, practically with 
 out food, many naked or nearly so, rendered it 
 almost unbearable, and he many times wished 
 relief might come, even if such relief should be 
 heralded by that dread messenger, Death. He 
 was imprisoned here 3 months; then to Belle 
 Isle for 10 days, thence to the Libby Prison, 
 which proved to be a veritable morgue to many. 
 Here he was confined 5 weeks in the building 
 on the 3rd floor, and without an opportunity of 
 looking out at the sun. In his apartment the 
 men were compelled to sleep uniformly on their 
 right or left sides, packed like sardines, and 
 when tired of laying on one side, an order was 
 given to "right spoon" or "left spoon," as the 
 case might be; whereupon they all simultan 
 eously flopped over on the side indicated. A 
 true picture of the sickness, hunger, physical 
 and mental suffering endured, and patiently 
 borne by hundreds of Mr. Huston s comrades 
 in those Confederate prisons, is beyond the 
 power of the pen to portray. From Libby he 
 was marched to City Point, paroled and sent 
 to Parole camp, at Annapolis, where he was 
 held about 6 weeks. He was finally exchanged 
 and immediately joined his Regt., which pro 
 ceeded to Springfield and reorganized there 
 early in Dec., 1862. His Regt. was then ordered 
 to Cairo, and was occupied in guarding the 
 military prison, and so remained about 6 months. 
 From that point it went to St. Louis, and 
 marched across the State with Gen. A. J. Smith s 
 command, and succeeded, after several engage 
 ments and skirmishes, in driving Price and his 
 army out of Mo. Mr. Huston s Regt. then 
 returned to St. Louis; from there was sent to 
 Memphis, where it joined Gen. Sherman s com 
 
 mand, who organized what was called the 
 "Meridian" expedition. They tore up 60 miles 
 of railroad leading to Meridian, during which 
 they participated in several skirmishes. His 
 Regt. participated in the battle of Fort de 
 Russey, and was the first to plant its colors on 
 the fort after it was captured. It led the charge 
 and was exposed to the enemy s fire, causing it 
 many losses. 
 
 It arrived at Pleasant Hill, or Sabine Cross 
 Roads, on the eve of Gen. Banks defeat and saved 
 the day to him, and on the same evening, Gen. 
 Smith went into camp during the night, intending 
 to resume the pursuit the next morning, but after 
 midnight the Div. received orders to fall back to 
 Red River. This order he refused to obey until 
 advised by his staff and other officers as to the 
 consequence of his disobedience. He, however, 
 ungraciously yielded and fell back with his com 
 mand. Banks with his forces took transports 
 and left, leaving Gen. Smith to fight his way 
 back, harrassed and assaulted by the rebels all 
 the way until he reached the junction of the 
 Red River with the Miss., which march occu- 
 pied 3 weeks, and each night of that march the 
 men slept on their arms. At Yellow Bayou, 
 Mr. Huston s Regt. was rear guard and held the 
 rebels at bay while the troops crossed the river 
 on transports, arranged as pontoons. He was 
 placed in the 1st Brig., 3rd Div., i6th A. C., 
 with Gen. Mower, commander of the Brig. 
 While in that Brig, the battle of Yellow Bayou 
 was fought, in which his Regt. participated, 
 and lost every third man, in killed or wounded, 
 but mostly killed. In the skirmish at Alex 
 andria, just preceeding this, his brother Robert 
 Huston, lost his right leg. Our subject re 
 mained with Gen. Smith s Div. and engaged in 
 the battle of Nashville, Dec. 15, 1864. During 
 his army life he was promoted to Corporal and 
 afterwards was 1st Sergt., which he held until 
 he returned. He was mustered out as a sur 
 plus non-commissioned officer, upon the con 
 solidation of the Regt. into 4 Cos. of veteran 
 volunteers, although he had re-enlisted for 
 three years more of service. 
 
 He was born in N. Y. City, May 2, 1844, and 
 is a son of Robert Huston, who was born in 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 635 
 
 Ireland, of Scotch ancestry. His mother s 
 name was Elizabeth Shaw. They were the par 
 ents of the following children: John W., 
 Martha, Ann, Ella, Thomas J., Robert, Mary, 
 William and Eliza (2nd of the same name), 
 Martha (2nd of the same name), and two un 
 named twins, who died at birth. Two of Mr. 
 Huston s brothers, John and Robert, were also 
 in the war, serving in the same Regt. John W. 
 died of typhoid fever at St. Louis, in the sum 
 mer of 1864. When Mr. Huston was 8 years of 
 age, he moved with his father and family to 
 Grundy Co., 111., and settled on a farm. He 
 went to school and received a fair education. 
 He was Assessor of Internal Revenue for 
 Grundy Co., during the years of 1866 and 1867; 
 was Tax Collector for Braceville Township; 
 several years Alderman for Lemont; Police 
 Magistrate for Lemont for the past IO years, 
 and still holds that position. He is Agent for 
 the C., A. and St. Louis R. R. at Lemont, and 
 has conducted that office for 25 years; is Secre 
 tary of the Lemont Building, Loan & Home 
 stead Association, and President of the State 
 Bank of Lemont. 
 
 He married Kate A. Rose, of Gardner, 111., 
 Sept., 1872. She was a descendant of Annake 
 Jans, original owner of land on which Trinity 
 Church, New York City, is situated, and there 
 fore one of the claimant heirs to that property. 
 He had by his wife the following children: 
 Burdette W., Elmer. Horace H., Frederick G., 
 and Lester T., of whom Burdette W. is dead. 
 He is Past Master of Lemont Lodge, No. 708, 
 A. F. & A. M., and has held the position of 
 Worshipful Master for several years. He is 
 President of the Stone City Lodge, No. 138, 
 Independent Order of Mutual Aid of 111. Is 
 Prelate of Keepataw Lodge, No. 260, K. of P. 
 Mr. Huston has by his ability and energy 
 provided ample competence for his declining 
 years. He is a member of the G. A. R., Post 
 No. 460, of Lemont, 111., and has been its com 
 mander since its organization. In politics, he 
 is a Republican. A portrait of Mr. Huston is 
 presented in this work. 
 
 ALBERT HIPPEN, a prominent, progressive, 
 and highly-respected citizen of Pekin, 
 111., hails from Germany, where he first 
 saw the light of day on Jan. 31, 1845, a son f 
 U. H. and Anna Hippen. The family sailed 
 for America in the year 1857, settling in Peoria, 
 afterwards removing to Woodford Co., in the 
 same State. When but 19 years old, young 
 Albert left his home and loved ones, and went 
 forth to " do or die" in defense of his newly- 
 adopted flag. He accordingly enlisted in the 
 Union Army, in May, 1864, in Co. C, i3Qth 
 111. Vol. Inf., having joined the army under an 
 enlistment of a hundred days. The Reg. 
 moved from Peoria to St. Louis on the first 
 day of June, 1864, thence to Columbus, Ky., 
 afterwards on to Cairo where it was actively 
 engaged upon garrison duty. About the be 
 ginning of Aug., a guerrilla party had captured 
 some steamboats a short distance above Padu- 
 cah, as also several hundred horses and cattle, 
 at the same time threatening the city of St. 
 Louis. Comrade Hippen with a portion of his 
 Regt. volunteered their service, although their 
 term of enlistment had expired and they had 
 returned to Peoria. They set out for St. Louis, 
 started in pursuit of the Rebel army under 
 Price, and by the time they reached Otterville 
 had nearly overtaken him. They succeeded in 
 capturing a portion of the stock and confis 
 cated other stock from the adjoining Rebel 
 farmers sufficient to make good their previous 
 loss. They also captured two or three of the 
 ringleaders of the guerrilla party. Gen. Price 
 discontinued his movement against St. Louis 
 and moved toward the southern part of the 
 State. Our Union " boys " followed as fast as 
 possible, but failed to catch him. The Regt. 
 then returned to Peoria, where it was mustered 
 out of the service, Oct. 25, 1864, two months 
 after the men s term had expired. 
 
 Mr. Hippen then returned to Pekin and 
 entered the saddlery business, and subse 
 quently engaged in buying and selling grain. 
 He was thus engaged until 1888, when he 
 bought out Mr. William Wise of Wise & Co., 
 and established a new firm of Conklin, Sher 
 man & Hippen. This firm has prospered in its 
 
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 business beyond the most sanguine expecta 
 tion, and now controls one of the largest 
 trades of any firm in a similar line. Their 
 business is largely lumber, and they are also 
 builders and contractors, owning and operating 
 in connection therewith a large planing mill. 
 The establishment is one of Pekin s most 
 prominent and successful enterprises, due 
 solely to the integrity, the push and popularity 
 of all the members of the firm. 
 
 In the year 1877, Mr. Hippen concluded it 
 was not good to be alone, therefore in compli 
 ance with the scriptural injunction he "took to 
 himself a wife," Miss Leonora Ackerman, by 
 name. She is the amiable and estimable daugh 
 ter of C. W. and Cordula (Kempter) Acker 
 man, of Pekin, and has been his faithful and 
 loving helpmate to the present time, sharing 
 with her husband the general respect and 
 esteem entertained for them by their many 
 friends and acquaintances. The happy union 
 has been blessed by two bright intelligent 
 boys, William and Oscar. Mr. Hippen is a 
 member of Joe Hanna Post, G. A. R., and is a 
 Republican in politics. He is a true and unas 
 suming gentleman, whom it is always a pleasure 
 to know, and is universally recognized among 
 his fellow townsmen as an upright, honest man, 
 whose business and social methods commend 
 him to the highest confidence and respect of 
 his many friends and acquaintances. 
 
 M 
 
 AJOK GEN. ROBERT ANDERSON was born 
 Sept., 1805, in Ky.; educated at West 
 Point, where he graduated July, 1825; 
 entered military service as Brevet Second Lieut., 
 and served in the regular army until 1832, when 
 he was made 1st Lieut., and appointed instructor 
 in the military school at West Point. In 1838 
 was made Aidc-de-Camp on the Staff of Gen. 
 Scott, then Commandcr-in-Chief. Was pro 
 moted Captain for his distinguished services in 
 the Seminole war in 1841. Served in the Mex 
 ican .war, distinguishing himself at the battle 
 of Molino del Rey, where he was severely 
 wounded, but refused to leave the field until 
 
 the works had been carried and the Mexicans 
 surrendered. 
 
 For his manly courage and gallant conduct 
 on this occasion he was promoted to Major in the 
 regular army. In this position he served until 
 1861, when the Rebellion found him in com 
 mand of the Government fortifications at 
 Charleston, S. C. To resist the Government, 
 the first important step for S. Carolina to take 
 was to obtain possession of the forts com 
 manding Charleston Harbor. To do this the 
 most tempting offers were addressed to Maj. 
 Anderson. Wealth, honors and promotion 
 were offered in profusion. The condition on 
 which these glittering fortunes were offered 
 was simply to surrender his trust into the hands 
 of secession agents. The noble Kentuckian 
 was proof against all blandishments of treason. 
 While the emissaries of treason were exhaust 
 ing all the resources of diplomacy to secure 
 the forts at Charleston, Maj. Anderson was not 
 idle. Instead of listening to the seductions of 
 treason, he was preparing for rugged war. His 
 garrison occupied Fort Moultrie, situated on 
 Sullivan s Island, very accessible to Charleston, 
 and could be easily taken by a land force 
 attacking from the rear. Fort Sumter, about 
 a mile distant, stood half a mile from the near 
 est point of land in the water, was built of 
 brick, and was first-class masonry. 
 
 Without consulting the traitors, the garrison 
 was transferred to the latter fort. The rage of 
 Charleston, when these facts were known, knew 
 no bounds. Old acquaintances and long cher 
 ished friends denounced Anderson in unmeas 
 ured terms. In the meantime the administra 
 tion of President Buchanan closed, and Mr. Lin 
 coln was inaugurated President of the United 
 States, March 4, 1861. Among the first official 
 acts of the new Administration was to dispatch 
 a supply ship to the starving garrison of Fort 
 Sumter. As soon as this vessel reached the 
 channel approaching the fort, she was fired on 
 by Rebel cannon and speedily driven from the 
 harbor. This was the first hostile gun of the 
 coming war. A peremptory demand was made 
 on the commander to surrender the fort and 
 garrison, which was promptly declined. Long 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 lines of earth-works had been going up for 
 months; batteries planted, and every prepara 
 tion made to capture the fort, while the garrison 
 was not allowed to fire a gun. At 4 o clock on 
 the morning of the I2th of April, the Rebel 
 artillery opened on Fort Sumter, converg 
 ing a heavy fire from a large number of batte 
 ries. The fort replied with great spirit, and for 
 two days a garrison of 80 men fought 7,000 
 Rebels. At last, overwhelmed by numbers and 
 with no means of escape, the garrison surren 
 dered on the 1 4th. Maj. Anderson marched 
 out with the honors of war, and returned to 
 Washington City. 
 
 For his gallant defence of Sumter he was 
 made a Brig. Gen., and afterward, for long and 
 meritorious services, was breveted Major-Gen. 
 In 1865,011 the I4th of April, the anniversary of 
 his surrender, he was sent by the Govt. to again 
 raise the same flag on the now shattered walls 
 of Sumter. On account of ill health he re 
 tired from military service, but will long 
 be remembered by his countrymen, and honor 
 ed for a pure and noble patriotism that traitors 
 could not buy nor civil war destroy. He died 
 Oct. 27, 1871. 
 
 JOHN SLADE, M. D., proprietor of the Great 
 Western Pension Claim Agency, at Quin- 
 cy, 111., hails from Clark Co., Ky., where 
 he was born Aug. 2, 1826, the son of Lemuel 
 and Ann (Williams) Slade. His father who 
 was a M. E. minister, located in Ky. His fore 
 father came from Va., with Green Clay, in the 
 early pioneer days. His mother was a Ken- 
 tuckian by birth, and both now lie buried at 
 Batavia, Ohio, the former having died at the 
 age of 87, and the latter at 85. To the parents 
 were born five daughters and five sons, of whom 
 nine are living. The Slade family was truly a 
 loyal and patriotic one, for indeed each one of 
 the sons has faithfully rallied beneath the grand 
 old flag to fight for his country. James was a 
 soldier in the Mexican war and was killed in 
 battle of Rio Calaboosa. Isaac Newton, a se 
 cond brother, served through the war as Lieut. 
 
 and Captain in a Ky. Regt. ; is now engaged in 
 the merchant tailoring business at Lexington, 
 Ky. George Washington enlisted in an Ohio 
 Regt., served through the war and is now es 
 tablished in the mercantile business at Ladoga, 
 Ind. Lemuel Alexander served in the secret 
 service of the U. S. in the 7th Ohio Cav. and is 
 now in the employ of the Govt. at Frankfort, 
 Ky., and resides at Georgetown. The Doctor 
 was reared and gleaned his elementary educa 
 tion at Batavia, Ohio, and pursued his studies 
 at Cincinnati. He served in Co. A, ist La. Vol, 
 under Captain R. P. Mace during the entire 
 period of the Mexican war, being in the. same 
 organization with his brother James, whose 
 death he witnessed and mourned during those 
 trying hours. The Doctor himself received five 
 wounds during the service three from sabre 
 cuts and one lance wound which passed entirely 
 through his leg. Twice he was left on the 
 bloody field of battle as dead, and verily es 
 caped miraculously, as if by the will of Pro 
 vidence. 
 
 At the termination of the war with Mexico, 
 the Doctor began the study of medicine at 
 Cincinnati, pursuing his studies until admitted 
 to practice. He came West in 1853, entered 
 the college of Physicians and Surgeons at 
 Keokuk, la., and graduated therefrom in 1856, 
 having been in regular practice for several 
 years prior thereto. The ensuing seven years 
 the Doctor enjoyed an extensive practice and 
 July 7, 1863, he again responded as a son of 
 war, entering the nth Mo. Cav. as Surgeon of 
 said Regt., being honored with the appoint 
 ment of Brigade Surgeon, and was Surgeon in 
 Chief at Duvall s Bluff, and President of the 
 examining board. He was with the Regt. 
 throughout the service, and was instrumental 
 in securing its early mustering out at the close 
 of the war. He believed the men ought to be 
 at their homes, and accordingly they were 
 mustered out July 27, 1865, on his personal 
 application to the commanding General, Phil. 
 Sheridan, at New Orleans, La. The Doctor 
 then returned to his medical practice in New 
 Hartford, 111., which he continued to prosecute 
 until age and failing health compelled his 
 
638 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 retirement six years ago. Shortly after the 
 war he began to assist the "boys" in procuring 
 pensions, but made no charges for such ser 
 vices until 1885, when he bought out L. D. 
 Simmons & Co., who were then prosecuting 
 Government claims. As in his practice of 
 medicine, so in this the Doctor has been very 
 successful. With a finely-appointed suite of 
 rooms, employing several clerks and type 
 writers to facilitate the extensive correspond 
 ence of the office, he has ample facilities for 
 the successful prosecution of all kinds of 
 claims. Dr. Slade was married in 1849, to 
 Melinda C. Hayes, and by this union were born 
 four children: James Newton; Grant, who was 
 born and named just after Grant s victory at 
 Shiloh, Santee, and Olive. Mrs. Slade died 
 Nov. 9, 1884, and the Doctor was married the 
 second time Jan. 31, 1886, to the estimable 
 Mrs. Ella S. Matthews, nee (Fox,) a native of 
 Warsaw, 111. Her parents were Kentuckians, 
 and she is an educated and accomplished lady 
 whose early life was spent as a teacher. Mrs. 
 Slade is a member of the Women s Relief 
 Corps, and botn she and the Doctor are worthy 
 members of the M. E. Church. The Doctor is 
 a Mason, has on several occasions been a rep 
 resentative to the Grand Lodge, and has served 
 several terms as Worshipful Master of his 
 lodge. He is an active and enthusiastic worker 
 of the G. A. R., and is serving the fifth term as 
 surgeon of his post. He was honored with the 
 appointment of Assistant Inspector on the 
 staff of Colonel Distin when he was Comman 
 der of the Department of 111., and is now serv 
 ing in the same capacity under Colonel Clark. 
 A worthy citizen, he has won the esteem 
 of all who know him. 
 
 GENERAL ROBERT H. CARNAHAN,of Quincy ( 
 111., enlisted in the 3rd 111. Cav. as Cap- 
 tainof hiscompany.andwas mustered in 
 by Captain Pitcher, at Camp Butler, near Spring 
 field, 111., August, 1861. The Regt., under the 
 command of Col. E. A. Carr, went to St. Louis, 
 then to Springfield, Mo., and was soon engaged 
 
 at Pea Ridge. In this battle Captain Carnahan 
 was placed in command of the 3rd battalion, 
 3rd Cav., on the second day s fight, and, with 
 that battalion, marched with Gen. Hunter to 
 Helena, Ark., and was appointed Provost Mar 
 shal of the district of Eastern Ark. 
 
 He then went with Gen. Sherman to Vicks- 
 burg, and, with the command, took part in the 
 battle of Chickasaw Bayou, afterwards going to 
 Arkansas Post with Gen. McClernand. The next 
 movement was under Gen. Grant, on the march 
 to the rear of Vicksburgjthe 3rd Battalion being 
 assigned to the Div. commanded by Gen.Oster- 
 haus, was the advance on the march to Port 
 Gibson, Raymond, Champion Hills and Big 
 Black River Bridge. After the capture of Vicks- 
 burg the Regt. was sent with Gen. Sherman to 
 Jackson, Miss., and afterwards ordered to re 
 port to Gen. N. P. Banks, at New Orleans, and 
 was sent with the command to Gen. Franklin, 
 and participated in the important battles of that 
 campaign. 
 
 Captain Carnahan was subsequently made 
 Chief of Pickets for the I3th A. C., under Gen. 
 McClernand in Banks retreat, and, going from 
 New Orleans to Memphis, was placed in com 
 mand of that post at Germantown. From this 
 post he was sent to General Washburne to scout 
 through Western Ky., and reported to Gen. 
 Payne, commanding at Paducah. 
 
 The term of service expiring, the non-veter 
 ans reported at Springfield, and were mustered 
 out. Captain Carnahan was then commissioned 
 Lieut. -Colonel, and, commanding the Regt., re 
 ported to Major-General Hatch at Memphis, 
 marched with the Div. to Florence, then, falling 
 back to check Hood s advance, took part in the 
 battles of Lawrenceville, Campbellville, Spring 
 Hill, Franklin and Nashville; and, after follow 
 ing Hood s retreating forces to the Tenn. River, 
 went into camp at Eastport. He was then 
 commissioned Brevet Brigadier-General, and 
 sent on an independent Indian expedition with 
 his regiment to Fort Snelling, Minn., and, re 
 porting to Gen. Sibley, scouted through Da 
 kota to Devil s Lake, Turtle Mt., Fort Bartholdi, 
 and, returning to Fort Snelling Oct. 10, 1865, 
 was mustered out on that date. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 Gen Carnahan, with his Regt. participated 
 in 21 general engagements, and the list would 
 exceed IOO, if important skirmishes were con 
 sidered. Among the most important of these 
 battles may be mentioned Pea Ridge,. Sugar 
 Creek, Cotton Plant, Port Gibson, Raymond, 
 Big Black River Bridge, Champion Hills, the 
 assault and siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Ope- 
 lousas, Pine Woods, Lawrenceville, Spring Hills, 
 Franklin, Nashville, and many other fights in 
 cluding the active service on the Indian cam 
 paign in the wilds of the Northwest, making al 
 together a military record of which any soldier 
 may be justly proud. 
 
 General Carnahan entered the service a 
 Captain, and by recognized merit alone rose to 
 the prominent position of Brevet Brig. Gen., a 
 rank of distinction which gallant bravery and 
 faithful service on many a bloody field and 
 positions of importance and trust justly entitled 
 him to hold. He is also a gentleman whose 
 companionship is sought on account of his 
 many genial qualities and true worth which are 
 hidden under a modest demeanor. An instance 
 is given of General Carnahan and his coolness 
 in the presence of danger. He was ordered to 
 dismount his men and feel for the enemy whose 
 strength and location were not fully known. He 
 led his men for some time under a galling fire 
 of musketry, and coming to an open space, the 
 rebels fired on the little band with grape and 
 canister. The soldiers halted, feeling that 
 they were surrounded and overpowered, and 
 that it would be certain death to advance. With 
 a rare presence of mind, General Carnahan at 
 this moment ordered the bugler to sound the 
 charge, and a remnant of a Regt. springing 
 forward drove out an entire brigade of the 
 enemy. In recounting this incident the General 
 says he would have lost more men in endeavor 
 ing to retreat than he did in making the charge. 
 
 General Carnahan was born in Cumberland 
 Co., Pa., Sept. 21, 1823, and lived the greater 
 part of his earlier years on a farm near Attica, 
 Ind., obtaining his education in the public 
 schools. His father, William Carnahan, a 
 native of Cumberland Co., Pa., was of a family 
 whose ancestors, of Scotch and Irish descent, 
 
 came to America from the North of Ireland, in 
 1740, and settled on the Delaware River. The 
 father s father was a soldier in the Revolution 
 ary war, and an uncle of the father served as a 
 Colonel under Gen. Washington, and a brother 
 accompanied Aaron Burr on his trip into La. 
 The family are related to President Carnahan, 
 who was at the head of Princeton College in 
 1830. General Carnahan s father married Mary 
 Houstin (his first wife) by whom he had two 
 children Robert H., the subject of this 
 memoir; Andrew McDowell, who graduated at 
 Wabash College, became a lawyer and was 
 elected to the Indiana Legislature, but died in 
 the dawn of a promising career. By second 
 marriage: Sarah, the wife of Mr. McGifford, 
 who resides at Hudson, N. Y. ; Mary, who mar 
 ried Dr. W. C. Cole, and resides at Attica, Ind., 
 and Jane, who became the wife of Wm. Vander- 
 volgin, resided in Newton, Fountain Co., Ind., 
 and died in 1890. The mother died when 
 Robert H., was two years old, and the father 
 lived to the ripe old age of 84. General R. H. 
 Carnahan was engaged in commission and mer 
 cantile business at Attica, Ind., at the time of 
 the outbreak of the rebellion, and returning 
 from the war he was appointed Assessor of 
 Internal Revenue for the I5th District of 111., 
 and continued until a new administration made 
 a change necessary. He became engaged in 
 mining in Vermillion Co., and after a number 
 of years went to Joliet as storekeeper, and in 
 1888, he entered the 111. Soldier s and Sailor s 
 Home at Quincy, as Quartermaster and Com 
 missary, when the institution was organized, 
 and has retained that position to the present 
 time. 
 
 General Carnahan was married in Attica, 
 Ind., Jan. I, 1850, to Eliza A. Davis of Newark, 
 Ohio, and has two children: Clara, the wife of 
 Thomas S. Parks, who is in charge of a divi 
 sion of the Treasury Department at Washing 
 ton, in which he has charge of a large number 
 of clerks; and William McDowell, born at Dan 
 ville, 111., in 1857, and married to a lady in 
 Kansas City, Mo., who is of French extraction 
 and well educated in that language, making 
 teaching, a profession until married. He re- 
 
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 sides in Portland, Ore., and is a commercial 
 traveler. 
 
 General Carnahan is a prominent member 
 of the Masonic order, and was for two years 
 Commander of the G. A. R. Post; in politics he 
 is a Republican, and a gentleman actively in 
 terested in the progressive movements of the 
 day, and benevolent enterprises that are prac 
 tical and worthy of intelligent consideration. 
 
 CAPT. EDWARD BIGELOW, enlisted in the 
 Union Army Aug, 1862, in Co. F, i3Oth 
 111. Vol. Inf. His Regt. proceeded to 
 Memphis, where it spent most of the winter, 
 being at Fort Pickering for a time. In April, 
 1863, it moved to Milliken s Bend, where it 
 was assigned to the I3th A. C., and was the 
 first of the troops to arrive below the city of 
 Vicksburg. It was actively engaged in the 
 battle at Port Gibson, then at Champion 
 Hills, and the following day at Big Black River. 
 It then assisted in the assault upon the Rebel 
 works at Vicksburg, on May 22, 1864, during 
 which the men suffered severely from the Rebel 
 fire, among the casualties sustained being their 
 Captain, who was killed. It then joined in the 
 siege, continuing to be employed in the trenches 
 until the surrender of Vicksburg, then started 
 for Jackson, which place they besieged for 
 about ten days, returning to Vicksburg during 
 the month of Aug. In Oct., Capt. Bigelow 
 moved with the Regt. to New Orleans and from 
 there crossed to Berwick Bay, thence up Bayou 
 Teche, and on to New Siberia, where he contin 
 ued until about Dec. i. There our subject was 
 transferred to the 93rd 111. as Captain of Co. F, 
 a position of honor, as none other than the brave 
 would be selected to fill it. At Franklin, La., 
 his Regt. was placed in charge of the Quarter 
 master s stores, his being the only Regt. at that 
 place, the remainder of the army under Banks 
 having gone on the Red River expedition. A 
 few days after the main army had left all com 
 munication was cut off and reports came in 
 that his Regt. would be attacked by Bailey 
 
 Vincent, a great guerrilla leader. In Oct., 1864, 
 Capt. Bigelow was appointed Provost Marshal 
 in a Parish, in La., with headquarters at Tibbe- 
 deaux, where he remained for 9 months. Hold 
 ing this responsible position, it became his duty 
 to see that all colored people were honorably 
 dealt with by their employers, and to make all 
 needed repairs to the levees along the river 
 protecting the plantations. On one occasion 
 he called upon the civil authorities to make 
 needed repairs, and they refusing, he had the 
 work performed and a levy made to pay the 
 expenses of the repairs. The Sheriff of the 
 district holding an execution against a planter, 
 levied upon the defendant s cotton, but as the 
 colored help working upon the plantation had 
 not been paid for their services, Capt. Bigelow 
 prevented the sheriff from disposing of the 
 goods. He was arrested for contempt, taken 
 to New Orleans, where he pleaded his own case, 
 and was acquitted. He rejoined his Regt. in 
 June at Carrollton, near New Orleans. He 
 was subsequently mustered out of the service 
 July 29, 1865, at the last named place. 
 
 Capt. Bigelow was born at Geneseo, N. Y,, 
 May 14, 1837, where he lived until 18 years of 
 age, then attended the State Normal school at 
 Ypsilanti, Mich., for 18 months, graduating 
 from that institution. He then moved to 111., 
 locating near Belleville, in 1858, and taught 
 school for a time, afterwards going to Leba 
 non, where he accepted a position in the city 
 schools. Subsequently he taught school for 
 several terms in the vicinity of Greenville, and 
 for another at Pocahontas, where he was en 
 gaged at the time of his enlistment. Soon after 
 his discharge from the army he was married to 
 Lucy H. Brown, by whom he had three chil 
 dren, namely: George F., Mary C. and Charles 
 A. At the close of the war he went to reside 
 in Greenville, 111., where he spent several years 
 in farming and fruit-raising. He was after 
 ward appointed Principal of Troy schools, of 
 Madison Co., 111., then removed to Austin, 
 Minn., where he held a similar position. Leav 
 ing there, he returned to Troy, where he resided 
 seven years, during two of which he was prin 
 cipal of the McCreary Drawing Academy. He 
 
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 was then appointed Principal of the High 
 School at Champaign, where his family now re 
 side. In 1890 he was appointed U. S. Store 
 keeper, with headquarters at Pekin. When 
 teaching at .Troy the Blackburn University of 
 this State conferred upon Captain Bigelow the 
 degree of A. M. 
 
 He is a member of Post No. 146, G. A. R., 
 and Odd Fellows. He also belongs to the A. 
 O. U. W. society; Knight s of Honor of Cham 
 paign. 
 
 DR. IRA B. CURTIS, Justice of the Peace, 
 Decatur, 111., was born in Delaware Co. ? 
 Ohio, Oct., 1823. His father, whose 
 name was Carlos, was a native of Conn., and a 
 well-to-do farmer. The family of Curtis is of 
 Scotch-Irish descent. His mother was May 
 Sample, a native of Conn., of Irish descent. 
 The early life of Ira B., up to the age of 12, was 
 passed at his birth place in Ohio. In 1835, n ^ s 
 father removed to 111., settling in Sangamon 
 Co., after two years locating in Coles Co. Ira 
 B. attended school at Decatur, in 1842, being in 
 the same class with Gov. Oglesby. This school 
 was a private establishment conducted by Sam 
 uel Allen. After being a student for one year 
 he returned to Coles Co. and taught a school at 
 the place now known as Oakland, for a term of 
 nine months. In the fall of 1844, he began the 
 study of medicine in Decatur, reading under 
 Dr. Joseph King, who (1891) is still living. 
 After 1 8 months of this preparation he entered 
 the State Medical College at St. Louis, and 
 attended lectures during 1846-7, returning to 
 Decatur and entering into an equal partnership 
 with Dr. King, his former preceptor. He sub 
 sequently returned to College at St. Louis, 
 graduating in March, 1849. In June of the same 
 year he located at Taylorsville, Christian Co., 
 where he practiced his profession until April 
 25, 1855, when he returned to Decatur, resum 
 ing practice which he continued until the spring 
 of 1862, with lucrative results. In Feb., 1862, 
 
 he was ordered by Gov. Yates to go to Fort 
 Donelson to afford medical and surgical atten 
 tion to the sick and wounded, which he did 
 with consummate tact and skill. He labored 
 faithfully at his post and in the removal of the 
 sick and wounded soldiers to Cairo, sending to 
 their homes all who were able to go, the others 
 being placed in the hospitals at Cairo and 
 Mound City. After this he sent to the Gov. a 
 list of the soldiers from 111. who had been killed 
 or wounded, giving in each instance the nature 
 of the wound and the probable results. This 
 compilation required much time and careful 
 research. 
 
 Returning to Decatur he resumed his prac 
 tice, which he continued until ordered by the 
 Gov. in person to proceed to Cairo, thence going 
 on as far as Mound City, where he entered into 
 a contract for duty as a Surgeon in the U. S. 
 service. Soon after this a large number of 
 wounded was brought in and the Doctor estab 
 lished a hospital in an old frame slaughter 
 house. Some of these wounded men had 
 undergone surgical operations, while the others 
 were yet to be attended to. A week later, the 
 regular Surgeon, Dr. Groom, was taken sick 
 and sent home. The hospital was now placed 
 in charge of Dr. Curtis, who was invested with 
 the care of 996 wounded men. Owing to the 
 fact that there were here but few surgeons, the 
 Dr. was on active duty for 22 hours each day 
 for ten days. Before the end of this period of 
 arduous and unremitting service the Doctor 
 was afflicted with an irritation of the spine, 
 which speedily growing worse, soon unfitted 
 him for duty. He was paralyzed from the 
 middle of his body to the lower extremities, 
 and has since never been able to walk. He 
 was attended by the most eminent physicians 
 in the U. S., including Dr. Brown Sequard, the 
 noted expert in nervous disorders, but received 
 no permanent relief. He had sacrificed one of 
 the best paying practices in the State, and gave 
 up health and comfort for the cause of the 
 Union. He came home May 10, 1862. At a 
 council of five eminent physicians, a prescrip 
 tion was prepared for him, in compounding 
 which the druggist made a mistake and gave 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 him corrosive sublimate, instead of proto- 
 iodide of mercury, as ordered in the prescrip 
 tion. This so poisoned his system as to nearly 
 bring on his death, the result being a rapid 
 decline, during which he grew so emaciated as 
 to cause his physicians to despair of his recov 
 ery. His recovery was indeed slow, and in 
 Sept., 1863, he was able to sit and went 
 in his own private carriage to Chicago, where 
 he consulted Drs. N. S. Davis and Brainard, 
 and returned home to Decatur. In the fall 
 of 1863, he was a candidate for County Treas 
 urer, and was elected by a handsome majority, 
 although his opponent was the "wheel horse of 
 the Democracy." He filled that office for 3 
 consecutive terms. After this a number of 
 years he made the treatment of the diseases of 
 the eye and ear a specialty, in which he was 
 financially successful. He was elected a Jus 
 tice of the Peace in the year 1877, and is now 
 serving his fourth term, which expires in 1893. 
 Included in his jurisdiction is also the office of 
 Police Magistrate. He is a member of the 
 Masonic Lodge, No. 8, of Decatur, 111., and is a 
 prominent Republican. 
 
 He was married July 10, 1849, a * Decatur, 
 to Jane Butler, a native of Ky., who had come 
 to 111. about 1835, or 1836. She is still living, 
 being both deaf and blind. They have had 
 five children Lemar L., Otto E., William, Ida 
 May, and Frank, of whom only Frank and 
 Otto E., are living, now leading jewelers of 
 Decatur. Dr. Curtis has enjoyed the acquaint 
 ance and esteem of many distinguished men, 
 among whom was the martyr President, Abra 
 ham Lincoln. Among his legacies of the war, 
 Dr. Curtis prizes none more highly than the 
 order of Gov. Yates for his services in attend 
 ing the sick and wounded of 111. 
 
 To Dr. Curtis has been vouchsafed great 
 talents, which he has well and wisely employed, 
 and although in his declining years resting 
 heavily under affliction, he can take the paliat- 
 ing consciousness of having faithfully and fear 
 lessly met and discharged his responsibilities. 
 
 Since the above sketch was written, Dr. 
 Curtis passed quietly away to that home be 
 yond. 
 
 WE beg to introduce to the observation 
 of the reading public E. M. Helm, 
 of Sidney Post, No. 317, G. A. R. 
 Commander Helm, at the age of 16 years, be 
 came a member of Co. A, I54th. 111. Vol. Inf., 
 and doubtless he would have been in the Re 
 bellion at an earlier period if he had been big 
 enough to carry a gun. From Camp Butler he 
 accompanied his Regt. to Louisville thence to 
 Nashville and Murfreesboro, doing much hard 
 marching, and suffering severely, from over 
 work and exposure to inclement weather. 
 
 During this period his resting place at night 
 was generally upon the cold snow-covered 
 ground, with his musket for a pillow, and the 
 canopy of the heavens for a covering. Whilst 
 Commander Helm survived those hardships, 102 
 men of his Regt., in the short space of 2 weeks, 
 had " fallen by the way." At Murfreesboro, his 
 Regt. was placed upon guard for a time, then 
 marched across the country to Tullahoma Sept. 
 1 8th, 1865, he was mustered out, and discharged 
 upon the 29th of the same month. Although his 
 Regt. went to the front towards the close of 
 the war, it did much valuable service pursuing 
 the Rebel Hood, and his forces, from place to 
 place, through Tenn. and Ala. It was com 
 posed largely of men who had seen service in 
 other organizations, consequently, they soon 
 became proficient in drill, commanded by the 
 gallant Col. F. M. Wood, of Jacksonville. 111., 
 who died at Nashville, Tenn., in July, 1865, be 
 ing in command of the Post. Mr. Helm, though 
 sick and sore from hard marching and ex 
 posure, persistently refused to yield to his 
 sickness, preferring to stay with his fellows 
 and share in the glories of the war. He was not 
 off duty, or absent from his Regt., during his 
 time of service for even one day. Mr. Helm 
 had 2 brothers in the same service, Benj. F., 
 Capt. of Co. A., 26th 111., who served for over 3 
 years, and J. W. Helm, who served in Co. I, 
 1 3th Mo. Cav. Commander Helm was born in 
 Incl. in 1848 a son of James M., and Agnes 
 (Carter) Helm. His grandfather served in the 
 war of 1812. Our subject moved West with his 
 parents in 1853, settling on the open prairies of 
 111., in Champaign Co. Young Helm spent his 
 
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 early days on his father s farm and in attending 
 the common school of the place. After the 
 war he attended the Bloomingdale Academy, 
 Ind., for 3 years, from which he graduated. He 
 then taught school for three years, then followed 
 farming, but for the past 12 years he has been 
 in the employ of the Govt. as Mail Agent, run 
 ning the greater part of the time on the Wabash 
 railroad. He is one of the charter members of 
 the G. A. R. Post at Sidney, of which he has 
 been commander for 2 years, having pre 
 viously passed through several of the subordi 
 nate offices. In 1869, Mr. Helm married 
 Beulah Stanley, of Park Co., Ind., a lady of cul 
 ture and high attainments, and 10 children have 
 been the fruits of that marriage. He received 
 an excellent education, which he has suppli- 
 mented by a liberal course of reading; is genial 
 and affable in his manner, deservedly popular 
 with his fellow citizens and comrades, and re 
 sides in his pleasant home surrounded by his 
 wife and interesting family. He has been a 
 life-long Republican. 
 
 HENRY BATTERMAN, of Elgin, 111., is a native 
 of Hesse, Germany, was born May 4, 
 1836. He became a soldier at the open 
 ing of the late rebellion, enlisting in Co. I, 52d 
 111. Vol. Inf., Sept. 11, i86i,at Dundee, and was 
 mustered in at Geneva, where the Regt. re 
 mained for two months, drilling and becoming 
 acquainted with army movements. It then pro 
 ceeded to St. Louis, thence to St. Joseph, Mo., 
 then on to Fort Holt. Soon it moved to Fort 
 Donelson, arriving in time to take charge of the 
 prisoners there captured, and was detailed to 
 accompany them to Springfield, 111. Returning 
 two weeks later to St. Louis, the command was 
 again united and proceeded to Paducah, taking 
 transports forPittsburg Landing, where it camped 
 until April 6. Then came the fearful battle of 
 Shiloh, lasting two days, during which the 52d 
 suffered severely in killed and wounded. The 
 Regt. was in Col. Sw r eeney s Brig, (who was 
 several times wounded), with Gen. Wallace as 
 Div. Commander, who met his death during 
 
 this bloody conflct. It then went skirmishing 
 after the enemy, and on to Corinth, engaging 
 him at Farmington, and Montreal, then went 
 into camp at Corinth until Sept., having in the 
 meantime several heavy skirmishes in the vicin 
 ity. The next engagement was luka, Sept. 19, 
 then closely followed that of Corinth. Both 
 were bloody encounters, and during the 
 latter comrade Batterman was badly wounded 
 in the right forearm. He was sent to 
 the hospital at Mountain City, continued there 
 until Dec. 4, 1862, and was mustered out and 
 finally discharged at Cairo. Having recovered, 
 he re-enlisted Feb. 12, 1863, at Elgin, in Co. K., 
 52d 111. Vol. Inf., went to Louisville, Ky., then 
 to Nashville, thence to Pulaski, on camp duty 
 until about April of the same year, when he 
 was detached for service on the Div. Ambulance 
 Corps, and later transferred to the 57th, as am 
 bulance driver for that Regt. He took part in 
 the battle of Chickamauga, and in the following 
 spring participated in the famous Atlanta cam 
 paign, and was in nearly all the leading battles 
 of that expedition, of which Rocky Face Ridge, 
 Resaca, Kenesaw Mt, Peach Tree Creek, At 
 lanta, and Jonesboro were the principal ones. 
 Subsequent to this expedition he was in the 
 battle of Allatoona Pass, and was present when 
 Gen. Sherman signaled Gen. Corse, who was 
 about to surrender, to " hold the fort." Mr. Bat 
 terman after this assisted in taking the sick and 
 wounded to the general hospital at Rome, re 
 turned to Atlanta, and moved with the army on 
 the march to the sea, partaking in all the hard 
 ships and trials of that long and tedious march, 
 resulting in the capture of Fort McAllister and 
 Savannah. After eating his Christmas dinner 
 at Savannah, he started upon the march through 
 the Carolinas, participating in the battles of 
 Lawtonville,Averysboro,BentonvilleandGolds- 
 boro, and at the conclusion of the war, set out 
 for Washington, via Richmond and Petersburg. 
 On arrival he camped upon Arlington Heights, 
 now used as a National Cemetery, and as a final 
 act of his soldier life, joined in the Grand 
 Review. 
 
 He was then sent to Louisville, where, July 
 6, 1865, he was mustered out and discharged. 
 
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 He had two brothers in the same war, one being 
 in the I4ist, and afterwards in the I53d 111., 
 until the war closed. 
 
 He married Henrietta Schroeder, and by 
 this union were born the following children 
 Emma A., Mary L., John H., Etta M., Laura 
 D., Henry W., and Lea the third and fourth of 
 whom are dead. 
 
 Comrade Batterman is a Republican in poli 
 tics, and is a most worthy and respected citizen 
 of his community. 
 
 SERGEANT HENRY M. AUSTIN, the Subject of 
 our present sketch, was born in Pa., July 16, 
 1846. When but 4 years of age he re 
 moved with his parents, T. D. and Susan 
 Austin to Ind., settling in Waveland. When 
 17 years of age young Austin enlisted May 6, 
 1864, as a private in Co. G, I33rd Ind. Vol. 
 Inf., for the 3 months service. He served 4 
 months and was discharged Sept. 5. His Regt. 
 continued to be engaged on post duty at 
 Bridgeport, Ala., until his term had expired. 
 He immediately re-enlisted for one year in Co. 
 B, I42nd Ind, and was mustered in Oct. 29, 
 1864, then proceeded to Nashville and as 
 sisted in guarding the railroads in that vicin 
 ity. This was very hazardous employment, a^> 
 that section of the country was infested with 
 guerrillas, and as the boys were compelled to 
 ride usually upon the tops of the cars many of 
 them were shot and wounded without knowing 
 an enemy was near by. At the time Hood 
 drove Thomas back to Nashville, Mr. Austin 
 was on a train at White Bluffs. The Rebel 
 Cav. saw the train and made a dash upon it, 
 killing four of the men upon the train, but the 
 engineer put on full steam and soon was be 
 yond their reach. The Regt. afterwards re 
 turned to Nashville, where it continued until 
 July 14, 1865, where the boys were mustered 
 out and discharged. Mr. Austin s Regt. was 
 composed almost entirely of young boys, who 
 had sought an entrance into the ranks and 
 were finally accepted. He was promoted to 
 Sergt. Jan. 29, 1865. 
 
 He returned to Waveland and commenced 
 clerking for Davis & Hannah, dealers in gen 
 eral merchandise, remaining there for two years. 
 Leaving there, he removed to Potomac, 111., 
 where he followed a similar business. In 1873 
 he married Sallie A. Rice, daughter of Wood 
 ward Rice, and the succeeding year moved to 
 Ottertail Co., Minn., where he lived for two 
 years, returning again to Potomac, 111., where 
 he continued until 1887. During that year he 
 was elected Tax Collector of his township and 
 has been elected at each succeeding election 
 since that time. In Nov., 1891, he was ap 
 pointed to the office of U. S. Storekeeper for 
 8th Dist. of 111., with the headquarters at Pekin. 
 He has six children, namely: Izora A., Harry 
 M., Pearl, Theo. Woodard, Grace, and John B. 
 He is a member of the G. A. R., No. 352, of 
 Potomac, and a Republican in politics. He is 
 also an Odd Fellow, being a member of the 
 Middlefork Lodge, No. in, of Potomac, as well 
 as a member of the M. W. of A., Artisan 
 Camp, No. 678, of Potomac. Mr. Austin had 
 two brothers in the Rebellion, namely: Theron, 
 who was a member of the nth Ind. Inf., and 
 Jerome, a younger brother, who served for a 
 time in the I33i d, and afterwards in the I42nd 
 Ind. Mr. Austin is recognized as a gentleman 
 entertaining liberal views upon all questions, 
 moral and political, and carries with him the 
 respect and esteem of all who know him. 
 
 ROBERT CLINE, of Camp Point, 111., was 
 born in Canton, 111., Dec. 23rd, 1834. His 
 parents were Jesse and Sarah (Muier) 
 Cline, both natives of Penn. His father died 
 in this State when our subject was 2 years old, 
 and his mother when he was 10. Being thus 
 rendered an orphan, he grew to manhood 
 among strangers. After his mother s death he 
 lived 4 years with an uncle, who proved to be 
 a rather hard taskmaster. He followed farm 
 life till the date of his enlistment, Aug., 1862, 
 in Co. I, 1 1 5th 111. He went from Springfield 
 to Cincinnati, and at once crossed the river to 
 Covington, Ky., where he remained a month 
 
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 or more. From here he went to Richmond, 
 Ky. At this place suffered intensely from 
 exposure to cold, it being now winter and 
 accommodations not being the best. The water 
 was also very bad, and many men incurred 
 diseases and death from the use of it. At 
 Danville, Co. I was detailed to guard Dix 
 River Bridge, about 8 miles from camp, and 
 our subject became prostrated with bilious 
 fever, and was taken to a private house and 
 cared for by a family, to whom he feels under 
 lasting obligations. The family was that of 
 J. P. Price. He was attended by Dr. Jones, a 
 rebel physician, from Bryantsville, who asked 
 him if he was not afraid to take his medicine, 
 and he answered: "No, I have but once to die." 
 He took the medicine and recovered. The 
 Doctor refused recompense for his valuable 
 service. The Regt. suffered terribly from 
 measles while at Danville. Marched from Dan 
 ville to Louisville, then to Nashville, on which 
 trip Mr. Cline was taken sick and sent to Hos 
 pital at Nashville, to the Zollicoffer house 
 this being formerly the residence of the rebel 
 Gen. of that name. He rejoined his Regt. at 
 Franklin, Tenn., in the spring of 1863. Here a 
 rebel Col. and Adjutant were hung, a portion 
 of Co. I, 1 1 5th, being at "the party." Had a 
 battle at Shelbyville, where the 6th Ky. Cav. 
 had captured about 200 rebels, and almost 
 every one of them was cut on the head with a 
 Yankee sabre. Mr. Cline started on the Chicka- 
 mauga campaign and was in that engagement. 
 On Thursday Sept. i/th the Ii5th 111. and 40th 
 Ohio took position on the extreme left of Rose- 
 crans army, at McAffee Church, had a hard 
 skirmish here on Saturday, next day took up 
 position at about the centre of the army in the 
 line of battle. 
 
 The Regt. was ordered to charge to the top 
 of the hill. On reaching the summit they were 
 ordered to retire, the 2ist Mich, relieving them. 
 This Regt. was all killed, captured, or wounded, 
 except 21 men and 2 commissioned officers. 
 The 115th rallied, reformed, and charged again 
 to the top of the hill, a position which they held 
 until compelled to retire. They formed again at 
 the foot of the hill and while standing there Gen. 
 
 Steadman, the Div. Commander, seized the 
 colors of the 1 1 5th from the hands of the Color 
 Sergeant and dashed to the front, the Regt. 
 following his lead. Arrived near the top of the 
 hill where the Gen. halted, and whilst standing 
 in line with fixed bayonets and empty cartridge 
 boxes, a piece of artillery was sent to the res 
 cue. This gun took position at the centre of 
 the 1 1 5th, and was charged with grape and 
 canister. Our subject says this made the 
 sweetest music he ever heard. 
 
 Gen. Steadman received a slight wound 
 while leading this gallant charge. This was 
 the turning point of the battle, and to the hero 
 ism of this gallant officer is largely due the fact 
 that this position was held against such fearful 
 odds. It was now dark and the battle was over, 
 the 1 1 5th being among the last troops to leave 
 the field. They next moved to Mission 
 Ridge, where they lay one day; the next night 
 crossed the Tenn., went into camp near Brown s 
 Ferry, and remained there about 6 weeks. Here 
 Bragg succeeded in cutting off the supplies, and 
 the troops suffered intensely from want of 
 rations. Artillery horses actually starved to 
 death, and fell over while attached to the picket 
 ropes. During his three years service, Mr. 
 Cline never suffered as much from hunger as 
 here. On being relieved by Hooker s troops, 
 he retired to Shell Mound, Tenn., where he 
 spent the winter of 63-4, being unfit for active 
 service by reason of the recent experiences at 
 Brown s Ferry. In the spring of 64, he marched 
 to Blue Springs, Tenn., then went on a recon- 
 noissance in the vicinity of Dalton which occu 
 pied about a week. While at Blue Springs he 
 was shot in the foot, was in hospital for 6 weeks 
 and off duty on that acccount about 3 months, 
 then went with Sherman on his Atlanta cam 
 paign, as far as Resaca, Ga., participating in 
 the battle at Sugar Gap. Here the Regt. was 
 detailed to guard the R. R. from Resaca to 
 Nashville. Hood drove them away from Tun 
 nel Hill, capturing one Co. of the Regt., when 
 they retired to Nashville, joining the extreme 
 left of Thomas army at that place. He was 
 then transferred to the centre of the army near 
 Fort Negley and there rejoined the old brigade, 
 
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 from whom they had been separated at Resaca, 
 He participated in the battle at Nashville, 
 where he received an injury from which he has 
 never recovered and which prevented his 
 further active service. From Nashville he went 
 to Huntsville, Ala., and remained in camp for 
 some time. Went from Huntsville to Bull s 
 Gap, E. Tenn., and while there, news of Lin 
 coln s assassination and of Lee s surrender 
 reached the army. He returned to Nashville 
 and remained about 3 months, came to Camp 
 Butler, and was discharged, after 3 years service. 
 He returned to his family in 111., where he had 
 been married March I5th, 1859, to Miss Julia 
 Courtney. Four sons bless this Union, 2 living 
 William Henry and Joseph Edward. Mr. 
 Cline had the misfortune to lose his excellent 
 wife, she having died 14 years ago. He is a 
 member of J. P. Lasley Post, No. 542, G. A. R., 
 a member of the Christian Church, a pensioner 
 by reason of army disability to engage in busi 
 ness, and a Prohibitionist in politics. 
 
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 AJOR GEORGE SMITH AVERY, of Galena, 
 111., whose genealogy can be traced 
 back to a family of Norman origin that 
 came to England in the nth century with Wil 
 liam the Conqueror, was born April 16, 1835, 
 at Avery, Jo Daviess Co., 111. He is the eldest 
 son of William and Phcebe (Reed) Avery, who 
 were early pioneers in 111., the father taking an 
 active part in the Black Hawk War, and in all 
 matters that pertained to the advantage and 
 welfare of his locality. 
 
 George Smith Avery was born on a farm 
 and educated in the common schools of the 
 early days, and at the Seminary at Mt. Morris, 
 111. In the spring of 1861, at the first call for 
 volunteers, he left the field where he was sow 
 ing wheat and enlisted in the first company that 
 was organized in Jo Daviess Co., and was made 
 ist Sergeant of Co. F, I2th 111. Inf., forgo days 
 service. 
 
 Co. F was recruited and organized at Galena 
 and sent to Springfield to be mustered in, and 
 soon after went to Casseyville, near St. Louis, 
 
 then to Cairo, from which several expeditions 
 were made, one into Mo. The term of enlist 
 ment was chiefly spent at Cairo in camp and 
 garrison duty. Here Sergeant Avery re-en 
 listed, and went home on furlough and assisted 
 his father in the harvest field. When ready to 
 return he met his company at Mendota, 111.., 
 where he became seriously ill, but boarded the 
 train for Cairo, going at once to the hospital on 
 arrival, he remained several weeks and was sent 
 home on furlough. When he had recovered, a 
 Co. of Cav. was organized in which his brother 
 and many neighbor boys had enlisted, so he 
 secured a discharge and joined in this service. 
 There being no call for Cav. in 111. the Co. was 
 sent to St. Louis, from thence to Palmyra in 
 Dec., 1861, and mustered in as Co. I, 3d Cav., 
 Mo. Vol., U. S. A. In this organization Mr. 
 Avery was soon commissioned ist Lieut. Re 
 mained in this State until March, 1862, and was 
 ordered from St. Louis to Rolla, which was 
 made headquarters for several months, and 
 from which numerous raids and expeditions 
 \vere made. On July 5, 1862, Lieut. Avery was 
 commissioned Captain, and the Regt. was after 
 ward divided, the portion with which Captain 
 Avery was connected being stationed at Hous 
 ton, Mo., for a time until ordered to reinforce 
 the Inf. under Col. Merrill, who Jan. 10, met 
 and defeated a body of rebels about 8 miles 
 south of Hartsville, Mo. Order then came for 
 a march to Lebanon, about 30 miles distant. 
 While the Battalion was stationed at Hartsville 
 about half the company was sent to Rolla for 
 supplies. When within 8 or 10 miles of Harts 
 ville. at Beaver creek, this returning body was 
 captured, and when the news of the fact reached 
 Captain Avery he started with a force that 
 night, found his men who had been paroled by 
 the enemy and took them back with him. Ear 
 ly in May headquarters were removed to Pilot 
 Knob, and soon after this force assisted in driv 
 ing Price and his rebel hordes from Southeast 
 Mo. On this expedition the cavalrymen were 
 in the saddle for eight days and nights without 
 unsaddling their horses. While at Pilot Knob 
 Captain Avery was sent as a witness in a Court 
 Martial case to St. Louis, and from that place 
 
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 made a visit home and was married, but soon 
 returned to Pilot Knob. 
 
 Early in July a movement was made to join 
 Gen. Steele at Clarendon, Ark., and the whole 
 march was a continual skirmish. Then pro 
 ceeded toward Little Rock, meeting the enemy 
 at Bayou Meto, where a severe battle was 
 fought. Little Rock surrendered after a severe 
 engagement at the crossing of the Arkansas 
 river, Sept. 23, 1863, and soon after the Third 
 Mo. Cav. made an extended expedition into 
 Northern Ark., spending several weeks at Jack- 
 sonport, from which a raid of 50 or 60 miles 
 was executed into the mountains of Northern 
 Ark. During this trip Capt. Avery was accom 
 panied by his wife, who shared his lot in camp 
 and field for a few months in the winter of 
 1863-4. 
 
 Sept. 2, 1864, Captain Avery was promoted 
 to the rank of Major. In Oct., 1864, he was 
 sent out with about 500 men to Princeton, Ark., 
 where he defeated 1,200 or 1,500 rebels, drove 
 them some miles further south, captured about 
 50 prisoners, and then turning toward Little 
 Rock, met no opposition until within 20 miles 
 of Little Rock. At Hurricane Creek he was 
 attacked by a force of rebels under Col. Logan, 
 numbering 1,000, which was routed, after hav 
 ing suffered a loss of four killed and II 
 wounded. Major Avery then went home in 
 charge of the remains of one of the men 
 killed. 
 
 Previous to the Princeton expedition the 
 Regt. accompanied the 7th Corps on the Cam- 
 den raid, on which it was absent some four 
 weeks, and was engaged in the battles of 
 Jenkins Ferry and Marks Mill. At one time 
 during the stay at Little Rock Major Avery 
 was sent to Mo. on recruiting service for a few 
 weeks. At Little Rock he was discharged 
 
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 with his Regt. Mar. 18, 1865. In the Western 
 Army, serving in the 7th Corps, Major Avery 
 participated in all the engagements of that 
 command, and bears honorable wounds received 
 in battles fought for the honor of his country s 
 flag, and during his three years service had 
 three horses wounded and one killed under him 
 on the field. At the close of the war he re 
 
 turned to the old homestead in Jo Daviess Co., 
 and continued his occupation of farming until 
 1876, then he was elected Clerk of the Circuit 
 Court, and so acceptable were his services that 
 he held the office until 1888. He is at the 
 present time Secretary and Manager of the 
 Galena Axle Grease Co.; an active member in 
 the E. D. Kiltoe Post, No. 502, G. A. R., in 
 which he has served two terms as P. C., and is 
 a charter member. He maintains his interest 
 in all that concerns the welfare of the State and 
 Nation. 
 
 Major Avery was married June 7, 1863, at 
 Big Rock, 111., to Elizabeth Little, a lady of 
 Scotch parentage, and the children born are: 
 Wm. Cuyler, who was married to Mary Evans 
 in Sept., 1890, and resides in Portland, Ore., 
 George Wynne, Agnes Rae, who married Benj. 
 F. Felt, Jr., Oct. 27, 1887, and resides near Ev- 
 erly, Iowa; Florence Elizabeth, Alexander and 
 Marie lone. 
 
 With a military record of which he may 
 well be proud, and the prominent and long- 
 continued service since he became a civilian, 
 Major Avery has good reason to regard the 
 position which he has attained with satisfaction, 
 as it evinces rare qualities of energy and abil 
 ity, together with a high character for honesty 
 and integrity. 
 
 GW. FENIMORE, of Sidney, 111., enlisted 
 in the Union Army, in Oct., 1864, and 
 became attached to Battery A., 4th 
 Ind. Light Art. He participated in the battle 
 of Nashville, fought Dec. I5th and i6th, 1864, 
 which was one of the most desperate and 
 bloody conflicts of the Rebellion. After this 
 he was in many small engagements and skirm 
 ishes. At the close of the battle of Nashville, 
 Mr. Fenimore was detailed to assist caring for 
 the wounded soldiers, helping the Surgeon in 
 his duties of amputating limbs, and dressing 
 the wounds of his comrades, that fell in that 
 terrible struggle. The remainder of his serv 
 ice was put in upon detached and guard duty, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 in the vicinity of Murfreesboro until the close 
 of the war. 
 
 Mr. Fenimore had five cousins in the same 
 war, one of whom was starved to death in 
 Libby Prison; whilst another was shot by a 
 guard for having crawled beyond the dead 
 line; two others were killed in battle; whilst 
 the fifth died of disease during his army serv 
 ice. Our subject contracted diabetes, caused 
 by cold and exposure. Night after night he 
 lay upon the snow-covered ground, without 
 covering, except the garments he wore, to pro 
 tect him from snow and rain. 
 
 Mr. Fenimore was born near Richmond, 
 Ind., Feb. 22, 1842, son of P. and Eliza (Turn 
 er) Fenimore. The father was a contractor on 
 public works, and Comrade Fenimore grew up 
 in that business and was thus engaged up to 
 the time of his enlistment. Soon after the 
 first call for troops our subject tendered his 
 services, but owing to his delicate state of health, 
 he was not accepted. He subsequently ap 
 pealed for admission to the ranks and was 
 thrice rejected for similar reasons. Having 
 somewhat improved in physical appearances, 
 he was mustered in upon his fourth attempt at 
 enlistment. He was mustered out and dis 
 charged in Aug., 1865, some months after the 
 war had closed. 
 
 After the Rebellion, Mr. Fenimore removed 
 to 111. and engaged in farming, near Sidney, 
 which he operated until about four years ago, 
 when he moved to Sidney and embarked in 
 the hotel business, which he has since con 
 ducted. He was a charter member of the 
 G. A. R. Post at Sidney, and one of its first 
 officers. He is at present an Alderman of his 
 adopted town. Mr. Fenimore was married in 
 1866, to Catherine Morgan, a native of Ohio, 
 and seven children have resulted from the 
 marriage, six of whom are living, viz.: Alice, 
 May and Minnie (twins), Lizzie, Anna, Ottis, 
 and Charles. His maternal grandfather was 
 in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Fenimore has 
 by his industry and good business methods 
 made a success of every undertaking in which 
 he has embarked, and commands the esteem 
 of his fellow citizens. 
 
 OUR present subject, Henry Miller, of 
 Gifford,!!!., was born in Indiana in 1842, 
 son of George and Mary (McElroy) 
 Miller, the former a native of Md., the latter of 
 Pa. He was reared on a farm, receiving at the 
 same time, such an education as was then ob 
 tainable in a country school. In 1857 he re 
 moved to 111., where he located upon a farm at 
 Urbana, where he continued until he entered 
 the army. He enlisted at Urbana on June ist, 
 
 1861, in Co. K, 25th 111. Vol. Inf. He proceed 
 ed first to St. Louis, thence to Jefferson City, 
 Mo., and was engaged in pursuit of the rebel 
 Price, following him to Sedalia, Springfield and 
 Rolla, where his Regt. wintered. In March, 
 
 1862, he proceeded to Pea Ridge where he par 
 ticipated in the desperate battle of the same 
 name, then moved across the Ozark Mts. to 
 Batesville, thence to Cape Girardeau, thence 
 by boat to Hamburg Landing and there disem 
 barked and moved to Corinth. He assisted in 
 the siege of that rebel stronghold until its evac 
 uation, then started upon a long and tedious 
 march through the swamps, finally bringing up 
 at luka, Miss., where the Regt. went into camp 
 to obtain a much-needed rest. It continued 
 here about 2 months, scouting however in the 
 meantime, into the surrounding country, watch 
 ing the enemy s movements, then moved 
 through Ala. to Nashville, where after a delay 
 of one month, it moved to Louisville, Ky. The 
 Regt. was ordered to Perryville but did not 
 reach that place in time to participate in the 
 battle of that name. It returned to Nashville, 
 and later moved to Murfreesboro, and there 
 took part in the desperate conflict of Stone 
 River. Here Mr. Miller w r as severely injured 
 by being run over by a runaway team, leaving 
 him unconscious, and in the opinion of his 
 comrades, dead. After being in this state for 
 a few hours, he regained consciousness, and be 
 sides a general shaking up had sustained a bone 
 fracture of the thigh. He was placed in a 
 hospital where he was compelled to remain for 
 3 months, during which period he suffered ex 
 cruciating pain, and for a time was not expect 
 ed to live. When permitted to leave the hos 
 pital, he was detailed to a battery at Murfrees- 
 
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 boro, and it was not until Feb., 1864, that he 
 was sufficiently recovered to take his place 
 among the boys, in the ranks of his Regt, 
 Leaving Strawberry Plains, he moved to Cleve 
 land, Tenn., where his Regt. was assigned to 
 the 4th A. C., then at Kingston, Ga., and with 
 it proceeded upon the Atlanta Campaign. He 
 was engaged in many of the battles of that ex 
 pedition, among the number being Atlanta, 
 during which he was struck in the forehead 
 with a rebel bullet, knocking him down and 
 causing his blood to flow freely. Its force was 
 spent however, otherwise comrade Millerwould 
 not now be givinghis army experiences. About 
 this time his period of enlistment had expired; 
 therefore he was ordered to Springfield, where 
 he was mustered out and discharged Sept. 5, 
 1864, after a faithful service of over 3 years. 
 
 He has been a prominent figure in G. A. R. 
 circles, and has held the position of Chaplain, 
 Jr. Vice Commander, Sr. Vice Commander, 
 and is at the present time Officer of the Day, of 
 the G. A. R. Post of Gifford. His grandfather 
 was in the war of 1812, serving his country with 
 distinction, and his brother John was in the 
 late Rebellion, and was severely wounded at 
 the battle of Nashville. After the war Mr. 
 Miller resumed farming, until 12 years ago, 
 when he located in Gifford, where he has since 
 resided and been engaged in the teaming and 
 transfer business. 
 
 In the fall of 1864, he married Mary A. Cuth- 
 bertson, by whom he had 7 children; George 
 William, Mary E., wife of Reuben Pence, Mag 
 gie May, Jane G., Rachel E.. John H. and 
 James B., who died two years ago. In politics 
 Mr. Miller is a strong Republican. 
 
 JOHN M. NEAL, of Dewey, 111., was born in 
 Ohio in 1845, a son f Lemuel and Jane 
 (Kenney) Neal. His parents, in 1852, 
 removed to 111., settled on a farm in Livingston 
 Co., where John grew up working upon the 
 farm and attending school. His studies, 
 however, abruptly terminated at the outbreak 
 of the war, as young Neal became too anxious 
 
 to enter the army to devote such time in per 
 fecting his education. He enlisted for the 
 rebellion Aug. 8, 1862 in Co. K, io;th 111. Vol. 
 Inf. His Regt. soon set out for the scenes of 
 war and became employed on the chase of 
 Morgan, who was raiding Ohio, encountering 
 him at Elizabethtown, and drove him out of 
 ,the state. His Regt. continued to be employed 
 for several months upon guard and garrison 
 duty, and in the spring of 1863, crossed the 
 Cumberland Mts. to Loudon in pursuit of the 
 rebel leader Buckner, and at the latter point, 
 engaged Longstreeet s forces in a sanguinary 
 battle. The victory obtained at Loudon was 
 followed up by the pursuit of the rebels to 
 Knoxville, and at Connel s Station the enemy 
 was again engaged. The Regt. was subsequently 
 besieged at Knoxville for 2 weeks, but finally 
 the besieging army was defeated and forced to 
 retreat into Va., where it was pursued as far as 
 Blain s Cross Roads. Mr. Neal spent the win 
 ter of 1864 at Strawberry Plains, with the ex 
 ception of a few weeks when, he was home on 
 veteran furlough. 
 
 In the following spring he joined Sherman s 
 army in his Atlanta campaign, and was under 
 the rebel fire in all the important battles of that 
 expedition Dallas, Resaca, New Hope Church, 
 Kenesaw Mt, Lost Mt., Atlanta, Jonesboro and 
 Lovejoy Station. The rebels, now under Hood, 
 started northward, and Mr. Neal s Regt. was 
 one of those sent to loeep that wily rebel in 
 subjection. He was pursued through Ga., Ala., 
 and on to Columbus, Tenn., where he was again 
 defeated, and forced to seek safety in Frank 
 lin. It became apparent that Gen. Hood in 
 tended to make a determined stand at Frank 
 lin, therefore both parties prepared for a bloody 
 conflict. It soon came, and, after a desperate 
 struggle, this rebel stronghold was yielded up, 
 after the lives of many brave soldiers on both 
 sides had been sacrificed. Again the pursuit of 
 the fleeing army was the order of the day. He 
 had moved on toward Nashville, whither the 
 pursuing army had closely followed, and there, 
 on Dec. 1 5th, opened one of the most sanguinary 
 and hotly-contested battles of the Rebellion, 
 considering the number engaged. Here, again, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Mr. NeaFs Regt. displayed that courage and 
 those good, soldier-like qualities so often before 
 exhibited on many a blood-stained battlefield. 
 Soon after this the zo/th moved to Washington 
 City, thence by boat to Fort Fisher, then on to 
 Fort Saunders, where again they met the ene 
 my in open conflict, and formed a junction 
 with Sherman s army at Goldsboro. They then 
 moved to Raleigh, N. C., and on to Greensboro, 
 where they received Johnston s surrender, and 
 where Mr. Neal remained until June 2ist, 1865, 
 when he was mustered out and sent to Spring 
 field for final discharge, after a service of 3 years. 
 Notwithstanding Mr. Neal s many marches, 
 sieges, raids, skirmishes and battles, he returned 
 without having received a mark upon his body 
 to indicate that he had been in the army. 
 
 After the war he farmed in Livingston Co. 
 until 1869, when he removed to Kan., where his 
 five years experience with grasshoppers in 
 duced him to abandon that State and return to 
 111., where he again resumed farming, which he 
 has continued to the present time. Remarried, 
 in 1870, Josephine Hall, by whom he had 3 chil 
 dren Lucian D. (deceased), Daniel A. and 
 Archibald C. Mr. Neal is man of more than 
 ordinary ability, a very pleasant gentleman, and 
 decidedly Republican when he talks politics. 
 He is a member of the G. A. R. 
 
 JOHN F. REYNOLDS. This gallant soldier was 
 born in Pa., in 1820. When about 17 years 
 of age he was appointed a cadet to the 
 West Point military academy where he grad 
 uated in 1841. He received the appointment 
 of brevet Second Lieut, in the 3rd Regt. and 
 was assigned to garrison duty until the Mexican 
 war. During this war he served with General 
 Taylor. He was engaged at Fort Brown and 
 participated* in the battles of Monterey and 
 Buena Vista, where he distinguished himself 
 for gallant conduct and military qualities, and 
 was twice promoted, receiving the brevets of 
 Captain and Major. Subsequently he was en 
 gaged in Utah in the campaign against the 
 Mormons. When the Rebellion broke out he 
 was appointed Lieut.-Col. in the infantry ser 
 
 vice. The following August he was made a 
 Brig.-Gen. of Volunteers and assigned to a 
 Brig, of Pa. Reserve Corps, which he com 
 manded in the Peninsula campaign of Gen. 
 McClellan. He was in the battles of Mechan- 
 icsville, Games Mills, and Glendale, where he 
 was taken prisoner and sent to Libby Prison. 
 In August he was exchanged in time to take 
 part in the second battle cff Bull Run where he 
 commanded a Div. He was in the Md. cam 
 paign and actively engaged in the battles of 
 South Mt. and Antietam. In Nov., 1862 he 
 was made a Major General, and placed in com 
 mand of the 1st Corps of the Army of the 
 Potomac. His first heavy action was at Fred- 
 ericksburg, Dec. I3th, when the main army 
 under Burnside was defeated. At the battle of 
 Chancellorsville, which opened May I, 1863, his 
 corps, with the 5th, was held in reserve, very 
 much against his wishes. His next great move 
 was with the army to the field of Gettysburg, 
 which was destined to be his last battle in this 
 world. This battle which was really inaugurated 
 at Chancellorsville, opened on the 1st of July, 
 and Gen. Reynolds was then at the head of the 
 1st A. C., to take active part in the first fight 
 ing under Gen. Meade w r ho had only assumed 
 command of the Potomac Army. July I, 1863, 
 Gen. Reynolds had disposed of his troops with 
 military skill and had addressed them with in 
 spiring words. While witnessing their suc 
 cessful charge he was hit by a rifle ball from 
 which he died almost instantly. His untimely 
 death was a great loss to the Union army, not 
 only in that memorable battle, but during the 
 remainder of the war. 
 
 Gen. Reynolds had military ability of the 
 highest order. He was a natural leader and 
 was loved by his soldiers. It was generally 
 concluded that had his services been spared to 
 the country until the close of the war, he would 
 have taken front rank with the great Com 
 manders. 
 
 C 
 
 APT. THOMAS ALEXANDER enlisted in the 
 army for the late war immediately upon 
 the call of President Lincoln for troops, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 going in as a private in Co. I., nth 111. Vol. Inf. 
 His term of enlistment was passed doing guard 
 duty, principally at Bird Point, Mo., where he 
 immediately enlisted for the three years serv 
 ice. The succeeding months were passed at 
 field and garrison duty and in participating in 
 the following expeditions, namely: Expedition 
 towards New Madrid; to Charleston, Mo.; to 
 Bloomfield, via Commerce, returning via Cape 
 Gprardeau; a second to Charleston, where it 
 skirmished with a portion of Jeff Davis com 
 mand; reconnoissance to Columbus, Ky.; under 
 Gen. Grant to Sikestown, Mo., and on Feb. 2, 
 1862, he embarked on transports for Fort 
 Henry, participating in the campaign against 
 that place. In the investment and battle of 
 Fort Donelson, Mr. Alexander s Regt. suffered 
 very severely. It was engaged five hours on the 
 last day of that battle and lost 329 men killed, 
 wounded and missing out of 500 engaged, 72 be 
 ing killed and 182 being wounded. The gallant 
 nth 111. was in the advance, and, being unable 
 to withstand the rebel fire, the Union army fell 
 back, with the exception of the nth 111., and 
 before the regiment became aware of that fact 
 it was completely surrounded by rebel troops. 
 Only two courses were open, the one to sur 
 render, the other that desperate expedient of 
 cutting its way out. Choosing the latter, a des 
 perate and bloody encounter ensued, resulting 
 in a portion of the regiment escaping, but many 
 suffered the terrible penalty of being killed, 
 wounded or captured. Out of Mr. Alexander s 
 Co. only three men escaped being wounded, 
 killed or captured. He received two wounds, 
 one in the arm, the other in the head. The fol 
 lowing day 74 of his brave comrades found a 
 common grave on that terrible battle field. 
 March 5th the shattered army arrived at Savan 
 nah, there taking transports for Pittsburgh 
 Landing, where, April 6th and 7th, it was an 
 active participant on the bloody field of Shiloh, 
 where again it lost 37 killed and wounded out 
 of 150 men engaged. During this engagement 
 Mr. Alexander had been promoted to 1st Sergt. 
 and led his Co. throughout the battle. He 
 started upon the siege of Corinth, but became too 
 ill to accompany his Regt., therefore was sent 
 
 home on furlough. On recovering he rejoined 
 it, accompanying it to Paducah, Ky., and oper 
 ated against the rebels up the river. In the 
 meantime Morgan had taken Clarksville and 
 to retake it the nth was assigned to that par 
 ticular duty, which they accomplished after an 
 artillery fight, driving the rebels beyond the 
 borders, then returning to Paducah. The Regt. 
 was with Grant in his expedition to Oxford; 
 then guarded the railway, and subsequently 
 Mr. Alexander was detailed with 40 men on 
 special duty, later joining his Regt. at Milli- 
 ken s Bend. It assisted on the Butler canal 
 and in all the operations having for its object 
 the capture of Vicksburg until the consolida 
 tion of the lOQth with the nth, when the con 
 solidated Regt. had more officers than neces 
 sary. Mr. Alexander resigned and came home. 
 
 He was born near Pekin, Dec. 8, 1829, and 
 is one of the oldest inhabitants now living who 
 was born in that county. His grandfather, 
 John Alexander, a resident of Md. was in the 
 Revolutionary War, he died in Tazewell Co. at 
 the age of 90 years, he and his son James having 
 been the first settlers of that county. During 
 the cholera scourge in 1834, our subject s 
 grandfather, aunt, uncle and father, all fell 
 victims to its ravages and lay dead in the 
 house at one time. 
 
 Mr. Alexander married Mary Kinsey in 
 1858, a daughter of Nathan Kinsey. After the 
 war he returned to his home at Washburn, where 
 he continued to live till 1871, then moved to La- 
 con, and engaged in the planing mill business, 
 which he continued there and at Chillicothe until 
 the year 1886, when he moved to Kansas City. 
 Subsequently he returned to Pekin, became an 
 employe at the Hodges Header Works as pat 
 tern maker, where he continued to be employed. 
 He was appointed Govt. Store-keeper in 1890, 
 for the 8th District of 111. and still discharges 
 his duties at that office. He has seven children, 
 namely, Harriet A., Nellie, Carrie the wife of 
 Geo. Hanson; Phcebe, Estella; Sabin, wife of 
 S. B. Wilmot, of Spirit Lake, la. and Ura S. 
 He was twice elected to the office of Justice of 
 the Peace; he is a Republican, a Free Mason, a 
 member of Peoria Commandery, also of Pekin 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Chapter and a member of the G. A. R. He 
 is also prominent in the Odd Fellow s order 
 and has about attained to its highest Degree, and 
 is a prominent member of the M. E. Church. 
 He joined the Masonic and Odd Fellow s orders 
 in the year 1854 and is now the oldest member 
 of the former society in his county. For gal 
 lant and meritorious conduct on the field, Mr. 
 Alexander was promoted to be 2nd Lieut, of 
 his Co. Sep. 4th 1862. 
 
 PETER FINA, a native of Austria, who serv 
 ed in the Union Army during the Re 
 bellion, was born April 26, 1841, and 
 emigrated with his parents in 1853 to the U. S. 
 His father and mother were Peter and Mary 
 Fina, who had 3 children Peter, John, and 
 Dora, of whom Peter alone survives. The 
 mother also died at Kankakee, 111., where the 
 family located on coming to this country. 
 
 Mr. Fina enlisted Dec., 1861, in Co. G, 20th 
 111. Inf., and going to the front took part in 
 the battles at Fort Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shi- 
 loh, and the siege of Corinth. Then marched 
 to Jackson, Tenn., making a number of expedi 
 tions and continuing to Holly Springs, to the 
 Tallahatchie River and Oxford. For 3 days at 
 Tallahatchie the men were without rations and 
 depended upon such food as could be procured, 
 which was neither great in quantity or particu 
 larly good in quality. The Regt. then returned 
 to Oxford and was on duty there for a short 
 time, while a raid was made by another portion 
 of the command. It went to Memphis, after 
 further service, and took boats tor Milliken s 
 Bend, then to Young s Point to assist in digging 
 a ditch, and moved to the rear of Vicksburg. 
 At the battle of Raymond, May 12, 1863, Mr. 
 Nelson, a comrade, was shot, and Mr. Fina 
 carried him from the field. The battle of 
 Champion Hills also was a severe one for his 
 Regt., and its losses were heavy. After this 
 battle Mr. Fina was taken sick, and joined the 
 Regt. in the rear of Vicksburg. From Vicks 
 burg went to Black River Bridge, where the 
 Regt. performed guard duty, then moved to 
 
 Jackson and returned to Vicksburg. Was in 
 the battle of Kenesaw Mt., and while on detail 
 service, Mr. Fina was shot through both legs. 
 
 After the war Mr. Fina returned to his 
 home in Kankakee, and later worked three 
 years on the great bridge at St. Louis, and 
 while working here one day, 60 feet above the 
 water, a cyclone passed, which blew the men 
 into the river and a comrade was lost, but he 
 escaped. Since his return to Kankakee, he has 
 taken some interest in politics, in which he is 
 liberal, casting his votes where he thinks best. 
 He has held the office of constable for 12 years, 
 and was a candidate for sheriff, but did not se 
 cure the nomination in the Convention. 
 
 Mr. Fina was married in Kankakee, in 1873, 
 to Louisa Seyforth, a native of Germany, and 
 has three children, Minnie, Peter and John. 
 Peter is a student in the Commercial College 
 at Kankakee, John is at home, attending 
 school. Peter Fina is a gentleman who takes 
 a great interest in the improvement of his 
 city, and has done much in many ways to 
 secure advantages for the public good. By 
 strict attention to business, and a reputation 
 for highest integrity, he has amassed a good 
 property, and lives in comfortable circum 
 stances. 
 
 CAPTAIN KETCHAM S. CONKLIN, of Pekin, 
 111., was born Oct. 22, 1841, at Green 
 Point, Long Island, a son of Alekana 
 and Charity Conklin, the latter dying when the 
 son was three years of age, and the former 
 when he had attained the age of 90 years. The 
 Captain when 3 years of age went to Brooklyn, 
 N. Y., to live and continued there until 1858, 
 when he removed to Champaign, 111., and after 
 wards to Pekin. On the first call for troops he 
 was the sixth man of his county to enroll his 
 name in response to the President s proclama 
 tion, and was accordingly mustered into the 
 service, April 25, 1861. Subsequently he re-en 
 listed for the three years service and was 
 appointed 4th Sergeant in Co. F, 8th 111. Vol. 
 Inf. He "was one of the gallant squad that 
 assisted in the capture of a Rebel flag at Colum- 
 
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 bus, one of the first captured during the war. 
 The Regt. s first heavy march was from Cape 
 Girardeau to Bloomfield, and afterward at 
 Norfolk, Co. F. was on picket duty, and Mr. 
 Conklin with 14 others were attacked on their 
 post and had a heavy skirmish; but one of his 
 party was wounded, while 4 of the rebels were 
 killed. 
 
 They then moved to the rear of Columbus, 
 thence to Fort Henry and on to Fort Donelson, 
 and were on the right when the Rebels attempted 
 to cut through the lines at that point. This 
 attempt on the enemy s part was made at mid 
 night, when the snow was falling heavily, and 
 amidst universal discomfort to those who were 
 exposed to the inclement weather. The regi 
 ment bravely resisted the attack until morning 
 when the ammunition gave out and the "boys" 
 were obliged to fall back. Co. F suffered the 
 terrible loss of about one-half of their number, 
 including the Captain, 2nd Lieut, and 4 Sergts., 
 who were killed. Shortly after this they moved 
 onward, having Pittsburg Landing as the objec 
 tive point, and later, \vere there engaged in 
 that ever-memorable and sanguinary battle of 
 Shiloh. After this engagement Mr. Conklin 
 was promoted to be Orderly Sergeant. After 
 wards we find him at the siege of Corinth, then 
 on to Jackson, Tenn., subsequently joining an 
 expedition to Oxford. 
 
 The regiment next participated in the oper 
 ations against Vicksburg, taking active part in 
 a continual round of skirmishes and heavy bat 
 tles in the rear ot that Rebel stronghold, among 
 the number being Port Gibson, Clinton, Jack 
 son, Champion Hills, Baker Creek, and Big 
 Black River. On the day following the last 
 mentioned battle the Regt. took its place in 
 the lines around Vicksburg in front of Fort 
 Hill, and there participated in the bloody as 
 saults upon that city on the igth and 22nd days 
 of May, respectively. They then joined in the 
 long and memorable siege, continuing in the 
 trenches until its final surrender, and were 
 among the first troops to march into Vicksburg 
 on the morning of July 4th. A few days be 
 fore the surrender, Mr. Conklin, in recognition 
 of his gallant and meritorious services was ap 
 
 pointed 2nd Lieut., to date from April 18, 1863. 
 Aug. ist, 1864. he was mustered out of service, 
 returned to Pekin and resumed his trade as a 
 sash, door, and blind maker. Whilst in the 
 army he was always actively engaged, never 
 shrunk from duty, was in every fight of his 
 Regt., never absent from duty, and never on an 
 ambulance or in a hospital during his term of 
 service. 
 
 Since the war he has become the senior 
 partner in that well and most favorably known 
 firm of Conklin, Schurman & Hippen, lumber 
 dealers, Sash and Door Manufacturers, Builders 
 and Contractors, it having the largest and 
 most extensive trade of any firm in the county. 
 Mr. Conklin was married April, 1864, to Martha 
 Doolittle, one of the daughters of that flourish 
 ing town of Pekin. They have five children, 
 namely: Henry, Charley, Eugene, Edgar and 
 Mary. Mr. Conklin is a Republican in politics, 
 and whilst he does not seek political honor, he 
 was by his party selected as Chairman of the 
 County Republican Central Committee. He is 
 a Free Mason and a member of Jo Hanna 
 Post, G. A. R. The worldly success attending 
 Mr. Conklin s business transactions and the 
 large business which he now controls testify 
 louder than words can express the universal 
 esteem which is entertained for him by the en 
 tire community in which he lives. 
 
 JOHN G. COLLEPS, of Minooka, 111., is a na 
 tive of N. Y. State, having been born in 
 Buffalo, March 16, 1848. His parents 
 were, respectively, John and Margaret (Schro 
 der) Calleps, and were of German descent. In 
 1855, they removed to the West and located in 
 Minooka, where young Colleps enjoyed the 
 benefits of the common school system of edu 
 cation until he entered the army. He had had 
 patriotic aspirations for some time to do some 
 thing for his country in her struggle to preserve 
 the unity of States, but was unable on account 
 of his age to render any physical aid until 1864. 
 At this period his efforts were rewarded, and 
 in April, he was mustered into the U. S. service 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Co. G., 64th 111. Inf., which was widely known 
 as "Yate s Sharp Shooters," joining the Regt. at 
 Decatur, Ala. Mr. Colleps had hardly became 
 initiated into military life when an order was 
 received for a move to Chattanooga, where the 
 command arrived May 4th, and joined Sher 
 man s army. His first experience in battle was 
 at Buzzard s Roost. Our young hero had 
 selected a very opportune time, if to fight hard 
 and all the time for his country was his ambi 
 tion. No sooner was one battle fought than 
 another in portentous aspect loomed up before 
 him. He fought next at Resaca, then in the 
 series of operations known as the battle of 
 Dallas. Then followed the battles at various 
 points known under the name of Kenesaw Mt., 
 in which Mr. Colleps, with his Regt., took an 
 active part. During one of these actions the 
 troops were so far above the clouds that they 
 did not feel the heavy thunder storm that was 
 going on below them. The Regt. moved for 
 ward with the army toward Atlanta, crossing 
 the Chattahoochie, having several slight ac 
 tions on the way. July 22, the 64th took an 
 active part in the battle of Atlanta. It marched 
 to the support of the i;th A. C., and was heavily 
 engaged, charging the enemy three times, cap 
 turing quite a number of prisoners, one battle 
 flag, and recaptured the field glass and papers 
 of Gen. McPherson, soon after he was killed. 
 The loss of the 64th in this fight was severe. 
 
 On the march to Atlanta his command was 
 fired upon by a masked battery. The men were 
 ordered to fall, then rise, and with fixed bayo 
 nets charge the battery. As they rose to make 
 the charge, a comrade of Mr. Colleps, Robt. 
 Watson, immediately on his left, was struck 
 with a piece of shell, blowing off the upper 
 part of his head. The rebels fell back and 
 made their e.scape. 
 
 During one of the last charges of the com 
 mand, the rebels made a sudden flank move 
 ment, capturing a good many men, among 
 whom was the subject of this sketch. Mr. 
 Colleps, with the other prisoners, was taken 
 through Atlanta to East Point. They were 
 then loaded into cars and taken to Anderson- 
 ville, where they were held until the spring of 
 
 1865. Mr. Collep s prison life, though terrible 
 to endure, had its exciting and interesting 
 features. Many efforts were made to escape. 
 One time they sunk a shaft and then run a 
 a tunnel out to the open air. Their tools for 
 digging were an old knife and a piece of an 
 old canteen. The soil there was soft and mud 
 dy and they could dig easily. The dirt they 
 would hoist up in a sack made of rags, which 
 would be concealed through the day under a 
 tent cover, and at night they would carry it 
 out and dump it in the slough. Just about the 
 time they were ready to connect their little 
 tunnel with the outer world and secure their 
 liberty, one of their comrades gave them away, 
 and their hope of escape from that infamous 
 den must needs be abandoned. The water 
 they had to drink came from a run which 
 passed through their camp and sinks. 
 
 Mr. Colleps was present at one time when 
 a prisoner asked Wirtz, the keeper of the pris 
 on, for a drink of water. This fiend, in human 
 shape, knocked down and kicked this soldier, 
 remarking as he exercised his brutality, "That 
 is the kind of water I ll give you." On another 
 occasion Wirtz shot to death a prisoner for 
 making a similar request. He was so brutal 
 that the Union soldiers made up their minds 
 that they would kill him the first opportunity 
 offered, even at the expense of their ovvn lives. 
 It was determined among them that when he 
 entered the stockade again they would attack 
 him. Soon after he was seen to enter, but the 
 poor soldiers were overanxious and made their 
 attack too early, and Wirtz made his escape. 
 For this attempt, however, the whole camp 
 had even the miserable rations they had been 
 getting cut off for three days. The guards 
 were composed of old men and boys from 10 
 years up. The old men were inclined to 
 be humane and fair, the boys were ever on the 
 alert to kill a "Yankee" whenever the slight 
 est opportunity occurred. A reward of a 30 days 
 furlough was offered them by some of the 
 authorities to the guards for every Yankee 
 prisoner they shot. The boy guards would 
 throw loaves of bread out within a few feet of 
 the "dead line," and when the poor, starving 
 
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 prisoners would stagger out to get the bread, 
 the guards would fire at them. One of the old 
 guards told Mr. Colleps that one of the boy- 
 guards received a furlough of 60 days for kill 
 ing two of the prisoners. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, with some other 
 prisoners, made their escape through a tunnel 
 which they had dug, each one taking a differ 
 ent course. Mr. Colleps was in the swamp three 
 weeks, traveling by night, guided by the North 
 star, and resting through the day, assisted 
 along in his flight by friendly negroes. He 
 was finally betrayed by a negro, and when 
 within 10 miles of the Union lines the blood 
 hounds brought him to bay, and he was taken 
 back and once more incarcerated within the 
 dungeons of Andersonville, where he remained 
 until the spring (March) of 1865. 
 
 One hot afternoon a black cloud suddenly 
 came up, and soon after a heavy rain and thun 
 derstorm opened. The rain fell in torrents, and 
 washed the pen out, carrying away a part of the 
 stockade. After the storm was over a beautiful 
 spring was discovered by the prisoners, which 
 they at once called " Providence Spring." It 
 was a great gift to them from Nature, and they 
 might well think the hand of Providence had 
 something to do with sending them this 
 blessing. 
 
 Its capacity was sufficient to furnish 30,000 
 prisoners with drinking and cooking water. It 
 continued to dispense its pure waters up to the 
 time Mr. Colleps was exchanged. In March he 
 was taken to Black Run Bridge, near Vicks- 
 burg, where he was when the Confederacy col 
 lapsed. From there he was sent to Jefferson 
 Barracks, Mo., where, about the middle of May, 
 1865, he was discharged. 
 
 At the time he was taken prisoner a shell 
 burst within a short distance, a fragment of 
 which struck the pupil of his left eye, destroy 
 ing its sight, and not having it properly treated, 
 it affected the other eye. After leaving the 
 army he had the injured eye treated by a sur 
 geon in Chicago, which saved his right eye. 
 
 Returning home, he resumed his studies for 
 awhile at the public school, and then went to 
 Chicago, where he took a course in Bryant & 
 
 Stratton s Commercial College, and graduated 
 from that institute, in 1867. He returned to 
 Minooka and secured a position as book-keeper 
 which he filled for some time to the satisfac 
 tion of his employer. He then opened busi 
 ness for himself in the hardware line, forming 
 a partnership with W. A. Worthing under the 
 firm name of Worthing & Colleps. This part 
 nership continued for three years, when Mr. 
 Colleps sold out to his partner and returned to 
 his former employer, Mr. Smith. Subsequently 
 he formed a partnership under the name of 
 Smith & Colleps and carried on the grocery 
 business. Later he sold out his interest and 
 was employed by his successor as a clerk. He 
 has been for many years the trusted accountant 
 of A. K. Knapp, who is a grain and coal dealer, 
 and also engaged in the banking, exchange 
 and insurance business. 
 
 Mr. Colleps was married in Sept., 1869, to 
 Rachel J., daughter of John and Martha Van 
 Home, of N. J. By this union four children 
 have been born Edward; Mattie D., George 
 W., and Bessie, the baby. Edward is dead. 
 
 Mr. Colleps is a Republican in politics, a 
 member of the Masonic Lodge, and a Knight 
 Templar. He was among the youngest of the 
 soldiers who enlisted in the Union army in the 
 defense of his country, and although his time 
 of service was short, it was active and it was 
 hard. He suffered much for the cause he had 
 espoused. Any one who endured the untold 
 horrors of Andersonville the length of time he 
 did ought to be forever afterward placed in a 
 position where he would at least be freed 
 from the care and struggles of life; he should 
 have a competence by which he could take 
 as much comfort and enjoyment of this world 
 as possible. 
 
 Mr. Colleps is an excellent man of busi 
 ness, takes an active part in all public matters, 
 and has the confidence of the people with 
 whom he has been so long associated. He 
 has filled the office of Collector, and for many 
 years past has held the position of Treasurer of 
 his village. He is a member of the Darvean 
 Post of Morris, No. 329 G. A. R. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 DANIEL FLETCHER HITT. There are few 
 men in La Salle Co., better or more 
 favorably known than the man whose 
 name heads this sketch. He was born in 
 Bourbon Co., Ky., June 13, 1810, and is the son 
 of Martin and Margaret (Smith) Hitt, who 
 were married Feb. 2, 1794. Martin Hitt was a 
 native of Loudoun Co., Va., where he was born 
 Dec. 29, 1763. Margaret, his wife, was a native 
 of Washington Co., Md., near Antietam River, 
 just above the battlefield of that name. Mr. 
 Hitt s maternal grandfather, Robert Smith, 
 served all through the war of the Revolution. 
 His father and two of his father s brothers 
 were ministers of the Methodist Church, which 
 Col. Hitt believes has something to do with his 
 extreme piety. Martin and Margaret Hitt 
 were the parents of 9 children: Elizabeth, 
 born March 2, 1796; Thomas and Sarah (twins) 
 were born Feb. 14, 1797; Samuel Merit, born 
 Jan. 22, 1795; Willis W., Feb. 11, 1801; John 
 W., March 8, 1803; Caleb, May 23, 1805; Maria, 
 Nov. 19, 1807, and Daniel F. Parents are dead. 
 Maria, now in IIT 84th year, is a missionary of 
 the M. E. Church in South America, and is the 
 wife of a Methodist minister. Caleb was mor 
 tally wounded in a fight with the Indians and 
 was brought home just before he died. The 
 family removed from Ky. in the fall of 1814 
 and settled among the Shawnee Indians in 
 Champaign Co., Ohio. It was there among 
 these wild, rural scenes, with the children of 
 the native American as his companions and 
 playmates, that young Daniel was raised; nor 
 was he adverse to their society, for he would 
 often stroll away from home that he might 
 have a gala day with these children of the 
 forest. He looks back to those days now with 
 sweet remembrances. When he was of suffi 
 cient age, he was sent to the Oxford University, 
 Ohio, where he studied mathematics, geography, 
 astronomy, English grammar and Latin. Sub 
 sequently he attended Patridge s Military 
 school. In 1830, he secured a position with 
 the Govt. Engineers, and subsequently with the 
 Govt. surveyors, in both of which he served 
 with credit to himself. He left the latter posi 
 tion to take a hand in the Black Hawk war. 
 
 That over, he rejoined the Govt. surveying 
 party, and was employed in surveying land for 
 nearly 20 years, most of which time was spent 
 in camp. 
 
 When the Rebellion broke out, it was not to 
 be expected Colonel Hitt, with his love of 
 country, his spirit of adventure, and his 
 acquaintance with military matters, would 
 remain at home or inactive. He was active in 
 raising volunteers, and especially for the 53rd 
 111. Inf., in which he enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, 
 and was mustered into the U. S. service Nov. 
 11, 1 86 1. The Regt. was organized at Ottawa, 
 by the election of Wm. H. W. Cushman as 
 Colonel, the subject of this sketch as Lieut. 
 Colonel, and T. C. Gibson as Major. Feb. 27, 
 1862, it was ordered to Chicago to complete its 
 organization, .and to assist in guarding the 
 prisoners captured at Fort Donelson. It had 
 besides its Inf. one Co. of Art. and one of Cav. 
 It was ordered to the front via St. Louis, March 
 23, and from there to Savannah, Tenn. April 6, 
 it was ordered to the field of Shiloh, but owing 
 to insufficiency of transportation, it did not move 
 until the afternoon of the 7th. It was assigned 
 to the 1st Brig., 4th Div., in which it remained 
 until the close of the war. The Div. was com 
 manded by that brave and gallant officer, 
 Stephen A. Hurlbut. 
 
 The next engagement was the siege of Cor 
 inth, where the Regt. was distinguished for its 
 efficiency in the skirmish line, and was re 
 warded with new Springfield rifles. Col. Hitt, 
 with his command was put through a series of 
 very hard marches to Grand Junction, La 
 Grange, Holly Springs, and Memphis, where, 
 after much suffering from heat and scarcity of 
 water, the footsore troops arrived July 21, 1862. 
 During the latter part of this march Col. Hitt s 
 horse fell down a steep embankment, injuring 
 him very seriously in the spine. He received 
 a furlough until he was able to rejoin his Regt., 
 Sept. 3rd. Col. Cushman having resigned, 
 Lieut. -Col. Hitt was promoted to the Colonelcy 
 of the Regt. The next move was to Bolivar, 
 Tenn., where it arrived Sept. 13; from there the 
 command was ordered to La Grange. On the 
 way, meeting the enemy in force, it returned 
 
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 to Bolivar. Oct. 4, the Regt. moved toward 
 Hatchie River, and while marching on the 5th 
 they engaged four times their number of the 
 enemy, who were retreating from Corinth. 
 The next important action of the 53rd, was at 
 Davis Bridge on the " Hatchie," where it was 
 hotly engaged with the enemy for over two 
 hours, and until reinforcements came up. The 
 Regt. lost in this engagement, 16 killed and 49 
 wounded, and was complimented by Gen. 
 Hurlbut for its efficient service. After this 
 fight the command moved back to Bolivar, 
 and later on to La Grange. In the latter part 
 of Nov. the Div. joined Grant s army and 
 moved to Holly Springs, thence to Oxford. 
 From there they moved to Yocona Creek, and 
 on Dec. 22, the army commenced its march 
 northward to Tallahatchie River. Jan. I, 1863, 
 the Regt. was placed in the 1st Brig., 4th Div., 
 1 7th A. C. Jan. 4, Col. Hitt feeling that he 
 was not physically able to continue longer in 
 command of the Regt., tendered his resigna 
 tion, which being accepted, he returned to his 
 home and family at Ottawa, 111. 
 
 After he returned from the war, he en 
 gaged in his old profession, which he under 
 stood so well, and which he has since been en 
 gaged. He is at present County Surveyor and 
 has held this position for many years. He has 
 held during his long period of public life, 
 many other important positions, among which 
 may be mentioned that of City Engineer, Su 
 pervisor, member of the City Council, School 
 Trustee, President of the Academy of Natural 
 Science, and President of the County Associa 
 tion; yet, notwithstanding he has discharged 
 these several trusts in such a manner as to re 
 flect credit upon himself, Col. Hitt says that if 
 he had his life to live over again he would 
 never accept office. He has taken an active 
 and prominent part as a member of the Ma 
 sonic fraternity, and holds the 32d degree, 
 Before the Rebellion he was a Democrat, but 
 since the war he has supported the Republican 
 party. Colonel Hitt was united in marriage at 
 Peoria, 111., May i, 1848, to Phcebe, daughter 
 of James and Nancy (Burrows) Smith, who 
 were natives of Westmoreland Co., Pa. Their 
 
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 children are Andrew Jackson, born Jan. 31, 
 1849; Houghton H., born March 26, 1850; Ella, 
 born Sept. 12, 1854; Rector Cass, born Aug. 14, 
 1856. 
 
 LIEUT. W. C. CUSTER, of Homer, 111., was 
 born near Washington Court House, Ohio, 
 Jan. 8, 1841, a son of Jacob M. and Eliza 
 beth (Ocheltree) Custer, natives of Va. The* 
 family can be traced to old Colonial days, and 
 although the connection has never been fol 
 lowed there is little doubt but the father, and 
 the great and gallant Gen. Custer, who sacri 
 ficed his life in the service of his country, 
 sprang from the same ancestors. In 1843, ^ ne 
 parents removed to 111., settling upon a farm in 
 the neighborhood of the present town of Ho 
 mer, where they became heavily engaged in 
 farming and stock raising until 1856, when they 
 removed to Homer and engaged in the hotel 
 business, but soon again returned to the farm, 
 where the father died in 1865. Upon the farm 
 the early life of Lieut. Custer was passed, where 
 he received a liberal school education in the 
 district school as also in those of Homer. His 
 studies however were suddenly ended, almost 
 simultaneously with the outbreak of the war. 
 He enlisted Aug. 10, 1861, in Co. F, 26th 111. 
 Vol. Inf., upon its organization, and became one 
 of the non-commissioned officers, receiving pro 
 motion from time to time until Oct., 1864, when 
 he was appointed 2nd Lieut, and subsequently 
 commissioned as such. 
 
 With his Regt. he proceeded to Quincy, 
 where he drilled, and in Oct. moved to Hanni 
 bal, Mo. ; went into winter quarters and guarded 
 the Miss. River. In Feb., 1862, was transferred 
 to St. Joseph, Mo., thence to St. Charles, St. 
 Louis, and by transport to Cape Girardeau, 
 where the Regt. was assigned to the command 
 of Gen. Pope, and marched across the country 
 to New Madrid, where after a ten days rest, it 
 proceeded to Point Pleasant and was there en 
 gaged guarding the river. It continued there 
 until after the fall of Fort Donelson, when it 
 returned to New Madrid, thence to near Fort 
 Pillow, and thence to Pittsburg Landing, where 
 
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 it arrived just after the battle of Shiloh. The 
 military record of Lieut. Custer and his Regt. 
 is an illustrious one, he having fought in many 
 of the great and bloody battles of the late re 
 bellion, and was only absent from duty during 
 the engagement of Corinth, on account of sore 
 eyes. He participated in the memorable At 
 lanta campaign, the March to the Sea, the ex 
 pedition through the Carolinas, and was ever 
 present upon duty rendering his country good 
 service, and exerted a potent influence in sav 
 ing the Republic from disintegration. 
 
 He marched, during the service, 6,931 miles, 
 and as the closing act of a brilliant war record 
 participated in the grand review at Washing 
 ton. He was mustered out at Louisville, and 
 discharged at Springfield, June 28, 1865, after a 
 continuous service of a little over four years. 
 He fought in many of the great battles of the 
 war, made many of the severest marches known 
 to military men, and returned to his home in 
 comparatively good health and without a scar 
 from a rebel hand or weapon. He was once in 
 hospital, detained with measles. Whilst in the 
 ranks, however, he suffered considerable pain, 
 and endured great inconveniences from his eyes, 
 being frequently almost blind. It is related of 
 him that on one occasion, upon a long and 
 heavy march, he became, by loss of sight, un 
 able to pick his steps, as he moved along with 
 his comrades, as a guide he seized the tail of 
 Col. Tinkham s horse, who then kindly assisted 
 him. Many times his friends and comrades 
 desired him to go into hospital, but Lieut. 
 Custer was composed of sterner stuff, and 
 could not consider the proposition of laying 
 down his arms until the last Southern Rebel 
 had sued for peace, and the Republic and the 
 flag which waved over him were sate. 
 
 In the composition of our subject there is a 
 vein of hum-or, always present, which tends to 
 keep his associates, even in the face of hard 
 ships and danger, in good cheer. This 
 characteristic, he had ample opportunity to 
 cultivate during his army life, and which pro 
 duced such satisfactory results when judiciously 
 applied to his comrades around him. He was 
 always, when off duty, the central figure of a 
 
 group, cheering his auditors and inspiring them 
 to deeds of daring. On entering Savannah he 
 captured a small mule, upon which he rode 
 into the vanquished city, with a portly comrade 
 also sitting on behind, causing more merriment 
 and cheering by the soldiers and citizens, as 
 they trudged along, than has been seen there 
 since. There is a certain book which gives the 
 details of an individual riding into Jerusalem 
 upon an Ass, but it remains for this book to 
 proclaim that Lieut. Custer did likewise, after 
 the capture of the rebel city of Savannah. On 
 the march to the sea, Lieut. Custer observed a 
 bright-eyed youth, unquestionably a son of 
 Africa, in whom he became interested and 
 took him along as his servant. This boy be 
 came a faithful servant and accompanied the 
 Lieut, home where the latter educated him. 
 His name is Wiley Jones, and now resides at 
 Homer, having married one of his own race, 
 and has a good, comfortable home. Our subject 
 veteranized at Scottsboro, Ala., Jan. I., 1864. His 
 brother James F. went to enlist, but was taken 
 sick and died. And his brother, John M. enlist 
 ed, but served only a short time as he was taken 
 sick and compelled to take his discharge. 
 
 Lieut. Custer is a prominent G. A. R. figure, 
 one of the charter members of Homer Post, and 
 for five years its Commander, and has been 
 Inspector of Post for Champaign Co., and 
 evinces much interest in all organizations 
 growing out of the war. He is also a member 
 of the Knights of Pythias, and very much a 
 Republican in politics. He was married in 
 1870, to Maria L. Noble. He is Aid-de-Camp 
 in the staff of the Department Commander. 
 Brave and courageous as a soldier, liberal and 
 enterprising as a business man, and affable as a 
 gentleman, we have few men in the State of 111., 
 better known or more universally respected 
 than Lieut. Custer. 
 
 JOHN F. MAYBACK, of Quincy, 111., was born 
 at Williamsburgh, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1844. 
 He was a son of Michael and Magdalena 
 (Hoffman) Mayback, who were both of Ger- 
 
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 man ancestry. Our subject, John F. Mayback, 
 being their only child. He grew to manhood 
 at his own native place, receiving as he grew 
 up, a good, liberal education. Immediately 
 when the war broke out young Mayback s dar 
 ing and adventurous spirit began to show man 
 ifestations of unrest; therefore the stirring 
 and exciting scenes of actual warfare, he deter 
 mined to see. His young mind fired with 
 patriotism, he enlisted in May, 1861, at Staten 
 Island, N Y., for two years, and became a 
 member of Co. E, 32nd N. Y. Vol. Inf. Besides 
 many hard marches and desperate skirmishes, 
 Mr. Mayback participated in the following bat 
 tles, viz.: The first Bull Run, Fairfax, York- 
 town, White Oak Swamp, Fair Oaks, Malvern 
 Hill, 2tl Bull Run, South Mt., Chickahominy 
 Swamp, Antietam and Fredericksburg. He 
 entered the army as a private was soon pro 
 moted to Corporal, then a Duty Sergeant, and 
 finally an Orderly Sergeant, and was mustered 
 out as such at N. Y. City, May i6th, 1863, at 
 the completion of his full term of service. At 
 the battle of Antietam, which was certainly one 
 of the most sanguinary engagements of the 
 war, .Mr. Mayback was slightly wounded, but 
 with consummate courage fought through the 
 battle and did not seek a respite from his haz 
 ardous occupation by allowing himself to be 
 placed in a hospital. 
 
 Subsequent to his discharge he removed to 
 Quincy, 111., which city he has adopted as his 
 home, growing up with it, and where now all 
 his financial and other interests are centered. 
 He embarked in the grocery business at Quincy, 
 in which he was prosperous and successful, but 
 subsequently engaged in the transfer business, 
 which has steadily grown and been extended 
 by him, necessitating the employment of five 
 teams continuously and being one of the prin 
 cipal and most popular lines in the city. On 
 Oct. II, 1864, he married Nannie E. Conyers, 
 a daughter of John and Matilda Conyers, and 
 five children now living, have resulted from 
 that union, namely, Maggie, Lillie, Rosa, Addie 
 and Arthur. Mrs. Maynard is now deceased. 
 Mr. Maynard is a member of John Wood 
 Post, No. 96, G. A. R., in which he has held the 
 
 offices of Adjt. and Q. M. Sergeant. He is also 
 a member of Robt. Brooker Lodge, No. 406, 
 I. O. O. F.; Red Cross Lodge, No. 44, K. of P. 
 and Shawnee Tribe, No. 6, I. O. R. M. He is 
 a P. G. in his Odd Fellows Lodge; Past Chan 
 cellor in the K. of P., and is Captain of the 
 Uniform Rank in Quincy, and also Past Lt.- 
 Col. of the Uniform Rank in 111. In politics 
 Mr. Maynard is a Republican. 
 
 WM. H. WAGENSELLER, of Pekin, 111., one 
 of that town s most popular and in 
 dependent merchants, was born there 
 Feb. i, 1845. His father was Joshua Wagen- 
 seller, who was a native of Holland, emigrating 
 to the U. S. many years ago, and settled in Pa. 
 William received a good common school edu 
 cation, fitting him for the practical business 
 transactions of life. In his young days he was 
 of a delicate constitution, and subject to an af 
 fection of the throat which proved very trouble 
 some with the slightest exposure. 
 
 After the outbreak of the Rebellion, his 
 elder brother enlisted and served in the Union 
 army, consequently when young William pro 
 posed also to enter the service, his parents pos 
 itively refused his doing so, on account of ill- 
 health. After some parley, however, he broke 
 through all restraints and enlisted, May 4, 1864, 
 in Co. C, 1 39th 111. Inf., and was mustered in at 
 Peoria. Soon after, he moved with his Regt. 
 to St. Louis, thence to Cairo, where he was en 
 gaged upon guard duty. The Regt. was only 
 enlisted for 100 days service and before the men 
 had an opportunity of engaging in active bat 
 tle, their term had expired. They returned to 
 Peoria, and were about to be discharged, when 
 President Lincoln telegraphed the Colonel that 
 Price was threatening St. Louis and asked the 
 assistance of the Regt. for its protection. Mr. 
 Wagehseller, as did all his comrades, volun 
 teered to return to St. Lonis. They went thither 
 by train, then marched to the Merrimac River, 
 and there boarded a train for Franklin where 
 it was expected Price would be encountered. 
 The Rebel General had precipitantly fled, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 abandoning the town after destroying the rail 
 road and depot as also considerable other prop 
 erty. Price, having abandoned his movement 
 against St. Louis, the Regt. again returned to 
 Peoria, where Mr. Wagenseller was mustered 
 out and discharged after a service of three 
 months beyond the term of enlistment. 
 
 He returned to Pekin, and in 1865 engaged 
 in the bus business with his father, the firm 
 being known as J. Wagenseller & Son, which 
 continued until the old gentleman s death, in 
 the year 1882. He then associated his brother 
 and continued the same business until 1887, 
 when they dissolved partnership. Our subject 
 then commenced business for himself in the 
 same line, which he has since followed, having 
 built up a large and prosperous trade. He is 
 also interested in the book business in Peoria. 
 
 He was married in 1866, to Ophelia McKin- 
 nie, daughter of Louis McKinnie, and by whom 
 he has five children, viz.: Fatuna, wife of Louis 
 Toel; Fannie, Joshua Eugene, Wm. Henry, and 
 George Raymond. He is the commander elect 
 of the Joe Hanna Post (called by that name 
 after the first soldier from Pekin killed in the 
 Rebellion). He was previously Adjutant of the 
 same post for five years, and previously held 
 the orifice of Junior Vice. In politics he is a 
 Republican. 
 
 LE. IJAMS, a veteran of the Union army, 
 was born in Hopewell Township, Mus- 
 kingum Co. O., Nov. 21, 1841. His fath 
 er, Lewis I jams, born in Md. in 1797, of Welsh 
 descent, was a Quartermaster and Colonel in 
 the Ohio Militia, who moved to 111. in 185 1, and 
 became an extensive stockraiser near Bloom- 
 ington. The mother s family name was Eliza 
 Rodman, a native of Pa., descended from old 
 Quaker ancestry, in Ireland. The family of 
 Lewis and Eliza Ijams consisted of II children, 
 two of whom were soldiers in the war against 
 secession. One son, Rodman, serving in the 
 94th 111. Inf., and L. E., whose army history 
 will be given more fully. 
 
 The early life of L. E. Ijams, after the 9th 
 year, was spent on an 111. farm with such edu 
 
 cational advantages as the public schools af 
 forded until he began a course in the Wesleyan 
 University, which was terminated by his enlist 
 ment at Bloomington; about May 10, 1862, jn 
 Co. F, 68th 111. Inf., for 3 months service. The 
 Regt. was mustered in at Camp Butler, at 
 Springfield, and after receiving equipment and 
 instruction, was ordered to Alexandria, Va., 
 for provost duty until the expiration of its en 
 listment, when it returned to Springfield to be 
 musteredout, Oct., 1862. Returning to Bloom 
 ington, Mr. Ijams, after a short time, enlisted 
 about April i, 1863, in Co. M, i6th 111. Cav., 
 and again spent some time in Camp Butler in 
 drill and camp duty, but was soon sent by cars 
 to Cincinnati to march to Nashville, Cumber 
 land Gap, and Knoxville, where, until Jan. 3, 
 1864, its time was spent in skirmishing with 
 Longstreet s Cav. On the above date a move 
 ment was made to Jonesville where a regular 
 battle ensued with Longstreet s Cav., which 
 was the first real fighting the new soldiers had 
 experienced. In this battle Mr. Ijams was an 
 Orderly Sergt., was in command of his compa 
 ny in repulsing a charge in a hand-to-hand en 
 counter, and met with heavy loss. 
 
 The Co. was supporting a battery which the 
 enemy made a strong effort to take, and the 
 fight was sharp and decisive, but the result was 
 the capture of the entire command in the 
 evening by the rebels. In this battle Sergt. 
 Ijams, in addition to being made a prisoner, 
 received a very serious wound from a bullet, 
 which entered the abdomen near the navel, 
 passed through the body and emerged through 
 the hip bone near the spine. The hip bone was 
 shattered, and from this wound 20 or 30 pieces 
 of bone were extracted by the surgeon, and all 
 the contents of the bowels for more than four 
 weeks were discharged through the opening 
 made by the bullet in the hip. The battle 
 field was on the farm of Mr. Milburn, and the 
 field hospital was located in his house. Here 
 all the captured wounded were gathered by the 
 rebels and placed in charge of the Union sur 
 geons, who were also prisoners of war. and all 
 under guard. Sergt. Ijams remained in this 
 house as prisoner and invalid about three 
 
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 months, with his comrades, the supplies for 
 whom were furnished by Mr. Milburn, who, 
 professing neutrality, was discovered to be a 
 strong Unionist. At the expiration of three 
 months, although crippled and going on 
 crutches, Sergt. Ijams escaped at night with 
 six comrades, by watching the guard and walk 
 ing out when he had stepped inside. They had 
 a colored man for a guide, who conducted them 
 to the foot of the mountains. The men marched 
 that night in a snow storm until about one 
 o clock in the morning, when they rested for a 
 time, without blankets, overcoats or provisions. 
 Mr. Milburn had provided them with directions 
 for their guidance, and names of people on 
 whom they could safely call for assistance. 
 This march continued for 70 miles, and Sergt. 
 Ijams could not touch his foot, on the wounded 
 side, to the ground during all this long march 
 on crutches, which required about eight days 
 and nights. At last they came to the Union 
 lines at Cumberland Gap, and he reported to 
 the hospital, remaining there a short time, when 
 he was allowed to report to his Regt., as there 
 was not sufficient provision at Cumberland Gap. 
 To reach the Regt., which was at Mount Ster 
 ling, Ky., he secured an old worn-out horse, 
 and in company with a citizen rode over the 
 roughest and muddiest roads that can be 
 imagined. His wound was still suppurating, 
 and while riding the pus would pass down his 
 leg into his shoe. On this journey he removed 
 some pieces of bone from his wound with his 
 own hands, as he also did on subsequent occa 
 sions. 
 
 A few days after reaching his Regt. he was 
 granted a furlough for 30 days, and started for 
 home, and at the expiration of this time he re 
 turned to the Regt. at Nicholasville, Ky., where 
 he was placed in charge of the Post mail, re 
 maining in this duty until the Regt. returned 
 from the Atlanta campaign, when he went with 
 it to Florence, Miss., and was with the Union 
 army that fought Gen. Hood, as he forced the 
 Union army back to Nashville, participating in 
 the battles of Columbia, Duck River and 
 Franklin. At Duck River, where there was an 
 engagement lasting five or six hours, part of 
 
 the Brigade in which Sergt. Ijams was, was sur~ 
 rounded and cut off from the main body, but 
 instead of surrendering, it made a night charge 
 and cut its way through the enemy s lines. The 
 Div. was then commanded by Gen. Johnson, 
 and the Corps by Gen. J. H. Wilson, under 
 whom a march was made to Spring Hill, where 
 the cavalry was on the skirmish line only; then 
 to Franklin, where it was held in reserve, al 
 though at first on the skirmish line, and assisted 
 in opening the battle. During a part of the 
 time Sergt. Ijams was in command of his Co. 
 and also the battalion, although not a commis 
 sioned officer. At Nashville, where the next 
 battle was fought, he was in the line of battle 
 two days, a part of this time in a severe storm, 
 and the exposure made it necessary for him to 
 go to the hospital. When sufficiently recovered 
 he went with the Regiment to Mount Pulaski 
 and Cortland, returning to Nashville to make up 
 the muster rolls, preparatory to mustering out. 
 At the end of his service Sergt. Ijams was dis 
 charged at Chicago, Oct. II, 1865, receiving a 
 commission as Captain, and drawing one month s 
 pay as a commissioned officer, although he had 
 been practically in command of the Co. for a 
 year. This Co., L, lost 33 men in Anderson- 
 ville and other Southern prisons. Capt. Ijams 
 returned to Bloomington, and engaged in mer 
 cantile pursuits, serving as a clerk for about five 
 years, when he was elected County Treasurer, 
 serving two years, and then entered the real 
 estate business, until he was appointed transfer 
 clerk in the mail department at the depot in 
 Bloomington, which position he held for two 
 years. In 1886, he was again elected County 
 Treasurer, and served four years, and for the 
 past yearhad acted as deputy County Treasurer. 
 Capt.. Ijams is a Republican, a member of 
 W. T. Sherman Post, No. 146, G. A. R., and a 
 gentleman who bears an honorable record 
 among his fellow men. 
 
 M 
 
 AJOR GEN. JOHN SEDGWICK was born at 
 Cornwall, Conn., Sept. 13, 1813; ed 
 ucated at West Point, and graduated in 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 1837. Entered military service as 2nd Lieu 
 tenant in 2nd Regt., U. S. Art. Served in Florida 
 against the Seminole Indians in 1837 and in 
 
 1838. Was promoted to ist Lieut, in 1837; to 
 Captain in 1839; to Major in 1855; to Brig. 
 Gen. Aug. 31, 1861; and to Major Gen. July 4, 
 1862. 
 
 Served in the Florida and Mexican wars, 
 and in all the campaigns of the great Army of 
 the Potomac. Participated in the battles of 
 Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and 
 Wilderness. Commanded the 6th A. C. at 
 Gettysburg, on the left wing of the Union 
 army, where some of the most terrible fighting 
 was done; on that memorable and bloody field 
 Sedgwick s corps was a tower of strength, ever 
 in the front, and by noble deeds it carved out 
 a record imperishable in the annals of war. 
 In last campaign against Richmond, while 
 making a personal reconnoissance and placing 
 a battery, he was shot and killed by a Rebel 
 sharpshooter on May 9, 1864, at Spotsylvania, 
 Va. Among the noblest among the leaders of 
 the Union army, Gen. Sedgwick died at his 
 post loved, honored, and regretted. He died 
 May 6, 1864. 
 
 WARREN A. HALL, of Rock Falls, 111., 
 was born at Natchez, Miss., Aug. 16, 
 1840, and is the son of Chaunceyand 
 Minerva (Plant) Hall. His father, a native of 
 N. Y., was descended from English progeni 
 tors, who were among the early settlers in the 
 American Colonies, and his mother, a native of 
 Litchfield, Conn., belonged to one of the old 
 notable New England families. Chauncey 
 Hall died in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Sept. 15, 
 1888. His widow still survives, in her 76th 
 year, and is residing at Griffin, Ga. He was by 
 profession a millwright. Warren A. Hall, the 
 subject of this memoir, was their only child, 
 and was kept at home until his I4th year, when 
 his parents removing to the South, he was sent 
 to live with his grandfather in Wyoming Co., 
 N. Y., where he still was when the war came 
 on. He enlisted as a private in Co. F, 5th N. 
 
 Y. Cav., Sept. 9, 1861, at Sheldon, N. Y., and 
 was mustered in in N. Y. City. This Co. was 
 known as the " Ira Harris Guards." The Regt. 
 was encamped primarily at Staten Island, after 
 which they removed to Baltimore, where they 
 were uniformed and mounted. 
 
 They were for two months at Annapolis, 
 where they were armed and fully equipped for 
 field service, and ordered to Harper s Ferry, 
 where they had their first skirmish with Ashby s 
 Cav., in which they drove them across the 
 river, through Harper s Ferry and as far as 
 Bolivar Heights. The next day, pushing on, 
 they captured Halltown and the supplies stored 
 there. In this engagement Mr. Hall was 
 slightly wounded in the shoulder. They moved 
 forward to Charlestown, Va. where they encount 
 ered Ashby s guerrillas and a detachment of 
 Inf. In the skirmish which followed, they were 
 driven back, Mr. Hall being wounded in the 
 right leg just below the knee joint, from which 
 he suffered much pain, but did not for a moment 
 relinquish his duties. The command retired to 
 Harper s Ferry, where they remained in camp 
 for about a week, when they were relieved by 
 the 28th N. Y., 3rd Wis. and the 5th Conn. Inf. 
 The 5th N. Y. led the advance to Mt. Jack 
 son, where they met the enemy and drove him 
 back. It was there that a Vt. Cavelryman 
 riding up to the bridge which a rebel was pre 
 paring to set on fire, evidently forgetting his 
 possession of sabre and pistol, dismounted and 
 engaged in a regular fisticuff with the man, to 
 whom he gave a good whipping and led into 
 camp a prisoner. The bridge was saved, the 
 enemy routed, and about 300 prisoners cap 
 tured. 
 
 The command moved on the next day to 
 Winchester, where they were again in action, 
 compelling the retreat of the enemy, and cap 
 turing about IOO prisoners. Here the Regt. 
 went into Camp, Co. F acting as patrol guard. 
 Their colors were displayed over the sidewalk, 
 and they noticed that the aristocratic people 
 of the town would walk around, even to the 
 extent of going through the mud, to avoid 
 passing under the U. S. flag. Orders were is 
 sued to shoot any one refusing to walk under 
 
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 the flag. One day there came along a man 
 who attempted to avoid passing under the flag 
 by going around it, when he was halted and 
 peremptorily ordered to walk under it or be 
 shot. He concluded to adopt the former alter 
 native and complied with the order. From 
 Winchester they moved to Middletown, where 
 they were engaged in a fierce cavalry charge 
 against Stuart, in which Mr. Hall was captured 
 and placed in charge of two men back in the 
 timber. He told them that there was another 
 man in a certain direction which he gave them, 
 and one of his guards hastened to find him, 
 when he turned upon the remaining guard, 
 siezed his carbine, knocked him down and es 
 caped, rejoining his command within two hours 
 from the time of his capture. The Regt. was 
 again in action on the following day at Straus- 
 burg. It was here that Mr. Hall took his first 
 prisoner, whom he was conducting to the rear, 
 when he observed another rebel in the act of 
 escaping. He called upon him to surrender, 
 but was answered by six shots, which the man 
 fired at him in rapid succession. Spurring on 
 their horses they came to a contest with their 
 sabres. The rebel was a heavier man than his 
 opponent, and was getting the advantage, but 
 just as Hall was about to surrender, the rebel 
 fell from his horse, having been shot dead by 
 Hall s comrade, who had come up during the 
 encounter. Moving on to New Market, he 
 participated in a battle in which were captured 
 several prisoners. Among the arms falling 
 into their possession here, was an old Kentucky 
 rifle. The men were examining this curious, 
 old firearm to ascertain if it was loaded; they 
 decided it was not, and Mr. McDonald taking 
 it up, asked one of the corporals if he should 
 shoot his horse. The reply was, " The gun is 
 not loaded. You can shoot nothing. Shoot 
 at me," he said finally. McDonald turning to 
 one of the men near him asked for a cap, ad 
 justed it, and fired at the man, shooting him 
 dead. As an expiation for this sad accident 
 they secured a casket for the remains, which 
 were .sent to the soldier s home. 
 
 The command remained at New Market to 
 recruit for about three weeks, and then moved 
 
 on to Harrisonburg, where they engaged the 
 1st Va. Cav. The order was received in the 
 morning and Major Yokes remarked that he 
 would lead in a charge against the enemy, and 
 called upon the men to follow him, but at the 
 very outset of the charge, the Major became 
 demoralized and abandoned his command to 
 seek a retreat where he could be in safety. 
 Lieutenant Curtis of Co. F., seized this oppor 
 tunity to lead them to a splendid victory. 
 Learning from their scouts that the enemy was 
 advancing with a strong force, they fell back 
 upon Winchester, where they were reinforced 
 by the 8th and gth N. Y. and 8th 111. Cav. 
 After two days at Winchester, an advance was 
 ordered on Fisher s Hill, which was led by the 
 5th N. Y., and in which they met and easily 
 dispersed a small force of the enemy. Going 
 on to New Market, they there went into camp 
 for about a week. 
 
 The weather was very hot and they were 
 short ot rations. Mr. Hall while lying in his 
 tent was surprised to see Col. De Forrest, who 
 peeped in, said he was hungry, and asked him 
 if he couldn t get something to eat by going on 
 a foraging expedition. Mr. Hall was anxious 
 to try, and choosing five men started out. 
 After proceeding about nine miles without at 
 taining their object they changed their course, 
 and coming out into a turnpike, ran across an 
 old planter guarding his sheep, which num 
 bered about forty. They inquired if he would 
 sell any of them, and his reply was, "No, I will 
 sell nothing to Yankees." They hastened to 
 secure tour of the sheep and with them started 
 for camp. As they were proceeding briskly 
 along the road they observed a cloud of dust 
 their rear, and soon knew that they were pur 
 sued by Mosby and his gang of guerrillas. 
 They spurred up their horses and succeeded in 
 reaching camp with their booty. The next 
 day they received an order not to molest a cer 
 tain planter in that vicinity. But this did not 
 deter Hall from again going on foraging ex 
 pedition. He secured a pass from the Col. and 
 proceeded, accompanied by several of his- com 
 rades to the house of the old farmer, where 
 they obtained some geese and a fat pig. Re- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 turning to camp they passed by the tent of the 
 Col., who pretended not to see them and 
 turned his back. The old farmer came into 
 the camp in quest of his property, and Hall 
 was called up and asked if he had been out. 
 His reply was that he had been resting, and the 
 Col. verified his statement. The pig and geese 
 had been concealed, and after the old farmer s 
 departure, were cooked. Of course the Col. 
 came in for a goodly share of these palatable 
 provisions. Hall s next venture was to find 
 some hams, which he succeeded in doing at 
 the house of an Irish woman. Having nothing 
 in which to carry them, he spied hanging on a 
 clothesline with other female garments the 
 woman s chemise which he converted into a 
 receptacle for the hams by tieing it up at one 
 end. This was the occasion of a joke on Hall, 
 much enjoyed by his comrades. Breaking camp, 
 the command moved on to Harrisonburg, 
 where they had a skirmish with the enemy, in 
 which Mr. Hall was shot in the head, the ball 
 entering the skin and passing around and out. 
 For the moment he was stupefied, but managed 
 to keep his seat in the saddle, and was soon 
 able to move on. 
 
 They went into camp at Fisher s Hill with 
 the 1st Vt. Cav. and a battery of Art. Here 
 they remained about a week. They were cut 
 off at Strausberg by Jackson s army, but man 
 aged to get around it and proceeded to Mid- 
 dletown, where they encountered the enemy in 
 considerable force. Mr. Hall s Co. was in the 
 advance. The enemy opened on them with 
 artillery, and Gen. Hatch ordered his men to 
 charge, a movement by which they succeeded 
 in reaching the timber and escaping. Co. M. 
 of the 5th did not hear the order to charge, 
 and in the clouds of dust arising, did not see 
 the movement. The consequence was that 
 they rode right into the enemy, with the loss 
 in killed and captured of all but nine of their 
 number. The 5th now moved around, suc 
 ceeded in joining the main force, and was then 
 ordered to guard the rear. The night which 
 followed was very dark, and the rebels, who 
 were in front, threw out some rockets, when 
 the 5th began firing, bringing on a sharp fight, 
 
 in which Co. F lost 29 men. A general battle 
 now took place. Mr. Hall had his horse shot 
 from under him and was taken prisoner, but 
 making some sign (he never knew what) one 
 of the rebels came up, told his captor to let 
 him go, and set him free. He did not find his 
 command that night, but rejoined it in the 
 morning, and later on rejoined his Co. at Win 
 chester. In the battle at Winchester his horse 
 was shot in the neck and fell backward upon 
 him. He w r as released in an unconscious con 
 dition and taken to a private house at Harper s 
 Ferry, where he received attention from a resi 
 dent physician. It was discovered he had sustain 
 ed serious injuries to his hip, kidneys and spine. 
 Remaining at Harper s Ferry for over a 
 month, he was sent to Baltimore where he was 
 discharged on account of physical disability, 
 July 3, 1863. For a long time he was incapa 
 ble of walking. Having partially recovered, 
 he went to Camp Curtin, Pa., to drill recruits, 
 a service which engaged him for a month. 
 Subsequently disposing of his property in 
 N. Y., he came to Sterling, 111., where he ac 
 quired the trade of a machinist, being employed 
 in that capacity by the Empire Co. for 9 years, 
 five of which he served as foreman. After this 
 he was connected with the Sterling Mfg. Co. 
 for three years, and then became associated 
 with the Keystone Co. as a machinist, a relation 
 he still holds. 
 
 He was married Feb. 17, 1858, in Wyoming 
 Co., N. Y., to Helen R., daughter of David and 
 Ellen Scott, of Syracuse, N. Y. They have 
 had / children, of whom all but one are living: 
 Minnie (Mrs. Charles Rockwell), Mary (Mrs. 
 Warren Rock, dead), George S., Alice (Mrs. 
 George La Salle, of Chicago), Nettie (Mrs. 
 Frank Reigle, of Sterling), Warren G., and 
 Guy, the youngest, aged 17 years. Mr. Hall 
 is a member of the A. O. U. W., No. 3, of Ster 
 ling; No. 12, A. P. A., of Rock Falls, and the 
 Will Robinson Post, G. A. R., of Sterling. He 
 is in politics a Republican, and a member of 
 the M. E. church. He was a brave and faith 
 ful soldier, and as a citizen, has no less merited 
 the high position he holds in the estimation of 
 all who know him, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 ATTHEW BUSEY, of Sidney, III., enlisted 
 in the Union army, July 28, 1862, and 
 became a member of Co. F, /ist 111. 
 Vol. Inf., serving until the 28th Oct., 1862. 
 when his term of enlistment expired. He was 
 stationed principally at Cairo, and had many 
 sharp skirmishes and did much raiding during 
 that short period. He re-enlisted Jan 5, 1864, 
 for 3 years in Co. I; loth 111. Cav., going in as a 
 private. He went with his command to Nash 
 ville, thence to Little Rock, where he was em 
 ployed skirmishing and scouting during the 
 winter. The following spring he moved to 
 New Orleans, and was there when the rebel 
 Ram "Webb" ran the blockade, being down at 
 the river, watering his horse as she passed. 
 Little did the troops know regarding this craft, 
 as they assumed she was a Union ship, observ 
 ing her fly the Union Colors. She swept up 
 the river with almost the speed of an engine, 
 and had -her "Nationality" been known, would 
 have been blown into kindling wood by the 
 Union boats, lying at the time in the river, but the 
 Rebels succeeded in destroying the telegraph 
 lines along the river, so that those above who 
 recognized it as a rebel boat were unable to 
 speedily communicate with the gun boats, and 
 forces at New Orleans. The naval officers, how 
 ever, became suspicious, and sent their fastest 
 ship in pursuit, which was finally overtaken, 
 and by a well-aimed shot struck the ram about 
 the wheel-house, disabling her. The Rebels 
 headed the ship up the banks, set fire to the 
 hull and made good their escape. 
 
 Mr. Busey remained at New Orleans for 
 some time then moved to Mobile, but the place 
 had been surrendered before his arrival. After 
 a stay there of a few weeks he marched across 
 the country to Baton Rouge, La,, with Gen. 
 Bailey in command, carrying a pontoon bridge 
 to cross the rivers upon, which required 100 
 men to draw and take up. He was encamped 
 at Baton Rouge for about three weeks, then re 
 turned to New Orleans by boat, afterwards up 
 the river to the Red River, going up the latter 
 to Shreveport, and there went into camp, where 
 he was engaged in scouting and detached duty 
 until July 8, 1865, when he started across the 
 
 country to San Antonio, Tex., a distance of 50 
 miles, arriving there Aug. 3rd. On arrival the 
 Regt. was divided into small squads and placed 
 upon detached duty through that part of the 
 country, at which Mr. Busey remained em 
 ployed until Nov. 22, 1865, when he was mus 
 tered out, placed en toute for Springfield and 
 there discharged and paid off Jan. 6, 1866, after 
 a service of two years and three months. 
 
 Mr. Busey was born in Champaign Co., 111., 
 8 miles west of the City of Champaign, Oct. 12, 
 1842, a son of E. J. and Maria (Shephard) 
 Busey, and the eldest of the family of ten 
 children, seven of whom are still living. His 
 family were among the very early settlers of 
 Champaign Co., and the family name has al 
 ways been identified and interchangeably woven 
 with the history of the Co., and it certainly 
 represents its full share of the wealth and 
 material prosperity of the county. Many of 
 the family have attained to prominence in pol 
 itics and military matters, of the number 
 being Col. Busey, of Urbana, a prominent 
 banker and present member of Congress, who 
 is a cousin of our subject. When an infant Mr. 
 Busey s parents moved to a farm near Sidney, 
 where he was brought up, getting his education 
 in the public school. He adopted farming as 
 his life work, which he continued until about 
 three years ago, when he retired from active 
 work and removed to the town of Sidney where 
 he is leading a retired life with his only daugh 
 ter, who is being educated. 
 
 Mr. Busey is the owner of much valuable 
 property, but has never sought or accepted a 
 public position, prefering to rely upon his own 
 exertions. He is one of the charter members 
 of the G. A. R. Post at Sidney, No. 317, and as 
 the family have always been Democrats, he is no 
 exception to the rule. Mr. Busey was married 
 in Dec., 1869, to Jennie Bowman, also a native 
 of the State of 111., and a most estimable and 
 cultured lady. She died in 1890, leaving her 
 suviving husband and one child, Carrie, a bright 
 and sprightly young girl of 14, now entering 
 upon the higher branches of her education. 
 
 Mature in judgment, and rich in resources, 
 Mr. Busey has made a success of his life, an 
 
666 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS, 
 
 succeeded in accumulating around him ample 
 property and means to enable him to spend 
 the evening of his days in comparative ease 
 and leisure. He has always been admired for 
 his gentle, amiable manners and universally 
 respected for his sterling worth as well as by- 
 reason of the family name he bears. 
 
 HERMAN F. A. ROEDELL, of Pekill, 111., 
 was born in Saxe-Weimar, Germany* 
 Dec. n, 1837, where his parents died 
 when he was quite young, he being the young 
 est of ten children. With his brother and two 
 sisters he immigrated to America in May, 
 1852, settling for a short time in Detroit, Mich., 
 but soon proceeded West, remaining in Cin 
 cinnati, O., where he engaged in the printing- 
 business. He was there when the Rebellion 
 broke out, and on the first call for troops, 
 enlisted in the army in Co. A, 6th Ohio Vol. 
 Inf., on April i/th, 1861. His Regt. remained 
 at Camp Dennison, and in June he was mus 
 tered in for 3 year s service in the same Co. and 
 Regt. The Regt. moved to West Va., where 
 it was employed until Dec., then to Louisville 
 and Camp W 7 ickliffe, Ky., where Mr. Roedell 
 while standing on guard over provisions under 
 a heavy rain and sleet, which froze as it struck 
 his body, contracted a cold which settled upon 
 his lungs. He continued at his post until un 
 able to walk, was then placed in a field hos 
 pital, and later in a convalescent camp at 
 Nelson s Furnace, Ky. He recovered and re 
 joined his Regt. then under Halleck, in the 
 advance upon Corinth, where he was actively 
 engaged under the rebel s fire, during the siege 
 of said stronghold. After the evacuation of 
 Corinth his Regt. was ordered to Murfrees- 
 boro, Tenti., with part of Gen. Nelson s 
 Div. He became too ill to longer continue, 
 consequently was sent to Nashville and after a 
 time was attached to the 1st Tenn., which was 
 chosen as guard for Gov. A. Johnson. Our 
 comrade continued thus engaged until he was 
 sent to the Zollicoffer House, where he took 
 charge as Captain of a company of convales 
 
 cents. In Feb., 1863, he was discharged by 
 reason of his continued disability. He was 
 then sent to Louisville, then on to Cincinnati, 
 where he remained a short time. He continued 
 ill, but having an opportunity of joining a Ger 
 man colony in Mich., at Wild Fowl Bay, he 
 did so, thinking that a change might be bene 
 ficial to his health. He remained there until 
 1864, when his name was drawn, and although 
 not liable, he having already served, he gal 
 lantly returned to the army. At the muster, how 
 ever, he was rejected, owing to disability. He 
 returned to the colony in the spring of 1865, 
 was sent as an agent to Cincinnati, and while 
 there enlisted in Co. F, I95th Ohio, as ist 
 Corporal. His Regt. moved to the Shenandoah 
 Valley, as a reinforcement to Gen. Sheridan. 
 Lee having soon surrendered, it was sent to 
 Alexandria as city guard, and continued there 
 until Dec. 23, 1865. Here Mr. Roedell acted 
 as Ordnance Sergeant for the regiment, and then 
 was detailed as Clerk in Gen. Augur s Head 
 quarters at Washington, and later, was mus 
 tered out at Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 19, 1865. 
 
 He then returned to the Colony in Mich., 
 and was appointed Postmaster and Secretary 
 for the colony. The following spring he mar 
 ried Miss Amelia E. Froebe. They removed 
 to East Saginaw, Mich., where he clerked fora 
 time, and then went to Chelsea, where the next 
 spring he purchased one section of land near 
 the colony and there remained for nine years, 
 teaching in a District School for several terms, 
 and holding office as Commissioner and Tax 
 Collector for the township for several years. 
 His next change was to Logan Co., 111., where 
 he was engaged in farmingfor five years, which 
 he was forced to abandon, his wife having be 
 come paralyzed, and removed to Pekin. They 
 had seven children of whom are living Edwin, 
 William, Henry, Carrie, Mary, and Joseph. 
 Francis, the oldest son, died in Pekin at the 
 age of 16 years, March 2Oth, 1881. On remov 
 ing to Pekin, Mr. Roedell engaged with the 
 Pekin plow works, but failling health com 
 pelled him to abandon that calling, therefore, 
 he left his family at Pekin, and in 1881, went to 
 Cal. He soon met with an accident and whilst 
 
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 667 
 
 on his bed was offered the position as Book 
 keeper with the Pekin Plow Co., which he ac 
 cepted, remaining in their employ for four 
 years. He was afterward employed in the 
 printing office of the Methodist Book Concern 
 at Cincinnati, O., where he had learned his 
 trade, until 1889, when he was appointed De 
 puty Collector of the Stamp Department of the 
 3rd Div., 8th Dist. of 111., with the headquar 
 ters at Pekin, and which office he still holds. 
 
 He is a Republican, a member of the Ger 
 man M. E. Church, a member of the G. A. R., 
 in which he has served for three years as Ad 
 jutant, and holds this office at present, and of 
 the Knights of Honor, and Mutual Protection 
 for Insurance. A true and loyal soldier, he is 
 likewise a respected and most worthy citizen. 
 
 FRANCIS A. FREER, of Galesburg, 111., was 
 born in Butler Co., Pa., April 6, 1843. His 
 parents were Abram and Mary Freer. 
 His mother was a daughter of Michael McKim- 
 mons, who descended from North Ireland an 
 cestry. Abram Freer, the father of the subject 
 of this sketch, was the son of William, who was 
 descended from a Hugenot family seeking re 
 ligious tolerance in America after the edict of 
 Nantes and settling in this country during its 
 Colonial period. They served as soldiers in the 
 war of the Revolution, arid Michael, a brother, 
 of Abram, was a soldier of the Mexican War, 
 meeting his death at the battle of Palo Alto. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, Francis A. Freer, 
 came with his parents to Kllisville, Fulton Co., 
 111., April 6, 1857. It was here that he was pre 
 pared by home training and a common school 
 education for the encounter of life. Although 
 but a slender youth and unable to endure the 
 varied privations of a soldier s life in the field, 
 his great desire to serve his country could not 
 be suppressed, so he went to Peoria to enlist in 
 Co. A, 47th 111. Inf., but after reaching there 
 the mustering officer, on account of delicate ap 
 pearance, refused to take him, and sent him 
 back to his home. In 1862, he again offered to 
 enlist in Co. D, 7Oth 111. Inf., and went with the 
 
 Regt. as fas as Spririgfield, but the State quota 
 having been filled before they entered the field, 
 they were after five months discharged and the 
 patriotism of young Freer again subdued. He 
 remained at home until the spring of 1 864, when 
 he enlisted in Co. D, I37th 111. Inf., under the 
 command of Cap. J. B. Johnson, of Topeka, 
 Kan., and this, the third attempt to enter the 
 army was successful. After going to Quincy, 111., 
 for their equipment, they were sent on to join 
 the Regt. at Memphis. Here they were as 
 signed to the duty of moving and guarding 
 trains from that point to La Grange and Holly 
 Springs, Miss. This was placing them under 
 very trying circumstances, as the country 
 through which these trains passed swarmed 
 with guerrillas who were continually firing into 
 them and a day seldom passed that several of 
 the soldiers were not either thus killed or 
 wounded. 
 
 Gen. Washburne after some time took com 
 mand, and by his orders compelling prominent 
 citizens of Memphis to travel by each tram, 
 and thus the infamous practice of the guerrillas 
 was effectually stopped. Subsequently the 
 Regt. was in camp 4 miles from Memphis on 
 the Hernardo road, when Forrest made his raid 
 on that city. Mr. Freer was at the time of the 
 attack upon the camp asleep, having but a short 
 time before come off of picket duty. The rebels 
 had captured the outpost and riding up close 
 to the camp opened fire on it. The night, was 
 very dark and the situation one of great peril 
 to the men attacked. Mr. Freer s first intima 
 tion of danger was given by his comrade, who 
 was in the tent with him, crying out that he 
 was shot. Mr. Freer s idea was that the firing 
 had proceeded from Gen. Smith s men return 
 ing from the picket line. The man, Henry 
 Hull by name, who had said he was shot, told 
 Mr. Freer to put his hand on his thigh when he 
 discovered that a ball had passed entirely 
 through it. Hastily leaving his tent he found 
 the whole camp in confusion; then returning 
 he got Hull out and they fell into the ranks 
 which were being formed by Major Payne. 
 Hull remained with him throughout the fight, 
 which lasted until 9 o clock in the morning, 
 
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 when from loss of blood he was obliged to go 
 to the hospital, but still holding on to his gun 
 and carrying it away with him. The rebels 
 brought up a piece of artillery during the ac 
 tion and poured into the camp round after 
 round of grape shot, resulting in the killing of 
 107 of the Regt. and the wounding of a great 
 many. 
 
 The 3rd 111. Cav., whose term had expired, 
 but who were still in the camp, though having 
 given up their arms, nobly fell in with the 
 troops, and, whenever a man was shot down, 
 took his place and gun, and rendered gallant 
 and effective service. Soon after the Regt. was 
 formed in line of battle, and while it was still 
 dark, a squad of Cav. rode up to them, and an 
 officer called out, " Colonel, part of my com 
 mand are cut off, and I wish you to go to their 
 relief." Major Payne called upon his men to 
 fire upon them, as they were d d rebels, and 
 they rode off under a heavy fire from the Regt. 
 
 About daylight, as Mr. Freer and Corporal 
 Tunnehill were moving along, they observed, 
 at a little distance, two rebels riding away on a 
 mule one holding the other in front of him. 
 Tunnehill remarked to Freer that they shoot 
 the mule. They fired, and the mule came to 
 the ground, one of the riders lying still, the 
 other escaping. Going up to the fallen foe, they 
 discovered him to be a rebel Col., who had 
 been wounded. Seeing them approach, he be 
 sought them not to permit the negroes to get hold 
 of him, it being then soon after the terrible mas 
 sacre at Fort Pillow. The answer of Tunnehill 
 was, "We have a good notion to turn you over 
 to them." The rebel Col. lay partially under 
 the dead mule, and when they extricated him 
 from his perious position he was very grateful, 
 making them presents of his revolvers and fine 
 felt hat. He was taken to headquarters and 
 delivered into custody. 
 
 James Tunnehill is now living at Walnut 
 Grove, McDonough Co., 111. They continued 
 to perform duty around Memphis being occa 
 sionally called out to repel guerrillas until Dec. 
 Their term of service having now expired, they 
 were mustered out, and returned to 111. They 
 were not paid off, as they had expected, at 
 
 Memphis, and, going to Springfield, 111., with 
 out their pay, had to depend upon the kindness 
 of the citizens for accommodation, which they 
 fully met when they finally receivedtheirmoney. 
 
 Returning home, Mr. Freer again resumed 
 his studies; attended school for one year, after 
 wards working at carpentering for a time. He 
 then taught school for about two years, and in 
 1867, entered Hedding College, at Abingdon, 
 from which he was graduated with the honors of 
 his class, in 1871. He continued to teach up to 
 1889, being principal of schools in Wautauga 
 and Henderson, when he removed to Galesburg. 
 Subsequently he was engaged with A.S.Barnes 
 in the sale of schoolbooks. 
 
 April i, 1889, he was appointed Postmaster 
 at Galesburg, which position he now creditably 
 fills. In 1871 he married Jennie K. Christie, of 
 Toulon, 111., daughter of Alex. Christie. Five 
 children have blessed their union Lizzie Irene, 
 Howard A., Charles F, Mary A. and Morton 
 Christy, Lizzie Irene and Howard A. are students 
 at Knox College. Mr. Freer is a member of the 
 G. A. R., Post, No. 45, and was chosen Com 
 mander in 1890. In 1891 he was appointed by 
 Department Commander Distin on his staff, 
 with the rank of Major. He is a Mason, and a 
 member of the I. O. O. F. He is a Republican, 
 and a prominent and zealous worker for the in 
 terests of that party. 
 
 At the time of the memorable canvass of 
 Gen. John A.Logan for the U.S. Senate, in 1885, 
 Mr. Freer was Sergeant-at-Arms of theT 11. State 
 Senate, and became well acquainted with the 
 great military hero and statesman, whom he 
 ardently supported in that memorable contest. 
 Mr. Freer has displayed in his career, both as 
 a soldier and citizen, many eminent qualities, 
 which have placed him high in the estimation 
 of his countrymen, and by his happy, social 
 clispostionhe has endeared to him an extensive 
 circle of friends. 
 
 A 
 
 NDREVV H. HERSHEY, Mayor of Sterling, 
 111., is the son of Dr. Andrew and Fannie 
 (Nase) Hershey, and was born at Mari 
 
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 etta, Pa., Jan. 3, 1840. Both of the parents of 
 Andrew H. Hershey were born at Marietta, Pa., 
 the father Jan. 15, 1802, and the mother in Nov. 
 1814. The progenitors of the Hershey family 
 in America were from Switzerland. The Nase 
 family is of German ancestry, its representa 
 tives in this country having come over at an 
 early period. The father of Andrew H. Her 
 shey was a physician, and practiced his pro 
 fession at Marietta, where he died Dec. 30, 
 1839, his widow surviving him until Feb. 1883, 
 when she died at Savannah, 111. There were 
 but two children born to this union one dying 
 in infancy, the other the subject of this memoir. 
 Young Hershey passed his early years with 
 his parents. Some years after his father s 
 death his mother married Mr. William Macken, 
 and the family came West, locating at Free, 
 port, and finally at Savannah, 111. After a rudi 
 mentary education in the common schools, 
 young Hershey entered the Mt. Carroll Semi 
 nary, where he continued his attendance for 
 four terms. He enlisted at Savannah, 111.. 
 Sept. 12, 1861, in Co. K, I5th 111. Inf., joining 
 the Regt. at Rolla, Mo. After remaining here 
 for some weeks he went forward to Tipton, 
 and thence to Springfield. Returning to Tip- 
 ton, the regiment moved on to Otterville, and 
 then to Lamine River, where they went into 
 winter quarters. After performing efficient 
 service in various directions, the Regt. finally 
 formed a part of the grand contingent that ac 
 companied Grant s victorious army in the 
 Southern campaigns. At the reorganization 
 the 1 5th was placed in the 2d Brig., 4th Div., 
 under the command of Gen. Hurlbut. This 
 was the first Div. to arrive at Pittsburg Land 
 ing, Tenn. In the battle which ensued the 
 Regt. and Co. K suffered heavily, all the field 
 officers being killed, the Capt. of Co. K taken 
 prisoner, and seven men killed the total casu 
 alties numbering 49. In this engagement Mr. 
 Hershey received a ball under the ear, which 
 he carries, where it lodged, to this day. After 
 the siege of Corinth the regiment moved for 
 ward to Grand Junction, Tenn., thence to Hol 
 ly Springs, and on to La Grange, Tenn., and 
 to Memphis, arriving at that place July 22d 
 
 Here they remained during the summer, occa 
 sionally making a reconnoisance, and other 
 wise protecting the positions around them. 
 
 Sept. 6, they removed to Bolivar, Tenn., and 
 some time in Oct., the Div. was ordered to Cor 
 inth, and coming up with the retreating enemy 
 at Hatchie River, brought them to battle and 
 discomfiture, taking about 800 prisoners, and 
 five pieces of artillery. This brilliant achieve 
 ment was due to the genius and gallantry of 
 Gen. Hurlbut and the inflexible courage of this 
 splendid soldiery. Returning to Bolivar and 
 La Grange, and accompanying Grant through 
 Miss, to Oxford, the I5th was cut off at Holly 
 Springs and ordered back to La Grange, and 
 subsequently to Lafayette, where they per 
 formed duty in guarding the Memphis and 
 Charleston R. R. About the beginning of 
 March they reported at Memphis, serving until 
 May i, when the division was ordered to rein 
 force Grant s army, then just about to begin the 
 campaign leading to the surrender of Vicks- 
 burg. The Regt. landed at Young s Point and 
 was thence transported to Haynes Bluff, finally 
 taking its position on the extreme left of 
 Grant s line, and serving with becoming zeal 
 and gallantry throughout the siege of Vicks- 
 burg. The Div. was finally ordered to Natchez 
 and then back to Vicksburg. July 20, 1864, 
 the 1 5th and I4th 111. Regts. were consolidated 
 and thenceforward known as the Veteran Bat 
 talion of the I4th and I5th 111. Inf. Mr. 
 Hershey, as Sergt. -Major and acting Adjutant, 
 was mustered out at Atlanta, Oct. 3, 1864. He 
 arrived at his home during the latter part of 
 October, and in Dec. was commisioned Adju 
 tant of the Veteran Battalion to date from July 
 20, 1864. He rejoined his Regt. in Feb., 1865, 
 going via New York and Savannah. Feb. 22, 
 1865, he was duly mustered in as Adjutant of 
 the Veteran Battalion of the I4th and I5th 111. 
 Proceeding to Raleigh, N. C., where the I4th 
 and 1 5th 111. were reorganized, he was by gen 
 eral order transferred as Adjutant to the i$th 
 Regt., being in the 2nd Brig., 4th Div., i;th 
 A. C. Adjutant Hershey accompanied Sher 
 man s Army through Petersburg and Richmond 
 to Washington, taking part in the magnificent 
 
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 review and military parade on May 24, 1865. 
 Having been ordered on duty at the West, he 
 went to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where he re 
 ceived promotion as Captain of Co. C. He was 
 for some time stationed at Fort Kearney, but 
 was ordered to report at Fort Leavenworth to 
 be sent home to be discharged with his Regt., 
 which was done at Springfield, 111., Sept. 15, 
 1865. Returning to his home at Savannah, 
 111., he became interested in the lumber, grain 
 and mercantile business up to 1873, when he was 
 appointed a Deputy Collector of Internal 
 Revenue for the 3rd District of 111., retaining 
 that position until Oct. I, 1885. During his 
 occupancy of this office he had removed to 
 Sterling. In the fall of 1886, as the Republican 
 candidate, he was elected County Treasurer, 
 serving in that relation until Dec., 1890. He 
 was elected Mayor of Sterling in April, 1891, 
 and is the present incumbent of that office. He 
 was an Alderman from 1884 to 1885. 
 
 He married, March 25, 1868, Hattie E., 
 daughter of Luther and Elizabeth D. (Cham 
 berlain) Bowen Her father was the founder 
 of Savannah. They have three bright and in 
 teresting children. Mayor Hershey is a mem 
 ber of No. 274 G. A. R.; the Masonic Fra 
 ternity, and the Sterling Commandery. He is 
 a Republican in politics, and a firm and true 
 disciple of unswerving allegiance to whatever 
 constitues man s highest and noblest estate. 
 
 HARRISON H. HAKES, of Belvidere, 111., is a 
 son of Chauncey J.and MaryC. (Crosby) 
 Hakes. The father, a native of Vt., was 
 of English descent, while the mother was of 
 German ancestry. He was born in Cotton Co., 
 N. Y., Feb. 2, 1841, was reared upon a farm, 
 attending district school, and when 13 years of 
 age removed with his parents to Waupaca Co., 
 Wis., where he again attended school, and 
 received a good business education. He con 
 tinued there for two years, then removed to 
 Belvidere, April I, 1857, where he was employed 
 at farming for 3 years, then went to Texas, but 
 returning early the following spring, resumed 
 
 farming until Aug. 27, 1861, when he concluded 
 to join the army. He enlisted at Sycamore, 
 and was mustered in at St. Charles, 111., as a 
 private in Co. B, 8th 111. Cav., Sept. 18, 1861. 
 
 Oct. 1 3th the Regt. moved to Washington, 
 D. C., where it remained two months, then pro 
 ceeded to Alexandria,Va. The following March 
 it joined the general advance upon Manassas, 
 remaining at W r arrenton until the middle of 
 April; in the meantime having driven the 
 enemy over the Rappahanock, on four different 
 occasions. In the early days of May it pro 
 ceeded to Williamsburg, and was in the battle 
 at that place, as also all those which took place 
 during the Peninsular campaign. 
 
 June 26, 1862, it met the advancing enemy, 
 under Jackson, at Mechanicsville, and did 
 important duty in the change of base which 
 followed the action at Games Mill, Dispatch 
 Station, and Malvern Hill, covering the extreme 
 rear of the army, and continually skirmishing 
 with the enemy s Cav. It led the advance to 
 the second occupation of Malvern Hill, bearing 
 the brunt of the fight, afterwards passed on its 
 way to the front through Yorktown, and Alex 
 andria, crossed into Md., engaged the rebels at 
 Poolsville, and at Monocacy Church, captured 
 their colors. Again at Barnesville it captured 
 several prisoners, was engaged at Sugar Loaf 
 Mt., Middleton, South Mt., and Boonsboro, 
 where it captured two guns, killing and wound 
 ing 67, and taking 200 prisoners. Previous to 
 this Mr. Hakes, as a reward for gallant conduct, 
 had been appointed Corporal. He was next 
 engaged with his Regt. in the battle of Antie- 
 tam, and again as it reconnoitered Martinsburg. 
 It then moved in advance of the army of the 
 Potomac, and was engaged with the enemy s 
 Cav. at Philemonte, Uniontown, Upperville, 
 Barbee s Cross Roads, Little Washington, and 
 Ametsville, arriving at Falmouth Nov. 23. The 
 8th, continued on the left flank of the army, 
 across the Peninsula, and up the Rappahanock 
 to Port Conway, where it was removed to the 
 right flank, near Dumfries. In the engagement 
 at Barbee s Cross Roads Mr.Hakes was wounded 
 by a grape shot, taking effect in his arm, and 
 by a pistol ball in the chin and shoulder, neither 
 
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 of them however incapacitated him from serv 
 ice for any length of time. Starting out in the 
 spring of 1863, Mr. Hakes Regt. was always on 
 the move, and besides many heavy skirmishes, 
 marches and raids, participated during that 
 year in the following engagements: April 14, 
 Sulphur Springs; near Warrington, April 17; 
 Rapidan Station, May i ; Northern Neck,. May 
 14; Beverly Ford, June 9; Upperville, June 21; 
 Farville, Penn., June 29; Gettysburg, July 1-3; 
 Williamsburg, Md., July 6; Boonsboro, July 8; 
 Funktown, July 10; Falling Water, July 14, and 
 Chester Gap, July 21. 
 
 In the battle of Gettysburg, he was near 
 Gen. Reynolds when he was shot, and saw him 
 fall from his horse. About the time of the 
 Chester Gap engagement, Mr. Hakes was taken 
 very ill, and sent to Lincoln Hospital, Wash 
 ington, but on the same day his illness was 
 somewhat soothed by his being appointed 1st 
 Sergt. Having recovered from his illness he 
 rejoined his Regt. as ist Sergt. at Culpeper, and 
 remained in camp there for a time, and in Nov. 
 the Regt. veteranized and the men were granted 
 a furlough. He then returned home, remain 
 ing until about March i, then proceeded to 
 Washington, where he continued until about 
 July 4, was then ordered to Frederick City, 
 afterwards to Monocacy Junction, then to 
 Baltimore, next to Muddy Branch, and then to 
 Fairfax Court house, where the regiment went 
 into winter quarters. Whilst at Muddy Branch, 
 our subject was appointed ist Lieut, as a recog 
 nition for gallant conduct. He continued in 
 winter quarters until after the close of the war, 
 then returned to Washington June 25, 1865, 
 thence to St. Louis, where he was mustered 
 out July 17, and subsequently received his pay 
 and discharge at Chicago. Mr. Hakes returned 
 to Belvidere and engaged in farming, follow 
 ing that occupation until the year 1882, when 
 he started a confectionary store in Belvidere, 
 which he continued until 1887, when he sold 
 out and was elected to a position in the de 
 partment of Justice, for his county, which 
 office he still holds. 
 
 He married Jan. 16. 1866, Ann Davis, 
 daughter of Joel and Eleanor Davis. She died 
 
 Oct. 22, 1882, leaving three children, viz.: 
 Eleanor L., Mary L., and George H. He mar 
 ried a second time Aug. 11, 1886, Elizabeth 
 Pratt, and by her had two children, Florence E., 
 and Francis; the latter of whom died He is a 
 member of Post No. 164, G. A. R., and of the 
 Kights of Pythias, and is a most worthy citizen. 
 
 JOHN EDWARDS, engineer of the Electric 
 Light Works, Galena, 111., was born in that 
 city in 1843. His parents were James and 
 Elizabeth (McAlwaine) Edwards, natives of 
 Australia and the North of Ireland. The 
 father was the son of a British officer serving 
 in Australia, and was born in 1811. Marrying 
 in Ireland in 1832, the father of John, came 
 alone to the U. S., and later returned for his 
 family, with whom he again crossed the sea, 
 and settled at Galena, where he spent the rest 
 of his life. He was by trade a wood turner and 
 died in 1881. He enlisted in 1862, as a private 
 in Co. I, 96th 111. Inf., and served for about two 
 years in the Army of the Tenn., when he was 
 discharged for physical disability, Dec. 1864. 
 He was on the police force of Galena. He 
 was twice married, his first wife, by whom ha 
 had eight children, dying in 1845, aiu ^ hi- s 
 second wife, by whom he had five children, 
 dying in 1856. His elder brother, James served 
 in the navy during the Rebellion for about two 
 years. He was drowned in the Ohio River in 
 1883. John Edwards received his early educa 
 tion at Galena, later began to labor in the mines, 
 being thus employed until the outbreak of the 
 Civil War, when he enlisted Sept. 3, 1861, in Co. 
 D, 45th 111. Inf. The Regt. was encamped at 
 Galena, later ordered to camp Douglas, Chi 
 cago, and in Jan. to Cairo, from there going 
 with Grant to Fort Henry and Donelson. He 
 was engaged with his command at Shiloh, 
 where Capt. T. D. Connors was killed, with 
 other losses in killed and wounded. 
 
 After participating in the siege of Corinth, 
 the next move was to Jackson, Tenn. While 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 here the Regt. was divided, four companies 
 being sent to Meadow Station, where they en 
 gaged in a severe encounter. Mr. Edwards es 
 caped capture from a mounted rebel by taking 
 a road along which, being barefooted, he could 
 proceed, but which was impassable to the horse 
 of his pursuer. During this chase he was re 
 peatedly fired at by the rebel, but was not 
 struck. In the ensuing fall the command fig 
 ured conspicuously in the Tullahoma cam 
 paign. At Holly Springs the Regt. was 
 detailed for duty at the front and held the ad 
 vance until their arrival at Yockna, when they 
 fell back toward Memphis, arriving there in 
 January. In Feb. they moved down the river 
 to Lake Providence, La., where they cut the 
 levee to flood the country in order to float 
 transports below Vicksburg. Failing to ac 
 complish their purpose in this, they moved to 
 Milliken s Bend and thence across the Louis 
 iana bottoms to a point below Vicksburg, and 
 going on double quick to take part in the bat 
 tle of Port Gibson. From here they went to 
 Raymond to guard prisoners, the rest of 
 the command moving on and capturing Jack 
 son, after which they again united and par 
 ticipated in the battle of Champion Hills. 
 Soon after the command came up to within 
 100 yards of the enemy s lines at Vicks 
 burg, ajid were subsequently engaged there 
 throughout that memorable siege. The 45th 
 111. was the first company to enter Vicksburg 
 and display the stars and stripes from the 
 court house building. Remaining here some 
 months on provost duty, they advanced on 
 Canton, Miss., and thence returned to Black 
 River, there going into camp. 
 
 In Jan., 1864, the Regt. re-enlisted and Mr. 
 Edwards went home for six weeks on furlough. 
 He rejoined his command at Black River and 
 then joined the march for Cairo. In view of 
 an anticipated attack by Forrest upon Belmont, 
 they remained at that point for about two 
 weeks, rejoining the command at Cairo, thence 
 up the Tennessee River to Clifton, and from 
 there uniting with Sherman s army. Reaching 
 Ga., they were left to guard the bridge at 
 Etowah until after the battle of Kenesaw Mt 
 
 Moving on with Sherman s army they were 
 detailed again for provost duty at Henrietta 
 for over a month, after which they returned to 
 Marietta to assist in repelling Hood s advance. 
 Going on to Atlanta and Savannah, and thence 
 by sea to Beaufort, S. C., the 45th engaged in 
 a severe battle in that vicinity. The next 
 move was to Orangeburg, and the last battle in 
 which they were engaged was at Bentonville. 
 Then began the most arduous march of the war 
 to Washington, where they took part in the 
 grand review, May 24, 1865. Remaining in 
 camp for a few days at Georgetown, they pro 
 ceeded to Louisville, Ky., where they were 
 mustered out, after nearly four years of active 
 service. During the whole period of his mili 
 tary service, Mr. Edwards was neither wounded, 
 taken prisoner, nor in a hospital. He never 
 missed a roll call and never rode in an ambu 
 lance. Nineteen of the original members of 
 his Co. veteranized, and five of them went 
 through their whole term of service under as 
 fortunate conditions as Mr. Edwards. 
 
 Returning home to Galena after being mus 
 tered out, Mr. Edwards, for the ensuing six 
 years was engaged in mining, and for 13 years 
 subsequently was an engineer on the Chicago 
 and Northwestern Railway. His health failing, 
 he was for some time employed at the round 
 house, and since then has been connected with 
 the Galena Electric Light Company, of which 
 he is the incumbent engineer. 
 
 He was married in 1867, to Carrie, daughter 
 of Charles and Roxanna Potts, natives of Pa., 
 and early settlers at Galena. They have one 
 son, Charles, a gentlemanly young man. Mr. 
 Edwards is a charter member of E. D. Kittoe 
 Post, G. A. R., having been Officer of the Day 
 and Junior Vice Commander; is a member of 
 the I. O. O. F. and of Division No. 72 of the 
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. In 
 the many years of an eventful existence, Mr. 
 Edwards has shown his remarkable adhesion 
 to duty, which he has ever well and faithfully 
 performed, and which is the noblest tribute 
 history can pay him. 
 
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 A LEY GEORGE WELLS, Sergeant of Cottage 
 No. 4, the "receiving cottage," of the 
 111. S. & S. Home, Quincy, 111., hails 
 from St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where he was 
 born Dec. 25, 1841, the son of Ransom and 
 Almeda (Gates) Wells. Mr. Wells never en 
 joyed the counsel of a loving mother and a 
 tender father. The former died when Alby 
 was but an infant, and the latter departed to 
 the other shore 5 years later. Alby attended 
 the district school of his native county and 
 made his home with a family named Blossom, 
 whose memory he reveres, with the kindliest 
 recollections. He commenced life as a sailor 
 on the Great Lakes. Subsequently he was en 
 gaged in the hotel business in Illinois, and 
 finally as extra conductor on the C., B. & Q. R. 
 R. He was so employed when he rallied to the 
 support of the grand "old flag," enlisting Apr. 
 i, 1861, at Burlington, la. Co. , 1st Iowa Art. 
 For 4 months he was thoroughly drilled by 
 Capt. Fletcher, a West Point cadet, who had 
 spent 3 years in educating himself to meanness 
 and baseness. Aug 17, 1861, the "boys" 
 moved to Benton Barracks, Mo., thence to 
 Rolla, and then onward to Springfield, Mo., 
 where comrade Wells was initiated under the 
 enemy s fire. After this conflict they followed 
 the rebels under Price into Ark., and later went 
 into winter quarters at Cross Hollows. During 
 this time Capt. Fletcher, who was a most 
 severe disciplinarian, was dismissed and suc 
 ceeded by J. A. Jones. March 6-8, 1862, the 
 command participated in the bloody battle of 
 Pea Ridge. A half day s duty in this conflict 
 satisfied the new captain. He was wounded by 
 a "spent" cannon-ball, showed the "white 
 feather," left the battery and never returned. 
 Capt. H. H. Griffith then took charge, and 
 proved himself a valiant officer and a brave 
 soldier. 
 
 During this engagement Sergt. Wells was 
 severely injured by the horses running away 
 with a caisson. He was knocked off and a 
 wheel evidently run over his right leg, bruising 
 it severely, which has since caused varicose 
 veins. This runaway team ran against the gun 
 wagon, on which our subject was riding, and 
 
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 from there directly toward the rebel lines. 
 When uncomfortably close to the enemy, the 
 team was stopped and the infantry "boys" un 
 screwed the lids, fired the blankets, and thus 
 blew up the caisson. The enemy was deceived 
 by this and directed their fire toward the smoke, 
 thus the Union forces were saved from the 
 galling fire. Sergt. Wells thinks this explosion 
 was the real cause of the victory. He remained 
 with his command throughout the battle, and 
 went with it to Helena, Ark., where he had to 
 leave the "boys." He was furloughed from the 
 hospital boat and discharged at Carondelet, 
 Sept. 4, 1862, on account of disability. He re 
 turned to Springfield, 111., and June, 1863, en 
 gaged as freight conductor on the Wabash, a 
 position he held for 6 years, was with the Chi 
 cago & Alton one year, and then engaged as 
 passenger conductor with the Jacksonville & 
 South Eastern. This entrusted position he 
 held for 17 years. Failing health compelled 
 his retirement. He was confined to one room 
 for two and a half years, and the only wonder 
 is that he did not leave it as a corpse. In 1888 
 he resumed his former position, but his disabil 
 ities were too much he had to "surrender" and 
 finally came to the "Home" in Feb., 1890. He 
 has not been a steady inmate since, but makes 
 this his home. Sergt. Wells was married in 
 1864 to to Anna Bingham, who died 3 years 
 later. He is Sr. V. C. elect of the Col. Shep 
 herd Post, No. 628, located at the Home, and 
 in politics is a Republican, with decidedly pro 
 hibition inclinations. A true soldier and a 
 genial and whole-souled citizen, he is popular 
 with all who know him. 
 
 M 
 
 AJ.-GEN. E. O. C. ORD, was born at Cum 
 berland, Md., in 1819. Educated at 
 West Point Military Academy, where 
 he graduated in 1839. Entered military service 
 as Second Lieut, of 3d U. S. Art., July I, 1839. 
 Served in the Florida and Mexican wars, in 
 the Indian wars in California, Oregon, and 
 Washington Territories. Continued in the reg 
 ular army until the breaking out of the late 
 
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 rebellion, when he was placed in command of 
 volunteers, and on the 2nd of March, 1862, was 
 made a General, in which capacity he served 
 till the close of the war. Participated in the 
 battles of luka and Jackson, Miss., siege and 
 capture of Vicksburg, accompanied Gen. Grant 
 in his last great campaign against Richmond, 
 commanded at the capture of Fort Hudson, 
 Va., and attacked Lee previous to the final sur 
 render of the Rebel army. At the close of the 
 war he was placed in command of the Depart 
 ment of the James, headquarters at Richmond, 
 Va. 
 
 In person, Gen. Ord was tall and slender, 
 dark complexion, hair and eyes black. Spoke 
 quickly, moved rapidly, and had the military 
 appearance of a regularly-trained professional 
 soldier. Wore his hair short, whiskers closely 
 trimmed, and a heavy black moustache. He 
 died Jan. 22, 1883. 
 
 AAGUSTUS N. ROLOFSON, of Pekin, 111., was 
 born at Freemont in the same State. 
 April 3, 1846. With his parents he re 
 moved to DeWitt Co., where he was engaged 
 upon the farm until the year 1860, when he re 
 turned to Tazewell Co. W 7 hen 17 years of age 
 he enlisted for the army in Co. E, 7th 111. Inf., 
 joining his Regt. at Pulaski, Tenn., where it 
 was almost daily engaged in marching and 
 skirmishing with the enemy. Nov. I7th and 
 iQth, it scouted to and beyond Lawrenceburg, 
 capturing 30 prisoners. On the 2 1st it moved 
 towards Corinth, and on this occasion captured 
 25 prisoners and then returned to Pulaski. In 
 the early days of Dec. it went on a scouting 
 expedition to Shrieve Creek and Florence, 
 Ala. Dec. 22d, the 7th re-enlisted as veterans 
 and started for 111., to receive their 3O-day fur 
 lough. The Regt. re-assembled at Pulaski on 
 Feb. 27, 1864, where the men were mounted 
 and started for Florence, Ala., 90 miles distant 
 to patrol the Tenn. River, and watch Forrest s 
 command, who was then started on the memor 
 able raid upon Paducah and Fort Pillow. The 
 Regt. was engaged at Florence, where it was 
 
 obliged to retire, having been attacked by in 
 finitely superior numbers. It was then engag 
 ed in patroling the Tenn. River, until June 14, 
 when it was dismounted and proceeded to 
 Rome, Ga. It then guarded the railroad from 
 Dalton to Resaca which was being threatened 
 by the Rebel Cav., then returned to Rome, 
 where it went into camp. Oct. 3, 1864, the 4th 
 Div., 1 5th A. C., to which the 7th was attached 
 commanded by Gen. Corse, was ordered to 
 Allatoona, Pass to assist in its defence, then 
 threatened by Hood s army. The 3rd Brig, 
 consisting of the 7th, 5Oth, and 57th 111., and 
 39th la., reached the Pass on the morning of 
 Oct. 4. The railroad being destroyed after the 
 passage of this Brig., the rest of the Div. failed 
 to reach its destination. 
 
 Oct. 5th, the Pass was attacked by a Rebel 
 division of 6,OOO men. Mr. Rolofson s Regt. 
 did gallant and fearful work, successfully repel 
 ling four separate charges made by the desperate 
 and hungry enemy, and its torn and bleeding 
 ranks tol d at what a fearful cost. Before this 
 assault Co. E was sent out to occupy the skir 
 mish line, and whilst there the attack was 
 commenced, and, being pressed sorely on all 
 sides, was compelled to cut its way through the 
 Rebel ranks in order to rejoin the Regt. Mr. 
 Rolofson, as a protection, dodged behind a 
 stump where a Rebel with gun in hand and ten 
 paces distant called upon him to surrender. 
 Instead of doing so, however, he emptied his 
 gun into his body where it lay until the next 
 day. Co. E sustained more losses than any 
 other engaged. It entered the conflict with 
 63 men, of whom 16 were killed and 21 severely 
 wounded, many of whom died from their in 
 juries. In this engagement the enemy lost 
 600 men killed besides a proportionate number 
 wounded. Just at the close of the battle Mr. 
 Rolofson and his chum were standing near each 
 other when a stray Rebel bullet pierced the 
 latter s neck causing his death that same night. 
 He was buried close to the stump which had 
 shielded our subject at an earlier part of the 
 day. Gen. Sherman afterwards, in speaking of 
 the gallant defense made by this brave band, 
 said, "For the numbers engaged, they stood 
 
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 upon the bloodiest battle field ever known 
 upon the American Continent." The Regt. 
 was subsequently mounted, some on mules, 
 others on horses, and joined Sherman in his 
 march to the sea. The 7th 111. always occupied 
 a position in front of the Div. and became 
 known as Logan s pets. Skirmishes were of 
 daily occurence, but soon the Rebels concluded 
 it was dangerous to come within range of those 
 gallant leaders. It continued with Sherman s 
 army until after the capture of Savannah, then 
 turned northward, participated in the cam 
 paign through the Carolinas and took part in 
 the battles of Salkahatchie Swamp, Benton- 
 ville and Columbia. After the surrender of 
 Johnston it started for Richmond, arriving at 
 Washington and took part in the grand review, 
 then was ordered to Louisville, where the men 
 were mustered out July gth, and set out for 
 Springfield, where they were paid off and dis 
 charged. Mr. Rolofson returned to Hopedale, 
 111., where he was engaged in farming until 
 1873, then began to learn the telegraphing busi 
 ness, at which he continued to be employed 
 until the year, 1883, when his failing health 
 compelled him to resign. Recovering his 
 health he was similarly employed at Gordon 
 for two years, then removed to Pekin and en 
 tered the employment of the Big Four Rail 
 road as Operator and Bill Clerk, which he 
 resigned some time ago to enter the employ of 
 J. and G. Hugett as Superintendent of their 
 property at Pekin. 
 
 He was married in 1874 to Sarah E. Myers, 
 by whom he has four boys, namely: Charles, 
 Augustus, Robert and Eddie. He is a Repub 
 lican, and upon that ticke twas elected Town 
 Trustee. He is a Free Mason, a member of 
 the G. A. R., as also of the A. O. U. W. 
 
 SAMUEL MARSH, of Elgin, 111., enlisted in 
 the Union Army for the War of the Re 
 bellion, at Batavia, 111., Aug. I, 1861, and 
 was mustered in as a private in Co. I, 42nd 111. 
 Vol. Inf. This Regt. participated in the battles 
 of Stone River, Chickamauga, Corinth, Kene- 
 
 saw Mt., Dalton, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta; 
 in the march through Mo. in 1861; at the bom 
 bardment of Island No. 10, and at the battle of 
 Lookout Mt. In the spring of 1862 his Regt. 
 proceeded to St. Louis, and then to Shiloh.and 
 on to Corinth ; from here they proceeded 
 through Atlanta, after which they repaired to 
 Chattanooga. At the battle of Stone River he 
 was Wagon Master, and was repeatedly fired 
 upon by the rebels. As the wagon train was 
 almost surrounded by rebels, and to avoid be 
 ing captured, he was ordered back to Murfrees- 
 boro Pike. While awaiting orders he rode to 
 ward the army into a clump of bushes, to ob 
 serve the movement of the troops, and, while 
 quietly resting on his horse, he heard the foot 
 steps of horses approaching him, whereupon he 
 put spurs to his horse and rode back within a few 
 rods of reaching the wagon train, with the rebels 
 in hot pursuit, and, coming to a stream about 
 twelve feet wide and ten feet deep, urged for 
 ward his horse, which responded, clearing it 
 with a desperate bound. He was discharged 
 Dec. 31, 1863, at Chickamauga, and immediately 
 re-enlisted the same day. He continued as 
 Wagon Master, and was taken prisoner at An 
 derson s Cross Roads, Sequeschey Valley, Tenn., 
 and, after being marched with the enemy for 
 two days and nights, was paroled in the Cum 
 berland Mts. He rejoined his Regt. at Chatta 
 nooga, having been absent about three weeks. 
 Subsequently he was actively engaged in the 
 long and memorable Atlanta campaign, and, 
 after the fall of Atlanta, returned to Chattanoo 
 ga, where he was transferred to the 1st U. S. En 
 gineer Corps, in which he served until he was 
 finally mustered out, Sept. 27, 1865, at Nash 
 ville, Tenn., where he was paid off, and imme 
 diately returned home to 111. 
 
 Mr. Marsh was born in Wyoming Co., N.Y., 
 April 11, 1836, and is a sjn of Oliver and Har 
 riet Marsh. He married Elizabeth R. Elmore, 
 at St. Charles, 111., March 23, 1864, she being 
 the daughter of Rev. David W. and Mary El- 
 more. They have two children Eugene S. and 
 Gracie. He is a member of Post No. 49, G.A. 
 R.,at Elgin, and in politics is a staunch Repub 
 lican. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 EM. WHITZELL, of St. Joseph, Champaign 
 Co., 111., was born April 3Oth, 1832, in 
 Ohio, a son of Thomas and Effie 
 (Drake) Whitzell, who were both of Pa. Dutch 
 ancestry, they having been among the early 
 settlers in the State of Ohio. Our subject was 
 brought up to farm life, but received a good 
 education, which he completed at the Sandusky 
 High School, qualifying him for a teacher. In 
 1857, he removed to 111., settling upon a farm 
 near St. Joseph, where he was employed in 
 farming during the summer months, and teach 
 ing school in the winter season. In the early 
 days of the late Rebellion he concluded to as 
 sist the Govt. in its suppression, therefore en 
 listed in the army June 28th, 1862, as Sergt. of 
 Co. B, 5ist 111. Vol. Inf. He joined his Regt. 
 at Nashville, where he continued some 3 
 months on provost duty, then proceeded to 
 Murfreesboro, where he engaged in the desper 
 ately fought battle of Stone River, receiving 
 therein his first baptism of fire. In the midst 
 thereof young Whitzell had his cartridge box 
 shot off by a grape shot, at the same time 
 knocking him down. At the time of this oc 
 currence his Regt. was falling back, conse 
 quently was passed over by the rebel troops 
 who were in pursuit. The tables however were 
 soon turned, and the Union soldiers forced the 
 enemy back, and as they were passing over the 
 first battle ground, Sergt. Whitzell showed signs 
 of returning consciousness. His injuries were 
 slight, hence he was soon in the ranks again. 
 In March, 1863, with his Regt., he went by 
 forced marches to Spring Hill to reinforce the 
 Union troops at that point, but soon retraced 
 their steps by similar marches to Murfreesboro. 
 This heavy marching and exposure completely 
 prostrated our subject, hence he was sent to the 
 hospital, where he lay for 3 weeks, when he re 
 joined his command and started upon that long 
 wearisome tramp toTullahoma. This however 
 exhausted his strength; he was taken sick 
 and returned to Murfreesboro, where he con 
 tinued some 2 months. Recovering, he went to 
 Bridgeport, where he remained until Sept. I5th, 
 when he moved to Rome, Ga., and thence to 
 the Chickamauga battle field, where he partici 
 
 pated in the first day s fight. Sickness again 
 compelled him to go to Bridgeport for a time, 
 and from thence he was sent to a hospital at 
 Nashville, where he continued until June, 1864. 
 Having somewhat improved, he, with 200 oth 
 ers, was detailed to guard a drove of cattle from 
 Nashville to the Chattahoochee River, and on 
 arrival joined his Regt. in the battle of Peach 
 Tree Creek. He next participated in the siege 
 and battles of Atlanta, Jonesboro, and Love- 
 joy s Station. 
 
 He rested in the vicinity of Atlanta for about 
 one month, then moved to Chattanooga and 
 Athens, in pursuit of Hood, whom they fol 
 lowed to Spring Hill, where was fought the des 
 perate battle of that name. Hood being de 
 feated, Sergt. Whitzell joined in his pursuit to 
 Franklin, thence to Nashville, at both of which 
 places were fought two of the most hotly-con 
 tested and deadly struggles of the late war ; at 
 the latter of which Hood s forces were com 
 pletely cut to pieces and disastrously defeated. 
 After pursuing the surviving rebels to the Tenn. 
 River, Sergt. Whitzell went to Decatur, Ala., 
 remained there until March, when he moved to 
 Ball s Gap, E. Tenn., and after Lee s surrender 
 he marched to Nashville, where he was mus 
 tered out, July 16, 1865. Of his 53 comrades, 
 who entered the 5ist Regt. from St. Joseph, 
 only 1 1 remained to be mustered out, all the 
 others having "fallen by the way." With the 
 exception of a slight wound, caused by the 
 bursting of a shell at the battle of Stone River, 
 Sergt. Whitzell passed his army life without 
 any serious casualty, but much broken in health, 
 from hard marching, exposure and hunger. 
 
 Sergt. Whitzell returned to St. Joseph, 
 where he resumed teaching and farming, which 
 he continued for several years, but for the past 
 seven years he has been engaged in the lumber 
 trade at St. Joseph. He was married in 1866 
 to Mary J. Cross, by whom he had 5 children, 
 4 of whom are living Effie, Jennie E., Mattie 
 and Thomas Elmer. Mr. Whitzell is a charter 
 member of the G. A. R. Post, No. 220, at St. 
 Joseph, of which he was for 3 years its Com 
 mander ; two terms as Quartermaster and is 
 now serving his 2d term as Adjutant. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 677 
 
 RB. HAYES was born in Delaware, Ohio, 
 Oct. 4, 1822, graduated from Kenyon 
 . College in 1842 and the Law School of 
 Harvard University in 1845. He opened a law 
 office at Fremont, and subsequently moved to 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, where he practiced his pro 
 fession. He entered the military service of the 
 Union army in June, 1861, was appointed Major 
 of the 23rd Ohio, Rosecrans Regt. and served 
 in the campaign of West Va. In Oct. he was 
 promoted to Lieut. Colonel. From the cam 
 paign in Va. his Regt. was ordered to Washing 
 ton, arriving there Aug. 24. 1862. A few days 
 later, he was with McClellan s forces, after the 
 invading enemy in Maryland. He was in the 
 fight of South Mt. where he was wounded, 
 when he was compelled to quit. Nov. 15,1862, 
 he was appointed Colonel, subsequently he 
 was placed in command of the first Brigade of 
 the Kanawha divisions, where he served until 
 Sept., 1864, when he succeeded to the command 
 of the division, having previously been brevet 
 ed Major General. In the summer of 1863, he 
 was in pursuit of Morgan, who had invaded 
 Ohio. In the spring of 1864, he was with Gen. 
 Crook in his raid on the Va. and Tenn. railroad. 
 He participated also in the campaign of the 
 Shenandoah Valley. After the battle of Cedar 
 Creek he received intelligence that he had 
 been elected by the Republicans to represent 
 the 2Oth District of Ohio in Congress. He 
 resigned from the army in June, 1865, and in 
 Dec. he took his seat in Congress. In 1866 he 
 was re-elected, but resigned to accept the gub 
 ernatorial chair in 1867, to which he had been 
 elected in 1866. He was re-elected in 1869. 
 In 1872, he ran for Congress and was defeated. 
 In 1875, he became a candidate again for gov 
 ernor and was elected. At the National Con 
 vention which convened in Cincinnati, June 10, 
 1876, Mr. Hayes was brought out by his State as 
 a candidate for the Presidential nomination, and 
 after a severe and protracted contest among the 
 leading candidates, he was chosen as a compro 
 mise on the seventh ballot. The election was 
 a very exciting and close one, the electorial 
 votes of the States of South Carolina, Florida, 
 Louisiana, and one elector from Oregon being 
 
 claimed by both parties. To settle the ques 
 tion as to which of the candidates, Hayes or 
 Tilden, had received the majority of the elec 
 toral votes cast, a commission was formed 
 called the Presidential Electoral Commission, 
 which after a protracted sitting and reviewing 
 all the evidence presented, declared that Hayes 
 had received the majority of votes, and was 
 duly elected President. He was inaugurated 
 March 4, 1877. His administration was une 
 ventful, and marked by no special feature that 
 will make it memorable in history. 
 
 JOSEPH CONN, the chief cook at the 111. S. 
 and S. Home, Quincy, 111., "was born in the 
 historic city of Vicksburg, Miss., June 17, 
 1844, the son of James and Elizabeth (Walker) 
 Conn. His father, who died before the war, 
 was a native of Alsace, France, and his mother 
 was born in the old Dominion State. When 
 Joseph was but a child his parents removed to 
 Louisville, Ky., where he was educated in the 
 public schools and learned to revere the grand 
 old flag from the lips of his teachers. To this 
 fact he greatly attributes his Union sentiments, 
 which were strong indeed, for when only 17 
 years of age, he enlisted on the gunboat "Lex 
 ington." Here he served as a powder boy for 
 some time, but was soon promoted to a full 
 fledged seaman, in which capacity he served 
 for three years and 3 months. He participated 
 in the bombardment of Fort Henry, Shiloh, 
 Island No. 10, Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, and 
 in the taking of Fort St. Charles. Was actively 
 engaged in the expeditions up the Red River 
 under General Banks, and up the Yazoo River 
 to the rear of Vicksburg. While on the Red 
 River expedition the "Lexington," a wooden 
 vessel, was struck 63 times, and while they were 
 up, the water receded so much that it became 
 necessary to dam the river in order to float the 
 heavy draught vessels, the "Lexington" being 
 the first to pass over the dam. Relative to the 
 capture of Fort Henry, comrade Conn feels 
 disposed to contradict the historic statement 
 that General Grant took the place. He says 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 that Commodore Foote had taken the fort be 
 fore any portion of Grant s army reached there. 
 Also that the navy on two other occasions 
 saved Grant s army either from disastrous de 
 feat or capture. At Belmont the army under 
 Grant was completely surprised and retreated 
 to the river bank, and must needs have been an 
 nihilated but for the timely aid of the gun 
 boats. At Shiloh, he says, Gen. Grant was ten 
 miles below the scene of the battle, and was 
 brought up on the little transport "Rob Roy." 
 His army was again surprised and com 
 pletely defeated in the first day s battle, and 
 but for the arrival of the squadron must have 
 suffered an ignominious defeat. When Com 
 modore Foote was succeeded by Admiral Por 
 ter, the "Lexington" still remained \vith squad 
 ron. During the siege of Vicksburg we 
 frequently found our soldier boy on the peril 
 ous voyages when men were detailed from the 
 gun boats to man the mortar-boats, which were 
 fitted out with heavy mortar guns and ammuni 
 tion, and were floated up under the bank of the 
 river where they continued throwing shells 
 into the besieged city. The Iron clad Cincin 
 nati was sunk near the shore, and afterwards 
 details from the other gunboats were sent down 
 there nights to stand guard to prevent the 
 rebels boarding her and spiking her guns. 
 Not only was this a most perilous task, but 
 frequently in passing up and down, comrade 
 Conn and his comrades had to go in small boats 
 right under the fire of the enemy s guns, both 
 large and small, and remove the torpedoes 
 planted in the stream to blow up the recreant 
 gunboats. At Arkansas Post the commandant 
 refused to surrender to the army. They said 
 there were not enough Yankees to capture the 
 fort, but said they could not withstand the 
 naval attack, and so surrendered to the navy. 
 One particularly sad experience of our subject 
 is the fact that he left his mother on his enlist 
 ment, at Louisville, Ky., and has never 
 heard from her since, though he has made 
 every effort possible. No tidings whether she 
 is living or dead, has ever reached him. Mr. 
 Conn is a Cook by trade, and after his dis 
 charge from service, in Sept., 1864, he traveled 
 
 extensively through the South on a double 
 mission seeking employment and seeking 
 tidings of his missing mother, the only near 
 relative he had in the world, and she was lost 
 to him forever. The tragic scenes of the war 
 still linger in the memory of comrade Conn, 
 and he says he cannot grasp the hand of an 
 ex-confederate without thinking, "We were 
 deadly enemies." 
 
 Mr. Conn was married in Chicago to Nellie 
 O Brien, who bore him one child, which died 
 in infancy. He is a member of the G. A. R. 
 and of the Independent Order of Foresters, a 
 benevolent association. He came to the I. S. 
 and S. H. as cook June, 17, 1891. He has a 
 good position with a good salary, and is a true 
 soldier and a good citizen. 
 
 EDWIN V. SUMNKK was born in Mass., Jan., 
 1796. He was educated at the West 
 Point Military Academy, graduating in 
 1815. He entered service immediately with the 
 rank of 3d Lieut., and was assigned to duty in 
 the Infantry Regt. In 1826 he was promoted 
 to ist Lieut., Captain in 1833, and Major in 
 1840. He served in the Mexican war with 
 marked military skill and bravery. He led the 
 charge at Cerro Gordo, where he was severely 
 wounded, and where for gallant conduct he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieut. Col. At the 
 battle of Molino del Rey he commanded the 
 cavalry, which he made very effective against 
 the enemy, and for which he received the brevet 
 of Colonel. In 1851 he was appointed Gover 
 nor of New Mexico, which he held until 1853. 
 During the troubles in the Territory of Kan., 
 in 1856, he was sent out in command of the 
 cavalry, troops, to protect the citizens in that 
 land of rapine and murder. By judicious man 
 agement of all the conflicting and turbulent 
 elements, he avoided a collision, and finally 
 succeeded in suppressing the disturbances and 
 restoring order. For able discharge of his duties 
 there he won the approbation of all law-abiding 
 citizens of the country. He remained in the 
 West until about the time of the inauguration 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 of Abraham Lincoln, when he was appointed 
 one of the military escorts to conduct the 
 President-elect from Springfield to Washington. 
 
 On the breaking out of the Rebellion, he was 
 made a Brig. Gen., serving first under Gen. Mc 
 Dowell. He commanded the ist Corps of the 
 Army of the Potomac, in the Virginia campaign 
 of 1862, and was twice wounded. July 11, 1862, 
 he was appointed Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, and 
 placed in command of the 2d Corps. He was 
 with Burnside in the battle of Fredericksburg, 
 was inaugurated Dec. 13, and where, after a 
 successful attack, the Union troops withdrew 
 across the Rappahannock. June 25, 1863, he 
 made a request to be relieved from his Eastern 
 command, which was granted, and he was as 
 signed to the Department of Mo. Before 
 reaching his command he was taken ill and died 
 at Syracuse, N. Y., March 21, 1863, having been 
 in the service of his country nearly half a 
 century. 
 
 Though not so brilliant as some of the gen 
 erals that were in the late Rebellion, yet he 
 could always be relied on for his devotion to 
 the flag, and for the fruitful and able discharge 
 of all military duties imposed upon him. 
 
 OUR present subject, John H. Bristol, of 
 Peoria, 111., was born in the County in 
 which he now resides, Feb. 17, 1846. 
 With his parents, Morton and Elizabeth (Mar 
 tin). Bristol, he removed to Henry Co., 111., in 
 the year 1854. His father s people immigrated 
 from England in the early days of the last 
 century. His father served as a soldier in the 
 late war in the 2nd Col. Cav. for a period of 
 four years, and died shortly after its close, leav 
 ing a wife and six children surviving, of whom 
 our subject was the eldest child. He was 
 brought up upon the farm in Henry Co., and in 
 1865 enlisted in Co. A, gth 111. Cav., joining 
 his Regt. at Eastport, Miss., where Forrest sur 
 rendered his army. In May he was sent to 
 Ala. and kept on provost duty all summer. 
 Later, his Regt. started upon the march, visited 
 Corinth, luka, Decatur, Selma and Demopolis, 
 Ala. 
 
 From the time he joined the army up to his 
 discharge, he had marched upwards of 3,000 
 miles, and had many skirmishes with the enemy. 
 On several occasions he was detailed for special 
 service in the capture of rebels, and on one of 
 those expeditions his position was both danger 
 ous and exciting. With others of the command 
 he was sent to capture fifteen rebels who were 
 intrenched behind cotton bales and refused to 
 surrender. Fire was opened upon both sides, 
 but seeing resistance was useless, the rebels 
 surrendered. At another time Mr. Bristol was 
 detailed in charge of two men to go to Utah, 
 about 35 miles distant, where he remained about 
 three weeks. Returning to Gainsville, he found 
 the Regt. gone, thereupon he returned for his 
 men and reported to the Provost Marshal at 
 Livingston. Whilst at Utah he was in charge 
 of $100,000 worth of cotton, which he might 
 have sold and put the money in his pocket, but 
 this he refrained from doing. 
 
 He was mustered out at Selma, Oct. 27, 1865, 
 then returned to Springfield, where he was dis 
 charged, and set out for home. 
 
 In 1868, he married Sarah J. Cady, of Mun- 
 son, Henry Co., then settled upon a farm near 
 Geneseo, where he lived until 1882, when he 
 rented his farm and moved to Peoria in order 
 that his children might obtain the benefits of a 
 good education. He had learned the carpenter 
 trade in his young days, and this he follows in 
 Peoria. In 1888 he built a comfortable home 
 at the foot of the bluff, on Saratoga and 7th 
 Sts., where he now lives with* his family. He 
 has four children, Ralph W., John W., Charles 
 M., and Lyman T. 
 
 Mr. Bristol takes an active interest in the 
 welfare of working men, and has filled, for some 
 time, the position of Secretary of the Carpen 
 ter s Union, No. 245,. of Peoria. He is a mem 
 ber of the G. A. R., and a Democrat in politics . 
 
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 W. 
 
 R. GEORGE W. THOMPSON, D. D. S., 
 Quincy, 111., is a native of Ohio, born in 
 Athens Co., Oct. 14, 1842, son of John 
 and Nancy A (Sheilds) Thompson. The 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 family is of Scotch-Irish descent. The father 
 was a farmer by occupation, to whom two sons 
 and four daughters were born, and of whom 
 our subject was the eldest son and fourth 
 child. His early life was spent on a farm and 
 in attendance at the district school, coming 
 to Quincy when the country was new, he 
 entered Quincy College prior to the war, and 
 afterwards taught school in Hancock Co., 
 111., during the winter of 1860-1. On the 
 5th of August he volunteered his service to his 
 country and became a member of Co. G, Sgth 
 Vol. Inf., having enlisted in a Camp Point 
 company, being appointed a Corporal. He was 
 mustered into the service at Quincy, where the 
 regiment remained and drilled until late in 
 Sept., then went to Jeffersonville, Ind., and 
 from there to Ky., and guarded the Louisville 
 and Nashville Ry., during the winter of 1862-3. 
 In Feb. following, the regiment embarked on 
 transport at Louisville and went to Nashville, 
 where it was assigned to the 2nd Brig., 3rd 
 Div., 1 4th A. C., entering field service under 
 command of Gen. Jeff C. Davis. The Regt- 
 took an active part in all the principal battles 
 in which the Army of the Cumberland was 
 engaged. Our subject accompanied his Regt. 
 as far as Bridgeport, Ala., and here he was re 
 turned to Nashville and assigned to detached 
 duty, in consequence of poor health. At Nash 
 ville he had charge of the Commissary Depart 
 ment, remaining there until the end of the war, 
 when he was mustered out at that place, June 
 30. 1865. 
 
 He returned to Quincy and spent a portion 
 of the first year recuperating his health and as 
 sisting on his father s farm. Following this, he 
 received the appointment of Assistant P. M.,at 
 Hannibal, Mo., where he remained about four 
 years. Leaving the P. O. he began the study 
 of dentistry, continued his studies three years; 
 he went to Chicago in 1873 where he remained 
 about a year, going from there to Barry, 111., 
 where h* practiced eight years, and in 1882 
 removed to Quincy. There he has a fine suite 
 of rooms and an excellent practice in his chosen 
 profession. He is a gentleman of unassuming 
 manners, having the confidence and esteem of 
 
 all who know him, both in a professional and 
 social sense. 
 
 On Sept. 6th, 1871, he was united in mar 
 riage with Belle Edminster, a daughter of 
 Charles and Minerva (Clark) Edminster, of 
 Hamilton, Mo. She received her education in 
 Grand Rapids, Wis., and is an acomplished and 
 educated lady. To this union six children have 
 been born, only two of whom are living. 
 Rollie, the eldest of the living children is now 
 15 years of age, a bright and intelligent lad 
 now attending school. Carrie is the pride of 
 affectionate and loving parents, and attends 
 the city schools. Dr. and Mrs. Thompson are 
 worthy members of the M. E. Church. The 
 Dr. is a member of the A. U. O. W. and M. W. 
 of A., beneficial or insurance orders, and of 
 John Wood Post, No. 96, G. A. R. He has 
 represented both the former orders in their 
 respective Grand Lodges. He is also a mem 
 ber of the I. O. C). E. and is now the second 
 officer in his lodge, in which he has also served 
 two terms as Treasurer. Politically the Doctor is 
 a Democrat, although he cast his first Presiden 
 tial vote for General Grant, not having pre 
 viously taken sufficient interest in politics to 
 attend the elections. 
 
 JAMES HOOK SANDS, of Tolono, 111., was born 
 at Green Castle, Ind., July23, 1835. and was 
 asonof Col. Louis H. and Julia M. ( Lucas) 
 Sands. His father, Col. Sands, was a representa 
 tive of an old Me. family, which he was able to 
 trace back to a period anterior to the Revolu 
 tionary war. The father, many years ago, moved 
 to Ky., and soon after to Ind., where he con 
 ducted a trading business on the Indian front 
 ier, now the site of the town of Green Castle. 
 His customers were principally the Indians, 
 and also the few white settlers who had jmi- 
 grated to that lonely region about the same 
 time as himself. He was soon after appointed 
 by the Govt. as Indian agent and subsequently 
 assisted it in removing the Indians from Ind., 
 to their new reservation on the banks of the 
 Miss. Being a well educated and representa- 
 
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 tive business man, he was in 1834, elected to 
 the Legislature, of his adopted State, and be 
 came a close and intimate friend of Gen. Lew. 
 Wallace and Col. Dick Thompson. At the 
 outbreak of the late civil war, Col. Sands was 
 called to Indianopolis by Gov. Morton, and 
 commissioned to enlist and drill soldiers for 
 service at the front. He had only been en 
 gaged in this laudable undertaking for a few 
 days, when he w r as smitten with a deadly sick 
 ness, cutting short a useful and prominent life, 
 on May 6, 1861. His brother, Benj. F. Sands, 
 was a commodore in the U. S. Navy, and did 
 splendid service for his country throughout the 
 war, having subsequently been commissioned 
 as Admiral, remaining in active service until 
 1885, when he was retired upon half pay, and 
 died in 1888. His son James H. followed in 
 the footsteps of his father, and is now com 
 mander of the U. S. war ship Monongahelaand 
 is a son-in-law of Commodore Meatle, also of 
 theU. S. Navy, who wasa brother of the late Gen. 
 Geo. G. Meade and father of Capt. Richard 
 Meade, of the U. S. Navy. George H. Sands, 
 another son of Admiral Sands, is a Lieut, in the 
 6th U. S. Cav. regiment. The wife of Admiral 
 Sands is a sister of Gen. Wm. H. French, who 
 commanded a Div. in the Rebellion. The 
 mother of our subject was a daughter of Maj. 
 Joshua Lucas, a woman of liberal education 
 and a typical American patriot. After the 
 death of her husband, she did much to assist in 
 the Union cause; threw the doors of her beau 
 tiful home open to the sick and wounded sol 
 diers, many of whom received a motherly care 
 by her sympathetic hands. This noble woman 
 after a useful and exemplary life passed peace 
 fully away at Neosha, Mo., in 1875. Although 
 Col. Sands was compelled to lay down his 
 weapons, he left behind him four brave and 
 courageous sons, each of whom efficiently sus 
 tained the family name and reputation. Lloyd 
 A. served in a Cal. Regt. during the war; Henry 
 also served as a private for 3 years in the 43d 
 Ind., then re-enlisted in the 6th Ind. Cav., 
 serving until the close of the war; William 
 served in Co. C, 6th Ind. Cav., and was wounded 
 in the Stoneman raid near Macon, Ga. 
 
 Capt. Sands, our subject, at the age of 13 
 received an appointment as midshipman in the 
 U. S. Navy, went before the examining board 
 at Annapolis, Md., for examination, when, after 
 a rigid examination an enlargement of one of 
 the blood vessels in the left leg was discov 
 ered, and after a long debate by the members 
 of the board, he was finally rejected. This was 
 the greatest disappointment in Capt. Sands 
 life. Disconsolate he returned home, helped 
 his father in his store and prosecuted his studies 
 at Asbury University, Green Castle. 
 
 On June 2Oth, 1862, he entered the ranks of 
 the Army as a private in Co. C, 6th Ind. Cav., 
 and promotions came thick and fast, until he 
 became Capt. of his Co. This Co. was com 
 posed of splendid material and embraced such 
 honorable names as Col. C. C. Mattson, who 
 subsequently was a candidate for Gov. of Ind. 
 It rendezvoused at camp Dick Thompson and 
 was then sent to the front, encountering the 
 enemy for the first time at Richmond, Ky. 
 After a fierce struggle, he with his Regt. was 
 taken prisoner, by Gen. Kirby Smith, but was 
 immediately paroled and returned to Indian 
 apolis, where the men were soon exchanged 
 and the Regt. again took the field. He joined 
 in the campaign through East Tenn., and at the 
 siege of- Knoxville, where he was upon detached 
 duty. In the spring of 1864, he led his com 
 pany throughout the Atlanta campaign and 
 participated in all the battles of that bloody 
 yet successful military expedition. After the 
 fall of Atlanta he joined in the pursuit of Gen. 
 Hood s forces, and subsequently he was in the 
 action at Muldroy s Hill, Ky., where he was 
 again taken prisoner by the Rebel, John Mor 
 gan, together with many others of his regiment. 
 As he was ranking officer at the time of his 
 capture, the Rebel leader came to his tent door 
 and asked for the officer in command, when 
 Capt. Sands intimated that he was in command. 
 Morgan then said that his supplies were in the 
 rear and if the Capt. had no objections he 
 would take supper in his tent. As our subject 
 was a prisoner no other course was open, even 
 if he had felt adversely disposed, but to con 
 sent. The two commanders sat down and par- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS, 
 
 took of their evening meal together. Soon 
 after this he was paroled and exchanged and 
 again joined his command in the pursuit of 
 Hood and participated in the terrible battle of 
 Nashville, which occurred on Dec. 15 and i6th, 
 1864, it being the last heavy battle he took part 
 in. He was also actively engaged at Pulaski, 
 Tenn., where he continued to be employed 
 until June 20th, 1865, when he was mustered 
 out of the Vol. service. 
 
 In the following Sept. he received a com 
 mission as Lieut, in the 6th U. S. Cav., and was 
 assigned to duty in the department of Texas. 
 Being placed in command of a post in East 
 Texas, he established authority in that locality, 
 as also at a post at Pilot Grove, for the purpose 
 of capturing the noted outlaw, Bob Lee, who, 
 with a band of raiders, was keeping that sec 
 tion of the country in constant terror and ex 
 citement. This desperado was finally killed by 
 Capt. Sand s men. At Sulphur Springs, Capt. 
 Tolman was left in command of the Post with 
 his Co. Capt. Sands being 60 miles distant re 
 ceived news that Tolman was being besieged 
 by some 200 desperadoes, and without a 
 moment s delay he set out in the evening for 
 the former s relief. Galloping across the country 
 he reached his destination early in the morning, 
 just in time to save the lives of Capt. Tolman 
 and his little band. Shortly after this he was 
 assigned to Waco, Texas, and appointed dis 
 bursing quartermaster, under Col. John John 
 son, who was authori/ed to offer a reward of 
 Si.ooo for the head of the outlaw Bigerstaff. 
 Later on, he was in the northwestern part of 
 Texas, keeping the then hostile Indians in sub 
 jection. Whilst there, the town marshal sought 
 his assistance in the arrest of some outlaws. 
 He and five of his men mounted and started in 
 pursuit of the two men who were wanted. His 
 men preceded him, and before knowing it, the 
 two outlaws had fired upon them, wounding 
 two of his men. Capt. Sands ordered his men 
 to charge among the timber, where the fugitives 
 were concealed, and after some sharp firing the 
 two men fell dead, pierced by Capt. Sands bul 
 lets. That portion of the country contained 
 many desperate characters, and all the settlers 
 
 were opposed to military rule. They summoned 
 a grand jury, who, without the testimony of 
 Capt. Sands, or any of his men, and in fact with 
 out his knowledge, found he and his men guilt) 7 
 of murder. Col. .Johnson, however, received 
 instructions to suppress all civil proceedings 
 and establish martial law. It is needless to say 
 that the Government exonerated Capt. Sands 
 and his men from all wrongdoing, at the same 
 time commending them for their gallant and 
 heroic conduct. In 1871, he was ordered to the 
 plains of Kansas and stationed at Fort Hayes, 
 where three years later he was appointed Adj. 
 of the 6th Cav., and from 187 1 until 1879, was 
 in the department of Arizona. 
 
 Having served his country long and faith 
 fully, and being a great sufferer by reason of 
 the hardships endured, without the physical 
 powers longer to continue therein, he asked to 
 be relieved, which request was granted, at the 
 same time he was placed upon the retired list 
 with a pension of $140 per month for life. Thus 
 it can be seen that the brave Col. Sands left 
 behind him a brother, son, grandsons, who have 
 built a monument to the name of Sands that 
 will not soon be forgotten and that time will 
 not destroy. Since the Capt. s retirement he 
 has resided in Tolono, 111., where he had pre 
 viously made many investments, and where his 
 daughter was being educated. He is a member 
 of the G. A. R.. Post No. 334, of which he has 
 been commander; he is also Aid-de-Camp on 
 the staff of Department Commander Horace S. 
 Clark. In politics is a Republican. 
 
 Capt. Sands was married June 20th, 1861, to 
 Sibel R. Gillmore, who is of old Virginian 
 ancestry^ and whose family for many genera 
 tions have been prominent in the social, politi 
 cal and military history of the country. Mrs. 
 Sands is a lady of education and refinement, 
 and presides with becoming grace and womanly 
 affection over the household of Capt. Sands, 
 within which there is every indication of abso 
 lute harmony and much felicity. 
 
 Capt. Sands has four children Nina, the 
 eldest, is a young lady who has finished her 
 education; Frank G., a bright and promising 
 young man, holding a responsible government 
 
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 position; Alice, and Lloyd. Capt. Sands has 
 by his good business methods succeeded in 
 accumulating a modest fortune, and now holds 
 an enviable position among the society of his 
 adopted home. 
 
 WE FIND among the prominent enter 
 prising and successful business men 
 of Quincy, 111., GEO. W. WARD, a most 
 respected resident and native of that city. He 
 was born in Fanquier Co., Va., April 19, 1829, 
 and owes his parentage to Thomas and Maria 
 (Whittaker) Ward, the former born in about 
 1796, in the District of Columbia, and the latter 
 in 1802 in Virginia. The father was of English 
 ancestry, whilst the mother was a true repre 
 sentative of that gem of the British Isles 
 known among Irishmen as "Erin." There was 
 in his parents family besides our subject, the 
 following brothers and sisters: Jane, Thos. W., 
 Mary Elizabeth. Jas. E., Lewis Bushrod and 
 Anna Maria. The father died Jan. 1st, 1861, 
 and the mother in Quincy, 111., in 1878. Lewis 
 Bushrod our subject s brother, served in the 
 late war in Co. C. loth 111., from Aug., 1861, 
 until the close of the Rebellion. He was dis 
 charged July 4th, 1863. 
 
 Immediately after the issuing of President 
 Lincoln s proclamation calling for 75,000 troops, 
 young Ward, inspired by a feeling of patriot 
 ism, determined to respond to his country s 
 call and assist in suppressing a rebellion which 
 at one time threatened the autonomy of this 
 Republic. He therefore, on the 20th of April, 
 1861, enlisted for service in the Union Army, 
 and became a member of Co. D, loth 111. Vol. 
 Inf., with Jas. D. Morgan as Col. of the Regt., 
 at Cairo, 111. He started with his regiment for 
 the scene of active operations. He assisted in 
 capturing the steamboat Hillman, on the Miss. 
 river, which was laden with supplies intended 
 for the rebels. His enlistment was for a term 
 of three months, and about the time it expired 
 met with an accident resulting in a physical 
 disability and unfitting him for further service 
 in the army. Hence he was necessarily mus 
 
 tered out at Cairo, 111., July 2Oth, 1861. Upon 
 being discharged, Mr. Ward returned to his 
 home at Quincy, where he has since resided, 
 having, when quite a child, removed to that 
 city, with his parents, and of which town he has 
 been a resident for 56 years. In early life, Mr. 
 Ward learned the plastering business, which he 
 has followed, and in which calling he has 
 achieved financial success, thus testifying 
 to his energy, business ability and general fair 
 dealing. He was married May 23, 1855, at 
 Warsaw, 111., to A. S. Wilson, a daughter of 
 Valentine and Adeline S. Wilson. Her father 
 was of Scotch descent and her mother of 
 English, the latter living to the extraordinary 
 old age of 91 years. Among the fruits of Mr. 
 Wards marriage has been two children Lizzie 
 Bella, and Thaddeus W., the former of whom 
 was snatched from the loving embrace of her 
 parents, and whose spirit has gone to swell the 
 ever increasing multitude of those who have 
 crossed the vale, and who are happily freed 
 from further suffering and sorrow of this life. 
 Thaddeus W. is a resident of Quincy and 
 engaged in the news and stationery business. 
 
 Mr. Ward has never identified himself or 
 become a member of any secret organization, 
 and in matters of politics he maintains a like 
 position, never having allied himself with any 
 party, but votes as occasion demands, inde 
 pendently, as his fancy and conscience dictates. 
 He is a true representative of our American 
 manhood, honest and straightforward in his 
 dealings, living with becoming respect to his 
 comfortable surroundings and always at peace 
 with his countrymen and acquaintances. 
 
 EDWARD M. WILCOX, the subject of this 
 sketch, is a member of the G. A. R., and 
 a resident of Rock Island, 111., was born 
 June 28, 1839, at Postville, Cattaraugus Co., N. 
 Y., a son of Edward and Christiana (Boyer) 
 Wilcox. His mother was born Oct. I, 1813, 
 was of German descent, and at present is living 
 with her daughter, Mrs. Ira .Peek, of Rock 
 Island. The Wilcox family in this country 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 traces their origin back to Randolph Wilcox, 
 who was born on the Island of Santa Cruz, and 
 among whose descendants we find sea captains, 
 generals in the late rebellion, noted politicians, 
 professors of colleges and physicians. The 
 father of our subject was born at Philadelphia, 
 May 20, 1800. He enlisted in the regular army 
 when not 19 years old, being discharged after 
 ten years of service. Subsequently he estab 
 lished himself as a merchant tailor, which call 
 ing he followed successfully both at Hinsdale, 
 N. Y., and Mt. Vernon, Ohio. At the latter 
 place the Hon. William Windom, late Secretary 
 of Treasury, was in his employ up to the time 
 he took up the study cf law. Mr. Wilcox was 
 a member of the old-line Whig party, taking 
 very active interest in politics and being an 
 orator of some repute. When the news of se 
 cession came, his patriotic blood rose high, and 
 notwithstanding he was 62 years old, he enlisted 
 in the great arm} , serving in the I25th Ohio 
 Inf., taking active part in the Atlanta cam 
 paign, during which he contracted the disease 
 of chronic diarrhoea, from the effects of which 
 he died, May 20, 1863, while still in the service 
 of his country. Such a patriotic father would 
 naturally beget a patriotic offspring. Thus it 
 was that George L. and Jonathan J. D., brothers 
 of our subject, both enlisted. The former 
 faithfully served three years by the side of Ed 
 ward, and was wounded at Gettysburg. The 
 latter served in the 45th Ohio, and died from 
 the effects of a wound received in the war. 
 Edward, our subject, was the second of a fam 
 ily of eleven children. When 7 years old he 
 moved with his parents to Mt. Vernon, Ohio. 
 There he attended school a schoolmate of the 
 Hon. Frank Hurd, Hon. W. F. Sapp, and other 
 noted men. W 7 hen the bombardment of Fort 
 Sumter threatened the destruction of the stars 
 and stripes," we find Mr. Wilcox clerking in a 
 clothing store at Lima, Ohio. Forward he went 
 in response to the very first call, and enlisted 
 April 18, 1861, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, Co. B, 
 Capt. H. B. Banning, it being the first to be ac 
 cepted by the Governor. 
 
 At Columbus they were organized into the 
 4th Ohio Volunteers, under Col. Lorain An 
 
 drews. After remaining 5 weeks at Camp 
 Dennison, they re-enlisted, June 4, 1861, for 
 three years under the same organization. 
 Shortly, they went to the front under Gen. 
 McClellan, and soon were put under fire at 
 Buchanan. They next proceeded to Rich Mt., 
 W. Va., where, July n, 1861, they encountered 
 the enemy early in the morning, in a very 
 spirited battle, which resulted in the defeat of 
 the enemy, Col. Pegram, the rebel commander, 
 being wounded and taken prisoner, together 
 with about 1,400 of his men. After the battle, 
 commenced the digging of a hole about six by 
 sixty feet, in which were deposited in one solid 
 mass, the remains of about sixty dead rebels, 
 and thus the "boys" designated the conflict the 
 "battle of Death Shades." Following the re 
 treating enemy, they captured the entire com 
 mand at Beverly. After building Fort Pendle- 
 ton, Md., and participating in frequent skir 
 mishes, they had a bloody battle at Romney, 
 W. Va., Wilcox s Co. losing 12 in killed and 
 wounded. The next active engagement was 
 near Winchester, where, March 23, 1862, they 
 gallantly fought and conquered Stonewall 
 Jackson, who now for the first time was de 
 feated. Many prisoners were captured, with a 
 total loss on both sides of about 800. After 
 constant marching and countermarching they 
 had another engagement at Luray, thence 
 moved down the Shenandoah Valley, encount 
 ering almost constant skirmishes, and when 
 they reached Port Republic fought one of the 
 bloodiest and most stubbornly fought battles 
 in the history of the war, heroically attempting 
 to hold the bridge with a force of only 4,500, 
 against the enemy about 20,000 strong. Finally 
 the gallant "boys" had to retreat, losing their 
 entire artillery and an immense number in 
 killed and wounded. 
 
 Two days rest, and we find them on a forced 
 march to Manassas Junction, from whence they 
 proceeded to Harrison s Landing to reinforce 
 McClellan. On arrival Wilcox s command was 
 immediately assigned to the outposts, and July 
 4, 1862, succeeded in establishing their line in 
 a hard-fought battle. After spending weeks in 
 burying the dead who died from diarrhoea con- 
 
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 tracted through poisoned water, they tramped 
 onward and participated in the 2nd battle of 
 Games Mill. Thence forward to reinforce 
 Pope at Centerville, and here it was that Fitz 
 John Porter refused to obey the command of 
 Gen. Pope, and lay back with his entire army 
 of 70,000, while Pope s army was being defeated 
 only thirty miles off, at the second battle of 
 Bull Run. Subsequently our subject was act 
 ively engaged in four of the bloodiest battles 
 of the war, namely: Antietam, Fredericksburg, 
 Chancellorsville. and Gettysburg. An idea of 
 the magnitude of these four battles can be bet 
 ter formed when we realize that the Union 
 forces alone suffered a loss of 65,351 in killed, 
 wounded and missing. In the last named battle 
 comrade Wilcox was engaged in the famous 
 Hancock s Corps, being right in the front, fac 
 ing volley upon volley of the enemy s hot fire. 
 But, ah ! the gallant "boys" truly had the love 
 of the grand "old flag" at heart, and onward 
 they pressed, the regiment loosing 180 in killed 
 and wounded. During the engagement both 
 our subject and his brother were wounded, and 
 his immediate comrade, poor John Diebald, had 
 his head cut entirely off by a cannon ball, the 
 brains spattering all over our subject s clothes. 
 After the battle comrade Wilcox received a 
 furlough, to return home on account of general 
 disability. Returning after a stay of about 60 
 days he met his former Col. at Columbus, Ohio, 
 who insisted that our subject was not fit for 
 field service. Accordingly he was made order 
 ly for Gen. Heintzleman, and on June 4, 1864, 
 the regiment of whom there sadly remained 
 but 290 out of an original total of 1800, was 
 mustered out. Thus after three years of loyal, 
 gallant service, Mr. Wilcox returned home. 
 
 May 8, 1867, he located at Rock Island, re 
 suming the merchant tailoring business, which 
 he successfully continued for five years, and 
 then accepted the position of railway postal 
 clerk, which he still holds, having been removed 
 only at the time of President Cleveland s ad 
 ministration. 
 
 By Mr. Wilcox s first marriage there is liv 
 ing but one child, Homer. Jan. 8, 1871, he was 
 united a second time in the holy bonds of mat 
 
 rimony. This time to Miss Elizabeth Thomp 
 son, the amiable and ladylike daughter of James 
 and E. Thompson. To them were born seven 
 bright and loving children of whom are living, 
 Luella, Gertrude, Grace, Bessie, Cora and Flo 
 rence. Mr. Wilcox is a member of the Good 
 Templars, and in politics is an uncompromising 
 Republican, having an extensive acquaintance 
 among leading politicians in the State and U. S. 
 The family are all members of the First M. E. 
 Church, and as for comrade Wilcox, he is a 
 popular fellowlike and excellent citizen. 
 
 SOON after the breaking out of the Rebel 
 lion, our present subject, Josiah Miller 
 inspired with a spirit of patriotism, con 
 cluded to aid in the suppression of a war. He 
 enlisted in the army, Aug. 12, 1862, Co. F, 
 1 25th 111. Vol. Inf., as a private. With his Regt. 
 he went to Covington, Ky., then on to Louis 
 ville, where it remained three weeks, then 
 joined in the Nashville campaign. The Regt. 
 participated in the bloody battle of .Perryville 
 where the men had the first opportunity of 
 hearing a whistle of a minie ball and the 
 fierce shriek of shot and shell. Marched to 
 Nashville, thence to Mill Creek, then returning 
 to Nashville, where it remained as part of the 
 post forces until Aug., 1863, doing the various 
 duties incident to post service. The service at 
 Nashville had afforded an opportunity to the 
 men of becoming thoroughly conversant with 
 drill and military tactics, and realizing their 
 strength, felt anxious to be in pursuit of the 
 rebels. They moved to Murfreesboro, re 
 mained there two months, then started upon 
 the Chattanooga campaign, their route taking 
 them through Franklin, Columbia, Athens, 
 Huntsville, Bridgeport and over Lookout Mt. 
 to the battle field of Chickamauga, where, on 
 the morning of Sept. 19, the whole brigade 
 came near being drawn in an ambush and sur 
 rounded at Reed s Bridge. On the 2Oth the 
 Regt. supporting Thomas left was under fire 
 all Sunday afternoon and also on Monday at 
 Rossville Gap. Crossing the Tenn. on Sher- 
 
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 man s pontoon, Nov. 24, it engaged in the bat 
 tle of Mission Ridge, fought on the two 
 following days, then pursued the enemy as far 
 as Ringgold Station. Gen. Burnside, at this 
 time, was being besieged at Knoxville, and for 
 his relief the I25th was ordered thither, but 
 before arrival Burnside received relief ; there 
 fore the regiment, after a long and tiresome 
 march, with many of the men without foot wear 
 and otherwise scantily clothed , returned to 
 Chattanooga. 
 
 On Feb. 24, 1864, Mr. Miller went with his 
 Regt. on the reconnoissance to Buzzard s 
 Roost Gap, and returning camped at Gordon s 
 Mills, May 3, making preparations for the 
 Atlantic campaign. Sherman put the Union 
 forces in motion on May 3, and the enemy s 
 resistance began at once. Mr. Miller partici 
 pated in the battles of Dalton, Rome, Dallas, 
 Kenesaw Mt., where he had the closest call of 
 his long service, having had his cartridge box 
 shot off by a rebel bullet. The loss to the 
 Regt. in the last named battle was 120 killed 
 and wounded in the short space of 20 minutes. 
 He was also engaged in the battles of Marietta, 
 Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta and Jonesboro, 
 which practically terminated the campaign 
 and threw the city of Atlanta into the posses 
 sion of the Union forces. After a short rest at 
 Atlanta the regiment made a long and labori 
 ous raid as far as Florence in pursuit of For 
 rest s Cav., and returning, started Nov. 16, with 
 Sherman s army on its famous march to the 
 sea, in which it did its full share of duty, and 
 procured and consumed its full share of sub 
 sistence. Another short rest at Savannah, and 
 Sherman s avenging hosts were turned loose 
 on the sacred soil of S. Ca., and in subjugating 
 that State, the I25th was behind no other Regt. 
 March 16, 1865, its progress was checked at 
 Averysboro, where a sharp, hot contest took 
 place, which was quickly followed by the bat 
 tle of Bentonville, fought on the igth, 2oth 
 and 2ist days of March. The fighting at the 
 latter place was very severe, a full share of 
 which fell on the regiment, when it not only 
 sustained its past reputation for courage , but 
 justly added new laurels to its victorious 
 
 crown. After leaving Savannah, Mr. Miller 
 was detached from his regiment, and with about 
 400 other men, was sent upon a scouting expe 
 dition, their instructions being to save Win 
 chester from being burned by the rebel forces. 
 They were drawn into ambush, suddenly at 
 tacked and 40 of their number taken prisoners. 
 Following close upon this came the surrender 
 of the rebel army and the close of the war, 
 whereupon, the Regt. set out for Washington, 
 where it took part in the grand review. The 
 men were mustered out at Washington, June 9, 
 1865, and immediately started for Chicago, 
 where they were paid off and discharged. Mr. 
 Miller s brother Alfred, was also a soldier at 
 the same period, having also served in the 
 1 25th. His grandfather, John Miller, was in 
 the Revolutionary war, and his maternal grand 
 father, Richard Warefield, fought in the war of 
 1812. 
 
 Our subject was born in Mercer Co., Ohio, 
 March 9, 1840, where he was reared upon a 
 farm. In 1859 he removed to 111., where he 
 engaged in farming until the outbreak of the 
 war. At the close of the war he returned to 
 the same calling, but fifteen years ago was 
 compelled to giveupthat occupation by reason 
 of declining health, resulting from his many 
 hardships and privations during his army life. 
 For the last few years he has been engaged in 
 the barber business at Fisher and Rantoul. 
 Mr. Miller was one of the charter members of 
 the G. A. R. Post at Fisher, 111., as also one of 
 its officers. He married in 1885, Fannie Harper, 
 a native of Columbus, Ohio. In politics he is 
 decidedly a Democrat. 
 
 BENNETT OSBORN, of Sidney, 111., enlisted 
 for service in the late rebellion, Feb. 15, 
 1862, in Co. D, 63d Ind. Vol. Inf., at 
 Reynolds, Ind. With his Regt. he first moved 
 to Washington, thence to Alexandria, where he 
 was on parole duty until Gen. McClellan re 
 turned from his unsuccessful demonstration 
 against Richmond, when he was sent to the 
 front and into the battle of second Bull Run, 
 
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 Aug. 30, 1862. Here he was wounded, by being 
 struck with a bullet in the left hand, whilst in 
 the act of loading his gun. The ball first struck 
 his gun, and glancing off, lodged in his hand, 
 shattering the bones and necessitating the 
 amputation of his fore finger. He was then 
 sent to the hospital at Washington, where he 
 remained for about one month, and then was 
 placed in a similar situation at Indianapolis 
 where he continued until Nov. 18, 1862, when 
 under an order of the President he was dis 
 charged. His wound finally healed, and as it 
 did a feeling of revenge appeared and gained 
 in strength as the weeks passed by, strongly 
 stimulating him to again enter the service on 
 behalf of his threatened country. He accord 
 ingly re-enlisted Dec. 5, 1863, in Co. F, I28th 
 Ind. Vol. Inf., in which he was mustered in as 
 Sergeant and was at once sent to the front at 
 Nashville, Tenn. He next moved to Chatta 
 nooga and on to Ringgold, where his Regt. was 
 attached to the 23d A. C. 
 
 After a winter of much suffering from hun 
 ger and exposure in the vicinity of Chatta 
 nooga, he set out in the spring, upon the At 
 lanta campaign, and participated in all the 
 heavy battles of that expedition, until the city 
 of his destination had been captured. Among 
 the heavy battles in which he was engaged may 
 be mentioned, Dalton, Rocky Face Ridge 
 Resaca, New Hope Church, Adairsville, Dallas, 
 Marietta, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mt., Peach Tree 
 Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro and Lovejoy s Sta 
 tion. He then went with his command in pur 
 suit of the rebel Hood and his forces and en 
 gaged them at Decatur, Franklin, and again at 
 Nashville, where one of the most determined 
 and destructive battles of the war was fought, 
 considering the number of men engaged, but 
 resulted in a complete overthrow of, and break 
 ing up of Hood s army. Of the horrors of war 
 his next experience was at Fort Fisher, and fol 
 lowing it, that at Kingston, soon after which 
 the rebel armies surrendered, and he was pres 
 ent at the surrender of Gen. Johnston. 
 
 For several months Mr. Osborn was almost 
 continually exposed to the rebel fire, and never 
 beyond the reach of rebel bullets. He was 
 
 made to endure much suffering during the fall 
 of 1864, being kept constantly upon the move, 
 and upon long and heavy marches, resting by 
 times at night upon the snow-clad ground, 
 without covering, and which was much prefera 
 ble to the wet ground upon which he was com 
 pelled many a night to make his bed, and that 
 under a drenching rain. He contracted a ter 
 rible cough, which has clung to him ever since. 
 After the surrender of Johnston he was kept 
 engaged looking after the ordnance until mus 
 tered out, Sept. 15, 1865, when he was discharged 
 and paid off. Mr. Osborn served his country for 
 33 months, surrounded by great dangers, and 
 was always recognized for his brave and gallant 
 conduct. The greater part of his service was 
 in the ist Brig., 1st Div., 23d A. C. Following 
 the fall of Atlanta, he was overtaken with ill 
 ness, sent to the hospital, and afterwards ob 
 tained a furlough, and returned home to vote 
 for President Lincoln, but rejoined his com 
 mand during the battle at Columbia, and took 
 part in that action. 
 
 Mr. Osborn was born in Owen Co., Ky., June 
 25, 1832, a son of Bartholomew and Frances 
 (Woodruth) Osborn. His ancestors settled in 
 S. C. anterior to the Revolution. His two un 
 cles were in the army during the war of 1812, 
 assisting their country agaist the British foe. 
 In 1850 Mr. Osborn moved to Ind., and in 
 1874, to 111., locating at Hoopestown, where he 
 was employed in the milling business, a trade 
 which he had previously learned. 
 
 Subsequently he moved to Uurbana, and to 
 Sidney in 1885, where he has lived a compara 
 tively quiet and retired life surrounded by ev 
 ery luxury that a gentleman of modest aspira 
 tions and honorable ways desires. He has been 
 identified with the G. A. R. for many years and is 
 at present a member of Sidney Post; a truly 
 consistent and exemplary member of the Chris 
 tian Church, as is also his estimable wife, to 
 whom he was married Aug. 5, 1851, her maiden 
 name being Baldwin. Eight children have 
 been born to them, four of whom are dead, viz.: 
 Carrie, Quincy, Alfred and Albert the last 
 two being twins. Those living are, Charles, 
 now of Chicago; Alice, the wife of William 
 
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 Fleming, of Chicago; Pollard, of Hoopeston; 
 and Susan, wife of H. C. Green. Mrs. Osborn 
 also has reason to be proud of her country as 
 her grandfather Baldwin was one of those who 
 served in the Revolutionary war and hazarded 
 his life to build up a new Nation, and her father 
 inherited the soldier spirit and imitated his an 
 cestors by becoming a soldier in the war of 
 1812. The mother of Mrs. Osborn is still living 
 in Ind. and is one of the surviving pensioners of 
 the war of 1812. 
 
 Mr. Osborn had two brothers in the late war 
 Aaron was in the /th Ind. Inf., taken prisoner 
 at Port Republic, and confined in rebel prisons 
 in Belle Island for 7 months. Later he served 
 in the nth Ind. Cav. until the war closed, and 
 died Dec. 31, 1891. His brother Hiram served 
 in the igth Ind. and i6th Ky until the Rebel 
 lion faded out. His brother-in-law James Ha- 
 mens was in the Rebel army, and whilst on a 
 scouting expedition went home to visit his fam 
 ily, when he was captured by Union forces, who 
 mistook him for the famous rebel guerrilla of 
 the same name and notwithstanding his pro 
 testations, was sentenced to death and shot. 
 
 Retiring and unassuming in his manners, 
 kind and genial in his temperament, honorable 
 to a fault in all his dealings and intercourse 
 with his fellows, we have in Mr. Osborn all the 
 characteristics which go to make up an ideal 
 character and worthy Christian gentleman. 
 
 LEWIS D. SIMMONDS, who is now employed 
 in the Postoffice at Quincy, 111., is a native 
 of Ohio, born Nov. 21, 1838, the only 
 child born to William M. and Mahala (Dickin 
 son) Simmonds. The father had been previously 
 married, by which union he had five children, 
 two of whom were in the Rebellion, one was 
 the Captain of the Simmonds Battery. Lewis 
 mother died when he was six weeks old. The 
 father then removed to Cleveland, O., and en 
 gaged as a commercial traveler. Our subject 
 was denied the love and counsel of a mother, 
 and grew to manhood among strangers. He 
 attended school in Cleveland, then Herron s 
 
 Seminary, Cincinnati. In 1852 he went to Wis., 
 and lived with his half-brother, George, for 
 about 4 years. There he commenced the car 
 penter trade, which he completed in Chicago, 
 and followed that business principally as a 
 theatrical and stage carpenter. He was married 
 in Sept., 1861, to Harriet N. Dixon, daughter 
 of John and Harriet N. Dixon, of Indianapolis. 
 
 He enlisted in Co. B, nth Ind. Vol. Inf., 
 Gen. Lew. .Wallace s old Regt., on April 16, 
 1861, for the 3 months service. He served 
 under Gen. Patterson, who so successfully kept 
 his army out of the battle of Bull Run. He did 
 duty principally at Cumberland, Md., and was 
 discharged from the service Aug. 6, 1861, at 
 Indianapolis. On March 30, 1862, he again 
 enrolled his name in the defense of the old flag, 
 and became a member of the Simmonds 1st Ky. 
 Battery, serving as Serg. and Ordnance Serg., 
 until his transfer to the navy. Whilst in the 
 battery he participated in the battle of Camp 
 Flat Top Mt., in Western Va. This was a sharp, 
 decisive little fight, the only thing remarkable 
 about it being that the battery " double quicked" 
 fifteen miles to reach it, and in getting into 
 line ran directly through the enemy s line of 
 battle. His next engagement was at Newbern 
 Station, and New River Bridge, W. Va. This 
 was a point of great importance to the enemy, 
 the railroad bridge over New River being of 
 vast importance to them. They made a stub 
 born resistance from behind their fortifications, 
 the batteries occupied a position in front with 
 the object of drawing the enemy s fire while the 
 Inf. operated on the flanks. The enemy was 
 flanked out of his fortifications, therefor it 
 became necessary for the battery to change 
 position. In doing so guns No. I and 6 became 
 detached and ran into an ambush. A regiment 
 of raw recruits was sent out to protect these 
 guns on the advanced position, and fired one 
 volley and "skeedaddled" for the rear. Gen. 
 Crook s old regiment, the 36th Ohio, pushed 
 forward to protect the guns. 
 
 Gen. Crook said, "Boys, give it to them, but 
 don t let them capture those guns." Our sub 
 ject had command of gun No. 6, and the Gun 
 ner of Gun No. i, had six bullet holes through 
 
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 his clothing, but not a scratch. The second 
 day s fighting was at New River Bridge. The 
 defeat of the Rebels on the first day was so 
 complete that they had not time to destroy 
 their stores, therefore they fell into our hands. 
 In this day s battle the battery was ordered to 
 the extreme right, a position that was suffering 
 terribly from the enemy s gun s. General Crook 
 sent orders to silence a certain gun. The can 
 noneer took his bearings and elevations, and 
 gave the "time" of fuse required, Sergt. Sim- 
 monds cut it to his orders. The gun was fired 
 and the axle to the rebel gun carriage was 
 struck, thus most effectually silencing it. 
 Another rebel gun was doing terrible execu 
 tion in defending the bridge below and pre 
 venting the crossing of the U. S. Inf. Gen. 
 Crook again gave orders to silence it. This 
 time planting a shell squarely in the muzzle, 
 faithfully carrying out his superior s orders. 
 The battle resulted in the capture and destruc 
 tion of the railroad bridge, thus crippling the 
 enemy s line of communication. Some time 
 previous to this, Mr. Simmonds had re-enlisted 
 as a veteran. He continued with his battery 
 until Aug., 1864, when he was transferred to 
 the navy upon the gunboat Victory, where he 
 served as an ordinary seaman and gunner s 
 mate, filling these various positions to the sat 
 isfaction of those in authority. Subsequently 
 he was promoted to the position of Yeoman, 
 and afterwards as Master s Mate, a position 
 equivalent in rank to that of 2nd Lieut. He 
 was then ordered onboard the "Gen. Thomas," 
 on the upper Tenn., where he did patrol duty 
 from Decatur, Ala., to Chattanooga, Tenn. He 
 was in conflict with Hood in his attempt to 
 cross the river at Decatur, and ran past 23 
 pieces of Art. stationed at different points to 
 prevent the "Gen. Thomas" from coming down 
 the river to Gen. Granger s assistance. His 
 conflict with Hood s land forces and batteries 
 was one of the most desperate contests in 
 which the navy was engaged. On the same 
 occasion as the "Gen. Thomas" passed down 
 the river, she blew up a Rebel caisson, wound 
 ing and killing 50 Rebels. The Boat arrived 
 at Decatur in time to view the contending 
 
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 armies engaged at that place, but her men and 
 ammunition were almost exhausted, therefore, 
 the rebel commander did not consider it pru 
 dent to risk another encounter, and the same 
 night the rebels withdrew, and made a cross 
 ing some fifteen miles further down the river. 
 After the close of the war, or in 1869, Mr. 
 Simmonds came to Quincy, and subsequently 
 received an appointment in the Post-office de 
 partment, which he held until President Cleve 
 land was elected, when he resigned. He was 
 re-appointed, however, in 1889, and still holds 
 the position. He has five children, namely: 
 Lewis Herbert, Norman Rutherford, Jessie 
 Pearl, John William, and Edmond Percival. 
 Mr. Simmonds is a member of the Gem City 
 Lode, No. 357, I. O. O. F., Allen Encampment, 
 M. W. of A., and John Wood Post, No. 96, G. 
 A. R., and has filled various official positions 
 in all of them. He was miraculously fortunate 
 in escaping bodily injury, having participated 
 in many hard-fought battles. His service was 
 continuous, having no intervals of absence ex 
 cept about two months hospital and on recruit 
 ing service and it is to such as he that we are 
 indebted for the preservation of the Union 
 He is a modest unassuming man, and makes 
 no parade of his achievements as a soldier, but 
 relates the facts as simply a duty which he 
 owes to those who are uninformed. 
 
 LIEUT WILLIAM FRANKS, the subject of our 
 present sketch, was born in Ky., Jan. 14, 
 1830, and four years later with his parents 
 removed to 111., settling on a farm in Tazewell 
 Co. His father, grandfather and great grand 
 father s name was also William. The last 
 named emigrated from England in the early 
 days of the I7th century. The father was a 
 soldier of the war of 1812. Immediately on 
 the outbreak of the late war, young Franks 
 enlisted for 3 months service, and assisted in 
 the capture of the first Rebel flag at Columbus, 
 a piece of which he has now in his possession. 
 Having served his term, he returned home and 
 in August of the following year enlisted as 
 
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 ist Sergeant Co. B., io8th 111. Vol. Inf., but was 
 soon assigned to the duties of Orderly Sergt. 
 He was soon promoted to 2nd Lieut, and dur 
 ing the siege of Vicksburgto that of ist Lieut., 
 having almost from the start, command of his 
 Co. After the organization of the Co. it pro 
 ceeded to Covington, thence to Memphis, and 
 from there accompanied Gen. Sherman and was 
 engaged in the battle of Chickasaw Bayou. 
 The io8th was on the right in this engagement, 
 and was the last to leave the field, covering the 
 retreat of the army and assisting it safely upon 
 the boats. Mr. Franks next joined in the 
 movement against Arkansas Post, Jan. II, 1863, 
 when he commanded the Co., which, after a 
 stormy battle, he assisted in capturing. In the 
 winter of 1863 he assisted upon the famous 
 canal, which was afterwards abandoned, and 
 in all the operations leading up to and in 
 clusive of the surrender of Vicksburg, bore his 
 full share of the dangers and responsibilities. 
 He assisted in the command of "his company in 
 the battles of Port Gibson, Raymond, and 
 Champion Hills, at the latter of which the io8th 
 took part in the capture of many Rebel prison 
 ers. The Regt., with two other Regts. was de 
 tailed to take prisoners to Memphis, which it 
 did, and returned to Vicksburg, stopping on 
 the opposite side of the river. At that point 
 Lieut. Franks was sent with 30 men to hold 
 the point just opposite the city, where they 
 were under the fire from the Rebel batteries for 
 two days. 
 
 After the surrender of Vicksburg, the Lieut, 
 accompanied his Regt. to La Grange, Tenn., 
 remaining there until Nov., then moved to 
 Pocahontas and in Dec. to Corinth, and later to 
 Memphis. In May, 1864, he participated under 
 Gen. Sturgis in his disastrous raid to Guntown. 
 In retreating upon this expedition he marched 
 as far as 40miles in one day, sorely pressed all 
 the time by the enemy. The following day the 
 Rebels made a determined rush upon the io8th 
 and succeeded in dividing it, but they all suc 
 ceeded in reaching Memphis. At that point 
 Lieut. Franks was in command of 75 men de 
 tailed for the protection of colored men cut 
 ting wood for the steamboats. Feb. 28, 1865, 
 
 the Regt. broke camp, embarked on a steamer 
 for New Orleans, thence proceeded to Dauph- 
 ine Island, arriving March i6th. On the 2ist, 
 embarked and moved up Mobile Bay and Fish 
 River to Danley s Mills, and four days later 
 marched towards Mobile. March 27th, they 
 met the enemy and drove him within his works 
 at Spanish Fort. Heavy fighting was kept up 
 all day, and during the night the siege works 
 were begun. After a siege of 13 days, the io8th 
 participated in the assault upon the Rebel works, 
 which finally yielded. On the following day, 
 April 8th, Mr. Frank s Regt. moved for Mont 
 gomery, Ala., 190 miles distant, where it ar 
 rived on the 25th of the same month. On the 
 march they heard of the surrender of Lee, and on 
 arrival of the assassination of Lincoln. Here 
 the men were employed upon provost duty 
 until July i8th, when they started for Vicks 
 burg. At Vicksburg they were mustered out; 
 then proceeded to Chicago, where they were 
 finally paid off and discharged, Aug. 11, 1865. 
 Lieut. Frank arrived at Peoria on the third an 
 niversary of his leaving there with the Regt. 
 While at Memphis in 1864, he was detailed in 
 charge of about 250 refugees, principally women 
 and children, from Tenn., assisted in delivering 
 them to Cairo. When home on detached duty, 
 Feb., 1864, he married Lydia Ann Williamson, 
 of Pekin, by whom he has six children living, 
 namely: Ida Bella; Mary, wife of Lee Caster- 
 line, of Hornalsville, N. Y.; Elizabeth Ada; 
 William Younger; Jessie Sophia and Eugene 
 Butler. After the war he engaged in the 
 grocery business in Pekin, which he followed 
 for 1 8 years, and since that has been in the 
 machine shops. He was elected as Assessor of 
 Pekin township, in the year 1884, but has since 
 refused to run for any other office. He is a 
 Republican and a member of the G. A. R., 
 being a charter member of the Joe Hanna 
 Post. He is a man of steady and industrious 
 habits, favorably known and highly respected. 
 
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 APTAIN THOMAS G. DRENNING, a retired 
 steamboat pilot of Galena, 111., was born 
 at Homer City, Pa., Jan. 25, 1831. His 
 
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 father was William Drenning, of Scotch descent, 
 born in Bedford Co., Pa., in 1791, where he re 
 ceived a liberal education. He removed to In 
 diana Co., Pa., engaged in farming, and died 
 there in 1869. The mother, whose maiden 
 name was Esther Hendrickson, of German an 
 cestry, was born in Hagerstown, Md., 1793, and 
 died at the age of 91. The parents married in 
 Bedford Co., Pa., and had II children, four of 
 whom were soldiers in the war against seces 
 sion. These were John, who was employed in 
 steamboating some years before the war, and 
 during the war served as a pilot on the Tenn. 
 River, and was never heard from after that time. 
 Simon, now a resident of Homer City, Pa., was 
 a member of a Pa. Regt. and the army in Va. 
 Frank, at present County Judge of Doniphan 
 Co., Kan., belonged to a Mo. Regt., and was on 
 Gen. Lyon s body guard when that officer was 
 killed. He went up through the different ranks 
 to Captain, served until the close of the war, and 
 afterward was Collector of Revenue for many 
 years. 
 
 Thomas G. Drenning was reared with such 
 educational advantages as were offered in the 
 district school. The book-knowledge he ob 
 tained was secured by studying evenings, after 
 his hard and long day s work. At the age of 
 16 he began to support himself, learning the 
 trade of boat-building at Pittsburg, and found 
 employment in this business for a number of 
 years. He served an apprenticeship of two years 
 in the pilot-house on the UpperMiss. River steam 
 boats, to prepare himself for the duties of a 
 pilot. Later, he was pilot on the river between 
 St. Louis and St. Paul, until the war was de 
 clared, and then was engaged by the Govt. to 
 superintend the transportation of coal from 
 Cincinnati to New Orleans, and up the Red 
 River. At one time there was a pressing de 
 mand for pilots to navigate the gunboats, and 
 Captain Drenning and a companion, Steven 
 Claycomb, were transferred from the coal fleet 
 at Alexandia, on the Red River, April 20, 
 1862, and placed in charge as pilots of the war 
 steamer " Cricket," one of Admiral Porter s flag 
 ships. Six days later he successfully passed 
 the batteries at Kane River, under the enemy s 
 
 hot and terrible fire. In regard to this important 
 service Admiral Porter speaks as follows, in an 
 article written and printed some years after 
 ward : "The moment the Cricket received the 
 first volley of artillery I went on deck to the 
 pilot-house, saluted by a volley of musketry as 
 I passed along, and, as I opened the pilot-house, 
 I saw that the pilot, Mr. Thomas G. Drenning, 
 had his head cut open by a piece of shell, and 
 the blood was streaming down his cheek. He 
 still held on to the wheel. I am all right, sir, 
 he said; I won t give up the wheel. " 
 
 In a letter from the Admiral, which, in ex 
 planation, he gives a more detailed account of 
 the disaster, Admiral Porter thus writes: 
 
 "SPRING LAKE, N. J., Aug. 20, 1884." 
 "Vice Admiral Rowan, Pres. of the Lighthouse 
 Board, Treasury Dept., Washington, D. C. 
 "Sir: I beg leave to draw your attention to the 
 case of Thos. G. Drenning. The person served 
 with me on the Red River, 1864, and piloted 
 the Cricket, which was my temporary flag ship, 
 up the Red River, through all the hardships and 
 dangers, and exposed to the enemy s constant 
 firing from the time we started until we re 
 turned. He was piloting the vessel at a place 
 called Kane River, when we passed a battery of 
 19 guns, which put 38 bursting shells into us, 
 in four minutes, killing and wounding more than 
 half our crew of 50. Mr. Drenning had his head 
 cut open with a shell, but never relinquished 
 his wheel and stood at his post like a man, 
 though almost fainting from loss of blood. 
 Such men should not be forgotten by the Gov 
 ernment, and I am quite sure that the Govern 
 ment will appreciate the bravery displayed by 
 this man alluded to. I remember many acts of 
 heroism which were performed by the Missis 
 sippi pilots, very few of whom have ever been 
 rewarded for their services, but I know of no 
 one who performed more heroic service than 
 Mr. Drenning. I would recommend him for 
 an appointment to assist locating the beacon 
 lights, on the upper Mississippi, or any part of 
 the Mississippi. He is most admirably quali 
 fied for this duty. There are persons holding 
 these positions who have no claims whatever 
 on the country, and I think these old Missis- 
 
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 sippi pilots, who were in the front of danger, 
 who risked their lives fearlessly, and often in 
 sured success, should be taken care of by the 
 Government. I have the honor to be, 
 
 "Very respectfully, 
 [Signed! "DAVID D. PORTER, 
 
 "Admiral." 
 
 After this exploit at Kane River, Captain 
 Drenning was sent to Alexandria, La., and 
 while there saw the steamboat, Fort Hindman, 
 which was barricaded with bales of cotton, start 
 out on an expedition up the river. On the way 
 the cotton becoming ignited, the bales were 
 thrown overboard, and some of them, it is 
 stated, floated down the river for 50 miles, 
 while in flames. 
 
 From Alexandria he piloted a boat, bearing 
 Gen. Franklin, who was wounded, and Gen. 
 Hunter, Inspector Gen., to New Orleans, then 
 up the Miss., to the wrecked vessel "Indian- 
 ola." After guarding this for a time Capt. 
 Drenning was taken to the hospital at Mound 
 City, where his sickness detained him about a 
 month. From this place he went home and 
 was sick about a year from disease contracted 
 in the service. This ended his war record, but 
 on his recovery he resumed his business, and for 
 30 years was a pilot on the Miss. River, be 
 tween St. Louis and St. Paul. 
 
 In 1858, Capt Drenning married Adell 
 Chetlain, a daughter of Louis and Julia Chet- . 
 lain, natives of Neufchatel, Switzerland. Mr. 
 Chetlain was born in 1794, and married in 1820, 
 the next year emigrated with about 200 of his 
 countrymen to the Hudson Bay Country, in 
 British America, where he farmed until 1823, 
 when owing to crop failure, he moved to Fort 
 Snelling, then in the heart of the Indian coun 
 try. Soon after this he constructed a barge 
 and floated down the Miss, to St. Louis, and in 
 1826, came to 111., locating on a farm at Gratiot 
 Grove, near the present site of Galena. Here 
 he lived many years and died. He also served 
 three months in the Union army, although 
 nearly 70 years of age. Mrs. Drenning was 
 born near Galena, 111., and is the mother of six 
 children Edward L., who is now connected 
 with the Chicago Post; Clara A., Celia, Julia, 
 
 Frederick C., who has just completed his 
 course at the Chicago Medical College, and C. 
 Augustus, residing at Helena, Mont. 
 
 Captain Drenning is a charter member of 
 E. D. Kitoe Post, No. 502, G. A. R., at Galena, 
 111., and of the Miner Lodge, No 273, A. F. & 
 A. M. This gentleman has retired from active 
 business and is in comfortable circumstances, 
 prepared to pass the closing years of his active 
 life, in the enjoyment of the peace he has so 
 justly earned. 
 
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 AJOR GENERAL FRANK P. BLAIR, was born 
 at Lexington, Ky., Feb. 19, 1821. Set 
 tled in the profession of law in the city 
 of St. Louis in 1844. In 1846 he made a tour 
 among the Rocky Mts., during which he en 
 listed as a private soldier, and served through 
 the entire Mexican war. The beginning of the 
 war of the Rebellion found him a member of 
 Congress. The quiet honors and peaceful 
 labors in the councils of the Nation were 
 quickly exchanged for the more exciting 
 scenes of the camp and the field. 
 
 Entering service as Colonel, in 1861, he was 
 soon promoted to Brig. Gen., and on the 29th 
 of Nov., 1862, was made a Maj. Gen. of Volun 
 teers. Commanded a division under Gen. 
 Grant in the Vicksburg campaign, and an Army 
 Corps in Sherman s expedition against Atlanta. 
 He took a leading part with Sherman in his 
 march to the sea and last campaign through 
 the Carolinas. Always in front, Gen. Blair 
 won honors on every field, and was distinguished 
 as one of the finest officers in the Volunteer 
 service. 
 
 After the close of the civil war, Gen. Blair 
 was appointed Collector of the Port of St. 
 Louis, and afterwards elected U. S. Senator from 
 Mo. He ran for Vice-President on the Demo 
 cratic ticket in 1868, and died at St. Louis in 
 
 1875- 
 
 A 
 
 LBERT S. KINSLOE, of Sycamore, Clerk 
 of De Kalb Co., 111., was born in Hunt- 
 ington Co., Pa., in 1840. His parents 
 
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 were Dr. Lemuel and Isabella (Thompson) 
 Kinsloe, natives of Pa., where they resided 
 until 1854, when they removed to De Kalb Co., 
 111., and in 1859 to Earlville, LaSalle Co., where 
 they died, the father in 1870, and the mother 
 in 1872. 
 
 Dr. Kinsloe was a graduate of Jefferson 
 Medical College, of Philadelphia, and prac 
 ticed his profession from 1839 until his 
 death, with success. He was of Scotch parent 
 age, and the father of four children, three sons 
 and one daughter, the subject of this sketch 
 being the eldest. Albert S. Kinsloe passed his 
 earlier life at home attending the public 
 schools, subsequently spending two winters in 
 the prosecution of his studies at Paw Paw High 
 School. He enlisted April 26, 1861, in Co. D, 
 23d 111. Inf., and was for a short time in camp 
 at Chicago, thence going to Quincy, St. Louis 
 and Jefferson City, Mo. At the latter place he 
 was taken sick and left behind, his Regt. going 
 to Lexington, under the command of Col. Mul 
 ligan, where they were captured by the army of 
 Gen. Price. Having been paroled, they were 
 sent to St. Lo.uis, where he rejoined the Regt. 
 and was discharged with it Oct. 8, 1861. 
 
 Soon after a new Co. was organized, com 
 posed largely of members of the old Co., in 
 which he was enrolled. This was mustered in 
 as Co. D, 53rd 111. Inf., Nov. 26, 1861, at Ottawa, 
 111., there going into camp and remaining until 
 Jan. ,1862, and then for a few weeks resting at 
 Camp Douglas, Chicago. While at Ottawa, Jan. 
 I, Mr. Kinsloe was commissioned 2nd Lieut., 
 being afterwards promoted to 1st Lieut, and 
 Captain. 
 
 In the spring of 1862 the command was or 
 dered to Cairo, thence to Paducah and Savan 
 nah, Tenn., arriving at Shiloh in the afternoon 
 of the second day s battle, and just as the 
 enemy were retreating. His command was en 
 gaged in the pursuit of the dispersed rebels, 
 following them to Corinth, which was placed 
 in a condition of siege. Here the Co. lost sev 
 eral men from sickness. May 4, Capt. Hudson 
 of Co. D, and Lieut. Kinsloe were both taken 
 sick, and were incapacitated for active duty 
 until late in June, but remained with the Co. 
 
 the entire time, except in the last advance upon 
 Corinth, when they were removed to a private 
 residence for a few days, but soon rejoined the 
 command. They next went to Memphis, and 
 in the fall of 1862, formed a part of Grant s 
 Tallahatchie expedition in Miss., passing 
 through Holly Springs, Oxford, Waterford, 
 Coffeeville and other places. They were for a 
 time stationed at Bolivar, Tenn., under the 
 command of Gen. Hurlbut, thence making an 
 advance and meeting and giving battle to Price, 
 Oct. 5, 1862, who had been driven out of Cor 
 inth, their objective point. In this engagement 
 Price was repulsed and driven back upon Cor 
 inth, the Union forces returning to Bolivar. 
 The command spent the winter of 1862-3 at 
 Memphis, thence in the following spring pro 
 ceeding to Young s Point, La., at the time of 
 Grant s assault upon Vicksburg, May 22, soon 
 after, going up the Yazoo to Snyder s Bluffs, 
 and there uniting with the left wing of the army 
 and participating in the siege until the fall of 
 the city, being almost constantly under fire. 
 
 After this Lieut. Kinsloe accompanied his 
 command in pursuit of Johnston, engaging him 
 in battle at Champion Hills, and again at Jack 
 son, where with 212 men of the 53rd, they 
 made a- charge July 12, 1863, and after a few 
 minutes of severe fighting, were forced to retire 
 having lost 134 men; the other Regts. in this 
 charge were 3rd la. and 4ist and 28th 111. The 
 command now returned to Vicksburg, soon 
 after uniting with Sherman on his expedition 
 to Meridian. 
 
 In the early part of 1864, they were fur- 
 loughed for 30 days, going home and rejoining 
 the command by way of Cairo, proceeding 
 thence by boat to Clifton, on the Tenn. River, 
 thence marching to Huntsville, Kingston and 
 Allatoona, where they built works. They were 
 engaged July 20, at Atlanta, losing several 
 men. They made a charge on the 2ist, but 
 without any effective result, and were engaged 
 on the 22nd when Gen.McPherson fell. After the 
 fall of Atlanta, Lieut. Kinsloe was detailed as 
 A. A. G. on the staff of Gen. B. F. Potts, the 
 Brig, commander, and was continued in that 
 service until the command reached Goldsboro, 
 
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 N. C., where Mar. 31, 1865, he was mustered 
 out and went home. He was engaged in the 
 mercantile business at Earlville until 1868, 
 when he removed to Malta, where for the en 
 suing four years he conducted a produce busi 
 ness. From that time he was the Posmaster of 
 Malta, and in the jewelry and fancy grocery 
 business until 1886, when he was elected Treas 
 urer of De Kalb Co., for four years, and in 
 1890, elected Clerk of that County for four 
 years. 
 
 He was married in Dec., 1865, to Carrie W., 
 daughter of Nelson Cook, a native of Conn., 
 but had removed to Peoria Co., and subse 
 quently to La Salle Co., where Mrs. Cook died. 
 Mr. Cook afterward removed to Bureau Co., 
 111. Mr. Kinsloe has but one child, a daughter. 
 He is a charter member of Edward Bridge Post, 
 No. 124, of Malta, and has been its commander 
 and adjutant; a member of Creston Lodge, No. 
 320, A. F. & A. M.; of Malta Lodge, No. 606, 
 I. O. O. F., and DeKalb Lodge, No. 215, K. of 
 P. Mr. Kinsloe has been a valuable citizen to 
 his community, and enjoys the satisfaction 
 which proceeds from the faithful observance 
 of confided trusts and the appropriation of his 
 fellow-citizens. 
 
 DAVID M. BELT, of Quincy, 111., is a native 
 of Philadelphia, born June 10, 1843, and 
 a son of Edward L. Belt and Margaret 
 B. (Metcalf) Belt. A peculiar incident con 
 nected with the name is the following: Edward 
 L. Belt the brother, was a mechanic in Phila 
 delphia, and started a boot and shoe factory. 
 He employed a sign painter to paint a window 
 sign, but the latter was unable to write all the 
 entire name upon the allotted space, and so in 
 timated the fact to Mr. Belt. "Just drop the 
 Broad," said Mr. Belt the name having up to 
 that time been Broadbelt which was so re 
 produced upon the sign, and from that time 
 hence the name was reduced to "Belt." After 
 the father s death, which occurred in 1850, our 
 subject went to reside in New Jersey, where he 
 enlisted for the late Rebellion, on May 3ist, 
 1861, and became a private in Co. I, 3d N. J. 
 
 Inf. He was an active participant in the. first 
 battle of Bull Run, and was in the Brigade com 
 manded by Gen. Kearney. 
 
 The Brig, became a part of Gen. Franklin s 
 Div., and went as a reinforcement to Gen. Mc- 
 Clellan, during his Peninsular campaign. The 
 regiment was in the battle of West Point, then 
 joined the army of the Potomac on the battle 
 field of Cold Harbor, Va., and on the 27th, June, 
 1862, in the engagement at Games Mills, Mr. 
 Belt was wounded and taken prisoner and con 
 veyed to Libby Prison where he was incarcer 
 ated on July 4th. Shortly after he was removed 
 to Belle Island and was exchanged in Sept. fol 
 lowing. He then went in search of his regi 
 ment, passed through Annapolis and Antietam, 
 rejoined it at White Plains, Va. His wounds 
 were very severe, having been injured in both 
 arms as also in the head, resulting in the with 
 ering and loss of his right arm. He was dis 
 charged at Stafford Court House, Va., Nov. 28, 
 1862, on account of disability caused by wounds 
 sustained in battle. 
 
 He then proceeded by boat to Washington 
 to report for pay and to be placed upon the 
 pension roll. The clerk in the Department on 
 looking up his record, astounded him by an 
 nouncing that the applicant was dead, having 
 been killed in the battle of Gaines Mills. He 
 protested against being entered as dead and 
 after considerable discussion convinced the 
 Department of the truth of his assertion and 
 succeeded in having the required correction 
 made and was placed upon the pension roll. 
 By reason of maltreatment in the Rebel prison 
 his left arm was also in a bad condition; the 
 muscles were contracted until the member was 
 useless. Two days after the battle in which he 
 was wounded he was placed upon a board at 
 Howe s farm to have his arm amputated. While 
 the surgeons were preparing for the operation 
 he rolled off the board and took refuge in the 
 Chickahominy swamp, thus avoiding being 
 butchered by the Rebel surgeons. After his 
 discharge he returned to N. J. and nursed him 
 self back to health. 
 
 He was married in N. J., Dec. 16, 1866, to 
 Sarah J. Whitaker, also of N. J., born Dec. 2, 
 
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 1845, where they lived for one year. In the 
 spring of 1867 he moved West to Ohio, and in 
 the following year to Quincy, 111., in which city 
 he has ever since continued to be a resident. 
 There he was appointed letter carrier, which 
 position he followed for 7 years, but upon 
 Cleveland s elevation to the throne he was in 
 vited to step down. Mr. Belt s energy and 
 thrift had enabled him to lay by some money, 
 which he invested in a farm just outside Quincy, 
 where he engaged in fruit culture, which was 
 abundantly successful. In Aug., 1891, he was 
 chosen manager of the farm stock and roads at 
 the I. S. & S. H. at Quincy, a position of trust 
 and responsibility. As the result of Mr. Belt s 
 marriage, 9 children have been born, only 4 of 
 whom are now living, viz.: Maggie, now Mrs. 
 W. G. Griffin; Frank, David A. and Robert. 
 Mr. Belt is a member of John Wood Post, No. 
 96, of which he was Quartermaster for five 
 years; is also a member of Red Cross Lodge, 
 No. 44., K. of P. Politically Mr. Belt is a staunch 
 Republican, and has been several times honored 
 with nominations for important offices and has 
 been well supported by his party, which ap 
 pears to be in the hopeless minority in Quincy. 
 He served as Deputy Sheriff of Adams Co. 
 for 4 years, ending 1890. His brother Edward 
 Belt was also in the late war and was a prisoner 
 for 13 months at Andersonville. After the war 
 he went West and has not since been heard of. 
 
 ANDREW L. ANDERSON, of Cambridge, 
 Henry Co. ,111., was born Oct. 26th, 1841, 
 in Skolfeneds Parish, Westergotland, in 
 the Kingdom of Sweden, and was a son of 
 Louis and Mary (Bengeston) Anderson, also 
 of S\veden, both of whom died in that country; 
 the father in 1842, and the mother Nov. 5th, 
 1848. Andrew was the only child of his parents,, 
 and being left an orphan when of tender years, 
 was compelled to rely upon his own exertions 
 to provide for his ordinary wants. He worked 
 upon a farm in his native country, and being 
 thrifty and provident, had by the time he had 
 attained his igih year, saved sufficient from his 
 
 earnings to pay his transportation to this coun 
 try, where he arrived in the latter part of the 
 year 1860. He located first at Geneseo, 111., 
 where he engaged in farm work for the 
 summer season, and attended school in the 
 winter. President Lincoln, having in the fall 
 of 1861, called for 300,000 volunteers for serv 
 ice in the army. Young Anderson re 
 sponded, and in Feb. following offered him 
 self for enlistment; was accepted and mustered 
 into the Union army at Camp Douglas, Chicago, 
 as a private in Battery H, 1st 111. Light Art. 
 with Axel Silversparre as Captain of the bat 
 tery. He proceeded by rail to Benton Barracks, 
 St. Louis, where he was drilled and made fa 
 miliar with ordinary army movements and war 
 tactics, and then ordered to the front, where 
 he was destined soon to be engaged in one of 
 the most deadly conflicts which has taken 
 place either in ancient or modern warfare. On 
 the second day of April, 1862, he with his Co. 
 was ordered to Pittsburg Landing where, on 
 arrival, was assigned to Gen. C. F. Smith s 2nd 
 Brig., Sherman s Div., with Gen. McArthur 
 commanding. It was growing evident from 
 the maneuvering of the rebel troops who were 
 being concentrated in the vicinity of Corinth 
 that an attack was soon to be made by them 
 under Gen. Longstreet upon the Union forces 
 then stationed in the vicinity of Pittsburg 
 Landing. Consequently additional Govt. troops 
 were ordered thither to meet and repel force 
 with force in the event of an attack being 
 made. 
 
 Early on the morning of Sunday, April 6th, 
 1862, when the all-seeing Providence was dis 
 pelling the dews of Heaven with a bright and 
 gorgeous sunshine, and causing the rising sun 
 to shine upon the just as well as the unjust, the 
 Confederate army, with determined and mur 
 derous intent, were approaching the Union 
 position, and in a few moments later a deadly 
 struggle was being waged all along the lines 
 thus opened the battle of Shiloh. Mr. Ander 
 son s battery occupied a conspicuous position 
 during the whole day and kept up a well-di 
 rected fire throughout the engagement, causing 
 many a brave but ill-advised Confederate sol- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 dier "to bite the dust" before its guns were laid 
 aside for the day. Although his battery did 
 splendid work, it must not be supposed that, 
 holding the important and advanced position 
 it did, under a well-directed fire from a brave 
 and courageous enemy, that its own men did 
 not suffer in return. On the contrary, the rebel 
 bullets fell like hail in its midst, scattering 
 death and destruction in their wake, and as the 
 evening shadows flickered over the uneven 
 ground of Shiloh s battlefield, many a pale and 
 upturned face, whose spirit had taken its flight 
 to the God who gave it, told the story too 
 plainly that an enemy had lately visited that 
 locality. The effects of the day s great battle 
 were visible upon every hand, and as if to add 
 to the discomfort and confusion, and to con 
 tinue through the night a parody of the day, 
 the elements broke forth in terrific peals of 
 thunder, lighting up the ghastly scene with 
 lurid flashes of lightning and poured floods of 
 rain upon the unprotected armies, falling alike 
 upon dead, dying and wounded who still lay 
 upon the field where they fell. Next day hos 
 tilities were renewed, and followed up with the 
 same desperation as was shown on the previous 
 day. But the commanding Gens, had time 
 during the cessation to properly dispose of 
 their forces, so as to operate with greater cer 
 tainty and precision than they were enabled to 
 do on the opening of the engagement. 
 
 The disposition of the troops soon after the 
 battle commenced, justified the expectation of 
 their Commanders, and from the commanding 
 positions occupied by the Union forces, they, 
 by a well-directed fire, opened gaps in the 
 rebel ranks which grew so large they remained 
 unfilled, and on the advance of the Union army 
 the enemy s lines wavered and finally broke, 
 the men retreating in confusion, thus leaving 
 the field in possession of the Govt. After rest 
 ing during the remainder of the month, near 
 Pittsburg Landing, Mr. Anderson, with his 
 Regt., participated in the general advance upon 
 Corinth, which commenced about the last of 
 April, and took an active part, and shared in 
 the toil, exposure and dangers incident to that 
 expedition culminating in the evacuation of 
 
 that city on May 3Oth. His next active con 
 flict was at luka, on Sept. igth, when his bat 
 tery was again heavily engaged. Proceeding 
 from here his battery went toward Arkansas 
 Post, where an engagement was precipitated 
 on Jan. nth, 1863, in which himself and com 
 rades played an important part. Having passed 
 the winter at Memphis, a movement upon Vicks- 
 burg was ordered, and Mr. Anderson, arriving 
 in the swamps near Vicksburg, waked up one 
 night to find their ground overflowed with 
 water. A movement was ordered at once and 
 the men were obliged to wade through water a 
 long distance, and some places to the neck 
 before terra firma was again reached a night 
 bath, taken with disgust and universal discom 
 fort. He returned to Vicksburg and joined in 
 the assaults upon that city upon the igth and 
 22nd days of May, and afterwards in the siege 
 of the same place. 
 
 Before the surrender of Vicksburg, how 
 ever, our subject was attacked with camp fever 
 and diarrhoea, necessitating his being removed 
 to the hospital at Quincy, 111., where his mala 
 dies, instead of yielding to treatment, continued. 
 Consequently, at the end of three months was 
 discharged and mustered out on Sept. 25th, 
 1863, owing to disability. He returned to Gen- 
 eseo,and being unable for physical toil, attended 
 school, the advantages of which he had been 
 deprived of in his native country, but now real 
 izing the importance of some schooling, lost 
 no opportunity of becoming possessed of a 
 common school education. His health having 
 improved, he engaged with P. P. Allen to herd 
 sheep, at which lie was employed for two years, 
 which gave him an opportunity of recuperating 
 in health and at the same time to pursue his 
 reading, writing and other studies. Proving 
 faithful and industrious, Mr. Allen made him 
 overseer of his large stock and premises, a 
 position he filled for six years to the complete 
 satisfaction of his employer, which fact testifies 
 louder than language can express the mutual 
 confidence and respect which existed between 
 the employer and the employed. Having 
 passed so far a life of single blessedness, if 
 there be such a thing, until he attained the age 
 
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 ot 29 years, concluded it was not well for a man 
 to be alone, consequently he selected Miss 
 Amanda Wallin as a helpmate, whom he led to 
 the altar on the i6th day of March, 1871, and 
 as a result of that marriage seven intelligent 
 children adorn and brighten the homestead ot 
 comrade Anderson. Their names are: Hilda 
 M., Albert J., Eugenie L., James E., Andrew W., 
 George A., and Conrad H. Having laid aside 
 some funds whilst in Mr. Allen s employ, after 
 marriage he engaged in farming upon his own 
 account, and by his diligence and energy was 
 soon enabled to purchase a property which he 
 has since year by year improved, until the 
 present time he owns one of the finest farms 
 (160 acres) in the county in which he resides. 
 Mr. Anderson has been elected to and filled 
 nearly every office in the gift of his township, 
 except that of Supervisor. In the fall of 1890 
 he was placed in nomination by his friends for 
 the position of Co. Treasurer, and was elected 
 by an overwhelming majority over his opponent 
 a majority larger than any other candidate 
 on the Co. ticket. 
 
 Mr. Anderson, although prominent in the 
 field of battle as also in politics, has not over 
 looked his obligation to his church the Luth 
 eran of which he and his estimable wife are 
 members and liberal contributors toward its 
 support. The unfaltering energy displayed by 
 him in every other walk or engagement of 
 life, exhibited itself brilliantly in his exertion 
 to become possessed of an education, and being 
 endowed with a full share of ability, his exer 
 tions were rewarded with abundant success. 
 Soon our subject had few if any peers in the 
 surrounding country, and being a discreet man, 
 possessed of a clear, well balanced mind, with 
 excellent judgment, when he takes sides and 
 discusses a subject, political, social, scientific 
 or moral, it may be concluded he is, in the 
 large majority of instances right. A soldier, a 
 citizen, a successful farmer and now a promin 
 ent officer of his county as also important 
 church official a man who, unfortunately (?) 
 was left in infancy an orphan without support 
 or prestige which money gives, without edu 
 cation, and literally speaking poor, to find him 
 
 now with a splendid education supplemented 
 by a fine stock of general information; an 
 independent farmer; holding one of the most 
 important offices of the county, universally 
 respected and admired as a man of integrity 
 and the soul of honor, we are induced to say 
 that in Mr. Anderson truly we have a rare 
 combination. 
 
 JOHN M. BROWN, of Quincy, 111., was born in 
 N. J., July 29, 1832. His parents were 
 James and Charlotte (McCracken) Brown. 
 After their marriage they removed to Canada, 
 and afterward to Ionia, Mich., where the father 
 now resides. The mother died July 5, 1888. 
 Five sons and four daughters were born to 
 them. Theodore served in a Kansas Regt. dur 
 ing the war; Harriet Morton, wife of Maj. John 
 Morton, resides at Grand Rapids, Mich.; Peter 
 died in early manhood; James was a military 
 telegraph operator under Gen. Rosecrans, and 
 later with Gen. Thomas, with whom he served 
 till the end of the war; Mary resides at Ionia, 
 wife of Enoch Huntley, now deceased; Joseph 
 ine married Robt. Letherby, and resides at 
 Staunton, Mich.; Annie married Mr. Green and 
 resides at Ionia, Mich., and Oscar lives at 
 Staunton, Mich. a mechanic. Our subject en 
 listed at Ionia, Mich., in Co. E., ist Mich. En 
 gineers and Mechanics, Dec. 20, 1862, as a re 
 cruit in a Regt., already in the field, and joined 
 his command at Bridge Port, Ala. He went 
 with Sherman s expedition and participated in 
 the battles of Resaca, Tunnel Hill, Buzzard s 
 Roost and Atlanta. He went on the march to 
 the sea and up through the Carolinas to Wash 
 ington and was present at the grand review. 
 The service of his Regt., was largely that of 
 constructing bridges, building roads or tearing 
 them up, laying pontoons, often under fire of 
 the enemy, and doing such other exposed duty 
 as was required of them. He was frequently 
 exposed to the enemy s bullets, when the army 
 was at rest, and following out the directions of 
 commanding officers who assumed control of 
 the engineering department of the army. He 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS, 
 
 was discharged from service at Jackson, Mich., 
 in Sept., 1865, long after the close of the war. 
 Mr. Brown has been twice married; his first 
 wife, Elizabeth Davis, died soon after her hus 
 band s return from the army, leaving four chil 
 dren, all living Ross, Elmer, Alice and Sallie. 
 He was married on the last occasion in Quincy, 
 111., Oct., 1880, to Julia Atkinson, a native of 
 111., born Feb. 12, 1850. Three children were 
 born to this union Harvey, Eddie and Clar 
 ence, all living. Our subject learned the paint 
 er s trade prior to the war, and has followed that 
 business ever since. He works at painting in 
 Quincy during the season. Mr. and Mrs. Brown 
 are members of the Baptist Church. Politically 
 he has never voted any other than the Repub 
 lican ticket. 
 
 ANDREW J. ROCK, of Sadorus, 111., was 
 born in Ind., March 21, 1832, a son of 
 William and Nancy (Beaver) Rock. 
 His father was a native of Md., and his pater 
 nal grandfather emigrated from Germany in 
 colonial days. In 1835, whenoursubject was buta 
 child of 3 years his parents, with a view of bet 
 tering their circumstances, wended their way 
 West locating upon 111. prairies four miles south 
 of the present town of Sadorus, who with the 
 Sadorus family were the only settlers for many 
 miles around. There young Andrew grew up 
 in the noble calling of tilling the farm, attend 
 ing school, and assisting his father year by 
 year to add to his broad possessions. Some of 
 the lumber in the barn upon the homestead 
 was hauled by our subject from Chicago, by ox 
 team. There his mother died when he was 
 14 years of age, and his father, the old pion 
 eer, lived to see his 85th birthday, and died 
 upon the farm he had occupied for 57 years. 
 At this comfortable homestead the writer 
 found the old veteran scout, Andrew J. Rock, 
 and from pioneer days the old homestead has 
 grown until now 600 acres of magnificent soil 
 is comprehended within its capacious limits. 
 Whilst there Mr. Rock pointed out a field now 
 sown with wheat and said, "that now sown would 
 
 be the 57th crop grown upon that same prop 
 erty." In 1859, Mr. Rock removed to Jasper, 
 Mo., where he engaged in extensive farm and 
 stock operations, and there the first tocsin of 
 warreachedhis ears. Herehe wasupon rebelsoil 
 and his outspoken denunciation of secession 
 resulted in the confiscation of his stock. Boil 
 ing with indignation, he determined to seek 
 revenge, joining a local military Co., and on 
 July 5, 1861, participated in the battle of 
 Carthage, Mo., and on Aug. 1st, his name was 
 found enrolled with the other members with 
 the 6th Kan. Cav., stationed at Fort Scott, 
 Kan. His daring acts and unsurpassed brav 
 ery soon attracted the attention of his superior 
 officers, hence " Andy Rock," as he was and is 
 familiarly known, was selected as a scout, one 
 of the most dangerous positions in army serv 
 ice, who took chances upon being caught, and 
 only one judgment was meted out to a scout, 
 namely, death. With a full knowledgeof hishaz- 
 ardous work, our hero entered upon his duties 
 of carrying dispatches. When the troops were 
 sent to the Choctaw Nation for the purpose of 
 enlisting Indians, Mr. Rock moved in advance, 
 which was dangerous work, as many of the 
 tribe had already declared in favor of seces 
 sion. The trip, however, was a success and 
 4,000 Indian recruits were mustered into the 
 service. 
 
 In the fall of 1862 he accompanied Gen. 
 Blunt into Ark., and took part in the battle of 
 Cane Hill. On the morning of that battle with 
 a squad of men, he started to locate the rebel 
 artillery, which was constantly belching forth 
 their destroying missiles into the Union ranks. 
 He rode within 100 yards of the guns, locating 
 them, reported to GeA. Blunt, who sent the 6th 
 Cav., who drove the rebels out of their hiding 
 place and into the valley, protected by high 
 banks. Mr. Rock, with 40 men after him, 
 rushed into the valley, and were instantly sur 
 rounded by concealed rebels, who shot many 
 of them down, and within a few moments all 
 were killed with the exception of Mr. Rock and 
 five of his followers, who, by a desperate effort, 
 had escaped that fate. Rebel bullets flew past 
 him like hail stones, and he has often wondered 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 since how he escaped. The rebels hung out a 
 flag of truce, whereupon Gen. Blunt and Mr. 
 Rock met the rebel officers, to make terms for 
 taking over the dead and wounded. During the 
 night the rebels "folded their tents, like the 
 Arabs, and silently stole away." 
 
 The following morning Mr. Rock located 
 the enemy 20 miles distant, and whilst out in 
 search of a foraging party, was attacked by 
 bushwhackers, wounded in the left knee, and 
 carries the ball imbedded in his limb to this day. 
 This accident compelled him to seek a hospital 
 at Fayetteville, Ark., where he suffered untold 
 pain, and continued until March, 1863 ; was 
 then sent to Ft. Scott, and not until June was 
 he able to enter upon his dangerous duties again. 
 After joining, he was sent on an expedition 
 through Mo. and Ark., to the Choctaw Nation, 
 traveling much of the time through the rebel 
 country, usually alone, and never with more 
 than one companion. In Oct., 1863, while 
 scouting for the main train crossing Ozark 
 Mountains in Ark., one day about 4 P. M., and 
 in company with Thomas Whiteside, James 
 McLaughlin and six citizens, left the train and 
 started for Ft. Scott, stopping the same evening 
 at a farm house to procure some supper, and 
 whilst it was being prepared, was fired upon 
 by rebels. They promptly returned the fire, 
 killing two of the enemy and dispersing the 
 others, after which they returned to enjoy their 
 meal, then made good their escape before re- 
 enforcements could arrive. They traveled all 
 night, and in the morning entered a farm house 
 to obtain breakfast, and there discovered 9 rebels 
 enjoying their repast, and before preparations 
 could be made for their capture, they succeeded 
 in escaping. 
 
 Mr. Rock, being suspicious of the locality, 
 concluded other Rebels were in the vicinity, 
 hence started in haste towards Ft. Scott and 
 was immediately pursued by some 90 Rebels. 
 Within a mile one of the citizens of the party 
 was captured, and another, half a mile further 
 along, both of whom were shot on the spot as 
 spies. At the end of another 2 miles, two more 
 of the citizens horses gave out, and as they 
 were some distance in the lead, Mr. Rock hasti 
 
 ly hid the men in a clump of bushes, and again 
 resumed his mad flight. This came near costing 
 him his life, for the Rebel horses being fresh they 
 had succeeded in closing the distance between 
 them. Mr. Rock, however, to protect his com 
 rades continued in the rear, exposing himself 
 to the enemy s bullets as they whizzed thick 
 and fast around him. Two of the balls took 
 effect in the horses, but not being serious 
 wounds they carried their riders in safety be 
 yond the Rebels reach. One of his men was 
 wounded in the thigh, but succeeded in keep 
 ing his place in the saddle. Just then two of 
 the Rebels dashed onto Rock, but as they did 
 so, their horses fell dead, pierced by the bullets 
 from our hero s carbine. The Rebels then 
 started for a ford across the north fork of 
 Spring River but a mile distant, and as Mr. Rock 
 was about to dash across, the Rebels closed in 
 upon the ford and cut him off. He however 
 had no desire to become a prisoner, quickly 
 turned his faithful mare down the stream and 
 dashed under the low hanging limbs of the 
 large trees, struck the river some distance 
 below, where the banks were high. As it was 
 a question of life or death, he plunged over 
 that steep bank and his faithful charger carried 
 him safely to the other side of the stream, fol- 
 by the devilish yells and merciless bullets of 
 the disappointed Rebels. He joined his com 
 mand to find that another of his comrades had 
 been lost, leaving him with three men, namely 
 the other two scouts and one of the citizens. 
 Mr. Rock is convinced his pursuers desired to 
 take him alive, that they might enjoy the 
 pleasure of shooting him as a spy, as on sever 
 al occasions during the flight they could have 
 shot him. Knowing this he determined to sell 
 his life as dearly as possible or die in the 
 attempt. 
 
 In Aug., 1864, with his trusted friend and 
 companion Whiteside, he started out a distance 
 of some 40 miles from Ft. Scott to locate the 
 Rebels, and the second morning out observed a 
 woman moving on horseback at full speed. For 
 agers were in that vicinity from the Union 
 army, and Mr. Rock knew that the place was 
 literally swarming with guerrillas who were li- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 able to swoop down upon the foragers at any 
 moment, therefore halted the woman who 
 claimed that she was going in haste to see a 
 sick friend. Mr. Rock was confident she 
 was lying, and accused her of being a Union 
 spy about to notify the Union Camp of 
 their presence in that vicinity. The diplomacy 
 of our subject bore fruit, she intimating that 
 she was on her way to the Rebel camp to in 
 form them of the presence of the Union for 
 agers. Thus besides being enabled to notify 
 the foragers he was also informed as to the pos- 
 tion of the Rebels, which was the object of his 
 mission. On the following morning our dash 
 ing scouts, Rock and Whiteside called at a 
 woman s house, supposed to be in sympathy 
 with the Rebel cause, to obtain breakfast, at 
 the same time intimating that they were South 
 ern men. While sitting on their horses engag 
 ing the woman in conversation, three rebels 
 dashed from the ravine and in an instant had 
 our subject and his comrade covered with their 
 carbines. Mr. Rock, as cool as the grass which 
 grew beneath h>s feet, showed no alarm, bade 
 the men good morning, stating that their host 
 had informed them that they were Southern 
 men. 
 
 Therefore, they grew calm, their guns 
 dropped by their side, whereupon, in the 
 twinkling of an eye. Rock s two loaded revolv 
 ers, as also that of his assistant, were levelled 
 upon the intruders. The men were disarmed 
 of their guns and other weapons, marched to 
 headquarters and entered there as prisoners. 
 This was one of the most brilliant efforts of 
 Mr. Rock s scouting life, and as a reward 
 showers of encomiums and praise were ren 
 dered to our gallant troopers for their mag 
 nificent dash for liberty, and the successful 
 capture of three of the most daring of South 
 ern outlaws. Even the newspapers com 
 mented upon this daringand successful capture. 
 As a small token of reward the Gen. in com 
 mand presented Whiteside, and Mr. Rock with 
 the horses and arms captured from the prison 
 ers, the later of which he still retains and will 
 always preserve as mementoes of that daring 
 encounter. 
 
 There are scores of other instances where 
 Mr. Rock took desperate chances and encoun 
 tered hairbreadth escapes, but to give them 
 all in detail, or to illustrate or to protray his 
 dangers, would fill a volume, hence from the 
 instances given above, we must leave the reader 
 to judge as to the hazardous occupation in 
 which he was for several years engaged. His 
 whole army life was full of successful and bril 
 liant achievements, performed under difficul 
 ties which would deter the great majority of 
 men, which drew from his superior officers 
 strong expressions of commendation and praise. 
 Carrying a rebel bullet in his limb, and shat 
 tered in health from his dangerous and exposed 
 occupation, he was compelled to retire from 
 the army Dec. I, 1864, leaving behind him a 
 record for fast and long riding, never equalled 
 by any other man. For instance he rode 350 
 miles in four days; 100 miles in 24 hours, and 
 85 miles between sunrise and sunset. 
 
 After his retirement, he returned to his for 
 mer home near Sadorus, where he has since 
 lived, with the exception of a short time when 
 he sojourned in Kansas. He is a member of 
 the G. A. R. Post at Sadorus; a Knight Tem 
 plar; a life long Democrat, and has held many 
 offices of trust in his county. Mr. Rock has 
 been four times married, the first occasion be 
 ing in 1853, and the last in 1883, when he was 
 united in matrimony to Elizabeth Griffin. He 
 is the father of 8 children, one of whom is by 
 his last wife. Mr. Rock is a noble representa 
 tive of a race whose impulses arc all opposed 
 to bondage and oppression, and whose warmest 
 sympathies were enlisted for the national 
 cause. He will be ever held in grateful re 
 membrance and honored by his many friends 
 when the throne of tyranny shall have crumbled 
 to dust, the proudest dynasties forgotten, and 
 slavery and slave confederacies laid among 
 the relics of a barbarous age. 
 
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 AMUEL M. MANN, a resident of Quincy, 111., 
 and a member of the G. A. R., was born 
 in Marion Co., Mo., July 9, 1845, a son f 
 
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 Harvey J. and Emily J. (Eldis) Mann, who 
 were both Kentuckians by birth. The former 
 was born March 18, 1815, and the latter Feb. 4, 
 1814. The father has been an Elder in the 
 Presbyterian Church since the earliest recollec 
 tion of our subject, and is regarded as an up 
 right and exemplary Christian gentlemen. He 
 went to Mo. in 1835, and m 1847, settled on the 
 farm on which he now lives. Samuel was reared 
 to farm life and attained a good common-school 
 education. At the outbreak of the war, the 
 family promptly allied themselves with the 
 cause of the Union. To be a Union man in 
 Mo. in those days, meant estrangement from 
 former friends, persecutions and dangers which 
 people located within the borders of the Union 
 States knew nothing of. The family was fre 
 quently threatened with persecution, and on 
 one occasion the father was taken out of his 
 house at midnight, arrested and taken to a 
 rebel camp some ten miles off. Here they 
 compelled him to sign an agreement not to 
 divulge the movements of the rebel army to 
 their enemies, and a copy of this document he 
 has preserved, making such changes in the 
 wording as to render its tenor less objectiona 
 ble. Upon his signing this, he was permitted 
 to return home, and was never rearrested, 
 though constantly warned of the consequences 
 which would follow unfaithfulness to his parole. 
 His premises were stripped of everything mov 
 able which would be of any value to the Con 
 federacy, including all his horses excepting one 
 two-year-old colt. An incident worthy of note 
 is the following: Prior to the war, in 1860, a 
 Presbyterian minister, named Rev. Jones, came 
 from Vt. and was employed as pastor of the 
 church in which Father Mann was an Elder. 
 With this minister came his wife s brother and 
 sisters whose names were Murdock. In the 
 neighborhood was a family named Hicks, par- 
 ishoners of Rev. Jones. The Hicks family 
 were rabid rebels, while Mr. Jones and the 
 Murdocks were strong in the advocacy of the 
 Union cause. A tender alliance was formed 
 between Miss Hicks and Arthur Murdock, and 
 at the outbreak of the war, the Hickses joined 
 the rebel army and young Murdock enlisted in 
 
 the 2nd 111. Cav. These circumstances at once 
 caused an estrangement, and Miss Hicks was 
 forbidden to have anything further to do with 
 Murdock. But true to her womanly instincts, 
 she set about secretly to devise means of per 
 petuating the acquaintance of young Murdock, 
 and Mrs. Mann, a stepmother of our subject, 
 became the medium of communication between 
 the young lovers. Miss Hicks would bring her 
 letters to the Mann home, and Mrs. Mann 
 would mail them, receiving in return the loving 
 epistles of young Murdock in her own name, 
 and promptly delivering them to his affianced. 
 In this way a correspondence was kept up for 
 nearly two years; but the sad sequel to it all- 
 young Murdock was killed in battle at Island 
 No. 10. 
 
 Following the death of the young patriot, 
 Miss Hicks still remained loyal to the Union, 
 and especially to the Mann family. In 1863 a 
 delegation of rebels had passed sentence of 
 death, by hanging, upon four of the prominent 
 Union men in the neighborhood. Miss Hicks 
 secretly communicated the startling news to 
 Father Mann, who at once informed the parties, 
 who were still at liberty. The result was, the 
 men s lives were saved, and to the loyalty and 
 goodness of heart of Miss Hicks they owe their 
 lives. Our heroine married after the war, but is 
 now a widow, residing in California. In the 
 year 1862 young Samuel picked up his heels 
 and ran away from home, going to Quincy for 
 the purpose of enlisting. But, on the impor 
 tunities of friends, in view of his youth, and be 
 ing the only child, returned home, and remained 
 until the following year, when, Aug. 10, 1863, 
 he enlisted as private in Co. L, nth Mo. Cav. 
 Here, again, is evidence of the cost of being a 
 Union man. His childhood playmates and 
 school companions were mostly in the rebel 
 army, and it certainly required almost super 
 natural power to induce a young man to enlist 
 to meet them in deadly combat, but love of 
 country was strong in this young and vigorous 
 heart, and he cast his fortunes with the side 
 which he believed to be right. He was drilled 
 and equipped at Benton Barracks. Shortly he 
 went to- the front, and was actively engaged in 
 
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 scouting and escort duty in Mo. and Ark., be 
 ing in constant contact with marauding bands of 
 guerrillas and bushwhackers. In Feb., 1864, 
 we find him under fire in the battle of Spring 
 River, Ark., and in May he fought the enemy 
 at Jackson Post, Ark. Subsequently the Regt. 
 moved to Duvall s Bluff, where the boys suf 
 fered much from malaria, and a large number 
 of them succumbed to the intense heat. The 
 water, too, was very bad, and contributed much 
 to aid the ravages of the disease. While here 
 a detachment, our subject being one of them, 
 was detailed on special service at Lake Bluff, 
 where they had charge of the recuperating sta 
 bles of the Union, and remained until Sept., 
 1864, when they moved to Hay Station, where 
 the Govt. had a large force of men engaged in 
 hay-making. Here they were engaged in con 
 stant skirmishes, and several battles, occasioned 
 by the persistent harassing of the rebels. The 
 next move was to Brownsville, Ark., and sub 
 sequently they went into winter quarters at 
 Little Rock, Ark., remaining until June 27, 1865, 
 when they rece : ved orders to report to Gen. 
 Canby, at New Orleans, where our soldier boy 
 was mustered out July 27, 1865, as Orderly Ser 
 geant of his Co. 
 
 Returning to his home he was engaged in 
 teaching for some time. During the war the 
 Elder Mann was elected County Judge, and at 
 the first election after the disbanded soldiers 
 had returned, the disfranchised rebels showed 
 how severely they felt the disgrace of disfran- 
 chisement. Our subject was employed as clerk 
 of the election in his precinct, and sat all day 
 with a pen in his right hand, his left grasping 
 the handle of a six shooter. The rebels pub 
 licly announced that no Republican should 
 vote at their election. A number of personal 
 contests occurred, principally with fists, but oc 
 casionally a revolver or knife was brought into 
 use. For six or seven years comrade Mann 
 farmed during the sumers, and continued teach 
 ing during the winters. In 1881, he began the 
 prosecution of Govt. Claims, which, in connec 
 tion with insurance, real estate, loans, etc., has 
 been his business since, he being now the senior 
 member of the firm of Mann & Thrush, who 
 
 have been very successful in the prosecution of 
 Government claims. Feb. 28, 1867, Mr. Mann 
 was united in marriage to Mattie M. Wiseman, 
 who was born in Scotland Co., Mo., Aug. 28, 
 1845, the daughter of Josiah S. and Rebecca 
 (Johnston) Wiseman. Her father was a resi 
 dent of Lewis Co., Mo., during the war, and 
 suffered many persecutions for his Union sen 
 timents. His house was three times surrounded 
 by rebels, the purpose being understood to be 
 his murder ; but he was a man of powerful 
 frame and nerve, and each time succeeded in 
 evading them, and shortly, joined the Mo. Mili 
 tia. On one occasion when Mr. Wiseman s 
 house was surrounded by the foe in the night, 
 his wife answered their call from an upstairs 
 window, and received in response a volley of 
 fire, one ball making a severe wound in her left 
 breast. Mr. Wiseman was in the house at the 
 time and made his escape by going down cel 
 lar and passing out under the house, as he sup 
 posed, on the opposite side from his would-be 
 captors. Unfortunately a squad was watching 
 his outcome and greeted him with a volley of 
 fire, but he escaped very miraculously. To Mr. 
 and Mrs. Mann two sons have been born. Har 
 vey J. and John C. M., both married and living 
 at St. Joe, Mo. He and his wife are members 
 of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Mann is a 
 prominent member of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. 
 U. W. societies. The boys are active workers 
 in the Sons of Veterans. 
 
 SAMUEL VAN BRUNT, of the enterprising 
 and public spirited business men of Sid 
 ney, 111., we have selected for our present 
 subject. He enlisted in the late Rebellion 
 Sept. 23, 1861, in Co. I., loth 111. Cav. He 
 moved to Camp Butler, thence to Quincy, from 
 there to St. Louis and then was ordered to the 
 battle ground of Pea Ridge; but at Spring 
 field, Mo., he was detained and stationed with 
 his Regt. guarding army supplies for 6 months. 
 Whilst there Mr. Van Brunt was detailed for 
 service in the Quartermaster s Dept.;at Marsh- 
 field, his duties being to take charge of a squad 
 
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 of men and locate provisions for man and beast, 
 for use in the army and report the result at 
 headquarters. He continued in this depart 
 ment until the following spring, then with his 
 Regt. he moved to Pilot Knob, thence to Cape 
 Girardeau to intercept the rebel Gen. Marma- 
 cluke at Jackson, Mo., and there engaged him 
 in a heavy battle. For meritorious conduct 
 our subject was promoted to be a Corporal and 
 placed upon guard duty. Previous to the last 
 named battle he was three days and nights in 
 the saddle, and as a brave and courageous man 
 was required for service during the night of the 
 battle, he was the one selected. He stood at 
 his post throughout the night under a drench 
 ing rain and towards morning went out to 
 relieve the guards, when he found one of them 
 sleeping peacefully, his body in a slight hollow 
 and his head upon the bank, and, with the ex 
 ception of his head, completely submerged in 
 water. The following day his Regt. again 
 started in pursuit of Marmaduke, with whom 
 they had another conflict at Poplar Bluff, cap 
 turing many of his men, taking them back to 
 Bloomfield. Returning to Pilot Knob, they 
 fitted up for a trip to Little Rock, Ark., their 
 movements being contested by a heavy skir 
 mishing with the rebels. They remained at 
 Brownsville, Ark., for a short rest, which was 
 broken in upon by expeditions in different 
 directions. Near Bayou Meta they fought and 
 defeated the rebels under Price, Hinman and 
 Marmaduke. 
 
 A year afterwards while Mr. Van Brunt was 
 on picket duty a rebel approached him under 
 a flag of truce and in the conversation which en 
 sued inquired if our subject was not in the bat 
 tle of Bayou Meta at the same time, inform 
 ing him that his command was more hotly 
 pressed and sustained more injuries than in 
 any other battle up to that time. 
 
 His Regt. next moved to Little Rock, 
 crossed the river and had a sharp, warm con 
 flict with the enemy, who retired with some 
 loss within his fortifications, which were also 
 stormed and taken, causing the defenders to 
 seek safety in retreat. Following up the vic 
 tory of the previous day, Mr. Van Brunt and 
 
 his Regt. pursued the fleeing enemy, whom 
 they followed for two days; a constant heavy 
 skirmish was kept up throughout the chase, 
 and when abandoned they returned to Little 
 Rock, where they were stationed until the win 
 ter. Here our subject veteranized and returned 
 home on veteran furlough. After reassembling 
 they went to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Little 
 Rock, where the Regt. was re-organized, and 
 was engaged in holding in check the rebels un 
 der Shelby and Marmaduke, who were raiding 
 that section of the country. Whilst here they 
 had constant skirmishes and small engage 
 ments, and followed Price from place to place, 
 on the last occasion of his movement into Mo. 
 On one occasion in the line of his duty Mr 
 Van Brunt forded the Ark. River when the 
 water came above his horse s back, and withont 
 a change of clothing, and during a cold night, 
 he rode a distance of 24 miles. At Browns 
 ville those of the Regt. that had not veteran 
 ized were mustered out and the I5th 111. Cav. 
 was consolidated with his Regt., remained 
 there until Feb., when they went to New Or 
 leans and soon thereafter to Mobile, arriving 
 there shortly after that city was evacuated. 
 They next marched overland through the great 
 pine forests of the South to Baton Rouge, 
 then to New Orleans, where they received 
 their pay, and thence by boat to Shreveport. 
 After a short delay they started upon that 
 long and tedious march over the country to 
 San Antonio, Tex., where they were employed 
 upon guard duty until Nov. 22, 1865, when 
 they were mustered out and placed en route 
 for home. 
 
 Jan. 6, 1866, he was finally discharged at 
 Camp Butler, after a service of 4 years and 3 
 months, enduring great hardships and priva 
 tions on behalf of his threatened country, and 
 rejoicing in the reflection that he had not a 
 mark upon his body to indicate that he had 
 been in battle. By reason of chronic disease 
 and sore eyes he was placed in a hospital at 
 Cassville, Mo., and the Surgeon refusing to dis 
 charge him, when he desired to go, he stole out 
 of the hospital and succeeding in joining his 
 command. Our hero s brother Hendrick when 
 
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 16 years of age served in the loth Iowa Inf. 
 He was seriously wounded in the breast at the 
 battle of Lookout Mt., taken prisoner, cast into 
 the rebel prison, first at Libby, then at Ander- 
 sonville, where, after a prison life of 13 months 
 he died a most horrible death upon the very 
 day he was to have been paroled and set at 
 Liberty. His body, with thousands of other 
 brave patriotic soldiers, found in Southern soil, 
 an unknown resting place. Our subject, Mr. 
 Van Brunt, is a native of Ohio, born near 
 Greenville, Sept. I, 1841, and is a son of Sam 
 uel and Malvina (Brown) Van Brunt, whose 
 families were among the early settlers of that 
 State. Samuel s parents moved to Ind, when 
 he was a boy 4 years of age; later his mother 
 died, and his father being an invalid, much care 
 and responsibility was thrown upon our sub 
 ject, whose personal labors largely contributed 
 to the support of the family. His opportunities 
 to obtain an education were decidedly poor, 
 yet occasionally he attended what was known 
 as the "Bedbug" school house, near Sidney. 
 In 1854, with a broken family circle, he moved 
 to 111., settling upon a farm near Sidney. He 
 has continued to live in the same county since 
 that time. He is engaged in farming, stock 
 raising, and in the grain and mercantile busi 
 ness, and without any attempt at flattery, it can 
 be said of him that owing to his business ability 
 and well applied energy, he has succeeded in 
 accumulating a respectable fortune, which he 
 can now enjoy during his declining years. Al 
 though he is a prominent Republican, he has 
 never sought or permitted his name to be used 
 in connection with any office. He is a charter 
 member of the G. A. R. Post at Sidney, of 
 which he has been for many years its trusted 
 Quartermaster, and the financial prosperity 
 attending that institution is largely attributable 
 to Mr. Van Brunt s business ability and labor 
 on its behalf. He is also a Free Mason. 
 
 March 19, 1866, he married Belle Sampson, 
 to which marriage 8 children have been born- 
 Marcus G., who was killed in a R. R. accident; 
 Raymond B., Gertrude R., Earl Irving, Edgar 
 C., Myrtle S., Chester S., and Clyde, who died 
 at the age of two years. 
 
 The success, and happiness attending Mr. 
 Van Brunt s life again proclaim the truth of 
 the assertion that patriotism, business honor 
 and uncompromising energy will always bring 
 their reward. 
 
 JACOB EISELE, a leading tailor of Sterling, 
 111., was born Nov. II, 1840, at Baden, 
 Germany. His parents were Jacob and 
 Barbara (Kiest) Eisele. His father belonged 
 to one of the old and distinguished families of 
 Germany, and was brought up to the life of a 
 farmer. He came to the U. S. in 1852, with his 
 parents and a number of kinsfolk, landing at 
 New Orleans, and going by river to New Albany, 
 Ind., the trip occupying 17 days, the boat being 
 heavily laden with railroad rails. Cholera broke 
 out on the boat from New Orleans to New Al 
 bany, of which all his relatives, except two 
 cousins and his parents, brothers and sisters, 
 were victims. Locating at New Albany, he for 
 the first year worked on a farm, subsequently 
 removing to the town. 
 
 He was one of five children Christian, 
 Jacob, Louis, Fred and Mina, the last named of 
 whom married John Uhlmer. His father con 
 tinued to reside in Indiana until his death, in 
 Feb., 1869, his widow surviving him until Sept., 
 1878. Jacob for some years assisted his father 
 in farm work, but after an attack of fever, 
 which rendered him unfit for such employment, 
 he applied himself to acquire the trade of a 
 tailor. His preliminary education had been 
 received in Germany, and after settling in this 
 country, he continued to prosecute his studies 
 at night and at Sunday schools. 
 
 He enlisted in the military service at New 
 Albany, Ind., in July, 1861, and was mustered 
 in as a private of Co. H, 32d Ind. Inf., Aug 
 24th. The organization of the Regt. was com 
 pleted at Camp Morton, Ind., Sept. 24, at which 
 time it entered field service, going to Louis 
 ville, and thence to New Haven, remaining at 
 the latter place about one month. Then the 
 Regt. was ordered to Camp Nevin, Ky., where 
 the 32d was assigned to the 2d Brig, of the 2d 
 
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 Div., and went into camp until the army moved 
 on to Green River. The young soldier was for 
 the first time in battle Dec. 17, at Green River, 
 with Terry s Texas Rangers, but two days be 
 fore it had been engaged in a skirmish, in which 
 two of his company were wounded. 
 
 Moving on to Bowling Green, Nashville, 
 and Columbia, where they constructed a bridge 
 over the Duck River, they continued their 
 march by way of Savannah to Shiloh, where 
 they were again in action on that memorable 
 field. The regimental loss in this battle was 
 heavy, and the honors of the fight were dearly 
 bought, but no sacrifice seemed too great for 
 those heroic soldiers pledged to the noble cause 
 of their country. The Regt. was at the siege of 
 Corinth and constantly engaged in action until 
 the evacuation. The command now moved on 
 to luka, and thence to Florence, Huntsville, 
 Bellefontaine, and going on to Stephenson, 
 and Battle Creek where they encamped. From 
 Battle Creek, Mr. Eisele was detailed to the 
 recruiting service, and returned to Indianapolis; 
 then to New Albany in Aug. Here on Sept. 
 30, 1862, he was married to Miss Francis Starck, 
 of New Albany. He rejoined his Regt. at 
 Nashville in Dec., and took part in the battle 
 of Stone River. At Stone River they went into 
 camp until the following June. Their next en 
 gagement was at Liberty Gap, from there they 
 moved to Tullahoma, then crossed the Tenn. 
 River to Chickamauga, where Sept. i9and2Oth 
 they were engaged in that sanguinary battle,, 
 and then fell back to Rossville, covering the 
 rear. From there they fell back to Chatta 
 nooga, wherethey built breastworks, and where 
 they were besieged by the enemy for two 
 months. Next they participated in the open 
 ing of the battle of Orchard Knob, and in the 
 taking of Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863. At 
 Mission Ridge the Federal troops behaved 
 with most conspicuous and splendid gallantry. 
 The command was next ordered to East Tenn. 
 to relieve Burnside, at Knoxville, and there 
 marched and countermarched, during the win 
 ter of 1863-64, suffering intensely from want of 
 clothing, and other privations and hardships, 
 until the spring of 64, when they were ordered 
 
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 to Cleveland, Tenn., and there joined Sherman s 
 army when it moved on to Dalton, Ga., and 
 forward on the Atlanta campaign. 
 
 The Regt. re-enlisted at Strawberry Plains, 
 but on account of the spring campaign coming 
 on, were unable to get a furlough; and fought 
 through the Atlanta campaign, and the numer 
 ous battles that followed, always with distin 
 guished gallantry. May 27, they suffered their 
 heaviest loss at Allatoona Hills. From Alla- 
 toona Hills they moved to Marietta, Ga., thence 
 on to Atlanta, participating in all the many 
 skirmishes, battles, and hardships of that mem 
 orable campaign. After the fall of Atlanta the 
 Regt. was ordered to Indianapolis, Ind., where 
 it was mustered out Sept. 6, 1864, and returning 
 to his home at New Albany, Mr. Eisele resumed 
 his trade as a tailor. He remained here until 
 1873, when he removed to Sterling, 111., where 
 he established his business Aug. 24 of that 
 year, in which he has since achieved a notable 
 success and a distinctively leading position. 
 
 Mr. Eisele is a member o.f the Masonic 
 Lodge, No. 612, of Rock River, 111.; Sterling 
 Chapter, 57; Knights Templar, the Sterling 
 Commandery, 57; also a member of Will Rob 
 inson Post, No. 274, G. A. R. He is a Repub 
 lican and a worthy citizen, imbued with the 
 principles which constitute integrity and in 
 corruptible honor. 
 
 Mrs. Eisele died June 3, 1885, leaving 8 
 children, two having died. The names of the 
 living are Francis, now Mrs. Henry Crouse, of 
 Sterling, 111.; Jacob, engaged in his father s bus 
 iness; Charles, now in Chicago; Emma, now 
 Mrs. Gactz, of Sterling, 111.; William, a jewel 
 er in Sterling; and Edward, Robert and George, 
 now being educated in the schools at Sterling. 
 
 DAVID HUNTER was born July 20, 1802, 
 at Washington, D. C. He entered 
 West Point in 1818 and was graduated 
 from that institution in 1822. He entered the 
 military service as 2nd Lieut., 5th U. S. Inf., 
 July i following. In 1828 he was promoted 
 to 1st Lieut., to Captain of 1st Dragoons in 
 
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 1833, and to Paymaster to rank as Major, in 
 1842, in which capacity he continued twenty 
 years. When the rebellion broke out he was 
 commissioned Col. of the 6th U. S. Cav., dating 
 from May 14, 1861. In August following he 
 received the full rank of Maj. Gen. of Volun 
 teers. His military life prior to this was on the 
 frontier. He served in Oregon and in all the 
 territories. He resigned his position as Pay 
 master went to Washington and tendered his 
 services to the President. His first action was 
 in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. In 
 this unfortunate engagement Gen. Hunter took 
 his command two miles up the river and cross 
 ing at Sudley s Ford, attacked the enemy from 
 the north in conjunction with a division under 
 Gen. Heintzelman. By traitors who had the 
 confidence of the Govt., and in the possession 
 of, its military plans, this movement was given 
 to the enemy as soon as it was determined upon. 
 This treason caused Hunter s flank movement 
 to be anticipated and successfully met by the 
 rebels. When the Union troops reached the 
 crossing they found it strongly defended by the 
 enemy with numerous troops and masked bat 
 teries of artillery. In the face of all opposi 
 tion Hunter s Div. crossed the stream, charged 
 the rebels in their hidden recesses and actually 
 drove them two miles before the order for re 
 treat was received. The battle was a National 
 disaster, yet two Divisions of the Union army, 
 Hunter s and Heintzelman s, fought with an 
 energy and courage that would be creditable to 
 the best army in the world. During this battle 
 Gen. Hunter received from a minie ball a 
 severe wound in the neck, from which he was a 
 long time recovering. Subsequently he was 
 ordered to report to Gen. Fremont, whose head 
 quarters was then at St. Louis. 
 
 After the first Missouri campaign, in the fall 
 of 1862, he succeeded Fremont in the command 
 of the Department of the West. Not long after 
 he was succeeded by General Halleck, and 
 transferred to the Department of Kansas, with 
 headquarters at Leavenworth. The spring fol 
 lowing ( 1863) he was transferred to the Depart 
 ment of the South. It was while in this cam 
 paign that he issued his famous proclamation 
 
 freeing all the slaves of South Carolina, Georgia 
 and Florida, by virtue of declaration of martial 
 law. This manifesto of the General created 
 quite a stir in political circles, and brought 
 upon the administration of President Lincoln 
 a storm of abuse. It raised the issue again that 
 the war was only for the freedom of the slaves. 
 The President countermanded and Gen. Hunter 
 was much censured for impolitic and unauthor 
 ized order. He was only a little in advance of 
 the issue, which was surely following. Having 
 been recalled from the Department of the South, 
 the Gen. was next called upon to preside over 
 the court martial convened for the trial of Fitz- 
 John Porter. In the fall of 1863 Gen. Hunter 
 was appointed Inspector-General of the Union 
 forces in the Southwest, which position he held 
 until May, 1864, when he was transferred to the 
 command of Va. In the fall of of 1865 he was 
 relieved by Gen. Sheridan. 
 
 After the close of the war Gen. Hunter 
 presided over the military commission held for 
 the trial of the conspirators charged with being 
 accessory to the assassination of President Lin 
 coln. He was retired from active service in 
 1866. 
 
 He died Feby. 2, 1886. Few commanding 
 officers of the army had a more extended 
 experience in military service than Gen. Hunter. 
 He was constantly in the service nearly half a 
 century, serving in almost all the departments 
 and in nearly every capacity, always with credit 
 to himself and honor to his country. In person 
 he was tall, commanding, with a strong military 
 bearing, eyes dark, with dark complexion and 
 black hair, which was straight and worn long, 
 giving him much the appearance of the native 
 American. 
 
 WILLIAM MURRAY, book-keeper, a native 
 of 111., was born July 16, 1841. 
 His parents were William and Grace 
 (Cribbes) Murray, who were natives of Scot 
 land. His father was born at Glasgow, 1793, 
 and his mother at Edinburgh in 1800. They 
 came to 111. in 1837, located in Morgan Co., 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 707 
 
 then removed to Cass Co., where they spent 
 their lives. Our subject was the 7th child 
 of the family of 9, only 5 of whom are now 
 living, namely: Henry, resides in Virginia, 111., 
 hotelkeeper; Mrs. Ann Neely, resides in Mo.; 
 Agnes, wife of Charles L. Olds, of Seattle, 
 and Eliza who married Robinson Jacobs and 
 resides upon the old homestead in Cass Co. 
 William s early life was spent in the town of 
 Virginia, where he attended school and was in 
 attendance at Union College at the outbreak of 
 the war, when his course of study was sum 
 marily interrupted. He enlisted Aug. I, 1861, 
 as a private in Co. K, 33d 111. Vol. Inf., and was 
 mustered into the service at Springfield, Sept. 
 2d. The Regt. went to Mo., drew arms at the 
 arsenal at St. Louis, and engaged in guarding 
 railroads. Two companies were attacked by 
 the rebel Jeff Thompson and was engaged in a 
 hand-to-hand encounter with greatly superior 
 numbers. Co. E was distant about 3 miles 
 from Co. K, and on hearing the firing they went 
 to the relief and were ambushed. Co. E was 
 on the north side of Big River and K was 
 on the south side, hence they were unable to 
 make a junction. Co. E after desperate re 
 sistance was captured and 13 members of Co. 
 K. were wounded and captured. The Co. re 
 joined the Regt. at Arcadia, Mo. The next 
 expedition was against Jeff Thompson at Fred- 
 erickstown, where he was utterly defeated. The 
 winter of 1861-2 was spent in Arcadia, where 
 the Regt. was engaged in the construction of a 
 large fort, and continued there until March 2d, 
 when it started South under Gen. Steele and 
 joined Gen. Curtis forces on White River, Ark. 
 There was little fighting, but an immense deal 
 of exhausting marching and fatigue duty until 
 July, when Curtis forces started toward the Miss. 
 July 7th, occurred the battle of Cache River 
 and Cotton Plant, which was fought by about 
 10,000 rebels against 2,000 Union soldiers under 
 Gen. Curtis, at which the enemy were complete 
 ly routed with great loss. On the same expe 
 dition this little army marched from Clarendon 
 to Helena, a distance of 65 miles in 24 hours. 
 This feat was rendered necessary by reason of 
 exhausted supplies and none nearer obtainable. 
 
 The summer of 1862 was spent in guerrilla war 
 fare and in patroling the Miss. River. In the 
 fall of 1862, our subject was detailed for re 
 cruiting service, at which he was engaged until 
 March, 1863, then rejoined his Co., at Pilot 
 Knob, and shortly after started upon the Vicks- 
 burg campaign. The Regt. was assigned to 
 Benton s Brig., in Carrs Div., in the I3th A. 
 C., Gen. McClernand being Corps commander. 
 Before crossing the river into Miss., a detail of 
 one Co. from each Regt. was organized into a 
 skirmish Brig., commanded by Gen. T.J. Brody. 
 Co. K, 33d 111., was the first to arrive on the 
 Miss, side and led the advance until the invest 
 ment of Vicksburg, and participated in the 
 battle of Fort Gibson, the first advance on 
 Jackson, battle of Champion Hills, and the 
 battle of Black River Bridge. The position of 
 the 33rd is described by Gen. Grant in his 
 Memoirs, being the only Regt. mentioned by 
 him. It bore a prominent part in the cam 
 paign against Vicksburg, where it was in the 
 front and dug its way up to the rebel works 
 and were there from beginning to end of the 
 siege. After the fall of Vicksburg, they were 
 a part of Gen. Sherman s army, at the siege and 
 capture of Jackson, and aided in the destruc 
 tion of the railroad leading south from Jack 
 son. It returned to Vicksburg, and in the latter 
 part of August embarked for New Orleans, and 
 thence went on an expedition into West La., 
 which lasted about two months, reaching as far 
 west as Opelousas. It returned to New Orleans 
 and embarked for Texas, arriving at Arkansas 
 Pass, after a stormy passage. Thence marched 
 up the coast to St. Joseph Island and crossed 
 to Matagorda Island where they besieged and 
 captured Fort Esperenza. They then crossed 
 to the mainland and spent the winter of i863- 4 
 in Indianola, Texas. On Jan. I, the Regt. 
 re-enlisted with the exception of our subject, 
 who, with other non-veterans, was transferred 
 to the 99th 111., when he was detailed as Chief 
 Clerk of the Post Q. M., Capt. M. D. Massie. 
 He remained in Texas until June, 1864. when 
 he rejoined his old Regt., the 33rd, at Breasher 
 City, La., in July. He continued with his Co., 
 until Sept., then proceeded to New Orleans, 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 where he embarked for N. Y. on board a ship, 
 carrying 300 rebel prisoners. He was mustered 
 odt at Springfield, Oct. 11, 1864, and received 
 his final pay and discharge on the i8th having 
 been mustered out as Sergeant. 
 
 The original muster roll of Co. K, Sept., 
 1861, contained the names of 3 commissioned 
 officers and 99 enlisted men. During the war 
 there were added to the Co. 75 by recruits, and 
 by transfer from the /2nd and ii;th Regt., 30, 
 making a total of 207 names on the company 
 rolls. Of this number 16 were killed or died 
 from wounds, 88 were discharged on account 
 of disability, 30 discharged on account of 
 wounds, and one deserted. The Co. had 5 
 Captains, 4 ist Lieuts., and 3 2nd Lieuts. 
 Three of the Captains and 2 of the Lieuts. were 
 from the ranks. 
 
 Co. K marched thousands of miles, fought 
 in many battles and campaigned in Mo., Ark., 
 Miss., La., Texas and Ala., and won a record 
 that will live for ages. In the mountains of 
 Mo., the swamps of Ark., on the banks of the 
 Great River, and where the wacers of the Gulf 
 in their ceaseless surges break upon the shores 
 of Texas, its comrades are sleeping the dream 
 less sleep of the dead. "After life s fitful 
 fever" they are at rest. 
 
 Mr. Murray returned to his parental home 
 and engaged in teaching for the succeeding 1 1 
 years. He was married Dec. 24, 1868, to Mary 
 F. McClure, daughter of John W. and Harriet 
 McClure, a native of 111. Her father was born 
 in Natchez, Miss., and her mother in Rocking- 
 ham Co., Va. To this union five children have 
 been born, namely: Mabel, Edwin, Anna J., 
 Roscoe C., and Edward W., who died in in 
 fancy. Mr. Murray was engaged in the real 
 estate and insurance business in Va. for several 
 years, came to Quincy in March, 1887, at the 
 opening of the Soldier s Home. Here he has 
 charge of all the books of the institution and 
 all the issues of every kind. He is a staunch 
 Republican,a member of John Wood Post, No. 
 96, G. A. R., having joined the order in Va. in 
 1868. He has filled the offices of Commander, 
 Officer of the Day, and Adjutant. Mrs. Murray 
 is a member of the Christian Church. 
 
 JO. HARVEY, of the enterprising and pub 
 lic spirited men of Sidney, 111., our pres- 
 ent subject, occupies a promising and 
 leading place. He was born in Ind., Feb. i, 
 1837, a son of John E. and Nancy (Miller) 
 Harvey, the former born in 1800 in Va., and a 
 descendant on his great great grandmother s 
 side, of the Madison family, of which President 
 James Madison was a typical representative. 
 Henry Harvey, grandfather of our subject, 
 fought in the army in the Revolutionary 
 war. The parents about 1827, settled in Ind., 
 being among the early settlers of that State, 
 where was born our subject. The father was a 
 merchant and stock dealer and continued in 
 that business until 1853, when he removed to 
 Douglas Co., 111., where he selected a large 
 tract of land with the view of enlarging his 
 stock interests. Young Harvey received the 
 advantages accorded young boys brought up 
 in the country at that period. He continued 
 with his parents until the late Rebellion, when 
 he enlisted Aug. u, 1862, in Co. E, 79 111. Vol. 
 Inf., and soon after went to the front at Louis 
 ville, where his Regt. was placed in Gen. Sill s 
 Div. At Frankfort, Ky., his Regt. was with the 
 Div., but not actively engaged. It joined the 
 main army at Chaplin Hills, soon after the en 
 counter at that place. The command then 
 moved to Crab Orchard and Danville, Ky. On 
 the route he was taken sick and left at Dan 
 ville, then sent to Louisville, where he endured 
 intense suffering from camp fever and a severe 
 cough brought on by exposure, hard marching 
 and poor water. After leaving the hospital, be 
 ing still unable to enter the ranks, he was 
 placed on detached duty at Bowling Green, 
 afterwards joining his Regt. at Murfreesboro, 
 where it was detailed to build fortifications to 
 serve as a base of supplies. 
 
 June 24, 1863 his command moved via Lib 
 erty Gap, at which place his Co. was detached 
 as skirmishers throughout the engagement, 
 then marched to Winchester and Tullahoma. 
 About the middle of Aug. he joined in the Chat 
 tanooga campaign, crossing the mountains, and 
 into Chickamauga, where the combined armies 
 of Longstreet, Bragg and Johnston were encoun- 
 
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 tered, and a bloody and desperate battle, lasting 
 two days, was fought. On the morning of Sept. 
 igth Mr. Harvey s Regt. moved to the center of 
 the main army, a distance of 12 miles, by forced 
 march, to support Gen. McCook. The Regt- 
 charged the Rebel lines, and simultaneously the 
 latter broke through the Union lines to its left, 
 and got in the rear of the 79th, and finally sur 
 rounded it, when Mr. Harvey and about 80 of 
 his comrades were taken prisoners. They were 
 taken over the river, where they found about 
 2,500 of their comrades, also victims, on their 
 way to rebel prisons. They were taken to Dal- 
 on, Ga., thence to Atlanta, where they were 
 placed in a stockade north of the city, with 
 barely enough to eat and keep them alive. On 
 arrival he had been two days without food, was 
 placed in the open courtyard, without shelter, 
 and when another two-days rations were served 
 him he was compelled to eat immediately, and 
 still his appetite was unappeased. Finally they 
 reached Richmond, and the doors of Libby 
 Prison were unfolded to receive the now dis 
 consolate, unhappy and hungry victims. After 
 a few days Mr. Harvey was transferred to "Cas 
 tle Thunder," after being stripped of all his val 
 uables and some concealed money, and shortly 
 after placed on the second floor of what was 
 known as the Pemberton building, on the 
 first floor of which was found stored a lot of 
 sugar and salt belonging to a Jew, who refused 
 to sell it to the Confederate Govt. at a fair price, 
 and even when it became known to the guards 
 that the boys were stealing it they made no se 
 rious objections. The boys had of these com 
 modities all they wanted, having stolen in the 
 night about 7 hogsheads of sugar and about 2,- 
 500 Ibs. of salt, of which Mr. Harvey obtained 
 his full share, which was all they had to eat for 
 several days. On Nov. 14, 1863, being very sick, 
 he and another were placed in the hospital, 
 where the latter died of starvation. On show 
 ing signs of improvement, Mr. Harvey was again 
 returned to prison, and found his comrades cap 
 tured with him had been exchanged and re 
 placed by others from the army of the Poto 
 mac. 
 
 While he was in the hospital he saw 65 
 
 prisoners brought there from Belle Isle, all of 
 whom with the exception of five were permitted 
 to die either from starvation or want of atten 
 tion. The suffering he endured during the 
 days and nights before and after the "cold New 
 Years" of that year, from cold and hunger, 
 beggars description, and our subject is of the 
 firm belief that if it had not been for the good 
 offices of the society of "Christian Relief" all 
 the prisoners would have perished. On Jan. 
 10, 1864, he was transferred to Belle Isle, a 
 physical wreck, unable to stand from sheer 
 starvation, yet in this condition he was placed 
 upon the open field of the Island, exposed to 
 the cold withering winds, with no resting place 
 but the cold, wet earth, and frequently the 
 opening clouds as his only covering. To give 
 all the incidents and horrors of the prison life 
 would fill a volume, but suffice it to say, that 
 Mr. Harvey now looks back upon those long 
 and weary seven months of terrible suffering 
 and privation, with absolute horror, and won 
 ders how it was possible under the circumstan 
 ces to have sustained life and survived the 
 fearful experiences. After reaching Belle Isle 
 he was 84 hours without drawing any rations. 
 On one occasion his desperation drove him to 
 cross the "dead-line," to plead with the com 
 mander for something to eat, but the leveled 
 rifle of a guard, induced him to run back, just 
 in time to avoid death, which he feared would 
 overtake him in another form. While on the 
 Island, unable longer to bear up and keep him 
 self warm, his feet finally became frozen so 
 badly he could not stand, and he was assigned 
 to the hospital, where he fared little better, being 
 kept almost without food. His own suffering 
 was severe, but no worse than many around him. 
 Comrade Christopher Saul, who lay upon a cot 
 by his side, after enduring terrible agony, ex 
 claimed to Mr. Harvey, that he could stand it 
 no longer and that he must die. Our subject, 
 an exemplary Christian, asked if was pre 
 pared, and with some hesitation the dying 
 man replied, no, but soon began to pray. He 
 gave Mr. Harvey his mother s name and 
 address, and requested him to write her intima 
 ting the facts, as also that he died a Christian. 
 
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 This our soldier faithfully communicated to the 
 bereaved mother. 
 
 On April 16, 1864, Mr. Harvey was finally 
 paroled, and more dead than alive, got 
 within the Union lines, broken in health and 
 reduced in weight from 150 to 60 Ibs. His 
 feelings of joy as he passed down the James 
 River, and sighted the stars and stripes upon 
 the Delaware City, the ship that was to re 
 ceive him, can not be described with becoming 
 accuracy. So near was he to death s door at 
 the time, that he could not raise his voice 
 above a whisper, and many of his comrades 
 died with their first Union bread in their 
 hands. Immediately after being exchanged, 
 Mr. Harvey was sent to Fortress Monroe, 
 where Gen. Butler was in command; thence to 
 Patterson Park hospital, where for weeks it was 
 a question whether he would survive. On 
 showing signs of returning strength, he was 
 sent to Annapolis, Md. There he was granted 
 a furlough, and placed en route for home, with 
 out even a cent of money. On reaching home 
 his parents and friends failed to recognize him. 
 He remained home 60 days, and partially re 
 covering his health, returned to his Regt., re 
 porting at Annapolis, Md. He was sent to 
 Chattanooga to join the " boys," and not be 
 ing fit for the field service, was sent to the con 
 valescent camp, but soon after took his place 
 in the ranks and fought with great credit at 
 the battles of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Spring Hill, 
 Franklin and Nashville, at which place, after a 
 long march, he was taken sick and was sent to 
 the hospital at New Albany, Ind., then to 
 Joe Holt hospital where he remained until June 
 23, 1865, when he was mustered out, after a 
 service of 34 months. 
 
 Since the war Mr. Harvey has spent the 
 greater part of his time in or near Sidney, but 
 passed five years in Iowa, where he improved 
 a c arm which he still owns, as also valuable 
 property in and about Sidney. For many years 
 he has not worked, himself, but devoted his 
 time looking after hi business interests, lead 
 ing a quiet and retired life. He has been ident 
 ified with the G. A. R. work for upwards of 20 
 yeart; is a member of Sidney Post, a. Republi 
 
 can and an admirable type of a good, honest 
 Christian, living an exemplary life, honored 
 alike for his record as a soldier as for his up 
 right bearing and Christian character. Mr. 
 Harvey has never married, but has a pleasant 
 home, and enjoys the company of his now 
 aged mother and a sister. 
 
 ARTHUR A. HARDING, of Kewanee, 111., who 
 came of martial ancestry, is a native of 
 Ills., born at Como, Whiteside Co., June 
 15, 1846, and was raised upon a farm in that 
 neighborhood. His father was Josiah B. 
 Harding, a son of Alpheus Harding, who was 
 a native of Mass. 
 
 The Harding family date back in this coun 
 try to a time previous to the Revolutionary 
 War. The maiden name of Arthur A. Hard- 
 ing s mother was Martha Proctor, and her 
 grandfather was Robert Proctor, who com 
 manded a Co. at Bunker Hill, and is buried at 
 Warwick, Mass. 
 
 About 20 days before he was 16 years of 
 age, Arthur A. Harding enlisted, May 21, 1862, 
 in Co. I, 65th 111. Vol. Inf., and went to Mar- 
 ^tinsburg, Va., from Chicago. The Regt. lay in 
 Va. during the summer, and at Harper s Ferry 
 in Sept. was captured by the rebels under 
 "Stonewall " Jackson, and being paroled was 
 sent to Chicago. Mr. Harding says it is the 
 conviction of many that the Union forces were 
 "sold out " by Col. Miles. He held afloat a 
 white flag in token of surrender, and while in 
 that act was shot by one of his own men, so 
 that he died before he was removed from the 
 field. It was stated that he was to* receive 
 from the rebels $18 for every man surrendered. 
 The Union soldiers numbering 13,000, all in 
 good spirits, well armed and eager for the 
 fight, were paroled on the field after the sur 
 render, as Jackson had not sufficient force to 
 remove such a body of men. The men were 
 exchanged the following April, and sent into 
 Eastern Ky. along the Big Sandy River. 
 
 They were pitted against Ben Cordell s 
 guerrilla, regiment and finally captured all the 
 
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 FRYAR JOBLING. 
 
 TRUMAN CULVER. 
 
 H. MAHANNAH. 
 
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 officers and 60 men of this band at Gladesville, 
 W. Va. They then went to Lexington, Ky., 
 and into East Tenn. with Gen. Burnside, and 
 went into winter quarters at Concord, but soon 
 moved with Burnside to Knoxville, where they 
 were besieged for 27 days, and had only three 
 days rations when Gen. Grant came to their 
 relief. They followed Longstreet to Dan- 
 dridge, and then to Strawberry Plains, and went 
 into winter quarters near Knoxville, where they 
 camped the remainder of the winter. 
 
 Jan. i, 1864, the men were on the march, 
 and when they reached the Holston River to 
 wade it the ice was so thick that the men used 
 the butts of their muskets to break it, and then 
 had to march 12 miles before they could stop 
 to dry their clothing. The water was so deep 
 that Mr. Harding, who is a short man, was 
 compelled to turn his head back to prevent the 
 water from covering his face. The men had 
 gone out in light marching order from camp at 
 Nicholasville, Ky., leaving blankets and extra 
 clothing behind, so they had only a light 
 blouse, one shirt, a pair of trowsers, shoes and 
 socks. With this outfit they passed the entire 
 severe winter of 1863 and 1864. 
 
 In the spring of 1864 the Regt. enlisted for 
 3 years more, and the men went home for 30 
 days on a furlough. The newly reorganized 
 Regt. was sent to Gen. Sherman, at Ringgold, 
 Ga., and went him into the fight at Big Shanty, 
 June 15, when the Regt. had a close encounter 
 with the rebel Cav. Was surrounded, and 
 would have been captured, but for the timely 
 arrival of a brigade of the 20th A. C. Mr. 
 Harding remembers this fight well, as it occurred 
 on his birthday, and two men in his company 
 were killed quite near him, and a number 
 wounded. 
 
 The 65th continued with Gen. Sherman 
 until the fall of Atlanta, when it was sent in 
 pursuit of Hood, soon capturing and destroying 
 80 car loads of ammunition. It opened against 
 Hood and fought him at Columbia, and gave 
 him battle at Franklin, which was one of the 
 hottest and most resolutely contested engage 
 ments of the war. After this fight the Union 
 army fell back to Nashville. Here this Regt, 
 
 was in the two days fight, and assisted in driv 
 ing the rebels across the State to Clifton. 
 
 During the fight at Nashville Mr: Harding 
 was on the skirmish line, and here witnessed 
 the charge of the colored brigade, which fought 
 nobly that day. At Clifton the men took boats 
 on the Tenn. River to Paducah, and were trans 
 ferred to Cincinnati, Ohio, taking a train there 
 for Washington, D. C., were forwarded to Wil 
 mington, N. C., to operate under Gen. Sherman, 
 whom they joined at Goldsboro, and went with 
 him to Raleigh, and were present at Johnston s 
 surrender. They were then sent to Beaufort, 
 N. C., and took a steamer for Baltimore, and 
 from that point came to Chicago to be mustered 
 out. 
 
 Mr. Harding returned to Kewanee, where 
 he first enlisted, and where he is at present re 
 siding. After the war he spent one year in 
 Canada, and was eight years in the oil regions, 
 near Titusville, Pa. In 1870 he was married to 
 Miss Ella J. Webster, a daughter of O. 
 J. Webster, of Kewanee, 111. Mrs. Harding 
 is a lady who takes great interest in 
 all matters that concern the old soldiers. She 
 visited Boston with her husband to attend the 
 National Encampment, and has attended many 
 other such gatherings in different parts of the 
 country. Was also at the unveiling of Grant s 
 monument in Chicago. She is now President 
 of W. R. C., of Kewanee. 
 
 This patriotic husband and wife have 5 chil 
 dren -- Charles A., born 1871, isamemberof Gen. 
 John H. Howe Camp, S. of V. ; Lottie C., ayoung 
 lady, at home, 1873 ; Nellie A., 1877 ; George W., 
 1881, and Bertha L., 1883. Mr. Harding is a 
 Republican, is Commander of Julius A. Pratt 
 Post, No. 143, and member of I. O. O. F. He 
 is foreman is the Pipe Mill of the Western Tube 
 Co. s Works, a large concern. 
 
 While in Pa. Mr. Harding was in the oil 
 business, and afterwards was engaged in a store 
 for 13 years. His family incline to the Baptist 
 faith. He had two brothers in the army, Geo. 
 W., serving one year in the 2ist Mass. Regt.; 3 
 years in the 34th Mass. Regt., and Alpheus, 
 who was in Co. E, I34th 111. 
 
 The genealogy of the family is thus given : A 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 A. Harding, son of Josiah B., who was son of 
 Alpheus, born in Barre, son of Abijah, born at 
 Barre, Worcester Co., Mass. 
 
 W FRANK BAILEY, of Galesburg, 111., a 
 soldier in the army of the Union, 
 was born in Circleville, Ohio, June 
 14, 1844, and moved to Harrisburg, Pa., and 
 soon after to Wellsboro, when five years of age. 
 His early years were passed at the latter place, 
 where his education began in the common 
 schools, and was afterwards more thoroughly 
 improved at the Wellsboro Academy, until the 
 call for soldiers for the Nation s defence kindled 
 the enthusiasm of the youth of 16, and he en 
 listed April 22, 1861, at the beginning of the 
 war, in Co. A, 6th Pa. Reserves, for three months 
 service. When the regiment reached camp the 
 quota of the State was full, and it was mustered 
 into the U. S. service at Washington, D. C., for 
 three years, July 24, receiving the name, by or 
 der of Gov. Curtin, as the Pa. Reserves, forming 
 one Corps, ana this name was retained for 
 three years. 
 
 The Pa. Reserves reached the front at 
 Georgetown, just after the famous, disastrous 
 battle of Bull Run, and was soon merged into 
 the Army of the Potomac. At Dranesville, Va., 
 Dec. 20, 1861, came the first experience of act 
 ual conflict with the enemy, where 5 Regts. out 
 on a foraging expedition, encountered Stewart s 
 Brig, and the Louisiana Tigers, making an 
 equal number of men, but the advantage was 
 with the rebels, as they had a 6-gun battery, and 
 the Union force one of four guns; the result 
 was the dispersing of the enemy, and the 
 return of the proud boys in blue, loaded with 
 forage. In March, 1862, this command moved 
 with Gen. McDowell, under Gen. McClellan, 
 and, while the 6th Regt. was cut off from the 
 Div. at White House Landing, and during the 
 7 days battle, Stonewall Jackson, with his en 
 tire force, passed within gunshot, intent upon 
 capturing the immense store of supplies held 
 there, and the only means of preventing them 
 from falling into his hands was to destroy them ; 
 
 so 500 barrels of whisky were poured into a 
 large pile of goods, and all destroyed by fire. 
 Large pieces of ordnance were also thrown into 
 the Pamunky River, making a very heavy loss. 
 Here, the Regt. being alone, boarded transports, 
 and was transferred to Harrison s Landing, on 
 the James River. It was subsequently trans 
 ferred to Pope s army. The next contest was 
 the second fight at Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862, fol 
 lowed by South Mt. and Antietam. At the lat 
 ter place 24 men of Co. H went into the fight, 
 and 7 came out, leaving 6 dead on the field, 
 which was a fearful loss. The cause of this, se 
 rious depletion was an order to make a charge 
 in which it was necessary to climb a fence, and 
 while doing this the rebels, in a cornfield, 
 slaughtered about half of the men making the 
 charge, and held their position. The battle of 
 Fredericksburg was fought Dec. 13, 1862, and 
 the company lost more than half of its men, and 
 Mr. Bailey received a shot through his right 
 shoulder, under the following circumstances : 
 On account of ill health, he was not on duty, 
 and, as he was with his company, marching to 
 the fight, he was left, without a gun, to guard 
 the knapsacks. He being anxious to partici 
 pate in the battle, soon found a man who was 
 willing to give up his gun and take the place as 
 guard ; so Mr. Bailey ran and overtook his 
 comrades, and went with them in a charge upon 
 the rebels, driving them back, when, discover 
 ing a Johnny in front of him, hiding behind a 
 tree, he determined to capture a prisoner; so, 
 waiting until the man had fired, Mr. Bailey 
 rushed forward, and, at the point of the bayo 
 net, ordered him to "come along." Mr. Bailey 
 being a slight youth, the man hesitated, but a 
 prod of the bayonet decided the question, and 
 the captor, with his prisoner, started toward 
 the Union lines. At that moment a shot came, 
 striking the right shoulder of Mr. Bailey, pass 
 ing through it; but he did not flinch nor re 
 lease his hold upon the prisoner, but, grasping 
 him with the left hand, went on, carrying his 
 gun in the right. Looking around, a rebel bat 
 tery was seen trained upon him, and a man just 
 ready to pull the lanyard. Mr. Bailey instantly 
 jumped into the ditch, and a grape-shot from 
 
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 the battery passed through the abdomen of the 
 prisoner, making a mortal wound. Leaving his 
 canteen with the dying man, Mr. Bailey made 
 his way to his Co., falling, utterly exhausted, 
 at the Captain s feet, and it was 4 months before 
 he was discharged from the hospital, able to 
 rejoin his regiment, which he found at Fairfax 
 Station. 
 
 June, 1863, the 6th Regt. was assigned to 
 the 5th Corps under Gen. Sykes and subse 
 quently participated in the battle of Gettys 
 burg. On the second day the men marched all 
 night with bleeding feet, when they came to 
 Round Top just as the Div. of Regulars were 
 falling back, and charging down the hill, saved 
 a battery that the rebels already had in posses 
 sion. Then, deploying as skirmishers, acted as 
 such throughout the fight, making on the 3d 
 day a charge upon a rebel battery which Co. H 
 captured and was given the honor of guarding 
 that night. The rebels withdrew during the 
 night and the battle was ended. 
 
 Succeeding this contest came the fight at 
 Mannassas Gap, Brandy and Bristoe Stations, 
 and the service on the Rappahanock River, 
 which was to prevent the movement of Lee on 
 Washington, and he was also in the action at 
 Mine Run. The winter was spent by the Regt. 
 in guarding the railroad and fighting Mosby 
 and his guerrillas. In the spring, under Gen. 
 Grant, a campaign was inaugurated in which 
 almost every day the men were under fire. On 
 May 5, in the Wilderness, the division was sent 
 out to Arker s Store to find the rebel force, and 
 found itself surrounded, but cut its way out, with 
 the loss of almost an entire regiment. The next 
 day there was a desperate fight in the thick 
 woods, and many men were lost. At night a 
 flank movement would be made followed by a 
 fight by day as Grant fought his way slowly 
 but surely to Richmond, which was the object 
 ive point. Men were pushed forward nibbling 
 as they marched because there was not time 
 to stop to eat. The stern and comprehensive 
 will of the "silent man" in its majestic strength 
 concentrated the vast forces at his command 
 to the accomplishment of one purpose at what 
 ever cost; for in his judgment the life of the 
 
 Nation was more important than the lives of 
 ten thousand or a hundred thousand of its brave 
 defenders, because the result reached beyond 
 the present in its influence and touched the 
 mighty future with its generations yet unborn. 
 
 Thus the movement went on, with battles at 
 Chancellorsville and Bethesda Church, and 
 raids and skirmishes to mark the path of vic 
 tory with blood. At Bethesda Church a force 
 of i, 200 men on the picket line, were flanked 
 by Swell s Corps, and Mr. Bailey was struck in 
 the foot with a minie ball and taken prisoner 
 May 30. On this day 7 bullets pierced his 
 clothing. He was taken to Richmond, stripped 
 of everything, paraded through the streets and 
 put into Libby Prison. His term of enlistment 
 expired that day and his regiment was relieved 
 that night and sent home. After a short stay 
 in Libby Prison he was taken to Andersonville, 
 where he was confined from June 16, 1864, to 
 Sept. I4th. While here he was present at the 
 trial and hanging of 6 men, who had robbed 
 their comrades. It was during his stay here 
 that the Providence Spring burst out, after a 
 heavy storm, and supplied the famishing thous 
 ands with water, that before had been supplied 
 from a small and terribly filthy stream. Mr. 
 Bailey says this stream was less than an inch 
 in diameter, and if the water could have been 
 stored, would have been sufficient to have sup 
 plied the entire camp with drinking water. 
 Sept. 14, he went to Florence, where the prison 
 was no improvement on the other, and Dec. 6, 
 was sent to parole camp at Annapolis, arriving 
 on- the gth with just sufficient strength to reach 
 the camp, such was the result of imprisonment. 
 
 Sent home on parole, he was exchanged 
 about April I, 1865, and as he had re-enlisted 
 before his capture, returned to, and rejoined 
 the army, near Appomattox on the day that Lee 
 surrendered, but in a few days, April 27, was 
 discharged. He passed through 15 battles and 
 many other eventful experiences of military 
 service. Just before his capture he was ap 
 pointed ist Lieut., but as he was reported dead, 
 the position was given to another. Mr. Bailey, 
 after the war, resided in Pa. until 1868, when 
 removing to N. Y., was married in Brooklyn, 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS, 
 
 Dec. 3rd, to Henrietta Graves, a daughter of 
 Major Graves, of the 93rd Highlanders, a 
 famous English Regt. After the war he 
 engaged in the mercantile business, first at 
 Williamsport, Pa., then at Rebersburg. From 
 the latter place he moved to Bellefonte, where 
 he published for one year the Center Herald. 
 In 1878 he moved to Galesburg, 111., and engaged 
 in merchandising, which he has continuously 
 followed since, being now at the head of one of 
 the largest dry goods houses in the city. 
 
 Mr. Bailey has always taken a prominent 
 part in politics and bears a high reputation as 
 a writer and speaker on questions of party and 
 public interest. He is an active member of 
 the G. A. R., and interested in all movements 
 that affect the progress and prosperity of the 
 Nation. 
 
 Mr. Bailey, who has one daughter, Henri 
 etta Marcella, is a son of Wm. Devoe Bailey, a 
 resident of Bellfonte, Pa., who is recognized as 
 one of the ablest editors in the State having 
 been a printer and editor 50 years a man of 
 great ability, who used his pen with telling 
 effect against slavery, the great curse of 
 humanity and the cause of the Nation s fearful 
 struggle. 
 
 Mr. Bailey inherited much of his father s 
 talent, and is a forcible, original thinker and 
 writer. His description of his experience in 
 Andersonville and other rebel prisons is said to 
 be one of the finest descriptive articles that has 
 been published on that subject. His published 
 views on finance, political economy and other 
 topics show much ability, and a comprehen 
 sive, analytical method of treatment and pre 
 sentation. 
 
 DA. HOLT, of Moline, 111., was born in 
 the State of Vt, June i8th, 1834, and 
 was a son of Arnold and Ruey Ann 
 (Austin) Holt, natives of the same State. The 
 father distinguished himself in the war of 1812, 
 in which he rose to the position of Captain, 
 and led his Co. in the battle of Plattsburg, 
 
 serving his country during that war without 
 pay this is patriotism. Our subject spent his 
 boyhood days in Erie Co., N. Y., where he 
 attended school and stored up a good, practical 
 business education, which has naturally light 
 ened and been the means of cheering him, as 
 he passed along his smooth and modest path 
 of life. He visited Rock Island to see a brother 
 in the year 1849, an d liking the locality, settled 
 there permanently in the year 1850. He re 
 turned to his old home in New York in the fall 
 of 1860, upon a visit, and on April I3th follow 
 ing President Lincoln s first call for troops was 
 issued. The following day young Holt tendered 
 his services as one of the 74th State of N. Y. 
 militia, but the Governor declined to accept 
 them as such. On the I7th the Regt. reorgan 
 ized, the men re-enlisted, were accepted, and on 
 the succeeding day were mustered in as the 
 2 1st N. Y. Vol. Inf., for two years or during 
 the war, our subject being assigned to Co. F 
 therein. The Regt. rendezvoused at Elmyra, 
 where the men were drilled, put in training, 
 and subsequently ordered to the front, passing 
 through Baltimore the day following the riot 
 at that place, instituted to prevent the passage 
 of the 6th of New York. The Regt. proceeded 
 to Washington, and were assigned to the 2nd 
 Brig., commanded by Gen. Wadsworth. Dur 
 ing the latter part of May Fort Runyon was 
 built, and the 2 1st was stationed within the for 
 tifications, which it manned, and continued there 
 until July of the same year. Col. Ellsworth 
 having been shot and killed for having torn 
 down the rebel flag at Alexandria, Mr. Holt s 
 Regt. was immediately ordered out to the front 
 and participated in the battle of Bull Run, 
 wherein it held a position in the line known 
 among the soldiers as the " slaughter pen," ncar 
 the school house, for three hours. In this posi 
 tion it was repeatedly charged by the enemy, 
 and finally was compelled, confronted by a 
 superior force, to give way, but not till 160 men 
 of the regiment had been killed or wounded. 
 It fell back to Fort Runyon, where Mr. Holt, 
 in dismounting a siege gun, sustained a severe 
 accident, causing him hernia, as also rendering 
 him blind for about two weeks, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 He was subsequently detailed and assisted 
 the surgeons in the careofthesickand wounded 
 in the hospital. Then followed the battles of 
 Bull Run and Manassas, in which he again 
 participated, as also in that of first Fredericks- 
 burg, in which it supported the Harris Cavalry 
 at Falmouth, opposite Fredericksburg. Mr. 
 Holt then crossed the river and was taken sick 
 with typhoid fever, and when able to travel 
 proceeded to Buffalo in the recruiting service, 
 and subsequently joined in that terrible strug 
 gle of Fredericksburg, at which his Regt. crossed 
 the bridge, crept up a hill, driving the John 
 nies before them into the woods. Subsequently 
 charged the enemy by regiments, and forced 
 the rebel line, but not before 16 of the men had 
 been killed. There fell W. B. Jewell, our sub 
 ject s close and intimate friend, whom he picked 
 up and carried off the field. As a criterion by 
 which to show how thickly the rebel bullets 
 were showered upon his regiment, as also to 
 illustrate an Irishman s wit, Mr. Holt says after 
 passing the ditch, as also the rebel embank 
 ment, an Irishman of his regiment called out to 
 his comrades to "look out as the devils were 
 throwing bullets with scoopshovels." The 
 brave and courageous speaker did not profit by 
 his recognized danger, as almost immediately 
 on announcing the warning, he was shot and 
 instantly killed. The Regt. went into winter 
 quarters at Upton Hill, and from that point 
 made several expeditions into the surrounding 
 country, and had many skirmishes with the 
 rebels, the most severe being with the Black 
 Horse Cav. On Oct. I4th, 1863, the Regt. par 
 ticipated in the engagement of Bristoe Station, 
 Va., and afterwards in that of Hell s Kitchen, 
 at which latter place it held for an hour Stone 
 wall Jackson s whole brigade at bay, and until 
 support arrived, when the rebels were driven off 
 in confusion. 
 
 In this engagement the La. Tiger and the 
 Texas Ranger regiments were destroyed as 
 an organization. On one occasion volunteers 
 were called for specially hazardous service, 
 whereupon, Mr. Holt responded, to assist the 
 pioneer corps build bridges. Whilst thus en 
 gaged, the -man assisting him was killed, and 
 
 our subject was struck in the breast with a 
 bullet, from the effects of which he has been a 
 constant sufferer. Mr. Holt was also engaged 
 in the 2d battle of Fredericksburg, in which the 
 Regt. lost 350 men in killed and wounded. The 
 severe work in the army, coupled with the in 
 juries received, as above stated, undermined his 
 health, rendering him absolutely unfit to fol 
 low with his Regt., and was therefore compelled 
 to go into Carver Hospital, Washington, where 
 he was mustered out and discharged Oct. 10th, 
 1863, after being six weeks under treatment. 
 He started for home, but at Williamsport, he 
 was taken exceedingly ill and fell into the hands 
 of Mrs. Susan Johnson, who certainly acted 
 the part of the Good Samaritan to him, and 
 even more, as after keeping him at her house 
 for four weeks, she accompanied her patient to 
 Buffalo as he proceeded homeward. He im 
 proved somewhat in health and subsequently 
 went to Chicago, then returned to Rock Island, 
 where he was appointed foreman in charge of 
 a number of men in the erection of prisons for 
 prisoners, on the island near Rock Island, and 
 was so engaged until Jan. 28, 1865. He issued 
 the first rations issued on the Island and became 
 chief issuing clerk, receiving his orders from 
 Capt. Potter, who was engaged at Chicago. 
 
 Jan. 28, 1863, he was ordered to Camp Doug 
 las, Chicago, where he continued in the same 
 position. About 3 months later he was sent to 
 Camp Butler, Springfield, then to Cairo, thence 
 to Paducah, then to Nashville, where he re 
 mained until after the siege of that place, when 
 he- was ordered to Pulaski, Tenn., with the 5th 
 Div. of Cav., thence to Bull s Gap and back 
 to Nashville. During all this time Mr. Holt 
 faithfully continued to hold the same position, 
 until finally mustered out and discharged at 
 Nashville, July 12, 1865. 
 
 Returning home, he engaged in the grocery 
 business at Moline, which he followed until 
 1877, when he \vent out of business, and has not 
 since been permanently employed. He mar 
 ried Miss Maggie S. Jackson June 30, 1867, and 
 three children have blessed the union, viz.: 
 Rose S. Pierce, Fred D., and Gertrude. 
 
 On Decoration day Mr. Holt, voicing the 
 
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 sentiment of the balance of the committee, 
 who were all of the same opinion, suggested to 
 his old comrades, L. E. Hemenway, Amos 
 Altemus, M. A. Gould, M. C. Follet and S. B. 
 Knox, the propriety of having erected in the 
 Moline Cemetery a " Soldier s Monument," in 
 memory of and to perpetuate the names of 
 their brave and patriotic countrymen and com 
 rades who sacrificed their lives in the late re 
 bellion for the preservation of their country. 
 An organization was immediately formed and 
 Mr. Holt s laudable scheme was successfully 
 launched, and the subscription list headed by a 
 subscription from Alva Manson of $100. Mr. 
 Holt took the business end of the project and 
 clung unceasingly to the enterprise until the 
 money was all subscribed and collected, and 
 the monument, which cost, with etceteras, 
 $4,000, was erected and paid for constituting, 
 as this does, not only a monument to the men 
 who lost their lives, but also to the energy and 
 perseverance of comrade Holt and the other 
 members of the committee. No small amount 
 of credit is due to the Hon. John Deer, who 
 contributed liberally to it. 
 
 Mr. Holt is a member of the R. H. Graham 
 Post, No. 312, G. A. R.; of the Masonic order, 
 and of the Society of the Patriotic Order Sons 
 of America, Moline Lodge, No. 8. Few men 
 in the district in which he resides are better 
 known than Comrade Holt, who always has 
 enjoyed the reputation of being an honest and 
 upright man, and one universally admired and 
 respected. 
 
 CAPTAIN DAVID W. BRADSHAW, of Gales- 
 burg, 111., was born Dec. 26, 1836, in 
 Montgomery Co., Ky., and lived there 
 with his parents until 17 years of age, when he 
 came with his mother, then a widow, to Farm- 
 ington, 111. Here he learned the carriage ma 
 ker s trade. In 1855 they removed to Abing- 
 don, where he established business on his own 
 account, subsequently locating on a farm in 
 that vicinity. He enlisted Aug. 10, 1861, in 
 Co. D, 7th 111. Cav., the company having been 
 
 organized in Knox county. They left Knox- 
 ville, Sept. 2, for Camp Butler, where they re 
 ported 104 men, and were mustered in Sept. 7, 
 Mr. Bradshaw as 1st Sergt. They were at first 
 armed with musketoons and horse pistols. In 
 Nov. they were ordered to join Grant s forces 
 at Cairo, crossing to Mo. on Christmas day, 
 1861. Here for some time they were engaged 
 in scouting around Bird s Point, thence in Jan., 
 going to Cape Girardeau, where the regiment 
 under the command of William Pitt Kellogg 
 was sent to relieve Gen. Ross. The 7th 111. was 
 an independent cavalry organization and fur 
 nished their own horses, for which they were 
 allowed 4Oc per day. While at Bird s Point 
 they had four men killed during a scouting ex 
 pedition, and several killed and wounded at 
 Cape Girardeau. Subsequently they succeeded 
 in driving the rebels from the country. 
 
 In the spring of 1862 they went to New- 
 Madrid engaging battle with Jeff Thompson on 
 the way and repulsing him, driving his forces 
 through the town of Saxton, with the assistance 
 of the infantry brought them to battle and de 
 feat, forcing them back upon New Madrid over 
 corduroy road and capturing three pieces of 
 artillery two of iron and one of brass the 
 latter piece being afterward presented to Ser 
 geant Bradshaw s Co. They also secured a 
 large number of prisoners. The command after 
 the evacuation of N. Madrid, then proceeded 
 in the direction of Fort Pillow, and were thence 
 ordered to Shiloh and joined Halleck s army 
 on the march to Corinth. 
 
 At Farmington they were engaged in a 
 charge upon a rebel battery to relieve Gen. 
 Payne s command, which they succeeded in 
 capturing, but with considerable loss. After 
 the evacuation they pursued the enemy for 
 some distance. Sergt. Bradshaw had been 
 promoted to Lieut, and commanded his Co. in 
 the action at Farmington. During the morning 
 of the battle he was stationed at an old saw 
 mill, where two young ladies told him the 
 Yankees would never take Corinth while Gen. 
 Beauregard was alive, but it fell the same day. 
 
 July 8, 1862, Lieut. Bradshaw was given 
 charge of a squad of six men to go to the North 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 for recruits. At Abingdon he enlisted 87 men, 
 who furnished their own horses, and mustered 
 them in at Springfield. They wished to join 
 Lieut. Bradshaw s Co., but it could only take a 
 portion of them, the rest were assigned to com 
 panies K and L. He rejoined his Regt. at 
 Corinth on the second day of the battle. From 
 Corinth they accompanied Grant to Coffeeville 
 and Holly Springs, and during the winter of 
 1862-3 they were employed in scouting, etc., 
 around Oxford. Miss. 
 
 In Jan. they returned to La Grange, Tenn., 
 where they guarded the Memphis & Charleston 
 R. R., and were engaged in some sharp fighting 
 around Somerville with the forces of Richard 
 son and Forrest. The 6th 111. Cav., which 
 formed a part of the command, were during 
 this time surprised while in their beds in anight 
 attack by the rebels, who killed a number of 
 them but the 7th 111. came to their assistance 
 and routed the enemy. Going into Somerville, 
 which was regarded as a place of rendezvous 
 by the rebels, they were preparing to burn it, 
 but through the entreaties of a Mason it was 
 spared. They were in the action at Moscow, 
 where Gen. Hatch was badly wounded, Lieut. 
 Bradshaw being within three feet of him when 
 he fell. 
 
 April 17, 1863, Lieut. Bradshaw, command 
 ing his Co., returned to La Grange with the 6th 
 and 7th Cav. under Col. Grierson, thence 
 moving South and passing near Columbus, 
 Miss., where Gen. Hatch with the 2nd Iowa 
 diverted the attention of the enemy from the 
 main line of the expedition. The two Regts. 
 proceeded as rapidly as possible, doing but 
 little fighting, and struck the Southern R. R., at 
 Newton s Station, 30 miles from Jackson, where 
 they captured three trains, one of which was 
 loaded with ammunition, the other with sup 
 plies. They destroyed five miles of trestle 
 work. After paroling the passengers on the 
 train, they ditched the locomotive, and went 
 on to seize some hospital stores, capturing the 
 Major in command, after which they took up the 
 march, and by tramping night and day quickly 
 reached the Pearl River, where they captured 
 a ferry boat, which enabled them to cross at a 
 
 point within 30 miles of Jackson. Stopping 
 for food for themselves and horses, Col. Prince 
 of the 7th with a portion of the Regt. pushed 
 on to Hazelhurst and set fire to a train load of 
 ammunition. The bursting of the shells caused 
 some of the men to think they were being hard 
 pressed, and they mounted their horses and 
 rode in a gallop of ten miles to the town. A 
 train on which were Gen. Pemberton and the 
 rebel paymaster was coming in, but the engi 
 neer sighting a blue coat put back and escaped. 
 A fire was started in a drug store, but by order 
 of their commander the men brought water and 
 quickly extinguished it, thus, saving the town 
 from destruction. Here they captured a 32- 
 pound howitzer 12 feet long, on the way to 
 Port Gibson on an ox wagon, which was spiked 
 and left lying by the wayside. Several days 
 after they met the enemy in force and charged 
 them across the bridge. Lieut. -Col. Black 
 burn of the 7th, who was in command was mor 
 tally wounded and ten of the men killed out 
 right. They drove back the rebels with their 
 sabres. At this point they were within 80 
 miles of the Amite River, which they crossed 
 the next morning at about 4 o clock, capturing 
 a camp of musicians, the soldiers having gone 
 as reinforcements to the army around Jackson. 
 They reached within eight miles of Baton 
 Rouge, and on approaching the Comite River 
 they ascertained from their scouts that a Co. of 
 rebel Cav. was on picket in the rear of Port 
 Hudson. Capt. Bradshaw was ordered to de 
 ploy his men to the right, but the ground was 
 rough and uneven, and the Captain obtained 
 permission to lead a charge directly upon the 
 rebel pickets. He captured 52 out of 54 of the 
 rebels, taking them completely by surprise. 
 The prisoners were residents of Baton Rouge, 
 then in the possession of the Union forces, and 
 were given in charge of Captain Bradshaw. 
 
 The Union forces at Baton Rouge were 
 much rejoiced at the entry of the expedition, 
 of which they had had no intelligence. The 
 road leading into town was lined on both sides 
 with troops, and negroes almost beside them 
 selves with wonder. The expedition had been 
 on a move for 16 days and nights and had trav- 
 
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 eled 880 miles, after the first three days never 
 going into camp and only halting long enough 
 to eat and feed their horses, sleeping in the 
 saddle. Horses were seized whenever possible 
 to supply the place of those broken down and 
 unfit for future travel. On one occasion they 
 rode across a bottom through water for five 
 miles, dragging after them the two pieces of 
 artillery, which they carried all the way with 
 them. In June they made an advance on Port 
 Hudson, engaging the enemy at Plain s Store, 
 the loss on both sides being very heavy. While 
 near Port Hudson Captain Bradshaw was or 
 dered to take his Co. and bring in some cotton 
 reported to be in that vicinity. He found 250 
 bales and a large quantity of loose cotton. A 
 large number of hogsheads were filled with cotton 
 androlled in front of themenas they charged the 
 works. After the fall of Port Hudson they went 
 to Mem phis to guard the Memphis and Charles 
 ton R. R., having frequent encounters with 
 Forrest, and coming to regular battle with him 
 Dec. 24, 1863, on the Tallahatchie River. They 
 met him again at Sommerville and held him to 
 battle for three hours. Here Capt. Bradshaw 
 received a slight flesh wound, the ball just pen 
 etrating the skin of his left shoulder. Here the 
 Regt. had opposed to them about 7,000 of the 
 enemy, but were forced to retire, falling back 
 to La Grange. The next day receiving re-in- 
 forcements the command moved on the enemy 
 and drove them across the Tallahatchie. The 
 next engagement occurred at Moscow, Tenn., 
 after which they returned to Memphis, where 
 Capt. Bradshaw was hurt by his horse and was 
 granted leave of absence for ten days , rejoining 
 his regiment at Nashville. He was now placed 
 in command of the 1st Battalion, holding that 
 position during the whole ten days fighting. 
 Their .Brig, captured the first two forts on 
 Granny WHite Pike, and during the battle on 
 the second day captured a -line of the works, 
 after having been repulsed with heavy loss. 
 
 The brigade kept the advance of the main 
 line of the army, taking many prisoners and 
 capturing some artillery. The last day s battle 
 was on Christmas day, 1864. They went into 
 winter quarters at Gravelly Springs, and while 
 
 there Captain Bradshaw was detailed to go 
 to 111. for recruits, reporting a large number on 
 his return to his command at East Port. His 
 next move was to Oakalona, Miss., and he was 
 there detailed to go with his Co. to Aberdeen, 
 Miss., to relieve the Cav. there stationed, and 
 was made commandant of that post, where 
 after the war he received mules and commis 
 sary stores from the rebel quartermaster, and 
 among other things $10,000 in Confederate 
 money. He was here until July, thence going to 
 luka and to Decatur, Ala., where he remained 
 until ordered to Nashville to be mustered out, 
 being finally discharged at Camp Butler, Nov. 
 17, 1865. 
 
 In 1864, the 7th 111. re-enlisted at German- 
 town, where Capt. Bradshaw acted as quarter 
 master of Gen. Sooy Smith s expedition to 
 West Point, Miss., where they had a desperate 
 engagement with Forrest, who drove them 
 back. On the return he was elected and com 
 missioned Captain of his Co., and was fur- 
 loughed home. The boys presented him with 
 a fine sabre at a reception given on their return 
 home, as a mark of their high regard, a pre 
 sentation address being delivered by Clark E. 
 Carr. 
 
 He was elected Sheriff of Knox Co. in 1866, 
 and removed to Knoxville, where he married 
 May 29, 1868, Ella, daughter of Judge Zicates 
 and Julia Hanks Cooley, now of Galesburg 
 They have two children living: Cooley, a 
 youth of 19, and Vera, a young miss, at school. 
 He is a prominent Republican, although 
 brought up under Democratic persuasion, and 
 having two brothers who are Democrats, one 
 of whom served as a Captain in the rebel army. 
 Captain Bradshaw is a charter member and 
 was one of the organizers of Post 45, G. A. R. 
 He is a good citizen and a useful member of 
 his community. 
 
 WILLIAM F. DUNN was born in Brown Co., 
 Ohio, in the year 1828, and was a son 
 of Ferrell and Lydia ( Fleming) Dunn, 
 who moved to Hennepin, 111., in 1834, shortly 
 thereafter settling at Tiskilwa, being among the 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 719 
 
 first settlers. Mr. Dunn, Sr., was in the Black 
 Hawk war. Our subject was raised upon a farm 
 and continued farm work until the late rebellion, 
 when he enlisted in the Union army in June, 
 1862, and was mustered in as a private Aug 15. 
 in Co. E, 93rd 111. Vol. Inf. The Regt. pro 
 ceeded to Memphis, Tenn., and moved with 
 Gen. Grant s army, in the Northern Miss, cam 
 paign, to Yocona Creek and thence via Lump- 
 kin s Mills to Memphis, arriving Dec. 30th. 
 Almost immediately it set out again to La- 
 Fayette, Tenn., then returned to Ridgeway, 
 where it remained during Jan. and Feb., 1863. 
 In the early days of March the Regt. went to 
 Lake Providence, thence to Helena, and from 
 there moved down the river on the Yazoo Pass 
 expedition; and after its conclusion, partici 
 pated in the Vicksburg campaign, and on the 
 way thither passed through Bruinsburg, Port 
 Gibson, Raymond, and Clinton, arriving at 
 Jackson May 14, and was the same day under 
 rebel fire for the first time the Regt. losing 3 
 killed and 4 wounded. On the I5th it moved 
 toward Vicksburg, and on the following day 
 participated in the battle of Champion Hills. 
 During this battle the 3rd was in the 93rd Brig., 
 and after 20 minutes fighting it was flanked on 
 the left and retiring steadily changed front to 
 the left, and being flanked, retired and in this 
 position held its ground against a most furious 
 attack, after which the enemy retreated to 
 Black River Bridge. 
 
 The regimental loss on this occasion was 
 one officer and 37 men killed and six officers 
 and 107 men wounded and one officer and 10 
 men missing. During May 19, it moved to 
 ward Vicksburg and at midday came upon the 
 enemy s lines 3 miles from that city; and on 
 the 22nd made an assault upon the rebel works, 
 and again in the afternoon of the same day, 
 charged the enemy near the railroads and on 
 this occasion also suffered heavily, having 6 
 killed and 49 wounded. July 13, the Regt. set 
 out for Jackson, Miss., returning, however, to 
 Vicksburg on the 25th. Subsequently it pro 
 ceeded to Helena, Ark., thence to Memphis, 
 and afterwards visited Glendale, Burnside, 
 luka, Florence, Ala., and Winchester, arriving 
 
 at Bridgeport, Ala., Nov. 19. It then crossed the 
 Tennessee River, and on the 25th participated in 
 the battle of Mission Ridge, losing 88 men in 
 killed, wounded and missing. After this bat 
 tle the Regt. pursued the enemy to Grayson, 
 then returned to Chattanooga, afterwards 
 moved to Huntsville by way of Bridgeport and 
 Larkinsville, where it remained until the spring 
 of 1864. It continued during the spring and 
 summer to be engaged in such duties as were 
 assigned it, without, however, being engaged 
 in such conflicts as is had experienced during 
 the preceding year. Oct. 25, whilst at Alla- 
 toona and forming a part of a force of 2,100 
 men, protecting over a million dollars worth of 
 stores as a basis of supply for Gen. Sherman s 
 army, was attacked by a rebel force of over 
 8,OOO men. Shortly after midnight the picket 
 firing commenced and by daylight the batteries 
 of both parties were doing their most deadly 
 work. Although the contest was an unequal 
 one, from the point of numbers, each member 
 of that brave, gallant band held himself, as it 
 were, responsible for the consequences that 
 might follow the result of the engagement, and 
 therefore all fought with judgment and des 
 peration never surpassed in the history of war; 
 and although they were pressed back from 
 their outer works with gaps in their ranks ever 
 widening, yet their well-directed and repeated 
 fire was telling a terrible tale in the ranks of 
 the enemy, which, notwithstanding the despera 
 tion of the rebels, they could not longer face 
 the withering fire from the Union forces and 
 were finally compelled to withdraw, leaving as 
 a monument of their folly 231 of their number 
 dead on the field, 500 wounded, with an addi 
 tional 411 missing. The Union force lost 
 about 800 in killed, wounded, and missing, but 
 the brave survivors had safely protected the 
 only available Union stores in that Southern 
 country. During this battle Mr. Dunn was 
 wounded in the left leg, necessitating its ampu 
 tation. He was removed to the hospital at 
 Rome, Ga., from there to Nashville, then to 
 Louisville, and then to Keokuk, Iowa, where 
 he was discharged June 14, 1865. While at 
 Keokuk he was home on a furlough. Returned 
 
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 home after his discharge, and soon after was 
 appointed Assistant Postmaster, and 4 years 
 later was appointed Postmaster, of the town, 
 which he continues to hold up to the present 
 time with the full consent of his Democratic 
 opponents, as also his Republican friends. In 
 speaking, however, of his " opponents," we re 
 fer to those who differ politically with our 
 genial Postmaster, because of opponents and 
 enemies in the ordinary sense, he has none. 
 
 His first wife having died when he was in 
 the army unable to return home, he married 
 again, June 28, 1863, Julia Houghton, of Ot- 
 segro, Mich., by whom he has one child, Harold 
 
 O " J 
 
 H., a bright, intelligent boy. Mr. Dunn be 
 longs to the G. A. R. Post, No. 660, of which 
 he was a charter member. Mrs. Dunn is a 
 member of the Woman s Relief Corps, and holds 
 the position of Treasurer. Mr. Dunn was se 
 lected by his many friends as a candidate for 
 the Treasurership of his county in 1871, and to 
 publicly introduce him to the elections, they 
 prepared and published the following address, 
 which, coming from those who knew him well 
 and appreciated his worth, speaks in a more 
 forcible way than can be done by those who 
 have not the pleasure of his acquaintance: 
 
 "WILLIAM F. DUNN. 
 "To the Editor of the Buda Enterprise. 
 
 "DEAR SIR:- Having noticed in your issue of 
 the 1 2th inst. a sketch of Mr. Page, who is a 
 candidate for the office of County Treasurer, 
 the undersigned, friends of Mr. William F. 
 Dunn, of Tiskilwa, who is a candidate for the 
 same office, beg leave to submit to your read 
 ers through the same medium, a sketch of his 
 military and other record; and if we state any 
 thing too strongly, there are five hundred 
 soldiers in Bureau County, who served with 
 him in the army, to correct us. 
 
 "In August, 1862, Mr. Dunn enlisted as a 
 private in Company E, 93rd Illinois Infantry, 
 leaving behind him a wife and four children, as 
 also his aged father and mother, whom he had 
 supported for several years. In Nov., 1862, he 
 went, with his Co. into active service, and from 
 that time until the 5th day of October, 1864, 
 was constantly in the field. In the campaign 
 
 in Northern Mississippi, in November and De 
 cember, 1862, the first battle of Jackson, Miss., 
 May 14, 1863, the battle of Champion Hills, 
 Miss., May i6th, 1863; the siege of Vicksburg, 
 Miss., from May iQth to July 4th, 1863; the 
 battle of Mission Ridge, November 25th, 1863, 
 and the battle of Allatoona, Georgia, October 
 5th, 1864, and all the long and tedious marches 
 intervening, no man of his regiment behaved 
 with more gallantry, or showed more fortitude 
 or more devotion to his country, than William 
 F. Dunn. In the last named battle, when the 
 fate of Sherman s whole army in front of At 
 lanta was in the balance, when one-third of a 
 command only 2,100 strong was sacrificed to 
 the achievement of a victory over nearly 8,000 
 of the enemy, when each soldier in the ranks 
 of necessity became his own commander, Wil 
 liam F. Dunn, while fighting in the ranks, re 
 ceived a wound which shattered one of his legs, 
 rendering its amputation necessary to save his 
 life. Nor is this all. While in the army, and 
 unable to return home, his wife and one child 
 were buried by the friends who now would 
 honor and reward him who served his country 
 then. 
 
 "Nor can his political record be impeached. 
 As he was true to his colors in the field, he has 
 been true to his party at home, always voting 
 the straight Republican ticket, his fidelity to 
 principle is doubly established, by his ballot 
 and by his wooden leg. And so, we think his 
 measure of duty to the country has been per 
 formed. If political cliques and rings (in case 
 there are such) or individual politicians, sup 
 pose the"y have a right to ask pledges of any 
 kind, we say to them, remember yours of 1861 
 and 1862; remember that William F. Dunn 
 made his then, and that he has even more than 
 fulfilled them. He has made no others and 
 has no others to make, save this, that in the 
 future, as he has been in the past, he is under 
 pledge to the best interests of the Republican 
 party, and so, to the country. 
 
 "Honest, capable and true ; a poor man, with 
 his aged mother and three motherless children 
 dependent on him for support and education, 
 and already at the turning point of life, his 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 721 
 
 friends have presented his name, in the usual 
 manner, as a candidate for the office of County 
 Treasurer. And were his residence in the largest 
 town or smallest hamlet of Bureau county 
 nothing would thereby be added to or taken 
 from his merits as a man, a soldier from the 
 ranks, or a Republican. And while we say 
 nothing to detract from the merits of any other 
 candidate, we feel that both the party and the 
 county would be, not only honored, but well 
 served, by the nomination and election of Mr. 
 Dunn to the office named. 
 
 HORACE HOME, 
 J. W. BAKER, 
 DAVID REIGLE, 
 A. B. PAULEY, 
 S. D. CROCKER, 
 S. N. BARLOW, 
 JNO. J. WILKINS, 
 GEO. E. TOWNSEND, 
 
 E. S. JOHNSON, 
 C. H. S. POWERS, 
 N. D. BORT, 
 
 G. E. DORR, 
 J. H. MORE, 
 J. R. MILLS, 
 J. R. MILLS, SR., 
 
 F. F. LE FAVOUR, 
 W. H. SIMPSON, 
 E. JOHNSON, 
 GEO. W. BLISS, 
 JAMES MAGEE, 
 EDWIN SHERRY, 
 JOHN WOOD, JR., 
 J. F. LEFEVRE, 
 
 Tiskilwa, III., Aug. 77, 
 
 W. G. GUDGEL, 
 JOHN COLE, 
 JOHN GUDGEL, 
 C. A. DEAN, 
 
 WM. KlRKPATRICK, 
 
 T. E. HOPKINS, 
 C. B. INGALS, 
 WM. W. CARPENTER, 
 O. W. BATTEY, 
 
 C. J. COLBY, 
 WM. C. HOBLIT, 
 S. F. DURFEE, 
 
 J. H. DANA, 
 
 J. D. EDMINSTER, 
 
 ELLIOT DRAPER, 
 
 D. D. ROBBINS, 
 C. W. TOWNER, 
 WM. J. BRADLEY, 
 FRANK T. BROWN, 
 A. H. HEPPERLY, 
 
 E. KNOX, 
 A. COOK, 
 HENRY TOWNER, 
 
 1871." 
 
 CAPT. WM. K. HASELWOOD, City Health 
 Officer, Quincy, 111., is a native of Wil- 
 liamstown, Ky., born Feb. 10, 1840, eld 
 est child in a family of twelve born to Thomas 
 A. and Francis A. (Dance) Haselwood. His 
 father was a farmer and stockraiser in Ky. 
 Our subject grew to manhood in his native 
 
 town, attended the old-style Ky. subscription 
 schools, and when 17 years of age, went to 
 Quincy, engaged in farming in the neighbor 
 hood, continuing till Aug. 19, 1860, when he 
 was married at Payson, to Martha A. Seehorn, 
 a native of Adams Co., 111., born Feb. 23, 1842, 
 a daughter of Eli and Margaret (Hoggens) 
 Seehorn. Our subject enlisted Aug. 19, 1861, 
 in Co. D, 5Oth 111. Inf., as 2nd Lieut. Remained 
 in camp at Quincy until Oct., when he went to 
 Hanibal, Mo., from thence to Chillicothe, and 
 from there to St. Joseph. Here he did provost 
 duty and fought bush whackers, guarded R. Rs., 
 etc., during the winter. Subject was detailed 
 as Chief of the Provost Guard, continuing un 
 til Jan. following. He next went to Smithland, 
 Ky., where he remained until the Fort Henry 
 affair. From there he went to Fort Donelson, 
 and there he commanded his Co. in that battle. 
 Here the 5Oth 111., supported the 2nd Iowa, on 
 the left when charging the enemy s works his- 
 tory to the contrary, notwithstanding. Went 
 to Clarksville, thence to Nashville, and then 
 back to Clarksville, and finally to Pittsburg 
 Landing, taking part in that great battle. Here 
 our subject again commanded his Co. in the 
 battle, after Capt. T. W. Gainestook command 
 of the Reg. The Col. and Lieut. Col. were 
 wounded, and the Maj. had business at the 
 rear; hence the command of the Regt. fell up 
 on one of the line officers. Here our subject 
 was honored with promotion to 1st Lieut., 
 his commission, bearing this inscription, "Pro 
 moted for meritorious conduct rendered at 
 Pittsburg Landing." Lieut. Haselwood was 
 wounded in the right arm, but remained with 
 his Co. till the battle was over. The Regt. suf 
 fered severely in this great battle. Went on 
 the campaign against Corinth, participated in 
 all the battles and sieges of that place. While 
 at Corinth, Oct., 1862, he was promoted to Capt. 
 of his Co. Capt. Haselwood s health was poor, 
 and he felt obliged to leave the service, there 
 fore he tendered his resignation as 1st Lieut., 
 on surgeon s certificate of disability, and the 
 same was accepted. Previous to leaving, how 
 ever, the boys petitioned him to accept the 
 captaincy, and pending the red tape proceed- 
 
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 ings preliminary to commission, his health had 
 somewhat improved, accepted the proposition, 
 and was soon after detailed as Chief of Grand 
 Guard on Gen. G. M. Dodge s Staff, a position 
 he held several months. 
 
 One strange feature of the proceeding was 
 the fact, that the War Department s ironclad 
 rules prevented his muster, owing to the fact 
 that he had once resigned a commission in the 
 U. S. Army. This injustice was remedied by a 
 special order of the war department in 1873, 
 and he was mustered and paid as Capt. for the 
 period served as such. On account of this he 
 left the service by permission, and came to 
 Adams Co., and engaged in farming until 1874, 
 then went on the road as a collecting agent for 
 Howe Sewing Machine Co. for 3 years. Then 
 went to Memphis, Mo., and worked at farming 
 and carpentering till 1878, and then went 
 to Kansas and engaged in farming and 
 freighting till 1880. Then went to New Mex 
 ico, and engaged in railroading as foreman 
 in the building department. In the fall of 1880 
 came back to Quincy and followed carpentering 
 for 1 8 months. Failing health compelled him 
 to seek lighter employment, and he again went 
 on the road. In the fall of 1882 went to Dakota, 
 and engaged in contracting and building. Re 
 turned to Quincy in Dec., 1886, and in the 
 spring of 1887 went on the Police force, serving 
 three and a half years in that capacity. Was 
 then appointed health officer, and again re- 
 appointed on expiration of term, and is still 
 in that position. By virtue of this office he is 
 also Secy, of the Board of Health. Capt. Hasel- 
 wood and wife have two children, both mar 
 riedThomas W. and Annie M. The former 
 married Miss Annie Griggs, of Adams Co., and 
 is now a resident of Washington, a mechanic 
 by occupation. The daughter married Geo. C. 
 Lawrence, and resides in the city. Capt. Hasel- 
 wood is a member of John Wood Post, No. 96, 
 G. A. R., a member of Pysons Lodge, No. 379, 
 A. F. & A. M., a Republican and a pensioner. 
 Mrs. Haselwood is a member of the M. E. 
 Church. Capt. Haselwood is a genial, whole.- 
 souled gentleman, whose companionable dis 
 position makes all who know him his friends. 
 
 WILLIAM McKKE, of Ncponset, 111., was 
 born in Belfast, Ireland, July 4, 1844, 
 and was reared there until he was 
 near 16 years old, when in company with a 
 younger sister, he immigrated to America and 
 joined his brothers, James and John, who were 
 at Biggsville, Henderson Co., 111. William 
 remained at this place for a time, and early in 
 1861, he went to Peoria to work. Here he 
 enlisted under Col. "Bob" Ingersoll. Ingersoll 
 hearing McKee play the cornet, called upon 
 him and gave him an invitation to join the 
 regimental band, which was accepted. This 
 position he filled until the following spring, 
 when under a general order all bands were 
 mustered out, and he received his discharge. 
 He immediately re-enlisted as a private in Co. 
 H, of the same Regt.- the nth 111. Cav.- 
 which was at the time in St. Louis, having 
 marched from Peoria. At St. Louis, the Regt. 
 boarded steamers for Pittsburg Landing, where 
 on the morning of the battle Mr. McKee was 
 detailed as orderly and ordered to report to 
 Gen. Prentiss, with whom he served the first 
 day and until Prentiss was captured on the 
 second day of the fight. Just at this time 
 Orderly McKee was delivering orders in 
 another part of the field and thus escaped cap 
 ture. During this engagement, Gen. Sherman 
 commanded the corps and McKee was kept 
 busy between Sherman, Hurlbut and others. 
 At one point in the progress of the battle the 
 steamers War Eagle, Tigress, City of Madison 
 and Dunleith were waiting to take the troops 
 across the river, when Gen. Buell came up. 
 Orderly McKee heard Gen. Grant give to a 
 soldier verbal order from Gen. Grant to Gen. 
 Smith, to hold his line at all hazards as Buell 
 was coming. At this time Gen. Nelson was 
 crossing with his Brig, and McKee saw Nelson 
 when he rode from the steamer on his horse 
 and started on a trot up the hill swearing like 
 a trooper, and when he was about half way up 
 one of his pistols in the holster was discharged 
 by accident. This was on the night of the 6th 
 day. This night it rained hard and McKee 
 found a couple of rails and laid down on them, 
 but they were gone in the morning and he was 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 in the water. After this fight McKee was sent 
 to Savannah to care for the wounded and while 
 there he assisted in the burial of James Walker 
 of the nth and put up a board with the same 
 Co. and Regt. He then returned to his Regt. 
 and proceeded to Corinth under Gen. Halleck 
 where it was in active service. Here McKee 
 was detailed to go to Peoria as recruiting offi 
 cer, and after duty in this line about one month 
 he rejoined his Regt. at Corinth, and was 
 ordered on detailed service at Gen. McArthur s 
 headquarters, with whom he was at the battle 
 of luka and of Corinth on Oct. 3d and 4th. 
 While here he assisted in carrying Gen. 
 Oglesby up the steps of the Tishamingo house 
 when he was wounded, and while so engaged a 
 shot from a rebel battery struck the stairs a few 
 feet distant. McKee stood at this hotel and 
 saw the rebel Gen. Rogers lead his troops to 
 the breastworks at Fort Robinet and mount 
 them where he was shot, after planting the flag 
 on the works at the cost of his life. He was 
 also an eyewitness to the stampede of the 
 mule teams caused by a rebel battery opening 
 upon them. This battery the Union men 
 charged in the darkness of the night and cap 
 tured. 
 
 The Regt. was under Gen. Grant, on the 
 inarch to Oxford, and was in the forced march 
 back to Holly Springs, where the boys had a 
 dance in one of the churches, McKee playing 
 the cornet, and another man the violin. The 
 ladies of the city were invited to participate, 
 and some were present. The line of march was 
 then to Memphis and Lake Providence, above 
 Vicksburg. He retired to obtain permission to 
 run the blockade of the city, and was piloting a 
 boat with that object in view, but he was con 
 sidered too young for such an undertaking. 
 Going forward with the army, crossing at Grand 
 Gulf, he went on to Jackson, Champion Hills 
 and Vicksburg, carrying dispatches between the 
 Generals. At Vicksburg he was attached to 
 McArthur s staff. McKee staid for some weeks, 
 employing his time by making occasional ex 
 cursions into the country, playing the cornet in 
 the post band and in the theater. On one of 
 these raids there was a severe fight at or near 
 
 Clinton, and Captain Moffitt was killed. The 
 next move was to Natchez, and while here Mc 
 Kee became well acquainted with Grant s chil 
 dren Nellie and Fred, who visited their father 
 here. A stay of three months was made at Nat 
 chez, and, returning to Vicksburg, McKee re 
 mained until his term of enlistment expired, 
 when he reported to his regiment at Memphis, 
 and was mustered out. Reaching his home in 
 Peoria, he joined Spencer s Light Guard Band, 
 an organization that became well known all 
 over the U. S. While at Vicksburg he messed 
 with a telegraph operator, and learned to ope 
 rate as a pastime, and, perfecting himself in 
 the business after he returned home, he took a 
 position in the C., B. & Q. Ry. office at Mon- 
 mouth, 111., and has ever since been in the em 
 ploy of this company. He has purchased a 
 home in the village of Neponset, and has been 
 most of his time located here as telegraph op 
 erator and station agent. In Oct., 1866, he and 
 Miss Orena Young were united in marriage. 
 Miss Young was a daughter of C. W. Young, 
 who was a soldier in the I24th 111. Regt., resid 
 ing in Kewanee, but afterwards a citizen of Ne 
 ponset. Mr. McKee s family consists of him 
 self, wife and one daughter, a young lady who 
 is a fine violinist, and it may be stated that ex 
 cellent music by violin and cornet is frequently 
 heard at the home of this cultured family. Mr. 
 McKee is a Democrat, and has served as Tax 
 Collector. His brother James is a Republican, 
 and served as Sergeant Major in the I ith Cav. 
 serving in the army more than four years. The 
 other brother, John, is also a Republican. The 
 mother is still living, at the age of 76 years, in the 
 village of Biggsville, 111., with two daughters. 
 Eliza, the sister who came to this country over 
 the ocean with William, married Lieut. Hugh 
 Allen, who served three years in the nth Iowa 
 Inf., and received four wounds, but is now liv 
 ing near Yates City, 111. 
 
 WILLIAM GODFREY, a resident of Gene- 
 seo, 111., was born in Kent, England, 
 .Feb. 11, 1842. His parents were 
 Richard and Ann (Amos) Godfrey, both of 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 whom died in England. After the death of his 
 mother, who survived the father, William made 
 his home, with an uncle and emigrated with him 
 to America when ten years of age. He con 
 tinued to live with his uncle until 20 years old, 
 when he enlisted in Co. I, ii2th 111. Inf., at 
 Galva and was mustered in March 30, 1864, un 
 der command of Lieut. George W. Lawrence. 
 The first movement of the new recruits was to 
 join the Regt. at Louisville, Ky., where it re 
 mained about one week and embarked by rail 
 road to Lexington, Ky., and after a short stay 
 here was sent back to Louisville, then on to 
 Nashville. Here Co. 1, which was detached, 
 and consisted of 40 men, was detailed to drive 
 about 700 head of cattle to Chattanooga, a dis 
 tance of about 200 miles. The journey re 
 quired some 14 days and of the 40 men engaged 
 in this duty, only 17 reached the destination 
 with the cattle. The men were mostly new re 
 cruits and some became sick and were left at 
 the hospitals, others were exhausted, and sitting 
 down on the railroad tracks, fell asleep and 
 were killed by the. trains, and others strayed 
 away and were lost. The climate was new and 
 warm, and the men were wholly unaccustomed 
 to marching. They were also heavily encum 
 bered with guns, 5 days rations, and 40 rounds 
 of cartridges. In crossing the Cumberland 
 Mts. the guards marching at. the side of the 
 drove of cattle could not carry their guns and 
 get through the brush, so the others had the 
 guns of their comrades to carry. Mr. Godfrey 
 in this march, if it may be so called, walked in 
 the road and carried 8 guns across the Cumber 
 land Mts. When the men had crossed the 
 mountains and reached the foot, their boots 
 were worn from their feet and the remaining 
 part of the journey was made barefooted. On 
 reaching Chattanooga this little company of 
 men, performing a necessary but not very ro 
 mantic duty, and suffering more than in some 
 brilliant expeditions, were glad to remain in 
 camp for a few weeks to recruit their wasted 
 energies. 
 
 The Regt. was joined near Resaca, and the 
 next day Co. I was put on the skirmish line 
 where late in the evening it ran into a rebel 
 
 battery, which opened fire upon it with grape 
 and canister. In the first charge Mr. Godfrey 
 was knocked down by a shell that passed so 
 near that the concussion prostrated him. Orders 
 were given to the men to save themselves as 
 they could, so they hastily sought the shelter 
 of stumps and trees. When Mr. Godfrey re 
 covered consciousness he attempted to follow 
 the example of his comrades, but before he 
 reached the stump he had in view another shell 
 burst in front of him and blinded him for a 
 short time, so that he could not proceed. This 
 is the introduction that the new men in Co. 1 
 received in the theory and practice of war. At 
 Utoy Creek the II 2th took an active part, and 
 lost 7.5 men. It lay in front of Atlanta for 
 some time but was continually fighting and 
 skirmishing, so it was by no means an inactive 
 siege. Advanced breastworks were built every 
 night and the rebels steadily crowded in until 
 the city surrendered. Before the fall of Atlanta 
 the supplies of the Federal army were for a 
 time cut off from the rear and the men were re 
 duced to three-fifths rations for about a month. 
 During this strait, the boys resorted to forag 
 ing to improve their larder. By this time Co. 1 
 had been, by losses, reduced to 16 men, and 
 one day Mr. Godfrey, with a comrade named 
 Charles Gass, who had just come from Ander- 
 sonville prison, after 13 months confinement, 
 were sent out to forage for the company. On 
 this expedition, when about 7 miles from camp, 
 and just as they were entering a house, dis 
 covered six horses standing in front. Im 
 mediately concluding that there were rebels 
 in the house, they watched until they saw the 
 rebels leave by the front door, then Mr. God 
 frey and his companion stole in at the back 
 door and crawled under the bed, requesting the 
 woman of the house to keep quiet, which she 
 did. In the scramble in getting under the bed 
 the men discovered a sack of corn meal, which 
 they took charge of; they also captured two 
 sides of bacon, which had been hidden in a 
 straw stack, and a gallon of strained honey, 
 secreted under the tomato vines in the garden. 
 They also gathered about 200 ears of corn, and 
 50 leaves of tobacco, and started for camp with 
 
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 the provisions all tied up in a tent cloth, which 
 they carried on their guns across their 
 shoulders. On the way to camp these success 
 ful foragers were offered 50 cents a leaf for 
 their tobacco and the same price for an ear of 
 corn. After reaching camp prices advanced, 
 and one dollar was offered for an ear of corn 
 by the famishing men, which shows the des 
 perate condition -they were in, but none was 
 sold and at last this welcome supply was fairly 
 divided and issued as rations to the soldiers. 
 
 After the capture of Atlanta the command 
 went into camp for about four weeks at Deca- 
 tur. Hood, meanwhile, had been pushing to 
 ward Nashville with the rebel forces, and when 
 the Federal army was ordered back it encoun 
 tered Hood at Columbia, Tenn., where a fight, 
 lasting several days, ensued, until the Federal 
 troops, in the face of a superior force, fell back- 
 to Franklin. During this time Mr. Godfrey 
 was severely afflicted with the scurvy, and in 
 consequence was compelled to march bare 
 footed, as he could notw r ear shoes. At Frank 
 lin there was a hard battle, which resulted in 
 the Union forces falling back to Nashville after 
 the fight. In the battle at Franklin Mr. God 
 frey was struck in the instep by a ball, and as 
 he was in poor condition on account of the at 
 tack of scurvy, was sent to the hospital for 
 treatment. After confinement for about one 
 month, although by no means cured, he started 
 to meet his regiment, which was at Wilming- : 
 ton, N. C. To do this he traveled through the 
 States of Tenn., Ky., Ind., Ohio, Penn., and- 
 sailed from Alexandria to Wilmington. After 
 Mr. Godfrey reached the Regt. it marched to 
 Raleigh and Goldsboro, where it met Gen. Sher 
 man on his return from the sea. 
 
 Soon after Johnston s surrender the time of 
 many men in the ii2th regiment expired, and 
 the later recruits were transferred to the* 65th 
 111. When this transfer took place Mr. God 
 frey was made Orderly Sergeant of Co. F, in 
 the 65th regiment, and after serving one month 
 was promoted to 2nd Lieut. About this time 
 it was evident that the war was rapidly drawing 
 to a close and the dim outlines of the bow of 
 peace began to be visible in the darkened sky, 
 
 so with his men Lieut. Godfrey was ordered to 
 Chicago and receiving an honorable discharge 
 July 13, 1865, returned to his home at Geneseo, 
 111., and engaged in business as a butcher and 
 shipper of stock, in which he is at present 
 employed. 
 
 Mr. Godfrey has justly won the reputation 
 of being a successful business man, and is re 
 cognized as one of the substantial citizens of 
 his town. He is a member of F. J. Jenkins 
 Post, No. 452, G. A. R., of which he is Com 
 mander. Politically he is a Prohibitionist, al 
 though formerly a Republican, but is not so 
 much interested in office for himself as for 
 principles and good men in office everywhere. 
 
 Mr. Godfrey was married to Myra J. Good 
 man, of Geneseo, Sept. 10, 1868, and has six 
 children, whose names are Charles M., Lula M., 
 Harry M., Arthur M., Helen M., and Bessie M. 
 Mrs. Godfrey is a daughter of John S. and 
 Sarah (Larndis) Goodman, both natives of Lu- 
 zerne Co., Pa., descending from German parent 
 age, but now residents of Merrick Co., Neb., 
 where the father is engaged in farming. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Goodman have three children -Myra, 
 the wife of Mr. Godfrey ; Amanda, and Daniel, 
 both residents of Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Godfrey are members of the Congregational 
 Church, and are are well known in Geneseo and 
 the surrounding country, and held in the high 
 est esteem; on account of their genial hospi 
 tality and kindly interest in all that pertains to 
 the good of humanity. Mr. Godfrey had a 
 brother who served in the Crimean war, and 
 died during its progress, so that now he is the sole 
 survivor of his family. A gentleman of kindly 
 yet positive nature, Mr. Godfrey makes and 
 keeps friends. He impresses those he meets 
 with confidence in his sincerity and integrity, 
 and holds the love and respect of a wide circle 
 of friends and acquaintances in the locality 
 where he is best known. 
 
 WILLIAM. A. NORKIS, City Weighmaster 
 of Rock Island, 111., was born in 
 Crawford Co., Pa., June 30, 1838, and 
 is the son of James M. and Mary (Lawrence) 
 
726 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Norris. His father was born -in 1810, in 
 Chenago Co., N. Y., and was the son of 
 William Norris, a native of Vt., of English 
 descent. 
 
 William was taken prisoner by the Indians 
 against whom he served in the war of 1812. and 
 was doubtless killed by them, as he was after his 
 capture never again heard of. The father of 
 William A., the subject of this sketch, was by 
 trade a cabinet-maker. He removed with his 
 family to Rock Island, 111., in the fall of 1853, 
 where he gave his attention principally to his 
 trade. His wife dying in 1884, he returned to 
 Ellington, N. Y., where he is at present resid 
 ing. He was the father of three children, 
 James M., William A. and Wilbur F. 
 
 William. A., the subject of this memoir, was 
 brought up at home and received his education 
 in the schools of the period. He was appren 
 ticed after coming to Rock Island, to learn the 
 molder s trade, but never followed it. He was 
 in Iowa running a drilling machine when the 
 war of the Rebellion began, and he enlisted at 
 Mt. Vernon, Iowa, in Sept., 1861, in Co. A, I3th 
 Iowa Inf. The Co. was soon after mustered in 
 and went to Camp McClellan, at Davenport, 
 Iowa, the place of rendezvous, Subsequently 
 going to St. Louis, where they were armed and 
 uniformed, and then proceeded to Jefferson 
 City, Mo. Returning to St. Louis the command 
 thence proceeded to Paducah, and there re 
 ceived orders to go to Pittsburg landing. Here 
 the 1 3th Iowa was engaged from early morn 
 ing until late at night, Mr. Norris being 
 wounded by a minie ball in the hip, between 
 noon and one o clock. He was removed to a 
 transport, which served as a hospital, and 
 placed upon some sacks of corn, where he lay 
 until the corn had sprouted and grown to a 
 heighth of four inches. 
 
 For two weeks he was detained at this im 
 provised hospital, when he was transferred to 
 Mt. Vernon, Ind. Remaining here until Sept., he 
 rejoined his regiment at Corinth, Miss., in 1862. 
 The Regt. was now a part of the I3th Corps. 
 The command again moved forward, arrrving at 
 luka after the battle. They were on the march 
 to Bolivar, but returned after a reconnoissance. 
 
 to Corinth and bore an important part in that 
 battle, occupying a position to the right of 
 Fort Robert. The Co. had several wounded. 
 
 After this battle, Mr. Norris, being incapa 
 citated for active service, on account of his 
 former wound, was discharged and returned to 
 Rock Island. In front of Fort Robert, Mr. 
 Norris represents that the dead soldiers lay 
 thickly piled upon each other, showing the 
 fearful carnage of this most desperate and san 
 guinary engagement. Mr. Norris remained at 
 his old home but a short time, being unable to 
 continue passive while he could render any 
 service to his country. He enlisted a second 
 time in Company I, I26th 111. Inf., in the fall 
 1863, and proceeded with the command to 
 Duval s Bluff, Ark., where he was detailed on 
 special service, remaining at that point until a 
 short time before he was mustered out. 
 
 He accompanied an expedition to White 
 River, where he was in camp for a few days, 
 after which he was ordered to Cairo and there, 
 in 1865, mustered out and finally discharged. 
 Returning home, he procured employment as a 
 clerk in a grocery store, and for two years subse 
 quently was a storekeeper in the Internal Reve- 
 uueservice. Hethen undertook business on his 
 own account in South Rock Island, which he 
 prosecuted for three years. Then selling out, he 
 removed to Kan., and for some years cultivated 
 a farm in Hodgman Co. After again returning 
 to Rock Island, and going to Kan. to recuper 
 ate his failing health, he finally settled down 
 at Rock Island, devoting his time to various 
 employments, the flour and feed business and 
 to service as clerk, etc. He was appointed 
 Weighmaster of Rock Island May 9, 1891. 
 
 He was married in 1867, at Rock Island, to 
 Sarah J., daughter of Hale and Martha Tenny, 
 who were among the first settlers at Rock- 
 Island. They are both deceased. Mr. Norris 
 is a member of the Sons of Veterans, his father 
 being in what was known as the Grey Beard 
 Regiment; a member of the A. P. A., and of 
 the John Buford Post, No. 242, G. A. R., and 
 the incumbent Senior Vice Commander. He 
 is a Republican in politics, and a worthy citizen 
 of his age and generation. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 727 
 
 AMONG the prominent business men of 
 Quincy, 111., we find Captain Matthew 
 Janscn. He is a aative of Norden, Han 
 over, Germany, born Jan. 26, 1839, a son of H. 
 K. and Hilka (Mattesen) Jansen, also natives 
 of Hanover. The parents immigrated to America 
 in 1848, locating first in Quincy, 111., then upon 
 a farm 8 miles distant. The Capt. is one of a 
 family of five sons, and one daughter, all of 
 whom are living at the present time. In 
 spired with patriotism and devotion to his 
 adopted country, our subject was one of 
 the first to respond to the President s call 
 for troops, for that then approaching military 
 storm, which has happily passed and become 
 known in history as the Great Civil War. He 
 enlisted in Co. E. loth 111. Vol. Inf., for 3 months 
 service, and was engaged with his Regt. in the 
 vicinity of Cairo and Columbus, Ky., but the 
 term of enlistment had expired before the 
 scenes of active warfare had been reached. 
 After tearing down some Rebel flags in the 
 vicinity of Columbus, Ky., it was mustered out 
 in July, 1861. Capt. Jansen re-enlisted Aug. 20, 
 1861, as a private in Co. A, 27th 111. Vol. Inf. 
 He was armed and equipped at Cairo, and was 
 soon after confronted by a brave and dashing 
 enemy in the battle of Belmont, Mo., fought 
 Nov. 7, 1 86 1. Previously he was appointed 
 Orderly Sergeant, and at the battle of Belmont 
 the Capt. of Co. A was wounded, the first Lieut, 
 killed, and a second Lieut, was sent to the rear 
 with prisoners, consequently the command of 
 the company fell upon Mr. Jansen. During the 
 battle, when every nerve of the boys was severe 
 ly taxed and appearances pointed to a defeat, 
 our heroic Capt. Jansen rallied a squad of men 
 from his own and other companies, took position 
 behind a fallen tree, and poured a well-directed 
 and withering fire into the ranks of the ap 
 proaching rebel hosts, checking their advance. 
 This act of heroism had not escaped notice. 
 Gen. Grant rode up and inquired who was in 
 charge of that company. Sergeant Jansen re 
 plied that he was left in command in conse 
 quence of the wounding of the Capt., death of 
 the ist Lieut., and absence of the 2nd Lieut. 
 The Gen. recognized the service rendered by 
 
 our subject and his brave band, and fearing they 
 might be annihilated by Rebel batteries that 
 were being placed in position on the Columbus 
 side of the river, directed their further move 
 ments, at the same time informing Mr. Jansen 
 that if they both escaped he would receive a 
 Lieutenant s commission. Having both escaped 
 and true to his word, Gen. Grant recommended 
 the promotion, hence a Lieut. s commission 
 issued to Mr. Jansen dating from the battle of 
 Belmont. 
 
 Soon after this Col. N. B. Bufort of the Regt. 
 called for 20 volunteers for a daring and dan 
 gerous exploit, though the object was not then 
 stated. Lieut. Jansen was among the first to 
 volunteer. The object being to board a Gun 
 boat and run past the batteries of Island No. 10 
 during the night of April 6, 1862- -a terrible 
 hail storm was probably the friendly Providential 
 interference from destruction. Eighty-four 
 shots were fired at the vessel from the heavy 
 guns in the Fort, while the Inf. also kept up a 
 continuous fire. They succeeded in this daring 
 enterprise, the object being to attack the Fort 
 from the rear where its construction was com 
 paratively weak. The attack was successful, 
 resulting in the capture of 6,000 prisoners, 2 
 gunboats and a number of other boats and all 
 the supplies. He then rejoined his Regt. and 
 participated in the siege of Corinth. About 
 this time a Staff officer requested of Col. Her- 
 rington his best Co. for active service. Lieut. 
 Jansen and his Co. were detailed to accompany 
 the officer, who led them through the pickets 
 and up to the enemy s skirmishers. Here Lieut. 
 Jansen began to enquire into matters, stating 
 that if they were required to fight, he must de 
 ploy his men, and then discovered the true con 
 dition of a self-imposed leader, who was labor 
 ing under the delusion that 60 brave men could 
 take Corinth. Not however until after he had 
 twice fired his revolver in the Lieut s, face was 
 he dismounted and disarmed. The service of the 
 Regt. continued until discharged, participating 
 in the battles and doing their full share of the 
 duty. Capt. Jansen participated in the follow- 
 ing engagements during his term of service, 
 viz.: Belmont, Mo., asSergt. Nov. 7, 1861 ; Union 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 City, Ky., 2d Lieut., Mar 31, 1862; Running 
 Blockade, Island No. 10, 2d Lieut., Apr. 6, 
 1862; siege of Corinth, May 28, 1862; 
 Lavergne, Tenn., Capt., Oct. 13, 1862; 
 Stone River, Tenn., Capt., Dec. 31 to Jan. 2, 
 1862-63; Chickamauga, Ga., Capt., Sept. 19 and 
 20, 1863; Mission Ridge, Capt., Nov. 25, 1863; 
 Rocky Face, Ga., Capt., May 10, 1864; Resaca, 
 Ga., Capt., May 14, 1864; Adairsville, Ga., Actg. 
 Maj., May 17, 1864; Dallas, Ga., Actg. Maj., 
 June 8, 1864; Mud Creek, Ga., Actg. Maj., 
 June 1 8, 1864; Kenesaw Mt., Actg. Maj., June 
 27, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, July 20, 1864; At 
 lanta, July 22, 1864. 
 
 The Captain never missed a day s duty, from 
 any cause, and never asked for a furlough. 
 The last batttle in which Capt. Jansen partici 
 pated was Atlanta, when he, acting as Col., led 
 his Regt. and was near Gen. McPherson when 
 he fell a victim to a Rebel bullet. 
 
 Capt. Jansen and Gen. Sheridan had a foot 
 race up the mountain during the battle at 
 Mission Ridge, after the general s horse had 
 been killed from under him. The ground was 
 very rough and oroken, consequently the Gen. 
 fell, Capt. Jansen believing he was wounded 
 asked him if he was hurt, Gen. Sheridan an 
 swered, "No, do not mind me." Soon however 
 the Capt. fell, and the Gen. enquired if he was 
 wounded. He replied "No, never mind me," 
 and the Gen. passed him while he was getting 
 up and mounted the enemy s works, placing 
 himself upon the cannon "Lady Polk" which 
 was so hot from use that he could not sit there 
 on. From Mission Ridge they followed the 
 enemy for 3 months going across Tenn. into 
 N. C., crossing the French Broad River, living 
 entirely off the country, often upon nothing 
 but corn, and frequently even little of that. 
 The Capt. is a man of powerful physique, being 
 6 feet 2^ in., and well proportioned. He and 
 his Regt. were mustered out of the service at 
 Springfield, 111., Sept. 20, 1864. 
 
 A peculiar history surrounds the Captain s 
 courtship and marriage. While at Cleveland, 
 Tenn., where the Regt. had returned after a 
 3 months trip to N. C., permission was given 
 them to send home for a small package, he- 
 
 sent home for a pair of boots, requesting his 
 mother to fill one with potatoes, and the other 
 with onions, as that was the best remedy for 
 scurvy, with which nearly all of the comrades 
 were suffering. In due time they arrived filled 
 as directed, and also contained the photograph 
 of a beautiful young lady whom he did not 
 know, the photo having been sent without the 
 young lady s knowledge. On returning home, 
 the Co. was given a banquet in Quincy, the 
 original of the picture was present and was 
 recognized by Capt. Jansen. An introduction 
 followed, and six months later he led her to the 
 altar, the happy one being, Miss Rosa Ruff, of 
 Quincy, daughter of Casper Ruff. Six chil 
 dren have brightened and enlivened the home 
 of the devoted couple, viz.: M. Rosa, now 
 National Secretary of the Daughters of Vete 
 rans, George, Albert, Carl, William and Arthur. 
 Capt. Jansen is a member of the A. O. U. W., 
 Select Knights, Mutual Aid of- 111., and John 
 Wood Post, No. 96, G. A. R., of which he has 
 been Jr. Vice Commander. He is a Republican 
 in politics. For the past five years he has been 
 associated with his brother Richard, in Fire, 
 Life, and Accident Insurance business, at 
 Quincy. Previously he was engaged in mer 
 chandizing. It seldom falls to the lot of men 
 to be more widely known and more.universally 
 respected than is comrade Capt. Jansen. 
 
 CAPT. JOHN M. MILLS, of Tiskilwa, enlisted 
 in the Union army Apr. igth, 1861, im 
 mediately on the first call for troops 
 being made by President Lincoln, and was 
 mustered in as 2nd Lieut, in Co. H, I2th 111. 
 Vol. Inf., and by the time the men were drilled 
 the term of enlistment had expired, conse 
 quently he was mustered out Aug. 1st, 1861. 
 Aug. 4th, however, he re-enlisted and was 
 mustered into the same Co. and Regt. as 1st 
 Lieut., going in this time for three years. The 
 Regt. remained at Cairo until Sept. 5, when 
 with the 9th 111. it moved up to and occupied 
 Paducah being the first Union troops there- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 729 
 
 where it remained until it was engaged on a 
 reconnoissance towards Fort Donelson, Tenn. 
 On Feb. 5, it embarked for Fort Henry and oc 
 cupied Fort Heineman, remainingthere until the 
 1 2th, when it moved to Fort Donelson, and there 
 endured the cold and snow amidst untold suf 
 fering from hunger, and under such adverse 
 circumstances engaged in the storming of the 
 place on the 1 5th, of the same month, and out of 
 612 effective men lost in that engagement of 
 its number 19 killed and 62 wounded. Leav 
 ing Fort Donelson, the regiment proceeded to 
 Fort Sevier and on the the following day to 
 Nashville, returning to Clarkville, March the 
 1st, embarked on the 6th, for Pittsburg Landing 
 and on the igth went into camp. It took part 
 in that terrible conflict, Shiloh, and was en 
 gaged upon both days and suffered severely, 
 having lost 109 men in killed and wounded. 
 During this battle Captain Swain was killed, 
 whereupon Mr. Mills was appointed Captain 
 and afterward commanded his Co. The Regt. 
 then moved with the army to Corinth and was 
 engaged in its siege, doing its full share of 
 all the trying work performed at that place, 
 and on its evacuation went in pursuit of the 
 enemy, returning after a few days absence to 
 Corinth. During this siege and battle it lost 
 94 men in killed and wounded. Mr. Mills re 
 mained at Corinth with his Regt. until Sept. 3, 
 when he was compelled to resign and returned 
 home. In the early days of Feb., 1865, he as 
 sisted in the raising of the I48th 111. Regt., 
 which was mustered in at Quincy Feb. 21, 1865. 
 in which he was selected as Captain of Co. K. 
 On the following day it left for Nashville, 
 Tenn., arriving there on the 25th, and on the first 
 day of March, moved to Tullahoma, where it 
 remained until the i8th day of June engaged 
 on guard duty. It then went to Elk River 
 Bridge, and again resumed guard duty until 
 Sept. 5, when it was ordered to Nashville and 
 there mustered out, subsequently proceeding 
 to Springfield, 111., and was there finally paid off 
 and discharged Sept. 9, 1865. 
 
 Capt. Mills had two brothers in the same 
 war -James M., and William M., the former a 
 Lieut. 
 
 Our subject was born Jan. 8, 1834, in Lud- 
 ington Co., N. Y., and moved with his parents 
 first to Pa., then to Ohio; then, in 1852, to 
 Peoria, 111., and three years later to Tiskilwa, 
 where he has resided ever since. In early life 
 he learned the shoemaking trade, and followed 
 that occupation until he entered the army. 
 Since the close of the rebellion, he has been 
 engaged in different branches of business, and 
 has always displayed ability and judgment in 
 any calling which he might for the time pur 
 sue, thus enabling him, although comparatively 
 a young man, to retire from active business, 
 having secured by honest, straightforward bus 
 iness methods a fair share of this world s 
 benefits. On political subjects, he may 
 certainly be classed as a Democrat. He is a 
 member of the G. A. R. Post of Tiskilwa, and 
 its present commander. 
 
 CAPT. WM. H. GEER, of Kewanee, 111., w r as 
 born in N. Y. City, Jan. 16, 1838, where 
 he resided until 1848. He then went to 
 Conn., then returned to N. Y., and Dec. 1856, 
 with parents started for Kewanee. His father s 
 name was John Owen Geer, a son of John and 
 Jane (Owen) Geer, who were of English de 
 scent. The mother of Wm. H. Geer, before her 
 marriage, was Harriet Bennett, whose father was 
 a soldier in the Revolutionary struggle. She 
 was born in Conn., of Scotch descent. The 
 Geer family have a genealogy which reaches 
 back to an early date and to a large ancient 
 estate in England. 
 
 In 1856, Mr. Geer arrived in Kewanee, 111., 
 with his parents and became a carriage painter. 
 Aug. gth, 1861, enlisting in Co. A, 42nd 111. Inf., 
 as a private, he went to Chicago and then to 
 Mo., to take part in the campaign under Gen. 
 Fremont. At Island No. 10 Mr. Geer was one 
 of the men who, under Col. Roberts, volunteer 
 ed with Lieut. Church, to undertake a hazard 
 ous expedition to spike a certain rebel battery, 
 which held a commanding position. Col. 
 Roberts, the day before, had made a reconnois 
 sance by taking a yawl well manned and mak- 
 
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 ing a detour of the rebel works. Observing 
 that the water had risen so that the main army 
 of the rebels was compelled to camp at some 
 distance from the fort, decided that the battery 
 could be spiked at night. Lieut. Church was 
 detailed with his Co., to perform this duty and 
 boats manned by marines from the gun boats 
 were provided. The darkness and a terrible 
 storm aided the enterprise and at the same time 
 rendered its accomplishment more difficult. 
 The men were landed and the six large guns 
 were soon spiked and rendered useless. This 
 important work was accomplished without the 
 loss of a single man, although the rebel sentries 
 fired upon the boats as they approached in the 
 darkness. 
 
 The 42nd Regt., after service at Island No. 
 10 and New Madrid, received orders to move 
 to Fort Pillow, thence to Shiloh, and reached 
 that place just as the fight was ended. It was 
 in active duty at the siege of Corinth, and was 
 the first Regt. to enter the city. Was then 
 sent to Courtland, Ala., to guard bridges, and 
 while in this locality had many skirmishes with 
 the guerrillas. In Sept., 1862, a move was 
 made to Nashville, and an active part taken in 
 the skirmishes around there. Their next bat 
 tle was Stone River, Dec. 31, and Jan. i, and 2, 
 1863. The Tullahoma campaign followed; then 
 the march to Bridgeport and Alpine Valley, 
 and thence to Chickamauga, taking part in that 
 battle. After the fiercely-contested fight at 
 Chickamauga a backward movement was made 
 to Chattanooga, followed by the engagement 
 at Mission Ridge, in which the 42 was fore 
 most in the desperate charge, where it was first 
 on the ridge and planted the flag on the rebel 
 works. It had been ordered to take the rifle 
 pits, which it did, and finding the rebels were 
 unable to depress their cannon, decided to go 
 on and capture the whole ridge. The night 
 after this severe battle the force was started on 
 a forced march to relieve Gen. Burnside at 
 Knoxville, 80 miles distant. After a chase 
 after Longstreet, a camp was made at Stone 
 Mills, where the men re-enlisted as veterans 
 and were given furloughs for 30 days. 
 
 Returning from the furlough, the men were 
 
 reorganized at Nashville. Tenn., marched 
 across the country to Chattanooga and joined 
 the main army in its movement to start on the 
 Atlanta campaign. After the battle of Resaca 
 there was continual skirmishing to New Hope 
 Church, where a heavy battle was fought, fol 
 lowed by Kenesaw Mt. and Peach Tree Creek. 
 Here Gen. Hood took command of the rebels 
 and attempted to make a stand, but the attack 
 ing position was maintained only a few hours, 
 when the rebels again began to retreat, which 
 added to the siege and surrender of Atlanta. 
 At this siege Mr. Geer received a commission 
 as ist Lieut., having served in every rank up to 
 that position. 
 
 When Atlanta fell, the battle of Jonesboro 
 came and the rebels were pursued to Lovejoy 
 Station until the army turned toward Chatta 
 nooga and Bridgeport to reach Pulaski, and 
 went back to Columbia. Here Hood appeared 
 with a greatly superior force, and the Union 
 men marched in double-quick time for four 
 miles to reach the shelter of the fort. They 
 continued to fall back to Spring Hill, and here 
 fought Cheatham s Corps. Soon Gen. Schofield 
 arrived with his men and marched through the 
 rebel army to reinforce the Union forces. With 
 this assistance a desperate stand was made at 
 Franklin against the aggressive rebels, and a 
 decisive victory won. Very few battles have 
 been so stubbornly contested or witnessed 
 greater bravery than was displayed here by 
 men in both armies. The brigade to which 
 Lieut. Geer was attached \vas posted outside 
 the lines to hold the enemy in check. The 
 rebels made a charge, and many of them got 
 inside the works and were captured. They 
 made 17 assaults, and were repulsed each time 
 after they were inside the small breastworks 
 that had been hastily erected the night before, 
 and the ditches were full of the rebel dead. 
 The 2nd Div. of the 4th Corps captured 27 flags. 
 At Nashville the 42nd took part in the battle 
 and followed the retreating rebel forces to the 
 Tenn. River, and on its return going to Decatur, 
 and from there to Knoxville and Blue Springs, 
 where it was engaged in building a railroad. 
 Here the news came of Lee s surrender and 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 the assassination of Lincoln, and the regiment 
 was ordered to Nashville, where Lieut. Geer 
 was made Captain of the Co. he had been with 
 from the first enlistment through the war. At 
 Nashville the Regt. was sent to New Orleans 
 and then to Texas and Indianola, landing at 
 Port Lavaca. While here it had one of the 
 hardest marches of the whole service, as the 
 men were without water, and many so near 
 the end of the conflict and their release, fell by 
 the way. On the march they finally reached a 
 creek into which the men eagerly plunged to 
 slake their thirst. Here at Lavaca the Regt. 
 was assigned to guard duty and remained until 
 sent home. Captain Geer was Provost Officer 
 of the City. 
 
 The 42nd was mustered out at Springfield, 
 111., Jan. 10, 1866, and Capt. Geer resumed his 
 business at Kewanee in which he continued 
 until he recently accepted the position of Night 
 Time Keeper in the works of the Western Tube 
 Company s Works. 
 
 He was married in 1867, to Mary Wilsey, 
 daughter of Thomas and Martha Wilsey, and 
 has four children Albert M., Flora, Susie, and 
 Roscoe C., all living at home. 
 
 Captain Geer, although raised a Democrat 
 and a Democrat U hcn he enlisted in the army, 
 says that Democracy was all shot out of him 
 and he came out a Republican. He is an active 
 G. A. R. man, and takes a prominent interest 
 in all that concerns the welfare of the country 
 he so nobly fought and suffered to maintain. 
 
 REV. JOHN M. HYMAN, Chaplain of the Sol- 
 diers s and Sailor s Home, Quincy, 111., 
 is a native of Paisley. Scotland, and was 
 born June 10, 1844. His parents were John and 
 Jane(Lockie) Hyman, also Scotch people, the 
 father.a merchant, dying there when John was one 
 year old. The following year his mother immi 
 grated to the New W r orld, taking her five chil 
 dren with her, our subject being the youngest. 
 John received his education in the city of 
 Quincy, where his mother had located on ar 
 riving here ; and at the age of 16 was appren 
 
 ticed to the engineering business, which he con 
 tinued to follow until the late Rebellion. On 
 Jan. 3, 1862, he enlisted in the engineer s corps 
 of the U. S. Navy. Singular to say, all the 
 steamboat men at that time were secessionists, 
 consequently on his enlistment he was " black 
 listed" by the boat owners, and told that no fur 
 ther employment would ever be given him. He 
 was given the rank of 2d Assistant Engineer 
 in the U. S. Navy, and assigned to duty on the 
 ironclad Baron De Kalb, and went into ser 
 vice on the Miss, flotilla, under command of 
 Commodore Foote. In Feb. following, he par 
 ticipated in the capture of Fort Henry, Gen. 
 Tilghman announcing on its surrender that he 
 wanted it distinctly understood that he surren 
 dered to the U. S. Navy. The fleet then passed 
 down the Tenn. River, on its way to Fort Don- 
 elson, where it suffered severely, Commodore 
 Foote being among the wounded. Island No. 
 IO was next visited, where the fleet continued 
 on duty until the fall of that place. Next came 
 a brush with the rebel fleet at Fort Pillow, and 
 later was engaged at Memphis. The Navy en 
 gaged and captured the rebel fleet, capturing 
 four of their vessels and sinking three others. 
 At Vicksburg, Mr. Hyman was transferred to 
 the ironclad ram La Fayette, a new ship which 
 had joined the fleet on its movements to Vicks 
 burg, it also assisted in the movement up the 
 Yazoo River, with a view to capture Haines 
 Bluff, in order that the army might get a foot 
 ing in the rear of Vicksburg. This project, 
 however, failed, as Gen. Grant, who was to have 
 joined in the movement, was unable to reach 
 the point of attack. After the capture of 
 Vicksburg, the fleet did parol duty on the 
 river to prevent the rebels crossing and recross- 
 ing, until the organization of the Red River 
 expedition, when it assisted Gen. Banks in that 
 movement. Fort DeRussy was attacked from 
 the river front by gunboats, and by Gen. Smith s 
 command in the rear, resulting in the capture 
 of the place attacked. At Alexandria, our 
 subject was again transferred to the ironclad 
 Chillicothe, and engaged the enemy at a place 
 called Campti. The expedition, so far as the 
 navy was concerned, was a series of skirmishes, 
 
732 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 the eneni) keeping batteries and detachments 
 of troops along the shore. James P. Couthway, 
 commander of the Chillicothe, was killed by a 
 shot from a rebel sharpshooter. At Atchafalya 
 Hay the fleet was formed into a pontoon bridge 
 on which the army passed over the river. The 
 ships then returned to patrol duty on the Miss., 
 and so continued until the surrender of Lee s 
 army and the end of the war. 
 
 The vessel upon which Mr. Hyman was 
 serving was ordered to Cairo, where he was mus 
 tered out of the service, when he immediately 
 returned home and resumed his duties as an 
 engineer on the Miss. Soon after, however, a 
 Co. was organized to construct a railway bridge 
 across the Miss, at Ouincy, and of which he 
 was chosen Superintendent. This was in the 
 year 1868, and he has continued in that capaci 
 ty until the present date, a period of a quarter 
 of a century. In connection with this duty he 
 has also served as Chaplain to the I. S. and S. H. 
 for the past two years. Weekly prayer-meetings 
 are conducted at the home, besides pastorial 
 duties required in connection with the sick and 
 dying. Sept. 5, 1866, Mr. Hyman was married 
 to Linora J. Wood, a native of Wilmington, 
 Del. Her parents are R. R. and Elizabeth J. 
 Wood, who now reside in Ouincy. To this 
 union six children were born, three of whom 
 have crossed to the eternal shore. Lillie, born 
 Aug. 14, 1867, married B. L. Finley, of Kansas 
 City, Mo., and was an invalid most of her wed 
 ded life, died Jan. 3, 1892; John, born March 17, 
 1870, and died in infancy; Edith Neva, born 
 Nov. 15, 1872; Effie, born Aug. 18, 1875; Grade 
 May, born Aug. 26, 1879; Bessie A., born Feb. 
 15, 1881, and died June 18, 1881. The three 
 living children have enjoyed the advantages of 
 the very excellent schools of the city. Miss 
 Edith is a talented and accomplished young 
 lady and musician of more than ordinary at 
 tainments. Her voice is heard in all the old 
 soldiers gatherings where she is a universal 
 favorite, because of her gentleness and amiabil 
 ity. Rev. and Mrs. Hyman are members of the 
 Vermont Street Baptist Church, as are the two 
 eldest living daughters. He is a member of 
 the John Wood Post, No. 96, of which he has 
 
 been Chaplain, and is also a member of the 
 Masonic order, the Odd Fellows, and the K. of 
 P. He is a Republican in politics. 
 
 JAMES W. LAKABEE was born Dec. 5, 1838, in 
 Grafton, N. Y. His father was Millet 
 Larabee, a native of Vermont, and his 
 mother s maiden name was Mary Wood, born 
 in N. Y., of Scotch and German ancestors. He 
 was the youngest of four children and at the 
 age of 17 came to Mendota, 111. In April, 
 1861, he enlisted for three months in Co. II, 
 I2th Reg. 111. Vols. Inf., and was mustered in at 
 Springfield, 111. Moved to Cairo, the regiment 
 was employed in guard duty principally, mak 
 ing a movement into Mo. on a scouting ex 
 pedition and returning in Aug. to Cairo, to be 
 paid off at the end of 3 months service and sent 
 home. Mr. Larabee soon enlisted in Co. I, 
 55th Reg. Ills. Vol., which was organized in 
 Chicago and sent to St. Louis, where it lay 
 from Dec. to the middle of Feb. Went then 
 to Cairo and on to Paducah, where it was 
 stranded on a sand bank for 3 or 4 days. 
 Moved then up the Tenn. River, to the vicinity 
 of Shiloh, and lay there on the extreme left 
 two weeks before the battle. At the battle of 
 Shiloh, Mr. Larabee was wounded in the right 
 arm and received a furlough to go home. On 
 his recovery he returned to the regiment at 
 Memphis, Tenn., where it experienced some 
 hard service. Marched from Memphis to Her- 
 nando, in the Tallahatchie campaign, and back 
 again to Memphis, then forward to Chickasaw 
 Bayou, where there was a considerable of what 
 might be very appropriately called swamp ser 
 vice. From duty in this busy locality the regi 
 ment continued on, and had a place in the battle 
 of Arkansas Post, proceeding then to the siege 
 of Vicksburg where it remained until spring. 
 After making a feint up the Yazoo River, it re 
 turned to the siege of Vicksburg and operated 
 there until the surrender of that place. Mr. 
 Larabee serving in the forlorn hope in one of 
 the important incidents in this eventful contest, 
 received a wound. He was the only man in 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 733 
 
 his company who responded to the call for 60 
 men for a particularly hazardous service. He 
 went into the hospital on Melicans Creek, and 
 remained there until some time after the battle 
 of Jackson, when he joined his regiment on the 
 Black River in August. After breaking camp 
 at Black River, the command moved up the 
 Mississippi to Memphis, then to luka, making 
 several raids after Wheeler s cavalry and reach 
 ing Chattanooga about Aug. I5th. After 
 operating for a time in this vicinity, crossed 
 the Tenn. River on pontoon boats and went 
 down the Chickamauga River, until a union was 
 formed with Gen. Sherman s army, and the next 
 day the movement began under this leader, when 
 the 55th was placed in the left center, and 
 maintained that position through the entire 
 campaign. From Chattanooga to Knoxville, 
 Bridgeport to Lasher s Mills, where it remained 
 until veteranized, the regiment was in active 
 service. 
 
 In the spring of 1864 the men received fur 
 loughs for 30 days, at the expiration of which 
 they returned to the army at Big Shanty, Ga. 
 The next day after the return, one of the com 
 rades of Mr. Larabee was killed by a shell near 
 Kenesaw Mountain. From this point the regi 
 ment went through the Atlanta campaign with 
 but little rest from the constant marching 
 and fighting which was a feature of that mem 
 orable expedition. After the Atlanta movement 
 these men followed Gen. Sherman in all his 
 marching until he reached the sea. They were 
 at Fort McAllister and took part in that severe 
 struggle, the men subsisting on half rations 
 during that time. They embarked" then in 
 coasters and landed at Beaufort, S. C. In going 
 to Columbia, as the rebels had burned the 
 bridges, it was necessary to rebuild them to 
 continue the pursuit. When Goldsboro was 
 entered, Gen. Johnston s surrender to Sherman 
 practically ended the war in this section and 
 the 55th regiment, with other troops, was sent 
 to Washington, participated in the Grand Re 
 view, was then moved to Parkersburg in box 
 cars and sent to Louisville, Ky., in boats. Af 
 ter camping here about 4 weeks, Gen Oliver 
 took command and ordered the regiment to 
 
 Little Rock, Ark., to perform guard duty, where 
 it was mustered out in Aug., 1865, and trans 
 ferred to Chicago for payment and discharge. 
 
 Mr. Larabee, while in the service, was 
 wounded twice, furloughed twice and in hos 
 pital twice. He was married Nov. 8th 1865, to 
 Mary Elizabeth Haight, whose parents were na 
 tives of N. Y. and Penn. The children of this 
 family are Samuel H., now 24 years of age, is in 
 Washington and intends to enter the regular 
 army; James W., Jr.; Willie Ralph, Louis Ben 
 jamin, Mary E. and Charles D. 
 
 Mr. Larrabee votes the Prohibition ticket, 
 is a member of Post 475, G. A. R., and lives 
 upon a fine farm of 240 acres, 6 miles from 
 Earlville, 111. 
 
 HENRY C. HARRIS, the subject of our 
 sketch, is a resident of Rock Island, 
 born at South Bend, Indiana, in the year 
 1844, and is a son of Thomas and Jane (Finley) 
 Harris the former a native of Ohio, and the 
 latter of Penn. The father died upon the 
 plains in the year 1860, and was buried in 
 Omaha, Neb. The farm upon which Henry 
 was born continued to be his home until the 
 outbreak of the Rebellion, he having, however, 
 attended school in the meantime as opportunity 
 presented, but at best his advantages and op 
 portunities for an education were exceedingly 
 limited. In June, 1862, he enlisted in the Union 
 army for the Rebellion and was, mustered in as 
 a private in Co. K, 8/th Ind. Vol. Inf., and im 
 mediately after organization his Regt. pro 
 ceeded to the front and was assigned, on the 
 reconstruction of the army, to the 3rd Brig., 
 3rd D,iv., I4th A. C., shortly before Rosecrans 
 superseded Gen. Buell. Gen. Steadman was 
 in command of his Brig, and Gen. Thomas of 
 the Div. His active services commenced at 
 Louisville, Ky., and he followed the fortunes 
 of that army on its march to Crab Orchard, as 
 also at the battle of Perryville, which was 
 fought Oct. 8, 1862. This engagement was his 
 first experience under fire, and although he saw 
 and took part in many of the bloody battles of 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 the war, more men were slaughtered, consider 
 ing the length of time and the number engaged, 
 than in any other conflict during the war. 
 From Crab Orchard the army continued to 
 Bowling Green, and in the battle which ensued 
 at that place his Div. was not actively engaged. 
 The fall and winter of i862-*3 was occupied by 
 marching and counter-marching, part of the 
 time being spent at Gallatin and an other por 
 tion in the vicinity of Chattanooga, Tenn. 
 Our subject participated in the engagement at 
 Gallatin, and subsequently in the terrible battle 
 of Stone River, in which he acted upon de 
 tached duty, and was surrendered to the 
 enemy, but was afterwards released by the 
 gallantry of Gen. Sheridan and his courageous 
 troops. During the battle Mr. Harris was in 
 the thickest of the fight and although not in 
 jured, a ball passed through his clothing graz 
 ing his body. His next active operations were 
 at Tullahoma, where his Regt. bore its share of 
 the terrors and dangers of war, and was a sharp, 
 hot contest. Subsequently his Div. was di 
 videdpart goirg to Chattanooga via. Hunts- 
 ville, whilst his portion proceeded by another 
 route for the same objective point, and when 
 both had arrived they again became united. 
 Whilst in this vicinity Mr. Harris and his Regt. 
 participated in several sanguinary engagements, 
 among the most notable being those of Look 
 out Mt. and Mission Ridge, wherein his Div. 
 occupied a most prominent place, having at 
 the latter charged in the face of the enemy s 
 batteries on sixteen successive occasions, which 
 was necessarily done up a steep, rugged hill, 
 under a terrible and withering fire from the 
 enemy. 
 
 The last occasion, however, although the 
 number of his comrades had been materially 
 reduced, was made with increased deter 
 mination that the death of their brother sol 
 diers should beavenged; the batteries captured, 
 and onward and upward the Division passed, 
 and with a steady and determined charge 
 forced the rebel lines, and captured their guns, 
 which they turned upon the now retreating en 
 emy with terrible effect. For three days this 
 work of slaughter was continued with unabated 
 
 fury, during which Mr. H. s Regt. lost heavily, 
 in killed and wounded, fully half its number 
 having fallen in the harvest of death which 
 reigned everywhere in that neighborhood. 
 Again our subject had a narrow escape, a ball 
 having passed through his cap. Soon after this 
 he was taken ill and was sent to Chattanooga, 
 afterwards to Nashville, where he was dis 
 charged by reason of disability. This was in 
 the fall of 1863, about the close of the season s 
 operations. 
 
 He returned to his home and quickly re 
 gained his health, therefore to the war our 
 young hero must return, and accordingly he 
 re-enlisted in Co. H, I38th Incl. Vol. Inf. for 
 three months service. His Regt. was detailed 
 upon guard duty in Tenn. and Ky. to forts, for 
 tifications, and railroads, but the time soon 
 passed and that without any particular incident. 
 At the expiration of his term he was mustered 
 out and proceeded to Rock Island, where he 
 again re-enlisted, on this occasion in the month 
 of Jan., 1865, in Co. B. I26th 111., for one year. 
 The Regt. proceeded to the front and the men 
 were engaged at St. Charles, at the mouth of 
 the White River, and Pine Bluff on the Ark. 
 River, upon guard and provost duty in connec 
 tion with the posts at these places, but were 
 relieved on the 12th day of Aug., 1865, and dis 
 charged. Mr. Harris was one of those who 
 offered his services on the first call for troops 
 in April, 1861, and was regularly enlisted and 
 mustered into Co. A, gth 111. Cav. at Chicago, 
 but on account of his youth the officer in com 
 mand informed him he was unfit for service and 
 to go home, which was the only discharge he 
 had from that Regt., therefore, in law we sup- 
 pose he has a right to belong to that organiza 
 tion still, and if so he doubtless constitutes all 
 the officers as well as the subordinates of the 
 Regt. 
 
 Mr. Harris was married in 1865 to Miss Ma- 
 linda J. Hunt, by whom he has six living chil 
 dren, viz.: Charles G., Frank Z., Fred C., Dea 
 con H. H., Walter B., and Lula May Bertie 
 Vera. He resided for one year after his mar 
 riage in Indiana, then for two years in Mont 
 gomery Co., Iowa, then locating in Rock Island. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 735 
 
 In political office, he has held the position 
 of Commissioner of Streets. He is a member 
 of Burford Post, No. 243, G. A. R., of which he 
 is a Past Commander; a member of the Amer 
 ican Order of United Workmen; Island City 
 Lodge, No. 4; Modern Woodmen, Camp 1550, 
 and also a member in the O-Kan-See Tribe of 
 Red Men. 
 
 JOHN C. JOHNSON, a native of Sweden, was 
 born in Ovenshoehe Lane of Jestricken, 
 Mar. 24, 1838, and came to America with 
 his parents when a boy 9 years old. The par 
 ents, John and Christiana Johnson, came to 
 Henry Co., 111., and joined the Bishop Hill 
 Colony in 1847. Here the young man lived 
 until he moved to the neighboring city of 
 Galesburg, where he enlisted in the spring of 
 1 86 1 in Co. E, i/th 111. Inf., going the round 
 jf preparatory camps at Peoria, St. Louis and 
 other points, and doing duty in Mo., guarding 
 railroads and camps. The first battle was at 
 Fredericksburg, Mo., from which the regiment 
 returned to Cape Girardeau, and in the spring of 
 1 862, took the transport fleet to Ft. Henry, where 
 camp equipage was stored preparatory to the 
 march to Ft. Donelson. Mr. Kilpatrick of the 
 company, who had been married at Cape 
 Girardeau and was accompanied by his wife, 
 left her in the camp. The men felt that they 
 were going into a hard fight, and three of them 
 left messages with Mrs. Kilpatrick to be sent 
 to their friends in case of death, and these 
 three men were killed in the battle, the only 
 men killed in the company. The battle at Ft. 
 Dcnelson was considered by the i/th regiment 
 one of its severest engagements, as its position 
 was in the center and was sent up a steep hill 
 covered with brush to attack the enemy. 
 When about half way up it was ordered to halt 
 for a time under fire. The cartridges here 
 issued were slightly large for the guns, and in 
 forcing one into his gun, Mr. Johnson injured 
 his hand with the ramrod so that he was crip 
 pled for a time. That night the men in line 
 
 were compelled to remain there in a severe 
 snow storm, and as they were without blankets 
 or overcoats, there was much suffering. Here, 
 in addition to his wound, Mr. Johnson was 
 made sick by exposure, as he had only light 
 clothing and no overcoat. The first night 
 when in the works he got a gate from a fence 
 and lay it down for a bed, but awaking in the 
 night, found the water from a heavy rain storm 
 was rising and covering him. His hand being 
 very sore, he was sent to Mound City and then 
 home on a furlough. In April, on the day of 
 the battle at Shiloh, he returned to his regi 
 ment and learned that it had lost heavily in 
 that fight. His next experience was at the 
 siege of Corinth, followed by battles at Jack- 
 *son and Bolivar, then went with Gen. Grant to 
 Holly Springs, returned to La Grange and 
 moved to Memphis. At La Grange some of 
 the boys discovered a car loaded with whisky, 
 and procuring pails and long augers, went 
 under the car, bored up through the floor into 
 the barrels and filled the pails. Reaching 
 camp with the booty, it may well be imagined 
 that the night was a loud one. The provost 
 guard sent to quell the disorder, surrendered 
 to the pails of whisky and assisted in " making 
 the night hideous." 
 
 At Memphis boats were boarded for Vicks- 
 burg, making a stop at Milliken s Bend. The 
 1 7th regiment was now in McPherson s corps 
 in John A. Logan s brigade and at Vicksburg 
 was given a position in the center, and also as 
 signed to dig the ditch and tunnel to under 
 mine Ft. Hill, holding the line when the fort 
 was blown up. When the city fell, this regi 
 ment occupied the place for a time, and in the 
 spring of 1864, participated in the expedition 
 ,to Meridian on the Alabama line and several 
 other marches, which concluded its service, 
 and it was mustered out at Springfield in 1864. 
 
 Mr. Johnson, at the expiration of his serv 
 ice in the army commenced farming, but sell 
 ing out, engaged in the grocery business in 
 Galva, 1888, which he still continues. He 
 married Hannah Nordstrom, a daughter of Dr. 
 Olaf Nordstrom of Bishop Hill, and has two 
 children, Wm. A., a young man in the printing 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 business at Galva;and Olive V., a young lady, at 
 home. 
 
 Mr. Johnson votes the Republican ticket 
 and was elected Supervisor of the township in 
 1890. Is a working member of the G. A. R.,in 
 which he has filled most of the offices in his 
 post, and was elected delegate to the State 
 Convention. He is also a member of the M. E. 
 Church, the A. F. & A. M., and A. O. U. W., 
 in all of which his active energy and influence 
 are felt, as well as in social and business rela 
 tions with his fellow citizens. 
 
 ISAAC N. KIRKPATRICK was born in Rock" 
 Island Co., 111., Nov. 30, 1843. He was 
 reared in the city, where he received his 
 education in the common schools, until he en 
 tered the office of the Rock Island Argus 
 newspaper then under the management of J. 
 B. Danforth. That gentleman took a special 
 liking to young Kirkpatrick.whom he promoted 
 from one position to another until he had 
 filled every situation in the Mechanical depart 
 ment of that office. In 1863, he abandoned 
 newspaper work to enlist in the Army, and be 
 came a member of Co. K, 58th 111. Vol. Inf. He 
 joined the Regt. at White River, and was placed 
 on detached service as clerk and printer. His 
 Regt. became part of the i6th Army Corps, un 
 der Gen. Smith went up the Red River, was in 
 the battle of Pleasant Hills, and for the two fol 
 lowing months was almost daily exposed to the 
 rebel fire. At the conclusion of that expedi 
 tion the regiment remained in Miss, for some 
 time, then moved to New Orleans and later 
 moved for the capture of Mobile. He took part 
 in the engagement at Eort Morgan as also in 
 the siege and assault on Eort Blakely, which 
 was the last battle of the war. His was one of 
 the three companies which went to Meridian 
 and received the surrender of the rebel Dick 
 Taylor. Mr. Kirkpatrick was detached to re 
 ceive the stores, and it fell to his duty to invoice 
 all the captured stores and munitions of war. 
 The rebel army comprised about 15,000 men, 
 
 and it appeared at one time as if trouble would 
 ensue, as the rebel officers refused to turn over 
 their horses and other property, but finally 
 consented. Later our subject was sent to 
 Montgomery, where he was detailed to grind 
 corn in the mill for the army, then being with 
 out other provisions. Up to this time he has 
 never been sick, but whilst engaged in this mill 
 he was smitten with diarrhoea, and was sent 
 home on furlough. Subsequently the surgeon 
 who attended him gave him an order for his 
 discharge. He then reported to Camp McClel- 
 lan, Iowa, and being a non-commissioned officer, 
 was put in charge of some Illinois men to ac 
 company them to Camp Butler. There he was 
 discharged on the 3d anniversary of his enter 
 ing the service. He returned to Rock Island, 
 but for several months he was unable to do any 
 thing. His old friend Dauforth obtained for 
 him a position as assistant postmaster, which 
 gave him charge of that department, as the 
 postmaster appointed under Prest. Johnson was 
 not confirmed. After leaving the P. O., he went 
 to Northern N. Y., where he married Miss So 
 phia Sargent, daughter of John Sargent, of Rock 
 Island. He then entered the newspaper busi 
 ness as foreman of the news room of the R. I. 
 Union, and afterwards as foreman of the press 
 room on the same paper. Later he removed to 
 Burlington and took a similar position upon the 
 Hazvk Eye newspaper. He was next in Quincy, 
 then at Lincoln, Neb., where he was in charge 
 of the press room of the State Journal. He next 
 went to the Black Hills, having a printer s out 
 fit with him, but he became discouraged with 
 the prospects at that place and returned to 
 Rock Island and soon after to Peoria, where he 
 worked in the Peoria National Democrat. He next 
 embarked in the job printing business, which he 
 afterwards sold, and entered the office of the 
 German Democrat as foreman of the press room 
 and superintendent of the English Department, 
 where he will probably remain until mustered 
 out. 
 
 He is a member of Central City Post G. A. 
 R. and at the present time Quartermaster and 
 acting Adjt. He is a member of the Modern 
 Woodmen and Knights of the Maccabees. In 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 737 
 
 politics he is a Democrat, and at one time was 
 elected to the office of town clerk of Rock 
 Island. He has four children, William J., Mary 
 Stewart, Bessie and Helen. 
 
 M 
 
 OTT V. EAMES, of Sandwich, 111., was 
 born at Springfield, Ala., March 10, 
 1838, and while a boy removed with his 
 parents to New Hampshire, where he attended 
 school until licensed as a teacher. He fol 
 lowed his profession in this State for two years, 
 then went to Elgin, 111., where his parents had 
 settled about two years previous. In the fall 
 of 1859, he left for Sandwich, 111., where he was 
 engaged up to the time of his enlistment in the 
 army, which occurred August 13, 1862, and he 
 was mustered into service in September follow 
 ing, as a private in Co. H, I05th 111. Vol. Inf., 
 and was assigned to the first Brig., 3rd Div., 
 2Oth A. C., commanded by Brig. Gen. W. T. 
 Ward. After the organization of the Regt. was 
 completed, it moved to Camp Douglas, Chi 
 cago, was there armed and uniformed, and on 
 Sept. 30, was ordered to Louisville, Ky., where 
 it arrived Oct. 2, and immediately proceeded 
 to Frankfort, arriving there on the Qth, after a 
 severe march. While there it was engaged on 
 guard and picket duty, as also in an occasional 
 skirmish with the rebels. From this point the 
 Regt. joined in a raid to Lawrenceburg, and 
 afterward returning with the corps to Bowling 
 Green, and then on to Scottsville, where it 
 arrived about the middle of Nov., 1862. The 
 Regt. passed the winter of 1862-3 at Gallatin, 
 Tenn., South Tunnel, and Lavergne, respect 
 ively. During the march from Bowling Green 
 to Frankfort, Mr. Eames became very ill and 
 was obliged to go to the hospital for several 
 weeks, but was sufficiently recovered to join 
 the regiment at South Tunnel. Leaving 
 Lavergne in the month of June, his Regt. 
 moved to Murfreesboro, afterward returning to 
 the former place, arriving about July I, and 
 after resting there about three weeks, marched 
 to Nashville. It reached there Aug. 19, and 
 was occupied in guard duty for several months. 
 
 46 
 
 While at Nashville the men were supplied with 
 Springfield rifles, which were substituted for 
 muskets used up to that time. Toward the 
 latter end of Feb., 1864, Mr. Eames, with his 
 regiment, joined in the march toward Chatta 
 nooga, and continuing, reached Wauhatchie, 
 in March, where it remained until May 2, when 
 the regiment was ordered to Gordon s Mills, 
 then to Resaca, Ga., passing through Leet s 
 Farm, Taylor s Bridge, Snake Creek Gap and 
 Sugar Valley, and was engaged in skirmishing 
 with the enemy on May 13 and 14, near Resaca. 
 On the following day it joined the assault upon 
 the enemy s works at the last mentioned place, 
 in which his Regt. took a prominent part, and 
 sustained the loss of several men killed and 
 wounded. 
 
 The iO5th was ordered to pursue the re 
 treating enemy, arriving at Calhoun on the I7th, 
 and on the following day it moved to Cassville. 
 The pursuit was continued on the igth, and the 
 iO5th being in the advance, overtook and skir 
 mished with the enemy s rear guard and drove 
 them in all along the line. On the 25th, while 
 on the march to Dallas, it had another encount 
 er with the rebels, lasting until night, and leav 
 ing them minus 15 men in killed and wounded, 
 two of the number being officers. At this en 
 gagement, Mr. Eames was severely wounded 
 and taken to the field hospital, then to Chatta 
 nooga, and afterward to Nashville, where he 
 remained until Aug. 4, when he was sufficiently 
 recovered to move about with the assistance of 
 a cane. He accepted a furlough and returned 
 to his home in 111. He rejoined his Regt. at 
 Nashville about the time the Atlanta campaign 
 received its crowning victory in the surrender 
 of Atlanta. He continued at Nashville until 
 again furloughed, when he again returned to 
 his home to vote at the Presidential election in 
 Nov. 1864. At the expiration of his furlough 
 he again went to Nashville, but was not permit 
 ted to join his Regt., owing to the injuries be 
 fore referred to, but was engaged about camp 
 until the close of the war, and was then mus 
 tered out and discharged May 30, 1865. He 
 immediately returned to Sandwich and engaged 
 with the Sandwich Manufacturing Co. as su- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 perintendent of the work, and has continued in 
 its employ ever since. 
 
 He married Miss Catherine J. Walker, Sep 
 tember 19, 1857, and six children have blessed 
 their union Gay L., George, Hermione, Luel- 
 la, Leona and May. Mr. Eames is a Republi 
 can, a Free Mason, and a member of Post No. 
 510, G. A. R., of Sandwich. Besides being a 
 brave soldier, he is a capable and reliable me 
 chanic, as evidenced by the lengthened period 
 he has occupied his present responsible posi 
 tion. 
 
 JOHN H. SADLER, of Peoria, 111., was born in 
 the same State, July 23, 1825, a son of 
 Geo. W. Sadler. He had five brothers, 
 all of whom were in the service except one; 
 who doubtless would also have been there, had 
 he been old enough. John being unable to ob 
 tain his father s consent, ran away to Quincy, 
 where he became a member of Co. I, iigth 111. 
 Vol. Inf. His Regt. went to Columbus where 
 it was guarding the Mobile & Ohio R. R., then 
 went to Memphis, remaining until the fall of 
 Vicksburg, when it moved there, and joined 
 Sherman s Army on his Meridian Campaign, 
 during which they had many skirmishes with 
 the enemy. His Rcgt. with the 58th III., 28th 
 Mo., Sgth Ind., and gth Ohio Battery formed 
 the 4th Brig., which was assigned to the 5th Div., 
 i6th A. C. Our subject was a cousin of A. J. 
 Wade, who was in the same Co. They were 
 bosom friends and always found side by side, 
 whether it was fighting the rebels or foraging 
 for hogs and chickens. For these luxuries they 
 had a peculiar fondness, which always increased 
 as hunger threatened them. He went with his 
 Regt. on the Red River Expedition and took 
 part in all the numerous battles of that terrible 
 movement. The night before the conflict of 
 Yellow Bayou, Capt. John J. May of Co. I, 
 stated that he had a premonition that the next 
 battle would prove disastrous to him this 
 was literally fulfilled, as whilst leading his men 
 he was struck by a bullet about the heart and 
 almost instantly killed. Mr. Sadler and two of 
 
 his comrades bore the brave officer from the 
 field, and later sent his body home for burial. 
 Our subject with his Regt. next moved to Lake 
 Chicot, where Marmaduke s forces were en 
 countered and a desperate battle followed. In 
 fact it was a constant fight for over 40 days, 
 whilst the campaign lasted. After passing 
 through Vicksburg and Memphis, he was an 
 active participant in the fight at Tupello, in 
 which the rebels under Forrest made seven 
 different and determined charges upon the 
 Regt., but as often were repulsed with great 
 slaughter, as also the loss of their flag, wliich 
 was triumphantly borne off the field by the 
 i igth. Afterwards he went to St. Louis in pur 
 suit of Price, having a mid-winter march of 700 
 miles over the prairies, then by boat to Nash 
 ville, where he was in that bloody battle, fought 
 Dec. 1 5th and 16, 1864, at which Hood s Army 
 was completely cut to pieces. Returning to 
 Nashville with captured horses, he started on 
 foot to his Regt., then on to Dauphin Island, 
 and from there to Fort Blakely, where he took 
 part in the siege and assault upon that town, 
 which was captured. The Regt. lost several 
 men. This was the last fight in which he was 
 engaged. He marched to Montgomery, 500 
 miles, then returned to Mobile, where he was 
 mustered out, and from where he proceeded 
 home. 
 
 In the fall of 1865, Mr. Sadler entered the 
 employ of the C., B. & O. R. R. as engineer, and 
 was thus employed for seventeen years, when, in 
 the fall of 1888, he being a member of the 
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and a 
 strike having occurred, he never resumed that 
 business. In 1890 he removed to Peoria as Store 
 keeper in the service of the Gov. 
 
 Mr. Sadler married Jessie Amick in 1869. 
 She has always been a prominent member in 
 the Woman s Relief Corps, became a Charter 
 Member of the organization at Galesburg, and is 
 now a member of the Peoria Corps, Bryner, No. 
 1 2, taking an active part in the proceedings. They 
 have five children, Anna and Flora, graduates 
 of the Galesburg High School and Brown s 
 Business College; Lena, Bertha and Wilburn 
 Amick. Mr. Sadler is a Republican, a member 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 739 
 
 of Post No. 45 of Galesburg, of the Odd Fel 
 lows, and A. O. U. W. societies, and also of the 
 Locomotive Brotherhood of the Engineers. 
 His brothers were in the respective Regts. be 
 low named: Samuel, Co. E, 8gth 111.; Hiram, 
 Co. H, I48th 111.; Edward, Co. I, iigth 111. 
 His brother William died while in the service 
 at Chattanooga. 
 
 PHILIP KEARNEY. The life of this eminent 
 soldier was one of adventure and ro 
 mance. He was born in the city of New 
 York, June 2O, iSi^- His love for military life 
 was developed early. So irresistible was this 
 spirit that it was determined to give the young 
 boy a military education, and, accordingly, he 
 was sent to the West Point Academy. After 
 his graduation he was made Lieut, in the regu 
 lar army. Having acquired great proficiency 
 in military matters, and especially in the man- 
 
 horse, and, clashing forward alone, he cried 
 aloud to follow. His command became inspired 
 with his heroism, the fierce conflict was re 
 sumed, and the battery was taken. In the last 
 struggle at the San Antonio Gate, he received 
 a wound which caused the loss of his arm. 
 
 After the close of the Mexican war, or in 
 1848, he was promoted to the rank of Major in 
 the regular army, and was ordered to Oregon 
 in command of a battalion, to defend the new 
 settlements against the hostile Indians. In 
 1850, he resigned his position, and returned to 
 Europe, to continue his studies in military 
 science. During his sojourn in Europe he took 
 part in the Italian campaign, and was on the staff 
 of. Gen. Maurier, commanding the French 
 forces. He participated in the battles of Ma 
 genta and Solferino, where he distinguished 
 himself for his bravery and military knowledge, 
 for which he was for the second time decorated, 
 receiving the Cross of the Legion of Honor. 
 Upon the outbreak of the Rebellion, he was 
 commissioned at once Brigadier General, and 
 
 ualof arms, the government determined to give ^assigned to the Army of the Potomac, in com- 
 
 him a commission to Europe, for the purpose 
 of examining into and reporting on the cavalry 
 tactics of the French army. He attended the 
 Polytechnic school at Saumar for some time, 
 when he enlisted in the Chasseurs, and made a 
 full campaign as a French soldier in Algiers, in 
 which service he won the Cross of Legion of 
 Honor. On his return home he was placed on 
 the staff of General Scott. When the Mexican 
 war came on he followed the flag of his coun 
 try at the head of a company of dragoons into 
 Mexico. He served with great gallantry in 
 that war, for which he was promoted. During 
 the assault on the City of Mexico Gen. Kearney 
 was ordered to capture a battery of the enemy. 
 Under a thrilling order from him the troops 
 moved on to the attack with great enthusiasm. 
 They were soon met by a withering fire of grape 
 and canister at short range; the line wavered 
 tor a few minutes, and then fell back in confu 
 sion. The undaunted Kearney was only stimu 
 lated to greater efforts by this repulse; his 
 spirits rose only the higher, and, waving his 
 sword high over his head, he set spurs to his 
 
 mand of a Brigade composed of N. J. regiments. 
 He was with McClellan in all the terrible vicis 
 situdes of the Peninsula campaign. He fought 
 in all its battles, and everywhere, on every field, 
 he was the same indomitable, noble Kearney, 
 displaying at all times the greatest bravery, and 
 military ability of the highest order. 
 
 At one time he was in command of a Div., 
 and at Williamsburg and Fair Oaks he espe 
 cially distinguished himself as a soldier. Later 
 on, or at Harrison s Landing, for his gallant 
 service, he was promoted to the rank of Major 
 General, his commission dating from July 4, 
 1862. His untimely death sent him off in the 
 bud of his military renown. Rigid in discipline, 
 indomitable in battle, brave almost to a fault, 
 Gen. Kearney was a universal favorite in the 
 army. He was a model commander and an 
 ideal soldier. True to the flag of his coun 
 try, Phil. Kearney followed its fortunes and 
 gave up his noble life fighting for its defense in 
 the hottest of the conflict in the battle of Chan- 
 tilly, Sept. ist, 1862. He died on the field, by 
 the army loved, by the nation mourned. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 JOHN S. LEE. Among the prominent and 
 worthy veterans of the late civil war is 
 John S. Lee, the subject of this memoir, 
 who, after the great conflict, settled down to 
 peaceful pursuits at Lemont, 111. He was born 
 in Parkersburg, now W. Va., July n, 1845, an( l 
 is a son of Andrew and Julia (Hayne) Lee. 
 The elder Lee was a native of Manchester, 
 England, and came to the U. S. when about 
 ten years of age, locating at first in Philadel 
 phia." Later he went to Harve De Grace, Md., 
 where he met and married Julia Hayne, and 
 finally located in Virginia, where he followed 
 the occupation of farming. They were the 
 parents of four children Sarah E., John S., 
 Edward, and Andrew, all dead but John. He 
 was raised at home where he secured the ben 
 efits of a common school education, which was 
 suplemented with a commercial course at Cin 
 cinnati, O. When the rebellion broke out, and 
 a call was made by the President for troops to 
 preserve the Union, young Lee, though only 
 about sixteen years of age, was full of patriotic 
 zeal to aid his country and quickly responded. 
 He enlisted in April, for the three months ser 
 vice, in a company known as the " Home 
 Guards," which was sent to guard the Marietta 
 & Cincinnati R. R. on the Y, where it remained 
 during its term of service, and then was dis 
 banded, and young Lee returned to his studies 
 at the Commercial college at Cincinnati. He 
 had been there but a little while, before the 
 war spirit again took possession of him, and he 
 again enlisted, this time forthree years. He was 
 mustered in as a private in Co. D, 39th, Ohio 
 Inf. at Camp Coleriane, in July, 1861. Erom 
 there the regiment was ordered to Camp Den- 
 nison, where the men were armed and drilled. 
 St. Louis was the next camp, and from there 
 the regiment was ordered up the river to St. 
 Charles, disembarked, and marched under Gen. 
 Sturges, to Mexico, and thence across the 
 country to the relief of Mulligan, at Lexington. 
 When within about six miles of Lexington, 
 news was received that Mulligan was surround 
 ed by the rebels, and it being impossible for the 
 command to cross the river so as to render him 
 any aid, the command marched up the river to 
 
 Richmond, from there took transports for Kan 
 sas City. After service there for a time, the 
 troops marched across to Springfield, but 
 arriving there too late to take part in the bat- 
 t\e at that place. 
 
 The regiment was next ordered to Sedalia, 
 Mo., where it made winter quarters and was en 
 gaged in guarding the railroads. From Sedalia 
 the 39th moved to St. Louis, where it embarked 
 for Cape Girardeau, joined Gen. Pope s army, 
 and was placed in Stanley s Div., 1st Brig., and 
 took part in the action against New Madrid. 
 The next move of the regiment wastoTippton- 
 ville, thence marched up in the rear of Island 
 No. 10, took part in the investment of that strong 
 hold, and was actively engaged there until its 
 surrender. It then moved to Pittsburg Land 
 ing, arriving there after the battle of Shiloh. 
 It was then placed in the ist Brig., 2nd Div., 
 1 6th A. C. This assignment gave Mr. Lee the 
 pleasure of taking part in the Siege of Corinth, 
 which gave him all the active fighting he 
 desired until the evacuation. His regiment 
 had the honor of being the first (Inf.) to enter 
 Corinth, and its flag was the first to float over 
 the Courthouse. After following the enemy as 
 far as Booneville, the Regt. returned to Corinth 
 and performed garrison duty during the sum 
 mer. In the fall it became part of the com 
 mand sent to luka against Price and Van 
 Dorn, where Mr. Lee fought in one of the 
 hottest battles during the war. His regiment 
 participated in the second battle of Corinth, 
 Miss., being in support of Fort Robinette. 
 After returning to Corinth, the command was 
 ordered to join Gen. Grant in his first move 
 ment against Vicksburg, which was untimely 
 broken off by the loss of the army supplies at 
 Holly Springs. The regiment then moved by 
 rail to Jackson, Miss., where it remained for 
 awhile, then was ordered against Forrest, meet 
 ing him at Parker s Cross Roads, in time to pre 
 vent him from capturing Dunham s Brig., which 
 he had surrounded. His command defeated 
 Forrest, captured two hundred prisoners, five 
 hundred horses and six pieces of artillery 
 They came up in Forrests rear, completely tak 
 ing him by surprise. They followed him to the 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 74i 
 
 Tennessee and then returned to Corinth, and 
 later were ordered to Memphis, where the sub 
 ject of this sketch was detailed as recorder for 
 a Military Commission, in which capacity he 
 served until Feb., 1864, when he joined his regi 
 ment, which had veteranized and was then at 
 Cincinnati. He then moved with his regiment 
 to Athens, Ala., where he was detailed in 
 the Adjt. Gen s office and sent to Decatur, 
 Ala. 
 
 He was in this detail until the Atlanta Cam 
 paign opened, when he rejoined his regiment 
 in time to take part in the battle of Resaca, 
 and was then with it in all its battles, skir 
 mishes and marches until after the battle of 
 Atlanta, when his term of enlistment having 
 expired, he was mustered out Aug. 12, 1864. 
 
 Having discharged his duty to his country, 
 he returned home and took up once more 
 peaceful pursuits. After an engagement of 
 some years in a mercantile house at Lemont, 
 111., he accepted from President Arthur the 
 postmastership of that town, which he held 
 until the Democratic administration came into 
 power. Subsequently he made a trip to the 
 Pacific slope to regain his health, then much 
 impaired. Upon his return he took a position 
 in a drug store, having previously qualified him 
 self as a pharmacist. 
 
 This position he now holds, together with 
 that of Deputy Postmaster, filling both to the 
 entire satisfaction of the people. 
 
 Mr. Lee was united in marriage at Lemont, 
 March 21, 1871, to Lucinda E., daughter of 
 Benjamin and Lucinda (Smith) Clough, by 
 whom he had five children, viz.: Harry J., 
 Ada M., Ethel M., Alice E. and Ralph A., all 
 living but Harry and Ada. Mrs. Lee died July 
 21, 1888. Mr. Lee was married the second 
 time, Dec. 9, 1891, to Helena, daughter of 
 Christopher and Evelyn Johnson. In politics 
 comrade Lee is a Republican. He is a man 
 who by his probity, studious habits, acquired a 
 good education and an honorable and useful 
 profession, and by his integrity and devotion 
 to business has won for himself the confi 
 dence and esteem of those with whom he cast 
 his lot. 
 
 TF. M. KAY, U. S. Pension Claim Agent, 
 and a notary public of Quincy, 111., 
 first saw the light of day Dec. 25, 1846, 
 at Marion Co., Mo. He was reared under the 
 chains of slavery, his master and owner being 
 John Hurs, and while a youth he learned to 
 read and spell. By virtue of President Lin 
 coln s Emancipation Proclamation, which bless 
 ing came as a God-send to thousands of 
 slaves, he of course, obtained his freedom. 
 True to the grand old flag, he lost no time rally 
 ing forth for its preservation. Though only a 
 youth of not yet seventeen, he enlisted for 
 three years, Nov. 15, 1863, at Quincy, 111., as a 
 musician in Co. A., 2gth U. S. Colored Troops. 
 The Regt. which was made up mostly from 
 Colored Missouri slaves, went into camp at 
 Quincy, where it was drilled until April 24, 
 
 1864, when it was mustered in and moved on to 
 Washington, where it went into quarters on 
 Arlington Heights, opposite Georgetown, D. 
 C. Here our young patriot was armed and 
 drilled in the manual of arms, but was taken 
 sick at Camp Casey arid left at the hospital of 
 Alexandria. This was indeed a most severe 
 blow to our young enthusiast, and he wept 
 bitterly because of this, to him, so great a ca 
 lamity. He had contracted a very severe cold 
 which settled on his lungs and which still ren 
 ders him an invalid at the present day. After 
 his partial recovery his service was mostly put 
 in at Alexandria, Va., where he was discharged 
 May 27, 1865, by reason of a telegram from the 
 Adjutant General of the corps dated May 3, 
 
 1865. Comrade Kay was discharged from 
 L Ouverture general hospital, at Alexandria, re 
 turned to Chicago, and shortly moved to 
 Quincy, 111., where has resided ever since. Mr. 
 Kay was the first colored person appointed 
 Notary Public in the State of 111. In 1870 he 
 was a delegate to the first colored convention 
 at Springfield, 111., and was made its secretary. 
 The term of office was four years, and Mr. Kay 
 was re-elected in 1874. In 1870, he commenced 
 to read law in the office of Thos. J. Mitchell, 
 County Judge, and was admitted to practice 
 before the various departments of United 
 States, in the prosecution of claims, during the 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 same year. In this work he has been very suc 
 cessful and has secured the allowance of a 
 large number of claims for bounty, pensions, 
 back pay, etc. Mr. Kay has attained consider 
 able renown as a public-spirited and energetic 
 worker for the Republican party. He has been 
 and is still prominently known throughout the 
 State as a leading politician among his people. 
 Very few, indeed, of the colored people of the 
 country have a wider or more favorable ac- 
 quintance throughout the State of Illinois. 
 March 20, 1878, Mr. Kay was married to Eliza 
 Campbell, a native of Pike Co., Mo., and by 
 this happy union, one child, Rosa Lillie, was 
 born. She is now 8 years old, and is a remark 
 ably bright child, who has accumulated much 
 useful knowledge. Mrs. Kay died from the ef 
 fects of an ancident, Jan. 3, 1886. 
 
 Mr. Kay was always, from his youth, looking 
 forward to a brighter day. He was sent as repre 
 sentative to Springfield, 111., to retain counsel 
 in the well-known case in Freeman s Reports, 
 Vol. 101, page 308. Eiled. 
 
 THE PEOPLE, ex rel. JOHN LONGREST 
 
 v. 
 
 THE SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 OF THE CITY OF QUINCV. 
 
 Filed at Springfield, 111. 
 
 Mr. Kay left his home and sick wife, and 
 went to Springfield, 111., and retained the Hon. 
 John M. Palmer, who successfully brought the 
 colored people of the State to the front. He 
 did all the preliminary work in the case, under 
 the direction of John M. Palmer. 
 
 One of the most striking things in our young 
 enthusiast s life was at the first colored conven 
 tion, while in session at the Capital, Springfield, 
 111. 
 
 Early one morning, before the frost-burnt, 
 withered leaves had melted, comes the Supreme 
 Court s edict that the Civil Rights Bill is uncon 
 stitutional. This was indeed a sad and a severe 
 shock to our young enthusiast, whom they at 
 once appointed on committee on resolutions. 
 Here our young enthusiast was one of the 
 committee, with F. L. Barnett and C. A. Warren. 
 
 RESOLUTION. 
 
 Resolved, That, whereas, we are assembled 
 in the State Capital, supposed to be clothed 
 with all the rights of other citizens. 
 
 Resolved, That we, the colored people of the 
 State of Illinois, are true to the Republican 
 party, but we want no more laws that can make 
 a citizen and cannot protect him. 
 
 Resolved, Thanks be to to God that our votes 
 have a voice that can make the Supreme Court 
 hear. F. L. BARNETT, 
 
 C. A. WARREN, 
 T. F. M. KAY. 
 
 Committee. 
 
 Mr. Kay is a member and clerk of the 8th 
 and Elm St. Baptist Church at Quincy. He 
 has been Superintendent of the Sunday School 
 for many years, and has thrice been elected 
 President of the County S. S. Convention. He 
 is the present Adjutant of Colonel Shaw Post, 
 No. 233, G. A. R.; is a member of the " Order 
 of Twelve," of which he was National Deputy 
 Grand Mentor for several years, and at present 
 is State Deputy and P. G. M. This is a mili 
 tary and social order which excels all others in 
 members and interest among the colored peo 
 ple. A leader among his people, Mr. Kay is a 
 kind father and a worthy citizen. 
 
 THE prominent features in the life of the 
 Rev. Hiram H. Ashmore, of Peoria, 111., 
 are the subject of this present writing. 
 He was born in Ind., April 10, 1829, son of the 
 Rev. James Ashmore, a noted Presbyterian 
 minister, who founded ten churches in one 
 county in Illinois between the years 1830 and 
 1850. The father married Miss Catharine Arm 
 strong, by whom he had six boys and three 
 girls. Our subject was educated in the common 
 school, supplemented at the Grandview Acad 
 emy and completed at Georgetown Seminary. 
 Upon him the mantle of his illustrious father 
 had fallen and he bore it with becoming grace 
 and dignity, devoting his life to church work, 
 in which he was licensed in 1853. He engaged 
 in teaching and preaching for a time in Ark., 
 
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 where he considered himself a pro-slavery 
 Democrat. He, however, was soon led to 
 change his views, and became an ardent Aboli 
 tionist. In 1861 he attended a meeting having 
 for its object the enlistment of men for the 
 army. Mr. Ashmore s prominence among the 
 "boys" led them to call upon him for a speech, 
 when he informed them of his intention to or 
 ganize a Co. of Cav. a little later; the boys 
 rejoined stating that if Mr. Ashmore would go, 
 they would then enlist. His answer was char 
 acteristic of him, when he said, " I never back 
 out in a good cause," and accordingly enlisted 
 in the 25th 111. He was soon after promoted to 
 be Commissary Sergeant and afterwards Chap 
 lain of the Regt. From the time of his enlist 
 ment he followed the fortunes of his Regt. in 
 its tieavy marches, long sieges, privations, and 
 disastrous battles, always brave and heroic and 
 buoyed up with the knowledge that he was 
 fighting in an honest cause, for his God and his 
 country, according to his ability and the light 
 that was in him. He took part in the battles 
 of Pea Ridge, the siege of Corinth, Stone River, 
 Perryville, Liberty Gap, march to Chattanooga, 
 battle of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and 
 Mission Ridge. When near Winchester, in 
 1863, single-handed, he captured three rebels; 
 two of them coming up first, he made them, at 
 the point of his revolver, lay down their arms, 
 and the third, when he approached, was made 
 do likewise. 
 
 In the spring of 1864 he participated in the 
 Atlanta campaign and was actively engaged in 
 the battles of Dalton, Rocky Face Ridge, Pump 
 kin Vine Creek, Kenesaw Mt., Peach Tree 
 Creek, siege and battle of Atlanta. At the 
 battle of Pumkin Vine Creek, whilst kneeling 
 by a dying comrade who had been mortally 
 wounded in battle, he was struck in the hip and 
 severely hurt, 
 
 At the battle of Kenesaw Mountain our sub 
 ject was the first Union soldier to ascend its 
 rugged sides and reach its top. He was dis- 
 cfiarged at Camp Butler, Sept. 5, 1864, then re 
 turned to Vermilion and resumed his profession 
 as a minister. The congregation being poor, 
 he in its interest, became involved in debt, and 
 
 being tendered a position in the Mail Service, 
 he accepted it in 1878, and continued until re 
 moved from service. He moved to Peoria a 
 few years ago, where he still acts with the Y. 
 M. C. A. He was married in 1856, to Miss Car 
 oline Shook, by whom he has two sons, Bruce 
 and Harry, and a daughter, Mrs. Lulu May 
 Link. 
 
 He is a Republican, a member of the G. A. 
 R., and a Master Mason. The Rev. Mr. Ash- 
 more is an extensive reader, is possessed of lib 
 eral attainments, and has a peculiar way of re 
 lating his war reminiscences. To give those 
 that are interesting, would in itself fill a volume, 
 and, having heard him relate many of them, we 
 in a crude way reproduce the following: While 
 in camp at Murfreesboro, Tenn., one Sunday he 
 selected as his text the I2th verse of the 8th 
 chapter of Isaiah, to-wit: "Say ye not a Con 
 federacy to all them to whom this people shall 
 say a Confederacy, neither fear ye them nor be 
 afraid." Immediately after dismissing the men 
 Dr. Hawley, the Brigade Surgeon, advanced 
 and said: "Chaplain, how would you like to 
 preach that sermon to Jeff . Davis?" The Chap 
 lain said: "Doctor, I shall never be satisfied 
 until I preach that sermon in Richmond." Dur 
 ing the battle of Chickamauga, September fol 
 lowing, after collecting a large portion of the 
 officers and men that were wounded at Crawfish 
 Springs, and Dr. Hawley being in charge of 
 Field Hospital at the Springs, the Confederates 
 led by Col. Miller, and the I ith Texas mounted 
 Inf. captured the hospital and its attendants. 
 Dr. Hawley asked the Chaplain to answer the 
 call as he was amputating a leg; several acres 
 of ground were covered with the dead and 
 wounded. The citizen s conscripting officer, 
 Gen. Terry, with an arm in a sling was in the 
 advance urging the Confederates forward 
 and mistaking the cross on the Chaplain s 
 shoulder straps, yelled out, "Boys, 
 there s a General. Save him!" When 
 asked, "What General are you?" the Chaplain 
 said, "I am not a General." When Terry rode 
 his horse upon him, saying, "Who are you then ?" 
 and pressing an answer, Mr. Ashmore replied, 
 "In our army I am called a preacher or chap- 
 
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 lain." Terry replied, "The hell you are! You 
 are a d d abolitionist then. If I had my way 
 I would hang you on the first limb I could get 
 you to." He and others, including Surgeon 
 Hawley, were taken to Libby Prison, and while 
 there Mr. Ashmore preached every other night, 
 as his health would permit. The last sermon he 
 preached in the prison at the request of Dr. 
 Hawley, was the anti-Confederacy sermon. 
 Some of the prisoners feared he would be pun 
 ished for his position in the sermon, but noth 
 ing of the kind occurred. Weighing only about 
 100 pounds, he arrived at Washington, D. C., 
 Nov. nth, 1864, after having fulfilled his wish 
 to preach that sermon in Richmond, the Con 
 federate capital. 
 
 CAPTAIN ROBERT G. WELSH, of Camp 
 Point, 111., is the subject of our present 
 sketch. Enthused with patriotism, he 
 enlisted in the Union Army July 15, 1861, as a 
 private in Co. L, 2nd 111. Cav. He rendez 
 voused at Quinc^ , where he was mustered into 
 the service Aug. nth of the same year, and his 
 Regt. was commanded by Gen. Prentiss. His 
 command was known as the S. E. Missouri De 
 partment. He was actively engaged in the bat 
 tle of Belmont, the siege of Fort Madrid and 
 Island No. 10, battle of Holly Springs and 
 several small engagements in the vicinity of 
 Fort Pillow, fighting guerrillas. He also took 
 part in a raid into Miss., but meeting over 
 whelming numbers of rebels, they were com 
 pelled to right about, and were pursued until 
 within 50 miles of Memphis. Whilst the most 
 of his Regt. were sent upon the Red River ex 
 pedition, Capt. Welsh was detached and as 
 signed to scouting duty in the vicinity of Baton 
 Rouge. During this scouting service he en 
 dured many hardships, encountered many dan 
 gers from death and capture. He was also, 
 owing to the many acts of heroism displayed 
 by him, placed upon the detective staff, and in 
 filling that occupation captured a whisky still, 
 400 oz. of quinine, 4 doz. Smith & Wesson 
 revolvers, a span of mules and considerable 
 
 other property. This valuable capture was 
 brought about by Capt. Welsh joining a rebel 
 in a glass of whisky in traveling from Paducah 
 to Metroplis. In 1863, the Capt. was accident 
 ally injured by a horse and compelled to go to 
 a hospital at Columbus, Ky., where he was ne 
 cessarily detained for upwards of six weeks. 
 He was mustered out of the service Aug. 26, 
 1864. He was again reenlisted as a private in 
 Co. G, I48th 111., and on the i6th of the follow 
 ing month was elected Capt. of his Co. Six 
 days later he started with his Co. for Nashville, 
 where he was assigned to duty along the Nash 
 ville & Chattanooga R. R., at Stephenson, Ala. 
 After the war was over he continued there 
 gathering up Government property, which he 
 shipped to Nashville. Whilst at Camp Pren 
 tiss he was in charge of upwards of 3OCr men 
 and in command of the Post. He continued in 
 the service till Sept. 5, 1865, when he was mus 
 tered out. 
 
 Capt. Welsh was born in 111., Oct. 23rd, 
 1835, a son of James G. and Sarah (Booth) 
 Welsh, the former born June 25th, 1811 and 
 the latter Sept. 16, 1816, both of whom are now 
 living having many years ago passed man s 
 allotted span of life. Our subject attained a 
 good education in the common schools re 
 moving in 1859 to Mo., there seeing the open 
 ing scenes of the war. He was at that time an 
 unwilling witness of a M. E. minister being 
 ridden on a rail for having acknowledged that 
 he voted for Lincoln. This occurred immedi 
 ately after the secession of S. C. The Capt. 
 immediately returned home, organized a Co. 
 for three months service, of which he was elect 
 ed 2nd Lieut., but his Co. was not accepted, 
 the call having been filled. For ten years suc 
 ceeding the war he embarked in buying and 
 shipping grain from Adams County, then 
 farmed his father s farm for five years, at the 
 expiration of which he moved to Camp Point, 
 where, owing to his physical disabilities incur 
 red during his army experiences, he is leading 
 a retired and comparatively inactive life. He 
 has filled many responsible positions, among 
 the number having been President of the school 
 board in Golden for two years, and in his pres- 
 
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 ent town has served as township clerk, assessor 
 and street commissioner. He was married 
 Feb. 21, 1865, to Miss Martha H. Mosher, a 
 native of Canada East. 
 
 Capt. Walsh is a prominent member of the 
 Masonic Order, and a Republican in politics. 
 He was mustered into the G. A. R.,in 1867 and 
 was Commander of Post No. 185 under the old 
 organization, and is Commander of the existing 
 Post. Mrs. Welsh is an active worker in the 
 W. R. C.; assisted in its organization, and is a 
 worthy member of the order of Eastern Star 
 and also of the Christian Church. 
 
 FRANK M. ANDRUS, of Peoria, 111., was born 
 in Ohio, May 22, 1845. He worked fora 
 time upon a farm, then learned the mill 
 wright business. He enlisted in the Union army 
 Aug. 19, 1864, in Co. A, iy/th Ohio Vol. Inf., 
 as drummer of the Company. He went to 
 Nashville, then on the Tullahoma expedition, 
 and afterwards was sent to Murfreesboro, sim 
 ultaneously with Hood s appearance at Nash 
 ville. Whilst at Murfreesboro his Regt. was at 
 tacked by Gen. Wheeler s cavalry on the old 
 battle ground of Stone River, and after a vigor 
 ous fight, lasting from 3 P. M. until dark. The ene 
 my was again encountered a few days later and 
 a sharp conflict ensued, when Mr. Andrus nar 
 rowly escaped being taken a prisoner. His 
 Regt. joined the 23d Corps, and took part in 
 the battle of Spring Hill, then followed Hood 
 on his retreat to Clifton. His command took 
 boats to Cincinnati, where the men were placed 
 in box cars for Washington. On this trip the 
 men suffered terribly from cold, as there was 
 no fire in the cars, and one of the men froze to 
 death before reaching their destination. After 
 a few days delay they moved to Annapolis, 
 Md., there took boat for Fort Fisher, and for 
 the following six days braved the attendant 
 discomfitures of a stormy passage, herded 
 together like cattle. They landed at Fort Fisher, 
 and after several days crossed Cape Fear river 
 to Smithtown, and from there marched up to 
 
 Fort Anderson, and surrounded the fort, which 
 the rebels abandoned, burning the bridge over 
 the river after crossing it. The commanding 
 Gen. enlisted the assistance of a darky in en 
 abling them to cross the river. He took them 
 to where there was a flat boat and a canoe, and 
 by stretching ropes across the river this prim 
 itive means of crossing enabled them to trans 
 fer their whole brigade in a short time, and they 
 were soon in the rebel s rear, and there captured 
 300 prisoners and three large guns. The Regt. 
 proceeded to Wilmington, which town was de 
 stroyed by the rebels, as also the railroad station, 
 upon the approach of the Union troops. The 
 following day our subject entered Wilmington, 
 then set out for Goldsborp, where he arrived in 
 advance of Sherman. There he heard the ex 
 ploding guns on the distant field of Bentonville. 
 He then moved with Sherman s army to 
 Raleigh, and after Johnston s surrender went to 
 Greensboro, where he continued until June 27. 
 1865, when he was mustered out. He next 
 proceeded to Baltimore, arriving at Cleveland, 
 July 5th, after covering a distance of 6000 miles 
 during his term of service. During his stay at 
 Murfreesboro for five days he subsisted on a 
 single ear of corn. 
 
 After his discharge he entered into a part 
 nership with his brother at Newburgh, in the 
 manufacture of organs, which business he con 
 tinued upwards of a year, when he was ap 
 pointed assistant postmaster, in the postoffice 
 department. Subsequently, he embarked in 
 the furniture business, but in 1874, removed to 
 Chicago, where he engaged in the manufacture 
 of elevators until June, 1881, when he moved 
 to Moline, where he engaged in the same occu 
 pation. In 1890 he sold out his business and 
 removed to Peoria, and there started the "Peo 
 ria Elevator & Machine Works," which is one 
 of the thriving factories of that city. Mr. An 
 drus place of business is 207 Water Street, 
 where all kinds of elevators and hoisting 
 machines are made. In 1866, he married Miss 
 Edith Payne, by whom he has two boys, Fred 
 R., and Harold G. 
 
 He is a Republican, but not an office-seeker, 
 a member of the G. A. R., of the Odd Fellows, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 a Free Mason, and a member of the Knights 
 of Pythias, in which he is Past Chancellor of 
 the Lodge. He is a consistent member of the 
 Universalist Church. 
 
 OB. SAWDEY, of Gifford, 111., enlisted in 
 the late war, Aug. 25, 1862, at New- 
 ton, Jasper Co., Iowa, in an la. Vol. 
 Int. Regt., and was mustered in as fourth Ser 
 geant. The Regt. went to Davenport, thence 
 to St. Louis, where the men were equipped and 
 started by rail for Rolla, where they were 
 engaged guarding the army supplies, R. Rs., and 
 escorting supplies to the front. They joined 
 the army commanded by Gen. Davidson, at 
 West Plains, after a 5 days march, reaching 
 their destination Jan. 27, 1863, where the Regt. 
 was brigaded with the 2 1st and 23rd la., and 
 designated 1st Brigade, 1st Div., army of 
 S. E. Mo. Remained there until the arrival of 
 a supply train, and on Feb. took up its line of 
 march toward Pilot Knob and Iron Mountain, 
 but owing to impassable roads considerable 
 delay was experienced in moving, and, supplies 
 being exhausted, the Regt. was twice compelled 
 to halt and grind corn to subsist upon. This 
 long march through the mountains at that 
 season of the year, was a severe one upon- 
 the raw recruits, but they endured the hard 
 ships and privations without a murmur. They 
 continued at Iron Mountain until March 9, 
 u hen they moved to take part in the opera 
 tions against Vicksburg, joining Gen. Grant s 
 forces at Milliken s Bend, where his forces were 
 being concentrated. Mr. Sawdey s Regt. was 
 assigned to the I3th A. C., under Gen. McCler- 
 nand, and engaged with the 2ist, 22nd and 
 23rd Iowa, and nth Wis., with Col. Harris 
 commanding. Proceeding from here to Rich 
 mond, La., then to Jenkins Landing and down 
 the river, landing at Hard Times, opposite the 
 mouth of Black River, where they were engaged 
 holding the attention of the Rebel batteries 
 and bombarding its forts, but this was soon 
 abandoned. They next moved to Grand Gulf, 
 then on to Port Gibson, where on May I, 1863, 
 
 they had a desperate encounter with the enemy, 
 driving him in confusion from the field, cap 
 turing many prisoners and many pieces of 
 artillery. 
 
 Mr. Sawdey was next engaged in the battle 
 of Champion Hills, being for a time held in 
 reserve, headed for Black River where the en 
 emy was strongly fortified. His brigade was 
 ordered to charge the works and drive them 
 out. It gallantly responded, carried the works 
 and rushed across the bayou and into the tim 
 ber, where it captured all those who sought and 
 retreated there. His Regt. was detailed to 
 gather up the arms and supplies left behind by 
 the fleeing rebels, and also to bury the dead. 
 He then moved on to Vicksburg and during the 
 bloody assault on May 22nd his Regt. lost 24 
 men. It then took part in the siege 47 days, 
 holding an important and exposed position in 
 the front. The day following the surrender of 
 Vicksburg, the command started for Jackson. 
 They then returned to Vicksburg, passing over 
 the old battlefields of Black River and Cham 
 pion Hills, and after a short stay at Vicksburg, 
 took transports for New Orleans, going into 
 Camp Carlton. Mr. Sawdey next moved to 
 Algiers, La., where his Regt. was assigned to 
 the 2nd Brig., 2d Div., igth A. C., with Gen. 
 Grover commanding. He took part in Banks 
 Red River campaign, then moved to Fortress 
 Monroe, then up the James river to Bermuda 
 Hundred Landing; joined the forces of Gen. 
 Butler and then moved to Washington, where 
 his Regt. was temporarily attached to Gen. 
 Terry s Div., and assigned to duty in the 
 trenches extending across the peninsula from 
 the James to the Appomattox Rivers. It was 
 soon after ordered to report at Washington 
 City, there going into camp on the Heights of 
 Georgetown overlooking the city. Subsequently 
 his Regt. moved to join Gen. Sheridan on his 
 expedition in the Shenandoah Valley, passing 
 through Snicker s Gap and wading the Shenan 
 doah River; met Sheridan s command at Bcrry- 
 ville and took part in the battle of Opequan or 
 Winchester, then marched to Fipper s Hill and 
 fought another battle, again defeating him, then 
 moved on to Harrisonburg, where they remained 
 
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 for a short time, and then on to Cedar Creek. 
 Leaving here, they moved to Fisher s Hill, when 
 they were under the fire of the rebel sharp 
 shooters, captured the place, then marched 
 through Edinburg, Mount Jackson, New Mar 
 ket, Harrisburg and Mount Crawford, then 
 returning to Harrisburg, where they encamped 
 until Oct. 19, 1864, when the victorious Sheri 
 dan, having driven his vanquished foes from 
 the Shenandoah Valley, accomplishing the ob 
 ject of the campaign, returned to Cedar Creek. 
 There they built fortifications, but being attacked 
 by the enemy fell back, gradually for three 
 miles in the direction of Winchester, contesting 
 every foot of ground over which they were re- 
 retreating. Sheridan who had been absent in 
 Washington, on arriving at the nearest R. R. 
 station, heard the distant thundering of artil 
 lery, and realizing that he was wanted, mounted 
 his horse and galloped in haste in the direction 
 of his command, and after a most vigorous ride 
 met his men fleeing in confusion before the 
 enemy. He immediately grasped his situation, 
 ordered a stand, pledging his word that he 
 would lead them back and lick h 1 out of 
 them." Sheridan s men had unbounded confi 
 dence in him, readily responded to his sugges 
 tion, returned and met the foe, assaulted him 
 vigorously and in a short time had him fleeing 
 in confusion with great slaughter. In this en 
 gagement Mr. Sawdey s Regt. took a prominent 
 part, and assisted in the capture of upwards 
 of 2,000 prisoners and considerable war ma 
 terial. He next received orders to report 
 at Baltimore, where he went into barracks. 
 After a short delay he proceeded by transport 
 to Savannah, Ga., where he expected to remain 
 during the remainder of his term, but on March 
 8, 1865, proceeded to Moorhead, N. C., thence 
 by rail to Newboro, but on arrival was ordered 
 back to Moorhead, where his Regt. was detailed 
 to the Quartermaster s Division, until April 
 2nd, when he again returned to Savannah and 
 in the early part of the following month went 
 to Augusta, Ga., distant 130 miles. He re 
 turned afterwards to Savannah, when on Aug. 
 25th, Mr. Sawdey was mustered out and subse 
 quently paid off and discharged, at Davenport, 
 
 Iowa, after a service of three years, in which time 
 he helped to fight many heavy battles of the 
 great Rebellion, and was ever found in the ranks, 
 came home without a scratch and did not suffer 
 the indignity of being captured. After the war 
 was over and before his discharge he was off 
 for a short time, which was his only absence 
 from duty. 
 
 He had four brothers in the army Francis 
 served in the nth Wis., Elijah in I3th Wis., 
 James in the 3rd Wis., being wounded in the 
 battle of Winchester, and Jeremiah was a mem 
 ber of the 1 2th 111. Cav. In fact, all the boys 
 of his family were in the service, and the father, 
 although bending under his years, sought en 
 listment, but was rejected. He, however, con 
 soled himself on reflecting, that he had five 
 sons in the army who were fired with patriotism 
 and devotion to their country. 
 
 Mr. Sawdey was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., 
 in 1830, son of Elijah and Catharine (Briggs) 
 Sawdey. He was reared upon the farm, re 
 ceived a common school education and then 
 went at the shoe-making trade. In 1848 he 
 started West, locating near Freeport, 111., and 
 six years after moved to Jasper Co., la., where 
 he engaged in the harness business. After the 
 war he settled in Peoria Co., 111., until 1869; 
 then went to Champaign Co. for a time and 
 finally, in 1879, removed to Gifford, where he 
 resumed his trade of harness-maker. He is 
 one of the charter members of the G. A. R. 
 Post at Gifford, and was its first commander; he 
 is an Odd Fellow; a member of the board of 
 education, and a staunch Republican. He 
 married Sept. 13, 1855, Margaret Smith of 
 Ohio, and had three children Arietta, Eliza 
 beth and Scymanthia, only the first named now 
 living. 
 
 An excellent mechanic and an industrious, 
 honorable business man, a brave and courage 
 ous soldier, Mr. Sawdey conducts a large and 
 prosperous business, lives in peace and com 
 fort with his devoted wife and family, beloved 
 by them and highly esteemed by all those who 
 enjoy his acquaintance. He has always voted 
 the Republican ticket, for Lincoln in i860, and 
 for every Republican President since. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 CAPTAIN FRANCIS FULLER, of G&lesburg, 
 111. There are few men in the State 
 more widely or favorably known in 
 financial circles, and fewer still who are more 
 loved and admired for their strict integrity and 
 genial, social qualities, than the man whose 
 name heads this memoir, the time-honored 
 President of the First National Bank. 
 
 He was born in Rutland, Vt., May 20, 1815, 
 and is the son of Frederick A. and Rachael 
 (Gordon) Fuller. The elder Fuller was a 
 native of Conn., and a direct descendant of Dr. 
 Samuel Fuller, who came over in the May 
 Flower. The Gordons were descended from a 
 distinguished Scotch family, a member of whom 
 immigrated to this country at an early period in 
 its history. Frederick Fuller left Connecticut 
 at an early day, about the year of 1800, locating 
 at Rutland, Vt., and became one of the first 
 and leading merchants of that town. He and 
 his good wife Rachael, were the parents of five 
 children -Samuel G., Frederick A. .Francis, Dud 
 ley B., and Mary Ann; of whom only Frederick 
 and the subject of this biography are living. 
 
 Francis was brought up beneath the parent 
 al roof, where he was carefully trained and ed 
 ucated, finishing his course of school studies at 
 the Rutland Academy. During this time he 
 assisted his father in his mercantile pursuits, 
 securing thereby a good business education, 
 which in subsequent years was of great advan 
 tage to him. 
 
 Finding that he would like a newer and 
 larger field to operate in, one more commen 
 surate with his ambition, in Dec., 1839, young 
 Francis left his home and the companions of his 
 youth, and directing his course toward the great 
 West, located after a time in Grayville, White 
 County, 111., where he began his career as a 
 merchant. After remaining there three years, 
 he closed Up his business and removed to Mt. 
 Carmel and engaged in hotel keeping, and at 
 the same time edited a Newspaper, known as 
 the Mt. Carmel Register, which was devoted to 
 the advancement of the doctrines of the Whig 
 party. 
 
 Mr. Fuller disposed of his interests at Mt. 
 Carmel, and in 1848, removed to Newton, Jas 
 
 per Co., 111., where he once more engaged in 
 the mercantile business. He was eminently 
 successful there and had an extensive trade, 
 operating until 1856, when he commenced to 
 wind up business with the aid of W. C. Harris, 
 a young man of fine character, whom he had 
 raised and taken in as a partner, and for whom 
 he had a great liking. Before his business 
 matters were closed up, however, the war came 
 on, and the first he knew young Harris had 
 gathered up about a hundred of the boys of 
 the county and had enlisted. This did not 
 suit Mr. Fuller, as he wanted the valuable as 
 sistance of Harris in closing up his business. 
 He expostulated with him, and offered him a 
 thousand dollars to remain. This Harris then 
 felt he could not honorably do without break 
 ing faith with the company he had raised and 
 who had chosen him as their Captain. 
 
 His company was mustered into the 38th 
 111. Inf., at Springfield, and was commanded by 
 Col. W. P. Carlin. Mr. Fuller s patriotic im 
 pulses could not be suppressed, even at the de 
 mand of financial interests, and he was soon at 
 Springfield offering his services to his country. 
 There he found his old friends, Gov. Yates, 
 Jessie DuBois and others, who were anxious to 
 give him a regimental appointment, but he 
 wanted to serve with his young friend Harris. 
 
 It was finally arranged to give him the 
 Lieut. Colonelcy of the 38th. This responsi 
 bility he did not want to assume, and told the 
 Governor that there were enough ambitious 
 persons unacquainted with military affairs that 
 were willing to take such positions at the 
 risk of slaughtering men without his assistance; 
 but that he thought that he could make a very 
 fair Quartermaster. Upon this hint the Gov 
 ernor acted, and Mr. Fuller became Quarter 
 master of the 38th 111., with the rank of 1st 
 Lieut., his commission bearing date Sept 16, 
 1 86 1, and was raised to the rank of Captain 
 April 21, 1863. 
 
 After the regiment was organized and 
 equipped it was ordered to Pilot Knob, where 
 it made its winter headquarters and base of 
 operations. During this time it had quite a 
 sharp action at Frederickstown. 
 
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 Early in the Spring of 1862, the forces at 
 Pilot Knob, some 15,000 strong, were ordered 
 out on an expedition to Jacksonport, Ark., under 
 command of Col. Carlin. While at Black 
 River, where they were detained some time 
 collecting supplies, Gen. Steele came to assume 
 command and relieve Col. Carlin, and not hav 
 ing a Quartermaster, Capt. Fuller was assigned 
 to his staff as such. He remained in this com 
 mand during the balance of his service. This 
 force was then known as the Army of South- 
 East Missouri. Soon after their arrival at 
 White River, Gen. Curtis came up to Batesville 
 with his army, and he being the ranking officer, 
 Steele s command was ordered to join him, 
 where the forces remained some weeks getting 
 ready for the campaign. They then marched 
 down the river to Clarendon, with some skir 
 mishing on the way, and crossed the river at 
 Helena, arriving there July 5th. Here the 
 forces remained until late in the fall, when Gen. 
 Sherman came down and assumed command and 
 the army, started by water for Vicksburg, mak 
 ing a landing at Young s Point. Subsequent 
 ly an assault was made on Chickasaw Bayou, 
 and later Sherman was relieved by McClernand, 
 and the army moved to Arkansas Post, where 
 it had a battle, assisted by the gunboats, cap 
 turing the entire Rebel command. After this 
 engagement the forces moved to Vicksburg for 
 the final siege. Up to the time of the invest 
 ment, Capt. Fuller had the command of a steam 
 boat for his headquarters. Here he had his 
 wife with him, and was quite pleasantly situated. 
 After the investment, he moved his quarters 
 into tents. 
 
 He had then secured his commission with 
 the rank of Captain, his appointment being in 
 the ist Div., I5th Corps. When Vicksburg 
 raised the white flag, Capt. Fuller accompanied 
 his commander, Gen. Steele, who with his staff 
 went in to receive the surrender. About two 
 months after the surrender, Gen. Steele was 
 ordered to Little Rock, and was succeeded by 
 Gen. Osterhaus, temporarily, and with him 
 early in the fall, Capt. Fuller started for Hunts- 
 ville, Ala., where he remained part of the win 
 ter following, Gen. Logan being in command. 
 
 From there the forces moved to Stephenson, 
 on the Tennessee, where they remained for a 
 time, and then moved on to Chattanooga, leav 
 ing Capt. Fuller in charge of matters relating 
 to his official duties. He rejoined his com 
 mand later, and was with it in the Atlanta cam 
 paign. Capt. Fuller s health had long been 
 failing, and when the army reached Big 
 Shanty, he became unable to discharge his 
 duties. Still he was loth to surrender, though 
 Gen. Logan and many others had advised his 
 retirement. Seeing his obstinacy, Gen. Logan, 
 who was his warm friend, brought the Medical 
 Director of the army to examine the Captain, 
 who after a careful diagnosis of his case, in 
 sisted on his resignation. Accordingly he ten 
 dered his resignation, which was accepted. He 
 was furnished with a special car to Chatta 
 nooga, with liberal attendance, and with all 
 conveniences obtainable in camp life. As his 
 car was about to start, Gen. Carlin peeped in. 
 He was in trouble in not being able to get 
 transportation for himself and staff North, and 
 Capt. Fuller invited him to take part of his 
 car. He had a comfortable trip to Chatta 
 nooga, where he met his young friend Harris, 
 at the hospital, who was suffering from a wound 
 in his leg. Later gangrene set in, and he sud 
 denly died. 
 
 From Chattanooga, Capt. Fuller was able 
 to take a hospital car to Nashville, and after 
 some delay there was able to take a passenger 
 car for home, which was then in Galesburg, he 
 having previously purchased a residence there, 
 and located his family. He arrived at Gales- 
 burg, after about three years of army service. 
 
 Capt. Fuller has a high estimation of Gen. 
 Steele, as a soldier and as a man, and relates 
 many interesting incidents connected with 
 him, illustrating his high character. They were 
 much attached to each other. Capt. Fuller has 
 the reputation of being one of the best Quar 
 termasters of the late war. The soldiers in 
 his command never went hungry, if it was in 
 his power to prevent it. He always made it a 
 rule to pay cash for all supplies, obtained on 
 foraging expeditions from loyal citizens, and 
 where there was a question of doubt, he issued 
 
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 vouchers payable when such persons had es 
 tablished their loyalty. He selected his clerks 
 from the ranks, and as they only were allowed 
 soldier s pay, he divided his compensation with 
 them, as he said he did not enter the service 
 for gain. 
 
 Soon after his return from the army, Presi 
 dent Mathews, of the First National Bank re 
 signed, and Capt. Fuller was selected to accept 
 the position. He declined at first, saying he 
 knew nothing about banking business. After 
 further urging from the directors and stock 
 holders, he finally accepted the Presidency, 
 which he has continuously held since. It was 
 not long before he clearly demonstrated that if 
 he was unacquainted with banking at the time 
 oi his acceptance of the position, he soon mas 
 tered its science. His success in this depart 
 ment of finance is evidenced by his being con 
 tinued so long in the service. 
 
 He was united in marriage at Richmond, 
 Vt., Dec. 26, 1838, to Adelia A., daughter of 
 William Rhodes, who was among the early 
 settlers of Winoosky Valley, Vt. Seven child 
 ren blessed this union, Francis Gordon, Mary 
 E M William R., Francis W., Chas N., Dudley 
 R., and Ellen A. All died but Francis W., 
 now a citizen of Galesburg. He was married 
 Aug. 30, 1869, to Jennie E. Hull. They have 
 one child, Frederick H. F. 
 
 Captain Fuller is a member of the G. A. R. 
 Post of Galesburg. He is devoted to 
 the principles of the Republican party, but has 
 never sought office. He has been a man of 
 temperate habits, and although he passed 
 through the late war and is well along in years, 
 he is in fair health and strength. He has been 
 one of the prominent factors in the growth and 
 development of the City, ever ready to move in 
 the advancement of enterprises and institutions 
 that would JDC advantageous. He is a devoted 
 husband, an affectionate father, a benevolent 
 and charitable citizen and a genial companion. 
 In the autumn of life, surrounded by a host of 
 friends, he can take a retrospective view of his 
 life and have that sweet enjoyment that comes 
 to those who have discharged faithfully and 
 well the duties placed before them, and who 
 
 have lived not solely for themselves, but to 
 make others happy. Such men become per 
 petual benefactors. The memory of their noble 
 lives continues on, ennobling and blessing 
 others from generation to generation. 
 
 TJ. LOVE, of Peoria, 111., was born in Penn. 
 May 26, 1832, son of John A. Love, who 
 was a great grandson of John Love 
 who settled on Octataro Creek, Pa., in 1/25, on 
 land granted to him by the immortal William 
 Penn. Upon this land generation after gener 
 ation of the family grew up and passed away, 
 and there also the subject of our sketch was 
 born. He worked in a paper mill until the age 
 of 23, when he removed with his father to Ful 
 ton Co., 111., and was employed upon a farm for 
 some years. Later for a time he was employed 
 in a sawmill, and was there at the outbreak of 
 the war. He enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. I, 
 86th 111. Inf. He went to Louisville and was 
 with Gen. Buell on his grand march in pursuit 
 of Bragg, during which the suffering of the men 
 from heat and dust is beyond description. On 
 Oct. 8, of the same year, he participated in the 
 battle of Perryville, and having contracted 
 pneumonia, he was sent to New Albany, Ind., 
 where he remained until Jan. 7, 1863. Having 
 recovered he was placed on provost guard in 
 New Albany until March, then reported to his 
 Regt. at Nashville, after having made repeated 
 applications for that purpose. He joined in 
 the Chattanooga campaign and reached Chick- 
 amauga the evening before that terrific battle 
 opened. On the morning of that great conflict, 
 Gen. Granger finding himself nearly surrounded 
 by rebels, sent a despatch to Gen. McCook 
 asking him to move to his assistance. Gen. 
 McCook selected three regiments (the 86th 
 being one), placed them on skirmish line with 
 instructions to hold the rebels as long as pos 
 sible and then to fall back to the brigade. After 
 desperate fighting the enemy s pickets were 
 driven in, but before his solid columns the gal 
 lant Regt., seeing further resistance would 
 be useless, fell back to find their brigade gone, 
 
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 hut after a good vigorous run they made their 
 escape and joined their regiment. They next 
 moved to Rossville Gap, and the next morning 
 formed a hollow square with a battery in the 
 center, continued in arms during the day, and 
 in the evening were called in action doing 
 splendid work with the battery, forcing the 
 enemy back and holding their line until dark 
 ness closed the day s proceedings. Mr. Love s 
 brigade bears the honor of having opened that 
 desperate battle and of being the last to leave 
 its bloodstained fields. 
 
 They continued that night and the follow 
 ing morning guarding the gap, then retired to 
 Chattanooga, remained there three days and 
 then moved toward Mission Ridge. He took 
 part in the battle at that point, then went on 
 that long and weary march for the relief of 
 Burnsidc, and returned. During this time the 
 men suffered great hardships from cold and 
 hunger. Mr. Love wintered at McAffie 
 Church during the winter of 1863-4, and in the 
 spring joined in the Atlanta campaign, and par 
 ticipated in all the important battles which led 
 up to the fall of that city. Among the num 
 ber may be mentioned Kenesaw Mt., Peach 
 Tree Creek, Atlanta and Jonesboro. At the 
 battle of Kenesaw Mountain, with the regiment, 
 our subject charged up the mountain side and 
 reached the rebel ditches, and finding his gun 
 of no service, threw stones over the walls. 
 Before he was aware, his comrades had fallen 
 back, and soon a stone from a rebel felled him* 
 to the ground, but he escaped. A little later 
 he sought refuge behind a tree, but there 
 a rebel bullet grazed the top of his head, taking 
 the hair with it. He followed the fortunes of 
 his brigade to Pulaski and Florence, Ala., then 
 to Rome, Ga. He next participated in Sher 
 man s march to the sea; then with him turned 
 northward up through the Carolinas, taking 
 part in the battles of Lawtonville, Averysboro 
 and Bentonville, at the latter of which he was 
 severely wounded. He had his gun raised to 
 his shoulder in the act of firing, when a bullet 
 struck him just above the mouth, carrying 
 away six upper teeth as well as the roof 
 of his mouth. He fell forward to the ground 
 
 insensible, with his face in the crown of his 
 hat, which soon filled with blood and came near 
 suffocating him. He regained consciousness, 
 and with the assistance of a comrade got back 
 to the hospital, where the ball was extracted 
 and the wound dressed. He returned home, and 
 after recovering, reported at Springfield and 
 was discharged at Chicago, July 25, 1865, 35 
 months after his enlistment. 
 
 Mr. Love was married in 1857, to Miss 
 Adeline McCullough, by whom he has one son, 
 Elmer, who is now married. In 1867, Mr. 
 Love entered the employ of the C., B. & O. R. 
 R. Co., and has been an officer of that gigantic 
 corporation ever since. He has improved his 
 opportunities and gathered around him suffi 
 cient of this world s goods to satisfy the wants 
 of a modest man. In politics he is a Repub 
 lican. 
 
 DAVID R. MAGILL, one of the prominent 
 merchants and business men of Sidney, 
 111., is the subject of this sketch. In 
 response to the President s first call for troops, 
 in April, 1861, impelled by patriotic pride, and 
 fearful for the wellfare of his country, he en 
 listed as a soldier in the Union Army, but his 
 Co. was not accepted, as the complement of 
 men from that section had already been mus 
 tered in. He had not long, however, to wait, as 
 a second call was issued a few months later, to 
 which he again responded, enlisting Nov, 19, 
 1861, in Co. E, 57th 111. Vol. Inf., under Capt. 
 D. D. Adams, who was killed in the battle of 
 Shiloh. Mr. Magill was mustered in at Chica 
 go, sent to Cairo, where he remained for a few 
 weeks, then proceeded by boat to Fort Henry, 
 where he was first exposed to the rebel fire, 
 then on to Ft. Donelson, and there participated 
 in the vigorously-fought battle at that place. 
 Closely following this, he participated in the 
 terrible encounter on the blood-stained field of 
 Shiloh, where his Capt., among others of the 
 Regt., fell victims to Southern bullets. He then 
 assisted in the siege of Corinth, and, even after 
 its evacuation, continued in the vicinity of that 
 
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 rebel stronghold, guarding railroads and army 
 supplies. Leaving here, he participated in two 
 heavy battles and several skirmishes, before the 
 battle of Corinth. On Oct. 3, 1862, with his 
 Regt.. he took part in the battle of Corinth, and, 
 while in the hottest of the fight, making an at 
 tack on Ft. Robert, he fell, struck with a bul 
 let, which pierced his right hip and shattered 
 the bone. He was conveyed to hospital at Jef 
 ferson Barracks, St. Louis, where he suffered 
 terrible agony formany weeks, but in Jan., 1863, 
 he had recovered somewhat, and desired again 
 to risk his life in the company of his comrades. 
 He found his command in winter quarters at 
 Corinth, and early in the spring started on the 
 campaign through Tenn., having many small 
 engagements and skirmishes with the enemy. 
 Subsequently he moved on the expedition hav 
 ing for its object the capture of Atlanta, and 
 participated in all the battles, marches and skir 
 mishes of that campaign until the object of the 
 movement was crowned with success and the city 
 of Atlanta had acknowledged the Republican 
 supremacy. In the battle of Peach Tree Creek 
 he was again wounded in the right leg, below 
 the knee, and had the bone shattered. He re 
 fused, however, to go to hospital, but, enduring 
 excruciating pain, he trudged along with his 
 command. 
 
 He was wounded on two of the occasions, 
 once on the right side of the head, the other on 
 the right knee with a spent bullet. Neither of 
 these wounds however were serious, although 
 his blood flowed freely on each occasion. Af 
 ter having them dressed he returned to the 
 ranks and accompanied his Regt. Thus com 
 rade Magill was four times wounded, and it is a 
 peculiar fact that on each occasion it was upon 
 the right side of his person. He participated 
 in the grand march to the sea expedition, 
 reaching S.avannah after a series of heavy 
 marches and skirmishes, and on arrival was 
 almost exhausted from excessive work, but 
 there he obtained a much-needed rest. He 
 then moved with the army on its northward 
 march through the Carolinas fighting for the 
 last time in the battle of Bentonville, and at the 
 close of the war moved on to Washington, 
 
 where he took part in the grand review. Leav 
 ing here he went to Louisville, lay there in 
 camp until Aug. 25, 1865, when he was mus 
 tered out, having spent nearly four of the best 
 years of his life in defending his country. The 
 only occasion of his absence from duty during 
 this long service, was when furloughed for 30 
 days upon re-enlistment, and when in hospital 
 suffering from a wound in the hip. He was 
 engaged in many of the great and desperate 
 battles of the war, some 22 in number, besides 
 many ha/ardous and exciting skirmishes. Our 
 hero descended from fighting stock, his grand 
 father Magill having fought in the Revolution 
 ary war, whilst his father, Capt. Jas. Magill, 
 was a Capt. in the Mexican war, having won 
 that position by reason of his many acts of 
 bravery and heroism displayed in sanguinary 
 conflicts. He was wounded in the side, is still 
 living at an advanced age, and still carrying the 
 ball embedded in his body, has a constant re 
 minder of his army experiences. He again be 
 came a conspicuous figure at the last war and 
 displayed the same courage and skill that he 
 did in his former service. 
 
 William and James Magill, brothers of our 
 subject, were also in the army. The former 
 serving in Arizona and the latter in Hancock s 
 Reserve, in which he was a 1st Lieut, serving 
 for four years. 
 
 Mr. Magill has declared his patriotism upon 
 the field, and in a quiet way continues to pro 
 claim it by his active and untiring interest in 
 the cause of those institutions growing out of 
 the war, being prominently identified with all 
 G. A. R. work. He is a charter member of the 
 Sidney Post, and was its second Commander. 
 He was born in Lockport, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1843, 
 of old Revolutionary stock who had settled in 
 the new world, coming from Ireland in the early 
 history of America. He moved with his par 
 ents, when 3 years old, to Coshocton Co., where 
 he remained until the age of 1 1, obtained an 
 ordinary school education, and in 1854, went 
 West, settling upon the then unbroken prairies 
 of Champaign Co., 111. Here he was brought 
 up upon a farm until his enlistment. 
 
 After the war Mr. Magill engaged in farm- 
 
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 ing, but his physical injuries received during 
 the war incapacitated him for farm work, hence 
 he moved to Sidney, where he was clerking 
 until he purchased the business in which he had 
 so long been acting as clerk, and since then it 
 has been with him an unbroken line of business 
 success. He has filled many positions of trust, 
 having been Alderman of the town and member 
 of the Board of Education. He was married in 
 1869 to Marilla Caster, a very estimable woman 
 and devoted wife. Mr. Magill adheres to the 
 Republican faith. 
 
 AMONG the large and prominent gentlemen 
 and farmers of the State of 111., none de 
 serves a more extended notice than does 
 Captain D. C. Hanna. He was born a little 
 distance southwest of Little York in Warren 
 Co., 111., June 8, 1836, a son of John and Sarah 
 (Crawford) Hanna, who removed from the 
 State of Ind. The father was of Scotch 
 descent, whilst the mother was of old Virginia 
 ancestry. Captain Hanna was born and con 
 tinued his younger days upon his father s farm, 
 receiving his education at the district school of 
 Pleasant Green. In 1859 he traveled West to 
 Colorado, returned and then made a second 
 trip thither in the following year, taking two 
 teams with him, and proceeded as far as 
 Boulder and Denver. That same fall with 
 others he went as far south as Santa Fe, N. M., 
 in a vain hunt for gold, which always disap 
 peared upon his approach. He returned to 
 Denver, where he continued until the fall of 
 1861, then returned to 111., and in the follow 
 ing spring assisted in organizing a company of 
 volunteers for the war, which subsequently be 
 came a part of the 83rd 111. Regt. He enlisted 
 as a private, but at muster was elected ist 
 Lieut, of Co. C, 9ist 111. Vol. Inf. The Regt. 
 left Camp Butler and moved to Louisville, 
 thence to Shepardsville, where it was engaged 
 for several weeks, then went to Nolansville, 
 where Captain Hanna s Co. was employed in 
 guarding the railroad, the other portion of the 
 Regt. being at different points between Eliza- 
 
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 beth and Louisville. About four weeks there 
 after rebel John Morgan with a heavy force 
 appeared and captured the whole Regt. They 
 were detained by him one night, then paroled 
 and returned to Louisville, The Regt. then 
 proceeded to Benton Barracks until exchanged 
 the following June, when it reassembled and 
 moved to Vicksburg, and a little Jater went to 
 New Orleans. It was present when Gen. Grant 
 held his review at that point, which was the 
 only occasion Captain Hanna ever saw the 
 future President. His Regt. was then sent to 
 operate against the rebel, Dick Taylor, at Mor- 
 ganzia Bend, and on Sept. /th had an engage 
 ment with the rebels, but as he had superior 
 numbers, the Union forces fell back. On the 
 following day the gist advanced and attacked 
 the rebels, driving them across the Atchafalaya 
 River, killing a large number and capturing 
 about 20O prisoners. The Regt. then fell back 
 to Morganzia, taking possession of that town 
 on Sept. 10, and remained there until Oct. 10, 
 when they moved to New Orleans and were 
 assigned to the ist Brig., 2nd Div., I3th A. C., 
 Gen. Vandever commanding. 
 
 On Oct. 23, the gist with its.Div., started for 
 Texas and skirmished all the way from Point 
 Isabella, Texas, to Brownville, arriving at the 
 last named place Nov. 9, when it went into 
 winter quarters. Leaving Brownville, it made 
 a raid on Salt Lake, 90 miles distant, captured 
 a lake of salt two miles square, a few hundred 
 horses, mules and cattle which were promptly 
 confiscated for the good of the command. 
 The lake, however, was left behind for the 
 advantage of future generations. While at 
 Brownville the Captain witnessed a battle upon 
 the Mexican frontier, between the Maximilian 
 and Mexican troops. The Regt. did frontier 
 duty until July 28, 1864, when it moved to 
 Brazos de Santiago, Texas, where it was again 
 employed at similar duty. It engaged the 
 enemy at Bagdad, on the north side of the Rio 
 Grande, and drove the rebels over the historic 
 battle ground of Palo. Alto where the enemy 
 suffered severely in killed and wounded. On 
 Dec. 24, the gist broke camp, took transports 
 for New Orleans, and on arrival did provost 
 
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 duty until Feb., 1865. While there the men 
 were obliged to draw water for upwards of five 
 miles, for cooking and drinking purposes. 
 The rebels would lay in ambush for the water 
 trains, and shot and killed many of the drivers 
 and guards, and to prevent further casualties, 
 the authorities had salt water distilled. 
 
 During the stay here the Captain had sev 
 eral skirmishes with the enemy which were 
 about the only means of relieving the monot 
 ony of his stay at that point. The men became 
 terribly afflicted with scurvy, which proved 
 fatal in many cases. On Feb. 21, the 9 ist and 
 another Regt. were placed on board the trans 
 port "Katie Dale" and started for Mobile Point. 
 The weather became stormy and all became 
 deathly sea sick, and being crowded together 
 like sheep, they suffered terribly during the 
 twelve days passage. Several of the trans 
 ports, owing to the heavy weather, were 
 wrecked, but after much suffering and expos 
 ure the men were all safely landed. They 
 joined in the advance against Mobile, traveling 
 through swamps, many miles of which they 
 were compelled to curdoroy, wade creeks and 
 swim streams, coming up with the enemy on 
 the 2;th of March, the gist in advance; went 
 to the attack upon the double quick, but the 
 enemy retreated within Spanish Fort and 
 Blakely, the key to Mobile. Spanish Fort 
 was then besieged and surrendered 14 days 
 later, whereupon the 91 st moved to Blakely, 
 engaged the enemy and assisted in capturing 
 the place - the same day Mobile surrendered. 
 Gen. Hardee was in command of the rear 
 guard of the retreating rebel forces and delayed 
 to carry off his stores, but was attacked by the 
 gist, near Whistler, on Eight Mile Creek, and 
 routed. This was the last engagement east of 
 the Miss. River. In August, 1863, Captain Mc- 
 Kinney resigned, whereupon, Captain Hanna 
 was chosen to the command of his company, 
 and commissioned Captain. The gist con 
 tinued in pursuit of the enemy until it reached 
 the Tombigbee River near Nanahubba Bluff, 
 where it went into quarters and began building 
 Fort Granger until May 9, when news of Dick- 
 Taylor s surrender reached them. It took 
 
 transports and proceeded down the river to 
 Mobile, where it lay until Feb. 12, 1865, when 
 it was mustered out. While at Mobile the 
 arsenal was blown up. The Captain at the 
 time was asleep, but afterwards examined the 
 ruins it was one of the heaviest explosions of 
 modern or ancient times. 
 
 After being mustered out Captain Hanna 
 proceeded to Springfield, 111., where he was 
 paid off and discharged, then returned home, 
 his father having died whilst the son was in the 
 army. He was elected County Clerk for Hen 
 derson County in 1869, and moved to Oquaka, 
 where he served two terms, attending at the 
 same time to his farming operations. He was 
 married Oct. 17, 1866, to Miss Mattie Heaton, 
 daughter of Jas. and Nancy Heaton, who came 
 from Ohio. Mr. Heaton was a second cousin 
 to Patrick Henry, who figured prominently in 
 the war of the Revolution. His father, James 
 Heaton, was a son of Jona Heaton, who made 
 the first gun manufactured in the State of Ken 
 tucky. The Captain has nine children, viz.: 
 Catherine, George F., Louis H., Edward E., 
 Mabel E., Mattie E., Seppie L., Quinta and 
 John, the baby. He is a member of the G. A. 
 R. Post at Monmouth, a Free Mason, and has 
 always taken an active interest in politics and 
 is always looked upon by his party as one of 
 the leading men, when work requiring good 
 judgment is required to be done in the interest 
 of the party. Although he resides in the city, 
 he still continues to operate his farm and is 
 always looked upon as a reliable and thrifty 
 man, and upon all matters pertaining to farm 
 ing and stock raising he is considered an 
 authority, being one of the most extensive 
 farmers in the State of Illinois. 
 
 DOCTOR SAMUEL E. ADAMS, Proprietor and 
 Consulting Physician of the Spring 
 Hill Sanitarium of Peoria, 111., was born 
 in N. Y. State, Aug. 15, 1827, where he received 
 his education, qualifying him for a teacher. 
 He then moved to Ohio, engaged in that pro- 
 
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 fession and was found there when the late Re 
 bellion burst upon the country. His was a 
 patriotism, characterized by his acts, whilst 
 thousands of others only exhibited theirs by 
 empty talk and wild articulations. Three days 
 after the President s first call for troops our 
 young pedagogue abandoned his school, raised 
 a Co., of which he was selected as 1st Lieuten 
 ant, and which became part of the 2Oth Ohio 
 Vol. Inf. Soon he was on the campaign 
 through Western Va., took part in the battle of 
 Laurel Hill, under Gen. Rosecrans, and sev 
 eral other engagements during the four months 
 trip, after which he was mustered out, his term 
 having expired. He re-enlisted the same day 
 and helped recruit a Regt. of sharpshooters 
 under Gen. Fremont, known as the 8ist Ohio, 
 of which Adams was Quartermaster. His 
 Regt. operated in Northern Mo. during the 
 winter i86i- 2,and in the spring participated in 
 the famous battle of Shiloh, as part of 2nd 
 Brig., 2nd Div., i6th A. C., then moved on to 
 the siege of Corinth, and later took part in the 
 battle at that point on the 3rd and 4th of Oct., 
 1862. Dr. Adams was standing near Gen. 
 Oglesby when the latter was wounded, and 
 saw that gallant commander as he fell from his 
 horse. Soon after this our subject was pro 
 moted to be Quartermaster of his Brig., and 
 for the following months they were continually 
 raiding and harassing the enemy in Ala. and 
 Miss., while Grant was successfully operating 
 against Vicksburg. During the winter i862- 3 
 his Brig, was sent upon a very heavy expedi 
 tion to repair and protect the R. R. to enable 
 Grant s army to be moved thereon. This oc 
 curred in mid-winter, and to add to Dr. Adams, 
 onerous duties, he was appointed as Div. 
 Quartermaster on the staff of Gen. Sweeney, 
 having charge of the supply trains. To keep 
 up with his work, he worked day and night in 
 the saddle, with the enemy, with whom they 
 had constant skirmishes, always near by. The 
 Regt., by reason of sickness and death, became 
 small numerically, hence the Dr. was com 
 missioned to proceed to Ohio for recruits. Be 
 fore going, however, he had the several com 
 panies consolidated into four companies, then 
 
 was empowered to enlist whom he pleased 
 and make his own selection of officers. He 
 raised six companies in a short time, in all 687 
 men and officers, expending from his own 
 pocket $900, which has never been refunded to 
 him, on the peculiar excuse that he has no 
 vouchers to show for it, notwithstanding the 
 fact that on returning to the front he was 
 called hastily into action, his quarters being 
 captured by Gen. Hood, who destroyed all the 
 papers. He assisted to build the R. R. from 
 Columbia, Tenn., to Decatur, Ala. 
 
 The winter of i863- 4 was passed without 
 any peculiar incident beyond the hardships usu 
 ally attendant upon the army, aggravated, in 
 this instance, by a terrific shortage of rations, 
 reduced, at times, to a cracker per day. In the 
 battle of Buzzards Roost, in the campaign 
 against Atlanta, we also find our gallant young 
 soldier doing his whole duty, regardless of his 
 surrounding danger, and participating in all the 
 important battles of that expedition. Owing to 
 exposure and hardship the previous winter, Dr. 
 Adams health was completely shattered, and 
 his life was threatened, but he stood by his com 
 mand until his term had expired, when he was 
 mustered out, Sept., 1864. He has never recov 
 ered from his dreadful experiences in the army, 
 and at the present time he is confined to his 
 bed in consequence of the constitutional ail 
 ments thus contracted. 
 
 After leaving the army he began the 
 study of medicine, as his health permitted ; 
 graduated from a medical school at Cleve 
 land, Ohio, and immediately commenced the 
 practice of his profession at Troy, O., and 
 later at Springfield, where he continued for 
 many years. He then established the Elec- 
 tro-Pathic Institute, which grew and flour 
 ished under his able supervision. He next 
 moved to Peoria, and then became proprietor 
 of the Spring Hill Sanitarium, which has devel 
 oped into a large and favorably-known institu 
 tion, in which the Dr. is assisted by an able staff 
 of assistants. The edifice is beautifully situated 
 at the foot of the bluff, and waters flow by 
 gravitation from the Sulphur Springs upon the 
 adjoining hillside. Here hundreds of patients 
 
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 afflicted with chronic diseases arc annually 
 treated, and many restored to health. 
 
 Dr. Adams married, before the war, Miss Ada 
 L. Ayers, and, after the Rebellion, she studied 
 medicine with him, and graduated from the 
 same institution and at the sam.e time with her 
 distinguished husband. She was a woman of 
 rare accomplishments, and a prominent lady 
 physician, rendering her spouse valuable aid. 
 Mrs. Adams died soon after the birth of her 
 last child. The names of the children are Frank 
 S., a practicing physician at Marion, Ohio; Pearl 
 (who was so fearfully injured in the Chattsworth 
 R. R. disaster), wife of W. Spaulding; and 
 Ada L. 
 
 Few men were more devoted to their coun 
 try or underwent more hardships for its pre 
 servation than did Dr. Adams. He has since 
 the war devoted the same zeal in the pursuit of 
 his high calling, and the benefit he has conferred 
 will live as a monument to his memory after his 
 mortal dust shall have mingled with the "Clods 
 of the Valley." 
 
 QUINCY A. GILMOKE. In commencing the 
 biography of so distinguished an officer 
 as Gen. Gilmore, the one regret of the 
 author is the want of space to do the 
 subject justice. He was born in the State that 
 produced so many great soldiers during the 
 war Ohio, and at Black River, Loraine Co., 
 Feb. 28, 1825. He was of Scotch-Irish and 
 German extraction. His father, Quartus Gil- 
 more, was a farmer in Mass., where he was born 
 the latter part of the eighteenth century. When 
 about 71 years of age he emigrated to Ohio, 
 locating in what has been widely known as the 
 Western Reserve. It was here that young 
 Quincy was reared, securing all the invigorating 
 benefits of pitmeer life. He remained at home 
 until he was eighteen, working on a farm sum 
 mers, and securing his Quaker schooling in the 
 winter. With a few years of schooling at an 
 academy and a high school, interrupted with 
 teaching, and we find young Gilmore on his 
 way to West Point, from which he was gradu 
 ated at the head of his class in 1849. 
 
 He entered the regular army as brevet sec 
 ond Lieutenant of the Engineer Corps, and 
 served three years as assistant in the defences 
 of the Hampton Roads, Va. In 1852 he was 
 ordered to West Point, where he became 
 instructor of military engineering. In 1850 he 
 was promoted to the rank of First Lieut., and 
 sent to N. Y., where he was placed in charge 
 of the Engineering Agency. It was here he 
 acquired that sound practical knowledge of the 
 power of projectiles and the strength of forts, 
 and the resistance of masonry, that in after 
 years became so useful to him in the defence 
 of his country against internal foes. While here 
 he made a special study of limes, hydraulic 
 cements and mortars, and contributed several 
 articles for publication on these and other 
 scientific subjects of like nature. 
 
 Soon after the war broke out he applied for 
 active field duty. This was granted, and he 
 was promoted to the rank of Captain, and 
 assigned as Chief Engineer to the command of 
 Brig. Gen. T. W. Sherman, who was then organ 
 izing an expedition, in conjunction with Ad 
 miral Dupont, to make descent upon the coast 
 of N. and S. Carolina. He was present when 
 the charge was made by the troops at Hilton 
 Head, and later he was engaged in construct 
 ing fortifications to hold the positions taken. 
 Fort Pulaski was troubling the Government, 
 and Gen. Gilmore was sent out to make a thor 
 ough reconnoissance to ascertain if its reduction 
 was practicable. He made a favorable report, 
 recommending that batteries of mortars and 
 rifle guns be established on Tybee Island, which 
 was about one mile distant from the fort, and 
 also suggested an armament for the undertak 
 ing. This confounded many of the older 
 officers, and subjected the young officer to 
 severe criticism. In no war heretofore waged 
 had the reduction of a hostile fort been 
 attempted by means of batteries at a distance 
 greater than a thousand yards. His proposition 
 was accepted, and he was at once placed in 
 command. Selecting his mortar batteries and 
 rifle guns, General Gilmore began his prepara 
 tions for the investment of the fort. 
 
 The ground all about was of a very uncer- 
 
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 tain nature; there was scarcely anything but 
 muddy marshes covered with ruts and tall 
 grass; over this oozy soil sand-beds had to be 
 made to haul his pieces, which by many was 
 looked upon as almost impossible. After about 
 two months of hard and incessant labor Fort 
 Pulaski was finally invested. These operations 
 had been conducted under the eye of Gen- 
 Sherman (Port Royal Sherman), but he de 
 termined that his favorite young engineer 
 should have all the glory of success, or the 
 censure of defeat, and he was placed in com 
 mand of all the troops, acting as Brig. Gen. 
 
 On the evening of the Qth of April, 1862, 
 he issued his order for the bombardment. The 
 day following, the fort having refused to sur 
 render, the order for action was given. So per 
 fect had been all the arrangements, and effec 
 tive the use of the mortars and rifle guns that 
 on the nth of April the white flag was seen 
 up, and in the afternoon the surrender was 
 made. 
 
 The loss to the Union troops was one man 
 killed. With the surrender of Fort Pulaski 
 were 300 prisoners. The young commander in 
 those few hours of bombardment had con 
 founded the old traditions, unsettled all the old 
 theories regarding the construction of forts, not 
 only in this country, but in Europe, and laid 
 the basis for a new system of fort defences. 
 
 After the surrender he was taken down with 
 a malarial fever, which unfitted him for active 
 duty for several weeks, during which time he 
 had received the appointment of Brig. Gen. of 
 Volunteers, and sent to assist the Governor of 
 New York in equipping and forwarding to the 
 front recruits. In Sept. Gen. Gilmore was as 
 signed to the command of a division of troops 
 that were to operate in Ky. against Gen. Bragg 
 and Kirby Smith, who were invading that State. 
 The invasion of Ky. was abandoned, and he 
 was sent to reorganize the troops after the de 
 feat in Kanawha Valley. In Oct. he was or 
 dered to take command of the post of Lexing 
 ton, and in January following he was placed in 
 command of the central district of Ky., where 
 he had an engagement at Somerset with Gen. 
 Pegram, in which the latter was routed. In 
 
 June he was called to the command of the De 
 partment of the South, and a month later the 
 loth A. C. While in this command he con 
 ducted the operation against Charleston, which 
 consisted of the reduction of Fort Wagner and 
 a descent on Morris Island, and the destruction 
 of Fort Sumter. These forts resisted with 
 great tenacity, and a long, tedious siege was 
 held. The bombardment continued with vary 
 ing results, assisted by the navy, until the 2nd 
 of August, when great gaps were seen in the 
 walls of the stubborn fortress, its casemates 
 were shattered, and it began to look more like 
 a mass of ruins than a formidable fort. 
 
 At this time Gen. Gilmore sent a messenger 
 to Beauregard who was in command, demand 
 ing the surrender, and stating that in the event 
 of refusal, he should open fire on the city of 
 Charleston within four hours. This he proposed 
 to do with his batteries which had been placed 
 within easy range of the heart of the city. 
 Beauregard appeared to ignore this message, 
 and something after midnight the aristocratic 
 dwellers of Charleston were suddenly aroused 
 by the bursting of shells within their midst, 
 The landing of these shells were a great sur 
 prise to the enemy. They were at a loss to 
 know where they came from. Beauregard was 
 unaware that during the fierce artillery combat 
 which Gen. Gilmore had been carrying on on 
 Morris Island, he had also been making a sand- 
 bed far off to the left in the almost bottomless, 
 oozy marsh of the Island to transport and place 
 one of his big guns to cannonade Charleston. 
 It was little wonder that the people were 
 shocked when the "Swamp Angel" spoke to 
 them from its huge throat. Beauregard com 
 plained of the bombardment of Charleston as 
 being unprecedented in the history of warfare, 
 and that he had not been properly notified. 
 Only thirty-six shots were fired from the big 
 gun, when it burst and there was no more firing 
 on the city till after the fall of the forts Wag 
 ner and Gregg. The occupation of the city 
 was delayed by the want of action on the part 
 Admiral Dahlgren, and Gen. Gilmore was great 
 ly embarrassed by the vacillation of that offi 
 cer. What might have been a glorious con- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 quest of this the chief conspiring city against 
 the government, proved in the end but a tame 
 occupation of it, and the country was disap 
 pointed. On Sept. 9, when he determined to 
 make an assault on Wagner he found it evacu 
 ated, and met with no resistance. They occu 
 pied the north of the Island, and their batteries 
 were placed to command Fort Sumter and 
 the city. 
 
 He prepared to take Sumter then by a 
 storming party, but Dalghren had determined 
 on the same plan, so Gilmore withdrew. Dal 
 ghren failed in his plans. The action of the 
 navy greatly amazed Gen. Gilmore. He felt 
 that he could be of no special service in the 
 investment of Charleston, and he asked to be 
 transferred, and was assigned to the Fourth 
 Corps. He was ordered to report to Gen. But 
 ler, at Fortress Monroe. He arrived there 
 May 4, 1864, with his corps, and the day fol 
 lowing moved up the James River, and disem 
 barked at Bermuda Island, joining Gen. W. F. 
 Smith s corps to operate against Richmond and 
 Petersburg. Grant was now at the head of the 
 army, and this movement was intended to co 
 operate with him in his advance South through 
 the Wilderness. They moved forward to Swift 
 Creek, having a slight engagement with the 
 enemy. Finding they could not keep their po 
 sition there, they moved back to the entrench 
 ments at Bermuda Island. The demonstrations 
 against Richmond were finally met by the en 
 emy. May 16, his corps was engaged in the 
 battle of Drury s Bluff. This movement was 
 not as successful as it was expected to be, and 
 Butler ordered a retreat. There was a want of 
 harmony between the two Generals from the 
 first. Neither from temperment or experience 
 was Gen. Butler suited to command an officer 
 like Gilmore. His military methods were en 
 tirely different from those of his superior in 
 command, yet true to his country and his mili- 
 itary training, he did what he could to carry 
 out his orders. But Gen. Butler not being sat 
 isfied, he ordered him to report to Fortress 
 Monroe. When this reached the ears of Gen. 
 Grant he took Gilmore out of Butler s com 
 mand, and sent him to Washington. About 
 
 this time Gen. Early made his movement on 
 Washington through Maryland, and Gen. Gil- 
 more was placed in command of two divisions 
 of the Nineteenth Army Corps. While at the 
 head of this command, and in pursuit of Early, 
 he received injuries from the fall of his horse. 
 While convalescing President Lincoln, knowing 
 of Gen. Gilmore s great experience with rifled 
 guns, appointed him President of a Board to 
 examine and report on some heavy guns that 
 had been sent to the War and Navy Depart 
 ment. He was in this service until about Dec. 
 1st, when he was appointed Acting Inspector 
 Gen. of fortifications for the Military Divisions 
 of the West Mississippi. Two months more 
 occupied with this inspection, when the gov 
 ernment ordered him back to the field where 
 he had won his military renown, and scattered 
 to the winds the old theories of coast and fort 
 defences. 
 
 Feb. 9, 1865, he assumed command of the 
 expedition to Charleston, and a few days later 
 he left the squadron at the outer bar and em 
 barking on board of a transport, and passing 
 safely over those obstructions that had been 
 held so formidable, and had so long held the 
 Union forces at bay, he unmolested, quietly 
 steamed up to the southern wharfs of that hot 
 bed of secession, and took possession. It was 
 a fitting tribute to the hero who had in the 
 earlier part of the war, through his energy and 
 genius demolished this city s fortifications, 
 and left it at the mercy of a well-directed at 
 tack. 
 
 He remained in this command until after 
 the readjustment of the department, when he 
 was assigned to the department of South Car 
 olina. The war was over, and though the Gen 
 eral s administration of the offices in his de 
 partment were entirely satisfactory, yet the 
 duties were not to his liking, and he asked to 
 be returned. He was mustered out of the vol 
 unteer service, and was assigned to the Engin 
 eers Corps with the rank of Major, and by 
 brevet, Major-General. 
 
 Gen. Gilmore s standing as a commander 
 may be pretty well determined by his career. 
 As a leader in the field, or a corps commander 
 
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 he was not especially gifted, although he was 
 never reckless or imprudent. His special mili 
 tary excellence was as an artillerist and an 
 engineer, and in these he had few equals. In 
 person he was a large man, standing full six 
 feet high, with fair complexion, blue eyes, 
 blonde hair and whiskers, with a fine, generous, 
 open face. He was always courteous, and in 
 conversation easy and communicative. He 
 was a strict disciplinarian and accomplished 
 engineer, and a finished scholar, and it may 
 well be said, a commander of first-class abil 
 ities. 
 
 COLONEL DICKSON McCujRE, of Peoria. 
 111., is a native of Pa., born there upon 
 his parents homestead, Nov. 4, 1835, 
 He is a son of Josiah E. and Jane (Dickson) 
 McClure, who were typical representatives of 
 a race of Scotch-Irish immigrants, who sought 
 America s hospitable shores about the year 1735. 
 
 When 10 years of age, our subject went to 
 reside with his uncle, a step that was necessi 
 tated by the death of his mother, 4 years 
 previous, and when 14 years of age, he removed 
 to Peoria, where his father had removed some 
 short time before, and where the latter resided 
 until he attained the patriarchal age of 92 
 years -dying in 1889. 
 
 John D. acquired a fair common school edu 
 cation, and upon arrival in Peoria, was sent to 
 Knox College, and after completing his course 
 there, assisted in his father s store. His father 
 later became a member of the firm of Greir & 
 McClure, in which again our subject assisted 
 until the outbreak of the war. At that time he 
 was a member of the "Peoria National Blues," 
 and enlisted immediately on the first call for 
 troops in Dennison s Co., in which he was elect 
 ed orderly, but having been suddenly afflicted 
 was unable to accompany his command to the 
 field. Recovering, he joined Co. C, 47th 111. 
 and on the promotion of Col. Thrush, Mr. 
 McClure succeeded him as Captain. He led 
 his company to Benton Barracks, Jefferson 
 City, and then on to Otterville, where the 
 
 winter was passed, his men being employed 
 guarding the Osage Bridge. In March, 1862, 
 he proceeded to St. Charles, thence by steamer 
 to Cairo, 111., then back to Commerce, then 
 marched to New Madrid. This was one of the 
 heaviest pieces of work performed by his com 
 pany during the war, his having been detailed 
 to assist in drawing a battery of guns over the 
 soft and muddy roads and many times the 
 work was more in the nature of that usually 
 performed by mules than men. He assisted in 
 the operations against New Madrid, which re 
 sulted in its capture, then moved to Pittsburg 
 Landing. 
 
 He marched to the siege of Corinth and 
 participated in the battles of Farmington, luka 
 and Corinth, during the first named his Lieu 
 tenant Colonel was killed. Preceding the last 
 named battle, his brigade was marched to the 
 Hatchie River, then swinging around to within 
 14 miles of Corinth. About noon the follow 
 ing day he was ordered to Corinth on the 
 double quick, and the last 3 miles the men 
 were upon the full run. On the ist charge of 
 the enemy Col. Thrush, who commanded the 
 47th, was killed, and the command fell to Capt. 
 Andrews, who also fell, badly wounded. The 
 leadership of the regiment then devolved upon 
 Col. McClure, who displayed the same courage 
 and bravery in leading his men that charac 
 terized his fallen predecessors. The battle 
 was renewed next day, and charge after charge 
 by the enemy was successfully repulsed, and 
 they were finally compelled to retreat. Soon 
 after this, our subject was promoted to be 
 Major to rank from Oct. 31, 1862. He went 
 with Grant to Oxford, then returned to Ger 
 man Town, and then joined in the operations 
 against Vicksburg. He assisted for a time on 
 the famous Canal, then moved to the rear of 
 Vicksburg. At Milliken s Bend he was detailed 
 by Gen. Tuttle, then in command of the ist 
 Div., 1 7th A. C., and was chief of his staff. 
 Whilst serving with that General, he was in the 
 battles of Jackson, Miss., and. the assault upon 
 Vicksburg on May 22. On the morning of that 
 day Gen. Tuttle, whilst sitting near his com 
 mand, was joined by Gen. Sherman, and soon 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 after by Gen. Grant. Whilst the group were 
 discussing army matters, an orderly rode up 
 and informed Gen. Grant that Gen. McCler- 
 nand had closed in on the left and thought that 
 if a charge would be made, the works could be 
 taken. Grant, turning to Sherman, inquired if 
 the latter had a brigade that could take that 
 fort. The reply was, that he had if it could be 
 captured. 
 
 Sherman then sent for that dashing general 
 J. A. Mower, who commanded Maj. McClure s 
 Brigade, and asked him if he could take those 
 works. Mower shook his head, significantly 
 saying: "I can try." Therepon the order was 
 given for him to make the attempt, which he 
 did, his Brigade being composed of the nth 
 Mo., 47th 111., 8th Wis., and 5th Minn. His 
 nth Mo. and 4/th 111., led with a rush, and al 
 most as soon as they confronted the enemy s 
 works were literally mowed down. Sherman, 
 who watched the movement, turned to Tuttle, 
 saying: "Recall the Brigade, as it is only 
 murder to persist in such an unequal conflict!" 
 Through a terrible storm of bullets, Col. Mc- 
 Clure made his vay to the Brigade, and halted 
 the 8th Wis., before it was called into action. 
 The two regiments engaged, suffered terribly. 
 
 On June I2th, Major McClure was instructed 
 by Gen. Sherman to place his pickets close up 
 to the Rebel works so as to cover a working 
 party who were to erect rifle pits on a point 
 within a hundred yards of the Rebel work. 
 Under the cover of darkness he attempted to 
 push his men forward to cover the points de 
 signated by the Gen. The rebels had antici 
 pated the movement and had a force on the 
 point. When his force was up within 20 feet 
 of the enemy, they rose up and fired, killing 
 twelve and wounding fifteen, among whom 
 was Maj. McClure, who was shot through the 
 right lung, the bullet lodging in his body, and 
 is carried by the Colonel to this day. 
 
 The same day Mr. McClure was wounded, 
 his Regt. elected him Col. over the Lieut. Col., 
 adopting among themselves the following re 
 solutions: 
 
 "We have elected Major McClure for the 
 position of Colonel of this Regiment because 
 
 our long association with him, during which 
 time he has shared with us the privations, 
 hardships and dangers of the camp, the march 
 and the field of battle with true soldierly de 
 termination, has enabled us to see in him 
 those qualifications, natural and acquired, with 
 which as our Colonel, he could command not 
 only the Regt. with marked ability, but also 
 the confidence and esteem of all under him." 
 
 Although it was supposed that the Col. was 
 mortally wounded, time proved the contrary 
 and 3 weeks later, he went in an ambulance 
 with his command to Jackson, Miss. 
 
 On this trip Gen. Mower handed him his 
 Commission as Colonel of the Regt., which was 
 the first intimation he had of his promotion. 
 He took command of his Regt., at Black River 
 Bridge, then proceeded to LaGrange, follow 
 ing Forrest from place to place, and in Feb., 
 returned to Vicksburg. He participated in the 
 Red River expedition and in the battles of 
 Fort De Russey, Pleasant Hill, in fact was 
 under the rebel fire for several weeks. On one 
 occasion his Div. landed from the transports 
 to chastise Gen. Marmaduke for having fired 
 into the steamers; an engagement ensued 
 which was known as the battle of Lake Chicot, 
 Ark. His Regt., which bore the brunt of the 
 battle, lost heavily, and Col. McClure had his 
 horse shot from under him. Proceeding then to 
 Memphis, which was reached soon after Gen. 
 Sturgiss defeat, Col. McClure s command 
 moved against the forces under Gen. Forrest 
 which was engaged at the battle of Tupello, 
 Miss., lasting for three days. The Brig. Com 
 mander was killed in battle, hence Col. Mc 
 Clure assumed command, which he maintained 
 until they returned to Memphis. His term of 
 service having expired, he was mustered out 
 at Springfield Oct. 11, 1864. 
 
 The Col. then went to Elmwood, 111., where 
 he engaged in the grain business, and in Nov., 
 1865, was elected Co. Clerk for Peoria Co., a 
 position he filled with credit to himself, dignity 
 to the position, and to the perfect satisfaction 
 of his constituents. In 1882, he embarked in 
 the hardware business, which he continued for 
 several years, then engaged in that of real estate 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 and loaning. He has for years filled the office 
 of Supervisor of Richwood Township, has been 
 a director of the Merchants National Bank, of 
 which he has also been Vice-Prest. 
 
 Whilst home on furlough on Sept. 3, 1863, 
 he was married to Miss Jennie C. Cunningham, 
 daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel P. Cunning 
 ham, of Peoria, and four children have been the 
 fruits of that happy marriage, viz.: Mattie H., 
 Jenny D., William C. and George Nathaniel. 
 Whilst Col. McClure has won laurels upon the 
 field and a title as a soldier, his accomplished 
 wife has also won distinction and a place in 
 history as a compiler of an exceedingly useful 
 and popular cook book. Colonel McClure has 
 always been a conspicuous Republican and an 
 effective party worker, holding the position of 
 Chairman of the Co. Central Republican Com 
 mittee. He is a member of the G. A. R., of the 
 Leigon of Honor and also of the Masonic fra 
 ternity, and is a gentleman, universally es 
 teemed and respected for his noble qualities, as 
 a brave and devoted soldier to the Republic, as 
 an honest and upright citizen, and as an inflex 
 ible exemplar of right and duty. 
 
 CAPTAIN IRA BEDEL was born in Bath, N. 
 H., June 4, 1836. He res ided there 
 until 17 years of age, when he passed 
 an examination entitling him to enter college; 
 but about this time his parents moved West, 
 settling in Peoria, hence Mr. Bedel did not re 
 ceive the benefits of a collegiate education. 
 Immediately after the outbreak of the war he 
 became a member of Company E, 8th 111. Inf., 
 at Peoria, which, however, was not his first at 
 tempt to enter the service. His regiment was 
 first employed chasing Thompson through Ken 
 tucky, but the first battle was at Fort Henry, 
 which was closely followed by the more disas 
 trous conflict, Fort Donelson. On the march 
 to the scene of the latter contest his brigade, 
 at night, encountered one of its own regiments, 
 and, each mistaking the other for the enemy, 
 
 opened fire, and several men were killed before 
 the error was discovered. Mr. Bedel, before the 
 battle, lay upon his arms, upon the ground cover 
 ed with snow, within sight of the enemy s works. 
 The atmosphere was cold, and, to keep from 
 freezing, it was necessary for the men at times 
 to travel round in a circle. They crawled up to 
 the rebel works, where they fought for two suc 
 cessive days, and the rebels, in their attempt to 
 break the Union lines, charged Mr. Bedel s reg 
 iment on several occasions, but, for ovcf three 
 hours, it held its ground against tremendods 
 odds, repulsing the enemy as frequently as their 
 position was assaulted. Ammunition, however, 
 ran out, when they retired for a fresh supply. 
 They were pursued by the enemy, who was again 
 attacked, first with bullets, and finally with bay 
 onets, and who sought refuge behind their 
 works. He was next in the great battle of Shi- 
 loh, after which he was attacked by an enemy 
 which has left more victims than even war 
 small-pox. He was placed in field hospital, and 
 two months later joined his regiment near Cor 
 inth, and subsequently went with Sherman to 
 Vicksburg, Lake Providence and Milliken s 
 Bend. Here a colored regiment was raised, of 
 which our subject was chosen Captain of 
 Company F, the regiment being the 5th U. S. 
 Colored regiment, stationed at that point as a 
 garrison, comprising in all some 800 men and 
 officers. The men were recently from the planta 
 tions, had never seen or handled a gun in their 
 lives, hence the rebels supposed the place could 
 easily be taken. The garrison was attacked by 
 two full brigades of Texas Rangers, and there 
 ensued one of the most desperately-contested 
 conflicts of the Rebellion. Raw and undrillcd 
 as the colored men were, they fought with great 
 bravery, realizing not so much that they were 
 fighting for their country, but, to them, the more 
 important reality -- they were fighting for their 
 lives. The Union gunboats came to the garri 
 son s assistance, and did splendid work. It grew 
 to be a hand-to-hand conflict, and white, as well 
 as colored, men became pinioned to the ground 
 with his antagonist s bayonet. The rebels were 
 finally driven off about 4 o clock in the after 
 noon. After the fall of Vicksburg Captain Be- 
 
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 del was changed to the 5th Heavy Artillery, 
 stationed at Vicksburg, where he was employed 
 until mustered out of the service. 
 
 Whilst in the service Captain Bedel met 
 Mrs. Anna Agnew, who visited the battlefield 
 near Vicksburg, rendering assistance to the 
 wounded and dying. They were married Jan. 
 4, 1864. Mrs. Agnew was the widow of a sol 
 dier killed whilst fighting in the rebel army. 
 Captain was ordered to go to Jackson, and in 
 April,- 1865, was stationed at Winona, Miss., 
 where he remained until Lee s surrender, then 
 returned to Vicksburg, where he continued in 
 the service until 1866. 
 
 Succeeding his discharge he returned to 
 Peoria, where he resumed his trade as a blind 
 and sash maker, following that calling until 
 1889, when he was appointed Government 
 Store-keeper. Captain Bedel has three children 
 living, John S., Julia E. and Harry. In early- 
 life he was a Democrat, but is now a demon 
 strative Republican. He is an Odd Fellow, a 
 member of the G. A. R. and a Universalist. 
 His grandfather Moody was a general in the 
 United States army, during the war of 1812, 
 and commanded an army at the celebrated 
 battle of Lake Champlain. 
 
 DK. OWEX J. ALDRICH, of Galesburg, 111., 
 enlisted in the army as a private Sept. 
 5th, 1861, in Co. C, 1st 111. Light Artil 
 lery, which became attached to Gen. Bradley s 
 Brigade, Gen. Sheridan s Division, I4th Army 
 Corps, under Gen. McCook. Subsequently the 
 Regt. was in Jeff. C. Davis Div., 2Oth A. C., 
 commanded by Gen ls Palmer and Thomas in 
 succession. 
 
 Dr. Aldrich, with his Co., rendezvoused at 
 Bird s Point, Mo. He was in detail duty dur 
 ing the first 1 8 months of his service, and after 
 being relieved therefrom, joined in the Chat 
 tanooga campaign, meeting the enemy for the 
 first time in the disastrous battle of Chicka- 
 mauga. Our subject fought with great courage 
 and determination throughout the two days in 
 
 which the conflict raged, and doubtless would 
 have been taken prisoner had it not been that 
 he was supplied with an active pair of limbs. 
 
 During the battle he received a slight wound, 
 from which he soon recovered. He then moved 
 on towards Chattanooga, and there took part 
 for several days in the succession of heavy 
 battles fought in the neighborhood of that place, 
 notably those of Lookout Mountain and Chat 
 tanooga. The winter of i863- 4 was spent amid 
 cold and hunger at Chattanooga, and in the 
 spring the command took part in the battle of 
 Buzzards Roost, and then moved with Sher 
 man s army on the celebrated Atlanta cam 
 paign. 
 
 The Dr. sustained his reputation for bravery 
 in the battles of Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, 
 Chattahoochie River, Peach Tree Creek, At 
 lanta and Jonesboro. After the capture of 
 Atlanta the Dr. s period of service had expired, 
 hence he proceeded to Springfield, 111., where 
 he was discharged Sept. 26, 1864. For three 
 long years our subject stood by his Regt., gal 
 lantly performing all the duties assigned to him. 
 Besides the battles, he was in many heavy 
 skirmishes where the surrounding clangers were 
 equally as great as if he had been in actual 
 battles. Among the heavy skirmishes in which 
 he joined may be mentioned, those of Franklin 
 Pike, Spring Hill, Kingston, Hoover s Gap, 
 Duck River and Burnt Hickory. 
 
 A few months after entering the army he 
 was assigned for duty in Mound City General 
 Hospital by Gen. Grant, at which place he was 
 employed until Dec., 1862. 
 
 Dr. Aldrich was born in Penn., June 13, 1840, 
 and is a son of William and Ann ( Bassett ) 
 Aldrich, the former a native of Delaware, of 
 English descent, and the latter, a representative 
 of an old Connecticut family. His grand 
 mother, Bassett, died at the age of 98, and dis 
 tinctly remembered of having seen the immor 
 tal George Washington. Our subject s early 
 days were passed upon a farm with his parents 
 for a time at Whiteside County, then in Knox 
 Co., near Galesburg. He attended the district 
 schools, acquiring a fair education, then stud 
 ied medicine at the Iowa University. After a 
 
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 stay of two years in Iowa, he returned to Knox 
 Co., 111., where in connection with his brother, 
 he entered upon the practice of his profession, 
 which he followed for several years. His taste 
 however ran in the direction of farming, to 
 which he has drifted almost exclusively the 
 last few years of his life. He has always taken 
 an active part in politics was induced in 1888; 
 to accept the nomination for Circuit Clerk, but 
 the formation of a strong combination against 
 him brought about his defeat. Two years later 
 however, he was appointed Deputy Sheriff of 
 his County. 
 
 He was married Sept., 1886, to Florence B. 
 Brazen, by whom he had two children, Anna 
 and William, the latter of whom died, as did 
 also the mother. 
 
 He is a Mason, and a member of the G. A. 
 R., Post No. 45, of Galesburg. He married 
 again March 4, 1876, Nancy A. Pearce. By 
 this marriage they have five children Julia, 
 Alice, Clarence, Ella and Louisa. He had 6 
 brothers, one D. W. Aldrich, now a physician, 
 was in the army during the last year of the 
 Rebellion. 
 
 ANDREW BLADEL, a member of the G. A. R., 
 and a resident of Rock Island, was born 
 in Erie, Pa., July u, 1844, a son of 
 Philip J. and Appelonia Bladel, who were 
 natives of Germany, immigrating to America 
 and locating in Penn. in 1840. About 1863, 
 they moved to Rock Island, 111., where they 
 resided up to the time of their death, the 
 father dying at the age of 72, his wife having 
 preceded him by about eight years. 
 
 Andrew spent his boyhood days and 
 attended school at his native town, coming 
 west with his parents and living at Rock 
 Island up to the time he caught the "war fever." 
 Only a few days after the anniversary of his 
 eighteenth birthday, Aug. 9, 1862, he enlisted 
 at Coal Valley, 111., Co. H, I26th 111. Inf. The 
 Co. went into camp, first at Dixon 111., then 
 marched to Camp Douglas, Chicago, where it 
 
 was drilled; and here our soldier received his 
 first gun, an old Harper s Ferry musket, 
 which killed at both ends, and he continued 
 guarding prisoners of war until they proceeded 
 to Alton, where they guarded prisoners of war, 
 and were now ready for any duty that might 
 devolve upon them. Nov. 20, they moved off 
 for Dixie s Land, by way of Columbus, Ky., to 
 Bolivar, Tenn. The first actual marching was 
 to La Grange, Tenn. While there Grant s sup 
 plies at Holly Springs were captured, and six 
 Cos., including Co. H, were ordered to Jackson, 
 which had been attacked by the rebels under 
 Forrest. Arriving in the dead of night, breast 
 works were at once thrown up by their willing 
 hands, and here it was that they heard the first 
 shots of the enemy. Ordered to Trenton, they 
 encountered the enemy at Forkadeer River. 
 A spirited engagement ensued, in which the 
 rebels greatly outnumbered our " boys." Later, 
 meeting the enemy at the dead of midnight at 
 Humboldt, they utterly routed him, capturing 
 many horses and some prisoners. Here, lodged 
 in the fort, they were soon surrounded by the 
 enemy, who had been reinforced, and thus 
 being cut off of all supplies, the "boys in blue" 
 had to subsist on what little food they could 
 forage in the immediate neighborhood, con 
 sisting almost exclusively of corn, which was 
 grated with tin pans and cooked into mush. 
 
 Thus the "boys" were forced to remain in 
 the fort for several weeks, and having left the 
 army without overcoats or blankets the suffer 
 ing from cold in the blustering month of Janu 
 ary was intense. Fortunately the enemy, whose 
 forces were much the greater, misjudged the 
 number of Union men, otherwise they would 
 certainly have attacked and annihilated them. 
 Subsequently they moved to Jackson, Tenni, 
 and were constantly engaged guarding the rail 
 roads, up to the time they moved to Memphis, 
 and embarked for Vicksburg Landing. Here 
 they were actively employed on picket duty 
 and digging ditches. During the siege of 
 Vicksburg, Bladel s Regt. was in the 2nd Brig., 
 3d Div., 1 6th A. C., and was stationed in the 
 rear to check off the enemy under Johnston, 
 and frequently in case of sudden danger it was 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 despatched to the front during the middle of 
 the night. During the long siege the "boys" 
 were exposed to the pestilential atmoshpere of 
 the swamps, the regiment losing heavily 
 through disease. Our subject, who was also 
 taken severely sick, preferred to remain on 
 duty, although totally unfit, in preference to 
 being assigned to the horrible scenes of a hos 
 pital. The next move (July 24, 63,) was to 
 Helena, Ark. They drove the rebels under 
 Price from the Miss, to the Capital, under Gen. 
 Steele, and participated in the capture of that 
 city. Aug. 13, the command moved out, and 
 half of Mr. Bladel s company were left behind 
 on account of sickness. They now experienced 
 some hard marching, reaching Duvall s Bluff. 
 Sept. i, they left the latter place. The heat 
 was terrible and our subject was overcome with 
 heat. Sept. 2, the rebels and the advance guard 
 fought. They camped at Brown s Villa until 
 Sept. 6, when the march continued. In the af 
 ternoon a lively engagement, in which Bladel s 
 Regt. lost 40 to 50 in killed and wounded, en 
 sued. Sept. 8, a spy was caught. He with two 
 bushwhackers were ordered outside the lines, 
 and shot by order of Court Martial. Sept. 10, 
 they were in line at daybreak and ordered in 
 double quick to the Ark. River, 3 miles off, the 
 1 26th having the honor, as the Irishman said: 
 "Be jabers, to be the first man on the ground." 
 A skirmish line was formed and the battle 
 opened about 8 a. m., the pontoon bridges being 
 the target for the rebel artillery. In the en 
 gagements Co. H carried the colors of the Regt. 
 The enemy was well fortified, but unprepared 
 for a flank movement, and novv, Little Rock, 
 together with 3,000 prisoners, a quantity of 
 small arms, and thousands of spears, surrendered 
 to our gallant Union "boys," who camped in the 
 rebel works that night. Oct. 24, 1863, the com 
 mand was ordered to Duvall s Bluff, an import 
 ant place, it being the base of supplies and 
 terminus of the R. R., from Little Rock to 
 White River. Here with the assistance of gun 
 boats they kept open the mouth of the White 
 River. On June 24, 1864, Gen. Shelby of Price s 
 army, with 4,000 to 5,000 men, blockaded the 
 White River. On June 26, 1864, Mr. Bladel again 
 
 participated in the severe engagement at Claren 
 don, Ark., in which two of his Co. were wounded. 
 Subsequently our loyal soldier was constantly 
 engaged in skirmishes and in guard and fatigue 
 duty, and one time he was detailed as post 
 baker, and during this time bravely volunteered 
 to go out with others and intercept the enemy, 
 meeting and routing them in a hot and lively 
 conflict at Clarendon, Ark. On another oc 
 casion about 50 of the "boys," among whom 
 again was our subject, were ordered out early 
 in the evening, marched all the long night and 
 returned with several prisoners and all the pro 
 visions they could carry, having burned all the 
 Confederate supply stores located in the vicin 
 ity. Subsequently they were sent out on a 
 forced march, retracing their steps, and re 
 maining at Pine Bluffs, up to the time they 
 were mustered out, July 12, 1865. The total 
 loss of the Regt. by disease and wounded was 
 nearly 30 per cent. The few that remained, 
 many having died from exposure and priva 
 tions, now marched across the country. Being 
 obliged to swim several streams, two of their 
 comrades met their death by drowning. Thus 
 after nearly three years of constant and faithful 
 service beneath the folds of the stars and 
 stripes, comrade Bladel returned to Rock 
 Island. He successfully followed carpentering, 
 later established himself in the building and 
 contracting business, and for the past seven 
 years has diligently filled the entrusted and re 
 sponsible position of Superintendent of the 
 lath and shingle department, and mill-wright 
 of the Mammoth mill "A" of the Rock Island 
 Lumber Company. 
 
 Mr. Bladel was joined in matrimony at 
 Rock Island, April 23, 1867, to Miss Johanna 
 Westphal, the estimable daughter of Henry 
 and Lena Westphal, both natives of Germany. 
 By this happy union there were born four chil 
 dren, of whom all but one, William J., have 
 died. 
 
 Mr. Bladel is a member of the M. W. of A. 
 lodge, and in politics is a Republican. He is 
 an honorable gentleman, enjoys the comforts 
 of an elegant home, and commands the respect 
 of all who know him. 
 
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 765 
 
 CHAKLF.S P. ANDERSON, of Moline, 111., 
 and a member of the R. H. Graham 
 Post, No., 312, G. A. R.; is a native of 
 Sweden, where he was born January i/th, 
 1825, and where he was reared, and where he 
 spent the early part of his life. In 1854 he 
 immigrated to the United States, and after land 
 ing in Boston, went direct to Moline, 111., and 
 there engaged in work in the sawmill 
 business. At the breaking out of the rebellion 
 he patriotically responded to the call of his 
 adopted country for soldiers, and enlisted Oct. 
 6, 1861, as a private in Co. D, 5/th 111. Inf., and 
 went with his regiment to the front, and after 
 some time spent in camp life, marching and 
 drilling, took part in the battle of Fort Donel- 
 son. This was Mr. Anderson s first experience 
 in war. The next important battle in which he 
 fought was Shiloh, where he with his company 
 was hotly engaged. 
 
 From the field of Shiloh he went to the siege 
 of Corinth. His constitution was not strong 
 enough to endure the hardships of war, and he 
 was obliged to go to the hospital. From there 
 he was discharged July 7th, 1862, on account of 
 his disability, and returned to his home, where 
 after careful nursing he regained his health. 
 Feeling that he had not contributed as much as he 
 ought in the defense of his country and believ 
 ing himself strong enough to endure campaign 
 life, he again enlisted Feb. 4th, 1864, this time 
 in Company C, 66th 111. Inf., joining his regi 
 ment at Puluski, Tenn. His first engagement 
 after his second enlistment was at Kenesaw 
 Mt., then participating in all the battles en 
 gaged in by his regiment from that time to the 
 fall of Atlanta. 
 
 The march through Georgia to the sea next 
 occupied the attention of Comrade Anderson, 
 then through the Carolinas, closing up his 
 fighting record with the battle of Bentonville. 
 From there he marched on to Raleigh, Rich 
 mond and Washington, where he took part in 
 the Grand Review. Later he was sent to Lou 
 isville, where July 7, 1865, he was mustered out 
 and returned to his home at Moline, and again 
 resumed his occupation in the saw mills. Sub 
 sequently he was employed by the Moline 
 
 Plow Co., continuing there until 1891, when on 
 account of failing health, he was obliged to 
 give up active work. 
 
 Mr. Anderson was married in 1850, to Char 
 lotte Larson, a native of Sweden. Four chil 
 dren have blessed this union, who are now- 
 living Christina, now Mrs. A. W. Lofstedt, of 
 Iowa; Emily, now Mrs. John O. Thompson, of 
 Moline; Josephine, who was married toj. B. 
 Oakleaf, of Moline, and Ida, wife of C. H. 
 Godehen, of Moline. 
 
 Mr. Anderson is a member of the Lutheran 
 Church, and a Republican in politics. 
 
 JAMES B. PATTON, of North Peoria, 111, our pres 
 ent subject, was born in Ohio, Nov. 29,1833, 
 where he spent his boyhood years upon a 
 farm and attending school. In 1854 he re 
 moved to Illinois, settling upon a farm in 
 Orange Prairie, where four years later he was 
 married to Miss Harriet E. Bowling. In 1861 
 when the 47th 111. was being formed, Mr. Pat- 
 ton enlisted, but it was found that the com 
 pany was complete without him. He, with 
 some others, endeavored to form a new com 
 pany, but a sufficient number of volunteers 
 were not obtainable at that time. Notwith 
 standing he had a wife and three children, he 
 enlisted and became a member of the I4th 111., 
 Feb. 17, 1865. He joined his regiment at 
 Buford, N. C., going by way of New York, 
 then marched across the country to Raleigh 
 and skirmished with Johnston s army in that 
 vicinity. He followed the enemy to Neuse 
 River, but by this time the war had about 
 closed. With his command he moved to Rich 
 mond, then on to Washington, where he joined 
 in the Grand Review. After this he was sent 
 to Parkersburg, W. Va., then to Louisville, then 
 to St. Louis, thence to Fort Leavenworth, and 
 from there marched to Fort Kearney, Neb., a 
 distance of 330 miles, after which they re 
 turned, marching over the same course. This 
 occupied them from July 22, until Sept. I5th. 
 Mr. Patton was mustered out at Fort 
 Leavenworth and discharged at Camp Butler, 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 after which he returned home, having marched 
 on foot, upwards of 1,500, and covered a total 
 distance of 6,000 miles in nine months. Re 
 turning to citizen life, he resumed farming, 
 which he continued until 1889, when he was 
 appointed Government Store Keeper in the 
 5th Dist. of 111. He has now seven children 
 Marietta A., wife of George H. Heller; Flor 
 ence M., wife of John Finck; Franklin A.; 
 William S., Town Clerk and P. O. employe; 
 Zoa, wife of William Williams; Alice; and 
 Rutherford Roscoe. Mr. Patton is a Republi 
 can, and has been elected to the position of 
 Township Clerk, Assessor, Collector, and was 
 for many years School Director for his district. 
 He has served eight years as Assessor of the 
 town where he now resides. He is a member 
 of the G. A. R. 
 
 DOCTOR EDGAR McCoNKEY, is a native of 
 Ohio, born there Aug. 24, 1842, where 
 he continued to reside until he was 
 twelve years of age, when he left his parental 
 roof, determined to rely upon his own resources 
 for a living. He went West to Tabor, Iowa, 
 and was employed by a Mr. Mathews, a strong 
 abolitionist, and assisted the latter in helping 
 slaves escape from their masters from Missouri. 
 Leaving his employer, Mr. McConkey moved 
 south to Missouri, being employed with a Mr. 
 Brown, cutting cord-wood, who was also an 
 abolitionist. A Mr. Knuckles, of Nebraska, had 
 three slaves, two girls and a boy, the former es 
 caped, and went to Mr.Brown, who induced them 
 to move on and get out of the way. They had 
 not departed more than half an hour before 
 Knuckles, the owner, with forty men appeared 
 armed with guns and other weapons and offer 
 ed $2,000 to any person who would disclose 
 the whereabouts of his slaves. A posse of 
 abolitionists from Tabor hearing of Knuckle s 
 search, appeared, also well armed, causing the 
 owner and his men to beat a hasty retreat 
 homeward, and thus the colored girls escaped 
 and finally reached the border lines of Canada, 
 where they were forever free. The boy was 
 
 taken South and sold, although he was married 
 and owned some property. This was a mild 
 case of the many incidents in slavery, which 
 finally culminated in the late rebellion. Many 
 a time Mr. McConkey has seen the famous 
 John Brown, with his wagon train and follow 
 ers on the move. 
 
 When about fifteen our subject removed to 
 Pocahontas, Ills., where he was employed upon 
 a farm until the early days of the war, when he 
 enlisted Aug. 24, 1861, and was mustered in as 
 a private in Company D, 3rd 111. Vol. Cavalry. 
 Unfortunately he was born with a club foot, but 
 was recognized as a good horseman, and at 
 muster was brought before General Prentiss, 
 who upon looking at him, suggested he stand 
 aside, intimating he could not accept a person 
 so maimed and that he could not and would 
 not take him although Mr. McConkey protested, 
 saying he was quite fit for service. He moved 
 back into the ranks and when the regiment 
 was being sworn in he held up his hand, along 
 with the others, which ended the ceremony of 
 his being introduced to soldiership. He moved 
 with his regiment to Jefferson City, and joined 
 in the pursuit of Price s army, being in the en 
 gagement at Wilson s Creek. He was with 
 General Fremont, when his body guard made 
 that celebrated charge which resulted in Spring 
 field, Mo., falling under Government control, 
 and rode into that town, just as the guard was 
 raising the flag over the Court House. He was 
 in the battles at Pea-Ridge, and Helena, where 
 his regiment was in the fiercest part of the 
 fights; then participated in the desperate battle 
 of Arkansas Post, which was captured. Subse 
 quently he joined in the Vicksburg Campaign, 
 being in several of the smaller engagements as 
 also the assaults and siege of that city which 
 culminated in its surrender. During the first 
 charge a shell exploded as it passed above his 
 head, causing him to see stars, and to conclude 
 that all things earthly had an end. When at 
 Young s Point, his boots gave out, and being 
 without a last shaped to his foot, and unable to 
 obtain a furlough, the Captain sent him to 
 Memphis as a nurse, where he expected to 
 leave the sick and wounded and get a boot 
 
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 made, but the hospitals there being filled, he 
 was sent to St. Louis by boat, and on arrival, 
 men came on board, and took charge ordering 
 the nurses to return. The Captain finally 
 dumped our suhject in with the sick and 
 sent him to the hospitals and whilst there ob 
 tained his boot, and when ready to return to 
 his regiment, his discharge was handed him. 
 Being the owner of his own horse, which he 
 left at Young s Point, he returned, obtained the 
 animal, proceeded to St. Louis, and from there 
 rode across the country to Pocahontas. then 
 back to Ohio, and visited his mother on the 
 long and tiresome journey. 
 
 The Doctor subsequently went to Chicago, 
 where he became employed by his uncle, W. S. 
 Hamlin, the originator of "The HamlinWizzard 
 Oil." He has been continuously employed 
 traveling for the Wizzard Oil business, man 
 aging a troupe of singers and players. Since 
 quitting the army, his business calling him to 
 nearly every State in the Union and enabling 
 him to see and travel over many of the old 
 spots and battlefields which during wartimes 
 were scenes of the rebellion s most sanguinary 
 conflicts. 
 
 He was a son of Addison McConkey, and 
 grandson of Daniel McConkey, who was a sol 
 dier in the war of 1812, whilst his great (pater 
 nal) grandfather fought and was killed in the 
 Revolutionary war at the time General St. Clair 
 was defeated in Ohio. Dr. McConkey married 
 Myra W. Humphrey, in 1866, daughter of law 
 yer Isaiah Humphrey, of Ohio, and four chil 
 dren, three boys and one daughter, have resulted 
 from the union, viz.: E. Vernon, married and in 
 business in Chicago; Archibald, also in same 
 business, residing in Chicago; L. H. McConkey, 
 railroading with the C., B. & Q. R. R. Freight 
 Department, and Jane H., a promising young 
 lady, who travels with her parents taking part 
 in the performances, and bears every promise 
 of some day being able to take a prominent 
 part in the most celebrated plays of the stage, 
 should she feel disposed to accept an en 
 gagement. He is a member of Lyon Post, 
 G. A. R., of Oakland, Cal.; member of the 
 Capital City Lodge, No. 97, Knights of Pythias, 
 
 of Indianapolis, Ind., and of the Order of Elks, 
 No. 94, Tiffin, Ohio. Mrs. McConkey had a 
 brother in the war, in the 2nd Ohio Cavalry. 
 
 HARRISON REED, of Peoria, 111., was born in 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, June 30, 1837. In 
 1844 he removed with his parents to 
 Jacksonville, 111. Two years later he removed 
 to Rushville, and the winter of 1850, settled in 
 Peoria, which place he has always called his 
 home. In 1857 ne started out in life as a farm 
 er in Logan township, removing from there two 
 years later to Knox Co. 
 
 The 29th day of September, 1861, found him 
 a soldier, enlisted under J. I. Bennett. He went 
 into camp at Princeton, going from there to 
 Chicago, where he, with others, was mustered 
 in as Co. H, 57th Illinois Infantry. On Feb. 
 8th he went with his regiment to Cairo, thence 
 to Fort Donelson and took part in the battle at 
 that place. From there they went to Fort 
 Henry, where they took a boat for Pittsburg 
 Landing. While on the way up they were fired 
 into. With the exceptions of this, the wound 
 ing of the Orderly Sergeant, and marching out 
 to Adamsville on a very rainy night, no other 
 accident or incident of note occurred. 
 
 The Orderly being disabled, it fell to the lot 
 of Sergeant Reed to act as Orderly, which he 
 did to the Satisfaction of both men and officers. 
 He also acted as Commissary Sergeant and was 
 the means of requiring a receipt for all rations 
 not issued^ which gave each company quite a 
 fund, which was spent for the benefit of the 
 company and regiment. 
 
 He also participated in the battles of Shi- 
 loh, Siege of Corinth, and the battles of luka. 
 
 On the 3d of October, 1862, he was chosen 
 as Color Sergeant of his regiment, carrying the 
 colors through the bloody battles of Corinth, 
 which position he filled with credit and honor 
 both for himself and regiment, until mustered 
 out. 
 
 Discarding his military clothing, he returned 
 to Peoria County. That same fall he went to 
 Kansas, and one year later returned and was 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 married to Miss Maggie VanArsdall, March 
 7th, 1867. He is a Republican in politics, but 
 has never sought office at his party s hands. 
 He is a member of the G. A. R., a member of 
 the K. of L., and also a charter member of P. 
 O. S. of A., and is a staunch worker, and has 
 always worked generally for all labor organiza 
 tions. 
 
 In 1872 he moved to Kansas City, where he 
 lived five years, working at his trade as a coop 
 er, then returned to Peoria, where he has since 
 resided, following the same occupation. 
 
 Mr. Reed and wife are comfortably settled 
 in their own cheerful home at the foot of the 
 bluff on 7th Avenue. His health failing, and he 
 being unable to perform manual labor, and 
 through the persuasion of his friends he applied 
 for position as storekeeper, and received the 
 appointment as such from the Hon. J. S. Starr. 
 This position he has held until the present itme 
 
 M 
 
 AJ.-GEN. M. C MEIGS. Was born at Au 
 gusta, Ga., May 3, 1816. Educated at 
 West Point Millitary Academy, where 
 he graduated in 1836. Entered military service 
 as Lieut, of Artillery in the regular army the 
 same year in which he graduated. Was pro 
 moted in regular succession to the position of 
 Colonel in the regular service, when he was 
 appointed Quartermaster General to rank as 
 Brigadier, May, 1861; to Brevet Maj.-Gen. July 
 5, 1864. As engineer he designed and built the 
 Washington aqueduct across the Potomac, at 
 Washington City, one of the most costly and 
 beautiful structures in America. It is located 
 above the Capitol at the foot of the great falls 
 of the Potomac, and was erecte^ for the pur 
 pose of supplying Washington with pure water 
 from the river. It has one of the finest arches 
 in the world a single span of 220 feet, and an 
 arch of solid masonry 100 feet high. Gen. 
 Meigs also designed and superintended the 
 construction of many of the extensions to the 
 Capitol at Washington, among which was the 
 
 Iron Dome, a work of great skill and elegant 
 proportions. 
 
 As Quartermaster-General he equipped and 
 supplied millions of Union soldiers: furnished 
 transportation for all the Govt. troops, and 
 managed successfully a business, which for 
 extent, variety and responsibility, has had no 
 parallel in the history of our country. During 
 the National troubles growing out of the late 
 rebellion, the life s blood of the Nation ran 
 through the channels of the Quartermaster s 
 department. Purchases and contracts were 
 made involving many millions of money, and 
 affecting every department of the army. In 
 1861, Gen. Meigs planned an expedition to re 
 inforce Fort Pickens. So well did it succeed, 
 that the harbor of Pensacola and all its immense 
 fortifications were saved from falling into Rebel 
 hands. When Washington City was besieged 
 in the fall of 1864, he furnished a full division 
 of troops from the employes of the quarter 
 master s department. Clerks, agents and oper 
 atives were alike ordered into the trenches, 
 while the Quartermaster-General commanded 
 in person. He remained in service at the close 
 of the war, and closed up the vast and compli 
 cated affairs of his position with entire satis 
 faction to the Government. Born in the far 
 South, his native State was among the first to 
 secede, yet secession and rebellion had no 
 charms for him. Faithful among the faithless, 
 Gen. Meigs stood among the Southern officers 
 loyal to his Government and true to the coun 
 try. Such men are worthy of a good govern 
 ment, and well deserve the gratitude of posterity . 
 
 IRA DuBois was born in New York State, 
 March I, 1844, son of Ira DuBois, who was 
 of old French Huguenot stock, the ancestor 
 having landed in this country in the early part 
 of the I7th century. Ira continued with his 
 parents until II years of age, when he launched 
 out upon the ocean of life to earn his own 
 bread by his own industry and toil. He ac- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 cepted Greeley s motto, which was, "Go West, 
 young man," and after visiting many places in 
 the West, finally selected Peoria as his abiding 
 place, and there we find him at the outbreak of 
 the Rebellion. The Peoria "boys" had filled 
 that part of the I7th 111., raised in Peoria, there 
 fore, young DuBois went to Lacon, where he 
 enlisted in Company B., for the same regiment. 
 He proceeded from place to place, reaching 
 Pilot Knob, there moved against Generals Price 
 and Thompson, and then on to Cape Girardeau. 
 He next moved to Fredericktown, where 
 Thompson s forces were met and defeated, the 
 principal fighting on the Union side having 
 been done by his, the i/th Ills. Regt, the ist 
 Ind. Cav. and Taylor s battery, and when the 
 battle ceased upwards of 100 rebels were found 
 dead upon the field. This was one of the first victo 
 ries of the Union arms during the war. He next 
 fought at Fort Henry, then at Fort Donelson, 
 and was then left in charge of the camp at Fort 
 Henry. At the opening of the battle of Fort 
 Donelson, his company was resting behind a 
 log cabin some distance from the main army, 
 where it was attacked by a large number of 
 rebels. After an hour s engagement, 24 men 
 out of 80 had been killed or wounded, and the 
 survivors were obliged to cut their way through 
 the enemy s lines to escape capture. Subse 
 quently, he marched across to Metcalf Landing, 
 and in order to avoid wading in water, he 
 walked on the top rail of a fence, using his 
 musket as a balance pole. A rail gave way 
 under him and he fell across the fence, causing 
 him an injury from which he has never recov 
 ered. He continued with the regiment, how 
 ever, to Savannah, enduring great suffering, 
 and on arrival was placed in the hospital for 
 some time. We next find him in the great bat 
 tle of Shiloh, fighting away with great bravery 
 for the preservation of his country, at the same 
 time a very sick man and excused by the phy 
 sicians from attendance, although he did not 
 accept it. After Shiloh he accepted a 60 day 
 furlough and returned home. Rejoining his 
 Regt. at Jackson, moved on to Bolivar, then 
 marched day and night to the Hatchie River 
 to cut off Price and VanDorn. 
 
 48 
 
 He joined Grant s expedition to Holly 
 Springs and took part in the operations against 
 Vicksburg, fought in the battles of Champion 
 Hills, Black River Bridge, the assaults upon 
 Vicksburg on May igthand 22nd, 1863, respect 
 ively, then in that long and tedious siege which 
 lasted some 47 days. He was one of the few 
 volunteers who assisted in digging the rifle 
 pits, at night, right under the rebel works, and 
 so close that they could hear those on the 
 other side of the wall talking. After the fall 
 of Vicksburg he participated in the Meridian 
 campaign, which lasted for 31 days. He re-en 
 listed, and with the others received a furlough, 
 but at the time he preferred staying with his 
 regiment. The I7th having been disbanded, 
 he was transferred to the 8th 111., and marched 
 to Clinton, where he assisted in defeating the 
 rebels, following them to Jackson, and there, 
 also, joined in that desperate encounter. Later, 
 he went to Duvall s Bluff, then to Memphis, 
 Morganzia, and to Knoxville. About this time 
 Mr. Du Bois was detailed as Ordnance Steward 
 at Fort Pickens, Fla. Afterwards he went to 
 New Orleans, where he had charge of colored 
 troops, whom he distributed to their regi 
 ments. He joined his company at Marshall, 
 Tex., then went to Shreveport, where he con 
 tinued until April, 1866, and in the following 
 month he was mustered out at Baton Rouge and 
 discharged at Springfield, 111., May, 16, 1866, 
 after a service of 5 years, I month and 5 days. 
 
 He returned to Peoria, which has since been 
 his home, save 18 months service at Chicago 
 in the Government secret service. Since that 
 he has been a traveling salesman, having also 
 visited the old battle grounds of the South, 
 notably those of Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, 
 Jackson, Bolivar and La Grange. 
 
 A few months ago he was appointed Deputy 
 Sheriff of his county. In 1868 he was married 
 to Miss Bella Stone, by whom he has two 
 children, Lizzie, a finely educated young lady, 
 and Henry. In politics he is a Republican and 
 an energetic worker in his party s interests. 
 He is a member of the Elks, of the Druids, and 
 of the Central City Post, G. A. R., of which he is 
 Senior Vice Commander. 
 
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 AJ.-GEN. GEORGE STONEMAN was born in 
 N. Y., in the year 1826; educated at 
 West Point, where he graduated in 
 1846; entered service as Brevet 2nd Lieut., 
 First Dragoons in the regular army, July, 1846. 
 From the time of entering service until the 
 beginning of the late war, Stoneman was em 
 ployed in the frontier service in the Western 
 territory. As a cavalry officer he has marched 
 and fought over the West, from the Miss, to 
 the Pacific Ocean. He was engaged in quell 
 ing the Mormon difficulties, and in many petty 
 Indian wars in the far West, and is one of our 
 most experienced, accomplished and trust 
 worthy cavalry leaders. At the outbreak of 
 the Rebellion he was appointed Major of the 
 4th U. S. Cav. Upon the organization of the 
 Army of the Potomac, by Gen. McClellan, he 
 was appointed Brig. Gen. in the Infantry line, 
 but was afterward made Chief of Cav., in which 
 position he served until the close of McClellan s 
 campaign. When Burnside assumed command 
 of the Army of the Potomac, Stoneman was 
 placed in command of the corps, and won dis 
 tinction for skill, constancy and efficient 
 generalship. He was afterwards transferred to 
 the West and joined Gen. Sherman in his cam 
 paign against Atlanta, Ga. During the summer 
 of 1864, he led a cavalry expedition through 
 the interior of Ga., and when near Macon, was 
 surrounded by a large body of Rebel cavalry 
 and infantry. To save his command he formed 
 his lines, and, with a part of his force, held the 
 position while the main body of his troops 
 made good their retreat. He commanded the 
 forlorn hope, and remained with a portion of 
 his army which was sacrificed, and was himself 
 captured and confined in a Rebel prison, from 
 which after a few months he was released by 
 exchange and restored to his command. In 
 the spring of 1865, Stoneman led an expedition 
 into East Tenn., Va., and N. Carolina. In this 
 expedition he captured Salisbury, North Car 
 olina, and disposed his forces in such a manner 
 as to cut off the retreats of the Rebel Gen. 
 Johnston, and the flight of Jeff. Davis. An ex 
 perienced soldier, atried and successful leader, 
 he rendered most efficient service throughout 
 
 the war. In the winter of 1862, he led our first 
 great cavalry raid to the rear of the Rebel 
 army, and to the very gates of Richmond. 
 Upon this occasion, his forces were divided 
 into three columns, under himself, Averil and 
 Buford. Cutting the railroad between Lee s 
 army and Richmond, he greatly alarmed the 
 Confederates and did them much damage 
 burning bridges, depots and army stores within 
 two miles of the capital. This was one of the 
 most daring and successful raids made during 
 the war, and in its results, most damaging to 
 the Rebel cause. Nov. 29, 1862, Stoneman 
 was made Maj.-Gen. for gallant conduct \vhile 
 Chief of Cavalry during the Peninsular cam 
 paign. He was retained in service after the 
 war. 
 
 In person, this distinguished officer was six 
 feet high and well proportioned, his features 
 were regular and stern and his manner com 
 manding, hair auburn, eyes blue, whiskers 
 brown and worn full. 
 
 JUDGE WALTER QUINTON GRESHAM, the em 
 inent jurist whose name heads this biog 
 raphy, was born near Lanesville, Harrison 
 Co., Ind., March 17, 1832. He was reared on 
 the farm home, receiving his preliminary edu 
 cation in the country schools of that locality. 
 Subsequently he spent one year in the State 
 University at Bloomington, Ind. From there 
 he went to Corydon, Ind., where he studied 
 law, and where he was admitted to the bar in 
 1852, opened his law office and acquired a large 
 and successful practice, taking front rank as a 
 lawyer. In 1860, he was elected to the State 
 Legislature, but his legislative career was inter- 
 upted by the breaking out of the rebellion. He 
 resigned his seat in 1861 to accept the appoint 
 ment of Lieut. -Colonel of the 38th Ind. Inf. 
 He was as quick to master the military as he 
 was the legal profession, and he was soon pro 
 moted to the rank of Colonel, and placed in 
 command of the 53rd Ind. Inf. After the 
 termination of the siege of Vicksburg, in which 
 
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 he took a prominent part, with his regiment, 
 he was made a Brig.-General, his commission 
 bearing date Aug. 12, 1863. He continued to 
 serve in the Western Army, and in May, 1864, 
 was with the army that moved out for the At 
 lanta campaign. He bore an active and dis 
 tinguished part in this campaign up to the 
 battle of Atlanta, where he commanded the 4th 
 Div. of Blair s Corps, and he was severely 
 wounded and taken from the field. This wound 
 disabled him for over a year, and prevented 
 him from further active service. 
 
 Mar. 13, 1865, he was breveted Maj. Gen 
 eral of volunteers for gallant conduct on the 
 field at Alabama. 
 
 Returning to his State after the war, he re 
 sumed his practice at New Albany. In 1866 
 he was brought out by the Republican party 
 for Congress, but was defeated. During the 
 years 1867-8, he was financial agent of his 
 State in New York City. When Gen. Grant 
 became President in 1869, he appointed Gen. 
 Gresham, whom he held in high esteem, U. S. 
 Dist. Judge for Indiana. This position he ably 
 and honorably filled for over 16 years, and re 
 signed the same to accept a place in President 
 Arthur s cabinet as Postmaster General, taking 
 his seat in April, 1882. After the death of 
 Secretary Folger, in July, 1884, he was made 
 Secretary of the Treasury. This position he 
 filled with the same ability that had distin 
 guished him throughout his public career. In 
 October, 1884, he was appointed by President 
 Arthur, U. S. Judge for the 7th Judicial Circuit, 
 which position he still holds and has filled 
 with marked ability. In 1888, Judge Gresham 
 became quite a prominent candidate of the 
 Republican party for nomination at the Repub 
 lican Convention held at Chicago, the Illinois 
 delegation supporting him, and many delegates 
 from the different States. His public record 
 was so able, his life so pure, and his name so 
 popular with the people, that it was thought at 
 one time he would receive the nomination, but 
 through the manipulations of politicians he 
 was defeated. He is a member of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, and the Loyal Legion 
 of 111., of which he has been Commander. 
 
 CAPTAIN JOHN M.TURNBULL. There were few 
 regiments engaged in the late rebellion 
 that were more distinguished for their 
 gallantry and effective fighting than the 36th 
 111. Inf., and there was no soldier who took 
 part in the late war for the Union, who returned 
 with a better record for devotion to the cause 
 and gallant conduct on the field of battle than 
 the veteran whose name heads this sketch, and 
 who was a member of that regiment. He en 
 listed at Monmouth, 111., Aug. 18, 1861, in Co. 
 C, and was mustered in as 2nd Lieutenant, 
 Sept. 23, at Camp Hammond, near Aurora, 111., 
 where the regiment was organized by the elec 
 tion of Nicholas Greusel as Colonel. Mr. 
 Turnbull had a wife and several children when 
 the war broke out, and was rather loth at first 
 to leave them for the battle field, but after the 
 disastrous battle of Bull Run, his patriotism 
 became stronger than family ties; he felt that 
 the country needed his services, and he was 
 willing to make the sacrifice, even at the cost 
 of his life. 
 
 The regiment upon organization left for St. 
 Louis, where it was armed with old style U. S. 
 muskets, and then moved by rail to Rolla, 
 Mo., and went into camp, remaining until Jan. 
 14, 1862, the time being occupied with severe 
 drill, camp and post guard duty, and an occa 
 sional scout. At the above named date it left 
 for Springfield in the movement against Price, 
 with the 3$th, 44th 111., and 25th Mo., which 
 formed the Brig, under the command of 
 Osterhaus. They passed through Springfield, 
 thence to Bentonville, Ark., and, moving on, 
 met and defeated the enemy at Leetown. March 
 6, and, March 7, engaged in the fierce battle at 
 Pea Ridge, with like results. After a rest at 
 Keitsville, Mo., Captain Turnbull, with his com 
 mand, moved out, skirted the Ozark Mts., and, 
 after much marching, arrived at Cape Girar- 
 deau May 22nd., the Brig, then under com 
 mand of Asboth. May 23, embarked for 
 Hamburg Landing, and moved to Corinth, 
 arriving there as the enemy was evacuating, 
 and went into camp at Rienzi, where they 
 remained until the following September. 
 While there Company C, then commanded 
 
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 by Captain Turnbull, was detached and placed 
 in the command of Col. Phil. Sheridan, 
 who had charge of a Brig., and took part in the 
 numerous scouting expeditions. Then, in the 
 changing of the lines, he was ordered to Cin 
 cinnati, thence to Louisville, and later fought 
 in the battle of Perryville. After this engage 
 ment it was a race between the Union troops 
 and Bragg s army for Nashville, the former ar 
 riving there first. The Regt. remained in camp 
 at Nashville, Seven Mile Creek and Mill Creek, 
 until Dec. 26, when it was ordered out for the 
 Murfreesboro campaign. It took a leading part 
 in the battle of Stone River, being in Sheridan s 
 Div. and McCook s Corps, and in the latter fight 
 Captain Turnbull was slightly wounded in the 
 chest by a glancing ball. After the battle and the 
 evacuation of Murfreesboro the Regt. went into 
 camp on the banks of Stone River, on the Shelby- 
 ville Pike, where it remained until June 24, 1863. 
 After this long rest, the boys of the 36th were 
 in prime condition for the Tullahoma campaign, 
 in which they took a conspicuous part; although 
 the campaign ended with but little fighting, yet, 
 as a result, Bragg was driven out of Middle Ten 
 nessee. After much marching, and making 
 several camps, the command crossed the Ten 
 nessee and entered upon the Chattanooga cam 
 paign at the memorable battle of Chickamauga, 
 in which the 36th particularly distinguished 
 itself for its gallant conduct. 
 
 After the battle of Stone River, Captain 
 Turnbull was detailed as staff officer to Gen. 
 Frank T. Sherman, first acting as Provost Mar 
 shal. He then was assigned as Brig. Inspec 
 tor, ist Brig., 2nd Div., 4th A. C., acting in this 
 capacity during the remainder of his service. 
 He was kept very active during the battle of 
 Chickamauga in arranging and looking after 
 the lines. He was on the lamented Gen. 
 Lytle s staff during this battle, who was killed 
 while forming new lines under a heavy fire. 
 Capt. Turnbull had a horse shot from under 
 him, but he escaped unhurt, though his com 
 pany and regiment suffered many losses. 
 
 Sunday morning before the battle opened, 
 Gen. Lytle and Captain Turnbull between 
 whom there was a strong friendship were sit 
 
 ing on a log together, talking in a confidential 
 way. The General had called the Captain to 
 him, saying he wanted to have a talk. While 
 they were sitting there, he asked the Captain 
 if he thought there would be a battle that day 
 and upon his replying in the affirmative, the 
 General said: "I think so too; I do not tliink 
 it. will make me a coward, yet I feel that I shall 
 be killed in the coming battle, and I have one 
 request to make, one favor to ask, and this is 
 that you will not leave me during the day." 
 The Captain replied: "Do you feel this way, 
 General?" The General said, "I do." "Then, 
 remarked the Captain, "we will not be sepa 
 rated." When the battle opened they were 
 still together and balls were flying like hail 
 about them, yet they remained untouched by 
 the enemy s deadly lead, although the soldiers 
 of the Union were falling thick and fast upon 
 the bloody field. A little while and the lines 
 below began to break and required attention. 
 There was one there whose duty it was to look 
 after them and that was Turnbull, but he moved 
 not; he was thinking of his pledge. Soon Gen. 
 Lytle told the Captain to go down and reform 
 them, but he paid no attention to this order. 
 The General then looked at him, and pointing 
 his finger down where the battle was raging 
 fiercely said, "Go!" He left without saying a 
 w r ord. Later, in the maneuvering of the con 
 tending forces, he saw the General s steed gal 
 loping by riderless. 
 
 It needed no prophet to judge the result. 
 The noble General had fallen, shot to death by 
 rebel bullets. He who had but a few moments 
 before so prophetically spoken of his approach 
 ing end, and who had but a few hours previous 
 completed that immortal poem 
 
 " I am dying, Egypt dying, 
 Ebbs the crimson life-tide fast 
 
 He "perished like a Roman," and went down 
 amid the "Stygian horrors of battle," while 
 about him were his brave soldiers fighting for 
 the cause for which he perished. The next 
 day his body was recovered from the enemy 
 under a flag of truce. After the battle of 
 Chickamauga the Captain, with his command, 
 fell back to Rossville and then to Chattanooga, 
 
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 it being his duty to quietly withdraw the last 
 pickets. He thus believes to have been the last 
 man to leave Rossville. 
 
 He remained at Chattanooga until his regi 
 ment was recalled to the field of Missionary 
 Ridge, when he took part in that celebrated 
 battle, Nov. 26, 1863. His regiment was in the 
 charge to relieve the center of the line to draw 
 the enemy away from Sherman. The line was 
 broken and soon after the battle was ended, and 
 the 36th was the first to plant its colors on the 
 Ridge. Nov. 28, they were ordered to Knox- 
 ville to relieve Burnside. When they arrived, 
 Dec. 6, Longstreet had withdrawn, and they 
 moved to Elaine s Cross Roads, where the 
 members of the regiment veteranized and re 
 turned to Chattanooga to take their furlough. 
 After their return they went into camp at 
 Cleveland, Tenn., and on the morning of May 
 3, 1864, they moved out for the Atlanta cam 
 paign. Captain Turnbull s first fight in this 
 campaign was at Rocky Face Ridge. He then 
 fought at Resaca, Adairsville, New Hope 
 Church, where he was wounded in the knee by 
 a buck-shot the night of the 25th, while out on 
 a picket line. He was placed in the field hos 
 pital and the next day his leg was amputated. 
 Some twelve days after he was removed to the 
 hospital at Ackworth, where he was in hearing 
 of the battle at Kenesaw Mt. While there his 
 father came and took him home. In October, 
 being able to move about on crutches, he could 
 not resist the desire to see his old comrades 
 again, and he started for the front, meeting and 
 going with his regiment as far as Atlanta, where 
 he tendered his resignation and was mustered 
 out Nov. 4th. 
 
 He returned home, going out on the last 
 train leaving Atlanta. Captain Turnbull entered 
 the service as 2nd Lieut. When the Captain of 
 his company was detailed as PostQ. M.,he was 
 appointed 1st Lieut., and from that time had 
 charge of his company. This was March 12, 
 1863, but his commission was dated back to 
 Nov. 6, 1862. In 1865, Captain Turnbull was 
 appointed P. M. at Monmouth, by President 
 Lincoln, but before his commission was issued 
 Lincoln was assassinated, and it was signed by 
 
 Johnson. Not long after he was removed by 
 Johnson for offensive partisanship, but during 
 his impeachment trial he was reinstated. He 
 held his position until March 30, 1887, when 
 President Cleveland substituted a Democrat, and 
 the brave soldier who lost his leg in the de 
 fense of the Republic was retired. He then en 
 gaged in real estate and insurance, and also 
 gave his attention to pension claims. 
 
 In May, 1891, he was appointed by the Rail 
 road and Warehouse Commission, Register for 
 the city of Chicago, where he has his head 
 quarters. 
 
 Captain Turnbull was born July 23, 1833, a t 
 Xenia, Ohio, and is the son of David and Nancy 
 (Mitchell) Turnbull. His father s name was 
 William, and he was born in the south of Scot 
 land. The Mitchells were of Irish descent, 
 with a mixture of Swedish blood through the 
 Springer family. William Turnbull emigrated 
 to the U. S. soon after the close of the Revolu 
 tion, settling first in Tennessee, and subse 
 quently removed to Xenia, O., where David was 
 born, and where he was reared and was mar- 
 ried. William Turnbull s home while in Tenn., 
 was near Nashville and joined that of Gen. Jack 
 son, between whom there was a strong friend 
 ship. The former had rendered young Andrew 
 financial aid when he came to Nashville, friend 
 less and alone in the world. David was a farmer 
 er by occupation and removed to 111. in 1833, set 
 tling on a tract of land near Monmouth. Later 
 he removed to Hale township, locating at a 
 place afterwards known as Turnbull s Point. He 
 was at one time Sheriff of Warren County, and 
 held many other important positions. Was an 
 active and zealous worker, both in Church and 
 State. He died at Monmouth, in 1871, at his 
 son s residence, aged 63 years. His wife had 
 preceeded him a few years. They were the 
 parents of 12 children, 8 of whom grew to ma 
 turity, and 4 of whom are still living the subject 
 of this sketch; Anne E., now Mrs. Payne, of. 
 Little York, 111.; Mary A., now Mrs. Craw 
 ford, of Colorado; David A., living on the old 
 homestead, and a soldier of the late war; and 
 Thomas B., a Presbyterian minister, at Argyle, 
 N. Y. . 
 
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 The subject of this memoir was raised at 
 home, where he secured a good common school 
 education. When the rebellion broke out he 
 was farming and left the ploughshare to take 
 up the sword. He was united in marriage at 
 Washington, Iowa, Nov. 7, 1854, to Anna P., 
 daughter of Alexander and Ann Orr, natives of 
 Scotland. By this marriage they have had five 
 children Ralph who died in infancy; Mary 
 Emma, Clara O., Nancy A., and Jennie R. 
 
 He is a member of the G. A. R., Post No. 
 81, of Kirkwood, 111. The family are members 
 of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Capt. Turnbull is a man of fine physique, 
 tall and well-proportioned, of good presence 
 and pleasing address. He has a strong and 
 winning personality; is big-hearted, genial in 
 nature, benevolent, charitable, and true in his 
 friendships. His career has been highly hon 
 orable; as a soldier, steadfast and brave, and 
 as a citizen, worthy and most useful. 
 
 JOHN A. McQuEEN, of McQueen, 111., and a 
 member of Veteran Post, No. 49, G. A. R., 
 of Elgin, enlisted Aug. 17, 1861, at Udina, 
 111., in Co. B (Cav.), which was attached to 
 the 36th 111. Inf., and was mustered in as cor 
 poral. After camping at Hammond, the Regt. 
 proceeded to Rolla, Mo., where it encamped 
 until Jan., 1862. Co. B was chiefly engaged in 
 scouting. The Regt. then moved, under Cur 
 tis, to Pea Ridge and took part in that battle, 
 losing heavily. It had a position on the left 
 with Gen. Sigel. It then moved with Asboth s 
 Div. to Corinth, and took part in that siege, 
 after which it went into camp at Rienzi, Miss. 
 In the fall the Regt. marched to Louisville, 
 where it was assigned to Sheridan s Div., in 
 which it fought at Chaplin Hills, with heavy 
 loss. It was again in action at Stone River, in 
 McCook s Corps, where it lost its Brig, com 
 mander, Gen. Sill, and its Colonel (Greusel) 
 took command. The 36th lost in that battle 
 very heavy. From the sanguinary field of 
 Stone River, it went toChickamauga, and took 
 
 a prominent part in that battle, the Brig, being 
 commanded by Gen. Lytle. Mr. McQueen s 
 Regt. was again a heavy loser. Its next im 
 portant battles were those about Chattanooga, 
 Mission Riclge, Orchard Knob, and Lookout 
 Mt., fought from Nov. 23, to 25, 1863, in all of 
 which the 36th added to its already wide fame 
 as a fighting Regt. During the remaining two 
 years of its time it served in the 4th A. C., 
 took an active part in the Atlanta campaign, 
 and was in the battle of Resaca, New Hope 
 Church, Adairsville, Dallas, Kenesaw Mt., 
 Peach Tree Creek, Fayctteville, and Atlanta. 
 Mr. McQueen, with his Co., went with Sher 
 man in his march to the sea, and then through 
 the Carohnas, making camp for a time at Ra 
 leigh, thence marched to Washington. 
 
 Mr. McQueen was promoted at Benton Bar 
 racks in Nov., 1 86 1, to Q. M. Sergt.; Feb. 28, 
 
 1864, to 2d Lieut.; March 13, 1865, to 1st Lieut. 
 He was in the hospital at Evansville, Ind., in 
 1862, and again at Camden, S. C., in 1865. He 
 was wounded near Darlington, S. C., Feb. 27. 
 
 1865, by a pistol ball in the groin in a cavalry 
 fight at night; was left on the field, and was taken 
 prisoner. He was taken to a citizen s house 
 and treated with great kindness until April I, 
 when he was taken to the Confederate hospital 
 at Camden, S. C. He rejoined his command 
 June I. 1865. While in the service he had three 
 furloughs one in March, 1863, one in Dec. 
 same year, and his veteran furlough in Feb., 
 1864. While at Beaufort by a special order he 
 was placed in charge of a scouting party, serv 
 ing in that capacity until he was taken prison 
 er. He was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., 
 June 20, 1865, and returned home. 
 
 Lieut. McQueen was born at Sing Sing, N. 
 Y., Apr. 14, 1839, and is the son of George and 
 Margaret (McCormick) McQueen, who were 
 born in Scotland, respectively, in 1805 and 1807, 
 and died, the father in 1859, and the mother in 
 1860. By this union they had seven children 
 Ellen, William, Andrew, John A., Elizabeth, 
 Janet and Mary H. His father was one of the 
 early settlers of Kane Co., 111., locating there 
 in 1839, and engaged in farming at Cato. Here 
 young John was sent to the common schools 
 
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 for his preliminary education. He closed his 
 school studies at the Elgin Academy. At the 
 age of i6he went to Elgin to learn the carpen 
 ter s trade. While pursuing this trade he taught 
 school winters. Upon the death of his father, 
 he was called home to take charge of his large 
 farm where he remained until he enlisted. Re 
 turning from the war he resumed his farming 
 operations, which he carried on until 1881, when 
 he went into the mercantile business, which he 
 conducted until 1885, when he went back to 
 farming, which he still continues, holding large 
 landed interests. He held the position of 
 Postmaster at McQueen from 1882 to 1886. He 
 was married at Bloom, 111., Nov. 28, 1865, to 
 Martha E., daughter of Stewart B. and Cather 
 ine McEldowny, by whom he has five children 
 Catherine M., Alice J., William C., George 
 S. and Walter J. 
 
 In politics Mr. McQueen is a Republican, 
 casting his first vote for Lincoln. He is a 
 member of the G. A. R. Post, No. 49, at Elgin. 
 
 Lieut. McQueen was a brave, gallant sol 
 dier, always ready to take his place where the 
 battle raged the fiercest. As a citizen his record 
 is no less honorable, being held in high esteem 
 and as one of the substantial men of the 
 county. 
 
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 AJOR GENERAL WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN was 
 born in Pa., in 1821, and entered West 
 Point Military Academy in 1839, where 
 he graduated at the head of his class in 1843. 
 He entered service as 2d Lieut, of Topograph 
 ical Engineers. Promoted to ist Lieut. Feb. 
 23, 1847 ; to Captain, July i, 1857 ; to Colonel, 
 May 14, 1 86 1, and assigned to the I2th Regt. U. 
 S. Vol. Inf. He was further promoted to Brig. 
 Gen., July i, 1862, and to Maj. Gen., July 4, 
 1862. Gen. Franklin served with distinction in 
 the war with Mexico, and was promoted for 
 meritorious conduct in the battle of Buena 
 Vista, Feb. 27, 1847. He commanded a brigade 
 under Gen, McDowell, and took an active part in 
 the battle of Bull Run, July 4, 1861. Uponthere- 
 organization of the army after that disaster, he 
 
 was placed in command of the ist Div. of the 
 ist A. C., Army of the Potomac. Gen. Franklin 
 acted a conspicuous part and displayed mili 
 tary talents of the highest order in the Penin 
 sular campaign. Such was the esteem and 
 confidence with which McClellan regarded him, 
 that through his influence he was made Major 
 Gen., and placed in command of an army corps, 
 in which position he acquitted himself with the 
 highest honors on the field at the battle of 
 Williamsburg. In all the sanguinary scenes of 
 the seven days fighting, he was among the 
 most prominent actors. He soon became a 
 favorite and honored leader of the Army of the 
 Potomac. Throughout the Rebellion he main 
 tained a high position, being distinguished for 
 efficient generalship, daring bravery and con 
 stant success. 
 
 No one among the brave and patriotic 
 leaders of the United States armies, in any por 
 tion of the country, won a more enduring fame, 
 and the memory of none stands higher, both 
 with the army and with the Nation, than does 
 Gen. W. B. Franklin. 
 
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 AJ. GEN. LOVEL H. ROSSEAU was born at 
 Stanford, Ky., Aug. 4, 1818. Entered 
 military service as Captain in an Indian 
 Regt. during the Mexican War in 1846, and 
 served under Gen. Taylor until the fall of the 
 City of Mexico, when he returned to Ky. and 
 continued the practice of law. When the Rebel 
 lion broke out, Capt. Rosseau was a member of 
 the Legislature of Kentucky, and grappled 
 madly with secession under the disguise of Ky. 
 neutrality. This form of treason was approved 
 by Bela McCoffin, then Governor of the State, 
 and advocated by John C. Breckinridge, Hum 
 phrey Marshall, Billy Preston, and Gen. Buck- 
 ner. Almost alone in the Legislature, Rosseau 
 met these willy and eloquent advocates of 
 treason and disguise, and beat them on the 
 threshold; tore off the masks of S. Neutrality, 
 exposed the hideous form, and branded it as 
 disunion-more hateful than open treason. In 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 this great crisis Rosseau was as true as steel. 
 By the magic power of his eloquence, resistless- 
 ness of his logic and withering denunciations, he 
 defeated the hollow pretense of State neutrality, 
 and, as he had predicted, saw Breckinridge and 
 Co. go straight into the Rebel army. Rosseau 
 then declared that the Ky. Legislature should 
 declare openly for the Union. The Rebel influ 
 ence was too strong and his noble efforts in 
 behalf of the Government failed. 
 
 Leaving the Halls of Legislature, Rosseau 
 hastened to Washington, and obtained a com 
 mission to raise troops for the Union service. 
 So great was the excitement and prejudice in 
 Kentucky, a rendezvous had to be made out 
 side of the State. Camp Holt was established 
 opposite to Louisville, on the Indiana side of 
 the Ohio River. After raising two regiments 
 and a full battery of loyal Ky. men, Rosseau 
 recrossed the river and again entered the State 
 at the earnest entreaty of the citizens of Louis 
 ville, at that time threatened by an army of 
 Confederate soldiers under Gen. Bragg. We 
 next hear of Rosseau at the battle of Shiloh, 
 where he was in command of a brigade, and 
 won a wide renown. 
 
 In what was known as the great military 
 foot race between the Rebel forces under Bragg 
 and the Union troops under Buell, Rosseau 
 took part, and, at its conclusion, again distin 
 guished himself at the battle of Perryville, in 
 the fall of 1862. Going on South under Gen. 
 Rosecrans, Rosseau took a leading part in the 
 battle of Stone River, and proved himself one 
 of the best officers and boldest leaders on that 
 bloody field. Continuing in the field until the 
 close of the war, General Rosseau had the 
 proud satisfaction of seeing the old flag re 
 stored, the Rebellion conquered, the Govern 
 ment re-established, and the life of the Nation 
 saved. 
 
 LIEUT. MARTIN KINOMAN, Peoria, 111. The 
 subject of our sketch was born April 1st, 
 1844, in Deer Creek Tp., Tazewell Co., 
 111. His early years were passed in Deer 
 Creek, where he attended the district school. 
 
 He then attended school in Tremont, Tazewell 
 Co., two terms, and then attended Washington 
 Academy, Washington, Tazewell Co., for three 
 years prior to the war, and was engaged in 
 teaching school near Peoria at the outbreak of 
 the war. 
 
 In the spring of 1862 young Kingman, a 
 frail boy eighteen years old, enlisted in Co. G, 
 86th 111. Vol. Inft., being the first of a large 
 number of boys from Deer Creek to enlist. 
 His regiment was organized at Camp Lyon, 
 Peoria, and he was elected second lieutenant of 
 Co. G, being the youngest lieutenant in the reg 
 iment, and afterwards in the division, and in 
 consequence received the cognomen of the 
 young lieutenant. Even at this time he was 
 more proficient in drill and military tactics 
 than many of his superior officers, having when 
 fourteen years old joined the Dan Mills Wash 
 ington Guards, in which he took great pride in 
 drilling and studying the science of war. Being 
 a close student and observer, he had thoroughly 
 mastered drill and military tactics, so when 
 elected lieutenant he was thoroughly familiar 
 with his duties, and was detailed a number of 
 times to drill other officers of his regiment 
 and instruct them in their duties, consequently 
 young Kingman became conspicuous from the 
 time of his enlistment. 
 
 Early in Sept., 1862, the regiment went to 
 Louisville, Ky., joining Buell s army, and pass 
 ing in the great review in Louisville in which 
 hundreds of men fell exhausted by the heat. 
 Lieut. Kingman participated in the campaign 
 against Bragg, whose army was encountered 
 Oct. 8th, 1862, on the famous battle-field of 
 Perryville, and later at Crab Orchard. In the 
 battle of Perryville the 86th 111. led in the as 
 sault, and suffered a loss of one man killed and 
 thirteen wounded. Then it marched to Nash 
 ville, Tenn., arriving Nov. 7th, where it contin 
 ued on garrison duty until the following June. 
 While stationed at Nashville, Lieut. Kingman 
 was on detached service in command of a com 
 pany of the 8oth 111. Inft., which had been capt 
 ured and lost its officers. 
 
 He left with his regiment, on Sept. 4th, 
 1863, for Huntsville, Ala.; thence the regiment 
 
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 went to Chattanooga, Tcnn., arriving there on 
 Sept. i6th, where the brigade was assigned to 
 Granger s Reserve Corps. On the igth and 
 20th of Sept. it participated in the celebrated 
 battle of Chickamauga, holding a position on 
 the extreme left of the army, and was the last 
 to leave that blood-stained field. His brigade 
 assisted the last battery off the field, and to 
 prevent noise wrapped their blankets around 
 the gun-carriages wheels. His division retired 
 through the gap at Chickamauga, and on the 
 2Oth of September went to North Chickamauga, 
 where it guarded the ford. On Nov. 24th 
 Lieut. Kingman s regiment crossed the Tennes 
 see River, and led in the opening scenes of the 
 battle of Missionary Ridge, gaining a promi 
 nent position on the northern end of that ele 
 vation, which it held until the battle was won, 
 and giving it a full view of the Union army 
 in its assault on Mission Ridge, presenting a 
 view of a line of battle more than six miles 
 long. The regiment then joined in the pursuit 
 of the enemy in the retreat to Ringgold, capt 
 uring many thousand prisoners. 
 
 His division was then ordered to join Sher 
 man in his desperate march to the relief of 
 Knoxville, then under the command of Gen. 
 Burnside. When within eight miles of Knox 
 ville they learned that Burnside had raised the 
 siege, and Sherman s army settled down on the 
 banks of the East Tennessee River to forage 
 and rest for a few days. 
 
 During this resting spell, Lieut. Kingman 
 with forty men and twenty teams started up 
 one of the valleys on a foraging expedition. 
 After filling their wagon^vith all kinds of for 
 age, they were about to return, when Lieut. 
 Kingman discovered that one of his men was 
 absent, and was probably captured by the bush 
 whackers w r ho were in that section. To retal 
 iate, Lieut. Kingman ordered his men to take 
 into custody an old man and a young girl, and 
 sent word to the bushwhackers that the capt 
 ives would be held as hostages until the return 
 of the captured soldier, and that their fate 
 would be the same as that of the Union soldier. 
 While the army was still there, the soldier was 
 returned unharmed to his comrades, and the 
 
 man and girl set at liberty, much to the relief 
 of Lieut. Kingman and his gallant body of 
 men. 
 
 He then joined on the return march to Chat 
 tanooga, where he arrived on Dec. igth, 1863. 
 This expedition to Knoxville was one of the 
 hardest of the Rebellion, and the patriotism, 
 fidelity and bravery of the men were tested to 
 the utmost. They had received no clothing 
 since the previous June, and the men were 
 practically bare-footed, some of them abso 
 lutely so (among them Lieut. Kingman), while 
 they had no overcoats, and their scanty gar 
 ments hung upon them in shreds. In this con 
 dition, suffering the pangs of hunger, they 
 marched on that wearisome return from Knox 
 ville, with the ground at times frozen and at 
 times covered with snow, consequently the suf 
 ferings of the men were very great too great to 
 be accurately portrayed by any language. 
 Gen. Sherman, in his memoirs, referring to the 
 march to Knoxville, states that the suffering 
 was equal to that at Valley Forge. 
 
 Lieut. Kingman remained during the winter 
 of 1863-64 in the vicinity of Chattanooga, par 
 ticipating in some heavy skirmishing at Buz 
 zard s Roost and Rocky Face Ridge, which re 
 lieved camp monotony. On May 3d, 1864, he 
 marched to Ringgold and took part in the ad 
 vance against Tunnel Hill, and then through 
 Snake Creek Gap, taking an active part in the 
 battle of Resaca. 
 
 During the remainder of the Atlanta cam 
 paign, he participated in the battles of Rome, 
 Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta, Peach 
 Tree Creek, Atlanta and Jonesboro. In all these 
 battles Lieut. Kingman s Regiment suffered 
 terribly in killed and wounded. At Kenesaw 
 Mountain it lost 26 killed, 70 wounded and 12 
 missing. At the battle of Jonesboro, Lieut. 
 Kingman was shot in the left breast and also 
 received a slight, wound through his left leg, 
 the ball striking his horse, which fell, with its 
 rider occupying an uncomfortable position be 
 neath. Fortunately, his wounds were slight, 
 so he remained at his post, and on Sept. 4th, re 
 turned to Atlanta and participated in taking 
 possession of the city. 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Throughout this campaign, Lieut. Kingman 
 was on the staff of Col. Dan McCook, and had 
 charge of the Ambulance Corps of the Third 
 Brigade, Second Division, Thirteenth Army 
 Corps. After the capture of Atlanta, his 
 Brigade started to head off Hood, and his Am 
 bulance Corps and men were left in Atlanta, 
 and he was detailed to clear a part of the city 
 of its inhabitants and to notify those wishing 
 to go North that they would receive transpor 
 tation, as the city was to be destroyed. This 
 was one of the saddest duties of his life, but 
 the exigencies of war demanded its fulfillment. 
 For more than two weeks his men and teams 
 were used to transport the citizens of Atlanta 
 who wished to go North, to the depots, and 
 those who wished to go South, to a field south of 
 the city. On the night of Nov. I4th, after all 
 the inhabitants had been removed, the torch 
 was applied, first to the stores, then to the resi 
 dence portion, and although two miles distant 
 that night, he could plainly see to read. 
 
 Nov. 1 5th, he started upon the march to the 
 sea, arriving in front of Savannah on Dec. nth, 
 1864. Soon aftei the city surrendered, and was 
 presented by Gen. Sherman to President Lin 
 coln as a Christmas present. While on the 
 march to the sea, his Division was at the head 
 of the column of the Fourteenth Army Corps, 
 and was the first to enter Milledgeville, where 
 the Legislature had been in session the day pre 
 vious. The troops, while in Milledgeville, were 
 stationed about the State House, and the sol 
 diers who were familiar with Legislative pro 
 ceedings, held a mock Legislature in the State 
 House, a soldier taking the name and place of 
 each of the Legislators who had so recently 
 left. 
 
 Lieut. Kingman s Corps was ordered from 
 Savannah to South Carolina, and marched by 
 the way of Sister s Ferry into that State, thence 
 northward through the Carolinas, being at Co 
 lumbia when it was burned. This march being 
 made in the spring, during the heavy rains, the 
 streams were very high, and had to be spanned 
 by pontoon bridges, and roads had to be made 
 of corduroy to permit the passage of the teams 
 and artillery. It was one of the most difficult 
 
 marches \yhich the army, during all its cam 
 paigns, had made. 
 
 Lieut. Kingman participated in the battles 
 of Averysboro, and Bentonville, N. C., and im 
 mediately after the latter was promoted to First 
 Lieutenant. Bentonville was the last battle of 
 the Rebellion, in which any large number of 
 men were killed and wounded, and which should 
 not have been fought, as the war was then 
 practically over. 
 
 The night after the battle of Bentonville, 
 Lieut. Kingman walked into the camp of the 
 rebel army, which was getting supper. He saw 
 his mistake and walked out without being 
 noticed. He reported to Gen. James D. 
 Morgan, then commanding the Division, that 
 they were within the enemy s lines, who at first 
 ridiculed the idea, but was soon convinced of 
 the astounding truth. Gen. Morgan withdrew 
 his men and threw out a picket line. The next 
 morning, relief reinforcements from the corps 
 on the right and left came marching in and the 
 enemy withdrew, and on the succeeding day 
 the army took up its march to Golclsboro, N- 
 C., where young Kingman spent his twenty- 
 first birthday, having been a soldier nearly 
 three years. One of the presents made to him on 
 that day was a peck of raw onions from the 
 Division Surgeon. He next moved to Raleigh 
 and Cape Fear River. While near Raleigh the 
 news of the surrender of Lee was received, and 
 soon after the surrender of Johnston. 
 
 On May ist, 1864, he started on the march 
 from Raleigh to Richmond. While in Rich 
 mond, he obtained leave of absence for a few 
 days, and visited his mother s uncle and aunt, 
 then living in Richmond. When the army left 
 Richmond he rejoined his command and 
 marched northward, visiting, on the way, many 
 of the great battlefields. As the close of his 
 army life, he marched in the grand review in 
 Washington, May 25th, 1865. He was mustered 
 out in Washington on June 6th, and finally dis 
 charged in Chicago on the 2ist., after an active, 
 oyal, and continuous service of nearly three 
 years, without being absent from his command 
 for a single day, except the few days at Rich 
 mond after the war was over. 
 
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 Returning home to Deer Creek, 111., he re 
 mained with his mother until August, when he 
 went to Peoria, going to work for Clark, Hanna, 
 & Co., Millers. On June 7th, 1866, he went in 
 to the grocery business as a member of the firm 
 of Clauson & Kingman. He remained in the 
 grocery business three months, and then en 
 gaged as a clerk in a boot and shoe store, after 
 which he visited Massachusetts, his father s 
 native state. Returning to Peoria, he went into 
 the farm machinery business, as a member of 
 the firm of Kingman & Dunham, afterwards 
 Kingman, Hotchkiss& Co., and later, Kingman 
 & Co., which has been the firm name since 1872- 
 Kingman & Go s, business has grown until it is 
 now the largest wholesale farm machinery, ve 
 hicle, and cordage house in the United States, 
 having houses in Peoria, St. Louis, Kansas City ; 
 Omaha, and DesMoines. From these houses 
 goods are shipped south to the Gulf of Mexico 
 and west to the Pacific Ocean. Mr. Kingman is 
 also interested in several other companies the 
 Peoria Cordage Co., the Central National Bank, 
 the Peoria Savings Loan & Trust Co., the Na 
 tional Hotel Co., the Peoria Electric Light and 
 Power Co., the Newell Coal Co., all of Peoria, 
 the Marseilles M f g. Co., Marseilles, 111., the 
 Milburn Wagon Co., Toledo O. All are success 
 ful, and all are of value to the cities in which 
 they are situated. 
 
 Mr. Kingman was the son of Abel and Mary 
 Ann (Bingham) Kingman. His father was born 
 in Pelham, Mass., and came to Tazewell Co., 
 111., in 1834. Henry Kingman, the first of the 
 name in the United States, came to Weymouth, 
 Mass., from Weymouth, England, in 1635. On 
 July 8th, 1890, a reunion of the family in the 
 United States was held in Brockton, Mass., it 
 being the two hundred and fifty-fifth anniver 
 sary of the arrival of Henry Kingman and wife 
 in America. A history of the Kingman family 
 is now being written by one of its members, to 
 include all the living members of the family, 
 and in this history, Mr. Kingman will justly 
 hold a prominent place. 
 
 Mr. Kingman s mother was born in Norfolk, 
 Va., and with her parents came to Tazewell 
 Co., 111., in 1834. 
 
 Mr. Kingman was married to Emeline T., 
 daughter of Peter S. Shelly, of Peoria, on May 
 21, 1867. They have had five children, Louis 
 S., Walter B., Martin, Mabel D., and Arthur. 
 Martin and Arthur died while quite young. 
 
 Mr. Kingman is a member of the Loyal 
 Legion and the G. A. R., and has been a mem 
 ber of the First Congregational Church, Peoria, 
 for twenty-four years. His liberal contribu 
 tions did much towards building its handsome 
 house of worship. He also generously con 
 tributed for the Y. M. C. A. building in Peoria. 
 He assisted in purchasing the lot and holding it 
 until the present handsome building was erect 
 ed. 
 
 Mr. Kingman is a staunch Republican, and 
 has always worked hard for his party. He has 
 never been a candidate for public office, but 
 was appointed canal commissioner by Gov. 
 Cullom in 1877, an d filled the position until 
 1883. 
 
 He has traveled extensively, having been 
 in every state and territory, in Mexico, Yuca 
 tan, Central America, the West India Islands, 
 and Europe. His late trip in Europe afforded 
 him an opportunity of seeing grand reviews of 
 the armies of England, France and Germany. 
 When, from every point of view, commercial, 
 political, and social, it appears that the life work 
 of a man has ripened into a full harvest of success, 
 honor and usefulness, the fact is revealed that the 
 author of such results must be a man, not only 
 of well-rounded character, but of noble aspira 
 tions, of systematic and conscientious work. 
 Of no man could this be more truly said than 
 of Mr. Kingman. With high natural endow 
 ments, both of mind and person, he has trusted 
 nothing to chance or genius. By linking to 
 gether natural gifts with habits of patient and 
 concentrative work, he has rounded out his 
 life work to its full completeness and attained 
 a high distinction as a financier, a patriot, and 
 a citizen. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 ISAAC COOK, was born on a farm in Fairfield 
 Co., O., Aug. 8, 1837. His parents soon 
 moved to Peoria Co., 111., settled near Farm- 
 ington, and when their son was 16 years old. 
 they changed their residence and located in 
 Stark Co., near Osceola, where he lived until 
 1855, when he went to Kewanee. He lived at 
 Withersfield, adjoining Kewanee, and was mar 
 ried in 1855, to Caroline M. Segur. He then 
 lived in Kewanee until he enlisted in Aug., 
 1862, in Cov A, I24th Regt. Ills. Vol., and went 
 to Tenn., in time to take part in the movement 
 to Oxford. He was sent by boat to Memphis 
 and Milliken s Bend, where the men were put 
 to work on the two canals that were cut at 
 that place. The forces were sent to Lake Prov 
 idence, where they cut the levee and flooded 
 the country. They then crossed the river and 
 the next day met the enemy at Port Gibson, 
 where the I24th had its first experience in 
 battle. Mr. Cook was here wounded, and taken 
 to the hospital, 12 miles away, while he was en 
 tirely unconscious of the trip. He was the 
 teamster and going along in the darkness of the 
 night, where the road was lined with scattered 
 groups of men, one asked for a ride, but as it 
 was contrary to strict order to grant a favor of 
 this kind, he told the man he might put his 
 knapsack on the wagon and mount one of the 
 mules, to act as driver. The wagon and load 
 were heavy, weighing about 8,000 pounds and 
 Cook took a place on the front of the wagon 
 and went to sleep, as he had been up the night 
 before. At least this is all he remembered un 
 til he was in the hospital. It was discovered 
 that the front wheels had passed over him. He 
 rejoined his regiment in the rear of Vicksburg, 
 in the middle of June. He had been put in the 
 hospital at Grand Gulf, and as he was anxious 
 to meet his regiment, he finally stole away 
 with a comrade, Howard Van Cleave, who was 
 also eager to be in the front. Van Cleave was 
 strong and Cook was weak, so on the march of 
 13 miles they had to make, Van Cleave carried 
 Cook a part of the time. They found the regi 
 ment in front of Fort Hill. 
 
 Shortly after the fall of Vicksburg, Mr. 
 Cook was detailed for duty in the supply train 
 
 for the i /th Army Corps, and he was the first 
 man that reported. He was sent to Cairo, Ills., 
 where he staid sometime and then went up the 
 Tenn. River to Clifton, where the train was un 
 loaded, and then sent with Gen. Sherman on 
 the march to the sea, taking part in the battles 
 of that campaign, Lookout Mountain, Kene- 
 saw, Rome, and others, including the siege and 
 fall of Atlanta, when he was wagon master of 
 a train of twenty-five wagons that went with 
 Sherman through to Savannah and were put on 
 vessels and landed at Hilton Head, N. C. Mr. 
 Cook was at Raleigh when Richmond fell and 
 soon after, when Johnston surrendered, was 
 sent to Washington for the grand review and 
 then to Springfield, 111., where he was dis 
 charged, reaching Kewanee June 22, 1865. Mr. 
 Cook resided 6 years in Bureau Co., and then 
 made his permanent home in Kewanee, where 
 he has established a prosperous livery business. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Cook have had 6 children, 3 of 
 whom are living. They are noted as follows: 
 Clarence, with wife and child, a resident of Ke 
 wanee; Milton O., a barber, living in Aurora, 
 Ills; Charles M., a young man, at home, and 
 Velma Don Zettea, an adopted daughter, 6 
 years of age. Mr. Cook is a Republican, and 
 has been Constable and Deputy Sheriff for his 
 town, and is a member of the G. A. R., and 
 Modern Woodmen. He is a gentleman, upright 
 in business, with good executive ability, which 
 has brought him a comfortable competence 
 for use in these more peaceful years of his 
 life. 
 
 LLOYD UNDERWOOD, of Freeport, 111., was 
 born in Hopkinsville, Ky., April ist, 
 1848, a son of John and Lucy (McAfee) 
 Underwood, (the former a native of Ky. and 
 the other of Va.) In the year 1845 his parents 
 removed to Lafayette Co., Wis., where the 
 father was employed in mining and farming, 
 and became the father of thirteen children, who 
 with one exception all lived to be adults, whose 
 names are as follows: Mary, married Samuel 
 
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 Hardy; Lloyd, our subject; Cordelia, wife of 
 Edward D. Southwick; Nathan; Thomas H.; 
 Sarah, wife of Christopher Whitman; Ferdinand; 
 Lucy, wife of B. F. Munger; Josephine, dead; 
 Florence, wife of E. Darginan; Alice, wife of 
 E. White; Samuel, dead; and Emma, wife of 
 John Rogers. Nathan was a soldier in the late 
 rebellion, having served in the i6th Wisconsin, 
 being wounded, and Thomas H. was also in the 
 army, having enlisted in the 5th Wisconsin, and 
 was wounded in the hand. The father was 
 formerly a Clay Whig in politics, but on the 
 formation of the Republican party tendered 
 his allegiance thereto, continued such up to the 
 time of his death in 1872 the wife having 
 survived him some years, dying in 1890. 
 
 Lloyd received his education in the com 
 mon schools and then learned the gas-fitting 
 and plumbing trade, at which he was employed 
 when the war broke out. On Pres. Lincoln s 
 second call for troops young Underwood 
 responded, enlisting Aug. 5th, 1862, and was 
 mustered into the service as a private in Co. C. 
 33d Wis. Vol. Inf., at Racine, Wis., where the 
 Regt. remained a short time drilling and pre 
 paring for the terrible conflict they were after 
 ward called upon to sustain. 
 
 Leaving Racine, it proceeded to Cairo, 
 then embarking on transports for Memphis, 
 and in the spring of 1863, accompanied Grant s 
 army to Holly Springs, on its way to Vicks- 
 burg, but the supplies gathered at West Point, 
 having been captured by the enemy, returned 
 to Moscow, Miss., and then on to Memphis. 
 
 In the raid to Pautatauk it stood all the 
 hardships and took part in all the skirmishes 
 of that rapid moving march and raid, then par 
 ticipated in the expedition to and battle at 
 Guntown, after which it returned to Memphis. 
 The Regt. then proceeded to Vicksburg, where 
 it joined in the assaults upon that place, May 
 1 9th to 22d, which being unsuccessful, the place 
 was besieged and surrendered finally on the 
 4th of July, 1863. It remained in the vicinity 
 of Vicksburg for a time and the following win 
 ter moved, with the army, on the Red River 
 campaign with General A. J. Smith as com 
 mander of the invading army. In the follow 
 
 ing spring it moved for Mobile Bay and took 
 part in the operations at Spanish Fort and Fort 
 Blakely, arriving at the objective point April 
 1 2th, 1865. It then proceeded to Montgomery, 
 Ala., in pursuit of Kirby Smith and his forces, 
 but the war closed before that point was 
 reached, when the Regt. was placed upon 
 guard duty for some time, and was not mus 
 tered out until the gih of Aug., when our sub 
 ject immediately returned home to Lafayette, 
 Wis. 
 
 Mr. Underwood was married at Warren, Joe 
 Daviess Co., 111., on the 5th of Dec., 1869, to 
 Helen Lichtenberger, who was born in the last 
 named Co. Nov. ist, 1841. They have one 
 daughter, Jennie. 
 
 He is a member of John A. Davis Post, No. 
 98, G. A. R., of which he is Senior Vice Com 
 mander and a charter member. He cast his 
 first vote for Pres. Lincoln, and never since 
 failed to vote on the Republican side. Mrs. 
 Underwood was a charter member of the 
 Woman s Relief Corps, at Freeport, of which 
 she is Senior Vice Pres., and has taken an 
 active part in its affairs ever since its organiza 
 tion. 
 
 THOS. J. SHERK, a farmer residing 2 miles 
 S. W. of Warren, 111., was born in Ontario, 
 Canada, 1832. His father Joseph Sherk, 
 born in Canada, married Ann Thurston, a native 
 of England. The father was a sheriff 7 years 
 in Canada, and was also engaged in farming. 
 In 1853 he moved to the United States locating 
 in Jo Daviess Co., but is now a resident of 
 Warren, in business as undertaker. 
 
 Thos. J. Sherk is the eldest of 5 sons and 4 
 daughters; of these Wm. H., now a resident of 
 Minneapolis, Minn., was in the army in the 
 1 53d 111. Inf. during the last year of the war, 
 through the Georgia campaign, being too young 
 to enlist earlier. Thos. J. grew to manhood on 
 a farm, receiving a common school education. 
 He came to Illinois with his parents and mar 
 ried in 1856, Almira Woodworth, born in Lake 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Co., daughter of Luther C. and Martha M. Wood- 
 worth, natives of N. Y., moving to Ohio and in 
 1853 to Jo Daviess Co. 111., where the mother 
 resides since the death of her husband. 
 
 Thos. J Sherk enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, in Co. 
 K, g6th 111 . Inf. and remained with this regiment 
 until its muster out at Nashvile, Tenn., June 10, 
 1865. The 96th Regt. has a fighting record sec 
 ond to none, and its members were by no means 
 idle or inactive. In almost every month from 
 Feb., 1863 to Dec., 1864 it was in some battle, 
 and in a number of months took part in from 4 
 to 5 engagements. The first fight in which Mr. 
 Sherk met the enemy, was at Franklin, followed 
 shortly by the battle of Triune, Tenn., against 
 Van Dorn. This regiment was then placed in 
 the Reserve Corps, and was on guard duty 
 while marching through portions of Tenn., Ala. 
 and Ga., until the fight at Chattanooga, taking 
 part in all the battles of the Georgia campaign 
 to Atlanta. The regiment followed Hood into 
 Alabama, and was ordered to Lynchburg, Va., 
 and back to Nashville, where it was mustered 
 out, receiving its discharge June 30, 1865. The 
 96th regiment, during its service, traveled over 
 5000 miles and participated in the most promi 
 nent battles of the war, beginning at Ft .Don- 
 elson and including Liberty Gap, Chickamau- 
 ga, Lookout Mt., Buzzard s Roost, Rocky Face 
 Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mt., Peach 
 Tree Creek, Atlanta, Lovejoy s Station, Frank 
 lin, Nashville and many others. Was also in 
 the movements and marches of the Army of the 
 Cumberland from Murfreesboro until the close 
 of the war. It suffered heavy loss in battles, 
 as the records show that 268 men were killed, 
 died of wounds and missing in action, and 187 
 were discharged for wounds or disease. It also 
 bravely bore privations and suffering at Moc 
 casin Point, where with bad weather, lack of 
 clothing, one-fourth rations were issued for 
 sometimeand Oct.,26,one ear of corn was issued 
 to each officer and man for the day s rations. 
 Mr. Sherk was never captured or wounded, but 
 was sick for a short time in the hospital at Dan 
 ville, Ky., and the Division hospital at Nashville. 
 He served as bugler, and states that he marched 
 over 3,000 miles on foot, and the only march 
 
 the regiment made that he was not in was 
 from Danville, Ky., to Nashville, Tenn., when 
 he was sick and was then conveyed by boat. 
 After the war he was engaged 7 years as a sash 
 and blind manufacturer, and since that time in 
 farming. He held the office of Township Asses 
 sor for five years, is an influential member of the 
 School board and a charter member of Warren 
 Post, No. 315, G. A. R., in which he has held 
 responsible positions. 
 
 OLIVER N. GOLDSMITH, Adjutant, Geo. G. 
 Meade Post, No. 444, G. A. R., of Engle- 
 wood, 111., the son of John M. and 
 Martha (Davis) Goldsmith. His family were 
 among the earliest settlers in America, and they 
 are mentioned in the chronicles of the English 
 colonies prior to the landing of the Pilgrims at 
 Plymouth, Mass., in 1620. 
 
 John M., the father of the subject of this 
 memoir, was by trade a carpenter. By his mar 
 riage with Martha Davis he had seven children, 
 Annie E., Charles D., Oliver N., George E., 
 Lewis E., John W. and Alvaretta. Oliver N., 
 the third child and second son, was brought up 
 on a farm and received a common school and 
 academic education. 
 
 He enlisted Feb. 28, 1862, at Brooklyn, N. 
 Y., for three years, as a private of Co. F, 5th 
 N. Y. Heavy Art., re-enlisting Feb. 29, 1864, in 
 same Co. and Regt., and was mustered out and 
 discharged July 19, 1865, at Harper s Ferry,Va. 
 During 1862-3, he was engaged with his com 
 mand in guarding the fortifications around the 
 city of Baltimore. In the summer of 1862, Co. 
 F was detached from the Regt. and sent to 
 Harper s Ferry to man the Naval Mounted Bat 
 tery on Maryland Heights, commanding the 
 Potomac and Harper s Ferry. This post was 
 surrendered by Gen. Miles during the battle of 
 Antietam, and the garrison, as prisoners of war, 
 were paroled and sent to Camp Douglas, Chi 
 cago, pending their exchange. In Dec., 1862, 
 he returned with his regiment to Baltimore, 
 thence proceeding to the Relay House at the 
 
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 junction of the Baltimore and Washington R. 
 
 R., where for over a year they performed 
 guard duty. In the summer of 1864, the Regt. 
 was ordered to Harper s Ferry to garrison the 
 town and guard the fortifications around it, a 
 service rendered until the campaign against 
 Gen. Early, the regiment then going into the 
 field with the troops from W. Va., under the 
 command of Gen. Crook, of the 8th Corps. Mr. 
 Goldsmith was taken prisoner at Cedar Run, 
 near Strasburg, Oct. 13, 1864; conveyed to 
 Lynchburg, and placed in a pen, where he suf 
 fered all the inconveniences and deprivations 
 of captivity. He was subsequently removed to 
 Richmond, and on the way separated from his 
 comrades, who were taken to Andersonville. 
 
 He was released from prison Feb. 17, 1865, 
 and afterward for three months was in a hos 
 pital at Baltimore, and for two months in the 
 convalescent hospital at York, Pa. He rejoined 
 his Regt. in June at Harper s Ferry. In the 
 battle of Opequan Creek, the first important 
 engagement with Early in the Shenandoah 
 Valley, Mr. Goldsmith was an active partici 
 pant and bore himself bravely. He was also 
 in action at Fisher s Hill at the most critical 
 juncture, and, serving with the artillery, was 
 necessarily subjected to great peril, but escaped 
 unhurt. His regiment was also engaged in 
 several skirmishes at Charlestown, Va., and 
 afterward cooperating with the 1st and 2nd 
 Brigades of the 1st Div. of Crook s Corps, 
 while on a reconnoissance, encountered Early s 
 whole army and suffered defeat. Mr. Gold 
 smith was here again made a prisoner. At his 
 release from prison in April, 1865, he rejoined 
 his regiment at Baltimore and was furloughed 
 for 30 days. Mr. Goldsmith had a narrow es 
 cape from instant death at Opequan Creek in 
 the battle with Early. He, with his command, 
 had found shelter among the rocks growing 
 from which were clumps of bushes which were 
 resorted to as insuring greater protection, 
 from behind which the troops returned the fire 
 of the rebels. 
 
 Just as he was getting behind one of these 
 bushes preparatory to firing a shot at the 
 enemy, a grape shot struck the bush which it 
 
 penetrated far enough to be observed in direct 
 line with his forehead. On another occasion 
 his life was saved, doubtless through his nat 
 urally unselfish disposition in yielding to the 
 request of one of his comrades. It was at 
 Cedar Run, where two brigades of the command 
 were posted in a road on either side of which 
 was a stone wall or fence. 
 
 Being surrounded by the enemy, rendered 
 firing over these walls a very dangerous exper 
 iment. Even to show one s head was to be met 
 with a deadly missile. By the side of Mr. 
 Goldsmith was a sergeant of a Mass. Regt.; 
 their guns had been almost simultaneously dis 
 charged, but were quickly reloaded, and Mr. 
 Goldsmith in the act of firing, having found a 
 sheltered position, was induced to give way to 
 the sergeant, who wished to fire first, the result 
 being that the impetuous sergeant fell dead 
 with a rebel bullet through his brain. 
 
 Mr. Goldsmith was mustered out and finally 
 discharged at Hart s Island, July 19, 1865. He 
 was married Feb. 16, 1870, at Monticello, N.Y., 
 to Miss Gumair, whose father was a native of 
 Middletown, N. Y., and grandfather, Davis, a 
 soldier of the War of 1812. Since he returned 
 from the war, Mr. Goldsmith has been gener 
 ally employed in teaching and as a professor 
 of penmanship. He was principal of Mil-ford 
 Academy, Milford, N. Y., 3 years iS/o- /i- 
 72; principal of Otisville, N. Y., schools 3 years 
 
 In the fall of 1876 he was elected school 
 commissioner of Orange Co., N. Y., for three 
 years. While teaching at Milford he read law 
 with Col. John Nyce; was admitted to the bar, 
 and began the practice of his profession at 
 Middletown, N. Y., in the spring of 1882. In 
 1888 he was appointed postmaster of Engle- 
 wood. He was married a second time Mar. 30, 
 1881, at Middletown, N. Y., to Miss Myra Irwin, 
 daughter of Major D. B. Irwin, and they have 
 had one child, Oliver N., Jr. Mr. Goldsmith is 
 a Democrat; a Mason, and a member of the 
 Union Veteran Club. Charles D. Goldsmith, 
 his brother, served as a member of Co. G, I56th 
 New York Infantry, under the command of 
 Col. Van. Wyck. Throughout his career as a 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 soldier and a citizen Mr. Goldsmith has ever 
 kept before him the rule of his conduct to the 
 best and highest ends. 
 
 JOHN C. MCCARTHY is a native of N. Y. State, 
 having been born there April 9, 1841, a 
 son of Dennis and Bridget (Curran) Mc 
 Carthy. He enlisted the moment Lincoln s 
 proclamation was announced April 17, 61, 
 in Co. B., Chicago Zouaves, encamped at 
 Chicago fora few days, then left for Cairo and 
 three days latter passing through Centralia 
 where the men received two rounds of ammuni 
 tion, and even in usingthose, the balls required 
 to be pared down. Mr. McCarthy s command 
 then moved to Springfield, 111., going into 
 camp for three weeks, when it was ordered to 
 Chicago to act as escort at the funeral of 
 Stephen A. Douglas, there went into camp, 
 long afterwards known as Camp Douglas. 
 Whilst in camp the Zouave organization was 
 disbanded, and a new Regt. known as the iQth 
 111. Vol. Inf. was mustered, of which Mr. Mc 
 Carthy was in Co. K, with John B. as Col. 
 of the Regt. During the time the Zouaves 
 were at Cairo, they captured the rebel steamer 
 Hilman passing down the river loaded with 
 arms, clothing, ammunition, etc., on her way to 
 the confederacy, for which the men received no 
 prize money, as is usual in such cases. The igth 
 left Chicago for Quincy June 17, then took 
 boat, arriving at Palmyra where it remained 
 two weeks making, during its stay, raids out to 
 Philadelphia and Emersonville, Mo., but not 
 encountering any enemy, returned to camp. It 
 next moved down the river to St. Louis, and 
 while there the men were furnished with new- 
 Springfield rifles, after a protest had been en 
 tered by Gen. Pope, who declared the old cab 
 bage stalks they carried were good enough for 
 horse thieves and mutton jerkers, to which the 
 Colonel objected, and touching the hilt of his 
 sword said in plain vernacular, "You are a liar," 
 which caused the whole Regt. to be placed 
 
 under arrest. After being released it pro 
 ceeded to Pilot Knob, remained there a week, 
 raising the stars and stripes at that point, then 
 went in pursuit of the enemy under Price and 
 Van Dorn, and proceeded as far as Cape 
 Girardeau, then on to Cairo, when it crossed the 
 river to Ft. Holt. Returning to Cairo, the 
 Regt. took train to join the Army of the Poto 
 mac, and in passing through Indiana the train 
 broke through a bridge, killing and wounding 
 136 comrades. It then moved to Cincinnati, 
 where the killed were buried, then went into 
 Camp Dennison, and few days later was or 
 dered to Louisville (the former order having 
 been revoked), being the first Union troops to 
 enter the State. Mr. McCarthy s Co. was sent to 
 guard a town on the Lebanon R. R. for ten 
 days, and at the end of that time returned to 
 Lebanon Junction. Subsequently the Regt. 
 moved to Elizabethtown, thence on to Bowling 
 Green, Nashville, Murfreesboro, Huntsvillc 
 and Stephenson, the rebels in force being on 
 the move, and to avoid an unequal contest the 
 1 9th retired to Nashville, where it was besieged 
 for three months. Shortly after the siege was 
 raised Mr. McCarthy took part in the battle of 
 Stone River, and the Regt. charged over the 
 river driving the rebels from their guns; he was 
 one of the first to reach the rebel works, and 
 for his bravery and courage his name was 
 placed upon the honor roll by Gen. Rosecrans. 
 His next battle of importance was Chicka- 
 mauga, which lasted two whole days; his Regt. 
 lost heavily in killed and wounded; returning 
 the second night to Rossville, when the enemy 
 again attacked them, but was repulsed. He 
 was destined soon again to be in open combat, 
 taking part in the battle of Lookout Mountain, 
 then in the victorious conflictof Mission Ridge, 
 afterwards pursuing the retreating enemy and 
 engaged him at Ringgold, starting him on the 
 retreat. In the spring of 1864 he joined in the 
 Atlanta campaign and participated in the battle 
 of Dallas and Resaca, shortly after which his 
 term of service expired, when he was ordered 
 back to Chicago, and then mustered out July 
 6th, 1864. In 1862 he was promoted to Corpo 
 ral and later to be a Sergeant. 
 
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 Mr. McCarthy married Miss Mary Fleming, 
 by whom he has the following children, viz. : 
 Evelyn, Thomas F., William J., David, John, 
 Mary E., Katie and Alice. He is a Repub 
 lican. 
 
 JOSEPH H. GUNSAUL, of Lena, 111., was born 
 in Montgomery Co., N. Y., Sept. 27, i834> 
 a son of Gabriel and Nancy (Marcellus) 
 Gunsaul, also natives of the same State. In 
 1842, the parents with their family removed to 
 Stephen Co., 111., locating at Wadman s Town 
 ship, where they purchased goverment land and 
 started to build up a home. They were the 
 parents of four children, three of whom are 
 now living, viz.: Mariah, Joseph N., and James 
 F. Informer days Mr. Gunsaul, Sen., was an 
 old H.. Clay Whig, and in the formation of the 
 Republican party, he became one of its ardent 
 supporters he died in the year of 1884, his 
 wife having preceeded him many years. 
 
 Joseph attended public schools, then grew 
 to manhood upon a farm, and in obedience to 
 President Lincoln s call for 300,000 troops, is 
 sued in the spring of 1862, he responded and 
 was subsequently mustered into the service as 
 a private in Co. A, 92nd 111. Vol. Inf. After a 
 stay in camp of a few weeks, the Regt. pro 
 ceeded to Cincinnati, and assisted in the move 
 ments protecting the city, and in driving Gen. 
 Morgan s forces out of Ky. On Nov. 16, 1862, 
 it proceeded to Nicholasville, Ky., passing 
 through Lexington, then on to Danville, and 
 on the way drove the rear of Bragg s army out 
 of Camp Dick Robinson, capturing 800 barrels 
 of pork, 500 stand of small arms, and one 
 brass cannon, and took part at Danville. To 
 ward the end of Jan., 1863, the Regt. began its 
 march to Louisville, thence by steamer to 
 Nashville, and some weeks later marched to 
 Franklin and assisted in the movements which 
 drove Gen. Van Dorn south of Columbia, then 
 fortified Brentwood, and afterward participated 
 in the repulse of Van Dorn s Cav., that had 
 made a furious attack upon Franklin. It joined 
 
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 Rosecrans army in its movements resulting in 
 the evacuation of Murfreesboro and Shelby- 
 ville, by Bragg s forces, and also in the battle 
 of Guy s Gap, and in the capture of the latter 
 place, when 500 rebels were taken prisoners. 
 Subsequently the Q2nd was defeated and moved 
 to Duck River, and rebuilt a bridge destroyed 
 by Bragg s men, and after being mounted on 
 horses confiscated from the surrounded coun 
 try, took part in Rosecrans movement to flank 
 Bragg out of Chattanooga. About this time 
 the Regt. was detached from Gen. Granger s 
 corps, and assigned to Wilder s Brig, and ac 
 companied it over the mountains into the 
 Tenn. Valley, north of Chattanooga, driving 
 in the rebel Cavalry. 
 
 On Sept 4th, was again detached, and 
 crossed the mountains and Tenn. River at 
 Bridgeport, reporting to Rosecrans in Trent 
 Valley, southwest of Chattanooga. Climbed 
 up Lookout Mt. on the west side by Nickajack 
 trace, pushed the enemy off the mountain, and 
 brought back the first authentic intelligence to 
 Rosecrans that Bragg s army had evacuated, 
 and on the following day was the first Regt. to 
 enter Chattanooga. It was ordered to report to 
 its Commanding General, and on the march en 
 countered the enemy a mile north of Ringgold, 
 and commenced a vicious assault under Forrest, 
 but held its ground until the balance of the Brig, 
 under Wilder, came up, when the rebels were 
 driven out of Ringgold and through Ringgold 
 Gap, and again the same evening repulsed 
 another attack from the enemy. It did the 
 scouting for Gen. Thomas prior to the Chicka- 
 mauga engagement, and during the battle at 
 that place participated for two long and weary 
 days, in which it covered the retreat of the 
 Brig., and later Gen. McCook s retreat to Chat 
 tanooga. Subsequently, it crossed the moun 
 tains to Bridgeport, and marched to Huntsville 
 for forage and winter headquarters. Towards 
 the end of January, 1864, Mr. Gunsaul, with his 
 Regt., started through Athens to Shoal Creek 
 to intercept a rebel raid, and meeting a rebel 
 column at Shoal Creek, after a skirmish turned 
 it back across the Tenn. River, and as it pro 
 ceeded west encountered another column, and 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 after a desperate fight turned it also back after 
 killing the officer in command and capturing 
 many prisoners, then returned to Athens in time 
 to drive a third rebel column on the right about. 
 On the 8th day of April, he began the march 
 from Huntsville to Ringgold to assist in the 
 Atlanta campaign, and was assigned to Murray s 
 Brig., Kilpatrick s Cav. Div., and participated 
 m all the movements of Kilpatrick s Cav. until 
 its successful completion, terminating in the 
 capture of Atlanta. When Gen. Sherman s 
 forces were organized on his march to the sea, 
 our subject was also found among the daring, 
 courageous men who formed that expedition, 
 as also in his march through the Carolinas 
 taking part in all the important battles of 
 his brigade, including that of Bentonville, hav 
 ing passed through upwards of 60 battles and 
 skirmishes during his 2J4 years service. 
 
 The war being jver, the Q2d proceeded to 
 Concord, N. C., thence to Camp Douglas, Chi 
 cago, where the men were mustered out and 
 officially discharged, July 10, 1865. Mr. Gun- 
 saul immediately returned home and resumed 
 work upon his frrm until 1870; later he entered 
 into hotel business. He is Commander of Ma 
 jor VV. A. Goddard Post, No. 251, G. A. R., a 
 member of the Masonic order, and has twice 
 represented his lodge at the meetings of the 
 Grand Lodge. He is genial and enterprising, 
 and commands the respect of his ever increas 
 ing acquaintances. 
 
 ANGUS CAMERON, born in Argyll, Scotland, 
 Sept. 1 5th, 1812, and came to the State 
 of New York in 1851, and is the son of 
 E. and Jennette Cameron. The mother was a 
 native of Inverness and died in Scotland. The 
 father in 1852 migrated to 111. and settled, where 
 he has since remained. 
 
 :- Angus Cameron became a blacksmith and 
 Was engaged in this avocation, working at Mor 
 ris and Wilmington, until the call for soldiers 
 for the defense of the nation reached him, and 
 he enlisted in 1862 in Co. C, 76th Regt. 111. Vol. 
 
 Inf. He was one of those faithful and devoted 
 patriots who served until the Rebellion was 
 ended. He first smelled the smoke of bat 
 tle at Columbus, Ky., and participated in oilier 
 skirmishes until he took his place in the trehch- 
 es in front of Vicksburg, Miss., where he was 
 engaged forty-seven days. After this long and 
 stubborn siege he was engaged in the battle at 
 Jackson, Miss., and later in another engagement 
 on the Tallahatchie River. In the latter part 
 of 1864 the regiment was ordered to Meridian, 
 Miss., and then to Natchez on the Mississippi 
 River, where it lay until early in 1865, when it 
 set out for New Orleans and took transporta 
 tion by boat for Fort Morgan. On this voyage 
 a furious storm made it necessary to throw over 
 several hundred horses, the munitions of war, 
 and in fact almost everything except the sold 
 iers, who were returned to New Orleans and 
 sent by the way of the lakes to reach Fort 
 Blakely, where they arrived in time to take part 
 in the battle at that place. On the march from 
 Pensacola, Florida, on the way to Fort Blake 
 ly, the rebels were encountered and a sharp 
 skirmish was had with their forces. 
 
 At Fort Blakely, in the last battle of the 
 war, Mr Cameron was struck by a ball which 
 passed through his thighs, making a serious 
 and dangerous wound. He was sent to the 
 hospital in New Orleans, then to Mobile and 
 finally to Galveston, Texas, where he received 
 his discharge. Shortly after reaching his home 
 in Illinois, he made a journey to Scotland to 
 visit the scenes and friends of his childhood. 
 On his return from this trip he made his home 
 with his brothers and sisters, who are, like him 
 self, unmarried. Mr. Cameron is a Republican, 
 member of the G. A. R., and a communicant of 
 the Scotch Presbyterian church. 
 
 ALLEN VEDDER, of Utica, Illinois, was born 
 at Rodesdam, N. Y., in 1827, and is a 
 son of David and Sarah Vedder. His 
 ancestors emigrated from Europe over a cen 
 tury ago; settled in the State of Massachu- 
 
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 setts, where his paternal grandfather, Peter P. 
 Vedder, was living in the year 1812, when he 
 enlisted as a soldier to support the U. S. cause 
 in its war that year with Great Britain. Our 
 subject s early life was spent upon the farm in 
 his native state, and afterward he learned the 
 coopering trade, at which he was principally 
 engaged up to the time of the war. He en 
 listed in the army for the war of the Rebellion 
 in the month of July, 1863, at Troy, in his na 
 tive state, and was mustered in as a private in 
 the 2 ist New York Cavalry, but was subse 
 quently promoted to the position of Corporal 
 of his Company. After the organization of his 
 Regt. he proceeded with it to Shenandoah 
 Valley, where it operated during the greater 
 part of his term of service. He participated 
 in the battles of Winchester and New Market. 
 At the close of the war his Regt. was ordered 
 to Washington, and there took part in the 
 Grand Review, and subsequently received an 
 honorable discharge from the army. His 
 brother, David L. Vedder, was also in the 
 Union army, he having enlisted in 1861, in the 
 1 5th N. Y. Vol. Inf., and served his country for 
 two years. 
 
 Subsequently to his retirement from the 
 army, our subject proceeded West, settling at 
 Utica, 111., where he engaged in the cooperage 
 business, which he followed for three years. 
 He then entered the employ of a grain ware 
 housing company at Utica, as an engineer and 
 manager, and was so engaged for many years, 
 when he finally retired therefrom and took up 
 market gardening as a business, which he has 
 continued until the present time. He married 
 Miss Frances Bogert in the year 1862. She is 
 also a native of New York. 
 
 JACOB BANE, ex-Commander Seth C. Earl 
 Post, No. 156, of Ottawa, 111., enlisted 
 April 28, 1861, at Minonk, 111., for the 
 three months service. The recruits were ren 
 dezvoused at Camp Yates, where they were or 
 ganized and mustered into service as Company 
 K, nth 111. Inf. They were ordered out of 
 
 camp to Big Muddy Bridge, and put on guard 
 duty. In July were ordered to Bird s Point, Mo., 
 where they were mustered out, and Mr. Bane 
 returned home after his brief period of service. 
 Believing that his country had further claims 
 upon his services, he re-enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, 
 in Company I, iO4th 111. Inf., and was mustered 
 in Aug. 23, at Ottawa, where the regiment was 
 organized with A. B. Moore as Colonel. This 
 regiment was made up almost entirely from La 
 Salle County. They were ordered to Jefferson- 
 ville, Ind., where they remained in camp until 
 Sept. 15, and then were ordered to Louisville, 
 Ky. In the reorganization of Buell s army the 
 I04th was assigned to Dumont s Division, Lim- 
 berg s Brigade, and in the pursuit of Bragg was 
 on the left of the army, going first to Frankfort, 
 where they remained until Oct. 26, when the 
 army moved to Bowling Green, thence to Glas 
 gow, Tompkinsville, Hartsville, Tenn., reach 
 ing the latter placd in December, with Lieuten 
 ant-Colonel Hapeman commandiug the regi 
 ment. The command then consisted of the 
 I04th and io8th Ohio Inf., two companies of 
 cavalry, with two pieces of artillery in all 
 about 900 efficient men, and commanded by 
 A. B. Moore. Four companies of the iO4th 
 were detached, three at Gallatin, and one at the 
 village of Hartsville. The rebels determined 
 to make an attack on this little band of soldiers, 
 who had left their homes to fight for the Union, 
 and, in December, sent a force of 3, 500 of Mor 
 gan s army from Murfreesboro to join in the 
 battle. They crossed the river between Harts 
 ville and Gallatin, and approached the brigade 
 early in the morning of the 7th, and opened 
 the fight. The Union troops were called out so 
 unexpectedly that many of them formed in line 
 with empty guns. The Ohio regiments were 
 composed of raw recruits, and did not stand the 
 fire, but retreated, leaving the brunt of the bat 
 tle on the I04th. It bravely held its ground, 
 however, and fought against the superior num 
 bers of the enemy, not only repulsing the attack, 
 but driving them back. 
 
 At this point Morgan s cavalry came up and 
 attacked them on the right flank and in the 
 rear, then surrounded and made them prison- 
 
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 ers. This fight lasted an hour and fifteen min 
 utes. The iO4th lost, in killed 44, wounded 
 150. Company I had 4 killed and 8 wounded, 
 and Mr. Bane lostthe little fingerof his left hand. 
 The prisoners were taken to Murfreesboro, 
 where they were paroled, and the next day 
 were marched on to the Union lines at Nash 
 ville. From there they were sent to Louisville, 
 thence to Cincinnati, Columbus, Camp Lew 
 Wallace, and then to Camp Chase, from which 
 place they took " French leave" and went home. 
 Only about 100 men of the regiment were left 
 for duty. The commanding officers, Colonel, 
 Lieutenant Colonel and Major, were captured, 
 and the command devolved upon Captain 
 Wadleigh. With this number, Captain Wad- 
 leigh, Sr., Captain in command, was ordered to 
 the front. The Captain telegraphed to the 
 Secretary of War that nearly all of his regiment 
 were gone. Captain Wadleigh was sent with 
 the remainder of the regiment to Camp Doug 
 las, with orders to muster the men for pay. 
 The regiment was reorganized, and on being 
 exchanged, was ordered, in April, 1863, to rejoin 
 the Army of the Cumberland at Edgefield, after 
 wards to Brenwood, Tenn., where it remained 
 until the latter part of May. It then moved to 
 Murfreesboro, and was assigned to the 1st 
 Brigade, 2nd Division, I4th Army Corps. They 
 remained at Murfreesboro until the advance 
 onTullahoma. They marched through Hoosier s 
 Gap with slight skirmishing with the enemy, 
 passing through Manchester and on to Elk 
 River. When Bragg crossed the Tennessee 
 they went into camp at Decherd Station, where 
 they remained on account of inclement weather 
 and blockaded roads, until Aug. 25, 1863. The 
 next important battle was Chickamauga, in 
 which, after several skirmishes, much marching 
 and many camps, the iO4th took a prominent 
 part, and suffered severe losses. In that battle 
 the 1st brigade was at Owen s Ford Septem 
 ber 19, supporting Bragg s battery. During 
 this fight a shell burst at the head of Company 
 I, killing Corporal Chapman. Mr. Bane .was 
 struck on the elbow of the right arm, mangling 
 it from shoulder to wrist. Another piece of the 
 same shell struck his left heel, tearing off the 
 
 flesh. He started for the rear, when he was 
 ordered into the ranks by Major - - in a 
 very emphatic manner. He was complying 
 with the order when his bleeding wounds were 
 discovered, and he was sent to the rear, and 
 there lay down in a hole near a tree to escape 
 the bullets that were whizzing about. Soon the 
 stretcher gang came along and carried him be 
 yond the range of shot or shell, with his 
 wounded arm dangling from the stretcher. On 
 the way they met Dr. Dyer, the Regimental 
 Surgeon, who examined his wounds, had him 
 placed in an ambulance and taken to Crawfish 
 Springs Hospital, where his arm was amputated 
 and his wounds dressed. He was the first man 
 taken from the ambulance and placed on the 
 amputation table. While in the hospital the 
 surviving members of his company came in 
 and bade him good bye. September 21, he was 
 taken prisoner, and remained a prisoner on the 
 battlefield two weeks after being paroled. His 
 wearing apparel was very light. While lying at 
 Crawfish Springs Hospital for two weeks, an 
 armistice was entered into between Bragg and 
 Rosecrans, the terms of which permitted the 
 Federal wounded to be removed through the 
 Confederate lines to Chattanooga. Comrade 
 Bane s wardrobe at that time consisted of a 
 pair of pantaloons, which had been saturated 
 and stiffened by the blood which had flowed 
 from his wounded arm, and a piece of army 
 blanket. The pants could have been washed, 
 but he was advised the rebels would take them 
 as soon as removed. The ambulance reached 
 Longstreet s headquarters near the rebel lines 
 in front of Chattanooga about noon, and there 
 they were halted and not permitted to pass the 
 lines until after dark. Then, passing the lines, 
 the ambulance passed into Federal hands, and 
 were driven into Chattanooga. 
 
 After receiving his wound, for two or three 
 days his appetite was very poor food nauseat 
 ing him. The crackers contained worms, and 
 the mush was made from corn ground with the 
 cob, old stuff, full of worms and musty. Re 
 turning appetite relished this food, for which he 
 was voracious. While at the Springs Hospital 
 he had four bedfellows, three federals and a 
 
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 confederate the Federals dying. Arriving in 
 Chattanooga, remained two days and one night. 
 A command ordered the slightly wounded to 
 be removed over the mountains to Stephenson, 
 Ala. Mr. Bane hobbled down to an abidance, 
 when a doctor came along and asked him about 
 the character of his wound, to which he replied 
 he was slightly wounded. The Doctor examin 
 ing ordered him out, to which he gave apparent 
 consent, but when the doctor turned his back, 
 he resumed his reclining position and was car 
 ried away. They were five days getting to 
 their destination, and while en route first day, 
 bandages came off his arm. After thirty-six 
 hours in Stephenson where he, with 52 others 
 took " French leave" and boarded a flat car, Mr. 
 Bane took position astride the brake rod and 
 with feet on the trucks, he sat all day and a 
 night and although it rained he says he enjoyed 
 refreshing slumber. Arriving at their destina 
 tion, he was taken to hospital No. i, Cottage Hill, 
 and introduced to a bath tub, and had his ward 
 robe replenished. Near midnight the hospital 
 steward visited him and inquired if he would 
 have his meals sent in or go to the table. Bane 
 asked which came first. Steward said the wards. 
 "All right," said Bane, "I ll have my grub sent 
 in." After eating he went into the dining room 
 and ate again. Leaving the table, he went into 
 the yard, and from a huckster woman bought a 
 chicken pie and other dainties, which he de 
 voured with gusto, and he successively, every 
 Friday, gorged himself with good things for 
 the stomach. He remained here until November 
 28, when he received a furlough of thirty days 
 and went home to La Salle County. His fur 
 lough was extended 30 days, but before time 
 extended was half out, he went to Chicago and 
 reported to the city Hospital, where, April 28, 
 1864, he was discharged and returned home In 
 the winter of 1864-5, ne was appointed recruiting 
 officer at Camp Fry, Chicago, for Hancock s 
 Reserve Corps. In this service he was very ef 
 ficient and was instrumental in securing a good 
 many recruits. He continued in this service 
 until March, when he was relieved and returned 
 to his home. He had discharged his duty to 
 the Republic as a sovereign citizen, and had 
 
 honorably acquitted himself as a soldier of the 
 Union. He left one arm and a finger upon the 
 battle field, yet he felt duly recompensed for 
 his sacrifices in seeing the flag that he had so 
 gallantly fought for, again proudly waving over 
 every foot of American soil. 
 
 Twenty-six years after the war Mr. Bane 
 attended a reunion of the "Blue" and " Gray" 
 on the old battle-field of Chickamauga. While 
 at this reunion he met and recognized a rebel 
 soldier who had been his bed-fellow at the time 
 he was wounded, while lying in the hospital at 
 Crawfish Springs, and also had an opportunity 
 to make an honest confession to a woman, Mrs. 
 Lee, from whom he had confiscated, just before 
 the battle of Chickamauga, six of her nicest 
 chickens. 
 
 Mr. Bane was born in Marshall Co., W. Va., 
 July 4, 1845, an d is the son of Nimrod and 
 Seanna (Bowers) Bane, who were natives of 
 Green County, Pa. His father was of Scotch, 
 and his mother was of German descent. They 
 were born, respectively, April 12 and December 
 15, 1815. His grandfather and great-grand 
 father Bane were born in Pennsylvania, the 
 family originating in Scotland. 
 
 Nimrod Bane was by occupation a farmer, 
 and was but six years of age when his parents 
 moved to Virginia. He lived there until 1850, 
 when he removed to Marshall Co., 111., where 
 he purchased and improved a tract of land. 
 They were the parents of nine children Henry, 
 James, Ephraim, Jacob, William, Joseph, Aman 
 da, Minor and Franklin. Amanda and Frank 
 lin died in infancy. William was a member of 
 Company D, 66th Reg. of the 111. Inf. He died 
 and was buried at Baltimore. His mother died 
 at Rutland, 111., Oct. 30, 1876. His father is 
 still living. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was reared at 
 home where he enjoyed such educational ad 
 vantages as were to be obtained in the public 
 schools. The war interfered for a time with his 
 studies, but, after his return home, he again di 
 rected his attention to his education. He first 
 attended the district schools, and in 1866 went 
 to the High School at Rutland, 111. Subse 
 quently, he entered the Northwestern College 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 at Fulton, 111., from which he was graduated in 
 1868, and returned to Rutland, La Salle County. 
 Later, he located in Marshall County, and soon 
 after was elected Coroner. Subsequently he 
 returned to La Salle County and commenced a 
 theological course under private instruction. 
 In 1870, having completed his course, he was 
 licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. He filled the pulpit of his church un 
 til 1879, when he removed to Ottawa and began 
 the study of law under Norman Kilbourn, which 
 he continued for two years, when he opened an 
 office as a pension and claim agent. This bus 
 iness he has continued since and has been emi 
 nently successful, to which many an old soldier 
 can gratefully testify. He completed his theo 
 logical course in October, 1889, passed his ex 
 amination and was ordained Deacon. Mr. 
 Bane was elected justice of the peace in 1885, 
 and again in 1889. He is a member of the Seth 
 C. Earl Post, G. A. R., No. 156, of Ottawa, and 
 has held the positions of Sergeant, Major, 
 Chaplain, Adjutant, Delegate and Commander. 
 He is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 399, and 
 was Noble Granu for three consecutive terms. 
 He is a Republican and takes an active part in 
 politics. Mr. Bane was married Sept. 7, 1868, 
 to Mary E., daughter of John and Mary ( Betts) 
 Henderson, of New York City. To them were 
 born Flora M., Bertha S., Ollie L. and William 
 Mahlon. 
 
 WELLS BRIGGS, Sycamore, 111. Belvi- 
 dere, Boone Co., 111., claims the hon 
 or of being the birthplace of Mr. 
 Briggs. He is a son of Royal Briggs, whose 
 grandfather was in the war of the Revolution, 
 and his father in the war of 1812. Mr. Briggs 
 mother s name was Lucinda Holly. 
 
 At an early period of the rebellion which 
 threatened this Republic with disintegration, 
 and when patriotic young men in every state 
 were offering their services for the support of 
 their country, Mr. Briggs patriotic pride was 
 aroused and he accordingly concluded to lend a 
 
 hand for the preservation of the Republic, there 
 fore hastened to Rockford and enlisted Aug. 2, 
 1862, where he rendezvoused until Sept., 4, 
 when he was mustered into Co. G, 95th 111. Inf. 
 as corporal. The Regt. continued at Rockford 
 until Nov. 4th, when it was ordered to Jackson, 
 Tenn., and proceeded by way of Cairo and Co 
 lumbus. It then proceeded to Holly Springs, 
 skirmishing all along the march; then went to 
 Yorkney, then back to Holly Springs. From 
 here his Regt. took transports for Vicksburg, 
 landing at Lake Providence, La., and did some 
 skirmishing in the surrounding country and 
 then participated in the inarch to Grand Gulf 
 and all the battles between there and Vicks 
 burg, and helped drive the rebels behind their 
 fortifications in the latter place. Here they 
 remained for some months, when, in the open 
 ing of spring, Gen. Sherman after examining 
 so far as practicable the enemy s fortifi 
 cations, disposed of his army in such a manner 
 as to permit a simultaneous attack on every 
 part of the rebel works surrounding Vicksburg, 
 which was ordered, and took place the I9th 
 day of May. The 95th 111. was in Ransom s 
 Brig, and was located near the Jackson Road 
 and near Fort Hill, occupying one of the im 
 portant points in the brigade line. The ad 
 vance was ordered at 2 P. M., and his Regt. 
 commenced the battle and continued fighting 
 without a let up until after dark when it was 
 ordered to withdraw. In their assault, his 
 Regt. lost 7 killed and fifty-odd wounded. On 
 the 22nd of the same month, the assault was re 
 newed, the 95th being placed in an advance 
 position exposed to the murderous fire of the 
 enemy, who were protected by their fortifica 
 tion. 
 
 In another charge his Regt. suffered severely 
 in the loss of officers and men, 25 being 
 killed, 124 wounded and 10 missing. Seeing 
 it was impossible to carry the place without 
 undue exposure of the army, it was ordered to 
 fall back, therefore a siege was commenced and 
 continued until the 4th of July, when the 95th 
 was one of the first to enter the place in triumph. 
 His Regt. then proceeded to Natchez, where it 
 remained until the I5th Oct., when it returned 
 
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 to Vicksburg and there remained and during the 
 fall and following winter assisted in strengthen 
 ing its fortifications. In the beginning of 
 March, his Regt. joined in the Reel River ex 
 pedition under Col. Ward; joined the army 
 under Gen. Banks, and was .engaged at the 
 capture of Fort De Russey, and the battles of 
 Old River, Chancellorsville, Mansura, Yellow 
 Bayou, and all the movements of that advance 
 and retreat. Then moved to Memphis and 
 from there to Guntown and engaged in that 
 battle, where it fought with undaunted bravery, 
 losing many officers and men. During the 
 battle one officer after another of the Regt. fell 
 killed or wounded and a similarly disastrous 
 fate overtook the rank and file. The Regt., 
 overpowered by superior numbers, the enemy 
 succeeded in turning both flanks of the Regt., 
 whereupon their only escape from annihilation 
 lay in retreat, which was done, but Briggs hav 
 ing been wounded and rendered helpless, was 
 captured on the field and sent to Andersonville 
 and subsequently held captive at the following 
 places: Milan, Ga., Savannah, Blackshire and 
 Florence, S. C. During the greater part of 
 the time he was a prisoner his only food was 
 i pint of corn meal daily. Afterward was 
 taken to Richmond and paroled about the 
 1st day of March, 1865. From that place he 
 was sent to Annapolis, Md., transferred to 
 Baltimore, there receiving a furlough. It is be 
 yond the power of human mind to successfully 
 describe in language the sufferings, privations 
 and hardships endured by the boys during his 
 months incarcaration in the rebel prison. He 
 was mustered out of the service Aug. 1st, 1865, 
 at Chicago and paid off. 
 
 A brother of Mr. Briggs was also in the 95th 
 during the war of the rebellion, and through 
 illness contracted whilst in the army, died 
 Aug, 1864. He also had one sister, Maria Briggs. 
 He married Miss Maria Valentine (who 
 was a daughter of Alex. Valentine) and by this 
 union has 2 children, Cora and May. Mrs. 
 Briggs was unanimously elected President of 
 the Woman s Relief Corps, at Sycamore, being 
 also a charter member of that institution. Mr. 
 B. has always been a staunch Republican. 
 
 THE subject of this sketch, Captain Rich 
 ard A. Howk, of Monmouth, Illinois, was 
 born in Washington Co., N. Y., Feb. 22, 
 1834, a son of Horace and Fannie (Crouch) 
 Howk, also natives of New York State, where 
 they spent their lives. Capt. Howk had one 
 brother and three half brothers; he was born 
 upon the farm and received his early education 
 in the country schools. He was first married 
 in his native state in 1852 to Catherine Gedding, 
 who died in 1864 at Rochester, in the same 
 state. In the year 1858, during the period of 
 the gold excitement in Colorado, he started 
 overland to Pike s Peak, but in reaching Bur 
 lington, la , met many who were then on the 
 return trip from what they had previously sup 
 posed was an El Dorado, and the information 
 gathered from them caused him to abandon 
 that long and uninviting journey, upon which 
 he had proceeded hundreds of miles. He then 
 went railroading, and continued to be engaged 
 at that work until he enlisted in the army, an 
 event which took place on Apr. 21, 1861. He 
 enlisted at Quincy, 111., and was mustered as a 
 private in Co. G, ist 111. Vol. Cav. His Regt. 
 rendezvoused at Ouincy for a time, then pro 
 ceeded to Lexington, Mo., where it was engaged 
 with troops of Gen. Price, where Capt. Howk 
 and 2 others of the Regt., were taken prisoners. 
 The next morning they were taken before Gefi. 
 Price from whom they expected rough treat 
 ment, but to their amazment were kindly treated, 
 being paroled with the privilege of going any 
 where within the city, on condition they report 
 to the General each morning at 8 o clock. 
 After the lapse of a few days, information 
 reached Gen. Price that Gen. Custer with a large 
 force was marching upon that town, which 
 news rather disconcerted the former, and de 
 cided him to move with his army, leaving his 
 prisoners of war behind. Capt. Howk then 
 walked to Jefferson City, there embarked for 
 St. Louis, where heapplied for a transfer, which 
 was refused him. Not discouraged he pro 
 ceeded to Springfield, 111., obtained a permit to 
 raise a Co. in Warren county, during the fall of 
 1861. He enlisted in Co. K, of which he was 
 first Lieutenant, of the nth 111. Vol. Cav. Bob 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Ingersoll was Col. of the Regt. The Regt. spent 
 the winter in Peoria and St. Louis, principally, 
 however, at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, and in 
 the following spring went by transports to 
 Pittsburg Landing, and on the 6th and ;th days 
 of April, 1862, participated in the famous battle 
 of Shiloh, in which our subject was wounded by 
 a bullet shot through the leg below the knee, 
 but not seriously. Capt. Howk was then de 
 tailed as escort to Gen. Lew Wallace, and 
 marched to Corinth, then back to Shiloh and 
 on to Union Hill and Memphis. Whilst at 
 Memphis he was engaged in several scouting 
 expeditions into the surrounding country. Dur 
 ing his stay at Memphis he resigned, returned 
 to 111. and raised another Co., of which he was 
 chosen Capt., and afterward was mustered in as 
 Co. L., I2th 111. Vol. Cav., with Col. Hazelett 
 Davison as C;l. of the Regt. The winter of 
 1862-3 was spent in Chicago, and the following 
 spring it proceeded to St. Louis, thence to New 
 Orleans, where it was on guard duty, etc., then 
 up Bayou La Fourche, where the Captain and 
 22 men were detached upon special service, 
 and whilst performing it, were captured, and 
 held prisoners for a day and a half, and then re 
 leased by the commanding officer, who was a 
 Mason and recognized several of hiscaptivesas 
 brethren. The Captain and men rejoined the 
 Regt., and were for a time stationed at Baton 
 Rouge on guard duty, and from there made 
 what was known as Davidson s raid to Bayou 
 Pascagoola, reaching New Orleans in the same 
 month, when the Capt. was made Quartermaster, 
 stationed at the Hospital Barracks until Aug. 
 1865, when he was ordered to Springfield, 111., 
 where he was mustered out. During his army life 
 he was almost continually upon the move, en 
 dured untold hardships and privations, and had 
 numerous hairbreadth escapes and thrilling 
 experiences.- 
 
 Capt. Howk married a second time in 1866, 
 to Margaret Harper, who was born in Ohio. 
 After leaving the army he proceeded to 
 Monmouth, where he has been engaged in the 
 butchering and ice business, in which he has 
 been successful. He is a Charter member of 
 the McClannahan Post, No. 330, G. A. R., also 
 
 a member of the order of Odd Fellows Lodge, 
 No. 577, and is a spirited citizen, who carries 
 with him the esteem of many friends and ac 
 quaintances. 
 
 ANDREW CHRISTENSON, of Rock Island, 111., 
 was born in Norway, Oct. I, 1843. His 
 father was a foreman in the iron melting 
 works, and when Andrew was about ten years 
 of aee he commenced to learn this trade with 
 
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 his father, giving a liberal part of his time to 
 acquiring an education. At times he was also 
 employed in herding cattle about the neighbor 
 hood. Thus he was engaged until his i8th year, 
 when, having a desire to see more of the world, 
 he concluded to become a sailor, and shipped 
 from his native town, Oster^ Rieson, on a mer 
 chant ship bound for the White Sea. The voy 
 age was made without any special incidents of 
 note, and at the Russian port the ship was 
 loaded with lumber and tar, and set sail for 
 Marseilles, France. While rounding the Shet 
 land Islands they were visited with a fearful 
 storm, which occasioned the loss of the greater 
 part of the cargo, but the lives of the ship s 
 crew were saved, making port finally in Nor 
 way, where the ship was repaired, and then set 
 sail again for Marseilles. There he sailed for 
 Alexandria, Egypt, where his ship was loaded 
 with cotton-seed for the British market. After 
 disposing of this cargo the ship sailed for the 
 U. S., making the port of New York, where the 
 subject of this sketch left the ship that had 
 carried him over so many seas. Not finding 
 employment to his liking, he again concluded 
 to go to sea, and shipped from New Haven 
 bound for the West Indies, returning by the 
 Turk s Islands, with a cargo of salt which was 
 taken to New Haven. This was in the. latter 
 part of 1863, when the Rebellion was at its 
 height. Mr. Christenson had now concluded to 
 become a citizen of this country, and thought 
 he could no better establish his claims to citizen 
 ship than by taking part in the defense of the 
 
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 great Republic, and acting upon this belief he 
 enlisted at Concord, N. H., and was mustered 
 as a private, Dec. I, 1863, in Company G, 2nd 
 N. H. Inf. He was sent to Boston, and from 
 there to Point Lookout, Md., where the men 
 were guarding rebel prisoners until the follow 
 ing spring, when they joined the Army of the 
 James, under Gen. Butler. They were in many 
 hard actions and skirmishes between Peters 
 burg and Richmond, and were engaged in tear 
 ing up railroad tracks and the destruction of 
 other property. Mr. Christenson, with his com 
 mand, then in the 2nd Div., i8th A. C., parti 
 cipated in the battle of Drury s Bluff, Va. 
 Crossing the James he fought in the battle of 
 Cold Harbor, June 2d-4th, 1864, where his com 
 pany and regiment suffered severely, and the 
 command was forced to retreat. He was pres 
 ent at the blowing up of Fort Hell, when he 
 marched to Yorktown, where he was taken sick 
 and compelled to go to the hospital. He was 
 sent first to Fortress Monroe, where he remained 
 until the following spring, and the n was t^ans- 
 ferred to the hospital at Manchester, N. H., 
 where he remained until June 5, 1865, when he 
 was discharged. Subsequently he drifted west 
 ward, and for two years was engaged working 
 on railroads. In July, 1867, he became an 
 employe of the Government on Rock Island, 
 and in 1868 was made foreman of a crew, which 
 position he held for twelve years, since which 
 time he has been one of the guards to the Gov 
 ernment bridges and other parts of the Island. 
 Mr. Christenson was married Dec. 15, 1871, to 
 Anna Olfsen, a native of Norway, by whom he 
 has had nine children, viz.: Clarence S., Nor 
 man A., Andrew, Emma T., Thomas O., Olf W., 
 John E., Annie M., and Benjamin W. Mr. 
 Christenson s father died in Norway. His 
 mother came to the U. S. in 1867, and died at 
 Rock Island in 1876. He has two sisters living, 
 one in Rock Island and the other in Chicago. 
 
 He is a member of the John Buford Post, 
 No. 243, G. A. R. Both he and his wife are 
 members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. 
 Christenson has never regretted of making this 
 country his home, and taking part in its defense. 
 He has been a worthy and useful citizen. 
 
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 OSES L. TULLIS, of Peoria, 111., was born 
 in La Salle Co., Oct. 27, 1837, where he 
 lived until the late war. His father, 
 Jonathan L. Tujlis, as. also his five sons, served 
 in the Rebellion, the father being in the 88th 
 111. James O. was Capt. of the I47th. Amos K., 
 Chaplain of the iO2d. Charles W. was 1st Sergt. 
 in the 20th, and finally in the I04th. Henry C. 
 Sergeant of the I47th, and our subject was in 
 the 2Oth. Moses had five cousins (brothers) 
 who also served in the army at the same time. 
 Among the first to enlist for service in the town 
 of Tomica was Moses L. Tullis, which he did 
 on the day after the fall of Fort Sumter. His 
 Co. was raised in one hour, then drilled for sev 
 eral days, but was not accepted. He and his 
 brother Charles then went to Granville, Put 
 nam County, and enlisted in Co. H, 2Oth 111.; 
 then proceeded to Joliet, where, after an exam 
 ination, the brother was rejected on account of 
 his being too young. The Reg. then went to 
 Alton, thence to St. Louis, and from there to 
 Cape Girardeau, under General Fremont. 
 Shortly after arrival, it was sent upon a forced 
 march of 20 miles during the night, and capt 
 ured 13 wagons of salt pork which was being 
 forwarded to Price s army. He participated in 
 the battle of Frederickstown, and took part in 
 the operations against Fort Henry in the spring 
 of 1862. Closely following this, Mr. Tullis was 
 discharged on account of deafness and returned 
 to his home. He, however, longed for the din 
 of battle, and in the fall of 1864 again enlisted 
 in the iO4th, which he joined at Louisville, pro 
 ceeded to Nashville and Chattanooga, then 
 back to Louisville. Subsequently he was sent 
 to Philadelphia, then to New York, where he 
 took steamer for Savannah, Ga. He sailed 
 round the coast to Cape Fear River, then 
 marched across the country to Goldsboro, 
 where he joined his Reg., and from there went 
 with it to Raleigh, and was confronting John 
 ston s army, ready to attack, when that General 
 surrendered. He marched to Richmond and 
 on to Washington, where he joined in the Grand 
 Review. Subsequently he was transferred to 
 Co. K, 34th 111., and ordered to Texas by way 
 of Parkersburg. The Reg. however, on arrival 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 at Louisville, was ordered to be mustered out. 
 After his discharge Mr. Tullis returned to Men- 
 dota, where he had married, in 1862, Miss Car 
 rie Longnecker, of Peru. He engaged in car 
 penter work until 1867, when he removed to 
 Gelman; 111., where he continued 12 years, then 
 removed to Peoria in 1880, where he has since 
 resided. In 1887 he started a bakery, where 
 his business has thrived and prospered, and 
 where he now commands a fine trade. Jan. 
 3ist, 1891, saw his beloved wife released from 
 excruciating pain arising from cancer, which 
 terminated in her death on that day, leaving 
 one daughter, Fanny L., now a young lady, 
 surviving her. 
 
 Mr. Tullis has been afflicted with deafness, 
 which was very much aggravated by reason of 
 hardships and exposure during his army serv 
 ice. His political sympathies when a young 
 man were Democratic, but at the election for 
 the first Republican President he voted Repub 
 lican, and at Lincoln s election he developed 
 into a public speaker in the interest of that em 
 inent statesman. He is a prominent member of 
 the G. A. R. 
 
 CAFF. CHARLES F. TAGGART, of Freeport, 
 111., was born at Northumberland, Pa., 
 Dec. 8, 1822. His paternal grandfather, 
 David Taggart, was a native of Ireland, and 
 came to America with two brothers previous to 
 the War of the Revolution, settling near Phila 
 delphia, Pa. David Taggart married a Miss 
 Van Sant, and located upon a large tract of 
 land in Northumberland Co., Pa. At the out 
 break of the War of the Revolution he and his 
 family were driven from home by the Indians. 
 His sons returning to the Frceland Fort to 
 gcther, their Corps were made prisoners by the 
 Indians and conveyed to Canada, where one of 
 them died with camp fever. David Taggart 
 returned to Northumberland Co., Pa., at the 
 close of the Revolution, there passing the 
 remainder of his days. He had a large family 
 of children, the father of Capt. Chas. F. Ta^- 
 
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 gart, the subject of this sketch, being the 
 youngest. Capt. Taggart s father remained 
 with his parents in Northumberland Co., Pa., 
 until his I4th year, when he went to Philadel 
 phia, where he was apprenticed to learn the 
 cabinet-maker s trade. He was in Philadelphia 
 during the cholera visitation. He was three 
 times married: First to a Miss Cox, by whom 
 he had 14 children; second, to Miss Mary 
 Israel, by whom he had one child, and third, 
 to Elizabeth State, by whom he had 6 children, 
 five of whom are living James S., who died in 
 Freeport in 1886; Charles F., the subject of 
 this sketch; Samuel S., of Grant Co., Kan.; 
 Mary J., the wife of Thomas J. H. Murray, of 
 Northfield, Minn., and Caroline, the wife of L. 
 McNeal of Shelby Co., 111. Mr. Taggart was a 
 soldier of the War of 1812, and bore the com 
 mission of Major. In politics he was a Demo 
 crat of the Jeffersonian school. He died in Pa. 
 in 1848, his wife in 111. in 1858. 
 
 Capt. Taggart, the subject of this sketch, 
 recejved his preliminary instruction in the 
 common schools of his birth-place. His 
 uncle, with whom he had been living up to 
 his nth year, died, and he returned to his 
 father, with whom he continued to reside until 
 he attained his majority. 
 
 Thinking to improve his prospects, he went 
 West, locating primarily in St. Clair Co., 111., 
 where he engaged in farm labor, the following 
 winter teaching a district school. His next 
 move was to St. Louis, where he remained for 
 a year, and then returned to his home in Pa., 
 where he was married Sept. 27, 1846, to Miss 
 Margaret Smith, a daughter of John and Han 
 nah B. (Murray) Smith. Immediately after 
 marriage he set out with his wife for the "wild 
 West," and located near Ridcout, Stephenson 
 Co., 111. This section of country was at that 
 time but sparsely settled, and there was a plenty 
 of government land. He selected a tract for 
 settlement and started in to make a home and 
 a living. Hastily constructing a cabin of rough 
 logs, .they moved in and began their house 
 keeping in the most primitive manner. The 
 door of this rude domicile was so low that an 
 adult person had to stoop in order to enter. 
 
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 Their furniture was of the simplest description 
 and was literally "home made." In 1858 he 
 removed to Freeport, and was nominated and 
 elected sheriff of Stephenson Co. In 1862 he 
 wrote to Adjutant General Fuller for permission 
 to raise a company, which he was instructed 
 to do. Placing his name at the head of the 
 list, he succeeded in enlisting 108 men, who 
 were mustered in as Co. D, 93d 111. Inf., with 
 Mr. Taggart as Captain. The Co. proceeded 
 to Chicago, where it remained encamped for 
 about two months, afterward being ordered to 
 Memphis, Tenn., and from there going to 
 Holly Springs during the time Grant was inves 
 tigating with reference to the siege of Vicks- 
 burg, later returning to Memphis and remain 
 ing there until the succeeding April. Next 
 going to Milliken s Bend, the command were 
 detained there until May 8, when they were 
 ordered to Vicksburg, and while on the march 
 participated in the engagements at Port Gib 
 son, Jackson and Champion Hills, subsequently 
 bearing a conspicuous part in the siege of 
 Vicksburg. 
 
 In Aug., 1863, Capt. Taggart went home on 
 a thirty-day furlough, at the expiration of which 
 he rejoined his company at Vicksburg and 
 was ordered to Helena, Ark., to assist Gen. 
 Steel in projected plans, but before reaching 
 Helena, Gen. Steel having accomplished his 
 aims, he returned with his Co. to Vicksburg. 
 Gen. Grant having now been assigned to the 
 command of the army of the Potomac, and 
 Sherman to that of the West, the 93d was or 
 dered to Chattanooga and was engaged in the 
 battle of Mission Ridge. In this great con 
 flict fell Col. Holden Putnam, whose body 
 Capt. Taggart brought back to Freeport. After 
 the battle of Mission Ridge the 93d was so 
 disabled as to be unfit for active service and 
 was detailed for guard duty until alter the 
 fall of Atlanta. They were then ordered to 
 Allatoona, where they were in action with Hood s 
 army of 8,000 men, the Union force numbering 
 2,126. The rebel loss in this battle was 1,500, 
 and that of the Federals 706 in killed, wounded 
 and missing. Captain Taggart was unfit for 
 duty, at this time, having been seriously sick, 
 
 but he commanded his Co. through the fight 
 with the grand courage which ever distin 
 guished him. He was now obliged from sick 
 ness to return home. He now resigned his 
 commission, being badly broken in health, and 
 the war drawing rapidly to a close. For fifteen 
 years after his return to Freeport, he was em 
 ployed as a postal clerk. Capt. Taggart is a 
 member of the Masonic fraternity and of John 
 A. Davis Post, No. 98, G. A. R., and was its first 
 Vice Commander. He is the father of four 
 children Mary E., who died at the age of 14; 
 Frank, Supt. of the Malleable Iron Works, St. 
 Louis, Mo.; Anna B., at home; and Wil 
 liam H., one of the leading and most promi 
 nent dentists of the state of 111., President 
 of the Northern Dental Association, and Chair 
 man of the Dental Association of Illinois at 
 the World s Columbian Exposition. 
 
 Capt. Taggart is enjoying the fruits of a 
 well-spent life, surrounded by the blessings 
 vouchsafed to him in a happy home and chil 
 dren of whom any father might be proud. 
 
 WILLIAM O BRIEN, of Kingston, 111, the 
 subject of this notice, was born on 
 Easter Monday, 1843, iri Ireland, 
 that country, which has sent forth so many 
 brilliant sons to seek their fortunes beyond its 
 shores, and few of whom fail in finding it. Mr. 
 O Brien came to this country when quite young 
 and made his home in New York. Having 
 determined to adopt this as his country, he 
 deemed it his duty when its laws and institu 
 tions were threatened by rebellion to lend a 
 hand, and if the fates should so decree, offer his 
 young life as for the preservation of the Re 
 public, and therefore enlisted in-the fall of 1863, 
 in New York City, with the i8th N. Y. Vol. 
 Inf., in Gen. Meagher s Brigade. Under Col. 
 Brown he proceeded to camp in Maryland, 
 where he was mustered into the service. From 
 here his Regt. proceeded to Chickamauga and 
 took part in the battle of the same name. 
 Their next move was to Nashville, Tenn., and 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 from there to Corinth, and participated in the 
 engagment at the latter place. After the latter 
 conflict he was ordered back to Nashville and 
 joined in the skirmish after Gen. Hood. Sub 
 sequently he was ordered to Atlanta, and from 
 there proceeded under Gen. Sherman in his 
 now famous "march to the sea" campaign. 
 Along the line of that march he was engaged 
 in several severe skirmishes, all resulting favor 
 ably to the Union troops engaged, and after 
 wards participated in the Carolina campaign, 
 taking part in the battles of Lawtonville, Ave- 
 rysboro and Bentonville, and at the close of 
 the war returned to Washington, where he took 
 part in the Grand Review, and was discharged. 
 After being discharged he returned to his 
 home in New York and resumed his trade of 
 stone mason, afterwards moving to Chicago, 
 and at times living in Kingston, 111., where he 
 now resides. He married Johanna Dougherty, 
 by whom he has two children, John W., and 
 Joseph A. He is a Republican. 
 
 JAMES BRADBURY, engineer for the Insane 
 Asylum, at Kankakee, 111., was born at 
 Hyde, Cheshire, England, Dec. 26, 1844, 
 and educated in the common schools. When 
 17 years of age he came to the U. S., and 
 first located at Lawrence, Mass. In 1862, be 
 coming enthused with the war spirit that swept 
 over the land and made its influence felt in 
 every household, he enlisted in the 4Oth Mass. 
 Inf., Co. C, and at Camp Lynn, Aug. 22, 1862, 
 was mustered into the service of his adopted 
 country, even before he was old enough to ac 
 quire the rights and privileges of citizenship. 
 The Regt. was immediately ordered South, and 
 went to Arlington Heights, where 3 months 
 were spent* with but little to do in warfare, ex 
 cept an occasional skirmish. Then a move was 
 made to Chancellorsville, Frederick City and 
 Mare Island, S. C., where it participated in the 
 battle of Ft. Wagner. After a short season 
 of active service in Florida, it was ordered to 
 the James River and Cold Harbor, in which the 
 regiment lost heavily. . I lore Mr. Bradbury was 
 
 taken sick and sent to the hospital, at Wash 
 ington, D. C., then transferred to Portsmouth 
 Grove or Lowell s Grove, Rhode Island, where 
 he was given his discharge Feb. 4, 1864. When 
 he returned home and had recovered his health, 
 Mr. Bradbury became an engineer at Andovcr, 
 Mass. In 1866, looking for a wider field and 
 wishing to see more of the country, he came 
 West and located in Chicago, where he engaged 
 in business of steam fitting, in which he became 
 a recognized expert and master of his business. 
 He worked in Chicago until Oct., 1878, when, 
 being employed to assist in putting in the steam 
 appliances of the Insane Asylum that was 
 erected at Kankakee, including the engines, he 
 removed to that city, and has had charge of 
 the engines of this State Institution during the 
 past 13 years. This fact alone speaks volumes 
 for the ability, skill and faithfulness of Mr. 
 Bradbury, who is a gentleman possessing in a 
 marked degree the characteristics of energy, 
 industry and reliability, and is justly entitled 
 to the creditable position he has won by the 
 exhibition of these honorable qualities. He has 
 been twice married, the first time May 12, 1868, 
 to Catharine Hellock, who died July 1st, 1885, 
 leaving a family of children, of whom John, 
 George, Don B., Maggie and Mary J. are living. 
 He contracted his second marriage June, 1889, 
 with Elizabeth Darob. 
 
 Mr. Bradbury is a member of Whipple Post, 
 No. 414, G. A. R.; and in politics a most decided 
 Republican, well posted in all state and national 
 affairs, as becomes one who intends to act intel 
 ligently and vote conscientiously. He is a gen 
 tleman of positive opinions and thorough in 
 every investigation he undertakes, standing well 
 in the esteem of his friends, and known by all 
 as a man of decided uprightness of purpose 
 and character. 
 
 JW. CAMP, of Rock Island, 111., enlisted 
 in the Union army Dec. 11, 1863, and 
 was mustered into the service at Roches 
 ter as a private in Co. B, 22nd N. Y. Cav. Im 
 mediately after its organization, the Regt. was 
 
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 ordered to Washington, where it lay for several 
 weeks, after which it was attached to the 2nd 
 Brig., 3rd Div. of the Cav. Service, under com 
 mand of that gallant, but now mourned Gen. 
 Custer. The Regt. participated in and passed 
 through its first baptism of fire in the battle of 
 the Wilderness, in which it was heavily en 
 gaged, after which its Col. and Lieut, were dis 
 honorably dismissed from the service for al. 
 leged incapacity, caused by excessive indul 
 gence in the "flowing bowl" resulting in one 
 third of the Regt. falling into the enemy s 
 hands. Our subject, however, fired with the en 
 thusiasm of youth and confidence in the running 
 capacity of his spirited mount, seeing the cap 
 ture, put spurs to his steed and escaped be 
 yond the reach of rebel bullets, which at first 
 came after him almost like driving rain. The 
 spirited animal that bore him safely and with 
 dispatch from the battle of the Wilderness, car 
 ried him until shot beneath its rider in an en 
 gagement in the Shenandoah Valley. The cav 
 alry was the most active arm of the service, and 
 Mr. Camp s Regt. like the others, was always 
 on the move and engaged in daily skirmishes, 
 and took part under Gen. Wilson in the raid 
 around Richmond in which the command was 
 badly cut up, those escaping doing so, by adopt 
 ing the motto of, " every fellow for himself 
 and the devil take the hmdermost." His next 
 experience was in the battle of Winchester; his 
 Regt. having left Berryville on the preceeding 
 night, moved on a rapid march, arriving at the 
 battle ground about daylight, immediately 
 joined in that terrible conflict which was fought 
 with unabated desperation throughout the day, 
 and which only ceased when the armies became 
 enshrouded in darkness which terminated the 
 fearful slaughter In this battle Mr. Camp s will 
 ing and noble animal fell dead beneath him, 
 pierced by a cruel rebel bullet, and in the 
 fall he sustained injuries from which he has 
 since been a constant and great sufferer. He 
 did not leave the field, however, but stuck to 
 his post like a brave patriotic soldier. The 
 next heavy battle in which he was engaged 
 was Cedar Creek, wherein the rebels were led 
 by Gen. Early. In a clever night movement, 
 
 assisted by the dense fog they surprised the 
 Union army located there under Gen. Sheridan 
 who was temporarily absent at Washington. 
 The detachment of the enemy under Kershaw 
 having stealthily crept over a hill and captured 
 seven of the Union guns, turned them 
 against the owners, who were soon forced 
 to retreat in confusion. At this point Mr. 
 Camp s Regt. and other cavalry advanced 
 and took part and endeavored to stem the tide 
 which was started to flow so precipitately in 
 favor of the enemy, but the confusion was be 
 yond their control and in a short time the cav 
 alry also was retreating hurriedly. 
 
 Sheridan had reached Winchester at 7 
 o clock that morning and hearing guns, rode 
 hurriedly to the front and met the troops from 
 the broken lines, whom he immediately rallied 
 under a promise to return " and lick them out 
 of their boots," which promise he faithfully per 
 formed, destroying the rebel army and capturing 
 many prisoners, besides large quantities of sup 
 plies and war material. Mr. Camp sat in his sad 
 dle all that day and throughout the following 
 night and in the retreat, with his Regt. formed 
 the rear guard of the main army, and was all this 
 time under a continual fire from the pursuing 
 enemy. He then joined in the raids through 
 the Shenandoah Valley, the " granary of the 
 confederacy," which he assisted to lay in ruins 
 burning mills, barns, railroads, and generally 
 confiscating or destroying everything. Shortly 
 after this came the grand coup d etat, wherein 
 Gen. Grant held Gen. Lee before Richmond 
 and Petersburg, whilst Sheridan with recog 
 nized skill threw his command in the rear of 
 Gen. Lee, thus preventing the junction of the 
 relief forces. In this manceuvering Mr. Camp 
 and his Regt. did some splendid work and 
 assisted in a cavalry charge which was made 
 so suddenly and with such irresistible force 
 that they captured 1,400 rebel prisoners, who 
 were taken with loaded muskets in their hands. 
 In conducting the prisoners away, they were 
 intercepted by a rebel general, who attempted 
 a rescue, whereupon occurred a pretty cavalry 
 charge. The opposing columns charged at 
 each other across an open, level plain, meeting 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 at break neck speed, passing through each 
 other s ranks and immediately returning and 
 engaged in a hand-to-hand conflict, finally 
 forcing the rebels to retreat with a command 
 much reduced. He was later in the battle of 
 Five Points, afterward at Appomattox, which 
 was his last engagement. The Regt. then 
 returned to Winchester, where it received 
 orders to return to Rochester, where the men 
 were mustered out, on Aug. 1st, 1865. 
 
 His father, A. J. Camp, was a son of the 
 Rev. Wilson Camp, a native of Vt. His 
 mother, Naomi Hitchcock is a relative of 
 Senator Hitchcock, of New York. Our sub 
 ject, after the war, returned home and after 
 wards apprenticed himself at the boot and 
 shoe trade in Buffalo, N. Y., and on acquiring 
 that business, removed to Penn., subsequently 
 to Detroit, remaining at the latter place for five 
 years, when he concluded to go further west, 
 and accordingly located at Rock Island, where 
 he has continued since the year 1871. He 
 engaged in business on his own account, which 
 has been continued up to the present time. 
 
 Our subject married Anna Helmky, by 
 whom he has three children, viz.: Cora, George, 
 and Nettie. He is a member of the fraternal 
 Order of Red Men: O-San-Kee Tribe, No. 15; 
 also a member of the John Buford Post, No. 
 242, G. A. R. 
 
 WILLIAM H. REED, the popular and 
 highly respected sheriff of Kane Co., 
 111., is a resident of Geneva, and hails 
 from Albany, N. Y., where he was born Aug. 
 12, 1836, a son of John and Margaret (McClel- 
 lan) Reed. His parents were natives of the 
 Empire State, and in 1844 moved to Geneva, 
 111., where they now both lie buried. They 
 begot four sons, truly four patriots, and one 
 daughter. Blessed be the memory of that 
 mother who gave up her last boy for the 
 defense of the grand "old flag." Indeed, 
 every one of them went forth to enlist in the 
 service of their country. George, the eldest, 
 served in the $2nd 111. Inf., and Marins and 
 
 David both enlisted in the I44th 111. Inf. When 
 William was seven years old his parents located 
 at Geneva. Here, after receiving a good school 
 education, he commenced life as a stone-cutter. 
 This calling he followed till he took the "war 
 fever," and Aug. 9, 1862, we find him duly en 
 listed in Co. K, 89th 111. Inf. 
 
 The Regt. was organized at Chicago and 
 mustered into service Aug. 27. Sept. 4, it was 
 ordered to Louisville, Ky. Shortly the "boys" 
 started out after the rebels under Bragg, and 
 after a month s wearisome march, reached 
 Bowling Green. Oct. 8, we find comrade Reed 
 thoroughly baptised as a son of war in the 
 bloody battle of Perryville. The next clay he 
 fought at Lawrenceburg. The last day of the 
 year he was under fire almost constantly in that 
 tragic and stubbornly-fought battle of Mur- 
 freesboro, Tenn., and during the next day s 
 engagement, Jan. I, 1863, we find him, together 
 with several others, including Gen. Willich, 
 captured by the enemy. He was marched to 
 Richmond, into Libby Prison, and after six 
 weeks of confinement, was exchanged at City 
 Point, and transferred to Benton Barracks, Mo. 
 Rejoining his Regt., comrade Reed again went 
 forth "to do or die" in defense of the stars and 
 stripes. He subsequently participated in one 
 continual round of fighting, including many of 
 the- bloodiest battles of the rebellion, namely: 
 Chickamauga, Orchard Knob, Lookout Mt. t- 
 Mission Ridge, Rocky Face, Buzzard s 
 Roost, Resaca, Pickett s Mill, Dallas, Kcncsaw 
 Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jones- 
 boro and Lovejoy Station. 
 
 In all of these engagements the gallant 
 8gth was invariably in the advance, each time 
 losing heavily in killed and wounded, indeed, 
 as many as 21 1 in the battle of Atlanta. 
 Crowned with victory, the " boys," under Gen. 
 Thomas, moved into Tenn., and again partici 
 pated in the brilliant achievements of Sping 
 Hill, Columbia, Franklin and Nashville. Sub 
 sequently they chased Hood s army South into 
 Alabama, and after going into winter quarters 
 at Huntsville, Ala., returned to Nashville, Tenn., 
 where they were mustered out June 10, 1865, 
 returning to Chicago and were duly discharged 
 
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 June 24th, atter nearly three years of hard 
 marching and hard fighting, in all of which 
 the Sgth did noble service. After the war 
 comrade Reed was engaged as brakesman for 
 four years, when he was promoted to conductor 
 on a freight train, and later to passenger con 
 ductor, in which entrusted position he con 
 tinued till 1889, when he was elected to the 
 office of Sheriff of Kane County, being the 
 first Democrat who had been elected to the 
 office for 26 years. 
 
 Mr. Reed was married in Michigan in 1871, 
 to Louisa Tinsley, the estimable daughter of 
 Edward Tinsley, who, when a young man, emi 
 grated from England. 
 
 He has been a member of the city council 
 of Geneva; is a prominent member of the Gen. 
 Spaulding Post, No. 60, in which he is serving 
 his second term as commander; a Mason; a 
 member of the Fox River Chapter, No. 14; of 
 the Shrine, and of the Bethels Commandry, 
 No. 36, Elgin. Mr. Reed is a true soldier and a 
 whole-souled gentleman, whom it is a pleasure 
 to know. 
 
 SAMUEL C. ELDER, of Galesburg, 111., was 
 born at Dry Run, Franklin Co., Pa., March 
 30, 1839. His American progenitors were 
 of Scotch-Irish extraction, and devout Pres 
 byterians. His father, Matthew, was the son 
 of John, a soldier of the Revolution. Matthew, 
 the father of the subject of this sketch, served 
 in the War of 1812. The family of John Elder 
 were among the earliest settlers in the section 
 of Pa. now known as Path Valley, in Franklin 
 Co. The mother of Samuel C. Elder was Nancy 
 McConnell, whose gentle hand led her son in 
 proper paths. He enlisted in the military 
 service in Co. H, I26th Pa. Inf., in 1862, and 
 proceeding to Washington, was with his regi 
 ment at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., go 
 ing thence to Martinsburg and joining in the 
 long march with Burnside, over roads deluged 
 with water from incessant rains and enduring 
 many hardships and privations from cold. 
 
 After five days seeking to make their way along 
 the muddy and frozen roads, they returned to 
 camp over corduroy roads which they had to 
 construct in order to get through the mud, 
 which was in some places waist deep, placing 
 the logs upon the bodies of horses and mules 
 that had perished by the way. At the battle of 
 Fredericksburg Mr. Elder was knocked sense 
 less by the fall of a rail upon his head as he 
 was getting over a fence, from which he, for 
 some time, lost both speech and hearing. He 
 has ever since been partially deaf, unable to 
 distinguish an ordinary conversation, or to hear 
 unless spoken to in a loud tone of voice. He 
 was, in consequence of this affliction, mustered 
 out and returned home, where he engaged in 
 the mercantile business. In 1865 he came to 
 Henry Co., 111., locating at Woodhull, where he 
 kept a store and superintended a farm. In 
 1881 he removed to Galesburg, where he has 
 since conducted the mercantile business. He 
 married Sarah M. Roush, and they have two 
 children Elton A., bookkeeper in the 1st 
 National Bank at Knoxville, and Stella. Mr. 
 Elder is a member of the G. A. R. and of the 
 Presbyterian Church. He is a Democrat, and 
 an enterprising merchant and a worthy citizen. 
 
 M. 
 
 V. WILDER, of the prominent firm of 
 Oleson & Wilder, dealers in groceries, 
 queensware, drugs, etc., at De Kalb, 
 111., was born at Jerico, Vt., in 1836, a son of 
 Oliver and L. (Lee) Wilder, natives of Ver 
 mont, where they resided until 1844, when they 
 came to Winnebago Co., 111., where the father 
 died in May, 1863, and the mother in May, 
 1865. Oliver Wilder was a prosperous farmer, 
 who served in the war of 1812, when about eight 
 een years of age, in the eastern department at 
 Plattsburg, etc. The father of Oliver Wilder 
 was Ransom Wilder, a native of Mass., a sol 
 dier in the revolutionary war, and a direct de 
 scendant of one of 3 brothers who came from 
 England with a widowed mother, from whom it 
 is supposed all the Wilders in the U. S. de 
 scended.- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 M. V. Wilder was the youngest of a family 
 of 10 children 5 sons and 5 daughters and 
 came West with his parents when 8 years of 
 age. He was reared on a farm in a locality 
 where school privileges were limited as the 
 country was then new and unsettled. In 1857 
 he went to Nebraska and spent 2 or 3 years 
 working in the woods on the Mo. river, camp 
 ing in the woods, exposed to all the changes of 
 weather and suffering with the ague. He went 
 to Colorado in 1860, and engaged in mining and 
 experiencing all the privations of the rough 
 camps of the mining country until, at Central 
 City, N. M., he enlisted in Co. F, 4th N. M. 
 Cav., which was not mounted for a year or two. 
 Soon after enlistment the Regt. was mustered 
 into the 2nd N. M. Cav., and spent the summer 
 at Santa Fe and other points in N. M. under 
 Gen. Canby, doing escort duty, and often en 
 gaging in battles with the enemy. In the lat 
 ter part of the year the regiment was ordered 
 to Ft. Lyon on the plains of Colorado, where 
 the winter was spent. In the spring, orders 
 came to march to Ft. Scott, and in June this 
 Regt. with the 1st Col. battery escorted a sup 
 ply-train of about 450 wagons to Ft. Gibson, 
 arriving there early in July. Here headquar 
 ters were established for some time, from which 
 were sent out various expeditions and recon- 
 noitering parties, on one of which, to Honey 
 Springs, there was an engagement resulting in 
 the capture of a store of supplies and a number 
 of prisoners, and also the loss of a few men. 
 Camped en the field the night after this fight, 
 and next day buried the dead and returned to 
 Fort Gibson. Subsequently Mr. Wilder was 
 prostrated by disease, and remained in hospital 
 at Ft. Gibson while his comrades marched to 
 Canadian River and afterwards to Weber Falls, 
 where he joined them in Aug., and went with 
 them to Ft. Smith, thence to Van Buren, Ark. 
 From this place the regiment was ordered to 
 escort a quartermaster s train to Springfield, 
 Mo., thence to Bella, where it boarded cars for 
 St. Louis. Here after having marched on its 
 feet, since its enlistment, over 1,800 miles, the 
 regiment received its first equipment of horses 
 Dec., 1863, and in Jan., 1864, went by rail to 
 
 Sedalia, Mo., then the terminus of the Mo. 
 Pacific Ry. Here went into camp and drilled 
 in the cavalry tactics until in April when it was 
 sent to Independence, Mo., to patrol the coun 
 try under Gen. Curtis in search of bushwhack 
 ers, remaining in this section until late in the 
 season, when the raid of Price through Mo. 
 made it necessary to checkmate him. For this 
 purpose the regiment started under Gen. Blount, 
 and first met the enemy at Lexington, and fell 
 back to Little Blue, Independence, Big Blue 
 and West Point, where, meeting re-enforce 
 ments, the rebels then were driven back through 
 Ft. Scott, Newtonia, Mo., Fayetteville, Ark., 
 Prairie Grove, and to Weber Falls in the Indian 
 Territory. From this point the regiment went 
 to Ft. Gibson for supplies, being entirely out of 
 breadstuff, but arriving here the garrison was 
 found to be on an allowance of 2 ounces of 
 flour per day, and men were at once dispatched 
 on the fleetest horses to Ft. Scott. At Ft. Gib 
 son the regiment was supplied with clothing, 
 etc., and started for Ft. Scott and m.et the sup 
 ply train when within about two days march of 
 that place, having been 14 days with nothing to 
 eat but meat, coffee and sugar. After one day s 
 rest at Ft. Scott set out for Ft. Leavenworth, 
 arriving with 10 horses left of the 80 in the 
 company when Price was met at Lexington, 
 and these were turned over to the 6th Q. M. for 
 inspection, but only four were accepted. At 
 Ft. Leavenworth the regiment was re-mounted 
 for the third time, and a start made for Ft. 
 Riley and Ft. Lamed. At the latter place it 
 was ordered to act as escort for the Govern 
 ment mail between Ft. Lamed and Ft. Lyons, 
 a distance of 280 miles. The plan was for a 
 party to start from each of these points at 
 the same time and meet at a half-way place, 
 making a single trip in a week, then rest a 
 week before starting again. The Indians were 
 troublesome, and the undertaking was some 
 times hazardous, there being 4 or 5 wagons of 
 mail to guard. 
 
 This cavalry regiment was kept in active 
 service until May, 1865, when it went to Ft. 
 Riley and was discharged. A number of the 
 discharged men hired some citizens to take 
 
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 them to Manhattan, on the Kansas River. 
 When arriving at that place the water was 
 found to be so high that they were compelled 
 to make other arrangements. On the opposite 
 side of the river men were seen building a flat 
 boat, so a skiff was secured, and, crossing the 
 river, they purchased the flat boat for $50. By 
 this time they had been joined by others from 
 Ft. Riley, and as the boat would not carry all, 
 the plans of the first party were kept secret 
 until they were ready to embark, then they 
 made a rush for the boat and pushed off, start 
 ing down stream, and the 2nd night were at 
 Topeka, where they sold the barge for $5, and 
 hired teams the next day to Lawrence, where 
 they took a train for Kansas City. Finally 
 Mr. Wilder reached Chicago and arrived at 
 home July 22nd, after 8 years of camp life and 
 the roughest kind of exposure to the vicissi 
 tudes of climate and dangers in peace and war. 
 Mr. Wilder was with his regiment in every en 
 gagement and was never captured, wounded or 
 absent from duty except a few weeks sickness 
 at the hospital at Ft. Gibson. When the regi 
 ment left Ft. Gibson for Ft. Scott, Mr. Wilder 
 was corporal, and from that time was Com. 
 Sergt. During its term of service this regi 
 ment wore out by hard duty three equipments 
 of horses. At one time in Mo. it marched no 
 miles in about 20 hours, and when Gen. Price 
 made his appearance in Central Mo. the Regt. 
 made a march from Independence to Lexing 
 ton and return, 90 miles, without feeding or 
 watering but twice. It made the round trip 
 from Independence, Mo., via Ft. Gibson, 
 Indian Territory and Ft. Scott to Leavenworth, 
 in 60 days, riding every day without one ex 
 ception. 
 
 Since the close of the war Mr. Wilder has 
 been engaged in the mercantile business in 
 DeKalb, 111. He was married in 1867 to Clara 
 A. Whitmore, a native of 111. He is a charter 
 member of Merritt Simonds Post No. 283, 
 G. A. R., where he holds the office of P. P. C. 
 He has been a member of the School Board 
 for 7 years and holds membership in De Kalb 
 Lodge, No. 144, A. F. and A. M. Few men 
 have had wider experience in different parts of 
 
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 the wilder portion of the country than Mr. 
 Wilder, and the history of the scenes coming 
 under his observation would make a romance 
 more thrilling than any printed pages, and 
 conclusively prove again the truth of the old 
 adage that " truth is stranger than fiction." 
 
 JOHN W. EVERETT, proprietor of Everett s 
 Music House, Quincy, 111., dates his birth 
 at Farmettsburg, Pa., and is the son of 
 John and Lydia (Neusbaum) Everett, who 
 were born in 1808, and 1813, respectively. Of 
 the eight children born to parents, our subject 
 and his brother, who now resides at Mount 
 Union, Pa., are the only ones living. John spent 
 his early days attending the district school and 
 assisting his father on the farm. When in 1861, 
 our Union was threatened with dissolution, he 
 responded to the first call for volunteers, but the 
 quota having been filled before their organi 
 zation was completed, he had to content him 
 self with camp duty at Camp Curtin. 
 
 The following year came another call, and 
 he accordingly enlisted , 1862, in Co. H, 
 1 26th Pa. Inf. The regiment was ordered to 
 the front at once and assigned to Fitz John 
 Porter s corps. It was present in an unorgan 
 ized shape at the second battle of Bull Run; 
 and subsequently after an all night s march 
 through rain and mud, they reached the bat 
 tlefield of Antietam, but the hottest fighting 
 was over. Then onward to Fredricksburg, 
 the " boys" suffering intolerably from cold and 
 exposure. After frequent brushes with the 
 rebels en route, they participated in that bloody 
 battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. After 
 this tragic engagement in which the I26th did 
 gallant service, but suffered a loss of 177 in 
 killed and wounded, the " boys " started out 
 and participated in the hardships of the disas 
 trous Burnside s mud march. Returning to 
 camp, their term of service expired May 10, 
 1863. About this time the Chancellorsville 
 campaign began, and the regiment was allowed 
 to vote whether or not it would join in that ex- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 pedition The result was " in favor," and ac 
 cordingly the brave " boys " started onward. 
 The march through the deep mud was exhaust 
 ing, and the suffering from the cold rain was 
 intense. May I, 1863, the regiment went into 
 the battle with the 5th corps, and on the second 
 day of that sanguinary battle, when the nth 
 corps broke in front, the 5th corps gallantly 
 took its place. On this occasion originated 
 the famous statement, viz.: " Ve fights mit 
 Siegel, but runs mit Howard," the Germans 
 of tliQ nth corps not liking the substitution of 
 the preacher soldier for the German Com 
 mander of Blue Ridge fame. Following this 
 battle the I26th moved on to Washington, 
 where it was mustered out, having served 
 about one month over time. Comrade Ever 
 ett re-enlisted Feb. 27, 1864, at Harrisburg, Pa., 
 in the U. S, Signal Corps. After receiving in 
 structions at Cumberland, W. Va., under Capt. 
 Torone, of the U. S. Army Signal Corps, our 
 subject moved with Gen. Siegel into the Shen- 
 andoah Valley. He was actively engaged in 
 the battles of New Market in Piedmont, and 
 Lexington, after crossing the Blue Ridge. 
 
 The next engagement was the three days ^, 
 fight at Lynchburg, Va. The ammunition and 
 supplies being exhausted, they recrossed into 
 West Virginia to Parkersburg. During this 
 raid the command had traveled 900 miles 
 through the enemy s country, had no commun 
 ication with the outside world, knew nothing of 
 the movements of our own armies and subsisted 
 entirely off the country traversed. After a 
 week srest, they resumed activities, moved into 
 Maryland, and drove the rebels under Early 
 back into the Shenandoah Valley. At Harpers 
 Ferry, Sheridan took command and moved up 
 as far as Beverly, where they encountered a 
 severe fight. Sept. 19, 1864, they fought the 
 bloody battle of Opequan, Va., and Mr. Everett 
 says that to Gen Custer is due the honor of carry 
 ing that day. Then followed the desperately 
 fought battle of Cedar Creek, Oct 19, 1864. 
 "With Sheridan eighteen miles away," his ride 
 was rendered immortal. The army then went 
 into winter quarters at Winchester, and the 
 signal corps "boys" were quartered in the 
 
 "Mason House," of Mason and Slidell fame. 
 Feb. 27, 1865, we find our subject starting out 
 with Sheridan and his 20,000 cavalry, up the 
 valley. At Stonesboro, Va., they again fought 
 victoriously, and the next month was spent 
 within twelve miles of Richmond, tearing up rail 
 roads, destroying property, and making things 
 generally " lively" for the Johnnies. March 31, 
 comrade Everett was active in the battle of Din- 
 widdie Court House, Va., on the next day we 
 find him under fire at Five Forks. Then fol 
 lowed the battles of Sailor s Creek and Farm- 
 ville. April 9, the enemy was driven back to 
 Appomattox, and about 9 o clock in the morn 
 ing the flag of truce appeared in front Sheri 
 dan s forces. The General, with his staff, 
 including our subject, met the rebel Gen. Gor 
 don, who assured him that he was sent by Gen. 
 Lee to ask a cessation of hostilities to consider 
 terms of surrender. Word was sent to the dif 
 ferent commands to cease firing. Generals 
 Grant and Lee were notified to meet at the 
 point where the flag of truce first met Gen. 
 Sheridan, and here, after a short and friendly 
 chat, the terms, " unconditional surrender," 
 were made known to Gen. Lee, who was given 
 until 4 o clock that afternoon to accept. The 
 terms were accepted and our subject moved 
 out with Sheridan s forces, who were ordered 
 to N. Carolina, to assist Gen. Sherman. After 
 clays and weeks of hard marching, came the 
 news of Johnston s surrender, and the command 
 returned to Petersburg, then on to City Point 
 and embarked for Washington. May 22, they 
 started for Texas to bring A. J. Smith to terms, 
 and Sept. 23, 1865, our comrade was finally dis 
 charged at New Orleans, La., after having gal 
 lantly served the grand " old flag " for ovcr 
 three years. From here he went directly to 
 Quincy, 111., where he has resided ever since. 
 
 Mr. Everett was married to Miss Sarah 
 Starke in 1868. Mrs. Everett died in 1878. 
 Three years later he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Mary C. Bernard, a native of 
 Quincy, 111. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Everett are worthy members 
 of the Presbyterian church. 
 
 Mr. Everett is a member of the M. W. of A. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 and A. O. U. W. He is a prominent member 
 of the G. A. R. and has held the office of 
 Quartermaster of his post, for four years. He 
 is a staunch Republican in politics, and is a 
 substantial citizen with a clean record. 
 
 DAVID BATCHELLER, of Ottawa, 111., and 
 ex-Post-commander of the G. A. R., Post 
 No. 68, of Streator, now of Seth C. Earl, 
 Post No. 156, enlisted Oct. 17, 1862, in Hen- 
 shaw s Battery, of 111. Light Art.; was mustered 
 into the U. S. service Dec. 3, 1862, and went into 
 the camp at Ottawa, where the battery remained 
 until April, 1863. April, 11, they were ordered 
 out, making their first camp in the enemy s 
 country at Louisville, Ky. After remaining 
 there awhile, they moved to Glasgow, Ky., 
 where they were brigaded with the I3th Ky., 
 23d Mich., iiith Ohio, io;th 111. Inf., the 5th 
 Ind., 1 4th 111. Cav.. and the Elgin Battery, 
 forming the ist Brig, by Gen. Manson, ist Div., 
 23d A. C., commanded by Gen. Hartsuff. This 
 was the first organization of the corps. They 
 remained at Glasgow until June 22, when they 
 received orders to march to Scottsville, Ky., 
 and thence on to Tompkinsville. This Brig, 
 was organized for the purpose of suppressing 
 Morgan, the guerrilla, and was made up of as 
 fine a body of soldiers as ever entered an army. 
 It required the greatest activity, the strongest 
 endurance, and shrewdest maneuvering to look 
 after that wily chieftain. July 4, 1863, they 
 were ordered out on quick time to march after 
 Morgan, who was making a flank movement 
 for the purpose of invading Ohio. They re 
 turned to Glasgow at night, after marching all 
 day. The next morning they were ordered 
 out for Mumfordsville, where one of the bat 
 teries, under command of Capt. Henshavv, was 
 detached to join the Cav. to follow up Morgan, 
 who was making another desperate attempt to 
 get into Ohio from Louisville. After a short, 
 decisive fight, Morgan was captured, with 1,000 
 prisoners, near Buffington Island, while .at 
 
 tempting to cross the Ohio river into W. Va. 
 The dismembered sections of Art. and Inf. of 
 the Brig, were reunited after the "surrender of 
 Morgan. After this action the command 
 moved to Lebanon, Ky., and remained until 
 Aug. 17, when it was ordered to East Tenn. 
 During that long and tedious march, the sup 
 ply trains were delayed and the soldiers were 
 obliged to forage for food, with meagersuccess. 
 Their suffering was intense. They were re 
 duced to three hard-tacks and three ears of 
 corn a day for three days, and had no salt to 
 use with this food. 
 
 About this time a change was made in the 
 brigades and Henshaw s Battery was placed in 
 the 2 ist Brig., 2 ist Div., commanded by Col. 
 Chapin of the 231^! Mich. They marched into 
 East Tenn. to London and then moved to Salt- 
 ville, W. Va., to destroy the salt works, but 
 before arriving there, orders were received to 
 re-enforce Rosecrans at Chattanooga. They 
 reached the Tenn. River, where their horses 
 gave out, being afflicted with some disease of 
 the tongue and hoofs. They went to Knox- 
 ville for a new supply, and out of a corral of 
 8,000 they succeeded in securing enough for 
 their battery. Mr. Batcheller was on this 
 detail which required a week s time. As soon 
 as their battery was filled out they were ordered 
 to London, where they remained until Nov. ist, 
 the pickets having during that time, several 
 skirmishes with the enemy. When Longstreet 
 made his advance, the battery was ordered 
 back across the Tenn. They went into camp 
 about two miles from the river and remained 
 until the loth. When Longstreet crossed the 
 river six miles below London, one section of 
 battery and one Regt. of Inf., was ordered out 
 on a reconnoitering expedition and had several 
 lively skirmishes. Orders were received by 
 Burnside, who had returned from Knoxville to 
 advance to where Longstreet was crossing the 
 river. A severe engagement, known as 
 Hough s Ferry, occurred. Being outnumbered 
 they returned to camp. During the night 
 Burnside received orders from Grant to fall 
 back to Knoxville, a distance of 40 miles, with 
 the hope of drawing Longstreet after him if 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 possible, even at the sacrifice of the Cav. arm 
 of the Army of Ohio. Before daylight the 
 next morning they formed a line of battle and 
 remained all day and part of the night. At 
 this time it was developed that Longstreet \vas 
 marching on the Kingston road toward Knox- 
 ville, to head off Burnside. The Union troops 
 moved on, destroying their supply trains, and 
 arrived at Campbell Station about noon, when 
 they formed their line of battle before Long- 
 street came up. The roads were heavy, as was 
 usual when important war movements were 
 pending. When the movement began not a 
 cloud was to be seen to mar the beauty of the 
 day, but soon after, the sky became overcast 
 with black clouds and it rained for four clays. 
 The battle opened immediately after they had 
 formed in line. Longstreet was held in check 
 until after dark, Henshaw s Battery taking 
 an important part. The battery had four six 
 pound smooth bores and two James rifle can 
 non. For their gallantry in this battle, the 
 members of Henshaw s Battery received the 
 thanks of Gen. Burnside. It lost two men. 
 The command fell back to Knoxville and occu 
 pied Fort Smith during the siege, in which the 
 battery took an active part. Sherman came to* 
 the relief of Burnside and Longstreet returned 
 with great loss toward W. Va. The siege began 
 November 17, and continued for three weeks. 
 The battery was ordered out to assist the corps 
 which had pursued Longstreet, but did not 
 arrive in time to take part in the action at 
 Dandridge, and was ordered back to Knoxville, 
 where it remained ui.til March, 1864. About 
 this time the batter}- was transferred to the 2nd 
 Brig., 4th Div., 23rd A. C. 
 
 Pending the preparations of the Atlanta 
 Campaign, charges were preferred against 
 Henshaw for irregularities. A court martial 
 was called, .before which, these charges were 
 sustained, and he was retired from the U. S. 
 service. Many of the members of the battery 
 were summoned as witnesses. This, together 
 with the trial, prevented the battery from be 
 ing called to take part in the Atlanta campaign. 
 From Knoxville, the battery under the com 
 mand of Lieut. Putnam, moved to London, 
 
 where it remained until July 8, 1865, when it 
 was ordered home for muster out. The battery 
 was mustered out of the U. S. service at Spring 
 field, 111., July 18, 1865. Mr. Batcheller hav 
 ing discharged his duty to his country, returned 
 home to receive a hearty welcome from his 
 friends. He was promoted Corporal, May, 
 1863, and subsequently to 1st Duty Sergeant. 
 
 Mr. Batcheller was born in Freedom Town 
 ship, La Salle County, 111., Sept. II, 1842, and 
 is the son of John and Sarah (Holden) Batch 
 eller. His father was born at Homer, N. Y., 
 the family coming from New England stock. 
 Sarah Holden was born at Plattsburg, and was 
 of English ancestry. His maternal grand 
 mother (Allen) was a descendant of Ethan 
 Allen. His father was a farmer by occupation 
 and went to 111. in 1836, locating at Freedom. 
 By his wife, Sarah, he had eight children, three 
 of whom are living Lucian; Susan, now Mrs. 
 A. J. Dudley, of Churdan, Iowa; and the sub 
 ject of this sketch. They are now living at 
 Ottawa. He was raised at home, where he re 
 ceived a good common school education. 
 When he enlisted for the war he was clerking 
 in a dry goods store, and after his return, he 
 again engaged in the same business, at Streator, 
 which he followed up till 1885. His health 
 failing him, he retired from business for two 
 years, removing to Ottawa. He is now in the 
 employ of Mr. Colley. 
 
 Mr. Batcheller was married at Ottawa, Feb. 
 i, 1874, to Benjamina, daughter of Charles and 
 Caroline Baker, of Columbus, Ohio. Four 
 children have been born to them Blanche, 
 born April 29, 1875; Harry, born Sept. 6, 1877: 
 Edward, born Dec. 2, 1879; and Grace, born 
 Oct. 26, 1884. Mrs. Batcheller died May 9, 
 1885. 
 
 Mr. Batcheller is a member of the G. A. R., 
 Post No. 156, of Ottawa, and was commander 
 of the Streator Post, No. 68; he is also con 
 nected with the Occidental Lodge, No. 40, of 
 which he is secretary; Secretary of Shabbona 
 Chapter, No 37; Recorder of Oriental Council, 
 No. 63; Recorder of Ottawa Commandery, No. 
 10, Knight Templars; and the A. O. U. W. He 
 is a member of the Republican party. 
 
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 LIEUT. GEORGE A.WOODRUFF, of Kankakee, 
 111., became a soldier in the Union Army 
 on Aug. 7, 1862, rendevoused at Chicago, 
 and was mustered in as Lieutenant in Co. K, 
 ii3th 111. Vol. Inf. The Regt. continued at its 
 place of organization drilling and performing 
 camp duty until the 6th of Nov. following, when 
 it proceed to Memphis, Tenn., and on arrival, 
 became part of Gen. Sherman s Army, which 
 immediately set out on the "Tallahatchie Ex 
 pedition." Returning from this campaign, the 
 Regt., under the same command, started down 
 the river on the movement against Vicksburg, 
 and three days later took part in the battle of 
 Chickasaw Bayou, and on Jan. 11, 1863, was 
 heavily engaged in the fight at Arkansas Post, 
 in which it lost heavily in killed and wounded, 
 several of its companies being afterward or 
 dered to Springfield to recruit, as they were 
 much depleted by casualties in battle, over 
 work and the exposure of the several expedi 
 tions in which they had borne a part. In the 
 last-named engagement, besides inflicting a 
 heavy loss in killed and wounded upon the 
 enemy, 6,000 of his soldiers were taken prison 
 ers of war. The other companies, including 
 that of Lieut. Wooruff, proceeded to Young s 
 Point with the army, and there the men of the 
 1 1 3th had their first experience, in the ditches 
 on picket duty. Subsequently, the section of 
 the 1 1 3th at Young s Point moved up Black s 
 Bayou, where Admiral Porter, in six of his gun 
 boats, was surrounded by the enemy. After a 
 forced march, part of the way over a marsh where 
 the men had to walk in single file over an im 
 provised bridge, they came up with the enemy, 
 with whom they had a sharp skirmish, driving 
 him back to seek refuge in the timber. The 
 gun boats having been relieved, returned, reach 
 ing camp after an absence of 10 days. The 
 following spring, with the army, Mr. Woodruff 
 went to Milliken s Bend. After a delay there 
 of three weeks, moved to the rear of Vicksburg, 
 and on the following day (May igi.li) partici 
 pated in the first assault upon that place, and 
 again on the 22d, losing heavily in each con 
 flict, then joined in the siege which terminated 
 in the surrender on the 4th of July. From here 
 
 the Regt. was detailed on provost duty at 
 Chickasaw Bayou, an unhealthy place, where 
 the men nearly all became sick and disabled 
 for any duty whatever. They were given as 
 medicine sulphur water and quinine, the former 
 so unpalatable as to preclude all hope of being 
 taken by many of the sick. The next move 
 was to Corinth, Miss., and afterwards to Mem 
 phis, where they were located at the time of 
 the rebel Forrest s raid upon that place, with 
 whom the ii3th had several skirmishes, some 
 times with success, whilst at others the results 
 were not satisfactory to the main forces. They 
 afterwards went upon the Gun Town raid, and 
 took part in the battle at that place, subse 
 quently moving to Memphis. 
 
 On one occasion in retreating after a 
 skirmish with the rebel, Forrest, Mr. Wood- 
 worth injured his hip, for which he suffered 
 very much, and has continued to be a great 
 sufferer ever since. With the others of his 
 Regt. he was mustered out June 19, 1865, at 
 Memphis. During his long period of service, 
 our subject was a faithful, competent officer of 
 his Co., and always found at his post with the 
 exception of one occasion, when prostrated 
 with typhoid fever, he was compelled to seek 
 the protection of a hospital. 
 
 Lieut. Woodruff inherited the daring and 
 spirit of a warrior from his great-grandparents, 
 Samuel Oviatt and Elias Woodruff, both of 
 whom participated in the war of the Revolu 
 tion, the former of whom, after a heavy, long 
 march, being placed on duty, involuntarily 
 slept, and being reported, was reprimanded by 
 Gen. G. Washington in person. Our subject 
 was born in Sharon Litchfield, Conn., Oct. 27, 
 1862, and was a son of the Hon. John Hardline 
 (Keeler) Woodruff, the former of whom was 
 born in 1810, and married in the year 1828. 
 The father had seven children, beside Geo. A., 
 only five of whom attained their majorities. 
 
 Lieut. Woodruff was educated in the Com 
 mon Schools. 
 
 At the age of 19 he started to learn the 
 foundry business, which he pursued until he 
 became a master mechanic in that line, then 
 engaged as a journeyman until 1858, when he 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 removed West, locating in Kankakee, 111. 
 Having saved sonic money he purchased rail 
 road lands, and started raising wheat, in which 
 he expected to reap a fortune, but his first crop 
 was totally destroyed, somewhat cooling his 
 ardor as to the results of farming. He married 
 in 1860, and is the father of three children, 
 viz.: William, John M., and Hazel. Politically 
 he allied himself with the Democrats, and has 
 always taken a prominent part in the interests 
 of his party, who looked upon him as one of 
 their leaders in that section. He was elected 
 to the State legislature, in which he served a 
 term, and always by his voice and vote in 
 dicated the noble character of an able, loyal, 
 patriotic representative. 
 
 He is a Charter member of Whipple Post, 
 No. 414, and has held several positions in the 
 lodge, including that of Commander. He has 
 always taken an active interest in educational 
 matters, and by reason of his fitness for the 
 position has been member of the school board 
 for several years. 
 
 Lieut. \VocJruff is a man well informed 
 upon nearly all subjects, a close reader, broad 
 thinker, ami being agreeable in manners and of 
 exceptional character, he is much respected in 
 the community in which he resides. 
 
 SILAS M(;Oi;.\i(,(i, an old settler of Kanka 
 kee Co., 111., and one of the veterans of 
 the civil war, was born in Morris Co., O., 
 April , 1842. He was a son of John A. Mc- 
 Quaigg, a native of Pa., and Sarah (Orr) Mc- 
 Quaigg, who was born in Ohio. The parents 
 were married in Monroe Co., O., and had six 
 children Jane, now deceased, the wife of 
 Adam Miller; Margaret died at Kankakee; 
 George who died in early youth; Silas of whom 
 this history is written;- James died in Ohio; 
 James ( second ), who enlisted in the 4th 111. Cav., 
 and died in Springfield before reaching the 
 field. 
 
 The father and mother lived together as 
 man and wife for more than half a century, and 
 
 died at the ages of 86 and 79 respectively. 
 The former was a believer in spiritualism, and 
 the latter was a member of the Presbyterian 
 Church. 
 
 Silas McQuaigg received a common school 
 education, which was about all in that direc 
 tion that the youth of those days expected to 
 secure. In April, 1861, he moved from Ohio to 
 Kankakee Co., 111., and Nov. 7, 1861, enlisted 
 in Co. C, 58th 111. Inf. At Camp Douglas, 
 where the company was mustered in, he was 
 made sick by exposure and received a fur 
 lough to go home. Regaining his health, he 
 joined the regiment at Pittsburg Landing, on 
 Wednesday before the battle, but having been 
 exposed to small-pox en route, was ordered to a 
 field hospital, which received some of the bul 
 lets from the guns of the contestants on that 
 bloody field. 
 
 At Shiloh a large part of the 58th Regt. was 
 made prisoners and so reduced by this loss and 
 by losses in killed and wounded that it was 
 consolidated with the 8th, 1 2th and I4th Iowa 
 regiments and formed the Union Brigade, which 
 participated in the siege and capture of Corinth. 
 After the captured portion of the 58th was 
 paroled, it was sent to Springfield, 111., to reor 
 ganize and recruit, and while there guarded the 
 prisoners captured at Arkansas Post. A part 
 of the regiment was ordered south and another 
 portion mustered out to re-enlist and veteran 
 ize. After the expiration of the 30 clays fur 
 lough the command was ordered to Vicksburg 
 and sent on the Meridian campaign, afterward 
 returning to Vicksburg. Soon it joined Gen. 
 Banks in the Red River Expedition, then went 
 north to St. Louis and took part in the raid in 
 pursuit of the rebel forces massed under Price, 
 in Missouri. Returning to St. Louis, the next 
 objective point was Nashville, which was 
 reached in time to be present when Hood 
 made the attack on " Pap " Thomas, as Gen. 
 Thomas was familiarly designated by his sol 
 diers. The regiment now formed a part of the 
 2nd Div., 2nd Brig., of the i6th A. C., under 
 Gen. A. J Smith. From Nashville, Hood was 
 pursued by this command up the Cumberland 
 River to Eastport and from thence the regi- 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 mcnt was ordered to New Orleans and was at 
 Ft. Hlakely and participated there in the 
 memorable charge which was daring and 
 disastrous, but gained victory as its reward. 
 After the surrender of Spanish Fort and Fort 
 Blakcly, this actively moving regiment pro 
 ceeded to Montgomery, Ala., arriving Apr. 25, 
 1865, and remained until Apr. 12, 1866, when it 
 received final discharge from service. 
 
 In 1868 Mr. McQuaigg was joined in wedlock 
 with Susan Barnett, and has had five children 
 all of whom have died. He is an active mem 
 ber of Trego Post, G. A. R., at Kankakee, and 
 in politics is a strong supporter of the Repub 
 lican party, and is largely interested in all that 
 pertains to the welfare of his State and of the 
 country he gave some of the best years of his 
 life to defend and maintain. 
 
 WILLIAM H.TILLSON, 426 Jersey St., is a 
 native resident of Quincy, 111., born 
 Jan. 5, 1842. He is the eldest son 
 and second child in a family of 2 sons and 3 
 daughters born to Robert and Charlotte F. 
 (Topliff) Tilson. 
 
 The family were among the,early settlers of 
 Quincy, the father coming here in 1828, when 
 the present site of Quincy was the abode 
 of wild animals. The father spent his life 
 largely in merchandising and real estate. Was 
 at one time P. M. of Quincy. Is now living at 
 the home of subject, in his Q2d year. 
 
 The subject of our sketch secured his edu 
 cation in Quincy. Was a student in the 
 Quincy High School at the outbreak of the 
 war. He enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, in Co. E, 84th 
 111. Inf., under Col. L. H. Walters. Went into 
 camp at Quincy, and in Sept. went to Louis 
 ville, going at once into the Army of the Cum 
 berland. Was in the battle of Perry ville, which 
 resulted in driving Bragg out of Ky. Next the 
 engagement at Stone River, where his Regt. 
 suffered a heavy loss. Was on the raid which 
 flanked Bragg out of Tullahoma and on to 
 Chickamauga. In this battle subject was taken 
 
 prisoner. Was in the Pemberton and Crew s 
 buildings at Richmond, and in Military Prison 
 No. i, Danville, where he was exchanged after 
 five months confinement. Was sent to parole 
 camp at Annapolis, Md., afterward transferred 
 to St. Louis, from which place he was fur- 
 loughcd home, the same being extended, and 
 he was then discharged at home. This occurred 
 April 22, 1864. Mr. Tillson spent about 4 
 years in recruiting his health, then he went 
 into merchandising at Springfield, 111., subse 
 quently removing his stock to Quincy, and 
 afterward closed out the business of saddlery 
 and hardware and retired. 
 
 He has not been in active business since 
 1875. His health has always been poor since 
 his discharge, and he has not felt able to con 
 duct active business. His brother, Edward F., 
 is located at Platora, Col., interested in mining 
 having stock in two prospective mines, our 
 subject being also interested in one of them. 
 
 Of his family, his sister, Emily S., now Mrs. 
 Boom, resides in Watertown, N. Y.; Sarah 
 Brinton resides in Philadelphia; Miss Ilia is 
 unmarried and resides with her brother and 
 aged father. 
 
 Subject is a member of John Wood Post, 
 No. 96, G. A. R. 
 
 The family are Presbyterians in religious 
 belief. Politically Mr. Tillson is a Republican. 
 He is unmarried. 
 
 DAVID KENNY, foreman of the carpenters 
 shop at the I. S. & S. H., at Quincy, 111., 
 was born in Cork, Ireland, Sept. 25, 1842. 
 He came to America with his parents in 1852, 
 locating in N. Y. for a few years, and afterward 
 came to 111. Father died in 1864; mother now 
 resides at Moline, Kan., and is 84 years of age. 
 He had one brother and two sisters. Our sub 
 ject learned the carpenter s trade before the 
 war, and has worked at that business since. 
 He enlisted in the 3 months service in Lee 
 County, 111., Sept. i, 1861, in Co. G, loth 111. 
 Vol. Inf., with Gen. Prentiss in command of the 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Rcgt. Gen. J. D. Morgan was Col. for a time 
 in the 3 yrs. service, he being promoted to a 
 Brigadier. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis commanded the 
 Div. for a period, and afterward the corps, be 
 ing designated, respectively, I4th, i6th and 
 1 7th. The first duty of our subject was at 
 Mound City, 111., drilling, and doing police duty. 
 He went into Ky., and afterward to New Ma 
 drid, under Gen. Pope, where the loth was en 
 gaged, then went on transport to Fort Pillow, 
 and from there returned and took part in the 
 battle of Pittsburg Landing. After the battle 
 he followed over to Corinth and engaged in the 
 siege at that place. From Corinth he with the 
 command went to Tuscumbia, Ala., where he 
 camped a couple of weeks. Here Mr. Kenny 
 was prostrated with sunstroke, and was left be 
 hind. He was sent to luka, and thence to 
 Nashville, where he did guard duty for several 
 months, then rejoined his Regt. and marched to 
 Louisville, Ky. He then went to Murfreesboro, 
 where the Regt. held a position on the extreme 
 right, guarding a crossing, and was not engaged 
 except in skirmishing. He next participated 
 in the Chattanooga battle, and later in the 
 Chickamauga campaign, then took part in the 
 forced march toward Knoxville to relieve Burn- 
 side. He re-enlisted Jan. I, 1864, at Rossville, 
 Ga., the Regt. holding its organization. After 
 returning from veteran furlough he joined Sher 
 man in the Atlanta campaign, and participated 
 in all the hardships, maneuvers and battles of 
 that illustrious expedition. He then took part 
 in the march from Atlanta to the sea, and again 
 in the march through the Carolinas; the capture 
 of Johnston s army; the march to Washington, 
 and participated in the Grand Review of the 
 victorious armies at Washington, in May, 1865. 
 Ik- was mustered out as a corporal at Louis 
 ville. Ky., July 4, 1865. He then returned to 
 LIT Co., 111. , % and engaged in farming. Subse 
 quently he went west on the U. P. R. R. as a 
 bridge carpenter, etc. In 69 he made a trip up 
 on the N. P. R. R., and returned on the U. P. 
 He was married in Mo. to Mrs. Mary E. Thomp 
 son, whose maiden name was Dykes. Two 
 sons were born to this union, Edward and John, 
 aged 1 1 and 3 yrs., respectively. Comrade 
 
 Kenny is a member of John Wood Post, No. 96, 
 G. A. R. He is a Republican, but was formerly 
 a Democrat. He was wounded at Kenesaw, 
 Ga., June 24, 1864, by a shell in the right ankle, 
 and was also severely injured while tearing up 
 the Wilmington & Charleston R. R. in S. C., 
 and is a pensioner by reason of these injuries. 
 Mr. Kenny has been foreman of the carpenters 
 shop at the I. S. S. H. for the last two years, 
 and has been in the employ of the State since 
 the House was opened. 
 
 WILLIAM BRADY enlisted from Grundy 
 Co., 111., Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. D, gist 
 111. Vol. Inf., and was mustered in at 
 Camp Butler, Springfield, 111., Sept. 8th, as a 
 private. He went to the front in Ky., where 
 the Regt. was assigned to duty along the line 
 of L. & N. R. R., for a time, then participating 
 in the battle of Elizabethtown, Ky., and was 
 taken prisoner Dec. 2/th by the rebel Gen. 
 Morgan, after which Mr. Brady was paroled 
 and sent to St. Louis, Mo. Here he was com 
 pelled to go into the hospital for treatment, 
 having received injuries to his eyes which 
 eventually caused him to become totally blind 
 in the right eye. After the exchange of the 
 Regt. at St. Louis, in July, 1863, it was ordered 
 to Vicksburg, Miss., but did not arrive there 
 until after the battle had taken place. It was 
 then on duty at Port Hudson and afterward at 
 Carlton and Morganzia Bend, during the time 
 being actively engaged in many small battles 
 and skirmishes. The Regt. was attached to 
 the 2nd Div., I3th A. C., and went to Texas, 
 where it was stationed, guarding the posts until 
 July 28th, 1864, when it was ordered to New 
 Orleans, where it remained on duty until Dec. 
 25th, 1864. At this time and place it joined the 
 Mobile campaign, taking a conspicuous part in 
 the successful battles at Spanish Fort and Fort 
 Blakely, April 9th, 1865. Here the "boys" 
 were made happy by the news that Lee had 
 surrendered to Gen. Grant. From this point 
 the men were ordered to Mobile and up the 
 
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 809 
 
 Tombigbee River, where they commenced to 
 build a fort, called Ft. Granger, which it was 
 not necessary to complete, as " Dick " Taylor 
 soon surrendered his forces with 24 transports, 
 2 gunboats and I blockade runner. The war 
 soon coming to a close, this Regt. was mus 
 tered out, July I2th, 1865, and the men returned 
 to their homes. 
 
 In addition to his military record, Mr. 
 Brady has a personal history that is in many 
 respects full of interest and may be briefly 
 recounted. Born in New York City in 1843, 
 soon after the arrival of his parents from Ire 
 land, he was left an orphan when but a mere 
 child and bound out to an uncle. The restive 
 Irish spirit, inherited from his parents, who 
 came to America that they might be free, took 
 strong possession of the boy and he rebelled 
 against the arrangement that was made in his 
 case and at the age of 1 1 years he " struck out " 
 for the Great West to fight the battle of life in 
 its broad arena. Landing in Henry, Marshall 
 Co., 111., he spent some time on a farm and 
 then at the age of 14 undertook to learn the 
 harness-maker s trade, but in 1859 he changed 
 to Grundy Co., and engaged in farming until 
 the date of his enlistment in the army. Since 
 the war he has made his home in different parts 
 of Grundy and Livingston counties and was 8 
 years in Ind., w T here he worked at his trade 
 until 1883, when he came to Wenona, 111., and 
 engaged in the harness business, in which he 
 still continues. Mr. Brady is an active and 
 prominent member of the G. A. R. Post at 
 Wenona, is one of the oldest member of this 
 order in the State, and a life-long Republican. 
 He was married Mar. 8th, 1866, to Lydia M. 
 Woolsey, a native of 111. Four children have 
 been given to them, named as follows: Sarah 
 E., born in 1869; John Fred, born in 1878; 
 Millie, aged 6 years, and little Maggie, who 
 died Sept. 2ist, 1880, at the age of 3 years. 
 
 PATRICK M. FITZGERALD, a stone-cutter 
 now residing at Batavia, 111., was born at 
 Cork, Ireland, in 1835, anc ^ came to the 
 United States with his parents about 1850. His 
 
 father was Patrick Fitzgerald, a native of Ire 
 land, who married Dorinda McNish, a native of 
 Scotland, who died in Ireland. Patrick Fitz 
 gerald, the father, married again, and in 1850 
 emigrated with his family to America, living a 
 few years in New York, and in 1853 went to 
 Chicago and moved to Aurora, where he worked 
 as a stone-cutter, and died in 1870, being buried 
 on Christmas day. Of the family of six chil 
 dren two sons died in Ireland at an early age; 
 one daughter has not been heard from for forty- 
 four years; one daughter died in Chicago; one 
 son resides in Aurora, 111., and Patrick M., a 
 sketch of whose life is here given, is living at 
 Batavia. 
 
 Patrick M. Fitzgerald was educated in Cork, 
 Ireland, and learned the trade of stone-cutter in 
 New York. In April, 1861, at the first call for 
 troops, he enlisted at Aurora, 111., in Co. C, 7th 
 111. Inf., the first Regt. organized in the State. 
 Mustered in at Springfield, it went soon to Al 
 ton and Cairo for garrison duty until sent up 
 the Ohio to Mound City, where it was mustered 
 out at the end of 90 days enlistment. Return 
 ing to Aurora, Mr. Fitzgerald re-enlisted Aug. 
 22, 1862, in Co. E, I24th 111. Inf., which in the 
 field was often designated the " one hundred 
 and two dozen 111." This Regt. gained celeb 
 rity after the fall of Vicksburg, in the Excel 
 sior contest, in which it won the Excelsior flag, 
 the prize offered for the best drilled Regt. in 
 its Div. The movements of the I24th Regt., 
 after its enlistment, may be briefly noted: First 
 to Springfield for muster; to Jackson, where it 
 was assigned to the ist Brig., 3d Div., I7th A. 
 C., Dept. of the Tenn., and ordered to assist 
 Gen. Grant in the Tallahatchie expedition, in 
 which there were many skirmishes and tedious 
 marches. Returning from this, it marched in 
 the dead of winter to Memphis, where it lay in 
 camp until it embarked to move down the Mis 
 sissippi River and landed at Lake Providence, 
 where General Grant cut the levees to flood 
 Louisiana bottoms and bayous, that he might 
 go around the batteries at Vicksburg. The 
 next move was to Milliken s Bend, from thence 
 beginning the march through the country to 
 Hard Times Landing, below Vicksburg and 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 embarking on the steamer Mound City to Port 
 Gibson, where the regiment was in its first bat 
 tle after a march of twelve miles, and acquitted 
 itself bravely. May 12, it fought at Raymond, 
 and Co. K lost its first man, a comrade of Mr. 
 Fit/gcraltl. May 14. it was at the capture of 
 Jackson, and May 16, took a prominent part in 
 the battle of Champion Hills, where it captured 
 more men from the 43d Ga., after killing its 
 Colonel and Major, than its own ranks num 
 bered, and also captured a rebel battery. The 
 Regt. did not engage in the fight at Black 
 River, but crossed the river there soon after, 
 and went into the intrcnchments around Vicks- 
 burg, its position being in front of Fort Hill. 
 Here it was in the fearful charge of May 22, 
 which broke the rebel line, and, holding its ad 
 vanced position, fought almost continuously 
 for 43 days, the regiment losing several men 
 when Fort Hill was blown up, and Vicksburg 
 surrendered. Vicksburg was then made head 
 quarters, from which a number of expeditions 
 into Miss, and La. were started, the first under 
 Maj.-Gcn. John D. Stevenson, to Monroe, La., 
 Aug., 1863. Mr. Fitzgerald at this date went 
 home for 30 days, rejoined his Rcgt. at Black 
 River in time to share in the fight at Brown- 
 villc, Miss., in Oct. In the spring of 1864, went 
 in Sherman s expedition to Meridian. In this 
 campaign, on Feb. 15, the Regt. marched rap 
 idly about 15 miles and entered the fight at 
 Chunky Station, drove back the rebel force, 
 which greatly outnumbered it, and by 2 o clock 
 had marched 27 miles. Returning toward 
 Vicksburg, in April, fought at Benton Station 
 under Gen. McArtluir; July 5 at Jackson Cross 
 Roads under Slocum, and Oct., 1864, went on 
 the White River campaign. The Regt. during 
 these movements, after April, 1864, made Vicks 
 burg its headquarters, and here Mr. Fitzgerald 
 was placed ih charge of the Military Prison No. 
 i, and Jan. I, 1864, was commissioned Sergeant. 
 Feb. 24, 1865, the Regt. was ordered to report 
 to Gen. Canby at New Orleans, and the next 
 day embarked on the Gray Fagle, and landed 
 at its destination. March I I, took passage on 
 the Guiding Star for Dauphin Island, then up 
 Fish River, passed Spanish Fort March 27, laid 
 
 siege to that fort, which fell April 9. After this 
 beean a march of nearly 200 miles to Mont- 
 
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 gomery, which required 13 days. At this place 
 it was employed in provost duty until July 14, 
 when a steamer was boarded for Selma, where 
 it took train for Meridian and Jackson, being 
 compelled to march from the latter point to 
 Vicksburg, on account of the railway being de 
 stroyed. July 28, started for Chicago, and was 
 mustered out Aug. 16, 1865. Mr. Fitzgerald 
 was in every skirmish, battle and march his 
 regiment was engaged in, and was never capt 
 ured, wounded nor sick, and scarcely missed a 
 roll call. After the war he resumed his busi 
 ness as stone-cutter in Kane and adjoining 
 counties, acting tor several years as foreman of 
 the masonry department of the C. & N. W. Ry. 
 
 In 1866, he married Kate Collins, born in 
 Ireland, who died in 1868, leaving one daugh 
 ter. He was married again in 1871 to Mary 
 Quinn, a native of Ireland, who came alone to 
 the U. S. She is the mother of 8 children, 5 of 
 whom are living. 
 
 Mr. Fitzgerald has served as Past Com 
 mander of Post No. 48, G. A. R., of Batavia, 
 and is regarded as an industrious and capable 
 citizen. 
 
 ALEM H. HAMPTON, a son of Russel P. and 
 Sarah F. (Marr) Hampton, was born at 
 Milton, Pa., May 4, 1843. His father, 
 who was a master mechanic by trade, was of 
 English ancestry, and his mother of Scotch, 
 being a distant relative of the Duke of Mar, 
 of Scotland. Both are buried at Fort Madison, 
 la., the former having died at the age of 69, 
 and the latter at 53 years of age. Eli W. and 
 Alexander, brothers of our subject, both served 
 in the army. The former enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. 
 in Co. P>, igth Iowa Inf., and after nearly three 
 years of active service, being with his Regt. in 
 all its marches, sieges and battles, he died July 
 9, 1865, at Marine Hospital, Mobile, Ala. When 
 Alem was eight years old his parents moved 
 from Pa. to Fort Madison, la. Here he attended 
 
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 the public schools, and subsequently com 
 menced life as a cook and steward on a Miss. 
 steamer. This he followed for three seasons, 
 devoting his winter months to the plow fitting 
 trade. About this time, notwithstanding that 
 both the captain and pilot Of the steamer pre 
 vailed on young Alem to remain, even offering 
 him a position as pilot, he was determined to 
 go to war, and accordingly enlisted at Fort 
 Madison, la., Aug. 9, 1862, Co. E, igth Iowa 
 Inf. The Regt. was mustered in at Kcokuk, 
 la., and Aug. 19, embarked for Bentori Barracks, 
 Mo. Shortly, they proceeded into Mo., and 
 after wee ks of constant marching, camped at 
 Keytesville. While here, Lieut. -Colonel Mc- 
 Farland, wishing to test the mettle of the " boys," 
 ordered the long roll beat at midnight. Soon 
 came the order all along the line to " Fall in, 
 the enemy is upon us!" The soldiers stood 
 ready for fight when the notice of false alarm 
 came, and the patriots returned to their respect 
 ive couches to fight the battle in dreamland. 
 Shortly, it was reported that the rebels were 
 about to cut off their supply train, which was 
 coming in from Springfield. Onward the boys 
 tramped to intercept the enemy, marching for 
 three days and nights, with only an occasional 
 "catch nap," and covering 120 miles. Return 
 ing to Twin City, they engaged in a ten days 
 scout, and on Dec. 3, 1862, our subject, with 
 three comrades, was ordered out on a foraging 
 expedition. Returning, they found the army 
 had been ordered to reinforce Gen. Blunt, 130 
 miles off. Soon our loyal soldiers overtook 
 them, again marching three days and nights, 
 with little or no rest. Dec. 7, 1862, after a 
 forced march of four miles, they met the enemy, 
 who outnumbered them three to one, at Prairie 
 Grove. Soon the deadly firing opened with 
 the gallant igth la., 2oth Wis. and 94th 111. 
 heroically facing the entire rebel army, 28,000 
 strong. Victory crowned the heroes, but Hamp 
 ton s regiment alone suffered a loss of 205 in 
 killed and wounded, with brave Col. Me bar- 
 land and the Sergeant Major both dead. The 
 rebel army retreated, abandoning their 1,500 
 dead and wounded, who lay piled three and 
 four high. Early in Jan., 1863, the army 
 
 proceeded via the Boston Mts., for St. Louis, 
 Mo. After months of almost constant and 
 arduous marching, skirmishing with bush 
 whackers, camping out nights and frequently 
 awakening in the morning buried in deep banks 
 of snow, they arrived at their destination early 
 in June. Shortly, they embarked down the 
 river, crossed the peninsula, and were ordered 
 in the rear of Vicksburg, taking their position 
 on the extreme left. After taking active part 
 in that arduous and memorable siege, remain 
 ing until the surrender of the city, July 4, 1863, 
 the Regt. moved up the Yazoo River, marched 
 to the Black River, countermarched and sub 
 sequently embarked for New Orleans. Here, 
 Sept. i, they participated in the grand review 
 of Gon. Grant s and Banks commands. Later, 
 while in camp at Morganzia, La., with comrade 
 Hampton on picket duty, they were sur 
 prised by the enemy. The hot and spirited 
 conflict continued about an hour, resulting in 
 quite a loss for the Regt. and the capture of 
 over 200 Union men, among whom was our 
 subject. Thus a prisoner, Hampton was soon 
 transported into the "gates of Hell" into that 
 living tomb, Andersonville prison. 
 
 He was mustered out after nearly three 
 years of active and faithful service, and returned 
 to Fort Madison, la., Aug. 2, 1865. During the 
 summer of 1866-67, he followed steamboating. 
 The subsequent two years we find him con 
 nected with a U. S. engineering corps. Return 
 ing to Fort Madison, he resumed the calling of 
 plow-fitter, moved to Rock Island in 1874, and 
 continued his trade. In 1887 he was obliged to 
 discontinue it on account of a disabled hand 
 and established himself in the confectionery 
 and restaurant business, which he successfully 
 continued till Aug., 1891, since which time he 
 has been in the service of the Govt. as a trust 
 worthy mail carrier. 
 
 Mr. Hampton has been a member of the 
 city council of Rock Island, from 1885 to 1889, 
 and was respectively honored with the chair 
 manship of the printing, ordinance, and street 
 and alley commitees. 
 
 He was married at Davenport, la., March 
 20, 1871, to Augusta Hieland, and they have 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 four children: Clara B., Russell P., Hattie M. 
 and Olivette B. Comrade Hampton is a mem 
 ber of the John Buford Post, No. 243, of which 
 he was first Chaplain. He is an Odd Fellow 
 and a member of the M. W. of A. He is a 
 member of the M. E. Church, and in politics is 
 a Republican. 
 
 CAPT. WJLLIAM J. RANSON, a member of the 
 G. A. R., and a resident of Rock Island, 
 111., was born July 20, 1841, at Seahon 
 Harbor, County Durham, England, and is the 
 son of John and Louisa (Hutchinson) Ranson. 
 In 1854 the family sailed for America, landing 
 at New York, and the following year our sub 
 ject settled at Rock Island, 111. Here, after 
 finishing his studies, he learned photography, 
 which he followed up to the time of the great 
 rebellion. He enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, at Coal 
 Valley, 111., in a company raised by Dr. Thomas 
 Martin. This Co. went into camp at Dixon, 
 111., later at Camp Douglas, Chicago, where the 
 " boys " were equipped and drilled, and shortly 
 moved on to Alton, 111. Here he was mustered 
 in Sept. 4, 1862, as First Sergt.,and assigned to 
 Co. H, 1 26th 111. Inf., and was engaged in 
 doing guard duty and guarding the prison till 
 Nov. 2oth, when they moved to Columbus and 
 thence to Bolivar, Tenn. From here Co. H, 
 which during part of the time was under com 
 mand of Sergt. Ranson, the other officers hav 
 ing been sick, was despatched to Johnson s 
 Mill. Here it remained a short time engaged 
 in guarding the railroads and supply houses, 
 and on Nov. 28th, marched to LaGrange, to 
 watch the rebels under Gen. Forrest. Subse 
 quently they were transported in box cars to 
 Jackson, Tenn., and immediately on arrival 
 commenced the construction of breastworks, 
 bivouacking the entire night, and the follow 
 ing morning were sent out on flat cars and 
 encountered the rebels about 2 P. M. After 
 running on trestle-work they were driven back, 
 and abandoning the cars, Ranson s command 
 was assigned in the advance of the entire 
 
 forces. "Forward! march!" and on they 
 moved, repulsing the rebels and rescuing three 
 companies, who were located in the stockade. 
 As orderly sergeant, Capt. Ranson was the first 
 man to ascend . and scale the trestle, and 
 although the ascension might have meant 
 immediate death, he did not shrink from duty, 
 but heroically advanced in face of the firing of 
 the entire enemy. The conflict though short, 
 was a spirited one, resulting in many killed and 
 wounded, the rebels, who fled, evacuating their 
 fort at Humboldt, at which the Regt. rende- 
 voused till the following spring. Mar. 25, 
 they moved on to Jackson, thence by rail to 
 Memphis, where they embarked for Haines 
 Bluff, joining Grant s army under Gen. Sher 
 man, and during the siege of Vicksburg, were 
 engaged in the rear, checking the rebels under 
 Gen. Johnson, with Capt. Ranson, in command 
 of the Co. July 13, our gallant sergeant was 
 appointed Captain of Co., vice Dr. Martin, 
 resigned, and shortly embarked for Helena, 
 Ark., joining Gen. Steele s army and parti 
 cipating in the capture of Little Rock, Sept. 10, 
 1863. On this occasion Capt. Ranson s Co. 
 was detailed as sharp shooters, and did most 
 gallant service. 
 
 The marching had been most difficult and 
 the " boys " suffered so severely from the tropi 
 cal heat and water famine, that many took sick 
 and died. Sept. 13, 1863, Capt. Ranson, who 
 had acquitted himself so gallantly, was detailed 
 in charge of a force of 300, to move to Duvall s 
 Bluff and guard a supply train. Shortly he 
 was again detailed, this time with a force of 
 300, one commissioned officer and three ser 
 geants, on a reconnoissance. A third time he 
 was detailed in charge of 50 men, to move up 
 the river on board the Str. Dove, receiving 
 orders from Col. Geiger, that he should com 
 mand his men, while the captain of the boat 
 should command his boat. As they plowed up 
 the river, the hatch of the boat was opened 
 and the stored salt was exchanged for 
 cotton in the enemy s country, regardless 
 of the strong protest of the soldiers, Capt. 
 Ranson being crippled by his order from Co.. 
 Geiger, whose brother was interested in the 
 
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 salt trade, thus having no command of the 
 boat. On their return the Captain had a con 
 sultation with Capt. Morris, and they decided 
 to place the matter relative to the proceedings 
 of this exchange into the hands of a detective. 
 The result, as reported, was that the Str. Dove, 
 together with all the cotton, aggregating in 
 value to about $75,000, were confiscated to the 
 government, the owner of the boat having 
 failed to bribe Capt. Ranson, who informed 
 him, he was " not for sale." About this time 
 the union gunboat "Queen of the West" was 
 sunk at Clarendon, Ark., by a battery of rebel 
 forces, when the brigade, under Gen. Kimball, 
 together with a gun-boat, was despatched to 
 attack them. 
 
 During this engagement Capt. Ranson was 
 struck on the right ear by a piece of shell. 
 Returning to Duvall s Bluff along a route of 
 constant skirmishing and fighting, the Captain 
 was sent out on several other expeditions, and 
 subsequently, with his company, embarked on 
 a steamer after a large quantity of cotton. On 
 their arrival they encountered a squadron of 
 rebels, participated in a skirmish, wounding 
 several of the enemy, and returning with the 
 entire cargo, together with a rebel prisoner and 
 his Corses. Aug. 19, 1864, the enemy marched 
 to Pine Bluff, Ark., and shortly Capt. Ranson 
 was detailed as assistant field officer, whose 
 duty it was to visit the outposts. On one occa 
 sion, with his escorts of eight cavalry, while 
 three miles out, the loyal little band met a 
 force of about 150 of the enemy, having a hair 
 breadth escape of losing their lives. While 
 here they were mustered out July 12, 1865, and 
 returning homeward marched to St. Charles, 
 fording streams, losing one man, who was 
 drowned, and in fact had one of the severest 
 marches during their entire service. 
 
 Arriving at Springfield, 111., the Captain, 
 who had served the stars and stripes so faith 
 fully, was paid off, and returning to Coal Val 
 ley, established himself in the grocery and 
 butcher business. Three successive times he 
 represented his constituents in the county 
 board of supervisors, being one of the leading 
 spirits on the finance committee. In 1881 
 
 Capt. Ranson moved to Rock Island, and at 
 the present time is traveling salesman for the 
 Magee Marble and Granite Co., of Chicago. 
 At Coal Valley, Aug. 11, 1862, he was married 
 to Sarah A. Connelley, of Preemption, 111. By 
 this union nine children were born, of whom 
 are living Mary A., now Mrs. Wilbur Barker, 
 John J., Sarah, Jennie, William, Fannie and 
 Lizzie. The Captain is a member of the A. O. 
 U. W. and M. W. of A. A finely developed man, 
 he is a typical looking soldier, who, loyal as he 
 has been in his country s service, could not but 
 make an excellent citizen. 
 
 M 
 
 ARTIN RAY HARLAN lived until he was 17 
 years old on a farm near Muncie, Ind., 
 where he was born Oct. I3th, 1838. At 
 this age he went to town and learned the har 
 ness-maker s trade, in which avocation he has 
 been engaged to the present time. When 21 
 years old he settled in Neponset, 111., where he 
 is now a resident. Mar. 20, 1861, soon after 
 beginning in business, he married Miss Alice 
 Wetherell, a native of Conn., but residing in 
 Bureau Co., 111., near Sheffield. Her parents 
 were William and Mary Wetherell. 
 
 Leaving a young wife and child, Mr. Harlan, 
 at the call of his country for soldiers, enlisted 
 in Co. H, 93rd 111. Vol. Inf., in Aug. 1862, a 
 company raised by Col. Buswell, and mustered 
 in at Chicago, Oct. 13, 1862. From Camp Dunn, 
 the 93rd was sent to Cairo and on to Memphis 
 to join Gen. Grant s army where it became a 
 part of a brigade. It marched to Holly Springs 
 and returned to Memphis about Christmas, 
 spending that day at Lumpkin s Mills. The 
 force was then sent to Ridgeway, White s Sta 
 tion and to Helena to join the expedition down 
 the Yazoo Pass. In this movement the Regt. 
 started out and wandered in the woods for 18 
 days and was finally compelled to return to the 
 sand bars at Helena. The 93rd was then 
 transferred to Gen. Quinby s Div., and sent 
 below Vicksburg and below Grand Gulf en route 
 for Jackson, Miss. It was sent on the double 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 quick to the fight at Port Gibson, but did not 
 fire a gun. On the march from Raymond to 
 Clinton, Mr. Harlan was on the skirmish line. 
 Reaching Jacksonville, the men had oppor 
 tunity to participate in the battle. Turning 
 toward Yicksburg, on the second day of the 
 march, came the fight at Champion Hills, 
 where the 93rd suffered severe loss in men and 
 officers, but captured about 800 rebels at Black 
 Run Bridge. An incident at this place shows 
 how a little thing will make a man forget dan 
 ger to himself and others. The night the men 
 were lying on their arms at Black Run Bridge, 
 the enemy was so near that it was policy to 
 remain as quiet as possible, but one of the men 
 got a bug in his ear and he howled long and 
 loudly for the Doctor, who came and pouring a 
 little sweet oil in the ear, all was quiet again. 
 The next day the Regt. reached the rear of 
 Vicksburg, and while in camp there, one of the 
 soldiers, standing within a few feet of Mr. 
 Harlan, had his head shot off. On May 22nd 
 the 93rd was in the engagement with a posi 
 tion on the left of York Hill, but just before 
 the surrender, \\as ordered to the rear to guard 
 against Johnston s approach. After the surren 
 der of Vicksburg this Regt. went with Gen. 
 Sherman to Little Rock, going as far as Helena, 
 Ark., from thence by cars and marches to 
 Bridgeport, Tenn. Camped here two days and 
 started for Lookout Mt. and Mission Ridge, 
 arriving in time to take part in the second day s 
 battle. From this point a return was made to 
 Bridgeport and I hmtsville, Ala., where camp 
 was made for the winter. In the spring of 1864 
 the 93rd Regt. became i part of the I5th A. C. 
 and was placed under command of Gen. John 
 A. Logan. 
 
 These men were sent to Allatoona Pass, 
 where the attack was made by the rebel army, 
 and received the historic message, " Hold the 
 fort for I am coming." Mr. Harlan continued 
 on the Atlanta campaign, and then with his Regt. 
 joined den. Sherman on his " march to the sea," 
 and went through the rebel opposition to the 
 city of Savannah. While in camp at this place 
 small-pox prevailed and 2 men in the mess of 
 Mr. Harlan died of this disease. Going with 
 
 Gen. Sherman, the men had hard marching 
 through the sand and wet marshes through the 
 Carolinas to Columbia, a city of 7.OOO inhabit 
 ants, which was mostly destroyed by fire. This 
 was a night long to be remembered. Next 
 came Raleigh and Goldsboro, where severe fights 
 occurred. Here, while guarding an ammuni 
 tion train, a wagon wheel passed over Mr. 
 Harlan s feet, but as the ground was sandy no 
 bones were broken, and he was soon ready 
 again for duty. He was getting on to the 
 wagon while the horses were trotting and his 
 feet slipped. The last battle he was in was at 
 Goldsboro, as he was detailed for duty as a 
 mechanic at Division Headquarters. 
 
 The Regt. held its place in the Grand 
 Review at Washington and went to Louisville, 
 where it was mustered out June 23rd, and paid 
 July 6, 1865, in Chicago. 
 
 Feb. ist, 1866, Mr. Harlan resumed his busi 
 ness in Neponset. Nine children have been 
 born to his home, of whom 7 are living. They 
 are Laura Estelle, Fred, Philip R., Mary Julia, 
 Morris, Grace and George. 
 
 A Republican politically, Mr. Harlan has 
 been School Director, a member of the Town 
 Council for several years, is Quartermaster in 
 Post 284, G. A. R., and also agent of a Life Ins. 
 Co. 
 
 The father of Martin Ray Harlan was 
 Samuel W. Harlan, born at Mayville, Ky., of 
 Irish descent. He had seven sons and 4 of 
 them were in the army. The mother s maiden 
 name was Juliet S. Buffey, a native of Cincin 
 nati, Ohio. She is of English parents, and is 
 still living at Logansport, Ind. 
 
 LAWRENCE MORRISEY, La Salic, 111., was 
 born in La Salle Co., near Ottawa, his 
 parents having migrated to that place 
 and settled upon the prairie. He continued 
 upon the homestead with his parents, doing 
 such farm work as he was capable of, when not 
 attending school. Being a bright, intelligent 
 lad and endowed with an indomitable persever- 
 
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 ancc, he was enabled to lay the foundation of 
 a good practical education, fitting him to suc 
 cessfully fill any position- to which he might, by 
 an admiring constituency, be elected. With 
 these attributes, and possessed of an ardent dis 
 position, it was impossible for him to remain 
 at home while his country was threatened with 
 dissolution at the hands of traitors. He felt 
 that the Republic was entitled to his services, 
 and, if needs be to maintain its existence, his 
 life. To think, with him, was to act, and in the 
 early part of August, 1862, we find Mr. Morrisey 
 on his way to Chicago to offer his services to 
 the Army of the Union, where, Aug. 15, he was 
 mustered in as a private in Co. H, goth 111. Inf. 
 The Regt. remained in Chicago until Nov. 7, 
 performing guard duty at Camp Douglas, when 
 it was ordered to the front by way of Cairo. 
 From thence it proceeded by transports to 
 Columbus, Ky., thence to La Grange, Tenn., 
 where it arrived Dec. 2, and went into camp,- 
 naming its first village of tents, in the South, 
 Camp Yates, in honor of the great Governor of 
 Illinois. After a delay of three days, they 
 marched in the direction of Holly Springs, 
 establishing a camp at Cold Water, where the 
 Regt. was assigned to guarding the railroad 
 bridges on the roa^d which supplied Grant s 
 army, and by which communication was main 
 tained. Mr. Morrisey s Regt., whilst at Cold 
 Water, was attacked by the enemy, but the 
 latter was repulsed without difficulty, they hav 
 ing seen proper to withdraw. The Regt. was 
 subsequently commended by Gen. Grant, for 
 the bravery displayed by the men on that occa 
 sion. Holly Springs having fallen, this Regt. 
 again occupied Camp Yates, and after a repose 
 of a few weeks there, moved to Lafayette, 
 where it remained until May, 1863, when orders 
 were received to move via Memphis, down the 
 Mississippi to Vicksburg. After the fall of 
 Vicksburg, Mr. Morrisey, with his Regt., took 
 part in the Jackson campaign, resulting in the 
 driving of Johnston out of Jackson and across 
 Pearl River. The march on this occasion de 
 serves more than a passing notice. It was under 
 taken in the hot season, under a burning sun, by 
 men clad in suits, while certainly too light for 
 
 inclement winter weather, became intolerably 
 heavy and burdensome for a march through such 
 a country at the season spoken of. It was suffi 
 ciently difficult to sustain life and keep march 
 ing day after day in such heat with other 
 conditions favorable, but to be continually 
 skirmishing with the enemy, on short, poor 
 food, and for hours at a time, without a drop 
 of water to moisten their parched tongues, 
 made soldier life almost unbearable. Mr. Mor 
 risey and his comrades, however, looked at the 
 subject philosophically, concluding that all this 
 toil and hardship was necessary to be performed 
 by some one; hence made up their minds to 
 continue forward, notwithstanding the hard 
 ships, as well as the dangers incident to such 
 an expedition. The Regt. afterwards returned, 
 went into camp at Big Black River, and re 
 mained until Sept. 27, when it set out for Mem 
 phis, then along the railroad to Chattanooga. 
 Oct. nth, it received orders to proceed to Col- 
 liersville, where Sherman had been surrounded 
 by Confederate Cavalry, supported with guns, 
 under command of Gen. Chalmers, and on 
 arrival, they found the enemy had receded upon 
 their approach. The march was resumed to 
 ward Trenton Valley, opposite Lookout Mt., 
 then on toward Chattanooga. Nov. 24th it 
 crossed the Tenn. River, and on the following 
 day was in line of battle for that desperate 
 struggle the battle of Mission Riclge. Mr. 
 Morrisey s Regt. at this battle occupied an im 
 portant and prominent position, and whilst it 
 performed magnificent service in the destruc 
 tion of the enemy, the men themselves, were 
 pained to behold the havoc that had been made 
 among their comrades. Brave Colonel O Meara 
 and gallant Lieut. James Comvay were unfor 
 tunately among the slain, besides many officers 
 and men wounded. The total of killed and 
 wounded in this Regt. was upwards of 100, Mr. 
 Morrisey himself being among the latter, hav 
 ing been struck in the left side with a bullet. 
 Although seriously wounded and suffering in 
 tense pain and much anxiety, he positively 
 refused the counsel of his comrades to go into 
 a hospital, preferring so long as his strength 
 endured, to be present with his comrades, who 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 had always shown him so much attention and 
 with whom he was a general favorite. He con 
 tinued poorly for a time, but soon took his old 
 place with the boys in the ranks. His Regt., 
 now under command of Capt. Flynn, was sent 
 in pursuit of the retreating rebel, Bragg, and 
 proceeded as far as Graysville, Ga., and from 
 there to the relief of Burnside at Knoxville, 
 Tenn. Dec. 5, it retreated, marching to Chat 
 tanooga. From Chattanooga it went to Scotts- 
 boro, Ala., and finally into camp at Fackler, a 
 station between Stevenson and Scottsboro. 
 
 Karly in May, 1864, the movement toward 
 Atlanta begun, and Mr. Morrisey s Regt. bore 
 its full share in that campaign. The march was 
 by way of Ship s Gap, Villaneuve, and through 
 Snake Creek Gap upon Resaca, where a lively 
 battle was fought, in which the Regt. sustained 
 some loss. It next moved to Dallas, where an 
 active skirmish took place; thence moved to 
 New Hope Church, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mt., 
 Marietta. Nickajack Creek, Rosswell and across 
 the Chattahoochee River, on July Qth. On July 
 22, it was engaged in one of the fiercest battles 
 of the campaign, and in which engagement 
 several of his Regt. were taken prisoners and 
 sent to Andersonville. This was the day on 
 which Gen. McPherson was killed. On the 28th, 
 another hard battle was fought at Ezra Church, 
 which was followed by heavy skirmishing at 
 intervals, until the 2^th of the following month, 
 when another move of the army brought them 
 to Jonesboro, and on the 30th to another hot 
 encounter with the rebel army, which resulted 
 in its retreat and the occupation of Atlanta by 
 Gen. Sherman. The Regt. now fell back to 
 East Point and went into camp, after having 
 been on the move, marching, flanking, and 
 fighting for five months. Nov. 16, it started in 
 that famous expedition, known as the "march 
 to the sea.", This campaign was one more 
 laborious than dangerous, road-making form 
 ing the greater portion of the work, the fight 
 ing being mostly confined to skirmishes at the 
 crossing of streams. On Dec. 20, the enemy 
 evacuated Savannah, which was occupied the 
 following day by the Union army. From there 
 the Regt. was transported to Beaufort, S. C., 
 
 and on Jan. 24, moved to Pocotaligo, and Feb. 
 i, begun the march toward Columbia, which 
 point they reached on the I7th, and were spec 
 tators of its destruction on that night a fire 
 having broke out and raged with ceaseless fury 
 and with disastrous results. From there it took 
 its departure, and by devious routes and marches, 
 reached Bentonville, where it fired its last hos 
 tile shot; then marched to Goldsboro. and 
 thence to Raleigh, where the Regt. was en 
 camped when the news was received that Presi 
 dent Lincoln was so cruelly slain. The war 
 being over, the Regt. marched to Petersburg, 
 thence to Richmond and on to Washington 
 and took part in the grand Review of Sherman s 
 army. June 17, it took its departure for Chi 
 cago, and was the first to arrive home from the 
 scene of the war, where it was finally mustered 
 out and discharged. After the war Mr. Mor- 
 risey returned to his home in La Salle, and 
 subsequently engaged in the farm machinery 
 business. Besides occupying a position in the 
 field, he has since, on several occasions, been 
 elected to fill prominent and responsible posi 
 tions in the district in which he resides, having 
 served as sheriff in his county for four years, 
 from 1886 to 1890, filling that office with dig 
 nity and to the perfect satisfaction of those 
 who elected him. He is a member of the 
 G. A. R., and has passed all the minor offices, 
 as well as the honorable position of Com 
 mander, in his Post. 
 
 He married Marie McGuire, Dec. 28, 1867. 
 Since his retirement from the office of Sheriff, 
 he has resumed his former business, and by 
 strict attention to the same, has been enabled 
 to build a nice comfortable home and lay aside 
 sufficient means against a rainy day. 
 
 HENRY E. DANIELS, of Turner Junction, 
 111., was born at Naperville, 111., Feb. 
 loth, 1841, the son of H. C. and Sarah 
 (Pierce) Daniels. His father is a native of 
 New York State, and is now practicing medi 
 cine in Naperville. He has been married 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 twice, and our subject is the eldest son of the 
 first marriage. Mrs. Daniels (our subject s 
 mother) died at Naperville, some 35 years ago. 
 
 Henry received his education in the public 
 schools of the neighborhood, and during his 
 leisure time assisted his father in the drug 
 store. 
 
 He enlisted in 1862, as a private in Co. H, 
 I24th 111. Vol. Inf. His two brothers, John 
 Wesley and Hibbard C., were also engaged in 
 the war. The regiment was mustered in at 
 Camp Butler, Chicago, Sept. loth, 1862. At 
 Barry s Landing, La., Mr. Daniels was detailed 
 as Regimental Druggist, May I4th, 1863. 
 July iQth Gen. John A. Logan, Commander of 
 the 3rd Div., appointed him as Druggist for 
 the 3rd Division Hospital at Vicksburg, under 
 Surgeon L. H. Angle. Aug. :6th following, 
 he was detailed as Steward ot the Army Hos 
 pital, and received his appointment Jan. I, 1864. 
 He was discharged from service, Aug. I4th, 
 1865, by order of Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum. 
 - Mr. Daniel s then returned home. He has 
 been a resident of 111. since the close of the 
 war, and has lived at Napersville, Lee, West 
 Warsaw and Turner Junction, where he now 
 resides. He followed his calling of a druggist 
 wherever he has lived. 
 
 He was married Jan. 28th, 1864, at Aurora, 
 111., to Miss Francis D. Goodman, and this 
 union was blessed with six children, of whom 
 are living: Laura M., Eva B., Alice E. and 
 Frank L. 
 
 Comrade Daniels is a member of the E. S. 
 Kelly Post, at Wheaton, 111., and is also a mem 
 ber of the Masonic Fraternity. In politics he 
 is a Republican. Mrs. Francis D. Daniels (our 
 subject s wife) was also engaged in the war, 
 and indeed in the capacity of Cook and Hos 
 pital Nurse, at Vicksburg (U. S. Gen l Hospi 
 tal, No. 2), and rendered much practical and 
 excellent service, on behalf of the Union cause. 
 Leaving Aurora, 111., Sept., 1864, she at once 
 entered upon the duties of her position. Sym 
 pathetic, and naturally kind-hearted, she 
 assisted many in obtaining furloughs. She 
 relates many interesting anecdotes concerning 
 those under her charge. One night some 60 
 
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 soldiers, who had been prisoners, were brought 
 to the Hospital. It was about 10 P. M. and 
 the inmates had all retired. Upon being called 
 the Doctor gave instructions that they were to 
 have nothing but bread and strong coffee. 
 This they were glad to get, remarking " it 
 seemed like getting back into God s country." 
 Neither the privations nor the hardships they 
 had endured seemed to blunt their spirits, and 
 they conversed freely of their farms, their chil 
 dren and their loved ones at home. After 
 washing and making themselves presentable 
 the Doctor inspected them, deciding they 
 would have to remain several days, until suita 
 ble clothing could be obtained. When the old 
 clothing was taken off the entire lot was sold 
 for $9, and the money used to purchase postage 
 stamps for them to send their letters home, 
 which they had written during their stay at the 
 Hospital. 
 
 After performing many arduous duties and 
 assisting both friend and foe alike, at the con 
 clusion of the war, Mrs. Daniels returned home. 
 Though not pensioned, there were few who 
 more deserved one than she. 
 
 John Daniels, a brother of our subject, was 
 killed by Rebel guerrillas, hung up to a tree, 
 his tongue cut out, and there they left his body 
 hanging. 
 
 BREVET MAJ. GEN. GILES A. SMITH was 
 born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 12, 
 1829; raised a company of volunteers at 
 Bloomington, 111., in 1861, and entered military 
 service as Captain in a Mo. Regt; promoted 
 Lieut. Colonel of the 8th Mo. Vol. Inf., May 
 30; and to Colonel of the same Regt., June 30, 
 1862; Brig Gen. of Volunteers, Aug. 4, 1863; 
 and to Maj. Gen. by brevet, Sept. i, 1864. The 
 last promotion was for distinguished conduct 
 in the battle of Atlanta, Ga. As Captain act 
 ing as field officer, he took part in the battles 
 of Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth. As Colonel, 
 in command of a brigade in the battles of 
 Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Champion 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 Hills, Jackson and siege of Vicksburg. As 
 Brig. Gen., in command of the division at the 
 battles of Mission Ridge, Resaca, Kenesaw Mt. 
 and Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 On July 22, 1864, Gen. Smith had command 
 of the left of the Union lines, in the assaulting 
 column before Atlanta. Hood, the Rebel 
 commander, made his last desperate effort to 
 break the Union lines. Gen. Smith s division 
 was at one time completely surrounded and 
 literally overwhelmed by the sweeping tide of 
 infuriated Rebels. Seven long hours of inces 
 sant fighting under a withering fire, and against 
 superior numbers, at last repulsed the enemy 
 with great slaughter and saved the fortunes of 
 the day. In this charge, and on this occasion, 
 the noble chief and lamented leader, Gen. 
 .McPherson was killed. For efficient general 
 ship, intrepid, daring and skillful tactics on 
 that bloody field, General Smith was made 
 Major General. From Atlanta to Savannah, 
 and in the campaign through the Carolinas, 
 
 General Smith still followed the flag. Was 
 present in the movements that compelled the 
 final surrender of Gen. Johnston s Rebel army 
 at Greensboro, N. C., and continued in service 
 until the close of the war. 
 
 BREVET MAJOR GENERAL SAMUEL P. HEINT- 
 ZLEMAN was born in Pennsylvania in 
 1806. In charge of a brigade, he took a 
 conspicuous part in the first battle of Bull 
 Run, July 21, 1861. Served with General 
 McClellan in his Peninsular campaign against 
 Richmond; took part in all the bloody cam 
 paigns of the Army of the Potomac; shared in 
 its hardships, reverses and final triumph at 
 Appomattox Courthouse under General Grant 
 in 1865. A soldier by trade, an efficient officer 
 and an able commander. He died May I, 1880. 
 
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 819 
 
 HISTORY OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, 
 
 THE plan for the organization of a society 
 that should preserve in some way, the 
 friendships and associations formed among 
 the soldiers of the late rebellion, had its 
 conception long before its close, and its 
 maturity was the product of the exchange of 
 incidents, reminiscences and cordial greetings 
 among the veterans of the Civil War, after the 
 "restoration of the Republic. The "honor of 
 founding the Grand Army of the Republic 
 may justly be given to B. F. Stephenson, who 
 was Major of the I4th 111. Inf., and W. F. Rut- 
 ledge, who was Chaplain of the same. It is 
 authentic that as early as February, 1864, while 
 they were companions and tent-mates in Sher 
 man s expedition to Meridian, Miss., they con 
 ceived the idea of this grand association. It 
 became the absorbing theme of their conver 
 sation, and they made pledges to each other, 
 that should they survive the war, they would 
 establish a brotherhood composed of the 
 soldiers, whose object would be the preservation 
 of the friendships and associations formed in 
 the ranks during the war and made strong and 
 enduring by the. sufferings and dangers they 
 had undergone in the great conflict. After they 
 were mustered out of the army, these veterans 
 corresponded with each other until the spring 
 of 1866, the result of which was a conference at 
 Springfield, 111., and the formation of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic. The following 
 persons were present: B. F. Stephenson, John 
 M. Snyder, James Hamilton,, Robert M. Woods, 
 Robert Allen, Wm. J. Rutledge, Martin Flood, 
 Daniel Grass, Edward Prince, John S. Phillips, 
 John A. Lightfoot, B. F. Smith, A. A. North, 
 
 H. E. and B. F. Hawkes. It was determined 
 that the organization should be a secret one, 
 with signs, passwords and grips, as was cus 
 tomary with other secret societies. Dr. 
 Stephenson in completing the ritualistic work, 
 constitution and by-laws, was assisted by Fred 
 J. Dean, James Hamilton and Geo. H. Allen. 
 Those present took an oath of secrecy and a 
 ritual was prepared which included an initi 
 ation ceremony, signs and passwords. 
 
 The furtherance of the organization was 
 discussed, and the plan and practicability of 
 organizing Posts throughout the State was de 
 termined upon. This necessitated the prepar 
 ation of a multiplicity of copies of the ritual. 
 It was ascertained that the Tribune office at De- 
 catur, 111., was equipped with men who had 
 been soldiers who could be made members, 
 and under their oath the required copies could 
 be made without endangering the secrecy 
 which was to be the feature of the organization. 
 They accordingly proceeded to Decatur, where 
 the first Grand Army Post was organized Apr. 
 8, 1866. The proprietors of the Tribune and the 
 compositors were made members, and four 
 hundred copies of the ritual were printed and 
 ready for use. The meeting was an enthusiastic 
 one. Maj. Stephenson was made Department 
 Commander, with a charter membership of 12 
 whose names are here appended: J. C. Pugh, 
 Jas. M. Prior, J. L. Coltrin, M. F. Kanan, Geo. 
 R. Steele, B. F. Sibley, J. T. Bishop, J. W. 
 Routh, Jol>n H. Nale, Geo. H. Dunning, C. 
 Riebsame and J. A. Toland. The Post was or 
 ganized in the Hall of the Sons of Malta and 
 was given the title of "Post of Honor," as De- 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 catur Post No. I. Maj. Stcphcnson issued the 
 following manifesto: 
 
 1 I KAIHJUAKTKKS, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILL., June, 1866. 
 
 The undersigned hereby assumes com 
 mand of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 Maj. Robert M. Woods is appointed Adjt. Gen 
 eral; Col. Julius C. Webber and Lieut. John S. 
 riielps, arc appointed Aid-de-Camps. They 
 will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By 
 order of B. F. Stephenson. 
 
 R. M. WOODS, Adjt. Gen. 
 
 From this beginning has grown the pres 
 ent magnificent institution. When its found 
 ers conceived the idea that the banding to 
 gether of the veterans of the Civil War for 
 their common welfare and interest, the present 
 magnitude of the order and the results it was 
 to accomplish, were probably not even imag 
 ined among the possibilities. 
 
 Antedating the organization of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, were formed various 
 Corps, Divisions, Brigade and Regimental So 
 cieties, some ^f them as early as 1862. The 
 purpose of these societies were to continue af 
 ter the war the social ties and friendships that 
 had been formed in the bivouac, the march and 
 on the field. These societies no doubt fur 
 nished an inspiration and were accessory to 
 the founding of the Grand Army of the Repub 
 lic. 
 
 Posts were organized rapidly, and July 12, 
 1866, Dr. Stephenson issued a call for a meet 
 ing of delegates from the numerous Posts of 
 Illinois, at Springfield. At this assembly the 
 Department of Illinois was created, and John 
 M. Palmer was chosen Department Commander. 
 Following this, Posts were organized in other 
 States, all recognizing Maj. Stephenson as head 
 of the order. The Posts increased so rapidly 
 that Maj. Stephenson decided to issue a call 
 for the organization of a National Encamp 
 ment, which order read as follows: 
 
 "I 1 KAI )( M.AKTI.KS Gl<AN I . A l< M V OF THE REPUBLIC, 
 
 Si KiNfiMKi.i), ILL., Oct. 31, 1866. 
 GENERAL ( )KDI:K No. 13: 
 A National Convention of the Grand Army of 
 
 the Republic is hereby ordered to convene at 
 Indianapolis, Ind., at 10 o clock, on Tuesday, 
 Nov. 20, 1866, for the purpose of perfecting the 
 National organization, and the transaction of 
 such other business as may come before the 
 Convention. The ratio of representation shall 
 be as follows: Each Post shall be entitled to 
 one representative, and when the membership 
 exceeds one hundred, to one additional repre 
 sentative; and in the same ratio for every ad 
 ditional one hundred qr fractional part thereof. 
 All Department and District officers, ex officio, 
 shall be members of the said convention. All 
 honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, and 
 those now serving in the army, desirous of be 
 coming members of the Grand Army of the 
 Republic, are respectively invited to attend the 
 convention. All comrades are requested to 
 wear " the blue," with corps badges, etc. Offi 
 cial: 
 
 B. F. STEPHENSON, 
 
 Commander-in-Chief, G. A. R. U. S." 
 J. C. WEBER, 
 Adjt. Gen. Dept. 111. 
 
 Eleven States responded to this call with 
 about 250 delegates, and two days were spent 
 in transacting such business as came before the 
 convention and in perfecting the organization 
 of the National body. Stephen A. Hurlbut 
 was elected Commander-in-Chief, to serve one 
 year, and B. F. Stephenson was chosen Adjt. 
 General. A platform of principles was framed 
 and adopted. In May following the organiza 
 tion of Decatur Post, the Constitution and By- 
 Laws of the order were perfected and printed, 
 and additions to the Rules and Regulations 
 were made in i868- 9. These can be found in 
 the numerous Grand Army publications. The 
 second National Encampment was held at Phila 
 delphia, Jan. 15, 1868, when 21 States were 
 represented at this Encampment. 
 
 Gen. John A. Logan was elected Command- 
 er-in-Chicf and by him the Memorial Day was 
 established. The growth of the Order up to 
 1868 was magical.. In that year the member 
 ship in the entire country was estimated at 
 240,000. Then the order began to decline. It 
 was asserted, and with some degree of truth 
 
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 that it was being used for political purposes: 
 that ambitious men were taking advantage of 
 their membership and using the Order, which 
 was intended purely as a fraternal organization, 
 to advance their political ends. Factions crept 
 in which sapped its life blood and threatened 
 its annihilation. In 1871, it reached its lowest 
 mark, declining to a membership of only 
 30,024. It had become evident from this show 
 ing that some fatality was at work in the Order, 
 that would cause its ultimate death. From 
 various dissensions it was revealed that the 
 organization was regarded as a political one, 
 and as such it would be a dangerous institution 
 in the body-politic of the country. In conse 
 quence it was regarded with great disfavor by 
 the public. About this time occurred the death 
 of its founder, Dr. Stephenson, who died with 
 out realizing the fond hopes he had cherished 
 for the Grand Army and the fruitage of devoted 
 efforts in its behalf. In his own State the De 
 partment maintained only a nominal existence, 
 and there was hardly a Post in active operation; 
 in many of the States they were entirely dead. 
 He had dreamed of a grajid organization of 
 veterans moving and operating together, that 
 would have a potent influence in fastening and 
 moulding public sentiment in favor of those 
 who had fought and shed their blood that the 
 Republic might live; that should secure recog 
 nition of their services in places of honor and 
 profit, and while preserving and strengthening 
 the ties of comradeship, should be a help to 
 all who had followed the flag; to the widows 
 and orphans of the dead, who needed the aid 
 of sympathizing friends. He did not live to 
 see his hopes realized, but since his death ele 
 ments have been at work that have brought the 
 Order up to his fondest expectations. Reor 
 ganization of the Order was effected and an 
 article introduced into its constitution which 
 forbade its use for political purposes, and any 
 discussion of political subjects at its meetings. 
 Rules were also fixed for the qualification of 
 membership. 
 
 Soldiers and sailors who entered the service 
 between April 12. 1861, and Aug. 20, 1866, who 
 had received an honorable discharge, from the 
 
 Government, were made eligible, and the same 
 rule declared the ineligibility of all who had 
 borne arms against the United States. 
 
 At the grand Encampment held at Washing 
 ton in May, 1870, the badge to be used by the 
 Order was adopted. 
 
 When the Grand Army by its Constitution, 
 declared that it was non-partisan in politics 
 and unsectarian in religion, its decay was 
 prevented and its future growth and usefulness 
 were assured. From that time to the present its 
 condition has been heathly and its increase in 
 membership rapid, extending into almost every 
 State and Territory of the Union. 
 
 Under the present organization, and carry 
 ing out the principles of its motto Fraternity, 
 Charity, and Loyalty, the Order can not but 
 be beneficial to the country. Total number of 
 Posts up to July i, 1891, was 7,219, with an 
 aggregate membership, tothe same date, of 445, 
 
 336. 
 
 Below is given the list of National Encamp 
 ments held, with dates and places of meeting 
 and names of the Commanders-in-Chief. 
 
 1866 Nov. 20, Springfield, 111., Stephen A. 
 Hurlbut, 111. 
 
 1868 Jan. 15, Philadelphia, Pa., John A. 
 Logan, 111. 
 
 1869 May 12, Cincinnati, Ohio, John A. 
 Logan, 111. 
 
 1870 May 11, Washington, D. C., John A. 
 Logan, 111. 
 
 1871 May 10, Boston, Mass., Ambrose F. 
 Burnside, R. I. 
 
 1872 May 8, Cleveland, Ohio, Ambrose 
 E. Burnside, R. I. 
 
 1873 May 14, New Haven, Conn., Charles 
 A. Devens, Boston, Mass. 
 
 1874 May 13, Harrisburg, Pa., Charles A. 
 Devens, Boston, Mass. 
 
 1875 May 12, Chicago, 111., John F. Hart- 
 ranft, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 1876 June 30, Philadelphia, Pa., John F. 
 Hartranft, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 1877 June 26, Providence, R. I., John C. 
 Robinson, Binghamton, N. Y. 
 
 1878 June 4, Springfield, Mass., John C. 
 Robinson, Binghamton, N. Y. 
 
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 1879 June 17, Albany, N. Y., Win. Earn- dette, Washington, D. C. 
 
 shn\v, Ohio. 1 886 Aug. 3, San Francisco, Cal., Lucius 
 
 1880 June 8, Dayton, O., Louis Wagner, Fairchild, Madison, Wis. 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 1887 Sept. 28, St. Louis, Mo., John P. Rea, 
 
 iSSi June 15, Indianapolis, Ind., Geo. S. Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 Merrill, Lawrence, Mass. 1888 Sept. 12, Columbus, Ohio, William 
 
 iS82 June 21, Baltimore, Md., Paul Van Warner, Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 Der Voort, Omaha, Xeb. 1889 Aug. 28, Milwaukee, Wis., Russell 
 
 1883 July 25, Denver, Robert B. Bcath, A. Alger, Detroit, Mich. 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 1890 Aug. 11, Boston, Mass., W. G. 
 
 1884 --July 23, Minneapolis, Minn., John S. Veazey, Rutland, Vt. 
 
 Koimtx. Toledo, Ohio. 1891 Aug. 5, Detroit, Mich., John Palmer, 
 
 iSS; -June 24, Portland, Me., S. S. Bur- Albany, New York. 
 
 G. A. R. DBPAKTMBNT OF ILLINOIS. 
 
 AS Maj. B. F. Stephenson and Chaplain 
 W. J. Rutledge were the originators and 
 founders of the Grand Army of the Re 
 public, in the United States, so they may justly 
 be credited with its organization in the State 
 of Illinois. For the causes that led up to this 
 organization and the details, see the account 
 of order in another part of this volume. 
 
 Pending the foundation of this order, Dr. 
 Stephenson and Chaplain Rutledge had many 
 conferences with several comrades in regard 
 to it who aided them largely in its ulti 
 mate formation. Among those who partici 
 pated in the various conferences that resulted 
 in the organization of the Grand Army of the 
 Krpublic, may be mentioned, John M. Snyder, 
 James Hamilton, R. W. Woods, Robt. Allen, 
 Win. J. Rutledge, Martin Flood, Daniel Grass, 
 Edward Prince, John S. Phclps, J. A. Lightfoot, 
 15. F. Smith, A. A. North, H. E. Howe, and B. 
 I . Ilawkcs-. One of Dr. Stephenson s active 
 assistants uus comrade Phelps. These confer 
 ences were held and work began in the early 
 part of 1866. 
 
 When the ritual was ready for printing, to 
 preserve secrecy, Gov. Oglesby, who had been 
 taken into their confidence, suggested that the 
 printing be done in Decatur, by the Tribune, 
 
 the proprietors and printers of which had 
 served in the army. It was finally arranged 
 that the Tribune office should do the work, the 
 proprietors Messrs. Caltrin and Prior, with 
 their staff to take, the obligation of secrecy. 
 While the work was under progress, Dr. J. 
 W. Rauth, of Decatur, who knew Maj. Stephen- 
 son well, went to Springfield to make personal 
 inquiries regarding the proposed organization. 
 Among those he interested was M. F. Kanan. 
 They called on Dr. Stephenson, and the con 
 ference determined then to at once organize a 
 a Post at Decatur. On their return to Deca 
 tur, signatures were immediately secured to 
 an application for a charter. They did not 
 depend on the facilities offered by the U. 
 S. mail, but proceeded in person, back to 
 Springfield to present their petition in person 
 and arrange for the muster. In accordance with 
 which Maj. Stephenson, assisted by Captain 
 Phelps, Apr. 6, 1866, organized at Decatur the 
 first post of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 THE CHARTER. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS. 
 GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. 
 To all whom it may concern, greeting: 
 
 Know ye, that the Commander of the De- 
 
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 pnrtment of Illinois, reposing special trust and 
 confidence in the patriotism and fidelity of M. 
 
 F. Kanan, G. R. Stecle,<jeo. H. Dunning, I. C. 
 Pugh, ]. H. Hale, }. T. Bishop, C. Riebsame, 
 }. W. Rauth, B. F.Sibley, I. N.Coltrin, Joseph 
 Prior, and A. Toland, does, by the authority 
 in him vested, empower and constitute them 
 charter members of an Encampment of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, to be known as 
 Post i, of Decatur, District of Macon, Depart 
 ment of 111., and they are hereby constituted 
 as said Post, and authorized to make by-laws 
 for the government of said Post, and to do and 
 perform all acts necessary to conduct and 
 carry on said organization, in accordance with 
 the constitution of the Grand Army of the Re 
 public. 
 
 Done at Springfield, 111., this 6th day of 
 April, 1866. B. F. STEPHENSON, 
 
 Commander of Department. 
 ROBT. M. WOODS, 
 
 Adjt. General. 
 
 The minutes of the first meeting read as 
 follows: At an informal meeting held April 
 6, 1866, for the purpose of organizing an En 
 campment of the Grand Army of the Repub 
 lic, the following named persons were mus 
 tered by Maj. Stephenson, and constituted 
 charter members: I. C. Pugh, Geo. R. Steel, 
 J. VV. Rauth, Jos. Prior, J. H. Hale, J. T. Bishop, 
 
 G. H. Dunning, B. F. Sibley, M. F. Kanan, C. 
 Riebsame, I. N. Coltrin, Aquilla Toland; when 
 upon motion, the Encampment entered into an 
 election of officers, which resulted as follows: 
 
 OFFICERS OF THE DISTRICT. 
 
 I. C. Pugh, Commandant; J. H. Hale, 
 Quartermaster; J. W. Rauth, Adjutant. 
 
 OFFICERS OF THE POST. 
 
 M. F. Kanan, Commander; G. R. Steele, 
 Adjutant; G. H. Dunning, Quartermaster; 
 C. Riebsame, Officer of the Day; J. T. 
 Bishop, Officer of the Guard; J. W. Rauth, 
 Post Surgeon. All of whom were duly 
 mustered by Maj. Stephenson, who hten de 
 
 clared the Encampment duly organized and 
 ready for the transaction of any and all busi 
 ness that might come before it, and assigned 
 to it the Post of Honor as Decatur Encamp 
 ment, No. I. On motion a committee of two 
 was appointed to procure a suitable room for 
 the Encampment and report at the next regu 
 lar meeting Captains Kanan and Dunning, 
 Committee. On motion Tuesday was decided 
 upon as the night for regular meetings. 
 
 On motion adjourned to meet April 10, 
 1866. (Signed) M. F. KANAN, P. C. 
 
 G. R. STEELE, P. A. 
 
 At the next meeting, April 10, N. G. Burns, 
 Henry Gorman, N. E. Winhaltz, W. H. An 
 drews and W. H. B. Roane were mustered as 
 the first recruits to the Post. 
 
 A Constitution, By-Laws and a Ritual were 
 duly adopted. And thus was organized and 
 started on its march the first Post of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic. The order prospered 
 for a time, and then there was an ominous lull, 
 caused by dissensions arising from the use of 
 the order for political and partisan purposes. 
 Wisely, the organization at the National En 
 campment held in Philadelphia in 1868, 
 amended its Constitution, inhibiting the use of 
 the order for political or partisan purposes. At 
 the Indianapolis Convention the word "sailors" 
 which had been left out of the Springfield Con 
 stitution was added. Later changes were made 
 in titles of some of the officers. In May, 1869, 
 the Rules and Regulations now in use were 
 adopted. The new growth of the Department 
 of Illinois may be dated from 1870, since which 
 time the Order has rapidly increased. There 
 are in the State very few Posts, but what arc in 
 a healthy condition. 
 
 The following is a list of the Department 
 Commanders: 
 
 1866 B. F. Stephenson. 
 1867-8 John M. Palmer. 
 1869-70 Thos. O. Osborn. 
 1871 C. E. Lippincott. 
 1872 Hubert Dilger. 
 1873 G. T. Gould. 
 1874-6 H. Hilliard. 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 1877 J. S. Reynolds. 
 1878 T. B. Coulter. 
 1879-80 -Edgar D. Swain. 
 1881 J. W. Burst. 
 1882 Thos. G. La\vler. 
 I883S. A. Harper. 
 iSS4 L. T. Dickinson. 
 1885 \Y. \\ . Berry. 
 
 1886 Philip S. Post 
 1887 A. C. Sweetser. 
 1888 J. A. Luxton. 
 1889 James A. Martin. 
 1890 Wm. L. Diston. 
 1891 Homer M. Clark. 
 1892 Edwin Harlin. 
 
 WOMAN S KBLIBP CORF S. 
 
 IT is generally conceded that this noble aux- 
 illiary to the Grand Army of the Republic, 
 the Woman s Relief Corps, grew out of the 
 organization which was established during the 
 war, and known as the Sanitary and Christian 
 Commission, whose noble deeds are still affect 
 ionately remembered by the soldiers of the late 
 war. In hospita 1 and on the field the women of 
 this Commission soothed the last moments of 
 many soldiers who had offered up their lives 
 for the preservation of their country, and nursed 
 and brought to health many others, who would 
 otherwise have passed away to that other land. 
 The members of this Commission, in connec 
 tion with other charitable ladies, continued their 
 good work after the war by aiding the needy sol 
 diers and their families. This was largely done 
 through local societies, and attracted the atten 
 tion of the Grand Army of the Republic, which 
 recognized the great benefits that would arise 
 from such organizations, and earnestly encour 
 aged them in their good work. Maine took the 
 initiatory step in the woman s relief work. 
 That State, with New Hampshire, Massachu 
 setts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Ohio, had 
 inaugurated the movement under the Relief 
 Corps, and have operated under a chartered or 
 ganization, which was known as the "Union 
 I .oard." But in Portland, Me., about a quarter 
 of- a century ago. the members of the Basworth 
 Post brought together ail association of women, 
 which was known as the- Relief Corps, and had 
 
 its work been fully known and the society fos 
 tered from outside sources, it would have been 
 to the National Association to-day what the first 
 post, known as the "Post of Honor," organized 
 at Decatur, 111., was to the Grand Army of the 
 Republic. The Union Board, however, created 
 an interest, and stimulated exertion in their 
 work in the Eastern States, and attracted wide at 
 tention among the members of the Grand Army. 
 At the National Encampment in 1881, Chap- 
 lain-in-Chief, J. F. Lovering, of Massachusetts, 
 brought the matter before the order and advo 
 cated the importance of having some auxiliary 
 to the Grand Army, the final result of which 
 was the adoption of the following resolutions: 
 
 First That we approve of the project of 
 organizing a Woman s Relief Corps. 
 
 Second That such Woman s Relief Corps 
 may use under such title the words, "Auxiliary 
 to the Grand Army of the Republic, by special 
 endorsement of the National Encampment of 
 the Grand Army of the Republic." 
 
 Thus encouraged and fortified, the Union 
 Board workers took on new life, and, being ap 
 pealed to by veterans from various parts of the 
 country for the formation of corps, a united and 
 systematic national work was deemed to be 
 necessary and required by the best interests of 
 the Grand Army. The work was encouraged by 
 many eminent comrades, among whom may be 
 mentioned Chaplain Lovering, John A. Logan, 
 Paul Van Der Voort and R. B. Beath. There 
 
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 was some opposition by members of the G. A. R., 
 which was strengthened by the conflict of opin 
 ions among the women themselves inthematter 
 of government and nature of the society, et 
 castera, which at one time became so formidable 
 as to create considerable apprehension as to its 
 perpetuation. These elements of opposition 
 were finally removed, harmony was established, 
 and a new and healthy interest was awakened in 
 the society and its objects, later in a call for a 
 convention to perfect its organization. The call 
 was made in the General Orders of Commander- 
 in-Chief Van Der Voort, and the Women s Re 
 lief Corps was permanently organized aj: the 
 National Encampment which met at Denver, 
 Colo., July 23, 1883, and Mrs. E. Florence Ba 
 ker was chosen the first National President. 
 This Corps is now one of the most popular or 
 ganizations that has grown out of the late Civil 
 War, and the good it has accomplished among 
 the poor soldiers, their widows and families, is 
 
 almost beyond estimate. According to the re 
 port of their Secretary at their annual meeting 
 at the National Encampment at Detroit, Mich., 
 in 1891, the Woman s Relief Corps has a mem 
 bership of 117,000. The relief work for that 
 year was $150,000, and to begin the following 
 year s work they had in the treasury $168,000. 
 
 The following is a list of the Presidents of 
 the Order, with the date of their election : 
 1883- Mrs. K. Florence Barker, of Maiden, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 1884 Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, of Toledo, Ohio. 
 i885-Mrs. Sarah E. Fuller. 
 1886 Mrs. Elizabeth D Arcy Kinney, of San 
 
 Francisco, Cal. 
 
 1887 Mrs. Emma S. Hampton, Detroit, Mich. 
 1888 Mrs. Charity Rusk Craig, of Viroqua, 
 
 Wis. 
 
 1889 Mrs. Emma B. Lowd. 
 1890 Mrs. Annie Wittermyer. 
 1891 Mrs. Mary Sears McHenry. 
 
 SO2VS 
 
 THIS Order is comparatively of but recent 
 growth. The main purpose of its organiza- 
 ization was to perpetuate the principles 
 of the Grand Army of the Republic, to 
 take up its labors, to wear, in other words, 
 its mantle when its members shall have 
 passed over to the silent majority. Through 
 its organization will be perpetuated the 
 spirit of the volunteer soldier, who fought 
 to preserve the principles of liberty and to 
 save the Union established by the patriots 
 of the Revolution. The existence of the Sons 
 of Veterans to-day clearly emphasizes the fact 
 of the full appreciation of the value of the work 
 accomplished by their fathers the volunteer 
 soldiers and the appreciation of the great 
 sacrifices and privations endured by them in 
 order that the Republic might live. .It is one 
 of the strongest evidences of the undying pat 
 riotism which is inculcated by our free institu 
 tions. The principles of the order are the same 
 
 as those upon which the Republic stands and 
 may be expressed in one word Patriotism. 
 Sanctified and made holy by the memories of 
 the brave men who fought and died for the 
 Union, it will increase in strength and become 
 more endurable as time goes on. 
 
 The first organization of the sons of Union 
 soldiers and sailors was formed in the city of 
 "Philadelphia in 1878. The records of Anna M. 
 Ross Post, No. 94, G. A. R., of date Aug. 27, 
 1878, show that on motion of James P. Holt, a 
 committeeof five was appointed to devise means 
 for a G. A. R. Cadet Corps, to be attached to 
 that post, the committee consisted of Comrades 
 Levi W. Shcngle, Carl Frederick, James P. 
 Holt, Chas. Weiss and Win. H. Morgan, Sept. 
 29, Anna M. Ross Post, No. I, of Philadelphia, 
 Order of the Sons of Veterans, was formally 
 and duly organized. The organization of other 
 Posts in Philadelphia and other parts of the 
 State soon followed. In July, 1880, a division 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 organization was completed and Conrad Linder 
 elected Colonel. In 1882, he was succeeded by 
 Jas. H. Closson. The order extended into 
 several of the Eastern States, and during the 
 year iSSi, a Rational organization was formed, 
 and Alfred Cope was elected Commander. At 
 Pittsburg, Pa., in November, Maj. P. P. Davis 
 formed an organization in that city, under the 
 title of the Sons of Veterans of the United 
 States of America, and prepared for it a con 
 stitution, rules, regulations and ritual, provid 
 ing for local and State organizations and a 
 National organization. Some dissensions had 
 arisen among the members of the Pennsylvania 
 Div., above noted, and in 1883, 33 of its Camps 
 withdrew from the parent organization and 
 joined that founded by Maj. Davis. This left 
 but three Camps of the original order, but the 
 National Div. in Pennsylvania remained solid, 
 and Commander Cope created a Provisional 
 Div. in that State, with L. M. Wagner as Pro 
 visional Colonel. A permanent organization 
 for Pennsylvania was completed Feb. 22, 1882, 
 and what remained of the original Order con 
 tinued in existence until Aug., 1886, when a 
 consolidation was effected with the Sons of 
 Veterans of the U. S. A. 
 
 At the 23d national encampment held at 
 Milwaukee in 1889, the order received special 
 recognition. It claims no rights, privileges or 
 
 benefits for themselves except the privilege of 
 assisting the Grand Army of theRepublic in its 
 work and is free from political or sectarian in 
 fluences. This noble purpose surely ought to 
 receive the support of all. The order has 
 grown rapidly, and is in a prosperous condition, 
 mcmbering now over one hundred thousand 
 members, and has Camps not only in nearly 
 every State and Territory of the Union, but in 
 Canada and far-away Alaska. It has gathered 
 within its folds the best of the rising young 
 Americans in the land. They are now all 
 united in one order and under one banner, that 
 under which their fathers fought. 
 
 A military order has also been added, and is 
 regulated according to military methods. It 
 has Camps, Divisions and a higher body known 
 as the Commandery-in-Chief, with an official to 
 preside over that body, called Commander-in- 
 Chief. 
 
 The Commanders-in-Chief elected after the 
 Provisional National organization, arc Henry 
 R. Rawley, of Pittsburg, Pa.; Frank P. Merrill, 
 Me.; H. W. Arnold, of Johnston, Pa.; Walter S. 
 Payne, of Fostoria, Ohio (two terms); G. B. 
 Abbott, of Chicago (two terms); Chas. F. 
 Griffin, Indianopolis, Ind.; Lcland J. Webb, 
 of Topeka, Kan.; and Bartow S. Weeks, of New 
 York City. 
 
 LOYA.L LBGION. 
 
 THIS society is composed of commissoined 
 officers, and was the first organization 
 formed by officers honorably discharged 
 from the service. It undoubtedly had its in 
 ception from the assassination of President 
 Lincoln, for on the day after that saddest of all 
 events, S .B. W. Mitchell, Peter D. Keyser and 
 T. I-;. Zell met in Philadelphia to arrange for a 
 meeting of ex-officers of the army and navy to 
 adopt resolutions on the death of the martyred 
 President. At the called meeting the subject of a 
 
 permanent organization came up and was dis 
 cussed, resulting in a favorable action looking 
 toward a permanent organization. Another 
 meeting was held April 20, and after the adop 
 tion of favorable resolutions, it adjourned to 
 meet in Philadelphia, May 3, 1865, in the hall of 
 the HiberniaFire Co. At this meeting Lieut.Col. 
 Henry A. Cook presided, and Chas. S. Greene 
 was secretary. The officers elected were: Presi 
 dent, T. E. Zell; istVice-President, H. A. Cook; 
 2d Vice-President, Casper M. Berry; Secretary, 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 827 
 
 S. B. Mitchell; Treasurer, Peter D. Keyser. In 
 May, 1865, a constitution and by-laws were 
 adopted, which provided for a Commander, 
 Senior and Junior vice-Commanders; Recorder, 
 Correspondent, Treasurer, Chancellor, Chap 
 lain and Council. The organization also pro 
 vided for District Commanderies, Grand Com- 
 manderies, and a Commander-in-Chief. Nov. 
 i, a full corps of officers were duly elected. 
 The Constitution for the classes of membership: 
 the first, officers who have been honorably dis 
 charged from the army; second, their sons, and 
 third, those patriots who greatly aided the 
 Government in putting down the Rebellion 
 
 through money contributions, or by their dis 
 tinguished services in numerous ways. There 
 are now in the United States twenty Comman 
 deries, with a membership 1st class, 6,323; 2d 
 class, 329; 3d class, 93. Total, 6,745. Com- 
 manders-in-Chiefs who have served since the 
 organization formed: T. Edward Zell, Me M. 
 Greeg, Winfield S. Hancock, Philip S. Sheridan, 
 and R. B. Hayes. 
 
 The Commandery of Illinois was instituted 
 at Chicago, May 8, 1879, with Philip H. Sheri 
 dan as Commander. The present Commander 
 is Geo. L. Paddock. 
 
THE: 
 
 G1YILWAR INTHE UNITED STATES 
 
 A CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY AND RECORD OF ENGAGEMENTS BETWEEN THE TROOPS 
 
 OF THE UNION AND OF THE CONFEDERACY. 
 
 SHOWING TOTAL LOSSES AND CASUALTIES IN EACH ENGAGEMENT. 
 
 DATE. 
 1861 
 
 NAME OF BATTLE. 
 
 UNION. 
 
 CONFEDERATE. 
 
 DATE. 
 1861 
 
 NAME OF BATTLE. 
 
 UNION. 
 
 CONFEDEBATF,. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 
 M i 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 
 Missing. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 Ap). 12 
 
 " 19 
 M;i\ l<> 
 " 10 
 Jane 1 
 
 " 3 
 
 - 10 
 
 11 
 \% 
 
 :, : 
 26 
 " 27 
 July 2 
 r> 
 
 " 5 
 H 
 7 
 8 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 12 
 11 
 IB 
 17 
 17 
 " 17 
 " 17 
 
 " 18 
 
 "18-W 
 
 " 21 
 " 22 
 " 24 
 " 2ti 
 " 27 
 AUK. 2 
 
 " 
 
 " 7 
 " 8 
 " 10 
 " 17 
 " I .i 
 ;>< 
 " 26 
 
 Fort Sumpler. v ( . 
 Baltimore-, Mil., Kiot 
 Camp JaCKBon, MIL 
 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 1 
 
 16 
 
 5 
 2 
 1 
 20 
 , 1 
 1 
 - 
 13 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 1 
 
 11 
 
 1 
 
 11 
 
 7 
 1 
 1 
 I 
 
 ]< 
 
 1 
 1-1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 22 
 
 l 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 4 
 2 
 34 
 1 
 6 
 19 
 4 
 40 
 1 
 4 
 15 
 31 
 6 
 6 
 
 B 
 
 35 
 
 40 
 \ 
 15 
 38 
 1 
 
 88 
 
 1011 
 1 
 
 12 
 
 i 
 
 37 
 6 
 
 a 
 
 721 
 7 
 1 
 
 4A 
 
 
 
 1460 
 
 400 
 
 291 
 200 
 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 2 
 6 
 14 
 15 
 4 
 7 
 
 31 
 30 
 
 7 
 12 
 
 4 
 
 60 
 10 
 
 20 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 15 
 
 11 
 269 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 40 
 12 
 II 
 3 
 . 1 
 265 
 
 40 
 1 
 
 
 
 14 
 16 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 20 
 
 20 
 2 
 
 50 
 125 
 3 
 
 20 
 140 
 
 10 
 
 58 
 
 1483 
 10 
 
 3 
 41 
 
 14 
 B 
 
 5 
 
 800 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 639 
 27 
 
 45 
 
 75 
 100 
 
 600 
 50 
 
 300 
 
 Au. 27 
 "28-29 
 " 29 
 " 31 
 Sept. 1 
 " 1 
 " 2 
 " 2 
 2 
 : 10 
 11 
 12 
 12-13 
 13 
 15 
 12-20 
 17 
 17 
 18 
 21-22 
 22 
 23 
 25 
 26 
 29 
 Oct. 3 
 " 4 
 " 8 
 " 9 
 12 
 13 
 13 
 15 
 15 
 16 
 "17-21 
 
 " 19 
 
 " 19 
 " 22 
 " 23 
 " 23 
 " 25 
 
 " 26 
 " 2tt 
 " 27 
 
 Ball s Cross Roads, Va. 
 Fort Hatteras, N. C. .. 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 1 
 
 2 
 4 
 
 16 
 6 
 
 9 
 1 
 1 
 
 42 
 2 
 11 
 1 
 17 
 1 
 3 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 14 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 223 
 
 18 
 2 
 
 % 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 8 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 102 
 
 8 
 
 12 
 4 
 
 108 
 6 
 30 
 1 
 
 5 
 50 
 9 
 
 25 
 32 
 
 2 
 29 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 60 
 
 14 
 2?6 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 37 
 15 
 4 
 
 1624 
 
 :(3 
 445 
 
 5 
 8 
 
 30 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 12 
 8 
 25 
 7 
 10 
 7 
 
 35 
 20 
 4 
 
 100 
 11 
 11 
 
 8 
 1 
 
 62 
 5 
 63 
 
 14 
 36 
 17 
 10 
 8 
 
 106 
 20 
 
 8 
 8 
 
 51 
 
 5 
 
 80 
 30 
 75 
 75 
 
 60 
 
 50 
 
 75 
 30 
 29 
 350 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 40 
 
 200 
 264 
 5 
 
 15 
 17 
 
 715 
 50 
 
 St. Louis, Mo., Riot . 
 
 Fairfax. C. H. Va. .1 
 Philippi. W. Va. 
 
 Munson s Hill, Va. .. 
 Bennett s Mills, Mo. . . 
 BooneC. H., W. Va.... 
 Dallas Mo 
 
 Big Bethel, Va.... 
 
 Honuiey. W. Va 
 Vienna, Va 
 
 Fort Scott, Mo. 
 
 
 Browiiville Md. 
 
 Carnifex Ferry, Va. .. 
 Lewisville, Va. 
 
 Edwards Ferry, Md. . . 
 Camp Cole, Mo 
 Patterson (reek, Va. 
 Mathais Pi.. Va., Naval 
 Falling Waters, Md. 
 Carthage, Mo... 
 Newport News. Va. 
 MHdleCreek Fork.Va. 
 Great Falls, Va. 
 
 Black River, Mo. 
 Cheat Mountein.W.Va. 
 Booneville, Mo. 
 
 Pritchard s Mills, Va.. 
 Lexington, Mo. 
 Morristown, Mo. ... 
 Blue Mills, Mo. 
 Barboursville, W. Va. . 
 Papinsville, Mo. r 
 
 LaorelHill. W. Va.... 
 Monora Station, Mi>. 
 
 liirh Mountain. Va.. 
 Barboursville. \ a. 
 Heverley, \V. Va. 
 Carrick s Ford, \V. Va. 
 
 Millsville, Mo. 
 
 Eliott s Mills, Mo.... 
 Romney, W.Va. 
 Chapmansville, W. Va. 
 Lucas Bend, Ky. 
 Camp Advance, Va. .. 
 Greenbrier, W. Va. 
 
 Fulton. Mo. 
 
 Scarrjtown, \V. Va. 
 Martiiisnurg, Mo. 
 Hunker Hill. Va. 
 Blacklmrri s Ford. Va. 
 Harrisonvillc A I ark- 
 ersville. Mo. 
 Hull Hint. Va. 
 
 HillsborouKh, Ky. 
 Santa Rosa, Fla. 
 
 Cameron, Mo. 
 
 Beck with Farm, Mo... 
 Shanghai, Mo. 
 
 Big River Bridge, Mo. 
 
 FnrsUh. Mo. 
 
 Holivar Heights, Va... 
 Fredoricktown & Iron- 
 ton, Mo 
 
 Hlne Mills. Mo. 
 l.ane w I rairie. Mo. 
 Forl Filui .re. N. MX. 
 Dim Springs. M". 
 N. MX 
 Atln iis. Mo 
 
 Big Hurricane Creek, 
 Mo. 
 
 Hall s Bluff, Va. 
 
 Buffalo Mills, Mo 
 West Lil>erty, Ky. 
 IIod-,.vill., Ky 
 Zayony e Chg., Spring- 
 tield. Mo. 
 
 Hainjiton. Va 
 
 I.ovett>ville. Va. 
 
 Wilson s ( reek, Mo. 
 Hnins irk. Mo. 
 Hird s Point, Mo. 
 HawkV N.-st. VV. Va... 
 Cross Lanes, W. Va. . . 
 
 MilH reokMills.W.Va. 
 Saratoga, Ky 
 
 Plattbburg, Mo. .. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 829 
 
 DATE. 
 
 NAME OF BATTLE. 
 
 UNION. 
 
 CONFEDEBATE. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 NAME OF BATTLE. 
 
 UNION. 
 
 CONFEDERATE. 
 
 ^ 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 ? 
 -3 
 a 
 a 
 
 
 
 & 
 
 5 
 1 
 14 
 6 
 173 
 8 
 23 
 26 
 20 
 16 
 9 
 1 
 15 
 
 7 
 2 
 1 
 
 15 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 107 
 22 
 8 
 61 
 5 
 6 
 2 
 8 
 63 
 
 10 
 1 
 10 
 
 16 
 6 
 
 25 
 194 
 
 4 
 
 40 
 1 
 200 
 
 5 
 
 1735 
 9 
 3 
 140 
 1 
 1 
 5 
 3 
 2 
 972 
 5 
 2 
 2 
 108 
 
 2 
 5 
 1 
 50 
 41)6 
 
 4 
 10 
 8 
 2 
 1 
 4 tO 
 22 
 75 
 
 Captured 
 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 T3 
 I 
 
 5 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 "d 
 
 0> 
 
 
 15 
 
 1728 
 17 
 15 
 
 1 
 
 a 
 
 185 
 ( 
 1 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 14 
 13 
 1C 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 12 
 10 
 9 
 
 40 
 
 12 
 35 
 
 100 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 2800 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 1861 
 
 Oct. 27 
 
 " 29 
 Nov. 1 
 
 44 6 
 
 ! 7 
 " 7 
 " ? 
 " 9 
 " 10 
 " 10 
 
 " 11 
 
 " 12 
 " 17 
 " 18 
 " 19 
 " 23 
 " 24 
 44 27 
 " 26 
 " 29 
 Dec. 3 
 " 4 
 4 4 
 1 11 
 18 
 17 
 18 
 20 
 " 21 
 " 22 
 " 24 
 " 28 
 44 28 
 
 1862 
 
 Jan, 1 
 
 " 4 
 44 4 
 " 7 
 " 8 
 " 8 
 44 8 
 " 9 
 " 10 
 4 19-20 
 22 
 29 
 Feb. 1 
 4 
 8 
 8 
 10 
 13 
 " 14 
 14-15-16 
 " 17 
 " 18 
 " 21 
 " 24 
 " 26 
 Mch. 2 
 " 3 
 " 5 
 "6-7-8 
 " 7 
 " 8 
 9 
 9 
 10 
 4 10 
 4 11 
 4 12 
 13 
 14 
 16 
 
 " 18 
 " 21 
 " 22 
 " 23 
 " 23 
 " 26 
 "26-7-8 
 
 Spring Hill, Mo. 
 
 2 
 
 90 
 1 
 
 8 
 4 
 7 
 2 
 7 
 3 
 10 
 
 5 
 1 
 1 
 
 6 
 1 
 
 20 
 10 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 6 
 5 
 5 
 2 
 38 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 35 
 3 
 2 
 
 446 
 5 
 1 
 62 
 2 
 2 
 5 
 1 
 2 
 203 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 261 
 1 
 
 5 
 1 
 
 91 
 
 5 
 8 
 1 
 
 103 
 1 
 32 
 
 235 
 
 1 
 
 150 
 174 
 
 24 
 35 
 
 261 
 
 11 
 
 18 
 3 
 
 3 
 1 
 
 5 
 13 
 
 2 
 17 
 16 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 20 
 33 
 
 43 
 
 10 
 10 
 
 30 
 25 
 
 7 
 15 
 6 
 
 40 
 190 
 
 10 
 3 
 5 
 
 8 
 16 
 
 13 
 4 
 231 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 20 
 
 1100 
 4 
 
 7 
 3 
 2 
 
 9 
 64 
 
 7 
 
 80 
 9 
 36 
 
 427 
 8 
 
 39 
 45 
 10 
 
 i 
 
 5 
 6 
 
 93 
 
 20 
 10 
 
 96 
 50 
 
 143 
 
 20 
 
 150 
 
 30 
 
 80 
 160 
 
 2 
 11 
 
 7 
 39 
 
 4 
 
 1007 
 
 5 
 150 
 
 200 
 2500 
 
 17 
 
 5 
 4 
 10 
 3 
 100 
 106 
 
 100 
 
 342 
 17 
 60 
 
 2-78 
 200 
 
 1300 
 
 2527 
 13829 
 
 1600 
 
 413 
 
 269 
 93 
 
 1862 
 
 Mch. 28 
 Apl. 1 
 " 4 
 " 4 
 "6.7 
 " 8 
 " 8 
 " 9 
 " 10 
 " 11 
 11 
 12 
 12 
 14 
 4 14 
 4 14 
 4 14 
 15 
 It) 
 1 16 
 16 
 17 
 1 18 
 18 
 " 18-28 
 
 " 19 
 " 19 
 
 " 23 
 25 
 26 
 4 26 
 26 
 27 
 " 28 
 
 " 28 
 41 29 
 May 1 
 " 3 
 4 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 7 
 7 
 
 " 8 
 " 8 
 44 9 
 " 9 
 " 10 
 " 11 
 " 13 
 44 15 
 " 15 
 ."* 15 
 " 15 
 15-16-18 
 41 17 
 44 19 
 44 19 
 " 21 
 44 22 
 44 22 
 44 23 
 41 23 
 44 23 
 44 24 
 44 24 
 44 25 
 44 27 
 44 27 
 44 27 
 44 2s 
 44 29 
 " 30 
 " 30 
 " 31 
 " 31 
 44 31 
 Juno 1 
 44 1-2 
 
 Warroneburg, Mo 
 Putnam s Ferry, Mo 
 Great Bethel, Va 
 Crump sLanding.Tenn 
 Pittsburg Landing 
 Island No. 10,Tenn 
 Near Corinth, Miss... 
 Owen s River, Col. 
 Ft Pulaski Ga 
 
 4 
 
 1735 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 o 
 
 1 
 
 1( 
 
 7882 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 i 
 
 ( 
 
 sr 
 
 12$ 
 
 i( 
 
 - 
 
 193 
 98 
 11 
 
 3 
 16 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 21 
 12 
 2 
 25 
 16 
 1400 
 104 
 
 1 
 
 225 
 4 
 
 3 
 3 
 
 2 
 I 
 
 14 
 3 
 1 
 70 
 31 
 27 
 5 
 3 
 2 
 8 
 60 
 122 
 6 
 10 
 4 
 155 
 341 
 3 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 3 
 1 
 
 3627 
 2 
 
 3956 
 
 68 
 372 
 41 
 
 24 
 43 
 
 14 
 
 750 
 711 
 
 1222 
 
 20 
 8012 
 
 21 
 
 4 
 
 10 
 
 er 
 
 75 
 
 197 
 19 
 18 
 30 
 8 
 
 72 
 
 400 
 
 200 
 16 
 
 14 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 14 
 
 50 
 
 66 
 25 
 
 100 
 25 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 3897 
 
 959 
 3(M) 
 200 
 
 360 
 200 
 
 50 
 19 
 
 400 
 
 450 
 62 
 
 350 
 
 66 
 500 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 27 
 730 
 
 2000 
 156 
 
 1300 
 
 Woodbury, Ky. 
 
 Renick, Mo. 
 
 Little Santa Fe, Mo... 
 Belmont, Mo. 
 
 Galveston Harb., Tex. 
 Port Royal, S. C 
 Piketown, Ky. 
 
 Guyandot, W. Va 
 
 Gauley Bridge, W. Va. 
 Little Blue, Mo.. ... 
 
 Huntsville, Ala. 
 
 
 Occoquan Creek, Va. . 
 Cypress Bridge, Ky 
 Palmyra, Mo. . 
 
 Little Blue River, Mo. 
 Monterey, Va. 
 
 Pollocksville, Va..__ 
 Diamond Grove, Mo 
 Walkersville, Mo 
 
 Wirt C t House, W.Va. 
 Ft. Pickens, Fla. 
 
 Lancaster, Mo. 
 
 Little Blue, Mo 
 
 Pechacho Pass, Ariz.. 
 
 Drainesville, Va 
 
 10 
 
 3r 
 
 36 
 1 
 12 
 
 I 
 3 
 
 c 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 ] 
 
 2 
 1 
 
 6 
 4 
 456 
 49 
 
 2 
 28 
 1 
 5 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 12 
 1 
 3 
 
 30 
 10 
 
 18 
 
 3 
 14 
 32 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 
 as 
 
 53 
 3 
 2 
 
 5 
 2 
 
 890 
 
 Black Walnut Cr k.Mo. 
 Salem, Mo. 
 
 Wilmington Island,Ga 
 Lee s Mills Va 
 
 Anandale, Mo. 
 
 Dunksburg, Mo. 
 
 Holly River, W. Va... 
 
 Hertrand, Mo. 
 
 Edisto Island, S. C... 
 Fts. Jackson and St 
 Phillip and Capture 
 
 "ampAllegheny,W.Va. 
 Rowlett s Station, Ky. 
 Milford, Mo 
 
 Drainsville, Va. 
 Hudson, Mo 
 
 falbott s Ferry, Ark... 
 Camden, N. C. 
 Grass Lick, W. Va... 
 Fort Macon N C 
 
 New MarketBridge,Va. 
 Wadesburg, Mo. 
 
 Sacramento, Ky. _ 
 
 Turnback Creek, Mo. 
 
 Mt. Zion, Mo 
 
 Port Royal, S. C 
 
 Yorktown, Va. 
 
 Horton s Mills, N. C... 
 Paint Rock Railroad 
 Bridge 
 
 Huntsville. Va 
 
 
 Calhoun, Mo. 
 
 
 Blue Gap, Va 
 
 Clarks Hollow, W. Va. 
 Farmington, Miss 
 Licking, Mo. 
 
 Charleston, Mo. 
 
 3heat River, W. Va. .. 
 Silver Creek, Mo 
 Columbus, Mo. 
 
 Lebanon, Tenn. 
 
 Lockbridge Mills, Ky. 
 Williamsburg, Va. 
 West Point Va 
 
 M iddle Creek, Ky 
 Mill Springs, Ky 
 
 Knob Noster, Mo. 
 
 Sommerville Heights, 
 Va. 
 
 3ccoquan Bridge, Va. 
 Bowling Green, Ky 
 Fort Henry, Tenn 
 
 VlcDowell.Va. . 
 
 Glendale, Miss. 
 
 Linn Creek, Va. 
 
 Elkton Station, Tenn. 
 Slatersville, Va. 
 
 Roanoke Island, N. C. 
 Elizabeth City, N. C... 
 Blooming Gap, Va. ... 
 Flat Lick Fords, Ky... 
 Port Donelson, Tenn. . 
 Pea Ridge, Mo. 
 
 Fort Pillow, Tenn 
 Bloomfield, Mo 
 Monterey, Tenn. 
 
 Linden, Va 
 
 Fort Darling Va 
 
 (independence. Mo. 
 Fort Craig, N. MX 
 Mason s Neck, Va 
 Keytesville, Mb 
 
 Chalk Bluffs, Mo. 
 Butler, Mo. . 
 
 Princeton, W. Va 
 Corinth, Miss 
 Searcy Landing, Ark. 
 Clinton, N. C 
 
 PittsbureL n dg,Tenn. 
 New Madrid, Mo 
 
 Dccoquan, Va. 
 
 Phillips Creek, Miss. 
 Florida Mo 
 
 Pea Ridge, Ark. .. 
 
 Fox Creek, Mo. 
 
 ^ear NewBerne, N. C... 
 Lewisburg, Va. 
 
 l^ear Nashville, Tenn.. 
 Mountain Grove, Mo.. 
 Sampton Roads, Va... 
 Burke s Station, Va... 
 
 Front Royal, Va 
 Bnckton Station, Va. 
 
 3ig Creek Gap, Tenn.. 
 Paris, Tenn. 
 
 !/hickahominy, Va. 
 Winchester, Va 
 Hanover, C. H., Vn. 
 Big Indian Creek, Ark. 
 
 Lexington, Mo. 
 
 Sew Madrid, Mo. 
 
 *Jewberne, N. C. 
 
 Black Jack Forrest. 
 Tenn .. . 
 
 Wardensville, Va 
 
 Salem Ark .. 
 
 Booneville, Miss 
 Front Roval, Va. 
 
 Vlusquito Inilet. Fla. . 
 Independence, Mo 
 Carthage, Mo. 
 
 Nf osho, Mo. 
 
 
 Winchester, Va. 
 
 Seven Pi TIPS and Fair 
 Oiiks, V<i. ... 
 
 iVarrensburg, Mo 
 Apache Canon, N. Mex. 
 
 Strashurg, Va. 
 
830 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 DATE. 
 
 NAME OF BATTLE. 
 
 UNION. 
 
 CONFEDEBATE. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 NAMI OF BATTLE, 
 
 UNION. 
 
 CONFEDERATE. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 
 Missing. 
 
 T3 
 
 
 5 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 fl 
 
 hi 
 
 a cs E 
 a 
 U S 
 
 | 
 
 1-4 
 
 M 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 1862 
 
 June 3 
 4 
 
 " 4 
 5 
 6 
 6 
 8 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 13 
 14 
 16 
 1 17 
 17 
 17 
 1 18 
 21 
 22 
 " 23 
 "> 
 " 25 
 " 25 
 "26-29 
 " 2 
 July 1 
 
 June 27 
 " 27 
 " 27 
 " 29 
 " 30 
 July 1 
 
 " 3 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 K 
 
 9 
 9 
 11 
 11 
 
 1 12 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 15 
 15 
 17 
 " 1* 
 July 2" 
 to 
 S.-|.t 30 
 July 23 
 " 2:; 
 " 2 
 21 
 21-:, 
 
 2.-, 
 
 2.%-r, 
 
 -l \ 
 
 2; 
 
 " 28 
 
 2* 
 
 " 29 
 " 29 
 " 2W 
 " 30 
 
 Legares Point, 8. C.. 
 Jasper, Swedens Cove 
 Tenn. 
 
 125 
 
 e: 
 
 a 
 
 10 
 
 ] 
 
 51 
 10 
 
 1582 
 2 
 2 
 4 
 
 1, 
 45 
 4 
 8 
 1 
 7 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 4 
 
 10 
 2 
 
 33 
 1 
 
 17 
 13 
 
 77 
 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 
 2 
 19 
 
 4 
 
 14 
 
 63 
 574 
 
 12K 
 
 64 
 5958 
 
 65 
 800 
 
 347 
 100 
 
 20 
 
 30 
 17 
 
 42 
 88 
 17 
 
 28 
 1! 
 
 51 
 
 100 
 
 65 
 
 2820 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 40 
 24 
 110 
 
 2 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 50 
 
 8 
 23 
 
 . 506 
 3 
 
 12 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 30 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 27 
 
 20 
 
 50 
 50 
 230 
 535 
 30 
 
 6 
 
 144 
 
 100 
 
 3 
 100 
 
 35 
 15 
 
 11 
 
 752 
 
 46 
 
 65 
 26 
 
 150 
 560 
 
 1862 
 
 July 31 
 Aug. 1 
 
 " 2 
 " 2 
 " 2 
 " 2 
 " 2 
 " 2 
 " 4 
 4 
 
 5 
 5 
 " 6 
 t> 
 6 
 6 
 " 1 
 
 8 
 " ! 
 9 
 " 10 
 "11-14 
 " 11 
 " 11 
 " 11 
 " 12 
 " 13 
 " 13 
 " 15 
 " 16 
 " 19 
 " 19 
 " 20 
 " 20 
 " 20 
 " 21 
 " 22 
 " 23 
 " 23 
 "23-25 
 to 
 Sept. 1 
 Aug. 24 
 " 24 
 "25-2ti 
 " 26 
 " 26 
 " 27 
 " 28 
 
 "28-29 
 
 " 29 
 " 30 
 " 30 
 " 30 
 " 30 
 " 30 
 " 30 
 Sept. 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 3 
 " 6 
 " 7 
 " 9 
 " 9 
 " 10 
 " 10 
 " 12-5 
 14 
 
 "14-fi 
 " 17 
 " 17 
 
 Coggin s Point, Va... 
 Newark, Mo . . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 2J 
 
 450 
 40 
 1- 
 
 8( 
 60 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 25 
 1 
 
 6 
 12 
 
 23 
 
 660 
 
 18 
 
 50 
 
 6 
 
 100 
 
 t 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 22 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 200 
 
 5 
 
 4000 
 18 
 
 700 
 13 
 10 
 51 
 
 6 
 
 36 
 
 6 
 
 80 
 120 
 
 1806 
 
 10 
 9416 
 
 6 
 2 
 3 
 
 7 
 5 
 
 290 
 312 
 
 200 
 200 
 
 30 
 
 3000 
 . 64 
 
 4000 
 43 
 
 52 
 
 11583 
 
 3566 
 1043 
 
 5 
 
 i 
 
 i 
 
 84 
 128 
 
 g 
 
 30 
 
 13 
 
 229 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 20 
 50 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 8 
 1 
 
 8 
 25 
 27 
 
 1500 
 
 10 
 50 
 
 40 
 700 
 30 
 1 
 250 
 
 179 
 
 3 
 30 
 3 
 18 
 12 
 4 
 
 200 
 
 500 
 200 
 
 H 
 
 ar>oo 
 
 f 
 
 ] 
 
 1 
 31 
 
 20 
 
 4 
 2 
 
 8 
 104 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 60 
 
 12 
 18 
 
 94 
 
 8000 
 
 20 
 20 
 
 250 
 
 60 
 
 3000 
 70 
 20 
 500 
 
 100 
 
 2 
 100 
 6 
 45 
 
 80 
 300 
 
 2343 
 514 
 
 1f>H9<4 
 
 52 
 
 28 
 78 
 100 
 
 11 
 
 81 
 
 700 
 
 25 
 
 1500 
 
 r.oiHi 
 
 Ozark, Mo . 
 
 Blackland, Miss. 
 
 Orange C. H., Va 
 Clear Creek, Mo 
 Coahomo Co., Miss ._ 
 Jonesboro, Ark 
 
 Tranter sCreek, N. C._ 
 Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 11 
 
 500 
 361 
 13 
 
 12 
 
 19 
 8 
 472 
 
 * 
 
 i 
 
 4 
 
 57 
 3 
 8 
 1 
 401 
 
 2 
 
 7709 
 4 
 30 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 32 
 21 
 57 
 3 
 20 
 
 6 
 19 
 
 62 
 4 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 34 
 35 
 
 156 
 
 22 
 2 
 11 
 2 
 13 
 
 7 
 5 
 
 21 
 1 
 1 
 6 
 
 Harrisonbnrg, Va. 
 Cross Keys. Va 
 Port Republic, Va. 
 James Island, 8. C. ... 
 
 Lauguelle Ferry, Ark 
 Sparta, Tenn.. .. 
 
 White Oak Swamp 
 Bridge, Va 
 
 Waddel s Farm, Ark... 
 Old Church Va 
 
 Baton Rouge, La.. 
 Malvern Hill, Va 
 
 James Island, S. C 
 Turnstall s Station, Va 
 Seceseionville, 8. C... 
 St. Charles, Ark 
 
 Montevallo, Mo . 
 Beech Creek, W. Va._ 
 Kirksville, Mo 
 
 15 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 465 
 
 14011 
 
 15 
 
 17 
 11 
 
 60 
 60 
 200 
 
 8 
 5 
 
 5 
 100 
 
 29 
 1800 
 
 30 
 12 
 
 13 
 100 
 
 6 
 39 
 
 Matapony, Va 
 
 Warrenshnrg, Mo 
 Smithville, Ark 
 
 Tazewell, Tenn 
 
 Trenton, Tenn 
 
 Williamsburg Rd, Va. 
 Battle Creek, Tenn... 
 Haceland, La . 
 
 Panther Creek, Mo... 
 Stockton, Mo.. 
 
 Cedar Mountain, Va. . 
 Nueces River, Tex 
 Independence, Mo 
 Helena, Ark 
 
 Uavtown. Mo 
 
 Oak Grove, Va 
 Germantown, Tenn... 
 Little Red River, Ark. 
 Vicksburg, Miss 
 
 Wyoming C. H., W.Va 
 Kinderhook, Tenn 
 Galatin, Tenn. . . 
 
 The seven day s retreat 
 Army of Potomac in 
 following engage 
 ments: Mechanics ville, 
 Games Mills, or Cold 
 Harbor, and Chieka- 
 hominy, Peach Orch 
 ard and Savage Station, 
 White Oak Swamp. 
 Glendale, Nelsons 
 Farm, Fraziers Farm, 
 Turkey Bend and New 
 Market Cross Roads, 
 Malvern Hill. Total, 
 Williams Bridge, La. . 
 Village Creek, Ark .. 
 Waddi-lls Farm, Ark 
 Willis Church, Va 
 Lurav, Va 
 
 Galatin, Tenn 
 
 Hlarendon, Ark. 
 Merriweathers Fy, Ten 
 Lone Jack, Mo 
 
 Clarksville, Tenn . 
 
 White Oak Ridge, Ky. 
 Brandy Station. Va 
 Edgeville Ju c, Tenn.. 
 Union Mills, Mo 
 
 Pinckney Island, S. C. 
 ^ourtland, Tenn 
 Big Hill, Ky . 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 2( 
 IOC 
 
 800 
 
 200 
 8 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 2 
 
 13 
 
 80 
 
 443 
 50 
 1 
 2010 
 
 Skirmishes on Ra ph k 
 ( Popes Cam gn in Va. 
 ] Union 7,000 killed, 
 ( woun dand missing. 
 Dallas, Mo 
 
 
 Boon ville. Miss 
 
 Fort Donelson, Tenn.. 
 Bloomfield, Mo. 
 
 Morning Sun, Tenn... 
 Haxais, Va 
 
 Rienzi & Kossuth, Miss 
 Kettle Run, Va._ . 
 
 Grand Prairie. Ark. 
 Ha\ou Cache 
 
 Readvilie or Round 
 HiU.Tenn. . .. 
 
 Black River, Mo 
 Hamilton, N. C . 
 
 Groveton and Gains- 
 ville, Va., U. S. 7000 
 { kil d,woun d Amiss- 
 ing. C. 8. 7000 killed, 
 I woun ed and missing 
 
 Aberdeen Ark 
 
 Tompkinville, Ky 
 Wilhamsburg, Va 
 Pleasant Hill, Mo 
 Lebanon, Ky 
 
 Ni-ar Culpeper, Va 
 Marfreesboro, Tenn . . . 
 Batecrille, Ark 
 
 2nd battle Bull Run", Va 
 bolivar, Tenn 
 tfcM inn ville, Tenn... 
 Richmond, Ky 
 
 A ppache Pass, Ariz . . . 
 Favctt ville. Ark 
 
 Medon Stat., Tenn 
 Yates Ford, Ky .. 
 
 N- ar Dccatur, Tenn... 
 Cynthiana, Ky 
 
 Britten s Lane, Tenn . 
 f Cl antilly, Va., U. 8. 
 1300 killed, wounded 
 -J and missing. C. S. 
 1 800 killed, wounded 
 
 >Ii-mi>hiH, Mo 
 
 ( General Bchofield n 
 < Camp gn ajjainst the 
 ( Guerrillas in Mo 
 Florida Mo 
 
 olumbuH, Mo 
 
 Vienna Va 
 
 I rinitv, Ala 
 
 ilaughterville, Ky 
 tVashington. N. U 
 
 V ar Florida, Mo 
 Santa Fc, Mo 
 
 ( ourtland Bridge, Ala. 
 
 Mountain Stone, Mo 
 Young s Cr s Kds., N.C 
 Greenville. Mo 
 Bayou Barnard, I. Ter. 
 Moor.- * Mill. Mo 
 Bellinger * Mills, Mo 
 K is-.lvill... K. 
 
 Columbia, Tenn 
 3es Allemands, La... 
 old Water, Miss 
 ?ayettville, W. Va 
 rfarper s Ferry, Va... 
 Turner s ACrampton s 
 So. Mountain, Md 
 M imfordsville, Ky 
 )urhamvill< , Tenn 
 Aiitietaui, Md... 
 
 Brownsville, Tenn 
 I aris, Ky 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 831 
 
 1 
 DATE. 
 
 NAME OF BATTLE. 
 
 UNION. 
 
 CONFEDERATE. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 NAME OF BATTLE. 
 
 UNION. 
 
 CONFEDERATE. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 
 Missing. 
 
 T3 
 
 
 
 s 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 C aptured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 1862 
 
 Sptl9-20 
 " 20 
 " 3( 
 Oct. 1 
 " 3-4 
 5 
 7 
 " 8 
 " 10 
 " 11 
 " 17 
 " 18 
 " 22 
 " 23 
 " 24 
 " 28 
 Nov. 1 
 " 2-3 
 " 3 
 " 5 
 " 5 
 6 
 7 
 7 
 8 
 17 
 4 18 
 24 
 " 26 
 " 28 
 
 " 28 
 Dec. 1 
 
 " 5 
 
 " 7 
 " r i 
 " c 
 " 12 
 "12-18 
 
 !! 1J 
 
 " 18 
 20 
 2(7 
 21 
 24 
 24 
 Dec. 25 
 26 
 27 
 27 
 28 
 28-9 
 30 
 30 
 30 
 31- 
 1863 
 Jan. 2 
 
 1863 
 
 Jan. 1 
 " 7-8 
 " 11 
 " 11 
 " 14 
 " 24 
 " 30 
 " 31 
 Feb. 3 
 " 14 
 " 16 
 " 21 
 " 24 
 
 Mch. 1 
 
 " 4 
 " 4-5 
 " 6 
 " 1C 
 
 luka, Miss 
 
 144 
 
 92 
 50 
 
 315 
 
 200 
 5 
 916 
 
 4 
 4 
 1 
 43 
 1 
 
 1 
 2 
 10 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 6 
 
 4 
 4 
 
 10 
 
 167 
 55 
 5 
 1 
 
 90 
 1180 
 40 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 191 
 I 
 20 
 23 
 
 1533 
 
 200 
 14 
 125 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 24 
 16 
 
 598 
 131 
 80 
 12 
 1812 
 800 
 9 
 2943 
 
 13 
 24 
 6 
 
 258 
 2 
 3 
 
 14 
 
 10 
 3 
 10 
 26 
 
 20 
 3 
 10 
 
 36 
 
 9 
 
 54 
 
 798 
 
 48 
 2 
 
 478 
 9028 
 120 
 10 
 
 c 
 1 
 
 23 
 8 
 
 982 
 
 41 
 139 
 
 7245 
 
 400 
 144 
 
 108 
 115 
 
 232 
 
 489 
 
 350 
 23 
 
 300 
 
 200 
 
 183 
 1800 
 
 2145 
 
 124 
 
 1000 
 250 
 
 500 
 756 
 
 58 
 2800 
 
 50 
 
 1306 
 33 
 
 263 
 33 
 220 
 60 
 1423 
 150 
 80 
 500 
 
 14 
 
 10 
 8 
 10 
 5 
 3 
 3 
 36 
 
 17 
 
 20 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 5 
 
 75 
 
 5 
 7 
 8 
 300 
 21 
 
 11 
 
 71 
 
 579 
 50 
 
 7 
 
 17 
 22 
 9 
 i 
 j 
 
 25 
 30 
 
 IE 
 
 50 
 
 1700 
 
 10 
 40 
 100 
 
 15 
 35 
 
 12 
 140 
 
 35 
 
 15C 
 2f 
 
 692 
 231 
 
 280 
 
 5692 
 250 
 
 1500 
 
 102 
 30 
 20 
 2 
 10 
 15 
 20 
 
 85 
 30 
 
 20 
 300 
 
 18 
 43 
 
 1200 
 114 
 
 30 
 
 268 
 8870 
 75 
 
 28 
 
 50 
 50 
 11 
 
 j 
 
 22 
 
 40 
 176 
 207 
 15 
 50 
 150 
 
 8000 
 
 40 
 200 
 400 
 
 50 
 12 
 400 
 
 27 
 28 
 
 450 
 
 561 
 
 2248 
 
 175 
 
 500 
 1600 
 
 23 
 185 
 
 28 
 
 400 
 127 
 400 
 
 20 
 
 51 
 273 
 300 
 4860 
 
 5000 
 
 180 
 
 300 
 130 
 
 100 
 
 1863 
 
 Mch. 14 
 
 " 17 
 " 20 
 " 22 
 " 24 
 " 25 
 " 25 
 " 28 
 " 29 
 " 30 
 " 30 
 Apr. 2-3 
 
 7 
 " 10 
 
 "12-14 
 
 " 12- 
 May 1 
 Apr. 15 
 " 17- 
 May 2 
 Apr. 20 
 " 26 
 " 26 
 " 27- 
 May 3 
 Apr. 29 
 " 29 
 " 30 
 Apr. 30- 
 May 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 i-4 
 
 3 
 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 " 16 
 " 17 
 " 18- 
 July 4 
 May 25 
 " 25 
 " 27 
 July 9 
 June 1 
 " 5 
 " 6-8 
 9 
 " 9 
 11 
 "13-15 
 " 14 
 " 16 
 " 17 
 " 17 
 " 20 
 "20-21 
 
 " 21 
 
 " 22 
 " 23 
 "23-30 
 
 " 28 
 " 29 
 " 80 
 Joly 1-3 
 " 1-26 
 " 4 
 " 4-5 
 " 4-5 
 5 
 " 7-9 
 " 7-9 
 " 9-16 
 
 " 10- 
 Sept. 6 
 
 Port Hudson, La 
 
 9 
 
 7 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 9 
 10 
 1 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 20 
 20 
 
 44 
 1 
 
 12 
 
 2 
 6 
 
 12 
 1 
 
 26 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 130 
 3 
 1512 
 1 
 10 
 69 
 
 40 
 426 
 
 29 
 
 545 
 10 
 1 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 154 
 4 
 
 50 
 
 500 
 
 15 
 24 
 14 
 7 
 
 8 
 94 
 4 
 
 46 
 
 85 
 
 2 
 12 
 
 2834 
 22 
 57 
 
 10 
 9 
 5 
 9 
 
 100 
 200 
 
 65 
 35 
 48 
 10 
 6 
 4 
 19 
 14 
 29 
 25 
 3 
 
 8 
 20 
 
 80 
 80 
 
 202 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 6 
 
 69 
 
 6 
 54 
 
 50 
 
 11 
 
 718 
 9 
 9518 
 16 
 20 
 341 
 
 240 
 1842 
 242 
 
 3688 
 14 
 1 
 
 2500 
 20 
 35 
 223 
 26 
 100 
 
 1000 
 
 30 
 41 
 
 6 
 
 28 
 
 40 
 74 
 10 
 40 
 
 462 
 
 7 
 43 
 13701. 
 80 
 117 
 
 20 
 15 
 5 
 
 45 
 
 800 
 800 
 
 300 
 40 
 99 
 
 200 
 
 41 
 1466 
 
 30 
 5000 
 
 40 
 
 189 
 303 
 
 115 
 
 350 
 
 2000 
 200 
 
 89 
 30 
 
 28 
 300 
 
 6643 
 790 
 32 
 
 400 
 
 100 
 757 
 
 11 
 
 63 
 8 
 3 
 1 
 
 25 
 20 
 
 10 
 4 
 
 19 
 
 90 
 30 
 
 60 
 30 
 
 150 
 1581 
 
 12 
 100 
 12 
 50 
 500 
 50 
 
 690 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 125 
 20 
 60 
 8 
 200 
 1 
 
 53 
 20 
 
 3 
 
 186 
 39 
 3 
 75 
 3500 
 86 
 173 
 
 71 
 100 
 
 88 
 300 
 13 
 11 
 5 
 
 65 
 
 25 
 
 40 
 10 
 
 35 
 400 
 
 409 
 
 70 
 
 75 
 70 
 
 1000 
 
 8700 
 15 
 30 
 
 869 
 
 200 
 
 83 
 2000 
 
 400 
 500 
 
 200 
 
 500 
 2000 
 58 
 
 1800 
 2500 
 
 18587 
 
 6408 
 
 200 
 490 
 
 60 
 
 168 
 150 
 
 60 
 13621 
 
 3000 
 776 
 2000 
 100 
 6 
 
 764 
 
 Blackf ord s Fort, Va.. 
 Newtonia, Mo 
 
 Kelleys Ford, Va. 
 Vaught s Hill, Tenn._ 
 Mt. Sterling, Ky 
 
 ijhepherdf-town, Va 
 Corinth, Miss 
 
 Ponchatoula, La 
 
 VIetamora, Miss 
 La Vergne, Term 
 
 Brentwood, Tenn 
 Franklin, Tenn 
 
 Perryville, Ky 
 
 Patterson ville, La 
 Somerville, Tenn... 
 Dutton s Hill, Ky 
 
 Harrods ville, Ky 
 La Grange, Ark 
 
 Lexington, Ky 
 
 Point Pleasant, W.Va. 
 Woodbury and Snow 
 Hill, Tenn 
 
 Hay market, Va 
 
 Pocotaligo, 8. C. 
 
 Waverly, Tenn . 
 
 Bombardment of Ft. 
 Sumter 
 
 3rand Prairie, Mo 
 Clarkson, Mo 
 
 Franklin & Harpette 
 River, Tenn 
 
 Philomont, Va 
 
 Uloomfield, Va. 
 
 Irish Bend, La 
 
 Harrisonville, Mo 
 Barbee s Cross R ds,Va 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 j Siege of Suffolk, Va. 
 Dunbar s Plan t on, La 
 | Grierson s Road 
 Peterson, Mo .. 
 
 Garrettsburg, Ky. 
 
 Big Beaver Creek, Mo. 
 Marianna, Ark . . . 
 
 Hudson ville, Miss 
 Gloucester, Va 
 
 Whitewater, Mo 
 
 Jape Girardeau, Mo _ . 
 | Straight s Raid 
 
 bairmonnt, W. Va 
 3rand Gulf , Miss 
 Spottsylvania C. H.,Va 
 
 | Chalk Blaff, Mo 
 
 Port Gibson, Miss 
 LaGrange, Ark. 
 
 Rural Hill, Tenn 
 
 Beaver Creek, Mo 
 Summerville, Miss 
 Cave Hill, Boston Mtn. 
 and Boonesboro,Ark 
 Hartwood Church, Va, 
 Charleston and Berry- 
 ville, Va. 
 
 Cofifeeville, Miss 
 
 Helena, Ark 
 
 Chancellorsville, Va 
 
 Prairie Grove, Ark 
 Hartsville, Tenn 
 
 Warrenton Jc., Va 
 Horse Shoe Bend, Ky. 
 Raymond, Miss 
 
 Dobbins Ferry, Tenn. 
 Little Bear Creek, Ala 
 Expedition to Golds- 
 boro, N. C 
 
 Hall s Ferry 
 
 400 
 2000 
 550 
 
 2000 
 
 700 
 150 
 
 400 
 80 
 150 
 42 
 650 
 2 
 
 100 
 
 150 
 100 
 
 18 
 
 1280 
 112 
 15 
 
 14500 
 385 
 687 
 
 30 
 
 504 
 461 
 
 Jackson, Miss. 
 
 Champion Hills, Miss. 
 Big Black River.Miss. 
 j Siege of Vicksburg, 
 ( Miss 
 
 Fredericksburg, Va._. 
 
 Kingston, N.C 
 
 Lexington, Tenn 
 
 Holly Springs, Miss.. 
 Trenton, Tenn . 
 
 Near Helena, Ark 
 Lake Providence, La. 
 5 Siege of Pt. Hudson, 
 7 La ... 
 
 Davis Mills, Miss 
 Middleburg, Miss 
 
 Glasgow, Ky 
 
 Franklin,TfiTin 
 
 Green s Chapel, Ky... 
 Bacon Creek, Ky 
 
 Franklin Crossing, Va, 
 Milliken s Bend, La.. 
 Monticello, Ky ... 
 
 Elizabeth town, Ky 
 Dumfries, Va 
 
 Beverley Ford, Va. 
 Middleton, Va. 
 
 Elk Fork, Tenn 
 
 Hliickasaw Bayou, Miss 
 Wautauga Brdg., Tenn 
 Jefferson, Tenn... 
 
 Winchester, Va. 
 
 Martinsburg, Va 
 
 Triplett s Bridge, Ky. 
 Aldie, Va.... 
 
 Parker s Cross Roads _ 
 < Stone River, Tenn_ . 
 
 Galveston, Tex 
 
 Westport, Mo. 
 
 Rocky Crossing, Miss. 
 La Fourche Crossing, 
 La 
 
 Upperville, Va 
 
 Hill s Plantation, Miss 
 Brashear City, La 
 Rosecrans Campaign, 
 Tenn 
 
 Springfield, Mo . 
 
 Fort Hindman, Ark... 
 Hartsville, Mo 
 
 831 
 
 64 
 
 2 1 
 
 81 
 
 60 
 15 
 72 
 
 1 
 
 300 
 
 Donaldsonvillc. lja_.. 
 Westminster, Md 
 
 Bayou Teche, La 
 
 Wood bury, Tenn 
 
 Hanover. Pa 
 
 Deserted House, Va... 
 Rover, Tenn 
 
 Gettysburg, Pa 
 
 Morgan s Raid in O.. 
 Helena, Ark 
 
 Fort Donelson, Tenn. 
 Brents ville, Va 
 
 Bolton Ferry, Miss 
 Monterey Gap, Pa 
 
 Romney, W. Va 
 
 Prairie Station, Miss. 
 Gunboat Indianola 
 Near Vicksbnrg, Miss 
 Bradyville, Tenn 
 Skeet, N. C. 
 
 \ 
 
 IOC 
 
 luka. Miss 
 
 Boonsboro, Mo 
 
 Jackson Rienzi, Bol 
 ton Depot, Clinton 
 and Canton, Miss... 
 
 \ Scigi 1 of Ft. Wagner, 
 I S. C... 
 
 Thompson Sta. Tenn. 
 Fairfax, C. H., Va.... 
 Covington. Tenn . 
 
832 
 
 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 DATE. 
 
 NAME OF BATTLE. 
 
 UNION. 
 
 CONFEDERATE. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 NAME OF BATTLE. 
 
 UNION. 
 
 CONFEDERATE. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 1863 
 
 July 12 
 " 13 
 " 18 
 " 13 
 "13-15 
 
 " 14 
 " 14 
 , 14 
 
 ir. 
 
 " 15 
 " 1") 
 " 17 
 " 17 
 
 a-a 
 
 .. ._,,. 
 
 " 30 
 Aug. 1-i 
 
 1 
 
 " 9 
 
 " 13 
 " 21 
 
 " 24 
 
 " 26 
 "25-31 
 Sept. 1 
 1 
 5 
 8 
 9 
 " 11 
 " 12 
 " 13 
 " 13 
 14 
 14 
 19 
 T. -jn 
 
 1 -J-J 
 . . 
 
 2- 
 J7 
 
 ii .i 
 Oct. 1 
 " 2 
 
 3 
 4 
 " 5 
 
 B 
 " 7 
 
 " 11 
 " 12 
 " 14 
 "15-18 
 
 " 16 
 " 18 
 
 1- 
 
 "20-22 
 
 .. .,, 
 
 > 
 27 
 " 27 
 Nov. ;- 
 " 3-4 
 H 
 fi 
 
 " 7 
 " 11 
 
 " U 
 " 14 
 " H 
 " 15 
 " 11, 
 
 Ashby Gap, Va 
 
 4 
 i 
 
 t 
 
 100 
 
 29 
 10 
 
 17 
 17 
 35 
 
 4 
 It 
 2 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 16 
 13 
 2 
 4 
 12 
 8 
 
 8 
 3 
 3 
 10 
 8 
 2 
 4 
 1614 
 I 
 
 
 6 
 2 
 14 
 
 8 
 
 25 
 7 
 1 
 
 15 
 10 
 
 12 
 51 
 
 12 
 2 
 20 
 7 
 11 
 5 
 77 
 
 ti 
 5 
 31 
 
 too 
 
 10 
 4 
 
 20 
 
 10 
 4 
 60 
 
 8 
 
 20 
 200 
 
 36 
 30 
 
 20 
 
 61 
 61 
 102 
 17 
 
 134 
 2 
 1 
 
 25 
 
 3 
 113 
 72 
 4 
 12 
 20 
 114 
 
 19 
 3 
 40 
 40 
 40 
 4 
 19 
 9262 
 20 
 22 
 
 20 
 2 
 40 
 30 
 
 45 
 . 31 
 14 
 
 6 
 3 
 60 
 20 
 20 
 11 
 80 
 329 
 
 13 
 4 
 
 80 
 31 
 27 
 21 
 :<) 
 
 57 
 19 
 
 94 
 
 270 
 DO 
 H 
 
 HO 
 
 26 
 
 90 
 12 
 340 
 
 200 
 
 27 
 
 240 
 
 4945 
 
 40 
 400 
 
 350 
 43 
 
 44 
 
 100 
 
 60 
 400 
 
 879 
 354 
 
 no 
 
 38 
 
 25 
 60 
 2: 
 
 If 
 25 
 150 
 75 
 100 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 56 
 
 25 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 10 
 
 6 
 2389 
 
 15 
 
 10 
 
 5 
 
 50 
 3 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 5 
 
 200 
 
 50 
 2 
 
 5 
 15 
 10 
 53 
 
 300 
 15 
 
 10 
 50 
 11 
 5 
 4 
 
 6 
 70 
 
 150 
 
 1CX 
 
 2i 
 
 10 
 75 
 400 
 125 
 200 
 
 18 
 
 65 
 
 40 
 4 
 
 100 
 
 40 
 10 
 
 2000 
 18 
 
 40 
 40 
 
 11 
 13412 
 
 50 
 24 
 
 20 
 
 150 
 20 
 
 13 
 60 
 
 60 
 25 
 
 550 
 
 150 
 8 
 
 20 
 82 
 30 
 164 
 
 1200 
 
 100 
 20 
 250 
 
 98 
 
 r.9 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 500 
 
 250 
 
 1500 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 75 
 
 2003 
 100 
 
 240 
 150 
 
 450 
 111 
 
 100 
 
 1629 
 295 
 
 1863 
 
 Nov. 29 
 
 " 19 
 " 23-5 
 " 2f> 
 
 " 27 
 Dec. 1-4 
 
 i 
 
 " 8-21 
 "10-14 
 
 " 19 
 
 " 24-:> 
 
 " 28 
 " 30 
 
 1864 
 Jan 1-10 
 
 3 
 " 13 
 " 16-7 
 " 23 
 " 24 
 " 27 
 " 28 
 " 29 
 Feb. 1 
 " 1 
 Mch. 8 
 
 Feb. 3 
 Mch. 5 
 
 Feb. 5 
 " 6 
 "10-25 
 
 " 19 
 
 " 20 
 
 " 22 
 " 22 
 
 " 25 
 
 " 28 
 Mch. 4 
 
 " 14 
 
 " 21 
 " 24 
 
 " 25 
 " 26 
 
 " 28 
 
 April 1 
 " 2 
 3 
 
 5 
 5 
 
 " 7 
 " 8-9 
 
 "10-13 
 " 12 
 "15-16 
 "17-20 
 " 18 
 "23-24 
 " 25 
 " 30 
 May 1-8 
 " 5-7 
 " 5-9 
 
 Ft. Sanders, Knoxville 
 Tenii 
 
 20 
 74 
 100 
 
 2. 
 
 I 
 100 
 
 10 
 12 
 
 i: 
 
 2( 
 10 
 
 35 
 
 56 
 10 
 43 
 
 193 
 
 17 
 
 30 
 
 7 
 
 14 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 8 
 10 
 16 
 5 
 19 
 14 
 
 300 
 10 
 
 50 
 
 20 
 113 
 50 
 100 
 MO 
 33 
 5597 
 
 80 
 4529 
 400 
 
 150 
 39 
 
 33 
 
 41 
 
 300 
 
 90 
 105 
 
 460 
 256 
 
 450 
 
 2100 
 
 1500 
 68 
 
 100 
 10677 
 
 8 
 1 
 36 
 
 100 
 
 15 
 25 
 15 
 
 200 
 50 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 65 
 
 35 
 100 
 
 6 
 100 
 
 20 
 
 20 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 12 
 
 3 
 15 
 10 
 15 
 18 
 15 
 15 
 
 600 
 50 
 75 
 
 60 
 110 
 
 300 
 25 
 2000 
 
 40C 
 2181 
 
 40(1 
 
 732 
 39 
 
 10 
 12 
 
 2 
 
 32 
 100 
 
 9( 
 403 
 
 50 
 10 
 
 400 
 
 
 
 120 
 
 200 
 4 
 
 40 
 35 
 
 4 
 45 
 90 
 60 
 30 
 25 
 40 
 
 2400 
 50 
 150 
 
 225 
 
 340 
 
 228 
 800 
 100 
 6000 
 
 300 
 53 
 6142 
 
 200 
 
 40 
 50 
 
 200 
 150 
 
 121 
 
 100 
 
 212 
 50 
 100 
 
 300 
 
 98 
 260 
 250 
 
 300 
 12 
 
 11 
 
 100 
 
 500 
 
 200 
 40 
 3400 
 
 Yazoo Citv, Miss 
 
 Jackson, Tenn 
 
 Union City. Tonn 
 
 IJonaldsonville, La... 
 Dfl. Uiots N. V. City, 
 1000 Rioters killed.. 
 
 Mission Ridge, etc 
 Operations at Mine 
 Run,Va 
 
 Falling Waters, Md 
 Elk Kiver, Tenn 
 
 Cleveland, Tenn 
 Ripley & Moscow Sta 
 
 Miss 
 
 New Bolivar Hgts. Va 
 I ulaski, Ala 
 
 Walker s Ford, W.Va. 
 
 Haltown, Va 
 
 60< 
 
 8 
 15 
 6 
 
 19 
 
 48 
 
 150 
 
 8( 
 7( 
 
 121 
 
 138 
 6 
 201 
 
 267 
 4 
 
 1175 
 13 
 
 272 
 
 300 
 41 
 1 
 
 46 
 
 18 
 
 8 
 16 
 35 
 74 
 38 
 11 
 39 
 
 1600 
 90 
 7 
 205 
 80 
 88 
 300 
 250 
 955 
 87 
 21463 
 
 Shepardstown, Va 
 Honey Springs, Ind.T. 
 Wytheville, W. ?a.... 
 ManuBeas (iap, Va. ... 
 Pottacasey Creek, N. I 
 Irvine, Ky 
 
 Averill s Raid in Va_. 
 Bean s Station, Tenn._ 
 Barren Fork, Ind. Ter 
 Bolivar & Summer- 
 ville, Tenn 
 
 
 Happaliannock Sta. Va 
 Jackson, La. ... 
 
 Waldron, Ark 
 
 Rectortown & Mos 
 cow Station, Miss 
 Jonesville, Va 
 
 New Madrid, Mo 
 
 Sparta, Tenn 
 
 Pineville, Mo. 
 
 ( Quantrell s plunder 
 i and Massacre of Law- 
 "1 rence, Kas., 140 citi- 
 i^zens killed, .1 wou d 
 Coyle Tavern, Va 
 Rocky Gap, Va 
 
 Mossy Creek, Tenn 
 Dandridge, Tenn 
 
 Rolling Prairie, Ark_. 
 Baker Springs, Ark... 
 Fair Gardens, Tenn... 
 TunnelHill, Ga... 
 Medley, W.Va... 
 Smithfield, Va 
 
 Brownsville, Ark 
 Barbee s Croes Rds.,Va 
 Devil s Back Bone,Ark 
 
 I.illlc-Ioiie Sla., Tenn 
 
 Fort Suinter. S. < 
 Cumberland Gap,Tenn 
 Riuggold, Ga 
 
 ( Expedition up Yazoo 
 < River 
 
 ( Expedition from 
 < Vicksburg to Meri- 
 
 Sterling s Planta n, La 
 Calpeper, Va. 
 
 Lett s Tan Van!, (ia 
 Uapiduu Sta., Va 
 
 ^ualltown, N. C 
 Morton s Ford, Va 
 Smith and Grierson s 
 Raid. 
 
 Vidalia, Ga 
 
 Rapidan Sta., Va 
 
 Chic Kamaugua, Ga 
 Madison C. H. Tenn... 
 Blountsville. Tenu... 
 
 Batesville, Ark 
 
 Olustee or Silver Lake, 
 Fla 
 
 Rockville. Md 
 
 Mulberry Gap, Tenn__ 
 Johnson sMills,Tenn., 
 24 men of 5th Tenn. 
 Cav. captured and 
 massacred by Fergu 
 son s guerrilas. 
 Suzzard Roost. Tunnel 
 Hill and Rocky Face, 
 
 C alhoun, Tenn 
 
 Moffat s Station, Ark- 
 Near Morganzia, La. . . 
 Anderson s Gap, Tenn 
 Anderson s ( ross 
 Roads, Tenn 
 
 McMinnville, Tenn. . . 
 Neosho, Mo. 
 
 Stockade at Stone 
 River, Tenn 
 Glasgow, Ky 
 
 JKilpatrick s Raid, 
 Stevensburg to Rich- 
 
 Farmington, Tenn 
 Kapidan, Va 
 
 ?ort De Russy. La 
 
 Blue Springs, Tenn . . . 
 Henderson sMill,Tenn 
 Jeffersonton, Va 
 
 Union City, Ky. 
 
 ?aducah, Ky 
 
 Longview and Mt. 
 Elba, Ark_ 
 
 Bristoe Station, Va.. 
 Canton, Brownsville 
 and Clinton, Miss 
 :nt)iTS, Mo. 
 ( harlestown, W. Va... 
 H.-rryville, Va. . 
 
 Charleston, 111., Cop 
 perheads 
 
 Augusta, Ark 
 
 Spoonville, Ark. 
 
 Philadelphia, Tenn... 
 Cheroki-e Station, La. 
 Pine Blfiff \rk 
 
 ilkins Ford, Ark 
 ioseville. Ark 
 
 Brown s Ferry, Tenn. 
 Wau hatch ie, Tenn 
 
 Centers illf-, Tenn 
 ollinsville, Tenn 
 
 lintferr-ville, T TiJi. 
 
 Droop Mountain, Va. 
 Bappahan ok Sta., \ a. 
 K.-ll,.j s Ford. Mo ... 
 Natclii-/,, Miss 
 
 \\ ilson s Farm, La 
 Sabine Cross Rds. and 
 Pleasant Hill, La.. 
 3 rairie D Ann, Ark ... 
 leas.Hill Landing, La 
 Liberty P. O., Ark 
 Plymouth, N. C 
 
 Poison Springs, Ark 
 Monet i s Bind, La 
 Marks Mills, Ark.... 
 lenkins Kerry, Ark., 
 ludnot s Planta n, La 
 rVilderneKM, Va 
 Rocky Face Rid^e, Ga. 
 Tunnell Hill, Mill 
 
 Hull s 1-Vrry, Tenn 
 liockford, 1 enn 
 Marysvilli-. IViui 
 London ( reek, Tenn. 
 Campbell * Sta. Tenn. 
 
SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 833 
 
 DATE. 
 
 NAME OF BATTLE, 
 
 UNION. 
 
 CONFEDERATE. 
 
 DATK. 
 
 NAME OF BATTLE. 
 
 UNION. 
 
 CONFEDERATE. 
 
 j 
 
 2 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 a 
 <u tx 
 
 s-s-s 
 
 - 
 
 6 g 
 
 3000 
 500 
 300 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 1000 
 
 1000 
 1400 
 
 500 
 1060 
 250 
 
 3500 
 
 400 
 370 
 
 200 
 
 200 
 200 
 
 1183 
 2017 
 
 1000 
 
 2344 
 400 
 
 2000 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 
 Missing. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Captured 
 and 
 Missing. 
 
 1864 
 
 May 6-7 
 
 8 
 " 8-18 
 
 " 9-10 
 " 9-10 
 " 9-13 
 
 "12-16 
 
 "13-16 
 " 15 
 "16-30 
 " 18 
 " IS 
 "19-22 
 "23-27 
 " 24 
 " 25 
 June 4 
 May 
 26-29 
 . "27-28 
 
 June 
 
 .. -: 
 
 :: ! 
 
 " 9 
 " 9-30 
 
 " 10 
 
 10 
 
 " in 
 " 11 
 "11-12 
 " 13 
 
 "15-19 
 
 "17-1M 
 
 "2<>-30 
 "22-23 
 "22-30 
 "23-24 
 "25-29 
 
 Julyl-31 
 
 " 2-5 
 " :j-9 
 
 " 5-7 
 " 5-18 
 
 6-10 
 9 
 12 
 17-18 
 20 
 
 23-24 
 26-31 
 
 " 2b 
 Aug. 
 " 1-31 
 
 " 5 " 2;1 
 
 "14-18 
 "18-21 
 
 "18-22 
 " 19 
 
 Creek Gap and Buz 
 zard s Roost 
 
 200 
 
 48 
 40 
 
 4177 
 90 
 126 
 
 50 
 
 422 
 600 
 120 
 200 
 16 
 60 
 10 
 228 
 2 
 
 400 
 8 
 
 25 
 
 1905 
 25 
 130 
 40 
 35 
 
 1370 
 20 
 223 
 21 
 
 50 
 
 85 
 
 50 
 1298 
 lOu 
 
 112 
 604 
 9 
 54 
 
 898 
 60 
 
 16 
 
 85 
 80 
 90 
 54 
 30 
 80TI 
 500 
 
 200 
 
 50 
 100 
 
 87 
 75 
 9 
 400 
 
 212 
 
 30 
 
 637 
 
 256 
 150 
 
 19687 
 400 
 585 
 
 174 
 
 2380 
 2147 
 560 
 1000 
 59 
 300 
 46 
 1460 
 24 
 
 600 
 
 40 
 
 119 
 
 10570 
 100 
 650 
 70 
 150 
 
 6500 
 67 
 394 
 71 
 
 100 
 
 490 
 
 250 
 7474 
 500 
 506 
 24! 4 
 317 
 235 
 
 200 
 
 4060 
 310 
 
 150 
 
 82 
 
 567 
 450 
 579 
 319 
 181 
 1410 
 2141 
 
 1000 
 
 50 
 600 
 
 484 
 170 
 22 
 1755 
 
 1115 
 
 400 
 3 
 
 2577 
 
 200 
 210 
 240 
 
 290 
 1400 
 
 200 
 2456 
 
 800 
 
 1H23 
 980 
 
 160 
 
 1814 
 100 
 
 800 
 2217 
 734 
 300 
 
 3110 
 
 200 
 1290 
 
 100 
 1000 
 
 900 
 
 100 
 1400 
 3176 
 
 200 
 
 50 
 30 
 
 1000 
 200 
 
 400 
 300 
 85 
 500 
 
 75 
 
 500 
 20 
 
 600 
 10 
 
 100 
 
 500 
 25 
 460 
 20 
 50 
 
 500 
 131 
 ICO 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 50 
 
 400 
 40 
 
 20 
 110 
 
 50 
 
 1118 
 
 2482 
 
 100 
 642 
 
 20 
 
 400 
 
 200 
 150 
 
 5000 
 400 
 
 2000 
 1500 
 320 
 1500 
 
 425 
 
 1500 
 100 
 
 1000 
 50 
 
 375 
 
 700 
 75 
 1450 
 80 
 200 
 
 600 
 475 
 200 
 
 150 
 
 300 
 2 5 
 150 
 
 200 
 
 600 
 60 
 
 200 
 80 
 
 600 
 
 400 
 
 450 
 
 2500 
 4000 
 
 500 
 3000 
 
 80 
 1000 
 
 2000 
 
 1864 
 
 Aug. M 
 "24-27 
 " 29 
 " 31- 
 Sept. 1 
 1 
 Oct. 30 
 Sep. 3-4 
 4 
 
 " 16 
 "16-18 
 " 19 
 to 22 
 " 23 
 "26-27 
 " 27 
 
 "28-30 
 " 29 
 " 30- 
 Oct. 1 
 
 5 
 " 7-13 
 " 15 
 19 
 26-29 
 27 
 27-28 
 28-30 
 Nov. 1 3 
 " 21 
 "29-30 
 
 " 30 
 D c.1-14 
 " 1-31 
 
 " 5-8 
 " 6-9 
 "10-21 
 " 13 
 "15-16 
 " 28 
 
 1865 
 
 Ja. 12-15 
 
 Feb. 18 
 22 
 
 " 22 
 
 " 27 
 Mch. 25 
 " 8-10 
 " 16 
 "19-21 
 " 22 
 Apr. 24 
 Mch. 25 
 
 " 25 
 " 21 
 Apr. 9 
 1 
 
 8 
 " 6 
 " 7 
 " 8-9 
 " 9 
 " 26 
 May 10 
 10 
 
 " 11 
 
 " 26 
 
 ed were put to death 
 by Mosby. 
 emphis, Tenn 
 
 30 
 39 
 10 
 
 149 
 
 170 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 38 
 
 693 
 
 28 
 
 122 
 400 
 10 
 
 141 
 142 
 105 
 
 588 
 10 
 156 
 120 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 189 
 66 
 16 
 40 
 30 
 39 
 
 25 
 400 
 23 
 
 184 
 40 
 
 5 
 80 
 
 191 
 63 
 
 68 
 103 
 
 213 
 124 
 
 296 
 
 166 
 100 
 50 
 
 100 
 178 
 90 
 
 1000 
 
 822 
 
 182 
 6 
 
 300 
 
 4033 
 
 56 
 
 2 
 
 2029 
 25 
 
 788 
 352 
 502 
 25 
 3516 
 45 
 1047 
 783 
 
 36 
 52 
 
 1033 
 645 
 100 
 329 
 175 
 690 
 200 
 110 
 1740 
 88 
 
 749 
 
 204 
 40 
 
 30 
 421 
 477 
 1168 
 
 345 
 
 337 
 
 864 
 
 1211 
 
 7015 
 2565 
 
 1014 
 
 555 
 150 
 
 812 
 100 
 
 48 
 
 623 
 930 
 100 
 
 1756 
 212 
 206 
 375 
 1801 
 100 
 699 
 400 
 
 200 
 1104 
 
 20C 
 
 600 
 287 
 63 
 
 506 
 209 
 
 500 
 
 25 
 30 
 50 
 
 500 
 
 25 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 500 
 1 
 
 300 
 
 400 
 
 231 
 
 400 
 60 
 500 
 100 
 200 
 60 
 
 50 
 1750 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 70 
 
 200 
 108 
 
 267 
 
 22 
 800 
 
 300 
 500 
 
 1000 
 
 500 
 
 75 
 100 
 150 
 
 800 
 
 100 
 60 
 
 40 
 
 2750 
 25 
 1200 
 
 1600 
 
 800 
 500 
 700 
 
 2000 
 300 
 600 
 311 
 250 
 
 200 
 3800 
 
 300 
 
 300 
 
 400 
 26 
 
 600 
 
 r.ln 
 1200 
 
 ::- 
 
 200 
 2500 
 
 1800 
 
 700 
 
 1000 
 70 
 75 
 
 3600 
 
 100 
 411 
 350 
 
 1200 
 
 200 
 
 80 
 
 400 
 702 
 
 197 
 
 800 
 250 
 4462 
 500 
 
 2083 
 875 
 
 1667 
 700 
 217 
 1625 
 
 6766 
 
 1881 
 834 
 
 2952 
 5500 
 3006 
 6000 
 6000 
 
 26000 
 29924 
 
 8000 
 
 7454 
 20000 
 
 Richmond and Peters 
 burg Railroad, Va. .- 
 Todd V Tavern, Va._._ 
 Spottsylvania, Laurel 
 Hill Va 
 
 Halltown, VH 
 
 Smithfield, Va 
 
 | Jonesboro, Ga 
 
 Swift Creek, Va 
 Cloyd s Mountain, Va_ 
 Sheridan s Cavalry 
 Raid, Va 
 
 ( In front Petersburg, 
 < Va._ 
 
 Berry ville, Va... 
 
 Greenville, Tenn 
 
 FortDarling, Drewry s 
 Bluff, Va 
 
 Gen l John Morgan 
 killed. 
 Sycamore Church, Va 
 Ft. Gibson, Ind. Ter._ 
 Winchester & Fisher s 
 Hill, Va 
 
 Resaca. Ga 
 
 New Market, Va 
 
 Bermuda Hundred 
 Rome & Kingston. Ga. 
 Bayou De Glaize, La__ 
 
 Athens, Ala 
 
 Cassville, Ga . . 
 
 Pilot Knob Mo 
 
 North Anna River, Va 
 Wilson s Wharf, Va... 
 
 Centralia, Mo., Massa 
 cred by Price 
 
 \ Dallas or New Hope 
 I Church, Ga ... . 
 
 Laurel Hill, Va .. 
 
 Centreville, Tenn 
 5 Poplar Sp gs Church 
 
 \ Decatur, Ala .. 
 
 Salem Church. Hawes 
 Shop and Hcnover- 
 ton, Va . . . 
 
 Allatoona, Ga.. 
 
 Darby town Road, Va. . 
 Glasgow, Mo 
 
 Games Mills, Cold 
 Harbor and Salem 
 Church, Va 
 
 Cedar Creek, Va 
 
 Decatnr, Ala 
 
 Hatcher s Run, Va.. 
 Fair Oaks, Va 
 
 Bermuda Hundred, Va. 
 Piedmont, W. Va 
 Lake Chicot, Ark 
 Mt. Sterling, Ky 
 
 Newtonia, Mo 
 
 Bulls Gap, Tenn 
 
 Griswoldsville, Ga 
 Franklin and Spring 
 Hill, Tenn 
 
 Kenesaw Mountain, 
 Marietta or Big 
 Shanty, Ga 
 
 Honey Hill S C 
 
 Petersburg, Va 
 
 fn front Nashville 
 In fro t Petersburg, Va 
 Murf reesboro, Tenn . . . 
 Deveaux s Neck, S. C . 
 Siege Savanna, (Ja.... 
 Fort McAlister, Ga 
 Nashville, Tenn 
 
 B rice s CrossR ds,Miss 
 Cynihiana, Ky _. 
 
 Cynthiana. Ky . . 
 
 Trevilian Station, Va 
 White Oak Swamp 
 Bridge, Va 
 
 Petersburg, Va. 
 
 Egypt Sta., Miss 
 
 Fort Fisher. N. C .. 
 ^ Ft. Anderson, Town 
 -, <"k and Wilmington, 
 [N. C 
 
 Lynchburg, Va _ 
 
 Petersburg, Va 
 
 Welc Ion Railroad, Va. 
 Wilson s Raid, Va 
 Jones Bridge, Va 
 Clarendon, St. Charles 
 River, Ark 
 
 Front of Petersburg, 
 Va 
 
 Douglas Landing,Pine 
 Bluff Ark 
 
 Nickajack Creek, Ga.. 
 Expedition from 
 Vicksburg to Jack 
 son, Miss 
 
 \ Sheridan s Raid in 
 1 Virginia.. 
 
 Wilcox s Bridge, N. C. 
 Avcrvsboro, N. C 
 Bentonville, N. C 
 j Wilson s Raid to Ma- 
 / con, Ga 
 
 John s Island. S. C 
 Smith s Expedition, 
 Lagrange, Tenn 
 
 Chattah chee River,Ga 
 Monocacy, Md... 
 
 Ft. Steadman, Peters 
 burg, Va 
 
 Ft. Stevens, Wash.D.C 
 Snicker s Gap, Va 
 Peach Tree Creek, Ga. 
 Atlanta, Ga 
 
 Ft. Steadman, Assault 
 < Siege Mobile. Spa sh 
 ) Fort, Port Blakely.. 
 Five Forks Va 
 
 Kernstown & Winches 
 ter, Va 
 
 Fall of Petersburg, Va. 
 Capture Richmond, Va 
 Sailor s Creek, Va 
 Farmville, Va 
 
 Stoneman s Raid, s 
 Macon, Ga 
 
 Atlanta, Ga 
 
 Appomattox C. H.,Va. 
 Lee s Surrender 
 
 Front Pettersburg, Va. 
 Ft. Gains & Morgan, Ala 
 Moorefield, Va 
 
 Johnston s Surrender. 
 Capture of Jeff. Davis 
 Tallahassee, Fla., sur 
 render of Sam Jones 
 
 Strawberry Plains, Va. 
 Six Mile House, Wei- 
 don R. R., Va . 
 
 Surrender of Jeff. 
 Thompson at Chalk 
 Bluffs, Ark 
 
 Kilpatrick s Raid on 
 Atlanta Road 
 
 Snicker s Gap Pike, Va. 
 Prisoners & Wound- 
 
 Surrender of General 
 Kirbv Smith 
 
 From 1861 to 1865 there were three million, thirty two thousand, two hundred and eleven soldiers of all arms in the United States 
 
 Service. 
 
 from wounds rece 
 
 Out of this army there were sixty-seven thousand, and fifty-eight killed in action, and forty-three thousand and twelve died 
 nds received in action. There were two-hundred and twenty-four thousand five hundred and eighty- six died of disease. 
 
GENEALOGICAL TREE. 
 
GENEALOGICAL TREE. 
 
GENEALOGICAL TREE. 
 
GENEALOGICAL TREE. 
 
GENEALOGICAL TREE. 
 
GENEALOGICAL TREE. 
 
GENEALOGICAL TREE. 
 
GENEALOGICAL TREE. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 IMD 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 A 
 
 Abel, T. J 427 
 
 Ackermann, A 401 
 
 Adams, S. E 754 
 
 Addis, Wm. H 144 
 
 Aldrich, O. J 762 
 
 Alexander, T 650 
 
 Anderson, C. P 765 
 
 Anderson, A. L 695 
 
 Anderson, Robt 636 
 
 Andrus, F. M 745 
 
 Angell, W.S 569 
 
 Aschermann, B 284 
 
 Ashmore, H. H 742 
 
 Atkins, S. D 72 
 
 Austin, H. M 644 
 
 Avery, G. S 646 
 
 B 
 
 Bacon, Elmer 30 
 
 Bailey, W. F 712 
 
 Baker, Jno 319 
 
 Baldwin, E 76 
 
 Ball,]. S 613 
 
 Bane, Jacob 787 
 
 Banks, N. P 501 
 
 Barber, J. L 244 
 
 Barnard, L 193 
 
 Batcheller, D 803 
 
 Batterman, H 643 
 
 Beal, Wm 565 
 
 Beamer, J. W 277 
 
 Beamer, H. H 332 
 
 Bedel, 1 761 
 
 Beers,]. P 250 
 
 Beidelman, G. L 313 
 
 Belt, D. M 694 
 
 Benell, R. M 494 
 
 Benneson, J. H 255 
 
 Bennett, M. L 350 
 
 Bennett, M. W 518 
 
 Betts, Thos 183 
 
 Bibel, L 201 
 
 Bigelow, E 640 
 
 Bladel, A 763 
 
 Blacke, S. L. B 367 
 
 Blair, F. P 692 
 
 Blakesley, A. M 570 
 
 Blanchard, J. S 392 
 
 Blossom, E. W 75 
 
 Boland, M 1352 
 
 Boone, E 36 
 
 Boring, Wm 239 
 
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 Bowman, E. H 380 
 
 Boyd, W. T 278 
 
 Brackin.R 227. 
 
 Bradbury, J 796 
 
 Bradshaw, D. W 716 
 
 Brady \Vm 808 
 
 Brewer, L. W 121 
 
 Brewer, H. L 407 
 
 Briggs, Wells 790 
 
 Brintnall, H. C 455 
 
 Bristol, J. H 679 
 
 Brody, Jas 114 
 
 Brown, W. J 497 
 
 Brown, J. V 432 
 
 Brown, F 152 
 
 Brown, J. M 697 
 
 Brown, G 335 
 
 Brown, W. H. H 400 
 
 Bucher, C. A 41 
 
 Buell, D.C 606 
 
 Bumstead, S. J 161 
 
 Bunker, F 464 
 
 Burgess, Geo 359 
 
 Burneson, N. W 617 
 
 Burnside, A. E 443 
 
 Burrill R. F 245 
 
 Burson, M. L 212 
 
 Busey, M 665 
 
 Bushnell, D. R 140 
 
 Bushwell, N. C 546 
 
 Butler, B. F 432 
 
 Buzzell, W. R 240 
 
 Calhoun, A. T 237 
 
 Calkin, S. N 477 
 
 Cameron, A 786 
 
 Camp, J. W 796 
 
 Campbell, L. L 265 
 
 Campbell, R. M 306 
 
 Campbell, Thos 372 
 
 Campbell, W. J 588 
 
 Carnahan, R. H 638 
 
 Carter, Joel 97 
 
 Cary, W. T 112 
 
 Challender, J. S 329 
 
 Champney, O. B 289 
 
 Christenson, A 792 
 
 Church, E. S 341 
 
 Churchill, A 50 
 
 Churchill, G. W 73 
 
 Claremont, L 176 
 
 Clark, S 548 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Clay, H. H 625 
 
 Clemmons, F 29 
 
 Clendenen, F 189 
 
 Cline, R 644 
 
 Climo, C 334 
 
 Coakley, I. N 431 
 
 Cole, J. S 49 
 
 Coleman, J. S 484 
 
 Colleps, J. G 653 
 
 Comstock, H. S 326 
 
 Conn, Jos 677 
 
 ConklinJ 607 
 
 Conklin, K. S 652 
 
 Conover, L 289 
 
 Cooper, D. D 594 
 
 Cooper, E. S 508 
 
 Cook, Isaac 780 
 
 Corbett, J. G 292 
 
 Corbus, W. F 564 
 
 Corey, J. H 353 
 
 Craig, D. W 267 
 
 Craigmile, A 240 
 
 Crampton, W. M 124 
 
 Crinigan, T 219 
 
 Crocker, L. B 540 
 
 Crossley.T 231 
 
 Culver, T 458 
 
 Curtis, I. B 641 
 
 Custer, G. A 498 
 
 Custer, W. C 657 
 
 Cutler, A. S 435 
 
 Cutler, C. A 309 
 
 Danforth, R 474 
 
 Daniels, H. E 816 
 
 Dean, E. H 611 
 
 Dean, M. H 611 
 
 DeBord, T. C 252 
 
 Denny, F. J 317 
 
 DePue, H. J. D 28 
 
 Derrick, W. H 456 
 
 Dibble, Geo. E 324 
 
 Dick, G. F 210 
 
 Diller, Thos 422 
 
 Dillon, Moses 581 
 
 Dinsmore, W. J 305 
 
 Distin, W. L 14 
 
 Dixon, J. P 626 
 
 Doll, B 336 
 
 Dorsey, S 108 
 
 Drake, C. B 492 
 
 Drenning, T. G 690 
 
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 SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Du Bois, Ira 768 
 
 Dunn, Wm. F 718 
 
 Dunbar, Jno. C 586 
 
 Dustin, A. M >2 
 
 Dustin, D 361 
 
 Dyer, R. F 79 
 
 Eames, M. V 737 
 
 Ebner, J 17 
 
 Edmond, J. N 525 
 
 Edwards, J. W 618 
 
 Edwards, Jno 671 
 
 Eisfielt, Henry 46 
 
 Eisile, Jacob 704 
 
 Elder, J. G 500 
 
 Elder, S. C 799 
 
 Elliott, J. F 102 
 
 Elliot, W. M 519 
 
 Emrich, H :J7S 
 
 Enderle, Jos 523 
 
 Engomar, Joseph 32 
 
 Enyart, M 264 
 
 Estabrook, E. A 220 
 
 Evans, J. G 275 
 
 Evans, J 393 
 
 Everett. J. W 801 
 
 Ewing, L. W 331 
 
 Fenimore, G. W 647 
 
 Fenton, W. W 339 
 
 Ferrell, H. M .V_ T 
 
 Fick, Adams 485 
 
 Fina, Peter 652 
 
 Finch, M 502 
 
 Fish, W. J. M 559 
 
 Fitzgerald, J. M 37 
 
 Fitzgerald, P. M 809 
 
 Fitch, E. E 221 
 
 Flack, D 573 
 
 Ford, Byron 20 
 
 Ford, D. J 520 
 
 Forrer, J. T 248 
 
 Foster, D. L 449 
 
 Foster, W. W 133 
 
 Fox, David 297 
 
 Franks, Wm 689 
 
 Franklin, W. B 775 
 
 Freer, F. A 667 
 
 Frederick, J. C 226 
 
 Fuller, F 748 
 
 Gahagen, Wm. J 43X 
 
 Garrett, T. P 129 
 
 Geer, W. H 729 
 
 German, C. A 481 
 
 Germain, L .".20 
 
 Gibbs, J. P . 623 
 
 Gibson, T. C 172 
 
 Gilmore, O. A 75i; 
 
 Gmelich, G 562 
 
 Godfrey, Wm 723 
 
 Goldsmith, O. N 782 
 
 Gordon, F. W ."4 
 
 Gould, M. A 491 
 
 Graham, O 388 
 
 Grant, D.J :, . 
 
 Grant, O. B 186 
 
 Grant, U. S 5 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Gray, B. T 473 
 
 Gresham, W. Q 770 
 
 Griffin, H. G 447 
 
 Grover, L. L 188 
 
 Gruhn, J. J 256 
 
 Gruver, J. A 234 
 
 Gunsaul, J. H 785 
 
 Curler, G. H 413 
 
 H 
 
 Haas, C 351 
 
 Hakes, H. H 670 
 
 Haker, F 174 
 
 Halen, J. F 21 
 
 Hall, W.A 662 
 
 Halleck, H. W 632 
 
 Hamblen, J. P 550 
 
 Hamilton, D 411 
 
 Hamilton, E. M 194 
 
 Hamlin, I. W 325 
 
 Hampton, A. H 810 
 
 Hancock, W. S 291 
 
 Hanna, D. C 753 
 
 Hanna, R. J 445 
 
 Hapeman, D 38 
 
 Harding, A. C 622 
 
 Harding, I. N 247 
 
 Harding, A. A 710 
 
 Harlan, M. R 813 
 
 Harrington, G 364 
 
 Harris, H. C 733 
 
 Harris, ]. W 552 
 
 Harrison, J 304 
 
 Harrison, W. N 462 
 
 Hartmann, H 373 
 
 Harvey, J. O 708 
 
 Harvey, G. W 262 
 
 Haselwood, W. K 721 
 
 Hawkins, H 566 
 
 Hawkins, J. S 344 
 
 Hayes, P. C 147 
 
 Hayes, R. B 677 
 
 Haynes, C. I 614 
 
 Hays, M 479 
 
 Hecker, D. S 533 
 
 Heintzleman, S. P 818 
 
 Held, F. C 218 
 
 Helm, E. M 642 
 
 Hemenway, F. C 385 
 
 Henry, M. S 142 
 
 Hershey, A. H 668 
 
 Hippen, A 635 
 
 Hitchcock, J 536 
 
 Hitt, D. F 656 
 
 Hiteshew, J. T 280 
 
 Holcomb, B. F 373 
 
 Holmes, A. N 219 
 
 Holmes, J 558 
 
 Holmes, H 206 
 
 Holt, J. M 453 
 
 Holt, D. A 714 
 
 Homuth, H. M 165 
 
 Hoofstitler, J. H 94 
 
 Hooker, Jos 355 
 
 Hopkins, L. S 525 
 
 Hosford, J. M 620 
 
 Hosier, T. A 464 
 
 Howard, O. 437 
 
 Howe, G. W 199 
 
 Howe, L. D 115 
 
 Howk, R. A 791 
 
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 Hubbard, J. T 43 
 
 Hughes, R 338 
 
 Hug, J. F 285 
 
 Hunter, D 705 
 
 Huston, T. J 633 
 
 Hutchins, A 470 
 
 Hyde.O. P 312 
 
 Hyman, J. M 731 
 
 I jams, L. E. 
 
 060 
 
 Jansen, M 727 
 
 Jeffers, S 493 
 
 jenks, H. L 412 
 
 Jobling, F 506 
 
 Johnson, J. C 735 
 
 Johnson, 1 109 
 
 Johnson, L. L 58 
 
 Johnson, P. C 299 
 
 Jones, G. W 2X0 
 
 Jordan, A. R 415 
 
 Josenhans, C 573 
 
 K 
 
 Karstens, H 444 
 
 Kay, T. F. M 741 
 
 Kearney, Phil 739 
 
 Keeney, R 476 
 
 Kennedy, }. M 314 
 
 Kennedy, M. G 601 
 
 Kenny, D 807 
 
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 Sedgwickjohn 661 
 
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