B R.ARY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 UNIVERSITY 
 OF ILLINOIS 
 
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 K'TOWl SURVEY
 
 LIBRARY . 
 OF THE 
 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
 
 OB THK 
 
 PATRIOTISM OF WILL COUNTY, 
 
 DESIGNED TO PRESERVE THE NAMES AND MEMORY OF 
 
 WILL COUNTY SOLDIERS, 
 
 BOTH OFFICERS AND PRIVATES BOTH LIVING AND 
 
 DEAD : TO TELL SOMETHING OF WHAT THEY DID, 
 
 AND OF WHAT THEY SUFFERED, IN THE 
 
 Great Struggle to Preserve Our Nationality. 
 
 GEORGE H. WOODRUFF, 
 
 AUTHOR OF "FORTY YEARS AGO." 
 
 Patriots have toiled, and in their country's cause 
 Bled nobly: and their deeds, a,a they deserve, 
 Receive proud recompense. We give in charge 
 Their names to the sweet lyre. The historic muse, 
 Proud of the treasure, marches with it down 
 To latest times; and sculpture, in her turn, 
 Gives bond in stone and ever-during brass 
 To guard them, and t' immortalize her trust. COWPXR. 
 
 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR, 
 
 BY 
 
 JAMES GOODSPEED. 
 
 CTO LIST: 
 JOLIET REPUBLICAN BOOK AND JOB STEAM PRINTING HOUSE. 
 
 1876.
 
 W75f 
 
 TO THE SURVIVING SOLDIERS OF 
 
 WILL COUNTY, 
 THIS EFFORT TO PRESERVE THEIR NAMES, AND THE NAMES 
 
 OF THETR FALLEN COMRADES, 
 IS RESPECTFULLY AND GRATEFULLY DEDICATED. 
 
 0566 

 
 PREFACE. 
 
 work is no attempt at a history of the late war. Its aim is to do 
 some justice to the soldiers of WILL COUNTY, both officers and privates, 
 both living and dead. It is simply the story of " our boys " and of our 
 county during the rebellion period. It has been written for no political, or 
 rather for no partizan purpose. In the largest and best sense of the word, 
 the author does desire that it may have a political bearing ; that it may help 
 to deepen the sense of the value of, and strengthen the attachment of our 
 people to, THE UNION, and^the principles of freedom and equal rights which 
 that Union represents and secures. He would be glad if it should help to 
 " make treason odious " to the young m en who are so soon to wield the des- 
 tinies of our republic. This aim, however, is only secondary. The work 
 has been undertaken and prosecuted mainly as an act of justice to those who 
 went out from our county to fight in the cause of the Union. 
 
 In accomplishing this task, the author has availed himself of all infor- 
 mation within his reach. Much has been gleaned from the files of our 
 county papers. The matter has, however, been gathered mostly from orig- 
 inal sources ; from the journals and letters of the actors, both living and 
 dead, and from the personal recollections of those who survive. Very much 
 of the narrative is given in the language in which it has been obtained. I 
 cannot specify the sources from which it has been gathered, except in this 
 general way. The manner of its compilation will account for the variation 
 in its style, and the changes in tense and person. 
 
 Especial pains has been taken to make the registry of soldiers full andl 
 correct, and to embody the main facts of each one's military record. The- 
 aim has been to record the name of every soldier from Will county, with- 
 out regard to the place where he may have enlisted or been credited, and to- 
 exclude the names of those who were not actual residents of Will county. 
 To this I have admitted some exceptions. Where, as in the case of the 100th 
 Regiment, nearly all of the members were Will county men, I have thought, 
 that a full muster roll of the organization would be pleasing to the members. 
 Some others have probably been admitted by mistake. It has been a work 
 of great labor to collect these names, inaf much as in many instances they 
 are credited, in the Adjutant General's Report, to the place where they en-
 
 
 VI PREFACE. 
 
 listed, and in many other instances no residence is given. Some also enlist- 
 ed in other states. It is probable therefore that the list is not absolutely 
 perfect, and the thought that some names may have been omitted that should 
 have gone upon the record, gives me pain. The fear too, that in making 
 special mention as I have of many, I may seem to have ignored others who 
 are as much entitled to such mention ; this fear makes me hesitate to throw 
 the work upon the public. Imperfection however is inseparable from all 
 such undertakings, and the limitations of time and space cannot be trans- 
 cended. 
 
 One thing will be noticed, I have recorded nothing to any person's dis- 
 credit, and perhaps the question will be asked were all the Will county men 
 brave and patriotic? Were there no cowards no deserters? I do not sup- 
 pose that every man was a hero, or that no inferior motives mingled with the 
 love of country, which in the main, inspired our volunteers. Some deserted. 
 I have made no such entry in the record of names, because I have found so 
 many instances in which the Adjt. General's report is incorrect in this 
 particular, that I have preferred to drop the entry altogether, lest I might per- 
 petuate an injustice to some one. In more than one case I have found a man 
 put down as having deserted, who was killed when bravely fighting the 
 enemies of his country. I have preferred also to reverse the sentiment of 
 Mark Anthony and let the good " men do live after them," and to inter the 
 evil " with their bones." 
 
 The author claims no literary merit for the work. His main desire has 
 been to collect and preserve the facts of our war record. Much time and 
 labor have bee a devoted to the undertaking, and he cannot but hope that the 
 result will be found deeply interesting to many families in Will county, of 
 general interest to all our citizens, and at the same time not entirely worth- 
 less to the general reader. To some probably he will only seem to have 
 furnished another illustration of the adage ne sutor ultra crepidam; which 
 might be liberally construed the apothecary should stick to his pills ! 
 
 JUI.Y 4TH, 1876. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 On page 72, I have left the impression that the amount there recorded 
 was all that was raised in the county for war purposes. It should be said 
 that other towns raised more or less, of which I have fovind no record. The 
 town of Dupage, I have since learned, raised $12,667. 
 
 Some few typographical errors have escaped correction, but they are 
 generally such as will be readily detected, and are not important. 
 
 It must not be inferred that all whose record is a blank in PART FOURTH 
 were deserters. In respect to many of these, the record is simply unknown.
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Introduction 9 
 
 PART FIRST. 
 OUR HOME HISTORY DURING THE REBELLION PERIOD. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 The years 1861 and 1862 15 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 From January 1863, to July 1865 53 
 
 PART SECOND. 
 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 History of the Twentieth Regiment. From Joliet to Jackson, Tenn. 
 June 1861, to June 1863 80 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 History of the Twentieth Regiment. From Jackson, Tenn., to Joliet, 
 June 1863, to muster out HO 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 History of the Thirty-Ninth Regiment, or Yates Phalanx. From organ- 
 ization to muster out 143, 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 History of the Sixty-Fourth Regiment, or Yates Sharpshooters. From 
 organization to muster out 180 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 History of the One Hundredth, or Will County Regiment. From Joliet 
 to Nashville. September 1862, to December 26th 224
 
 VI II CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 History of the One Hundredth Regiment. From Nashville to Chicka- 
 mauga. December 18(52, to September 1863 247 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 History of the One Hundredth Regiment. From Chickamauga to 
 Athens, Tenn. September 1863, to March 1864 282 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 History of the One Hundredth Regiment, concluded. Athens, Tenn., 
 toJoliet. March 1864, to July 1865 319 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 History of the Ninetieth Regiment, or Irish Legion. From Organiza- 
 tion to muster out 361 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 History of McAllister's Battery. Company D, 1st Artillery 397 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 History of Barnett's Battery. Company I, 2d Artillery 423 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 Brief mention of Cavalry Regiments, and other organizations 438 
 
 PART THIRD. 
 
 PRISON EXPERIENCES, DEATH RECORD AND BIOGRAPHI- 
 CAL SKETCHES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 Experiences in Libby, Audersonville, and other prisons, with a list of 
 deaths in prison 457 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 Our Death Record. Full list of those who died in the service 475 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 Biographical Sketches 489 
 
 PART FOUR. 
 Roster and Muster Roll of Will County Soldiers (517) 1
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 One of the most interesting characters found in all the wonderful crea- 
 tions of Sir Walter Scott, is the one he has delineated under the name of 
 OLD MORTALITY. The character is really a historic one, known to his age 
 and locality by the unromantic name of Patterson ; and he earned his sou- 
 briquet by his devotion to the singular work to which he consecrated his later 
 years, and in the prosecution of which death found him. I scarcely need 
 tell what that work was, for who is not familiar with the writings of the 
 great "Wizard of the North?" Filled with a most reverential admiration 
 for the men, and in the heartiest sympath3 r with the religious faith and prin- 
 ciples of those old Scotch Covenanters who had yielded up their lives in the 
 defense of civil and religious freedom, during the reign of the two last 
 Stuarts, OLD MORTALITY devoted himself with a strange and absorbing 
 enthusiasm, to the work of wandering from county to county, and from 
 parish to parish, and searching out in the lonely and neglected cemeteries 
 the graves of such martyrs, and removing from the headstones the moss 
 and rust which had rendered illegible the inscriptions which recorded their 
 names and virtues, all unnoticed, 
 
 "From early morn to dewey eye," 
 
 lie busied himself, with patient industry, in cutting deeper and afresh each 
 fading letter. 
 
 In some such a spirit, animated, I think, by some such feelings and 
 motives, I have sought to accomplish a work somewhat analagous to that of 
 Old Mortality. I confess to a profound admiration for, and a deep gratitude 
 toward those, who periled their lives to maintain the union of these states. 
 and the blessings of freedom and equal laws which that union secures. I 
 profess the most thorough sympathy with them in the work of maintaining 
 the Supreme Federal Authority, and staying the tide of anarchy, oppres- 
 sion and barbarism, which threatened the ruin of our fair land. And this 
 feeling I have toward the poorest, humblest man who carried a musket, no 
 less than the one who guided the movements of brigades and army corps ; 
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 X INTRODUCTION. 
 
 and I never see one, that my heart does not say this man stood between me- 
 and rebel bullets! this man helped to stay the torch from my home! this mao 
 helped to secure to me and my children the blessings of free government^ 
 and the protection of equal and just laws ! And I have thought it a good- 
 work, one which it behooved to be done, to rescue from oblivion the name 
 of those who went out from our county the humblest of them and to place 
 them upon that most imperishable of records the printed page. I espe- 
 cially desire to carve deeper and afresh, in all our memories, the names of 
 those who laid down their lives in our behalf. True, no lapse of centuries 
 has obscured the few records that have been made in "monumental mar- 
 ble," but scores and hundreds lie buried in unknown graves: falling amid, 
 the carnage of the battle field, their bodies received a hasty and promiscu- 
 ous burial at the hands of strangers perchance of enemies and 
 
 " Their ashes flew 
 
 No marble tells us whither" 
 
 or, dying, perhaps of starvation in some rebel prison pen, or f wounds or 
 disease in hospitals, their graves are distinguished from others in the long 
 files of the dead, only by silent and unmeaning numerals ! In these days,, 
 too, decades do the work of centuries, in effacing names and events from the 
 memory, so great is the rush with which one event treads upon the heels 
 of another. Already, too, there is a generation just coming upon the stage 
 of active life who were but children when our boys went forth to battle for 
 the right, and it is but just that they should be told the story of fifteen 
 years ago. 
 
 It has formed no part of my purpose to give a general history of the 
 war, or to attempt a general resume of events which transpired upon the 
 national or state arena, but simply to tell the story of our own county. I. 
 have sought to record, if possible, the name and military history of every 
 man who enlisted from our county, and to follow those regiments and bat- 
 teries in which we were largely interested, through all their weary marches> 
 skirmishes and battles, and to make in most instances of course very 
 briefly special mention of those who sealed their devotion to the cause with 
 the sacrifice of their lives. Our course will take us through many a weary 
 march, over many a bloody battle-field; and we shall have to look in upon; 
 the foul and crowded apartments of Libby, and to go down into the hell of 
 Andersonville ! 
 
 My aim has been to make the record one of personal interest to every 
 family in Will county. The general history of the times, political or mili- 
 tary, will therefore only be noticed so far as necessary to render intelligible 
 that of our own county, and of the men she sent forth to the struggle. Few, 
 I think, will question the propriety of such a record. We owe it to the men.
 
 INTRODUCTION. XI 
 
 who periled life and limb in our behalf. Especially do we owe it to the 
 memory of those who perished in the struggle. Our county, as such, has 
 erected no monument to their memory, has taken no steps for the preser- 
 vation of their names. It seems but just, therefore, that their names and 
 <leeds should be recorded upon the printed page, where their children and 
 ours can read them, and recall the story of their sufferings and services. 
 
 In a general history, of course, we hear and know nothing except of 
 those who became conspicuous as the leaders of brigades, divisions, and 
 army corps. I would do justice, as far as possible, to the humblest private. 
 It was a characteristic of our armies generally, certainly it was of the men 
 from Will county, that the ranks were largely composed of as good men 
 as those who held commissions. From every rank and pursuit in life, from 
 our schools, colleges and workshops, from our offices, farms, and places of 
 .trade and commerce, our young men, in many instances sacrificing brilliant 
 business prospects, rushed to the conflict. I believe that in no other war 
 that was ever waged did men the majority of them enter the strife with 
 so high a spirit of self sacrifice, of pure and holy patriotism. The ranks 
 were composed largely of young men, in whose bosoms were still glowing 
 all the enthusiasm and romance of youth, undimmed by the sordid motives, 
 and unabated by the cautious selfishness, which settles down upon our 
 a-iper years. 
 
 There is another reason why the work I have attempted should be 
 <done, viz. : the influence it will have upon those who shall come after us. For 
 4he sake of the future, it behooves us to cherish the memory of those who 
 stood in the "imminent deadly breach,'' in our behalf. The safety of 
 the institutions we love, and desire to see perpetuated, demands that 
 we place upon the roll of honor the names of those who were mar- 
 tyrs in their defense. I know that it is the opinion of some that the 
 war, and all its incidents, and especially the questions at issue, should now 
 toe forgotten, and that we should treat alike both parties in the struggle, be- 
 stowing the same honors and favors upon patriots and rebels. Great names 
 have given their sanction to such a policy. Now, while I would not cherish 
 a vindictive spirit, I must beg leave to differ from such a doctrine. I have 
 110 sympathy with that false and dangerous liberalism, that ignores the 
 eternal distinctions between right and wrong, between loyalty and treason. 
 I do not believe that any government, human or divine, can safely do this. 
 If there was no essential difference, a moral difference, wide as the poles 
 asunder, between the part taken by the rebels against the best and mildest 
 government the world has ever seen, in which, as in no other government 
 .that ever existed, the rights of all were conserved, and that of those who 
 took up arms in its defense, then the precious lives and the treasure spent
 
 XII INTRODUCTION. 
 
 by us were worse than wasted. Such a doctrine puts a premium upon 
 rebellion, and invites a repetition of the scenes of fifteen years ago, and 
 opens the way for the successful pushing of those outrageous claims which 
 are only kept in abeyance until the time when such a false and dangerous 
 liberalism shall have become the prevailing sentiment at the North. We 
 must not, for the sake of the future, so stultify ourselves, and so slander the 
 loyal dead, as for a moment to admit that there was little or no difference in 
 the moral status of those who were so lately contending in the greatest civil 
 war the world has ever known. Rather let us ever and always, insist upon 
 the moral and political gravity of the questions in issue, and upon the fact 
 that they have been definitely settled upon the side of freedom and the 
 Union. Let us still insist, that the late rebellion was the most causeless in 
 Avhich men ever engaged ; that it was not like that of the fathers of the 
 revolution, made in the interests of freedom and humanity, but against both, 
 and in the interests of slavery and barbarism ; and that its success would 
 have turned back the hand on the dial of human progress, at least a cen- 
 tury. Surely if the attempt to destroy our nationality, if the inauguration 
 of a long and bloody war, with no justification except the failure to carry 
 an election, and solely from the promptings of unholy ambition, coupled 
 with the purpose of perpetuating and extending human bondage, if this 
 was not a sin and a crime on the part of its leaders and wilful abettors, then 
 let us blot the words from our creeds and from our statute books, aye, and 
 from our dictionaries, for then there is no such thing as sin and crime ! The 
 slaveholders' rebellion not a crime ! It was the crime of the nineteenth century f 
 Let us not forget this, and let us tell it to our children, and let them tell it 
 to their children, that the generations to come, all down the ages, may know 
 and profit by the truth. 
 
 All honor, then, to the men who went out from Will county, and served 
 honorably and faithfully in the Grand Army of the Republic, and periled 
 their lives in our behalf. All honor to the most humble private, as well as 
 those who received honors, and rank, and public recognition. And hallow- 
 ed, thrice hallowed, the memory of those of whatever rank, who fell upon 
 the battle field, or on the lone outpost, or died of disease or exposure in 
 camp or hospital. I claim for them the honors of martyrdom in the most 
 holy of causes, next to that of Christianity itself. Let us deepen in our 
 memories the story of their deeds and sufferings. Let us cut afresh their 
 names on the enduring tablet of history. Not long ago, multitudes gathered 
 from all parts of our land, at Springfield, to pay fitting honors to the mem- 
 ory of our martyred president. And most richly has he deserved such an 
 apotheosis. But not less, in their own measure, does the humblest private 
 who gave his life for the cause. He did what he could, he gave his all his 
 life the martyred LINCOLN could do no more !
 
 INTRODUCTION. XIJI 
 
 Much of the information which is embodied in the regimental histories 
 has been derived from the letters of men who died in the service. These 
 letters were, of course, written without any expectation that any other eyes 
 than those of the home circle would ever look upon them. But they have 
 kindly been submitted to my perusal, and I cannot express the melancholy 
 interest which I have taken in gleaning from them matter for this work. 
 
 Those old, faded, worn and yellowed letters, cherished as the most pre- 
 cious mementoes of the dear, dead boys, who wrote them, what volumes 
 of pathetic interest are folded up in them ! And how many packages of such 
 letters there are all over the land, carefully laid away in secret places, and 
 preserved with religioxis care ! Letters, written in sickness and in health, 
 in camp and in hospital, on the march and the bivouac. Some, written when 
 the time hangs heavy, and the writer unburthens all his heart. Others, 
 written in haste, when about to go into action, or in a lull of the storm of 
 death, or, when all is over, and a line or two is hastily scrawled with pencil, 
 and with no rest for the paper but the writer's knee, and almost illegible, 
 except to the eye of love saying just enough to assure the anxious friends 
 at home, that thank God!- -the writer has gone through the fiery tempest 
 unharmed. 
 
 These old letters written, many of them, on those old sheets emblazoned 
 with the dear old flag, or edged with the " red, white and blue," so famil- 
 iar a dozen years ago how suggestive they are of those days of anxiety and 
 doubt, yet of pronounced fidelity to the Union ! These letters of dead sol- 
 dierswhat a world of pathos, I repeat, do they contain ! What breathings 
 of love for the dear friends at home ! What longings to see the old familiar 
 faces and places ! What tender regrets that they cannot be at home to lift 
 the burden of care and labor from father and mother ! What regrets, too, 
 that they were not more careful in their demeanor while under the old roof! 
 What gentle exhortations to the brothers and sisters still at home, to do all 
 they can to make the dear parents happy ! What hopeful anticipations, too, 
 of what they will do "when this cruel war is over !" What thanks for the 
 remembrances they have received from home, mingled with urgent appeals 
 for letters, long and often ! What assurances that they will never grumble 
 again at any home fare, however plain, and what longings expressed for the 
 good things in mother's larder seeming so rich now, in contrast to a sol- 
 dier's rations! And what cheerful exhortations to the dear father and 
 mother not to worry for the absent boy, as he is well, and all right, and will 
 soon be home. 
 
 One poor boy, just before the advance which brought the '"Hundredth" 
 to Stone River, sends his thanks for the box of good things which had come 
 to hand the day before the advance, just in time for his Christmas dinner 
 (alas ! though he little dreamed it, his last Christmas dinner) which were
 
 XIV INTRODUCTION. 
 
 so good, so like home and which, while they gratified his soldier's appetite, 
 were yet more highly prized as an assurance that, though absent, he was not 
 forgotten; and then he assures the old father and mother that he is well and 
 hearty, and hopes soon to be home and help them on the farm, and bids 
 them not worry about him ! Alas ! alas ! at the very time these parents 
 were reading poor George's letter, he lay stiff and cold on the field of Stone 
 River! Oh, what anguish, think you, was there in such a conjuncture ! To 
 be reading one moment these cheering words from the dear boy and the 
 next, to know that he was dead and that they will never see him again in 
 this world, that the stay and hope of their old age has been suddenly taken 
 away, without one farewell, that they cannot even look upon his mangled 
 form, that he has been hastily buried, without one prayer ; and that even 
 the spot where he sleeps they can never see or know ! 
 
 One spirit pervades all these letters, whether written by officers or pri- 
 vateswhether by men of culture, or the sons of toil. They all breathe the 
 spirit of patriotic devotion to the country. While the writers are evidently 
 not in love with their calling, as such, while they take no pleasure in ex- 
 posing their own lives, or seeking the destruction of their enemies, yet 
 they all express the determination, cheerfully to endure every hardship, 
 privation and peril, until victory crowns the cause of the Uni^n.
 
 PART FIRST. 
 
 HOME RECORD 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 HOME HISTORY DURING THE YEARS 1861 AND 1862. 
 
 Introductory First Public Meeting A Remarkable Sabbath First 
 Meeting for Enlistment First Volunteer First Company Second Meeting 
 Second Company Great Uprising Lockport and Plainfield Batteries 
 The Army at Home Clergy Meeting of Supervisors Judge Douglas in 
 Joliet Camp Goodell A Patriot Mother Recruits pour in One who was 
 too Large 20th Regiment Enthusiasm Regimental Election Death of 
 Douglas Funeral Observances in Joliet A Strong Contrast Wedding in 
 Camp 20th Regiment Leaves Activity in other Towns Wilmington 
 Yates Phalanx Homer Lockport Capt. Felter's Cavalry Company Some 
 Citizens go to see the Elephant A Joliet Boy Keith's Battery Dr. Dan- 
 forth changes his Weapons Recruiting in Eastern Towns Meeting of Su- 
 pervisors Will County in N. Y. 7th Recruiting for Y. S. S. Sensation at 
 Wilmington Company I, 46th Regiments-Companies K and F, 8th Cav. 
 Other Enlistments Good News More Good News and Bad News Colonel 
 Erwin's Funeral 22d February More News Shiloh More Funerals- 
 Call for 300,000 more Effect in Will County Twelve Companies being En- 
 listed War Meetings Supervisors Meet Bounties Patriotic Mothers 
 100th Regiment Election at Camp Erwin 90th Regiment Other Enlist- 
 mentsMysterious Disappearance War Poet 100th leaves Home Guards 
 Supervisors Meet More News More Funerals Some Citizens interview 
 Morgan An Officer of the 100th meets his fate How 1862 closed. 
 
 1832, SOUTH CAROLINA undertook to nullify the execu- 
 tion of the laws of the United States within her borders. 
 Fortunately for the country, at that time, a man and a hero 
 occupied the executive chair, and so prompt and energetic was his 
 action, that SOUTH CAROLINA concluded to postpone the task she 
 had undertaken to a more convenient season.
 
 16 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 In December 1860, SOUTH CAROLINA, by a solemn act of her 
 convention, dissolved her connection with the United States, and 
 declared herself an independent and sovereign state. From words 
 she soon proceeded to acts of treason and defiance ot federal 
 authority. Her opportunity had come, for now a weak and tim- 
 orous old man sat in the executive chair, who never dared to lift 
 a finger for the preservation of the Union, or the maintainance of 
 the Federal rights, but sat in stupid imbecility, while members of 
 his own cabinet, senators and representatives, were plotting trea- 
 son and inaugurating measures which- should render helpless, not 
 only himself, but his successor; and while one after another, traitors 
 took possession of federal forts, arsenals, mints, custom houses, 
 and munitions of war. 
 
 Those were dark and gloomy days, when every patriot heart 
 was sad. How well we remember them ! The country seemed 
 for the time almost paralyzed by the blow of treason. But not 
 for long. And yet, how little did we realize what was to follow 
 through the long years of the rebellion ! 
 
 All over the Northern States public meetings were held to con- 
 sider the crisis, and to make an expression of public sentiment, so 
 emphatic that it should reach the executive ear, and strengthen the 
 executive spinal column, and induce action suited to the exigency. 
 
 On January 30th, 1861, a public meeting, irrespective of party, 
 was held at the court house in Joliet, at which H. N. Marsh, Esq., 
 was chosen chairman. The meeting was addressed by W. C. 
 Goodhue, W. T. Jones, T. Q. Hildebrant, Jesse O. Norton, J. E. 
 Streeter, and others, and resolutions were passed in favor of the 
 preservation of the Union, and the enforcement of the laws. But, 
 although this was the "Banner City," and although many of those 
 who took part in the meeting were the political friends of the 
 executive, and had helped to place him in the presidential chair, 
 the meeting did not seem to have the least effect upon the weak 
 old man. All its eloquence and enthusiasm seemed to be wasted. 
 Indeed I think it quite probable that he never heard of it let us 
 charitably believe so certainly he did not enforce the laws any 
 better, but let the ship of state drift, drift on, toward the fatal 
 rocks of disunion, until the fourth of March, when he stepped 
 down from the helm he had held with so feeble a grasp, and
 
 HOME HISTORY. 17 
 
 handed over to his successor the ship of state, with nearly half her 
 crew in mutiny. 
 
 What a sabbath was April 14th, 1861 ! when we received the 
 startling news that Fort Sumter had surrendered to traitors, and 
 that the hateful Palmetto flag the emblem of treason and oppres- 
 sion had displaced the stars and stripes, and now floated over its 
 ruins ! Never were the words of Webster : " there are no sabbaths 
 in revolutionary times," so well illustrated. People on their way 
 to church, hearing the news, forgot their errand and the day, and 
 gathered at the street corners, and discussed the situation. Minis- 
 ters preached to dull ears, and scantily filled pews, except such as 
 had the tact to throw aside their preparations, and seize upon the 
 theme of the hour. One of our citizens, a retired clergyman, on 
 hearing the news, took down his rusty rifle, cleaned it up, mould- 
 ed a lot of bullets, and then went down the river a mile or so, and 
 refreshed his practice in gunnery by shooting at a mark. Having 
 satisfied himself that he had not lost his skill, he inarched back in 
 line of battle, with his gun loaded and capped, ready for the com- 
 bat ! After which he retired upon his laurels ! 
 
 The news reached the quiet village of Plainfield about noon. 
 McAllister's old gun was at once taken to the common, and vigor- 
 ously fired. The bells were rung, the Congregational Church was 
 thrown open to the people, and the re-organization of the bat- 
 tery on a war basis, was at once commenced, and, as we shall see 
 by and by was soon on its way to Cairo. 
 
 On Wednesday succeeding (April 17th), on receipt of the call 
 of the President for 75,000 men to "suppress the combinations which 
 had been made against the laws of the United States," a meeting 
 was held at the court house, Mayor Bowen in the chair. The 
 meeting was called for the purpose of expressing public opinion, 
 and for taking preliminary steps toward forming a company to de- 
 fend the stars and stripes. The court house was filled to over- 
 flowing. A committee was appointed to draft resolutions, and the 
 meeting was addressed in stirring speeches by Snapp, Bowen 
 Streeter, Breckenridge, and others. But it was felt that the crisis 
 called for something more than words. A paper pledging those 
 who signed it to enlistment in defense of the government was drawn 
 up, and an opportunity was given to any who were willing to do
 
 18 HOME HISTOEY. 
 
 so, to sign. A young lawyer of the name of FREDERICK A. BAR- 
 TLESON, sprang to his feet, and after a brief and eloquent speech, 
 walked up to the table, with the remark that he would ask no one 
 to do what he was not willing to do himself, signed his name as the 
 first volunteer in our city and county. This act was received with 
 cheers long and loud. We heard something more of this young 
 lawyer during the next three or four years, and we shall have 
 something more to say of him elsewhere. Others followed his 
 example the same night to the number of twenty-seven. The 
 meeting then adjourned until Friday of the same week. Meanwhile,, 
 the ground having been taken by many citizens of the state, (the 
 same ground taken by James Buchanan) that the general govern- 
 ment had no power to coerce a state, an informal meeting had been 
 called of the Supreme Court of Illinois, to give an advisory opinion 
 on the question, and a committee had been appointed at a meeting 
 of our democratic citizens to go to Springfield, and hear and report 
 their opinion. This committee, of which T. Q. Hildebrant was a 
 prominent member, returned from their mission on Friday night, 
 and were met at the St. Louis Depot, and escorted to the court 
 house. Hildebrant, having got to the rostrum by being passed 
 over the heads of the crowd, reported the decision of the court to- 
 be "that the government clearly had the right, inasmuch as such a 
 right was essential to its own existence." The announcement was 
 received with loud demonstrations of satisfaction, and was hailed by 
 all parties as removing all doubts as to the duty of the hour. The 
 usual amount of patriotic speeches were made, and patriotic songs 
 were sung, and a committee of six, viz : Alex. Mclntosh, A. 
 McNerney, T. Hatton, F. Mack, J. Kelly and Wm. Adara, was 
 appointed to raise funds for the benefit of the families of the vol- 
 unteers. Also a committee, consisting of R. E. Goodell, Judge 
 McRoberts, and C. E. Munger, to procure uniforms and outfit. 
 
 A resolution was also passed calling upon the county clerk to 
 issue a call for a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors. At 
 the close of this meeting the roll of the company which had been 
 headed by Bartleson was filled. It took the name of "Union Greys," 
 although from its leader and subsequent captain, it was familiarly 
 known as Bartleson's Company. At this meeting, also, T. Q. Hilde- 
 brant, Esq., a well-known lawyer, and politically a Douglas demo-
 
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 crat, announced that he should open an enlistment roll the next 
 morning at the court house, Wm. Erwin, who had served in the 
 Mexican war, having also taken some steps for the enlistment of a 
 company of volunteers the two, Erwin and Hildebrant, joined 
 their efforts, and in three days the roll was nearly full. 
 
 Public meetings were now held almost every evening, our 
 city and county doing its full share in " the great uprising " which 
 characterized the time. Nothing was talked of or thought of but 
 war, although as yet the government had not waked up to a full 
 appreciation of the crisis, and secretary Seward still talked of set- 
 tling the matter "in sixty days." In pursuance of the recom- 
 mendation of the meeting of the 19th, the clerk issued a call for a 
 special meeting of the Board of Supervisors on the 30th of April. 
 By April 27th sufficient names had been enrolled to form two 
 companies; one had selected F. A. Bartleson as captain, and the 
 other William Erwin. T. Q. Hildebrant cordially united in the 
 choice of Erwin for captain, and was himself chosen 1st lieutenant. 
 Soon afterwards, however, as will be seen, he became captain, and 
 the company was known as Hildebrant's. These companies after- 
 wards became B and F, of the 20th Regt. of Illinois Infantry. 
 
 Meetings were meantime being held in all the towns and ham- 
 lets of the county, and recruits forwarded to Joliet, and the city 
 began to assume quite a warlike appearance. The spirit-stirring 
 drum and fife were heard at all hours, and there was (with few 
 exceptions) scarcely a man that was not willing that his neighbor 
 should enlist. 
 
 The state authorities were fully alive to the situation. On 
 April 19th, Governor Yates ordered Brigadier General Swift to 
 hold Cairo, and such was the importance of this point that trains 
 loaded with impromptu soldiers and with subsistence were quickly 
 on their way from Chicago, and by the 22d six organized compa- 
 nies of infantry and four batteries of artillery arrived at that point, 
 and its possession was secured.. 
 
 Among the first to fly to the defense of Cairo were McAllister's 
 Battery, of Plainfield, and Capt. Hawley's, of Lockport. These 
 companies had been organized some years before as amateur com- 
 panies, and were now quickly available in the emergency. 
 
 Captain Hawley's company placed the first gun in position for
 
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 the defense of Cairo. The Plainfield company was stationed for 
 a few days at the bridge over the Big Muddy, and on arriving at 
 Cairo was mustered into the three months' service as Co. K, and 
 part of Co. I, of the 10th Regt. of 111. Infantry. The Lockport 
 company was never mustered into service of the United States, 
 and only acted as state militia, and although never engaged in 
 actual warfare, it, with others, rendered important service at this 
 critical juncture. 
 
 Cairo was a point of vast importance, and no wiser or more 
 important step was taken during the whole war than the timely 
 occupancy of this point. It saved the southern part of our state 
 from rebel invasion, if not from joining the rebellion. And it was 
 not taken an hour too soon, The sympathies of many in that 
 part of the state were strongly with the rebels. Indeed a regi- 
 ment which was afterwards organized at Anna, the 109th, was 
 disarmed and discharged (except Co. K,) by order of Gen. Grant, 
 on account of it? sympathy with the rebellion. 
 
 This occupancy of Cairo, however, gave great offense to the 
 neutral state of Kentucky and its august Governor. The con- 
 gressman also from the adjacent district in Kentucky took the 
 matter in high dudgeon, and wrote President Lincoln a letter pro- 
 testing against the step ! To this Lincoln dryly replied, that if he 
 had known that Cairo was in the gentleman's district, he would 
 not have done it ! 
 
 On Tuesday, April 23d, the legislature of our state convened 
 in extra session, and a bill was passed for the organization of ten 
 regiments, one from each of the nine congressional districts, and 
 one to be composed of volunteers already assembled at Springfield, 
 and an appropriation of $300,000 was made for war purposes. 
 The war department had, on the same day that the president issued 
 his proclamation for 75,000 militia, called upon this state for six 
 regiments of infantry, and these were speedily raised, and were 
 known as the three months' men numbered 7 to 12 inclusive. 
 
 Meanwhile our women were not idle. Foreseeing that there 
 would be work for them to do, they early organized soldiers' aid 
 societies, for the purpose of supplying sanitary and hospital stores 
 and appliances, and for looking after the wants of those families 
 whose husbands and brothers should enlist. And here let me say,
 
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 that from the first, and all along through the dreary years of the 
 war, our women, in common with those of all parts of the north, 
 were unwearied in their labors and self-denying sacrifices to add to 
 the health and comfort of the soldier on the field and in the hospi- 
 tal. No roster preserves the names of those who, as officers or 
 privates, formed " THE GRAND ARMY AT HOME," and who gave 
 their time, money, labors and prayers to this holy cause. No his- 
 toric page emblazons their names or tells the story of their suffer- 
 ings and trials, of their labors and achievements in behalf of the 
 country and its absent defenders. Some, indeed, enlisted as nurses, 
 and braved all the toil and discomforts of the hospital ; and many 
 a wounded and sick soldier has blessed the soft hand that wiped 
 the death-damp from his brow, and gave him the cooling drink, 
 or wrote for him the letter which told his friends at home of his 
 situation. But more plied the needle and the sewing machine, or 
 preserved the fruits and jellies, and other comforts for the sick and 
 wounded, collected money and encouraged their sons and brothers 
 to enlist. Some made good the places of their husbands and sons 
 in the store or office, or on the farm. When husband or son hesi- 
 tated to go because there would be no one to carry on the farm and 
 provide for the family, many a woman has said 
 
 " Go /take your gun and go, John, 
 
 Yes, take your gun and go 
 Ruth can drive the oxen, John, 
 And I can wield the hoe !" 
 
 Their influence in stimulating the stronger sex to enlistments 
 and patriotic sacrifices cannot be overrated. Instinctively they 
 saw the justice of our cause, and were troubled by no constitu- 
 tional scruples as to the duty of the north to uphold the Union at 
 any cost. And having sent forth their husbands and sons into 
 the ranks they determined that they should not be left altogether 
 to the tender mercies of army regulations and governmental 
 resources, but were the first to suggest, and the most active in 
 maintaining the sanitary and Christian commissions, and organizing 
 and conducting fairs. These agencies, so valuable to the cause, 
 soon had their recruiting offices in every town and hamlet of our 
 county. In all the thousand ways in which they so well and so 
 quickly learned how to serve the cause, did the women of Will
 
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 county do their part, all unheralded and unknown. But they 
 have left their record deep written in many a soldier's heart, and 
 verily they shall not lose their reward. And how many of this 
 " grand army at home/' in the course of the four years that followed, 
 were doomed to receive wounds more cruel even than those which 
 their sons, husbands and brothers received upon the field of battle 
 wounds which even now, after the lapse of fifteen years, are not 
 healed ; or, if healed, have left the most frightful scars ! 
 
 The clergy of the city and county were not idle. So far as I 
 know, without an exception, all our pulpits were outspoken for 
 the Union and the suppression of the rebellion. Four, at least, 
 from our county entered the service as chaplains during the course 
 of the war, and in the army were untiring in their efforts for the 
 temporal and spiritual welfare of the volunteers. 
 
 The Board of Supervisors met on the call of the clerk April 
 30th, and appropriated $5,000 for the families of volunteers, and 
 to defray the expenses of enlistment. 
 
 On the first day of May, Judge Douglas passed through this 
 city on his way to Chicago, and from the rear platform of the train 
 addressed the thousands which had assembled to greet him. He 
 had, on invitation, addressed the assembled legislature of the state, 
 on the 25th of April, upon the crisis, and in no doubtful language 
 had given his views as to the duty of all patriots to uphold the 
 government in the exigency, and to sink all political and party dif- 
 ferences ; and now he repeated the same sentiments to the assembled 
 crowd in Joliet. Fifteen days before, the telegraph had flashed 
 from Washington these noble words : " Without having been 
 consulted, or endorsing any particular measure, I am for my coun- 
 try, and against all assailants." His speech in Joliet was thoroughly 
 patriotic. He advised his party friends, supporters and admirers, 
 of whom there were many in this city probably a majority to 
 rally to the support of the administration, and to forget all minor, 
 all party considerations, until the authority of the government 
 and the laws were fully re-established. This was the last time 
 the voice of Judge Douglas was heard in Joliet, for, after making 
 one more speech in Chicago, of like significance, in the " old wig- 
 wam," where his successful competitor for the presidency had been
 
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 nominated, he betook himself sick and exhausted to his bed, from 
 which he never rose again ! 
 
 It would be impossible to overrate the influence and the import- 
 ance of these last utterances of this gifted statesman of Illinois. 
 Even in the minds of those who had been his bitter political 
 enemies, they obliterated the memory of those acts and sayings for 
 which, hitherto, they had not been stinted in their censure. 
 
 A camp was established, under the direction of the state authori- 
 ties, on the old fair grounds, on the well-known Stevens' place, 
 a beautiful and appropriate location, having on it fine, shady oak 
 openings, an abundant spring of pure water, and buildings already 
 erected sufficient for headquarters and offices. To these, company 
 barracks were quickly added, and the camp received the name of 
 "Camp Goodell," after a well-known, active and patriotic citizen. 
 
 To this camp the two companies which had been organized in 
 Joliet, and the others which were by this time arriving from other 
 counties in the district, were sent, and by Saturday evening of May 
 llth, a full regiment of men, which afterward came to be known 
 as the 20th regiment of Illinois Infantry, of which something 
 more was heard afterwards, and of which more will be related in 
 its proper place, was in camp ; and the spot which had heretofore 
 been appropriated to the uses of agriculture, and the arts of peace, 
 was now alive with the din and clash of warlike preparation. 
 Men were now reversing the prophetic* scripture, and turning 
 their scythes into swords and their pruning-hooks into bayonets. 
 
 All the towns in the county were now alive with excitement 
 and were engaged in encouraging enlistments and in raising funds 
 for the aid societies. 
 
 Especially in Joliet the excitement was intense. It was almost 
 impossible to resist the impulse to enlist. One young man from 
 the town of Reed, happening to be in the city, was so carried away 
 with the enthusiasm that, without waiting to consult with his 
 widowed mother, he enrolled his name among the defenders of 
 the country. Instead of meeting the rebuke which he feared, he 
 received from her the following God-speed : 
 
 " MY DEAR SON : I have been informed that you have enlisted 
 in defense of our country. It does seem as though I could not let
 
 24 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 you go without seeing you again. But I feel that you are in a 
 good cause. Do honor to yourself and your country, and do not 
 turn your back upon the bullets, and may God bless and keep 
 you." 
 
 A boy with such a mother, we may well believe, made a good 
 soldier. And how many such mothers there were all over the 
 land, who, all unknown, gave proof of heroism not inferior to that 
 which their sons displayed upon the field of battle. For, when 
 a mother sends forth her son to the hazards of war, she perils a 
 life far dearer than her own. 
 
 On the 6th of May thirteen recruits came in for Capt. Erwin's 
 company, from the town of Frankfort. One more had agreed to 
 come, but failed to do so ; not, however, because he became cow- 
 ardly or faint-hearted, but purely for conscientious reasons, as his 
 letter, written to Mrs. Holden, one of the active women of the 
 time in that burgh, will abundantly show. I give it, not only in 
 justice to the individual himself, but to show that we who stayed 
 at home might be, and in many instances were, as conscientious 
 and patriotic as those who enlisted. Here is the letter verbatim et 
 literatim et punctuatim : 
 
 " My dear friend I sined my name Down to gow with you to 
 enlist but Mrs. Holden there is something like a hundred and they 
 only wanted sixty-nine but there was danger of me becos I was a 
 large man that stroke my mind and for me to gow and crowd out 
 others I theught that was not rite sow I prayed to my God three 
 times for him to give mee wisdom and for him to direct my mind 
 what to do and god gave me wisdom that it was not for me to gow 
 and crowd others so may god speed you I prayed in sincerity and 
 god answer my prayer sow good-bye." 
 
 Ah ! who can tell what struggles it may have cost the writer 
 of this letter to give tip his dreams of glory, and his a*mbition to 
 serve his country, "becos he was a large man and might crowd out 
 others ! " But such abnegation was not rare in those days! Many 
 of us were altogether too large to go into the ranks, and were only 
 fit for colonels or generals, and therefore were compelled to stay at 
 home. But we have no chronicler, and the world will never 
 know what struggles it cost us.
 
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 Companies having now arrived from eight other counties in 
 the district, one each from Kendall, Livingston, McLean, Putnam, 
 Kankakee, Iroquois, Champaign and Dewitt, a regiment was organ- 
 ized of these, and the two companies from Will, and was, as I have 
 already said, known as the 20th Regiment of 111. Infantry. A 
 full roster of the officers and muster roll of the men, from this 
 county, will be found elsewhere, and a condensed history of its 
 campaigns and battles. As we shall see, it soon became known as 
 the " fighting regiment," and the " glorious 20th," names richly 
 earned on many a battle-field. I will state here, that during the 
 course of its history, our county was represented in the 20th regi- 
 ment by 24 commissioned officers and 314 enlisted men ; a num- 
 ber which justifies us in giving the history of the regiment as part 
 of the war record of Will county. 
 
 The excitement continued after it was uuderstood that the 20th 
 regiment was full. It was felt that other calls would follow, and 
 that other sacrifices must be made, before we should be through 
 with the war. Business was a secondary consideration, and to aid 
 in furthering preparation for the conflict which had been forced 
 upon the country, was the grand object in which (as a general 
 rule) all men and women, of all parties and creeds, heartily united. 
 A'large share of those who enlisted at this time, and subsequently, 
 had been the political opponents of the administration. Captains 
 Erwin and Hildebrant had been captains of companies of the 
 " Ever Readys " in the then late presidential campaign ; but now 
 they threw aside party badges for the stars and stripes, and enlisted 
 to serve under that commander whose election they had so lately 
 opposed. The democrats of Joliet took down the hickory pole 
 which had stood through the political campaign on the public 
 square, gay with streamers and flags emblazoned with party watch- 
 words and devices, and erected it in Camp Goodell, and run up the 
 stars and stripes. The school houses, hotels, printing offices, shops 
 and private houses everywhere, with few exceptions, displayed the 
 patriotic bunting. 
 
 I am not sure that those who had been political opponents of 
 the administration hitherto, and did not even now endorse all its 
 measures, are not entitled to greater credit, in thus throwing aside 
 
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 their prejudices and joining heartily in sustaining the administra- 
 tion, than those who had been all along its political supporters. 
 
 On the 15th of May, the regimental election was held at Camp 
 Goodell. In this election our city took a deep interest. It was 
 the expectation of our companies, and of our citizens, that our own 
 citizen and soldier, Erwin, would be chosen Colonel. He had 
 served with honor in the Mexican war, and had assisted in organ- 
 izing and drilling the men, and none had higher claims to the 
 office. Will county, also, had furnished two full companies, and 
 might fairly claim the honor. But there was considerable compe- 
 tition for the office. Among others, it was said at the time, that 
 our (then) representative in congress was willing to serve the dis- 
 trict in war, as he had in peace. But the successful competitor 
 was C. C. Marsh, who had assisted in the organization of the camp, 
 and was appointed by Gov. Yates its commander, and who had 
 some military education. I do not know exactly whence the influ- 
 ence came which thus controlled the election, and made the men 
 willing to accept of a man altogether outside of the organization, 
 and of the district as well. This, however, I believe, was true, 
 that as so many regiments were in process of formation all over 
 the state, and as the general government had called for, and would 
 (at the time) accept only of six regiments, the question began to be 
 doubtful whether the 20th would be able to get into the service ; 
 and it was urged that Col. Marsh, or his friends, had some myste- 
 rious influence which would secure to the regiment an early muster 
 into the service of " Uncle Samuel." Be that as it may, he was 
 duly elected Colonel, and our candidate, Erwin, was made Lieut. 
 Colonel. J. W. Goodwin, the 1st Lieutenant of Co. B, was made 
 Major. He had seen some service in the regular army. 
 
 On the 22d of May, the president, without waiting the assem- 
 bling of congress, it having become apparent that more than 75,000 
 men, and more than 60 days, would be required to subdue the 
 " riot," had made another call for 42,032 men, to serve three years, 
 unless sooner discharged. To this call the state of Illinois was 
 asked to furnish six regiments. The people were still a long way 
 in advance of the general-in-chief in their apprehension of the 
 gravity of the situation. Only six regiments of infantry would be 
 accepted from this state, and by this time there were volunteers
 
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 enough, in all the various rendezvous, to make at least twenty. 
 There was difficulty in making the selection, but it was done by 
 the state authorities, and the 20th regiment was one of those that 
 drew a prize. Before Bartleson's company was mustered in, one 
 of the men, W. F. Brightman, had the misfortune to get a broken 
 leg, and thus got his discharge very early. He afterwards entered 
 the service in a Michigan regiment. 
 
 A dragoon company had been partly organized here, but on 
 receipt of the news that the government would accept no more, it 
 disbanded. Many other recruits, disgusted with the peace depart- 
 ment, as they called it in their vexation, returned to their homes. 
 Some entered the service of other states, and helped to fill up their 
 quotas. It took " Bull Run " to wake up the government and 
 the war department to the exigencies of the situation. 
 
 Meanwhile things moved along at Camp Goodell. The regi- 
 ment had got fully organized, and the officers and men were edu- 
 cating themselves for the business in hand, new to most of them. 
 Our citizens took a deep interest in everything relating to the 
 camp, and were frequent visitors. Our ladies furnished in part 
 the uniforms for Capt. Hildebrant's company, and aided in supply- 
 ing rations. R. E. Goodell, Esq., presented the regiment with a 
 fine flag, Judge McRoberts making a presentation speech. 
 
 Although the air was full of rumors, that the regiment would 
 not be accepted, yet on Wednesday, May 14th, they were officially 
 accepted by the war department. 
 
 It will be borne in mind that, at the commencement of the 
 organization, the enlistment was only for three months. The 
 department had therefore asked Col. Marsh if the regiment would 
 enlist " for three years or the war," and the question having been 
 submitted to the men, they responded, with but few exceptions, 
 with a hearty "aye," and, on June 13th, the men were " mustered 
 in " by Captain Pitcher, of the U, S. A. 
 
 Monday, June 3d, the city was draped in mourning for the 
 death of Stephen A. Douglas, and on Tuesday, June 10th, funeral 
 obsequies were observed. All business was suspended, and all 
 classes joined in a sincere and heartfelt tribute to the memory of 
 the gifted statesman. A large and imposing procession, composed 
 of citizens, the various civic societies, and the 20th regiment, with
 
 28 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 a funeral car, &c., formed at the court house square, and marched 
 to Camp Goodell, where an eloquent eulogy was pronounced by 
 Judge Randall, and other appropriate services were had. 
 
 And now was illustrated, in a marked manner, the fact that 
 sadness and joy, gloom and pleasure, walk side by side, and jostle 
 each other in the drama of life. For, as it was in the days of 
 Noah, and at the siege of Jerusalem, and is now, and probably 
 always will be in this world, so, even in this solemn day of our 
 country's history, " they married and were given in marriage ;" 
 and hence it came to pass, that the solemn scene of which we have 
 just spoken, gave place on the next day to one of altogether 
 another character. The black funeral train the solemn dirge 
 the measured tread, and beat of drum, gives place to a gay caval- 
 cade, flaunting colors, and the merry laugh of the light-hearted. 
 Suddenly the music changes " from grave to gay," for now a wed- 
 ding is on the tapis. This wedding is part of our military history 
 and must be related. It was an agreeable episode in the graver 
 life of the camp, varying its tedium and monotony, and relieving 
 the mind of the oppressive sense of the transitory nature of human 
 hopes and ambitions, which were awakened by the scenes of the 
 day before. 
 
 The parties to this wedding were the gallant major of the regi- 
 ment, John W. Goodwin, and Miss Jennie Dalton, one of Joliet's 
 most beautiful and lovely maidens. And most appropriate for 
 such a ceremony was the time and place selected. It was an 
 evening in the month of June the month of roses mid- June, when 
 the moon nearly at its full illumined with its gentle radiance the 
 campus, throwing a most bewitching glamour over the scene, and, 
 as it shone through the scattered oaks, checkered the ground with 
 a mosaic more beautiful than any ever designed by human hands. 
 No carpeted saloon, however gorgeous in upholstery and brilliant 
 with gaslight, could equal it in beauty. The ceremony took place 
 in front of headquarters. The regiment was first drawn up in line, 
 as on dress parade, and then formed in a hollow square, enclosing 
 the gentlerfien and ladies from the city, who had come thither on 
 foot, on horseback, and in carriages, to witness the ceremony, 
 which, common as it is, is always interesting, and which was now 
 a novel one in respect to time, and place, and surroundings. In
 
 HOME HISTORY. 29 
 
 due time the principals made their entree with Chaplain Button, 
 and supported by Captain DeWolf and Miss Anna Stevens, and 
 Captain Hildebrant and lady, all mounted. The beautiful bride 
 was tastefully dressed in a riding habit of blue silk, with zouave 
 cap and feather, while a sash of red, white and blue, passing across 
 her snowy shoulders and lingering for a moment about her slender 
 waist, fell upon her horse's side. The major was dressed in the 
 full uniform of his rank, and was a fine specimen of manly beauty 
 and of martial ease and grace. As they made their appearance, 
 the square opened to receive them, the men gave the military 
 salute, and then, amid silence unbroken save by the gentle rustle 
 of the leaves in the evening breeze, the few words of the ceremony 
 which linked two lives together were quickly spoken, and the 
 parties pronounced man and wife. A brief prayer of blessing 
 followed, and then the boys broke forth into three rousing cheers 
 that made the welkin ring, and the band broke forth into jubilant 
 music. The parties then rode around the square, and received the 
 hearty congratulations of the crowd, and the hearty good wishes 
 of all, and then took the lead in the march of the gay cavalcade 
 back to the city. Altogether, it was a scene which seemed to bring 
 back the days of chivalry. One could almost fancy it a chapter 
 taken out of Ivanhoe. And here, like the novelist, we take our 
 leave of the happy pair. In many cases, no doubt, this is the best 
 place to take leave, while the glamour of romance is still over the 
 scene, and everything is lovely ! 
 
 On the 1 7th of June, another flag presentation occurred at the 
 camp, when the ladies of Joliet presented Co. F, Capt. Hildebrant, 
 with a beautiful flag. The speech on this occasion was made in 
 behalf of the ladies by J. E. Streeter, Esq., and the reply was 
 made by the gallant captain of the company. 
 
 The day following (June 19th), the 20th regiment left Camp 
 Goodell, bound for Alton. Before leaving, it was paid off by 
 Alexander Mclntosh, Esq., acting as paymaster. It is perhaps 
 worth mentioning that this payment was made in specie and was 
 the last glimpse we had of the precious metals from that day even 
 until now. At six o'clock p. m,, the boys bade adieu to Camp 
 Goodell, which had been their home for something over a month, 
 and took their march for the St. Louis depot. There they were
 
 30 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 met by the Joliet Cornet Band, and a large concourse of citizens, 
 many of the friends and relatives of the boys, who were now going 
 forth to test their endurance and courage on many a weary march, 
 and in many a sanguinary conflict with the enemies of the Union. 
 It was a scene of mingled joy and sorrow, huzzas and sighs. 
 Mothers parted from their sons, wives from husbands, sisters from 
 brothers, and sweethearts from lovers, and none, even the most 
 indifferent, could look on unaffected. Handkerchiefs did double 
 duty, now fluttering in the air, as fair hands waved their farewells, 
 and now wiping from loved faces the gathering tears. As we 
 shall follow the 20th elsewhere in its course, we shall find, alas ! 
 that many of these partings were final. 
 
 The camp at the fair grounds was now vacant for a while, and 
 silence reigned where so lately all had been noise and bustle. 
 
 Other towns were active. A company was organized at Wil- 
 mington by Capt. (afterwards Major) Munn, and, at Wilmington 
 and vicinity, another by Captain Hooker, known as the Florence 
 Rifles. These became companies A and E of the 39th Regt. of 
 Illinois Infantry, popularly known as the Yates Phalanx, the 
 scene of whose exploits was in Virginia, Maryland, and South 
 Carolina. In this regiment our county was represented by 19 
 commissioned officers and 200 enlisted men, a fact which will 
 demand some mention of its history in its proper place. 
 
 The city of Wilmington was early active. Mr. M. N. M. 
 Stewart, and others, commenced immediately on the first call to 
 raise a cavalry company, and it was fast filling up, when, learning 
 that there was no probability that it would be accepted, it was dis- 
 banded, and the members went, many of them, into other organ- 
 izations. Stewart joined the independent company which was 
 raised in Chicago, known as " Barker's Dragoons," which served 
 four months, six weeks at Cairo, and then in Western Virginia, 
 as McClellan's escort. Stewart divides with Bartleson the honor 
 of being the first recruit from Will county, having enlisted at 
 Chicago the 16th day of April. And here let me anticipate a lit- 
 tle, and say that the people of Wilmington were very active and 
 enthusiastic throughout the war. The ladies very early organized 
 an efficient soldiers' aid society, which held weekly meetings, or 
 sociables, and contributed largely to the cause. And this organ-
 
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 ization continued active and efficient so long as aid was needed. 
 During this time Mrs. A. W. Bowen visited the hospitals at Mur- 
 freesboro, and on her return made an appeal through the county 
 papers, which awakened new zeal in the cause. 
 
 Doctors Bowen and Willard, and R. N. Waterman, Esq., were 
 appointed by the governor to visit Vicksburg, and look after the 
 wants of Our soldiers. Dr. Willard also visited the bloody field 
 of Shiloh in his professional capacity. 
 
 Part of Company G, of the 39th, was also raised in Homer, 
 by Hon. Amos Savage and Oscar F. Rudd, (who were lieutenants, 
 and afterwards captains). Wm. B. Slaughter, formerly pastor of 
 the Methodist church in this city, and stationed at Blue Island at 
 the breaking out of the war, was the first captain of the company. 
 He was a man who could preach the Gospel of Peace, and also 
 fight the gospel of Avar, as his name might indicate. Having a 
 Savage and a Slaughter in command of this company, it of course 
 did some good fighting, as may be seen in its history elsewhere. 
 
 And so passed the summer of 1861. The Lockport company 
 of artillery came home in August, after a four months' service as 
 militia, and also many of the Plainfield Battery, who did not en- 
 list in the battery for three years. Many of both companies entered 
 the service in other organizations. Captain McAllister reorgan- 
 ized his battery at Cairo, and called for recruits from Will county. 
 
 During this month, also, a cavalry company, which became 
 Company D of the 4th Cavalry, Capt. Felter, of Lockport, was 
 raised mostly in this county. The Secretary of War had, in the 
 meantime, after Bull Run, authorized Gov. Yates to accept of all 
 companies which should offer for the three years' service. 
 
 Having by this time sent a good many men to the war, we all 
 felt not only a general interest as citizens in every day's report 
 from the various points occupied by our armies, but a special and 
 personal interest. The daily papers were eagerly devoured morn- 
 ing and evening. How impatient we got at the delay in army 
 movements ! How we railed against the red tape ! How clearly 
 we all saw just what ought to be done ! What accomplished 
 military strategists we became all of a sudden ! especially if we 
 happened to be editors or reporters ! How easily we could break 
 the " back bone of the rebellion," if we only had the ordering of
 
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 affairs, civil and military ! It seemed as easy as managing your 
 neighbor's business, or bringing up his children ! 
 
 During this month, (August) also, four of our distinguished 
 civilians Judge Norton, C. E. Munger, B. F. Russell and J. C. 
 Williams, paid a visit to the 20th regiment, then stationed at Cape 
 Girardeau. They wanted to see how the boys got along, and also 
 to get a glimpse -just a glimpse of the elephant. The boys, 
 you may well believe, were glad to see them. They had their 
 pockets full of currency, and were liberal in dispensing it for the 
 comfort of the boys. While they were there they expressed the 
 wish that Jeff. Thompson would make his appearance, so they 
 could see a little fun. Well, one day scouts came in who reported 
 that Jeff, was approaching the Cape in full force. Here was just 
 what they had been longing for. Bat it not unfrequeutly h:ip;>ein 
 that we are greatly disappointed when our prayers are answered. 
 They took a sober second thought. A seige would be tediou--. 
 They might get short of rations; and our distinguished civilians 
 liked their rations full and regular, as any one may see by taking 
 a look at some who still survive. And tlion, if Jeff, shoukl have 
 artillery their stay might be disagreeable. Those shells and can- 
 non balls had a disagreeable way with them, and might not respect 
 the persons of civilians, however distinguished. And then they 
 were some of them large men and might he in the way, and the 
 military might feel embarrassed at their presence ! The more they 
 thought about it, the plainer it appeared that however anxious 
 they might be to see the elephant, it was their duty to sacrifice 
 their curiosity, and to get to some place where they would not be 
 in the way. So they suggested to Col. Marsh the propriety of 
 chartering one of the boats which lay in the river, and setting them 
 across beyond the jurisdiction of Jeff. Thompson. To this propo- 
 sition Col. Marsh assented, and the distinguished civilians were 
 accordingly landed upon the Illinois side of the river, and having 
 put the broad Mississippi .between them and Jeff., they shook off 
 the dust of their feet as a testimony that they held him and his 
 rebel hordes in utter contempt, and then made their way to the 
 nearest railroad station. As it turned out, however, Jeff, gave the 
 Cape a wide berth. But a better joke happened to one of these 
 distinguished civilians on the way home. They had stopped for
 
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 dinner, and one of their number became so absorbed in his devo- 
 tions to the duty of the hour, that he lingered at the table after the 
 rest of the party had got aboard, and failed entirely to hear the 
 warning whistle, and on walking leisurely out upon the plat- 
 form, was astonished to find no train there, and, on raising his 
 eyes toward the north, saw it rapidly diminishing in the distance. 
 Here was a situation indeed ! He did not swear at least I don't 
 think he did for he was a good Baptist deacon, but he thought 
 very hard and very fast. He was decidedly disgusted with the 
 situation. He examined his pocket book and found that he had 
 paid out his last currency for his dinner and his cigar, and had 
 absolutely nothing left for subsistence or transportation. He had 
 been very generous with the boys at the Cape, and here he was, a 
 hundred and fifty miles or more from Mrs. W. and the children, 
 with empty pockets. He congratulated himself, however, that he 
 was out of Jeff. Thompson's reach, and that he had just laid in 
 rations that would last him twenty- four hours at least. And there 
 I shall be obliged to leave him, for I never heard how he got 
 out of the predicament. All accounts I have been able to gather 
 of the adventure, leave him there with his hands in his pockets, 
 gazing dumbfounded at the fast-vanishing train. But he did get 
 home some way, and afterwards served the country nobly as an 
 officer in the 100th regiment, and never run again, except at Chick- 
 amauga, when his mustang was shot from under him, and he was 
 almost surrounded by the rebs, when, though his legs are not so 
 long as some of his neighbors', he made 2:40 through the woods to 
 Chattanooga, and thus showed for the second time that 
 
 " He who fights and runs away, 
 May live to fight another day." 
 
 The correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, at Cairo, in a letter 
 to that paper some time in August, 1861, giving an account of the 
 fight at Charleston, Missouri, thus speaks of a Joliet boy : 
 
 "A young boy named Hartley Wixom, of Joliet, a body ser- 
 vant of Col. Wallace, of the llth, made a hero of himself, and 
 deserves the most honorable mention. The lad is but fifteen years 
 old, active and intelligent. During the fight he noticed one of the 
 rebel troopers retreating toward him ; quickly lifting his revolver
 
 34 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 (the young chap, by the way, was armed with a navy pistol given 
 him by Col. Wallace,) he fired and brought the rebel to the ground. 
 Running up, he stripped the fellow of his haversack and canteen, 
 and, seizing the horse, led him off to a place of safety as a prize. 
 The young soldier afterwards captured two more horses, and 
 brought them safely off the field. He was very active in his atten- 
 tions to the wounded, bandaging their cuts, and providing for their 
 comfort in various ways. The boys of the 22d are proud of that 
 lad, and he will not fail of making a great man for want of friends 
 to assist him." 
 
 War meetings are again the order of the day. Saturday, Aug. 
 31st, a rousing one was held at the court house, Hon. S. W. Bowen 
 in the chair, A. N. Waterman, secretary. Speeches were made by 
 Bowen, Osgood, Randall, Elder Crews, Norton, Breckenridge, 
 Snapp, &c. The meeting was harmonious, although criticism was 
 freely indulged democrats and republicans cordially sympathizing 
 with the government in its efforts to put down the rebellion, and 
 strong resolutions in support of the government were passed. 
 
 Chaplain Button, of the 20fch, was home early in September, 
 and lectured in the court house, Sept. 17th, giving us the news 
 from the regiment, and his experience in Missouri. He spoke 
 nearly two hours to an interested auditory. Among other things, 
 he said that it was generally conceded that the 20th was the best 
 regiment in the service in Missouri. 
 
 During this month, also, Capt. C. W. Keith was engaged in 
 raising an artillery company in this county, having his headquar- 
 ters at Joliet. This became Battery I of the 2d artillery, and was 
 better known afterwards as Barnett's Battery, a history of which 
 will be found elsewhere. 
 
 About this time, also, Dr, Dan forth laid down the lancet, and 
 took up the larger, if not more deadly weapon the sword and, 
 assisted by Sergeant Grundy and Lieut. Ira D. Swain, engaged in 
 getting up a company of cavalry for the Fremont Hussars. This 
 became Co. F of the 13th cavalry, of which Dr. Danforth was 
 made captain. 
 
 At the same time another company, which became Co. C, 13th 
 cavalry, was being enlisted in the eastern part of the county, of
 
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 which Adam Sachs, of Monee, became captain, and Adolph Schule, 
 of the same place, lieut. Our German citizens seem to have pre- 
 ferred the cavalry branch of the service, although that nationality 
 had its representatives in all our organizations not excepting the 
 Irish Legion ; many having had military training and experience in 
 the " faderland," were all the better prepared to do their part, as 
 they bravely did, for the salvation of their adopted country. 
 
 A meeting of the Board of Supervisors was held Sept. 17th, at 
 which R. E. Goodell, supervisor of the town of Joliet, reported 
 that he had received from the state authorities an auditor's war- 
 rant for $1,579, which amount was refunded to the county for the 
 subsistence of volunteers: which amount was ordered to be placed 
 in the treasury to the credit of the war fund. 
 
 The treasurer was also instructed to pay the bills for the uni- 
 forms of Capt. Erwin's company, amounting to $950. Messrs. 
 Reid, Kahler and Smith, committee to inquire into the needs of 
 the families of soldiers, reported that there would be about sixty 
 families, and about one hundred and twenty children, in need of 
 aid, and that there remained an unexpended balance of $225 of 
 the May appropriation, whereupon a further sum of $3,775 was 
 appropriated for that purpose. The weekly sum of one dollar and 
 twenty-five cents was allowed for the wife, or head of family, and 
 fifty cents for each child under twelve years of age. Such relief 
 was also extended to the families of such as might have lost their 
 lives in the service. 
 
 Sept. 26th was observed as a day of fasting and prayer, in con- 
 formity with the president's proclamation. Union services were 
 held at the Methodist church, and business was generally sus- 
 pended. A sermon was preached by Elder Crews. 
 
 I suppose everybody has heard of the famous N. Y. 7th regi- 
 ment, and knows something of its exploits in the early days of the 
 war. But most of my readers, I presume, will be surprised to 
 learn that Will county can justly claim a share in the glory of its 
 achievements. I was myself greatly surprised when, in the course 
 of my researches, I stumbled upon the fact. But it is as true as 
 it is strange. Our highly esteemed fellow-citizen, Mansfield Young, 
 Esq., (sometimes called " Map," for short) was a member of this 
 renowned regiment, and inasmuch as he was a resident of this
 
 36 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 county, both before and since the war, I think it is no robbery to 
 claim him as our representative, and to insist that the glory of his 
 achievements which were neither few nor small should be put 
 to the credit side of Will county. Although, in a most 
 remarkable manner, he escaped being in any of the great 
 battles of the war, he went through a great many "scrim- 
 mages," and made and received, both on his own hook, and with 
 his company, a great many heavy charges. On one occasion, 
 although not killed, he was buried yes, buried alive for the 
 good of his country ! It happened in this wise : While the regi- 
 ment was debarking from a railway train, the men of his company 
 all heavy men stood drawn up in order of battle upon the 
 platform, ready to make one of their characteristic charges, (there 
 was a restaurant across the street), when suddenly the platform, 
 which had been built over an excavation about ten feet deep, (not 
 having been constructed for such heavy weights), gave way, and 
 the entire company went down out of sight. The captain, who 
 was in the middle of the street, looked around on hearing the noise, 
 and lo ! the company had disappeared as mysteriously as did that 
 of Dathan and Abiram when the earth opened and swallowed them 
 up. Of course, divers wounds, bruises and sprains, more or less 
 serious, was the result. One man had a bayonet thrust through 
 the place where he carried his rations not his haversack. As for 
 our hero, Mr. Young, besides getting his temper sadly out of 
 joint, he suffered a most painful dislocation of the heel of his boot ! 
 As the boot was subsequently heeled, and as our friend ultimately 
 recovered his serenity of temper, and has maintained it ever since, 
 I am happy to say that this is not an obituary notice. 
 
 October, the war meetings are still the order of the day, and 
 enlistments are going forward all over the county for various com- 
 panies and regiments. The Yates Phalanx, in which, as has been 
 said, Will county was largely represented, passed through Joliet, 
 on its way from Chicago to the seat of war, and was warmly 
 greeted by our citizens. Union sociables now became a feature of 
 the times, when men and women, old and young, of all religious 
 and political creeds, got together, and worked, and talked, and 
 sung, and contributed for the good of the cause. 
 
 About this time, (Oct. 1, 1861,) the ci!y of Wilmington enjoyed
 
 HOME HISTORY. 37 
 
 a first-class sensation. This was no less than a visit from the noted 
 correspondent of -the London Times, Dr. W. H. Russell some- 
 times called Bull Run Russell the persistent slanderer of the 
 north, and the apologist for the rebels. Apeing the example of 
 the Prince of Wales, of the year before, he visited "Wilmington, 
 with a retinue of sportsmen and toadies, and recreated himself 
 with a week's pursuit of game in the groves, and on the prai- 
 ries in that vicinity. Not content with doing this on the secular 
 days of the week, he and his friends chose to outrage the pious 
 feelings of the citizens of that city, by continuing their sport upon 
 the sabbath, and thus disturbed the holy meditations and devotions 
 of some who had never been so disturbed before. For this offense 
 against good order, wholesome American law, and Wilmington 
 piety, Dr. Russell was arrested, brought before his honor, Justice 
 Cobb, and mulcted in the sum of three dollars and costs. 
 
 It is to be hoped that this severe, but justly merited discipline, 
 worked at least an outward reformation in the morals and manners 
 of this proud representative of " the Thunderer," and gave him a 
 wholesome respect for Illinois law and Wilmington justice. It is 
 also to be hoped that the citizens of Wilmington still retain their 
 zeal for the sanctity of the sabbath ! 
 
 In this month, also, a recruiting officer was here procuring 
 recruits for the 64th regiment, known as the Yates Sharpshooters. 
 Fred. W. Matteson, formerly a Joliet boy, son of ex-Gov. Matte- 
 son, held the rank of major in this regiment, and was active in 
 getting recruits here. A little later, in November, Capt. Grover 
 recruited his company for this regiment, and J. S. Reynolds, Ward 
 Knickerbocker, and others, recruited men in other parts of the 
 county for the same. Later in the war, in 1864, Captain Logan 
 raised a company, in this county, for the same regiment. Will 
 county had in all in this regiment 17 commissioned officers and 
 about 300 enlisted men. Its history, and the full roster of officers 
 and muster roll of the men from this county, will be given in its 
 proper place. It was only in this regiment that Will county can 
 claim the honor of a General, although we had men worthy of the 
 honor in other regiments. Lt. Col. J. S. Reynolds, of New Lenox, 
 the son of one of our oldest Hickory Creek families, who entered the 
 regiment as 2d lieutenant of Co. F, and rose to lieutenant colonel,
 
 38 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 was breveted brigadier general toward the close of the war, for 
 conspicuous skill and bravery at the battle of Bentonville. Par- 
 ties from other states were also trying to enlist men, but Governor 
 Yates soon issued his proclamation prohibiting recruiting for 
 organizations of other states. 
 
 Lieut. O'Kane, of the 23d, known as Mulligan's, or the Irish 
 Brigade, also opened an office in Joliet, and obtained some recruits. 
 During the fall of 1861, also, Co. I, of the 46th regiment, was 
 raised in the town of Plainfield, of which Charles P. Stimpson was 
 captain, and James Ballard 1st lieutenant. About 60 men enlisted 
 from that patriotic town. 
 
 At the same time, Co. K of the 8th (Farnsworth's) cavalry, 
 was raised largely from the towns of Plainfield and Wheatland, 
 while Co. F, of the same regiment, was principally raised in Crete 
 and other eastern towns. Over thirty of our German citizens from 
 Crete also enlisted in Co. D, of the 9th cavalry, and, during the 
 winter, the town of Channahon furnished fifteen men for the 10th 
 cavalry. Thirty-six men, from various parts of the county, also 
 joined the 53d regiment, Col. Cushman, of Ottawa. 
 
 During the season the people often turned out to see different 
 regiments passing through on the railroads for the seat of war. 
 Among others, Col. Kellogg's Cavalry Regiment, from Michigan, 
 passed through in November. Coming in on the Cut-Off, they 
 were treated to a collation at the depot, by our whole-souled and 
 patriotic citizen, Calvin Knowlton, Esq. In this regiment was 
 a Joliet boy, Harmon F. Nicholson, who afterwards rose to the 
 rank of Major, and made a very efficient and brave soldier and 
 officer. And this was another instance in which patriotism got the 
 better of party ism. 
 
 In October, 1861, George R. Dyer, of Joliet, received the ap- 
 pointment of quartermaster in the volunteer service, with therank 
 of captain, and was stationed at Pilot Knob, Mo. 
 
 In the latter part of October we were made proud by receiving 
 the news of the battle of Fredericktown, in which the 20th got 
 their first taste of war in earnest, and in which they won their 
 first honors, and spilled the first blood, an account of which will 
 be given in the history of the regiment. Happily, in this instance 
 our joy was not abated by any list of casualities.
 
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 There was nothing of special interest in our county history 
 during the winter of 1861-2, until the movements of Grant against 
 Forts Henry and Donaldson. Knowing that the 20th regiment, 
 and also McAllister's Battery, were in the movement, we felt a 
 special as well as a general interest in the expedition. And when 
 we heard of the success of the expedition in the taking of Fort 
 Donaldson, there were of course great rejoicings. These, however, 
 were sadly dampened when we heard that Col. Erwin had fallen 
 in the struggle. A public meeting was immediately called, and 
 measures taken for receiving and rendering due honors to his re- 
 mains. In due time they arrived in charge of Major Bartleson, 
 whereupon funeral services were held at the Methodist Church, 
 from which a large procession escorted the remains to the Rock 
 Island depot, and a large committee of citizens accompanied them 
 to Ottawa, where they were interred. The common council of the 
 oity also passed appropriate resolutions and attended the funeral 
 services in a body. 
 
 The 22d of February was observed by the citizens of Joliet, 
 in an unusually interesting manner. There were religious services 
 in the Methodist church, and afterwards a meeting at the court 
 house, where an eloquent oration on the life and character of 
 Washington was delivered by Judge Parks. The matter of special 
 interest was the appearance of Bartleson, and the enthusiasm with 
 which he was received. The sight of the man who was just from 
 the bloody field of Donaldson, in which he had taken an active 
 and heroic part, awakened the most intense enthusiasm. Being 
 conducted to the stand he made a thrilling speech ; in the course 
 of which he gave a graphic account of the battle. Soon the pri- 
 soners taken at Fort Donaldson began to pass through the city on 
 their way to Camp Douglas. Crowds of our citizens were, of 
 course, attracted to the depot to take a look at the conquered rebs. 
 They were, however, treated courteously and kindly, and in con- 
 versation expressed their surprise at the humane manner in which 
 they had been treated since the surrender. 
 
 Among the killed at Donaldson were James Bassett, of this 
 city, who had been shot in the head and killed instantly. The 
 oommon council of the city procured the bringing home of the 
 body, and the funeral took place at the Methodist church, and a
 
 40 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 respectable burial was given it at Oakwood. A donation party 
 for the benefit of the bereaved family was held in the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, Friday evening, February 28th. The common 
 council of the city at its meeting February 19th, had, on motion 
 of alderman Howk, passed a resolution appointing a committee to 
 expend whatever money might be necessary in procuring the bodies 
 of those killed at Fort Donaldson, and necessary relief for their 
 families. 
 
 The interest of our citizens was soon turned to Island No. 10, 
 in the expedition against which our county was represented by 
 Capt. Grover's company, and others in the 64th, and Capt. Keith's 
 Battery. 
 
 Early in April we received the news of its surrender, and al- 
 most simultaneously we received the news of the great battle of 
 Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, fought the 6th and 7th of April. 
 The account of this battle, in its general aspects and results, has 
 been frequently given in the histories of the war, and its general 
 features are familiar to all well informed persons. So far as it 
 affected our own county, the details will be found in the history of 
 the 20th Regiment and McAllister's Battery, both of which bore 
 an honorable part in the two days' struggle. On hearing of this 
 battle our fellow-citizens, George Woodruff, William Tonner, B. 
 F. Russell, Otis Hardy, J. T. McDougall, and others, together 
 with Dr. A. L. McArthur, left for the scene, to look after the dead 
 and wounded from our county, Dr. McArthur, and Dr. E. R. Wil- 
 lard, of Wilmington, going in a professional capacity. Soon after, 
 we also heard of the death, from typhoid fever, brought on by 
 exposure at Donaldson, of Albert S. Randall, son of Judge Ran- 
 dall, of this city, a member of Co. F, 20th 111. 
 
 Among other casualties of this battle, was the loss by Major 
 Bartleson of his left arm. Lieut. Cleghorn was also severely 
 wounded in the arm. Other casualties are noted in the history of 
 the 20th, and of McAllister's battery. I must, however, mention 
 here the fact that all accounts spoke in the highest praise of the 
 efforts of Chaplain Button in behalf of the wounded, although suf- 
 fering himself from sickness brought on by exposure at Donald- 
 son. He attended unweariedly upon the wounded, carrying fence 
 rails to build them fires, and working until he fell down exhausted.
 
 HOME HISTORY. 41 
 
 In the list of wounded in McAllister's battery, I find the name 
 of " George Woodruff." Now, I am pretty sure this was not our 
 friend, the banker, as he did not start for the scene until the battle 
 was over, and I don't think it was George H. Woodruff, the drug- 
 ger, for he kept at a safe distance all through the war, and I have 
 often heard him admit that he could never " bide the smell of 
 powder." On examination, I find that the man was from Indiana. 
 Let us be grateful, however, that the name has been enrolled 
 among the heroes even though it was done by a Hoosier ! 
 
 Nicholas Shaw, son of James Shaw, belonging to the 45th 111., 
 who was taken with other wounded at Shiloh to St. Louis, and 
 who died there from his wounds, April 1 9th, was brought home 
 from that place by his father, and the body deposited in Oakwood. 
 
 The funeral of young Randall took place on the 27th, at the 
 M. E. church, Rev. Mr. Kidd preaching the sermon, at which 
 there was a large attendance. 
 
 Friday evening, April 25th, a serenade' was given to the 
 wounded officers of the 20th, Major Bartleson and Capt. Cleghorn, 
 with speeches, &c. 
 
 Orrin Johnson, of the 57th regiment, Jacob B. Worthingham 
 and Reuben Atkins, of the 20th, were also brought home by their 
 friends, being severely wounded. The remains of James Scanlan, 
 also of Co. B, who died of disease contracted in the service, were 
 also brought home and the funeral held, which was attended by 
 Bartleson, who reported him as a brave soldier. 
 
 Our county was also represented at Donaldson and Shiloh by 
 Co. I, in the 46th regiment, known as the Plainfield company, in 
 which we had three commissioned officers and 55 men, four of 
 whom were killed at Shiloh. 
 
 Sergeant, afterwards Lieut., James F. Branch, who had been 
 home wounded from Donaldson, had just returned to the regiment, 
 and although not fully recovered, he took part in the two days' 
 battle, and bore a heroic part. But the exposure was so great, 
 that he was compelled to return home again to recruit. 
 
 Capt. Grover was home on a brief visit in July, to recuperate. 
 He had been in all the engagements under Pope, and seen much 
 service. He reported that but one of his company had been 
 
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 42 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 killed and four wounded. Alas ! the next time Captain Grover 
 came back, he was brought to be laid in Oakwood ! 
 
 During the last week in June, occurred the terrible battles 
 before Richmond under McClellan, and the retreat to Harrison's 
 Landing, and July 1st, Father Abraham, at the urgent suggestion 
 of the loyal governors of 17 states, called for 300,000 more. It 
 was, alas ! evident that the backbone of the rebellion was still 
 sound. A deep feeling of anxiety pervaded the public mind, and 
 great disappointment at the result of the struggle before Richmond, 
 from which so much had been hoped, for many had expected that 
 Richmond would certainly be taken, and the war closed, at least 
 that the "backbone would be broken." The north was for a 
 moment almost disheartened. But a reaction soon comes on, and 
 fever supervenes, and the country is aroused to new effort and 
 fresh and greater sacrifices. In this feeling our county shares. 
 Immediately, we hear of first one, and then another, of our citi- 
 zens becoming authorized to enlist companies, under the call of 
 the president. Our own governor issues a proclamation, calling 
 upon the citizens of the state to rally at the call. 
 
 In response, we first hear that A. N. Waterman is authorized 
 to raise a company. Next, Mr. Munger follows, and opens an 
 office with Justice Heath, in the old clerk's office, on the corner of 
 the public square. Thomas Hayes, Dan. O'Connor, J. G. Elwood, 
 Dr. Kelly, H. B. Goddard, and ex-sheriff Bartlett, quickly follow. 
 Soon, too, we hear that Dr. Bacon and J. S. McDonald, of Lock- 
 port; Albert H. Amsden, of Dupage; McLaughry, of Homer ; Bur- 
 rell, of Plainfield; Gardner and Bowen, of Wilmington, with others 
 assisting them, are all actively engaged in raising companies. Patri- 
 otic men mostly young men, flock to their standards. A special 
 meeting of the Board of Supervisors is again called, and our city 
 papers urge a liberal appropriation by way of bounty and aid to 
 the families of volunteers. 
 
 War meetings are again the order of the day, and, as Carlyle 
 would say, the flood-gates of gab were opened. Speeches by Good- 
 speed, Parks, Bowen, Randall, Breckenridge, Snapp, Starr, Casey, 
 Norton, Waterman, Father Farrelly, &c., &c. 
 
 If zeal lags, whisperings of a draft to come revives it. The 
 business men of Joliet and Lockport held a meeting and passed
 
 HOME HISTORY. 43 
 
 resolutions calling upon the supervisors to meet and make liberal 
 appropriations. June 23d, 1862, the common council appropri- 
 ated $50 for a sick soldier. Even a common council can do a 
 good thing ! 
 
 The Republican, of that date, says : " W. C. Wood offers a 
 bounty of $100 to the first company that is completed to its maxi- 
 mum in the 100th regiment." Other citizens, I believe, made 
 similar offers, and, it is to be hoped paid them ! 
 
 The supervisors met July 29th, and appropriated $60,000 for 
 a war fund, and took the necessary steps for raising the money. 
 They voted a bounty of $60 to each volunteer, or $5 monthly to 
 his family, as he might elect. War meetings and enlistments are 
 going on all over the county. Twelve companies, six of whom 
 had their headquarters in Joliet, were being raised in Will county. 
 Soon the idea of a Will county regiment is suggested, and takes 
 with everybody, and soon authority is obtained to that effect, and 
 the old barracks on the fair grounds are put in order, and the 
 Will county regiment, the 100th Illinois, are in possession, and 
 fast organizing the companies and the regiment. This is soon 
 accomplished, for the enthusiasm and excitement throughout the 
 county surpasses that of the previous year. 
 
 An enthusiastic meeting was held at the Linebarger school 
 house the 26th of July, and 20 recruits raised. One lady, a Mrs. 
 Bush, gave up her fourth son to the cause, and said, if she had 
 four more, they should go. This was by no means an isolated 
 instance. A Mrs. Noble, of Wilmington, gave two boys to the 
 100th regiment, and she subsequently gave one to the 39th regi- 
 ment. These were all she had of sufficient age. These widows, I 
 think, exceeded in their spirit of sacrifice the widow that Christ 
 commended. Like her, they gave all they had, and gave some- 
 thing better and dearer far than money. 
 
 These two Noble boys sons of a Noble mother were taken 
 prisoners at Chickamauga, and taken to Andersonville. One lived 
 through it ; the other died a martyr to his country. 
 
 Another woman gave her only son, and her husband too, and 
 both were sacrificed on the altar of her country. Of the son, Ser- 
 geant Holmes, one of the bra vest boys in the 100th, we shall have 
 something to say in the history of that regiment. The husband 
 (Ellery B. Mitchell) died early in the service at Nashville.
 
 44 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 The companies comprising the 100th held their elections, 
 and the regiment held its election, at Camp Erwin, as the camp 
 was now called. Only one man was thought of for colonel, 
 Fred. A. Bartleson, the gallant major of the 20th. The full 
 account of this, and the roster of the officers and full muster roll 
 of the regiment, together with a detailed history of its campaigns, 
 will be found in its proper place. 
 
 One of our resident physicians, Dr. A. L. McArthur, received 
 at this time an appointment as medical examiner on the state 
 board, a post of great usefulness and responsibility. Dr. A. W. 
 Heise accepted the appointment of surgeon to the regiment, and 
 Drs. E. Harwood and H. T. Woodruff were appointed assistant 
 surgeons. 
 
 But the 100th regiment does not absorb all the interest, or all 
 the volunteers. The " Casey Guards," Capt. O'Connor's company, 
 joined the 90th regiment, or Irish Legion. A company was also 
 raised in Lockport by some of the well-known citizens of Irish 
 nationality, which joined the same regiment, under the captaincy of 
 Patrick O'Marah. Our county was represented in this regiment 
 by eight commissioned officers and 140 enlisted men, and a sketch 
 of its history will be found elsewhere. 
 
 During the month of August, also, Captain (afterwards Major) 
 Holden, of Frankfort, enlisted some men for the Holden Guards, 
 which became Co. E of the 88th regiment. Some twenty young 
 men of Lockport also enlisted in the Chicago Mercantile Battery, 
 and the 72d, or 1st Board of Trade regiment, obtained twenty-five 
 men from our county, mostly from the towns of Dupage and Chan- 
 nahon. 
 
 The subject of the draft is getting to be one of great interest. 
 A census of the county is taken, and it is ascertained that in Joliet 
 there are 1,536, and in the county 5,963, subject to military duty. 
 
 About this time (August) the excitement in respect to the war, 
 and a draft, &c., was temporarily overshadowed by one of great 
 local interest. I refer to the mysterious disappearance of one of 
 our prominent citizens, which I think ought to be noticed in this 
 history, as, although the subject of it was not a military character, 
 yet he wielded a trenchant pen for the Union, and it is often said, 
 " the pen is mightier than the sword." He was first missed on
 
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 the morning of August 20th. For the first time in many years, 
 he failed to make his appearance on the street, or in the editorial 
 sanctum. 
 
 As soon as this failure to appear was noticed, a diligent inquiry 
 was instituted, but it failed to elicit any information. People soon 
 began to get excited. The disappearance of so prominent a citizen, 
 a man of such regular habits, whose appearance upon the street at 
 a certain hour, moving with steady step, and thoughtful brow, his 
 head full of grave editorials on the situation, and his heart bur- 
 dened with a nation's dangers, had come to be looked for as a 
 thing as fixed as the rising of the sun the disappearance of such 
 a man would of course produce great excitement as soon as known. 
 Conjecture was soon busy; rumors were as plenty as blackberries. 
 Some, knowing his patriotic ardor, thought that he had enlisted 
 in McAllister's Battery, or the Irish Brigade, (as it will appear in 
 the sequel, this last conjecture was not far out of the way). Oth- 
 ers, knowing his chronic dislike to a draft, intimated that he had 
 gone to Canada that he might not witness so disagreeable an oper- 
 ation. None but " Black Republicans " entertained so slanderous 
 a thought. Quite a plausible conjecture was that he had gone to 
 Washington to tell his old friend Abe, how the war ought to be 
 conducted. Again, some who had closely read his editorials, were 
 inclined to believe that he had gone clean daft, from the negro- 
 phobia, which had for some time disturbed his mental equilib- 
 rium. For he had made a close estimate of the number of negroes 
 that would be quartered upon the city in the event of their being 
 freed and sent north, and found that Joliet would have to stand 
 an infliction of at least 1200. Such a prospect, it was thought, 
 might have produced temporary insanity, and perhaps led to sui- 
 cide ; and the people were about dragging the basins, when the 
 anxiety of all was relieved by reading in the Signal of August 
 26th, the following announcement: 
 
 ." Married in this city, on the 19th inst.,by Rev. P. Farrelly, Mr. Calneh 
 Zarley and Miss Annie Keegan." 
 
 The public took a long breath again ! I have a word or two 
 more to say about this chronic " negrophobia" with which "Cal " 
 was tormented. This was truly a melancholy case. Many will 
 remember how sorely he was afflicted, and how sorely he wflicted
 
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 upon his readers his gloomy prognostications of evil from this 
 dreaded irruption of darkies from the south. But I presume that 
 the reader will be surprised that this hallucination took a poetic 
 shape. And while all my readers know that the war gave rise 
 to a wonderful amount of poetry, they will hardly be prepared 
 for the announcement that Joliet had its war poet and least of 
 all, that his name was "Cal." But such was the fact ! And if 
 this history serves no other good purpose, it shall at least have the 
 merit of doing tardy justice to neglected genius ! In looking over 
 the files of the Joliet Signal, which have been kindly lent me, and 
 from which I have gathered much valuable matter, I came upon 
 the following choice poetical moreeau. I think I cannot be mis- 
 taken in the authorship. Besides the place where it was found, 
 the fact that it is not credited to any other source, and that it has 
 no marks of quotation, no signature, or anything to indicate that 
 it is a communication ; beside these circumstances, I think the sub- 
 ject matter, and the style, and above all, the closing beautiful 
 simile, leave no room for doubt as to its authorship. Without per- 
 mission, I enrich these pages, with this poetical gem : 
 
 " De Lord he lubs de niggah well ! 
 He knows de niggah by de smell ! 
 And while de pitch holds out to burn, 
 De blackest niggah may return. 
 He knows dere wants and all ob dat, 
 He feeds dere souls on possum fat ; 
 And when de niggah baby cry, 
 De Lord he gibs um possum pie ! 
 When in de tabernacle met, 
 Big niggah by de white gal set. 
 And in de Beecher chapel too, . 
 De niggah hab a good front pew. 
 De Lord determed not to keep, 
 In different pews de .culled sheep, 
 But mix the various colors up, 
 Like rum and lasses in a cup !" 
 
 Late tho' it be bring forth the " immortal bays, " and let the 
 Joliet war poet be crowned ! 
 
 During the month of August, the body of Frederick W. Mat- 
 teson, of whom mention has already been made, was brought here 
 for burial in Oakwood. He died of typhoid fever, brought on 
 by his exposure in the line of duty. Such an event was well cal-
 
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 culated to produce an impression upon the young men in the 100th, 
 many of whom had been his play fellows and school mates in 
 earlier days, but it only nerved their purpose to do their duty, 
 come what might. 
 
 The 100th regiment having been fully organized and become 
 somewhat initiated into the routine of duty, and sworn into the 
 U. S. service, broke camp September 2d, and took its departure 
 for Springfield, and wherever thence the authorities might direct. 
 
 Its departure was a scene of the most in tense interest and ex- 
 citement. Probably around no other day in the history of Will 
 county has there ever gathered so much of interest. Here were 
 nearly a thousand men mostly young men the flower of city 
 and county gathered from all the walks of life, about to go forth 
 to the perils of war. Here were the hopes of fathers and mothers, 
 the beloved of sisters and wives, the stay and comfort of the aged 
 and infirm, of widows and orphans. Sacrificing all their business 
 enterprises and prospects of worldly success ; dropping the imple- 
 ments of husbandry and trade; closing their books and dismissing 
 the studies of their age ; they had come in answer to the call of 
 their imperiled country to peril their own lives in a grand, su- 
 preme effort to crush the rebellion and save the union. Perhaps 
 never in the history of the world was there a regiment composed 
 of better personnel of so many young men in whose bosoms, 
 contact with a selfish world had not yet dulled the romance of 
 youth, or tarnished the lustre of a pure and holy patriotism. For 
 no selfish purpose; with no hope of gain or dream of glory; but 
 from a pure desire and purpose to save the country, had they en- 
 rolled their names among its defenders. And now, having per- 
 fected their organization, having gone through the weeks of pre- 
 paratory drill and discipline, the time had come to bid good-bye 
 to relatives and friends,' to fathers, mothers, sisters, wives and 
 sweethearts, and to go forth to actual, earnest, perilous WAR ; to 
 encounter all the hardships, hazards and temptations of the camp, 
 the march and the bivouac ; of the outpost, the skirmish and the 
 battle. Here they are, a thousand Will county men, in the full 
 vigor of early manhood, animated by one impulse their hearts 
 beating high with hope and courage, eager for the time which 
 shall test their powers, their strength of endurance, and their cour-
 
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 age. Yet with a solemn sense of the hazards and dangers before 
 them; for the delusive hopes and expectations of the year and a 
 half previous had been dissipated, and full well they now knew, 
 that they were going forth on no holiday errand, that they were 
 to be no carpet knights, and that to conquer the rebellion, a severe 
 and protracted struggle would yet be required ; that the errand 
 upon which they were going forth meant death to many, and 
 peril, hardship and suffering to all. They had seen the lifeless 
 forms of Erwin, Bassett, Shaw, Randall, Matteson, and others, 
 brought home to their long and honored rest in Oak wood ; while 
 others of their fellow citizens and friends had returned disabled by 
 wounds and disease. How will the lOOrH return? How many, 
 and who ? Which of our sons, our brothers, our husbands shall 
 succumb to the weary march, the cold bivouac, the malarious 
 camp ? Who shall come back with painful wounds, and sad 
 disfigurement; with loss of limb, and enfeebled health? Who 
 shall languish in southern prison pens, the body starving for the 
 meanest food, and the heart starving for news from home ? 
 Who, oh ! who, shall lay down life on the battle field or in the 
 hospital, with no fond mother, sister or wife, to wipe the death 
 damp from the brow, and catch the last farewell and close the 
 sightless eyes ? Who shall be buried in haste without shroud, or 
 prayer, or headstone, or to be left to fester and decay uuburied ? 
 
 Oh ! in how many hearts, (both of those who went, and of 
 those who stayed), that day, did these sad questionings come 
 unbidden, and make the scene, despite the shouts and huzzahs, 
 and the moving of flags and banners, and the music of bands, one 
 of the most solemn import ! 
 
 " All aboard," shouts the conductor, the last bell rings, the 
 last farewell is said. Lips and hands have parted, many, many 
 alas ! of which shall never again in this world, be pressed together; 
 and the train moves out from the St. Louis Depot, and the " Will 
 County Regiment," the 100th Illinois, is on its way to whatever 
 the chances of war in a three years' campaign, shall bring. 
 
 Elsewhere we shall give a succinct account of this three years' 
 campaign. 
 
 Again we hear from the 20fch regiment, of the brilliant affair 
 at Britton's Lane, so creditable to our heroes, though as usual our 
 rejoicings are subdued by the list of casualties.
 
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 And now we are watching with increased interest for each 
 day's intelligence from the army, for we have greatly increased 
 our ventures on the field of battle. 
 
 The month of September was one of great and varied interest 
 in military affairs, on the field at large. Such was the dubious 
 outlook, that our governor, on the 15th inst., issued his proclam- 
 ation calling upon the people to organize a reserve force a home 
 guard to be ready for any emergency that should arise. This 
 was supplementary to the organizations which were recruiting 4 for 
 the field. I believe that many of our citizens organized them- 
 selves into volunteer companies, and met for drill in various halls 
 and vacant rooms. I remember going once myself to Young's 
 Hall, where the late Col. Smith was our drill-master. We had 
 sticks for guns. At this meeting I learned how to shoulder arms 
 (or rather sticks). I thought that was enough, and never went 
 again. How much this contributed to the final issue I do not 
 know. There has been no muster roll preserved of these compa- 
 nies. I think they left but very " feeble foot-prints on the sands 
 of time." 
 
 A splendid banner was presented by our ladies to Capt. Dan. 
 O'Connor's company, the "Casey Guards," so called in honor of 
 its godfather, Hon. Sam. K. Casey, and a most generous godfather 
 he was, having given one thousand dollars as a bounty for recruits. 
 This company became Co. D of the 90th regiment. Mrs. Fellows 
 made the presentation speech. 
 
 The Board of Superviors met Sept. 8th. The war fund com- 
 mittee, George Woodruff, Robert Clow, and D. U. Cobb, reported 
 that they had borrowed the money as needed, and that all persons 
 entitled to bounties under the provisions of the resolutions passed 
 at the special meetings, had been paid. The amount drawn was 
 $57,420, leaving a balance of $2,580 on hand for disbursements. 
 
 Oct. 14th, we got the tidings of another battle, this time at 
 Corinth, in which the Union forces are victorious, and in which 
 Will county is personally represented, and in which, alas ! she is 
 again compelled to mourn the loss of valued lives, among them 
 Capt. Grover, of the 64th. Mayor Bowen, his law partner, left 
 immediately to procure the body, and returned with it the 20th, 
 and the funeral was largely attended on the next day at the Con- 
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 50 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 gregational church. The bar passed the usual resolutions of 
 respect no mere formality and the speech of Judge Parks on the 
 occasion was an eloquent and feeling tribute to the memory of the 
 deceased. The city of Lockport also lost one of her most promis- 
 ing young men, Sergeant Henry S. Clark, of the same regiment. 
 
 Rev. Hooper Crews, of the Methodist church, having accepted 
 of an appointment as chaplain to the 100th regiment, was presented 
 by a few of our liberal-hearted citizens with a horse. And here 
 let .me say, that the reverend gentleman served the country and 
 the regiment for more than a year in this capacity, making him- 
 self greatly useful to the boys, who will never forget his kindness. 
 But the infirmities of age compelled him to give up the arduous 
 position, after a year's service. 
 
 During this month, some of our citizens, viz., Caswell, Morgan 
 and Bush, who were trying to supply the wants of the 100th, in 
 the way of notions, tobacco, eatables, and some other things which 
 Uncle Sam did not include in the regular rations, had a rather 
 unhappy experience, which I believe disgusted them with the call- 
 ing of sutlers. The notorious guerrilla gorilla, the sutlers thought 
 him John Morgan, had the impudence to disregard the dignified 
 neutrality of Kentucky, and gobbled up a government train, to 
 which our friends had attached their wagons, on the way out from 
 Louisville to the 100th. Morgan confiscated all their goods, made 
 a bonfire of the wagons, and appropriated the horses to his own 
 use. Our friends returned, sadder, wiser, but not as they had 
 hoped, richer men. I believe they don't like to hear anything 
 about Morgan to this day. 
 
 Our very excellent friend and fellow-citizen, Calvin Knowlton, 
 Esq., had an introduction to the notorious Col. Morgan about this 
 time. Happening to be at Louisville, he was invited by a brother 
 railroad official to take a trip to Nashville. Being a little curious 
 to see how things looked at the front, he accepted the invitation, 
 and took passage on a train, not apprehending any trouble, as our 
 forces now had possession as far south as Nashville. But after 
 they had got along nearly to Cave City, the engineer was obliged 
 to stop the train, on account of a pile of ties which had been 
 thrown on the track ; and no sooner had the train stopped than it 
 was surrounded by a lot of men, who seemed to spring out of the
 
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 ground, and who carried those ugly looking weapons called six- 
 shooters, and who ordered the passengers to get out of the cars 
 forthwith an order which was obeyed without parley. Every 
 man who had the misfortune to wear military clothes was taken 
 prisoner. Everything except private property was confiscated. 
 One officer had on a slouched hat and a duster, not being anxious 
 to sport his shoulder-straps, and to his modesty in this respect, he 
 owed his escape. The train was set on fire and burned up, except 
 one old car and engine with which the citizens were allowed to 
 return to Louisville. Col. Morgan was extremely polite, but he 
 didn't care any more for railroad officials than anybody else. It 
 is said that for a few moments the face of the superintendent of 
 the Cut-Off was as long as it was broad, and did not exhibit its 
 usual smile ! And some say that he even used that terrible oath, 
 (which he has been known to use on one or two occasions), "I 
 snum !" 
 
 Nov. 3d, we were called upon to bury another of our soldier 
 boys William M. Radcliff, of Co. F, 13th cavalry regiment, who 
 died in St. Louis, Oct. 31st. 
 
 It must not be forgotten that all this time soldiers' aid societies 
 are hard at work all over the county, to meet the demands upon 
 them for comforts, for the camp and hospital, although few records 
 have been preserved of their labors. The papers have frequent 
 acknowledgments from the 20th and 100th, and from Danforth's 
 cavalry company, and other organizations, of articles received and 
 most welcome. In the town of Manhattan, the ladies met every 
 Wednesday, at the house of Mr. Lawrence, and gave out work for 
 the week, and made up boxes and barrels for the army and for 
 the sanitary commission. 
 
 In the meantime, the 100th has been engaged in that tedious 
 chase after Bragg through Kentucky, and, in the Signal, I find a 
 letter dated Dec. 15th, which says: "Our regiment has been 
 seriously reduced by sickness, desertion and death. We have now 
 about 400 on duty. About 30 have died, 50 deserted, and the 
 balance are in hospital or barracks, sick. What arc left are tried 
 and good men, and will give a good account of themselves. We 
 are well satisfied with our one-armed colonel. In fact, we were
 
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 very fortunate in the selection of all our officers. Our popular 
 and efficient lieutenant colonel is now absent on sick leave." 
 
 By a notice in the same issue of the Signal, we learn that this 
 sickness of the " popular and efficient lieutenant colonel" was fatal ! 
 " Married, in Chicago, Dec. 16th, at the church of the New Jeru- 
 salem, by Rev. Mr. Hibbard, Arba N. Waterman, Lieut. Col. of 
 the 100th regiment 111. Vol., and Miss Ella Hall, of Chicago." 
 It is said that he met his fate with the courage of a soldier and 
 the resignation of a Christian. 
 
 Let it be said, that many left behind on the dreary march soon 
 rejoined the regiment, some of whom are reported above as desert- 
 ers, and, on the 26th of the same month, Surgeon Woodruff reports 
 600 as fit for duty. 
 
 And so, peacefully, though anxiously, die out the closing hours 
 of 1862 in Will county. In Washington in the white house 
 alone in his office, sits the man on whom a nation's eyes are fixed, 
 reverently invoking the " gracious favor of Almighty God " upon 
 the words which he has written words which are destined to make 
 the morning of 1863 forever memorable ; which are to challenge 
 the admiration of the world, and to strike the manacles from the 
 limbs of four million slaves. While down in far Tennessee on 
 the banks of Stone River, night has pityingly closed down upon 
 one of the bloodiest fields of the war, where 
 
 " The earth is covered thick with other clay, 
 Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, 
 Rider and horse, friend, foe, in one red burial blent." 
 
 And our boys are there !
 
 HOME RECORD 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 FROM JANUARY 1863, TO JULY 1865. 
 
 Our Military Lesson Military Record of the Smiths How 1863 Opened 
 The News from Stone River Delegation goes there Other News Large 
 Reinforcement leaves Joliet S. B. and Union Leagues War Meetings 
 Provost Marshal's Office Opened Draft Threatened Strange Effects More 
 War News Fourth of July Great Rejoicings A Missing Boy Found A 
 Joliet Rebel Supervisors Meet Delegation to Chattanooga News from 
 Chickamauga About the 100th How "Billy" Humbugged the Rebs We 
 Feed our Enemies Another Call Good News One Boy Home from Libby 
 Enrollment Novel Excuse Meeting of Supervisors Bounty War Meet- 
 ings Capt. Logan's Company An Interesting Recruit Barn ett's Battery 
 Veteranizes and Recruits Another Call Special Meeting of Supervisors 
 Col. Bartleson's Release His Reception The 20th Veteranizes Reception 
 100 Days' Men More Funerals Sad, Sad News Substitute Brokers and 
 Bounty Jumpers Terms Explained A Long Jump More Sad News 
 500,000 More Supervisors Meet^Draft County and Town Appropriations 
 Substitutes A Preacher on his Muscle Election Jollification More Sad 
 News Another Call Great Effort to Fill Quotas The Beginning of the End 
 The Back Bone Broken at Last Great Glorification Hair Dye goes Up 
 Substitutes Drop Saddest News of All City Draped in Mourning Obse- 
 quies The Boys Come Marching Home Reception of the 100th How we 
 kept July 4th, 1865 Finale. 
 
 [EN. SHERMAN concludes his book with some military les- 
 sons which he derives from his war experience. Although 
 the author of the present work is not a military man, and this 
 history has not been written from a military stand-point, or for a 
 military purpose, yet I cannot forbear drawing one military lesson 
 from my investigations. And, lest I may forget it, or lest many 
 of my readers may not have the patience to read this book to the 
 end, and would therefore lose the lesson if I deferred it to the
 
 54 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 proper place, I will introduce it here. And I think by the way, 
 this is a very shrewd move on ray part, and might be profitably 
 imitated by many writers, and perhaps by some preachers. 
 
 In the journal of a private soldier, I have found the statement 
 that the severe losses in an Ohio regiment, on one occasion dur- 
 ing the Atlanta campaign, was owing to the fact that the officer 
 in command at the time was drunk, and led his men into a posi- 
 tion where no sober man would have gone. The same private in 
 noticing the assemblage of Generals in council near Resacca says, 
 "I noticed that they nearly all took their bitters." I will not go 
 further into particulars, but will say, that I have found abundant 
 evidence that many of the difficulties in regiments, and many of 
 the disasters of the war are traceable to whisky. It would be easy 
 to fill a chapter with proofs of this statement. And I think that 
 one of the greatest evils chargeable to the war, and to those who 
 inaugurated it, is the increase of intemperance which it occasioned. 
 We still groan under the taxes, and the financial embarrassments 
 which have resulted, but what are these to the habits of intemper- 
 ance begotten and confirmed bythe war. I think no one will ques- 
 tion the statement that the temptation to the use of stimulants 
 was very strong in the army, and, the restraints of home and for- 
 mer associations being removed, it was easy to yield ; and hence 
 many who had never drank whisky before, did so in the army, 
 under the mistaken notion that it would ward off the effects of 
 fatigue and exposure. The temptation was also strong to re- 
 inforce the nerves with a little whisky when going into an engage- 
 ment, a resource which might indeed render the person less sensi- 
 ble of danger, but which would also make him more reckless and 
 imprudent. Some of the boys tell a story on one of our captains, 
 who had always been known as a staunch teetotaler at home, and 
 who had resisted all invitations to drink, until the time came 
 when he and his company had to face the music of whistling balls 
 and plunging shot, when seeing some of his men trying to "keep 
 their spirits up by pouring spirits down," he was weak enough to 
 ask for a little himself, with the apology, that he "felt a little un- 
 well." As to how often he resorted to that expedient subsequently, 
 history is silent. 
 
 I think, moreover, that however men may differ in their esti-
 
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 mate of General Butler, either as a political or military man, all 
 must admit that he showed great judgment, and patriotism as 
 well, when being in command at Fortress Monroe, he issued his 
 order prohibiting the introduction of liquors within his lines, mak- 
 ing his own headquarters no exception to the rule, although all 
 his life accustomed to the use of wines and brandy. 
 
 The reader has of course already anticipated my military les- 
 son, but I will ^nevertheless formulate it. In time of war whisky 
 and all its congeners, should be excluded under the severest penal- 
 ties, from the army lines. So thoroughly am I convinced of the 
 importance of this measure, that I am fully determined, that if 
 I should ever be placed in the responsible position of Commander- 
 in- Chief of the Army and Navy of the U. S., and should a war 
 arise during my administration, (which may heaven avert,) I 
 shall at the very outset, issue my proclamation, prohibiting under 
 the severest penalties the introduction of whisky into the army 
 lines, either under the name of contraband, commissary, tarax- 
 icum, bitters, hospital stores, or any other name whatever ; or the 
 having or using the same by any person in the service of the U. 
 S., from the drummer boy up to the Lieut. General inclusive, 
 under any pretense whatever. I am determined to do this, not- 
 withstanding the present Lieut. General tells us of several occa- 
 sions on which he took a glass of whisky. And this I shall do, 
 not from any fanatical notions on the subject, but purely as a mili- 
 tary measure, on which I shall invoke the "considerate judgment 
 of mankind," and confidently expect "the gracious favor of Al- 
 mighty God." And I hereby notify my political friends that it 
 will be useless to urge that such a measure will be unpopular, and 
 that, besides losing me some of my best generals, will hazard my 
 chances of a re-election. Like the great Henry Clay I feel that it 
 is better to be right than to be president. 
 
 I have in contemplation one other measure, namely, to allow the 
 utmost facility to the introduction of whisky into the lines of the 
 enemy. I am not sure that I could expect the blessing of Heaven 
 upon such a measure, but I am sure it would be the most brilliant 
 strategy. If my Attorney General shall think the measure con- 
 stitutional, I shall extend the prohibition to Congress. 
 
 Having disposed of my military lesson, I wish to bring in one
 
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 more matter here for which I may not find a more appropriate 
 place- Elsewhere I have spoken of what some families did in fur- 
 nishing volunteers for our armies. But there is one family 
 whose record in this respect is very remarkable and ought to be 
 noticed. 
 
 I refer to the Smith family. Any one who has the honor of an 
 acquaintance with the Smiths, would of course anticipate as much. 
 For this is one of the cases in which the French saying, " noblesse 
 oblige," is peculiarly pertinent. For what family so ancient, or so 
 prominent in our history, from the time of its great founder in this 
 country, Captain John Smith, of Virginia, in 1607, down to Jo. 
 Smith, the mormon ! Such an ancestry, and such a record, would 
 compel the representatives of this family, in the days of which we 
 write, to acts of self-sacrifice and patriotic devotion. Hence, we 
 are not surprised to find that the name of some member of this 
 family is on the muster roll of every company of our regiments in 
 every branch of the service. Thomas, George, William, Isaac, 
 Israel, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Adam, Jeremiah, Abraham, Heze- 
 kiah, Ezekiel, Job, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Paul, and 
 Barnabas, and Timothy, and so on through the entire catalogue of 
 known surnames, sacred and profane, even to Patrick and Bar- 
 ney, are to be found, some one or more of them, in every organ- 
 ization. Our own county, I am happy to say, furnished its full 
 share of representatives from this family. And among the Smiths 
 conspicuous above all, and everywhere, as we might also expect, 
 was the name of the great founder of the family the well-known 
 JOHN SMITH. His military record is unsurpassed by any member 
 of the family, and of course by any other individual of any name. 
 I shall not attempt to trace it in full ; we have not the time or 
 space. Suffice it to say, that he enlisted in at least a dozen bat- 
 teries, and in almost every company of the 156 infantry and the 
 17 cavalry regiments furnished by our state. Indeed, he seems to 
 have been well nigh ubiquitous. Sometimes, it is true, he inter- 
 polated an initial letter in order to conceal his identity, and several 
 times he passed himself off for a Dutchman, calling himself John 
 Schmidt, and once, with the aid of burnt cork, he smuggled him- 
 self into a colored regiment. He veteranized many times. He 
 was in battles without number, and was discharged for wounds
 
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 and disability almost every month. He deserted at least a dozen 
 times. He was once in military prison at Vicksburg, and sen- 
 tenced to the Dry Tortugas (a cruel fate, is he was one of the 
 thirsty Smiths !) He was killed outright at Shiloh, Donaldson, 
 Stone River, and Chickamauga, and died once of wounds received 
 at Chattanooga, and many times of disease and exposure, and was 
 once drowned in the Mississippi. After all these casualties, he 
 was transferred (as he surely had a right to be) to the invalid corps, 
 and, being taken prisoner on the Atlanta campaign, he closed his 
 career amid the horrors of Andersonville ! Should any member 
 of the family wish to drop a tear over the grave of their distin- 
 guished relative, John Smith, they will find it numbered 10,849. 
 Let it not be considered any disparagement to his memory, that 
 his name once or twice appears among the brigadier and major 
 generals, for not unfrequently in our army good men were placed 
 in command. I ought, in justice to the family, to add, that his 
 brother, " Bill Smith," was hardly less conspicuous. Indeed, they 
 were "par nobile fratrum," and should beheld in grateful remem- 
 brance by the country they did so much to save. Should anyone 
 hereafter undertake to compile the family history of THE SMITHS, 
 they are at liberty to use these facts, collected with so much labor, 
 and which are entirely reliable. 
 
 Having got my military lesson off my hands, and discharged 
 my duty to the Smith family, I resume the narrative of home 
 events. 
 
 The year 1863 opened with the emancipation proclamation of 
 Father Abraham. I find, on looking over the files of the Signal, 
 that " Cal " did not like it. A good many did not. Others think 
 that it was the turning point of our national destiny ; the saving 
 measure of the administration the supreme act of our govern- 
 ment which placed it en rapport with the divine purposes, and 
 thus secured our ultimate triumph. 
 
 While this was the most important item in the national aspect, 
 the most interesting event to many families in WilL county was 
 the battle of Murfreesboro, or Stone River, in which our regiment 
 was engaged. The telegraph brings us speedy news of the engage- 
 ment. We know that it has been a bloody one, lasting several 
 days, bridging over the old year and the new, making New Year's 
 
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 day, 1863, a sad holiday to many a heart; and we watch with 
 deep anxiety for the list of casualties. We do not have to wait 
 long ; soon the lists of killed and wounded reach us, when we find 
 that Lieut. Charles F. Mitchell, of Wilmington, (a son of one of 
 our oldest settlers), and Lieut. Worthingham, of Joliet, (one of 
 our old settlers of 1835), and John Hopkins, from one of the old 
 families of Homer, and six others of the 100th regiment, are among 
 the number killed. 
 
 Our worthy citizens, Charles Weeks, O. W. Still man, and Otis 
 Hardy, of Joliet, and A. W. Bowen and Franklin Mitchell, of 
 Wilmington, start at once for the scene. Dr. McArthur, also, 
 under an appointment from Gov. Yates, was there. We reserve 
 all further matters connected with it for the history of the 100th. 
 
 Almost at the same time we hear of the fierce assault barren 
 of results, except the death and disabling of many a brave soldier 
 made at Chickasaw Bayou, near Vicksburg, and our fellow citi- 
 zen, H. N. Marsh, Esq,, was doomed to hear the painful news 
 that his son, Wm. H. Marsh, was among the wounded, and in the 
 hands of the enemy. 
 
 About this time, also, we hear of the following casualties, in 
 Co. C, 4th cavalry, to men from our county, in a skirmish near 
 Colliersville, Tenn. : Sergeant John Avery, Corp. Geo. N. Smith, 
 of Wilton, H. E. Benner, Joliet, and Marion Cooper, of Florence, 
 taken prisoners. 
 
 During the month of February, our army came near having a 
 large reinforcement from Joliet. Master Webb, aged 12, Master 
 Camp, aged 15, and Master Walker, aged 15, left the city early in 
 the week to join the army. They had become, like some others 
 of us, impatient at the delay of our forces in breaking the backbone 
 of the rebellion, and unlike some of us grumblers, they had deter- 
 mined to put their own shoulders to the wheel, and bring the war 
 to a speedy close. Unfortunately for the cause, parental authority 
 interfered, and they were brought back from Cairo, and the back- 
 bone was not broken. 
 
 During the spring of 1863, congress passed the conscription act. 
 The measure was of course unpopular with those who sympathized 
 with the rebellion, and perhaps with some others. There was con- 
 siderable apprehension of resistance. It was said that the secret
 
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 society of the south, known as " Knights of the Golden Circle," 
 had their branches in the northern states, and were rendering all 
 the aid and comfort possible to the confederacy. The friends of 
 the government, believing that similar means might be used to 
 advantage in sustaining the government, and in enforcing the 
 laws, organized secret societies, having in view this result. All 
 over the north, and also in portions of the south, such societies 
 were formed, and drew into their lodges the loyal men of all par- 
 ties. They were first organized under the name of the S. B. 
 These cabalistic letters, which for a time excited great wonder and 
 no little fear, were ascertained to stand for " Strong Band," nothing 
 more nor less. This organization was soon, however, superseded 
 by the "Union Leagues." These societies were bitterly denounced 
 by a portion of the people and of the press, and regarded as very 
 dangerous to our liberties. But I think that they were not only 
 very harmless, but that they did much good in strengthening the 
 government, and encouraging the armies in the field. I had the 
 honor of belonging to one, and I am sure that one, was a very inno- 
 cent affair. We had frequent, meetings, and secret signs and pass- 
 words, and a kind of semi-military organization, and imposing ritual 
 and ceremonials. We solemnly promised to be true to the Union, 
 and to the boys in blue. We ate a cracker, took a pinch of salt, and 
 drank a little water positively nothing stronger and then went 
 through with some other flummery, which I have forgotten ; and 
 we also spent some time in drill. Many of us bought revolvers, 
 but I am quite sure we never intended to use them, except in self- 
 defense ; and I doubt if some of us would have done so even then. 
 For the only time in my life I owned a fire-arm, and I absolutely 
 got so courageous that I dared to fire it, and so skillful that I 
 could hit a barn door if it was a large one ! I kept this for a 
 few weeks, slept with it under my pillow for a few nights (or 
 rather tried to sleep) and then got so disgusted with the thing 
 that I traded it off at Barrett's for some other, more innocent kind 
 of hardware. This is about all that I remember about these secret 
 leagues, except that our fellow-citizen, T. L. Breckenridge, Esq., 
 was the " high-cock-a-lorum " of our lodge. 
 
 Sunday evening the 10th inst., we had a lecture from Rev. 
 Joel Grant, of Lockport, chaplain in the 12th regiment, a partici-
 
 60 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 pant in the battles of Donaldson, Shiloh and Corinth. The lec- 
 ture was given in aid of the sanitary commission. During the lat- 
 ter part of the month some 1500 rebel prisoners passed through on 
 the St. Louis R. R. for Camp Douglas. 
 
 War meetings are again the order of the day ; at one of these 
 we had speeches from chaplain Button and Captain Hildebrant 
 of the 20th. 
 
 The body of John Mclntosh, of Wilmington, a member of the 
 100th, who died at Nashville, February 26th, passed through here 
 early in March ; and April 3rd, M. B. Glenn of the 100th, for- 
 merly in the Republican office, died at Joliet ; and on the 4th inst. 
 Wm. Bailey, late of the same regiment, also died. 
 
 In May, Captain Abel Longworth, of Morris, was appointed 
 Provost Marshal under the conscription act, and opened Kis office 
 in Young's block, S. Simmons of this county being commissioner, 
 and Dr. McArthur, of Ottawa, examining surgeon. A draft is 
 evidently preparing for us. The towns are being enrolled, and 
 the number subject to military duty ascertained. This looks like 
 business. And now, many suddenly remember that they have 
 friends in Canada, and think it will be a good time to make them 
 a visit. Many are suddenly afflicted with various difficulties and 
 disabilities. The demand for hair dye suddenly falls off, as old 
 fogies no longer wish to be thought young, and stop dyeing their 
 hair and whiskers. It was something wonderful, the transforma- 
 tions that took place. Health and youth are at a discount, while 
 age and disability are at a premium ; a stiffened joint is a perfect 
 God-send. Now, too, a new business is devised by the sharp and 
 knowing ones, and substitute brokerage, becomes the road to 
 wealth for many. Now, too, come on the days of high bounties, 
 and other motives than those of patriotism are appealed to, to fill 
 up the thinned ranks of our armies. 
 
 In May we hear from the old 20th, and the gallant part it 
 took in the battle of Raymond, at which time Col. Richards, (then 
 in command,) fell ; and the 20th lost heavily. Otto Lumberman, 
 of Frankfort, and Albert W. Pearson, of Elwood, were among the 
 wounded. 
 
 During the month of June, the public interest centres on 
 Vicksburg. The 20th and McAllister's battery, bear a part
 
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 in the battles surrounding and investing it. Lieut. Henry 
 King and Lieut. Wadsworth, both getting severely wounded iu 
 the head, are home. July. 4th brings us the glorious news of its 
 surrender, one of the greatest achievements of the war, hitherto. 
 Simultaneously we hear of the victory of Gettysburg, in which our 
 county had some share in the eighth cavalry. Great demonstra- 
 tions of joy are made throughout the city. Cannons are fired, 
 bells rung, and bands played. The people get together in the old 
 C. H., and orate and blaviate, and jubilate in the most thrilling 
 and patriotic manner. We think for a while that the backbone of 
 the rebellion is surely broken, but it turns out that it had only 
 got a bad wrench ! 
 
 When the army of Gen. Grant captured Jackson, they found in 
 a rebel hospital, Wm. H. Marsh, of the 13th regiment, of whose 
 capture mention was made a few pages back. He had been badly 
 wounded and taken prisoner in the attack on Chickasaw Bluffs in 
 Dec. previous. The news was a joyful surprise to his friends who 
 had been in entire ignorance of his fate, and had almost despaired 
 of seeing him again. He was found by his old townsmen of the 
 20th, and taken in their ambulance to his own regiment. It will 
 be remembered that he was able to get home, and to be about our 
 streets for a while, but succumbed at last to the effects of his 
 wound. 
 
 But Marsh was not the only Joliet boy found at Jackson. 
 The 20th regiment was ordered to occupy the yard of Miss. State 
 Hospital as a camping ground. As they marched into the yard 
 they saw two hard looking butternut clad gentleman sitting on the 
 porch. On coming near one seemed to have a very familiar 
 look to the Joliet boys, notwithstanding his long hair and but- 
 ternut rig. One of them called to A. J. Sanger, who happened to 
 be riding by at the time, and asked him if he knew that Reb. He 
 took a good look at him and said, " Why yes, that's John Rob- 
 erts." And sure enough it was the same chap that was guard for a 
 time at prison, auctioneer, etc., and was clerk for " Brother Wood" 
 when he used to sell horse collars, coffee and tobacco in the old 
 " ominibus." John was now filling the position of ward-master 
 of the rebel general hospital, and was a bitter rebel. He told the 
 boys that he had been in the rebel army ever since the war broke
 
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 oat, in Laywood's cavalry. He was with Armstrong's force that 
 fought the 20th and 30th 111. at Britton's Lane, in Sept. 1862, 
 and acknowledged that they had been most genteenly flogged on 
 that occasion. The boys made John come down with the best he 
 had in the way of hospital stores, for old acquaintance sake, 
 among the rest some whisky which he evidently parted with very 
 reluctantly. Roberts swore he would never quit fighting the 
 Yankees, and was full of brag, and boasted of being one of the six 
 that killed Lt. Col. McCullough, of Bloomington, of the 4th Cav- 
 alry, in the fight near Coffeeville, Miss., Dec. 4th, 1862, when 
 some Will Co. boys were taken prisoners. He had been ward- 
 master of the hospital for six months, but meant to go back to the 
 army soon. He enquired about many Joliet acquaintances, but 
 said he should \iever go back there. Well, we can stand it if he 
 can ! This so far as I know, was the only Joliet rebel, that took 
 up arms! 
 
 Captain Cleghorn, of the 20th, came home after Vicksburg, hav- 
 ing resigned in consequence of a blow from a shell which struck 
 the old wound in his arm, causing it to break out once more. He 
 afterwards had a position in the invalid corps. He is still living, 
 which circumstance alone prevents me from saying some good 
 things of him. 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9th, the war 
 fund committee reported that certificates had been disbursed by 
 the clerk to 957 soldiers to the amount of $57,420. Twenty-two 
 volunteers had elected to draw $5 monthly for their families. The 
 payment of relief to the families of soldiers was referred to the 
 town boards, and the town auditors authorized to make the neces- 
 sary appropriations. At a subsequent meeting, (on the 18th), the 
 clerk reported "the amount of certificates drawn, to be $59,270, 
 leaving a balance on hand of the $60,000 appropriation of $730; 
 and that the amount necessary to pay the families of those who 
 had elected the monthly payments, would be up to August 31st, 
 1864, $1,320; and that there had been paid to two volunteers 
 $120, making the total amount $1,440, from which, deducting the 
 amount on hand, would leave a balance to be provided for of 
 $710." The board made the necessary appropriation. 
 
 The board also appointed a committee consisting of Rev. H.
 
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 Crews and Dr. A. W. Bowen to proceed at once to the army of the 
 Cumberland to look after the wants of the soldiers from Will 
 county, and appropriated the sum of $300 for their expenses. 
 This action was rendered necessary by the terrible battles of the 
 19th and 20th of Sept. at Chickamauga Creek, Georgia, the news 
 of which had just arrived, and in which our 100th regiment, and 
 Barnett's battery were engaged. The city was filled with rumors of 
 the casualties to the regiment. Col. Bartlesou was reported killed. 
 For some time his fate was uncertain, even as late as October 
 10th, Captain Burrell, of Plainfield, who was at home, (having 
 been wounded in the fight), reported that the Col. fell badly 
 wounded ; and Lt. Patterson, also home wounded, brought the re- 
 port that an officer of the 26th Ohio, in the same brigade, saw 
 his body lying in the field hospital, previous to its capture. 
 After a while, however, it was ascertained that he was a prisoner 
 at Richmond, and unhurt. 
 
 Although the report of the Colonel's death proved premature, 
 yet the list of killed and wounded was such as to enlist our sym- 
 pathies, and bring anguish to many hearts. The number killed 
 was 23, wounded 117, missing 24. We will only add in this 
 place that Lieuts. Keniston and Koach, were also taken prisoners 
 with the Col., and some others also, (about 15), who remained 
 with him behind a picket fence after the main part ot the regi- 
 ment had fallen back ; and that on the withdrawal of our forces 
 on the night after the first day's fight, the hospital containing our 
 wounded, in charge of Surgeon Woodruff and hospital steward, 
 Stump, and attendants, was brought within the enemy's lines 
 and all in it were made prisoners. They were all paroled to 
 report at Atlanta, except the badly wounded, which were sent 
 into our lines as soon as practicable. After the wounded were 
 disposed of, Surgeon Woodruff and the rest went to Atlanta, and 
 were distributed as the rebel authorities thought best. The sur- 
 geon and hospital steward, brought up in Richmond, and some of 
 the rest experienced the horrors of Andersonville, part of whom 
 never escaped its foul precincts until death brought their release. 
 We shall have more to say about this elsewhere. 
 
 There was another man in the hospital at the time, who did
 
 64 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 not go to Andersonville or Libby, and he was not badly wounded 
 either, and I must tell how this happened : 
 
 Those of my readers who get their rations at Culver's meat 
 shop know " Billy Bunker," and know that he can cut a steak or 
 a roast in the most approved style. And you may perhaps know 
 that Billy is a dead shot, and can bring down a deer, a duck, or a 
 turkey, every time. But you may not know that Billy was one of 
 the brave boys of the 100th, and once cracked his rifle at the ene- 
 mies of the Union, as coolly as he would at a turkey ; for Billy is 
 a modest man, and unless you have drawn him out, he has not told 
 you. On the march of our army to Chattanooga, he got sick 
 had a run of fever. When he was convalescing, as the regiment 
 was about to move, Surgeon Heise gave him his choice, either to 
 go back to a hospital, or to keep up with the regiment riding in 
 an ambulance. Billy is not one of those who like to go back, and 
 so he chose the latter, and kept on to Chattanooga, and out to the 
 front at Gordon's Mills. He was in the division field hospital when 
 the fight began, and lay there a long time, listening to its grim 
 music, until he could endure it no longer, and seizing his musket, 
 took his place in the ranks, and put in a couple of hours hard 
 work, by which time he was so exhausted that he had to lay down, 
 and when the regiment fell back, he was left. Surgeon Woodruff, 
 coming along with his ambulance, picker! up the wounded, saw 
 Billy lying there, and asked him what he was there for, and tell- 
 ing him that the enemy would soon have the ground, and it 
 behooved him to be on his travels. When he found that Billy 
 was used up, he told him to creep into the ambulance. He did 
 so, and was taken back to the hospital again. Well, the hospital 
 came within the enemy's lines next day, as we have related, and, 
 after two or three days, a rebel officer came around to parole those 
 who were not disabled, to go to Atlanta, and await further orders. 
 Billy did not want to travel in that direction, and he managed to 
 keep out of sight while the rebel officer was around. A few days 
 after, an arrangement was made by Rosecrans with the rebel 
 authorities, to have the seriously wounded sent into our lines, and 
 accordingly, a rebel officer came around to parole them, and to see 
 that everything was done according to the terms of the agreement. 
 Billy got wind of the matter, and, with the surgeon's consent, he
 
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 had crawled into a vacant cot, and got covered up. Being still 
 thin and pale, he was supposed to be a wounded man, and was 
 paroled as such. When the ambulance came around for the 
 wounded, he was helped in by two men his leg and foot swathed 
 with blankets while another great blanket hung over his shoul- 
 ders, beneath which he had concealed a half dozen canteens which 
 he had filled with whisky from the hospital stores, and was bound 
 to keep from the rebels ; and so he got back to Chattanooga, and 
 escaped the horrors of Anderson ville, and saved me the necessity of 
 writing his obituary. 
 
 I have only one criticism to make on Billy's conduct. What- 
 ever casuists might say, I think he did perfectly right in hum- 
 bugging the rebels, but, in my opinion, he ought to have left them 
 the whisky, as the more they had of that commodity, the worse off 
 they would be ! I am afraid, too, that Billy never reported it at 
 the commissary's, and can't show Sergt. Garnsey's receipt for it. 
 
 The committee, Crews and Bowen, visited Chattanooga in com- 
 pliance with their appointment, looked after the boys, ascertained 
 their fate and their wants, and, on their return, gave a report of 
 their mission, giving an authentic account of the casualties. For 
 further particulars, see the history of the regiment. 
 
 Oct. 17th, Father Abraham calls for 300,000 more, to fill up 
 the ranks of the regiments in the field, and our patriotic governor 
 backs up the call with a proclamation for a speedy response. The 
 backbone is not yet broken ! 
 
 About the first of December, a lot of rebel prisoners passed 
 through Joliet, on their way to Rock Island. They changed cars 
 here, and their presence, of course, excited much interest, and a 
 large crowd gathered to take a look at them. By some mistake or 
 negligence of the commissary at Louisville, they had but little to 
 eat after leaving that place, and, when they arrived here, they 
 were terribly hungry. When the fact became known to our citi- 
 zens, a spontaneous movement was made for their relief. Parties 
 went to their homes and to the provision stores, and gathered up 
 sufficient food to relieve the wants of the poor fellows thus obey- 
 ing the command : " If thine enemy hunger, feed him." The 
 prisoners expressed their gratitude in the warmest manner, and 
 -when the train left, gave three rousing cheers for Joliet. Many
 
 66 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 of our citizens gave the prisoners a quarter in Uncle Sain's cur- 
 rency for a $5 or $10 bill of the confederate states, which I presume 
 they still keep as a curiosity. Is there any danger that they will 
 ever be worth anything more ! 
 
 Nov. 28th, we were in receipt of the news of Grant's success in 
 the operations before Chattanooga, and on Lookout Mountain, and 
 on Mission Ridge. The 100th and the 90th regiments and Battery 
 I, were engaged, and our townsman, Capt. Dan O'Connor, of the 
 90th, was wounded severely, and brought home. Another of our 
 citizens in the 90th, John O'Brien, got his empty sleeve at the 
 same time. Adjutant Rouse, and Colonel A. N. Waterman, and 
 Captain Nelson, of the 100th, the two latter wounded, were also 
 home. Capt. Bowen, also wounded, and Lieut. Ewen, were home 
 this month, trying to get recruits for the thinned ranks of the 
 100th. Surgeon H. T. Woodruff arrived from Libby prison, (hav- 
 ing been exchanged), the latter part of December, bringing us news 
 of Col. Bartleson, and others he had left behind. 
 
 The board of enrollment of this district, having completed 
 their labors, all persons who have been enrolled, and who are not 
 liable to military duty, are notified to appear before the 20th of 
 December, and to present their excuses, and to get their names 
 stricken from the roll. Notice is also given, that unless our quota 
 is filled by the 5th inst., (Dec.,) the draft will probably come. 
 The enrollment lists have been printed, and are posted in conspicu- 
 ous places, and are eagerly read by the crowds of passers-by. 
 Crowds also fill the office of the enrolling board, from early morn- 
 ing till late at night, presenting their reasons for exemption. Some 
 curious ones were given. One man, after a long time waiting his 
 turn, when asked his excuse, in a manner both confident and con- 
 fidential, whispered in the ears of the captain, that he was the only 
 father of a small boy, and was ready to make his affidavit to the 
 fact ! I believe the captain did not allow him to take his oath to 
 such a rash statement. Some who had voted for years, and voted 
 early and often, suddenly discovered that they were not citizens of 
 the United States. A second hegira to Canada also took place. 
 
 A special meeting of the Board of Supervisors was called at the 
 clerk's office, Dec. 16th, to take action in respect to bounties for 
 those who should enlist under the last call. A committee was
 
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 appointed, who reported in favor of a bounty of $100, to be paid 
 to all who should enlist before the draft ; and that the sum of 
 $39,225 should be appropriated for this purpose. Also that Geo. 
 Woodruff, B. F. Russell, H. Howk, of Joliet, and Wm. Gooding, 
 of Lockport, and A. J. Mclntyre, of Wilmington, should be a 
 war fund committee, whose duty it should be to sell orders for 
 cash, as many as would be required, at not exceeding ten per cent, 
 discount, and pay the proceeds to those who should be entitled to 
 receive it. This report was adopted. It was also resolved that 
 " justice to all the brave men in the field from Will county, (except 
 such as have already received it), and the widows and minor chil- 
 dren of such as have died or been killed in the service, required 
 that they should be paid a bounty of sixty dollars;" but it was 
 found that the board had already appropriated all that they legally 
 could. And here it is but justice to this, and other like commit- 
 tees to say, that, without pecuniary reward, they discharged the 
 duties imposed upon them, in raising and disbursing the funds for 
 this purpose, devoting much time and labor to the good work. 
 
 Public meetings are again held all over the county, to encour- 
 age enlistments. It was at this time Dec., '63, and Jan., '64 
 that Capt. (afterwards Major) Logan, enlisted Co. G, with the aid 
 of his lieutenant, Benj. Snyder, for the 64th regiment, or Yates' 
 Sharpshooters. Thirty-three men for Co. I, were also obtained in 
 this county, and five for Co. K. All recruits had to pass the scru- 
 tiny of a medical examination by Dr. McArthur, of the enrolling 
 board, which no doubt gave rise to some amusing scenes which are 
 not reported. On one occasion, a youth of slender form, and deli- 
 cate but interesting countenance, full-breasted and sinewy, though 
 slight and short, applied for enlistment in Capt. Logan's company. 
 The applicant was handed over to the surgeon, for the usual exam- 
 ination. The doctor had not proceeded very far in the discharge 
 of his official duties, when the recruit most decidedly declined fur- 
 ther examination, and suddenly left, in disgust with the service, 
 (or the preliminary thereto), the doctor advising a radical change 
 of costume. This was very unfortunate for Capt. Logan, who, I 
 presume, thought he had got a very valuable recruit ! 
 
 Dr. Bailey, then of this city, and who had resigned his position 
 ,as assistant surgeon in the 20fch regiment, was at this time in. charge
 
 68 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 of one of the government hospitals in Quincy, and reports the 
 names of ten privates of the 1 00th regiment, as in the hospitals of 
 that city. Dr. Bailey was complimented by the soldiers of hospital 
 No. 3, of which he had charge, with a New Year's gift of a gold 
 watch, a well-earned and richly-deserved present. 
 
 In January, '64, Barnef.t's battery was home on veteran fur- 
 lough, and the captain opened a recruiting office here to fill up its 
 ranks, at which time he succeeded in getting some forty or fifty 
 recruits, that did good service in finishing up the rebellion. The 
 battery rendezvoused at Camp Erwin. The 66th regiment, which 
 had been home on veteran furlough, also rendezvoused at Camp 
 Erwin, and obtained some twenty-five recruits from our county. 
 Capt. Logan's company joined the 64th at Ottawa. 
 
 In February, the 39th regiment came home on veteran fur- 
 lough, and the Wilmington people had a high old time, receiving, 
 and feteing, and recruiting companies A and E. 
 
 February 1st, Father Abraham calls for 200,000 more, and 
 orders are issued that the draft take place the 10th of March, ta 
 make up deficiencies in quotas. A special meeting of the Board 
 of Supervisors was again called, Feb. 10th, and a further appro- 
 priation of $14,125 made, in order to give a bounty of $100 to 
 each recruit enlisting before March 12th, or before the quota wa& 
 filled. It was the wish of the supervisors to appropriate a like 
 sum to each veteran who should re-enlist, but the board found that 
 it had already gone to the extent of the law in making appropria- 
 tions. The members, however, pledged themselves officially to use 
 their best efforts to get an act of the legislature passed, which should 
 enable them to do so, and ordered the clerk to make it a matter of 
 record. The board also appropriated $7,000, for the purpose of 
 filling up our quota. The desired legislation was obtained soon 
 after. 
 
 Barnett's battery, and the 66th regiment, left Camp Erwin for 
 the seat of war, March 4th. The ladies of the city gave them a 
 parting collation at the court house. A splendid sword and belt 
 were also presented to Capt. Logan, of the 64th. 
 
 Our fellow-citizen, Alex. Mclntosh, received in this month a 
 commission as quartermaster in the U. S. volunteer service, with 
 rank of captain, and took his departure for Chattanooga. He went
 
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 through Sherman's campaign to Atlanta, and thence to the sea r 
 and to Richmond. M. F. Hand, who had got his discharge from, 
 the 100th, accompanied him as clerk, as handy as ever. 
 
 In March, also, we hear the gratifying news of Col. Bartleson's 
 release from Libby. He was met in Chicago, by a committee of 
 our citizens, of which Mayor Porter was chairman, and on arrival 
 at Joliet, was enthusiastically welcomed, and conducted to the 
 court house, where Judge Parks made a speech of welcome, in his 
 usual happy manner, to which Col. Bartleson made a modest and 
 deeply interesting reply. This was one of the finest ovations ever 
 tendered anyone in Will county, although it was gotten up on short 
 notice. 
 
 The old 20th was home, also, this month, on veteran furlough,, 
 and the two companies belonging to this county were met at the 
 cars, and escorted to the court house by our citizens and the cornet 
 band; and a speech of welcome was made by Breckenridge, to 
 which Col. Bartleson, their old major, replied in their behalf^ 
 After the reception at the court house, they were escorted to the 
 Auburn House, and treated to a supper in Charley Austin's best 
 style. Our large hearted citizen, Otis Hardy, Esq., also opened 
 his house to a reception to the soldiers of the 20th, and others. 
 The citizens of Frankfort, also, gave an oyster supper to all returned 
 soldiers in that vicinity. 
 
 In April, our governor calls for twenty thousand three 
 months, or one hundred days' men, to take the place of such sol- 
 diers as were guarding prisoners, or in other posts at the north y 
 and recruiting is going on for this purpose. I. M. DeLine r 
 Samuel Coll and E. Tyler, discharged soldiers, are trying to raise 
 companies, and public meetings are held to facilitate the matter, 
 and committees appointed to raise funds. A full company, partly 
 from this county is soon in Camp Erwin, raised by Col. Goodwin, 
 formerly Major of the 20th. Our county furnished about seventy- 
 five of these 100 day men. They served a useful purpose inas- 
 much as they permitted an equal number of old soldiers to go ta 
 the front. Dr. Danforth having resigned his sword, took up the 
 lancet again as surgeon of the 134th, 100 day regiment. 
 
 April 27th, Lt. Col. Waterman who had been in command of 
 the 100th since Bartleson was taken prisoner, having received
 
 70 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 from the government a new stand of colors, sent home the old 
 flag, which the regiment had carried since leaving Joliet, now all 
 tattered and torn, so that it could no longer be unfurled, accom- 
 panied by a most eloquent letter giving briefly the scenes through 
 which it had passed. 
 
 At a special meeting of the Supervisors, May 14th, they ap- 
 propriated the sum of $2,750, for the purpose of paying to each 
 volunteer for the 100 days' service (not exceeding one hundred men) 
 ithe sum of $27.50. 
 
 The body of Adjutant Joseph D. Walker, of Lockport, of the 
 39th, who was killed in the battle on the Peninsula, at Bermuda 
 Hundreds, May 15th, was brought lo Lockport, where funeral 
 services were held May 23d by Rev. Mr. McReading, the former 
 chaplain of the regiment. The body was then taken to Wil- 
 mington for burial. 
 
 The funeral of Captain Burrell, of the 100th, killed on the 
 .skirmish line May 30th, took place at Plainfield, June 10th. 
 
 The Atlanta campaign, in which the 100th, 90th, 20th, 64th 
 and McAllister's and Barnett's batteries took part, now absorbs the 
 interest of our people, and we have frequent intelligence of casu- 
 alties which will be noticed in the history of the several organiza- 
 tions. 
 
 To cap the climax of our grief, to fill our cup of sorrow to 
 the brim, comes the sad news of the death of our beloved citi- 
 zen, the gallant Colonel of the 100th, killed on the afternoon of 
 June 23d. As everything relating to this painful matter is else- 
 where related, we pass over it now without further mention. 
 
 A new kind of "scalawag" is Developed about these days by 
 the necessities of the country, and the high bounties which are 
 now being offered for recruits a scalawag, which I think is en- 
 titled to be considered the devil's master-piece I mean the 
 " bounty jumper." Substitute brokerage is also lively, and many 
 are coining money out of the exigencies of the country. 
 
 As the terms " bounty jumper, " and "substitute broker " are 
 not to be found in Webster's unabridged, it may not be amiss to 
 define them for the benefit of those to whom they may not be 
 familiar. A "bounty jumper" was one who enlisted, and was 
 sworn into the service, received his bounties from the govern-
 
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 ment, and town and county, and then embraced the first opportu-" 
 nity to desert, oftm going to another county or state, and repeat- 
 ing the process. A " substitute broker " was one who procured 
 men to enlist as substitutes for others who were liable to a draft, 
 or to fill out the quotas of towns and districts. He got his sub- 
 stitutes wherever he could, and at as low a figure as possible, 
 and then sold them wherever he could get the highest bounty, or 
 the best price. The business might be conducted on a fair and 
 honorable basis, and the broker might thus serve both the country 
 and his customer, and he would be entitled to a fair remunera- 
 tion for his time and effort. On the other hand it is easy to see- 
 how he might conduct the business to the injury of the country, 
 by obtaining worthless men those who would desert, mere bounty 
 jumpers ; and by pocketing outrageous commissions he could also- 
 wrong both parties to the transaction. He might also be in collu- 
 sion with the bounty jumper. Of course in our county, the busi- 
 ness was conducted in the most honorable manner ! But some- 
 where in some other county or state, the quotas were largely filled 
 by worthless " scalawags, " against whose names in the muster- 
 rolls stands the word " deserted" 
 
 These substitutes were such slippery fellows that it became- 
 necessary to keep them under guard. On one occasion in Janu- 
 ary, a lot of them escaped from Joliet, by overpowering the guard. 
 Some were retaken, but were probably never worth the trouble of 
 recapture. One who had escaped on the cars, and who, it is said, 
 had "jumped the bounty " three times, got alarmed when the- 
 train was near Summit, and apprehending probably that he would 
 be arrested at that point, jumped from the train. This proved to- 
 be his last jump. Like Sam. Patch, he jumped one time toa 
 many, andjumped farther than he intended jumped into eternity. 
 
 In July another sad piece of intelligence comes to us. We 
 hear first of the wounding, and in a few days after of the death of 
 Adjutant Rouse, of the 100th, one of the finest young men that 
 went out from our county, or from any other. 
 
 August 20th, another meeting of the Board of Supervisors was 
 held to provide further bounty for volunteers, under the call of 
 Father Abraham, made July 1st, for 500,000 more. A bounty of 
 $200 was voted to any person who should go as a volunteer substi-
 
 72 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 tute before the draft. The sum of 80,000 was appropriated to 
 meet the same. A. J. Mclntyre, B. F. Russell, George Wood- 
 ruff and Robert Clow were appointed a commission to raise and 
 disburse the same. The sum of $2,000 was also appropriated 
 for the relief of destitute families of soldiers, to be disbursed by the 
 same committee. At a regular meeting in September, the action 
 was so amended as to make the bounty $325, and to include drafted 
 men or their substitutes, and the further sum of $10,000 was ap- 
 propriated, and a bounty of $100 was ordered to be paid to such 
 veterans as re-enlisted under the calls made during the last winter 
 and spring, and who were credited to the quota of Will county ; 
 or to the widow and heirs of any such veteran as had died, or 
 might die, before receiving such bounty. 
 
 Sept. 14th, Philip Filer received the appointment of paymas- 
 ter in the volunteer service, and donned the army blue. 
 
 September 27th, 1864, commenced that long dreaded, long 
 threatened operation the draft for the sixth congressional dis- 
 trict. The wheel of fortune, or misfortune, as you please to view 
 it, commenced to turn at the provost marshal's headquarters in 
 Young's block, beginning with LaSalle county. Renewed exer- 
 tions are made to fill our quota before the draft shall reach our 
 county. 
 
 Besides the moneys appropriated by the county board, the 
 various towns in the county appropriated money for the purpose 
 of filling up their several quotas. We give a summary of county 
 and town appropriations : 
 
 The total of county appropriations wa8 $235,908 
 
 The Town of Lockport appropriated 7,284 
 
 Lockport Village Association appropriated 5,743 
 
 Town of Florence ' % 10,075 
 
 Town of Troy " 18,271 
 
 Town of Wheatland " 9,340 
 
 TownofJoliet " 40,000 
 
 Which makes the total amount raised in this county, for war purposes, by official 
 
 action $336,621 
 
 The official action of the Bjard of Supervisors, of which we 
 have given a summary from time to time, renders, perhaps, any 
 further mention superfluous. We will, however, say, that from 
 the first special meeting, in April, 1861, to the close of the war, 
 the board were always ready to do everything in their power to
 
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 further the cause of the Union, both by the passage of resolutions 
 sustaining the government and denouncing disunion, and in going 
 to the extent of their legal powers in voting bounties and aid to 
 soldiers' families, and in assessing necessary taxes. 
 
 The amount voluntarily raised in our county, for all purposes, 
 and in all ways, was very large, but it cannot now be told. It 
 was a day when men's hearts and purses were always open to the 
 calls of the country, and to the needs of our soldiers. During the 
 pendency of the draft, many of our citizens furnished substitutes. 
 Some who were exempt, recognizing their obligations to the gov- 
 ernment, did so. And when our government decided to make use 
 of colored troops even those who had been most bitterly opposed 
 to the measure, most magnanimously showed their submission to 
 the laws, by being quick to avail themselves of this mode of get- 
 ting out of the draft. Even editors of democratic papers were 
 willing to be represented in the army by men as black as the ace 
 of spades, although it cost them $600. One of our young men 
 was represented in the army by no less a personage than GEORGE 
 WASHINGTON at a cost of $800. That was a pretty hard load 
 for one poor darkey to have to bear the weight of his own name 
 and that of a Woodruff besides ! 
 
 At this time, too, as many, both black and white, who had 
 gone as substitutes, did not prove very good soldiers, but embraced 
 the first opportunity to desert in fact turned bounty -jumpers 
 the government had to establish the rule, that the person who sent 
 a substitute, should be responsible for his fidelity. Fortunately, 
 however, there was no rule making the substitute responsible for 
 his principal ! 
 
 But despite all efforts, the " wheel " had to make a turn in 
 Will county, before our quota was full. The machine moved 
 slowly, as much time of the board was taken up in the mustering 
 in of recruits and substitutes, Lockport and Homer were the 
 towns that had a taste of the luxury. The relentless wheel turns 
 round, and, one after another, names are drawn to the number of 
 ninety-four. Among those who drew prizes were Alfred G. Row- 
 ley, the supervisor of the town of Homer, and F. G. Harris, the 
 enrolling officer of the district. Out of this number, one-half (47) 
 were required to fill the quota of the district. 
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 74 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 Substitutes now reach the top price, 800 to $1,500, a sum 
 which was quite beyond the reach of a poor man. The brokers, 
 I suppose, pocketed the lion's share of the sum. They did not let 
 their politics prevent them from going south and importing negroes 
 as substitutes. Anything in human shape, black, white, or mixed, 
 was in demand. 
 
 One of our clergymen an ex-chaplain a grey-haired old 
 man, had occasion to go from Chicago to Galena about the time 
 when the draft was imminent. Going aboard the train at night, 
 and being very tired, he took a berth at once, and soon fell asleep. 
 He was awakened after a time by the loud talking of some per- 
 sons, and looking out of his berth, saw that several men had gath- 
 ered around the stove, and were discussing politics in a loud and 
 excited manner. They bitterly denounced the war and the draft, 
 the government, and everything else, except the southern confed- 
 eracy. Lincoln was a tyrant and a fool, and Jeff. Davis a gentle- 
 man and a statesman, <fec., &c. The good ex-chaplain stood this 
 as long as he could, but at length, getting out of all patience, he 
 jumped out of his berth, and strode up to the stove, and addressed 
 them as follows : " Gentlemen, I have listened to your traitorous 
 talk as long as I can endure it, and I am determined to hear no 
 more." " Well," said one of them, " what are you going to do 
 about it? How will you stop it?" "I mean," replied the 
 ex-chaplain, "to thrash every one of you." " Ha ! ha ! " said one, 
 " you are a very angry old man." " No, I am not angry," he 
 replied, " but I am determined to hear no more of your treason- 
 able talk, and if there is no other way to stop it, I shall have to 
 thrash you." At this point, some one from the middle of the car 
 cried out : " That's right, old man, pitch in, and I'll help you ; 
 I'm tired of it, too." " And so am I," " and so am I," now came 
 from different parts of the car, " that's right, give it to the traitors." 
 The treason-shriekers, finding that the old man was so well backed 
 up, concluded to disperse, and the ex-chaplain, having relieved 
 himself of his righteous indignation, and skedaddled the rebels, 
 went to his berth again, and slept the sleep of the just, without 
 further molestation. 
 
 In the meanwhile, an exciting political campaign has been 
 going on, and the impending draft was used as a powerful argu-
 
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 ment against the re-election of Lincoln. But, to use his own 
 homely illustration, the people decided it was no time to swap 
 horses while fording the stream, and he was triumphantly re-elected. 
 The friends of his election held a grand jubilee over the result at 
 Young's hall, at which time a subscription was made for the bene- 
 fit of the soldiers' families, amounting to over $3,000. The timely 
 discovery of the Chicago conspiracy, was also a subject of great 
 universal excitement at this time. 
 
 The Atlanta campaign under Sherman has ended in the pos- 
 session of that place by the Union forces, and its partial destruction, 
 and the memorable march to the sea has commenced. Our 100th 
 regiment does not join in this, but returns to Chattanooga, under 
 Thomas, to watch Hood. The 90th and the 64th regiments, Bar- 
 nett's battery, and what was left of the 20th, went on to the sea. 
 
 We soon hear of the battle of Franklin, one of the fiercest in 
 which the 100th was engaged, and which resulted in our success, 
 enabling our force to get back to Nashville safely within the sur- 
 rounding fortifications. But the list of casualties is again a sad 
 one for Will county, for at this fight Major Rodney S. Bowen, of 
 Wilmington, received the wound of which he died soon after, Dec. 
 3d, 1864. The other casualties will be noted in the history of the 
 100th. 
 
 Soon, too, came the battles before Nashville, the 15th and 16th 
 of December, which resulted in our entire success, and which closed 
 up the list of battles in which the 100th was engaged. In these 
 last, the regiment escaped with but one casualty ; Joseph Butcher, 
 of Co. F, lost his left leg. He died subsequently at Nashville. 
 
 Dec. 20th, Father Abraham calls for 300,000 more, to finish 
 up the work of suppressing the rebellion, and a draft is again 
 expected, and meetings are again held in the various towns to 
 devise ways and means to fill up the quotas. 
 
 But good news comes thicker and faster. Gen. Sherman goes 
 through triumphantly to the sea, captures Savannah, and turns 
 northward. Hood was so badly whipped at Nashville, that we 
 hear no more from him. 
 
 The quota of the town of Joliet is ascertained to be sixty-eight, 
 of which number forty-six have been furnished, leaving twenty-two 
 to be drafted, unless substitutes are furnished.
 
 76 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 The evidence increases that we are approaching the beginning 
 of the end. For the last six months, our forces have been success- 
 ful at all points. The rebels want to negotiate. Sherman marches 
 on. Grant holds Lee tight. Charleston, the womb of the rebel- 
 lion, is taken. The rebels ask for an armistice. " Unconditional 
 surrender," says Grant, and Lincoln, too. The price of substitutes 
 begins to drop rapidly, and hair dye goes up ! Joliet being only 
 two or three behind on her quota, old fogies begin to dye their 
 hair and whiskers again. Richmond falls. Everybody is jubilant. 
 The backbone is broken at last ! 
 
 The news arrived Sunday night. The bells are rung every- 
 body rushes to the streets to see where the fire is hears the good 
 news, and joins in the hurrah. The people rush to the public 
 square. The flood-gates of gab are opened again. Norton, Bo wen, 
 Barber, Osgood, O'Connor, Tim. Kelly, Zarley everybody speaks. 
 The band is out, and all day Monday nothing is thought of but 
 the glorious news. Business is suspended. The two or three men 
 still wanting to fill the quota are quickly found. The substitute 
 broker's occupation is gone, and the bounty jumper has become an 
 extinct " varmint." Joliet is out of the draft, but, better than all, 
 no draft is needed, and no more recruits for now the word comes 
 " Lee has surrendered ! " Glory, glory, glory hallelujah ! the 
 war is over ! The backbone is not only broken, but ground to 
 powder ! The boys will soon come marching home ! those who 
 have survived the terrible four years ! 
 
 Less than a week passes when, hark ! another sound is in the 
 air. Saturday morning, the 15th of April, the first news which 
 meets us as we come down town is, that during the night, while 
 we slept sweetly, joyfully, our beloved president our own LINCOLN 
 has been assassinated, and lies stark and cold in the white house. 
 The rebellion, in its death throes, has dealt one terrible last thrust. 
 Swift as thought spreads the news. Men refuse to believe that it 
 is possible. But every dispatch confirms it. It is, alas ! too true ! 
 Men of all parties are struck dumb with grief and consternation. 
 All business is, by spontaneous action, suspended. Men talk with 
 bated breath and walk with measured steps. Offices and shops are 
 closed. The city is draped in mourning. Simultaneously with 
 the funeral services at Washington, services are held in our
 
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 churches, which are also draped in mourning, and every patriotic 
 heart feels itself smitten by the terrible blow. 
 
 " Oh, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! 
 Then I, and yoa, and all of us fell down, 
 Whilst bloody treason flourished over us." 
 
 May 2nd, Lincoln's remains pass through Joliet on the way to 
 Springfield. Great crowds assemble here, as everywhere, to catch a 
 glimpse of the casket which holds the precious dust. Only a few 
 however'can do so. Most must be content to look upon the car in 
 which they lie. Although the train is to arrive at midnight, at 
 least 5,000 people assembled to meet it. The depot was beauti- 
 fully draped with the national colors, and with evergreens and 
 mourning emblems, and such mottoes as these, "Over the ashes of 
 the illustrious dead, we consecrate ourselves anew to the cause of 
 truth, justice and freedom." " Reverently the prairie state re- 
 ceives the ashes of her noblest son. " " Champion, Defender and 
 Martyr of Liberty. " 
 
 A beautiful arch spanned the track, draped in black and white, 
 and trimmed with evergreen's, flags and flowers, and surmounted 
 with a cross of evergreens. The train arrived at twelve minute 
 guns were fired, the church bells tolled, and the multitude stood 
 in reverential silence, with uncovered heads, while the band 
 played a solemn dirge. Just as the train was approaching, a 
 brilliant meteor shot across the heavens, apparently falling over 
 the funeral car. After a half hour's stop, the train with its sa- 
 cred burden passes on to receive similar homage at every .station. 
 At Wilmington, in our county, the depot was beautifully deoora- 
 ted, and bore this motto "Martyr, yet Monarch !" 
 
 Our record opened with the death and funeral obsequies of 
 DOUGLAS, one of the most gifted citizens of our nation, an hon- 
 ored and influential senator. Called from the country he loved, 
 when it was just entering the dark and stormy days of the rebel- 
 lion, he gave out in his parting words a clarion ring for the 
 Union, and the enforcement of the laws. We close with the 
 death and funeral obsequies of LINCOLN, no less honored, and 
 perhaps more deeply loved. He was permitted to guide the na- 
 tion through the four dark and terrible years of the rebellion ; to
 
 78 HOME HISTORY. 
 
 see the authority of the government re-established, and our flag 
 waving in triumph over the rebel capital and Fort Sumter, and 
 to know that his great work was done. And so, " with malice to- 
 ward none, and with charity toward all" he went to his reward 
 the greatest martyr of the nineteenth century " the noblest 
 Roman of them all !" 
 
 And now, our streets are full again wih soldiers returning from 
 their long and weary campaigns. But oh ! with what thinned 
 ranks do they come ! And while we rejoice at their return, 
 and at the success which has crowned their toils and sufferings, we 
 mourn for those that have been left behind on so many bloody 
 battle fields. The contribution to our county, to the great holo- 
 caust, has been more than five hundred. Let us always grate- 
 fully, reverently remember them, and let us believe, that 
 
 " if there be on this earthly sphere, 
 
 A boon, an offering heaven holds dear, 
 
 'Tis the last libation liberty draws, 
 
 From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause." 
 
 THE ONE HUNDREDTH THE WILL COUNTY REGIMENT, had 
 a public reception, Saturday, July 1st, at the court house square. 
 It was a grand demonstration. A most hearty and thankful wel- 
 come was given to the bronzed and scarred veterans ; the survi- 
 vors of Levernge, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, 
 Rocky Face, Resacca, Adairsvilie, Dallas, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw 
 Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy, Spring Hill, 
 Franklin and Nashville ! 
 
 They were received by the Mayor and Council, with the music 
 of bands, the firing of cannon, and the shouts and huzzahs of the 
 assembled thousands. The members of the Soldiers Aid Society in 
 their sanitary uniform, and many other ladies lined the streets 
 through which they marched, and welcomed them with smiles and 
 the waving of flags and handerchiefs. A reception speech was 
 made by Joliet's silver-tongued orator, Judge Parks, which was re- 
 sponded to by Col. Waterman, An adjournment was then made 
 to Young's Hall, which was tastefully decorated, and where a rich 
 and bountiful repast had been provided, and was dispensed by the 
 PAIR, always ready to welcome the BRAVE. 
 
 July Fourth was celebrated by a grand union picnic, which
 
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 was held in the park south of the city. Hon. Sam. K. Casey, was 
 president of the day, assisted by twenty-four vice-presidents. 
 Rev. Mr. Jewett of the Methodist, and Rev. Mr. Kidd, of the 
 Congregational church, acted as Chaplains. Dennis E. Sibley, of 
 the 100th, read the declaration of Independence, and T. L. Breck- 
 enridge, was orator of the day. Our Joliet bard, C. H. Macom- 
 ber, Esq., welcomed our returned soldiers in poetic and patriotic 
 numbers. Major S. G. Nelson, of the 100th, and Major Dan. 
 O'Connor, of the COth, were the chief marshals. A free dinner 
 was given to all returned soldiers. And thus we celebrated the 
 birth-day of our nation in 1776, and its deliverance from threaten- 
 ed dismemberment in 1865. 
 
 Other regiments, companies and battery's came home during 
 the summer, and were gladly welcomed ; and one after another 
 the Will couuty soldiers, the survivors of the long and cruel civil 
 war, having given from one to four of the best years of their lives, 
 to the work of saving the Union, doffed the army blue which they 
 had worn so proudly and so long, and once more quietly took their 
 places in the various walks of civil life ; GLAD, that their fighting 
 days were over, glad, that all over our broad land, "grim-visaged 
 war had smoothed his wrinkled front;" glad, that all the clouds 
 which had so Jong lowered over our beloved country were 
 
 " Now in the deep bosom of the ocean buried ; 
 That their bows were bound with victorious wreaths ; 
 Their bruised arms hung up for monuments ; 
 Their stern alarums changed to merry meetings, 
 Their dreadful marches to delightful measures." 
 
 Glad ! glad! above all, that now, everywhere, from farthest 
 Maine to the Rio Grande ; from the ice bound rocks of Alaska, to 
 the orange groves of Florida ; and from the Chesapeake to the 
 Golden Gate ; the flag of the Union waved unchallenged, and that 
 now, nowhere, east or west, north or south, beneath its ample folds, 
 could the all beholding sun, LOOK DOWN UPON A SINGLE SLAVE !
 
 PART SECOND. 
 
 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES, 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 
 
 FROM JOLIET TO JACKSON, TENN. JUNE 1861, TO AUGUST 1862. 
 
 Regiment leaves Joliet En route Arrives at Alton Camp Experiences 
 Accident Irregular rations Goes to St. Louis Is Armed Goes to Cape 
 Girardeau Experiences Expeditions A. J.Sanger as a Spy Goes to Birds 
 Point Returns to Cape Starts for Predericktown The Elder has a Prayer 
 Meeting Fredericktown A Reliable Contraband The Battle Incidents 
 How the 20th Behaved in its First Battle Thanked by Gen. Grant Returns 
 to Birds Point Winter Quarters Expeditions Has Visitors from Joliet 
 Difficulties in Regiment New Year's Calls Masquerade Old Birds' Honey 
 Reconnoisance Starts for Fort Henry [n]the Fort Goes to Donaldson 
 Battle Casualties Incidents Col. Marsh's Report Gen. Wallace's Report 
 About the Bittle Afterwards Starts for the Tennessee River A Slip 
 Betwixt the Cup and Lip Savannah Pittsburgh Landing Battle of Shiloh 
 Casualties Advance to Corinth 3- >es to Jaclcson, Tenn. Difficulties 
 Again Oapt. Hildebrant Negro Hunters A Pass Through Camp General 
 Logan. 
 
 I 
 
 [HE events which preceded and attended the organization of 
 
 the 20th regiment, have already been given in chapter first of 
 our " home record, " and need not here be repeated. The 
 original enlistment was commenced under the first call for 75,000 
 for the three months' service, but before the regiment was fully or- 
 ganized, our government had become satisfied that more than 
 three months and more than 75,000 men would be required to 
 subdue the insurrection, and it was mustered in May 14th, for
 
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 three years, unless sooner discharged. Only thirty of the number 
 that had gathered together from the district, declined to go for 
 three years, and their places were soon supplied. The full roster 
 and muster roll of the two companies, and others from the county, 
 will be found in Part Fourth. During the preliminary organiza- 
 tion, Dr. A. L. McArthur, had charge of the camp as surgeon, as- 
 sisted by Dr. Bailey. At the final muster in, Dr. Christopher 
 Goodbrake of Clinton county, was made surgeon, and Dr. F. K. 
 Bailey of this city, assistant surgeon, and the Rev. Chas. Button, 
 the pastor of the Baptist church in Joliet, was made chaplain. 
 
 On the 18th day of June, the regiment received the long- 
 looked for orders from Gov. Yates, and at 5 p. m., bade good-bye 
 to Camp Goodell, marched to the depot where the entire city, and 
 multitudes from the surrounding country, had assembled to bid 
 them good-bye and God-speed, and at 7:20 o'clock they were on 
 their way to Alton. The boys met with a complete ovation all 
 along the route. At every station the depots and platforms were 
 crowded with men, women, and children, who greeted them with 
 cheers, hand-shakes, "God bless you's," and boquets. From every 
 farm house the train was signaled with waving of handkerchiefs 
 and swinging of hats. At Monticello, a whole female seminary 
 greeted the boys, and made them regret that they could not stop 
 there awhile. 
 
 The train arrived at Alton at noon of Wednesday, and the 
 regiment immediately went into camp. But land seemed to be so 
 scarce at Alton that they could not secure an eligible camp. The 
 place to which they were assigned, consisted of hills and gullies, 
 some bushes and innumerable stumps. They were exposed to the 
 burning sun by day, with shady groves in sight, from which they 
 were shut out, to tantalize them, while the water with which they 
 were supplied, did not deserve the name. The contrast with 
 Camp Goodell, with its shady oaks and magnificent spring of pure 
 cold water, was a striking one, and the men thought the place 
 must have been selected on the principle that the sooner they were 
 inured to the hardships of soldiering, the better. Others said that 
 they were placed there because the owner of the land (one Buck- 
 master) wanted the land grubbed of its stumps. Indeed, the 
 boys had this for their catechism : 
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 Ques. What is the chief end for which the 20th was enlisted? 
 
 Ans. To grub stumps for Sam. Buckmaster. 
 
 Certainly the boys were kept from the temptations of idleness 
 and the wiles of the devil, while clearing the spot. 
 
 Besides the 20th there was encamped here at this time, the 
 15th, 17th, and 24th regiments, and a squadron of cavalry. The 
 24th was known as the " Hecker Regiment," and was composed 
 largely of Germans, who were old campaigners, who had seen ser- 
 vice in European wars, and they were quite disposed to poke fun 
 at the raw yankee boys. But before the war was over I presume 
 they stopped their fun, as they found that the raw " yankee boys" 
 could learn the art of fighting as well as any. Col. Turner of the 
 15th, was in command of Camp Pope, as it was named. 
 
 The Hecker regiment had even poorer fare than the 20th 
 while in camp " Buckmaster," being without tents, and compelled 
 to make blankets do double duty with the help of bushes. One 
 day the chaplain of the 20th, conversing with the brave old Ger- 
 man colonel, alluded to their hard fare. Hecker replied " Ah, 
 well, you know we are only step-children !" 
 
 A melancholy incident occurred while in Camp Pope. One of 
 the privates of Company D seized a musket, and playfully point- 
 ing it at another private, of the name of Titus, snapped it. Con- 
 trary to his expectations, it went off, terribly wounding not only 
 Titus, but also one of the Smith family. Both recovered, but 
 were disabled and discharged, and one of them sadly disfigured. 
 This was a lesson to the boys to be careful with the tools they were 
 now handling. This was the first blood that our good chaplain 
 had ever seen drawn, and he fainted at the sight, It is said that 
 those who are first affected in this way, become the most fearless 
 and reliable on the battle field. Certainly this was true of the 
 chaplain of the 20th, as we shall see in the course of our history. 
 
 While at Alton, the boys sometimes got hungry. They had 
 issued to them some old, wormy hard-tack, that had lain stowed 
 away in barracks since the Mexican war, and neither their teeth 
 nor their stomachs had yet got reconciled to this kind of fare, and 
 they got somewhat restive, and were fully of the opinion that to 
 preserve their own lives was the first law of nature. Somebody's 
 hogs got in the way just then, perhaps by the direction of old
 
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 Nick, and all at once pop, pop, pop went the guns. Some 
 thought the enemy had come, and was charging on the camp. 
 But the result of the noise was a good many dead hogs, and 
 hungry men fed. But they afterwards paid the penalty of such 
 disorderly conduct, some of them in getting sick and having to 
 swallow Goodbrake and Bailey's prescriptions, and all of them 
 in having enough of their pay stopped to foot the bill. 
 
 While here in camp the 4th of July came along, and was 
 duly celebrated. The entire brigade was drawn up about noon, 
 and listened to a most eloquent and appropriate address from the 
 Rev. Dr. Bellows, of N. Y., who was just then visiting the camp 
 as sanitary inspector. At the conclusion of the exercises, the 
 whole force was requested to raise the right hand, and solemnly 
 pledge themselves to serve the Union cause against all enemies 
 whatever. The scene was a very impressive one. 
 
 On the night of July 5th, the regiment was notified to be 
 ready to march next day at an early hour, and on the morning 
 of the 6th they moved to the river landing, and went aboard a 
 steamer, and in a few hours were at St. Louis, and entered the 
 enclosure of the memorable arsenal, encamped, and received their 
 arms, equipments, and clothing. They were armed with old U. 
 S. flint lock muskets changed to percussion lock, and although the 
 boys were not very well pleased with them at first, yet they 
 proved a very efficient and deadly weapon, and some of them 
 were carried all through the service. 
 
 St. Louis, at this time, was in a doubtful state of mind. There 
 were many outspoken secesh among all classes, and street rows 
 were common. Some of the 20th were passing along a street one 
 day, when a lot of this gentry, who were in a livery stable, seeing 
 the boys in blue, hurrahed for Jeff. Davis and the southern con- 
 federacy. This was the signal for a charge, and that livery stable 
 was cleaned out in a brief space of time ! 
 
 After a three days' broil in St. Louis, the regiment again 
 embarked, and after a pleasant sail down the river, landed on the 
 10th inst. at Cape Girardeau. This place seemed still nearer the 
 enemy's land, and matters began to look like business. 
 
 On the night of the day on which they landed at the Cape, 
 after the boys, who were very tired, (having had to unload the
 
 84 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 boat), had been about an hour in bed, Col. Erwin came around 
 and said he wanted 26 men to go out and take a provision train, 
 which had started for the rebel camp just before their arrival. 
 Tired as they were, there were plenty of volunteers for the job. 
 But Col. Marsh said they were too tired, and would not allow them 
 to go. Col. Erwin then rallied a squad of the " home guard," 
 and having armed them, set out. The guard had seen the train 
 leave for the rebel camp, which was about 20 miles distant, but 
 dare not interfere, as there was no force at the Cape to fall back 
 upon. The expedition was entirely successful. Colonel Erwin 
 returned during the night, having captured seven loaded wagons, 
 five yoke of oxen, four horses, and eight prisoners. The train had 
 a guard of twenty men the balance escaped. 
 
 While at the Cape, J. E. Shields was appointed quartermaster ; 
 J. F. Branch, wagon-master ; E. P. Smith, com. sergt. ; James 
 Hubbard, sutler ; and Albert E. Randall, postmaster. 
 
 The 20th laid an embargo upon the river trade, capturing con- 
 traband to a large amount. It stopped the steamer Memphis, 
 among others, finding on board a lot of medicines destined for the 
 southern army, shipped by the loyal (?) house of G. & K., and 
 secreted in trunks and valises. 
 
 Three companies of the 20th (B, C and I), also went on a scout 
 to ascertain the strength of the rebel Gen. Watkins' command, from 
 whom so much was feared and threatened. They returned and 
 reported his vaunted force to be about 1,500, poorly armed. 
 
 About the 15th of July, word came that the notorious Jeff. 
 Thompson was raiding on the Whitewater, about twenty miles 
 away, and companies E and F were ordered for special service, 
 with three days' rations. The boys were ready for the expedition, 
 but the question of rations was a " little mixed." The government 
 hard tack had been condemned, and rations of flour were issued 
 instead. But there was no bread baked ahead, and all they had 
 to take for rations was raw ham. Capt. Hildebrant, who was in 
 charge of the expedition, reported at headquarters as ready for 
 duty, with raw meat only, and was informed that bread would be 
 supplied. But they marched at 10 o'clock at night, with very 
 deficient rations, and were at Whitewater by daylight, and went 
 into camp in the woods, well fagged out. During the next day,
 
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 they managed to procure corn bread, and some potatoes, for which 
 the captain paid out of his own pocket, and managed to subsist in 
 this way two days. The expedition was one of those foolish ones, 
 often made during the war, viz., sending infantry to catch cavalry. 
 All through the war, our army was very defective in the cavalry 
 branch of service, and inferior to the rebels. Gen. Scott, I believe, 
 with all his skill as a general, was not favorable to cavalry. And 
 then it was expensive ! 
 
 On the return of the expedition, Capt. Hildebrant was placed 
 under arrest by Col. Marsh, for taking his men on a march without 
 bread, and for allowing them to forage. After two days, he was 
 released, on demand of the regiment, who had learned the facts in 
 the case. 
 
 This unpleasant circumstance brings us face to face with the 
 fact which we would gladly ignore if possible that there were, 
 for some time, in the history of the 20th, dissensions which injured 
 it, and rendered association with it unpleasant to many. I shall 
 touch as lightly as possible on this part of its history, and only so 
 far as is necessary to vindicate the reputation of some of our Will 
 county men. 
 
 Fremont was at this time in command of the department, and 
 during the last of July, with his staff, paid the Cape a visit. 
 
 While here, the first death occurred in the regiment, the 1st 
 sergeant of Co. A, from Champaign county. 
 
 It will be remembered that General Fremont, being somewhat 
 more advanced in his views than the administration, had issued an 
 emancipation proclamation, which, not being president, (having 
 only once run for the office), and being only a department com- 
 mander, was perhaps a little irregular. As a consequence, many 
 negroes had come within the union lines, and there were a good 
 many at the Cape. When this proclamation was overruled by the 
 higher powers, of course there was trouble in the camp of the con- 
 trabands, and many heart-rending scenes were witnessed by the 
 boys, as the poor refugees gave way to their grief and fear, at thus 
 being remanded to the tender mercies of the masters from whom 
 they had escaped, believing that the "year of jubilee had come." 
 
 While the regiment was at the Cape, one of the members from 
 our county developed into a first-class scout, or spy. I need
 
 86 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 not say that this is the most dangerous, as it oftentimes is the 
 most useful, service which anyone can render the cause of his 
 country. The fate of a spy, if detected, is death. The justice of 
 this, so long as both parties and all nations make use of them, it is 
 hard to see. But so it is the man who undertakes this role runs 
 the hazard of being detected and hung. Who has not wept over 
 the story of Major Andre, spy though he was, and a British spy, 
 too ! And who has not felt dissatisfied with the law which com- 
 pelled Washington to order his execution, at the same time that he 
 was, no doubt, employing spies himself? Much has been said about 
 the morality of employing spies, and acting the part of a spy ; but 
 they have been employed in war ever since the time of Moses. 
 
 The person to whom I allude as a spy in the 20th, was Albert 
 J. Sanger, of Co. F, in respect to whom I have found the follow- 
 ing in a soldier's letter : 
 
 "We have one of the best spies in the company that ever tried 
 the swamps. It is A. J. Sanger. He can play the "sawney " to 
 such perfection that the people believe him a fool. He is gone 
 almost all the time. He has been eighty miles back toward the 
 Arkansas line. He has been a prisoner in Thompson's and Har- 
 dee's camps, but they thought he was a fool, and let him go. He 
 goes out all alone, on horseback, with an old pair of saddle-bags, 
 dressed in a blue linsey coat and butternut pants, calico shirt, and 
 old straw hat, and is a regular who-haw-buck. When he returns 
 to camp, no one can get a word out of him. He does not wish to 
 be recognized. He went out a week ago, and has returned. He 
 went into Arkansas, and was taken prisoner, and came near losing 
 his horse, and narrowly escaped being shot several times. He 
 was taken prisoner and brought before Jeff. Thompson, who told 
 him that if he had no other business but to see his friends, he had 
 better return, as the times were too hot for visiting. ' Besides/ 
 said Jeff., 'I shall soon have possession of the Cape, and then no 
 one will be allowed to pass.' This was just the information San- 
 ger was after, and he told Jeff, he had been there, and he thought 
 he could take it easily enough if he tried. But Jeff, did not take 
 it so soon as he expected." 
 
 Just before Sanger took up the role of spy, a lieutenant from
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 87 
 
 the 9th regiment had tried it, went into Hardee's camp, was 
 arrested and shot. 
 
 July 23d, companies B, I and K, in command of Capt. Bartle- 
 son, (it having been reported that 300 rebels were threatening an 
 attack,) went out on a scout to look after them ; they went through 
 Jackson, Whitewater and Dallas, and scouted over the country for 
 ten miles around the Cape, returning July 28, with some prisoners, 
 having marched 75 miles. 
 
 July 29th, Capt. Bartleson, with 25 men, went on the steamer 
 Illinois, 25 miles up the river, and destroyed a ferry boat with 
 which the rebs were running corn from Illinois to Missouri. 
 
 August 13th, companies B, C, E and F, and a section of artil- 
 lery, in command of Col. Erwin, went to Hamburg, killed nine 
 rebels, and returned with prisoners, having traveled sixty miles. 
 
 August 17th, Lieutenant Cleghorn, with 25 men, went on the 
 steamer Luella, down the river, to Big Island, in search of rebel 
 stores, and returned August 20th, with a boat load of horses and 
 mules. 
 
 During the month of August, occurred the visit of some of our 
 citizens to the Cape, and the scare which Jeff. Thompson got up 
 for their benefit, as related in the home history of the time. 
 
 The Cape had now become a strong post and supplied with 
 cannon, and it would have required a strong force to take it. 
 Besides, the rebels had many friends in the town, who would have 
 got cleaned out if they should attack it. Gen. Grant was now in 
 command, under Fremont, of the sub-district, having his head- 
 quarters at Cairo. Here the regiment remained until about the 
 middle of August, being engaged, in the meantime, in building 
 fortifications, drilling, &c., and in frequent expeditions, and eating 
 Uncle Sam's rations. During their stay, they built the substantial 
 earthworks, which commanded both the river and the town. The 
 20th was, some of the time, the only force at the Cape, and was 
 consequently liable to an attack. 
 
 Sometime in the last of August, the regiment was moved out 
 to Jackson, about twenty miles, with other forces from the Cape, 
 for the purpose of aiding in a plan which had been laid to trap a 
 rebel force under Pillow. This place was the residence of a rebel 
 general, by the name of Watkins, a man of great wealth. Some
 
 88 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 of the boys were quartered in his fine mansion, and I fear were 
 not as careful as they should have been of the house and contents. 
 
 Sept. 12th, the regiment went down on the steamer Illinois to 
 Birds Point, where it remained until the middle of October. Dr. 
 Bailey was left at the Cape in charge of the sick. There was much 
 sickness, measles, &c. The seminary building, court house, and a 
 church, were all used as hospitals. The various regiments which 
 had passed through the Cape had left their sick, and the doctor 
 had his hands full. 
 
 Hearing that Jeff. Thompson was at Fredericktown, a place 
 between Pilot Knob and Cape Girardeau, Gen. Grant conceived 
 the idea of cutting off his retreat. In consequence of this plan, 
 the 20th regiment left Birds Point on the 16th of October, at mid- 
 night, on the steamer Louisiana, with a section of Taylor's battery,, 
 under command of Lieut. White. The steamer Chancellor fol- 
 lowed, with two companies of cavalry, in command of Captain 
 Stewart. Before noon, of the 17th, they arrived at the Cape, and 
 encamped just outside of the city limits, on the Jackson road. On 
 the 18th, the force, which consisted of the 17th 111., Col. Ross ; 
 the llth Missouri, Col. Plummer; the 20th 111., the two compa- 
 nies of cavalry, and the section of artillery before named all in 
 command of Col. Plummer, of the llth Missouri started out for 
 Fredericktown. It is proper to remark here that the llth Mis- 
 souri was really an Illinois regiment, being one of those that had 
 been mustered in as a Missouri regiment when our quota was 
 filled. The force aggregated in all about 1,700. Moving out, 
 they marched the first day about thirteen miles, camping about 
 four miles northwest of Jackson, on. the Dallas road. On the 
 evening of the 19th, they reached Dallas, about halfway to Fred- 
 ericktown. 
 
 The regiment went into camp near the house of a southern 
 planter, a secession sympathizer. The good chaplain called on the 
 family, and finding that they were zealous Baptists, proposed hav- 
 ing a prayer meeting after supper. This proposition was cordially 
 accepted, and at the appointed hour the planter gathered his family 
 and the neighbors, and the chaplain gathered the praying ones of 
 the regiment, and they had a good, old-fashioned prayer meeting. 
 
 But all of the boys of the 20th, I am sorry to say, were not of
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 89 
 
 the praying kind. Some a majority, I fear were quite other- 
 wise. At any rate, while the prayer meeting was going on, and 
 the family were feeling safe and happy, and growing more char- 
 itable in their hearts toward the Yankees, some of the boys took 
 the opportunity of doing a little foraging on their own account. 
 The result was, that many of the planter's chickens, and sweet 
 potatoes, and a share of his honey, too, got into camp. The next 
 morning, Sergeant Bernier very innocently went to the house to 
 borrow a kettle to cook his potatoes in. The woman thought this 
 pretty " cheeky." " A pretty set of Christians are you Yanks," 
 says she. " Some of you come here and pray, and talk very pious, 
 while the rest steal my chickens, and potatoes, and honey ; and 
 now you have the impudence to come and a?k for my kettle ; " 
 and she proceeded to pour forth upon the heads of the sergeant 
 and the Yanks in general, a broadside of vernacular that must 
 have nearly exhausted her vocabulary. The sergeant, though one 
 of the bravest of the boys, beat a hasty retreat. 
 
 Of course the good chaplain was not in collusion with the raid- 
 ers ; but the chaplain's prayer meeting became a standing joke in 
 the regiment, and whenever rations were short, his brother officers 
 were wont to-suggest to him the propriety of holding another prayer 
 meeting ; but the planters did not " hanker" after any more ! 
 
 On the 20th, they approached within eleven miles of Freder- 
 icktown, where they expected to cage the redoubtable Jeff. Strict 
 watch was kept up that night. On the 21st, they resumed the 
 march, and though many were footsore and weary, no complaints 
 were made. They arrived in sight of Fredericktown about noon. 
 The town was pleasantly located on high ground, the court house 
 occupying the crest of the hill. They found the stars and stripes 
 flying from the court house, and the place in possession of a force 
 under Col. Carlin, which had come from Pilot Knob to aid in 
 bagging Jeff. But Jeff, had captured a bearer of dispatches, and 
 learned of the plot, and slipped out of sight. He formed a counter- 
 plot, and intended to move out and intercept the force under 
 Plummer, thrash them, and then return and do the same job for 
 Carlin ; but 
 
 " The best laid schemes o' mice an' men 
 
 Gang aft a-gly." 
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 90 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Col. Carlin, believing that Jeff, had made his escape, and think- 
 ing that pursuit would be useless, was resting himself and his com- 
 mand in town. The inhabitants of the place were strongly secash, 
 and all the information that could be got from them was that 
 Jeff, had left the day before for Greenville. Col. Plummer, 
 however, to whom Col. Carlin had yielded the command, thought 
 he would try and ascertain whether Jeff, was within reach. He 
 accordingly organized a column for pursuit, consisting of his 
 force from the Cape, and part of Scholfield's battery, leaving Car- 
 lin's force in reserve. 
 
 But Jeff, had not gone far, but had formed an ambuscade, 
 about a mile from town, just over a ridge on .the Green- 
 ville road, concealing his forces in a cornfield and some tim- 
 ber, intending to draw on our forces and then open upon them. 
 This plan would probably have been successful but for a " relia- 
 ble contraband," who was sitting on a fence in front of a house, 
 and who said to Capt. Stewart, who was in advance with his 
 cavalry, " Don't go down dar massa, heap secesh down dar, seed 
 'em myself, not seben minutes ago." His statement, fortunately, 
 obtained sufficient credence to bring our forces to a halt, and 
 cause a reconnoisance to see if it was true. Just over the hill 
 partly concealed by the timber and the cornfield, the enemy was 
 discovered awaiting the approach of our forces. He had planted 
 four field pieces skillfully concealed by the woods, and his infan- 
 try and about 800 cavalry were well posted to pour a deadly fire 
 upon our boys as soon as they came in range. 
 
 Thanks, first to a kind Providence, and next to the contra- 
 band, this well laid plan was discovered in time. This "old 
 darkey " does not figure in any official reports of the fight, but I 
 have the account from an eye witness in the 20th, and I am only 
 sorry that I do not know the darkey's name, that it might at least 
 pass into this history. As it is, the credit of the affair must be 
 set down to his poor despised race. 
 
 Col. Plummer soon placed his forces in order of battle. The 
 section of Taylor's battery, and one gun of Major Scholfield's were 
 duly planted. The 17th regiment took the centre, the 20th the 
 right, and the 1 1th Mo. the left. Silence, solemn and deep for a 
 few minutes, and then the ball opened by two rounds from Tay- 
 lor's guns. The enemy replied. In a few moments our forces
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 91 
 
 advanced, and the conflict became general. The advance force 
 of the enemy under Col. Lowe, 800 picked men, was brought, by 
 the skillful disposition of our forces, between the cross fire of the 
 two wings, and the slaughter was terrible. Our cannon spoke 
 twice to the enemy's once. The officers and men of the 20th all 
 fought bravely in this their first conflict. Cols. Marsh and Er- 
 win were both in the thickest of the fight, and the bullets flew 
 thick around them, but they escaped unhurt. A cannon ball 
 passed under the horse of Col. Marsh, and struck off the shoe of 
 the horse of his adjutant. The fight continued for about three 
 hours, and resulted in the discomfiture and retreat of Jeff, and his 
 entire force, leaving over three hundred dead on the field, and 
 many prisoners. Jeff, did not go to look after Carlin's force, al- 
 though they were not far off, but hastened as fast as possible in 
 another direction. Only about 1200 of our forces were actively 
 engaged in the fight. That of the enemy is supposed to have 
 been considerably larger. 
 
 A sad sight was this, the first battle field which had been seen 
 by any of the 20th, save Lt. Col. Erwin, who had been in the 
 Mexican war. The mangled corpses excited the pity of our men, 
 although most of them were enemies of the Union. Old men and 
 beardless boys, lay side by side, dead and dying. Col. Lowe who 
 had been a terror to all Union men in the region, was killed. 
 
 Our forces chased Thompson four miles, capturing many. The 
 entire loss in the 20th regiment, was three wounded. Two guns 
 were captured from the enemy, one of which was brought in by 
 Co. B., led on by its brave captain, Bartleson, Chaplain Button 
 was highly commended for his kind offices to the wounded and dy- 
 ing on the field, although while the fight was in progress, it was 
 hard work for him to maintain his official character as a non-com- 
 batant. When Co. B. was hauling up the captured cannon, he swung 
 his hat and cried out, " give it to them boys, the Lord is on our side/' 
 
 That we have not over stated the action of the 20th in this, its 
 first encounter with the foes of the Union cause, which, alas ! had 
 not hitherto had many successes, will be seen by the following ad- 
 dressed to Col. Marsh by the commanding general : 
 
 HD. QRS., 2ND DIST. S. E. Mo., Oct. 31st, 1861. 
 
 COL.: I am instructed by Gen. Grant, to extend to yon, and your com- 
 mand his cordial welcome on your return from the field of battle, and of
 
 92 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 your victory. The reports that have reached him from Fredericktown, 
 have filled him with the highest admiration for the valor aad patriotism dis- 
 played by you and your command, in that engagement. Amid the gloom 
 that filled the country in the commencement of the reverses of our army at 
 Leesburg, Fredericktown arose and threw athwart the cloud its bow of 
 promise. It was your privilege to be among the foremost of that gallant band 
 who raised our drooping banner, and emblazoned it with victory. The im- 
 portance of your success cannot be measured by an ordinary standard. It 
 gave new life to tens of thousands of our discouraged soldiers. It has 
 crushed out the rebellion in S. E. Missouri. It has restored the prestige of 
 victory to our flag. And, not the least source of your general's gratification 
 is the fact that you have brought back your entire command. 
 Very Respectfully, 
 
 WM. S. HILLYER, 
 
 Captain and Aid-de-Camp. 
 COL. C. C. MARSH. 
 
 The officers and men of the 20th regiment felt at the time that 
 the correspondents of the Chicago papers did them great injustice. 
 They scarcely made mention of the part of the 20th in this engage- 
 ment. One account was written as if the regiments from Pilot 
 Knob did the fighting, while they really had no part in it. The 
 battle was fought mainly by the 20th and 17th III., and llth Mo., 
 and the' 20th was the only regiment that got a sight of Jeff. 
 Thompson, and had to be stopped in their pursuit. 
 
 Col. Plummer, who commanded the forces engaged, compli- 
 mented the 20th for its bravery, and tied the blue ribbon upon its 
 flag, which was riddled with bullets. The boys after they deliv- 
 ered their fire, had a trick of throwing themselves upon their .backs 
 and then loading, and jumping up again and delivering their fire, 
 and to this it was no doubt owing that they escaped with so few 
 casualties. Our troops were so indignant at the people of Freder- 
 icktown for their deception, that they were with difficulty re- 
 strained from burning the town. 
 
 During the return of the 20th from Fredericktown, strict or- 
 ders were given by Col. Marsh against foraging. On encamping 
 for the night, the men found themselves terribly hungry, and their 
 prospects for supper very slim. One of the lynx-eyed boys es- 
 pied a flock of sheep, and the temptation was too strong for some 
 of them, and several carcasses were brought into camp, and pre- 
 parations made for a good square meal. Suddenly the Colonel 
 made his apppearanqe, and seeing what was going on said, " Boys 
 this won't do, you know that it is a positive violation of my
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 93 
 
 orders. " One whom the boys called " Lemon Jim, " spoke up, 
 and with the utmost gravity said, " Col., we came suddenly upon 
 
 these d d devils ; they refused to take the oath of allegiance, 
 
 and here they are ! " 
 
 The 20th, soon after the battle of Fredericktown, (Oct. 3 1st) re- 
 turned to Birds Point, on steamer Alex. Scott. Here the men 
 built log houses for their winter quarters. 
 
 While here, during January, General .Paine ordered Captain 
 Hildebrant to take Sergeant Branch and ten men, and proceed to 
 Belmont and arrest one Wiseman, the leader of a rebel 
 gang that shot many of our pickets on the 16th of January, and to 
 bring him into camp. They arrived at Belmont about midnight, 
 and cautionsly approaching a house found it a rendezvous of rebel 
 pickets whose camp was a mile ahead, directly opposite Colum- 
 bus. The call was unexpected. Our boys drove in the pickets 
 and surrounded the house. In a loud voice the captain gave out 
 his commands, ordering the columns to move forward ! as if he 
 had a large force. The rebs skedaddled toward their camp with- 
 out firing a gun. Our boys searched the house, but found that 
 the bird had flown. On their return they heard the long roll 
 call sounded in the rebel camp, and the order to " fall in." 
 
 This bold reconnoisance on the part of Captain Hildebrant, is 
 only one of the many tests to which his bravery and judgment 
 were subjected, and in which he always proved himself equal to 
 the occasion. 
 
 Soon after the return of the 20th to Birds Point, it received a 
 visit from some of its Joliet friends. Among them, Otis Hardy ? 
 Esq., and his two eldest daughters, and Mrs. Button, the wife of 
 the worthy chaplain.. "Bro. Hardy " had heard that somehow 
 hospital stores which had been forwarded to the boys from Joliet 
 had failed to come to hand, and with his usual zeal and thorough- 
 ness he made it his business to investigate the matter. He ac- 
 cordingly looked up the stores in Cairo, and got them into the 
 hospital. Not liking the looks of the hospital, (of which our boys 
 had just taken possession,) he pulled off his coat, and with the assist- 
 ance of the others, he thoroughly " policed " it, without waiting 
 for orders or even a permit from headquarters. Some officials 
 looked on astonished at so extra-judicial a proceeding, but I guess 
 the inmates rather liked it.
 
 94 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 The stay at Birds Point was extremely tedious, and the boys 
 became somewhat restive. The difficulties in the regiment broke 
 out again. A petition was circulated asking Col. Marsh to resign, 
 which was signed by more than three- fourths of the officers, and a 
 great majority of the men, which he declined to do. Capt. Hilde- 
 brant, on being arbitrarily denied a leave of absence to go to Caira 
 and meet his wife, allowed himself to be guilty of an act of insub- 
 ordination, and to go without leave, for which he was placed in 
 arrest, and ordered confined to camp. After a few days, Captain 
 Hildebrant reported to the general commanding, when he was 
 released from arrest, and placed on duty as a scout, and remained 
 most of the winter on special service. Just before the movement 
 up the river to Fort Henry, the captain was tried on the charge of 
 disobedience, with some other charges of which he was not guilty, 
 and the court cleared him of all ; but for some reason, the papers 
 foiled to reach the headquarters. 
 
 The captain remained on special duty, taking part in the New 
 Madrid fight, and the final skirmish at Sykeston, until April, 
 1862, when he rejoined his company at Pittsburg Landing as a 
 private, and carried a musket during the two days' fight, and was 
 afterward restored to his command by order of department com- 
 mander. 
 
 While at Birds Point the llth 111. and 20th were brigaded 
 together, and the men became fast friends. They were located in 
 the vicinity of some of old Bird's bee-hives, and of course, as the old 
 man was known to be a secesh, and as the boys had a kind of han- 
 kering after honey, some of the hives got robbed of their sweet 
 stores ; and what was more unfortunate, the robbers got caught at 
 it by Grant's body-guard, who arrested the whole squad, and 
 paroled them to appear at headquarters next morning, which they 
 did, and got assessed a fine, to pay the old man for his honey. 
 But the joke of the thing was, that the body-guard were so careful 
 of the honey, and so anxious to keep temptation away from the 
 men, that they eat it up themselves. The consequence was, that 
 when any of them came within hearing of the brigade, the follow- 
 ing catechism was repeated for their edification : 
 
 Question. " Who stole the honey ? " 
 
 Answer. "The llth and 20th."
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 95 
 
 $. " Who paid for the honey ? " 
 
 A. "The llth and 20th." 
 
 ,_ Who eat the honey ? " 
 
 A. " Gen. Grant's body-guard ! " 
 
 This got to the ears of the general after a little, and the fine on 
 the llth and 20th was remitted ! 
 
 New Year's day, 1862, found a large array gathered at Birds 
 Point, under the command of Brig. Gen. Paine, Gen. Grant being 
 in command of the district of Cairo. 
 
 Many of the wives of the officers of the regiments composing 
 this force were stopping at Cairo, among others, Mrs. Erwin, Mrs. 
 Bartleson, Mrs. Hildebrant, and Mrs. Goodwin, of Joliet, were 
 there. Of course there was much passing to and fro across the 
 river. New Year's Day was kept under novel circumstances by 
 the army congregated at the " Point," and by the ladies quartered 
 at Cairo. The ladies generally kept open house, and were the 
 recipients of many calls. Not to name any others, Mrs. General 
 Grant "received " on that occasion. I presume that then she did 
 not in the least anticipate that she would ever " receive " as mis- 
 tress of the white house. 
 
 Among others, Col. Wallace, of the llth 111., Lt. Col. Erwin, 
 and Captain Bartleson, of the 20th, called upon her in company. 
 Each of the three now sleep in honored graves, having met death 
 on the field. The first to fall was Lt. Col. Erwin, (only a few 
 weeks after), at Donaldson. A little later, Col. Wallace fell at 
 Shiloh. Capt. Bartleson, after losing an arm at Shiloh, survived 
 to meet the enemies of his country as colonel of the 100th, on the 
 fiercely contested fields of Stone River and Chickamauga ; and 
 after enduring a long imprisonment at Libby, fell at last before 
 the deadly aim of a rebel sharpshooter in front of " Kenesaw " a 
 few days after rejoining his regiment. 
 
 While the officers were thus spending the day, the " high pri- 
 vates" were not without their recreation. Some wagg of the llth 
 and 20th took it into their heads to get up a masquerade, which 
 for its grotesqueness, its happy hits, and telling comicalities, has 
 seldom been excelled, and will be remembered by many still liv- 
 ing. Among other performances, they went through a burlesque 
 artillery drill, mounted on old mules, and using old stove pipes
 
 96 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 mounted on cart wheels for cannon, imitating the movements of 
 artillerymen in the most ludicrous manner. Two of the boys 
 one being dressed in female garb went on a " tour of inspection " 
 through the camps and hospitals, riding from one to the other in 
 great haste, dismounting, and going through a hurried inspection 
 of the premises, asking questions ludicrously impertinent, making 
 short speeches and exhortations, and then mounting their mules 
 and flying to another ; thus burlesqueing some " visitors " they had 
 seen. And in a hundred ways, which those who witnessed the 
 scene may recall, the boys kept their New Year's Day alas ! the 
 last very many of them would see ! 
 
 On the 14th day of January, 1862, the 20th was in the force 
 that accompanied Gen. Grant in his reconnoisance toward Colum- 
 bus, and on the 20th returned to Birds Point. 
 
 Some time in January, also, a part of the regiment accompanied 
 a force of about 1,500, which was sent out to chase up a cavalry 
 force of the enemy. The expedition started out a little after dusk, 
 and after wandering about all night in a drizzling rain, they were 
 guided by a man, who proved to be a traitor, into an ambuscade, 
 while it was still dark. From some unknown source, they were 
 met by a volley of musketry, which killed four and wounded some 
 fifteen in an Iowa regiment. A retreat was indulged in as soon 
 as possible. 
 
 The regiment then took part in the expedition under General 
 Grant, which left Cairo Feb. 2d and 3d, 1862, the objective point 
 being Fort Henry. 
 
 They left comfortable quarters, but were glad to be on the 
 move. They left by steamer. A snow storm came on, which, 
 with the crowded state of the boat, made things somewhat uncom- 
 fortable, especially the first night, when the 20th had to occupy 
 the hurricane deck. The deck was covered with ice, and it was 
 impossible to move. Two men slipped overboard during the 
 night, and were drowned. They laid at Cairo until 10 o'clock of 
 Monday. They then crossed to Paducah, stopping two hours, 
 and then passed up the Tennessee in the night. The morning 
 found them within twelve miles of the fort. Soon they heard the 
 music of the gun-boats in the advance, under Commodore Foote, 
 shelling the shores. They landed within four miles of the fort, and
 
 TWENTIETH EEGIMENT. 97 
 
 encamped on a high hill. The 20th was placed in the 2d brigade, 
 Col. W. H. L. Wallace, commanding; the 1 1th 111., the 45th 
 111., the 4th cavalry, and McAllister's and Taylor's batteries, with 
 the 20th, constituted the brigade. In the capture of Fort Henry, 
 the land forces took no part, the work being wholly done by the 
 gun-boats. On the 6th, the 20th was in the fort. 
 
 It was the intention to have the land force invest the fort in 
 the rear, and to cut off the escape of the garrison, as well as to aid 
 in reducing it. Nine o'clock was the time set for attack, it being 
 expected that by that time the land forces would be in position. 
 But, although the troops were on the move by daylight, such was 
 the condition of the roads, that they had not proceeded two miles 
 before the gun-boats commenced the attack. The weather had been 
 rainy for weeks, the river was over its banks, and every slough 
 and bayou was full, so that instead of four miles, the force had to 
 go ten to reach the rear of the fort, and had to wade streams and 
 bayous waist deep, and encounter mud knee deep. The conse- 
 quence was, that the infantry did not get to Fort Henry until after 
 dark, and the main part of the rebels had escaped to Fort Don- 
 aldson. 
 
 The regiment left fort Henry for Donaldson on the 12th, with 
 the army under Grant, the greater portion being in camp before 
 dark the same evening. But they had a weary march through 
 mud and snow, and over a rough country. The, bombardment by 
 the gunboats was commenced the 13th. Friday, the 14th, was 
 comparatively quiet. But on the 15th, the fight was vigorous. 
 The gun-boats had got disabled, and the work had to be done, 
 this time, by the land forces. On the night of the 13th, the enemy 
 made an attempt to take Taylor's battery, and it was repulsed by 
 the llth and 20th regiments. Saturday, the 15th, the enemy made 
 a desperate attack, of which McClernand's division sustained the 
 brunt. They were nobly resisted for three hours, and finally 
 repulsed, our side being nearly out of ammunition. On the 17th, 
 the fort surrendered, and Grant won the soubriquet of " Uncondi- 
 tional Surrender Grant," that being the terms he gave the rebels. 
 
 In the three days' fight, resulting in such a glorious victory, 
 so important in its results, the 20th took its full share. And this 
 time not without severe loss. The rejoicings which filled our hearts 
 
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 98 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 at the news of victory, were sadly dampened when the tidings came 
 that Col. Erwin was among the killed; that the life of one of our 
 most respected citizens was part of the cost of victory. The 20th 
 also lost twenty killed, eight of whom were from Will county, and 
 our companies, B and F, had also thirty wounded. 
 
 The attention shown the remains of Col. Erwin has been given 
 in our home history, and a brief sketch of his life will be found 
 elsewhere. We give here the official report of Col. Marsh, in full, 
 and the casualties to Will county men : 
 
 "Ho. QBS. OF iSOra; RKO'T, 2so BRIGADE, IST DIVISION. 
 
 FORT DONALDSON, FEB. UTH, 1862. 
 
 SIB: Incompliance with orders,! make the following report of the 
 moveaieuts of my command during the 13th, 14th and 15th insts. On the 
 morning of the 13th, my regiment with the rest of the brigade was formed 
 in line of bittle neir tha brow of the hill, fronting the right of the enemy's 
 fortifications. Nothing of special interest affecting my command occurred 
 during tha day. Towards evening I was ordered to move toward the right, 
 and I took position on a ridge facing tha outworks of the rebel's left, the llth 
 III. being on my right, and the 48th on my left. Shortly after taking posi- 
 tion it commen ;ed raining, turning in a short time to snow, and bitterly 
 cold. My regiment was underarms nearly the whole night, the frequent 
 skirmishes of our pickets with those of the enemy, leading me to fear au at- 
 tack at any moment. At daylight, on the morning of the 14th, I ordered 
 fires started, and coffee made for my c >mmand ; our close proximity to the 
 enemy forbiddi ig the use of fires at night. Most of this day was spent in 
 watching the movements of the enemy, and employing my sharp-shooters 
 in picking off the rebels as they showed themselves above their breastworks. 
 This night passed very similarly to the preceding one, my men bearing the 
 exposure of the cold and fatigue with exemplary patience. At daybreak, on 
 the morning of the 15th, repeated volleys of musketry on the right, caused 
 me to form in line of battle. I soon ascertained that the firing was caused 
 by the enemy's attacking the 1st brigade, (Col. Oglesby's) posted on the ex- 
 treme right of our line. I immediately strengthened my skirmishers whom 
 I had kept out all night, giving instructions to report from time to time the 
 movements of the enemy, if attacked, to endeavor to drive back their ad- 
 vance, and not retreat till forced to do so by a superior force. Matters con- 
 tinued thus for some two hours, the firing on the right being without inter- 
 mission. At this time the officer in command of my skirmishers, informed 
 me that the enemy was advancing in my front. A few moments and my 
 advance was drawn back, and almost immediately the rebels appeared com- 
 ing over the brow of the hill. Not waiting to receive their attack, I order- 
 ed my command to advance, which they did in admirable order, driving the 
 rebels steadily before them till they broke and run. Advancing in pursuit 
 I was suddenly met by a fresh force of the enemy, who at once opened fire 
 upon me, still moving forward. I succeeded in forcing them to retreat, and 
 followed them up, till running short of ammunition, I drew back in good
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 99 
 
 order to my first position, and sent back for a fresh supply. I remained 
 here without further molestation from the enemy till ordered to march to 
 the left. Shortly after taking my original position, the llth 111. next on my 
 right became engaged, and at the time of my being ordered off the field were 
 still fighting bravely. Had I received a fresh supply of ammunition, I 
 would gladly have gone to their assistance. I may be pardoned for speak- 
 ing with pride of the behavior of my entire command, officers and men 
 during the action. The fine order, coolness and courage with which they 
 advanced in the face of a terrible and continuous fire meets my hearty com- 
 mendation. My every order was promptly and correctly executed to my 
 complete satisfaction. Could my record end here, I would be indeed happy 
 but the painful duty remains to report the loss of many of my brave men. 
 My Lt. Col. Wm. Erwin was killed quite early in the action, being struck 
 in the breast by a round shot from one of the enemy's guns. A cool, brave 
 officer, a noble man, he gloriously fell in the execution of his duty, adding 
 in his death new laurels to those he Jong since won on the bloody field of 
 Buena Vista. His commander sadly regrets the occasion which calls forth 
 this feeble tribute of respect to his memory. Color Serg't Newton and the 
 entire color guard, except one corporal,' were either killed or wounded. vTl 
 herewith append a list of the killed, wounded and missing of my command. 
 My field music and band were employed during the action in removing the 
 wounded and dead from the field, thus rendering efficient service and per- 
 mitting me to retain all my fighting men in the ranks. Tendering my con- 
 gratulations on the glorious victory and the capture of Fort Donaldson, I 
 have the honor to remain, 
 
 Your very obedient servant, 
 
 C. C. MARSH, COL 
 
 The official report of Gen. W. H. L. Wallace, commander of 
 the 2nd brigade, 1st division, says: 
 
 "My brigade was formed by order of Gen. U. S. Grant commanding the 
 district of Cairo, consisted of the llth 111. Infantry, Col. Ransom ; 20th 111. 
 Infantry, Col. C. C. Marsh; 49th, Col. John E. Smith; 48th 111., Col. I. N. 
 Hayne; 4th 111. Cavalry, Col. T. L. Dickey; Capt. Ezra Taylor's Battery (B. 
 1st 111. Artillery) and Capt. E. McAllister's Battery of three 24 pound howit- 
 zers. * * * * * * * * * 
 
 " The 20th, which stood next the llth, was the next heaviest sufferer, 
 having eighteen killed on the field. Lt. Col. Erwin, while nobly animating 
 his men, and adding new laurels to those he so nobly won at Buena Visita, 
 was struck down by a cannon shot from the enemy's battery." 
 
 Col. C. C. Marsh exhibited the utmost coolness and self-possession on 
 the field, encouraging his men with all the order of parade. Major Rich- 
 ards also acted with great bravery. 
 
 "McAllister's guns did good service. They were three 24 pound how- 
 itzers, without caissons, and with a limited supply of ammunition, and with- 
 out a full compliment of men. One of them lost a wheel, shot away onthe 
 13th, but supplied from their limber. On the 15th inst, the trail of another 
 howitzer was broken, and it was rendered useless. They fired all their am-
 
 100 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 munition, fifty rounds a piece. The cavalry of Col. Dickey, 4th 111., did ex- 
 cellent service in reconnoitering, and holding the enemy in check on the 
 right. 
 
 To Surgeon Goodbrake of the 20th, acting brigade surgeon, lam under 
 special obligations. Chaplains Pearsons of the llth, and Button of the 20th 
 were indefatigable in their attentions to the wounded, and in collecting and 
 burying the dead." 
 
 The reader will bear in mind that in the 4th cavalry men- 
 tioned above, Will county had five commissioned officers and one 
 hundred and twenty-seven men ; and also that McAllister's bat- 
 tery was largely from our county ; thus, in this memorable en- 
 gagement, our couiity was largely represented. 
 
 CASUALTIES TO WILL COUNTY MEN IN THE 20TH REGIMENT, 
 
 KILLED: 
 
 Lieut. Col. Erwin, Private, Thomas Mahan, Co. F. 
 
 Color CorporalJohn Weist, Co. B. " Jacob Dolkey, Co. F, 
 
 Private, James A. Bassett, Co. F. " John A. Bowman, Co F. 
 
 SLIGHTLY WOUNDED : 
 
 Wm. D. Rudgers, Drum Major. Joseph Griffin, Co. B. 
 
 2nd Lieut. Harry King. George Bentz, Co. B. 
 
 James Carson, Co. B. George F. Smith, Co. B. 
 
 Francis MRooke, Co. B. Henry Gerich, Co. B. 
 
 George Lee, Co. B. Joshua Dykman, Co. B. 
 
 Serg't James F. Branch, Co. F. Duncan W. Covert, Co. F. 
 
 Corp. John J. Quackenbush, Co. F. John W. Coombs, Co. F. 
 
 Wm. Lanson, Co. F. George Wier, Co. F. 
 
 SERIOUSLY WOUNDED: 
 
 Private, Eugene R. Connors, Co. B. Lewis Otto, Co. F. 
 
 Corp. James C. Porter, Co. F. A. W. Burrows, Co. F. 
 
 John Hiller, Co. F. John Counter, Co. F. 
 
 William Unruh, Co. F. David Spade, Co. F. 
 Oscar Gamble, Co. F. 
 
 MORTALLY WOUNDED: 
 
 Wilson W. Wright, Co. F. died Feb, 18, Alonzo Rose, Co. I. 
 
 SEVERELY WOUNDED : 
 
 Henry Sampson, Co. B. John Ragan, Co. F. 
 
 James E. Sheffer, Co. F. 
 
 MISSING. 
 Wm. H. Duncan, Co. F. 
 
 Total in regiment killed, 18; wonnded, 109; missing 6. 
 
 A writer after the surrender of Donaldson, writes most exult- 
 antly, "The Union is saved, and the backbone of the rebellion 
 broken." This proved a little premature ; we had to break that 
 backbone seAeral times afterward.
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 101 
 
 A correspondent writing from the battle field of Donaldson 
 says, " We first rode over the ground where the rebels on Satur- 
 day endeavored so hard to break through our lines. That the 
 fight had been of the most desperate character, the scores of the 
 dead lying all around fully attested. I counted on a piece of 
 ground not more than 100 feet square, thirty-five dead rebels 
 lying where they fell, while in every direction we took we met 
 their dead on every hand. In a deep ravine just below the ground 
 occupied by the rebels, the llth, 8th and 20th. 111. regiments had 
 met the terrible charge of 1,600 rebel cavalry supported by six or 
 seven regiments of infantry. It was here too that they were ex- 
 posed for two hours to the fire from the enemy's rifle pits, not more 
 than 200 yards off, I need not write that here our own dead 
 were lying as it were in heaps. When we reached the ground, par- 
 ties from the regiments had commenced the sad work of gather- 
 ing the dead. The llth had already identified 44, and placed 
 them in rows for burial. The 20th had found 20, and the 8th, 
 30, and still the ground was strewn with the dead." 
 
 Lieut. Branch, of the 20th, writes thus in reference to Fort 
 Donaldson, and the part the 20th took in the action : 
 
 " On the afternoon of the 12th, we came in sight of the rebel 
 fort, and on the 13th and 14th were busily engaged in taking and 
 changing positions, constructing lines, &c. After three years' ser- 
 vice in the field, and enduring every hardship imaginable, I look 
 back to the 13th, 14th and 15th of February, 1862, as being filled 
 with the severest hardships we were ever called upon to endure. 
 On the afternoon of the 13th, it commenced raining at about three 
 o'clock, and rained hard for three hours, then turned to snow, with 
 high, freezing winds, which drove the sharp frozen snow in our 
 faces. We had marched without tents ; our clothes and blankets 
 were wet through and frozen stiff. We were within easy musket 
 range of the rebel works, and could not build a fire. It was impos- 
 sible for the men to lay down to rest or sleep, on account of the 
 snow and cold, as well as the rebel sharpshooters, who were con- 
 tinually firing at us, and we stood in line of battle three-fourths of 
 the night. The morning of the 14th brought no relief. At day- 
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 Constant skirmishing and sharpshooting all day. At ten, the gun -. 
 boats opened, but after two hours' heavy firing, drew off disabled.. 
 The rebels set up a yell of triumph. The night of the 14th was, 
 if possible, more uncomfortable than the preceding one. The snow 
 fell, and the weather grew colder, and the rebel firing was more 
 vigorous. About 9 in the evening, our pickets were driven in ^ 
 two were killed during the night. Some of the men were so com- 
 pletely exhausted that they lay down and slept in the snow. On 
 the 15th, with the first streak of daylight, I saw heavy lines of 
 rebel infantry passing to our right. I was on the picket line, as 
 sergeant of the guard. I was satisfied that they were marching 
 out to attack Oglesby, in command of the 1st brigade, on our 
 extreme right. I reported the fact to Col. Marsh, who despatched 
 a messenger to apprize Oglesby, but before he could have gone 
 half way, the battle opened fiercely with musketry, and continued 
 for an hour on the right, when our attention was called to our 
 immediate front, where, from my advanced position with the skir- 
 mishers, I could see heavy columns coming directly toward us, 
 and by 9 a. m., we were desperately engaged at short range, with 
 small arms alone, as we were too near each other (not over five 
 rods), for artillery. We were firing across the crest of a small hill, 
 we occupying one side and the rebels the other. The brigade 
 advanced, under the most galling nre, to the top of the hill, driv- 
 ing the enemy back step by step, and inch by inch, until they 
 were driven into their works, when the enemy opened with artil- 
 lery, and we were obliged to fall back behind the hill. In this 
 engagement, our beloved Lt. Col. Erwin was killed, and 21 men 
 of the regiment, and one hundred and four were wounded. After 
 expending all of our ammunition, we were ordered to the rear to 
 replenish the stock, and another brigade took our place. The 
 rebels rallied and drove this brigade back past the place where we 
 had left our knapsacks, which they took, robbing us of all our 
 clothing except what we wore, and that being wet and frozen, the 
 prospect was not cheering. We prepared to renew the engage- 
 ment, expecting every moment to be called on, but the rebels, after 
 being three times repulsed, remained behind their works. Gen. 
 Smith, who commanded the left, charged the enemy's works, and 
 held them, at 4 p. m., and our lines were reformed for a grand
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 103 
 
 charge, but as the day was so far spent, it was deferred until morn- 
 ing, when the rebels surrendered. After the details of the sur- 
 render were gone through with and witnessed, then came the 
 hardest part of all. Twenty-one brave boys our comrades had 
 to be buried in one common grave, with their blankets their only 
 shroud and coffin, and 104 poor wounded men cared for in the 
 hospital." 
 
 After the surrender of Donaldson, the little village of Dover, 
 just above the fort, presented a novel sight. The river was full of 
 steamboats, but not for the peaceful purposes of trade and com- 
 merce. Many were there to transport the rebel prisoners who had 
 been taken in the surrender, and the little town was suddenly a 
 populous one. Long files of the prisoners filled its streets, march- 
 ing down to the boats for transportation north, more than 15,000 
 men, looking somewhat the worse for the wear and tear of the stay 
 in Donaldson. 
 
 The camps of the conquerors, also, were not very inviting 
 places. All the tents of the 20th were riddled with balls, some of 
 them being mere rags, and the weather was wet and cold, and the 
 ground muddy. Besides the wounded to be cared for by our sur- 
 geons, sickness began to thin the ranks, and many had to be sent 
 to hospitals, which had been established in the village. 
 
 Most fortunately, the sanitary stores from the north began to 
 arrive, and, with these, the sick and wounded were made as com- 
 fortable as possible. 
 
 But the regiment could have but a brief rest here. It was 
 ordered to the Tennessee river, and camped at the " iron works " 
 after a ten miles' march, as advance guard. 
 
 The regiment bivouacked at night in the vicinity of a farm 
 house, at which the staff officers took up their quarters. They 
 also determined to have a good square meal, and gave their orders 
 accordingly. But the rebel army had been so long in the vicinity 
 that coffee and hoe-cake was about all that the family could fur- 
 nish. But coffee and hoe-cake, when brewed and baked by a 
 skillful darkey cook, are not to be despised at any time, much less 
 in the present circumstances. The hoe-cake, let it be premised, is 
 not ordinarily baked in the crude, original way i. e., on a hoe
 
 104 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 but in that utensil called a bake kettle, found in every southern 
 kitchen, consisting of a broad, flat-bottomed, iron kettle, which is 
 placed over a bed of coals, and which has a cover so constructed 
 as to hold a good bed of coals on top, thus securing the baking of 
 the bread or cake on both sides, at the same time, and very quickly. 
 It is another peculiarity of southern life, that the kitchen is a 
 building by itself, at a little distance from the house, where the 
 cook reigns undisturbed and supreme. 
 
 Well, in obedience to the wishes of the officers, very soon the 
 " coffee was in de pot and de hoe-cake bakin'," and they congratu- 
 lated themselves with the prospect of something of a variation 
 from the regular rations. But alas ! it is still tr.ue that there is 
 " many a slip betwixt the cup and lip." 
 
 When the old " mammy " cook had completed her arrange- 
 ments for supper, and " allowed dat de hoe-cake was 'bout done," 
 she carried the smoking coffee pot from her domain to the house, 
 where she was welcomed with cheers from the impatient officers, 
 and orders to hurry up her hoe-cake. 
 
 Now, it happened that a hungry soldier had been prospecting 
 around for something to fill his own private stomach withal, and 
 had seen, with covetous eyes, through the window of the kitchen, 
 the cook's preparations for the officers' supper; and when she 
 stepped out with the coffee, he saw that his opportunity had come, 
 and stepping quickly into the kitchen, he removed the cover of 
 the kettle, fished out the steaming, fragrant hoe-cake, wrapped it 
 in his blanket, carefully replaced the cover, and quickly disap- 
 peared from the scene, leaving no traces of his visit. The old 
 mammy, on her return, took the kettle off the fire, and removed 
 "the cover. Imagine her astonishment at finding that the hoe-cake, 
 on which she had lavished her utmost skill, was not there. For a 
 moment she was speechless. But words soon came to her relief: 
 " Oh, gor-a-mity, de debbil has been here, shore ! de hoe-cake 
 done gone ! Oh, Lordy ! Lordy ! dis chile spoke for, shore ! Oh, 
 Lordy ! Lordy ! " Her outcries brought the family and the offi- 
 cers upon the scene, and they found her with uplifted hands, horror- 
 struck, gazing with distended orbs upon the empty bake kettle. 
 And if the sight had not caused her to turn pale, and made her 
 
 " Knotted and combined locks to part, 
 And each particular hair to stand on end, 
 Like quills upon the fretful porcupine,"
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 105 
 
 it was owing to a physical impossibility, and not because she was 
 not sufficiently scared. It was a scene worthy the pencil of a 
 Hogarth. But the officers, as may be imagined, were more mad 
 than scared ; and I fear, in their vexation, they were even more 
 profane than the old darkey ; for they quickly concluded that if 
 this was the work of the devil, he had employed as his agent some 
 hungry soldier, who had not a proper respect for the rights of staff 
 officers. 
 
 March 6th, the regiment embarked on board the Belle Memphis, 
 (once a floating palace, but now retaining only a shadow of its 
 former splendor), with such sick and wounded as could be moved. 
 They were on the boat until the 15th, when they landed at Savan- 
 nah, a small town on the east bank of the Tennessee river, nine 
 miles below Pittsburg Landing, both obscure points hitherto, but 
 destined to become memorable. Here the regiment found a good 
 camping ground, and a hospital was established. The weather 
 had now grown warmer, and there was less suffering. 
 
 Although the boats were crowded, it was a pleasant and beauti- 
 ful voyage up the Tennessee. They were eight days in going up, 
 as the woods and bluffs along the river had to be shelled by the 
 gun-boats in advance. 
 
 The regiment remained here, doing picket duty, until the 25th 
 of March, when it again went aboard transports, and went to Pitts- 
 burg Landing, ten miles farther, on the opposite side of the river. 
 This point was a mere landing, having no buildings, except an 
 old cotton shed. The bank was covered with woods, a lonesome 
 looking place, but it soon became populous. The brigade marched 
 back two miles, and encamped on Owl Creek. Col. Marsh was in 
 command of the brigade, and here the regiment remained until the 
 great battle of Shiloh. 
 
 April 6th and 7th , it took part in the memorable engagements 
 known as the battle of Shiloh so called from a little church in 
 the vicinity. I do not propose to give a general description of 
 these battles. The general histories of the time have done this. 
 The fight, as is well known, commenced on the morning of April 
 6th, by the enemy attacking our lines, and resulted in driving back 
 our forces to the river, and the shelter of the gun-boats. Being 
 reinforced during the night by Gen. Wallace's division, and the 
 
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 106 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 3d division of Gen. Buell's army, the battle was renewed on the 
 7th, and the enemy was driven back, and our force re-occupied the 
 ground from which they had been driven on the 6th, thus remain- 
 ing masters of the field, though at a fearful loss of life. 
 
 In the two days, the 20th regiment lost in killed one officer 
 (Adjutant John E. Thompson), and twenty-one men, seven of 
 whom were from Will county. There were wounded in the regi- 
 ment, six officers and ninety-eight men, and ten missing, two of 
 the officers, and seventeen of the enlisted men, being from this 
 county. Among the wounded was Col. Bartleson, then major of 
 the regiment, who had just returned from his melancholy errand to 
 Joliet and Ottawa, in charge of the body of Col. Erwin. He had 
 been promoted major at Donaldson. He was wounded in the left 
 arm so severely as to necessitate amputation. Lieut. John F. 
 Cleghorn, of Co. B, who had been promoted captain, was also 
 severely wounded in one arm. 
 
 The boys were gratified with a visit from several of our citi- 
 zens immediately after the battle, who came to look after their 
 wants. These citizens were B. F. Russell, J. T. McDougall, Wm. 
 Tonner, O. Hardy, A. Leach, and Dr. Me Arthur, and perhaps 
 others. They went over the field of battle, and although the dead 
 had been buried and the wounded removed, yet the scene showed 
 traces of a terrible conflict, trees, logs and underbrush cut and torn 
 by the missiles ; and huge mounds, having posted by them such 
 inscriptions as these" 142 rebels," " 70 Union," " 50 rebels," 
 " 25 Union," &c., were frequent. 
 
 LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED AT SHILOH,IN THE 20TH REGI- 
 MENT, FROM WILL COUNTY. 
 
 KILLED: 
 
 Adjutant J. Edward Thompson. Private Francis Danser, Co. B. 
 
 Corp. Isaac B. Reynolds, Co. B. " Rudolph Troove, Co. B. 
 
 Private Philip Bentz, Co. B. " John Delancey, Co. F. 
 
 WOUNDED: 
 
 Major F. A. Bartleson. Private George Lee, Co. B. 
 
 Capt. J. F. Cleghorn, Co. B., severe. " Jacob B. Worthingham, " 
 
 Sergt. Wm. S. Vail, Co B. 
 Sergt. Benj. F. Coates, Co. F. 
 Corp. Rudolph Bush, Co. F. 
 Corp. Josiah Wright, Co. K . 
 Private Reuben Atkins Co. B. 
 " George Bentz, 
 
 Samuel S. Myers, 
 
 E. D. Conner, 
 
 Henry A. Sperry, 
 
 Otto Lopman, Co 
 
 Charles Tege, 
 
 Joseph Myrick, 
 
 Joshua Dykeman, " Geor * e Connolly, Co. K. 
 
 James Gallagher, "
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 107 
 
 The 20th had but (about) 394 men in the fight, and almost one- 
 third were killed or wounded, and after the fight had only 264 
 fit for duty, out of the 1,000 men with which they left Joliet less 
 than a year before. 
 
 Jacob B. Worthinghatn, a son of one of our oldest citizens, (who 
 himself fell afterwards at Stone River), was wounded early Sun- 
 day morning, the first day of the battle, and lay among the heaps 
 of the dead and dying until Monday evening, before he was cared 
 for, passing two days and a night on the bloody ground, suffering 
 from pain, thirst and hunger, while the desperate conflict was 
 going on over and around him. During the fight, while the rebels 
 had possession of the ground, a rebel soldier kindly placed a blanket 
 under him, to make him more comfortable. When our forces took 
 the field he was found, nearly exhausted, from loss of blood, and 
 exposure. 
 
 It was for some time feared that Captain Cleghorn would lose 
 his arm, but it was ultimately saved in a damaged condition . 
 
 The regiment also lost, from sickness, Albert S. Randall, of Co. 
 F, on the 30th of April, who was acting at the time as brigade 
 postmaster. 
 
 About the 1st of May commenced the advance on Corinth. 
 It was slow, our army, (having been taught a severe lesson at 
 Shiloh,) fortified their positions as they advanced, having occasion- 
 al skirmishes with the enemy. Corinth was evacuated by the ene- 
 my May 29th, 1862, without a fight. 
 
 On the 3d of June, the 20th left their position near Corinth 
 and moved to Jackson. 
 
 The regiment remained at Jackson until about the middle of 
 August. During its stay here the chronic trouble between Col. 
 Marsh, and some of his subordinates again broke out. Captain 
 Hildebrant was again placed under arrest by order of Col. Marsh. 
 No charges were preferred at the time, and after a few days the 
 captain reported to the general commanding the department, and 
 was assigned to staif duty with General Lawler, commanding the 
 post. Charges were not preferred until some time in October, 
 when a copy was served upon him. The charge was disobedience 
 of orders in not attending morning drill, from which he had been
 
 108 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 excused by the assistant surgeon. He was tried by a court mar- 
 tial consisting of a major, two lieutenants, and Captain Pullen, of 
 the same regiment. 
 
 On the trial clear proof was presented of his having been ex- 
 cused by the surgeon, and also to refute another charge of dishon- 
 esty which had been added to the original charges. The captain 
 left the court without arguing the case, and came north in charge 
 of prisoners to Alton. On his return he learned that he had 
 been dismissed the service by sentence of the court, and that the 
 finding had been approved by the general in command. The find- 
 ing caused great indignation on the part not only of many in the 
 regiment, but also in the brigade, and certificates from both offi- 
 cers and men in the regiment, were forwarded, and are now on 
 file in Springfield, sustaining the captain's cause. In the roster in 
 the Adjutant General's report, is the entry, " cashiered Oct. 1st, 
 1862." Such an entry, of course, compelled me, who knew the 
 captain well, to make an inquiry into the history of the case. 
 
 Captain Hildebrant appealed to the war department, who 
 finally reversed the action of the court. But, as meantime his 
 place in the 20th had been filled, he took an honorable dis- 
 missal from the service, as now appears on the records of the 
 office in Springfield and also at Washington. Captain Hilde- 
 brant afterwards joined the army at the east, and served under 
 Sheridan in his chase after Early up the Shenandoah, and remained 
 in the service until near the close of the war. There were other 
 troubles in the regiment, but as they did not affect Will county 
 men, I pass them by very gladly. 
 
 While staying at Jackson, the regiment was olten annoyed by 
 the application of negro owners for the return of their slaves 
 who took the opportunity to escape whenever near any of our 
 forces. The negroes could not get it through their woolly heads, 
 that our forces being at war with the rebs, should not take the 
 advantage of depriving their enemies of their main-stay, and the 
 object for which they at least were confessedly fighting. It seems 
 astonishing to some whose heads are not wolly, how tender the 
 administration was of the rights of the rebels to their slaves. But 
 the boys in the army early got disgusted with the business of 
 catching negroes for rebels in arms, and held the work in great 
 contempt even the most democratic of them !
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 109 
 
 Well, some darkeys had got into the camp of the 20th, and 
 presently two of the Tennessee gentry made their appearance on 
 the hunt for them. They applied to Gen. Logan for the privi- 
 lege of searching the camp of the 20th for their lost property. 
 Gen. Logan wrote an order as follows: "Officer of the day will 
 please pass these men through the camp of the 20th." 
 
 Capt. Hildebrant was the officer of the day. He looked at 
 the pass and said, " all right," and calling an orderly and giving 
 him a wink, told him to get a guard, and pass the men through. 
 And he did straight through, from one side of the camp to the 
 other, with a brace of yankee bayonets at their rear, not allowing 
 them to turn right or left, until they were helped over the fence 
 at the rear of the camp. When they got round to the place where 
 they had left their horses, they could not find them, but looking 
 down the road saw them on a bee line for home. The indignant 
 representatives of the aristocracy of color, found their way again 
 to Gen. Logan, and made their complaints, as proudly and indig- 
 nantly as if the business of the Union army was to help them to 
 catch their runaway property. 
 
 The General sent for the officer of the day, and inquired what 
 the d 1 he meant by such conduct. This was done in a voice, 
 and with a manner which was plainly forced. Indeed, the officer 
 saw by the twinkle of his black eye, that he was enjoying the 
 scene. In reply, the officer produced the order and assured the 
 General that his commands had been carried out to the strict letter. 
 The General looked over the order saw the point commended 
 the captain for his prompt obedience, and dismissed him and the 
 indignant complainants together.
 
 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH REGT., CONTINUED. 
 JACKSON, TENN., TO JOLIET. AUGUST, 1862, TO MUSTER OUT. 
 
 Ordered from Jackson A Narrow Escape Goes Back Sent to Esten- 
 aula An Alarm Ordered Back What They Met Battle of Britton's Lane 
 Glorious Victory Casualties Dr. Bailey's Account Returns to Jackson 
 Resignations Movements up to January, 1863 Movements to Memphis 
 Down the River Lake Providence Milliken's Bend Down to Grand Gulf 
 ^Crosses Thompson's Hill Incidents Results Port Gibson Bayou 
 Pierre Big Black Battle of Raymond Casualties Jackson Champion 
 Hill Big Black Bridge Vicksburg Siege Incidents A Visitor says His 
 Prayers Assault of Fort Hill Casualties An Exploit The Surrender 
 Summary Incidents after Surrender Lieutenant Branch as a Detec- 
 tive Moves Out to Big Black A Dog Story Meridian Raid Inci- 
 dents Results Re-enlistment Goes Home Receptions Recruits Goes 
 to the Front at Big Shanty Kenesaw Atlanta 21st and 22d July Casual- 
 ties Remnant Mounted as Scouts Joins March to the Sea and northward 
 Receives Recruits at Goldsboro Resumes Regimental Organization Takes 
 part in Grand Review Comes Home Summary Muster Out Reception t 
 
 'HILE the 20fch was at Jackson, it, with other forces at that 
 place, had a very narrow escape. On the first of July, they 
 were ordered to move with their impedimenta, and accord- 
 ingly took up their march, destination unknown, and proceeded 
 until two o'clock p. m., when a counter order was received, and 
 the forces, after a short rest, took the back track, and in twenty- 
 four hours from the time they left Jackson, were back in their old 
 quarters. All this was a mystery at the time, but afterwards it 
 was ascertained that the force had been ordered east, but the order 
 was changed, for some reason, and they had narrowly escaped 
 being gobbled up by Washington and the Potomac army. Truly, 
 a merciful deliverance !
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. Ill 
 
 Early in August, the 20th and 40th regiments were ordered to 
 
 Estenaula, a crossing on the Hatchie river, about twenty-five mil 5 
 
 from Jackson, where there was a rope ferry for the accommodation 
 
 of ordinary travel. Here the regiments remained, guarding the 
 
 ferry, through the month, with but little of incident, except the 
 
 visits of the contrabands, who wanted to cast in their lot with the 
 
 yankees. As a squad were coming in one night, they were the 
 
 innocent occasion of quite an excitement. The picke" called a 
 
 "halt" on hearing them, but the darkies had not yet learned what 
 
 {( halt" meant, and kept approaching, whereupon the pickets fired 
 
 off their guns and fell back, and the whole camp was at once 
 
 aroused, and "fell in " in line of battle, awaiting the approach of 
 
 the enemy. When daylight revealed a score or so of darkeys 
 
 straggling into camp, as unconscious of the stir they had made as 
 
 the mules they rode, the affair assumed the aspect of the ridiculous 
 
 pretty largely, which, however, was changed again to the pathetic 
 
 when their masters made their appear? ice and compelled them to 
 
 return our government not having yet gotten sufficient manliness 
 
 to protect them. 
 
 On the 3 1st, the force had orders to fall back to Jackson. The 
 order was one that demanded haste, and they burned their stores, 
 tents and baggage, Bssides the 20th regiment under command of 
 Capt. Frisbie, and the 30th 111. under Major Shedd, there were also 
 two pieces of Swartz's battery, and two companies of Foster's cav- 
 alry, all in command of Col. Dennis, of the 30th. While on the 
 march they received orders to go to Medan station on the Miss. 
 O. R. R. They camped the n ; ght of 31st, near Denmark, and at 
 day-light Sept. 1st, resumed the march. Soon after starting they 
 received orders to goto Clover Creek and intercept a force of rebel 
 cavalry which had been annoying our forces at Medan Station 
 that morning and were now retreating. The guide of our force, 
 either by mistake, as one account says, or to shorten the distance, 
 as is stated in another account, took a road which led through 
 some woods to a cross road known as " Britton's Lane." A de- 
 tachment of Foster's cavalry were in advance, and entering the 
 lane about ten o'clock, came suddenly upon the enemy's pickets. 
 These being driven back, the enemy was discovered posted in a 
 cornfield. The cavalry engaged the enemy's skirmishers until the
 
 112 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 20th came up and took position on a ridge, supporting the battery., 
 which was posted in the road. The artillery opened and the 
 cavalry advanced, but had gone but a short distance when they 
 met the enemy coming on in force, four deep, and, as it was after- 
 wards ascertained, 3,000 strong. It is supposed that they had been 
 preparing a surprise for our force, as they had thrown down the in- 
 tervening fence, enabling them to charge in force. 
 
 Capt. Frisbie had placed companies B. and G. on the left, and 
 the balance of the regiment on the right of the artillery. In 
 front, and on the right and left were cornfields full of rebs. On 
 they came, the ground fairly trembling beneath their tread, ex- 
 pecting no doubt, as from their superior numbers they reasonably 
 might, to ride rough shod over our little force. The enemy had 
 also sent out strong detachments both to right and leit to flank, 
 surround and bag the entire Union force. 
 
 On they came, tearing up the road and through the fields, 
 firing volley after volley. Our men stood firm, reserving their 
 fire until the enemy had got near enough for them to deliver it to 
 some purpose. They then gave them such a deadly salute as not 
 only checked the advance, but made them fall back with a hun- 
 dred empty saddles. They soon rallied and made a second charge, 
 and were again repulsed. They tried to outflank us, but Cap- 
 tain Frisbie did not allow it. A desperate hand to hand encoun- 
 ter ensued, the rebs riding in among our boys in superior num- 
 bers and taking some prisoners, for a little while; but the boys 
 would not stay captured worth a cent. Their comrades came to 
 their rescue. One Capt. of the 20th being completely surrounded 
 with his little force was ordered by a rebel captain to surrender, 
 but our captain got the start, and, firing his pistol first, the reb. 
 bit the dust. They succeeded however in capturing one cannon 
 and most of the transportation train, and so greatly did they out- 
 number us that the issue must have been against our brave boys 
 but for the opportune arrival of the 30th regiment, which was one 
 and a half miles in the rear at the commencement of the fight. On 
 they came with a yell, led on by Capt. Shedd on the double quick. 
 The two regiments had been to gether in previous encounters, and 
 now they fought for and with each other with such mad desperation 
 that the enemy was compelled once more to withdraw.
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 113 
 
 They had however, learned the exact position of our forces, 
 and their strength, and with fresh troops they prepared for an- 
 other onslaught, which they expected would surely be final and 
 successful. 
 
 But Col. Dennis having ridden out in advance, and discov- 
 ered them dismounting and preparing for a charge on foot, took 
 advantage of the lull in the fight, and of a concealing cloud of dust, 
 to change the position of his little force, without the knowledge 
 of the rebs, so that when the next charge was made, it was made 
 upon empty space, while our force poured in upon them such a 
 deadly cross-fire w as threw them again into confusion and made them 
 retire defeated. They gained a little knoll, and made a stand upon 
 a little point which promised them some advantage. Capt. Fris- 
 bie seeing the importance of this position, called for volunteer's 
 to take it, and the entire 20th followed him in a charge, which 
 drove them from it; meanwhile the 30th had repelled another 
 charge on the left. 
 
 Three other attempts were vainly made by the enemy, and after 
 four hours of severe fighting, a Union force which could not have 
 been more than 800, all told, defeated a rebel force of 3 or 4 
 thousand. The rebs. left 179 (by actual count) dead on the field. 
 The entire loss on our side was 5 killed, 51 wounded, and 52 
 prisoners. 
 
 CASUALTIES AT "BRITTON'S LANE" OF MEN FROM WILL 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 KILLED : 
 
 Sergeant Wm. Vail, Co. B. C. Houstine, Co. F. 
 
 WOUNDED : 
 
 Serg't Michael L. Fannegan, Co. B. August Abram, Co. B. 
 
 Francis Rook, Co, B. Henry A. Sperry, Co, B, prisoner, 
 
 H. A. Sheffer, Co. F. August Shierer, Co. F. 
 
 Henry W, Bartlett, Co. F. (died) Martin F. Bissell, Co. K. 
 
 August Abrams, named in the above list, was from Wilming- 
 ton, and was one of our adopted citizens. His wound was such as 
 to disable him for life, and make him a pensioner on our govern- 
 ment, and most dearly did he earn the pittance we pay him. The 
 ball passed through his body, cutting away a small piece of the 
 spine. The same ball passing out killed a sergeant behind him. 
 He was a powerful fighter ; he kept six men at bay when a cavalry 
 
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 114 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 company charged upon them, spiking and pitching them off, as if 
 they had been men of straw. He had been a soldier in Europe, 
 and cheerfully took up the musket in behalf of his adopted coun- 
 try. On his return to Wilmington, the people appreciating his 
 services and condition, got up a donation sociable in his behalf. 
 
 The rebs. took Assistant Surgeon Bailey, and Chaplain Button, 
 prisoners with some others, but after getting across the Hatchie, 
 having no use for a chaplain, and thinking perhaps that the Dr. 
 would do them the most good at home, they released them, not 
 however until they had made a trade with the doctor. The doc- 
 tor had a fine spirited young horse of which he felt very proud. 
 The rebs. thought it was not a safe animal for a doctor, so they 
 kept it, giving in exchange, an old broken down secesh mule, as a 
 much safer and more appropriate animal for a non-combatant. 
 I don't think the doctor appreciated at the time, or even to this 
 day has fully appreciated their kindness. But if you had heard 
 the shout with which he was received when he rode that old mule 
 back into camp, you would have thought the boys appreciated it. 
 I believe that the rebs. thought they had done so well by the doc- 
 tor in the trade, that they could not afford him a saddle, or even 
 a blanket. 
 
 During the fight while one of Co.' D was loading his gun, a 
 rebel captain demanded his surrender, but hardly had he got the 
 words out of his mouth, before he was shot dead by one of Co. 
 H, and the reb. himself that it was surrendered. 
 
 Some of the mounted rebs. rode up to a teamster of the 
 20th, and demanded his surrender, " Surrender," he replied, 
 " h 1 ! that's played out," and putting a whip to his team he 
 drove away in triumph, saving two good mules for " Uncle Sam." 
 
 The Times' correspondent says, under date, September 2nd, 
 1862, " Yesterday two regiments 20th and 30th, stationed at Es- 
 tenaula were sent out to attack Villepigue in the rear. They 
 came upon him about seven miles from Jackson, and after a short 
 engagement, waged at most wonderful odds in favor of the enemy, 
 gave him a severe drubbing, putting him to an inglorious rout. 
 We lost about a half a dozen in killed, and less than fifty wound- 
 ed. The enemy left one hundred and fifty dead bodies on the field, 
 and the wounded are estimated at two or three hundred."
 
 TWENTIETH KEGIMENT. 115 
 
 Col. Lawler's official report of Britton's Lane, accords great 
 credit to Captain Frisbie, commanding the 20th ; and to Sur- 
 geon Goodbrake for his skill and attention to the wounded. 
 
 After " Britton's Lane " the 20th returned to Jackson on the 
 4th of September. 
 
 This fight at Britton's Lane was a very curious affair. I here 
 copy from a communication of Surgeon Bailey some further ac- 
 count of it, especially of his own adventures : 
 
 "The chaplain and myself rode into a ravine where there 
 appeared to be some wounded men brought, seemingly the only 
 place where they could be safely placed. At this juncture, there 
 was an onward movement of the train, and we followed. In a 
 few moments some one came running up, saying that a wounded 
 man had been brought to the ravine spoken of, and required assist- 
 ance. I turned my horse, and, with the chaplain, rode back. 
 Before reaching the spot, however, there came a body of men 
 towards us, firing down the ravine. My horse was frightened and 
 became unmanageable, and ran at full speed across the ravine and 
 up a steep hill. When at the top, I saw an ambulance with the 
 yellow flag. As we were approaching the spot, we were suddenly 
 surrounded by a force of rebels, who, with leveled guns, demanded 
 our surrender, which, of course, was the only thing we could do, 
 though the thought of being prisoners to the rebels was not at all 
 agreeable. We were soon ordered to follow our captors. No pro- 
 testations of ours, that we were non-combatants, availed go we 
 must. We were taken to a secluded place in a ravine, where we 
 were out of the way of the bullets, which were still flying lively. 
 Here we found about two hundred men that they had taken on this 
 and the day previous. My captor soon proceeded to exchange an 
 old, broken-down mule for my fine animal, to which I had become 
 much attached, and I saw her no more. 
 
 " About 3 p. m., the firing ceased, and we were uncertain as to 
 the result of the conflict. We soon began to move. We went 
 through cotton fields, and all kinds of ground, before reaching the 
 public road, and then started southward, with an occasional halt. 
 We went on till midnight, and then encamped. It was a fearful 
 ride for one who had just recovered from an attack of sickness, and
 
 116 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 who was hardly able to sit up. (And on that old mule ! This was the 
 unkindest cut of all ! ED.) Many of our comrades were sick, 
 gome wounded in the day's fight. The poor fellows were constantly 
 goaded on by their captors, and often threatened with the point of 
 a bayonet, if they did not make good time. Remarks more express- 
 ive than elegant, were frequently made, and all epithets imaginable 
 heaped upon the yankees. 
 
 " Tuesday morning, our iriends rose early, and at break of day 
 we were on the move. I had not been able to sleep much, but 
 had lain awake listening to the full and sonorous breathing of our 
 good chaplain, who seemed to take things more philosophically 
 than I could. During the forenoon, I interviewed the commander 
 of the rebel forces, Gen. L. C. Armstrong, in reference to our 
 release. He expressed a willingness to make out our parole papers, 
 as soon as there was time. It was evident that he was afraid of 
 pursuit. About 4 p. in., we stopped about ten miles from our 
 former camp on the Estanaula. Here the general made out his 
 paroles, and then we went on about a mile further and bivouacked 
 for the night, upon the plantation of Dr. Watkins, who was sup- 
 posed to be a Union man, and consequently must be at the expense 
 of keeping the general and his staff, and the commissioned officers 
 who were prisoners, about twelve in number. 
 
 " We were given a supper and breakfast by our captors, being 
 allowed to come to the second table. To men who had fasted two 
 or three days, the question of etiquette was not so important as 
 that of time. 
 
 " On Wednesday morning, about nine o'clock, we took leave of 
 our rebel friends, and made our way back to the river. Thursday 
 noon, we reached the battle field of Britton's Lane, and then learned 
 the results of the battle. The dead rebels were not yet all buried, 
 and the ground and lanes were strewn with dead horses. Our 
 wounded had been taken to Jackson the day before, and we slowly 
 made our way to the station at Medan. Wednesday and Thurs- 
 day nights we spent with families along the route, We were 
 received as kindly as could be expected under the circumstances, 
 and on Friday we reached Jackson. 
 
 " At the time of the battle of Britton's Lane, the 20th could 
 not have had more than 350 men who carried muskets, and I do
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 117 
 
 not think the 30th had any more. The entire Union loss is given 
 in the Medical and Surgical History of the rebellion, as five killed 
 51 wounded, and 52 missing, and the confederate loss as 179 
 killed and 100 wounded. These figures show a remarkable instance 
 of good firing. We had but two six-pounders with us, and prob- 
 ably about 100 cavalry, so that our entire force did not probably 
 exceed 800 fighting men. Now, as to the number of those engaged 
 on the other side. In conversation with their officers, we were 
 told that Gen. Armstrong had at least 6,000 men, and some of 
 them claimed 10,000. At any rate, there was a much superior 
 force in numbers. I was told by a confederate captain that some 
 of their men were killed at a distance of half a mile, aiid that in 
 some instances the same bullet would kill or wound several men. 
 I asked one officer why it was, that, with such a greatly superior 
 force, they did not surround and bag the whole of us. His reply 
 was, that they supposed we had a much larger force. It appears 
 that the boys of the 20th, with the two cannons, made fearful 
 havoc before the 30th came up, and when they came to the front, 
 the rebs. supposed it was a heavy reinforcement. 
 
 " Taken altogether, this was one of the most remarkable battles 
 of the war, and it is said to have been so considered by Mr. Lin- 
 coln. 
 
 " All the houses in the vicinity were full of the wounded who 
 could not be moved. Where we stopped on Thursday there were 
 a number, and frightful cases they were. A surgeon was in attend- 
 ance, who told me he had scarcely a dose of morphine or opium to 
 administer. Having some morphine in my pocket, I divided with 
 him, reciprocating a like favor shown to me on Tuesday by one of 
 their surgeons, who had given me bandages with which to dress 
 the wounds of some of our men who were prisoners." 
 
 Dr. Bailey, had sent in his resignation in August, his health 
 being much impaired, and on the Sunday after his return, he 
 received notice of its acceptance, and on the 8th of September, bade 
 the regiment farewell. The doctor afterwards served the cause 
 ably as a hospital surgeon at Quinoy. What disposition the doctor 
 made of that old secesh mule, he forgets to tell us ! He certainly 
 ought to have taken him home as a trophy.
 
 118 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 The last of August, Maj. Bartleson resigned, and was mustered 
 out for promotion in the 100th regiment, of which he had been, 
 chosen colonel. 
 
 The regiment left Jackson, Nov. 8th, and arrived at Lagrange, 
 Nov. 1 1th. Nov. 27th, left Lagrange, and arrived at Holly Springs 
 the 30th. Left Holly Springs Dec. 1st, crossed the Tallahatchie 
 Dec. 3d, and reached Oxford. Returned to Tallahatchie Dec. 24th r 
 1862. 
 
 CAMPAIGN OF 1863. 
 
 Jan. 5th, 1863, the regiment received orders to be ready for a 
 move, and at 9 a, m. left with the army for Holly Springs, which 
 place was reached at dark, and the regiment went into camp. 
 Next day marched to Coldwater, seven miles. Next day marched 
 to Lagrange, nineteen miles, and staid until the 10th, when we 
 marched on the railroad track to Moscow, ten miles, and then 
 leaving the track, we marched on a road parallel with it, and went 
 into camp on a beautiful plantation. On the llth, marched to 
 Colliersville, twelve miles, and went into camp at 4 p. m. Here 
 we remained until the 20th, when we left with brigade, and 
 marched twelve and a half miles towards Memphis, going most of 
 the way on the railroad track, and passing through Germantown, 
 camped in the woods. The roads were very bad. Many men had 
 to be left at Colliersville, to come on the cars, on account of their 
 shoes being worn out, and the ground cold and muddy. 
 
 Jan. 21st, marched 11 miles, and went into camp in a pleasant 
 spot, about one mile from Memphis, in a large grove. Mud knee 
 deep on the march, though through a beautiful country, which 
 began to show indications of spring. 
 
 Here we remained in camp until the 20th of February, receiv- 
 ing new clothing and tents, and doing some scouting and detatched 
 service, &c. While here, some of our men, who had been taken 
 prisoners at Britton's Lane and parolled, rejoined the regiment. 
 
 On the 20th, went on board the steamer Continental, at 10 a 
 m., but did not leave the harbor of Memphis until the 22d, at 9 
 a. m. Then, after a fine sail down the Mississippi of 340 miles, 
 landed at noon of the 23d at Lake Providence, and marched four 
 miles along the bank, bivouacking in a pleasant camp. We
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 119 
 
 remained in this camp until April 18th, foraging some, but gener- 
 ally doing nothing but routine duty. We were visited by some 
 notables, civil and military, who made speeches, &c. 
 
 On the 18th of April, went aboard the steamer Continental, 
 started down the river, and arrived at Milliken's Bend about 11 a. 
 m. of the 19th. Country low, but inviting. April 21st, nine out 
 of the regiment went as volunteers on the boats to run'the block- 
 ade. Many more volunteered, but only nine from the 20th were 
 accepted. The brigade was reviewed by Gov. Yates, who made a 
 speech. 
 
 The history of the 20th, from this time to the 6th of May, will 
 be best understood by copying entire a letter from Sergt. James F. 
 Branch, of Co. F, to his wife : 
 
 " IN CAMP, Bia BLACK, 30 MILES SOUTH OP ) 
 " VIOKSBUBO, MAY STH, 1863. j 
 
 " We started from Milliken's Bend on the morning of the 25th 
 of April, at 9 o'clock, and marched to Carthage, below Vicksburg. 
 We marched nine miles and encamped. The roads were in good 
 order ; ten days before, they would have been impasable. It was 
 through a swampy country, and it was plain to be seen that if it 
 rained we should have fun. And sure enough, on the night of the 
 26th, it began to rain in earnest, continuing all night. We were 
 without tents, and were well soaked by morning. But no matter, 
 we started on in a terrible thunder storm. Companies F and E 
 were rear guard. It rained all day, and of all the roads I ever saw, 
 ours was the worst. That day we passed over a hundred wagons 
 stuck in the mud. We were drenched with water all day. We 
 made six miles, and encamped on an old deserted plantation, and 
 slept in a bed of raw cotton, without blankets, and in our wet 
 clothes. I slept first-rate, got up in the morning all right, and 
 .started on again. We made ten miles that day, and encamped at 
 Perkins' plantation, on the river, below Vicksburg. Perkins was 
 U. S. senator six years ago. When he saw the yankees coming, 
 he set fire to all his buildings, &c., and left for Grand Gulf, twelve 
 miles below. 
 
 "We lay there until midnight, then started down the river 
 bank, and arrived opposite Grand Gulf at 2 p. m., and the same 
 evening we crossed the river on the gun-boats and transports, which
 
 120 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 had run the blockade before we left Milliken's Bend. We landed 
 six miles below Grand Gulf and encamped. General McClernand 
 had crossed before us, and marched out the same night. On the 
 morning of May 1st, we started at six o'clock out into Mississippi. 
 We had gone about six miles, when boom ! boom ! from the front, 
 told us of work ahead. The men quickened their pace without 
 orders, and for four miles we marched so fast that the men b^gan 
 to drop from the heat. Some six or seven were sun-struck. About 
 that time, Gen. Smith (commanding the brigade) came back and 
 asked us if we could stand it to go three miles further, saying that 
 we were badly needed in front; that the rebels were holding Gen. 
 McClernand very closely, and he must have help. We all said 
 'Go ahead/ and the next three miles were made on the double- 
 quick, the noise of musketry and cannon increasing all the while, 
 and at noon we unslung our knapsacks, loaded guns, and were 
 marched to the front. The adjutant took command of the regi- 
 ment, and we lay under fire for three hours, without any chance to 
 retaliate ; we were held as reserves. One regiment after another 
 was sent to the front, to try and dislodge the rebels from a high 
 hill (Thompson's hill) which they held. The hill was covered with 
 houses, and full of deep gullies, surrounded by deep ravines, while 
 the side hills were covered with canebrake, so thick that you could 
 not see a rod. Every regiment that went into that canebrake came 
 out badly cut up and in confusion. It was no use trying to take 
 the hill from that front. 
 
 All this time the 12 pound guns of the rebels were making 
 bad work among our boys, and could not be silenced by our guns. 
 At 4 p. m., the 20th and 45th were called in and sent to the left 
 rear of the coveted hill. We went and lay in a deep ravine await- 
 ing orders when Gen. McPherson came down and gave the fol- 
 lowing order " Swing that 20th around so that its left will rest 
 on the right of the 15th, and go up that hill and give the rebels- 
 fa 11." 
 
 Quick as thought we swung round and started up the hill, so 
 steep and thick with canebrake that we had to draw ourselves up 
 by the cane, and when we were at the top we were within 15 rods 
 of the rebel battery. The order was given to fix the bayonets and 
 charge the battery. We did so with one of those peculiar wild
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 121 
 
 yells, but when within five rods of the guns, a line of rebels rose 
 as if out of the ground just behind the guns, but they did not get 
 time to fire a gun. We stopped short, and without waiting orders, 
 fired a solid volley into them, and what we did not kill or wound, 
 left on the double quick. 
 
 " We then went ahead, took the guns, killing and capturing the 
 gunners. I straddled one of the guns and fired two shots after 
 the retreating rebels. Then we started to follow them, and found 
 a squad lying in a gully, which we captured. That set me to 
 thinking and I broke out on my own hook, and found seven 
 rebels hidden in one gully. They had their guns which I ordered 
 them to throw down. All but one did so. He started to run 
 down the ravine. I hailed him but he would not stop, and I shot 
 him dead. The other six I took to the rear, and gave them over 
 to the captain, who had a squad already. We took over seventy- 
 five men prisoners'on that hill. This was on the left. 
 
 All this time the fight was raging terribly on the right, and 
 McClernand could not rout the rebels. He sent to the left for 
 Stephenson's brigade of our division. They went over and 
 charged the hill and took it, as we had ours, in less than an hour. 
 So you see Logan's division turned the day in our favor. 
 
 "On the right, left and centre we followed our advantage 
 closely, and chased the rebels all day until dark, when as we 
 raised a steep hill we were greeted by a rousing volley from the 
 brow. The 20th and 30th 111. claimed that hill ; formed and 
 advanced, fired one volley, when the graybacks skedaddled, again 
 leaving us in possession of the field, and their commander mor- 
 tally wounded. We lay on our arms that night, and thus ended 
 the first of May, 1863. 
 
 " But the best is yet to be told. Not a man of the 20th was 
 either killed or wounded in the charge or pursuit! A miracle 
 surely, for I have never seen the bullets fly thicker. We killed 
 their commander Gen. Tracy, captured a colonel, several captains 
 and lieutenants, and 650 privates, and killed and wounded through 
 the day, 3,000. 
 
 The entire Union loss through the day was about 400 killed 
 and wounded ; none of our force were taken prisoners. 
 
 " May 2nd we started in line of battle with the 20th deployed 
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 122 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 as skirmishers, and went two miles in that order, but found that 
 the rebs had run, and we marched into Port Gibson, as pretty a 
 little town as I ever saw, of about 2,000 inhabitants in peaceful 
 times. Here the rebs had burned the wire bridge and R. R. 
 bridges, and run away. Logan's division took a circuit of nine 
 miles in order to get there and head them off, but they were too 
 fast for us, and we started on again, marching half the night to 
 cut them off at Greistone Ferry, but they gave us the slip again. 
 
 " On the 3d of May we crossed Big Bayou Pierre on an iron 
 bridge which the rebels failed to destroy, and marched one and 
 a half miles, when we were brought up all standing by six shells 
 dropping into us from the front. We immediately lay down, 
 while our batteries tried the rebel batteries. While lying there 
 we went to sleep, and slept for an hour while the shells were fly- 
 ing over us both ways. At the end of an hour I was woke up, 
 and we formed in line of battle, and advanced to take the rebel 
 batteries. But when we got to them, they were not there, gone 
 again ! So we pushed on another while when the rattle of mus- 
 ketry, and the whiz of bullets told us of another blockade. We 
 pitched into it in earnest. The 20th was detached to support a 
 battery, which we did in fine style, being entirely out of danger, 
 for the rebels run again as soon as our batteries opened on them. 
 They had no idea of making a fight, but wanted to detain us 
 until their forces, which were evacuating Grand Gulf, could get by 
 us on another road. After we routed them Logan's division was 
 ordered to take the Grand Gulf road, and try to cut off their re- 
 treat. We traveled half the night to do so, but they were too 
 fast for us. We picked up a good many stragglers, captured over 
 10,000 pounds of meat, many horses, mules, etc., but the main 
 force had crossed the Big Black before us about an hour, and 
 planted artillery on the opposite side to prevent our crossing. 
 They shelled the camp of the 30th 111. yesterday morning, killing 
 and wounding twelve men. Our batteries opened on them, when 
 they ran as usual. 
 
 " We are now waiting here for rations, ammunition and 50,000 
 more men which are on the way. Grant is going to make a clean 
 thing of it this time. It cannot fail. There is not a man in this 
 army that would for a moment doubt that we shall take it, and
 
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 that soon. Grand Gulf was thought to be a Gibralter until we 
 crossed the river, when it fell by its own weight. Our gun boats 
 had tried three times to take it. When the rebs left we captured 
 two 128 pound columbiads, two six-inch rifled guns of superior 
 English make. All the ammunition they use against us is of Eng- 
 lish manufacture. 
 
 Two negroes ran away from Vicksburg yesterday, and came 
 in. They say the rebs are moving their commissary stores to 
 Jackson, Miss. 
 
 The weather is very hot through the day, but the nights are 
 cool. Five nights since leaving Milliken's Bend I have slept 
 in wet clothes, without blankets. Our blankets were in the 
 wagons, and the wagons stuck fast in the mud. After the battle 
 I went into a house and simply and innocently took a good doubl 
 blanket, promising to pay when the independence of the southern 
 confederacy was acknowledged by Father Abraham." 
 
 On the 12th was fought the battle of Raymond, in which our 
 20th also took its part. This was fought by our forces under 
 Gen. McPherson, and the rebs under Gen.' Gregg, and was a 
 very severe engagement, ending in our success. The second 
 brigade of Logan's division, (in which the 20th was placed,) was 
 early ordered forward to attack the enemy which had been found 
 posted too strong for the cavalry to dislodge. The brigade ad- 
 vanced and held its ground against a superior force. The other 
 brigades of Logan's division were brought up, aided by the 8th 
 Michigan battery, and the rebels fell back to a position just in the 
 rear of Farnsden's creek. 
 
 Gen. McPherson at once ordered an advance upon that posi- 
 tion. Gen. Dennis' and Gen. Smith's brigades moved forward, 
 and a severe though brief conflict ensued, in which the 20th 111. 
 fought most desperately, and lost heavily, but the rebels were 
 forced from their ground. 
 
 During this desperate struggle the rebels attempted to turn 
 our left flank, and very nearly succeeded. The fight on the left 
 was fearful. The 20th 111. had fired forty rounds of cartridges, 
 and still held the enemy at bay. Their colonel had been mortally 
 wounded while urging on his men, but not one of his heroes fal-
 
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 tered. At this critical moment, Stephenson's brigade came to the 
 rescue and the rebels gave way, and fled towards Raymond. The 
 20th lost the only field officer in this engagement, Col. Richards, 
 who was mortally wounded. The 2d lieutenant of Co. C was also 
 killed, and fifteen privates, three of whom, Israel J. Waters, Henry 
 Mitchell, and Wm. Shugar, were from this county. 
 
 May 14th, after a short, sharp fight of three hours, the enemy 
 was again defeated under Gen. Joseph E. Johnson, and retreated, 
 and our forces had possession of the capital of Mississippi. In this 
 the 20th took part, but was not seriously engaged. 
 
 On the 16th, occurred the battle of Champion Hills, or 
 Baker's Creek, which was fought with the rebels under Peraber- 
 on. This was a very important battle, and the rebels were in 
 strong force and well posted. The Union loss was 3,000. But 
 our victory was complete and decisive, opening up the way to 
 Vicksburg. Logan's division was in the most desperately fought 
 part of the field, and stood the brunt of it without flinching. 
 
 During the battle, an officer was sent to Gen. Logan, to inquire 
 how it was going. " Tell Gen. Grant," says he, " that my division 
 oannot be whipped by all the rebels this side of h 11." 
 
 In this fight, the major of the 24th Iowa, known as the " Meth- 
 odist regiment," was wounded, and walking slowly off the field, he 
 captured a rebel and made him carry him on his shoulders to the 
 provost marshal's headquarters. 
 
 May 17th, there was a closing fight at Big Black Bridge, in 
 which we were again successful, and soon after, Vicksburg was 
 effectually invested. Pemberton had retired his army behind the 
 defenses, with great loss of men and munitions of war. 
 
 The 20th arrived before Vicksburg the 19th of May, and had a 
 full day's share of skirmishing in taking up its position, and from 
 that time out, to the final surrender, took its full share in the 
 labors and dangers which attended the memorable siege. 
 
 Much has been written upon the siege of Vicksburg. I shall 
 attempt no description of its general features, and only relate a few 
 incidents that occurred in the experience of the 20th regiment. It 
 would be impossible to convey an adequate idea of the harrassing, 
 exhausting nature of the service which was rendered by the 20th, 
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 night in the trenches, in the heat of a southern summer, under the 
 fire of the rebel forts, and with two 10-inch guns (84-pounders), 
 four 24-poun Jers (McAllister's battery), and eight 10-pound guns, 
 all the while being fired within twenty rods, was, to say the least, 
 disagreeable. This was the kind of berth the boys of the 20th had 
 got into. The rebels were, of course, as active as the Union army, 
 and were constantly sending over their metal in various shapes, 
 while their sharpshooters were ready to take advantage of the 
 slightest exposure on the part of any of the men. 
 
 One day the rebels opened on the 20th, with a new battery of 
 10-pound guns, with which they kept things lively for a while, 
 until McAllister's 24-pound guns got the range of it and soon 
 silenced it. An officer, with his field glass, saw the rebels carry 
 back fifteen dead men from the battery. 
 
 The rebels also planted a mortar somewhere out of range in a 
 ravine, with which they threw over a very ugly kind of shell as 
 big as a water pail extremely disagreeable to meet. On one occa- 
 sion, one of these shells fell in a tent, where two men were asleep, 
 and exploded, and, strange to say, neither were hurt. Another 
 time, one of these ugly visitants exploded in the camp, while the 
 boys were getting their dinner, and scattered eight, ten, and four- 
 teen pound fragments around in an exceedingly careless manner, 
 happily, however, doing no other mischief than knocking over the 
 camp kettles in which the bean soup was cooking. 
 
 It was while this mortar was doing its work that R. W. Water- 
 man, of Wilmington, made the boys a visit, and wanting to see as 
 much as he could, went to the front to see the big guns. While 
 going around with Lieut. Branch, one of the shells came over and 
 buried itself in the ground within about twenty feet of them. 
 Branch, being used to the thing, dropped to the ground at once, 
 and told Waterman to do so ; but he was so paralyzed with sur- 
 prise that he forgot to drop. Happily, the shell had buried itself 
 deep in the ground before it exploded, which gave an upward 
 direction to fragments, and they were not hit. On being asked 
 why he did not drop, Waterman said he was so busy praying that 
 he forgot it. Branch asked him what prayer he made, and he 
 replied, " Now I lay me down to sleep ;" not an inappropriate 
 prayer under the circumstances. Whether he used it on account
 
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 of its applicability to the situation, or because it was the only one 
 he knew, the author is not informed ask him. 
 
 After a while, our side got the range of the gun and silenced it. 
 
 The rebel sharpshooters, though they did not make as much 
 noise as their artillery, were perhaps more to be feared. Their 
 balls were flying all the time, and everywhere ; no one could safely 
 appear from behind their works. Branch says in one of his letters : 
 " While I was writing this last sentence, a bullet from a rebel 
 sharpshooter cut off this leaf, which fell upon my paper, and I send 
 it to you. We make light of such things here, but, at the bottom, 
 we don't like it." 
 
 The 20th took part in the memorable assault of the 20th, 21st 
 and 22d days of May, which was unsuccessful, and, as many thought, 
 ill-advised. The 20th assaulted Fort Hill, in which it lost 30 
 men. They succeeded in planting their flag on the rebel works, 
 but as the general movement failed, they were compelled to retire 
 the next day. 
 
 The 20th was in the centre of Logan's division, on the Jackson 
 road, and after the assault on Fort Hill, was occupied in digging 
 and sharpshooting. They dug up to within twenty feet of the 
 enemy's works, and so closely were they besieged, that they had 
 not fired a shot in some time. In this charge of the 22d of May, 
 Lieuts. King and Wadsworth, of our county, were both wounded. 
 The regiment went into the assault with 164 men, of which number 
 it lost 30. 
 
 On the night of the 3d of June, the boys of the 20th conceived 
 the idea that they had as good a right to the rebel fort in their 
 front as the rebels had, even though they were on the outside of it. 
 Accordingly, they dug a ditch from the bottom of the earthwork 
 to the top, five feet deep and three feet wide, and when they reached 
 the top, they extended the trench each way, and in the morn- 
 ing the rebels were surprised to see, from the top of their works, 
 the " Enfields " of the " damned yanks" pointing right at them. 
 This was good as an exploit to pass the time, but was of no great 
 advantage, as another fort commanded it. 
 
 July 4th, the 20th shared in the triumph of the surrender, and 
 was the second regiment to enter the city, where it remained on 
 provost duty for several months.
 
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 Surgeon Goodbrake, writing from Vicksburg, July 16th, says: 
 " The 20th has been engaged in all the battles since Gen. Grant 
 crossed the river, up to and including the charge of May 22d, in 
 which Col. Richards, Capt. Stevens, Lieut. Sears, and sixteen pri- 
 vates were killed. Up to the surrender of Vicksburg, the regiment 
 had 21 killed and 102 wounded; had been in nine battles, with 
 honor every time, and had gained the soubriquet of the " Little 
 Fighting Regiment." 
 
 Lieut. Branch, of Co. F, writes from Vicksburg, August 17th, 
 that of the 103 boys of that company who left Joliet, only 16 
 remained with the regiment, and that of these, only seven reported 
 for duty that day. Twenty-nine were absent, eight on detached 
 duty, twenty-one sick or wounded, and of the balance, many "sleep 
 the sleep that knows no waking." " We have left," says he, "the 
 slaughtered at Fredericktown, Donaldson, Shiloh, Jackson, Brit- 
 ton's Lane, Raymond, Champion Hills, and Vicksburg. We 
 have buried our dead at Birds Point, Cape Girardeau, Memphis, 
 and Mound City." Of the original commissioned officers, they 
 had but one left, J. B. Bailey, and of the non-commissioned officers, 
 not one. " One thing," he says, " distresses the few who remain 
 more than all else, the cry for a dishonorable peace." 
 
 After the surrender, the men were nearly all sick. The excite- 
 ment being over, they seemed to collapse. Some incidents which 
 occurred after the surrender, we record. 
 
 One sabbath, in the Episcopal church, when the prayer for the 
 president was being read, nine young ladies of the " upper ten" 
 rose and went out, to manifest their rebellious spirit and contempt 
 for the president of the United States. Next day they received 
 orders to leave the city, or take the alternative of going to the 
 common jail. 
 
 An order was issued from headquarters, forbidding any person 
 wearing U. S. clothing (blue) that did not belong to the army, 
 and authorizing the provost guard to strip any such persons of all 
 such clothing. The 20th was at this time doing provost duty. 
 The boys used to go for such persons lively. One day, walking 
 down the main street, they saw a gent coming, with a lady on each 
 arm. He had on one of our blue blouses and a military vest. 
 The boys asked the officer in charge what they should do. " Obey
 
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 orders, of course." So they ordered the gent to strip, but he 
 showed fight, inspired by the presence of the ladies. The boys 
 knocked him down, and stripped him of his coat and vest, and left 
 him to escort his ladies in his shirt sleeves. 
 
 On another occasion, they stripped a man of his pants also, 
 leaving him in a still more unpresentable condition. 
 
 I am afraid the boys were hardly actuated by the golden rule 
 in these proceedings. But the southern gentry were so insulting 
 in their treatment of our men that it is hardly to be wondered at 
 that they sometimes exceeded the limits of Christian forbearance. 
 
 During their stay at Vicksburg, Lieut. Branch was called upon 
 to play the part of a detective. A widow, whose husband, being a 
 Union man, had been hung by the rebels, had been robbed of a 
 large lot of jewelry, to the value of $3,000, by one Geo. W. Paine. 
 The thief was said to be still living in the vicinity of Vicksburg. 
 Branch was commissioned to investigate the case. He accordingly 
 disguised himself in "butternuts," and went out alone beyond our 
 lines, into a secesh neighborhood, where he found his man, quietly 
 enjoying the fruits of his steal, at his own house, with a female 
 quadroon. He had a full description of the stolen property, and 
 identified the man by a large diamond pin and ring which he wore, 
 and a diamond brooch, which was glistening on the bosom of his 
 inamorata. 
 
 The lieutenant, who was a bitter secesh for the occasion, ingra- 
 tiated himself into the good graces of the lovely pair, and took 
 dinner with them, and then returned to the city. The next morn- 
 ing at daylight, while the gentleman was still sleeping in the arms 
 of his dulcinea, Lieut. Branch, with four men, well armed, made 
 another call upon him, not now in butternuts, but with Uncle 
 Sam's uniform, and one of Uncle Sam's muskets. Having secured 
 the gentleman's weapons, he made known to him the nature of his 
 visit, and called upon him to disgorge. This he did in part, and 
 while two of the party kept watch of the pair, the rest searched the 
 premises and found some more. But a large part of the plunder 
 was still missing, and Mr. Paine refused to reveal its hiding place. 
 Thereupon Lieut. Branch took a bed cord from one of the beds, 
 and ordered the boys to take the gentleman out into the >ard r 
 adjusted a hangman's noose around his neck, threw the end over
 
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 a branch of the tree, and told the boys to " pull away." This 
 brought the gentleman to terms, and he gladly accepted the alter- 
 native of revealing the hiding place of his plunder, which, being 
 secured, the lieutenant let him go, a sadder, but probably not much 
 better man. The lieutenant and his men returned to the city, and 
 had the pleasure of restoring the plunder to the widow. 
 
 The 20th remained, as has been said about four months in the 
 city of Vicksburg, and sometime in the fall of 1863 moved out to 
 the Big Black River, where it remained until the raid on Me- 
 ridian. 
 
 In the fight at the Big Black in May, a rebel captain of a 
 Georgia regiment had been killed who was the owner of a fine 
 large dog. The dog refused to leave his master's body until it 
 was buried, and then remained upon the grave uttering the most 
 dismal howls. Some of the men tried to coax the dog to go with 
 them when they left, but he could not be induced to desert his 
 vigil. Now, eight months after, when the regiment was again 
 encamped in the same vicinity, the dog was still there every 
 night, uttering the most dismal howls over the grave. No coax- 
 ing could swerve him from his fidelity to the memory of his 
 dead master. The brute was better, more faithful than the man, 
 for he had forgotten his allegiance to Uncle Sam. Although the 
 dog's howlings made night hideous, the boys could not find it in 
 their hearts to shoot him. 
 
 In the celebrated Meridian raid of General Sherman's, the 
 20th bore a part, an account of which I have condensed with 
 slight alterations from a description given by Lt. Branch, of Co. F 
 to his old captain, T. Q. Hilderbrant. His letter was written 
 March 9th, 1864, just after the return of his expedition. 
 
 He says: "Our brigade consisting of the 20th, 31st, 40th 
 and 124th 111. Infantry, with a battery of twenty pound parrots, 
 and Co. D , Captain Felters, of Dickey's 4th cavalry, have been 
 encamped on the Big Black, 15 miles east from Vicksburg, for 
 the last four months. On the 2nd of February, Sherman's troops 
 consisting of the 16th army corps, and Gens. Stephen's, Hurl- 
 but's, Leggett's and Crocker's divisions of the 17th army corps, 
 under General McPherson, marched from Vicksburg to this 
 place, where our brigade joined them, and on the 3d crossed the 
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 Big Black on pontoons, and started out for the purpose of break- 
 ing up the extensive R. R. communications of the rebels, by which 
 they have been enabled to concentrate their forces in Mississippi, 
 Alabama and Georgia, at any point in Mississippi in forty-eight 
 hours. 
 
 " We marched four miles and encamped without tents. Feb. 
 4th we marched at 7 a. m., and after proceeding four miles had 
 a lively skirmish with the enemy in front, on the old battle field 
 of " Champion Hills," in which we had whipped the rebels in 
 the advance on Vicksburg last May. The cavalry were now 
 driven back upon the infantry line. But in this infantry the 
 rebels found a snag, from which their cavalry rebounded, and we 
 passed on. From thence to Baker's Creek, nine miles, was a con- 
 tinued skirmish, in which our side lost five killed and eighteen 
 wounded, mostly of the 12th Wisconsin. We encamped at dark 
 on the creek. 
 
 " Feb. 5th, marched at daylight, and as the rebels were known 
 to be in force on the opposite side of the creek, the 1st brigade 
 was put in advance, and as usual on such occasions, the 20th was 
 in advance of the brigade. The passage of the creek was obsti- 
 nately disputed, but to no purpose. We routed them in one-half 
 an hour, and advanced across a large plantation, firing as we went, 
 and occasionally passing a dead grayback in the road. 
 
 " That day we reached 17 miles and skirmished on every hill. 
 We drove them through Clinton. And here was one of the finest 
 sights I have ever seen during the war. Clinton is situated on a 
 high hill, while to the west and south is a level plain a mile or 
 more in width. Hurlbut came in from the southwest, and Mc- 
 Pherson from the northwest. We were fighting and driving 
 Lee's cavalry, while Hurlbut was driving Jackson's cavalry, and 
 both drove the rebels out of the woods at the same time. We 
 were on the skirmish line and could see the whole thing. 
 
 " The rebels came out in confusion and close on our and Hurl- 
 but's skirmishers in splendid lines, while our batteries took posi- 
 tion on the hills in the rear, and sent shell and canister over our 
 heads. Down the hill, across the bottom, and up the hill, and 
 through the town, pell-mell went the rebs. and close after them 
 the blue jackets, yelling and firing like devils until ordered to
 
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 halt, a mile behind town. While resting, our cavalry passed us 
 to the front to follow up the chase, but in the course of twenty 
 minutes they came back fleeing and chased in turn. Then the 
 order, " First brigade fall in," came, and we advanced through the 
 woods to the edge of the large plantation, where we found the ene- 
 my strongly posted on the opposite side in the woods. 
 
 " We formed our line, then threw out oar skirmishers, and lay 
 down for orders. Meanwhile our artillery opened and was 
 replied to by six pieces of rebel cannon well served. Their first 
 shot knocked two of our artillerists hors du eombat, and the next 
 killed two of the 124th 111. The third was aimed at Gen. Force, 
 our brigade commander, which ricocheting in front, passed close 
 over his head. We occupied some time here in order to let a 
 body of troops pass to the right and left, to flank them. When 
 the proper time came we opened on them with ten guns, which 
 soon made them change their position, and while doing so came 
 the command, " Attention, 20th 111.! forward, double quick," and 
 away we went. But the rebs. always could out run us. We fol- 
 lowed them for about a mile, when we came in view of their whole 
 force, drawn up in an open field, apparently with the design of 
 charging on us. A few rounds from our parrots, however, made 
 them change their minds, and show us their horses tails. We 
 moved on in line of battle until dark, when Gen. Leggett, com- 
 manding the division, came to us and said that we were two miles 
 from Jackson, and as we had driven the rebels twenty miles that 
 day, and had worked well and hard, he would not order us to 
 march any farther. But it was believed that the rebels were 
 evacuating Jackson, and if there was a brigade that would volun- 
 teer to go to Jackson and hold the place for the night; he would 
 feel much obliged to them. Of course that meant us. Up jumped 
 our boys, tired as they were, with the ready reply, " We will go 
 sir," and we went; and as we entered the rebel works from the 
 west, the enemy went out on the east side, firing a few parting 
 shots at our advance. 
 
 " The night was spent in laying a pontoon bridge across the 
 Pearl river; our artillery in the meantime shelling the Pearl 
 river swamps to protect the working parties. We encamped on
 
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 the Canton road, north of the city, and inside the rebel works 
 where we lay waiting for the bridge to be finished, all the next 
 day (6th.) 
 
 On the 7th we crossed Pearl river, and after marching two 
 miles halted for Crocker's division to pass. We found the South- 
 ern R. R. repaired to Pearl river, with a new turn table on the 
 bank, which we burned, also the bridges and trestle work. We 
 tore up the track making piles of the ties, setting them on fire and 
 laying the rails across, so that when heated they bent in such away 
 as to render them useless. In this way we used up the railroad 
 as far as we went. 
 
 " The city of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, was, before 
 the visit of Grant last May, one of the most beautiful in all the 
 south. But the rebels had inaugurated the policy of burning all 
 buildings which contained commissary stores, an example which 
 our side was not slow to follow, and now this was the third visit 
 which the yanks had made this city, and from its appearance I 
 think, one visit more would make a finish, for the State House is 
 about the only building left of any importance, standing in melan- 
 choly grandeur amid a forest of chimney stacks, and ruined brick 
 walls, among them those of the penitentiary. They had fortified 
 the place so that they regarded it as almost impregnable. But 
 Grant walked into it after one bayonet charge, an hour after he had 
 formed his lines. 
 
 " We marched thirteen miles this (7th) day, passing through 
 Brandon, a very pretty site for a town, but as the 4th corps passed 
 through it, they set fire to everything that would burn, and all we 
 could see was smouldering ruins. We were obliged to go around 
 it to avoid the heat, destroying the railroad as we went. The first 
 few miles after leaving Jackson, we passed alternately through 
 pine swamps, and over pine hills, sand ankle deep, a miserable 
 looking conntry, but good for raising cotton. We know when 
 we are coming to a large plantation, by the smoke of burning cot- 
 ton, cotton gins and negro quarters. We encamped in the pine 
 woods, one mile east of Brandon. Here we had full rations, 
 plenty of fresh beef, pork, mutton and poultry of all kinds, for 
 now we make the rebs feed us as we go. 
 
 " Monday, the 8th, we marched at 9 o'clock, Crocker's division 

 
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 in advance, we then crossed the railroad a mile from camp, set- 
 ting all the ties, trestle work, bridges, etc., on fire as far as we 
 can see before and behind us, besides houses, barns, cotton gins, 
 and cotton sheds and warehouses filled with the bodsted staple, 
 (no longer king,) fences and woods all on fire in all directions. 
 We march in a cloud of smoke by day, and the light of the burn- 
 ing fires by night, like the Israelites of old. But unlike them 
 our pillar of cloud by day, and pillar of fire by night, were not 
 supplied by the miraculous interposition of God, but by the cruel 
 torch of desolating war. 
 
 " We marched sixteen miles and encamped in a heavy pine 
 forest. We are driving a rebel brigade steadily before us, besides 
 a large cavalry force who skirmish with us continually. 
 
 " A sad accident occurred to-day while on the march. The 
 rebel cavalry made a stand on every hill, and fired upon our 
 advance, and then run. In one instance, they formed in a yard in 
 front of a house, in which a family were living, and fired on our 
 troops without giving any notice to the inmates. On their firing, 
 he lady of the house came to the front door to see what was the 
 occasion of it, and was hit in the neck by our return fire, and 
 instantly killed. She left six small children alone, her husband 
 being in the rebel army. It was a heart-rending sight, over which 
 many a soldier, albeit unused to weeping, dropped a tear. 
 
 " Tuesday, 9th, marched at 9 a. m. We went into Morton, con- 
 trary to expectation, without a fight. The enemy had 18,000 
 troops here, and boasted that this was to be the end of Sherman's 
 expedition. They formed in line of battle, threw up earthworks, 
 dug rifle pits, and seemed to have made every preparation to con- 
 test our advance, and then skedaddled. We were glad they did so, 
 for they had a splendid position, with an open field and swamp in 
 front, and it would have been a hard job to take or turn it. 
 
 "Morton, its depot, warehouses, &c., shared the fate of the 
 other places through which we passed. We remained here all day, 
 and here the 16th army corps passed us, Gen. Hurlbut claiming 
 the privilege of driving the rebs part of the way. 
 
 " Wednesday, 10th, left Morton at 9 a. m., and made fourteen 
 miles. We marched through what had been the town of Hillsboro, 
 but when we came up, the boys christened it " Chimney Town."
 
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 The 16th had been obliged to fight its way through the town, and 
 applied the torch to everything combustible, and chimney stacks 
 were about all that was left. We went into camp at 11 o'clock 
 p. m., two miles east of Hillsboro. To-day I had charge of 54 
 rebel prisoners, and marched in the rear of the regiment. Two of 
 these prisoners belonged to the 2d Florida infantry, of which an 
 uncle of mine (on the mother's side) is colonel. We lay in camp 
 until 4 p. m. 
 
 " At ten this morning, a rebel lieutenant and seven men made 
 a dash at our rear pickets, Co. D, 4th 111. cav. (Captain Felter's.) 
 Oscar T. Randall (of Channahon) waited until the rebs had got 
 into close range, then fired, ank killed the lieutenant on the spot, 
 and the rest left. We marched again at 4 p. m., and marched all 
 night, going through the worst piece of swamp I ever saw. We 
 made six miles, and went into camp at 4 in the morning, tired out, 
 sleepy, foot-sore, and hungry. 
 
 " Friday, 12th, marched at 8 a. m., and made eighteen miles. 
 We were twenty out of the twenty-four hours on the move, and 
 encamped at Decatur. The night was dark, and the march would 
 have been very dreary, but for the light of burning plantations. 
 Decatur shared the fate of the other towns on the march, and we 
 could say of it as of ancient Troy it was ! 
 
 "Saturday, 13th, at 11 a. m., left Decatur, marched a mile, 
 and halted for the train to close up. While resting, the rebels 
 made a dash at our train. The 20th was ordered back to repulse 
 them. But the rear guard, the 45th, had done the job before we 
 got there. Some few rebs killed, was the result. Marched thirteen 
 miles, and encamped on a small creek at 11 p. m., receiving orders 
 to cook rations to-night, as we were to go on a separate expedi- 
 tion to-morrow. 
 
 " Sunday, Feb. 14th, St. Valentine's day, the first brigade 
 marched alone at nine o'clock, on a road running south, with 
 orders to proceed to " Chunkey Station," on Chunkey river, and 
 destroy the railroad bridge, burn the town, warehouses, depot, &c. 
 We were told that there were two companies of rebel cavalry- 
 guarding the bridge, and having two stockades. We marched 
 light, taking nothing but haversacks and canteens. The 20th, as 
 usual on such occasions, had the advance. When within one mile
 
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 of the bridge, we ascertained that there were 2,000 of Jackson's 
 cavalry there. We were less than 1,000 strong ; but, as we had 
 never yet met our match among the greybacks, we determined to 
 sail in, well knowing that nothing but a bold front would save us. 
 We advanced thirty of the 4th 111. cavalry all we had to find 
 out their position. We soon came upon their picket fires, still 
 burning. The order was passed down the line to load as we went, 
 and by the time we had loaded, the cavalry opened on them from 
 the top of a hill. Colonel Bradley sang out, " Forward, double- 
 quick," and up the hill we went on a run. Then, " On the right 
 by file into line," and the regiment swung into line lively. Com- 
 panies A and F were deployed as skirmishers, Captain Wadsworth 
 on the right, Bailey on the left, and Co. B had command of the 
 centre of the skirmish line. We soon came up with and passed 
 our cavalry, and came in sight of the enemy. They had a fine 
 line of skirmishers, but we soon turned it into a running rabble, 
 We were on the left of the railroad, and two companies of the 45th 
 on the right. We had a good cover of brush, while they were 
 exposed in an open field, so for their benefit we gave an infernal 
 yell, which drew the enemy's fire from them to us. We advanced 
 to the river bank, and, as we broke cover, were greeted with a 
 shower of balls, which made us take to the trees and fight shy. 
 We had found that we were fighting with their main line across a 
 narrow river, at a distance of five to eight rods. We told the 
 boys, (in a voice loud enough for the rebels to hear), to take it cool, 
 as the artiltery would soon come up, and that we were flanking 
 them. These words, addressed to our own men, but meant for the 
 rebels a little yankee strategy gave the enemy a scare, and they 
 broke and run. Thus two companies, A and F, of the 20th, and 
 two companies of the 45th, fought and whipped 2,000 of Jackson's 
 cavalry in an hour. The regiments came up, and we burned the 
 bridge, warehouse, mills, and 300 bales of cotton, and marched 
 back, making eighteen miles in eight hours. Our loss was three 
 men of the 45th, wounded; none hurt in the 20th. We sent the 
 d 1 sixteen valentines in the shape of dead rebels, one of them a 
 colonel, wounding thirty-five more. 
 
 " An amusing incident occurred during this skirmish. In order 
 to preserve the line intact, it became necessary to pass through the
 
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 door-yard of a house in which there was a family living. While 
 doing so the boys happened to see a well filled hen coop. The 
 temptation to improve their rations was too strong to be resisted, 
 and as they passed along, each took a chicken, and, wringing its 
 neck, clapped it into their empty haversacks, and John W. Coomba 
 knocked down an old gobbler with his gun, and slung him over 
 his shoulder. All this brought the lady of the house to the door 
 in a great rage, and crying and wringing her hands, she blurted 
 out to the boys : " Oh, you nasty thieves ! the secesh came along^ 
 here and stole my old hoss, and now you are stealing all my chick- 
 ens, but you'll catch h 11 when you get down there to the bridge." 
 The boys cheered her, and passed on well satisfied with their part 
 of the joke. We encamped with the trains of our division that 
 night. 
 
 " Monday, 15th, started for Meridian. We marched ten miles 
 and encamped five miles from Meridian. Here we heard that the 
 place was evacuated by the enemy and occupied by our advance. 
 
 "Tuesday, 16th, marched at seven, reached Meridian, and 
 encamped. We found it a place covering a great deal of ground, 
 as the houses were scattered. It is the headquarters of this part of 
 the "confederacy" for the manufacture and repair of arms. We 
 found a large arsenal, armory, foundry, machine shops, &c. In 
 the arsenal were 5,000 rifles and shot-guns, and shot, shell, grape, 
 canister, &c. Here, too, are or rather were large grist mills, 
 saw mills, barracks, hospitals, two large hotels, and a great many 
 new houses, built by refugees from the territory which had come 
 into the possession of the Union army. All of this made a splendid 
 fire before we left. Meridian, too, is among the things that were. 
 
 " We remained here and around here three days, and on the 
 17th, the 20th alone went out foraging. Gen. Sherman told Col. 
 Bradley that he sent him out because he knew the 20th could get 
 back if anyone could. The 18th, I remained in camp, while the 
 regiment went along the railroad, tearing up and destroying the 
 track. A lady had sent in a request that an officer might be sent 
 for her protection, to save her from the insults of the soldiery, and 
 her house from the flames. So I had the pleasant duty of passing 
 two days and nights at the house of a very pretty and well-informed 
 southern lady, whose husband was absent in the rebel army.
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 137 
 
 " The regiment went seven miles, and captured two hogsheads 
 of sugar, one yoke of oxen, and wagons loaded with meat and 
 sweet potatoes. Part of the boys, mounted on captured horses, 
 went out on their own hook foraging, and before they had got out 
 of sight, they met a squad of rebels mounted. Both parties fired, 
 and then turned and ran as fast as they could. It was amusing to 
 see each party fleeing from the other. 
 
 " Friday, 19th, the regiment went two miles from Meridian to 
 guard a mill and grind up a lot of corn for our own use. After 
 doing what grinding we wanted, we let on a full head of water, 
 applied the torch, and left her grinding and burning. 
 
 " Saturday, 20th, we marched at daylight back to town, and 
 found that all had left at five o'clock, on the return march, except 
 the details left to finish up the work of destruction. We had to 
 march around the burning town, as the heat was too great to pass 
 through it. The sun was just rising as we came in from the west, 
 and as it came up through the smoke and flames of the burning 
 city, the whole scene had a weird and strange appearance, while 
 the guns, many of which were loaded, and the shot and shell 
 exploding the crackling and roar of the flames the crash of fall- 
 ing walls altogether made a scene grand, but terrible and sad. 
 May I never have to look upon another. 
 
 " After looking upon the scene awhile, we took up our return 
 march to the tune 'Get out of the wilderness/ and after a few 
 hours overtook our brigade, and went on our way. While at 
 Meridian we captured and burned five locomotives and 35 cars, 
 and while we lay there our cavalry went down the Mobile & Ohio 
 railroad, and burned Enterprise and Quitman, destroying every- 
 thing as we went. We marched twenty miles and encamped in 
 pine woods, tired, foot-sore, and short of rations. 
 
 " Sunday, 21st, started at seven, marched thirteen miles to Deca- 
 tur, and encamped before night, sending out foraging parties, which 
 returned heavily loaded with all kinds of plunder, gathered from 
 the pastures, smoke houses, poultry yards, and potato patches. We 
 were once more in clover, while many a family, I fear, was short 
 of rations. 
 
 " Monday, 22d, started from Decatur at 7 a. m., and made 
 eight miles, camping on the Radcliff plantation, three miles from 
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 138 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Pearl river, waiting for the laying of pontoons. While lying 
 here, our foraging parties brought in large quantities of all kinds 
 of produce which had been hid away in the swamps by the old 
 planters. The negroes would reveal the secret hiding places, and 
 the foragers would go for the spoils without scruple. The 16th 
 corps commenced crossing at dark, and we had orders to be ready 
 at midnight, but the bridge broke, and we lay till 11 o'clock next 
 day. 
 
 " Friday, 26th, we marched three miles and crossed the river. 
 We now struck high lands, with beautiful plantations, the finest 
 country through which we had passed. We made fourteen miles, 
 and camped within one mile of Canton, on the west. This has 
 been one of the most rabid of rebel cities, and one of the most 
 beautiful places in the south. A heavy rebel force has been kept 
 here since the capture of Vicksburg. The city is made up of 
 planters' residences, elegant and costly, and the surrounding coun- 
 try is one of splendid plantations, rich in cotton at least such was 
 the town and country before the advent of the Union army. 
 
 " Saturday, the 27th, we lay in Canton. Five companies of 
 the 20th remained in camp, near Gen. Force's headquarters, while 
 the other five were out foraging. About noon some scamp set fire 
 to a cotton shed, which so enraged General Force that he ordered 
 Major Kennard to take his regiment out into a plowed field and 
 put a guard around them, where we were kept (companies A, C, E, 
 F, and K,) in corral for six hours. When the rest of the regi- 
 ment came in, we moved camp two miles south of town, on account 
 of water. 
 
 " Sunday, 28th, marched back to town and encamped in line of 
 battle around the place, on account of reports that there was a 
 heavy force of rebels in the vicinity. The 31st, 45th and 124th 
 regiments occupied the day in tearing up the railroad. We cap- 
 tured here twenty-one locomotives in one lot, and then moved up 
 the road a few miles and burned the whole lot, with ninety cars. 
 We put a 24-pound shell in the fire box of each engine, which 
 exploded and tore the boiler wide open. 
 
 " Monday, 29th, the day came in cold and blustering, with a 
 cold, north wind, anddrizzing rain. At 10 a. m., it held up, and we 
 went out and destroyed the railroad on thenorth side of the town,
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 139 
 
 while the cavalry was having a heavy fight within a mile of town, 
 on the south, with the cavalry of Jackson, Lee, and Wirt Adams. 
 We destroyed a mile of railroad track and returned to camp, to 
 find that a provision train of forty wagons had just come in to 
 meet us, from Vicksburg, bringing also a heavy mail, the first news 
 we had had from the civilized world for twenty-nine days. You 
 may be assured the sight was a welcome one. 
 
 " March 1st, we left at twelve, after a rain all night, with three 
 days' rations in our haversacks, and accomplished but five miles in 
 nine hours, on account of the mud, and camped at night in the 
 mud wet, cold, hungry, and fagged out. We had to break the 
 ice half an inch thick to fill our canteens. 
 
 " March 2d, marched at 7 a. m., the 16th corps in advance. 
 Cavalry skirmishing commenced before we had fairly got out of 
 sight of the camp, and continued, with little intermission, all day, 
 accompanied with heavy artillery firing. The rebel cavalry and 
 artillery followed closely on our rear, and kept our cavalry busy 
 all day. We encamped on an old plantation. 
 
 " March 3d, at 8 a. m., the first brigade was marched to the 
 rear to cover the retreat of the whole army. We formed in line 
 of battle on the edge of the woods, and let our entire train pass us. 
 The position was one of great peril. An open field two miles 
 long had to be crossed, and on the opposite side was a poor bridge 
 and a swamp, requiring a long time to cross, while a high hill in 
 the rear afforded a grand position for the enemy to place a battery 
 and shell us. But for some reason or other they did not trouble us. 
 
 " After our forces had passed we marched across the planta- 
 tion, and resumed our place in the division on the homeward 
 stretch. We made eighteen miles and went into camp without any 
 further trouble from the rebels. Gen. Leggett said that the reason 
 he took the 1st brigade out of its place to cover the retreat, was 
 that he knew he could depend upon it in a tight place. 
 
 March 4th, left camp at 7 a. m., and after a march of 15 miles 
 arrived at our camp on the Big Black, at 4 p. m., well fagged out ; 
 but in half an hour had to go on picket duty ! 
 
 Thus, from Feb. 3d to March 4th, we had marched 375 miles, 
 captured and burned the towns of Clinton, Jackson, Brandon, De- 
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 Quitman, Canton and Brownsville ; captured and burned 35 lo- 
 comotives and 125 cars ; and killed about 400 rebs, wounded 
 800 more, and took 800 prisoners. We had captured 2,000 horses 
 and mules, and brought in with us 10,000 contrabands of all ages, 
 sizes, colors, sexes and shapes ; in all kinds of conveyances from 
 the great plantation wagon, crammed fall of woolly heads, down 
 to the smallest jackass, loaded down with a big wench on her pack 
 of movables. Our contraband train was a sight to behold, worth 
 more than any street show that Barnum ever organized. We had 
 destroyed more than 150 miles of R. R., burned every R. R. build- 
 ing on the route, and every cotton gin, mill and public house 
 and some private ones. Long, long will the people remember 
 the visit of Sherman's army, and its marks will not soon be oblit- 
 erated from the region. When we marched out we were told that 
 the march would be a short and rapid one, and we took no extra 
 clothing, and consequently we went thirty-three days without a 
 change. How we looked on our return, you can conjecture. I 
 will not attempt to describe it. Even the "ragged 20th" never 
 looked so ragged before." 
 
 The regiment as has been seen returned from the Meridian 
 raid early in March, 1864. The term of their enlistment would 
 expire in May, (14th). What remained of the regiment had 
 (mostly) agreed to re-enlist. The regiment was therefore granted 
 what it had so richly earned, a veteran furlough. Only 197 of the 
 original enlisted men remained. The two Will county companies 
 had a public reception on their return to Joliet, at the court house, 
 where they were welcomed with appropriate honors, and addressed 
 among others by their old captain and major, Bartleson, who was 
 just home from Libby. 
 
 A supper at the Auburn House, and a reception at the house 
 of Otis Hardy, Esq., was also given them. 
 
 The regiment veteranized, and recruited its thinned ranks, re- 
 joined Sherman's army, which had now entered upon its Atlanta 
 campaign, at " Big Shanty." It then took part in that memorable 
 campaign. It lost heavily at Kenesaw, being in the first assault, 
 and also in that of June 27th. It was also in the fiercest of the 
 fights before Atlanta, on 21st and 22nd of July. On the 21st 
 the regiment was on the left flank of the army, and with the divis-
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 141 
 
 ion took a strong work of the enemy situated on a high hill, and 
 maintained its position against repeated attempts to dislodge it. 
 It had six killed and forty-eight wounded. Among the killed was 
 Sergeant Macherly who had carried the flag of the regiment since 
 Shiloh, and had been distinguished for his bravery in every en- 
 gagement, having received the gold medal of merit at the siege of 
 Vicksburg. 
 
 On the 22nd, the enemy charged the division with great force, 
 and the fighting was severe until dark, when the enemy with- 
 drew severely punished. It was estimated that the division killed 
 more rebels in this engagement than its own number. Lt. Col. 
 Bradley commanded the 20th in this engagement. Its losses 
 were heavy. It had the misfortune to get flanked, and nearly all 
 were captured. 
 
 CASUALTIES. 
 
 Commissioned officers killed,!; wounded, 5 ; missing, 4; 
 Enlisted men killed, 8 ; wounded 47 ; missing, 66 ; Total 
 killed, 9; wouuded, 52; missing, 70. Total loss, 131. 
 
 Only 13 men of the number engaged on the 22nd escaped cap- 
 ture. The prisoners were taken to Macon, Ga., whence the privates 
 were sent to Anderson ville, the officers to Savannah. Among 
 the officers taken were Jeremiah B. Bailey, 1st Lt. Co. F, and 
 David Wadsworth, Captain of Co. F, and Gideon Bernier, Lieut, 
 of Co. B. These were taken to Savannah, and subsequently to 
 Charleston, where they were placed under the fire of our forces, 
 then bombarding the city. They were finally exchanged under a 
 special cartel between Sherman and Hood. 
 
 For a daring act of Captain Bernier, of Co. B, in this engage- 
 ment, and for some other details, the reader is referred to the his- 
 tory of McAllister's Battery. The remnants of the regiment, 
 (about 20 men and officers) together with some others that had 
 been on detached duty the whole numbering 35, were placed in 
 command of Captain Harry King, mounted and put on a scouting 
 service in the memorable march to the sea and northward. 
 
 At Goldsboro, they received 250 recruits, and at Alexandria 
 the captured men that had been exchanged, rejoined them, and the 
 regimental organization was resumed. It took part in the grand 
 review at Washington after this " cruel war was over." Surely
 
 142 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 they were entitled to partake in the triumph after having done 
 and suffered so much to achieve it. 
 
 The regiment then returned by way of Louisville to Chicago, 
 where they arrived and were discharged, July 19th, 1865. 
 
 It came home with 21 officers and 322 men, of whom only 
 about 70 were in the original muster roll of 924 men. 
 
 At the grand review in Washington, the regiment attracted 
 much attention as one that had participated in more regular bat- 
 tles than any other. It had been in twenty-nine battles and nu- 
 merous skirmishes, and was in service four years and two months. 
 
 Co. B was noted for its promotions. Its captain had been 
 promoted major, and then Col. of the 100th. Henry King who 
 enlisted as private came out Colonel. Bernier who enlisted as pri- 
 vate at the age of eighteen, returned Captain, having won his first 
 promotion on the field of Donaldson for his bravery and soldierly 
 conduct. A public reception was given the 20th, with 'other soldiers 
 of the 8th Cavalry and Battery D, (McAllister's) on the 25th of 
 July, and a supper at the National. The military record of each 
 member of the regiment from Will county, so far as I have been 
 able to obtain it, will be found in part four of this work.
 
 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-NINTH REGT., OR YATES 
 
 PHALANX. 
 
 FROM ORGANIZATION TO MUSTER OUT. 
 
 Organization Will County Companies Leaves for the Front En route 
 Surprised and Captured Arrives at Williamsport Sickness First Death 
 and Funeral Another Bereavement Leaves Camp Crosses into Dixie 
 Distributed Affairs at Great Cacapon Alpine Station Bath Present to 
 Gov. Yates Captain Munu Tested Movements Promotions Sickness 
 Movements Winchester Strasburg Battle Gen. Shields Battle of Win- 
 chester Incidents Advance Woodstock Foraging Advance Brilliant 
 Charge Movements Columbia Bridge An Astonished Reb Temperance 
 Story Advance to Fredericks burg Grand Review Takes the Back Track 
 Movements Manassas Review Goes to Alexandria Harrison's Land- 
 ing Closing Scenes of McClellan's Fizzle Malvern Hill Change of Base- 
 Fortress Monroe Suffolk Resignation Breaks Camp Chowan River 
 Embarks Folly Island A Flag from Yates Attack on Sumter Night 
 Exploit Morris Island Fort Wagner Casualties Hilton Head Veter- 
 anizesComes Home Receptions Recruits Goes Back Washington 
 Yorktown A Historic Region City Point Wiers Bottom Drury's Bluflfs 
 Fight Casualties Another Fight Losses Other Movements Assaults 
 Deep Run Losses Incidents Casualties to Will County Men In the 
 Trenches at Petersburg Another Fight Incidents Another Fight Win- 
 ter Quarters A March Charge on Fort Gregg Casualties Incidents 
 Last Battle Casualties In at the Death of the Confederacy Comes Home. 
 1 
 
 [HE organization of this regiment was begun immediately upon 
 
 the receipt of the news of the attack upon Fort Sumter. T. 
 
 O. Osborn, who subsequently became its colonel, (and after- 
 wards a general), was active in its organization. At that early 
 stage of the rebellion, the government had not become fully awake 
 to the magnitude of its proportions and of the work before them. 
 Considerable delay was therefore experienced before the regiment 
 could get accepted. Indeed, such were the difficulties it encoun- 
 tered, that at one time an effort was made to get it into the service
 
 144 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 as a Missouri regiment. And all this trouble and delay was 
 encountered, notwithstanding earnest efforts made in its behalf by 
 Gov. Yates, by whom the organization was regarded with especial 
 favor, it having assumed his name. Bull Run, however, secured 
 its acceptance on the day following that disaster. 
 
 In this regiment, Will county was represented by 20 commis- 
 sioned officers and over 200 enlisted men, perhaps a greater number 
 than could be claimed by any other one county. At any rate, we 
 were so largely, and, I may add, so ably and honorably, repre- 
 sented, that a brief history of its eventful and noble career is 
 demanded at our hands. 
 
 With the exception of about 100 men in the 8th cavalry, and 
 10 men in the 12th cavalry, the 39th was the only regiment in 
 which our county was represented, to any extent, in the east. Its 
 history will therefore take us to different scenes and localities from 
 those elsewhere traversed. 
 
 Recruiting for this regiment was early commenced in this county, 
 principally in the city of Wilmington, and the towns of Florence, 
 Wesley, Channahon, and Homer. Co. A was raised in Wilming- 
 ton, largely through the efforts of S. W. Munn, Esq., who became 
 its captain, and was afterwards promoted major of the regiment. 
 He was assisted by Lt. L. A. Baker, aftewards captain, and Lt. 
 Richardson, and others. 
 
 Co. E was also raised mostly in Wilmington, Wesley, and 
 Florence, and was originally known as the " Florence Rifles," Jas. 
 H. Hooker, of the last named town, being its first captain. 
 
 Hon. Amos Savage, of Homer, one of the oldest and best known 
 residents of that town, was also actively engaged in raising Co. G, 
 in his town and vicinity, and he became its 2d lieutenant, and sub- 
 sequently its captain. The first captain of this company was the 
 Rev. Wm. B. Slaughter, well known to many of our citizens as 
 once pastor in charge of the Methodist Episcopal church of Joliet. 
 At the organization of the regiment he was stationed at Blue Island, 
 where he recruited a portion of the company. For the other offi- 
 cers of the regiment, as well as the privates, from our county, the 
 reader is referred to the roster and muster roll of Will county 
 names in Part Fourth. 
 
 The organization of this regiment was completed at Camp
 
 THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT; 145 
 
 Mather, Chicago, with Austin Light as its colonel, and left camp 
 at Chicago, 950 strong, Oct. 13th, 1861, for Camp Benton, Mo., 
 where it reported to Gen. Curtiss. 
 
 But the west was not to be the scene of its exploits. On the 
 29th, it was ordered to the east. The statement has been made 
 that this change in its destination was not in consequence of orders 
 from the war department, but by the direction of Marshall Lamon 
 a general in expectancy who wished to have it in his division. 
 However this may be, it left Benton barracks at 6 p. m of the 29th, 
 by the Terre Haute, A. & St. Louis R. R., arriving at Ind ianapo- 
 lis in the afternoon of the same day, where it was treated, after the 
 manner of that patriotic city, to a substantial dinner in the market 
 house, by the loyal ladies of the city, who had come together for 
 that purpose. 
 
 During the night they arrived at the smoky, but no less hos- 
 pitable city of Pittsburg, where they found a fine supper awaiting 
 them. The hearts of the boys which were perhaps a little down- 
 cast, thinking of the homes and the girls they had left behind 
 them were greatly cheered by such hospitalities, and made to feel 
 that their self-denial in behalf of an imperiled country was not 
 unappreciated. The ride had also been a delightful one. It was 
 the beautiful Indian summer; all the groves and woods were 
 dressed in crimson and gold ; the air was soft and balmy ; the 
 orchards were loaded with golden fruits ; and at all the towns and 
 hamlets they were greeted with cheers, waving of handkerchiefs, 
 and offerings of pies, cakes, fruits, and flowers. 
 
 But the regiment had the best reception of all at the town of 
 Carlysle, Fa. The memory of it is still sweet and precious. This 
 place lies below Harrisburg, about 50 miles from the border, and 
 in the track of threatened rebel invasion, of which the inhabitants 
 were living in constant fear. The appearance, therefore, of troops 
 going on to the front, to place themselves between them and the 
 rebel army, was hailed with joy. Indeed, they had good reason 
 for their fears, for subsequently these were realized in the partial 
 destruction of the place, during the invasion of Lee's army in 1863 . 
 
 The railroad at Carlysle runs through the main street of the 
 town, where the train was halted, and, all unconscious of what was 
 in store for them, the boys at once got out to stretch their legs, and 
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 ] 46 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 see what was to be seen. Although it was late at night, the streets 
 were full of citizens, and no sooner had they got upon the side- 
 walks on either side, than they found themselves attacked in front, 
 flank and rear, by a crowd of well-dressed and beautiful women 
 and girls, who at once began to hug and kiss them, with a gush 
 and heartiness seldom equalled. Taken thus entirely by surprise, 
 the boys were just for a moment at a loss what to do. But 
 although they had not yet received their muskets, they had the 
 right kind of arms with which to meet such an encounter, and no 
 doubt returned the attack sudden and unexpected as it was 
 with compound interest. Indeed, I suspect they rather liked it ! 
 Whether this attack upon them would have been as hearty if the 
 regiment had not been composed of good-looking men, is a ques- 
 tion I leave for the reader's consideration. 
 
 But hugs and kisses was not all that the boys got. The ladies 
 then took the men round to their houses and fed them giving 
 them something more substantial, if not so sweet. 
 
 Friday evening, at ten o'clock, the regiment arrived at Hagers- 
 town, Md., where it debarked from the cars and passed the night, 
 and on the next day marched six miles to Williamsport, on the 
 Potomac, and encamped one mile from the town. At this place 
 the regiment remained for some time, learning meanwhile the 
 details of the new business in which it had embarked. 
 
 While at this place, the measles the seeds of which had been 
 brought from Benton barracks broke out in a severe epidemic 
 form, and many were sick, and some died. Here, also, Lieutenant 
 Joseph W. Richardson died of typhoid fever the first death in 
 the regiment. 
 
 The death of Lieut. Richardson, universally beloved, both as a 
 man and as an officer ; a young man of great promise as a soldier, 
 and with brilliant prospects in his chosen profession of the law, 
 threw a great gloom over the regiment. But he was dead, cut oif 
 by disease, without having an opportunity to fight for the Union 
 and the country he loved, and all that they could now do was to 
 pay him the last honors. These would consist in part of a salute 
 fired over the grave. But the regiment as yet had not a musket, 
 and could not render this service. A request was therefore made 
 upon the colonel of the 13th Mass., which was in camp near, that
 
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 he would send a company of his regiment to render it. In response, 
 the entire regiment turned out and attended the funeral. Both 
 regiments stood with heads bowed and bared around the grave, 
 while Chaplain McReading read the solemn burial service of the 
 Masonic order, to which the deceased belonged. And there they 
 buried him on the banks of the Potomac, in sight of two hostile 
 armies the friends and foes of the Union; and the hills of Penn- 
 sylvania, Maryland and Virginia, echoed the salute which Massa- 
 chusetts fired over the grave of the patriot son of Illinois ! 
 
 At this place the regiment received its arms and equipments. 
 Before leaving Chicago, it had been presented with a handsome 
 stand of colors by Miss Helen Arion, and had also won a hand- 
 some flag at a prize drill. The regiment had lain here, in sight of 
 the enemy's pickets, six weeks without arms. 
 
 While at Williamsport, the regiment also experienced a second 
 bereavement. This was no less than the loss of its colonel, by dis- 
 missal from the service. This took them with painful surprise. 
 The regiment had become much attached to him ; and he was an 
 able and efficient officer, and had brought the regiment to a high 
 state of discipline and drill. He had formerly been in the U. S. 
 service. As to the cause of his dismissal we have nothing to say. 
 It was greatly regretted by the regiment at the time. The men 
 marched in a body to headquarters to bid him good-bye, and the 
 colonel addressed them in these words : 
 
 " Fellow Soldiers, Officers and Gentlemen of the Thirty-Ninth : 
 
 " It has pleased the war department, through the influence of 
 some political intrigue, I know not how else, to deprive your colonel 
 of his command. As I leave you, I must say that I have found 
 you soldiers such as command my respect, and such as I should be 
 proud to lead against the rebels now in arms. I must now bid 
 you all farewell." 
 
 As he passed down through the ranks, every head was bared, 
 and there were few dry eyes. There was the deepest and most 
 intense feeling in the regiment. All mourned the loss of a friend, 
 as well as an able officer. 
 
 On the 14th, the regiment received new arms, which, greatly to 
 their delight, were the Springfield rifled musket.
 
 148 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 On the morning of the 17th, the regiment left Camp Lamon 
 (as it had been called), and marched eleven miles to a little village 
 called Clear Springs, and had just got settled down to sleep, when 
 a dispatch came, to the effect that the canal boats, on which the 
 baggage of the regiment was placed, were about to be attacked by 
 the enemy. This looked like business. The long roll was sounded, 
 and the boys " fell in," and were quickly on their way to defend 
 their property. But on reaching the spot, a distance of two or 
 three miles, no enemy, or signs of an enemy, were visible, and they 
 returned. Next morning they marched to another point known as 
 Dam No. 5, and here they found no enemy. Then they marched 
 to Hancock, fifteen miles, and the third day crossed over into 
 " Dixie's land." 
 
 Companies A, B, C and F were stationed on the opposite side 
 of the river from Hancock. Companies E, H and D were sent six 
 miles up the river, to a place called " Sir John's Run ;" and com- 
 panies I and G five miles further on, to a place called " Big Caca- 
 pon." Three companies were afterward moved three miles back 
 into the country to Bath, the county seat of Morgan county, 
 Virginia. The men of the 39th were now learning picket duty, 
 scouting, &c. 
 
 The country where they were located, as is well known, was a 
 romantic and rough one, composed of mountains, valleys, rocks and 
 ravines, being but sparsely populated. A night excursion over 
 the hills and mountains, and through the passes and ravines, was 
 an exciting though wearisome adventure one in which details 
 were often called to indulge. 
 
 The companies at Sir John's Run (E, H and- D), occupied 
 buildings which had been deserted by the inhabitants, when the 
 rebel troops took possession of the place, and were comfortably 
 fixed in respect to quarters. 
 
 On Friday morning, Jan. 6th, a report came to the companies 
 at this point to the effect that the enemy was approaching Bath. 
 But the men had been so often fooled by mere rumors, that they 
 did not credit this one until a dispatch came from Major Mann, 
 ordering part of Co. E to go to Big Cacapon to assist Captain 
 Slaughter. Twenty men, under Lieut. Whipple, were thereupon 
 dispatched to the place, where they arrived about one o'clock in 

 
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 the morning. What took place at this point Big Cacapon will 
 be best told in the official report of Capt. Win. B. Slaughter, who 
 was in command of the companies at that point. If it was not a 
 very " big thing," it was quite a brilliant one for its size, and 
 showed the kind of metal of which the 39th was composed. His 
 report, dated Jan. 6th, 1862, says : 
 
 " The afternoon of Friday, the 3d inst, I spent with a small 
 part of my company, and Lieut. Rudd, in a careful reconnoisance 
 from the top of Big Cacapon mountain, taking observations from 
 prominent points, for a distance of two and a half miles. From 
 these points we could plainly see indications of the presence, in the 
 valley between us and Warm Spring mountain, of a large force of 
 the enemy. We estimated it at not less than 3,000, and in the dis- 
 tance could be seen two extensive camps. I accordingly extended 
 my pickets on the mountain during the night, and ordered my men 
 to sleep on their arms. 
 
 " On Saturday, I threw out a party of 21 men, under Lieut. 
 Rudd, to the top of the mountain, with instructions to observe the 
 enemy, (which we knew to be approaching Bath in great force), and 
 embarrass the approach of any force that might be sent against us. 
 About eleven o'clock, information was brought that a column of 
 three regiments was approaching by the Bath road. It was thought 
 probable that another force would be brought against us, by the 
 Long Hollow from Bloomery Gap. This supposition was enhanced 
 by the fact, which I had learned, that the movements against Bath 
 were simultaneously made, by large forces by way of Sleepy Creek 
 and the valley east of the Big Cacapon. I therefore directed Capt. 
 Dircks, with his company, to occupy the approaches by the Long 
 Hollow and points across to the bluffs of the Great Cacapon creek, 
 and took measures to defend the bridge and ford with my com- 
 pany, and the detachment from Co. E, under Lieut. Whipple. 
 
 " Breastworks of timber and railroad ties had been constructed 
 during the day, on each side of the bridge, and strong defenses 
 planted along the bluffs of the creek. Lieut. Whipple, with 30 
 men, were posted at the bridge, and the balance of my force, except 
 the detachment under Lieut. Rudd, disposed on the bluffs, under 
 command of Lieut. Savage. Valuable service was rendered during
 
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 the day by the detachment under Lieut. Rudd. Having the whole 
 valley west of the Big Cacapon mountain before him, he was able 
 to see every movement and disposition of the enemy, and to per- 
 ceive their strength. 
 
 " The column advancing against us consisted of three regi- 
 ments of infantry and one piece of artillery. To check so large a 
 force was a desperate undertaking for 22 men, but, as the event 
 showed, not impossible one. Selecting a position near a bend in 
 the narrow road, which they knew the column must pass, our boys 
 knelt on one knee, and awaited its approach. Not until the fore- 
 most files were within twelve rods, was the presence of our party 
 suspected, and then, at the critical moment when the discovery had 
 caused hesitation, the men coolly delivered their fire. Several of 
 the enemy were seen to fall, and the head of the column was thrown 
 into confusion. Our party retired to another shelter. The enemy 
 was thus held at bay for three hours, and it was not until the 
 darkness of the night covered them, that they ventured to descend 
 the mountain. Lieut. Rudd expresses the highest admiration for 
 the coolness and determination of the men. The whole execution 
 of his part was such as to reflect the highest honor upon him. 
 
 " Col. Foster, with the 1 3th Indiana, arrived on the ground at 
 Big Cacapon about six o'clock p. m., but he declined to take the 
 command, and our plans were not changed. Had the enemy 
 descended the west side of the mountain before dark, nothing 
 could have saved the 13th, as its retreat would have been effectually 
 cut off. I am fully convinced that its salvation is due to the cour- 
 age and skill of the detachment that occupied the mountain road. 
 
 " About seven p. m., we became aware of the fact that the enemy 
 were fixing a gun in position to attack us. Deeming it probable 
 that we should be obliged to retire before their superior force, I 
 ordered all the company baggage and stores to be placed in the 
 cars, so as to facilitate our retreat when it should become necessary. 
 Our loading was not completed, when the enemy opened on us 
 with his cannon. The engineer immediately started the train, and 
 moved around the curve about two miles, where it could lie in 
 safety. The 13th Indiana, being in the cars, were carried along. 
 Our men, stationed at the bridge, under command of Lt. Whipple, 
 could distinctly see the position of the enemy's gun. They answered
 
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 Its fire with their muskets. After the second shot the gun was 
 deserted, and gave us no further trouble. 
 
 " A large force of their infantry at the same time made its 
 appearance at the creek, and replied with muskets. Our men, 
 being well protected, were able to maintain their position with 
 impunity. The skirmishing continued for about three-fourths of 
 an hour after the train had left. A company of cavalry, and a 
 regiment of infantry, made a show of purpose to cross the ford 
 opposite the bluff occupied by Lieut. Savage, but they were hand- 
 somely repulsed. I was confident the position could be maintained 
 at Big Cacapon, provided the Indiana regiment could return and 
 take part in the defense. I accordingly dispatched a message to 
 Col. Foster, with the request that he would bring down his force 
 and assume command. Before the messenger reached him, how- 
 ever, I received word that the enemy had crossed the creek a mile 
 and a half above, and were likely to cut off our retreat. I there- 
 fore ordered a retreat, which was effected in good order. Since 
 the above was written, we have reliable information that the enemy 
 lost seventeen men in the Big Cacapon affair, including Dr. Wil- 
 son, a distinguished and influential citizen of Morgan county, and 
 surgeon in the rebel army." 
 
 At the same time with the affair at Cacapon, Col. Osborn, with 
 a portion of the regiment, (four companies), was attacked at Alpine 
 Station. Two companies, in command of Captain Munn, went out 
 to engage the enemy and hold them in check, and cover the retreat 
 across the river, which they accomplished successfully. They met 
 the enemy a short distance from camp, when, after getting into 
 position, the rebel cavalry made a charge upon them, which was 
 met by our boys with a volley from their rifles, which emptied 
 some fifteen saddles. Our men fell slowly back, contesting the 
 ground inch by inch, and completely covering the retreat of our 
 force across the river. 
 
 In the meantime the other companies were hurrying themselves 
 across the river as fast as possible, with their baggage, all of which 
 they got over safely, while Co. A lost their tents, and the captain 
 and 2d lieutenant lost their trunks with their books and papers. 
 Capt. Munn also lost his horse.
 
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 As soon as the enemy reached the river, they planted their 
 guns and commenced shelling the town, and our batteries replied. 
 They finally drew off. 
 
 In the meantime General Lander had arrived with an addi- 
 tional force, and had taken command. Next morning the ene- 
 my commenced planting their guns above town, and sent over a 
 flag of truce, demanding the surrender of the place. The flag of 
 truce was brought over by the afterwards famous Ashby, who was 
 received by Captain Munn, and another who blindfolded him, 
 and marched on either side of him through the town, to Lander's 
 headquarters, where he demanded the surrender of the place 
 saying that if not surrendered they would fire upon it. To this 
 Lander gave a peremptory refusal, telling him that he might 
 shoot and welcome, as they would kill more of their own friends 
 than they would of Unionists. He was then conducted back in 
 such away as to impress him with an exaggerated idea of our 
 strength at this time, which was perhaps the reason that the ene- 
 my afterward withdrew with so feeble an attack. 
 
 Gen. Lander was then notified to remove the women and 
 children, as the place would be bombarded. This it was thought 
 advisable to do. All kinds of animals and all sorts of vehicles 
 were brought into sudden requisition, and a general skedaddling 
 of non-combatants took place, which would have been amusing if 
 it had not been so serious. The enemy had set the next day at 
 12 a. m., as the hour when the bombardment would open. 
 Our men waited until the time was past, and hearing nothing 
 from them, sent them a shell to inquire " why the delay ?" The 
 rebels then replied with a shower. To this the Union battery 
 replied so well as to soon silence them, and drive them from their 
 guns. The enemy had the advantage of position, but our boys 
 had the best guns, and scattered the rebs like sheep. 
 
 The 39th regiment was highly commended for its behavior, in 
 these its first encounters with the enemy. None were killed but 
 about a dozen were captured, one of whom was from Co. E. The 
 enemy were 15,000 strong, and in command of the famous Stone- 
 wall Jackson. 
 
 In the skirmish near Bath, some members of the 39th cap- 
 tured a very beautiful horse, the rider whereof had been un-
 
 THIRTIETH REGIMENT. 153 
 
 horsed by Sergeant Hopkins, of Co. D. This rider, by the way, 
 was the adjutant general of Stonewall Jackson. The boys at ouce 
 determined to send this horse as a present to their patron saint, 
 Gov. Yates. It was accordingly put in charge of Captain Munn 
 for that purpose. While subsequently going through Winchester, 
 the horse was claimed by one of the loyal rebel women of that 
 place, as her property. She affirmed that she had only loaned 
 it for that day as a special favor to the officer from whom it was 
 captured. Now, I need not say to those who know him, that the 
 captain, (now major) is an exceedingly gallant man, and would 
 naturally be disposed to yield to the claims of a woman, espe- 
 cially if young and pretty, as this one happened to be. I am fur- 
 nishing no mean evidence, therefore, of the major's nerve, as well 
 as loyalty, when I assert that he was proof against all her appeals. 
 The horse had been found in bad company, it was contraband of 
 war, and above all, the boys had made it " corban" to Gov. Yates, 
 and however loyal, and however pretty the widow who claimed 
 it, she was compelled to see it depart forever, with the pros- 
 pect of its being subjected to the ignoble use of carrying the loyal 
 governor of the Sucker State. 
 
 Cumberland being threatened about this time, the regiment 
 was ordered to make a forced march to that point, which they did 
 over very bad roads in eighteen hours, a distance of thirty-nine 
 miles. 
 
 From Cumberland the regiment was ordered to New Creek. 
 In the meantime Lt. Col. Osborn had been promoted to the 
 Colonelcy of the regiment, and Major Mann had been made 
 lieutenant colonel, and Captain Munn of Co. A. had been made 
 major. It will be well for the reader to look sharply to the 
 vowels in these two last names. It is our Munn, who is now the 
 major, and though he is a man, he is not " Major Mann," as the 
 " patriotism of Illinois," erroneously calls him. 
 
 During January, while at New Creek, the regiment received 
 new uniforms, of which they were greatly in need, as they still 
 wore the ones with which they left Chicago. It was not with our 
 soldiers as it was with the children of Israel in the wilderness ; 
 their clothes waxed old and that very soon. The comfort and 
 health, as well as the appearance of the regiment, was greatly en- 
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 hanced. For it was now suffering greatly from sickness, brought 
 on by exposure and fatigueing duty. The weather was very cold, 
 and much of the time their quarters were poor being cattle cars. 
 For over two months at this place and Patterson's creek, the men 
 endured the discomforts to which they were exposed without 
 grumbling, although many of their comrades were dying. 
 
 In February the regiment had the advance in the movement 
 to open the railroad toward Martinsburg. It had been assigned 
 to the first brigade of Gen. Lander's division. It was for some 
 time kept on the move, and sometimes divided, watching the road 
 at different points, until the boys began to think that that was 
 the chief end of their creation. 
 
 Company E left Alpine Saturday afternoon and crossed the 
 river to guard the baggage train of the regiment that had been 
 ordered to Martinsburg by way of Williamsport. They left Han- 
 cock Saturday evening, and marched to Clear Spring, fifteen 
 miles. This was a beautiful village of about 1000 inhabitants, 
 and comparatively loyal. The citizens treated them to a good 
 breakfast. Moving on they reached Williamsport, eleven miles 
 further, about 11 a. m. Here they crossed on a ferry. The 
 train consisted of twenty-four wagons, and only one could cross 
 at a time. The town was full of soldiers. The regiment was at 
 this time distributed between Williamsport and Alpine Station. 
 On the llth of March the rest of the regiment came into Martins- 
 burg, and marched through town and bivoucked about one and a 
 half miles out on the road to Winchester ; and the next morning 
 Company E joined them, and all moved on about ten miles, and 
 waited for the wagons to come up, and bivoucked for the night. 
 Started next morning at 4 a. m. and hastened on to join the 
 brigade. They came up with them and encamped two miles east 
 of Winchester. 
 
 Here they found a vast array of armed forces ; the country as 
 far almost as they could see was covered with tents and trains. 
 Here was all of Shield's force, consisting of 17 regiments, (Gen. 
 Lander had died, and Shields was now in command); together 
 with a large part of Bank's force. They had taken possession of 
 the place Wednesday morning, the enemy retiring before them, a 
 few of their rear guard being captured.
 
 THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT. 155 
 
 On Tuesday the 18th, the regiment was ordered to move 
 with three day's rations and 60 rounds of cartridge, and 9 a. m. 
 moved out with the brigade, passing briskly through Winchester, 
 all the bands playing inspiring music. The day was fine and 
 the roads good, and the boys were animated with the hope of 
 doing something more brilliant than the guarding of railroad 
 bridges. Far as the eye could see the column stretched out be- 
 fore and behind over the rolling hills infantry, artillery, and cav- 
 alry ,][an imposing sight. 
 
 " 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, 
 One glance at their array." 
 
 Gen. Shield's division was with them, and they were mov- 
 ing in the direction of Strasburg a " reconnoisance in force." 
 Just the other side of a village called Newtown, the advance 
 came in sight of the enemy's cavalry six miles from Winchester. 
 The Union column pressed on as fast as possible, with some skir- 
 mishing, until they came to a little stream called Cedar Creek. 
 Here, the enemy having got across, blew up the bridge and turned 
 their cannon on our forces. The advance waited for the artillery, 
 which soon came flying up, but before they could get into posi- 
 tion, the enemy retired. The 1st brigade was assigned to guard 
 the artillery, and not allowed to build fires. So they bivouacked 
 on the wet ground, and stretched out their tired limbs, and rested 
 as best they could, under their blankets, and in the morning 
 found themselves nearly frozen in. 
 
 In the morning, crossing the creek, they marched out about 
 three miles, passing through the camp of the enemy. General 
 Shields reconnoitered the ground, sending forward the artillery and 
 the 1st brigade. The batteries took position on two hills, com- 
 manding the position of the enemy, and the infantry were posted 
 on the hill side, in the rear. Two regiments were deployed as 
 skirmishers, and the artillery opened fire. The rebels at once 
 withdrew, and the skirmishers and cavalry were ordered forward. 
 After advancing two miles the enemy began to throw shells, and 
 it being now night, the advance was called back and bivouacked 
 near town. This constituted the great battle of Shenandoah, near 
 Strasburg, on the 19th of March, 1862. The rebels did not stop
 
 156 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 long enough to fight, after our forces got into position. Two men 
 were slightly wounded on the Union side. Next morning the 
 force returned, and got back to their former quarters, (21 miles) 
 just after dark. 
 
 Saturday, March 20th, the report came into camp that Col. 
 Ashby had made a dash into our pickets, and had taken Co. C 
 of the 39th, prisoners, and captured eighty wagons. The long 
 roll was sounded ; the regiment formed in line and moved out on 
 the double quick, through Winchester, and off to the right on the 
 Romney road. Just as they got through the town they encoun- 
 tered a rebel battery which opened on them, and here General 
 Shields had his left arm broken by a fragment of shell, which at 
 the same time did not wound the flesh. Our artillery quickly re- 
 plied and drove them off. The report that Co. C was captured 
 proved false, only two men of that company were captured. The 
 regiment moved on about eight miles, but found no enemy, and 
 returned to camp at one in the morning. 
 
 March 23d, the regiment had the privilege of taking part in the 
 brilliant fight at Winchester, in which " Stonewall" proved to be a 
 " bowing wall and a tottering fence" before the Union army. 
 
 Being posted at the extreme left, the 39th did not come into 
 the thickest of the fight, and suffered but little. Its part in the 
 battle is thus told by a member of the regiment, writing to the 
 Wilmington Herald ok the time. Under date of March 29th, near 
 Strasburg, he writes : 
 
 " Everything remained quiet after that, until Sunday noon, 
 when the long roll sounded again. We marched out on the 
 Strasburg road, and within two miles of Winchester, turned off 
 to the left, and marched through the fields and woods until we 
 came in sight of the enemy. We halted and were ordered to lie 
 flat. Meanwhile the enemy's cannon on the front and right was 
 speaking loud and fierce. Some of our artillery were planted on 
 a hill to the right, and replied with good effect. The position of 
 the enemy was in the woods to the right and left of a little vil- 
 lage called Kernstown. All around there were patches of timber 
 in which the enemy concealed themselves as much as possible. 
 Their main force seemed to be in the edge of a wood on a hill,
 
 THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT. 157 
 
 northwest of the town. Most of our force was on a ridge north- 
 east of the town. The rebels opened fire on our regiment from 
 a battery in front, but few shells reached us. They then moved 
 to the left and nearer, and the shells burst thick and fast around 
 us. Two cannon came to our rescue, and soon silenced the rebel 
 guns. We now moved to the left, and took position close to the 
 nemy, so as to command their position, and they immediately 
 drew back. 
 
 " About five o'clock we hear a heavy roll of musketry, and 
 another, and another in quick succession, then one continued roar 
 and crash, and the smoke rises thick above the trees where the 
 battle is raging. The roar and smoke continue without abate- 
 ment, but it moves farther and farther off, and we conclude our 
 forces are driving the enemy. As night comes on we see the 
 flash of the guns, as the messengers of death fly fast from line 
 to line, and as the darkness increases, the noise dies away, until 
 it ceases altogether. We lie down on the field with our guns be- 
 side us, not knowing when we may be called upon to renew the 
 conflict. All night long the men are moving about with torches 
 in search of the wounded and dead. Many poor fellows on both 
 sides have gone to their long rest. Many more are crippled for 
 life. The Union loss is said to be from fifty to one hundred killed, 
 and three or four hundred wounded. The enemy's loss is not 
 known, but said to be three hundred killed. 
 
 "The scene of the battlefield is awful. Dead men lying in 
 heaps here and there, limbs of others, and dead horses lying in 
 every direction. In a little hollow behind a battery, four rebels 
 were playing cards. They had just dealt, and each held his hand, 
 when a shell burst in their midst, and killed all of them. In 
 other places the wounded are groaning and crying for help. Such 
 is a battle field ! Although the shell fell thick around us, and 
 Co. D. were skirmishing all the afternoon, none of our regiment 
 were injured. Next morning before light we moved on, the ar- 
 tillery occasionally throwing shells. All day we followed after 
 the retreating rebels, till we came to Cedar Creek, when our artil- 
 lery threw shells across at the rebels who were cooking their 
 supper. They gathered up in haste and fled ; one shell killed one 
 man and wounded three. Next morning as we passed over the
 
 158 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 ground of the rebel bivouac, we found it strewn with half filled 
 barrels of flour, cakes half baked, and tents half burned, and 
 things scattered very generally. We passed on without much 
 skirmishing, to our present position, three miles from Strasburg." 
 
 In the pursuit of the enemy down the Shenandoah valley, the 
 39th were in advance. The pursuit was resumed Tuesday, the 
 25th, and as our forces moved forward, the rebel cavalry and ar- 
 tillery disappeared. Our artillery continued to throw shells after 
 them, and they went behind the hills and woods towards Wood- 
 stock. The pursuit was kept up with more or less skirmishing, 
 and the regiment went into camp about three miles southeast of 
 Woodstock. The town of Woodstock is a county seat, and con- 
 sisted of one main street running through the valley. As we en- 
 tered one end, the enemy left at the other. They had artillery 
 planted upon the hill on the further side, and ours was planted 
 upon the height on this side. Not wishing to injure the place or 
 peril the lives of the citizens, our forces did not fire until the ene- 
 my opened from their side, when we replied ; and then for a little 
 while the shells flew from either direction over the little town, to 
 the no small terror of its inhabitants. One of our shots struck 
 the large brass ball upon the top of the court house, and halved 
 it. During this artillery duel also, Gen. Ashby's horse was killed 
 under him, giving the rebel general a close call. 
 
 When we went into camp, near the little town of Edinburg, 
 the army was short of rations, and permission was given to forage, 
 which was eagerly accepted on the part of the men. The woods 
 were full of hogs, and forthwith a big hog hunt was instituted, and 
 a promiscuous firing was going on all over the wooded sides of the 
 mountain. It is a wonder that something besides hogs were not 
 slaughtered. Indeed, one man had a very narrow escape. He was 
 sitting down by a tree reading a letter no doubt one he had just 
 got from home when all at once he was seen to throw up his 
 arms and sink down. On being examined, he was found para- 
 lyzed and insensible. A ball had struck the top of his head, 
 depressing the skull, so that it pressed upon the brain, and yet the 
 scalp was not lacerated. The surgeons, with ready skill, elevated 
 the skull and relieved the pressure, and he was restored to con- 
 sciousness, and recovered.
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. 159 
 
 While in this position, which was in a beautiful grove, on the 
 north bank of the Shenandoah, there was daily more or less skir- 
 mishing with the enemy. 
 
 On the first of April, the regiment was called up at one o'clock, 
 and moved forward toward the enemy. It marched through Edin- 
 burg, the advance driving the pickets of the enemy. The rebels 
 fire a few shells and retire, and our force moves on. After sunrise 
 they go through Mt. Jackson, a village of five or six hundred 
 inhabitants. Here the rebels, before leaving, set fire to cars, 
 engines, bridge, &c. While they were trying to burn the bridge 
 over the Shenandoah, our cavalry charged them, shot one man, 
 took three prisoners, and saved the bridge. Jackson tried to make 
 a stand on the heights across the river, but Shields flanked him, 
 and he withdrew toward Stanton. 
 
 It was here that the 39th made its first, if not its most brilliant, 
 charge. Across the valley, on Rood's Hill, nearly a mile distant, 
 a masked battery was discovered. The men were concealed, and 
 only the mouth of what was at least a 24-pounder, could be seen. 
 It was important that this battery should be taken at once. To 
 the 39th was assigned the duty and honor of taking it. Away the 
 boys went on the double-quick, but silently and cautiously, and 
 making a detour so as to conceal their movement, and come upon 
 the battery in flank. When they had got sufficiently near, with a 
 yell, a whoop, and a hurrah, through the woods they charged with 
 a rush upon the formidable battery, which was found to consist of 
 an old steampipe, which had been abandoned, by the roadside, and 
 which was supported by any number of trees standing in serried 
 ranks behind it ! How many of the regiment owed their promo- 
 tion to this gallant exploit, the writer is not informed. 
 
 Our force then marched around, forded the river, and arrived 
 at Newmarket, Friday afternoon, and went into camp in the woods, 
 April 19th. 
 
 Next day, the 39th was ordered across the mountain, to the 
 south branch of the Shenandoah. Four companies of the regiment 
 were stationed at the bridge, near Luray. The other companies, 
 in charge of Captain, or rather Major Munn, (for such he now was), 
 were sent some seven miles above, to guard another bridge, known 
 as the Columbia. They found the cavalry of the enemy in pos-
 
 160 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 session of the farther end, and had quite a sharp and brilliant skir- 
 mish before getting possession. They, however, drove off the 
 enemy, and took some seventeen prisoners. 
 
 Major Munn then posted his men in such a way as to hold the 
 place. The bridge was a covered one, and of considerable length, 
 so that the character of any persons in the bridge could not be 
 determined by anyone approaching it. This circumstance gave 
 them another prisoner soon after they had got possession. 
 
 One of the rebel officers had been off down the valley to see 
 his girl, and was returning on his horse very leisurely, and with- 
 out the least suspicion that in his absence the bridge had changed 
 hands. He came along singing to himself, feeling very happy, no 
 doubt, for the parting kiss was still warm upon his lips ! Our boys 
 saw him coming, and one drew up to fire upon him. But Major 
 Munn said, " No, we will not murder him, but we will have some 
 fun." So they withdrew into the shadow of the bridge, and, when 
 the reb had got close up, they gave the word " halt ! " He sang 
 out, " What are you halting me for ; I ain't no d d yankee." 
 " "We be ! halt ! " and our boys, with levelled muskets, stepped 
 out and repeated the challenge. The astonishment and chagrin of 
 the reb, at thus finding himself a prisoner to the hated yanks, was 
 beyond description. The remembrance of the good time he had 
 just had with his girl down the valley could hardly compensate 
 him. 
 
 The regiment remained in the valley some weeks, having more 
 or less skirmishing with the enemy. During this time, Co. E lost 
 one man, John Ripple, by capture, he having got outside the lines. 
 
 The weather was, much of the time, wet and disagreeable, and 
 even as late as April 23d, there were snow storms. One member 
 of Co. A also died at Newmarket, April 22d, David S. Farabee. 
 
 Patrolling for bushwhackers, and for whisky, relieved some- 
 what the dullness of the stay here. Some of the boys made visits 
 to the top of the mountain, three miles distant from camp, from 
 which the view of the Shenandoah valley was so splendid and 
 enchanting as to amply repay one for the labor of the ascent, and 
 the hazard of being gobbled up or bushwhacked. The valley lay 
 spread out like a map beneath the eye. It was now beginning to 
 put on its spring garb. One could not but regret that such a beau- 
 tiful region should feel the tread of devastating armies.
 
 THIRTY- NINTH REGIMENT. 161 
 
 We said that the regiment was engaged in patrolling for whisky. 
 This may need some explanation, and it also reminds us of a little 
 story. 
 
 Whisky had been made contraband of war, and was also 
 excluded by military edict from the army lines at least from the 
 rank and file of the army. Hence it was part of the duty of offi- 
 cers and men, when doing provost work, to hunt it up, and destroy 
 or confiscate it, and get into safe hands. Now, in the 39th, as in 
 most other regiments, there were some who had a fondness for the 
 contraband, and many were the devices of such to hide it from the 
 provost details. It is said that some were in the habit of hiding 
 their canteens in the tents of the officers, well knowing that no 
 one would think of looking in them for anything contraband, and 
 that there they would be perfectly safe. 
 
 Well, one day, a private of the regiment was returning to the 
 camp from a foraging expedition. He was a good and brave sol- 
 dier, but sadly fond of contraband, and his gait and general appear- 
 ance now showed plainly that he had somewhere got hold of some 
 of it. In this plight he was met by the colonel, who, seeing his 
 condition, felt bound to call him to account. He therefore halted 
 him, charged him with being drunk, and demanded of him where 
 he had got his whisky. The man stoutly denied the charge, 
 although his speech and manner testified sadly against him. The 
 colonel was somewhat taken aback by the man's bold denial, and 
 was about to pass on, when he discovered that the man was trying 
 to conceal his canteen. He then demanded of him what he had 
 got in his canteen. "Nothing," was the unblushing reply. 
 " Nothing," says the colonel, " hand it up and lei me see." The 
 man had no choice but to comply, and a slight examination only 
 was required to demonstrate that it was full of whisky. Enraged 
 at the man's mendacity, he asked him what he meant by lying so. 
 The soldier avowed that he had not lied. " Not lied," said the 
 colonel, " why, you told me that you had nothing in your canteen, 
 and here it is full of whisky. What do you mean." " Oh, said 
 the soldier, " this is not my canteen ; my canteen is in my tent." 
 " Not your canteen ; then whose is it, sir?" demanded the colonel. 
 " Oh this is Ma jor Munn's canteen ! " 
 
 The colonel confiscated the canteen and contents, and rode on. 
 
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 162 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 The subsequent history of Major Munn's canteen is veiled in obscu- 
 rity. 
 
 Symptoms of an advance now manifest themselves. All the 
 sick and disabled, and extra tents, baggage, &c., were sent back, 
 and preparations made for a long march. 
 
 Monday, May 12th, the 39th started out with Shields' entire 
 division of three brigades, marched around ten miles across the 
 lower bridge, and encamped near Luray. From thence the force 
 moved to Front Royal, twenty-seven miles, in a day and a half 
 the last day and night being very rainy. The boys of the 39th, 
 not being provided with rubber blankets, they were quartered in a 
 large hospital building, which had been put up by the rebels. 
 After remaining twenty-four hours, they moved on for Warrenton 
 Junction, which was reached the next Monday. From this place 
 to Manassas, the country was one complete scene of devastation, 
 having been so often traversed by the armies of both north and 
 south. Wednesday the march was resumed, and the army reached 
 the vicinity of Fredericksburg Thursday night, and encamped on 
 the east bank of the Rappahannock, among McDowell's forces. 
 Fredericksburg lay on the opposite side of the river, apparently a 
 fine city. 
 
 On the 23d, there was a grand review of the army. This was 
 witnessed by the president, and secretaries Seward and Stanton. 
 It was a splendid pageant. The president particularly noticed the 
 39th, it being an Illinois regiment, and bearing so loyal a name. 
 
 Here, the next day, the news of Gen. Banks' defeat in the valley 
 arrived, and the regiment was ordered back. Although they had 
 had but one day's rest, they made a forced march back again, a 
 distance of 180 miles. They left Sunday morning, the 25th, and 
 reached Front Royal, Friday, the 30th, going by way of Manassas 
 Junction, and having considerable skirmishing. The march was 
 a hard one, and, to increase its discomfort, the rations were scanty. 
 Sunday afternoon they moved on from Front Royal, and arrived 
 at their old camp at Luray, having been absent three weeks. 
 
 Subsequently the brigade was sent from Luray to Port Republic, 
 to hold, or, if need be, to burn the bridge across the south branch 
 of the Shenandoah, and met with a sad disaster. But the 39th had 
 not reached there, and escaped. Some of the boys were called upon
 
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 to assist in the care of the wounded brought in from that fight, 
 (about 75). 
 
 Gen. Shields' command remained in the vicinity of Luray until 
 the 15th of June, when he started for Front Royal, where the 
 whole command arrived on the 17th. Remained here until the 
 22d, when the march was resumed, passing through Manassas and 
 Thoroughfare Gap, arrived at camp near Manassas. Here there 
 was another grand review and inspection. 
 
 While here, orders came to move by railroad to Alexandria, 
 Va., where it was embarked upon transports for the James river, 
 and next day, June 29th, reached Harrison's Landing, in time to 
 take part in the closing scenes of General McClellan's seven days' 
 fight and seven nights' retreat. It here met the 8th cavalry, in 
 which were many old friends and acquaintances. Sunday, August 
 3d, Chaplain McReading preached, having the 8th for part of his 
 congregation. While here, the 39th was kept at the front, on 
 picket duty, and had a series of skirmishes, of no great importance, 
 until the 5th of August, when it took part in the second fight at 
 Malvern Hill, without material injury, although it was on the 
 picket line, Major Munu being in command. 
 
 From this point, many, both officers and privates, were sent 
 away sick. The regiment was assigned to the 1st brigade of Peck's 
 division of Keys' corps. It participated in the memorable "change 
 of base " of McClellan's grand army to Fortress Monroe. 
 
 On the 1st of September, the regiment was sent to Suffolk, Va., 
 where it remained three mouths, fortifying the place, and making 
 frequent expeditions to the Blackwater, having occasional heavy 
 skirmishes with the enemy. On one occasion, it aided in the cap- 
 ture of two pieces of artillery and forty prisoners. 
 
 While at Suffolk, Maj. Munn, finding his health giving way, 
 resigned his commission and returned home. This closed the cam- 
 paign of 1862. 
 
 On the 5th day of January, 1863, the regiment again broke 
 camp, and leaving its comfortable quarters at Suffolk, where it had 
 been resting since the first day of Sept. last, marched to the Chowan, 
 river, a distance of about 75 miles. Having lain idle so long, the 
 marching came pretty hard. Here they embarked on transports 
 for Newbern, N. C., passing through Albemarle and Pamlico
 
 164 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 sounds, where they arrived on the 9th, and reported to General 
 Foster. Col. Osborn was here placed in command of the 1st bri- 
 gade of Terry's division of Foster's corps. 
 
 After remaining at Newbern two weeks, the regiment was 
 ordered to form part in the great southern expedition of General 
 Foster. It went by railroad to Morehead City, where it embarked 
 on the 25th. But as a storm was raging outside, they lay at anchor 
 several days for it to subside. They finally put to sea. This was 
 the first experience many of them had of " a life on the ocean 
 wave," and to many of them it was not very delightful. They 
 had to settle their accounts with old Neptune, who demanded the 
 usual tribute exacted from fresh fish. 
 
 After a rough voyage, they anchored safely in the harbor of 
 Port Royal, on the island of St. Helena, having been on ship- 
 board about two weeks. Here they went into a beautiful camp at 
 Laud's End, seven miles from Hilton Head, which was shaded by 
 live oaks and orange trees ; and here they remained several weeks, 
 passing the time in drill exercises. The regiment was highly com- 
 plimented, by experienced drill officers, for its perfection in drill 
 and soldierly appearance. By way of recreation, the boys indulged 
 in boat rides, oyster bakes, and in alligator hunting; also in col- 
 lecting shells, which were found in great abundance on a neigh- 
 boring island. 
 
 While here the regiment received a beautiful flag from Gov. 
 Yates, which had the State coat of arms on one side, and the por- 
 trait of their patron saint on the other. The regiment also carried 
 a national flag. The portrait of Gov. Yates subsequently met 
 with a casualty. A solid shot from a rebel cannon carried away 
 the governor's head entirely. I suppose the rebs would have 
 been glad if it had been the head of the patriotic governor him- 
 self. 
 
 On the 2nd of April the regiment left St. Helena Island to 
 take part in the expedition of General Hunter, against Charles- 
 ton, and embarked on the steamer New England, and arrived at 
 Folly Island, the 6th of April. This island is about five miles 
 irom Charleston. The men were pleased with the idea of taking 
 a hand in the task of subduing the hot bed of the rebellion. They 
 were immediately set to work to erect batteries. They were here
 
 THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT. 165 
 
 brought into close relations with the rebs again, as they occupied 
 part of the Island. 
 
 From an observatory, the entire harbor, Forts Sumter, Moul- 
 trie and Johnson, and the steeples of the city were plainly visible. 
 On the day after their arrival, they saw Admiral Dupont enter 
 the harbor with his fleet of iron clads and monitors, and they wit- 
 nessed the engagement with the famous Fort Sumter which 
 a member of the regiment thus describes : 
 
 " FOLLY ISLAND, April 7th, '63. When the day broke this morn- 
 ing, we discovered that the eminence upon which we had encamped 
 last night about 12, commanded a view of great range. We 
 could see the blockading fleet off Charleston harbor; the iron clads, 
 and the reserve fleet of wooden vessels; Fort Moultrie and the 
 sand batteries on Sullivan's Island; Cumrnings Point bat- 
 tery on the end of Morris Island, and Secession ville ; the steeples 
 of Charleston ; and above all Fort Sumter, with the rebel flags 
 flying defiantly over it. Old Sumter loomed up grandly ; as we 
 gazed upon its massive walls we thought bitterly of the startling 
 episode of two years ago. Every heart in the 39th was burning 
 to avenge the insult and treason of that hour. Between two and 
 three o'clock p. m., the entire iron clad fleet had crossed the bar, 
 and for a time we watched in suspense, as the intervening woods 
 and sand hills shut out the .fleet from our view. Suddenly we 
 saw clouds of white curling smoke fly from the walls of Sumter. 
 It was the signal for engagement, and the fort became calm as 
 before. 
 
 Soon we discovered a white flag flying beneath the stars and 
 bars, but it was no flag of peace and submission. Leveling our 
 field glasses we recognize the " Palmetto flag," the contemptible 
 rag with which South Carolina opened the rebellion, and displaced 
 the stars and stripes. Immediately we saw smoke and heard the 
 roar of heavy guns as Moultrie and Sullivan's Island opened fire. 
 We could see their flags, but not the works, nor could we see the 
 fleet as yet ; but soon the monitors sailed up the channel, and we 
 could see the smoke stacks and turrets. Soon one of them ap- 
 proached very near Sumter and opened fire. The fort was soon 
 hidden by dense clouds of smoke, as in rapid succession it dis-
 
 1 66 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 charged its guns, and similar clouds hung over Moultrie, Cura- 
 mings Point and Sullivan Island. The engagement had now be- 
 came general, and the roar of the many heavy guns of both sides 
 was terrific. It seemed impossible that the little monitor could 
 float under such a fire. But the heavy boom of their sixteen 
 inch dahlgreen, and two hundred pound parrots, which we could 
 distinguish from the rebel cannon, assured us that they were afloat, 
 and fighting bravely and desperately. Occasionally, too, as the 
 clouds of smoke lifted we could see them in position, but we could 
 see also the accursed flag of Sumter still flying amid the smoke of 
 battle. The scene was grand and sublime beyond description. 
 For two hours the fight continued ; between four and five Sumter 
 slacked fire, and as the shot and shells of the indomitable iron 
 clads still flew through the air, we expected that the walls of 
 Sumter would soon fly the national colors. 
 
 But the fire was again renewed fiercely by the rebels. Day 
 was drawing to a close, and the fleet firing a parting shot with- 
 drew over the bar, and thus ended the conflict. We rejoiced that 
 when we counted the " cheese boxes" (as they were moving after 
 the huge iron-clad, like ducks following their mother bird,) none 
 were missing, and we supposed that the contest would be renewed 
 in the morning, but we were doomed to disappointment. The en- 
 gagement was not renewed, we know not why. Our only loss 
 was the sinking of the Keokuk. We would have thanked Gen. 
 Hunter, if he had ordered us then and there to take Morris Is- 
 land and its batteries by storm. Our boys commenced swearing 
 when they saw the fleet withdraw, and are still at it." 
 
 I don't suppose the boys' swearing hastened the downfall of 
 Sumter, and the taking of Charleston one bit. At any rate they 
 had to content themselves in their position for sometime longer. 
 Meanwhile the tedium of their sojourn on Folly Island was re- 
 lieved by an occasional adventure. 
 
 One night they got up an excursion to a rebel craft which had 
 got aground on the sand bar in trying to run the blockade. Being 
 unable to get it off, the crew had abandoned it, first setting it on 
 fire. For some reason the fire went out, and the vessel and cargo 
 were but little damaged. The vessel lay under the fire of the 
 rebels on Morris Island, and the Union batteries on Folly Island,
 
 TWENTIETH EEGIMENT. 167 
 
 so that neither side dare visit it in the day time to get off the 
 cargo. The 39th made up a boat's crew, in charge of Maj. Linton, 
 one dark night, for the purpose of making the vessel a visit, and 
 seeing what they could find on board. They approached the ves- 
 sel very cautiously, not caring to be discovered, and thus draw the 
 fire of Morris Island, and not knowing but they might meet a like 
 expedition on the part of the rebels. 
 
 They reached the vessel safely and got aboard, and found them- 
 selves sole possessors. But unfortunately the matches with which 
 they were provided had somehow got wet, and they could not 
 strike a light to aid them in their explorations. They could only 
 ascertain the nature of the cargo by the senses of feeling and small. 
 But they were able to smell out, and feel out, a lot of pineapples 
 and other fruits, a lot of cigars, and some fine old Scotch whisky. 
 It is something wonderful how keen the boys were on the scent ! 
 It was a wonderful instance of that compensating provision of 
 nature, by which when one sense is absent, the other becomes pre- 
 ternaturally acute. They confiscated as much of the cargo as they 
 could conveniently carry, and got back to quarters again all right. 
 
 On learning the success of this trip, another squad thought they 
 would try it. These managed to keep their matches from getting 
 demoralized, and thus were able to examine the cargo pretty thor- 
 oughly, finding it to consist of cigars, liquors, and ready-made 
 clothing, for all of which, no doubt, the rebels in Charleston were 
 longing. After satisfying their curiosity, and getting together as 
 big a load of the cargo as they could conveniently carry, they pre- 
 pared to return. Bat what was their chagrin to find that the 
 boat, which had been left in charge of some careless sentinel, had 
 got loose from its moorings, with the rising tide, and had floated 
 off. They could do nothing now but to leave their plunder, 
 (except such as had been consumed), and swim for the shore. This 
 they did, except two who were not swimmers, who had to be left 
 behind until the next night, in full possession of the vessel and 
 cargo. The rest of the party reached the shore safely, although 
 some of them were pretty nearly exhausted. 
 
 In June the regiment was moved to Coles Island, where they 
 had a pleasant camp beneath the scattering live oaks, and also good 
 water. June 29th, it returned to Folly Island.
 
 168 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 July 10th, the regiment assisted in the capture of part of Mor- 
 ris Island, Forts Wagner and Gregg being still in possession of 
 the enemy. The regiment now engaged in the construction of the 
 forts, parallels, and trenches, which resulted in the capture of Fort 
 Wagner. It had been assigned to Gen. A. H. Terry's division. 
 A day or two previous to the fall of this fort, Col. Osborn was tem- 
 porarily disabled by the premature discharge of a piece of ordnance. 
 
 The 39th formed the advance of their brigade, under command 
 of Lieut. Col. Mann, and occupied the trenches on the night (Sept. 
 6th) when it was discovered that the fort was being evacuated. 
 As soon as the purpose of the enemy was discovered, a detail of 
 the 39th went into the fort, capturing the rear guard of the enemy, 
 and being just in time to stop a man who was just about to pull 
 the lanyard of a gun, which was heavily loaded with grape and 
 canister, and which had the range of our men, who were advancing; 
 and also to cut the fuse which the rebels had fired to explode the 
 mines and magazine. They then had the satisfaction of being the 
 first to plant the national colors, and the portrait of Gov. Yatea, 
 upon the parapet of Fort Wagner. A part of the regiment gar- 
 risoned the fort for a few days, and the rest occupied Fort Gregg, 
 which fell at the same time. While in Fort Gregg, the regiment 
 lost one of its officers, Capt. Woodruff, of Marseilles, by a shell 
 thrown by the rebel guns on Sullivan's Island. 
 
 The loss of the regiment during the four months it had been 
 engaged in siege duty, was not very heavy, considering its expo- 
 sure. The experience of being under fire continually, although 
 behind intrenchments, is much more trying to the nerves, and 
 courage even, than a hotly contested battle-field. 
 
 Walter Van Bogert, of Co. E, (from Wilmington), was killed 
 by the fragment of a shell, while passing from one fort to the 
 other, just after being released from outpost duty. He was a 
 brave and valued member of his regiment, a young man barely 
 old enough for enlistment at the time the regiment was raised. 
 The following tribute to his memory was written by a member of 
 the regiment at the time of his fall : '. .. 
 
 ' Comrade, sleep, thy warfare is done, 
 Roll we in grief the muffled drum, 
 Bear thee with sighs, and measured tread, 
 To the silent home of the patriot dead.
 
 THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT. 169 
 
 We shall miss thy bright and joyous face, 
 When we see thee not in thy 'castom'd place ; 
 But we know that thy Heavenly Father's hand 
 Has placed thee in a bright and better land. 
 
 Fast fall our tears on thy hallowed clay, 
 
 And, laden with grief, we turn away ; 
 
 And at night 'round our camp-fires thy virtues tell, 
 
 Comrade in arms, farewell farewell !" 
 
 Fort Wagner was a strong and extensive fort. In its front 
 there was a space which ran out to the shore, and which served 
 as a dyke, or passage to the fort. This had been filled up, it was 
 said, by the bodies of those who fell in former attacks. It was 
 also said that Col. Shaw was here buried, under a heap of his col- 
 ored soldiers. This, no doubt, was meant as an indignity. There 
 are those so peculiar as ,to regard it as the noblest burial ! 
 
 After assisting awhile in the repair of the defenses of Morris 
 Island, the 39th returned again to Folly Island, Oct. 28th. While 
 on Folly Island, Lieut. Kingsbury was presented by Co. E with 
 a fine swoid, sash, &c. 
 
 The regiment left Folly Island the 6th of December, going to 
 Hilton Head. Here it remained until about the first of February, 
 1864. While here, the 39th set the example of re-enlisting for 
 another three years, and received its veteran furlough. It left 
 Hilton Head, Feb. 1st, 1864, for Chicago, going by way of New 
 York. It was escorted to the place of embarkation by an entire 
 brigade, with several generals and their staffs. During the passage 
 to New York, a sad accident occurred. A water butt broke loose 
 from its mooring on deck, rolled against some of the men, injuring 
 eight two fatally. 
 
 The regiment reached Chicago about the 4th of February, 
 with 352 men, 40 whose time was not expired, remaining with 
 40 others who did not veteranize. They received a fine ovation 
 at Bryan Hall. The people of Wilmington also gave companies 
 A and E a fine reception, at which Col. Osborn and a portion of 
 his staff were present, and the Col., who was as good a talker as he 
 was a fighter, made an eloquent and patriotic speech. 
 
 The boys spent their furlough at their various homes, being 
 everywhere received with the honors they had so deservedly won. 
 During their furlough great efforts were made to fill up its deci- 
 
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 170 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 mated ranks, which were ably seconded by their former Major 
 Munn. This county, especially Wilmington and vicinity, fur- 
 nished its share of recruits. The citizens of Wilmington treated 
 the 39th to a re- union, which was a happy and pleasant occasion. 
 A highly complimentary letter was written to Governor Yates in 
 relation to the regiment by Gen. Seymour, who had commanded 
 the brigade, speaking in the highest terms of the conduct and 
 pluck of the 39th. This letter was strongly endorsed by Gen. 
 Gil more. 
 
 After the regiment had recruited to 750, it left (March 15th,) 
 for Washington, by the Pittsburg & Fort Wayne R. R,., once 
 more saying good-bye to friends and relatives, and after a safe 
 and pleasant trip, arrived at Washington. After spending a quiet 
 Sabbath in the city, it marched over the famous long bridge, and 
 went into camp at camp Grant, Arlington Heights. 
 
 The regiment remained for some weeks in camp at this place, 
 enduring the discomforts of a Washington spring, which consisted 
 of mud, rain and snow, in about equal proportions. The time 
 was spent in drilling recruits, and in the routine of camp duty, 
 and in witnessing the practice of the artillerists at the neighboring 
 forts. The thundering of the cannon, and the terrific shrieking 
 of shells, being new to the recruits, gave them an inkling of the 
 experience that awaited them. While here, the regiment raised 
 by subscription $600 for instruments for a brass band which had 
 been organized by members of the regiment. 
 
 While here the 39th was temporarily brigaded with the 25th, 
 62d, and 67th Ohio regiments. Col. Pond of the 62d being in 
 temporary command. At a review of the brigade by Major Gen- 
 eral Casey, the 39th was highly complimented by him. A squad 
 of recruits from Springfield, Illinois, was also received at this 
 time. 
 
 On Monday, the 25th of April, the regiment struck tents once 
 more, marched to Alexandria, and embarked on board the " Mon- 
 tauk," for Fortress Monroe, After a pleasant voyage they reached 
 the Fortress on the next morning, and proceeded immediately to 
 Yorktown the place made historic by Gen. McClellan, as well 
 as by Washington and Corwallis. Here they were rejoined by 
 the members of the regiment who had not veteranized, and who
 
 THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT. 171 
 
 had remained behind at Hilton Head. The regiment was now 
 assigned to the first bridade, first division, 10th army corps. 
 
 The regiment had now come into a region of great historic 
 interest. On the James River, about fifty miles from its mouth, 
 was planted in 1 607, the first English settlement in our country. 
 On the site of the present city of Richmond, was the capital of 
 Powhattan, the great chief of thirty tribes, where, in his royal resi- 
 dence of twelve wigwams, he dwelt in regal state, as proud as any 
 of his successors ; and here originated that beautiful legend, con- 
 cerning the rescue of the great founder of the Smith family by the 
 beautiful Pocahontas. (We would tell the story but we have a 
 suspicion that it would not be fresh.) At Williamsburg was the 
 old colonial capital of Virginia, where Patrick Henry uttered the 
 thrilling words, (since occasionally quoted,) "Give me liberty, or 
 give me death." Near by, on the shore of the Pamumkey was 
 the home of that charming widow, to whom the great Washington 
 struck his colors, while a little to the north on the Rappahannock 
 grew the famous cherry tree. At Yorktown was settled the ques- 
 tion of our independence by the surrender of Cornwallis. And now 
 in these days the 39th was to aid in enacting new events, and in set- 
 tling new questions which were to add new interest to the region 
 to make it still more historic. At Hampton, an old town near 
 the mouth of the James, Captain Baker strolled into an ancient 
 grave yard surrounding the ruins of an old brick church which 
 had been burned by the rebels, and here he found a moss grown 
 grave stone which would have delighted Old Mortality himself, on 
 which was the inscription, "Under this stone lies the body of 
 Captain Willis Wilson, who departed this life the 19th day of 
 December, in the year 1701, it being the 128th year of his age." 
 This man was then 32 years old when Captain Newport 
 brought over the Jamestown settlers the 105 persons, 48 of 
 whom were " gentlemen," Captain John Smith being one. It is 
 not unlikely that Captain Wilson came over at the same time and 
 was one of the 48 gentlemen. I wish I knew. He died five 
 years before the birth of Franklin. He no doubt enjoyed the 
 honor of being the oldest inhabitant of that quaint old town for 
 several years. Surely he must have been " fully ripe" when the 
 great reaper " gathered him in." I wonder if he smoked !
 
 172 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 The regiment left Yorktown for City Point, on the James 
 River, Wednesday, May 4th, at which place it arrived on Thurs- 
 day evening. Friday morning the army disembarked without 
 any opposition, and then took up the line of march, (the 39th 
 being in the advance,) for a dense pine forest known as Wier 
 Bottoms, within fifteen miles of Richmond. The day was ex- 
 cessively warm, and the road soon became strewn with discarded 
 blankets, overcoats, etc.; everything which could be dispensed 
 with to lighten the load, with the usual recklessness of the sol- 
 dier, being thrown away. During the next few days the army 
 had considerable heavy skirmishing, capturing trains, prisoners, 
 etc., and tearing up railroad tracks. Gen. Gilmore was in com- 
 mand of the corps. 
 
 After a few days the column was moved forward to Drury's 
 Bluff, and the 39th was placed on the extreme left of General 
 Butler's command, and was not brought into action until the 
 14th, when it supported a battery, and had two killed and seven 
 wounded. On the 15th had some casualties from sharpshooters. 
 On the 16th our entire force was driven back. The 39th was at 
 one time completely surrounded by the enemy, but succeeded in 
 cutting its way out, suffering great loss. To use Gen. Butler's 
 words, " The 39ih fought most gallantly, and suffered most se- 
 verely." In respect to this action, a correspondent of the Wil- 
 mington Herald, (E. D. Conley), one of the new members of the 
 regiment, writes: 
 
 "On Saturday morning, at 2:30, we were ordered to " fall in," 
 with two days' rations. We marched eight miles, and halted on 
 the R. & P. R. R., eleven miles from Richmond. Firing was 
 already going on, and the 39th proceeded at once to the extreme 
 left of the Union line, under a heavy fire, to support the 5th N. J. 
 battery, which was shelling the rebel earthworks, two miles from 
 Fort Darling. After a stubborn resistance, the rebels were driven 
 back from a thick pine wood to their strongholds. Here an open 
 field of three- fourths of a mile intervened between the two armies. 
 Col. Osborn received a ball in his right elbow, but kept the field 
 for hours, until compelled to leave from loss of blood. The rebels 
 made two charges after dark, but were repulsed. Night came on,
 
 THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT. 173 
 
 and the rebels returned to their defenses. Sunday there was des- 
 ultory firing by the sharpshooters, and the time was improved by 
 the 39th in intrenching themselves. Monday, the 16th, the bloody 
 work began again in earnest. The rebels were in possession of 
 the railroad which ran through the battle-field to Richmond. At 
 daylight the enemy opened with heavy cannonading. A heavy fog 
 shut them from sight until after sunrise. Our right wing was 
 pressed hard by the rebel cavalry that had advanced under cover 
 of the fog, and after repeated charges, broke the Union line 
 at a point where we had no artillery. About 8 a. m., as the right 
 was giving way, two regiments on the right of the 39th fell back 
 in disorder, and the 81st New York was ordered away from our 
 left, leaving the 39th on the extreme left, and compelling them to 
 stretch out and occupy the rifle pits vacated by the N. Y. regiment. 
 At this moment, on came the enemy in heavy columns, but the 
 39th was ready to receive them. The adjutant ordered the boys 
 to hold their fire until the enemy was within 300 yards, when we 
 delivered a fire that mowed them down, and threw their ranks into 
 confusion. They rallied and advanced a second time, and were 
 treated to the same reception. It was here, that while standing 
 upon the earthworks, cheering on our men, that Adjutant 
 Walker fell, and Major Linton soon followed. At one time the 
 enemy got in our rear, after the command had devolved upon Capt. 
 L. A. Baker, and he was called upon to surrender. The demand 
 was answered by a volley and a cheer. The army finally fell back 
 to our fortifications, and it seems the rebels were not anxious to 
 follow. The 39th was the last regiment to leave the field, and was 
 thought to be captured by the commanding general." 
 
 The entire loss in the regiment was nearly 200. 
 
 On the 20th of May the regiment was again ordered out, to 
 dislodge the enemy from some temporary work near Wier Bot- 
 tom church, which was accomplished in a most gallant manner, 
 being entirely successful. The 39th captured a large number of 
 prisoners, including Gen. Walker, who was seriously wounded. 
 In this engagement, Lieut. Col. Mann was wounded, and the regi- 
 ment was left without a field officer. The entire loss of the regi- 
 ment was about forty killed and wounded. The following is a
 
 174 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 list of casualties to Will county men in these engagements of the 
 14th, 16th, and 20th of May, 1864 : 
 
 KILLED: 
 
 Silas Benton, Co. E ; Elisha Carr, Co. E, 
 
 WOUNDED AND MISSING: 
 
 Adjt. Joseph D. Walker, of Lockport, wounded by a musket shot in the 
 bowels, and died in five hours. Co. A A. H. Carrigan, wounded, died June 
 8d; Henry Bowen, severe and missing; James Wilcox, slight ; Corp. John 
 Holton, slight; Henry Ruppenthal, arm amputated: Wm. Willard, slight; 
 Daniel Ashton, missing; F. Bronchet, missing; Glaus Arhues, slight; M. 
 Coons, missing ; Andrew Sybert, missing ; James Dobson, severe ; Samuel 
 Proud, slight; Wm. Baxter, severe; Harvey Tracy, missing; Barton S. 
 Walters, missing; Ira Nichols, severe and taken prisoner; Daniel Daly, 
 slight. Co. C Michael McNally, slight. Co. E 2d Lieut. Elisha S. Kings- 
 bury.^left arm amputated; Sergt. T. Gronigal, severe and missing, (died); 
 Sergt. David M. Hansom, missing ; Sergt. John L. Ripple, missing ; Hugh- 
 R. Snee, severe and missing; James Gillett, severe; James Nelson, severe; 
 Dilton Lee, missing ; Henry'Ohlhues, severe ; Reuben Slayton, missing ; 
 George H. Dunn, slight ; Frank M. Corbett, slight ; Wm. Baxter, severe and 
 missing; Almon Merrill, severe; Lawrence Baker, mortally; George W. 
 Morgan, severe ; Howard Johnson, severe ; Moses Mayer, severe ; Alpheus 
 fiogers, arm amputated; James Munroe, slight; Wm. F. Hertzog, slight; 
 Orson C. Porter, slight. Co. G Corp. N. B. Kendall, severely wounded and 
 left on the field, reported mortally, but recovered ; Henry Frank, concus- 
 sion; Sergt. Horace T. Corwin, slight; James B. West, slight. Co. A May 
 26th, Lieut. Burrell, severely wounded. 
 
 I On the 2d day of June the regiment was again called out, and 
 had a severe engagement on nearly the same ground as on the 20th 
 of May, and its losses were nearly the same, about 40. The losses 
 from our county were : Co. A Corp. Thos. DeLineand Wm. H. 
 Reed, taken prisoners ; Frank Abrams, missing. 
 
 Many of those reported missing in the above lists, experienced 
 the delights of rebel prisons. Andrew Sibert and David H. Han- 
 som perished in Andersonville. Barton S. Walters and Thomas 
 DeLine lived to get into our lines, but never recovered from their 
 sufferings. Smith died at Annapolis, April 1st. DeLine came 
 home, lingered awhile, and died. 
 
 On the 16th, 17th, and 18th days of June, the regiment came 
 into collision with the famous Longstreet corps, near the Richmond 
 and Petersburg pike, and fought them night and day. Here Capt. 
 O. F. Rudd, of this county, was killed, and the regiment lost in 
 the three days' fight about 35 in killed and wounded. Sergt. W. 
 J. Harris, of Channahon, was also mortally wounded, and died on 
 the 17th.
 
 THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT. 175 
 
 Monday, June 20th, the regiment was ordered to Jones Land- 
 ing, on the James river, where a pontoon bridge was thrown over, 
 and the regiment crossed to the south side next morning. The 
 25th it proceeded to Point of Rocks, went on board transports to 
 Wilcox Landing, to make a diversion in favor of Sheridan. Find- 
 ing their services were not needed, they returned. Remained at 
 Bermuda Hundred until the 14th day of August, when they crossed 
 to the north side of the James at Deep Bottom, and operated in 
 conjunction with the 2d corps of the army of the James, under the 
 direction of Gen. Grant, in a reconnoisance toward the works near 
 Richmond. They fell back at night across the James, and on 
 Monday, the 15th, recrossed a mile below, and again advanced on 
 the enemy at Strawberry Plains, near Malvern Hill. Not much 
 was done on Monday, as the day was very hot, and some were sun- 
 struck. They were visited by Grant, Hancock, and Butler. 
 
 On the 16th the brigade was ordered to charge the works at 
 Deep Run at the point of the bayonet. The assault was made by 
 the brigade most gallantly, but it was met by a resistance as stub- 
 born and fierce. Even after the assaulting column had mounted 
 the works, the enemy maintained a hand-to-hand fight. But suc- 
 cess at length crowned our brave boys, and the lines of the enemy 
 were broken, and a large number of prisoners captured. But it 
 was at a fearful expense. In perhaps fifteen minutes' time, the 
 39th lost 64 men, and came out of the encounter with only two of 
 the officers left on duty that appeared on a roster of 28, when they 
 left Washington in the spring. t 
 
 During this action, a private of Co. G, Henry M. Hardenburg, 
 encountered the color sergeant of an Alabama regiment, when a 
 desperate conflict took place for the colors. After a sharp struggle 
 of some minutes' duration, Hardenburg was the victor, having 
 dispatched the rebel sergeant, and captured his colors, not, how- 
 ever, without receiving divers wounds himself. He presented the 
 captured colors to Gen. Birney, commanding the corps. General 
 Butler, on hearing of the affair, promoted him to a lieutenancy in 
 a colored regiment. But he did not live long enough to assume 
 the position, as he was himself killed at Petersburg, two days 
 before the commission arrived. 
 
 The entire loss in this engagement in the 39th, was 104 in
 
 176 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 killed, wounded and missing. The casualties to Will county men, 
 were Capt. L. A. Baker, in command of the regiment, shot 
 through the leg, so severely as to necessitate amputation. 
 
 Lieutenant N. C. Warner, of Co. E. was severely wounded 
 and suffered amputation of a leg. Corp. H. E. Sartell, of Co. 
 E, Sergeant Joseph S. Evans, and Charles H. Jackson, of Co. E. 
 were also wounded, the latter.losing an arm. Corp. Wm. Butter- 
 field, Co. A, killed, and private John Berden. 
 
 In the latter part of August, the regiment went into the 
 trenches in front of Petersburg, where it was on duty, and under 
 fire almost constantly, night and day. In the latter part of Sep- 
 tember it moved with the corps north of the James, and on the 
 7th of October met the enemy near Chapin's farm, where it was 
 assaulted behind some hastily constructed breastworks. But the 
 enemy was repulsed in threesuccessive assaults with great slaughter. 
 
 On the 13th of October, the 39th shared in the charge made 
 under command of General A. H. Terry, upon the enemy's works 
 near Darlington road, seven miles from Richmond. The regiment 
 went into this fight near 250 strong, out of which number they 
 lost 60. Several officers were killed. Indeed, the fight left the 
 regiment again with but three commissioned officers on duty. In 
 this engagement we lost Geo. W. Yates, of Co. A, from Wilming- 
 ton. He had been promoted color sergeant for his bravery, and 
 fell with the colors in his hand. Some one passing rapidly by 
 him in the charge, seeing the flag, seized the staff to take it along, 
 Sergt. Yates, though dead, held the staff with so firm a grasp that 
 his body was dragged some distance before the muscles relaxed 
 sufficiently to let go. 
 
 On the 29th of October, the remnant took part in a reconnois- 
 ance near the same place, and had a brisk engagement with the 
 enemy. In November, Colonel Osborn returned to the regiment, 
 although not fully recovered from his wounds. He was placed in 
 command of the brigade, and the command of the regiment de- 
 volved on Lieut. Plimpton, who was promoted captain. All the 
 field officers that survived, were off duty on account of wounds. 
 
 Ifuring the winter, the regiment remained behind the intrench- 
 ments, on the north side of the James, and was equipped anew. 
 It had some skirmishes during the winter. In March, it received
 
 THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT. 177 
 
 about 100 recruits, and on the 27th took part in the movements 
 which resulted in our final victory over the rebel army in Vir- 
 ginia. 
 
 On that day, it struck tents before Richmond, and made a 
 forced march to the extreme left of the Union lines. Next even- 
 ing passed Sheridan's camp, and the headquarters of the army of 
 the Potomac, where all was busy. Going a few miles further, it 
 went into camp, having marched 37 miles. Monday morning, it 
 advanced to a position near Hatcher's Run. 
 
 Heavy skirmishing, sharp shooting, etc., occupied the next 
 three days, while Sheridan's cavalry was operating on the south 
 side of the railroad, gobbling up prisoners by thousands. Satur- 
 day night, April 1st, preparations were made for a grand advance 
 on Petersburg ; and Sunday morning the ball opened, the enemy 
 felling back to Fort Gregg, the key to the rebel works around 
 Petersburg and Richmond. This was a work of great strength, 
 surrounded by a ditch six feet deep and twelve wide, and defended 
 by the picked men of Lee's army. It was assigned to the 1st 
 brigade to charge and take the fort, Col. Osborn of the 39th being 
 in command. With wild cheers the brigade advanced under a 
 galling fire. The fighting was terrific. The 39th was the first 
 regiment to gain the ditch, (a ditch six feet deep and twelve 
 wide, to get out of which they had to dig footholds with swords 
 and bayonets,) and stockade, and then the parapet. The sup- 
 porting column came up in line of battle, but the enemy did not 
 surrender until the General in command of the fort was felled to 
 the ground by a clubbed musket in the hands of a sergeant, and 
 our troops were inside the works, and the colors of the 39th floated 
 from the parapet. 
 
 In this assault 150 men of the 39th were engaged, the rest be- 
 ing on other duty. Of these 150, sixteen were killed, and now 
 lie buried where they fell, and forty-four were severely wounded, 
 some of whom died afterwards. Among the killed was George 
 "W. Burton, of Co. E, of Wilmington, who had mounted the para- 
 pet alone, under a raging fire, and fell pierced by three balls. 
 The president and Gen. Grant witnessed this charge which occu- 
 pied twenty-four minutes. For the gallantry displayed by the 
 39th, a magnificent brazen eagle, cast for the purpose, was placed 
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 178 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 upon the regimental color staff at a subsequent review, by Major 
 General Gibbons. The color sergeant, Henry M. Day, of Wil- 
 mington, who was severely wounded while placing the colors upon 
 the fort, received a medal of honor from the war department. 
 
 Thus flanked and defeated, the rebel army retreated, and on 
 Monday morning April 3d, our army marched into Petersburg. 
 The fleeing foe was promptly pursued, the 39th joining in the 
 chase in advance, on the line of the south side railroad, marching 
 one day forty miles, General Grant accompanying the column. 
 The brigade took part also in the action of the 9th, in which Os- 
 born's old war horse, " Mack," was killed under the General by the 
 explosion of a shell. In this its last engagement, the regiment 
 had several casualties, as given below. 
 
 And now as a fitting close to all its fierce combats and weary 
 marches and campaigns, the 39th had the glorious privilege of 
 witnessing the surrender of Lee at Appomatox Court House,, 
 when the " back bone of the rebellion" was finally and effectually 
 broken. 
 
 But little now remains to be said. The regiment was occupied 
 a few days in guarding the spoils of the rebel army. It was 
 then ordered to Richmond, where it had the satisfaction of tread- 
 ing the streets of the proud rebel capital until August, when it 
 moved to Norfolk, Va., where it remained until Dec. 6th, when it 
 was mustered out of service, and on the 7th started for Spring- 
 field, 111., where it arrived via Chicago, on the 12th. 
 
 On the 16th, the regiment was assembled in chapel and sur- 
 rendered its flag, which it had borne so bravely on many a 
 bloody field, and which had never been polluted by rebel hands, 
 to the State. The adjutant general thanked them for their gal- 
 lant record and valuable services to the State and country, con- 
 gratulating them on the happy termination of their honorable 
 and patriotic service. The following are the casualties in compa- 
 nies A and E in the last actions. In action of April 2d, 1865 : 
 
 KILLED: 
 
 Co. A Samuel A. Proud, of Channahon; Hugh Rourke, of Chaunahon? 
 Co. E George W. Burton, of Wilmington ; Henry Olhuea, of Florence. 
 
 WOUNDED: 
 
 Co. A Serg't. Wm. A. Keepers, of Wilmington ; Serg't. Henry M. Day, 
 of Wilmington ; Corp. Ernest Holtz, of Wilmington ; Cornelius S. Wil-
 
 THLRTY-NINTH JREGIMENT. 179 
 
 lard, of Channahon, lost an arm ; Sergt, Wm. Cumberlick ; Nicholas Smith, 
 (died). Co. E Ralph Babcock, Alexander Anderson, (substitutes) ; Serg't. 
 Wm. P. Kelly, of Wesley. 
 
 In action of April 9th : 
 
 WOUNDED : 
 
 Co. A James Hopkins. Co. E Theo. .F. Axtell, of Wesley; Eden B. 
 Strobe 1 ., (a substitute) ; Martin V. Harderman, of Wilmington. 
 
 Of the field color guard organized in the spring of 1864 at 
 Washington, not one survived the battle of August 16th, 1864! 
 Lieut. N. C. Warner, who himself lost a leg at the assault on 
 the enemy's works August 16th, 1864, and who now resides at 
 Rockford, 111., says, " Theodore Gronigal was chosen color ser- 
 geant of the regiment, and bore the national colors at the battle 
 of Drury Bluffs, and was wounded and fell into the hands of the 
 enemy, and is supposed to have died. He was magnificently 
 brave. George W. Burton, Almon Merrill, Walter Van Bogert, 
 Alexander Gray, Henry Olhues and Thomas^Stewart were boys 
 just old enough to pass muster, and belonged to substantial fami- 
 lies of Wilmington and vicinity, and all perished in battle from 
 wounds received, and I remember them as conspicuously brave." 
 To which statement we add, that N. C. Warner is entitled to the 
 same compliment which he bestows upon his comrades. He was 
 struck down as we have related August 16th, 1866, with the regi- 
 mental colors in his hand, and was breveted major for his gal- 
 lantry. 
 
 This history, brief as it is, needs no concluding words of rhetoric. 
 Our county lost in the 39th four commissioned officers, two of whom 
 were killed on the field. Several others were cruelly maimed. 
 Twenty enlisted men from Will county, died of disease, thirty 
 more were killed on the field or died of wounds. Four died from 
 imprisonment. Many others were wounded and suffered imprison- 
 ment. Surely the Yates Phalanx contributed its full share of 
 precious life and loyal blood to the preservation of the Union. 
 May that life and blood not have been spent in vain !
 
 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 HISTORY OF THE SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT; OR, 
 YATES SHARPSHOOTERS. 
 
 Will County in the Yates Sharpshooters Organization Movements 
 From Birds Point to New Madrid Movements First Blood Under Fire 
 Island No. 10 River Sights Expedition to Fort Pillow Goes to Hamburg, 
 Tenn. Siege of Corinth Battle of Chambers Creek Casualties Incident* 
 Reconnoisance Evacuation of Corinth Incidents Becomes Gen. Rose- 
 crans' Headquarters' Guard Major Matteson's Death Capt. Morrill made 
 Colonel Goes to luka Movements Battle of luka Pursuit of Price luka 
 Recruits Contrabands Battle of Corinth Casualties Incidents Vari- 
 ous Accounts Goes to Glendale Long Stay on Outpost Duty Incidents- 
 Goes to luka Pulaski Re-enlists Comes Home Recruiting Becomes a 
 Full Regiment Promotions Leaves for the Front Decatur Sunny South 
 Captain Logan's Company Brigaded Chattanooga Forward Resacca 
 Snake Creek Gap Kingston Van Wirt Dallas Casualties Pumpkin 
 Vine Creek Aekworth Big Shanty Kenesaw, June 27th Casualties A 
 Gritty Boy On Kenesaw 4th of July Movements A Friendly Swim 
 Marietta Roswell Nancy's Creek Decatur July 22d Casualties Inci- 
 dents What Sherman Says True Story of the Dispatches Who Filled the 
 Gap 28th of July Before Atlanta Change of Base Atlanta Transferred 
 to 17th Army Corps Chasing Hood Hard March One Man Hard to Wake 
 Snake Creek Gap Fight Casualties Rations Short Rations Full Co. 
 G as Foragers Marches Return to Atlanta Joins the March to the Sea 
 Poole's Station Savannah Poke-em-till-i-go Northward Salkahatchie 
 Orangeburg Columbia Fayetteville Battle of Bentonville Major Rey- 
 nolds Wins a Brevet March Resumed Washington- -Review Home 
 Something About the Smith's A Problem in Natural History Conclusion. 
 
 the 64th regiment, Will county was represented by 16 com- 
 missioned officers, and about 300 enlisted men. We had, 
 therefore, about the same number of Will county men in this 
 
 regiment as in the 20th. 
 
 Capt. David G. Grover, of Co. E, was one of our well-known 
 
 lawyers, and raised his company here early in the war, in the fall 
 
 of 1861.
 
 SIXTY- FOURTH REGIMENT. 181 
 
 Co. F, of this regiment, was raised largely through the efforts 
 of Joseph S. Reynolds, of New Lenox, a son of one of our oldest 
 and most respected Hickory Creek families, who had just gradu- 
 ated from the Chicago high school at the breaking out of the war. 
 He was assisted by Lieutenant Ward Knickerbocker, also of New 
 Lenox. Mr. Reynolds entered the company as 2d lieutenant, and 
 shared in all its campaigns and exposures, from New Madrid to 
 Goldsboro. He gradually rose first to the command of the com- 
 pany, and then of the regiment. Co. F was raised mainly in the 
 towns of New Lenox, Frankfort, and Wilmington. 
 
 Henry Logan, captain of Co. G, (afterwards major), was, and 
 still is, a well-known Joliet lawyer, and raised his company entirely 
 in this county in the winter of 1863-4. 
 
 The first major of the regiment, Fred. W. Matteson, although 
 at the time of entering the service a resident of Springfield, was 
 born and brought up in Joliet, and his early death was as deeply 
 felt by our citizens as if he had gone immediately from this county, 
 and his remains now sleep in our own "Oak wood." 
 
 All these facts fully justify us in giving the history of this regi- 
 ment as part of the war record of Will county. To these reasons 
 we might add the fact that in the 64th we had the only general of 
 whom we can boast, Colonel Reynolds being breveted brigadier 
 toward the end of the war, as he richly deserved to be. 
 
 The first battalion of this regiment, consisting of four compa- 
 nies, was originally known as the " Yates Sharpshooters." This 
 was organized at Camp Butler, Dec. 16th, 1861, by Lieut. Col. D. 
 E. Williams, of Peoria. Two more companies E, Capt. Grover, 
 and F, Capt. Payne mostly enlisted in Will county, with Fred. 
 W. Matteson as major, were mustered in the last day of December, 
 1861. Jan. 10th, 1862, the battalion, consisting of six companies, 
 was ordered to Quincy, where it went into barracks and was armed. 
 Feb. 16th, it moved to Cairo. March 5th, it moved via Birds 
 Point, Charleston, Bertrand, and Sykeston, to New Madrid, where 
 it was assigned to Morgan's brigade, Payne's division of General 
 Pope's command. 
 
 The march from Birds Point to New Madrid was a hard initia- 
 tion for the Yates Sharpshooters into the discomforts of army life. 
 Much of the country was heavily timbered and low, and as the
 
 182 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 river was now high covered with water, which obliged them to 
 follow the railroad track. Anyone who has tried it, knows that a 
 railway is a hard road to travel on foot. They reached Charles- 
 ton the same day, a very pretty town of 1,500 inhabitants, now 
 reduced to 36 persons the rest having fled when our army took 
 possession, as they cast their lot with the rebels. Next day the 
 battalion marched to Bertrand, where they joined other Union 
 forces. Here they staid the 7th and 8th, and on the 9th resumed 
 the march, having the same kind of swampy country, with the 
 additional discomfort of rain, before they reached Sykeston. 
 They were without tents, and passed the night in the mud and 
 rain, without shelter. But they made the situation a little more 
 cheerful with numerous fires. Next morning the march was 
 resumed, the Yates Sharpshooters in the lead, over a rough and 
 muddy turnpike, but the rain had ceased. Night came on again 
 when within five miles of New Madrid, and this, too, was passed 
 without shelter, and it was a cold and chilly one, rendering sleep 
 almost impossible. Next morning, their rations being short, a 
 detail was allowed to see what they could find in the country to 
 help them out. The result was that the boys had plenty of fresh 
 pork. 
 
 The force then moved on to within two miles of New Madrid, 
 where they were welcomed with shot and shell from the rebel forts. 
 The boys made their bivouac about one and a half miles northeast 
 of the town, near the river, protected from the rebel gun-boats by 
 a heavy piece of timber, making their shelter out of brush and corn- 
 stalks. Next day the Yates Sharpshooters had the honor of being 
 selected from the large army there gathered, to make the first 
 move toward the capture of the town and forts, which consisted in 
 a demonstration in the night, on the opposite side of the town from 
 the one where our forces were planting siege guns. Maj. Matteson, 
 in command of the battalion, moved cautiously forward until fired 
 upon by the enemy's pickets, when they were ordered to lie down. 
 The bullets flew freely, but no damage was done, except that one 
 bullet passed through the coat collar of Jesse Cremer, of Co. F, 
 and slightly wounded his neck, just enough to give him the honor 
 of shedding the first blood drawn by rebels in the Yates Sharp- 
 shooters.
 
 SIXTY- FOURTH REGIMENT. 183 
 
 The skirmishing was kept up during the night by the picket 
 line. The enemy's pickets were reinforced by several hundred 
 men, some of whom were well posted in an old mill. As all the 
 object of this demonstration was to divert attention from the opera- 
 tions of our forces who were planting the siege guns, no attempt 
 was made to dislodge them. In the morning, the battalion was 
 early drawn up in line of battle, and just at sunrise had the pleas- 
 ure of hearing from one of our 64-pound siege guns, which had 
 been successfully planted during the night. Loud cheers went up 
 from the boys on hearing the music. Gen. Paine's division was 
 then ordered to support the guns, as it was anticipated that the 
 enemy would make an effort to take them. Silently and solemnly 
 the men moved forward in anticipation of serious work. 
 
 The division was halted in the rear of the siege guns, and then 
 awaited the movements of the enemy until about 11 a. m., when, 
 no demonstration being made by them, the division was ordered 
 to move to the left, and if it should be practicable, to attack the 
 upper fort and carry it by storm. Gen. Paine moved the division 
 forward until the Yates Sharpshooters, who were a quarter of a 
 mile in the advance, reached the edge of the town, where the 
 division was halted. The Yates Sharpshooters could look down 
 into the rebel fort, which was firing its guns very rapidly toward 
 our siege guns. Soon, however, the presence of the division was 
 discovered, and one gun turned upon them. Two rebel gun-boats 
 also came in sight, and commenced playing upon them with shot 
 and shell in profusion. This necessitated rapid changes of position, 
 and the Yates Sharpshooters were ordered to lie flat upon the 
 ground, and never did a squirrel lie closer to a limb, when the 
 hunter was trying to draw a sight on him, than did the boys, just 
 then, to mother earth. The position was by no means pleasant, 
 but they endured it for about an hour, when the order came to fall 
 back. The Yates Sharpshooters, being deployed, were not so 
 much exposed as the rest. Some were slightly wounded, but not 
 enough to take them from duty. After another hour in the woods, 
 they returned to camp. 
 
 Next morning (the 14th), the men rose with the expectation of 
 another day's exposure, and perhaps a bloody engagement ; but 
 soon one of Gen. Paine's orderlies passed through the camp, sing-
 
 184 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 ing the welcome song, "Madrid is evacuated!" Such was the 
 fact, as the reader of our war history well knows ; and our forces 
 came into possession of the place, with a great amount of guns and 
 munitions of war. 
 
 The battalion then witnessed more or less of the operations 
 against Island Number Ten, and the rebel batteries on the main 
 land ; the running of the blockade by the Pittsburgh and the 
 Carondalet, and their gallant exploits in silencing and spiking 
 their guns, assisted by the batteries which our forces had erected 
 on the Missouri shore. Here were some of the most brilliant 
 operations, and the most sublime and magnificent spectacles of the 
 war. As is well known these operations resulted in the evacua- 
 tion and surrender, (it partook of the character of both), of Island 
 No. 10, with 5,000 prisoners, among them several generals and 
 other officers, and of great numbers of guas, etc. 
 
 Three companies of the battalion then went to Chicago to as- 
 sist in escorting the rebel prisoners, while the other three in the 
 command of Major Matteson joined Pope's expedition down the 
 river to Fort Pillow. This expedition left on transports preceded 
 by gun-boats on the evening of the 13th of April, and arrived at 
 Osceola, in the vicinity of Port Pillow next day at 3 p. m. The 
 voyage down the river by daylight was a fine one. The day was 
 beautiful. The transports had bands of music which made the 
 woods on either side resound with the national airs, while the stars 
 and stripes waved gaily in the breeze, and flashed in the sunlight. 
 The men also witnessed a fierce naval battle between our gun-boats 
 and a fleet of seven rebel boats, lasting half an hour, and closing 
 by the retreat of the rebels down the river. 
 
 After, their arrival the battalion escorted Generals Pope, 
 Palmer and Hamilton, and the assistant secretary of war, on the 
 " clipper Brown," on a reconnoitering expedition up the river, 
 landing (about twelve miles up) at the house of a Unionist, where 
 they took on board some rebels who gave themselves up as pris- 
 oners. 
 
 The gun-boats lay just above a given point of land, and sent 
 their compliments into Fort Pillow, while the transports lay in 
 their rear out of range of its guns. As is well known the opera-
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. 185 
 
 tious against Fort Pillow directly, were not pressed, and the expe- 
 dition returned. 
 
 The battalion then moved with the army up the Tennessee 
 and disembarked at Hamburg Landing on the 22d of April. 
 From that time it was engaged in the siege of Corinth until its 
 evacuation, May 30th, being continually on the picket and skir- 
 mish line, generally a mile in advance of the main army. 
 
 On the 3d of May it was heavily engaged. A reconnoisanoe 
 in force was ordered, and Generals Paine and Palmer were de- 
 tailed for the work. Among the regiments selected was the 
 " Yates Sharp Shooters." After proceeding five miles on the 
 Farmington road, the enemy was encountered, and the battle of 
 Chambers Creek ensued. 
 
 This battle in which the " Yates Sharp Shooters" played a 
 most important part, is thus described in a letter of Sergeant 
 Henry S. Clark, of Lockport, to his family friends : 
 
 " The 3d inst. (May), our division made a movement toward 
 Corinth, our battalion in advance. After proceeding some three 
 miles we came to low swampy woods with thick underbrush and 
 tangled vines all through it. In the center of the wood, and run- 
 ning at right angles with it, was a small stream, the bridge over 
 which had been burned by the rebels, and along which the enemy's 
 pickets were stationed. On nearing the swamp, the battalion was 
 deployed, three companies on the right, and three on the left of 
 the road. The order then came "forward march!" and away we 
 went. It was one of the worst places I ever tried to get 
 through. We had not got ten rods in the swamp / before the rebels 
 opened fire upon us. Neither party could see each other ten 
 paces off, and the first intimation we had of their presence was a 
 volley irom their guns. Our boys never faltered, but pushed 
 steadily forward, loading and firing as they went. In fifteen 
 minutes after we started we had cleared the swamp of every rebel, 
 and held the high ground on the other side. Our loss was six 
 wounded, two of whom have since died. Upwards of thirty of the 
 rebels have already been found and buried, including one lieuten- 
 ant and a large number wounded. We also took two captains and 
 a number of men prisoners. 
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 186 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 "After we gained the high ground, and ceased firing, General 
 Paine sent his orderly to find us, but he returned saying that he 
 could not. Then he sent another, and soon rode up himself. He 
 said he had learned from the prisoners that the rebel force was 
 600 men, in the swamp. Our battalion had left part of its men 
 in camp, and went into the action with only 295 men, and in fif- 
 teen minutes routed the enemy from a strong position, killing, 
 wounding and taking prisoners about seventy- eight of their force, 
 with a loss of only six men. General Paine said he did not ex- 
 pect us to do it alone, but only to draw their fire, and then he waa 
 to have a regiment of infantry charge them. As soon as the sap- 
 pers and miners had repaired the bridge, the whole division 
 crossed over with its artillery. Pretty soon the order came for us 
 to advance again, the enemy having retreated to where its bat- 
 teries were stationed. We advanced at the double quick across an 
 open field, and had scarcely gained the high ground before the 
 enemy opened on us a terrific fire of shot, shell, grape and canister 
 from their batteries, and musketry from their infantry supports. 
 Here four of our men were wounded. In the meantime our artil- 
 lery had begun its work, the first shot killing six of the rebels, 
 and for twenty minutes it seemed as if all the demons from the 
 infernal pit had broken loose. Our lines had faltered at first 
 under their terrible fire, but only for a moment. The next we 
 sent a shower of minie balls in return, lying down and loading and 
 firing. Soon General Paine rode on the hill, a fair mark for the 
 enemy's guns which were immediately trained upon him. But 
 he was as cool as upon parade, and did not mind them. " Now 
 boys," said he, " dash forward at the double quick and flank that 
 battery, and shoot their gunners." We dashed down the hill and 
 towards the woods to the left of their battery, and soon flanked it,, 
 but they had skedaddled. We got two prisoners, and came near 
 getting their baggage train. The infantry then came up, and the 
 whole of us, infantry, cavalry and artillery, moved toward 
 Corinth. 
 
 " We followed to within two and a half miles of that place, 
 when we were ordered to return to the high ground near the 
 swamp, where we are now encamped. General Paine rode along 
 our line with his staff and said, " Boys, you have done nobly to- 

 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. 187 
 
 day. I never saw men do better, I am proud of you." He says 
 we have done enough for a while, and some of the others must 
 try their hand. We did all the fighting done by the infantry dur- 
 ing the day. The artillery only helped us." 
 
 The battalion was received with shouts of welcome on its re- 
 turn from the fight. Gen % Pope also complimented the battalion 
 in his special orders. 
 
 In this engagement, Lt. J. W. Baker, of Wilmington, had 
 command of the left wing of the skirmishers. While pressing on 
 and fighting sharply he saw a rebel behind a tree, aiming at him. 
 But fortunately he did not hit the mark. Lt. Baker then ordered 
 one of his men to shoot the reb. But he could not see him, and 
 so the lieutenant took the soldiers gun and shot the reb in the 
 arm, and he fell. After the fight was over, Lt. Baker saw the 
 man he had winged, who said he was from Quincy, 111., and was 
 1st sergeant in a rebel regiment. 
 
 In this engagement, 118 of the enemy were killed, 25 wounded 
 and 90 taken prisoners, acccording to one account. While the 
 Union loss was four killed and eleven wounded, mostly in the 
 Yates Sharp Shooters. Co. A. had two killed and three wounded. 
 B and E each one killed. As has been seen the battalion re- 
 ceived the special commendation of General Paine for their skill 
 and bravery on this occasion. This engagement gave our forces 
 possession of Farmington. 
 
 On the 8th, a reconnoisance of General Pope's entire command 
 was made towards Corinth, which is thus described in the diary of 
 an officer of Co. F : 
 
 " A reconnoisance in force was made to-day. The Yates Sharp- 
 shooters were in their accustomed place, leading the force as 
 skirmishers. The rebels retired before us without offering any 
 determined resistance, until within about two miles of Corinth. 
 Here, as we entered a rye field, a battery opened on us. The shell 
 exploded over our heads, and fragments flew in every direction, 
 but did little harm. Our line of skirmishers pushed on until 
 about the middle of the field, when we came in sight of the enemy 
 in full force. Our sharpshooters, and those of the enemy, kept up
 
 188 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 a brisk fire. While standing, leaning my hand against a tree, a 
 bullet struck between two of my fingers, slightly wounding each. 
 I saw the miscreant when he shot. He was on the fence, behind 
 a clump of bushes. I pointed him out to the boys, and they soon 
 cleared him off the fence. After remaining about an hour in the 
 field, and getting no orders, I thought it strange, and started to 
 the right of our company, which was in the woods. But on enter- 
 ing the woods, they were not to be found. I started on still farther 
 to the right, but had not gone far when I was arrested by the whiz- 
 zing of bullets. I hastened back and told Capt. Grover that the 
 rebs were getting in our rear, and that all the boys, except his 
 company and part of ours, had fallen back. Captain Grover then 
 ordered a retreat, and, by double-quicking, we escaped the enemy. 
 When we got out of the woods, we found that the rest of our forces 
 had fallen back two miles. With no pleasant feelings toward our 
 superiors, we returned to camp." 
 
 By way of explanation of the above, it is proper to say that it 
 was afterwards found that an orderly had been sent to notify Capt. 
 Grover of the falling back, but for some reason he failed to reach him. 
 
 Another engagement, which is known in history as the battle 
 of Farmington, followed on the 9th, when the rebels, 20,000 strong, 
 attacked our forces under Palmer and Paine, with the design of 
 cutting them off from the main army. Gen. Paine engaged them 
 at once, and fought them for five hours, but as the orders were 
 imperative to avoid a general engagement, Gen. Paine fell back. 
 The enemy made some demonstrations, but did not see fit to fol- 
 low. In this engagement, the Yates Sharpshooters were not seri- 
 ously engaged, the fighting being done by the brigade of General 
 Plummer. The Yates Sharpshooters, however, held the front, 
 after our forces fell back, until relieved by the 10th Illinois next 
 morning. 
 
 The Yates Sharpshooters remained quiet in camp until the 
 morning of the 15th, when it was again ordered out in line of battle, 
 supported by two companies of the 10th, but after advancing about 
 half way across the swamp, were halted, and at noon returned to 
 camp. 
 
 May 17th, Pope's army, the Yates Sharpshooters in advance,
 
 SIXTY-FOUKTH REGIMENT. 189 
 
 was moved beyond Farmington, and the line established very close 
 to the enemy, and the night spent in fortifying. In the morning 
 a sharp picket firing commenced, which was kept up till 4 p. m., 
 with an occasional shell from the enemy ; but our big guns kept 
 silent, though ready to speak. The advance was general. The 
 fortified lines were extended eight miles, with three tiers of works. 
 The drums of the enemy, and the rumble of the cars in Corinth, 
 were plainly heard. 
 
 On the 19th, a large force of the enemy was seen moving to 
 our left, and an attack was expected. The Yates Sharpshooters 
 were placed in support of Houghtaling's battery. A brisk artil- 
 lery fight occurred between it and a rebel battery, but the rebels 
 soon withdrew satisfied with the experiment. 
 
 On the 20th, the Yates Sharpshooters were marched out with 
 other forces, and had a brisk skirmish across a swamp, over which 
 they could not pass, and at noon returned to camp. 
 
 Nothing special now occurred until the 28th, when the position 
 of the battalion was changed. Marching buck through Farming- 
 ton, it took a southwesterly course, which brought it directly in 
 front of General Price's " Pea Ridge batteries." Here they were 
 deployed as skirmishers, and advanced within half a mile of the 
 enemy, and within 200 yards of his skirmish line. Sergt. William 
 Scheel, Corp. Jesse Cramer, Corp. Wm. Lamb, and private Wm. 
 Kimber, of Co. F, were sent out to ascertain the direction of the 
 enemy's lines, and their strength. Cramer advanced within two 
 rods of a rebel picket, and ordered him to surrender, but he turned 
 to run, when Cramer shot him down. This provoked the enemy, 
 and a lively skirmish was the result. But our sharpshooters held 
 their ground, and, in the course of the afternoon, excavated a row 
 of rifle pits. At dark, the Yates Sharpshooters were relieved by 
 two companies of the llth Missouri. The pickets were posted by 
 Lieut. Reynolds, at the request of Major Matteson, who was now 
 in command of the battalion. Early on the morning of the 29th, 
 a brisk firing commenced all along the line, and heavy artillery 
 firing in front all the forenoon. This, as it afterwards proved, was 
 a show on the part of the rebels, while they were busy evacuating 
 Corinth. 
 
 The rebel generals, finding their position no longer tenable,
 
 190 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 commenced evacuating Corinth, the 27th, and May 30th the bat- 
 talion entered Corinth in time to see the rear guard of the enemy 
 leaving. Lieut. Baker, of Co. E, was the first man in the rebel 
 works. The rebels had effected their retreat safely, and carrying 
 off much of their stores and ammunition, and leaving the rest dam- 
 aged and useless. The place presented a scene of desolation and 
 destruction that was complete. 
 
 The evacuation of Corinth is thus described in the journal of 
 an officer of the Yates Sharpshooters : 
 
 "May 30th, 1862. Very early this morning Gen. Morgan 
 rode out to our line, and told the Yates Sharpshooters to prepare 
 at once for a reconnoisance. He gave us minute instructions, and 
 we moved towards the enemy's works. We advanced very cau- 
 tiously, every moment expecting the enemy's guns to flash in our 
 faces. But the thickest brushwood was passed, the summit of the 
 hill gained, and no enemy met. From the hill top the enemy's 
 works were plainly seen. A negro and a white horse were all 
 that could be seen moving in the rebel works. Colonel Tilson's 
 adjutant and myself moved around to the left, so that we could see 
 behind the works. Nothing was to be seen but broken gun car- 
 riages, and some large shells. When we informed Gen. Morgan, 
 he ordered the Yates Sharpshooters to occupy the works. At five 
 o'clock in the morning we clambered over the immense fortifica- 
 tions, and were fully aware that Corinth was evacuated. General 
 Morgan and the Yates Sharpshooters were the first to discover this. 
 
 " Maj. Matteson now sent me with twenty men down the Kos- 
 suth road, where it was known the enemy had heavy works. The 
 remainder of the battalion moved into Corinth. Going down the 
 road a short distance, we came in sight of a squad ot about 60 
 rebel cavalry, They galloped off on our approach. When about 
 a mile and a half from the Pea Ridge batteries we saw them again 
 behind a long line of fortifications, moving in great confusion 
 among the tents. A bullet sent into their midst by Corp. Lamb 
 started them again post haste still further down into Dixie. We 
 now took possession of the second line of works, which were much 
 more extensive than the first. Behind them were the camps of 
 Gens. Price and VanDorne. Everything indicated that they had
 
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 left In the greatest haste. Tents were standing, victuals on the fire 
 cooking, many guns, knapsacks, and camp equipage of all kinds, 
 were lying scattered about. Hundreds of barrels of flour, beef, 
 pork, sugar and molasses, were left behind. Two fine flags, belong- 
 ing to the regiment known as "McCulIough's Avengers," were 
 found. 
 
 " After a little, Fred. Sonner called me into the tent of Capt. 
 A. Jack's (such was the name on the tent), and invited me to par- 
 take of a warm breakfast which had been prepared for the captain. 
 Being hungry, I ate heartily. The board was loaded with warm 
 biscuit, blackberry jelly, corn bread, butter, &c. } and a bottle of 
 superior wine. Thanks to Captain Jack for an excellent breakfast. 
 
 " We had been here four hours before we saw anyone else. 
 Gen. Granger then came up, and was much surprised to find us, 
 supposing that he was in the advance. He told me to take charge 
 of the camp." 
 
 In the afternoon of the same day, the battalion joined in the 
 pursuit, taking the advance. They came upon the rear of the enemy 
 at Tuscumbia Creek, just at dark, on the 30th, when a brief skir- 
 mish ensued, continuing during the night, and the next day the 
 pursuit was con tinned to Boonville with frequent skirmishes. The 
 battalion then returned June llth, and camped at Big Springs, six 
 miles from Corinth. One man, Wm. Johnson, of Co. F, was killed 
 in a skirmish on the second day of the pursuit. 
 
 Thus, from April 12th, the time that the battalion landed at 
 Hamburg, until the return from Boonville, June 10th, the battalion 
 had the advance of Pope's army, generally a mile in front, more 
 than half the time without tents, and always sleeping on their arras. 
 During this time they lost but one man by disease. It was true of 
 them, (and of our army generally), that the men were healthier 
 on an active campaign, than when lying idle in quarters. And 
 more men could be rallied for a fight or a skirmish, than for a 
 drill or parade. 
 
 At Tuscumbia Creek the battalion was actively engaged in 
 skirmishing. Some of the boys had become so tired and exhausted 
 with the constant marching, &c., that they went to sleep right 
 under the fire of the rebel battery of four guns, and of the butter-
 
 192 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 nut and Indian supports. Having been three nights without sleep, 
 they had become almost indifferent to anything else. One of the 
 captains, John Morrill, in the 64th, shot an Indian who had a 
 bush tied to his head, from under which he was shooting our men. 
 
 In July, Gen. Rosecrana succeeded Pope in command, and the 
 battalion of sharpshooters was chosen as his headquarters and pro- 
 vost guard, and remained on this duty until November. 
 
 Lt. Col. Williams having left the battalion on sick leave, the 
 command devolved on Major Matteson, who held it until August, 
 when he was taken sick and died August 9th. Captain Payne of 
 Co. F, going north as escort, to the body, Lieutenant Reynolds 
 was left in command of Co. F. 
 
 Captain John Morrill, of Co. A, then took command of the 
 regiment, and was afterwards promoted to lieutenant colonel. 
 About this time Captain Payne resigned, and Lieutenant Reynolds 
 was promoted captain . 
 
 August 29th, the battalion moved to luka, Miss. This is a 
 village of a few thousand inhabitants, and was famous for its min- 
 eral springs, being before the war a place of great resort for the 
 southern chivalry. It was a spot of considerable attraction, the 
 spring being in a beautiful grove, with summer houses, and afford- 
 ing a cool and pleasant retreat from the heat of summer. The 
 boys enjoyed the retreat very much, and were grateful to Uncle 
 Sam for sending them to this fashionable resort, where they could 
 refresh themselves without being subjected to the payment of hotel 
 bills. They had faith in the medicinal virtue of its waters. 
 
 In September, the battalion returned to Camp Clear Creek in 
 the vicinity of Corinth. August 18th, it again started for luka, 
 going by way of Jacinto . While on the march to luka, the 
 tidings of the rebel reverses in Maryland, reached the army. It 
 was said that Gen. Rosecrans on hearing it, jumped out of his 
 bed en deshabille, leaped over two camp stools, grasped the ridge 
 pole of his tent, and turned two summer-saults in his joy at the 
 news. 
 
 The battalion reached the vicinity of luka on the second day's 
 march, the day of the battle, which commenced about 5 p. m. 
 of the 19th. The battalion took a position in support of a bat- 
 tery on our extreme right, and was not seriously engaged. Next 
 day it joined in the pursuit of Price.
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. 193 
 
 A private member of the regiment writing home in reference 
 to the battle of luka, under date of September 27th, says : 
 
 " We left Corinth with five days' rations, and took through the 
 country, marching thirty-five miles each day. On the 2d, about 
 five miles from luka, we were alarmed by the booming of can- 
 non. We were halted and told to look to the priming of our 
 guns, then ordered to march double quick. We were supporting 
 Powell's battery about eighty rods from the fight. We lay out all 
 night; it was very cold. The fighting was terrible from four 
 o'clock until after dark. I was on the picket near the field, and 
 the groans and cries of the wounded were awful. The ambu- 
 lance driver says our army lost 300 killed and wounded. The 
 rebs were drunk. The llth Missouri had to push them back so 
 as to shoot them. They lost two generals, one (General Little) 
 killed, another wounded and captured. The rebs started that 
 night and we started about nine in pursuit, and after marching 
 about twenty miles came up with their rear guard, and our bat- 
 talion deployed and came up too close to go any further without 
 artillery, and so fell back." 
 
 Orders then came to abandon the pursuit, and the battalion re- 
 turned to Corinth, Sept. 27th. 
 
 While the battalion was at luka, many of the residents of 
 northern Alabama enlisted in that and other regiments. Many of 
 these recruits were as pronounced in their hatred of slavery as 
 Wendell Philips himself. Said one to an officer of the 64th, 
 " When I find a northern man upholding slavery I feel to curse 
 him." 
 
 The negroes also came into the Union lines in great numbers. 
 Trains from Tuscumbia brought them by thousands. Many were 
 sent to the north daily, but thousands were continually about the 
 Union camps. They held big prayer meetings, in which they 
 sang and prayed and talked as only the contrabands could. They 
 compared their deliverance to that of Daniel from the lion's den. 
 The soldiers all welcomed the darkies, and even those who had 
 once been bitter against fighting the war for the overthrow of 
 slavery, had got cured of their prejudices, and did not seem to 
 
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 194 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 feel bad at seeing the slaves escape, and every mess soon had its 
 colored cook and servant. 
 
 Price having been reinforced by Van L>orne and Lovel returned 
 to attack our forces at Corinth, and on the night of October 3d, 
 formed his lines within 1000 yards. The Y. S. S., went into po- 
 sition on the evening of the 3d as skirmishers. On the morning 
 of the 4th, the battalion met the first advance of the enemy, and 
 was heavily engaged through the day, rendering efficient and ef- 
 fective service. It lost heavily in this engagement, going into 
 fight with 233 men, at evening roll call but 160 responded, 73 
 were killed or wounded. Co. E suffered most of all, losing 
 twenty-one men, killed and wounded, and among these, alas! 
 Captain Grover, who was mortally wounded. He was in com- 
 mand of companies B, C and E on the skirmish line, and was 
 cheering on his men when he fell. Sergeant Major Henry 8. 
 Clark, one of Lockport's most promising young men, was also 
 killed. 
 
 A private of Co. E, writing home after the batttle, says : 
 
 "I am safe and sound after the great battle of Corinth, fought 
 Friday and Saturday. The enemy attacked us 50,000 strong, 
 under Price, VanDorne and Villipugue. The first day's fighting 
 was terrible, but nothing to the next. We were out in the woods, 
 three companies of us, Co. B deployed as skirmishers. Our men 
 were driven in and the rebs attacked the reserve. We fought 
 about an hour, at last they came so fast that we had to retreat be- 
 hind our breastworks. We went out with forty-two men, (refer- 
 ring to Co. E) and when we got back, had but twenty-one. Serg't 
 Henry Clark, from Lockport, is killed. Our Captain is danger- 
 ously wounded, but the Dr. says he is better. Peter Brown from 
 Channahon, Mike McGalligut and Geo. Rouse are killed. Messrs. 
 Coyles, Casey and Tom Garlish, from Lockport, are wounded. 
 John Sullivan from Joliet, lost his leg. We have taken 2000 
 prisoners. Our men are after Price, and captured his army train, 
 and Price had to leave his horse and take to the woods. We took 
 his staff. His men fought like devils charging our batteries, and 
 taking both; but the llth Missouri, (which was really an Illinois 
 regiment,) 52d Illinois, and our battalion charged and drove
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. 195 
 
 them out. Our camp ground was covered with their dead. It was 
 mighty rough at first, but I soon got used to it." 
 The same soldier writing again the 16th, says : 
 
 " We had a job yesterday of lifting our little orderly who had 
 been buried ten days without a coffin. I helped to bury our gal- 
 lant little captain. I may well call him gallant, for a bolder man 
 never drew sword than him and Lieutenant Manning. I believe 
 Manning will be our next captain. I hope he may. I saw S. W. 
 Bowen this morning. We will have to lift our captain to-day. By 
 this time you know all about the great battle, but you don't know 
 about our company (E). 
 
 " We lay out all night, and as soon as daylight the ball opened. 
 We lay between our artillery and the rebel fire for two hours, when 
 Captain Morrill told Captain Grover to send some of his best 
 shots over to see how the rebels got along, when Pat Feeley, Dar- 
 win Gilford and myself, went over to the railroad and got behind 
 an old milk cellar, and with some of Birges' Sharpshooters gave 
 them the best we had in our boxes for about an hour. 
 
 " We saw them crossing on our right in brigades, trying to flank 
 us right and left, which they did. I then went and reported to 
 our commander. We stood our ground which was to our loss. 
 We got behind a big log and waited in silence until they came 
 within about three rods when we gave them a volley which made 
 them waver and go into the woods again. In front of us was a 
 deep gulley with a very steep bank next to the enemy. They 
 came to the edge of the bank in solid column, five brigades deep, 
 mostly Arkansas troops. We filled the gully full of them. But 
 our own batteries gave us two charges of grape and shell, killing 
 four and wounding a great number of our company. So we had 
 to retreat up to the breast works, when we stood and held them in 
 check. They came up to the batteries on the double quick, 
 charging them three times, and we drove them back as often. 
 They got up in town as far as old Rosey's headquarters, when 
 they met our boys that was guarding them, and they drove the 
 rebels back, killing twenty and not losing a man. I saw one 
 sixty- four pound ball go through one hundred yards of a solid 
 body of the 2d Texas, killing almost a whole company.
 
 196 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 " As soon as the enemy was driven off the field, I went over 
 to see how many were hurt. The first man I found was John 
 Sullivan, of Joliet. Says I, " John, your leg is broke." "Yes, 
 says he, " but by we drove them ! they had to run ! " I ex- 
 amined many of the rebel haversacks to see what they had to eat. 
 All I could find was some corn, some roasted and some raw, with 
 a little side meat, no bread in any of them." 
 
 Such is the account given by a corporal of Co. E. We add an- 
 other account given in a letter of a commissioned officer of the 
 regiment. 
 
 " CORINTH, Oct. 6th, 1862. We are still at Corinth, but it 
 was by a close chance that our forces held the town. The rebels 
 were perfectly desperate, and fought like mad men. On the 3d of 
 October the fight was kept up from eight in the morning until 
 dark. On the left our force drove the enemy from the field the 
 first day, and the enemy drove us on the right. On the second (4th) 
 the rebels made a desperate charge on the left, but were repulsed 
 with great slaughter. In about one and a half hours after, the 
 combined forces of the enemy made a second charge on the town 
 from the northwest. Here was the most desperate fighting of the 
 day. Two brigades charged at once in column by division, on the 
 double quick. Two of our siege batteries are posted on the north- 
 west side of the town, and our forces were drawn up in a double 
 line of battle, connecting the two batteries, and also in one line ex- 
 tending some way on the outside of the batteries. 
 
 " At first the rebels drove our forces back about fifty rods, and 
 got possession of both batteries and about half of the town. But 
 our troops rallied, and then followed such a scene as I hope never 
 to witness again. Eleven of our battalion fell dead and thirty- 
 nine wounded. The contest remained for some time undecided 
 victory leaning now to the one side, and now to the other for 
 about twenty minutes. During this time, the enemy made con- 
 tinuous efforts to plant their flag upon our forts, but no oftener 
 was the attempt made than flag, and flag-bearer, fell from the par- 
 apet together. Our battalion paid its especial attention to the 
 upper fort, or the rebels in and about it, and at that very place the
 
 SIXTY- FOURTH REGIMENT. 197 
 
 rebels first began to give way. No sooner was it known along our 
 lines that they were yielding on our right, than our whole line 
 commenced to advance with wild shouts, and when the rebels saw 
 that our men were going to give them a hand-to-hand fight, they 
 turned and sought the woods like frightened sheep. But while 
 our men were in the height of their exultation, lo ! two new bri- 
 gades of rebels were rushing up at double-quick directly toward 
 our lines. Although our regiments were now all mixed up, yet 
 order prevailed along the whole line the moment the enemy were 
 seen advancing, and an earnest and determined look took the place 
 of shouting. The danger was met most gallantly by our boys 
 not a foot of our lines gave wa\ , but every man stood up nobly, 
 and poured volley after volley into the foe, still advancing, even 
 when to do so was certain death. They were more than brave 
 they were reckless. Their officers advanced the last time mounted, 
 but not one who was mounted returned. Their regimental officers 
 were on foot. When they commenced to retreat, they did so in 
 order, but it soon became a stampede. 
 
 " The fresh battle-field was awful to behold ; many a Union sol- 
 dier lay dead or wounded, but the enemy lay piled up in heaps 
 the wounded often weighed down by the lifeless body of a comrade. 
 The fighting continued next day on the Chevalla road, and report 
 says the secesh suffered terribly. Our battalion did not join in the 
 pursuit, being too badly cut up." 
 
 In this battle, Lieut. Reynolds, of Co. F, had a very narrow 
 escape. A bullet broke the ring which held the scabbard of his 
 sword to the belt, and a spent ball hit his leg with sufficient force 
 to drop him, and make him lame for a while. 
 
 During the fight, Lieut. Knickerbocker got hold of a rifle, but 
 having no cartridges, on coming up to one of our men who lay 
 dead on the field, he put his hand under his head for the purpose 
 of slipping off his cartridge box, which the poor fellow could use 
 no longer, when his hand went into a ghastly wound from which 
 the blood and brains were oozing. Just then some one spoke, 
 '' This is hard," said he. The words came from a mere boy, 
 though a soldier. " Do you know the man?" inquired the lieu- 
 tenant. " It is my father" was the reply. The boy shed no tears, 
 but his look expressed volumes of agony.
 
 198 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 After the fight was over, Lieut. Knickerbocker went over the 
 field to look after the wounded. In one place he found a rebel 
 soldier bleeding from a wound in the ankle, which was badly 
 broken. The lieutenant picked him up and carried him under a 
 tree, aad procured him medical aid. These attentions both sur- 
 prised and touched the man, even to tears. He said that he did 
 not expect such treatment, as their officers had told them before 
 the battle that anyone who fell into our hands would be butch- 
 ered. He avowed a determination, that if he got well, he would 
 fight us no more. 
 
 Nov. 22d, 1862, the battalion was ordered to Glendale, Miss., 
 where it was stationed on outpost duty, and where it remained 
 nearly one year, engaged in hunting guerrillas, and scouting for 
 Gen. Dodge, and in erecting fortifications, &c., thus assisting in 
 holding this portion of the Union lines, while more active opera- 
 tions were going on elsewhere. 
 
 Of its stay while here, we have but little record. It was dur- 
 ing this period that Capt. James C. Cameron, Co. A, of Ottawa, 
 organized a regiment of cavalry from the Union men of that region, 
 which was known as the 1st Alabama cavalry, of which he was 
 commissioned colonel. Philip A. Steinberg, of Will county, a 
 sergeant in Co. F, was commissioned a captain in the same regi- 
 ment. Col. Cameron was afterwards killed in a fight at Barton's 
 Station, April 17th, 1873, and Capt. Steinberg was killed at Vin- 
 cents Cross Roads about the 23d of October, 1873. 
 
 While at Glendale, John Sullivan, who lost his leg at Corinth, 
 was discharged, and came home the boys of his company gener- 
 ously making up a purse of $200, out of their hard earnings, to 
 help him on his way. 
 
 The same corporal, from whose letters we have already quoted, 
 says under date of Sept. 7th, 1863 : 
 
 " I was in Corinth the other day. I walked in. It is a long 
 walk through the woods, and they are full of guerrillas, and they 
 shoot without halting us, as they would a dog. So we are ordered 
 not to take any prisoners, but to shoot them on sight. They put 
 six bullets into one of our men the other day, without telling him 
 to halt. But he is living yet, for we are hard to kill. We went
 
 SIXTY- FOURTH REGIMENT. 199 
 
 out the other day, a squad of eight, to a house where we found six 
 women and girls, but we could see no man. So we began to look 
 around a little, and presently three men ran out of an old stable. 
 "We ordered them to halt. Two did so, but the third kept on, and 
 we leveled our rifles at him. The mother, wife and sisters screamed 
 out to us not to shoot him. So we fired over him, but still he 
 would not stop. So three of us took good aim, and brought him to 
 a halt. He proved to be a lieutenant in the rebel army. We did 
 not kill him, but we gave him a long furlough." 
 
 We give one more brief extract from the same soldier's letters, 
 to show how the sensibilities become hardened in time of war. He 
 says : " We do have some funny times now and then. We have 
 skirmishing with the enemy almost every day. We killed fifteen, 
 one of them a colonel, this morning. Send me the Joliet Signal 
 as often as you can ! " 
 
 Nov. 4th, 1863, the Yates Sharpshooters moved to luka, and 
 thence to Pulaski, Tenn., arriving at the latter place on the 12th, 
 making a march of 135 miles in eight days, crossing the Tennessee 
 river at Eastport. It formed part of Sherman's great army of 
 60,000, sweeping through Alabama and Tennessee, cleaning out 
 everything as they went, leaving not a hoof upon the grass a pre- 
 liminary movement to the next summer's campaign. 
 
 The latter part of December, enlistment rolls were opened to 
 see who would re- enlist. The battalion had been two years in 
 active service, and in eighteen different engagements of more or 
 less importance forty days before the enemy without tents or 
 shelter of any kind, except the forests yet so determined were 
 these brave men that they would see the rebellion crushed out, and 
 the Union restored, that over three- fourths of the battalion re-en- 
 listed ; and on the 15th day of January it went north on veteran 
 furlough of twenty days from its arrival at Chicago, the 22d. 
 During this interval, recruiting was actively engaged in, to fill up 
 the ranks of the old companies, and four new companies, G, H, I, 
 and K, were added, thus making it a full regiment, known there- 
 after as the 64th regiment. Of these new companies, one was 
 raised in our county by Captain (afterwards Major) Logan. Of 
 the regiment thus recruited and enlarged, Lieut. Col. Morrill was
 
 200 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 made colonel, and Capt. Maiming, of Co. E, was made lieutenant 
 colonel, and Captain Thompson, of Co. B, major. The regiment 
 re- assembled at Ottawa, Feb. 14th, and after being fully re-organ- 
 ized, left on the 17th of March for the front. On the 20th, it 
 arrived by rail within two miles of Decatur, Ala., where it went 
 into camp. 
 
 Captain Logan's company, not being yet provided with tents, 
 and having no covering but their blankets, and being all " fresh 
 fish," had rather of a cool time, for just at this time a storm came 
 on which would do credit to northern Illinois. True, they were 
 now in the " sunny south," and they had great faith in that poeti- 
 cal expression ; but their faith was somewhat dampened, when, on 
 the next morning after their arrival, they iound themselves under 
 a blanket of snow a foot thick. This seemed a rough introduction 
 to a soldier's life, none the easier to bear because the old campaign- 
 ers made light of it. But they soon got comfortably quartered in 
 the town, and the weather got hot enough before they reached 
 Atlanta. 
 
 Ten days after their arrival at Decatur, the inhabitants of the 
 town were ordered to leave, and the place was converted into a 
 fortified camp. Redoubts were built, rifle pits digged, and every 
 preparation made for an attack or siege. For two weeks the regi- 
 ment was kept continually under arms. The rebels, under Roddy, 
 were hanging about the place, nine or ten thousand strong. 
 
 Capt. Logan, writing home during this period, says : " I can 
 get more work out of my men, when there is a prospect of a fight, 
 than at any other time. On one occasion, when called up at mid- 
 night, in expectation of an attack, I noticed that my company was 
 unusually full, and found a dozen or more in the ranks that had 
 been on the sick list the day before. Among them was Jacob 
 Lutz, of Jackson, a mere boy, who was really sick. I asked him 
 what he was there for when he was sick. " Well," he replied, 
 " Captain, I am sick, but I wanted to get a pop at the rebs and 
 make them sick, too." 
 
 The regiment was now placed in the 1st brigade, 4th division 
 of the 16th army corps. 
 
 May 4th, it arrived at Chattanooga, and entered upon the 
 great Atlanta campaign. Leaving Chattanooga the 5th, it camped
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH EEGIMENT. 201 
 
 the first night on the old Chickamauga battle-field. Here they 
 found many bones and skulls still unburied ; whether they belonged 
 to friend or foe could not now be told, but they gave them decent 
 burial. The civilized human mind revolts at the sight of human 
 remains unburied. 
 
 We shall quote now, generally verbatim, from the diary of an 
 officer of Co. F, in detailing the movements of the regiment during 
 the Atlanta campaign : 
 
 " We arrived before Resacca May 9th, and companies A and F 
 were deployed, and drove the enemy in their front into their 
 works. In the night the regiment marched to Snake Creek Gap. 
 On the 12th it was in the advance on the skirmish line. Captain 
 Reynolds, who was in command of the right of the line, had a 
 very narrow escape. His sword was hit by a bullet, and knocked 
 out of his hand. 
 
 " On the 13th, advanced to Resacca, and was engaged until the 
 16th, when the enemy retired. May 20th, arrived at Kingston, 
 and remained in camp the 21st. On the 22d, Sunday, inspection. 
 On the 23d, moved at 2 p, m., going about a mile, halted until 
 sundown, when the regiment moved again, and, going some three 
 miles, crossed a branch of the Coosa on a covered bridge, and going 
 four miles farther, went into camp at 11 p. m, 
 
 " On the 24th, moved at 5 p. m., passing through a pine dis- 
 trict about eight miles in extent, passing a steam mill and numer- 
 ous wheat fields, stopping at 11 to rest at a splendid spring of 
 water. The men were footsore and weary. 
 
 " Moved on again at 4 p. m., going some six miles, camped at 
 dark in the town ol VanWirt ; on the way passed a fine slate 
 quarry. It rained all night, and we got thoroughly soaked. May 
 25th, lay in camp until 5 p. m., then moved on, acting as train 
 guard, moving a few rods at a time, until about 1 :30 a. m. of next 
 day, when we Jay down until morning. It rained for a couple of 
 hours, and was so dark as to compel us to move by the sense of 
 feeling more than by sight. About sunset, we hear heavy artillery 
 firing some eight miles in front. 
 
 " May 26th, moved on again as train guard at sunrise. Some 
 sight for a fight. After going on five miles, camped in the town- 
 
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 202 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 ship of Dallas at 2:30 p. m., and had dinner and rest. We hear 
 that bushwhackers are about, two men having been found with 
 their throats cut while they were asleep, and one shot through the 
 head. At 9 p. m. we are under arms, expecting to move every 
 moment, and at 1 1 we moved half a mile, and lay down until 
 morning. For the last two days we have been passing over high 
 ground, being a spur of the Blue Ridge. May 27th, we started 
 early and marched three miles to Dallas. We hear heavy firing 
 in front. 
 
 " In about twenty minutes after halting, companies A and F 
 are out as skirmishers, and deployed in the woods, and moved by 
 the left flank into an open field, then by the right flank forward. 
 Thomas Rickard, of Co. F, was shot through the hip at this time. 
 When about half across the field, an order came to halt, leaving 
 about half of the company without cover except two or three trees 
 or shrubs, and the bullets in the meantime were raising the dust 
 lively. Getting tired of this position, we made a change on our 
 own responsibility, and reached the timber without further loss. 
 We then moved forward again, and changed direction to the right, 
 got close to the enemy, within four or five rods, and found them 
 stubborn and hard to drive. We could only move them by making 
 a rush for them. I tried to make one of them surrender, but he 
 wouldn't, so I tried the next best thing, and emptied my pistol at 
 him. The right of the line fell back, obliging us to do the same. 
 The 35th N. J. came up and assisted us. Three of them were 
 killed within fifteen feet of me. When our line fell back they 
 left, although we did not move more than ten rods to the rear, 
 which position we held until we were relieved, after dark. Our 
 loss in the company was severe. A. Wagner, killed, shot through 
 the head, while in the front rank, loading and firing with all his 
 might. We were obliged to leave his body in the hands of the 
 enemy. They buried him under the tree where he fell. James 
 H. Gilfallan, shot through the leg, died at night. Corporal John 
 Parks, shot in the abdomen, will probably die. John Schleken, 
 shot through the leg. Richard F. Hammond, (of Alabama,) shot 
 through the shoulder, and Thomas Rickards, through the hip. 
 Corp. G. Waldron, through the arm. Co. A had three men killed, 
 and among the wounded was Capt. Conger.
 
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 " While writing, the rebels are sending sundry missives, and 
 one of Co. D has just passed, hit in the head. Their sharpshooters 
 look like Indians to me, and I have had a pretty good look at 
 them. I was told by one of the 16th 111. that there were women 
 on the line in front of them, and that one of them was shot." 
 
 The regiment in this engagement lost fourteen men, killed and 
 wounded. Among the wounded was Captain Logan, of Co. G., 
 who was shot in both legs. 
 
 "May 28th, we lay in camp all day. We found ourselves 
 badly stiffened in the morning. We expected to move at night, 
 but did not as the rebels charged on the second division, but 
 they were repulsed with a loss of two thousand men. On the 
 29th we were ordered to relieve the 39th Ohio in the intrench- 
 ments, two companies as skirmishers. At night the enemy made 
 seven distinct charges on our lines, but were repulsed each time ; 
 their loss not known. It was a pretty hot time, one man in Co. 
 C killed, and five or six wounded, mostly by premature firing from 
 our own line. 
 
 "May, 30th, companies H and K, detailed as skirmishers. One 
 man killed and four or five wounded. Our regiment was relieved 
 at dark by the 39th Ohio, and we went back to our old ravine and 
 to bed. Lt. Meeker, of Co. K, was wounded through the arms. 
 The enemy made an advance on the line about nine, but fell back 
 again. 
 
 " May 31st, Lt. Meeker and Captain Logan, go back to Kings- 
 ton this morning. Companies F and A detailed for skirmish line. 
 The enemy closed down on us in the night. Some pretty sharp fun. 
 June 1st, our forces during the night moved to the left, leaving us 
 to protect the rear, a very disagreeable job, as the enemy closed 
 down on us when they found we were leaving. We fell back over 
 hill and dale in skirmishing order. Our company was the nearest 
 giving out of any time since their enlistment. Having been all 
 night without sleep, the fighting and the excitement of the march 
 made it tough. Moved about four miles and camped, and im- 
 proved the time in sleep. 
 
 " June 2d, lay in camp all day. It rained hard for a couple of 
 hours. June 3d, five companies ordered to Kingston as train 
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 Vine Creek, camped and commenced throwing up intrench men ts, 
 but next morning, June 4th, received orders to move again. 
 Rather trying to our patience as it was raining hard. Moved a 
 mile or two and stopped again. Skirmish firing pretty sharp on 
 our left. A change has just been made by our forces apparently 
 successful. We are ordered to intrench again. Commenced, bat 
 were soon ordered to suspend. Rained again during the night. 
 Zuell and I have a purp tent and slept well. 
 
 " June 5th, ordered to move again this morning. Rebs said to 
 be falling back. We advanced nearly three miles to the enemy's 
 works, and found them deserted. They were very strong and 
 well constructed. The work is said to be done by the negroes, who 
 are said to be as numerous as the rebs. Their right flank was 
 turned by Stoneman's cavalry, and the 1 7th army corps passing 
 Altoona Gap, and they had to leave. Returned to camp, got 
 dinner and moved again towards the railroad. After going six 
 miles stopped for the night. June 6th, started forward about 8 
 a. m., going some eight miles, slowly, being hindered by the wagon 
 train. Camped about four at the town of Ackworth, a station on 
 the railroad. 
 
 " June 7th, lay in camp with the expectation of a few days' rest. 
 June 8th, ordered to be ready to march on the 9fch, a decisive 
 battle expected in a few days. June 9th lay in camp all day ex- 
 pecting to move. Our teams have been sent for forage, cloth- 
 ing, etc. Hear that the 17th army corps has arrived. The 
 15th and 16th army corps is now commanded by General McPher- 
 son, the right of the grand army. 
 
 " June 10th, marching orders, we are to follow the 15th army 
 corps. Frequent showers. Captain Reynolds is sick. Moved 
 into town just before night, and halted until 10 o'clock, then 
 marched about five miles on a very dangerous road, rough and 
 muddy. Camped about 1:30 and went to bed. Showers again. 
 Moved in the afternoon two and a half miles down the railroad, 
 the skirmishers are engaged. Halted awhile, rained very hard. The 
 name of the station is Big Shanty. We began intrenching after 
 dark, made a log work. Col. Morrill went down on the skirmish 
 line, and tried his hand at shooting. He shot one of the enemy 
 with a Henry rifle as was seen by the glass. But he came near pay-
 
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 ing dearly for his rashness, as a bullet grazed his abdomen leaving 
 blue mark. 
 
 "June 12, companies B and G on the skirmish line rain all the 
 time. D and I sent out to relieve them. June 13th, companies 
 H and C sent out. Regiment ordered in line of battle at day- 
 light. The enemy have apparently left Hooker's and Howard's 
 front our right, (lost mountain), and are either massing their 
 forces at Kenesaw on our left, or are evacuating. Rain still pour- 
 ing down. Captain Reynolds is quite sick. Scorpions are quite 
 plenty in this section, just caught one at the door of my shanty. 
 They have a disagreeable habit of creeping into a person's pants. 
 
 " June 16th, lay in camp all day. Was stung by a scorpion, 
 applied ammonia, and felt no serious results. Ordered out on 
 the skirmish line at night, expected a warm time as the lines were 
 to be advanced. Moved our pits about forty rods to the front, 
 but were not fired upon. We were supported by six companies. 
 Guess the rebels got sick of the place as they left in disgust, as the 
 14th Ohio battery knocked their rail piles skyward. Some of the 
 inmates too, appeared to make desperate leaps in the same direc- 
 tion. One of their officers appeared to be furious by the way he 
 waved his sword, but a shell soon quieted him. Their signal lights 
 were in operation during the night on the summit of Kenesaw 
 mountain. Our signal officers can read their signs. One of their 
 messages read that Lt. General Polk had been killed in our front 
 by a solid shot through the arms and abdomen. 
 
 " June 15th we were relieved at daylight by two other compa- 
 nies. Towards noon we were ordered out to support our skir- 
 mishers, as they were to advance. Did so, captured eight or ten 
 prisoners. One of them told that five hundred men were captured 
 in front of the 15th and 16th army corps. Some of them came in 
 with a white rag. Bullets circulated pretty freely, but only one 
 of our regiment wounded, in Co. D. One of Co. D shot a reb, 
 wounding him in the back and found that he was from Pulaski, 
 and that one of our recruits in Co. D. sparked his sister last win- 
 ter." (A very affecting incident !) 
 
 " Our company laid in a ditch supporting our skirmishers all 
 night. Pioneers commenced putting up a fort, when the enemy 
 opened fire on our line, causing a lively stampede among the pio-
 
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 neers and negroes. The darkies got into the ditches before us r 
 in some places three or four feet deep. Bullets came over by the 
 basket full. Col. Manning was hit on his pistol. It was a hard 
 fight and our second night without sleep. 
 
 "June 16th, the regiment was relieved this morning. Other 
 regiments moved out into the new works constructed during the 
 night. The enemy appear to have their principal signal station 
 on top of Kenesaw, about three and a half miles distant. With a 
 good glass groups of ladies have been observed several times on its 
 summit taking a look at the detestable yankees. Our rations are 
 brought to us, and we lay down in the ditch at night ; I tried to 
 make up lost time in sleeping. We were disturbed but once dur- 
 ing the night, and then the firing did not last long. The pickets 
 commenced talking with each other, asking all sorts of impudent 
 questions. Our officers finally put a stop to it. June 17th, firing 
 commenced at daylight ; our regiment relieved the 27th and 39th 
 Ohio on the front line at 4 p. m. The first division had a poor 
 place, as the enemy's fire enfiladed their works. We had to throw 
 up traverses to protect ourselves. At dark firing ceases and talk- 
 ing commences. Came near coaxing over one of the rebs. They 
 belonged to the 20th Alabama, and had friends in our regiment, 
 and in the Alabama cavalry. At 10 o'clock they relieve guards, 
 then we usually have a small skrimmage. At daylight it began ta 
 rain, and rained all day. We got only one and a half hours sleep. 
 Our ditches filled with water, and we had to occupy our cross 
 work until we could drain them. Our situation was too uncom- 
 fortable for description. It ought to be illustrated in Harper. We 
 could not stand up for the bullets, and we could not lie down for 
 the water. The firing was very sharp. I had two pretty close 
 calls. It was dangerous to put a head above the works. We were 
 warned at night that an attack was expected during the night, or 
 that they intended to evacuate. 
 
 " During the night, as I and one of the boys were lying in the 
 orchard outside the works, we heard an old recall signal of the 
 guns, and immediately after, signal whistles to the right and left, 
 on their skirmish lines. Waked up the company, and waited for 
 ' what next.' Did not sleep a wink during the night. It rained 
 a little ; no alarm. Morning came at last. We fired a few shot
 
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 into their rifle pens, without eliciting any reply. Neither could 
 any be obtained along the lines. Reported to the colonel that I 
 thought the Johnnies had absconded. He told me to take two 
 groups and reconnoitre. Took one from Co. F, and one from 
 Co. A, and stole out and examined some sixty or more of their 
 pits, but nary reb could we find. Went back and reported. The 
 first division was ordered to fall in, in skirmish order, and examine 
 the main line of works. We found them evacuated. We halted 
 to get breakfast. Other troops moved on to search for the enemy. 
 He soon opened on them from the mountain. At noon skirmish- 
 ing was going on with heavy cannonading. Our generals are on 
 the lookout for some trap, and move very cautiously. At 3 p. m. 
 moved ahead again, beyond the main line of rebel intrenchments, 
 and halted for the night. Our corps are crowded out of the front 
 line, and are now in reserve. 
 
 " June 20, skirmishing on the front line as soon as light. It 
 is very difficult to find out the true state of affairs. Our forces 
 appear to be much concentrated and investing the mountain. The 
 enemy occasionally opens a battery on us from the mountain, but 
 is soon silenced. Heavy cannonading toward night. Heavy fight- 
 ing about ten at night. Rainy. Some twenty-eight prisoners 
 came in that I saw ; seventeen of the number were officers. June 
 21st, rainy and but little firing. Fell in during the afternoon, 
 and moved one and a half miles nearer the mountain. After a 
 good bit of moving and changes of base, stopped for the night, and 
 had just gone to roost, when a fatigue detail came for two compa- 
 nies. A and E turned out. Had some one hundred yards of 
 fortifications to put up. Finished, and returned to camp at day- 
 light. The soil was hard to work, being stony and full of roots. 
 The rebel trains were within a mile of our front. They seem to 
 have chosen this as their final standpoint. They opened on us this 
 morning with several batteries from the top of the mountain. 
 
 "June 23d, skirmishing as usual. Heavy cannonading in our 
 front. Shot and shell pass over us by the wholesale. The regi- 
 ment moved down nearer the mountain into intrenchments. Sev- 
 eral shell dropped where we had just moved from. Skirmishers 
 have advanced one-fourth of the way up the mountain. Compa- 
 nies D and E exchanged coffee for tobacco with the rebel skirmish-
 
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 ers last night. Heavy fighting on our right. A shell struck to-day 
 between two men of Co. K as they were asleep, but did no harm. 
 
 " June 24th. All quiet on the lines. Our artillery are firing, 
 but get no reply. Think they are hanging out a bait for us to 
 charge the mountain. At two, received orders to fall in, for the 
 purpose of charging old Kenesaw. The boys seemed cheerful and 
 disposed to make the attempt, although it looked as if we could 
 not get up, even if there were no enemy to dispute the attempt. 
 After wasting an hour or more, we were told to take off our traps 
 again, as it had been abandoned for the present. A masked bat- 
 tery has been discovered on the mountain side. 
 
 " June 25th. One of Co. E wounded in the shoulder. One 
 more of the same company wounded, and one killed. Weather 
 very hot, and much sickness. The majority of the officers are 
 complaining. Some of the troops moving to the right. Our regi- 
 ment relieved on the skirmish line. June 26th, Sunday. Not 
 much firing on the skirmish line. Had a sermon from a chaplain 
 on the front line. It was calculated to make an impression, as a 
 thunder storm was rising at the time. The flashes of lightning, 
 the thunder, the darkness, and the constant skirmishing, all com- 
 bined to make the scene very impressive. 
 
 " June 27th. A memorable day ! We were awakened at 2 a. 
 m., by the adjutant, packed our knapsacks, fell into line, and 
 moved toward the formidable mountain. It was understood that 
 we had to take it or at least to make the attempt. We made the 
 attempt, with our regiment as two lines of skirmishers, and got 
 part way up the hill. But the enemy was too strong in force and 
 position for us to effect anything more." 
 
 The 64th contributed its full share to the fearful holacaust of 
 the 27th of June, 1864. Its total loss of officers and men, killed 
 and wounded, was fifty-seven. The adjutant of the regiment was 
 killed. 
 
 " Among the severely wounded in this charge of the 27th was 
 James Stoneking, of Co. F, who had his arm amputated close to 
 his shoulder. He was a boy of only nineteen years, but the pluck- 
 iest of the plucky. The next day after the amputation, an officer 
 of his company went to the hospital to see how he was getting
 
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 along, but he was not there. He had got some one to tie a pail 
 around his neck, and had gone blackberry ing. 
 
 " June 28th. Firing as usual. Some charging done toward 
 noon. June 29th, about the same. June 30th, General Dodge 
 tendered his thanks to the regiment for its gallant conduct on the 
 26th, and general good conduct during the campaign. 
 
 " July 1 st. Reinforcements are reported coming up. Troops 
 were moving last night. Some strategic movement is in contem- 
 plation. The wounded are sent north on furlough to-day. In 
 the evening we had the heaviest cannonading by our guns I ever 
 heard. Some forty or fifty pieces seemed to be discharged at once. 
 At 3 a. m. of the 2d, the cannonading was resumed, and the skir- 
 mishers advanced somewhat. Seven hundred deserters are reported 
 to have come in during the night. In the evening orders came in 
 for companies F and A to relieve the 18th Mo. on the skirmish 
 line, with instructions to hold the enemy in check while our forces 
 moved to the right. Some pretty sharp firing. Our artillery 
 commenced moving, which could be plainly heard by the enemy. 
 We began to suspect that they were evacuating the mountain. At 
 daylight went up the mountain, and had my suspicions confirmed. 
 The Johnnies were gone, except some who were tired of fighting 
 and remained behind. From the summit there is a splendid view 
 of the surrounding country. We found six of our regiment dead 
 on ^the mountain, who were killed on June 27th, still unburied. 
 The bodies were much decomposed. We gave them a soldier's 
 burial on old Kenesaw. The colors of the 64th were the first 
 planted on the rebel works." 
 
 General Sherman, in his recent work, says in reference to this 
 evacuation of Kenesaw : " McPherson drew out his lines during 
 the night of July 2d, leaving Garrard's cavalry dismounted occu- 
 pying the trenches, and moved to the rear of the army of the Cum- 
 berland stretching down the Nickajack. But Johnson detected 
 the movement and promptly abandoned Marietta and Kenesaw. 
 I expected as much, for by the earliest dawn of July 3d, I was up 
 at a large spy glass mounted on a tripod, which Colonel Roe, of 
 the U. S. engineers, had at his bivouac, close by our camp. I 
 directed the glass on Kenesaw, and saw some of our pickets crawl- 
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 210 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 ing cautiously up the hill. Soon they stood upon the very top, 
 and I could plainly see their movements as they ran along the 
 crest just abandoned by the enemy." 
 
 The men thus seen by General Sherman were Lieut. Knicker- 
 bocker and others of the 64th. On calling Lieut. K's attention 
 to the narrative of Gen. 8., he writes : 
 
 " As to Gen. Sherman's account of the evacuation of Kenesaw 
 mountain, he must be mistaken about the cavalry occupying the 
 trenches. The 64th had orders, when they relieved the troops 
 occupying the rifle pits, that they would probably have to cover 
 the movement of McPherson's corps during the night, but they did 
 not go. The rumble of our artillery, as it moved, could be plainly 
 heard by the rebels, as our men did not muffle the wheels as the 
 rebels did. I suspected from the signal whistles, that by this time 
 had become somewhat familiar, that they understood our move- 
 ments, and were evacuating. I sent word to that effect to Colonel 
 Morrill. He returned answer, 'Go and see.' As soon as it was 
 light enough to see, I started up the mountain, moving very cau- 
 tiously, until assured that most of the enemy had left. On arriving 
 at the summit, I could, of course, be plainly seen by those below. 
 Then commenced a race between the color bearer of the 64th and 
 those of the Ohio regiments, who were climbing the smaller moun- 
 tain, but the 64th came up ahead." 
 
 We resume the diary : " July 3d. We can see sharp fighting 
 going on beyond Marietta. Prisoners are reported coming in by 
 the hundreds. We marched twelve miles during the night, and 
 got no sleep. July 4th, moved again in the morning about two 
 miles. Our brigade formed in line of battle and moved on the 
 enemy. Sharp firing from their skirmishers. We had one or two 
 wounded. After going half a mile, the line halted, and our regi- 
 ment deployed in two lines. Our loss during the day was heavy 
 seven killed and eighteen wounded. Our skirmish line advanced 
 to within one hundred yards of their works about 4 p. m. The 
 27th and 39th Ohio passed us with a whoop, charged the enemy's 
 works, and in a trice had possession. Not three minutes before, 
 the rebs were calling to us, 'Yanks, why don't you come on ?' and
 
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 laughing because the 81st Ohio did not move forward at the sound 
 of the bugle. Quite a number of prisoners were taken. The 39th 
 Ohio had its colonel wounded, and about fifty men killed and 
 wounded. This was the way we kept the 4th of July. Fireworks 
 were plenty. 
 
 " July 5th. The enemy reported missing from our front this 
 morning. Lay still until after dinner, then moved to the right 
 again about five miles. Very hot; some sun- struck. Camped 
 within four miles of the river, where there was heavy cannonading. 
 The enemy trying to cross. A brigade reported to have surren- 
 dered. July 6th, cannonading near the river. Moved one and a 
 half miles to the right and camped. 
 
 " July 7th. Lay in camp until noon, when our brigade was 
 ordered to the front about two miles. Piled knapsacks, and 
 advanced down the picket line. At the sound of the bugle we 
 commenced firing by volley, and kept it up until night. A section 
 of the 1st Ohio battery issued a few shells. We never fought at 
 such long range before. One of our company had coat, pants and 
 drawers perforated by a bullet, which was the extent of our casual- 
 ties this day. The enemy opened on us with two batteries in our 
 front, but their shot fell short. We were relieved at dark by the 
 18th Mo. 
 
 " July 8th, lay in camp. The skirmishers moved down to the 
 river last night, and made an agreement with the rebs not to fire 
 on each other, and then went in swimming together in the Chat- 
 tahoochie, and traded coffee for tobacco, and exchanged papers, as 
 though they were the best of friends. 
 
 " July 9th, marching orders again, moved to the left, marched 
 about 16 miles and camped about a mile beyond Marietta. Cap- 
 tain Reynolds is here quite sick, and Albert Ashley was detailed 
 to nurse him by order of General Veatch. Two men of Co. F 
 sent to hospital. 
 
 " July 10, moved at 9 a. m. The 39th and 64th Ohio brought 
 up the rear. Moved very slow, raining heavy. We had to wade 
 two streams waist deep. Stopped on the bank of the river at a 
 village called Roswell, which has a starch factory, and did con- 
 tain cotton factories, but our cavalry had burned them. They 
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 river is wide here and rapid. July llth, crossed the river on a 
 foot bridge and camped so as to protect the crossing. In after- 
 noon commenced throwing up intrenchments, and finished them 
 before morning. Saw Captain Holden, of the 88th, to-day. July 
 13th, lay in camp, nothing important. Went into the river and 
 helped get out one of the 43d Ohio, who was drowning. 
 
 "July 14th, lay in camp. There was a shower came up, with 
 sharp lightning. Three men in the 18th Missouri were killed by 
 lightning and two or three in a battery, other casualties reported 
 across the river in the 15th corps. July 15th, the 17th army 
 corps took 4,000 prisoners and nine pieces of artillery. July 17, 
 moved about six miles to Nancy Creek, where we came up with 
 the enemy's cavalry and artillery, and charged and drove them 
 one and a half miles. The 39th deployed in front. No one hurt 
 in the regiment. Were relieved at dark. Our scouts killed two 
 rebels and one old rooster. 
 
 " July 18th, moved again in the morning. Our brigade in 
 front. No fighting. Camped about 3 p. m. Had honey, goose 
 and potatoes for dinner. July 19th, moved, 64th in the advance. 
 After going two miles, the cavalry found the enemy. We expected 
 to get into Decatur before night. The 23d army corps beat us in. 
 Not much resistance; we moved into and through town, when the 
 enemy opened on us with artillery, severely wounding our surgeon, 
 Dr. Stewart and five men. The 65th was then deployed and 
 drove them back. Our advance in that direction seems to have 
 been unexpected. The enemy burned the depot with a lot of corn 
 and government wagons. Our troops tore up and destroyed the 
 railroad for some distance. 
 
 " July 21st, the 17th army corps made a charge this morning 
 and took the first line of the enemy's works, losing heavily. In the 
 afternoon our brigade moved to the extreme left and formed the 
 third and fourth line in the rear of the 17th corps, expecting an 
 attack on our flank. Staid there all night without blankets. July 
 22d, about 10 a. m. the brigade was ordered out on the double 
 quick. The 64th was heavily engaged hand to hand, charging 
 the enemy three times, and capturing forty prisoners and one 
 battle flag, and also recovering the field glass and papers of Gen. 
 McPherson who had been killed and robbed by the enemy. The
 
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 flag of the 64th was pierced this day by eighteen musket balls, 
 one shell and a bayonet thrust. The regiment lost fifteen killed, 
 fifty-seven wounded and seven missing. Among the wounded is 
 Lieutenant Zuell, of Wilmington, severely in the bowels." 
 
 I will here say what Lieut. Knickerbocker, from whose diary 
 the foregoing extracts have been taken, is too modest to say, -that 
 this affair was a very brilliant one. Captain Reynolds, being at 
 this time sick, the command of Co. E devolved upon Lieut. K., 
 who, aided by Lieut. D. W. Moore, of Co. E, and several ser- 
 geants, succeeded in rallying about seventy men from various regi- 
 ments, and threw a skirmish line across the gap between the 16th 
 and 1 7th corps, capturing as above stated, forty prisoners, among 
 them the man who had rifled the body of General McPherson. 
 This important capture was made by a private of Co. F, Frederick 
 W. Sonner, who handed the dispatches (Sherman to McPherson), 
 to Lieut. Knickerbocker, who delivered them to the brigade com- 
 mander, introducing Sonner to his notice, with the expectation 
 that he would have honorable mention in the reports of the affair, 
 which, however, Sonner did not get. Sherman thus speaks of 
 the affair in his work : " Fortunately the spot in the woods where 
 McPherson was shot, was regained by our troops in a few min- 
 utes, and the pocket book found in the haversack of a prisoner of 
 war captured at the time, and its contents were secured by one of 
 McPherson's staff." To Frederick "W. Sonner, a private, should 
 be accorded the credit of this recovery, and to Lieuts. Knicker- 
 bocker and Moore, and their brave men the recovery of the ground. 
 The reader of the general history of this engagement will under- 
 stand how timely this movement of these lieutenants and sergeants 
 was. This little squad of men remained on the field the longest 
 of any, coming out of the fight in good order with the regimental 
 colors. 
 
 Lieut. Knickerbocker was himself wounded, though slightly, 
 in this engagement. That it was not a serious and indeed a fatal 
 wound, is due under Providence to the memorandum book, con- 
 taining the journal from which I have been quoting, one corner of 
 which was struck by a minie ball, turning it aside, and thus proba- 
 bly saving the life of the brave lieutenant.
 
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 In this battle little Frank Swearenger, of Co. G, saved the 
 life of Lieut. Crews, of that company, and lost his own. The fight 
 had become a hand to hand one, and only a fence separated the 
 combatants. A rebel soldier had his gun aimed at Lieut. Crews, 
 and was about to fire when Frank S. with his musket clubbed, 
 struck him down from the fence, and turning said to Crews, 
 "Lieutenant, I saved you that time." No sooner were the words 
 out of his mouth than the brave boy fell himself mortally wounded. 
 
 From the 22d to the 27th, the regiment was engaged in skir- 
 mishing. On the 28th it was again hotly engaged. It was de- 
 tached from the brigade and sent to the 15th army corps. Here it 
 took a position on a rise of ground for the purpose of silencing a 
 rebel battery. It had just time to throw up temporary breast- 
 works when the enemy charged and were repulsed. The charge 
 was repeated three times and failed. The regiment was armed 
 with the Henry repeating rifle, and handled them with deadly pur- 
 pose and effect. The number of dead rebels in its immediate 
 front is said to have exceeded the number of the regiment. Only 
 two or three were hit in the regiment. 
 
 From this time until August 26th, the regiment was engaged 
 in the siege of Atlanta, constantly at work and under fire. On 
 the 26th of August it moved out of the works down the Sand- 
 town road, marching all night, and the 27th and 28th struck the 
 Montgomery railroad, and was engaged on the 29th in tearing up 
 the track. On the 30th marched to the Macon railroad, and on 
 September 2nd passed through Jonesboro and Lovejoy, and on the 
 8th went into camp at Eastpoint, Atlanta having been evacua- 
 ted the 1st. 
 
 On the 28th of September the division was transferred to the 
 17th army corps. The 64th was now in 1st brigade, 1st division 
 17th army corps. Brig. Gen. J. W. Fuller, commanding the 
 brigade, and Major Gen. J. A. Mower, the division, and Major 
 Gen. F. B. Blair, the corps, 
 
 October 1st, the regiment went to Fairburn on a reconnoisance. 
 Returned on the 3d, and on the 4th commenced the chase after 
 Hood. Went to Atlanta, crossed the Chattahoocjiie at midnight, 
 and marched all night in the rain. Camping in the works
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. 215 
 
 at Marietta. Thence on northward through Kingston, past 
 Adairsville, arriving at Resacca the 15th. 
 
 This was a terrible march, the hardest yet experienced. Says 
 a member of the regiment, " For two days and nights we did 
 not stop lo eat or sleep. Where we crossed the Chattahoochie, sev- 
 eral men lay down completely used up, never to get up again. I 
 saw many march in their sleep, one walked off a bridge, falling 
 some ten feet, injuring himself considerably. By the time we ar- 
 rived at the end of the march, the loss of mules and horses was 
 fearful. We realized the fact more fully on our return some days 
 after, as by that time they were about half decomposed, and the 
 road being most of the way through the woods, our olfactories re- 
 ceived the full benefit. Of some of the companies, neither officers nor 
 men came in until the march was concluded. Co. F. started with 
 forty-five men, but came in with only fifteen. 
 
 " All company officers were required to march in the rear of 
 their companies, and in more than one instance were obliged to 
 pick the men up and set them on their feet, and put their guns into 
 their hands. Whenever the wagons got clogged, the men woulcl 
 drop in their tracks and be asleep by the time they touched 
 the ground. Our Colonel Manning also rode in the rear 
 of the regiment, to assist in keeping up the stragglers. One night 
 after one of the temporary halts, he saw as the men commenced 
 moving, something laying on the ground that looked like a man, 
 called out to him, "Wake up sir, your company is moving." But 
 there was no movement and he spoke again, louder and sharper, 
 "Get up, sir, and move on." Still no response or movement. "Will 
 you get up?" he says, accompanying the words with a slap with hia 
 sabre. But still he did not move or speak, when the Colonel got 
 just a little out of humor, and said, " Now, sir, get up or I will 
 prick you," and he did so pretty savagely. The boys standing 
 around could hold in no longer, and burst into a roar, and the 
 Colonel found that he had been talking to a dead mule on which 
 the boys had just been sitting." 
 
 During the night of the 15th, Captain Conger, with Co. A, 
 moved in advance as a reconnoitering party to Snake Creek Gap, 
 Here they encountered the enemy who had got possession of the 
 old works. A sharp skirmish was the result, in which Captain
 
 216 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 C. was mortally wounded. To the 1st division ^was assigned the 
 task of driving them out. The 64th maintained its well-earned 
 reputation in this engagement, losing besides CaptainXDonger, nine 
 men wounded. Captain Logan, who had a little before rejoined 
 the regiment, although still weak, thus speaks of this engagement 
 in a letter to the Republican, written at the time. 
 
 " Arriving near the works in the thick woods about 10 a. m., 
 we were ordered to take them in the rear through the dense thicket 
 by the left flank. On we march, past the entire division. Form- 
 ing into line, off go the knapsacks, and we advance. Arriving 
 at the edge of the woods, we emerge into a cornfield. Down goes 
 a fourteen rail fence. Passing the field, we scramble on through 
 briars, bushes, sloughs and creeks. The rebs open fire, and the 
 splinters from the trees fly in our faces. Double quick is ordered, 
 and with a yell we rush on. I soon fell exhausted in Snake 
 Creek, the cold water of which saves me from sun stroke. On re- 
 covering I perceive amid the shouts of ten thousand voices, our 
 glorious ensign flying over the rebel works. Victory is again ours 1 
 
 " The day after the fight we were out of rations, and all 
 that our mess, consisting of seven, had for dinner, was two ears of 
 corn between us. Two days after we were in Sugar Valley, 
 the richest and most beautiful in the world. Here we got leave 
 to forage, and in order to give you an idea of what foraging is, I 
 must tell you how some of the Will county boys of my company 
 looked on the 19th, about two hours before halting for the night. 
 Although tired with a twenty mile march, here comes Sergeant 
 Berow, my foraging captain, with half a sheep hung on his rifle ; 
 Michael Keefe with a young hog on his back Mike loves pork ; 
 Pat. O'Connor is similarly loaded ; Ed. Lizur has a sack of sweet 
 potatoes ; John Stone has a pail of honey his face somewhat 
 demoralized in getting it j Sergeant Sanders has a pail of syrup ; 
 Victor Henry and Frank Simpson are loaded down with potatoes 
 and pork ; Barney Lynch, just out of hospital, has as much as he 
 can travel under of pork, mutton and chickens, and little Pat. Har- 
 rison, from Five Mile Grove, decently loaded with chickens and 
 turkeys, and two great geese astride his neck, and looking half man 
 and half goose, and swearing like a trooper for daylight, to the no 
 email amusement of the boys.
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. 217 
 
 " Up to this time, the entire loss in Co. G is forty-four twenty- 
 five killed, seven prisoners, and the rest wounded and sick. I am 
 proud to say that in all the terrible conflicts in which the 64th has 
 been engaged, the Will county boys, with but one exception, have 
 never faltered in the presence of the enemy, but have bravely done 
 their duty, as has the rest of the regiment." 
 
 Marching by way of Lafayette and Summerville, the regiment 
 arrived on the 21st of October at Gaylesville, Ala. On the 29th, 
 marched via Cave Springs to Cedartown. Had a skirmish with 
 the enemy's cavalry. Moved to Smyrna camp ground on the 5th 
 of November. On the 13th it returned to Atlanta, and on the 
 15th commenced the " march to the sea." 
 
 During this march, and the subsequent existence of the regi- 
 ment, it was in command of Captain J. S. Reynolds, who had been 
 promoted major. We shall not give a minute record of this march 
 to the sea, which has been so often described. The experience of 
 the 64th did not differ materially from that of other parts of the 
 grand army. As it left Atlanta, and for the first day or two of the 
 march, the sky was darkened by day with the smoke of burning 
 buildings of Atlanta and the vicinity, and lit up by the lurid flames 
 at night. Its position was in the left hand column of the right 
 wing of Sherman's army of 60,000 infantry. Passing through 
 McDonough, Jackson, Monticello, Hillsboro, to Gordon Station, it 
 there engaged in the business of tearing up and destroying the 
 Macon & Savannah railroad. The regiment had no encounter 
 with the enemy until it reached Poole's Station, about twelve miles 
 from Savannah, where it had a lively skirmish on the 9th of 
 December. On the 10th it assisted in the investment of Savan- 
 nah, skirmishing with the enemy during the day. On the 16th 
 it marched to Kings Bridge, on the Ogeechee. On the 17th 
 moved south, and on the 19th reached Doctortown on the Gulf rail- 
 road and the Altahama river. After destroying the railroad at 
 this point, it returned to Savannah on the 23d. Thus, after a leis- 
 urely march of 300 miles in twenty-four days, it sat down with 
 the rest of the grand army between the Savannah and Ogeechee 
 rivers, waiting for the plum, now ripe, to fall into its mouth. In 
 common with the rest of the army, it was in even better health 
 
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 218 HISTOKY OF THE 
 
 and spirits than when it left Atlanta. It had lived on the fat of 
 the land, finding chickens, honey, pork, mutton, sweet potatoes, 
 and rice, in great abundance, and without having far to go to find 
 enough for the wants of the array. And let it be remembered, 
 that this was in the vicinity of Andersonville, where our poor 
 boys more than twenty-five of whom were from Will county 
 were being starved into idiocy and death. 
 
 But while the boys were fat and saucy, they were also black 
 and dirty, and could hardly be distinguished from the contrabands 
 that accompanied them, being blackened with the smoke of the 
 resinous pine knots with which they built their camp fires. 
 
 As every reader knows, the plum fell into Sherman's hands on 
 the 22d, who sent it as a Christmas gift to FATHER ABRAHAM. 
 
 At Savannah, Lieut. Knickerbocker, whose time of enlistment 
 had now expired, bade farewell to the regiment and to army life. 
 Having served the country well and bravely for three years, and 
 until the rebellion was evidently on its last legs, he came home 
 and hung up his sword by the side of his grandfather's, who had 
 held the same rank in the army of the revolution. 
 
 Jan. 3d, 1865, the regiment (with the 17th corps), embarked 
 at Thunderbolt for Beaufort, S. C., and on the 13th left Beaufort 
 and arrived at Pocotaligo. Here there was quite a brilliant little 
 affair in getting possession of the place. The 64th, under com- 
 mand of Major Reynolds, made a charge on the enemy's works 
 and captured them. The boys gave the place a slight change of 
 name, calling it " Poke- em- till- 1- go." 
 
 Jan. 31st, on which day the movement of Sherman's army 
 northward commenced, the 64th moved from Pocotaligo, having 
 previously been engaged in making some demonstrations against 
 the enemy at the Salkahatchie and Combabee ferry. Feb. 3d, they 
 crossed the Salkahatchie at Bice's ferry, in the face of the enemy, 
 crossing a swamp nearly three miles wide, in which the water was 
 from knee to waist in depth, and very cold, as was the weather also. 
 The enemy then fell back behind the Edisto, and the division was 
 pushed on to Midway, where it was engaged with the rest of the 
 corps in the destruction of the S. C. R. R., to the 10th of Feb. 
 Then moved to Orangeburg, where the enemy was intrenched at 
 the bridge, but it was soon routed, and the corps was across the
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. 219 
 
 North Edisto and destroying the railway. Marched thence to 
 Columbia, and witnessed its burning by the rebel General Hamp- 
 ton, who had with insane folly set fire to the cotton in the streets, 
 to keep it from falling into the hands of the yankees. Thence it 
 marched to Winesboro and Cheraw, to Fayetteville, N. C. 
 
 March 20th it arrived at Bentonville, and on the 21st the entire 
 regiment was on the skirmish line. The division had been ordered 
 to make a demonstration against the left flank of the enemy. It 
 therefore moved to Mill Creek and formed in line of battle, with 
 the 64th in front as skirmishers. After advancing a little way 
 through a swamp, they encountered the enemy's cavalry, with four 
 pieces of artillery, and at once charged them, capturing a caisson. 
 Major J. S. Reynolds was in command, and was ordered to drive 
 the enemy as far as he could with the skirmishers. He succeeded 
 in driving the enemy's cavalry and artillery two miles, capturing 
 Gen. Joseph E. Johnson's headquarters, with forty horses belong- 
 ing to his staff and escort, and twelve prisoners. The regiment 
 was now in the rear of Johnson's army and on the line of his 
 retreat. Gen. Mower was moving to his support, when he was 
 attacked with great fury on his left flank by Gen. Hardee's corps, 
 and was being forced back toward the swamp. 
 
 The 64th was now in great danger of being surrounded and 
 captured. But Major Reynolds here displayed that skill, courage 
 and presence of mind which showed him worthy of the promotion 
 which he afterwards received, and which would justify still higher 
 honors. He changed his position so skilfully and quickly as to 
 give him a great advantage. The moment he saw his supports 
 were being driven back, he contracted his line, and directing Capt. 
 Long, who was acting as major, to watch the enemy's cavalry, with 
 companies A and F, he attacked the enemy with the rest of 
 the regiment, with great vigor and intrepidity. The effect was 
 everything that could be desired. General Hardee, supposing, 
 no doubt, that he was being flanked by a large force, fell back 
 with haste to re-form his lines, and did not discover the true state 
 of affairs, until Gen. Mower had got his division safely across the 
 swamp. The 64th then gave the enemy a parting souvenir, and 
 also fell back across the swamp. 
 
 Sergeant Lamb, on the retreat, kept up a running fight, killing
 
 220 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 six rebs, loading as he ran ; but, being overtaken,~while ^loading, 
 he had to surrender, but he first broke his gun around a tree. The 
 rebs parolled him, having first robbed him of his watch and pocket 
 book. 
 
 The 64th lost thirteen men in this affair. Had it not been so 
 skilfully handled, its losses must have been much greater. Its 
 formidable sixteen-shooters were never handled to better effect. 
 Both Generals Mower and Fuller highly complimented Major 
 Reynolds, and the officers and men of the regiment generally, for 
 their gallantry on this occasion. Major Reynolds was also recom- 
 mended for promotion as brigadier general, which honor he received 
 subsequently. 
 
 The march northward was resumed, and on the 24th of March 
 the 64th camped at Goldsboro. Thence it proceeded on to Wash- 
 ington, by way of Raleigh. It reached the capital of the Union 
 it had so bravely aided in preserving, on the 19th of May. It 
 then took part in the grand review. Being armed with the deadly 
 Henry sixteen-shooters, (at their own expense), the men attracted 
 special attention and received frequent cheers. 
 
 June 6th, it left for Louisville, Ky., and on July llth was 
 mustered out of service. The regiment arrived at Chicago on the 
 14th, and received its final pay and discharge July 18th, 1865. 
 Colonel John Morrill (breveted brigadier general), commanded 
 the regiment until he was severely wounded, July 22, 1864. Lt. 
 Col. Manning then commanded it until Nov. 22, 1864, when Capt. 
 J. S. Reynolds, promoted major, took command and retained it 
 until muster out, being promoted lieutenant colonel May 8th, an d 
 breveted brigadier general at muster out. Capt. Logan, of Co. G, 
 was promoted major. A reference to the roster will show the other 
 promotions of Will county men. 
 
 Before closing the record of the 64th, I want to make special 
 mention of two of its privates, no suitable opportunity having been 
 presented in the body of the narrative. 
 
 By reference to the muster roll of the regiment, it will be seen 
 that JOHN SMITH, whose military record I have given at some 
 length elsewhere, was also a member of Co. E, in this regiment. 
 It will also be seen that he is reported as " absent, in arrest, at 
 muster out." Seeing this statement, and being naturally anxious
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH BEGIMENT. 221 
 
 to rescue the memory oi my pet hero from this stain, I have been 
 on the lookout for some iavorable explanation of this matter. 
 Most happily, I have found one which affords partial relief. la 
 one of the letters written home from the regiment by a corporal of 
 Co. E, (now dead, poor boy !) I find this statement : " Big John 
 Smith shot two copperheads in Ottawa, and deserted. He got 
 scared, and dare not come back to us ; but if he had come back, 
 the colonel would not have done anything to him. 7 ' 
 
 This is some explanation, and affords considerable satisfaction, 
 inasmuch as it shows that it was not for cowaidice or disloyalty 
 that my hero was put in arrest. But just what his offense was, I 
 have not been able to ascertain. I am at a loss to conjecture what 
 the animal was that John Smith shot. It seems to me it could not 
 have been the Trigonocephalus Contortex, the reptile to which the 
 name of " copperhead" was usually given, for though a native of 
 America, it has never, I believe been found so far north as Ottawa. 
 I remember that in the early settlement of this county, the prai- 
 ries were infested with a species of the Orotalus, which was famili- 
 arly called " massasauger," but I have never known it to be called 
 a "copperhead." And then, why should it have been an offense 
 which could have made John Smith fear the authorities, civil or 
 military, if he had shot either a Crotalus or a Trigonocephalus 
 Contortex, or indeed any number of them 1 Such reptiles being 
 ferce naturce, and venomous withal, are liable to be shot at will. 
 The whole subject is involved in mystery, and I am compelled to 
 leave it unsolved. There was also in this same company another 
 representative of this renowned family, to- wit, Christian Smith. 
 He is registered as being from Chicago, but this is of course a mis- 
 take. Without any hesitation I have transferred his name to 
 the Will county list. I have only one item of special interest to 
 record of his military history. On the 4th of July, 1864, he was 
 severely wounded in that part where the Spartan mother, in her 
 pride, prayed her son might not be. Let it be charitably remem- 
 bered that we fight now altogether differently from the style of her 
 time, and now a man cannot select the spot where he shall be hit. 
 The wound, happily was not mortal, but it was a long time very 
 inconvenient. This was a hard way to keep the 4th of July, but 
 that's the way they did it in Georgia, in the year 1864. Let this
 
 222 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 " hair breadth 'scape 'i the imminent deadly breech," 
 
 go into history as another blazon on the escutcheon of the Smith 
 family ! 
 
 In closing our record of the Yates Sharpshooters, we are deeply 
 sensible that our imperfect narrative will convey but a feeble im- 
 pression of the services rendered, and the sufferings and dangers 
 endured by them, in common with most of our Illinois regiments. 
 From New Madrid to Goldsboro, it fought its way through hard- 
 ships and dangers which can never be fully told. Being one of 
 the sharp shooting regiments armed with the deadly Henry rifle, 
 it was always kept in advance, and allowed the post of honor and 
 of danger, and on many a hard fought field, its men displayed their 
 skill and valor. At the battle of Corinth, it received the special 
 commendation of Gen. Riseurans. At Kenesaw after the terrific 
 27th of June, it was thanked by Gen. Dodge, for its bravery and 
 success. In front of Atlanta it received the thanks of Gen. 
 Fuller and at Bentonville of Gens. Fuller and Mower. 
 
 It is impossible now to conceive how men could so cheerfully 
 endure the constant hardships and exposure of the Atlanta cam- 
 paign, when scarcely a day passed when some companion was not 
 left behind, hastily buried in the inhospitable soil, or bleeding be- 
 neath some tree, awaiting the tardy care of the surgeon ; while 
 every day brought its reports of rebel barbarities practiced upon 
 the wounded and dead. Most of the time too was passed in 
 cramped trenches and rifle pits, under the fire of rebel batteries, 
 and the keen watch of sharp shooters, when the slightest exposure 
 was sure to be fatal, all aggravated by hard, and ofttimes deficient 
 rations, and insufficient clothing, and by the intense heat of a 
 Georgia sun, alternated with terrific storms and rain-pours 
 without shelter. On the route northward from Savannah, many 
 of the regiment marched two hundred miles barefoot, much of the 
 time skirmishing through swamps, and enduring all without a 
 murmur. 
 
 Of the one thousand men and officers that left Ottawa after 
 veteranizing and recruiting, in March 1864, only four hundred and 
 fifty returned for muster out. Of company E Captain Grover's 
 company only five of the original enlistment returned with Lieut. 
 Feeley.
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. 223 
 
 Our county lost fifty-six men in this regiment. Two valued 
 officers, Captain Grover and Sergeant Clark, were killed at Cor- 
 inth, as has been related. Sergeant Wm. Paul, from whose letters 
 I have several times quoted, and who died of Typhoid fever on 
 the Atlanta campaign, was the son of our citizen, Wm. Paul, 
 then a resident of Troy, and brother of Oliver Paul of the 100th. 
 One man, Israel Parker, died in Andersonville. 
 
 Let us who reap the benefits of the sufferings of our brave 
 boys, gratefully remember the dead, and honor the living, and re- 
 solve to transmit inviolate that Union and Freedom they helped to 
 preserve.
 
 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 HISTORY OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH; OR, WILL 
 COUNTY REGIMENT. 
 
 IFIDBST. 
 JOLIET TO NASHVILLE. SEPTEMBER, 1862, to DECEMBER 26TH. 
 
 Departure ED route Louisville Reception Regiment Armed Put 
 on Duty Marches and Counter- Marches Almost a Fight Joins a Brigade 
 Capt. Elwood Detailed How the Boys Prepared for Inspection A Banner 
 from Home Moves Camp Goes Scouting An Immersion Regiment 
 Returns without Trophies Hard March Through the City Louisville In a 
 Scare Intrenchments Two Visitors from Joliet Movements The Shoot- 
 ing of Gen. Nelson New Brigade Starts out for Dixie Incidents CoLBuell 
 tries " Mit's " Hospital Stores Signs of the Enemy A Kentucky Pig 
 What came of It Consequences Regiment Moves on In Line of Battle- 
 In the Front Gen. Haskell's Fears A and B as skirmishers Springfield 
 Perryville First Sight of a Battle Field Chaplain Crews preaches his 
 First Sermon Walnut Grove The Boys smell Powder First Blood Crab 
 Orchard Wild Cat Short Rations First Death A Hard March Camps on 
 Green River The Chaplain smells Woolen Another Death Crosses into 
 Dixie Two Classes of Vertebrates Capt. Munger's Boy Something about 
 Brevets A Hard March Some Boys Fall Out They Fall In Silver 
 Springs Sickness and Death March Again The Hermitage Camps near 
 Nashville Deaths and Funerals Sickness Experiences Storm Scene- 
 Life in Camp. 
 
 HE have given some account of the enlistment and organization 
 of the 100th regiment in our Home Record, and of its depar- 
 ture from Joliet. As PART FOUR of this work will give a 
 full roster and muster roll of the entire regiment, no further detail 
 is needed. 
 
 The regiment broke camp at twelve o'clock of Tuesday, Sept. 
 2d, 1862, with 39 commissioned officers and 868 enlisted men,
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 225 
 
 and took up its line of march for the C., A. & St. L, R. R. depot, 
 where a train of twenty cars was waiting to convey them to Spring- 
 field. All the city, and thousands from the surrounding country, 
 and from all parts of Will county, had assembled to witness their 
 departure, as we have elsewhere recorded. The train left the depot 
 at 3 p. m., and arrived at Springfield the next morning. Here 
 their destination was changed from St. Louis to Louisville, and 
 they proceeded on the G. W. R. R. eastward. At Lafayette, Ind., 
 the citizens, having been apprized of their approach, had pre- 
 pared to give the boys a warm reception. They met them at the 
 depot, armed with baskets full of all kinds of eatables and drink- 
 ables, with which they assailed the 100th in most gallant style. 
 But the boys came off conquerors, devouring everything before 
 them, and closing the engagement with three rousing cheers for 
 the Hoosier lads and lasses, when the train rushed on for Indian- 
 apolis. 
 
 At almost every station, the train was fired upon with apples, 
 peaches, flowers, &c., a kind of warfare that pleased the boys 
 hugely. They crossed the Ohio at Jeffersonville, and marched 
 through Louisville, up Main street, past the Gault House, singing 
 " We'll Hang Jeff. Davis on a Sour Apple Tree," and " John 
 Brown's Soul," &c. They were warmly welcomed, especially in 
 the German quarter of the city, with waving of flags and handker- 
 chiefs, and cheers. At one corner a lady made a short speech by 
 way of welcome. They passed out about two miles beyond the 
 city, and went into camp. 
 
 Here the regiment received arms and accoutrements, and the 
 balance of the day was spent in arraying themselves in the full rig 
 of the soldier. They were also supplied with sixty rounds of 
 ammunition. Louisville was then enjoying a big scare, martial 
 law was declared, and some were crying " good Lord," and some 
 "good devil," not knowing whether they should fall into the 
 hands of Buell or Bragg, who were racing across the state with 
 Louisville for their goal. The men, having ridden 500 miles 
 without rest, were very tired, and not having yet received regular 
 rations, were also hungry. Some pie and cake peddlers made their 
 appearance, to the great joy of the boys, and would have soon sold 
 their entire stock, had not some wiseacre suggested that the secesh 
 had heard of the terrible 100th, and that these peddlers might be 
 
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 226 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 rebel spies, and their pies and cakes were probably poisoned ! This 
 suggestion put an embargo on the pie trade it was so probable ! 
 
 The 1 00th now found themselves placed on duty at once. They 
 were to play war no more. At 9 p. m., instead of turning in for 
 a good night's rest, they were drawn up in line of battle, pickets 
 stationed, and the rest ordered to sleep on their arms. About 
 half-past eleven, just as they were getting into a comfortable 
 snooze, the call " fall in " was sounded, and they were formed in 
 line again, and then marched through the silent city, and out on 
 the Beardstown pike, through clouds of choking dust, about four 
 miles, when they were ordered to halt, and fix bayonets. This 
 looked like business ! Most had never seen a line of battle, or 
 torn a cartridge, and if some bit at the wrong end, or put the ball 
 down first, let them not be blamed ; they did the best they knew 
 then, and they soon learned to do it right, as many a reb found to 
 his sorrow. 
 
 The occasion of this preparation was the approach of a regi- 
 ment (the 88th) of Indiana boys, returning from the battle of 
 Richmond. They were supposed to be the enemy, and it was hard 
 to restrain some of the boys from firing into them. Fortunately, 
 however, their character became known before the 100th annihi- 
 lated them. I think our boys were glad to find that they were 
 friends. And if, when the excitement was over, one or two of the 
 boys were found up a tree, or behind a fence, it was no doubt in 
 order to get a better chance to fight successfully. Was not Fred- 
 erick the Great, during his first battle, found shivering in a barn, 
 at a safe distance from the field and did he not afterwards become 
 the greatest general of the age ! 
 
 After they had recovered from the effects of this encounter, 
 they marched two miles further, and rested till daylight, lying 
 down in a soft bed of dust. They were aroused early in the morn- 
 ing by the market wagons going into Louisville with their meat 
 and produce. Some of the captains took the opportunity to buy 
 some of the meat for their hungry men. 
 
 At daylight went a few miles farther, and rested through the 
 day. As the quartermaster had not been able to procure trans- 
 portation, it was hard scratching for rations, but the boys managed 
 to satisfy their hunger on fruit and sweet potatoes, which were
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH EEQIMENT. 227 
 
 plenty in the adjacent fields. The men slept that night in an open 
 clover field, and next day, (the 6th), marched to Camp Yates, 
 on the farm of John C. Breckenridge, about four miles from the 
 city. 
 
 Here the regiment was brigaded with the 79th and 88th Ind. 
 and the 73d 111. regiments, under command of Gen. Kirk. Tents 
 and clothing were also drawn, and anyone from home would have 
 been puzzled to identify his best friend. The regiment was also 
 put through the necessary lessons in drill, perfecting themselves in 
 the art, which they would now probably very soon be called upon 
 to practice in earnest. 
 
 The regiment remained in this camp about a week. Captain 
 El wood, of Co. G, was made inspector general of the brigade on 
 the 12th. 
 
 On the second day after going into camp, orders were given to 
 prepare for inspection, and also a review by General Kirk. The 
 regiment at once set about the work of preparation with great zeal, 
 and equal ignorance. The guns had been loaded since leaving 
 Louisville, and now they must be cleaned up, and got ready for 
 inspection, and boots must be blacked and coats brushed, etc. 
 About 3 o'clock the colonel ordered the companies to form in 
 front of their quarters in ranks of four, that they might be ready 
 to move to the appointed place. But the guns were yet loaded. 
 Some one, ignorant of, or forgetting the standing rule against such 
 a procedure, fired off his gun it was so much easier than to draw 
 the charge. The example was contagious ; everybody else followed 
 suit, and pop, pop, all down the line go the guns. The old nick 
 was to pay at once. The pickets on the distant outposts hearing 
 the sound fired off their guns to give the alarm, the long roll was 
 sounded, and every body but the innocent 100th thought that 
 John Morgan, or Gen. Bragg, or Jeff. Davis, or the devil, or the 
 whole confederacy were upon them. The 100th enjoyed the sen- 
 sation they had created, but Col. Bartleson was very much morti- 
 fied, and Gen. Kirk stormed and swore at the boys, calling them 
 an undisciplined mob. The review was postponed for that day, 
 and Col. Bartleson ordered to bring his regiment to a better state 
 of discipline. 
 
 While at this camp the regiment was presented with a banner
 
 228 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 from the ladies of Joliet. It was accompanied by an eloquent let- 
 ter from Judge Parks, to which the colonel sent a suitable reply. 
 At the same time the colonel was presented with an elegant 
 sword, by the officers of the regiment. 
 
 Sept. 10th, the brigade moved from camp " Dick Yates," to a 
 position in the southern suburbs of Louisville, and our regiment 
 camped on the place of a Mr. Casseday, a brother of the late G. W. 
 Casseday, of Joliet. On Sunday the 14th, the principal part of 
 the brigade moved with three days' cooked rations, on a scouting 
 expedition on the Beardstown or Shelbyville pike, to look after 
 eome rebel cavalry reported near Spring Creek, twelve miles from 
 Louisville. They moved slowly along the pike, Gen. Kirk and 
 staff at the head of the column, halting occasionally while 
 some of the staff stopped to make inquiries. Major Hammond 
 was in command of the rear guard. A clumsy, innocent looking 
 old market wagon, driven by an old butternut, was allowed by the 
 Major to pass along up the line to the head, where it was stopped 
 by the General who gave the Major a severe reprimand for allowing 
 it to pass. He suspected that it might be a spy going to inform 
 the rebels of the approach of the brigade. 
 
 Near the end of the march they crossed a little creek. The 
 colonel's horse, which by the way was a little gray mustang be- 
 longing to Lieut. Williams, (somewhat noted for his taste in horse 
 flesh), seemed to want to drink, so the colonel rode him into the 
 stream. When he had got into the middle of the stream the col- 
 onel threw the bridle upon the mustang's neck, so that he could 
 drink the easier. The mustang it seems wanted a bath more 
 than he did a drink, for without giving the colonel any notice, he 
 incontinently lay down in the water to the no small amusement 
 of the spectators, but to the great damage of the colonel's toilet 
 and temper. 
 
 I have heard this freak of the mustang attributed to two 
 causes. Some explain it on the supposition that a former owner 
 had learned the animal to lie down whenever the bridle was 
 thrown upon his neck ; while others insist that the matter is suf- 
 ficiently accounted for by the fact that his (then) present owner 
 was a zealous Baptist deacon. 
 
 The regiment encamped that night in a partly wooded field 
 to the right of the pike.
 
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 On the 15th, it returned to the city, without having captured 
 any rebels, and camped at night at the old camp, Casseday. 
 
 On the 1 6th, the brigade was marched down into and around 
 the city. The day was excessively hot, the mercury 105 in the 
 shade. The men were fully equipped, and as yet, unused to 
 marching, and the consequence was that many fell out by the way, 
 utterly unable to stand the heat and dust. Some had sunstroke 
 and were sent to the hospital. There were no fatal cases in the 
 100th, but there were two or three in the other regiments of the 
 brigade. The dust was suffocating, rising higher than the tree 
 tops, and enveloping everyone. The men were absolutely choked 
 by it. The ladies in some portions of the city turned out and 
 gave the men water, and presented them fans, and cheered them as 
 they dragged through the streets, and when some fell out by the 
 way exhausted, held the heads of the fainting and almost dying 
 men. I am afraid the boys, many of them, imitated the Eng- 
 lish army in Flanders that day, and that curses deep, if not loud 
 were hurled at the head of Gen. Nelson, at whose command this 
 unnecessary marching was done, and who with his staff sat on the 
 verandah of the Gault House, and coolly viewed the demoralized 
 troops as they marched by. 
 
 On the 18th, the morning papers announced the surrender of 
 Munfordsville to the rebels, and matters began to look serious ; 
 and on the 1 9th the troops, the 100th among them, were Ordered 
 into the city to work on and man the intrenchments. Non- 
 combatants were also required to take the shovel, and assist in the 
 work. The darkies were also pressed into the service. And just 
 here came in a good joke upon a couple of Joliet boys, which as 
 I may not have another chance to get them into history, must be 
 told. Fred Woodruff and Dick Willis had gone down to Louis- 
 ville to see the boys, had been out to their camp, and were now 
 laying around the city loose. Some of the military authorities, 
 as the story goes, not knowing that they were from Joliet, and 
 thinking from their appearance that they might serve the country 
 with the shovel, if they could not with a musket, put them upon 
 the intrenchments. But I believe they made such awkward work 
 handling the shovel, that they were glad to get rid of them the 
 next day.
 
 230 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 On the 20th, the brigade marched out on the Bardstown pike 
 nine miles, staying there until the 22d, when it returned to Camp 
 Casseday. The next day it was ordered into the city again, and 
 placed behind the intrenchments. The excitement was intense. 
 Bragg was reported to be close by. Stores were closed, and 
 many women and children left the city. But Buell's army came 
 in ahead. The difference in the appearance of his army, coming 
 in from its long and hasty march from Corinth, all rags and dirt, 
 and the fresh rig of Kirk's brigade, was very noticeable, and 
 highly suggestive. On the 26th, the regiment was moved to the 
 eastern side of the city, and took up quarters in an old rope- 
 walk. 
 
 At this time, Sept. 27th, there was a great excitement in the 
 city, caused by the shooting of Gen. Nelson, by Gen. Jeff. C. Davis. 
 I am afraid that there was not much mourning over his death by 
 the men who made that exhaustive march through and around 
 Louisville. 
 
 On the first of October the brigade organization was broken 
 up, and the 100th was assigned to Gen. Haskell's brigade of Gen. 
 Crittenden's corps. Accordingly, the regiment broke camp, packed 
 up their impedimenta, sent the sick (about fifty) to the hospitals 
 and convalescent barracks, and late in the afternoon started out on 
 the Bardstown road to join the brigade, marching until ten o'clock 
 at night. They slept in the road that night, and were moving 
 again next morning at four o'clock, going to Fern Creek, the place 
 where they had been about ten days before. Here they found the 
 brigade, consisting of the 26th Ohio, 3d Ky., and 58th Ind., all 
 old regiments, and so reduced in numbers that, when in camp, the 
 100th occupied nearly as much ground as the three. The brigade 
 was commanded by Gen. Haskell, and the division by Gen. T. J. 
 Wood. With these regiments and commanders, the 100th wa 
 destined to become pretty well acquainted. 
 
 Oct. 2d, the brigade was on the march. Nothing worthy of 
 note occurred, except seeing a wounded rebel being taken to the 
 rear, which suggested that there was shooting going on somewhere. 
 Went into camp just at dark, a short distance southeast of Wash- 
 ington. Were in line again at an early hour on the 3d, the 100th 
 having the place of rear regiment of the column. A trifling inci-
 
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 dent occurred, showing the distrust with which fresh regiments 
 were regarded. Col. Buell, of the 58th Indiana, was in command 
 of the rear guard. Presuming that the 100th would be disposed 
 to " straggle," he ordered in a loud voice evidently in order that 
 the 100th should hear it that the rear guard should " fix bayo- 
 nets." Major Hammond, who was riding in the rear of the regi- 
 ment, heard the order, and being considerably nettled thereat, as 
 an offset, he ordered the rear company of the 100th to " cap their 
 guns." Fortunately, however, these two orders did not bring 
 about any collision. Colonel Buell, too, grew very amiable and 
 friendly, after a little, perhaps desiring to make amends, or per- 
 haps molified by the sight of a certain, curious-looking black bottle, 
 just then in the custody of the assistant hospital steward, (some- 
 times known as " Mit.") The colonel spied the bottle, and not 
 suspecting that it was part of the " hospital stores," intimated to 
 " Mit " that he would accept an invitation to " smile." " Mit," 
 always generous with hospital stores, and very Hand-y in taking 
 care of or dispensing them, passed up the bottle, and the colonel 
 took a moderate taste. Now, it happened that the colonel was in 
 the habit of taking his " straight," and " Mit's " was about one- 
 half capsicum. The colonel quickly ' relinquished his hold upon 
 the bottle, and of the quantity he had taken into his mouth as well, 
 and the smile was changed to tears ! 
 
 The column moved slowly along, having occasionally slight 
 artillery duels with the rear guard of the rebels. About six in the 
 evening it came to a stream upon the banks of which there were 
 some mills, and an elevation of ground upon which the rebels had 
 planted some cannon, which occasioned some annoyance and delay. 
 
 Strict orders had been given by the division commander against 
 pillaging. But it happened at night, just as the regiment were 
 camping, that a stray Kentucky pig somehow got into the way of 
 some of the boys of Co. G, and they thoughtlessly knocked him 
 over, and proceeded to dress it, anticipating an agreeable addition 
 to their supper. Some old soldiers in the brigade happened to 
 discover the operation, and thinking that they could perhaps profit 
 by the verdancy of the 100th, tried to convince the boys that by 
 all rules of military etiquette, the old soldiers of the brigade were 
 entitled to all such estrays. This claim was, of course resisted and
 
 232 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 resented by Co. G, and quite a noisy dispute arose. Capt. Mun- 
 ger, hearing the noise, came up and inquired into the matter. 
 The captain was quite indignant at this attempt to impose upon 
 his men, and declared somewhat emphatically that he " would not 
 allow any old soldiers, or any old officers, to rob his men." Another 
 officer had meanwhile come on the stage, who asked of the captain : 
 " Who are you, sir, and what is your command ?" to which Mun- 
 ger replied : "I am Capt. Hunger, commanding Co. G of the 100th 
 111. Vol. ; who are you, sir, and what is your command ?" Reply 
 
 " I am Capt. , adjutant general of this brigade, and you 
 
 will report yourself at once to your colonel, under arrest." Here 
 was a pretty " kettle of fiah ! " The captain, crestfallen, went as 
 ordered to Col. Bartleson, and surrendered his sword. The Col. 
 had a good laugh over it, and told the captain to go to his quarters, 
 and he would get the arrest removed in the morning which was 
 done. 
 
 Perhaps the curious reader may like to know what became of 
 the pig. I am happy to be able to satisfy this laudable curiosity. 
 The boys, who had been guilty of procuring his untimely death, 
 were ordered to carry him suspended on a pole upon their should- 
 ers for some hours, up and down the camp. While undergoing 
 their punishment, others of the boys would run up and carve a 
 slice from Mr. Pig, which process was repeated so often, that in a 
 little while the load was reduced merely to the hind legs, by which 
 it had been suspended. This was not the only instance in which 
 these old regiments tried to impose upon the green 100th. Along 
 about this time the boys lost a good many of their new hats, while 
 many in the old regiments were supplied with new ones, which it 
 would have puzzled them to account for. 
 
 Oct. 4th, the army was on the move. Marched about twenty- 
 five miles. When about three miles from Bardstown, the brigade 
 was formed in line of battle. It was supposed that the rebels, whose 
 skirmish line was in sight of our advance, were going to make a 
 stand here. The 100th was placed in front, and two companies 
 were deployed as skirmishers. General Haskell, who, by the way, 
 was from Ohio, and a most excellent officer, was a little afraid of 
 his new regiment, and was so inconsiderate as to express his fears 
 in very imprudent, not to say impudent, language. " Soldiers of
 
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 the 100th," said he, "you are about to go into battle. The 26th 
 Ohio is placed behind you, with orders to shoot down any man of 
 your regiment that attempts to run." This speech greatly exas- 
 perated the boys of the 100th, and the colonel most of all, who 
 indignantly told the general that he need have no fears for the 
 100th, they were not from Ohio, but from the state of Illinois 
 they were " Illini " men I 
 
 Co. A, Captain Bowen, and Co. B, Captain Elwood were on 
 the skirmish line under command of Major Hammond, and when 
 they got sight of 4 the rebel skirmishers they broke and run for 
 them so fast that the major who was mounted had hard work to 
 keep up with them. The rebs lit out when they saw the boys 
 coming, and there was no further chance to make good the col- 
 onel's boast, but it came in time, and Gen Haskell afterwards 
 made the amende honorable, when he found at Stone River that 
 the greatest trouble was to hold the boys back. But the speech 
 always rankled in their minds, and though they afterwards became 
 good friends with the 26th Ohio, they never forgot the speech 
 oi General Haskell, and on one or two occasions subsequently 
 they let him know that they remembered it.* 
 
 Bardstown was found evacuated by the rebels, when our force 
 reached it. On the 5th and 6th the army moved on to Spring- 
 field, and camped on the fair grounds. On the 7th the force had 
 a very tedious march, lasting until nearly morning. The day 
 was excessively hot, the dust very deep, and no water could be 
 obtained until they reached the " Rolling Fork," upon which they 
 encamped. The 100th kept up pretty well until dark, when 
 many fell out, and when it arrived at the stream, and went into 
 camp, the ranks were badly thinned. The regiment remained in 
 this camp until 2 p. m., next day, when it moved on to within two 
 miles of Perry ville, where the firing could be heard very plainly, 
 and the boys expected to be in it. 
 
 But the "battle of Perry ville" had been fought and won, 
 when the 100th reached the field, and the enemy was fast disap- 
 pearing from our front. Here the 100th had the first view of a 
 battle field. The dead of both sides were still unburied, and the 
 wounded were being gathered up, and the men saw what war meant. 
 The next day the regiment moved a short distance to the east of 
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 234 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Perryville, and here in an old frame building a little way from the 
 battle field, their venerable and beloved chaplain, preached his 
 first sermon as a chaplain. No reporter was present to transmit 
 to us a resume of his discourse, but one can easily imagine what 
 train of thought would be presented by the surroundings. 
 
 Next day, (the 10th), the brigade was again on the move, and 
 at night went into camp in a place which was named Walnut 
 Grove, remaining here until the morning of the 12th. Here the 
 regiment had a slight foretaste of its future experience a partial 
 initiation into the business into which they had entered. 
 
 The notorious raider, John Morgan, was said to be in the 
 vicinity, and the boys were warned to keep a sharp lookout. The 
 picket line was established not far from camp, and in the edge of 
 the timber, a rail fence running along in front, beyond which was 
 an open field, and still beyond that, a hollow or ravine. The 
 100th being called upon for a detail to go upon the line, detach- 
 ments from different companies in charge of Captain El wood were 
 sent out, and were on duty until midnight, when they were re- 
 lieved by another detail (Co. H), in charge of Lieut. Nelson. 
 Nothing of note occurred uutil in the gray of. the morning, when 
 an officer, who was supposed to be the inspector of the line, rode 
 up to the left of the line, and asked for the officer in charge. 
 Lieut. Nelson responded. The officer then gave his orders to the 
 lieutenant to keep a sharp lookout, as there were rebels about, 
 and they might be attacked about daylight. He also told the 
 lieutenant that " we" had some cavalry in front, and if they 
 should be driven in, they must be careful and not fire at our own 
 men. The officer then rode down the line and disappeared. The 
 men were immediately notified to be on the alert, and if attacked to 
 rally to the centre of the line, and make as good a fight as they could 
 until reinforced. Very soon from over the hill came the sound 
 of officers giving commands, as if troops were forming, and in a 
 few minutes a company of cavalry came dashing up in front of the 
 picket line, and formed in handsome style only a few rods off. 
 They presented a handsome appearance, riding splendid horses, 
 well accoutered, the men all wearing U. 8. overcoats and hats. 
 As soon as they had formed their line, they advanced toward the 
 fence, and an officer dismounted and commenced laying down the
 
 ONE HUNDBEDTH REGIMENT. 235 
 
 fence. One of our boys caught a glimpse of some " butternut" 
 under the U. S. overcoat, and sang out " rebels ! rebels !" But 
 the officer still laying down the rails, cried out, " don't fire, don't 
 fire, we are friends." Some one fired a gun to arouse the camp, 
 and the pickets rallied to the center, and fell back under orders 
 toward the main line, and met Captain Goddard coming up, who 
 being the ranking officer took command. Believing them to be 
 Union cavalry he ordered the men not to fire. Several of our men 
 however believed them to be rebels and jumped behind the trees 
 to be ready for them. One, Johnny Sarver, who saw the butter- 
 nut and was determined not to be fooled, drew a bead on the offi- 
 cer and fired, wounding him and killing his horse, a beautiful 
 bay. The rebels, for such they were, no longer attempted to con- 
 ceal their character, but fired a volley from their carbines at our 
 men and turned to run, taking the wounded men along. Our 
 boys opened on them, and several saddles were emptied. The 
 camp was now all alive, and a battery also opened upon them. 
 
 They proved to be a company of Morgan's cavalry, and the man 
 shot by Sarver (and who it was found next day had died) was one 
 of Morgan's Majors. One man of our regiment, James S. Connor, 
 of Co. H, was slightly wounded. Here then was the first blood 
 drawn from the enemy by the 1 00th, and also the first blood shed 
 by the regiment in the good cause. The last was not very much 
 but enough to say blood! 
 
 This Johnny Sarver, who has the credit of bringing the first 
 rebel to grief, was the youngest man in the regiment, in fact a 
 mere boy of fifteen, and could only get into the service as a mu- 
 sician. But after he got to Louisville, he laid down his fife and 
 took a musket, and as we have seen, knew how to use it ; and he 
 carried it as bravely as the oldest, up to the terrific charge on 
 Kenesaw, June 27th, 1864, in which he was killed. Harry Clay 
 King was another brave boy, only a little older, and being about 
 the same size, and standing in the ranks beside Sarver, the two 
 received the sobriquet of' 1 the pony team," and by this were known 
 in the regiment. James S. Connor, who had the honor of shed- 
 ding the first blood of the 100th, went through the service after- 
 wards unscathed. 
 
 The army advanced slowly, part of the time in line of battle,
 
 236 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 with skirmishing going on in front, and passing through Dan- 
 ville, Stamford and Crab Orchard, camped on the night of the 
 15th, about five miles beyond the last named place. Here part of 
 the brigade, mostly convalescents, were left in camp, while the 
 rest of the command continued on to Wild Cat. These continued 
 for four or five days up in this wild, mountainous region. The 
 command ran short of ration* and forage, and the regiment was 
 sent on the 16th to forage. On the 18th, they went beyond Wild 
 Cat a few miles. Rations still short. Some of the boys tried the 
 experiment of making hulled corn, but they were not very suc- 
 cessful. The product did not seem to be healthy, or at least it oc- 
 casioned a call on the doctor for remedies. For a few days, the 
 boys were a little more hungry than was agreeable. Indeed one 
 soldier writing home at the time, says he got so hungry that he 
 stole the corn from the mules to stay his own stomach ! We shall 
 find in the course of this history that they had to resort to this 
 trick again. On the 20th, fortunately, the trains came up with 
 rations. On the 22d Bragg having made his escape through 
 Cumberland Gap the army started back through Mt. Veruon, 
 Crab Orchard, and Stamford. At Crab Orchard on the 25th, 
 occurred the first death with the regiment, Robert A. Hughes, Co. 
 A. He was from Wilmington. 
 
 At Stamford, the enemy took a new route southwest, through 
 Weathersfield and Liberty, camping on the night of the 25th at 
 Columbia, having marched at the rate of twenty-two miles a day. 
 The day's march, which terminated at Columbia, was a terrible 
 one. The 100th was rear guard, following all the wagons. The 
 weather was cold and damp, and about 3 p. m. it began to snow, 
 making the marching just horrible. The colonel was put under 
 arrest for his leniency in allowing the men to straggle and ride in 
 the wagons. The four days' severe marching made many in the 
 old regiments give out, and told heavily upon the 100th. Many 
 got sick, and all footsore. The boys, no doubt, thought of the 
 comfortable homes they had left, and felt a little blue. A division 
 hospital was established in the town, and 12 sent from the 100th, 
 while 171 reported at surgeon's call. Remained here until the 
 30th. 
 
 On the 24th, when the boys had gone into camp about half a
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 237 
 
 mile from Green River, occurred a little incident, which might be 
 characterized as painfully ludicrous. The men were all very tired. 
 Chaplain Crews, who messed with the officers of Co. K, told the 
 boys that if they would build a fire, he would go to the river and 
 bring the water. Accordingly, he threw off his fine new overcoat, 
 and tucking it safely away under a pile of rails, started on his 
 kind errand. Meanwhile the boys set themselves to work to build 
 the fire, and, by a strange fatality, built it against the pile of rails 
 where the chaplain had hid his coat ; and when he got back with 
 the water he " smelt woolen," and investigating the matter, found 
 his new coat about half consumed ! Philosophy, stoicism, even 
 patriotism, could not have sustained a man at such a time ! 
 Nothing but grace, and a good deal of it arhich, fortunately, the 
 good chaplain had could have kept a man under such circum- 
 stances from " slinging words " not found in Webster's unabridged ! 
 
 On the 30th, five of the sick were sent to Lebanon, and five 
 returned to the regiment, and one, Jerry Harper, of Co. C, was 
 left in charge of a resident physician. He died a few days after, 
 Oct. 30th. 
 
 Nov. 1st, they reached Glasgow, camping on the fair grounds. 
 Here the regiment received a mail, and learned of the capture of 
 the gallant sutlers, Caswell and Bush, who had started from Louis- 
 ville with a load of goods, boxes, and mail, for the regiment. But 
 John Morgan gathered them in, and the boys had to mourn the 
 loss of their letters and good things from home. Here, also, they 
 learned that Rosecraus had superseded Buell, which gave general 
 satisfaction. The force staid at this place until Nov, 4th. Sixteen 
 more of the regiment were sent to the hospital at Cave City. On 
 the 4th they marched seven miles to Scottsville, crossing two 
 streams, where the bridges had been burned by the rebels the year 
 previous. One, the Big Barrow, was the largest stream that had 
 been met since leaving the Ohio. Here quite a number of the 
 regiment that had been left on the way came up. After another 
 day's rest, and a march of twenty-two miles, they passed irom the 
 neutral state of Kentucky into the rebel state of Tennessee. No 
 great change was perceptible in the physical or moral atmosphere. 
 
 A granite obelisk, on which are the names of Gov. Harris and
 
 238 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 his secretary, and of the engineers, marks the spot. The boys hur- 
 rahed for Dixie on crossing the line. 
 
 While passing over the sacred soil of Kentucky, the orders of 
 the commander, Buell, had been very strict against foraging, and 
 the boys found it very hard work, when tired and hungry, to keep 
 their hands off the fruit, sweet potatoes, and other vegetables. One 
 time the regiment was passing a fine orchard of fruit, and one of 
 the boys of Co. A, a fine soldier, started from the ranks and jumped 
 over a fence, bound for the apples. The colonel saw him, and 
 ordered Jeff. back. Now, Jeff, was a good soldier, and did not 
 mean to be insubordinate, but he did want the apples bad, and he 
 did not halt very fast. The colonel drew his revolver, and repeated 
 his order, "Take your place in the ranks." It was a solemn 
 moment ; Jeff, looked back over his shoulder to see if the colonel was 
 in earnest, and, to use his own words, " saw shoot " plainly in the 
 eyes of the colonel, and the result was, he did not want the apples 
 any more. 
 
 Almost immediately upon the entrance of the regiment upon 
 the sacred soil of Kentucky, they had made the acquaintance of 
 two classes of vertebrates, which played an important part in the 
 war of the rebellion. I mean the mule, and the contraband. I 
 wish it distinctly understood that I mean no disrespect to either, 
 in thus classing them together. I do so simply because in the 
 experience of the 100th, they came together, and because, although 
 each deserves a separate chapter in our history, yet the necessities 
 of brevity forbid. 
 
 Occasional specimens of both had been seen here at the north 
 before the war. Now and then a man had ventured to ride a 
 mule, or to drive a span through the streets. And we had had 
 frequent glimpses of the contraband, as the naughty abolitionists 
 transported them through on the underground railroad ; while, as 
 permanent specimens, there was " Uncle John," who lived so long 
 in his elegant mansion alongside of banker Woodruff's. We also 
 had " Bogus," (sometimes called Levi), of the National Hotel 'bus, 
 to show us how even black will fade under certain circumstances. 
 But these were fragmentary specimens. In Kentucky, both were 
 to be seen in their glory. Kentucky had long been celebrated for 
 raising mules and politicians, sending now and then one of them
 
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 to congress. She had also rivaled Virginia in the traffic in " slaves 
 and souls of men," rearing them for the cotton states. One of the 
 first lessons it became necessary for the boys to learn was how to 
 subsist, and how to manage a mule team, and how to keep the 
 mules from chewing up at night the wagon and its contents, which 
 they had so patiently drawn through the day. Another lesson on 
 which they studied long and hard, but which I do not suppose 
 this or any other regiment ever learned perfectly, was how to tell 
 when a mule was going to kick ; but they never found any diffi- 
 culty in telling when a mule had kicked ! Without the mule, I 
 do not see how the war could ever have been conducted, as no 
 other animal could have endured the labor and deprivation inci- 
 dent to the transporting of the impedimenta of an army through a 
 country that had already felt the devastating effects of war. Many 
 rich experiences, no doubt, could be related in respect to the mule, 
 but we cannot give them now. We turn our attention to the con- 
 traband, between whom and the mule there were many points 
 of resemblance. Neither had any rights which a white man is 
 bound to respect. Both had from time immemorial been the sub- 
 jects of prejudice and abuse, and both have exhibited the most 
 wonderful patience under such abuse, although both have occasion- 
 ally been known to kick. Both have a wonderful capacity for 
 music, and delight in exhibiting their powers " oft in the stilly 
 night." Both came to be recognized at last as important instru- 
 mentalities to be employed in the service of the Union, although I 
 fear that there are many still left, even here at the north, who are 
 not willing that the contraband should have, a fair chance to prove 
 his claims to manhood. Some, I suspect, are afraid of being out- 
 stripped in the race, if the negro is permitted to enter the lists on 
 an equal footing. When the 100th entered the service, the ques- 
 tion of what to do with the contraband, had not begun to be solved. 
 It was the most perplexing of all the questions of the war. Per- 
 haps Gen. Butler never served the country better than when he 
 gave it a partial solution, and fixed upon the race a name which is 
 a most happy one, inasmuch as it avoids on the one hand the mean 
 and contemptible epithet of " nigger," and on the other, does not 
 bring him " between the wind and our nobility," and outrage our 
 delicate feelings by recognizing him as a man and a brother. It
 
 240 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 was a master stroke, and perhaps the shrewd general had in his 
 mind the saying of some old abolitionist, that no man could ever 
 again be president who spelled negro with two " g's." 
 
 Well, as I have said, the boys encountered the contraband 
 immediately upon their entrance upon actual service in Kentucky. 
 And it is something wonderful how quickly many of them forgot 
 their former prejudices. The great inalienable right of the slave- 
 holder to his " nigger," which had heretofore seemed to some to 
 be the corner-stone of our government, vanished into thin air, and 
 the darkies were soon welcomed into our camps, and not unfre- 
 quently kept, concealed and protected, against the orders of the 
 commanding general. And this was not so strange after all, as in 
 every slave-holder the boys soon came to recognize an enemy, and 
 in the contrabands their only reliable friends. 
 
 Perhaps no one left Joliet with stronger prejudices than the 
 Captain ol Co. G. But before the 100th had got half through 
 ^entucky, these prejudices somehow got worn very thin. So 
 much so, that when a good likely boy made his appearance in 
 camp, with the story of how his " massa" abused him, and how 
 he wanted to " go long" with " massa Linkum's sogers," the offi- 
 cers of Co. G, concluded unanimously that they would keep the 
 boy, and employ him as their cook and man of all work. So they 
 contributed around and got the boy a new rig throughout, the 
 captain investing liberally in the enterprise. They felt very 
 proud of their colored servant, and put on some airs before the 
 other boys, calling their attention to the appearance of the boy, 
 after they had got him dressed up. The boy served them well 
 for a few days. But one morning when they were congratulating 
 themselves upon their good luck in getting so fine a cook, and an- 
 ticipating the rasher of bacon " a la Kaintuck," and the hot cof- 
 lee, and de hoe cake, etc., Mr. Darkey was not to be found. His 
 new clothes had run off with him, and the only thing Co. G had 
 to show for their investment was his old rags. I suppose he had 
 some Phyllis that he did not like to leave behind, which caused his 
 heart to fail him, when the regiment was about to move. The 
 Captain got a good many jokes over his luck in " stealing niggers," 
 but I suppose he consoled himself with the reflection that the boy
 
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 had at least proved his equality with the white man, in being like 
 him, " mighty onsartain." 
 
 Some time later in the war, a chap in the 100th was almost as 
 happy in giving a name to the mule, as Gen. Butler was in giving one 
 to the darkey. It was at a time when a great many of our officers* 
 were being breveted the brevet fever as the boys called it, was 
 prevailing alarmingly. I suppose no explanation is necessary as 
 to what is meant by.being breveted. It is a kind of fancy title 
 by which a man is cheaply rewarded for gallantry or meritorious 
 service, without having either the pay or the power of the rank, ex- 
 cept when detailed for some special duty. It was however an 
 honor much sought after at one time, and those who got it were 
 happy, while those who did not get it, were envious. Well, one 
 time, when the piazza of a hotel at Nashville was swarming with 
 these breveted officers, sporting their shoulder straps, some of them 
 double the regulation length, a high private of the 100th, was rid- 
 ing his mule along past the hotel, when he spied the breveted gen- 
 tlemen. He rode up pretty near the hotel, and commenced bela- 
 boring his mule at a terrible rate, swearing at him and exclaiming, 
 " Get up here ! get up here! you d n' t brevet-hor8e! you d n brevet- 
 horse!" 
 
 After the army had crossed the line into Tennessee, they took 
 it for granted that the orders against foraging were no longer in 
 force, and the fences, pigs, poultry, etc., suffered. A march of 
 sixteen miles on the 8th, brought the army through Gallatin, and 
 Sunday they rested three miles beyond the town. On the 10th 
 they crossed the Cumberland, marched twelve miles and camped 
 on the Lebanon and Nashville pike, about twenty miles from 
 Nashville, at Camp Silver Springs, and here the regiment re- 
 mained some days. 
 
 The last part of this march was made after dark. Two of 
 the boys of Co. G, got so disgusted with marching in the dark, 
 and were so tired withal, that they concluded that they would fall 
 behind and take a rest for the night, and catch up with the regi- 
 ment in the morning. So they dropped out on a favorable oppor- 
 tunity, and made their bed under some bushes, and slept as only 
 tired soldier boys can sleep, dreaming no doubt of home and its 
 delights, until the sun awoke them in the morning. When they 
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 jumped up and looked around, to their no smill surprise, they 
 found themselves in a camp, men and horses all around, some still 
 sleeping, and some, like themselves, getting up. Sentinels too are 
 standing guard all around the camp. They have a strange look 
 who can they be ? certainly not their old comrades of yester- 
 day. The mystery is soon solved. The boys are discovered, and 
 are soon surrounded by a lot of rebel cavalry men, John Morgan's 
 famous rangers. Of course they are prisoners. How they cursed, 
 (inwardly) their folly in straggling last night ! But there is no 
 help for it. They are now at the disposal, and under the orders 
 of men in butternut. The camp is all astir, and after a hasty 
 breakfast, of which they are allowed a slender share, they are 
 treated to a rapid march of about fifteen miles in the opposite di- 
 rection to the one they wished to go. Marching to keep up with 
 the cavalry, was worse even than that of the night before. They 
 are all uncertain too as to what was to be their fate. Their captors 
 took delight in playing upon their fears, and even talked of hang- 
 ing them. But after keeping them three days, they parolled them 
 and let them go. Not, however, without first effecting quite a 
 change in their personal appearance. The rebels compelled them 
 to strip off their good clothes, and to accept in exchange a suit of 
 the hateful and dirty butternut, confiscating at the same time the 
 contents of their pockets. They then made their way back to the 
 regiment, sadder and wiser, and, let us hope, better boys. They 
 put the best face they could upjn the matter, as they made their 
 entree into camp at Silver Springs. The shouts and yells of wel- 
 come that went up from the boys on discovering who they were, I 
 presume they will never forget. The colonel, however, was some- 
 what indignant at their course, and threatened at first that he 
 would not respect their parole, but put them in front. He relented, 
 however, and let them off. 
 
 This adventure entitled them to an honorable retirement to the 
 veteran reserve corps ! It is said that a photograph of them, taken 
 while dressed in their new uniform, is still extant, and is the 
 admiration of their friends. The Baptist church at Beloit would 
 hardly recognize in one of them their eloquent and well-beloved 
 pastor but he was one of the boys ! 
 
 While at Silver Springs, the weather was mostly cold and 
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 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 243 
 
 rainy, and the men were worn out with their campaign, and a 
 large number were sick. Some mornings, 100 to 150 would report 
 at surgeon's call. On the 15th, all fit for duty were out on a trip 
 attempting to capture a force of the enemy's cavalry. They pur- 
 sued them to Lebanon, and then gave up the chase, and returned 
 about 9:30 p. m., having traveled twenty-eight miles, part of the 
 time on the double-quick. 
 
 Tuesday, the 17th, was a sad day in the regiment, as they 
 were called upon to bury two of their number, A. Leonard, of Co. 
 E, from Troy, of typhoid pneumonia, and Win. Sutton, of Co. A, 
 from Wilton, of typhoid fever. They were buried with military 
 honors. 
 
 The regiment remained at this camp nine days, the longest 
 stop which had been made since leaving Louisville. 
 
 On the 19th, it moved eight miles, stopping about an hour 
 near the " Hermitage," giving the boye an opportunity to visit one 
 of our national shrines, the residence and tomb of "Old Hickory." 
 Many expressed the wish that Old Hickory had been in the execu- 
 tive chair when the rebellion commenced. Next day crossed Stone 
 River, and marched some three or four miles. That afternoon 
 the ambulances were sent into Nashville with seventeen of the 
 sickest ones of the regiment. It was supposed that the army 
 would remain some time at this point, and so the men fixed up 
 their camp in good style, setting out evergreens, building chim- 
 neys, &c., and receiving a daily mail from Nashville, and enjoying 
 the presence of a sutler who had driven in from Louisville. But 
 just as they had got nicely fixed up, they moved again on the 26th, 
 going to a point about four miles southeast of Nashville, which 
 was their camp until the advance on Murfreesboro, the 26th of 
 December. 
 
 On the 27th, another member died in camp, Amos Gawthrop, 
 of Co. H, from Wilton. He had been on detailed duty with the 
 battery attached to the brigade, and was sick for some time there, 
 and was then sent to the regimental hospital, where he died, mak- 
 ing the fourth death with the regiment. The other boys who had 
 died on the march, had been buried without coffins, but Co. H, 
 determined that Gawthrop should have a coffin. They were camped 
 at this time on the land of a Mr. Jones, who lived near the camp,
 
 244 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 and who like a good many others, was a good Union man when our 
 army was around, and the boys applied to him for some boards to 
 make a coffin. But he refused to give or sell them any. They 
 reported the matter to the colonel, who told them to go and help 
 themselves. So they stripped off a lot of boards from his fences, 
 and made a rude coffin, and wrapping the soldier in his blanket, 
 put him into it, and buried him near a brick church, Chaplain 
 Crews officiating. This soldier had two brothers in the 100th, 
 and another brother in the 4th cavalry, and a half brother also in 
 the service. One died of disease, and one was killed at Chicka- 
 mauga. 
 
 Co. A also buried a good man in a similar manner next day, 
 Wm. Birdenstein, of the town of Reed, whose brother died also 
 December 19th. Other deaths had occurred among those who 
 had been left behind in hospitals. 
 
 The location of the camp was not a very pleasant one, and the 
 weather was most of the time cold and wet, and consequently there 
 was a good deal of sickness in the regiment, principally measles 
 and lung affections, for which sleeping on the ground could not 
 be very good. Several were sent from time to time into the city, 
 which was now one great hospital. 
 
 The men all had some interesting experiences in this camp. 
 Being comparatively young soldiers, they had not yet learned how 
 to make the best of it, had not yet learned all the shifts and 
 devices by which an old campaigner knows how to alleviate the 
 discomforts of such a life, even under the most untoward circum- 
 stances. The 100th was brigaded with old troops, and one might 
 naturally suppose that these would stand ready to assist and instruct 
 their new comrades. Not a bit of it ! On the contrary, they 
 seemed to find great satisfaction- in standing by and witnessing the 
 awkwardness and mistakes of the fresh fish. But the 100th soon 
 learned all the tricks and devices of the camp, and took their 
 revenge by playing the same role with other new-comers ; a curious 
 phase of what we call human nature, seen also in college life ; 
 when the freshman becomes a soph., he seems to find sweet rerenge 
 for the indignities to which he had been subjected, by playing them 
 off on his vealy successors. 
 
 On the night of Dec. 1st, the camp had a rough experience.
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 245 
 
 It bad rained hard all day, and in the evening there was a teriffic 
 thunder-storm, accompanied by very high winds. Imagine how 
 unwelcome such a storm must be in cold weather, with nothing 
 overhead but cotton cloth, and nothing underneath but the bare 
 ground ! 
 
 The two assistant surgeons, Harwood and Woodruff, occupied 
 a tent together. About nine o'clock, the ditch which had been 
 dug around the tent, for the purpose of carrying oft the water, 
 began to overflow, and the water came into the tent. As the beds 
 consisted of nothing but straw with the blanket thrown over, they 
 soon became uncomfortably moist, and the surgeons had to forsake 
 their downy couch and excavate a deeper cut to carry off the water 
 not a very agreeable job in the darkness, the wind, and the rain. 
 The next tent was occupied by the senior surgeon and his clerk. 
 They were no better off, if so well, for in addition to the water, the 
 tent pins had got loosened, and the clerk was out trying to drive 
 them in the darkness, and he could only see them when a flash of 
 lightning lit up the scene momentarily, showing also the senior 
 surgeon standing en dishabille in the tent door, and most emphati- 
 cally giving directions to his clerk in a composite language, mainly 
 English and German, with now and then a word that ought not 
 to be in either language. L think the old adage, " Misery loves 
 company," was true in this case, and the sub-surgeons drew no 
 little satisfaction from the glimpses they caught of the chief, reveal- 
 ing the fact that he was in a worse plight than themselves. But 
 they got punished for so selfish a feeling, for they had no sooner 
 got settled down again before the chimney fire, where they had 
 drawn the bed, than, without any warning, down came their tent, 
 an irreparable wreck, in the darkness. Hastily gathering up books 
 and papers, they had to retreat to the hospital tent, where they sat 
 up the balance of the night on the boxes, thoroughly disgusted 
 with army life. In the morning they were again comforted to 
 find that the rest of the officers had had similar experiences. The 
 colonel, for the first time since leaving Louisville, had undressed, 
 and was enjoying the unwonted luxury of clean sheets once more, 
 when his tent blew down, and he was caught literally sans oulotte 
 whatever that means ! 
 
 On the 4th, the division was reviewed by General Rosecrans.
 
 246 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Life in camp now moved on with but little to interrupt its 
 monotony. The regiment took its turn occasionally in going out 
 to guard forage trains. The officers and men discussed over their 
 coffee and pipes the rumors and speculations that were rife respect- 
 ing further movements, and anyone fortunate enough to get news 
 from home, shared it with his comrades. Anything to read was a 
 godsend. Dime novels and illustrated papers found a ready mar- 
 ket, and were devoured most greedily. The Republican and the 
 Signal were especially welcome. Not a few, let us hope, read the 
 testaments which their mothers had crowded into their carpet- 
 bags I And here they remained until after Christmas the last 
 Christmas many of them would see !
 
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 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 HISTORY OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH REGT. CONTINUED. 
 
 NASHVILLE TO CHICKAM'AUGA. SEPTEMBER, 1862, TO 
 DECEMBER, 1863. 
 
 Signs of Advance Christmas Eve Strikes out for LaVernge On the 
 March Camps In Line of Battle LaVernge Advances Captures some 
 Rebs Incident Stewart's Creek Sunday Rest Battle Opens How it 
 went Incidents Casualties Night New Year's Eve New Year's Day 
 Night Again Battle Renewed Incidents Casualties Victory Jan. 3d 
 Enemy makes Another Attempt Gives it up Retreats List of Casualties 
 Incidents Moves through Murfreesboro and Encamps Visitors from 
 Home Accident in Camp Deaths Paymaster Welcome Reviews- 
 Changes Camp Fixes up Foraging Incidents A Visit from Joliet Ladies 
 Forward again Incidents Foraging Storm Settles at Hillsboro 
 Month's Stay Accident Capt. Munger makes a Good Shot Scientific For- 
 agingOn the move again Aunt Emma makes a Sensation Over the 
 Mountains Incidents Down into the Sequatchie 24th Tenn. Inf. Expe- 
 dition Chaplain Resigns A Story on him On the March Peter's Cave 
 Crosses the Tennessee Nickajack Cave A Corner Moves on Old Look- 
 outIn Chattanooga Out to Chickamauga Creek. 
 
 FEW days before Christmas, the orders received left no doubt 
 in the minds of the men that " Old Rosey " was soon to show 
 his hand. Sickness had reduced the regiment to 600 men fit 
 for duty. On the morning of the 24th, orders came to be ready to 
 move at 7:30 next morning. This necessitates turning out at five, 
 and plenty of hard work to get ready. But at the set hour the 
 tents have been struck, breakfast cooked and eaten, the indispen- 
 sible " coffee " made and drank, the wagons packed, and every
 
 248 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 thing ready for a move. Then came orders to issue two days' 
 additional rations, and repack the wagons, so that two or three 
 should carry all that was indispensible the balance to be sent ta 
 Nashville to be stored. This was also done, and the boys lay 
 around on the ground, dozing and grumbling, until 3 p. m., when 
 they were ordered to pitch tents again, and be ready to move at 
 daylight next morning. 
 
 And this was Christmas eve ! Every soldier's thoughts go 
 back to the homes they have left behind them, and in many a 
 mind, no doubt, the question comes up unbidden : " Shall I ever 
 join in the Christmas festivities of the old home again?' 1 Pic- 
 tures of Christmas trees in gas- lit parlors and churches, surrounded 
 by groups of happy children, and dear, dear friends and kindred, 
 pass in panoramic visions througn* the mind, in strange and start- 
 ling contrast to the camp, and its groups of soldiery, guns, and 
 warlike preparations. A strange contrast, too, in another respect : 
 There, they are celebrating the advent of the PRINCE OF PEACE ; 
 here, we are about to move forward in fierce and bloody encounter, 
 appealing to the God of War. 
 
 , Very timely, a load came in from Nashville, of thirteen boxes 
 for the regiment, full of those things which were welcome to the 
 soldier. They were quickly opened and contents distributed, and 
 many had a taste of Christmas, a reminder that they were not for- 
 gotten, though far away. 
 
 Christmas day was passed quietly in the same camp, and OD 
 the evening of the 26th, by nine o'clock, the army was finally 
 under way. The division in which the 100th was placed took the 
 road toward LaVernge and Murfreesboro. The day was rainy 
 and the army moved slowly, being stopped occasionally by the 
 enemy skirmishing with the advance. The regiment passed 
 through the deserted camps of other portions of the array, which 
 had preceded them, and five miles out passed the last picket, and 
 struck out for LaVernge. Frequent stoppages were made, to allow 
 the artillery to shell the woods to drive out any rebels that might 
 be lurking in them to pick off the men. As they progress, they 
 see the marks left by the artillery upon the trees, barns and fences* 
 In the advance, a man is seen upon the roof of a house, waving a 
 
 to and fro, and far away to the right is another doing the
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 249 
 
 same thing. These are the signals from one road to another, by 
 which the movements of the different columns are guided, and 
 which only the proper persons can understand. And thus they 
 move on through the day, and towards night several wounded men 
 are seen carried back in ambulances. The men look at them, and 
 the thought comes up in many minds such may soon be my fate! 
 
 The 100th camped for the night in a wood, in the rain, and 
 without any tents, a mile or two from LaVernge. The night was 
 quiet. Next morning the men were called up at five o'clock, and 
 at daylight are allowed to build fires and cook breakfast. They 
 remained ready to march at a moment's notice until nine o'clock. 
 One piece of artillery opened on LaVernge, without any response, . 
 when the brigade moves out in line of battle, the 58th Indiana 
 and 26th Ohio taking the advance, with their skirmishers thrown 
 out so as to protect both flanks, and, about forty rods behind, the 
 8th Indiana battery, supported by the 3d Ky. on the right, and 
 the 100th 111. on the left. As soon as the advance came within 
 musket range of the town, they were met by a furious and unex- 
 pected discharge of musketry. The rebels were firing on our men 
 from their concealment in the houses. The 26th Ohio had some 
 twenty killed and wounded. But our force soon drove the enemy 
 from the town, and marched on after them on either side of the 
 pike. The battle of LaVernge is set down in the histories as a 
 skirmish, and such it was, but one of considerable importance 
 one of the brilliant ones. The 100th moved half a mile over an 
 open field, under a heavy fire without a waver, and "when within 
 eighty or one hundred yards, charged with a yell on the double- 
 quick, and drove the enemy out of the town. This, too, was the 
 first time the regiment had been under fire. When they were 
 being halted to re-form their lines, Gen. Haskell complimented 
 them on their gallantry, and said : " We are all one now, old 
 soldiers and new." 
 
 The march was hard, over rocks, and through dense cedar 
 thickets in line of battle. About a mile beyond La Vernge, the 
 100th changed places with the 26th Ohio, companies A and B on 
 the skirmish line, under Major Hammond. The rebels annoyed 
 our advance with a couple pieces of artillery, but as soon as our 
 battery opened on them they got out of the way. During their 
 
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 250 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 advance through the cedar thickets, the boys encountered great 
 numbers of rabbits, and somehow they could not resist the temp- 
 tation to pop them over, and put them in their haversacks for 
 future use. While they were advancing, much of the time on the 
 double thick, and driving the rebel cavalry before them, it was 
 hard to tell whether they were popping at the rebs or the rabbits, 
 and it didn't seem to make much difference with the boys. Gen. 
 Haskell scolded them, telling them they would get caught with 
 their muskets empty when they wanted to shoot a reb ; but he 
 didn't say anything more about keeping them from running to the 
 rear, the greatest difficulty he had now, was to hold them back. 
 About noon it began to rain, and continued without abatement 
 until night. Several shots were fired at the brigade from a bridge 
 which the rebels held, but the 3d Kentucky soon dislodged them 
 without loss. While halting here the colonel left the regiment to 
 get orders from Gen. Haskell, where to go into camp for the 
 night. During his absence a squad of twenty or thirty rebel 
 cavalry came charging down a lane on the left of the regiment, 
 and as eoon as it was discovered that they were rebels, Co. G, 
 which had been sent to the flank, without waiting for orders, fired 
 a volley into them which brought them to a stand, and they wheeled 
 round and threw up their hands in token of surrender. One 
 poor fellow however kept on, and was shot in the abdomen, fa- 
 tally. As was afterwards ascertained, bis horse was wounded, 
 and he was unable to hold him, and keeping on past the 3d 
 Kentucky, the horse was killed without further damage to the 
 rider, but he had already been mortally wounded. The boys car- 
 ried him to an old shed, and took every care of him, greatly re- 
 gretting that they had not understood his design to surrender. He 
 lived thirty-six hours. He was a large man of the name of Cun- 
 ningham, belonging to the 52d Alabama cavalry. 
 
 Major Gen. Crittenden in his report says of this little affair, 
 " And the counter charge and capture of twenty-five of the ene- 
 my by a company of the new regiment, the 100th Illinois, when 
 charged by the enemy's cavalry, are worthy of special notice," 
 Gen. Wood also refers to the exploit in his report, mentioning 
 the fact also that twelve horses and equipments were taken. 
 The adventure supplied the officers of the 100th, with extra
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 251 
 
 horses, and made all the boys, especially Co. G, feel pretty good. 
 
 The regiment encamped at Stewart's Creek, where the enemy 
 had tried to burn the bridge, but did not succeed. The next day 
 was Sunday, and the regiment remained quiet. The enemy's 
 cavalry could be seen across the creek, and the skirmish line kept 
 up some firing through the day. Monday, the division was not in 
 front, but moved slowly along the pike. It was however a brisk 
 day in the front, and the noise of artillery and musketry could be 
 heard nearly all day, but not much damage was done, not more 
 than 150 killed and wounded in the entire army. Late in the 
 afternoon the division was thrown into line on the left of the pike 
 to support the advance, but nothing was done. The brigade went 
 down to the bank of Stone River, and as it was dark, stacked 
 arms, and all hands were preparing to camp for the night, when 
 a sudden whistle of bullets, and rattle of musketry, gave notice of 
 the presence of the enemy, and the regiment moved back and to 
 the left, and went into camp. No one was hurt, although some 
 of the bullets were imbedded in the rails which the boys were 
 gathering for their fires. The whistle of the locomotives in Mur- 
 freesboro, about three miles distant, could be plainly heard, 
 and the boys wondered whether the rebels were leaving, or 
 being reinforced. They found out which it was in due 
 time. Next day, (the 30th), the regiment was called up at 
 four o'clock, and by daylight had breakfasted, and was in readi- 
 ness for anything that might turn up; but the day passed 
 quietly with the brigade. The General, (Rosecrans) did not wish 
 to bring on an engagement, as McCook's corps was delayed, and 
 had not yet come up. While riding over the field, superintend- 
 ing the placing of his forces, his chief of staff was instantly killed, 
 his head being shot clean off. 
 
 On the evening of the 30th, everything being in readiness, 
 orders were given to put out all the fires along the line, and that 
 everything should be kept as still and secure as possible, allow- 
 ing the men ample time to rest. Johnson's division of MoCook's 
 corps was ordered to advance as near as possible, without reveal- 
 ing its position, and to lay on their arms through the night, with a 
 heavy picket force in advance, and if not attacked by nine o'clock 
 next morning to advance upon the enemy. Next day the sun
 
 252 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 rose clear and beautiful upon the last day of 1862 alas ! it 
 proved to be the last day of life to many a soldier on either 
 side. 
 
 The enemy did not wait to be attacked, but opened the ball 
 themselves very early, with their usual tactics, attacking Johnson 
 on our right, with three divisions, and rushing on with such force 
 and rapidity that they were upon him almost as quickly as the 
 pickets, to which the enemy had paid no attention. Johnson 
 made a desperate resistance, but two of his best batteries were soon 
 taken, though bravely defended, the men being bayoneted at their 
 posts, and he was obliged to retire before the massive columns of 
 the enemy, and his worsted men, though as brave as any who ever 
 carried muskets, turned and fled, resistance being unavailing. 
 Mean while Davis' division vainly tried to form, and assist in stay- 
 ing the progress of the enemy, but they were in a cedar brake, 
 where one-half of a regiment, could not seethe other, and the 
 terrific yells of the rebels, which could be heard above the roar 
 of cannon, so terrified our faltering force on the right, that they 
 were driven over two miles, leaving their dead and wounded 
 thick upon the field. . 
 
 Thus ill-fared the day upon the right. Let us look now at the 
 center, in which the Will county regiment bears a part. About 
 nine in the morning, the regiment was ordered to fall in on the 
 double quick, which was done promptly, although the men felt, 
 notwithstanding the cool and seemingly careless air of their colonel, 
 that all was not right. The regiment was formed in a cedar 
 grove, and very soon the noise and rattle of the musketry drew 
 near, and the wounded began to pass by, leaning upon their fel- 
 low soldiers, or carried on stretchers. Regiment after regiment, 
 brigade after brigade, and division after division, was seen filing 
 by to take their position on the field. Generals, colonels, and 
 their adjutants ride along the lines and get their men into posi- 
 tion. Wagons are moving rapidly, and bullets are whistling by 
 all the time. 
 
 Not long does the 100th remain idle spectators. It has a part 
 to play now with the brigade, in the fierce conflict which is to be 
 known in history as one of the fiercest and most memorable. They 
 move now in one direction, and now in another, and then halt in
 
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 a cornfield where they are are dressed on the color line, and then 
 ordered to lie down, lest a rebel battery should get the range and 
 open on them. While here, a regiment in sight falls back in dis- 
 order, and its colonel seizes the colors and tries to rally them, but 
 succeeds only partially. But the eight has no effect upon the 100th ; 
 it looks on with indifference. The 3d Ky., being ordered to the right 
 of the railroad, their colonel, McKee, meets a glorious death. But 
 the major, though twice hit, sticks bravely to the regiment. The 
 sound of musketry comes nearer. The 100th is in danger of being 
 flanked. It is ordered to change its position to avoid this new 
 danger. It comes upon another regiment, which proves to be the 
 110th, Col. Casey's. The men exchange cheers as they ascertain 
 that two Illinois regiments are together, and feel inspired with 
 new strength and courage. This position must be held, for it is 
 one of great importance. After a little, a regiment in the rear is 
 withdrawn, and the two, 100th and 110th, are left alone. They 
 move forward to the edge of a cotton field. The enemy try hard 
 to dislodge them, but here they lie, hugging the earth, while they 
 are treated to a brisk cannonade, and our own batteries are reply- 
 ing over them. What terrific music ! The shrieking of shells, 
 the thunder of artillery, the crash in the tree tops overhead ; and 
 here they lie, unable to do aught but hold on the most trying 
 position in which men can be placed. 
 
 But now the order comes to " fall in," and just as they are 
 doing so, a solid shot comes along which takes off the head of Giles 
 L. Greenman, of Co. K, and strikes Lieut. Worthingham, of the 
 same company, in the breast, killing him instantly. Five poor 
 fellows yielded up their lives at this point, and about thirty were 
 wounded. The regiment is moved across the railroad, when knap- 
 sacks are unslung, and it is formed along the railroad. Mean- 
 while the bullets fly thick and fast, and with telling effect upon 
 the ranks, and one after another of the men limp by to the rear. 
 They lay down on this line. Soon an American flag was seen in 
 front, and a regiment marched in by the flank, on the south side 
 of the cotton field, and it was, of course, supposed to be one of ours, 
 as they had on U. S. overcoats. But soon the boys saw the " but- 
 ternut," and gave them a volley. They went over the fence, and 
 down the hill, like a lot of sheep. Lieut. Mitchell, of Wilmington,
 
 254 HISTORY OF THE , 
 
 i 
 
 here receives the wound which proved mortal three days after. 
 The men lie and listen to the grim music of the shot and shell 
 flying over their heads, and cutting the cedars, anxiously waiting 
 for the result on the field at large. They know that the right 
 wing has been discomfited ; they have heard the exultant shouts of 
 the rebels while they have driven it from point to point. 
 
 But meanwhile Rosecrans has not been idle. Seeing that the 
 fate of the day would depend on the center, he has ordered up all 
 the available batteries, and placed them along the railroad, so as to 
 cover the only ground upon which the enemy can charge with any 
 hope of success, while the brigades of infantry are placed in front 
 and rear. The sound of the battle now comes nearer and nearer, 
 and louder and louder, until the cedar swamp is enveloped in 
 smoke, and over all the noise and tumult of battle, the yells of the 
 pursuing rebels are heard as they drive the broken and disordered 
 ranks of the right wing in their retreat behind the center corps. 
 On come the enemy, flushed with success, through and out of the 
 woods, over the open ground, never dreaming of the reception 
 they are to meet. One rebel flag after another is seen waving 
 defiantly, until they are too many to be counted ; on they come, 
 yelling their unearthly yell, expecting to sweep all before them. 
 Our forces are silently awaiting them a solemn, ominous silence 
 for a few brief moments only, and then a little puff of smoke is 
 seen to rise from full fifty pieces of artillery, followed by a roar 
 and a shock as of an earthquake; a continuous roar for thirty min- 
 utes, and when it ceases, and the smoke rolls off from the field, 
 nothing is seen of all that proud array of advancing, and till then 
 victorious rebels, but a few scattered battalions plunging pell-mell 
 into the cedar thickets, from which they had a little before emerged 
 so buoyantly. Our artillery follow up, and fire upon the retreat- 
 ing enemy. It was a grand, a glorious sight. Our batteries drove 
 them back over nearly the same ground over which they had driven 
 the right wing. Scarcely had this advantage been gained, when 
 Palmer's division began to shell the woods in the rebel center, and 
 fortunately got the range of a battery, supported by two brigades, 
 that lay concealed in the woods, killing great numbers of them. 
 Irritated at this, the rebel commander ordered a charge across a 
 field in plain sight. They came on, a brigade eight rows deep,
 
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 with fixed bayonets in splendid style. But our boys stood their 
 ground, and gave them such a reception as made them falter. 
 Their officers tried to rally and lead them on again, but our grape 
 and canister mowed them down, and a few well-directed volleys of 
 musketry finished their repulse. They turned and fled, our men 
 pursuing them until getting into range of their artillery, they fell 
 back to allow ours to reply, and thus was now kept up an artillery 
 duel until darkness closed the scene. 
 
 At dusk, when the regiment fell back, the colonel noticed that 
 one man in Co. C did not get up with the rest, and when an officer 
 went to see the cause, he was found dead, killed instantly by a 
 piece of shell, and so quickly that he had not stirred, and the man 
 who lay next to him did not know it. This was John Hopkins, 
 of Homer. The regiment lay all night on their arms. After 
 dark, a detail went out to the front in command of Lieut. Wil- 
 liams, with an ambulance in charge of Surgeon Woodruff, and 
 here found the enemy taking care of the dead and wounded, our 
 men mingling with them in a friendly manner, both sides taking 
 care of and assisting the wounded of each army. 
 
 Here occurred a little incident worth relating. John O'Kief, 
 of Co. I, went out with the boys on the battle field, and shortly 
 after was heard coming in, and yelling out as he passed the pickets, 
 " Don't shoot, don't shoot, it's John O'Kief on a d d good rebel 
 horse." He came in riding a very fine horse, with saddle and 
 bridle and a large pair of saddle-bags, which seemed to be well 
 stuffed. He at once looked up the colonel, and told him that he 
 had brought him a fine horse. The colonel inquired where he got 
 it. O'Kief replied that he got it on the field, and that it was a 
 rebel surgeon's. The colonel's sense of honor would not allow 
 him to accept of the present from O'Kief ; but, instead, he ordered 
 him to take it back to the surgeon, with the compliments of the 
 colonel. O'Kief did not like the colonel's view of the matter, 
 but he had no choice but to obey, and accordingly took the animal 
 back to the rebel surgeon, who was equally surprised and gratified 
 at recovering him, and sent his name, residence and regiment back 
 to the colonel, with the assurance that if he, or any of his officers 
 or men, should be captured by his command, they should be well 
 cared for. But our surgeon at Chickamauga did not get quite so
 
 256 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 generous treatment, as we shall see in due time. But before 
 O'Kief returned with the horse, the major of the 100th, whose 
 conscience had become somewhat dulled by the cravings of his 
 stomach, confiscated the contents of the rebel surgeon's saddle- 
 bags, which were found to consist of cold chicken, ham, biscuit, 
 &c., <fec., which, with the colonel's aid, rapidly disappeared, 
 
 " like the snow falls In the river, 
 
 A moment white, then gone forever." 
 
 The 100th regiment fared much better than could have been 
 expected. Up to this time, only 10 were killed and 30 wounded, 
 and nearly as many missing. Some other regiments lost 50 per 
 cent, of their men. Six men from each company were detailed for 
 pickets. Says one who was of this number : " It was a terrible 
 night. The constant groaning of the wounded that lay within a 
 few feet of us, the ghastly upturned faces of the dead which lay in 
 our path, made the relief which came after our six hours' vigil, 
 doubly welcome. And this was our New Year's eve !" 
 
 January 1st, 1863, dawned upon the field of Stone River, as 
 well as upon the rest of the world. But what a strange New 
 Year to the men of the 100th regiment! To those who had sur- 
 vived the carnage of yesterday, how different from any other New 
 Year, whose light they had ever hailed ! And how much greater 
 the change to those who had gone where years no longer divide 
 existence ! 
 
 At 3 o'clock in the morning, the regiment was relieved by 
 another, and moved back a little. It had held an advanced and 
 exposed position all night, without fire or blankets, and the relief 
 was welcome. The men anticipated a breakfast, but no rations 
 were issued. Here they lay in the mud all day, but were permit- 
 ted to build fires. There was no fighting of any amount done, 
 both sides seemed willing to rest. At night the regiment was or- 
 dered into a beautiful cedar grove, and anticipated a good night's 
 rest ; but the men had scarcely got into a doze, when the order 
 came to "fall in," and although so tired and sleepy that they 
 could hardly keep their eyes open, or move, yet the boys obeyed 
 the unwelcome order, and relieved another regiment, on the other 
 side of the railroad, and were once more drawn up in line of bat-
 
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 tie. They can see the rebel picket fires burning brightly, but are 
 allowed none themselves. They were in a cornfield where the 
 mud was so deep that they could not lie down, and they could 
 only rest by leaning upon their muskets. Some, however, became 
 so fatigued, that towards morning, they lay down in the mud, 
 and the weather growing colder, they could hardly tear their 
 blankets from the frozen mud in the morning. It had turned 
 very cold, and many of the wounded suffered much, some having 
 hands and feet frozen. The morning too was accompanied by a 
 wind that seemed to go through the frame, and make every 
 one shake as in an ague fit. When the morning haze has cleared 
 away, the long lines of the enemy can be seen moving to the right 
 and left, some of them mounted, which are conjectured to be artil- 
 lery. While the 100th, which has occupied the front all night, is be- 
 ing relieved by another regiment, the enemy seeing the move- 
 ment open upon them. Getting into place as quickly as possible 
 the men lie down, without being very careful to select their beds. 
 And now, the thunder rages again, worse if possible than before. 
 And here they lie, trying to keep from being seen by the enemy, 
 whose sharpshooters are concealed in the cedar thickets. These 
 become so annoying that a body of skirmishers are sent out about 
 10 o'clock to dislodge them, which they succeed in doing, though 
 many a poor fellow falls before their deadly aim. But our men 
 did not flinch, and were reinforced. The enemy then direct their 
 artillery fire upon them, and they fall back to give our batteries 
 an opportunity to reply. And then followed an artillery duel 
 between Loomis' Michigan battery, and Stannard's Ohio battery 
 on our side, and the rebel batteries. Our regiment is lying in 
 the mud between, without any protection. Soon the rebels get 
 the range of Stannard's battery, and it is soon put hors du com- 
 bat, all the horses being killed, and many of the men. But they 
 rally, and draw the guns off by hand. Fifty per cent, of the 
 men of the battery are killed or wounded. The Loomis battery 
 had guns of longer range, and being further to the rear, and be- 
 hind a hill, are not so much exposed, and they keep up the fight. 
 The bursting of their shells in the ranks of the enemy could be 
 seen to scatter them like autumn leaves. But the enemy got the 
 range of the 100th, and solid shot came ricocheting past them. 
 
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 258 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Shells bursting, and grape falling thick around, make the place 
 hot and uncomfortable. Geo. H. Atkins, of Co. K is killed, his 
 right arm being torn from his body. The battle seems to be re- 
 newed. From the woods on the right, and in the rear, cheering 
 is now heard, and soon a magnificent spectacle is seen. A divis- 
 ion bursts from the timber, and sweeps into the open space behind 
 the 100th ; with colors flying, horses proudly prancing, the lines 
 move steadily and firmly forward. A battery comes dashing 
 along with them. An officer with hat off, urges on his men. This 
 is Rosseau the game cock of Kentucky, as Prentiss calls him. 
 The battery is soon ready for action, and now the fight rages 
 fiercely. But it is not long before the enemy is silenced. But 
 here in the mud, for by this time the ground has thawed, the 100th 
 regiment is obliged to remain, while the forenoon passes away, 
 and part of the afternoon, with little fighting except by the sharp- 
 shooters on either side. 
 
 While this advantage had been gained in the centre, two 
 brigades of VanCIeves' division, crossed Stone River, and sent 
 from the main bjdy a small force to reconnoitre, with orders if 
 attacked to fall back on the reserve, which was concealed behind 
 some brush work. They obeyed their orders, and were met by a 
 large rebel force before which they gave way, steadily at first, but 
 being hotly pressed by superior numbers, they were forced to re- 
 treat behind the reserves, closely followed by the enemy. At this 
 juncture the reserve sprang up, and a couple of well directed vol- 
 leys checked the rebels and held them back. 
 
 And now the battle rages again, and blood flows freely. The 
 rebels outnumber the Union force, but they hold their ground 
 until Negley sends them help. When reinforced, they make an- 
 other charge which forces the enemy to retire. From the point 
 occupied by the 100th, every movement could be seen, both of our 
 troops and of the enemy, and alternating feelings of joy and fear 
 filled their minds, as the one side or the other, seemed to be get- 
 ting the advantage. But soon a man comes riding furiously along 
 the ranks in the rear like John Gilpin, hat off, and coat tails 
 flying behind him. He shouts a few words which the 100th can- 
 not hear, but they know that it is good news, for the boys throw 
 up their caps, and give volley on volley of cheers. Soon the
 
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 word reaches our boys, " the enemy is being driven/ 1 and they are 
 to follow them. Up they jump to their feet, and are moved over 
 to the left. But the fighting has cease;!, and they pass on crossing 
 the ford, which they were guarding the other day, and here they 
 stumble upon the dead, and hear the groans of the wounded and 
 dying, but they are mostly rebels. After various manoeuvres 
 they are anchored at last in a hollow, and allowed to rest, and 
 build fires for the night. And, despite the groans of the suffer- 
 ing, despite the rain now pouring down, the tired men tank down 
 to a sound sleep, until the next morning, when they awoke to find 
 themselves in a grave yard, the corpses still unburied. The 
 slaughter here must have been terrible. The wounded have been 
 removed during the night How ghastly the dead men look, their 
 faces washed by the rain ! 
 
 Private Bolton who was one of those whose lot it was to go 
 upon picket duty on this night writes thus of the scene : 
 
 "The battle field, what a sight was here ! Behind almost every 
 tree was the lifeless form of some poor soldier, mostly rebels, and 
 strewed over the ground were legs and arms, and mangled bodies, 
 masses of flesh and bones, so mutilated that not their own mothers 
 could recognize them. Some yet living, having lain out in all the 
 rain and cold, no one to care for them, and dying alone amid 
 the crowds of dying and dead. The trees were literally full of 
 bullet holes. Guns, knapsacks, canteens, blankets and haversacks, 
 were scattered all around, and the soil was cut up with the 
 tracks of horses and artillery. The whole made a picture on 
 which I hope never to look again. 
 
 "Both of these days, Dec. 31st and Jan. 2d, we were constantly 
 exposed to the most galling fire, and that we came out with the 
 loss of so few men, was greatly owing to the care and judgment 
 of our colonel. In the midst of the heaviest fire, when shot and 
 shell flew thickest, he would pass up and down the lines ordering 
 his men to lie low." 
 
 January 3d, the regiment lay all day behind intrenchments 
 without any demonstrations on the part of the enemy. The con- 
 tinued rains made the movement of artillery impossible. At even-
 
 260 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 ing, uuder cover of the darkness, they attempted to dislodge the 
 pioneers, but they were repulsed with heavy loss, and they 
 plunged into the river, making no further demonstrations, and 
 that night retreated through Murfreesboro, and the next morning, 
 the Union forces were in possession of the town, and the battle 
 of Stone River, the seven days' fighting was over. Such was 
 the baptismal battle of the Will county regiment. 
 
 The following is the list of casualties in the 100th regiment 
 during these seven days. 
 
 KTLLED: 
 
 Lieut. M. Worthingham, Co. K, Joliet ; Lieut. Charles F. Mitchell, Co. 
 A, Wilmington ; Andrew Theil, Co. B, Jackson; John Hopkins, Co. C, 
 Homer; Fred'k Rahm, Co. C, Mokena; Geo. W. Hess, musician, Co. D, 
 Plainfield; Giles Greenman, Co. K, Twelve Mile Grove; Geo. H. Atkins, 
 Co. K, Joliet ; Corp. Peter Wagner, Co. C, Lockport. 
 
 WOUNDED: 
 
 Major Hammond, slightly; Lieut. George Bez, Co. C, Mokena; Lieut. J. 
 S McDonald, Co. C, Lockport ; Lieut. John A. Kelly, Co. K ; Sergt. Maj. 
 Wm P. Harbottle, Wilmington ; Sergt. Wade McFadden, Co. Co, severely, 
 (died Jan. 4th), Wilmington ; Sergt. J. W. Taylor, Co. D, Joliet ; Corp. Johu 
 Fellows, Co. D, Plainfield. Co. A Benedict Wenger, slight, Wilmington; 
 Alonzo Jones, slight, Wesley; Michael Worthy, slight, Wilmington ; Henry 
 Kellogg, slight, Florence ; James Dowling, slight, Wesley ; George Dore, 
 slight, Wesley; Constant Bruechet, slight, Reed; John Haines, severely, 
 (since died) Wesley. Co. B Wm. Cludas, severely, Joliet; Stephen J. 
 Rake, slight, Jackson ; Philip Scheer, slight, Joliet. Co. C Michael Sulli- 
 van, Lockport. Co. D Edward Highland, severe, Plainfield ; E. Anglemire. 
 DuPage ; Pat. Martin, Plainfield ; Alfred Carter, Plainfield. Co. E Johu 
 McDonald, New Lenox; Henry Stolder, (died Jan. 22d), Channahon. Co. 
 F Samuel L. Treat, Homer; Selah Spaulding, Homer. Co. H John C. 
 Gent, Peotone; Wm. R. More, Wilton; James Sedgwick, Joliet ; Jno. Shoe- 
 maker, Joliet. Co. I James Tidball, severe, Reed; Dennis Smith, Wil- 
 mington. Co. K Eli Haradon, severe, Green Garden ; William Munday, 
 severe, Joliet ; Erastus Rudd, Samuel Haradon, Green Garden ; D. C. Elder- 
 kin, Jackson. 
 
 Major Hammond was grazed by a ball. A shell burst over 
 Captain Gardner's head, paralyzing him for a few moments, and 
 when he recovered, he found the man by his side had lost his head. 
 
 The following is from the official report of Brig. Gon. Haskell, 
 commanding the brigade : 
 
 " I should have remarked that the 100th 111. regiment, the other reghnent 
 composing my brigade, which was in reserve during the first engagement 
 described above, had, under instruction of Gen. Hazen, moved to the front
 
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 on the left of the railroad, and taken up a position at right angles with the 
 railroad, where they fought splendidly in all the actions that took place on 
 the left of the road. There was no formidable attack upon them, but they 
 were almost constantly under fire of greater or less severity, particularly in 
 shot and shell, and suffered quite severely in killed and wounded. Lieut. 
 Morison Worthingham, of that regiment, was killed, while gallantly sus- 
 taining his men, and six other commissioned officers, including Maj. Ham- 
 mond, were wounded. Their conduct, from Col. Bartleson down, was such 
 as to leave nothing to be desired. Enlisted men, five killed, thirty-three 
 wounded." 
 
 Such was Gen. Haskell's official report. He is said to have 
 made au unofficial one, to- wit : that " if there was a flock of tur- 
 keys the other side of Murfreesboro, and he should tell the 100th 
 to take them, they would go through all h 11 to get them." 
 
 Geii. Hazen, commanding the 2d brigade, 2d division of left 
 wing, to whose assistance as above noticed the 100th had been, 
 sent, says : " I am under many obligations to Col. Bartleson, of 
 the 100th, for valuable services." 
 
 Mention has been made of the fact that Major Hammond was 
 slightly wounded. A piece was gouged out of the calf *of his leg 
 by a shot, which also carried off the tail of his coat. Col. Bartle- 
 son told him he had better enlarge the wound with caustic so as to 
 produce a respectable eschar, and to preserve the mutilated coat as 
 a trophy, and that when he got back home he could run for any 
 office and be sure of success. Thus even on the grim field of battle 
 the little colonel loved his joke. Well, the major did get a good, 
 fat office on his return, but I should be unwilling to say that he 
 owed it to his having lost his coat tail. The wound, though not 
 serious, I presume was sufficiently severe to satisfy any hankering 
 the major had in that direction. As we have seen, it did not unfa- 
 vorably affect his appetite. 
 
 A curious instance of fright on the part of the animal creation 
 at man's doings was exhibited on the field of Stone River. Tur- 
 keys, birds and rabbits were so paralyzed by fright at the terrific 
 cannonading and musketry, that they sought the protection of the 
 men as they were lying behind their breastworks, the rabbits actu- 
 ally creeping under the legs of the men, in their terror. 
 
 The battle of Stone River was one of the bloodiest and fiercest 
 engagements of the war. It was the first in which the 100th was 
 engaged, but it did its full share, and gave its friends no occasion
 
 262 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 to blush. The victory finally terminated on the side of the Union, 
 but the cost was fearful. The field was one vast cemetery. Mur- 
 freesboro was converted into one vast hospital. The rebels left 
 their wounded to our care. No business was transacted, and 
 nothing was done except caring for the wounded of both sides. 
 
 When the right wing of our army was driven back on the 
 morning of the 31st of December, the field hospital was for a time 
 in the hands of the rebel cavalry, with the surgeons and all their 
 attendants, among them Surgeon Heise, Steward Stumph, and 
 others of the 100th. The scattering which was made among the 
 surgeons and attendants, and the manner in which many of them 
 became suddenly invisible is said to have been something wonder- 
 ful, if not miraculous. The rebel cavalry did not make a long 
 stay, and when they retired, surgeons and attendants were to be 
 seen emerging from all conceivable hiding places. It also hap- 
 pened that Dr. McArthur, of Joliet, was at this time on a visit to 
 his old friend and partner, Dr. Heise, and when the alarm and 
 confusion consequent upon the visit of the cavalry occurred, he 
 mounted his horse, intending to return to Nashville, being entirely 
 satisfied with the glimpse he had got of the elephant. But this 
 was not so easily done. The roads were entirely blocked up with 
 army teams and the demoralized right wing of the army. He 
 tried to go across lots, and is said to have performed some most 
 astonishing feats of horsemanship and high and lofty tumbling in 
 his hurried efforts to get through. Finding egress impossible, he 
 returned to the hospital, now recovered, and rendered valuable 
 professional assistance. 
 
 While this was happening, the surgeons who were on the field 
 (Drs. Harwood and Woodruff,) were at a loss what to do with the 
 wounded, who were fast accumulating on their hands. Finally, in 
 company with others of the same division, they were carried across 
 the creek to the left, where there was a fair- sized house, all the 
 available room of which, as well as the adjoining yard, was soon 
 occupied. While busy in attending to the wounded, these sur- 
 geons and attendants heard the wild, unearthly yell of the rebels, 
 and in a moment they were surrounded by rebel cavalry, who 
 ordered the surgeons, ambulances and nurses to fall into line and 
 go with them. A few obeyed, but the surgeons, and most of the
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT; 263 
 
 others, kept out of their way as much as possible and attended to 
 their business, and soon one of our batteries opened on the rebels 
 and they found the place too hot for them to hold, and left. In 
 the afternoon the surgeons recrossed the river and sent the wounded 
 to the division hospital, which had been recovered, and was again 
 in order. 
 
 On the fourth day of the battle, (January 3d), when our 
 boys were pretty hungry and rations scarce, a smoke-house 
 was discovered between our picket line and that of" the rebs, but 
 much nearer the latter. The boys all knew that a southern smoke 
 house meant plenty of bacon, and they determined to clean that 
 one out, and accordingly they charged, captured the contents, and 
 returned with the spoils. But it took some nerve to do this under 
 a sharp fire from the rebs, who were not a little astonished at the 
 boldness of the exploit, and chagrined at the loss of the bacon. 
 One man was hit by a sharpshooter. 
 
 Lieut. Bartlett, also, with the quick eye of a professional, spied 
 a cow in the distance, and got permission to go into the butchering 
 business. It was soon brought in by the hungry men, slaughtered 
 and dressed " seoundum arten" and very soon there was nothing 
 left but hoofs, horns and hide. 
 
 After the close of the battle, on the night of the 3d, the 100th 
 regiment and the brigade recrossed the river, and camped back of 
 the first day's battle field. The river was rising rapidly, and the 
 main body of the army was on the north side of the river. Next 
 day, the 4th, they heard that Murfreesboro was evacuated ; but 
 the division staid at this place until the 7th, lying on the rocks, 
 and in the mud, without shelter, and short of rations. Some went 
 hunting in the groves, and helped out the scant rations with squir- 
 rels and rabbits, and I presume, an occasional pig. They then 
 moved to Murfreesboro, camping on the Manchester pike, and the 
 next day the wagons came up and tents were pitched. On the 
 9th, the camp was again changed to the left of the town, in a low, 
 wet place. Everyone was tired out, and many sick, and the Spence 
 House, near by, was temporarily used as a hospital. Those who 
 were able to work were put upon the building of fortifications 
 made with trees and dirt. 
 
 On the 13th, the regiment was gratified with the sight of some
 
 264 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 familiar faces from home, Chas. Weeks, O. W. Stillman, and Otis 
 Hardy, of Joliet, and Dr. A. W. Bowen and Franklin Mitchell, 
 of Wilmington, who had started on the reception of the news of 
 the battle. Mr. Mitchell arrived too late to see his son alive. 
 They remained with the regiment three or four days, giving the 
 boys the news from home, and carrying back messages from them. 
 
 On the 21st, the brigade was ordered out to guard a forage 
 train. After going two or three miles on Liberty Pike, they 
 learned that a train of thirty-five wagons from Rosseau's division, 
 with a very small guard, had been captured just ahead two or 
 three hours before. The brigade started in pursuit, but infantry 
 chasing cavalry is a long race, and not often successful, and it was 
 not in this instance, and was given up after a few hours, and the 
 wagons were filled with forage, and the brigade returned to camp. 
 
 About this time Colonel Bartleson left the regiment for a brief 
 visit home. 
 
 On the 22d, Henry Stolder, of Co. E, one of the wounded, 
 died at the Spence House. 
 
 On the 25th, the regiment lost three officers by resignation 
 Asst. Surg. Harwood, Lieut. Letts, of Co. E, and Lieut. McCon- 
 nell, of Co. I, 
 
 On the 28th of January, a fatal accident occurred in the regi- 
 ment which cast a greater gloom over the men, than even the greater 
 losses by battle. Some of the men were felling a tree which 
 stood in camp, which, contrary to all their expectations, fell across 
 one of Co. K's tents, in which were four members of the com- 
 pany at the time, entirely unsuspicious of what was in store for 
 them. John Fitzpatrick was killed instantly, and Meredon Davis 
 so badly injured that he died in an hour. Another, Lisle Tan- 
 ner, was so severely hurt, that for a long time it was expected 
 that he would die, but he ultimately recovered, A committee of 
 investigation decided that the choppers were not to blame, as ac- 
 cording to all rules of propriety, the tree ought to have fallen in 
 any other direction than the one it did. They should have 
 brought a verdict of guilty against the tree, and recommended it to 
 the mercy of the court ! 
 
 On the 30th, the camp was changed to higher and better 
 ground. The regiment now had a rest from everything except
 
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 routine duty, and occasionally taking its turn in going as guard 
 to forage trains. 
 
 On the morning of Feb. 8th, they were routed out at 4 a. m., 
 and ordered to stand at arms, as the rebels were reported advanc- 
 ing, but they did not come. Next day (he guns were laid down, 
 and the boys took up spades, working on the forts. The same 
 day (9th), Win. Maluffey, of Co. F, died, and on the 12th, James 
 Taylor, a fine, bright boy of sixteen years, musician in Co. D, 
 also died. Occasionally prisoners are captured, and refugees come 
 in frequently. 
 
 On the 18th, the regiment went through a new experience. It 
 was one for which they had long been looking. The boys had 
 now hcen in the service almost six months, and had as yet received 
 no pay, except the moral satisfaction of doing their duty. This is 
 all very nice, and not to be despised, but still it would not help in 
 buying those little extras which were needed to eke out their regu- 
 lar rations. It would not pay the old darkey mammies for doing 
 their washing, or buy the tobicco to fill their pipes. Hence the 
 appearance of a United States paymaster, with his clean new 
 greenbacks, was welcome indeed. No man who could stand up, 
 failed to answer to the call to muster for pay. Chaplain Crews 
 kindly took home the spare money of the boys, and had a narrow 
 escape from capture. The day after, the train was captured by 
 rebel guerrillas, and Col. Buell, of the 58th Indiana, was taken 
 with $17,000 of the money of his regiment. 
 
 March 19th, there was a grand review of the corps by General 
 Rosecrans. 
 
 In order to have the different regiments in the brigade near 
 each other, another change was made in the camp about the 25th 
 of March. This time the boys fixed up their camp in splendid 
 style, laying it out with streets and avenues lined with evergreens. 
 They also built awnings of evergreens before their tents, and a 
 nic-e chapel for Dominie Crews, their worthy and highly esteemed 
 chaplain, to preach in, and kept the grounds nicely policed. The 
 regiment went out often with the forage trains, gathering the corn 
 from the fields where it was still standing, and the stacks of "fod- 
 der," as the corn tops cut while still green, and cured, are called. 
 The boys also foraged for themselves as well as for the horses and 
 
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 266 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 mules, taking hams and shoulders from many a smoke-house, and 
 poultry from the yards, leaving many a family short for rations. 
 This seemed hard, but the army must be fed, let whoever may 
 starve. This is one of the necessities of cruel war. 
 
 In the course of their foraging expeditions, they came across 
 some curious samples of the ignorance of the natives, " the poor 
 white trash." They found one widow, (and, by-the-way, the 
 women all seemed to be widows,) who said she didn't know any 
 difference between the armies. She knew that Lincoln was not 
 Bragg, and that was all she did know. She said that Bragg had 
 got three of her boys, and had run one of them to death. She 
 said she meant to go north. She was in one of the northern states 
 once, she did not rightly remember which, but thought it was 
 Bowling Green ! 
 
 On one of these expeditions, I am sorry to say, two teamsters 
 took from a house some silver ware, for which act they were 
 severely punished, by order of the colonel, being " bucked and 
 gagged," an operation which is said not to be very agreeable. 
 
 Another unpleasant incident of the stay was the robbing of the 
 mail bag of the regiment of $300, which some of the boys were 
 sending home. The offender was court-martialed and sentenced to 
 two years' imprisonment. 
 
 Another man was found sleeping upon his post, and sentenced 
 to ten years' imprisonment, while another, for the same offense, was 
 sentenced to be shot. These punishments seem to be dispropor- 
 tioned to the moral guilt in the several cases two years for rob- 
 bery, and ten years and death for falling asleep. But it must be 
 remembered that when a sentinel sleeps upon his post, he perils a 
 whole army. 
 
 There occurred during this time, also, the hanging of a guer- 
 rilla, who had shot a citizen under very atrocious circumstances, 
 having, after shooting him, cut out his tongue. He was convicted 
 on the testimony of the daughter of the murdered man, who asked 
 of Gen. Rosseau the privilege of adjusting the rope about the cul- 
 prit's neck. This request, however, the general did not see fit to 
 grant. 
 
 Abut the middle of April, General Wood left the division on 
 account of ill-health, but returned before the advance. During
 
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 his absence the division was commanded by General Brennan, and 
 brigade and division drills were the order of the day. 
 
 During the stay of the regiment at Murfreesboro, they received 
 a visit from some of the Joliet ladies, Mrs. Elwood, Mrs. Bartle- 
 son, and Mrs. Heise. I need not say that the sight of crinoline 
 was a pleasant one to the eyes, not only of their special friends in 
 the regiment, but also to every soldier, reminding them of the 
 mothers, wives and sisters left behind them. The boys all vied 
 with each other in rendering them every attention. The ladies, in 
 return, gave a party to the officers of the regiment. 
 
 About the 28th of April, the " purp tents," as the boys desig- 
 nated the little shelter tents, were issued, and they had to resign 
 their large ones for little pieces of cloth just large enough to cover 
 two. These were very unpopular at first. At the sight of them 
 the boys would set up a barking all along the line, which was 
 quite amusing. But orders have to be obeyed, and they learned 
 in time the wisdom of the order and became reconciled, as in their 
 subsequent campaigns, if they had not had these, they would have 
 had nothing. 
 
 Gen. Brennan kept the men pretty busy in drill exercises, but 
 still there were many hours when the time would hang heavy. 
 Many were the resources for relieving the tedium. Some busied 
 themselves in the manufacture of pipes from the briar root, which 
 grew in the woods, while others carved crosses, shtrfc studs, rings, 
 buttons, &c., of the muscle shells, which abounded in the rivers, 
 sending them home to their friends. Many of these are still 
 sacredly treasured as mementoes of those who are dead and gone ! 
 
 A very popular amusement consisted in getting the young dar- 
 kies to sing and dance, and to u bunt" each other, a- la-ram. Bead- 
 ing was also a resource to many, and everything that could be 
 obtained was eagerly devoured, especially the reports of a famous 
 ecclesiastical trial then being conducted with closed doors in Joliet. 
 At this time one of the boys was guilty of the following conun- 
 drum : 
 
 Ques. To what tribe of Indians does J. W. H. belong? 
 
 An s. Paw-new. 
 
 But the time had come for active work once more, and strange 
 as it may seem, when we remember what is involved in an ag-
 
 268 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 gressive, onward movement, the men were glad to pull up stakes, 
 and rejoiced at the words " fall in !" 
 
 On the 12th of June Col. Buell took command of the brigade, 
 Col. Fyfe leaving. 
 
 On the 24th of June, the " Army of the Cumberland" un- 
 coiled itself from its position of repose about Murfreesboro, and 
 started out for new fields. The corps in which the 100th was 
 placed moved out on the Bradyville Pike. On the first day out 
 the regiment was train guard, which is never very pleasant duty, 
 and this day was one of almost incessant rain. The route lay 
 over a hilly country, presenting scenery of much beauty. The 
 regiment camped at night in a clover field, and came down to 
 " first principles" i. e. hard tack and coffee, but it was a relief 
 to breathe fresh air again. Next day they pass through Brady- 
 ville, a little hamlet, in which the only thing noticeable was a two 
 story warehouse, and a hearse. Only two citizens were visible. 
 Here the pike ended, and they took a mud road, camping at night 
 in a cornfield, where the mud was ankle deep. They remained at 
 this camp the next day and night, the rain continuing. Palmer's 
 division was ahead of ours at work trying to render the roads 
 passable for the trains. There was a hard hill, three-fourths of 
 a mile long, which was the chief obstacle. The 27th was a day of 
 hard work. An early start was made, and the brigade was 
 divided into detachments, and put to work on the roads, throwing 
 in rails, stones, trees, etc., to fill up the holes, and Wagner's 
 brigade acted as reinforcements to the mules. Reliefs for the men 
 were stationed at short distances with ropes attached to the 
 wagons, and from eighty to one hundred men would seize the 
 ropes and pull away. It was a novel, noisy and exciting scene. 
 Drivers and men hallooing and swearing, mules straining to their 
 utmost. Now and then a wagon gets upset, and out rolls the 
 hard-tack, baggage, tents, etc., scattered about in the mud. The 
 regiment went about a mile and a half beyond the top and camped. 
 It was a desolate looking country with but few inhabitants, and 
 they were the ignorant "poor white trash." One woman was 
 much surprised at hearing the brass bands play, and inquired if it 
 wan't what " you'ns called a pianny." 
 
 The regimental wagons did not come up that night, and all
 
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 were obliged to sleep in the rain without shelter. The next day 
 moved on slowly, and went into camp about four miles from 
 Manchester, where they should have been two days earlier to 
 connect with the rest of the army which had moved on other and 
 better roads. On the 30th, moved close to the tosvn. In the after- 
 noon Wilder's brigade of mounted infantry, catne in from a trip 
 down to Dechard, where they had been tearing up the railroad. 
 About noon of July 1st, went into Manchester, and found that the 
 army had already moved. Our regiment remained until six 
 o'clock, when it marched to Hillsboro, a distance of eight miles, 
 going into camp about midnight. Next morning the division 
 went to Pelham, nine miles, halted and had dinner, and about 
 5 p. m., were ordered back to Hillsboro. This was not pleasant, 
 soldiers always hate to take the back track, especially over bad 
 roads, and when tired and foot-sore. Marched six miles and camped 
 about ten p. m. 
 
 Next morning went on to Hillsboro, where they were again 
 ordered back over the same miserable road to Pelham, making 
 the trip in about four hours. The next day was the 4th of July, 
 and was spent quietly in camp. A national salute was fired at 
 sunset. Pelham, where the regiment now was, is a small village 
 at the foot of the mountains, east and south of Tullahoma, in a 
 beautiful valley. Refugees began to come in from the mountains 
 where they had been hiding, some of them for eight or nine 
 months. The regiment was now on short rations, especially of 
 bread. Fresh meat could be obtained off the country in the shape 
 of pork and mutton, of which a good deal was laying around 
 loose on the hoof. Of course more or less found its way into 
 the soldiers' haversacks. It is said to be terribly demoralizing 
 to allow an army to forage, but I think it must be equally so to 
 keep an army on hard marching and short rations. 
 
 On the night of the 5th, the boys encountered a hard storm. 
 Some of the tents of the line officers were pitched in a gully, 
 which was suddenly converted into a stream of water a young 
 river in fact and before they had time to beat a retreat every- 
 thing was afloat, beds, baggage, etc., which it was no easy matter 
 to recover in the rain and darkness. Next day the camp was 
 changed to higher ground. Two days rations came up and orders
 
 270 HISTORY OP THE 
 
 to make them last six days, a problem in multiplication which 
 the " boys in blue " often had to solve. On the 8th, Harker'8 
 brigade and Buell's returned to Hillsboro, leaving the other at 
 Pelham. These remained at Hillsboro about a month, in a very 
 comfortable camp. There was a large and remarkable spring near 
 camp, covering two acres, no bottom had ever been found in the 
 center. Here the men enjoyed one luxury to satiety. It was the 
 season for blackberries, which grew here in great abundance, large 
 and luscious as the famous " Lawton ;" and not only were they a 
 luxury, but they were a medicine of far more service to the sick 
 than any the doctors could get out of the hospital stores, and the 
 men swallowed them without even a wry face. There were regular 
 details to pick them. 
 
 But little of interest occurred during the stay. The railroad 
 was opened to Manchester, so that they had regular rations, and 
 also a mail. It was a good place for the study of natural history. 
 The varieties of snakes, lizards, jiggers, and bugs of every shape 
 and color was immense, and all were kept in a state of 
 irritation and discomfort from their bites, or the fear of them. 
 
 On the 24th, Uncle Sam's representative the most warmly 
 loved of all army officers the paymaster visited the army, and 
 the 100th drew four months' rations of greenbacks. 
 
 On the 2d of August there was an accident in camp, serious 
 and nearly fatal. Just after inspection, one of the regiment was 
 cleaning his gun, when it suddenly went off, wounding John 
 Shoemaker, of Co. H, in the head, fracturing the skull. The ball 
 also passed through several tents, and the hat of a man belonging 
 to an adjoining regiment. 
 
 One day part of the regiment went to Manchester as train 
 guard. When they were returning, one of the captains had got 
 a considerable distance ahead, and thought he would try his pistol, 
 and selected as a mark something that looked like a twig on a bush 
 by the road side. He popped away and with his usual skill hit 
 the mark plump on the center. But it turned out that what he 
 had taken for a twig, was the toe of a straggler, who had lain down 
 in the bush with his bare and dirty foot resting on a log, and gone 
 to sleep. The owner of the toe jumped up and danced round and 
 made some fuss. Happily the wound was not serious, and the
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 271 
 
 captain dressed it with " greenback " plaster, and made the man 
 promise to keep dark, but the joke got out. 
 
 Col. Buell, who was at this time iu command of three regi- 
 ments, including the 100th, was exceedingly strict in his discipline 
 of the camp. Not only was this true in respect to foraging, but 
 also in respect to passing through the lines. Strict orders were 
 given to the sentinels to allow no one to pass on any pretense what- 
 ever without a pass and countersign, and, after a certain hour, they 
 were not to be allowed to pass, even though they had both pass 
 and countersign. The colonel was in the habit of visiting a certain 
 house two or three miles outside the lines, where he had discov- 
 ered some very pretty girls. One night, I presume forgetting the 
 orders he had given, or thinking they would not be enforced against 
 himself, he overstaid the hour, and on his return was duly halted. 
 He dismounted, and gave the countersign all right, but was told 
 by Corporal Henry Smith, in charge of the outpost, that he could 
 not pass. Now, the colonel had been very strict in holding officers 
 to account for the enforcement of his orders, and had made himself 
 very unpopular by what seemed to many unnecessary severity. 
 Corp. Smith recognized the colonel, but was none the less will- 
 ing to carry out his orders. He therefore told the colonel that he 
 must lead his horse up and down the beat until he (Smith) was 
 relieved by another detail, when he would take him back to the 
 lieutenant in charge of the post. Buell protested in vain that he 
 was Col. Buell, and swore he would have Smith bucked and gagged 
 if he did not allow him to pass. Smith knew his duty, and told 
 him he could not pass if he was Gen. Rosecrans himself. And so 
 Buell had to pace the sentry's beat under the cocked musket of 
 the corporal, until his hour had expired, when he took the colonel 
 back to the lieutenant in charge of the post and reported. Col. 
 Buell also reported in no very choice or measured terms, but 
 found the lieutenant as strict to obey orders as the corporal was, 
 and the colonel was told that he must remain and pace the beat 
 again until the lieutenant was relieved. The colonel was very 
 wroth, and threatened to have the lieutenant court-martialed. 
 But after storming awhile his wrath exhausted itself, and he 
 changed his tactics, telling the lieutenant he had done right, and 
 was to be commended for his obedience to orders. The lieutenant,
 
 272 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 thinking that the colonel had had enough of his own medicine, 
 finally let him pass. Nothing was ever heard of the court- martial, 
 and Corporal Smith became very popular in the brigade for his 
 obedience to orders, and was soon after promoted. 
 
 Another incident of some little interest occurred, while the 
 division was stopping at Hillsboro. We have spoken of the 
 colonel's habit of visiting outside the lines. This was at a fine 
 plantation, owned by a rebel whose name we will call Smith, al- 
 though it might have been Jones, or something else. This man 
 found it for his interest to be very loyal now, and very polite, es- 
 pecially to the officers of the army, and thus he got his family 
 and his possfssious protected. Now it happened that he had^ome 
 very sweet things in and about his fine mansion. Inside were 
 some very pretty girls, while outside there was a fine stand of 
 some twenty bee hives, well stocked with honey. Now, I need 
 not say that soldiers, whether officers or privates, are very fond 
 of sweet things. This would be only to say that they were hu- 
 man. But the officers would of course have the inside track with 
 the girls, as no others could get the entree of the house. Noth- 
 ing therefore was left for the privates, but to go for the next 
 sweetest thing, to- wit the honey. So it happened one night, that 
 while the brigade commander was playing sweet with the girls in 
 the house, some of the privates " confiscated " two or three boxes 
 of the old reb's honey. The did the job so carelessly that the loss 
 was discovered in the morning, and the old man made his com- 
 plaint to the officer, who at once relieved the lieutenant, who had 
 charge of the detail, with a severe reprimand. He then ordered 
 Lieut. N. to take a new detail, and charged him most emphati- 
 cally to allow no foraging threatening to have him cashiered, and 
 his men shot, if anything of the kind was done. As the lieuten- 
 ant left headquarters with his men, the A. A. A. G., who hap- 
 pened to be a well known captain of the 100th, repeated the order 
 in a very impressive manner ; but the boys imagined they saw 
 in his eye, a slight wink, which they interpreted to mean " do not 
 forage but if you must, be sure and not to get caught." Well, the 
 lieutenant placed his pickets, and with those who were off' duty, 
 bivouacked in the old man's verandah, and the night passed 
 quietly. The old man slept without anxiety, on the assurance of
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 273 
 
 the officer, who sparked his girls meantime, that all would be right. 
 But it happened that in tins detail was a private who was a 
 skilled workman, a man of science and experience, and during the 
 nigh the carefully removed the tops of some of the hives, emptied 
 them of their luscious load, and then replaced them so carefully 
 that no traces of the theft were visible. The old man took a look 
 in the morning at his bee hives, but everything looked right, and 
 he remained in blissful ignorance of his loss. " He that is robbed, 
 not knowing it, is not robbed at all." How long this state of 
 happy ignorance continued, is not knovvn. But it lasted until the 
 100th was well on its way over the Cumberland mountains, and 
 the honey was among the things that had been. 
 
 Early on the morning of the 16th of August, orders came to 
 get ready to march at once. All was forthwith bustle and work, 
 and by nine o'clock everything was ready, and at ten the army 
 was again on the move. 
 
 An amusing incident occurred on starting. Since lying at 
 Hillsboro, headquarters mtss had rejoiced in the possession of a 
 cook of the "cullud" and female "persuasion" a great fat 
 negress, who had come into camp from the adjoining country, and 
 being really a good cook, had been employed in that capacity. 
 She was a great admirer of the a ljutant, pronouncing him the 
 " hansummest man she ever sawed." Well, when " Aunt Emma " 
 had got mounted on her old mule, with her kettles, pails, coffee 
 pots, and other utensils strapped to the saddle, and ail her personal 
 paraphernalia as well all nearly covering the mule out of sight, 
 her red bandanna coiled over her head a la Turk, and her clothes 
 streaming in the wind, and her impedimenta clattering by her side, 
 she made a conspicuous, if not a military show. She now mani- 
 fested her regard for the adjutant by trotting her old mule up past 
 the regiment, an \ taking her position by his side! The expres- 
 sion of mingled mirth and vexation on the face of the adjutant, the 
 shouts and snickers of the men, and the grieved look of poor old 
 Emma as she fell back to the rear on being politely informed that 
 that was her position all made, a scene over which the boys have 
 had many a laugh then and since. 
 
 The day was extremely hot, and starting on a fast walk, many 
 were soon used up, being nearly HIII- struck. At half- past four, 
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 274 HISTORY OF THH 
 
 they were at the foot of the mountain, eleven miles from Hi lls- 
 boro. All took a good look at its steep and rugged sides, and 
 dreaded the morrow's work, past experience having taught them 
 that it would be no easy job to get the train up the mountain. 
 The order for the next day was given out : reveille at three, march 
 at four o'clock, anJ the men went to bed early to gather strength 
 for the task before them. 
 
 The next day more than fulfilled their expectations. The regi- 
 ment was marched part way up the mountain, stacked arms, and 
 turned in to work again reinforcing the mules, pushing and pull- 
 ing at the wagons. The road was full of sharp turns, and the 
 ascent at times almost perpendicular. They passed a splendid 
 spring part way up the mountain which comes out of the ground, 
 flows quite a stream, and after going away down the side, disip- 
 pears in a hole in the rock. The wagons had to be partially 
 unloaded, and two trips made for each load. The first one was 
 not concluded before midnight. The regiment was then allowed 
 to rest, and most of them fell asleep in their tracks, when one of 
 those strango and unaccountable panics broke out, the origin of 
 which, at the time, no one could tell. It started, no one could tell 
 why, where, or how, but all at once the men found themselves 
 running around in the dark, stumbling over the rocks and each 
 other, and for a few moments all was confusion and apprehension 
 of something, they knew not what. Some were under the impres- 
 sion that the returning teams had run away, and they were in 
 danger of being run over. But the scare soon ended, with nobody 
 hurt. It was afterwards found that some mule driver ran over a 
 soldier sleeping in the road, who started up from a sound sleep, 
 half awake, and made such an outcry as to arouse the rest and 
 create the panic. 
 
 The ascent was completed by half- past nine o'clock the next 
 morning, and a rest was given until one o'clock p. m. In get- 
 ting up the mountain, the boys lost and had to throw away 
 much of their baggage. Headquarters mess lost their provision 
 box. The colonel lost his favorite camp chair. The adjutant 
 and major lost their cots, and all, their tents. About the 
 seventh day rations began to give out, and the boys were put 
 on three-fourths allowance ; but they would not stay put, and
 
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 occasionally a gun was heard to go off, and soon after two soldiers 
 would be seen coming into camp, the one in front with a pig on 
 his shoulder, and the other behind him with fixed bayonet, as if 
 taking him to the provost. But, somehow or other, they faileil to 
 report, and the pig disappeared very mysteriously, and headquar- 
 ters did not inquire very closely into the adilition to their supper. 
 
 They then man bed again about nine miles, going past Tracy 
 City. This is a small town of about forty houses, and is noted for 
 its coal mine, and a railroad; a branch of the C. & N. R. R. runs 
 to it for the coal. 
 
 Next day, the 19th, reveille at three. The regiment was 
 detailed to guard supply train, and had to wait for it until nine, 
 the rest of the division starting at six. The road was rouj;h, and 
 much work was required to help the mules. After a march of fifteen 
 miles, they went into camp. Next morning started at daylight 
 with the train, and got across the mountain about noon. It took 
 thirty-six hours to get up the mountain, one and a hilf miles, and 
 the distance across diagonally was twenty or twenty-five miles a 
 rugged and wild country, with here and there a log hut. The 
 mountain was in fitted with rattlesnakes, huge and venomous j 
 some were killed having eleven to thirteen rattles, and three or 
 four feet long. They found a fine stream of water on the top of 
 the mountain. 
 
 Those having an fyc for beautiful scenery were now amply 
 repaid for all the toil of the ascent ami crossing, by the view which 
 lay spread out in the valley at the foot of the mountain. A most 
 beautiful valley, with cultivated farms and orchards, dwellings, 
 <fcc., was below them ; and there also lay encamped that portion of 
 the army which had preceded them, the tents looking in the dis- 
 tance no bigger than a man's hat. But the descent had yet to be 
 made, and not miuh ti-ne can be spared to gratify the eye. Going 
 down was not a^ c.-tsv a* rolling off a lojj. Indeed, it wis more 
 tedious and dangerous ihan the ascent. The road was very 
 crooked, and filled wiih gullies, boulders, &c. Four hours were 
 required for the regimental ambulance to get down. The regi- 
 ment camped in the valey at the base of the mountain, at a point 
 known as *' Thurmrm's," a cluster of only two or thrco houses. 
 Our army had captured a lew rebels, and also rescued four or five
 
 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Union men, whom they had condemned to be shot, our cavalry get- 
 ting there just in time to save them. 
 
 The valley is one of great beauty and fertility, lying between 
 two ranges of the Cumberland mountains, and four or five miles 
 in width. Its correct name is said to be Chee-quasoh-ohee, of 
 course an Indian name, which has been corrupted by the people 
 into "Squatch," "Squash," and most generally "Sequachee." 
 The valley is sixty miles long. It is a wonderful peach country, 
 and the boys arrived in the height of the season, and indulged 
 freely in the luxury. Quite a business is done here in making up 
 a good share of the product into peach brandy. Some of the boys 
 tried their hand at distilling it, and, I am afraid, at drinking it, 
 too. It is said to be a rather rough liquor when new. In this 
 valley were also several tanneries which had been busy tanning 
 leather for the confederate army. 
 
 Gen. Wood here issued a congratulatory order to his division 
 for the splendid manner in which they had accomplished the late 
 tedious march. 
 
 The camp of the 100th was pitched in a most beautiful and 
 romantic spot. Near by, gushing out from the foot of the moun- 
 tain, was a large and beautiful spring, which supplied the division 
 with water. Close by was the range of mountains over which 
 they had just come, while across the valley was another range of 
 about the same height, although not quite so precipitous. A little 
 to the northwest was a long and rugged range of rocks, cut up 
 with ravines, which in the changes of light and shade during the 
 long summer's day, formed most beautiful pictures, needing but 
 little aid from the imagination to seem an elevated and fortified 
 city, with its walls, battlements, and towers, frowning defiance 
 upon the beleaguering hosts below. 
 
 The valley, as we have said, is one of the most fertile in the 
 state. Besides the peaches, which seemed to grow spontaneously 
 by the roadsides, and even in the timber, were found apples, green 
 corn, melons, berries, and chickens, in great abundance. Near the 
 base of the eastern range flows a stream of the same name as the 
 valley. In this valley the army enjoyed a fortnight's rest, which 
 was very grateful after the passage of the mountains. Frequent 
 details were sent out to forage for man and mule. The valley was
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 277 
 
 also fertile in other respects than those we have named, as will 
 appear from the following incident : 
 
 During the stay in the valley, Capt. Nelson was sent out with 
 a detail for forage. Crossing the Sequachee Creek, he followed it 
 down the valley for a few miles, but on ascertaining that a detail 
 from another division was sent out before him, and had left but 
 poor picking, he struck off to the left into another valley which 
 debouched into the Sequachee. Going up this about five miles, 
 the party came into a cultivated clearing, where they found peaches 
 growing in abundance by the roadside. While the boys were har- 
 vesting these, the captain made his way to a plantation not very 
 far off. Here he found a large, two-story double log house, built 
 of hewn logs, with great outside chimney stacks at either end, the 
 roof and verandas covered with "shakes" all in the usual style 
 of a southern well-to-do farmer. Sitting in the porch was an old 
 man apparently about sixty years of age, and in the door was a 
 pale-faced woman some ten or fifteen years younger. The captain, 
 being invited to " have a cheer," entered into conversation with 
 the couple. The old man said he had taken no part in the war, 
 but was in favor of the old flag. The woman complained of hav- 
 ing the " ager.'' The captain gave her some quinine, telling her 
 how to take it, and assuring her that it would cure her in a few 
 days. She seemed a little afraid of it at first, saying that she never 
 " hearn tell " of it before ; she had had a " right smart chance of 
 the ager," but she had always "got shut " of it by taking " roots 
 and yerbs." But after seeing the captain taste of the powder, and 
 being assured of its efficacy, she "allowed" she would try it. 
 While this conversation had been going on, a lot of children, of all 
 ages, sizes, and sexes, had been gathering around, all of them tow- 
 headed, and dressed in the butternut linsey woolsey uniform of the 
 country. The captain, supposing that they had gathered in from 
 the neighboring plantations to have a look at a live yankee, jocosely 
 inquired of the old man if these were all his children, and was 
 astonished with a prompt affirmative reply. On giving voice to 
 his surprise and incredulity, he was still more astonished by being 
 assured that these were not all that they had twenty-four chil- 
 dren, all living all born of the same mother, five pair being twins. 
 The old man " allowed," morever, that they " mought " have
 
 278 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 more yet ! On the captain's rejoining his men and telling what he 
 had seen, he was thought to be romancing, until the sight of the 
 old man with his flock coming down through the grass confirmed 
 the story. 
 
 When they got back to camp, of course such a phenomenon 
 was reported around the camp fires, and many, both officers and 
 privates, made old man Oomans a visit, and were introduced to 
 the " 24th Tennessee Infantry" as they most appropriately named 
 the patriarch's flock. 
 
 This seems a big story, but then we always did get big stories 
 from Tennessee ! 
 
 Certainly one of the vices of modern, fashionable society had 
 not yet penetrated into this retired region ! 
 
 On the 22d, there were two excitements. The first was occa- 
 sioned by an order of Gen. Wood for the selection of 100 men and 
 officers from the regiment to go upon a hard and dangerous expe- 
 dition. The regiment was formed in line, and a call made for 
 volunteers. Many more than the required number stepped forth. 
 The strongest were selected, and ordered to get ready at once with 
 three days' rations and sixty rounds of ammunition. 
 
 The same number went from the other regiments of the bri- 
 gade, making a force of four hundred, in charge of Col. Buell. 
 The reported danger and secrecy of the movement, (none but the 
 commander knowing its destination or object) made it quite ex- 
 citing, both for those who went, and those who remained in camp. 
 The next excitement came after dinner just as the boys were dis- 
 cussing the one of the morning over their post- prandial pipes. 
 An orderly came up in haste, with orders to fall in immediately, as 
 a large force of cavalry was advancing, and was only five miles 
 distant. Tents were forthwith struck, baggage packed with haste, 
 and everything got ready to receive them, and thus the regiment 
 remained until evening, and then rebuilt their tents. 
 
 The expedition which went out returned just at night next 
 day, well worn out, having traveled fifty-six miles up and down 
 the mountains. The object had been to capture a steamboat that 
 had run aground on the Tennessee river, and been deserted by 
 the crew ; but the rebels had succeeded in getting it off a few 
 hours before their arrival. They were within seven miles of Chat-
 
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 tanooga, and brought back a paper of the 20th. On the route, 
 which was through a region of much interest, they found mag- 
 nificent springs coming out of the sides of the mountain so large 
 and copious as to run mills. They had a very hard and fatigu- 
 ing trip. Some of the boys got so sleepy marching in the night 
 that they actually slept on the march, and lost their guns while 
 traveling along. 
 
 Elder Crews left the regiment while it was in the valley, and 
 gave the boys his farewell address, August 25th. Before we 
 take leave of the chaplain, we must tell one more story of him: 
 While the regiment was lying near Pelham, he thought lie 
 would take a bath. He selected a spot which seemed secure from 
 observation, and was enjoying the luxury, when some soldiers, that 
 belonged to another division, and did not know him, came along 
 and spied hh gray head in the water. They took him for some 
 old codger of the country, and thought they would have some fun 
 at his expense. So they commenced throwing sticks at him, and 
 ordered him to come out. He remonstrated with them, very 
 mildly at first ; but when, instead of desisting, they began to throw 
 stones, the chaplain thought that forbearance was no longer a 
 grace, and he stepped out and went for them. When they saw 
 his elxn, and his well- developed muscles, they wheeled and 
 effected a hasty retreat. 
 
 The division remained at Thurrnan's until Sept. 1st, when at 
 6:30 a. rn., it again took up the march. The road was exceed- 
 ingly dusty, marched twenty miles and camped at 3 o'clock p. in. 
 at Jasper, where they stayed until nearly night the next day. 
 Near Jasper is a large and interesting cave, called " Petea's Cave." 
 This was explored by Scrgt. Holmes and others, to the extent of 
 a quarter of a mile. He speaks of it as very beautiful. There 
 was a large round room, the dome of which could not be dis- 
 cerned with the light they had, but a stream of water came dowu 
 from it with a deafening noise, no aperture could be seen. On a 
 subsequent visit a passage was found and the cave was explored 
 a mile and a half further, and an opening found coming out in 
 another part of the mountain. Saltpeter was manufactured here 
 by the rebels. 
 
 Just at night, Sept. 2 1, orders came to march to the river seven
 
 280 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 or eight miles distant. It was a very dark night, and their pro- 
 gress was slow, reaching the river about midnight. The crossing- 
 was made on small flat boats which had been captured a few days 
 before. The brigade did not all get over until nearly daylight, 
 and camped about a half mile from the river, in the finest crop of 
 weeds ever seen, so tall and thick that one tent could not be seen 
 from another. This point was known as Shell Mound, from a 
 mound near by. A small brick depot was the extent of the town. 
 A large cave called Nickijack, was near by in which the rebels 
 had manufactured saltpeter quite extensively. It was said by 
 Eome of the inhabitants that the cave had been explored for seven 
 miles, and others said that it was fourteen in extent. It is second 
 only to the Mammoth Cave, both in extent and beauty. Near 
 this place also is the place where the states of Georgia, Alabama 
 and Tennessee touch each other, and it is marked by a stone monu- 
 ment, and one can if he has large feet stand in three states at 
 the same time. Many of the boys availed themselves of the op- 
 portunity. 
 
 On the afternoon of the 5th, the brigade moved eight miles 
 along the railroad. On one side were high rocks, sometimes two 
 hundred feet high, and on the other river. On the 6th, went to 
 \Vauhatchie, a station on the North Carolina and Trenton railroad, 
 in Lookout Valley. On the right lay Lookout mountain, and 
 along its ridge could be seen the signal stations of the enemy. 
 All sorts of rumors were rife in camp. They were now within 
 seven miles of the " Gibraltar of the west," as the rebels regarded 
 Chattanooga. A rebel mail and two prisoners were captured 
 here. That night, after most of the men had got to sleep they 
 were awakened and ordered to move back about two miles, rested 
 there until 3:30, when the men were called up again, ordered to 
 cook breakfast without fires. This was a hard job to do, but hard 
 tack and bacon made the meal. The regiment then stood at arms 
 until sunrise, when they were allowed to build fires and have their 
 coffee. The position was then changed a little, and the day spent 
 waiting. Col. Barker's brigade of the division, during the day 
 made a reconnoisance, going about a mile beyond the halting 
 place of the previous night, when the enemy opened upon them 
 wiih three guns, killing one man, and they returned. Our bri-
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 281 
 
 gade remained at the same place. On the 9th it was called up at 
 four, and had breakfast. The first order was for the brigade to 
 go forward and reconnoitre, but this was changed, and the whole- 
 force moved on, news having come from Gen. Wagner, who was* 
 opposite the town, that Chattanooga was evacuated. The brigade- 
 was on the advance, and the 100th was the second regiment that 
 entered the town. The road over the end of the mountain was- 
 very narrow and rough, but despite that and the heat and dust, 
 the joy of getting possession of this stronghold kept up the spirit 
 of the troops. 
 
 The next day the brigade marched out ten miles, meeting some 
 deserters, and seeing small bodies of rebel cavalry. On the llth, 
 advanced three-quarters of a mile further, where they staid till 
 6 p. m., hearing occasional firing; then marched until 11, going a 
 little further, and camping on Chickamauga creek. It was a hard 
 inarch, reminding the boys of the one which they made before 
 Perry vi lie, the dust being very deep, and no water to be had, and 
 very dark. Here they found Barker's brigade, which had been 
 fkirniishing all the afternoon. This place was known as the Lee 
 & Gordon's mills, the house of the proprietors and the mills being 
 all of the town. The rebels had tried to destroy the mills and a 
 kirgettock of grain in them, but our forces drove them off before 
 they could effect their object. 
 
 Here the brigade remained until the memorable 19th of Septem- 
 ber.
 
 282 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 HISTORY OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH REGT. CONTINUED. 
 
 CHICKAMAUGA TO ATHENS, TENN. SEPTEMBER, 1863, 
 TO MARCH, 1864. 
 
 Chickamauga Preliminaries How the Battle Opened on the 19th How 
 the 100th Behaved and Fared Night Casualties Sunday, the 20th No Day 
 of Rest Battle Renewed How the 100th Fared Incidents Casualties 
 Results Reports Official and Otherwise After the Battle Letters from 
 Adjutant Rouse Army in Chattanooga In a Tight Place Gets Hungry 
 Holds on Expeditions Starvation Imminent Stealing from the Mules 
 Delegation from Will County Prospects Improve Gen. Thomas in Com- 
 mandGrant Helps us Out Rations Improve A Snake Story One Story 
 Left for Deacon Williams Regiment Moves Out Onward Movement Or- 
 chard Knob taken Advance to foot of Mission of Ridge Takes the Works 
 at Base Boys Forget to Stop Up the Mountain Rebel Works Taken 
 Chickamauga Avenged Pursuit A Response from Libby March to Burn- 
 side's Relief Knoxville Regiment Stays up There Various Movements 
 Foraging Battle of the Convalescents Advance On Dandridge Retreat 
 Camps at London Tedium Time Idle Hours Resources A Plea for To- 
 bacc A Compromise Suggested Moves to Athens. 
 
 [ 
 
 hSHALL attempt no general description of the great battle on the 
 
 Chickamauga, where its name was justified in proving as it 
 did, the " River of Death" to so many brave men, both Union 
 and rebel. My only object is to trace the -history of the 100th 
 through this, its second great battle. As we have seen, by a series 
 of masterly movements on the part of Rosecrans, he had man- 
 oevured Bragg out of the stronghold of Chattanooga, and made
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 283 
 
 him withdraw to the south or east of Chickamauga Creek, where 
 he awaited rein forcemeats from Longstreet, which, unfortunately 
 for the army of Rosecrans, came in time and in force sufficient to 
 break the Union army into pieces, and to send its broken ranks, 
 after a brave resistance, back to Chattanooga ; leaving many a 
 brave soldier dead or wounded on the field, and in the hands of 
 the enemy. Thanks, however to the masterly generalship of 
 Thomas, and the undauntable courage of his command, the enemy 
 though victorious at some points, were not after all masters of the 
 field, and did not succeed in getting possession of the coveted 
 stronghold. In its result, this battle was about equally fatal to 
 both rebel and Union armies, and to the reputation of their sev- 
 eral commanders. 
 
 In the skirmishing which preceded the battle, the 100th was 
 not seriously engaged. Two brigades of Wood's division, Har- 
 her's and Buell's, (Wagner's remaining at Chattanooga) marched 
 out ten and a half miles to Gordon's Mills which they reached on 
 night of the llth, coming upon the ground which had been occu- 
 pied the previous night by the corps of the Rev. Rebel Gen. Polk. 
 The camp fires of the enemy could be seen across the creek. 
 
 We shall now give the narrative of a member of the regiment : 
 "Nothing but occasional picket firing occurred in front of our 
 division, until Friday, the 18th, when about noon the rebels made 
 a demonstration, our pickets falling back to the creek, and soon 
 after a force, seemingly a brigade of four regiments, came out of 
 the woods in front of our division, apparently intending to cross the 
 creek at the ford near the mill. But our artillery soon made 
 them take the cover of the woods again. Subsequent events 
 showed that the movement was only designed to mask one on an- 
 other part of the line ; the real design being to pass a force down 
 to our left, cross the creek, and cut our array off from Chattanooga. 
 Part of our forces were therefore moved to our left on the night of 
 the 18th to meet them, and on the morning of the 19th, about 
 8:30 a. m., an engagement began on our left, continuing through the 
 forenoon, and into the afternoon, our division remaining at Gor- 
 don's Mills, until about 3 p. m., when it was ordered to move on 
 the double quick by the flank to the left to support Davis' divis- 
 ion, which was being hard pressed. Our brigade was accordingly
 
 284 HISTORY OP THE 
 
 formed behind the 8th Ind. and 6th Ohio batteries, and com- 
 menced to advance in two lines, the 100th 111. and the 26th Ohio 
 In front. But almost as soon as they had got into position, the 
 troops in front gave way, and came rushing through the lines of 
 our division in wild confusion, a battery running over our men 
 killing one and wounding several others, and compelling the bri- 
 gade to fall back also, across a narrow field to the edge of the 
 wood where it reformed. In crossing this field they were under a 
 raking fire of the enemy, and suffered considerable loss. The 
 regiment having reformed its lines, an aid of Gen. Wood's came to 
 Ool. Bartleson, saying. " Colonel, Gen. Wood wants the 100th to 
 make a x bayonet charge on the advancing enemy." The word wa3 
 given, and the boys responded with a cheer, and charging drove 
 the rebels back across the field into the wood where they rallied, 
 and our regiment endured a short and murderous fire. The ene- 
 my then rallied and made a charge upon our troops in turn, and 
 the regiment on the left of the 100th gave way. The 100th main- 
 tained its ground until all the troops on both its right and left 
 had given way, and were about to be surrounded, and were get- 
 ting a sharp fire on either flank as well as in front, when they fell 
 back again, leaving many dead and wounded on the field. Again 
 our brigade rallied and drove the enemy in turn, and again' re- 
 treated, and again rallied. During the engagement, Major Ham- 
 mond with a party of volunteers, who promptly responded to his 
 call, retook from the enemy three pieces of the 8th Ind. battery, 
 and hauled them off by the hand. Every inch of grouud was 
 hotly contested until night closed the contest, neither side having 
 gained any material advantage. The enemy, however, had been 
 foiled in their effort to break through our lines at this point, and 
 our brigade held the ground somewhat in advance of its original 
 position. It was here that the rebel Gen. Hood, lost his leg, and 
 the boys of the 100th claim the honor of doing the job for him." 
 
 Sergt. Garnsey, after the battle of Franklin, had a conversa- 
 tion with a rebel officer, (who had been taken prisoner) in refer- 
 ence to the Chickamauga battles, and who asked how many bri- 
 gades we had at this point. When told that we had but one, he 
 was incredulous, and said that they sent in a fresh brigade each 
 charge.
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 285 
 
 "Night having come on the brigade was placed in a strong po- 
 sition to resist a night attack, aud the tired survivors were permit- 
 ted to gain what rest and refreshment was possible, while details 
 with Surgeon Woodruff and ambulances, gathered up the dead and 
 wounded, as far as they were able ; the enemy firing occasionally 
 upon them. 
 
 " The casualties in the 100th had been about seventeen killed, 
 one hundred wounded, and twenty-six missing. The captain of 
 Co. H found himself with only seven men in his command. Two 
 officers of the regiment had been wounded. These were Lt. Col. 
 Waterman, who received a flesh wound in the arm, and Lieut. 
 Bartlett, of Co. E, who was wounded in the head. Col. Water- 
 man and Adjutant Rouse had their horses shot under them. How 
 any escaped seemed a wonder to the survivors, as the regiment 
 was for three and a half hours in a shower of leaden hail. 
 
 " Next day was the Sabbath, but no day of rest to the armies 
 on the Chickamauga. About four o'clock in the morning, the 
 division was moved back to a position on the left of Crittenden's 
 corps. Early in the day it was ordered to take the place previ- 
 ously occupied by Negley's division, about two miles farther to 
 the left. The division was formed in two lines, first line deployed 
 the second in double column closed in mass. In moving up into 
 position, and throwing out skirmishers, the enemy was aroused ; 
 and Col. Bartleson conceived the idea of making a charge, with- 
 out having received orders to do so. It turned out to be an un- 
 fortunate movement. The regiment was led by the Colonel him- 
 self in the advance, upon a masked battery, supported by infantry, 
 who opened upon them with terrible effect. The regiment was 
 compelled to fall back in a somewhat demoralized condition to its 
 proper place in the division. But the colonel and some portions 
 of the regiment did not fall back, and their fate was for a time un- 
 known. The major took command of the regiment. In about 
 fifteen minutes after, Col. Buell, the brigade commander, was or- 
 dered, either by Wood, commanding the division, or by Critten- 
 den corps commander, (neither general would ever admit the fact), 
 to move to the left to support Reynold's division. Col. Buell 
 hesitated to obey the order, and said to the aid who brought it, 
 "Tell the general that my skirmishers are actively engaged, and
 
 286 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 I cannot safely make the move." Very soon the officer returned, 
 and gave the orders imperatively. Major Hammond said to Col. 
 Buell, that he would be court-martialed before he would obey the 
 order. Nevertheless the order was put into execution, and in 
 less time than it has taken to write it, the enemy being on the 
 alert, saw the movement, charged through the space made vacant, 
 attacking our brigade in flank. They captured the 8th Ind. bat- 
 tery again, and completely demoralized the brigade, each regiment, 
 and in fact, each individual fighting the balance of the day on its 
 own hook. This unfortunate movement is spoken of in the history 
 of the day as the " fatal gap," and neither division nor corps 
 commander would ever father the order. 
 
 "When Col. Bartleson led the charge we have spoken of, and 
 meeting such a rebuff the regiment mostly fell back, the colonel 
 himself and parts of companies D and F rallied behind a picket 
 fence near a log house ; the colonel seeming to think that the po- 
 sition could be held. Accordingly they remained for some time 
 exchanging shots with the enemy. Here Captain Burrell and 
 Sergeant Backus, of Co. D, were wounded. Discovering after a 
 little that they were left there alone, and were about to be flanked 
 on both sides, and sure to be captured if not killed, most of the 
 men fell back to the breastworks, where they expected to find the 
 rest of the brigade, but here they found everything on the retreat 
 and they followed on with the rest. 
 
 " But for some reason Col. Bartleson and Lieuts. Kenniston 
 and Koach did not succeed in making good their escape, and were 
 captured with some dozen or more others. The 100th would 
 have made as good a fight on this as on the previous day, but 
 for the unfortunate manner in which it was handled. When this 
 " fatal gap" was made, and the brigade was moving by the flank, 
 upon the double quick, the enemy poured into them, in front and 
 flank, such a murderous fire of musket balls, grape and canister 
 as nothing could withstand. They tried to keep their ranks in 
 order, but the regiment spread out wider and wider, and soon all 
 organization was lost, and they retired with other troops on the 
 right towards Rossville, where they lay on the 21st in position. 
 Some, more or less, fell into other organizations, and some reached 
 Thomas and Granger's forces and aided in the fight that saved
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 287 
 
 the day. Of this number were Sergt. Holmes, of Co. G, and 
 Selah Spaulding, of Co. F. John W. Goodenow, also of Co. E 
 is said to have fought during the two days' battle in six different 
 organizations." 
 
 Thus closed the scene. As is well-known, Thomas, with the 
 aid of Granger's reserves, saved the army from utter defeat and 
 enabled it to fall back to Chattanooga, and thus the great object 
 of the enemy was defeated, though by a narrow chance, and at a 
 fearful loss. 
 
 The 100th regiment went into the fight with 315 men, and 
 lost of this number, about 165. Every color guard but one, 
 (Neal Platt) was killed. A list of casualties is here given. 
 
 Casualties of the 100th in battle on the Chickamauga, Sept. 
 19th and 20th, 1873: 
 
 KILLED: 
 
 Co. A George Stewart, Alonzo N. Jones, Philip White. Co. B Win. 
 B. Burr, Samuel Rodgers, Corporal Justin Steinmetz, John Barrett, Charles 
 Sampson, Sergt. Hiram H. Harter. Co. C Theodore Dorkendotf, Henry 
 Karch, Thomas R. Parker, Sergt. John Bez, Lewis A. Prosser. Co. E Ser- 
 geant Milton J. Smith, Sergt. Stephen M. Spafford, Corp. Chas. P. Spencer, 
 Corp. Daniel Linebarger, Giles Dixon, Jr. Co. F Felix Durres, Patrick 
 Scanlan. Co. G Gotleib Weideroer, Matthew Bush, Albert Deal, George 
 Price. Co. H Corp. L. M. Lyon, Ahas Young. Co. I Geo. Irish, Francis 
 P. Kelly. Co. K Sergt. E. S. Miner, J. B. Morey, Amos B. Davis, Sergeant 
 H. W. Morford. 
 
 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WOUNDED : 
 
 Lieut. Col. A. N. Waterman, flesh of arm ; Capt John A. Burrell, Co. D, 
 severe ; Lieut. M. N. M. Stewart, Co. A, slight ; Lieut. Anson Patterson, Co. 
 E se vere in leg ; Lieut. R. F. Bartlett, Co. E, slight. 
 
 MISSING AND PRISONERS: 
 
 Col. F. A. Bartleson ; Lieut. Jerry Kenniston, Co. H ; Lieut. Samuel 
 Koach, Co. D ; Asst. Surgeon H. T. Woodruff. Co. A John Hay, Warren S. 
 Noble. Co. B Geo. E. Mclntyre. Co. C Mathias Snyder, supposed killed. 
 Co. D Corp. Geo. M, Dake, Rui'us Bolton, John Lyman. Co. F Sidney S. 
 Campbell. Co. G Sergt. James J. Harley, supposed to be dead. Co. I 
 Wm. R. Jones, John Augustine, Owen Evans, Henry C. Nobles. 
 
 CAPTURED AT HOSPITAL WITH SURGEON WOODRUFF: 
 
 Olivei P. Stumph, hospital steward. Co. B Geo. Mclntyre. Co. C 
 Wm. Peters, Anson Dodge, William Newberry, Eugene Sly. Co. D G. W. 
 Hill. Co. E George Pickles. Co. G Felix Calkins. Co. H James F. 
 Ladieu, John Cotton. Co. K Wm. W. King, Erastus Rudd. 
 
 WOUNDED: 
 
 Co. A Sergt. E. P. Smith, severe ; Corp. Elias Yates, severe ; Francis 
 A. Butler, left arm amputated ; Peter Brodie, Edgar C. Buss, William T. 
 Burker, Wm. Gundy, William Hawley, Thomas McQueen, H. W. Clark, all 
 severe; James H. Preston, James Dowling, LeRoy Jewell, Roger Breuuan,
 
 288 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Francis J. Fisher, all slightly. Co. B Sergt. Lewis Linebarger, Samuel 
 Weinhold, both slight; Sergteant Henry A. Smith. Co. C Sergeant Henry 
 M. Starrin, Sergeant Joseph Zeller, Corporal Anson Dodge, (prisoner,) 
 Corporal John Hammond, Benjamin Bever, (died), Albert N. Cham- 
 berlain, Benoni L. Abbott, all severe. (The two last named are sup- 
 posed to have died on the field.) Martin Fishbaugh, slight ; Gothard 
 Freehotf, leg; Christian Lang, severe; Daniel Mast, slight; William, 
 Peters, slight ; Peter Schmitt, severe ; Augustus W. Welchlin, severe. Co. 
 D Sergt. John Fellows, severe; Sergt. Franklin G. Bachus, Peter Peterson, 
 Christ. Lookentery ; Russell Hartung, arm ampt. (died); Charles Arnen, 
 prisoner, (all severe); Corporal Elias Brown, slight; Aimsa Carter, George 
 Kines, Joseph Countryman, Louden Jacobs, all slight. Co. E Corp. Van. 
 H. Perkins, mortally ; Corp. Andrew J. Fries, severe, arm amputated; Jas. 
 McCune, (died) ; John Maples, Henry Bridge, George A Fabrick, Rich ird. 
 F. Smith, Patrick McH ugh; Wm. Reed, (died); Wrn. H Brace, Mahlon W. 
 Harrington, both severe. Co. F Sergt James Gleason ; Joseph Butcher, 
 severe; George Grange, Edwaid Flannery, John Mallon, John Young. Geo. 
 Simpson. Co. G Corp. Chas. H. Snoad, prisoner ; Frank Adams, Enoch 
 Dodge, Decatur Goodenow. all slight ; John C. Batteman, leg broke ; Alex. 
 Moat, Jeptha Pierson, Wm. Shaw, Joseph W. Tucker, all severely; Frank 
 LaFayette, Wm. Barse, L. L. Warren, Wm. Hunt; Joshua Bush, run over 
 by cannon. Co. H--Sergt. Chas. H. RusselJ, Wm. B. Connor, Corp. William 
 Strunk, John Albright, Isaac J. Jenks : Henry C. King, severe ; Barnett W. 
 Henninger, W. C. Morse, George W. Murry, Wash. H. Thomas; William E. 
 Temple, severe ; Deratus T. Moore, severe, died Dec. 17, 18(53. Co. I Sergt. 
 John Hays, slight; Jerry O'Leary, Henry Parkinson, Wm. Stonerock, Levi 
 C. Price, all severely; John Robson, John Mahoney, John H. Butler, Sarn. 
 Aspinwall, all slightly. Co. K Francis Green, M. C. Snyder, A. J. Purins?- 
 ton, Wm. Munday, Orson Churchill, all slightly; Joseph Sloan, leg broken. 
 
 Albert N. Chamberlain and Benoin L. Abbott, reported miss- 
 ing and wounded in the above list, were eeen next day lyin^ dead 
 upon the field with others by some of the regiment who had been 
 captured, and who were marched over the field on the way to 
 Atlanta. But their fate was not certainly known to their friends- 
 until about eighteen months afterwards, when these prisoners were 
 released. As is well known, the rebels left many of our dead 
 unburied, and when our army got possession of the ground, the 
 bones were buried. 
 
 Justin Steinmetz, one of the killed of Co. B, was one of the 
 bravest and best of the company. He was painfully and mortally 
 wounded in the bowels, so that they protruded.. Holding them 
 in with one hand, he took one more shot at the enemy with the 
 other, and had just laid down his rifle, when another shot hit him 
 in the head and mercifully closed his career without further suf- 
 fering.
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 289 
 
 Col. Buell, in his official report of the action of the brigade, 
 says : " I take pleasure in commending to their superiors, * * 
 Lieut. Col. Waterman and Major Hammond, of the 100th 111., for 
 their endurance and bravery throughout the entire conflict. In 
 Col. Bartleson, of the 100th 111., and Captain Ewing, of the 26th 
 Ohio, our country lost two most valuable officers. My personal 
 staff, Capt. James G. Elwood, A. A. A. G., * * Lieut. J. C. 
 Williams, aide-de-camp, Capt. Gardiner, provost marshal, * * 
 were ever efficient and ready, being in the hottest of the fight" 
 
 When the army fell back during the night of the 19th, or 
 morning of the 20th, the division hospital, which had been estab- 
 lished near Crawfish Springs, and to which the wounded of our 
 regiment had been taken in charge of Surgeon Woodruff, fell 
 within the advanced lines of the enemy. Such as were slightly 
 wounded had been sent into Chattanooga. When the poor, 
 wounded boys found that they were to fall prisoners into the hands 
 of the rebels, they were downcast. Surgeon Woodruff and Stew- 
 ard Stumph, as well as the hospital attendants, assured them that 
 they would stand by them, which they did, though at a fearful 
 cost to some of them. In the course of the next day the rebels 
 came into possession of the hospital, and its contents and attend- 
 ants. The manner in which they were treated and disposed of is 
 given in a separate narrative of Surgeon Woodruff, and to that the 
 reader is referred. We will only say here that there were thirty- 
 one wounded men of the 100th in the hospital ; one of these, Van 
 L. Perkins, son of Wm. H. Perkins, a long time resident of Joliet, 
 died on the 30th. 
 
 Charles E. Spencer, of Troy, who was among the killed on 
 the 19th, was one of the best of soldiers. He had stepped out a 
 little in front of the line, and falling upon one knee was firing 
 rapidly, when he was struck with a ball in the forehead and killed 
 instantly. 
 
 Lieut. Williams, of Co. G, who was serving on Col. Buell's 
 staff, had his favorite gray mustang shot and killed under him, 
 and he himself narrowly escaped being captured, but his legs, al- 
 though they are not the longest, served him a good purpose. It 
 is said that no fast horse he has ever owned made belter time 
 than the Lieut, did toward Chattanooga. 
 
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 290 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Gen. Wood, in his official report thus speaks of one member of 
 Co. A: "Early in the conflict of Sunday, ray color-bearer was 
 wounded. The colors were taken by Samuel Goodrich of Co. A, 
 100th regiment, who bore aloft my standard through the day, re- 
 maining with me all day." 
 
 Henry C. King (Little Harry) of whom we have spoken as one 
 of the " pony team," was severely wounded in both thighs, one shot 
 going through the flesh of both legs. While lying on the field, a 
 rebel general came along, and noticing his youthful appearance, 
 asked him what he was there for, to which he replied. " I am here 
 to shoot just such men as you !" 
 
 It has been stated that Col. Bartleson was taken prisoner, but 
 for a considerable time it was supposed that he had been killed. 
 The report of Gen. Wood, bearing date the 29th, speaks of him 
 as probably killed. Parties thought they had seen him fall. One 
 man claimed to have seen him in the division hospital, just before 
 it fell into the hands of the enemy. During thn period of sus- 
 pense in respect to his fate, Col. George P. Buell, who commanded 
 the brigade in which the 100th fought, wrote to Hon. J. O. Nor- 
 ton, as follows : 
 
 " Colonel Bartleson's conduct was most noble and gallant up 
 to the the last moment I saw him. In fact, he was too brave and 
 daring for his own good. You may take this consolation to 
 your heart that should Col. B. ever fall on the battle-field, he will 
 fall as all true men wish to fall, doing his whole duty with his 
 face to the enemy. Being the immediate commander of Col. B., 
 in the late engagement, and of course a witness of his conduct, I 
 have taken the liberty to write you this, believing that these few 
 truths will help to ease your pain and calm your grief." 
 
 Col. Bartleson's movement on the 20th, seems to have been an 
 imprudent one, although very bold and heroic. Had it been 
 successful however, it would have been prudent, and would have 
 been approved by his superior officers, and applauded by all. A 
 similar movement made on the Atlanta campaign, as we shall see, 
 was all right because it was successful. Success like charity, 
 covers a multitude of sins, both in military and civil life. 
 
 The 100th regiment, what was left of it, gathered together 
 again at Rossville on the 21st, in command of Major Hammond.
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 291 
 
 Here oar forces were collected to make a stand and dispute any 
 advance of the enemy. But the enemy did not come, and on the 
 22d our army fell back toward Chattanooga. All were fearful 
 that Rosecrans could not maintain his position, but by the 23d, 
 Gen. Wood came round and told the boys that they could hold 
 the place in spite of anything that Bragg could bring. 
 
 Sergeant Holmes, of Co. G, gives the following account of the 
 closing scene in this day's fight, as it affected our regiment, and 
 of the three subsequent days : 
 
 " After marching by the right flank, a short distance, the rebs 
 open on us, and send in the bullets as thick as hail stones. The 
 boys will not stand it at all, and put for the rear. I stand behind 
 a tree a while, and then think if no one else will stay it is no use 
 for me, so I put on after the rest, and after going through a corn- 
 field, up a hill, I find the major rallying the men at the brow. 
 Some stop, but as soon as the bullets begin to whiz, off they go 
 again up the hill a little further. Then they rally again and some 
 other regiments come up, and we stand and pour it into the var- 
 mints. They soon begin to run and we after them, until we get 
 to the open field. Then another rebel regiment advances with 
 the red flag flying, dressed in our uniform. Some of us open on 
 them, and others say, " don't do it, they are our men." While 
 paying attention to this regiment, up comes a division on our 
 right to flank us, so we have to " skedaddle" again. Up we go 
 to another hill, there rally and give it to the rebs; My car- 
 tridges give out, and I empty a dead man's into my box. I fire 
 away here as long as I can see any rebels to fire at. Then we go 
 to the left and fight along with the 21st Ohio awhile. Then I go 
 farther to the left, and fall in with Granger's corps, and fight with 
 them. I find one of Colt's rifles and lay mine down and take 
 that. We fight here until nearly dark, when the rebels give way 
 and we are the victors. The ground is covered with the wounded 
 and dead. We see some rebels in front, and hallo at them to 
 come in, but they will not come, they are afraid to go one way or 
 the other. One or two of our men fire at them, and they all run 
 but two. These get behind trees. I jump over the breastwork of 
 rails and go out toward them, telling them if they don't come in
 
 292 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 and lay down their arms, I will shoot them. On this, they throw 
 down their guns, and I take them in and turn them over. Selah 
 Spaulding, of Co. F, has been with me all this time, and we start 
 off to find some water. We meet Gen. Wood, and he tells us 
 there is no water where we are going. We ask him where our 
 brigade is. He tells us that they are up in the woods a short dis- 
 tance. We go on and find it, but only a few of our regiment 
 are with them. Lieut. Ewen and John Brandon are all we 
 found of Co. G. We are here but a short time when we are or- 
 dered off and march back where it is thought we can find water, 
 but we do not stop until we get within four miles of Chattanooga. 
 Here we stack our arms, and bivouac for the night. 
 
 "Sept. 21st, Monday, get up, get our breakfast, and get ready 
 for a move if there should be any. After a while up comes what 
 is left of the old hundreth, in command of the major. We soon 
 move back to the front again, upon a hill, and build breastworks, 
 and wait for the enemy. They do not come to us, but we hear 
 heavy firing on the right. More troops come up after dark, and 
 cut down trees and build breastworks. They also mask a bat- 
 tery. 
 
 "Tuesday, Sept. 22d. Last night a little after eleven we were 
 called up and moved back toward Chattanooga. When nearly there, 
 we stopped, camped and cooked coffee. After daylight moved out 
 and built breastworks, and lay all day in line in the trenches. 
 
 Sept. 23d. Last night there was a little scare and we were 
 ordered to fall in, but soon lay down again and had a good 
 night's sleep. The rebs do not yet come up. We go to work on 
 the breastworks, old Gen. Wood comes around and tells us we 
 can hold them in spite of anything to-day." 
 
 The following is from the official report of Gen. Crittenden, 
 commanding the 21st army corps : 
 
 " With pride I point to the services of Brig. Gen. Wood, and his gallant 
 command. The last of my corps ordered to the scene of conflict, they be- 
 came engaged almost the very moment of their arrival. Unexpectedly ran 
 over by a portion of our troops who were driven back upon them, the bri- 
 gade of Col. Buell was thrown into confusion and borne along with the fly- 
 ing for a short distance, but were soon and easily rallied by Gen. Wood and
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 293 
 
 Col. Buell, and chough the loss had been very heavy, for so short a conflict 
 these brave men were led back by their division and brigade commanders to 
 the ground from which they had been forced. On Sunday, when our lines 
 were broken, Brig. Gen. Wood, with the brigades of Harker and Barns, and 
 that part of Col. Buell's brigade not cut off by the enemy, reached Major 
 Gen. Thomas, as ordered, and participated in the battle of that day, with 
 honor to themselves. Such was the conduct of this, the last part of my com- 
 mand, all of which has been published to the country as having disgrace- 
 fully fled the field." 
 
 Wishing to give everything which relates to our 100th regi- 
 ment in this battle, I copy a few paragraphs from the official re- 
 port of Gen. Wood, commanding the division : 
 
 " Seeing no other reserve at hand, and assured that both Harker and 
 Carlin were seriously engaged, I determined to hold Buell's brigade in hand 
 to meet emergencies. And it was fortunate I did so, for ere long Carlin's 
 brigade was swept back out of the woods, across the cornfield^ and iuto the 
 woods beyond the field, on the western side of the road, carrying everything 
 away with it. When I observed the rush across the cornfield, I was near 
 the 100th 111. With a view of checking the advancing and exultant enemy 
 I ordered Col. Bartleson, commanding the 100th 111., to fix bayonets and 
 charge on the foe. The bayonets were properly fixed, and the regiment had 
 Just commenced to advance when it was struck by a crowd of fugitives, and 
 swept away in the general melee. The whole of Buell's brigade was thus 
 carried off its feet. It was necessary that it should fall back across the nar- 
 row field on the western side of the road to the edge of the wood under 
 whose cover it rallied. As soon as possible it was formed along the fence, 
 separating the field from the woods, and with the aid of a part of Carlin's 
 brigade, and a regiment of Wilder's brigade, dismounted, repulsed the ene- 
 my. * * * * Buell's brigade was formed just east of the road 
 when it was struck by Carlin's brigade, and hence it had to retire about the 
 distance of two hundred yards to get the shelter of the woods for reforming. 
 But in crossing this narrow space, it suffered terribly ; the killed and 
 wounded were thickly strewn on the ground. So soon as the enemy was re- 
 pulsed, I addressed myself to forming Col. Buell's brigade, for the purpose 
 of advancing to recover the lost ground. I led the brigade back in person 
 and reoccupied the ground from which it had been forced." 
 
 This in respect to the 19th. In respect to the 20th, he says : 
 
 "I advanced my command and occupied the position assigned. In 
 throwing out my skirmishers to cover my front I aroused the enemy, and 
 had quite a sharp affair with him. By a very imprudent advance of his regi- 
 ment at this moment, done without an order, Col. Bartleson (moving him- 
 self in advance of his troops) was shot from his horse, and either killed or 
 very severely wounded ; it was impossible to decide which, on account of 
 the proximity of the place where he fell to the enemy's lines. He was an
 
 294 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 accomplished and gallant officer, and a high-toned, pure minded gentleman 
 His loss is a serious disadvantage to the regiment and the sarvice." 
 
 The writer received soon after the battle the following letters 
 from Adjutant Rouse, which as they explain the situation of our 
 regiment during the battle and for a few days after, I give in full. 
 I wish also to incorporate in this history some memento of the 
 writer, whose fate it was to fall himself subsequently, and whose 
 death was so deeply regretted by all who knew him : 
 
 HEADQUARTERS 100TH ILL. VOLUNTEERS, 1 
 CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 24th, 1863. j 
 George H. Woodruff, Esq. 
 
 DEAR SIR : When it became apparent on Sunday that we 
 should be compelled to give way before superior numbers, sur- 
 geons were selected to remain in our hospitals in charge of such 
 of our wounded, as from the severity of their wounds, or want of 
 time, could not be sent to the rear. Your son Henry was one of 
 the number selected for this important duty, and I suppose that 
 communication with him will be temporarily interrupted. He 
 had here, as at Stone river, made himself very conspicuous for his 
 activity and efficiency. This morning we have nearly completed 
 a splendid line of breastworks, forming a continuous circle from 
 the Tennessee river on the east to the foot of Lookout mountain 
 on the west, a distance of between two and three miles. Close 
 along our front lie the enemy, without doubt preparing for an at- 
 tack. Thick along the breastworks, confident and determined, 
 stand our brave and noble men, ready to meet the shock of battle. 
 On Sunday evening and Monday morning all were fearful, but 
 on Monday we checked the advance on a line of hills five miles 
 south. of Chattanooga. On Monday night we again fell back and 
 commenced in earnest to fortify the town, and by Tuesday even- 
 ing, had succeeded so well that we began to take courage. Since 
 then we have worked night and day, and are now strongly en- 
 trenched. You have heard of our losses, and will sorrow with 
 us for the suffering and the dead. Our regiment went into the 
 fight on Saturday, at 3 o'clock P. M., 313 strong. Before dark 
 17 lay dead and 100 were wounded. Our entire loss is believed 
 to be 22 enlisted men killed, and five officers and 104 enlisted
 
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 men wounded. The Colonel and Lieut. Kenniston are in the 
 hands of the enemy. The Colonel was seen to fall but a few rods 
 in front of the advancing rebel line, but it is not known that he 
 was even hurt. Twenty-three enlisted men are still missing. I 
 will write you again if I learn anything more. We have been 
 repulsed, but we are not disheartened." 
 
 Three days later, Sept. 27th, Adjutant Rouse wrote : 
 
 " The impression gains ground that the rebels will not attack 
 our entrenchments ; though the hills and valleys along our entire 
 front are nightly lit up by the camp fires of the enemy, who were 
 promised on the evacuation of this place, that we should be speed- 
 ily driven back across the Tennessee or anihilated. They know 
 too well the strength of the position, and our fighting qualities to 
 make an attack. Rumors are current of a flank movement by the 
 rebels, but it is not much feared. The little band of the 100th 
 (for such it seems) that is left after their long campaigns, are 
 gladly improving such relaxation as the nature of our situation 
 will allow. Only ten of the wounded of our regiment remain in 
 hospital here; all the rest who were not left in rebel hands having 
 been sent North. Dr. Heise and his wife are still here doing all 
 that can be done for the boys. Lieut-Col. Waterman is improv- 
 ing and will remain here. Maj. Hammond, now in command, is 
 a first-rate practical man and a competent officer. I cannot learn 
 that communication has been had with the rebel authorities with 
 regard to our wounded, who remain in their possession, and I have 
 no additional news of Henry. Hospital Steward Stumph and the 
 cook and nurse are with him. 
 
 " After the desperate struggle of Saturday, the commanding 
 general examined the ground in his rear, and during the night 
 formed a new line, which was thought favorable for defense. A 
 part of the line near the center was occupied by two brigades of 
 our division at 8 A. M. on Sunday morning. Skirmishers were 
 immediately thrown out, and as they met with only slight oppo- 
 sition, Col. Bartleson ordered his regiment to advance. It did so, 
 charging about two hundred yards across an open field, on the 
 double-quick, driving the enemy's skirmishers from a road fence
 
 296 
 
 on the opposite side. The road was quickly passed by the regi- 
 ment, which now entered a piece of woods. Proceeding a few 
 yards, it was discovered that we were close upon a masked bat- 
 tery, supported by infantry. The battery and its supports im- 
 mediately opened a deadly and unexpected fire upon us, and the 
 main portion of the regiment fell back to its original position. 
 Col. Bartleson, however, rallied about two companies behind a 
 picket fence on the side of the road mentioned above. Seeing that 
 the Colonel and some of the men had not fallen back, and it being 
 reported that the colonel was wounded and had fallen from his horse, 
 Lieut. Wicks, myself, and four or five men went forward to ascer- 
 tain the position of affairs, and if possible, recover the colonel. 
 On arriving at the fence we found them posted behind it, and the 
 colonel unharmed ; though the enemy were close by in strong 
 force, the colonel thought it to be his duty to hold the position as 
 long as possible. I remained a few moments, and then went to 
 report to Col. Buell, commanding the brigade, who was not as 
 yet aware that the whole regiment had not fallen back, and 
 therefore there was no prospect of his sending us any assistance. 
 When I got back to where the regiment had been lying, I found 
 that it had been moved away to the left, and had already got out 
 of sight. Heavy volleys of musketry were now heard in the di- 
 rection from which I had just come, and turning I saw our men 
 beating a hasty retreat, and the rebel line close behind them ad- 
 vancing rapidly. Nothing now was left to do but to get out of 
 the way as fast as possible. Several of the men who were with 
 the colonel behind the fence were known to have fallen before 
 they could make good their retreat. Two or three of the men 
 saw the colonel leave the fence, and one says that he saw him fall, 
 but does not know whether he fell because he was hurt, or on ac- 
 count of the roughness of the ground. It was ^but a moment 
 before the rebels passed over and occupied the ground, and they 
 continued to hold it. I have thus been particular to give you all 
 that is known in relation to this painful matter." 
 
 As has been seen, after the two days battle at Chickamauga, 
 our forces first fell back to Rossville, and next day to the defenses 
 of Chattanooga. Here Rosecrans worked with energy in forti-
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 297 
 
 fying his position with three lines of breastworks, and in getting 
 forward supplies. The flanks of his army lay on the Tennessee, 
 above and below Chattanooga. But Bragg succeeded in cutting 
 off his communications by Bridgeport on the south, compelling 
 him to get his supplies by mule power half starved at that some 
 sixty miles over roads almost impassable. By a bold raid the en- 
 emy also damaged the railroad between Stephenson and Nashville, 
 capturing the train of the 14th corps, and causing much delay in 
 the supplies. 
 
 These operations put our forces at Chattanooga on short ra- 
 tions, and it became a serious question whether starvation would 
 not effect for the rebels, what they had not been able to do by 
 fighting compel us to give up Chattanooga. 
 
 After the battle of Chickamauga, the 100th was transferred to 
 Wagner's brigade, very much reduced, both in officers and men. 
 Adjutant Rouse was placed upon Wagner's staff, and Sergeant 
 Major Home was promoted lieutenant of Co. K, and then adju- 
 tant. 
 
 After the 22d of September, the regiment remained in their 
 position near Chattanooga, putting up quarters, working on in- 
 trenchments, doing picket duty, etc., etc. the rebel lines being 
 but a little distance from ours, and our forces being in daily ex- 
 pectation of an attack; which, however, did not come in the 
 immediate front of our brigade. On the night of the 24th, there 
 was heavy firing farther to the right, which was kept up until 
 12 o'clock, making a most splendid display of firing all along 
 the line of Palmer's division. Rockets were also sent up which 
 added to the display. We now quote from a diary of Sergeant 
 Holmes. Under date of Oct. 1st, he writes : 
 
 " It rained nearly all night, we got up to stand at arms at 
 5 o'clock. The clouds have passed off, and the air is clear and 
 pure. We can see the rebel camps quite plain, and we see a 
 force marching to the right, for what purpose we do not know. 
 I am detailed to go with a party to pile up brush in front of 
 our breastworks to frustrate the enemy if they should attack us. 
 We also stretch a wire along in front, so that they will be thrown 
 down if they should come up in the dark. Several of our own
 
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 men, myself included, forgetting about it, have got several, falls 
 from it. 
 
 " Oct. 3d, stood at arms from four to six. Orderly Sergeant 
 Thomas Bleber and I got a pass to go down town and see 
 the wounded boys. Found them in good spirits. L. L. War- 
 ren, my messmate, before the battle, was wounded in the leg near 
 the ankle. He walks with crutches. John C. Batterman looks 
 bad. He was wounded under the right arm, a ball passing 
 through his body and coming out near the spine. Frank Lafay- 
 ette was wounded in the arm, shattering the bone, but is in 
 good spirits. We hear that a long train was burned by the rebs 
 in Sequatchie Valley. 
 
 Oct. 5th, some deserters came in to-day. The rebs began to 
 throw shell about four o'clock, but they do not reach us. We 
 send them some in reply, but cannot tell the effect, but hope they 
 will be hard to digest. The cannonading is kept up slowly all 
 day. 
 
 " Oct. 7th, here we are in sight of the rebels. The two armies 
 lie within gun shot all the time. The pickets talk with each 
 other and exchange papers. At night we look to the south, and 
 there all along on what is called Mission Ridge, we see their camp 
 fires. This ridge extends from Lookout Mountain around to the 
 Tennessee, forming a kind of far off boundary to the city, I judge 
 about four miles distant. The most of the rebel army are on the 
 top. But there is a portion on this side, and their pickets extend 
 down to within less than a mile from our camp, and about sixty 
 rods of our picket line. This evening along comes Ord. Serg't 
 Tom Bleber, and says : " Serg't Holmes, report to go to Stephen- 
 son right off, don't wait for anything." So I start for brigade 
 headquarters, and there find 1st Lieut. Lines, who has charge of 
 twelve men and three non corns, from our regiment. There is a 
 similar detachment from each regiment in the division. Those 
 from our brigade are in command of Captain Potter, of the 26th 
 Ohio. The whole are in command of the lieutenant colonel of 
 the 26th Ohio. We march down town and report ourselves. 
 The colonel reports to corps headquarters, and then takes us over 
 the river on a pontoon bridge, where we camp for the night. 
 
 " Thursday, Oct. 8th, get up at five and march at seven. We
 
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 go about a mile, and then halt at the field hospital. I run over 
 and look at the boys, and find them all snug and comfortable in 
 good tents and beds. The wagons in our train take along all that 
 are able to go to Stephenson. L. L. Warren goes along. After 
 an hour's halt we go on, taking the road for Waldron's Ridge, by 
 way of Anderson's Crossings. But the order is changed, and we 
 take the river road. After a march of about seven miles we are 
 fired upon by the rebels from across the river. They keep them- 
 selves concealed, so that we could get but few shots at them, while 
 we are entirely exposed. They killed three and wounded seven 
 of our men, and killed and ' wounded twenty mules. This was 
 mostly done while we were going over a little bare hill where our 
 drivers stopped to lock the wheels. They soon stopped that, and 
 let the wheels take care of themselves, and drove down the hill at 
 full speed. One driver got his wagon upset. A battalion of the 
 pioneer brigade was in camp near. So we left our " casualties" 
 with them and went on. After marching some time we took a 
 road which leads up Waldron's Ridge, and with some difficulty 
 reached the top and found ourselves on " Bob White's farm." We 
 came to this same place when we made the expedition from theSe- 
 quatchie Valley, to capture the steamboat. Here we encamped for 
 the night. 
 
 " Friday, Oct. 9th, started on this morning, road very uneven. 
 We are out of rations, so I step out and run on ahead down the 
 mountain, and come to the house of a Mr. Knox, and ask them if 
 they have anything cooked. The old lady goes to the table and 
 breaks off a piece of corn bread. I also got my canteen filled with 
 some milk, and pay the woman twenty cents. Went on a short 
 distance, and as it was a hot day, I went upon a little hill and 
 lay down to sleep. When I woke up the train had all gone by, 
 so I hurry on and overtake them about four miles from Jasper. 
 After resting a short time, start on for Jasper. Luckily, the sut- 
 ler of the 185th Illinois overtakes me, and I ride with him to 
 Jasper. Here I go to a bake shop, and buy two pies, and two 
 loaves of bread, and eat them, and am still hungry. Going along 
 a little further, I find Prince, our old sutler, who is here with a 
 stock of goods. I get some cakes and maple sugar. By this time 
 the train comes up and the boye empty every bake shop and
 
 300 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 every other eating establishment in the town. I get into a for- 
 age wagon and ride to Battle Creek, where we camp for the 
 night. 
 
 "Saturday, Oct. 10th, on the move again early, and go on to 
 Stephenson, which is a small place on the railroad, with a tavern 
 and a few dwelling houses. L. L. Warren and the rest of the 
 wounded boys are deposited in a Sibley tent, expecting soon to go 
 onto Nashville. Found our ex-chaplain and Lieut. Col. Water- 
 man here. Col. W. says he expects to be back with the regiment 
 soon. He is going on to Nashville to get furloughs for the boys. 
 The 13th Wisconsin are guards at this post. Gen, Hooker is here 
 with two corps, Slocum's and Howard's. Saw the old gent, a fine 
 looking old man. His soldiers, especially the officers, look as 
 though they had just come out of a band box, and they carry very 
 heavy knapsacks loaded with extra clothing and blankets, purp 
 tent, etc., enough to load a mule. We drew three days' rations 
 to last six. 
 
 "Sunday, Oct. llth, the train loads up with hard- tack, sow 
 belly, coffee, etc., etc., and a little after noon, takes the back track. 
 Get to Jasper, about noon of the 12th. We press on, and the rain 
 comes on, and we go into camp after dark. 
 
 "October 13th, on our weary way through rain and mud, and 
 reach the foot of the mountain on the 14th, about a mile and a 
 half further up than where we came over, and go into camp. 
 Here we are detained by trains ahead of us. Here we see the re- 
 mains of a train burned by the rebels. A brigade of the reserve 
 corps are now in camp here, and the rebels keep their distance. 
 
 " Oct. 15th, after the rear train had got up we start on. After a 
 while we have to stop for a mountain stream swollen by the rain 
 to subside ; so we build fires and camp for the night. 
 
 " Oct. 16th, the stream having run down, we go on to the 
 edge of the mountain. Here the view is most splendid. Way 
 down below us the trees look like shrubs ; off in the distance is 
 the Tennessee river with its many windings, a waving line of sil- 
 ver in the landscape ; and there to the right is Old Lookout stand- 
 ing out in bold relief against the sky ; farther to the left is the 
 city of Chattanooga scattered on the opposite bank of the Tennes- 
 see. The road here goes down by the side of the peak, and turns
 
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 short around it and down on the other side. THe descent is very 
 difficult. We had two wagons upset while going down. After 
 getting down, the road is good and we hurry on. In time we get 
 back to the hospital. Here we met Capt. Elwood who has re- 
 signed, and is going, as he says, to start for " God's land," (mean- 
 ing Joliet !) in the morning. We reach the bank of the river and 
 have to wait repairs on the pontoon bridge. Towards night we 
 go over. It is not often you see a happier set of fellows than we 
 are at getting home. 
 
 "Oct. 19th to 23d. Nothing new, rations getting very short, 
 work more or less on breastworks. To-day we here that Rose- 
 crans has been relieved and Gen. Thomas placed in command. 
 We have lost one good general and got another. 
 
 " Oct. 24th, drew rations of crackers, and we have got to come 
 down more yet, for we are not to have a whole cracker at a meal 
 only about half. 
 
 " Sunday, Oct. 25th. About half past three we were called 
 up, told to pack up and get ready for a march after a hurried 
 breakfast, and a very short one. We marched out to the front and 
 took Gen. Palmer's old position. He has gone to Shell Mound to 
 attack the rebels, and we take their quarters. Draw half rations 
 for two days. 
 
 " 26th. Stand at arms this morning. I eat all my rations for 
 two days at one meal, and now, so far as I can see, I have to go 
 two days without anything more. But Providence will provide 
 I never starved yet. I am detailed with three men John Mason, 
 Co. G, Sam. Johnson, Co. B, and James Coplantz, Co. K. We 
 draw a little beef to-day, and boil it with an ear of corn that Stage 
 foraged somewhere, and this, with two biscuits from Lieut. Wil- 
 liams, helps us out. 
 
 " Oct. 27th. Good news this morning. Our folks have opened 
 a new " cracker line." Last night an expedition floated down the 
 river, which was covered with a dense fog, past the rebel pickets, 
 without being observed. One of the boats struck against a tree, 
 and the rebs took the alarm and fired into them. On this our 
 boats rowed to the shore, and routed the rebs, while another body 
 of our men gave them fits from another direction. We can cross 
 our train now about six miles up the river, and have a good road
 
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 to Bridgeport, anfl get supplies in much quicker time. But I sup- 
 pose we shall be short of rations until trains can go there and 
 back. Some cannonading over by Lookout. I make out to get 
 along to-day with a little parched corn. This evening we draw 
 nearly five crackers for two days ! Lieut. Williams knows we are 
 hard up, so he gives me something for supper, although he gets 
 but two-thirds rations. These are the hardest times we have ever 
 seen for rations, but I will 'trust in Providence and keep my pow- 
 der dry.' 
 
 " Oct. 28th. Cannonading from Lookout nearly all day. 
 Their guns are aimed on our right. We hear of no harm. Oct. 
 29th. Considerable fighting last night over by Lookout. I am 
 sent down town by the major to be examined for a commission in 
 a negro regiment. Drew two days' rations again, getting four hard 
 tack, a little sugar, coffee, and a small piece of salt pork. 
 
 " Oct. 30th. Parched corn for breakfast, with coffee. Dinner, 
 boiled corn and boiled corn fried. This p. m. drew some beef, 
 and have beef and corn boiled together for supper. 
 
 " Sunday, Nov. 1st. The regiment on picket duty. We warm 
 over the soup we had last night, saving the cracker and a half for 
 dinner. The commissioned officers do not fare much better than 
 we do in the matter of rations. After coming off picket duty, 
 drew a half cracker about 6 p. m., and feeling eo stomach empty, 
 I concluded to go out and hunt for rations. We go up to Wood's 
 headquarters, and one of the teamsters gave us a mess of corn, and 
 when we got back to camp we find they have drawn rations, one 
 day's to last two." 
 
 And so matters seem to have continued, gradually improving 
 now in the matter of rations, and nothing occurring of special inter- 
 est until Nov. 23d. Deserters came in occasionally. On the 15th, 
 the regiment had a visit from the paymaster, and lots of peddlers, 
 who were after the boys' money. 
 
 Before going into the movement on Mission Ridge, we will 
 pick up a few matters which we have passed over. 
 
 After the battle of Chickamauga, of course there were great 
 numbers of wounded to be cared for. Many were left in the hands 
 of the enemy, but by an arrangement with the rebel authorities
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 303 
 
 those severely wounded were sent into our lines as soon as they 
 could be moved. Our county sent a delegation, consisting of Dr. 
 Bo wen, of Wilmington, and Elder Crews, of Joliet, to look after 
 our own boys. They did not go as idlers or lookers-on. On 
 Arriving at Stephenson, and finding no conveyance, they cut them 
 each a good stick, and charged over the mountain on foot, a dis- 
 tance of forty miles. On arriving at the camp of the 100th, they 
 repaired to the hospital, took off their coats, and went to work, 
 dressing the wounded, and doing everything in their power to help 
 the boys who were suffering in our behalf. On account of the 
 critical situation, and of the great scarcity of supplies, the wounded 
 who could bear the journey were sent to the rear as fast as pos- 
 sible. This was a great undertaking, and entailed much suffering 
 upon the poor wounded men. The transportation had to be by 
 ambulances over the worst of all possible roads to Stephenson, 
 over 50 miles, and no rations were issued to them except a limited 
 supply of hardtack. Still, they were patient and uncomplaining. 
 
 The Christian and Sanitary Commissions had their nurses 
 speedily at work, and their supplies were forwarded as fast as the 
 means of transportation would allow. 
 
 Dr. Bowen, writing from Bridgeport, Oct. 6th, says : 
 
 " Our wounded in Sunday's fight were left on the field in the 
 enemy's bands, and not brought in until Saturday. We left with 
 them for Nashville on Sunday (all that could be moved) in 200 
 ambulances. They will join the railroad at Stephenson, where we 
 expect to meet them." 
 
 At this time Hooker had arrived at Bridgeport with his army 
 of reinforcements from the Potomac, and the army at Chattanooga 
 no longer feared Gen. Bragg but Gen. Hunger was still threat- 
 ening them severely. 
 
 On October 19th, Rosecrans was relieved by Gen. Geo. H. 
 Thomas, the man who had earned the soubriquet of the " Rock 
 of Chickamauga," from the manner in which he had held the 
 rebel army in check on the 20th, and saved our army from utter 
 defeat. General Grant had also been put in command of the divis- 
 ion of the Mississippi, and he telegraphed Thomas to hold Chatta- 
 nooga if he starved. Thomas replied that he would, and he did,
 
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 although as we have seen, starvation for some days stared our 
 brave boys in the face. 
 
 An incident is said to have occurred here while our boys were 
 shut up in Chattanooga which relieved the tedium of the time, and 
 which may relieve the tedium of our narrative. As a historian I 
 do not vouch for it. I give it as a tradition. Indeed, I should 
 not venture to record it at all, if I had not received it from so re- 
 liable a source. 
 
 I believe I have somewhere spoken of the innumerable kinds 
 of insects and reptiles which our boys encountered in the sunny 
 south. There was another kind of grey back, which gave them a 
 great deal of trouble, besides the kind that carried muskets. They 
 were very plenty, and infested their blankets and clothing, and it 
 became a regular exercise to skirmish for them before getting into 
 their blankets at night. Besides these, there was a great variety 
 of bugs, ticks, scorpions and other insects, some of which were not 
 only annoying, but dangerous. In our history of Barnett's bat- 
 tery, we give an account of a death of a Will county man, from 
 the bite of a scorpion. But the " varmint" most dreaded was the 
 rattle snake. Snakes abounded everywhere, and the boys were 
 obliged to use great precautions against them. They had an ugly 
 way of getting into the tents and houses, without a pass, and coil- 
 ing themselves up in odd corners, and even creeping into beds. 
 
 Now, no one had a greater horror of the snake family than the 
 senior surgeon of the 100th, (now acting as brigade surgeon). He 
 was always on the lookout for them, and I believe he dreaded 
 them even more than he did rebel shells. To prevent their getting 
 into his bed, he had a way of tucking in the covers all around, and 
 when he went to bed, he used to open the top, leaving the sides 
 and foot undisturbed, and by a kind of corkscrew movement 
 worm himself down into the bed, thus feeling secure against his 
 dreaded foes. Now there was at Chattanooga, the surgeon of an 
 Indiana regiment of the name of Glick, and the two being thrown 
 very much together in the hospitals, became great friends, and oc- 
 cupied the same room in one of the old houses at Chattanooga. 
 Glick, who, by the way, was a practical joker, seeing our doc- 
 tor's dread of snakes, and his manner of heading them off, thought 
 he would have a little fun at his friend's expense. So in the doc-
 
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 tor's absence one day, he stuck together a couple of spermaceti 
 candles with which the officers were supplied, and opening the 
 foot of our surgeon's bed, laid it in just about where his feet would 
 hit it when he got well into bed, tucking it all up snug again. He 
 told some of the other officers what he had done and asked them 
 to be around when the doctor went to bed and see the fun. Well, 
 our surgeon came in at the usual hour of night, and being very 
 tired, commenced at once to prepare for bed. Glick telegraphed 
 in some way to the boys outside and they gathered round peeking 
 into the cracks and windows to see the fun. Having disrobed and 
 donned his night cap, our surgeon began in his usual way to worm 
 him self down into bed ; and just as he got well in and was stretch- 
 ing himself out with a grunt of satisfaction, his feet struck the 
 extemporized snake ! With a bound that would do credit to a 
 first-class acrobat, our doctor leaped from the bed, exclaiming '* a 
 snake 1 a snake! oh mine/oote, Glick, a snake! a snake! kill 
 him ! kill him ! Ob mine foote ! Glick, kill him ! kill him I" 
 Glick sprang to his assistance as earnestly as if he believed that it 
 was a snake, and his co- conspirators outside rushed in eager to assist. 
 The doctor caught his sword, and some one held the light, while 
 Glick, the most courageous, carefully turned down the clothes, and 
 presently, the harmless candle was laid bare. Our doctor saw the 
 " sell" in a moment, and the reaction was almost too much for his 
 nerves, and altogether too much for his English. "Ah Glick, 
 Glick ! fun ish fun, and I likes fun, but ah ! Glick, Glick, this ish 
 is too d n bad !" It was a scene worthy of the burin of Nast ! It is 
 said that the doctor trembles at the sight of a snake, even to this day, 
 while the glimpse of a candle throws htm into fits of bad English ! 
 There is another story on the surgeon that I have studied long 
 upon, in order to devise some way in which to tell it, and not vio- 
 late vested rights, but ' I have not been able to effect it, I will 
 therefore only allude to it as the time when the doctor got bom- 
 barded. This is all that need be said, to raise a grin on the face of 
 every survivor of the 100th. If the reader has any curiosity to 
 hear the story, let him ask Deacon Williams who has copy- righted 
 it and knows how to tell it, and he will do it if you get him in 
 the right kind of a crowd. Or, you might ask the doctor yourself, 
 but you had better do it some time when he is in his slippers. 
 
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 Major Bovven writes under date of Oct. 25th : 
 
 " Our regiment moved out and occupied the front. Consid- 
 erable activity seemed to be in other parts of the army. On the 
 27th the noise of an engagement could be heard down the river, 
 and it was rumored that Hooker was fighting south of Bridgeport, 
 and that our forces had taken prisoners, the force of the enemy that 
 had been holding the river at the suck, 1,000 in number, and that 
 the river is now open within six miles of town. Cannonading is 
 also heard down about the base of the mountain and beyond. 
 Every five minutes there is to be seen a spiteful puff of smoke 
 from Moccasin Point, and presently another is visible between us 
 and Lookout Mountain. The first is the smoke from one of our 
 guns, and the second from the shell which it drops among scatter- 
 ing parties of the enemy as they show themselves on the moun- 
 tain's side. And now comes into our camp four companies of the 
 31st Indiana, that have been to Stephenson to guard a supply 
 train, and it has taken 20 days to make the trip, a distance of 60 
 miles as they have to go. With such difficulties has the army to 
 be supplied with rations. As a result of this arrival, an orderly 
 makes his appearance and asks : " Is this the headquarters of the 
 100th Ills?" To which the reply is quickly made : " It is, sir." 
 " I am ordered to report to you with two days' rations for 312 
 men." " Very good, sir, Orderly, call Q. M. Serg't Garnsey." 
 Then the hungry tigers of the 100th set up a shout long and 
 hearty, for although there has been no grumbling, it has been 
 pretty hard to satisfy a soldier's appetite on half a cracker and 
 corn foraged from the poor mules." 
 
 " On the 28th, there has been cannonading all day upon and be- 
 yond Lookout mountain. At one time the rebels had a battery 
 upon the very top and were firing upon our troops in the valley 
 toward Shell Mound. Our guns on Moccasin Point threw their 
 shells on to the top of the mountain nine or ten hundred feet high, 
 and silenced one of the enemy's guns. About one o'clock to-day 
 (28th) we hear the reports of musketry and artillery, and know 
 that there is hard fighting going on in a portion of our army, perhaps 
 the battle that is to settle the question whether or not we hold Chatta- 
 nooga. Next day we learn that the fight was brought on by one
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 307 
 
 of our regiments recormoitering running into the enemy's lines, 
 and who would not fall back, but stood their ground, were rein- 
 forced, and drove a division of the enemy from their breastworks 
 and scattered them over the mountain, taking a battery and some 
 prisoners of Longstreet's corps. (This secured to us possession of 
 Kelly's Ferry and Lookout Valley, and was an important success.) 
 
 "On the 30th, Lieut. Gano, of our regiment, started out on a 
 foraging expedition over the river. We have a pontoon bridge 
 across the river on the bend opposite the town, which opens up to 
 our army a rich valley from which to forage, and also opens up 
 communication with Bridgeport. 
 
 " Nov. 5th. Provisions are beginning to arrive freely, and the 
 pressure is letting up. The enemy still hold Lookout, but there 
 are indications of an attack upon the extreme right by Grant's 
 and Hooker's forces. 
 
 "Nov. llth. Have been back in town some days from the 
 front, in our old quarters. The paymaster is here. Boats are 
 running regularly between Kelly's Ferry (seven miles below) and 
 Bridgeport, and rations are now coming in freely. Our commu- 
 nications are complete with Hooker's army and we have the inside 
 track of Mr. Bragg. Brisk firing is going on between Moccasin 
 Point and Lookout. The news from the elections and from the 
 sanitary fair at Chicago, has greatly encouraged the boys." 
 
 By Nov. 23d, Grant had completed his dispositions, and all 
 was ready for the great movement which was to avenge the failure 
 of Chickamauga, and to settle the question of our possession of 
 this key to the South. Bragg had requested Grant to remove all 
 non-combatants from Chattanooga, as he was about to bombard it. 
 But on the morning of the 25th he is somewhat astonished to find 
 Sherman with his western boys on his right, Hooker with his vet- 
 erans from the Potomac on his left, and Thomas, the rock of 
 Chickamauga, on whom he had hurled his legions the 20th of 
 Sept. last, only to be beaten back, now posted in his front again. 
 But he still trusts in what he deems the impregnable and inaccess- 
 able sides of Mission Ridge. Hooker had made his successful de- 
 monstration on Lookout, and the news of his victory inspired the 
 whole army. 
 
 On the morning of the 23d. an unusual movement being ob-
 
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 served in the rebel camps, orders were given for a division of the 
 4th corps to make a reconnoissance in the direction of Orchard 
 Knob. Wood's division was selected to be supported by Sheri- 
 dan's. (The 100th is now in Sheridan's division). Wood formed 
 his men on the slope outside the fortifications, and advanced rap- 
 idly. His reconnoissance was quickly turned into a storming 
 party, and we carry the Knob, and the works about it at the point 
 of the bayonet. This success rendered the enemy's interior line 
 of works untenable. 
 
 A strong and important position was secured, and a regiment 
 of rebels (the 28th Ala.) and its colors were captured. General 
 Wood was ordered to hold the position. Reversing the intrench- 
 ments of the rebels he made our position impregnable. 
 
 " Nov. 25th. The morning was clear and cold. Gen. Wag- 
 ner came round with the cheering intelligence that Hooker had 
 taken Lookout. As our boys were hardly ready to credit the 
 good news, Wagner says : " You miserable Suckers, don't you 
 think the Yanks can fight as well as you ?" About 3 p. m. there 
 is a signal of six guns. Before the echoes have died away in the 
 surrounding hills, our corps advance. Mission Ridge is an eleva- 
 ted ridge, some six or eight hundred feet high, lying about four 
 miles (in front) from Chattanooga, and about one mile from Or- 
 chard Knob, with a wooded valley between us and the enemy's 
 intrenchments at the base of the ridge. The ridge itself is crowned 
 with formidable works, bristling with from 50 to 60 cannon, and 
 behind the breastworks are the veteran regiments or the rebel 
 army. As soon as our advance commenced, the rebels opened on 
 us a terrific fire. Had it been a veritable volcano, a burning 
 mountain, it could hardly have surpassed the grandeur of the ter- 
 ribleness of the display it now made. But the advance of our 
 brave boys was hardly checked. On they go, driving the rebels 
 from their rifle-pits at the foot of the mountain. This was the 
 point to which they had been ordered, the principal object of the 
 movement being to make a diversion in favor of Sherman, who 
 was assaulting another portion of the enemy's lines. But the 
 brave men of the army of the Cumberland forgot to stop. They 
 were just mad enough to disappoint the expectations of Mr. Bragg 
 and to go on up the mountain's side, through the storm of fire,
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 309 
 
 and gaining point after point, pressed upward, hardly stopping to 
 rest, or even to shoot. It must have been a moment of anxious 
 suspense to the commanding generals, Grant and Thomas, who 
 were watching the movement from Orchard Knob with their 
 glasses. But the suspense was not long. From the foot of the 
 ridge to the top, it was at least three-fourths of a mile, and very 
 steep. Our men fell back once for a little while under the deadly 
 fire, but soon go on again and stopped but twice to take a little 
 breath in making the ascent, moving rather deliberately until they 
 got within about a hundred yards of the enemy, when they rushed 
 forward with a yell, and the cry of "revenge for Chickamauga," 
 and capturing everything in the rebel works ; the rebels not hav- 
 ing time to spike the guns, which were immediately turned upon 
 them. Chickamauga was avenged, and the anxious watchers be- 
 low saw the stars and stripes floating over the rebel works. This 
 achievement is justly regarded as one of the most brilliant of the 
 war, or indeed of any war. 
 
 Gen. Thomas, in a circular which he issued after the battle, 
 said to Granger commanding the corps, " Please accept my con- 
 gratulations on the success of your troops, and convey to them my 
 cordial thanks for the brilliant style in which they carried the en- 
 emy's works. Their conduct cannot be too highly appreciated." 
 Gen. Granger says, " In announcing this distinguished recognition 
 of your signal gallantry in carrying, through a terrible storm of 
 iron, a mountain crowned with batteries and encircled with rifle- 
 pits, I am constrained to express my own admiration of your no- 
 ble conduct, and I am proud to tell you that the veteran gen- 
 erals from other fields, who witnessed your heroic bearing, place 
 your assault and triumph among the most brilliant achievements 
 of the war." 
 
 In this battle the 100th was in Sheridan's division, and charged 
 the ridge directly in front of Orchard Knob, where the enemy 
 first gave way, and were entitled to the credit of capturing some 
 of the enemy's guns, but instead of stopping to hand them over 
 and get credit for the act, they pursued the rebels all night. 
 The officers and the men behaved splendidly and with great de- 
 liberation. " Revenge for Chickamauga," was the battle cry. 
 We insert here some lines written by Colonel Bartleson in
 
 310 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Libby Prison, on hearing of these successes his heart and 
 thoughts were with his brave boys, although prevented from lead- 
 ing them in ( person : 
 
 * " Loudly the bugles are merrily blowing, 
 Exulting, the guns beat a gay reveille- 
 To-day must the mountain yield to our prowess, 
 The traitor flag bow to the flag of the free. 
 
 In the valley where Lookout, grim sentinel, watches, 
 Brave hearts in battalions are marshaled, and form ; 
 
 True, and tried in fierce battle, they shun not the combat, 
 Discerning the tempest, they heed not the storm. 
 
 The bones of our brothers, by dastards dishonored, 
 
 By dark Chickamauga, lie bleaching and cold, 
 
 By their unburied corses so shamefully treated 
 
 By the love that we bear to their hallowed mold- 
 By the bones of these brothers in Freedom's fight fallen, 
 
 By the blood of these comrades in Freedom's fight shed, 
 We swear that our valor to-day shall avenge them ; 
 
 The deeds of the living, right the wrongs of the dead. 
 
 Nor ambush, nor thicket, shall avail the base foeman, 
 Nor mountain, nor valley, nor rampart, nor glen ; 
 
 We fight to break slavery's vile shackles, 
 Accursed of God and detested of men. 
 
 And louder the bugles are merrily blowing, 
 Through valley to mountain their hoarse warblings play, 
 
 Shrill shriek the fifes the echoes awaking, 
 Grim roll the drums, down the lines, far away. 
 
 And proudly the banners are floating and soaring : 
 Proud may they be, though all tattered and torn, 
 
 And they flutter and struggle as if to be free 
 And kiss in their rapture, the breeze of the morn. 
 
 Forward and onward, the pageant is moving 
 To glory and death to fame and the grave 
 
 They falter they shrink not; their bosoms are swelling, 
 For heaven is nerving the hearts of the brave. 
 
 The tumult is ended. The full moon is shining, 
 On the mountain side bristling our bayonets gleam ; 
 
 Nor thicket, nor glen hath availed the base foeman, 
 Nor mountain, nor rampart, nor covert, nor stream. 
 
 * Taken by permission from his diary in Libby prison.
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 311 
 
 All hail to our chieftain ! Entwine him his chaplet ! 
 And murmur his praises, far-famed Tennessee ! 
 
 Freedom has triumphed in the carnage of battle, 
 On the grim mountain top floats the flag of the Free ! 
 
 The 100th took part in the pursuit of the rebels as far as 
 Chickamauga creek, and then returned, and going back over the 
 ridge, saw the long lines of dead rebels for whom our men were 
 digging trenches, and going down the ridge, came across a number 
 of our own dead who had been collected for burial. The regiment 
 then returned to camp. 
 
 In these operations before Chattanooga, and on Mission Ridge, 
 which resulted so successfully for our cause, and placed Grant at 
 the head of our army, the 100th was in front and lost heavily from 
 its already thinned ranks. Only one man was however killed, 
 Henry Doncaster, of Co. H, from Wilton. 
 
 WOUNDED : 
 
 Captain Rodney S. Bowen, Co. A, severely in flesh of leg ; Privates, Co^ 
 A George Strathdee, fracture of left arm ; Norman Kahler, fracture of left 
 leg ; Roger Brennan, fracture of left leg ; John Althouse, severely in leg 
 and face ; Daniel Davis, slightly in hand ; Henry Kellogg, slightly in arm ; 
 Sergeant, Co. B Major E. Searles, flesh of arm ; Privates F. W. Mather, 
 flesh in shoulder ; George Morrison, slightly in neck. Co. C Privates 
 John F. Dickman, slightly in knee ; Michael Murphy, slightly in shoulder ; 
 Plumer Adams, slightly. Co. D Privates George Kines, fracture of left 
 leg ; Samuel Shutt, slightly in left knee. Co. E Private Wm. Kennedy 
 slightly. Captain Co. F, R. S. McClaughry, slightly in hip and foot ; Pri- 
 vates John Bertie, severely in body, (died Nov. 27th); Michael Calahan, 
 slightly in knee ; Co. Or Privates James Ricker, flesh in arm ; Edmund 
 Goodenow, slightly ; Ira Chapman, flesh in arm ; Joseph Therrin, slightly ; 
 Lieutenant Co. H, Samuel G. Nelson, severely in thigh ; Privates Henry 
 Benson, severely in bowels, (died, Nov. 27th) ; James Burr, flesh in leg ; 
 Henry H. Clark, slightly in hand. Capt. Co. I, Hezeziah Gardner, right leg 
 amputated above knee Privates Charles Cooper, flesh wound in thigh; 
 James Kinney, flesh in shoulder. Lieutenant Co. K, John A. Kelly, slightly 
 in foot Privates Alonzo Rudd, flesh in leg ; Charles Hudson, severely in 
 left shoulder. Total one killed ; wounded, officers six, privates twenty- 
 seven. 
 
 Major Hammond was in command, and Captain Bowen acting 
 as Major. Bowen was wounded while gloriously discharging his 
 duty, and Major Hammond had his horse shot irom under him, 
 and was knocked insensible by a fragment of a shell, but recovered 
 in a few moments. 
 
 Perhaps some of my readers may remember to have seen in
 
 312 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 our city papers last winter, an item to the effect that the gentle- 
 manly clerk of the post office, Major Searles, had submitted to the 
 amputation of one of his fingers. Well, it was the same man re- 
 ported wounded in the above list. I will say that he was sergeant 
 by military rank, and Major by name, although he had been pro- 
 moted lieutenant at the time, but had not received his commission. 
 He was wounded in the wrist and disabled, but fortunately recov- 
 ered without the loss of his hand, but with one finger badly de- 
 moralized. This finger he had been trying to keep these ten 
 years or more since that memorable fight, but at last got disgusted 
 with it, and got the doctor to cut it off, and hence it has become 
 my painful duty to write this obituary notice of the departed 
 finger. It was a good finger in its day, and had served the coun- 
 try well at Stone River, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge, and 
 should be gratefully remembered. Requiescat in pace ! 
 
 " Nov. 27th, late at night the regiment received orders to be 
 ready to march in the morning at seven, with three days' rations, 
 and forty rounds of cartridge. What is up now? It is not for 
 soldiers to inquire, and so Saturday, Nov. 28th, a cold and rainy 
 day finds us ready to go where the powers that be direct. But we 
 do not march until afternoon, then we fall in and march along up 
 the river, and on through mud and water long after dark, when we 
 come to the Chickamauga, where we stop and build fires, try to 
 dry our feet, eat supper and go to sleep. 
 
 "Nov. 29th, called up at 4, and march ten miles before break- 
 fast ! Stop and make our coffee, and after a short rest go on at a 
 rapid rate. The roads get better and the country appears to be 
 a fine one. 
 
 "Nov. 30th, go over Pigeon Ridge, and come into a beautiful 
 valley, and now we get an order which tells us that Burnside is 
 invested at Knoxville, and we are marching to his relief. We are 
 also told that as we are going through a country where the people 
 are Union, we must not straggle or pillage. About noon we go 
 through a small place called Georgetown, where the Union flag is 
 flying, and soon come to the Hiawasse River. Here we stop and 
 build fires. The rails have to do it, for although the men are said 
 to be loyal, soldiers must have their fire wood. We get some 
 cornstalks and make a bed, but do not lie down more than ten
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 313 
 
 minutes before the bugle sounds and we start on again, and cross 
 the river on flat boats and barges, and go up the bank, stack arms, 
 and break for the rails again. Here we find a steamboat, which 
 has come up from Chattanooga with rations for us, which we draw 
 and go into camp. 
 
 " Dec. 1st. Lay in camp till 2 p. m., and then march. We 
 go through a fine country, about 11 miles and camp again. Dec. 
 2d, we go through Decatur, a pretty little place. After going on 
 a while we come to a large house, the owner of which is a bitter 
 rebel. We take his mules and horses from his stables, go into his 
 pasture and drive up his sheep and take them along. Then the 
 boys go into the house and take his provisions. We load on two 
 loads of pork and take it along. We go into camp after a 20- 
 mile march and have a good supper. 
 
 " Dec. 3d. March at 6 ; pass Philadelphia, a pretty town, 
 mostly sesesh, and take the road to Morgan and go into camp 
 within about three miles of the place. 
 
 Dec. 4th. Rations run out and we have to forage, and on the 
 5th we go past Robinson's mill to the little Tennessee, which we 
 cross near a deserted place called Morgantown ; forage again, and 
 so we go on marching, camping and foraging until we reach the 
 vicinity of Knoxville, the night of Dec. 7th. 
 
 " Our advance came up with the rear guard of Longstreet at 
 Louden, but he raised the siege of Knoxville, and slipped away 
 through Bulls gap into Western Virginia. Some fault was found 
 with Granger because the corps did not make better time, but I 
 guess those who made the march thought they went fast enough. 
 It must be remembered that this march had been made by our 
 corps after two months of short rations, the exhausting fighting in 
 front of Chattanooga, and on Mission Ridge, and the chase after 
 the enemy without any rest. The boys were many of them almost 
 barefooted and all thinly clad, and much of the time on deficient 
 rations. We had left with the expectation of returning soon and 
 were allowed no transportation for extra baggage, only one wagon 
 to a regiment, and hence were poorly prepared for a winter in 
 East Tennessee. But this we soon learn is to be our lot. We 
 stay about Knoxville while the force which was here has gone in 
 pursuit of Longstreet. 
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 314 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Dec. 12th. Marched to Louisville 14 miles. We had to 
 wade the little river, which made the boys squeal some the water 
 was to cold. Went into camp at Louisville at 7. This is a small 
 place of about fifty families." 
 
 The 100th was then detailed by Gen. Wagner to take posses- 
 sion of the mills at Louisville, and forage the country for provis- 
 ions and grain, and to grind the grain for the division. Each day 
 a captain and a squad of men were sent out to forage. The com- 
 manding officer always charged the detail not to be hard on poor 
 people, but at the same time to be sure and not come back empty. 
 The captains of the 100th were all humane men and no doubt exe- 
 cuted their orders in the most gentle and judicious manner, but I 
 guess it would have been " poor picking " after them 1 
 
 After staying here about two weeks the regiment was ordered 
 to join the brigade at Blair's cross roads, about 20 miles above 
 Knoxville. So we cross the Holston and go back to Knoxville 
 and take quarters in an old college. Get supper, draw rations, 
 and then are ordered to Jail in again and we march down to the 
 railroad, get aboard some cattle cars and go about 20 miles to a 
 place called " Strawberry Plains." The night was dark as Egypt. 
 The rain poured down in torrents, and it was freezing cold ; and 
 no one knew where to find rails and water, those indispensable ar- 
 ticles for a soldier's bivouac. At last Capt. Stewart, with Co. A r 
 having pressed through the blackness, rain and sleet, found a rail 
 fence, and the 100th having made their coffee, lay down in the 
 rain once more happy. We left some men in Knoxville with such 
 bad shoes that they could not travel. We hear that the rebels have 
 been reinforced, and that they mean to take Cumberland Gap, and 
 that our corps has been sent down here with Burnside's (now Fos- 
 ter's) to prevent them " 
 
 And here, in this delightful region so beautifully named, the 
 bare mention of which will call up such delightful reminiscences 
 of fruit and flowers in the minds of many a soldier, the brigade 
 remained until the 13th of January. Frequent changes were made 
 in the camps, as the necessities of wood and forage required. Much 
 of the time the rations were very scanty, and had to be supple- 
 mented from the country, itself not very flush. The corn had to 
 be foraged and ground, many of our boys turning millers. But
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 315 
 
 they could run anything, from a sewing machine to a factory. la 
 the meanwhile the surgeon of the regiment (Dr. Woodruff) arrived, 
 who had been in Libby since Chickamauga, and many of the con- 
 valescents had come up. 
 
 By the way, there was quite an interesting episode occurred in 
 the history of our boys about the last of December. The conva- 
 lescents of the corps (now Granger's) that had been left at Chatta- 
 nooga, together with some that had returned to that point from 
 their furloughs, including in the number about sixty of the 100th, 
 among them Adjutant Rouse, Capts. Bartlett and McDonald, and 
 Lieut. Col. Waterman, the latter in command of the detachments 
 from seven regiments of Wagner's brigade. They marched from 
 Chattanooga on the morning of the 24th of December, working 
 their way through mud and rain and storm to rejoin their com- 
 mands. 
 
 On the 28th they were at Charleston, and were moving out of 
 the town in front, when they were attacked by a division of 
 Wheeler's cavalry, some 5,000 strong. Our convalescents were 
 hastily got into position, skirmishers were sent out and opened upon 
 the enemy who were dismounted and posted upon the hills, 
 which were covered with a second growth of timber, in front of 
 our boys, and from which they poured a steady and well directed 
 fire. Our forces held them in check a couple of hours until they 
 had got their train safely over the river, when the order to charge 
 was given, and the convalescents went in with a yell. The rebs 
 delivered a heavy fire, and then turned and run, but before they 
 could mount their horses, our boys captured one hundred and 
 twenty-six men, and six officers, including two colonels and 
 the inspector general of Wheeler's staff. The rest took to the 
 hills at the top of their speed. The rebel citizens on the way had 
 provided a lunch of the best which could be got, in anticipation of 
 the visit of Wheeler; but had to take the second table, as prisoners. 
 The convalescents joined the brigade on the 12th of January. 
 
 '*Ou the 15th of January, the corps started for the French 
 Broad Country, either in hopes of getting better forage, or to feel 
 of Longstreet. On the 16th, went into camp a short distance 
 from Dandridge, a sleepy old town about the size of Chattanooga. 
 
 "On the 17th, our regiment was called up at four, and ordered
 
 316 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 to fill their cartridge boxes and get breakfast. There was fighting 
 at the front yesterday. It is said to be only four miles to Long- 
 street's line. We are ordered to stay in camp. In the afternoon 
 we hear firing at the front which continues until after dark. We 
 are ordered to be ready at a moment's notice. After dark we "fall 
 in," supposing that we are to cross the " French Broad," which is 
 but a little way off. But we soon find that we are taking the 
 same road we had come on. We think we are going back a lit- 
 tle to protect the rear, but we keep on without stopping, except for 
 a few moments to rest. We keep on, the roads are slippery with 
 mud, and rough and uneven with the rocks. It is the worst of 
 marching, bad enough in daylight, but in darkness, just horrible. 
 The men fall out one after another by the way, unable to keep 
 up. We get so sleepy that we can hardly keep awake. And thus 
 we go on all night, that is, part of the force, for many fall out, 
 and lie down to sleep. Toward daylight we stop and rest awhile, 
 and start on again early the 18th, and go on to Strawberry Plains, 
 cross the Holston on a new bridge, make a short halt, and 
 then go on four miles, go into camp, draw rations, and get sup- 
 per, and thus ended the memorable retreat from Dandridge." 
 
 This was one of the most fatiguing marches ever made by the 
 100th. The encounter with Longstreet's corps was unexpected. 
 It was not supposed that he was so near. But his forces were 
 driven through the day, and our army would probably have held 
 the advance, but for the discovery made, that for some reason or 
 other, through somebody's neglect, the ammunition train had not 
 come along, and that on inspection they were found with an average 
 of less than twenty rounds, and an immediate retreat was ordered. 
 But there is a comical side lo the affair, for it was afterward as- 
 certained that Longstreet was also retreating just as hastily in an 
 opposite direction, so when the sun of the 19th rose on Dandridge, 
 it found the vicinity free from the presence of both armies, except 
 a detail of our boys that had been put to work grinding corn in 
 the vicinity. These were quite surprised to find themselves in 
 possession of the country, and they made their way leisurely back 
 to the army without molestation. After various marches the regi- 
 ment went to Louden, the 25th of January. 
 
 While encamped at Louden the veteran fever broke out in the
 
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 brigade, and four regiments being eligible went home. Those 
 who were left fixed themselves up as comfortably as they could, 
 built good brick chimneys to their tents, and remained here until 
 the 16th of March, passing the time as best they could. Part of 
 the 51st Ind. (the non-veterans) were temporarily attached to the 
 100th. When they left to join their old regiment again they 
 passed resolutions of thanks for their courteous treatment. While 
 at Louden they heard from some of the boys taken prisoners at 
 Chickamauga. A man from the 6th Ohio, made his escape from 
 the Danville prison, where he saw and knew the two Noble boys 
 who were confined there, and he reported them well. The man 
 had made his escape from prison, and after getting outside had 
 passed himself off as one of Morgan's men, getting passes, rations 
 and transportation to Longstreet's front, and when Longstreet fell 
 back he straggled out and got into our lines. 
 
 The sojourn of the regiment in East Tennessee during the 
 winter of 1863 and 1864 was a tedious one. It was bard work 
 to make the time pass profitably and pleasantly. The weather 
 was much of the time cold and rainy ; the men were deficient in 
 clothing and often the rations were poor and scanty. And al- 
 though they had to forage, and to cut and haul their wood, and to 
 gather and grind their corn, yet much of the time they were idle. 
 It would be strange then if some of them did not find the words 
 of good old Dr. Watts true, and if while having a rest from the 
 assaults of the rebels, they were not subjected to the attacks of the 
 father of the rebellion the chief of rebels. For whether with 
 Milton we dignify this personage as 
 
 " The Prince, the chief of many throned powers, 
 That led the embattled Seraphims to war," 
 
 or, with Burns, call him 
 
 " Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie," 
 
 of his existence there is little room to doubt, since he leaves the 
 evidences of his personality and malicious activity everywhere and 
 all along the track of human history. 
 
 I think I find evidences of his presence in East Tennessee at 
 this time in the journal of one of the boys where I find frequently
 
 318 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 such entries as these, " Read 'Black Hawk ' or the ' Hunter's 
 Scalp;' Read the 'Black Knight' or the 'Wandering Bohe- 
 mian ;' Read ' Sweeney Todd ' or the ' Ruffian Barber,'" etc., and 
 so on, through a list of similar titles of blood and thunder novels 
 of the Sylvanus Cobb school to the number of forty or fifty. I 
 know the Christian Commission had their colporteurs at work 
 trying to get better reading into the hands of our soldiers, but I 
 am afraid they did not penetrate into East Tennessee, or that the 
 devil's colporteurs got ahead of them. It is a nice question in 
 casuistry whether the reading of such trash was better or worse 
 than idleness or card playing. 
 
 One of the great comforts of the soldier while in winter quar- 
 ters, as well as when on his campaigns, was his coffee. If the 
 boys could get plenty of bacon and hardtack, and rail fences to 
 make their fires, and water to make their coffee, they would never 
 grumble or sigh for the luxuries of civilized life. 
 
 And then the pipe ! Far be it from me to encourage the use 
 of tobacco, but if George Trask, himself, could have seen the com- 
 fort which the soldier derived from his pipe, I don't believe he 
 could have found it in his heart to deprive him of it at least not 
 until the war was over. Surely the army, if anywhere, was just 
 the place for tobacco. The active out-door life of the soldier 
 would go far to neutralize the subtle nicotine. Mother earth 
 would absorb his foul expectorations as kindly as she would his 
 blood, and quickly cover up the stain, and utter no reproof. And 
 then he was in no company but that of men as dirty as himself. 
 No clean, sweet woman, whether mother, sister, wife or sweetheart, 
 was there to take offense at his stained mouth, or feel disgusted at 
 his tainted breath. 
 
 And I am not sure that I would not be willing now to make 
 this compromise with his satanic majesty, viz : that if he would 
 keep whisky and its congeners out of this world, he might do his 
 worst with tobacco, nasty as it is! 
 
 But better times are in store for the 100th, for on the 16th of 
 March it was ordered to Athens, Tennessee.
 
 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 HISTORY OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH REGT. CONCLUDED. 
 ATHENS TO JOLIET. MARCH, 1864, TO JULY, 1865. 
 
 A Good Time at Athens Sunday Parades The New Adjutant Sergt. 
 Smith Bags, a Reverend Must Leave Again Tender Partings Atlanta 
 Campaign Catoosie Springs Rocky Face Under Fire A Good Boy Killed 
 About Sergeant Holmes Dalton Under Fire Before Resacca Rebels 
 Flanked Gathering of Stars Across the Oostenaula Adairsville Kings- 
 ton A Rest Advance Again -In the Front Casualties Capt. Burrell 
 Private Jewell Col. Bartleson's Arrives Rebels Flanked Again Ackworth 
 Casualties Flanked Again Bishop Polk ; who killed him Rebels With- 
 draw Sherman's Flanking Machine A Brilliant Charge Flanked Again 
 In Front of Kenesaw Casualty -Saddest Day of All Summary of Cas- 
 ualtiesAssault of June '^7 Incidents Casualties Special Mention Back 
 in the Rifle-pits Rebels Flanked Again Marietta Smyrna Camp Ground 
 Casualties - Vining's Station Rossville Across the Chattahoochee Buck- 
 head Cross-roads Peach Tree Creek Fight Casualties On the 22d Gen. 
 Thomas' Order Before Atlanta Capt. Stewart Stops his Jaw Adjutant 
 Rouse Lieut. Schoonmaker Condition of Regiment Another Flank Move- 
 ment Down to Lovejoy Atlanta Ours Incidents Back to Atlanta The 
 Boys Wash Up A Sunday's Rest Broken Back to Cha ! tanooga- Various 
 Movements On the Old Camp Ground- -Various Marches Stephenson 
 Pulaski Fight at Spring Hill Franklin Battle Casualties Back to Nash- 
 villeTwo Days' Battle Casualties Chasing Hood Winters at Huntsville 
 Goes to Knoxville Beyond Glorious News Effects The Sad News- 
 Returns to Nashville Review of 4th Corps by "Old Pap" Homeward 
 Bound Receptions Addenda. 
 
 [HE one and a half months sojourn of the regiment at ATHENS, 
 Tenn., is regarded by both officers and privates, as the 
 brightest period in their army life. Sandwiched between 
 the tedious winter at Strawberry Plains and Louden, where cold 
 and wet, hunger and j-ickness, tried their patience and endurance,
 
 320 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 and the summer's Atlanta campaign, in which they were almost 
 without intermission, under fire ; it was like the oasis in the desert 
 the one green spot in their military experience, which still re- 
 mains a pleasant memory. There were many things which com- 
 bined to render their stay here very agreeble. Athens is one of the 
 prettiest towns in East Tennessee, beautifully located on the Knox- 
 ville and Chattanooga Railroad ; a county seat of considerable 
 educational advantages and culture. The inhabitants moreover 
 were generally loyal, and did not turn their backs upon the " boys 
 in blue ; " but, on the contrary, opened to them their hearts and 
 homes. The boys found here that there was a meaning in the 
 term, " Southern hospitality," oi which they had begun to doubt. 
 Here they fixed up a nice camp, built a redoubt guarding the rail- 
 road, on which they mounted two six pound James rifled guns. They 
 had quite a miniature army, for they had for cavalry, half a dozen 
 butternut clad scouts, not snowy, but true blue, despite the butter- 
 nut. The trains from Chattanooga to Knoxville, stopped half an 
 hour for dinner, which gave an opportunity to see a great many 
 celebrities, civil and military. Among the rest, was Governor 
 Andy Johnson, who made a speech to the boys, although not at 
 that time, "swinging around the circle." Gen. Sherman stopped on 
 one occasion and inspected the camp, pronouncing it the best kept 
 camp he had ever seen. The lamented Major Bowen writing 
 home from Athens at that time, playfully says : 
 
 " We are living as well as anybody need. Rations are plenty. 
 Butter and eggs from the country abundant. We board at a first- 
 class hotel, have a husk mattress to sleep on, and a shingle roof 
 over our heads. Is not this gay soldiering? Our mess consists 
 of Col. Waterman, eminent for executive ability ; Major Ham- 
 mond, eminent for practical knowledge of men and things ; Cap- 
 tain Bowen, eminent for poetical and musical ability ; Dr. Wood- 
 ruff, the most eminent practitioner attached to the 100th Illinois, 
 and Adjutant Home, eminent for subdued and gentlemanly de- 
 portment in presence of the ladies, all men of acknowledged valor 
 and coolness in battle, and great proficiency in military science." 
 Maj. Bowen also describes a wedding party to which the mess was 
 invited.
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 321 
 
 The influence of the place and its society was soon manifest 
 in the appearance of the regiment. All, the officers and privates, 
 began to " slick up," as boys, old or young, will, when there are 
 pretty girls about. Boots were blacked, clothes were brushed, 
 heads were groomed, paper collars sported, etc., things which the 
 boys had almost forgotten how to do. When not on duty they 
 were permitted to go down town and form the acquaintance of the 
 inhabitants, among whom, as more than one soldier's letter testi- 
 fies, were many pretty girls. These letters show also that these 
 Athenian damsels found the tender spot in many a soldier's heart. 
 Several parties were given to which many were invited, and I 
 have no doubt that it became apparent to the Athenians that the 
 100th, not only knew how to mount their 
 
 "barbed steeds 
 
 To fight the souls of fearful adversaries," 
 
 but that they could also, 
 
 " caper nimbly in a lady's chamber, 
 
 To the lascivious pleasing of a lute." 
 
 I have heard it said that more than one of the boys came near 
 losing his heart, and forgetting the girl he had left behind him. 
 Indeed, one member of the regiment was married here. This was 
 Charles Styles, of Manhattan, who, though he never surrendered to 
 a rebel, struck his colors to a pretty Athenian widow. Poor fel- 
 low, as we shall see, his wife was soon a widow again ! 
 
 The feeling of good will seems to have been mutual. The citi- 
 zens used to come up to witness the Sunday afternoon dress parades, 
 and were so well pleased with the regiment that when a forward 
 movement began to be talked of, they presented a petition to the de- 
 partment commander, asking that the 100th regiment might be left 
 as a permanent guard. I don't know whether the girls signed this 
 petition or not, but I have no doubt they prayed for its success. 
 The journal of one of the boys, a non-commissioned officer, has 
 these and similar entries very often about these days : " Went 
 
 down to see the C girls," and " called on the B girls, 
 
 good union girls !" He also speaks of many (t sad and tender 
 
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 322 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 partings, and even tears," at leaving. I have no doubt that there 
 is even yet in many a woman's heart in Athens, though now mar- 
 ried, and surrounded with children perhaps, a tender memory for 
 some boy in blue, whose name was then on the roster or muster 
 roll of the 100th. However this may be, the boys of the 100th 
 have not forgotten those pleasant days, and still speak of them 
 with gusto. It is said that Byron's 
 
 " Maid of Athens ! ere we part, 
 
 Give, oh give me back my heart," <fcc., <fcc., 
 
 was a favorite morsel of poetry with them at the time, and was 
 often rendered, with slight variations. 
 
 One incident which occurred at one of the Sunday dress pa- 
 rades of which I have spoken, I must not omit to record. Offi- 
 cers and privates were making their best appearance. The acting 
 adjutant, for reasons which I guess were not purely military, was 
 especially well got up. A stranger, struck with his distingue 
 air, enquired of a street gamin, " Who is that fine looking officer 
 with the white gloves ?" To which the boy replied with great en- 
 thusiasm, *' oh, that's the feller what hugs our handsome school- 
 marm" 
 
 April 10th, the corps experienced a change of commanders, 
 Gen. Granger taking leave and Gen. Howard assuming command. 
 Passing through Athens, Gen Howard expressed his satisfaction 
 with the way things looked. While at Athens the regiment re- 
 ceived a new stand of colors from the U. S. to replace the one 
 carried from Louisville, and which had become so demoralized 
 by shot and shell, that it could no longer be unfurled. The old 
 colors were sent home to Joliet with an eloquent letter, by the 
 lieutenant colonel. The new colors were presented at dress parade 
 with appropriate remarks. 
 
 Living a few miles from Athens, outside our army lines, was a 
 wealthy and influential man of the name of Sullens. He was a 
 Presbyterian minister, but a bitter rebel. He showed his faith in 
 the Confederacy by his works. He had become notorious for his 
 agency in getting union men arrested, and for conveying informa- 
 tion to the rebel authorities. He had several brothers in the rebel 
 service, one of whom was a major general. Several attempts had
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH HEGIMENT. 323 
 
 been made by<the union authorities to arrest him, but hitherto he 
 had managed to escape. Col. Waterman, now in command of the 
 100th, was called upon to procure, if possible, his arrest. He was 
 wanted as a hostage, in order to procure the release of some union 
 men held in durance vile by the rebel authorities. 
 
 Col. Waterman selected for this purpose Sergt. (afterwards 
 lieutenant) Henry M. Smith, of Co. B, telling him to select his 
 own detail, and as many as he wanted. Sergeant Smith accord- 
 ingly selected five men to assist him, and after getting posted as 
 well as he could, respecting the location, roads, &c., he started out 
 with the determination to have the Rev. gentleman if he was at 
 home. When within about one mile of the plantation, Smith 
 separated his men, sending them out to the right and left, and giv- 
 ing them such instructions as would bring them near the house 
 from all directions at the same time. After allowing time for the 
 movement Smith approached the house, and with his Henry rifle 
 loaded and capped, he knocked at the door of the Sullen mansion 
 and enquired for his Reverence. Mrs. Sullens had come to the 
 door and said that he was at home. He soon made his appearance, 
 evidently entirely unsuspicious of the errand on which his caller 
 had come. The sergeant soon made his errand known, and told 
 him that he must consider himself under arrest, and also assured 
 him that any attempt to escape would be both useless and danger- 
 ous, as his orders were to bring him dead or alive. He would, of 
 course, prefer to take him without any fuss, but go he must. Sul- 
 lens and his wife both expressed great surprise at this announce- 
 ment, and informed Smith that he was a Presbyterian minister ! 
 But this did not strike the sergeant with the awe which they ex- 
 pected. Smith had seen a Presbyterian minister before, and was 
 himself born a Scotch Irish Presbyterian. He was told that he 
 must get ready to go to Knoxville, and if he wanted to take along 
 any clothing Mrs. Sullens had better get it ready at once. Find- 
 ing the sergeant inexorable Mrs. Sullens poured out upon his head, 
 and on the Yankee officers in general, the vials of her indignation 
 at such cruel treatment. Mr. Sullens declared his inability to 
 walk to the railroad. Smith told him he would call one of his 
 horses that he saw plowing in the field. Various pretexts were 
 resorted to in order to gain time, until Smith gave them five rain-
 
 324 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 utes to get ready. Mrs. Sullens asked that her husband might 
 retire to change his clothes, but the sergeant could not allow him 
 to leave the room, whatever changes he made must be done in his 
 presence. This called forth fresh torrents of indignation. At 
 length finding the sergeant inflexible, and a horse having been 
 brought up, his reverence took his departure between two Yankee 
 soldiers, with others in front and rear, all armed. In bidding 
 Mrs. Sullens good-bye, the sergeant assured her that he would 
 take good care of her husband, and would bring back any letter 
 he might wish to send from Knoxville. And so Rev. Mr. Sullens 
 was conducted to the railroad, put aboard a freight train, and in 
 due time delivered over to the provost marshal of Knoxville, who 
 was very happy to make his acquaintance. He was held in cus- 
 tody for some time, until the release of several prominent union 
 men was procured in exchange. 
 
 On Smith's return he took back a letter to Mrs. S., and acted 
 as the medium of communication between Mr. Sullens and wife 
 for some little time. This, with the kind manner in which her 
 husband was treated by the authorities at Knoxville, caused Mrs. 
 Sullens to modify somewhat her opinion of Yankee officers, and 
 while the regiment stayed at Athens, Smith was freely supplied 
 with butter and eggs from the Sullen's plantation. When the regi- 
 ment left, it passed by the house ; Smith ran in to bid Mrs. S. good 
 bye, when she thanked him most warmly, and gave him a parting 
 embrace as hearty as his own mother could have given, and which 
 he well remembers. 
 
 On the 25th of April, the 100th regiment was relieved by an 
 Indiana one, and it was ordered to bid good-bye to Athens, and 
 join the corps at Cleveland, and with many a tender farewell the 
 boys obeyed. A Gen. Blizzard, in behalf of the Athenians, made 
 the boys a farewell speech. He had previously made a party in 
 honor of the regiment. 
 
 At Cleveland, everything was found to indicate the speedy 
 opening of the summer campaign, and the next four or five days 
 were spent in preparing for it. Extra baggage was packed and 
 sent to Chattanooga, and soon after noon of May 3d, the bugle 
 sounded, and the army was again on the move in search of the
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 325 
 
 armed enemies of the Union, and Athens and all its pleasant asso- 
 ciations was left behind, but not soon forgotten. 
 
 Nothing could have been more delightful than the beautiful 
 May season, in which the army entered upon the Atlanta cam- 
 paign : nothing more beautiful than the region through which they 
 were to pass. Such a delightful combination of mountain and 
 valley, of forest and meadow, of wild and picturesque scenery, and 
 cultivated plantations; of rocky and precipitous bluffs, and 
 brightly flowing streams, and murmuring mountain brooks and 
 sparkling springs ; of bold and inaccessible peaks, and gentle 
 slopes and intervals, with hamlets and towns, nestling among the 
 hills, can hardly be found elsewhere. The woods were redolent 
 with the odor of the Gelseminum, and wild honey suckle, and 
 bright with the bloom of the Laurel and Azalea, and the trees 
 festooned with the muscadine and the woodbine. Field and wood 
 were in their fullest leaf and richest green ; wild flowers filled all 
 the ravines, and clothed the rocky slopes ; while the choicest exotics 
 adorned the gardens and lawns of the planter ; and the hum of 
 insect life, and the songs of birds added the charm of music to the 
 scene. Had their errand been a peaceful one, had they been ar- 
 tists searching for studies to adorn the canvas ; or naturalists seek- 
 ing for specimens for the cabinet or herbarium, their errand would 
 have been in harmony with the season and the scenery. But alas ! 
 far otherwise is their errand. This delightful region is now to 
 feel the tread of armed men, who can scarcely spare a thought or 
 a look upon all its beauty. All this picturesque loveliness is to be 
 blighted by the devastating march of army trains, and blasted by 
 the misiles of war. For alas ! as in the eden of the long ago, re- 
 bellion has here lifted its hydra-head, unholy ambition has lis- 
 tened to the tempter, and of all the charms of the region it may 
 be said : 
 
 "The trail of the serpent is over them all." 
 
 "Our corps started out on the line of the Cleveland and Dalton 
 Railroad, marching about fourteen miles to Red Clay, when we 
 again entered Georgia. Next day we left the railroad, marched 
 eight miles, halted a couple of hours, then moved half a mile fur-
 
 326 HISTORY OF THB 
 
 ther and went into camp. Soon orders came to move again,, 
 which we did, starting about dark and leaving the main road, and 
 traveling over fields and through woods where the underbrush was 
 very dense. After going two or three miles, we halted again, 
 stacked arms, and slept until four next morning. All these move- 
 ments made us mistrust that we were not far from the enemy. In 
 the morning we found ourselves about three-fourths of a mile 
 from Catoosa Springs. This place before the war had been one of 
 considerable resort, the Saratoga of the south. It is three and a 
 half miles from Ringgold. It was a spot of great natural beauty, 
 enhanced by art. There were great numbers, (said to be fifty-two) 
 of mineral springs, differing from each other in their properties, 
 but all medicinal, and each having its peculiar name, which was 
 placed beside it on a little signboard. There was a large hotel,, 
 many bathing houses, and summer residences, and artificial lakes. 
 In peaceful times it must have been a charming place. All was 
 now in a deserted and dilapidated condition. Oar brigade camped 
 on a high hill about a mile from the springs. 
 
 %< Here we remained until the afternoon of the 8th, hearing oc- 
 casional firing around us. About four p. m. of this day we 
 moved a little to the left, and stacked arms near the base of Rocky 
 Face Ridge, the northern extremity of which had been carried 
 during the forenoon by Barker's brigade of our division, and we 
 were moved up to support him if necessary. But all was quiet,, 
 and at night we moved back near our late camp. Next morning 
 we returned to the foot of the Ridge ; every available article was 
 filled with water, and the ascent commenced. It is about one and 
 a half miles high, the sides very steep, and we had all we could 
 do to get up. When the top was reached we rested, and had 
 a splendid view of the surrounding region, and could also get a 
 pretty good idea of our relative position with respect to the rest of 
 the army. To the right lay Tunnell Hill, the town sur- 
 rounded by large parks of wagons, loaded with rations and am- 
 munition, and near by, the camps of Thomas, Hooker and others, 
 and in the back ground old Lookout towering grandly. To the 
 left, and in front we could see part of the rebel line of works, and 
 down in the valley Schofield's corps was advancing slowly in 
 line of battle. We watched their skirmishers deploy and advance
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 327 
 
 cautiously. In our immediate front on a part of the ridge called 
 " Buzzard's Roost," Harker's brigade was skirmishing. They had 
 driven the enemy back to a fort on the highest point of the ridge, 
 and both sides were firing away. Stretcher bearers passed us oc- 
 casionally with a wounded man. About 4 p. m. our brigade was 
 ordered forward, and moved along the crest of the mountain a 
 little way, then filed down and advanced in line of battle along 
 the side, which was cut with deep ravines. The men stumbled 
 slowly along. The enemy opened a brisk fire, and quite a number 
 in the brigade were wounded, but none in our regiment. When 
 about to advance some of the pioneer boys asked Gen. Wagner 
 what they should do with their axes, shovels, picks, etc. " Throw 
 them to the devil" was the general's reply. A few days after, 
 when they were wanted the general asked them why they did not 
 return and pick them up. The reply was, " We would not go 
 to the devil for anything." The general wheeled on his horse 
 with a smile, and called them his d d suckers, and the boys 
 cheered. 
 
 " About dark we went to the top again, and about ten, orders 
 came for the 100th to go to the front. It was very dark, and the 
 further we proceeded the steeper the ridge became, and nothing 
 but a buzzard would or could roost thereon. Three companies 
 went out to the picket line, the rest taking refuge behind some 
 stone breastworks. Firing was kept up by the pickets most of the 
 night ; and the next day (the 10th) the position was such that the 
 boys could not stir from their shelter without being hit. Here 
 we lost Sergt. Holmes, of Co. G, of whom we ought to say a word 
 or two. 
 
 " Sergt. Holmes was one of our best soldiers, one of the most 
 fearless. At Mission Ridge when our regiment was ordered to 
 fall back, he remained at the advance, and having a six shooter he 
 deliberately stopped beside a stump on which he piled his car- 
 tridges, and stayed there loading and firing with deliberation at 
 the rebels, plainly visible, and remained in this position without 
 harm until the regiment again advanced and drove the enemy, 
 when the fruits of his skill as a marksman were seen in a pile of 
 dead rebels. And now on Rocky Face Ridge, after he had been re- 
 lieved, instead of going back out of harm's way, he thought he
 
 328 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 would do a little fighting on his own hook, and went out with his 
 six shooter, and got behind a stump and fired away again. But 
 he presently discovered that some of the enemy's sharp-shooters 
 were playing the same game with him. He stuck his hat upon 
 his ramrod above the stump and it was quickly filled with holes. 
 Getting short of ammunition he crept out to a dead rebel and 
 emptied his cartridge box and crept back again and sang out " Now 
 rebs, I am going to give you some of your own pills." But after 
 a while he got careless and a rebel bullet struck him square in the 
 forehead, and Sergt. Holmes' fighting days were over. Three 
 other men were wounded at this place. Just after dark the regi- 
 ment was relieved by the 40th Indiana, and went back to eat 
 and rest. That night we had a tremendous storm, and the artil- 
 lery of Heaven was exploding at such a rate as to put to shame 
 that of man, both union and rebel. Next day our regiment was 
 in the reserve. On the 12th we descended the mountain and went 
 to a gap at the north of the ridge. Soon after noon there was a 
 demonstration made in front by cavalry and infantry, and our 
 position was changed a little, and breastworks thrown up. But 
 all was quiet, and we camped there that night. 
 
 " The next day we moved around the end of the ridge and 
 down the valley east of it where we had seen Scholfield's corps 
 three days previous. We found Dalton evacuated, and passed 
 through the rebel works which were quite strong. But Sherman 
 had flanked them and they had retired. We halted in town for 
 an hour, finding it mostly deserted. In the afternoon we moved 
 about seven miles, going slowly, as the advance were skirmishing 
 more or less all the way. 
 
 " On the 14th we moved in line of battle, our brigade in the 
 second line, the enemy slowly falling back to another line of 
 works. From 3 p. m. until dark firing was incessant. The ad- 
 vance (Harker's brigade) suffered considerably, and there were a 
 few casualties in our brigade mostly by shell. Col. Leonard, of 
 the 57th Indiana, was mortally wounded. The first line of rebel 
 breastworks was finally carried. At night the 100th went to the 
 front, remaining until morning when we were relieved and came 
 back, cooked breakfast, and then the brigade was moved to the 
 left, and took position in part of the breastworks which had been.
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 329 
 
 won from the enemy the day before. Two regiments were re- 
 quired to hold them, and were relieved every four hours. We had 
 two wounded that day, neither of them very severely. That night 
 we were aroused by an unusual uproar of cannonading and mus- 
 ketry. The enemy made a charge on part of our lines, but were 
 speedily repulsed. In the morning (the 16th) the enemy had 
 folded their tents and silently stolen away. Here we found in the 
 morning some scalps of our boys hung on the bushes, seemingly 
 intended to make us think that they had Indian troops and thus 
 intimidate us. But this barbarity only enraged our men, some of 
 them expressed the vow that they would stay in the army until 
 the rebels were whipped if it took twenty years. 
 
 " We took possession of their works which were very strong, and 
 several miles in extent, encircling the town of Resacca, with the 
 Oostenaula river for a back ground. In fact their works reached 
 to Tunnel Hill, 14 miles above. Everything indicated that the 
 enemy had suffered severely during the two days previous. The 
 army all concentrated in town ; the inhabitants had departed with 
 the rebel army. Some commissary stores and forage was captured, 
 and a battery and some two or three hundred prisoners. 
 
 " Major Generals Sherman, Thomas, Hooker, Howard, Stan- 
 ley, Sickles, and a host of " one-starred generals " were to be seen 
 gathered together under the shade of the trees, discussing matters. 
 The enemy burned the railroad bridge, but our pioneers were soon 
 at work rebuilding. At 3 p. m. we crossed upon a foot-bridge 
 that had been built, and we pushed out about five miles, camping 
 near Calhoun. 
 
 "On the 17th we moved early, Sherman's brigade in the ad- 
 vance ; they skirmished with the enemy all day, but did not meet 
 much opposition until 4 p. m., when a brisk fire sprung up, 
 lasting till dark, when our brigade relieved them and remained 
 on front line all night. In the morning the enemy was again ab- 
 sent, and we moved into Adairsville, and waited for the different 
 corps to close up and take their respective roads for further ad- 
 vance. We rested in the yard in front of a fine residence. The 
 country was very beautiful, and everything was in the full bloom 
 of summer. Peaches were already as large as hickory nuts, and 
 peas large enough to eat, but not one pea probably to a " Yank." 
 
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 330 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 We moved on lively until dark, and camped in a wheat-field, 
 which was not much improved in its prospects for a crop by our 
 visit. Here we got a good night's rest which was much needed. 
 On the 19th we went on through Kingston, and after passing 
 it we heard cannonading and musketry ahead, but we did not 
 come under fire. Went into camp after dark, about four miles 
 beyond Kingston. Here we remained until the 23d and had a 
 chance to rest, which was greatly needed, as our corps had been in 
 advance all the way, and all the regiments had been engaged more 
 or less. About noon on the 23d we started again, our corps leav- 
 ing the main road and going to the right on that and the follow- 
 ing day, although making but a few miles each day on account of 
 the state of the road, and the number of troops upon it. Wednes- 
 day, the 25th, strong symptoms of the presence of the enemy 
 again manifest themselves. Hooker's corps had quite a battle from 
 4 p. in. until dark. We had been hurried up to their support, 
 but it was dark before we were in line. The troops had had noth- 
 ing to eat since morning, and were obliged to spend the night wet 
 and hungry, leaning against trees and dozing as best they could, 
 ready to be called up at any moment. In the morning breast- 
 works were thrown up, and about nine o'clock time was given for 
 breakfast. At noon our regiment was sent to the front, and two 
 companies to the skirmish line, where they remained until ten a. 
 m. next day. Although much exposed, only two were slightly 
 wounded. While out there the other regiments had been engaged 
 in strengthening breastworks and planting more cannon. About 
 noon the skirmish line was strengthened and orders given to press 
 the enemy. They did so, driving them within their breastworks, 
 keeping up a pretty sharp firing until dark. The loss in the bri- 
 gade was two killed and 25 wounded. Capt. Burrell, of Co. D, 
 and Le Roy Jewell, a private in Co. A, were both instantly killed 
 on the 30th of May, and one other slightly injured. Jewell was 
 on the picket line and was 1 ying behind a log, but unfortunately 
 he had selected a rotten one, and the rebel bullet passed clean 
 through it and hit him square in the head. He never knew what 
 hurt him. Capt. Burrell hai just been back to the camp in hope 
 of seeing Col. Bartleson who was hourly expected, and was in- 
 stantly killed on his return to the skirmish line. Col. Bartleson
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 331 
 
 arrived a short time after and was most cordially welcomed by the 
 rest of the regiment, but poor Burrell and Jewell could offer no 
 congratulations ! In Capt. Burrell the regiment lost one of its 
 most efficient officers. When Col. Bartleson saw the thinned ranks 
 of the regiment, he exclaimed, " My God! boys, is this all there is 
 left of you ?" and the tears rolled down his cheeks when told of 
 Burrell's and Jewell's death. The regiment remained in this po- 
 sition until the 5th or 6th of June. 
 
 " The distance between the rifle pits of the two lines was about 
 fifty yards, so that they could talk to each other, and during the 
 last few days, the soldiers in them would enter into a truce on 
 their own account, agreeing not to fire on each other for a certain 
 length of time. 
 
 "About the 5th of June, the enemy did not answer to roll call, 
 and we moved on again to near Ackworth, where we remained 
 until the 10th. Then we moved on again through rain and mud, 
 about five miles, halting till towards evening of the llth, then 
 moved another mile and went upon picket line, staying twenty- 
 four hours. While there, Peter Docey, of Co. H, was mortally 
 wounded. The other regiments meanwhile had built a line of 
 works. We staid here until Tuesday forenoon, (14th) when our 
 line was pushed forward again a little, and more works built. 
 That night the enemy kept up a pretty brisk firing until half past 
 two a. m., and at daylight were not visible. We moved into 
 their works, staying until noon, and had a chance to examine 
 them. Just to the right was a high bald knob which had been 
 one of their points of observation, and from which they could see 
 all over the country. They had considerable artillery on it, 
 among which was the famous Washington battery of New Or- 
 leans, three members of which were captured. It was here that 
 Bishop, Gen. Leonidas Polk, was killed by a shot from our artil- 
 lery. There has been some little discussion recently in the papers 
 in relation to this incident, and some dispute as to what battery 
 finished the earthly career of this reverend rebel general. But a 
 member ol the battery now residing in Joliet, says that battery 
 " M " 1st 111. Art. did it, and the prisoners taken the next day, 
 said that they had charged his death to battery " M.'' In this 
 battery, our county had five representatives.
 
 332 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 " Looking to the front we could see on the right, Lost Mountain, 
 and on the left Kenesaw, the rebel lines reaching from one to the 
 other, and beyond lay Marietta. Soon after noon we began to 
 move forward, and during the afternoon orders came for our bri- 
 gade to make a charge. The necessary preparations were made 
 knapsacks, blankets, and everything that was not absolutely nec- 
 essary, was piled up and left in charge of a guard, and every 
 one braced himself up to do his duty. It is a serious moment, 
 and though not given to much show of feeling, every soldier can- 
 not at such a time but think of the chances that are against him. 
 Col. Bartleson, who since his return had been in charge of one 
 of the lines of the brigade, asked to be relieved, and came back and 
 took his position at the head of the regiment, and told them that 
 he should lead them. Great was the satisfaction of the men on 
 hearing this, all were ready to follow wherever he might lead 
 them. But the enemy slowly gave way before our advance, going 
 inside of another line of their works ; and we held the crest of the 
 hill, while heavy firing was to be heard on the right, where it was 
 said that Hooker and Scholfield were driving the enemy. Our 
 division built more works, night came on and no charge was or- 
 dered. 
 
 "During the night, the pioneers strengthened the works, and ar- 
 tillery was planted all along the line. This artillery opened 
 about 9 a. m. next morning, (16th), and shelled the enemy's 
 works for some time, but elicited no response. The remainder of 
 the day was tolerably quiet, and we waited, speculating as to what 
 was to be the next movement fight or flank. 
 
 "Some of the prisoners taken about this time, were credited with 
 saying, that all Sherman had to do was to say, " Attention crea- 
 tion, by kingdom's right wheel," and Johnson was flanked. An 
 old woman on the road, said that " Johnson could whip you'ns, if 
 you'ns did not carry a flanking machine with every regiment;" 
 while an Atlanta paper said that, " If Sherman had Johnson 
 driven into hell, he would not be satisfied until he had flanked 
 him out." 
 
 " That night our line was pushed forward again a little, more 
 works built, and next morning, the 17th, the enemy was gone 
 from our immediate front, and the direction of our line was
 
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 Changed. That day we were not under fire. The enemy made a 
 oharge during the day on Palmer's front, but were repulsed. 
 
 "We went into camp that night with orders to get up at one, 
 have breakfast, and be ready to go to the front at two and a half 
 o'clock. Even that short time allotted to sleep, was interrupted 
 three times in consequence of the breaking out of heavy firing at 
 the front. 
 
 "About 3 a. m. of the 18th, the 26th Ohio, 57th Indiana, and 
 the 100th Illinois, moved out to the skirmish line. It commenced 
 to rain about daylight, and poured down in torrents all the fore- 
 noon. During this time a little affair came off, which, though 
 small, compared with the heavier engagements, was decidedly bril- 
 liant. The regiments mentioned lay about the center of an open 
 field, and the enemy was behind a line of works just at the edge 
 of a piece of. woods, and on a rise of ground. Firing had been 
 pretty lively all the morning, and between nine and ten, those of 
 us in the rear were aroused by the increased firing there, and the 
 cheering. We jumped to our feet, and saw that our Col. Bartle- 
 son was making a charge with his line. It was successful, and 
 they gained possession of the first line of works. For a few mo- 
 ments it was feared that they could not hold it, on account of lack 
 of ammunition, but they were supported by Barker's brigade 
 and kept it. They captured about fifty prisoners. The balance 
 of the day was spent behind the captured works, the enemy being 
 behind their second line. Six members of the regiment were 
 wounded during the day. Gen. Harker said it was as splendid a 
 specimen of charging as he ever saw." 
 
 Another writer, (an officer of the regiment), thus describes this 
 affair : 
 
 " On the morning of the 18th of June, about 3 a. m., the 
 100th was ordered to relieve the 3d Kentucky. This order had to 
 be executed before daylight, so exposed was the position. About 
 9 a. m. the commanders of the 100th Illinois, 57th Indiana, and 
 26th Ohio, conceived the idea of carrying the enemy's works in 
 our front, and after a brief consultation, the word was given 
 " Prepare to charge ! Forward ! double quick, charge 1" and
 
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 v 
 
 never did men respond more beautifully. They carried the first 
 line of the rebel works, and held them against several attempts of 
 the enemy to retake thetn with heavy columns. 
 
 " When the shouts of victory went up, the noise reached 
 Newton, the division commander, who sent for Wagner, the bri- 
 gade commander, and wanted to know what was up. Gen. 
 Wagner replied that he couldn't tell what his d d tigers were 
 about. They were moving without orders, and he would have 
 them court martialed. But when they learned of the success of the 
 movement they were satisfied. (In war more, even than in civil 
 life, perhaps, success covers a multitude of sins.) The affair was 
 entirely impromptu, and so sudden and dashing that the rebs 
 were taken by surprise. The 100th captured fourteen prisoners 
 and one lieutenant." 
 
 "The next morning the enemy's works were again empty in our 
 front, and we moved on a little, and on the 20th we were in re- 
 serve, and had a chance to rest. During that day we had a 
 chance to witness some fine artillery practice between our batteries 
 in the valley, and those of the enemy on Kenesaw. Far in the 
 rear as we were, one stray bullet found its way to our position, in- 
 stantly killing Samuel Aspinwall, (of Co. I) who was lying down 
 at the time. Just before dark the firing, which had been pretty 
 constant all day, increased, and our brigade started in on the 
 double quick to support Stanley, who had made a charge. Not 
 being needed they came back, put up shelter and hoped for a 
 night's rest. But it was not to be. About nine we were moved 
 to the rear of Stanley's again, and twice before midnight were 
 roused up to go to his relief, but not being needed, returned. 
 Next morning, (21st), moved to the right of our corps, were in 
 reserve till about 3 p. m., when the musketry increasing we were 
 moved up to the second line of works, and remained there till next 
 morning. It then became the turn of our brigade to occupy the 
 front line, the 97th Ohio going upon the skirmish line. The 
 forenoon was pretty quiet, but afternoon the firing was brisk. 
 The enemy opened a battery on us, but battery "M" 1st 111., 
 soon silenced them. The skirmish line was then advanced, and 
 were sharply engaged, the 97th Ohio losing about ninety men.
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 335 
 
 killed and wounded. Towards evening, three companies of the 
 100th went to their support, and had one man slightly wounded. 
 The pioneers were employed that night in fixing works the bet- 
 ter to protect the skirmish line. 
 
 "Our record has now brought us to the 23d day of June, 
 emphatically the dies infaustus of the 100th regiment, the day 
 when we lost our gallant and well-beloved commander, Col. 
 Bartleson. He was on duty as division officer of the day in 
 charge of the skirmish line. The forenoon was very quiet, and he 
 came into regimental headquarters about one o'clock to dinner, and 
 then returned to the line, and soon after the artillery opened for 
 a few minutes, then the skirmish line was ordered to advance, one 
 brigade going to its support. While directing his line, the col- 
 onel was obliged to pass a point which was exposed to the ene- 
 my's sharpshooters, and he was hit and killed instantaneously. 
 The stretcher bearers of the 57th Ind., (the regiment on the skir- 
 mish) seeing him fall went to him at once, and finding him 
 dead, carried the body back of a barn near by, and sent us word. 
 Our own bearers were immediately sent out after the body and 
 brought it in, and the regiment then passed in review by the body 
 to take their last hasty look at one they had so loved and honored. 
 The body was then carried back to the rear, to a spot which had 
 been appropriated as a division cemetery. Generals Harker, 
 Newton and Wagner, came up and exhibited much feeling at the 
 sight. The body was then sent home with an escort from the 
 regiment. 
 
 "There were no other casualties in the regiment that day. The 
 lines were advanced to the intended position that evening. We 
 remained behind the works the 24th and 25th. On the last 
 named day Ransom Smith, of Co. G, was wounded. We here 
 give a list of the killed and wounded in the 100th regiment, from 
 the commencement of this campaign, May 3d, up to, and including 
 June 26th, in order of date. 
 
 May 10th, Sergt. George W. Holmes, Co. G ; May 30th, Capt. John A. 
 Burrell, Co. D ; May 30th, private Leroy Jewell, Co. A ; June 20th, private 
 Samuel Aspinwall, Co. I ; June 23d, Col. F. A. Bartleson.
 
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 WOUNDED. 
 
 May 9th, private Michael Power, Co. F, slightly in knee ; May 10th, Maj. 
 C. M. Hammond, slightly; May 10th, private Dan. Zinnell, Co. I, flesh el- 
 bow ; May 10th, private Harry Clark, Co. H, two fingers amputated ; May 
 llth, private Sidney Standish, Co C, bruise in side ; May 15th, private Alex. 
 Jenks, Co. F, flesh of thigh ; May 15th, private Abram Darling, Co. G, head; 
 May 18th, private Michael Calahan, Co. F, hand ; May 14th, Corp'l Gilbert 
 Avery, Co. A, flesh hand ; May iilst, private Simon Millard, Co. B, flesh of 
 leg ; May 26th, 2d Lieut. E. Gano, Co. A, flesh thigh ; May 26th, private 
 George Brandon, Co. F, bruised arm ; May 30th, Sergt. Fred. Mathews, Co. 
 B. bruised ; May 30th, private Andrew Johnson, Co. D, bruised hand ; May 
 Slat, private James B. Scott, Co. D, bruised side; June 1st, private Orson D. 
 Philips, Co. G. head ; June 12th, private Peter H. Dorce, Co. H, left arm am- 
 putated ; June 10th, private Justin Taylor, Co. C, bruised arm ; June 15th, 
 private Dennis White, Co. K, flesh of leg ; ^June 18th, 1st Lieut. W. N. M. 
 Stewart, Co. A, slightly ; June 18th, private Win. S. Griffin, Co. H, bruised 
 leg; June 18th, private Michael Smith, Co. C, bruised arm ; June 18th, pri- 
 vate George W. Murray, Co. H, foot ; June 18th, private James Connor, Co. 
 H, bruise in side ; June 18th, private M. C. Snyder, Co. K, side severely ; 
 June 18th, private John Fridley, Co. G, knee ; June 18th, private Wm. Shaw, 
 Co. G, concussion ; June 22d, private Oscar D. Keeler, Co. D, flesh thigh ;. 
 June 22d, private John C. Lang, Co. D, bruised leg ; June 22d, private Geo. 
 Hudson, Co. I, bruised leg ; June 22d, private James T. Douglass, Co. H, 
 flesh arm ; June 25th, private Ransom Smith, Co. G, shoulder ; June 25th , 
 private Joseph Butcher, Co. F, bruise in arm. 
 
 " We have come now to the memorable "assault on Kenesaw " 
 the 27th of June, when our division was moved to the right, and 
 made a charge on the enemy's works in front of the line occupied 
 by Gen. Stanley's division. Other charges were made in other 
 parts of the line, all of which were unsuccessful. But that of 
 our division was the severest. Our regiment was in the hottest 
 of it. The division charged in solid mass, and found the enemy 
 posted behind heavy earthworks with an abattis of brush in front, 
 and three rows of sharpened stakes driven in front of their works, 
 so that our men could not pass without stopping to pull them out;, 
 and to stop while making a charge is almost certain death. With 
 grape and canister raking our boys both in flank and front, noth- 
 ing but a depression in the ground kept them from being anihi- 
 lated. Capt. Bowen and Major Hammond with the colors rallied 
 about 150 men just under the hill, after the main part of the di- 
 vision had fallen back, and sent for intrenching tools, and would 
 have made good their position within 60 yards of the enemy's 
 works. But instead of sending them tool?, Gen. Wagner, com- 
 manding the brigade, thought it wiser to order the Major to bring;
 
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 the men in. When they got back behind the intrenchments they 
 found the rest of the brigade forming their lines, and the belief 
 current that the Major, Capt. Bowen, and the men, had been killed, 
 and the colors lost, and their return was an agreeable surprise. 
 Our color-bearer, Michael Murphy, carried the colors within ten 
 steps of the rebel works and brought them safely away again." 
 
 In this charge which was equal in daring and in hopelessness 
 to the famous " charge of the 600 ;" and which now at least, in the 
 cool distance, seems to have been uncalled for, and made without 
 adequate promise of compensating good, and which Gen. Sherman 
 labors somewhat in his report to justify, the assaulting column 
 suffered so severely as to draw tears even from the eyes of the 
 enemy. For, as an eye witness relates, (one of the officers of the 
 100th) " The rebels sent our men word that the woods were on 
 fire, and we had better come and take care of our killed and 
 wounded. Lieut. Bartlett went with a detail of men, and while 
 thus engaged conversed with a noble looking captain of the rebel 
 army, who, as he looked upon the scene, said, with tears rolling 
 down his cheeks, ' This is awful, awful but we had to do it."' 
 
 In this assault, the severest in which the 100th was ever en- 
 gaged, the regiment lost three killed and 16 wounded, as in list 
 below. Among the valuable lives lost that day was Gen. Barker, 
 commanding one of the brigades in our division, a man and an 
 officer greatly beloved, not only by his own command, but by all 
 who knew him, and who only four days before had shed tears over 
 the remains of our colonel. 
 
 The following graphic description of the assault of the 4th 
 corps was written immediately after by the correspondent of the 
 " Cincinnati Commercial," and is so truthful and interesting that 
 I cannot forbear copying it entire. 
 
 " The 4th and 14th corps, the staunch center of the army, 
 were called upon to give fresh proof of their valor to-day. These 
 two corps, though originally in front of Kenesaw, had been pushed 
 by the converging advance of our army to the southward of that 
 frowning peak. The noble 4th corps, though by heavy odds the 
 heaviest sufferer of the army, was the one of the three from which 
 the assault was demanded. The boys were tired of heavy skir- 
 mishing ; it had grown tedious, and lost its excitement, and I be- 
 
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 338 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 lieve when they were apprized that their corps was to furnish two 
 or three assaulting columns, they received the intelligence with a 
 quick interest nothing more. This thing of killing and being 
 killed, had become an every day affair. Eveoy platoon in the 
 corps had bled freely since the campaign opened. They felt prob- 
 ably, as all veterans must feel, some apprehension, for the result of 
 an assault upon a heavily fortified enemy, but none for themselves. 
 Early in the gray of the morning, the preparations for the assault 
 commenced, the first symptom being an unusually early breakfast. 
 There was no evidence in the movement or bearing of the men, 
 that they were so soon to essay "the deadly imminent breach;" 
 though they must have been conscious that the task laid out for 
 them was one which none but men hoping to meet death would 
 covet. Between 7 and 8 o'clock the lines were formed. New- 
 ton's division, consisting of Generals Wagner, Kimball, and Har- 
 ker's brigades, being selected as the storming parties. Kimball's 
 being on the left and somewhat retired, to act as a support of the 
 other two. Wagner's held the center, and Harker's the right. 
 Wood's and Stanley's divisions of the 4th corps furnished supports 
 on the flanks of the assaulting brigades, but they were not seriously 
 engaged, and their loss is trifling. 
 
 ASSAULT OF WAGNER'S BRIGADE. 
 
 " This splendid brigade, composed of the 40th Ind., 57th Ind., 
 97th Ohio, 26th Ohio, 100th Ills., and 28th Kentucky, was thrown 
 into columns of regimental divisions, thus giving the brigade 
 a front of two companies, and a depth of 30 lines. The advance 
 regiment was the 40th Ind., commanded by the fearless Blake. 
 The column was formed in good season, and during the brief re- 
 spite that ensued before the word " charge " was given, the men 
 rested silently in their places, and no one could have guessed from 
 their undisturbed faces, that all the latent gallantry of their natures 
 could be aroused, and lashed into a fury of heroism during the 
 next ten minutes. Here was a man carefully replacing his shoe 
 and tucking away the strings j the proposition that " forlorn hopes " 
 should be well and tightly shod plainly expressed in his move- 
 ments. Letters were torn and crumpled and thrown furtively 
 aside. Doubtless miniatures came from their hiding places for a
 
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 moment that morning, but such things are done in the army in 
 profound secrecy. The soldier hates a scene, and none more than 
 the purely sentimental variety. 
 
 " At half-past eight the men spring to their feet at the word 
 fraught with death to many. Thirty consecutive lines of blue 
 leaped forward with impetuous strides making their way through 
 the scattered trees and underbrush in splendid order. Before 
 them on the crest of the ridge was the silent, and to the sight, the 
 untenanted convex salient of the enemy's works, for which they 
 were aiming. They neared it rapidly, their enthusiasm rising 
 with every step, and their hearts rising high as each indistinct ob- 
 ject grew plain, as the slopes of the parapet became a mere furrow 
 over which it seemed they must go. But the next moment the 
 gates of hell opened in their very faces ! A close, concentrating 
 blast of musketry swept over the front line, leaving it indented, 
 but unwavering ! With the momentum of a mighty river, the 
 brigade swept on until but two hundred paces a mere stone's 
 throw it looked divided the assailants from the assailed. The 
 musketry of the enemy died to a mere pattering muskets must 
 be reloaded, and this fact sometimes loses battles. But palisades 
 and abattis must be passed ; and with the next rebel volley fired, 
 as the fearless 40th Ind. reached a point within a hundred paces of 
 their works, came a more awful thunder ! Squarely in the 
 teeth of the inspired brigade opened a battery of six guns, belch- 
 ing forth grape and canister, every shot ploughing through the 
 devoted ranks, and the thick fume of their guns enveloping the in- 
 terval of ground over which our brigade must pass. Every ball 
 from those guns in filaded sixty men, the column of attack as I 
 have already said, being thirty lines deep. The front lines shat- 
 tered to pieces, slackened their furious onset, which brought those 
 in the rear, jamming up in one confused massof men confused 
 but still bent on their fearfully grim and bloody task. It was in- 
 tended when the head of the column reached a point within pistol 
 shot of the enemy's parapet, to deploy into a column of regiments. 
 This was no longer feasible, for organization was lost, and the 
 whole column was a tightly closed surging mass of men, ragged 
 at the edges but all moving one way toward the enemy I The 
 rebel battery fired a second volley, completely shattering Wag-
 
 340 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 ner's column, as a column, the cannon blowing aside every ani- 
 mated thing in their front. Masses of men moved to the right 
 and the left of the range of the battery still bent upon one object. 
 Many struggled up within twenty yards of the enemy's works, 
 some penetrated the lines of the palisades, and abattis at their base, 
 and a devoted few planted the foot of a color-staff on the slope 
 of a parapet ! But the assault had failed failed heroically in less 
 time than I have taken to relate it. For nearly an hour portions 
 of the brigade held points within fifty yards of the enemy's line, 
 but all such were thinned out by the deadly rifle men, who nearly 
 secure himself, was at liberty indulge in the uncommon luxury of 
 gloating over a foe, before firing with cool, deliberate and unerr- 
 ing aim. As the remnants of the brigade started back, long lines 
 of rebels swarmed from their trenches, pursuing rapidly with in- 
 fernal yells. They soon swarmed back, and faster than they 
 emerged, when our reserves opened on them with a withering fire 
 of small arms and artillery. The brigade fell back to the line va- 
 cated in the morning, leaving over two hundred killed and 
 wounded. The proportion of officers lost was larger than the 
 average, and here, as elsewhere during the assault, an unusual 
 number were hit in the head. Wagner's brigade left winter 
 quarters last spring, nearly 2000 strong, but it was reduced to half 
 that number, over fifty per cent, having been killed and 
 wounded during the campaign. Gen. Wagner fought, where he 
 always fights, at the head of his brigade, and his escape from hurt 
 is most miraculous. Two or three hours after the assault, his 
 men were bustling around their camps, making their coffee, hav- 
 ing already exhausted conversation on the great topic which the 
 morning had furnished. ' D n the assaults in column,' I heard 
 one remark as he punched the blaze under his coffee, ' they make 
 a man more afraid of being trampled to death by the rear lines, 
 than he is of the enemy, they might do on a marble floor.' 
 
 " His comments would offend Jomini and Monticella, but the 
 speaker as a member of one of the advanced regiments in the as- 
 saulting column had a clear right to speak his mind." 
 
 Losses in the 100th Illinois in the charge of the 27th :
 
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 John Sarver, Co. H, (this was the boy that drew the first rebel blood in 
 the 1st campaign of the 100th); Serg't. Thos. Bleber, Co. Q, and Wm. G. 
 Parks, private Co. B. 
 
 WOUNDED AND SENT TO DIVISION HOSPITAL. 
 
 Robert White, Co. P, hip, flesh ; Fred. Mathews, Serg't. Co. B, shoulder, 
 severe ; Privates John C. Mason, Co. G, right hand ; Alex. King, Co. H, 
 left shoulder, slight; John Russell, Co. G, hip flesh; H. G. Lawrence, Co. 
 C, head, flesh; Robert Medworth, Co. F, left thigh, flesh ; John Bumgarten, 
 Co. E, right shoulder, slight ; Samuel Spangler, Co. G. 
 
 SL.IQHTLY WOUNDED AND STILL, ON DUTY. 
 
 Privates Wm. S. Haines, Co. A ; James Barr, Co. A ; George Wheeler, 
 Co. A ; E. Brown, Co. D ; Francis Conroy, Co. H. Corp. Robert Johnson, 
 Co. B ; Serg't. John Russel, Co. H. 
 
 lu reference to casualties in the 100th, an officer of the regiment 
 says : " Three star soldiers were killed ; to-wit : Sergt. Thomas 
 Bleber, Co. G, Wm. G. Parks, of Co. B, and little Johnny Sar- 
 ver, of Co. H, who are worthy of more than mention. Sergt. 
 Bleber had earned the admiration of the regiment by his bravery 
 in battle, and by his honorable bearing in camp. Wm. G. Parks 
 was for a while a wagoner, but at his own request had been re- 
 turned to the ranks. At Resacca when shot and shell flew 
 thickest, a volunteer was called for, to carry orders from the line of 
 battle to the picket line. Parks stepped out of the ranks, received 
 his orders, put his gun to right shoulder shift, and walked erect, 
 and deliberately to the place assigned, while the minie balls were 
 flying thickly around him. In the ranks he developed the no- 
 blest qualities of the soldier." Of Sarver we have spoken else- 
 where. 
 
 " After this charge our regiment returned to its position, and re- 
 mained until July 3d, with but little worthy of note. Both skir- 
 mish lines began to get weary of the incessant exchange of shots, 
 and had their little treaties of peace enabling them to get out of 
 their cramped rifle pits, stretch themselves, exchange papers, and 
 trade off coffee for tobacco. If either side had orders to fire, they 
 gave fair notice " Get into your holes yanks," or, " Go home 
 Johnny," was the word of warning, on hearing which the pickets 
 would creep into their holes again and blaze away. 
 
 " July 3d found the enemy once more withdrawn from our 
 front, and we moved into Marietta, a rather nice town where the 
 Georgia Military Institute was established. This was the south-
 
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 ern West Point, where men had been educated for the rebellion. 
 It consisted of a large building in the form of the letter " E," 
 situated on the crest of a hill about a mile from the town. It had 
 a beautiful lawn in its front for a parade ground. The view from 
 the top of the college building is a magnificent one. Gen. Sher- 
 man once visited this place as a commissioner to examine the 
 claims of certain Georgians for horses lost in the Florida war. 
 
 " On the 4th we moved to Stanley's left, formed in line again, 
 and had some fighting at Smyrna Camp Ground, and two of the 
 regiment were wounded. 
 
 " On the 5th we marched slowly in the heat and dust, camping 
 near the Chattahoochie river. We saw the rebel pickets on the 
 other side and supposed their whole force had crossed, but found 
 that we were at the extreme left, and had reached a bend in the 
 river, while it receded to the right, and they were still there be- 
 hind works. 
 
 " July 6th, Went up a high hill and got a sight of the goal of 
 our campaign. The smoke of the foundries at Atlanta was plainly 
 visible. On the hill we saw the remains of a man hanging from 
 a tree. The flesh was black and dried on the bones and the feet 
 had dropped off with the shoes. It was probably the remains of 
 a spy. This place was known as Vining's Station. Here it was 
 expected that we should get some rest, but picket duty, changing 
 camp, &c., prevented our getting settled before the 8th, and at 
 day light next morning, orders came for our division to move im- 
 mediately, leaving camp standing. So judging that we were going 
 but a short distance, perhaps to make a charge, no one took any- 
 thing which was not positively needed. But we were marched all 
 day through heat and dust, 18 miles to Rossville. There we 
 forded the Chattahoochie, which was quite wide. The scene would 
 have made a good picture for an illustrated paper. The men took 
 off their shoes and pants, and making them into a bundle hung 
 them upon their bayonets, and waded over. The river bottom 
 was full of small slippery boulders, and frequently some unlucky 
 wight would slip and go in all over, bundle, gun, and all, when a 
 shout and a roar would go up from the rest of the men. The di- 
 vision was across about dark, and took a position on a high hill. 
 Next morning lines were established and breastworks commenced.
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 343 
 
 Towards evening part of the 16th corps came up and relieved us, 
 and on the 1 1th we recrossed to Rossville. This was a very pretty 
 little town, and had contained two cotton, and one woolen factories, 
 but they had been burned by our cavalry, as one of the necessary 
 war measures. By this act some three or four hundred girls had 
 been thrown out of employment, and they were sent by our mili- 
 tary authorities to Marietta, and afterwards to the north. 
 
 " On the 1 2th we returned to Vining's Station, and next day 
 crossed to the south side of the river. 
 
 " On the 18th we again started towards Atlanta, moving three 
 or four miles and camping near Buckhead Cross Roads. There 
 was considerable skirmishing all day. On the 19th we advanced 
 to the north bank of Peach Tree creek. Here the enemy held 
 their ground very tenaciously, but on the morning of the 20th 
 some of our forces succeeded in getting a footing on the south 
 side, and the battle of Peach Tree creek was fought." 
 
 As of other battles, so of this, we attempt no general descrip- 
 tion. It was one of great importance and virtually gave us pos- 
 session of Atlanta. Hood, who had lately come into command of 
 the rebel armies, and was making his maiden fight, had he suc- 
 ceeded in breaking through the " gap " after which he was feeling 
 in force, the success on his part would have been fatal to Sherman 
 and the union army. Happily, however, this was prevented by 
 very hard fighting, in which our regiment had its full share. 
 
 " Our corps (4th) lay between Hooker's 20th on its right and 
 23d Scholfield's on its left. The 4th corps was in command of 
 Howard, the division, of Newton, and the brigade was at this time 
 in command of Col. Blake. I state this in order that the reader 
 who may see the general descriptions of the engagements will be 
 able to know where our Will county regiment was. 
 
 " Our division crossed the creek in the morning of the 20th, 
 and comraenceg immediately to throw up temporary works, the 
 100th 111. and the 57th Ind. being on the extreme left of the 
 skirmish line. About noon the regiment was relieved and ordered 
 to bivouac in the rear for refreshment and rest. But they were 
 not allowed to rest long. Col. Blake, of the 40th Ind., who was
 
 344 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 now in command of the brigade, told Maj. Hammond (in com- 
 mand of the 100th), that it was believed that the rebels were evac- 
 uating Atlanta, and it was very desirable that the works of the 
 enemy in our front should be charged and carried in order to feel 
 of the enemy's strength. The order was given, and with a cheer 
 and a bound away went the boys, and drove the rebels from their 
 rifle-pits into the woods and out of sight, and the boys of the 100th 
 fondly imagined that they had gone into and perhaps through At- 
 lanta, and that the 100th would have the honor of being the first 
 regiment to enter the city. While we were feeling our way along 
 indulging in these anticipations, we were suddenly struck with an 
 avalanche of rebels, five lines deep, full of powder and whisky, 
 yelling like devils. A retreat was ordered on the double quick, 
 and we fell back across the creek where we reformed and were 
 soon ready for them. Meanwhile our artillery on the north side 
 of the creek opened on them with a murderous fire and drove 
 them back. Gen. Thomas who saw the aim of the enemy, sent us 
 word to hold the position at all hazards a little longer, and he 
 would send us help. No help came, but we held the position. 
 Hooker's corps was very heavily engaged at the same time on the 
 right of the road, and repeated charges were made on him, and 
 also on the rest of our corps ; but the enemy was repulsed each 
 time with great loss. In falling back across the creek we lost one 
 man captured, Michael Calahan. We also had one man killed in 
 the engagement, John Hay, of Co. I. Three men were alsa 
 wounded, James Coplantz, of Co. K, slightly ; Martin Fishbaugh, 
 of Co. C, and Albert Chamberlain, of Co. C. Capt. Lynd, of Co. 
 C, was sunstruck and sent to hospital. Adjt. Home was also sun- 
 struck but soon recovered. 
 
 "Corp. Hayes was mortally wounded while he was carrying 
 ammunition to the 42d 111., who were about giving away for the 
 want of it. He was a brave soldier. During the first part of the 
 engagement, while the regiment was across the creek, out of sight, 
 Gen. Newton rode up to Gen. Thomas and said, " I have lost the 
 100th 111., my best regiment." " Oh, no " says Thomas, " I have 
 them over there fighting in splendid style." 
 
 On the 22d, when the left wing of the army under the la-
 
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 mented McPherson, was hotly engaged, the rebels kept up a con - 
 tinuous fire from a large fort upon our lines. Solid shot and shell 
 flew thick and fast. One shot fell in Co. D, and killed Win. 
 Dundore, of Plainfield, and carried away the entire calf of the leg 
 of Nelson Platts, of Plainfield. At the same time a shot struck 
 in close proximity to " the hole" in which Surgeon Woodruff and 
 Charley Jukes, (musician and stretcher bearer), were snugly en- 
 sconced, throwing the clay and gravel upon them in such force, 
 that they supposed they were hit by the fragments of shell, and 
 that their time had verily come. The doctor calls out to Jukes, 
 "Charley, I'm killed now, I know I am," to which Jukes replies, 
 "So am I, good-bye Doc.!" But after a few moments, not dying 
 so fast as they expected, they jumped up and found that they had 
 life enough left to fix up poor Platts, and take him from the field 
 to the hospital, where his leg was amputated, which resulted in his 
 death at Chattanooga, in September following. At the same time 
 John C. Lang, of Co. D, received a severe bruise in face and ab- 
 domen, and James Murphy of Co. A, was wounded in lower jaw. 
 On the 25th inst., Gen. Thomas issued a congratulary order in 
 which he said : 
 
 "The major general commanding, congratulates the troops upon the 
 brilliant success which has attended the Union arms in the late battles 
 and which has been officially reported as follows : " In the battle of the 20th 
 inst. in which the 20th corps and one division of the 14th corps was engaged, 
 the Union loss in killed, wounded and missing was 1,733. In front of the 
 20th corps there was put out of the fight 6,000 rebels ; 563 of the enemy were 
 buried by our troops, and the rebels were permitted to bury 250. The 2nd 
 division of the 4th army corps, (embracing our 100th) repulsed seven as- 
 saults of the enemy with slight loss to the themselves, which must swell the 
 rebel loss much beyond the 6,000. Prisoners captured 300 and 7 stands of 
 colors." 
 
 " The army now built substantial works. Heavy artillery was 
 brought up and planted along the line, and the tediousness of a 
 siege commenced. While we kept behind our works we were 
 comparatively safe, but when on the skirmish line, or going any- 
 where from behind the works, the risk was great. On the 28th, 
 Lieut. Stewart, of Co. A, tried the experiment of stopping a solid 
 shot, nearly spent, which was playfully rolling along. The re- 
 sult was that he was sent to the hospital for some time, but he ulti- 
 
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 346 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 mately recovered. Just before the accident, Lieut. Stewart had 
 come up to headquarters, and finding the time hanging heavily 
 on his hands, had stumped the surgeon to play a game of cards. 
 But the surgeon was sleepy, and not inclined just then. Stewart 
 commenced to blackguard the medical department, and said he 
 should like to know what it was good for, if it was not to furnish 
 amusement to the rest of the regiment. The surgeon told him 
 that it would not be long before he would be glad enough to avail 
 himself of their services, when he wanted an arm or a leg ampu- 
 tated. Stewart replied that he shouldn't trouble them, if he 
 wanted such a job done, he would get a big nigger with a buck- saw 
 to do the job. Just then the spent ball came rolling along where 
 the lieutenant was lying, and struck him on the cheek bone, 
 literally and figuratively " stopping his jaw " for a while. While 
 fixing the lieutenant up for hospital, the surgeon told him that it 
 was a judgment upon him for his irreverent treatment of the medi- 
 cal department. 
 
 On the 29th, another brave officer of the 100th was wounded, 
 George W. Rouse, who went out as adjutant, but was now acting 
 as brigade inspector. While on the skirmish line he had his right 
 leg crushed by a solid shot, necessitating amputation, from the 
 effects of which he died August 3d, another costly sacrifice which 
 our county had to make to preserve the Union. 
 
 "On the 5th of August, a " demonstration" was ordered in 
 front of our brigade. Co. I, of our regiment, was on the skirmish 
 line, and during the attack, Lieut. George Schoonmaker, of Wil- 
 mington, another good officer and good man, commanding the 
 company, was instantly killed. So, in a week we had lost two 
 officers killed, and one severely wounded, and the regiment was 
 now reduced to one hundred and fifty men and ten officers present 
 for duty. 
 
 " About the 20th of August, it began to be rumored that some 
 change in the manner of attack was soon to be made. Thursday 
 morning, the 24th, the 100th went to the skirmish line, breaking 
 camp, something unusual. Before dark that evening, the artillery 
 had been moved out, except one or two pieces, to division front. 
 By 8 p. m. the balance of the division was quietly moving out. 
 The lOOtli and the other pickets formed a rear guard. We all
 
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 supposed that it was a move to the right, and were surprised to 
 find that our course held on for three or four miles, straight for 
 the rear, and then began to think we were falling back to the 
 Chattahoochie. But before daylight we turned to the right, and 
 marched till 6 a. m., then rested an hour. About this time the 
 enemy could be seen occupying part of our old works, ancj we 
 took position to resist, should they attempt to follow. But they 
 were puzzled to understand our change of programme. The 20th 
 corps had gone back to the river. The day was very hot, and 
 the march was kept up until noon without halting. We camped 
 about 4 p. m. On the 27th we rested most of the day, the road 
 being occupied by the 14th corps, and the army of the Tennessee. 
 About 3 p. m. we started again, passing these troops, we camped 
 about 9 in a thick underbrush. It was so dark that candles had 
 to be used to establish the line. Next morning we changed posi- 
 tion and built works. On the afternoon of the 29th, we moved 
 again and threw up more works, stayed until afternoon of the 31st. 
 This was the position of the army at this time, the 23d corps on 
 our left, 14th on our right, and the army of the Tennessee on the 
 right of the 14th. The right wing of our corps rested on the 
 Montgomery road near Red Oak. September 1st we moved on 
 to the Flint river, and the same day the 23d corps struck the 
 Macon railroad about two and a half miles below " Rough and 
 Ready," destroying it. The army of the Tennessee had an engage- 
 ment near Jonesboro. On the 2d, we struck the railroad about 
 two miles below Rough and Ready, 'and commenced tearing it 
 up. This was hard work, but being a new experience the men 
 went at it with a will. The corps would march its length along 
 side of track, stack arms and unsling knapsacks, and with rails 
 from the neighboring fences, pry up the track, ties and all, throw 
 it bottomside up, knock off the ties and make a bonfire of them, 
 and then lay the rails across, so that when heated, they would 
 bend with their own weight, or could be bent against a tree, and 
 thus be rendered useless until re-rolled. While engaged at this 
 the 14th corps and the army of the Tennessee were fighting near 
 Jonesboro. About 6 p. m. our corps went to their left, formed 
 a line and advanced, and drove the rebs from their works, cap- 
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 348 HISTOfcY OP THE 
 
 was dark before they could do much. Three of the regiment 
 were wounded, but only one severe enough to be sent to the hospi- 
 tal. Next day we marched on through Jonesboro to near " Love- 
 joys," and skirmished all the afternoon. We heard a mighty 
 thundering in the direction of Atlanta, which we afterwards learned 
 was caused by the explosion of eighty car loads of ammunition 
 and the rebel magazines. 
 
 " On the next day Gen. Sherman issued a congratulatory order 
 officially announcing that his " flanking machine " was again suc- 
 cessful, and that Atlanta, the goal of the campaign was won, 
 and occupied by the 20th corps, on the day previous, and that 
 the present task was done and well done. 
 
 " We remained here until the 5th, most of the time exchanging 
 fire with the enemy. It was an exposed position. Charlie Styles, 
 who it will be remembered, was married at Athens just before 
 starting out on the campaign, was hit and killed while playing 
 his fife in his tent door. Surgeon Woodruff had his horse shot 
 while here. This was the most southern point to which the 100th 
 went. About 8 p. m. we started back. The night was dark, 
 the roads muddy, and the pioneers hard work to make some 
 places passable for the artillery. 
 
 " We entered Atlanta on the 8th day of September, and went 
 into camp about three miles east of the city. We fixed up a very 
 comfortable camp, and all were enjoying a rest, and hoping that 
 it might last for some time. Some officers and men had visited 
 this city about a year previous as prisoners of war, and were 
 pleased to make its acquaintance again under so different circum- 
 stances. It was a great treat, after a four month's campaign, 
 three at least of which had been under fire, losing many of our 
 comrades, and kept upon a constant strain, encountering rocks, 
 underbrush, dust, mud and rain, ragged and powder stained, dirty 
 and barefooted, it was a treat which can only be appreciated by 
 those who have been through a similar experience, to be al- 
 lowed once more to clean up, wear clean clothes, and move about 
 without being on the " qui vive " against rebel bullets and shells. 
 " Sunday morning, Sept. 25th, we were enjoying a most de- 
 lightful day, emphatically a day of rest listening to the music of 
 the bands, and congratulating ourselves that the campaign was
 
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 over ; when we were astonished by the reception of orders for our 
 brigade to prepare to move immediately. 
 
 " Long ere this we had learned that there is no use in a soldier's 
 grumbling, or asking for the why and wherefore ; all we have to 
 do is to obey orders. So we go into town, load into a train, and 
 start for Chattanooga. The trip is quickly made by rail, as now 
 we had not to fight our way step by step. We arrived there Mon- 
 day noon, camping in town and awaiting orders. About mid- 
 night we were ordered out and put on duty as provost guard. 
 This was taken as an indication that our brigade was to do garri- 
 son duty, which pleased us all. But Tuesday afternoon we were 
 relieved by convalescents and ordered to camp on a hill in the 
 east part of the town. The troops which had been garrisoning 
 Chattanooga had been sent to Huntsville, Tallahassee, and other 
 points to guard the railroad from the raids of rebel cavalry, which 
 were trying to do what mischief they could in Sherman's rear. 
 We were therefore kept moving about lively. 
 
 " Oct. 7th, we went by railroad to Cleveland, thence to Resacca 
 and back the next day, and on the night of the 1 1th, we were 
 roused about midnight, went to the cars, but did not start out till 
 5 a. m., when we ran out as far as Ringgold, bivouacked near the 
 town, and started back again between seven and eight p. m. We 
 ran off the track in the night, and did not get on again until 11 
 o'clock next day, (13th). 
 
 "The 14th was an exciting day. Reports came of the surren- 
 der of Daltori by our force there, and the evacuation of Tunnel 
 Hill and Ringgold. The troops in Chattanooga were set to work 
 on the fortifications. In the afternoon of the 15th we went to 
 Ringgold again, and back next night to Chattanooga. We did not 
 leave the cars, but drew three days' rations, and about daylight 
 started for Bridgeport. On the 18th returned to Chattanooga, 
 disembarked, and started off on the march again, camping that 
 night on the old Chickaraauga battle field where we had been just 
 one year and a month before, and where we had left many a brave 
 comrade. 
 
 u On the 19th we marched 15 miles; on the 20th, 12 miles, 
 passing through Lafayette. On the 21st we reached Alpine about 
 noon, rested two hours, then our brigade moved west to Hender-
 
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 son's Gap in Lookout Range. Next morning we crossed the 
 mountain, camping in Mill's valley. The sides of the mountain 
 were steep, but the roads were good. The distance across was 12 
 miles. We crossed two rivers on the mountain, on one of which 
 there was a fine waterfall, and the whole route presented much to 
 interest the lover of nature. Mill's Valley we found a very nice 
 one, rich in grain, vegetables and cattle, all of which were very 
 acceptable, and a grateful variation of our fare. 
 
 " On the afternoon of the 24th we recrossed to the camp of the 
 21st, remaining there until the 28th, this time taking two sections 
 of artillery, drawn by convalescent horses. The men had often to 
 turn to and reinforce them, up and down the mountain. On the 
 29th we marched all day, camping about three miles from Tren- 
 ton. On the 30th we went up Sand Mountain and nearly across 
 it, and on the 31st descended and went to Bridgeport, halted, and 
 drew rations. While at Bridgeport, headquarter's mess drew new 
 tents, and camped in the dooryard of a large residence, which 
 must have been a place of great beauty before the war. The 
 yard showed evidences of having been filled with choice shrub- 
 bery. A magnificent climbing rose was over the door-way. The 
 dining table of the mess was placed upon what had been a fine 
 flower bed, and a beautiful peach tree was the hitching post for the 
 officers' horses. Some roses and other shrubs remained to mark the 
 pathway, and the cook hung his dish-cloth upon a choice rosebush. 
 Although the owner is a rebel, we cannot but feel a pang at seeing 
 so much that was beautiful thus destroyed. The palings of the 
 fence have been taken by the cook to boil the coffee, and the big 
 mule teams drive ruthlessly over the garden where some southern 
 lady has no doubt expended much time and money. But these 
 people have sown to the wind, and must reap the whirlwind ! 
 
 " We then marched five miles toward Stephenson. Nov. 1st 
 went on to Stephenson, took the cars about three p. m., and woke 
 up next morning in Athens, Ala. Most of the day was occupied 
 in drawing clothing, &c., and towards night we moved out about 
 two and a half miles and camped. 
 
 " The next day (3d) we started again, reaching Pulaski, Tenn. 
 on the 5th. On the way to Pulaski we were obliged to cross the 
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 The stream was 200 yards wide, and in the center was mid- sides 
 to our horses. This was a cold job for a raw November day, but 
 the boys plunged in with a yell, and stepped out with a shout. No 
 boy's play, this, as the men had to carry their guns and ammuni- 
 tion over their heads, as these must be kept dry whatever else 
 might get wet. 
 
 "At Pulaski we fortified our position as though we were to re- 
 main through the winter. Hereabouts is a fine, rich cotton coun- 
 try, and many northerners had come in here and rented cotton 
 plantations, and during the year had raised a fine crop and suc- 
 ceeded in getting it to market, without loss from rebel raids. 
 Everywhere our army has been followed by an army of speculators, 
 ready to make money out of the sufferings of the country, many 
 of them caring little which side wins, so that they can get rich. 
 We remained at Pulaski until the 22d of November, and in that 
 time were visited by one of Uncle Sam's peddlers of greenbacks. 
 
 " Then commenced the falling back to Nashville, rendered nec- 
 essary by the operations of Hood. On the 22d we went to Louis- 
 ville. Next day quiet. On the 24th we started at 2 a. m., going 
 through Columbia, and began to hear the familiar sound of can- 
 nonading and musketry behind us. That afternoon and the next 
 day we spent in building works, and about 8 p. m. moved about 
 one and a half miles to another position near the railroad. On 
 the 26th and 27th there was picket firing all day, and about ten 
 o'clock of the night of the 27th, we struck tents and fell back 
 across Duck river, crossing at midnight, and moved to the Frank- 
 lin pike. On the forenoon of the 29th we marched toward Spring 
 Hill. 
 
 " When within about two miles of Spring Hill, an orderly 
 brought a note to Gen. Stanley, our corps commander, who was 
 riding at the head of our regiment. He took a rapid glance at 
 the note, and ordered " double quick," to which the 100th re- 
 sponded with a will, actually running one and a half miles, 
 changing by right flank into line of battle, without even slacking 
 their pace; and without halting or wavering to receive the charge 
 of the rebel cavalry who were coming on with drawn sabers, and 
 yelling like demons. But when within about thirty paces, seeing 
 that our lines did not give way, they turned and fled. We pur-
 
 352 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 sued them until we met their infantry skirmishers, when we halted 
 and prepared ior defence. Here our division repulsed five charges 
 made in quick succession, by the division of the rebel Gen. Clay- 
 borne, and maintained our position until 4 o'clock next morning 
 when we quietly withdrew towards Franklin. This encounter 
 occurred on the farm of a Mr. Peters, the man who killed the 
 rebel Gen. Van Dora, of whose attentions to his family he was 
 jealous. 
 
 " We arrived at Franklin about noon, the enemy closely follow- 
 ing us. Scholfield's corps were then behind a good line of works, 
 our division was placed in line in front of them, and some slight 
 works thrown up hurriedly. We could see Hood's army march- 
 ing over the hills, south of us, and watch them form their lines. 
 Then commenced the battle, the enemy charging us in great force 
 about four o'clock. We were compelled to leave the first line, 
 falling back to the second line of works, and there the battle raged 
 till almost nine p. m. The enemy charged the works five times, 
 some of them being killed close on them. Gen. Clayborne and 
 his horse fell right on our works. The fighting was terrific. We 
 were now behind works, and the enemy in the open field ; almost 
 the first battle in which the 100th had had this advantage. There 
 was a small grove of young locust trees just in front of part of our 
 line, every tree of which was cut off by bullets. The enemy with- 
 drew, having been repulsed each time. Clayborne's division was 
 nearly annihilated. Our list of casualties was again a sad one, 
 for we lost one of the most valued of our remaining officers. 
 Maj. Rodney S. Bo wen was wounded in the thigh, and was placed 
 in the last ambulance that started for Nashville, and died at that 
 place three days after. 
 
 " Michael Murphy, our brave color sergeant, Co. C, was shot 
 down while planting the colors in the face of the foe, and when 
 Murphy fell, Andrew W. Johnson, of Co. D, sprang forward and 
 snatched the colors and saved them from capture, for which he 
 was made color sergeant. 
 
 WOUNDED: 
 
 Captain S. D. B. Lines, Co. I, bruise in side ; Alfred Parry, Co. G, in. 
 hands of enemy; Joshua Bush, Co. G, left hand ; Serg't. William Johnson, 
 flesh, right hip; Sergeant Elisha Brown, Co. D, flesh, left shoulder; Mathew 
 Boots, Co. D, right ear, slight; Frank E. Hills, finger, slight. Co. F An-
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 353 
 
 drew McCord, bruise, side ; George Braudeau, right arm, slight. Co. A 
 Serg't. Francis A. Fisher, mortally, and prisoner ; J. W. R. Williams, flesh 
 of face ; Burnett Yates, face, slight. Co. K Francis Green, hand, slight ; 
 Co. B Martin King, right thigh ; Co. E Stephen Gascoigne, arm. slight. 
 
 MISSING: 
 
 Co. G Herman Harder, George Eberhard ; Co. H Alvah Hoyt, George 
 W. Murray; Co. I Alvis Kastner; Co. D Samuel Fentrynaan, died, Chas. 
 Awlsbrook, James Platt; Co. F Serg't, Amos W. Shaw, Paul Brandeau, 
 died ; Co.C August Welchlin. 
 
 Of the missing some afterwards came up. Some of the 
 wounded had to be left at Franklin for want of transportation. 
 
 Of this battle of Franklin, some one writes in the papers of 
 the time : 
 
 " Our forces abandoning the line of Duck River, fell back to 
 Franklin. Thomas was waiting for the arrival of A. J. Smith's 
 corps, before giving Hood battle, who had the largest army. Our 
 cavalry skirmished with the rebel cavalry all day. Gen. Hatch 
 having considerable of a fight Tuesday evening. The rebs tore 
 up the railroad tracks at Thompson's station and Spring Hill, but 
 as we had fallen back to Franklin this did not hurt us. The 
 rebels attacked our army around Franklin in force Wednesday 
 morning, Nov. 30th, and the fighting continued with greater or less 
 severity through the day, resulting in the repulse of the rebels 
 with a loss estimated at 4,000 or 5000 killed, wounded and pris- 
 oners. In the assault the enemy showed much bravery, but our 
 victory was complete, and the slaughter of the enemy terrible. 
 The 23d corps, Gen. Cox, and the 4th corps, Gen. Stanley, bore 
 the brunt of the battle and exhibited great valor. Gen. Schol- 
 field fought the battle on the plan which had been well digested 
 between General Thomas and himself. One rebel brigadier was 
 among the captured. Our own loss was about 600 in all. A thou- 
 sand prisoners, including one brigadier and 107 other officers, were 
 brought into Nashville." 
 
 Official statements make the rebel loss 6,252 ; Union, 2,326. 
 
 After the battle of Franklin, our army under Scholfield fell 
 back to Nashville where it effected a junction with A. J. Smith's 
 corps, and went within the outer defenses of the city. 
 
 " We started at midnight of the day on which the battle had 
 been fought, marching until noon of the next day. As may 
 
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 354 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 readily be imagined, this was a terrible march after such a hard 
 day's fight. So exhausted were the men, that officers on their 
 horses, and men on their feet fell asleep while moving. We 
 reached Nashville, twenty-five miles from Franklin, and about 
 3 p. m. were safe within the outer defenses, the enemy having 
 crowded us all the way. The men had to be kept up and forced 
 along by the prick of tfie bayonet by the rear guard, to keep 
 them from falling into the hands of the enemy, who were closely 
 pressing the rear. When witfrin four miles of Nashville they 
 were allowed to rest and make coffee for the first time in forty- 
 eight hours; and then went into position on the Granny White 
 Pike, and threw up breastworks. 
 
 " Gen. Thomas placed his forces in line of battle three miles 
 north of Nashville, and the enemy advanced within five miles, the 
 space intervening being the scene of more or less skirmishing 
 until the battle of Nashville. 
 
 "The next day after our arrival, (the 3d), the enemy was seen 
 advancing in two lines of battle, and our boys were ready and 
 anxious for them to attack. But our artillery soon drove them to 
 their holes literally to their holes, for they had actually com- 
 menced to burrow in the ground to protect themselves from the 
 cold, and our sharpshooters and parrot guns. Reinforcements 
 were constantly concentrating here, and Thomas waited until he 
 got a "good ready " before going out to give Hood battle. "Old 
 George " was sometimes thought a little " slow," but he had al- 
 ways shown himself sure, and honestly entitled to the sobriquet of 
 " Old Reliable." The north got impatient. It is said that Grant 
 telegraphed to ask why he did not attack Hood, and also that he 
 sent Logan to see what was the matter, with authority to super- 
 sede him. If so, Logan had the good sense to let him alone. 
 
 "On the llth, we received orders to be ready to move at a mo- 
 ment's notice. But that night about three inches of snow fell, 
 terminating in rain, after which it froze. This made everything 
 so slippery that a movement could not be made with safety, and 
 it was postponed. 
 
 " On the 14th, the order " forward " came, and we moved out 
 quietly, but boldly for the works of the enemy, and by two o'clock 
 p. m. had reached, stormed, and carried them in our front,
 
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 driving the enemy from Montgomery Hill, capturing 10 or 15 
 pieces of artillery, and turning them upon the fleeing foe, we 
 followed them until darkness closed the engagement. 
 
 "The 100th was then ordered to establish a picket line as near 
 as possible to the enemy without coming into collision with them, 
 and we rested on our arms. Next morning at daylight we were 
 ordered by our brigade commander (Wagner) to pass the enemy's 
 skirmish line, and if it gave way to drive them to the Franklin pike 
 with a grand right wheel, and press on until we struck them in 
 force. Better, livelier, more brilliant skirmishing has been seldom 
 seen than that which followed this order. We drove them square 
 into their intrenchments on Overalls Hill, bringing our regiment 
 entirely to the left of the front of our brigade, without any sup- 
 port in our rear or left, and perfectly independent, subject only to 
 the orders of the colonel in command, who seemed to feel very 
 proud of our exploit. Presently Gen. Wood came up with two 
 brigades (one colored) and charged the works. The charge was 
 gallantly made, but the position of our enemy was impregnable, 
 and Wood had to fall back. A charge on the right was more suc- 
 cessful, and the enemy's line was broken, when Thomas' whole 
 army moved with a bound, and ere long Hood's entire array was 
 one mass of fugitives. As we were pursuing them by column, en 
 route, the enemy had opened a battery, one or two miles in front, 
 and commenced shelling our troops. One of their shots passed 
 directly between the colonel and adjutant who were riding side 
 by side, striking the ground near the horses' hind feet, and bound- 
 ing with a right ricochet just so as to miss going through the regi- 
 ment lengthwise. 
 
 " Our casualties were remarkably few. We lost but one man 
 killed, Joseph Butcher, of Co. F, who was a heroic man at all 
 times, and this day especially so. Capt. 8. B. D. Lines, of Co. I, 
 was wounded on the skirmish line early in the engagement, suffi- 
 ciently severe to permit his retiring to the rear, but nothing 
 daunted, he remained at the head of his men, cheering them on." 
 
 This was the closing battle of the war in the West the last 
 time in which the 100th had to face the enemies of the Union in 
 deadly encounter. For a description of it in its general aspects,
 
 356 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 the reader is referred to works of larger scope than ours. Our 
 county was still further represented in the battles of Nashville. 
 The 88th regiment of infantry bore a conspicuous part in the en- 
 gagements of both days, and in this regiment, we had three commis- 
 sioned officers and nine enlisted men. The officers being Maj. L. 
 P. Holden, and Capt. Edwin A. Stolp, of the town of Frankfort, 
 and Lieut. Final H. Morey, of the town of Peotone. Also in the 
 72d regiment, which took part both in the battles of Franklin 
 and Nashville, we had, first and last, somewhere about 35 men. 
 
 "On the 17th, the 100th joined in the chase after Hood, and 
 went to Harpeth river, camping opposite Franklin. Next day 
 crossed over to that place. Here we found two of our wounded, 
 (Alfred Penny and Herman Harder, of Co. G,) that we had left 
 doing well. Two others had died (Francis Fisher, of Co. A, and 
 Paul Brandeau, of Co. F,) since the battle. We went into camp 
 three miles south of Spring Hill. No others of the missing could 
 be found. It rained all the time, and the roads were very bad. 
 On the 23d we were at Columbia. On the 25th passed through 
 Pulaski, where we left the pike and floundered through the mud. 
 On the 28th we were at Lexington, 30 miles from Pulaski, where 
 the chase terminated. At Athens, January 5th. Thence we went 
 to Huntsville Ala., where we remained almost three months, rest- 
 ing from our labors. 
 
 " March 27th we broke camp again, going by rail to Chatta- 
 nooga, and thence to Knoxville. April 1st, moved on to Bulls 
 Gap, and on the 4th went eight miles farther to Blue Springs, 
 where the troops were sent as a support to Stoneman's cavalry in the 
 rear of Lee, and were also employed in rebuilding railroad. 
 
 " Here we hear the glorious news of the surrender of Lee. 
 The performances of the boys on getting the news of Lee's sur- 
 render, and the probable close of the war, baffles description. 
 Such a shouting and hurrahing ! Such a fusillading, such a danc- 
 ing and cavorting ! Such a * * * * was never 
 heard or seen before or since, anywhere. The destruction of hats 
 is said to have been enormous, and to have exhausted the resources 
 of the Q,. M. department to repair damages. 
 
 " This rejoicing, however, was quickly followed by the news of
 
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 the assassination of LINCOLN, when a marked and sudden change 
 came over the spirit of their behavior. Every eye was moist- 
 ened with tears, every lip compressed. Vengeance seemed 
 for the time stamped upon every countenance, and unlucky 
 would it have been for any rebel who had come within their reach. 
 The men gathered in little groups and discussed the matter in whis- 
 pers. Routine duty was gone through quietly, without noise, 
 every man walking as softly as at a funeral. Had each soldier 
 received the news of the death of his own father, the effect could 
 hardly have been more marked, or the grief more universal. 
 
 "On the 18th we started back, going by rail to Nashville, just 
 escaping a catastrophe near Louden. Here we went into camp a 
 few miles south of the city, on the Harding Pike, and passed the 
 time in drills, reviews, etc. 
 
 " On the 9th of May, the 4th corps was reviewed by General 
 Thomas, and on the day following he issued a complimentary 
 order to them. 
 
 " The time passed slowly. Every one was anxious to know 
 what was to be done with our regiment, whether we should now be 
 sent home, or held to serve out the balance of our three years. The 
 boys passed the time in playing ball, foot races, and other games. 
 
 " The review of the 4th corps, notwithstanding! ts reduced num- 
 bers, was a splendid sight. 12,000 brave men were marshaled 
 in their best trim, now for display, and not for deadly strife, and 
 for the last time ! " Old Pap" (as the boys with more love than 
 reverence, were wont to call Gen. Thomas) never looked better, 
 and seemed full as happy as any of us, as he rode his old war- 
 horse down the lines, proud of his boys in blue, that had executed 
 his orders on so many hardly contested fields. It added interest 
 to the occasion, that the review was held on our last battle field, 
 the field of his glory, and ours, where the finishing stroke had 
 been given to the rebel cause in the west. The city was out in 
 holiday attire to witness the scene. 
 
 " On the 13th day of June, we broke camp, and folded tents for 
 the last time, and started for home. Arrived at Chicago, Thurs- 
 day, June 15th. Had a formal reception by the citizens of Chi- 
 cago, and were addressed by Gen. Sherman on the 16th. 
 
 " On the 1st day of July, we received our last rations of hard
 
 358 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 tack and greenbacks from Uncle Sam, and were mustered out, and 
 the 100th Illinois, no longer existed as an organized regiment. 
 But of course we had a reception in Joliet. Four cars sufficed 
 to bring back to Joliet the regiment which on going forth, three 
 years before had required a train of twenty cars ! On July 2d, 
 Joliet gave the Will county regiment its welcome home those 
 who had survived its campaigns and conflicts ; as has been else- 
 where described." 
 
 ADDENDA. 
 
 We have given in the preceding pages, a fuller history of the 
 100th regiment than of any other organization. The reasons for 
 this will be obvious, and will justify us in so doing. It was THE 
 WILL, COUNTY REGIMENT, unlike all others, raised entirely from 
 this county, and in it all parts of the county were represented. 
 For this reason all of our citizens were especially interested in its 
 fortunes. The author was also brought into more intimate rela- 
 tions with this regiment than with any other one, and has been 
 able to collect more records and reminiscences of it than any other. 
 Full as the history already is, there are yet a few statements we 
 wish to place on record, for which we have not found any appro- 
 priate place in the preceding narrative. 
 
 We claim for the 100th regiment as proud a record as was 
 made by any in the service. It was full of good men, competent 
 for any duty, or any emergency. The details from its ranks were 
 numerous. Many were selected as staff officers. Captain El- 
 wood's abilities were soon appreciated, and he was almost at the 
 outset selected for brigade inspector general. Captain Gardner, 
 of Co. I, served as provost marshal and inspector. Captain 
 Munger as brigade commissary. Adjutant Rouse also served as 
 brigade inspector, and Lieut. Howard, of Co. B, as Provost Mar- 
 shal, Lieut. J. C. Williams, of Co. G, as aid to Col.'s Fyle and 
 Buell on brigade staff, and roie his gray mustang to good 
 purpose. Lieut. Ingraham, of Co. F, served on staff of Gen. 
 Negley. Many non-commissioned officers and privates were de- 
 tailed as commissary clerks, &c., &c. Dennis Sibley was kept at 
 work where his methodical business habits and talents were most 
 useful. C. B. Garnsey was lawyer and scribe for the regiment, 
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 with an impartial hand. Milton F. Hand pulled the teeth of the 
 regiment, and was a most useful assistant in all surgical operations, 
 and at some operations that were not surgical. The surgical 
 skill of Dr. A. W. Heise, quickly took him from the regiment to 
 Division Hospital, and he was placed at Chattanooga in charge of 
 the amputating department. Dr. Harwood resigning after Stone 
 River, on account of impaired health, the regiment was thence- 
 forth in charge of Dr. Woodruff, who was always with the regi- 
 ment in the front, and had several narrow escapes, and after the 
 resignation of Dr. Heise was made full surgeon. After the battle 
 of Chickamauga the regiment had become so reduced in numbers 
 that there were more officers than the exigencies of the service re- 
 quired, and many consequently resigned and came home between 
 that period and the opening of the Atlanta Campaign. Among 
 them were Captains Elwood, Barflett, McDonald, and Goddard, 
 who had all proved able and brave officers, serving the regiment 
 and the country well. But I must stop this, for if I should go 
 on with all the special mention that could be made, I should pro- 
 tract this history beyond reasonable length. Suffice it to say, that 
 if an artisan or engineer of any kind, a clerk, orderly, or staff 
 officer was needed in brigade or division, he was most frequently 
 selected from the 100th, which fact helped very much to reduce its 
 numbers. 
 
 And yet, I must mention one more connected with the regi- 
 ment its most worthy chaplain. He was a man of strong physique, 
 though considerably advanced in years. His whole heart was in 
 the union cause. He was no dilettante chaplain. He cared both 
 for the souls and the bodies of the men in his charge, and was in- 
 defatigable in his efforts in their behalf, often carrying a sick sol- 
 dier's gun, and helping about the labors of the camp, and the 
 bivouac and the hospital. His health compelled him to resign 
 while the regiment was in the Sequatchie Valley, after about one 
 year's service. The good chaplain's loyalty to the cause of the 
 union was proverbial. Although a Kentuckian by birth and edu- 
 cation, he was no neutral. I have given elsewhere one or two anec- 
 dotes of him, and will give one more. While on the march through 
 Kentucky, he chanced to be on one occasion at dinner with some 
 of the "chivalrous neutrals," where some one spoke contemptu-
 
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 ously of the character of the loyal Kentuckians. The worthy 
 chaplain felt the insult, not so much for himself as for the 
 class he represented, and deliberately rising from his chair, he 
 addressed the person using the offensive language, " Sir, you must 
 take that back, or I'll thrash you." The man looked up at the 
 
 towering form and flashing eye of the chaplain, and took it 
 
 back ! This, with one or two anecdotes we have told of him else- 
 where, may perhaps suggest the thought, that the chaplain had 
 mistaken his calling, and ought to have held the position of a bel- 
 ligerent. He would unquestionably have made a good fighter, 
 but those who know him, do not need to be told that he 
 was, (and still is) an able preacher, and a kind and faithful 
 pastor, although he believed in fighting the enemies of the 
 Union, and all the boys in the 100th will vouch for his fidelity 
 and kindness as an army chaplain. 
 
 In conclusion, let it be said, (without any disparagement to 
 others) that the men and officers who clung to the regiment 
 through its entire service, were all of them true and tried, physi- 
 cally inured to hardship, and unsurpassed in their morale. If 
 they performed no brilliant deed of daring or heroism, they did 
 what is still better, they clung to the fortunes of the regiment, and 
 of the country in its darkest days, and greatest dangers, hazard- 
 ing life and limb through three long and weary years ; seeing their 
 comrades one after another falling victims to disease and exposure, 
 and the accidents of war. Let us not forget the debt we owe 
 them.
 
 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 HISTORY OF THE NINETIETH REGIMENT; OR, IRISH 
 
 LEGION. 
 
 Organizai ion Efforts of Dr. Dunne and others Personal Notices of 
 Officers Tribute to Chaplain The Lockport Guards Tribute to Lockport 
 Citizens Personal mention Joliet Company or Casey Guards In camp at 
 Chicago The Irishman something like his Flea An incident in which Cap- 
 tain O'Marah shows his pluck Getting off for the Front Cairo La Grange 
 Cold Water Incidents Captain O'Marah Shows his Pluck Again A visit 
 from Van Dorn How Colonel O'Meara received him A Sharp Fight 
 VanDorn retires A Batch of Incidents Back to LaGrange Officers hunt- 
 ing Quarters A Friendly Call How the Caller Proved Himself an Irish- 
 man A Case of Sickness Not Fatal Daughter of the Regiment Begi- 
 mentgoes to Lafayette Ordered to Memphis How the 90th was Assaulted 
 On Board for Vicksburg Goes up the Yazoo New Brigade Sickness Be- 
 fore the Surrender After On to Jackson Lieut. Eddy at Big Black On to 
 Jackson Co. C and D open the Fight Continued A big Artillery Duel 
 Joe Johnson skedaddles The 90th Thanked Goes into Camp until Septem- 
 ber 27th Ordered to Chattanooga via Vicksburg and Memphis Meets its 
 old friends at Memphis A loud call from Sherman Rapid March Just in 
 Time Thanks of Sherman A Grim Joke of Sherman March Resumed 
 On, on, on to Chattanooga Hard Time Wet, Cold, Naked, Dirty, Hungry, 
 Saucy Over the Mountains Across the River Goes into Battle Casual- 
 ties Incidents Goes to Knoxville Returns A strange Scene Badge of 
 the 15th Corps Winter Quarters Atlanta Campaign Casualties Through 
 with Sherman Will County Losses in 90th Some Personal Mention Con- 
 clusion. 
 
 IHE NINETIEH REGIMENT ; OR, IRISH LEGION, was recruited 
 and organized in the summer of 1862, under the President's 
 call for 300,000 which followed the failure of McClellan to 
 take Richmond. It was mustered into service in October of that 
 year. Its rank and file were mostly Irishmen or Irish- Ameri- 
 cans. 
 
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 362 HISTORY OF. THE 
 
 The country was largely indebted for its organization to the 
 efforts of the late Very Rev. D. Dunne, D. D., at the time Catho- 
 lic Vicar General of the Diocese of Chicago ; who besides his pa- 
 triotic purpose to serve the country of his adoption which he 
 deeply and enthusiastically loved was no doubt greatly in- 
 fluenced by a desire to disprove the charge, sometimes made, that 
 the Irish Catholic element was disloyal. A.nd most nobly as we 
 shall see, did this regiment give the lie to all such intimations. He 
 was greatly assisted in his efforts by Smith McCleavey, of Chi- 
 cago, who became the lieutenant colonel of the regiment, and by 
 Patrick O'Marah, of Lockport, who became captain of Co. C. 
 These, with others, were indefatigable in their efforts to overcome 
 the obstacles to its completion. These obstacles were neither few 
 nor small, but need not now be recounted 
 
 Four companies of the 90th were organized in Cook county ; 
 one each in Winnebago, Jo Daviess, Boone and LaSalle, and two 
 in Will county. 
 
 Governor Yates offered Dr. Dunne a commission as colonel 
 of the regiment ; but this honor was of course declined, as incon- 
 sistent with his holy office. Besides, it was the understanding and 
 determination of those who were most active in organizing the 
 Irish Legion, that a practical and experienced military man, who 
 should at the same time be of Irish birth or descent, and of the 
 Catholic faith, should be selected as its commander. Fortunately, 
 through correspondence with Gen. Corcoran and others, a man was 
 found that filled the bill. Dr. Dunne retained his interest in the 
 regiment, and all its members, to the day of his death, never 
 ceasing to look after and pray for them. 
 
 The original colonel of the 90th, was Timothy O'Meara, a na- 
 tive of the county of Tipperary, Ireland. He had led a some- 
 what adventurous life. He came to this country at an early age, 
 and when quite young, entered the regular U. S. service. He 
 subsequently entered the Mexican service as a major of cavalry. 
 At the beginning of the war he entered the Union service as a 
 captain in the 1st Tammany regiment, and was in the ill-starred 
 Balls Bluff expedition under the lamented Baker, at which time 
 his regiment was cut to pieces, and himself wounded and made 
 prisoner. When released, he was offered the command of the 2d
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 363 
 
 Tammany regiment, but he preferred to accept that of the Irish 
 Legion, which had also been tendered him. 
 
 Col. O'Meara was enthusiastically attached to his chosen pro- 
 fession, a most accomplished officer, a man of splendid physique, 
 tall and strait as an Indian, and one of the best horsemen and 
 handsomest officers in the Union army. Add to this the fact that he 
 was brave, patriotic and courteous, and it will seem no wonder that 
 the men of the 90th officers and privates loved him, believed in 
 and trusted him implicitly ; nor, that they deeply mourned when 
 he fell at Mission Ridge, mortally wounded upon the field. 
 
 The lieutenant colonel of the regiment was Smith McCleavey, 
 of Chicago, one of the most popular and whole-souled gentlemen, 
 who, at a great pecuniary sacrifice had been very active in organ- 
 izing the regiment, and now accepted the second place on its ros- 
 ter. He served with great acceptance and ability, until compelled 
 by serious illness to resign. He was also an Irishman by birth, 
 although a protestant in religious belief. 
 
 Owen Stewart, of Chicago, was the original major of the regi- 
 ment, subsequently promoted colonel. He was severely wounded 
 at Mission Ridge, just as the regiment was forming in line of bat- 
 tle. He was struck by a minnie ball which passed through his 
 body, just above his hips. Strange to relate he recovered, and 
 after a long absence rejoined the regiment and served ably through 
 the war. 
 
 Redmond Sheridan, of Chicago, was the quartermaster of the 
 regiment, an efficient officer and genial gentleman. He served the 
 regiment during its entire existence, except for a brief period, when 
 taken prisoner, as we will relate by and by. 
 
 E. S. Davis, adjutant, was a good officer and a good fellow gen- 
 erally, and served with honor and ability to the end of the war. 
 Although a Yankee, bred and born, he was considered as good an 
 Irishman as any in the regiment. 
 
 The 90th was very happy in its medical staff. Dr. Strong, of 
 Rockford, was regarded as a surgeon of superior skill and ability, 
 one of the best in the 15th A. C., and kind and courteous as well 
 as skillful. John B. Davidson, 1st assistant, did not remain 
 long with the regiment. 
 
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 364 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 served the regiment during the war, and was a great favorite with 
 the boys. The " Ould Doctor " and his " Queen Anne " are 
 still remembered with affection. He was a father to the boys, and 
 not a mere functionary. 
 
 The regiment was especially happy in its chaplain, the Rev. 
 Thomas Kelly, of Chicago. Although in giving these notices of 
 officers who were not Will county men, I am traveling a little out 
 of the scope of this work, I will quote without abridgment the 
 following tribute to the memory of this faithful chaplain, from a 
 Will county officer : 
 
 " Rev. Thomas F. Kelly was the Chaplain of the 90th. Among 
 those chaplains who have rendered efficient service to their coun- 
 try, the name of this zealous and patriotic priest will long live in 
 the memory and affections of all who knew him. That he entered 
 the service of the Republic from very decided impressions of 
 Christian duty, and from a full conviction that he was specially 
 called into this field of service, we think he has given abundant 
 proof. The fidelity with which he discharged the various func- 
 tions of an army chaplain, make it evident that he was the right 
 man in the right place. That such a priest should be both popu- 
 lar and useful, is no matter of surprise. This upright and well- 
 informed chaplain was highly esteemed by the officers and men of 
 the 90th. His presence was hailed everywhere with warm expres- 
 sions of delight. In the hospital he may be seen watching the 
 sick, administering to their wants, and writing messages of love 
 for the loved and absent ones at home. Then watch him as he 
 visits from tent to tent, producing by his presence a suppression of 
 impiety, and not unfrequently eliciting the willing tear that tells of 
 a heart subdued by Christian hope. Behold him bending over 
 the prostrate form of the dying soldier on the field of battle after 
 the smoke has cleared away, and soothing his last moments with 
 the consolations of religion, and preparing his soul for eternity. 
 Such were some of the many duties often performed, that en- 
 deared Father Tom Kelly to the boys of the 90th. Father Kelly 
 was born in Ireland, and was a splendid looking man. He was 
 of large size and handsome figure. His fine open countenance 
 always wore the glow of health, until stricken with the disease
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 365 
 
 that caused his death so soon, and in the vigor of manhood. 
 Father Kelly rendered great service in raising the 90th, and took 
 a deep interest in the welfare of the regiment during his lifetime. 
 He always felt proud of his fighting boys, and never tired of giv- 
 ing them good advice, as well as moral and religious instructions, 
 that they might be fitted for life hereafter, and prepared to brave 
 danger without fear, when the trial came that would cause the 
 Christian soldier to do battle to save the life of our glorious Repub- 
 lic. He never left the legion until stricken with disease contracted 
 in the line of his duty near Yazoo river, Miss. And then only, 
 when obliged. After many days journey he reached Chicago, his 
 former home, where he lingered a few weeks and died. He left a 
 pleasant charge at Bridgeport, Cook county, to enter the service 
 of his adopted country ; conscientious, full of Christian chivalry, 
 he has fallen ! We are sure he died well. He died in commu- 
 nion with his God. He died to save his country." 
 
 In the 90th regiment, Will county had eight commissioned 
 officers, and substantially two companies of enlisted men. The 
 sergeant major of the regiment and the hospital steward were also 
 from Will county. 
 
 Company C, " Lockport Guards," was originally commanded 
 by Capt. P. O'Marah, of Lockport, at which place the company 
 was enlisted through the active efforts of Capt. O'Marah, Sergt. 
 Major Lonergan, Lieut. Casey, Sergt. Dunne, and others. Their 
 efforts were heartily seconded by the citizens of Lockport. Capt. 
 O'Marah, in reference to the efforts to raise company C, writes : 
 
 " The history of those times cannot be written truthfully with- 
 out mentioning the manly and patriotic efforts and valuable ser- 
 vices rendered by such citizens as Hon. Geo. Gaylord, Hon. John 
 B. Preston, John H. Arnold, John Gregory, Hon. Hiram Norton, 
 Frank Gregory, Wra. Good ing, Patrick Fitzpatrick, Joel Man- 
 ning, Rev. Michael Harley, L. 8. Parker, Simon Lonergan, and 
 many others, who were very active in assisting to organize troops 
 to save the nation's life. Will county may well feel proud of such 
 citizens ; and surely, the boys who went soldiering in the " Irish 
 Legion " from Old Will county, will remember them with pride 
 and warm affection."
 
 366 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Capt. O'Marah commanded company C, until compelled to re- 
 sign from loss of health in June, 1864, when James Dunne, who 
 entered as sergeant, and had been promoted to 1st lieutenant, took 
 command and was made captain in September. He was one of 
 the first men to sign the muster roll. Years before he had been 
 known as the champion shot of the Desplaines valley, a skill which 
 now rendered the country good service. He participated in nearly 
 all the battles in which the 90th was engaged, and was a most effi- 
 cient officer a strict disciplinarian, but civil and courteous. The 
 boys gave him the soubriquet of " Old Shakehead," but they heeded 
 those same " shakes," and while there is a survivor of the company 
 left, he will not be forgotten. 
 
 James E. Casey, also of Lockport, (and still one of its sub- 
 stantial citizens), entered the company as sergeant, and was pro- 
 moted 1st sergeant and then 1st lieutenant, and was a most reliable 
 and efficient officer, prompt to do his own duty, and determined 
 that others should do theirs. 
 
 The sergeant major of the regiment was Thomas E. Lonergan, 
 then of Lockport, who served with ability and distinction until 
 obliged to resign on account of wounds received at Mission Ridge, 
 Nov. 25th, 1863. He was one of the youngest sergeant majors in 
 the 15th army corps, and one of the best. 
 
 Captain O'Marah speaks thus of some of the non-commissioned 
 officers of Co. C, from Will county : 
 
 " Serg't. John Ryan was a Lockport boy, made a good soldier, 
 was wounded at Mission Ridge. 
 
 " Corporal Harry Porter was the steady man of the company, 
 the best guide in the regiment, and a first rate good fellow gener- 
 ally. 
 
 " Michael McDonnell was the wild boy of the company, the 
 best forager in the regiment never went hungry if he could find 
 anything to eat. He was never known to leave behind him any- 
 thing he could carry if it was good to eat, except on one occasion, 
 and then there was a fight it was a bee- hive. The bees were of 
 the rebel kind, and were too many for Mike, and his face and 
 hands showed signs the next day of a fearful struggle for the mas- 
 tery. He was the most generous and best hearted boy in the 
 company, as well as a brave soldier.
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 367 
 
 " Corp. Patrick H. Sloan was wagoner, bugler, and man of all 
 business for the company. At Mission Ridge his bugle was shot 
 to pieces while he was using it. He was a clever man and good 
 soldier. 
 
 "Owen Curran, entered the quartermaster's department as 
 clerk, and performed his duty faithfully and well, and was mus- 
 tered out as corporal." 
 
 Co. C was composed of a greater portion of young men than 
 any other in the regiment, many of its members were detailed to 
 act as non-commissioned officers and clerks. It was the first one 
 of the Will county companies in camp, and was the second one of 
 the regiment to be mustered in. It was therefore entitled to 
 rank as Co. B, but preferred to be the color company, and most 
 gallantly did the boys bear the regimental colors through the 
 war. 
 
 Much money was spent by the active organizers of Co. C, in 
 the way of expenses and extra bounties for men, and by other 
 citizens of Lockport, and while in this company, (and also in Co. 
 D,) there were some gathered from other localities outside the 
 oounty, yet the labpr and expense of their enlistment was borne 
 by Will county. 
 
 Company D was raised in Joliet, by Dan O'Connor, its first 
 and only captain, assisted by others. John M. Kelly, a son of 
 our old and well remembered citizen, Timothy Kelly, was 1st 
 lieut., and Peter O. Bryne, 2d lieut. This company was known 
 during the period of its incubation, as the " Casey Guards," so 
 named from its godfather, Hon. Samuel K. Casey, and who, as 
 we have elsewhere said, was a most generous godfather, having 
 contributed a thousand dollars by way of bounties in its enlist- 
 ment. 
 
 Near the close of the war, Captain O'Connor was promoted 
 major of the regiment. While at camp in Chicago, he was dubbed 
 the " Posy Captain," from his habit of wearing a nosegay in his 
 buttonhole. 
 
 As PART FOURTH of this work will give the name, rank and 
 military history of every member of the regiment from Will
 
 368 HISTORY OF THE, ETC. 
 
 county, we must refer the reader to that for further personal de- 
 tails. 
 
 While at Joliet, Co. D was presented with a large and very 
 costly silk flag by the ladies of Joliet, Mrs. E. C. Fellows, mak- 
 ing the presentation speech. It was an exceedingly beautiful gift, 
 and an appropriate one also, notwithstanding the fact that several 
 of the Irishmen in this company were Dutchmen. These fought 
 as well " under the green " as if " to the manor born." These two 
 companies for the 90th, it is worth noticing, were raised in old 
 Will, during the same summer in which she sent out an entire 
 regiment, the 100th. 
 
 The first event of any importance which happened, was just 
 before the regiment left Chicago. As may be imagined, a thou- 
 sand Irishmen could not be got together without having some 
 restive ones ; and to bring so many men, who had heretofore regu- 
 lated their movements by their own sweet will alone, into proper 
 regard for the discipline of the camp, was not an easy task. Under 
 this restlessness many deserted. In a word, the Irishman was very 
 much like the Irishman's flea. An officer had to be sent to the 
 city every day to hunt up the missing ones. The captains with 
 suitable details had to take their turn at this duty. 
 
 To add to the difficulty of recovering such men, an order from 
 the war department had been promulged, allowing the enlistment 
 of ten men from each volunteer regiment, for the regular service. 
 In this condition of affairs, it came Capt. O'Marah's turn to go on 
 this duty. After considerable search he found three men belong- 
 ing to Co. D, who had enlisted the day before in the regular ser- 
 vice. A good deal of money had been spent on these men, and 
 they could not be given up without an effort, at least, to get them. 
 The captain demanded of the recruiting officer the release of these 
 men, which was insolently refused. Captain O'Marah told 
 him that he should take them by force. The officer defied him to 
 do so, and ordered five of his assistants to arm and defend the men. 
 Captain O'Marah ordered Lieut. Harrington, Sergeant Dunne, 
 Richard Delaney, and two others of his detail to take the deserters, 
 while he attended personally to the officer in charge. The re- 
 sult was, that the deserters were taken, put on the street cars, and 
 returned to the camp.
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 369 
 
 The recruiting officer preferred charges against Captain 
 O'Marah, but before the matter could be tried, the regiment was 
 ordered to the field, and it was dropped. It will be easily 
 understood, that it was no easy task to get one thousand Irish- 
 men all aboard of a railway train, at the same time, and keep 
 them there until the train left. This labor was performed by com- 
 pany C, and cheerfully done, although they had been on duty all 
 night, and the day previous. Some little excitement had been 
 created by the burning of a portion pf the camp buildings on the 
 eve of their departure. 
 
 The 90th broke camp at Chicago, Nov. 27th, and went to 
 the front via Cairo, Columbus and Grand Junction. At Cairo, 
 while embarking on the steamer for Columbus, five men of the 
 regiment were drowned. The regiment was ordered to LaGrange, 
 Tenn., where it was assigned to garrison duty. In a few days it 
 was ordered to Coldwater, Miss., four or five miles north from 
 Holly Springs, to guard some bridges erected on trussle work, on 
 the Mississippi Central Railroad. This was a position of great im- 
 portance for a new regiment on account of the vast army under 
 Grant, who was at that time making his way to the rear of Vicks- 
 burg, and was at that time near Oxford, sixty miles below. The 
 supplies for his vast army , had to be brought over these bridges. 
 The headquarters of the regiment, with seven companies, was es- 
 tablished?at Coldwater. Three companies in charge of Major 
 Stewart, were stationed at Hutsonville, three miles north. The 
 90th was at this time alone, had not been brigaded, and every 
 man felt the responsibility of the charge. As the sequel will show 
 they were equal to the position. 
 
 When the regiment was ordered from La Grange to Cold 
 Water, it was to "move light," and with only two days' rations. 
 Capt. O'Marah was left in charge of the camp and regimental 
 property, with instructions as soon as possible to get transportation 
 from the commandant of the post at La Grange, sufficient to reach 
 the regiment before their two days' rations were exhausted. 
 Twenty sick men who were unable to march were left with him, 
 and with the assistance of the quartermaster and these, he was to 
 guard the camp, send out pickets, and load up the stores, baggage, 
 &c. Like all new regiments, the 90th had about double the bag- 
 
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 370 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 gage which army regulations allowed. There was some delay in 
 obtaining transportation. The distance to the railroad station at 
 Grand Junction was three and a half miles, and to this point the 
 property must be hauled by wagons, through a guerrilla infested 
 region. The commandant furnished 13 large army wagons, 
 all the drivers of which were negroes except one, who was a large 
 powerful soldier belonging to an Ohio regiment. When the wag- 
 ons reached camp, it was found that the men were unable to per- 
 form the duty of loading up ihe wagons, taking down tents, &c., 
 and then unloading them again at Grand Junction, within the 
 time required. Fortunately Chaplain Grant, formerly a pastor of 
 the Congregational Church at Lockport, 111., was at this time in 
 charge of a contraband carap at Grand Junction, and Captain 
 O'Marah dispatched a messenger to him for help. He responded 
 with 30 contrabands who came and did their work well. Two 
 trips were required to transport the stores, &c. By the time the 
 wagons were loaded for the second trip it was nearly night, and 
 there would be some risk of getting gobbled up. But the effort 
 must be made, for by this time the regiment at Cold Water must 
 be getting hungry. But the white driver now proved balky. He 
 swore that he would not take any risk, and after the teams had 
 all got into line, with guard, &c., ready. to start, he drove his team 
 out of the line into the woods, and forthwith began to throw his 
 load overboard. When ordered by the quartermaster to take his 
 place in the line, he swore he would obey no d d Irish officer, 
 but would do as he pleased, and if the quartermaster did not get 
 out of the way would kill him. Something must be done with 
 this man or the whole train would be demoralized, and the prop 
 erty must go forward that night. 
 
 Capt. O'Marah was aent for. Now the captain wa.s the owner 
 of a large pair of navy pistols, so large that the boys used to call 
 them his " section of artillery." He was mounted at the time, and 
 forthwith appeared armed upon the scene. He ordered the man 
 to take his place with the teams in the line. The man refused to 
 obey, with oaths and threats. The captain drew one of his pistols, 
 aimed it a little aside of the man's head, and emptied one of the 
 barrels, just clipping the ear. This had the desired effect. The 
 bully became as docile as a lamb, begged for mercy, and promised
 
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 obedience. When the trains reached the depot at Grand Junction 
 he unloaded his wagon with great dispatch, and disappeared. The 
 captain had forgotten all about it, when an officer touched him on 
 the shoulder and informed him that he was under arrest, and or- 
 dered him to repair to the Provost Marshal's office. He did so, 
 and there found the driver, wh > had entered a complaint against 
 him for shooting with intent to kill. On hearing the captain's 
 statement, and the evidence in its support, the captain was at once 
 released, and the driver dismissed with a severe reprimand. The 
 Provost Marshal was R. F. Farrell, a captain in the 15th Michi- 
 gan, and afterwards U. S. Minister at Cadiz, Spain . 
 
 But the driver, not satisfied with what he had done, on his re- 
 turn to La Grange made another complaint before the Provost 
 Marshal at that place. Now, it happened that Capt. Barrett, of 
 Co. K, was staying behind on leave, at the hotel, his wife being 
 sick, and the officer who was sent to arrest O'Marah, finding no 
 other officer of the 90th there, arrested him. Of course he was 
 soon released, when it was found they had got the wrong man. 
 But it was considered a good joke on Capt. Barrett. 
 
 The camp stores, rations, &c., reached the regiment at Cold 
 Water in time to meet their wants. 
 
 The regiment was at this time armed with the Austrian rifled 
 musket, which had been purchased by Gen. Fremont's quartermas- 
 ter at St. Louis. These were a very inferior arm, almost as dan- 
 gerous to those who carried them as to those against whom they 
 were aimed. Many would not go off at all, and those that would 
 got heated, and went off prematurely, often taking along a finger, 
 a cap- visor, or a piece of an ear. The stocks were of soft wood and 
 easily broken ; and the bayonets were also easily broken. In fact 
 the ramrod was the only reliable part of the Austrians. 
 
 With such arms was the raw and inexperienced 90th called up- 
 on to face the enemy seven times greater in numbers for the 
 first time. The celebrated raid of the* rebel General Van Dome, 
 in December 1862, will be well remembered by all familiar with 
 our war history. Making a circuit around Grant's advancing 
 army, he struck the Union lines at Holly Springs on the evening 
 of December 19th, 1862, and on the morning of the 20th cap- 
 tured the town and nearly all the garrison, destroying the accuran-
 
 372 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 lated government stores, the depot, round house and rolling stock 
 of the road. The government supplies were valued at more than 
 two and a half millions, all of which was lost on account of the 
 inefficiency ot the commander of the post. He made no resist- 
 ance. Had he shown the pluck of Col. O'Meara and the 90th, 
 or of the force at Davis Mills, he would at least have saved him- 
 self from the censure of Gen. Grant, who issued a severe order 
 reflecting upon the surrender. 
 
 On the morning of the 20th, the smoke of the burning at 
 Holly Springs was seen by the boys at Coldwater, and they knew 
 that there was trouble ahead. Col. O'Meara at once ordered all 
 the tents of the regiment to be taken down, in order that the ene- 
 my could not see his strength, (or rather his weakness); then 
 formed the seven companies under his command, in a small ravine 
 and awaited the attack. This ravine was nearly midway between 
 the railroad and the wagon road, leading from Holly Springs, and 
 parallel with both roads. There were two small stockades be- 
 tween Coldwater and Holly Springs, with two companies of the 
 101st 111., who fell back on the approach of Van Dorn's force. 
 They came running down the railroad, and when they reached 
 Coldwater, they were halted and put in position as reserve, using the 
 railroad as a breast work. Shortly after, a detachment of the 2d 
 111. cavalry that had cut its way through Van Dorn's forces, ar- 
 rived in time to assist the 90th. Gen. Van Dora had about 7,000 
 men, and evidently intended the destruction of all the railroad 
 bridges north of Holly Springs. To withstand him there was 
 only the forces mentioned above. Add to this the fact that the 
 90th had never faced the music of flying bullets, and the prospect 
 of a successful defense looked rather slim. 
 
 Van Dorn summoned Col. O'Meara to surrender, and re- 
 ceived a polite declination, with the assurance that he should hold 
 the place as long as an Irishman lived to defend it. 
 
 Then commenced the attack. Van Dorn formed his forces in 
 three columns, and advanced one at a time, for three times in suc- 
 cession, and was repulsed handsomely each time. The detach- 
 ment of the 2nd 111. cavalry, as well as the 90th, behaved splen- 
 didly. The defense was followed up in such a spirited, vigorous, 
 and stubborn manner, that Van Dorn withdrew his forces, and
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 373 
 
 abandoned the attack at this point. He moved northward, made 
 another attack at Davis' Mills, and was again defeated by the 
 brave 40th 111., in command of Col. Hicks. 
 
 For their gallant stand on this occasion, the 90th, then only 
 twenty days in the field, received the public thanks of Gen. Grant, 
 in general order No. 4, and also a splendid national flag. Such 
 was the auspicious commencement of a splendid career. 
 
 There were some ludicrous incidents just before the engage- 
 ment, which must be chronicled. Lieut. Col. McClevey, while 
 riding along the line, saw the rebs advancing, when he gave the 
 following order to the 90th : " Get up into rows, boys, they are 
 coming again." There was not much " West Point " about that 
 order, but it answered for the occasion. The bye's got up into 
 ' rows ' to some purpose ! 
 
 We have mentioned the fact that Dan. O'Connor's company 
 had received a splendid flag from the ladies of Joliet. Dan prized 
 this very highly, not only for its intrinsic beauty, but also on ac- 
 count of the donors, and he felt quite unwilling to expose it to 
 vandal hands, and the risk of being damaged by shot. He had 
 therefore ordered it buried. On some one's suggestion that that 
 was not the way to preserve his colors, it was unearthed, and 
 placed beside the stars and stripes, and so vigorously defended, that 
 it came out unscathed. 
 
 While in camp at Coldwater, there were some absurd occur- 
 rences, as would be naturally expected from new troops, and es- 
 pecially Irish recruits. Some of them we will relate, although the 
 parties were not Will county men. 
 
 In company K, (from LaSalle county,) was a little Irishman 
 named McFadden. Now nature never intended Mac for a sol- 
 dier, and military discipline could do but little to supply the de- 
 ficiency. He was a slight, timid creature, with thin lips, and a 
 weak piping voice, and a head so hard as to shed orders as a 
 duck's back sheds rain. One night Mac was on post on the 
 wagon road leading under the long trestle work, and during his 
 watch, heard the tramp of approaching horsemen. Now,not with- 
 standing reiterated instructions as to his duty as sentry, added 
 to the known danger of his position on a lonely road, in the midst 
 of an enemy's country, Mac had not conquered his natural aver-
 
 374 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 sion to fire arms, and was standing with a gun loaded indeed, but 
 without a cap. Imagine the astonishment of the advancing party, 
 (which fortunately was composed of Union men,) at hearing a 
 thin, weak voice, from the dark recesses of the trestle work, 
 squeak out, " Wait till I cap ! Wait till I cap /" Their sense of 
 the ludicrous was irresistably appealed to, and a roar of laughter 
 drowned McFadden's weak, but original challenge. Next morn- 
 ing Mac was brought before the colonel, to answer for his unsol- 
 dierly conduct. His only plea was, " Kernel, when I thought it 
 was the inimy, I was as wake as wather, but whin I knew it was 
 our own min, I was bould as a lion." The explanation was so 
 exhaustive that Mac was sent back to his quarters, feeling him- 
 self the hero of the day. 
 
 Later in the history of the 90th Mac. furnished the boys some 
 further amusement. Gen. Logan then in command of the corps 
 to which the 90th belonged, was riding past the camp with his staff. 
 Mac. on sighting him ran out and commenced squeaking " halt ! 
 halt !" The general seeing his eagerness, supposed of course that 
 he had some very important matter to communicate, and halted 
 with his staff, and Mac. at once unburdened his mind as follows : 
 " Ginerel, I have tin dollars here, I want ye to sind to me sister, 
 and to fix it so that her husband Mike, the spalpeen, bad luck to him, 
 will niver know it, at all, at all." Gen. Logan was noted for his 
 ready attention to the claims of the humblest private, but just then 
 having more important business on hand, he consigned Mac. and 
 his " tin dollars " to a warm place, and started on amid the roars 
 of his cortege. 
 
 Another incident, the hero of which belonged to company A, 
 is worth relating. Major Stewart, who as we have said was in 
 command of the three companies at Hutsonville, when returning 
 from headquarters at Cold Water, was halted by one of his pick- 
 ets. It was dark, and the sentry could but just distinguish a per- 
 son approaching on horseback, but could not recognize him. Now 
 the major had given much time and labor to the work of instruct- 
 ing his rnen in picket duty, and he obeyed the command to halt, 
 with a feeling of gratified pride, that his boys were so vigilant. 
 This feeling was somewhat modified by what followed. 
 
 Sentry "Halt !" The major halted. Sentry "Dismount!" The
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 375 
 
 major dismounted. A pause followed of awful moment to both 
 parties. The major wondered what he would be required to do 
 next. The sentry was cudgelling his brain to remember what he 
 ought to demand. His delay was but a moment. Although he 
 could not recall the exact form of the challenge, he was conscious 
 of its purport, and sternly determined to have no foolishness, the 
 sentry drew his gun to his shoulder, took steady aim at the portly 
 figure of his commanding officer and roared out. " Throw your 
 hands over your head, and declare your intinshuns !" 
 
 The major hastened to comply before the next step was taken. 
 
 During the Cold Water fight the 90th lost (for a time) its 
 brave quartermaster. He was captured by Van Dora's force, in 
 a minner worth relating. 
 
 During the skirmishing with the enemy, the military arder of 
 the quartermaster impelled him to leave his stores and books with 
 a subordinate, while he sallied forth to join the fray. Now, it 
 happened that the quartermaster, while he was a man of undoubted 
 valor, was, like Zacheus of old, " little of stature." To counter- 
 balance this deficiency he had recourse to an expedient somewhat 
 like that of his prototype, he mounted a very tall horse. Being 
 in lull uniform, and sporting in his hat a long green plume, em- 
 blematic of the land of his birth, he presented a novel, if not a 
 formidable figure. At the last moment he bethought himself 
 that he was not armed. To be sure he was the happy possessor of 
 a sword, but past experience had convinced the quartermaster that 
 the conflict between his sword and his legs was an irrepressible 
 one, and that it was more ornamental than usefnl. Appealing to 
 a friend, he was supplied with a small, a very small pistol, and 
 with this armament he sallied forth to annihilate the enemy. It 
 happened just at this moment that the squads of the 2d 111. cavalry 
 were coming in, as we have related, and the quartermaster having 
 constituted himself a volunteer aid-de-camp, assigned them their 
 positions. While doing so, lie observed another squad, which he 
 supposed to belong to the same company, who were halted at the 
 edge of a wood some distance, and who seemed to be about to open 
 fire upon our troops. Thinking that they were mistaking 
 their friends for enemies, he dashed out to them, and explained 
 that the troops in their front were union troops, and offered to con-
 
 376 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 duct the squad into our lines. Whereupon one of the troopers he 
 was trying so kindly to serve, rode along side of our Q. M., and 
 seizing him by the collar, gently lifted him from the horse, saying, 
 " come along with us, little fellow, we will take care of you." 
 This terminated "Sheridan's ride;" and the only consolation he 
 ever got out of the affair, was given him by Col. O'Meara, who 
 suggested, that the reason why Van Dorn did not press the assault 
 any longer, was undoubtedly the fact that the quartermaster's size 
 and equipments had convinced him of the utter helplessness of the 
 attack ! 
 
 We will add that Sheridan was parolled, and that several 
 months elapsed before he could resume duty. Let it also be re- 
 corded to the credit of the brave but unfortunate quartermaster, 
 that while he was held a prisoner, be stubbornly and persistently 
 refused to reveal the name of his regiment, and the strength of the 
 union force, although threatened with death in case of refusal. 
 
 When Gen. Grant fell back, (as he was now compelled to do, 
 his supplies being destroyed), to the line of the Charleston and 
 Memphis railroad, and transferred his operations against Vicks- 
 burg to the river, the 90th was withdrawn from Cold Water, and 
 returned to La Grange, and went into their old camp, called 
 " Camp Yates," in honor of the Governor of Illinois. This camp 
 was located about a mile from town. La Grange is a very pretty 
 town, with institutions of learning and many fine residences. Their 
 arrival at this place was on a wet, lowery afternoon, in the month 
 of December, 1862. Immediately after arriving at the depot, the 
 most of the officers went to the hotel to procure quarters, but found 
 it full of people. It was kept by a rebel widow lady, who had 
 no favors to bestow upon the hated Yankees. Many of the offi- 
 cers exhausted their powers of blarney upon her, but to no pur- 
 pose. Night was near at hand, and something must be done to 
 procure shelter. One of the officers had his wife with him, and 
 she must be cared for at all events. So the officers determined to 
 take possession of the front parlor by force, and it was accordingly 
 done. 
 
 After getting possession of the room, and building a good fire, 
 they were called upon by a countryman who rejoiced in the some- 
 what familiar patronymic of Kelly, claiming to be an Irishman,
 
 NINETIETH KEGIMENT. 
 
 377 
 
 and doing business in town. Besides his name, he produced in sup- 
 port of his pretensions two large bottles of gin. This was a strong 
 proof that he was all he claimed, and the sight was a welcome 
 one to the wet and dry officers. But they were in an enemy's 
 country the liquor might be poisoned; and much as their 
 mouths watered for " a drap" prudence held them back from a 
 compliance with his invitation to take a drink. Here a happy 
 thought struck some one. The man should first take a good 
 drink himself, and if, after a suitable time, no evil effects were ap- 
 parent, then it would be safe to partake. This was acceded to, 
 and the man unhesitatingly took a drink sufficiently large to show, 
 not only that he was what he claimed to be, but that he wasn't a 
 bit afraid of this particular sample. No (unusual) evil effects 
 following, without waiting a very long time, the officers took a 
 taste. They lived long enough to finish his two bottles, and sev- 
 eral more like them, and made up their minds that he was a true 
 Irishman, and a good fellow besides. 
 
 Meanwhile Captain Barrett and his wife had been searching the 
 town for quarters, and being refused at every place he had tried, 
 he left her in the parlor with the officers, and in company with 
 Dr. Hinkley, started out to make another effort, as there were im- 
 perative reasons why she should be got into comfortable quarters, 
 without much longer delay. Before their return Mrs. Barrett was 
 taken suddenly and alarmingly ill, and must be cared for at once. 
 Captain O'Marah and Lieut. Cunningham determined that she 
 should have a room, and the best one the house afforded. They 
 found it occupied by a portly gentleman, a rich cotton speculator 
 from St. Louis. They explained the urgent necessity that he 
 should give up his room to a lady who had been taken seriously 
 ill, and invited him to go down stairs and quarter with them* 
 Somewhat reluctantly he consented, and the arrangement waa 
 made ; and Mrs. Barrett had the room, and a colored girl to wait 
 on her, and the dispossessed gentleman took it good humoredly. 
 Not many hours after, the doctor, who had in the meantime re- 
 turned with Captain Barrett, and accompanied him to the room 
 of Mrs. B. came down with the startling announcement of an 
 increase in their military family and that a " daughter of the 
 regiment" had made her appearance, and that mother and daugh- 
 
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 378 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 ter were doing well ! The old cotton speculator became very 
 much interested and elated over the affair, and claimed of Captain 
 Barrett the right to name and adopt the child, inasmuch as it had 
 been born in his room, which was gracefully conceded. 
 
 During the remainder of the winter, and the early spring, the 
 regiment was engaged in garrison duty at La Grange, and was 
 attached to 1st brigade, 1st division, 16th army corps. Nothing 
 of much note took place during the time. There were occasional 
 skirmishes with small bodies of the enemy, but nothing serious 
 occurred. The boys having much leisure time on hand, were 
 somewhat at a loss how to occupy it. I presume they behaved 
 very much like Irishmen and other soldiers when off duty, some- 
 times perhaps a little more so ! 
 
 On the 9th of March, the regiment was ordered to Lafayette, 
 a most important post on the Memphis & Charleston railroad, fifty 
 miles east of Memphis, where the main turnpike road crosses the 
 Wolf River, and where was located the only water tank between 
 Memphis and grand junction, the destruction of which would be 
 an effectual blockade of the railroad. The rebel guerilla chiefs 
 were constantly threatening its destruction, and hardly a night 
 passed while the regiment was there, that the pickets were not fired 
 upon. None, however, were killed, and but few wounded. The 
 90th had relieved a brigade and two companies of artillery. As 
 may be readily supposed, the duty on which they were now placed 
 was very hard, as well as an important one, in guarding the 
 water tank, the bridge across Wolf River, the railroad bridges 
 and telegraph wires. 
 
 On the 10th of April, (1863) seven companies under com- 
 mand of Col. O'Meara, moved to " Camp Misery," a few miles 
 distant; where they remained doing garrison duty until ordered 
 south to Vicksburg. Nothing of special interest transpired there. 
 Three companies in command of Capt. O'Marah, remained at 
 LaFayette to guard that post, until ordered to join the seven com- 
 panies at Camp Misery, on the march for Vicksburg via Col- 
 lierville and Memphis. While they remained at Lafayette, the 
 boys were in the habit of indulging in a swim in Wolf River, at 
 the bridge, but were instructed to take their arms with them, and 
 to place part on guard, while the rest were in. But after a while
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 379 
 
 they got a little careless about the matter, and one day five 
 went out without leave, and without arms and were gobbled up> 
 and never heard from afterwards. They were none of them from 
 Will county. 
 
 On the 4th of June, 1863, Capt. O'Marah was ordered with 
 his command to rejoin the regiment (at Camp Misery), which was 
 under orders for Vicksburg. On the 6th the regiment took up its 
 march for Collierville, which they reached at 11 o'clock at night, 
 fagged out by their rapid march. They were ordered to move 
 again at 4 a. m. Collierville was the brigade headquarters, and 
 here was all the camp and garrison equipage, and the baggage of 
 the brigade in one seemingly inextricable mass. This the proper 
 officers had to look after and to obtain transportation for in time 
 for the march. It was accomplished and the regiment was on the 
 move at the appointed hour, and marched twenty-three miles in 
 the direction of Memphis. The next day's march would take 
 them through the city, for embarkation on the river. 
 
 And now occurred a scene highly illustrative of the peculiar 
 character of the Irishman. All know his attachment to the land 
 of his birth and to his religion, and hie love for martial glory. 
 All, too, know his mercurial temper, and how easily and quietly, 
 when driven forth by poverty or oppression from his native land, 
 he transfers his affections to the home of his adoption, and how 
 quickly he becomes qualified to assume the responsibilities and 
 to defend the institutions of his new home. But like the man 
 who marries a wife, while he gives all his soul and manhood, and 
 all that makes life dear to his new condition, he never forgets his 
 " Ould Mither." 
 
 It is well known that the city of Memphis was most bitterly 
 secesh. And like all places of importance it had a large propor- 
 tion of Irish citizens, who, as would naturally be expected, had 
 adopted the views and sympathized with the feelings of the com- 
 munity where they had cast their lot. 
 
 The regiment was in camp on the evening of the 7th, about 
 two miles outside the city, expecting to embark next day on the 
 steamer G. W. Graham, bound for Vicksburg, then considered the 
 great slaughter pen for union soldiers. 
 
 Scouts brought word to the 90th that the Irish in Memphis
 
 380 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 were more bitter against union soldiers than the natives themselves, 
 and that it would not be safe to march through the city without 
 being thoroughly prepared for defence. That portion of the city 
 where the Irish citizens mostly resided, was known by the name of 
 Pinch, and their line of contemplated march down Poplar street 
 to the levee, was directly through Pinch. Some counseled a change 
 of route, avoiding this locality, as it was understood that the Irish- 
 men were determined to attack the regiment. But better counsels 
 prevailed. It was not for the 90th who had met and scattered the 
 hosts of Van Dorn, to turn aside for brick-bats and shillalahs in 
 the hands of their own countrymen. 
 
 The regiment at three o'clock p. m. every preparation being 
 ma de took up its march through the city. Poplar street was 
 thronged with men, women and children. The whole city had 
 turned out to see the reception which was to be given to the Irish 
 Legion by their rebel countrymen, anticipating a lively time. 
 
 Never did the Legion make a better appearance. Its ranks 
 full, the guns and swords glistened in the sunlight and the 
 army blue was fresh brushed and clean. The officers of the line 
 were in new and bright uniform, and the field officers were well 
 mounted. All the officers wore green plumes in their hats. The 
 stars and stripes, and the green flag as well, floated gaily in the 
 breeze. The regiment marched with the regularity of veterans. 
 Their alignment on the march was as straight as an arrow. It 
 was an imposing sight a sight calculated to awaken admiration, 
 touch the Irish love of martial display, and at the same time to 
 suggest that such an array it would be wise to let alone. 
 
 In such a trim the 90th reached the thronged street, and took 
 its course down the center. A few hisses and groans were heard, 
 and many defiant scowls were seen. The band was ordered to 
 strike up that grand old Irish air, " Saint Patrick's Day," and to 
 continue with " Garry Owen," both of which were rendered with 
 great spirit. The effect was magical. The Irish heart was reached 
 by these appeals to the eye and ear, and in an instant the whole 
 scene was changed. The contemplated assault became a perfect 
 ovation. Cheer after cheer went up from those who had come to 
 hiss brick-bats were dropped and hats were swung ; the feeling for 
 the dear old green flag, and the stars and stripes returned, and wave
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT; 381 
 
 after wave of acclamation followed the regiment down the street. 
 Men, women and children closed in behind the boys, and followed 
 them to the levee, where the regiment formed a square and stacked 
 arms; and now followed even a heartier welcome. The crowd greeted 
 the officers and men most warmly, men and women vying with 
 each other in their hospitality. Suddenly, as if by magic, baskets 
 of nice lunch, hampers of wine, and cases of liquors, appeared upon 
 the scene, and were pressed upon officers and men with the utmost 
 cordiality. Nor did the good feeling abate until the regiment was 
 safely aboard the steamer, and it loosened from her moorings. In- 
 deed so overcome were some of the men and some of the officers, 
 with the hilarity of the scene and the hospitality shown them, that 
 they did not get aboard until the next day. 
 
 On the morning of the llth the Graham laid up for orders at 
 the mouth of the Yazoo, and entered the river at 6 a. m. During 
 the day, she landed the 90th at Snyder's Bluff, Miss., in the rear 
 of Vicksburg, when it was placed on fatigue duty, throwing up 
 embankments, digging trenches, etc. 
 
 The division was now in command of Wm. Sooy Smith, and 
 had been detached from the 16th army corps and assigned to duty 
 with the 9th army corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. Parke. It 
 was now in the heighth of summer, in one of the hottest parts of 
 the south, for it was too far inland to feel the effect of the gulf 
 breezes. The heat was so oppressive in the middle of the day, 
 that even the negroes could not endure it. No water could be ob- 
 tained except from cisterns, and very little of that. Many of the 
 ponds were poisoned, and filled with the carcasses of dead animals, 
 and the sickly season of the country was fast coming on. It is 
 not to be wondered at that many a brave and strong man suc- 
 cumbed to disease and died ; while many others were compelled 
 to return home with health utterly broken. It was here that the 
 beloved chaplain contracted the disease which ended in his death 
 a few weeks after returning home. 
 
 The regiment remained doing fatigue duty until the 22d of 
 June, when it was ordered to march at noon with three days' ra- 
 tions. It remained up all night, and just before daylight of the 
 23d moved for the Big Black, expecting to meet and engage the 
 enemy, then reported advancing on the rear of Grant's army.
 
 382 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 No enemy, however, was encountered, and the regiment after 
 three days' marching returned to its former position. 
 
 After the surrender of Vicksburg, on the same day, at 3 p. 
 m., it was ordered to march, and went to Bear Creek, eight 
 miles and bivouacked. On the 6th it resumed its march reaching 
 the Big Black at 7 p. m., when the enemy was encountered. An 
 attempt was made to cross the river the same night, but it was 
 found too deep, and it had to be abandoned. Coggswell's battery, 
 in command of the senior 1st Lieut. H. G. Eddy, of Lockport, 
 was ordered into position and commenced firing at 1 o'clock the 
 same night. In the morning the fighting commenced in a skir- 
 mish, the enemy occupying one bank and the Union forces the 
 the other. A detail of two hundred men from the 90th, in com- 
 mand of Captain O'Marah, was ordered to build a floating bridge 
 across the river under the protection of our artillery, but on the 
 finding of a large scow boat, it was abandoned. The 90th crossed 
 the Black on the scow, and at 10 o'clock at night, and bivouacked 
 on the other bank. It had rained most of the day, and the men 
 were wet, hungry and tired out, and laid on the ground all night 
 in this condition. The regiment had moved " light." The 
 men had no knapsacks, neither officers or privates had a change 
 of clothing. They had also to depend on foraging for^their sup- 
 plies, and suffered much from want of food and water. 
 
 It was on this march that the 90th were ordered to burn the 
 mansion of Joe Davis, then serving as inspector general on his 
 brother's staff. Gen. Joe had left only an hour or two before 
 our forces reached his plantation. The house was burned with 
 everything in it undisturbed. 
 
 The enemy having fallen back from the Big Black, the march 
 was continued, with the expectation that at any time the enemy 
 might give battle. The 9th day of July was one of excessive 
 and most oppressive heat. Yet the men were pressed on very 
 rapidly after the retreating rebels, in order to force them into a 
 fight. But there is a limit to the endurance of human muscle, even 
 when backed up by strong will, and the men fell out in rapid suc- 
 cession, overcome by the heat and fatigue, and after lying on the 
 ground and getting a little rested, started on again. At 2 o'clock, 
 the regiment was allowed a rest of two hours, in a little grove
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 383 
 
 of timber. The boys nearly stripped themselves naked in order 
 to get some relief from the overpowering heat. The enemy was 
 reported just in advance. Two companies, C and D, were order- 
 ed forward as skirmishers, with orders to move rapidly, engage 
 the enemy and bring on a battle. After moving forward about 
 one mile, the force was halted, Co. C was deployed, and Co. D 
 held as a reserve. They had moved only a short distance when 
 the enemy opened on them from an ambush. The fire was re- 
 turned, and a rapid advance made, the enemy falling back into a 
 large cotton field. Then followed one of the sharpest little en- 
 gagements between the skirmishers on either side ever witnessed. 
 The Will county boys were the victors, and were highly compli- 
 mented by brigade and division commanders. 
 
 This skirmish fight opened the battle of Jackson which lasted 
 three days, and which terminated in a Union victory, and the 
 flight of Johnson and his army. Companies C and D were 
 obliged to go on picket duty the same night without rations or 
 water. This engagement took place on Lee's plantation within 
 four miles of the city of Jackson. 
 
 It is an interesting coincidence, that Lieut. Eddy, of Lock- 
 port, fired the first shot at the Big Black, and that Captain 
 O'Marah, with Co. C, of Lockport, opened and brought on the 
 fight on the 9th of July, at Lee's plantation. 
 
 I shall quote now verbatim from a narrative, supplied by an 
 officer of the regiment : 
 
 "On the 10th of July we had^driven the rebel army into Jack- 
 son, and closed our lines about them. Here they turned at bay, 
 behind their intrenchments, and offered fight. Jackson was 
 strongly fortified ; the intrenchments which were of strong earth- 
 work, with rifle-pits in front, extended in the shape of a half cir- 
 cle around the city, beginning at Pearl river on one side, and end- 
 ing at Pearl river on the other side. The fortifications were well 
 appointed with various kinds of ordnance, suitable for a long and 
 determined defence of the city. The day was extremely warm, 
 and the boys of the 90th suffered dreadfully from the terrible heat 
 and scarcity of water. The regiment slept on their arms during
 
 384 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 the night, ready for action at a moment's notice. On the llth the 
 union forces pressed close in, and shelled the town from every di- 
 rection. Here commenced one of the grandest artillery duels 
 during the war. Our forces had at Jackson nearly all the artil- 
 lery used at Vicksburg, and the rebels had nearly the same num- 
 ber in position there. 
 
 " The 90th was advanced to the front within a few hundred 
 yards of the rebel works. The reader can readily understand that 
 to be under this cross-fire, when both sides were engaged firing as 
 rapidly as possible, was one of the most terrific and grand sights 
 in modern warfare. It is impossible for one who has never wit- 
 nessed such a sight to conceive its magnificence and sublimity, and 
 still more impossible for the pen to describe it. One must have 
 been where the 90th was to have any adequate conceptions of the 
 awful solemnity of the occasion. 
 
 " Our forces continued to press the seige day and night, using 
 their artillery freely, when on the morning of the 17th of July, 
 the place was found evacuated. 
 
 " On the 14th the 90th was ordered to fall to the rear, and 
 there they remained doing fatigue duty night and day, nntil Gen. 
 Joe Johnson evacuated Jackson and escaped across Pearl river. 
 The 90th was very fortunate in not losing many men in the siege 
 at Jackson, and the Will county portion of the regiment was more 
 fortunate still, they not losing any." 
 
 For its gallantry in these engagements, the 90th received the 
 following acknowledgement from the general in command of the 
 division : 
 
 COL. O'MBABA, OP 90TH REGIMENT: 
 
 DEAR SIB: I desire to commend you and the gallant regiment you 
 command, for your patience and good conduct, and heroism exhibited in the 
 advance upon Jackson. Men that will march in their bare feet and fight as 
 bravely as the officers and men of the 90th have done, cannot be too highly 
 praised. Accept my warmest thanks, and tender them to your command. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 W. S. SMITH; 
 Brig. Gen., Commander of 1st Division. 
 
 " Our forces captured a great many prisoners, artillery, and
 
 NINETIETH KEGIMENT. 385 
 
 ordnance stores at this place. On the 22d of July the 90th marched 
 from Jackson via Clinton, for the Big Black, and went into camp 
 near Messingers Ford on the 27th of July. Here they remained 
 doing a little camp and garrison duty until Sept. 27th. While 
 in camp at the Black, some of the officers and men of the 90th 
 received leaves of absence for 20 days, to go home and return. 
 The camp on the Black was a very unhealthy one, and the boys 
 were not sorry when orders came to march for Chattanooga, Tenn.> 
 to the relief of the army of the Cumberland. 
 
 "On the 27th of September, 1863, the 90th broke camp on 
 the Big Black, and marched to Vicksburg, and embarked on 
 the steamer Norman, with the fleet for Memphis, Tenn. The 
 boat left Vicksburg with the regiment on board, on the 29th of 
 September, and reached Memphis on' the 8th of October. The 
 only duty of any importance performed during the passage to 
 Memphis by the regiment, was to help wood for the boat, and one 
 or two foraging details the 90th were ordered to supply. Of 
 course, while the details were absent foraging, the steamer lay up 
 to the shore until their return. 
 
 The steamer landed at Memphis at 10 o'clock, on the night of 
 the 8th of October, and the 90th remained on board all night. 
 The next day they went into camp outside the city about two 
 miles, at the same place where they camped before going down 
 the river. They were visited by a great many people from Mem- 
 phis, mostly Irish, and treated hospitably and kindly as before. 
 On Sunday the llth, the regiment took up its line of march, 
 moving in front of the (its) 4th division, 15th army corps for 
 Chattanooga. A few miles outside of Memphis, on the Memphis 
 & Charleston railroad, Gen. Sherman passed the 90th, having 
 with him a battalion of the 13th regulars. The railroad train 
 moved rapidly toward Collierville. In a short time a telegram, 
 was received, ordering the regiment forward as rapidly as possi- 
 ble. Chalmers had attacked Collierville, and there was not suffi- 
 cient force there to defend the place. Col. Anthony was in com- 
 mand with only six companies, 66th Indiana. Company " C " 
 was thrown out to the left, and Company " B " to the right as 
 skirmishers, with orders to go forward as fast as possible, moving 
 
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 386 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 parallel with the railroad. Must move fas '.er than double quick, 
 if the boys could hold out. 
 
 " It was after 12 o'clock, when they were ordered forward, 
 and Collierville was twenty-two miles distant, and fighting had 
 already commenced there. They reached Collierville a little be- 
 fore 5 o'clock, just in time to take part in the last of the engage- 
 ment, and were very highly complimented by Gen. Sherman in 
 person, for the rapidity with which they came to his assistance, 
 stating at the same time 'that had it not been for their assistance, 
 and the near approach of the brigade, Gen. Chalmers would have 
 captured the post, as he had sufficient force to do it, besides hav- 
 ing artillery, of which we had none. It will be remembered that 
 Go's. "C " and "B" were deployed on either side of the railroad, 
 with their intervals well opened, and had to continue in this way 
 to the end ; therefore they had to pass through woods, thickets, 
 over fences, through fields and swamps. And singular to relate, 
 only one man gave out in Co. " C" and one or two in Co. " B," 
 which showed the powers of endurance they possessed when de- 
 termined to perform a duty. There was considerable loss on both 
 sides in this engagement. Many of the rebs were found dead on 
 the field, that the boys of the 90th knew the summer before; hav- 
 ing the oath of allegiance in their pockets. General Sherman 
 had a very narrow escape from being captured. His favorite 
 mare " Dolly," and some of his clothes were gobbled. His staff 
 also lost some personal property. 
 
 " A little incident happened here after the fight, that perhaps 
 is worth relating. A big rebel badly wounded in the knee, was 
 brought to the post, Dr. Strong of the 90th was in the act of am- 
 putating the limb, and had the rebel on a large block, when Gen. 
 Sherman came along. Dr. Strong remarked that the man had re- 
 ceived a bad lick. 'Yes' remarked the general, ' when you are 
 through with him he will want no parole.' This man had at- 
 tended a grist mill a short distance from Collierville, and held out 
 to the boys of the 90th, when they were there the year before, that 
 he had taken the oath of allegiance. The oath was found in his 
 pocket. 
 
 " The 90th resumed its march from Collierville, at 2 p. m. the 
 next day, and reached Mt. Pleasant, went from Mt. Pleasant to
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 387 
 
 Burnsville, where they were paid. From Burnsville to luka. 
 During this time the weather was rainy and disagreeable. From 
 luka they marched to Eastport, Miss., and crossed the Tennessee 
 on gunboat No. 32. Continued moving until they reached Flor- 
 ence, Ala., where they halted and mustered for pay. From thence 
 they moved, passing over Shoal creek on the covered bridge, and 
 via Rogersville, crossed Elk River at this point. The next day 
 crossed, (waded) Sugar creek twice. The men were very tired, 
 and many sick. Had hardly anything to eat for a few days past, 
 but hard-tack and water. Shoes and clothes are wearing out, and 
 much dissatisfaction prevailed. 
 
 " It will be well to state here that the 90th was moving light, 
 from the time they left the Big Black, and neither officers or pri- 
 vates were allowed a change of clothing, and all had to depend 
 upon the country for subsistence, more or less, until after the fight 
 at Mission Ridge, the march to Knoxville, and the retrograde 
 march across the country to Scotsborough, Ala., where they halted 
 and went into camp December 26th, 1863. Thus for three months 
 it will be seen, the gallant boys of the 90th were without a change 
 of clothing, and were dependent on the country more or less for 
 food, and often had to endure for days without any. 
 
 " Nov. 4th the regiment reached Gordsville. Moved from 
 there the next day, crossed Shoal creek again, passed Bethel, 
 raining heavily, roads muddy and marching bad, the men cold and 
 hungry, obliged to sleep out without tents or covering. Reached 
 Richland creek and halted for the night. Heavy dew and night 
 very cold. Moved the next morning, crossing Indian creek, Brad- 
 shaw and Swan creeks. Roads very bad and broken. Resumed 
 the march the next day, passing through a hilly and mountainous 
 country, roads rocky and bad. Reached Fayetteville, Tennessee^ 
 crossing the Elk river on the stone bridge, continued on to Win- 
 chester and Dechard, crossing the Cumberland mountains and 
 moving towards Bridgeport. 
 
 " The road near Bridgeport, Ala., was strewn with dead horses 
 and mules. Crossed the Tennessee river on the pontoon bridge at 
 Bridgeport and marched toward Trenton, Ga., passing Nigger 
 Jack Cave, where the saltpetre works are located, also Castle 
 Rock, in Did Co., Ga., and on to near Trenton, halting for the
 
 388 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 purpose of building false carapfires on the mountain-top near 
 Trenton, in order to deceive the enemy in regard to strength and 
 movements. 
 
 " Moved from the top of Raccoon mountain, passing Trenton in 
 Lookout Valley and on, via the Wanhatche, crossing the Tennes- 
 see on the steamer Dunbar on the morning of the 24th, in the face 
 of the enemy, and immediately forming in line of battle on the left. 
 The 90th assisted in taking one of the mountains that day, and 
 helped to haul two pieces of artillery to the top. They held pos- 
 session of the mountain and slept on their arms all night. The 
 next morning at daylight, they moved down by the left flank, and 
 were ordered to the support of the first Missouri battery. The 
 rebel fire became so hot and destructive the regiment was with- 
 drawn from the support of the battery, and at once formed in line 
 of battle on the left of the brigade, and immediately went into ac- 
 tion. The 90th continued in action for eight hours and forty-five 
 minutes, under the most terrible fire that was possible for the 
 enemy to pour upon them. The fire was so deadly that it is won- 
 derful how a man escaped. 
 
 "Early in the morning of the 25th, when the fire of the enemy 
 became so hot, and after the 1st Missouri battery was ordered out of 
 position, the 90th was immediately ordered into line of battle, oc- 
 cupying the extreme left of the brigade, near the Tunnel. This 
 tunnel ran through the mountain, and was used as a kind of 
 magazine, and was well fortified with ordnance of all kinds. A 
 double line of skirmishers was thrown out in front, and became 
 engaged at once. Lieut. John C. Harrington, Co. " C," com- 
 manded the skirmish line. The mountains lapped each other and 
 all formed a kind of half circle. The railroad ran through the 
 tunnel above mentioned, and its embankment formed a protection 
 or breastwork for the enemy, where they had double lines of skir- 
 mishers posted. The mountain from base to crown was swarming 
 with the enemy. They had rifle intrenchments at the base, and 
 midway up the sides. Every tree, log and crag, and everything 
 that would afford the least protection to them, was used by the 
 enemy's sharpshooters. On the top of the mountain they had 
 their heavy works, bristling with cannon and guns of every de- 
 scription. The valley beneath afforded no shelter for the Union
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 389 
 
 forces, but left them within easy range of the enemy's guns, both 
 large and small, and from every direction. 
 
 " Thus it will be seen when the 90th was ordered to advance, 
 it was to meet almost certain death. It will also be remembered, 
 they were ordered to take the railroad, drive away the enemy who 
 was fighting under cover of their own guns on the mountain 
 nearly over them, and hold the position until ordered to ad- 
 vance again. There was a purpose in this order. It was to get 
 possession of the railroad and its embankment, and if possible 
 <3rive the enemy out of the tunnel, and by that means force them to 
 strengthen their lines at this point, by massing their forces there, 
 consequently this would weaken their line at other points, and give 
 our forces a better opportunity of attack. It would also draw the 
 fire of the enemy and develop their strength at a given point. In 
 executing the first order to advance, the 90th moved by the front 
 and had to pass through a large corral that had been used as a cat- 
 tle pen. This, they were obliged to do in order to keep their 
 regiment in the brigade. It was about two acres in extent. A 
 square piece, fenced with rails, and staked and ridered on top. 
 The 90th was advancing on the double quick, and could not stop 
 to let down fences ; therefore, passed through as best they could. 
 The 90th took the position and held it. It was at this corral, that 
 the brave Col. O'Meara and many others were shot. The ene- 
 my's fire was so severe that our skirmishers did not advance far be- 
 fore they were ordered back to the regiment. This, many of them, 
 were unable to do. About forty of them became isolated and took 
 shelter behind a farm house near the base of the mountain. The 
 rebels shelled the house, set it on fire, and knocked it to pieces. 
 This of course exposed our poor boys. It was here the rebel Gen. 
 Cleyburne took about forty of them prisoners. This was done in 
 sight of the regiment, while it was in Una of battle fighting to hold 
 the position it had already gained. The regiment could render 
 them no assistance without breaking from the line, thereby disobey- 
 ing orders, losing the position already gained, and with it, per- 
 haps, the fortunes of the day at this point. Therefore they were 
 obliged to submit to the capture of their gallant comrades without 
 being able to go to their rescue. The most of the poor fellows 
 taken died at Andersonville afterwards. The 90th acted most
 
 390 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 bravely throughout the whole of this most sanguinary engagement. 
 The officers moved forward in front of their respective commands, 
 and of course the boys followed in gallant style wherever their 
 officers led. It would be unjust to individualize, but to say the 
 Will county boys performed their share of duty in the regiment 
 during this memorable engagement, is indeed but paying them a 
 tame compliment. The 90th was engaged eight hours and forty - 
 five minutes, under the most terrible fire that could be showered on 
 them from every kind of arm from a squirrel rifle to the heaviest 
 ordnance. 
 
 " It is indeed a wonder how any escaped the terrible carnage of 
 that dreadful day. In this engagement the 90th suffered most of 
 all the regiments in the fight, losing nearly fifty per cent, in killed 
 and wounded. In the evening the regiment fell back to a little 
 point of woods. 
 
 " A duty had now to be performed by those able to move, the 
 most sad in a soldier's life. It was to look after the dead and res- 
 cue the wounded who were unable to leave the field. The enemy 
 was still in possession of most of his stronghold, and had his pick- 
 ets out and well posted. 
 
 " Capt. O'Marah, who commanded the regiment after the fall of 
 the colonel, ordered a detail to look after the wounded, and accom- 
 panied them himself. The colonel was found mortally wounded 
 where he had fallen, near the cattle pen, and was conveyed to the 
 hospital four and a half miles distant, reaching there just before 
 daylight. He had to be carried in a blanket or on a stretcher the 
 whole of the way." 
 
 Among the severely wounded was Capt. DAN. O'CONNOR, of 
 Joliet, as brave, reckless, and jovial a soul as ever wore a shoulder 
 strap. He was terribly wounded, and the following incident 
 which is given by an eye witness, illustrates his character and 
 pluck. 
 
 " Dan. was left upon the field of battle until its close, when he 
 was discovered by some of the stretcher-bearers, and slowly and 
 gently conveyed to the field hospital, in an apparently hopeless 
 condition. The attention of the nearest surgeon was called to
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 391 
 
 him. He happened to be a young assistant of little experience, 
 and immature judgment. Now Dan, it must be admitted, was a 
 discouraging object to such a disciple of Esculapeus at that moment. 
 He had a bullet in his body, another in his head, and one arm 
 was broken in two places by balls. Besides he had laid upon the 
 field for hours, and was faint from want of food as well as loss of 
 blood. The situation was certainly sufficiently discouraging. The 
 young surgeon glanced at him, and gave him up at once, and said, 
 tf Take him away, he will be dead in an hour." 
 
 " Dan. heard the summary verdict of the surgeon, but was by 
 no means disposed to acquiesce. Working his head painfully 
 around until his eye took in the flippant and dolorous prophet, 
 he faintly but emphatically groaned out, " You're a d liar !" 
 And he was, as any one may see, who will go to Wilmington, N. 
 C., and interview the gallant major. They will find him as plucky 
 and jovial as ever, and still worth a brigade of dead men. May 
 his shadow never grow less." 
 
 In this battle also, John O'Brien, still a resident of Joliet, lost 
 an arm. 
 
 Thomas E. Lonergan, the sergeant major of the regiment, was 
 also put hors du combat during the fight, being disabled by the loss 
 of part of his right hand, which led to his honorable discharge. 
 
 " Bragg commenced retreating before daylight on the morning 
 of the 26th. The 90th was ordered in pursuit. Marched at six 
 o'clock a. m., in the direction of Grayville. 
 
 " Now commenced that dreary march to the relief of General 
 Burnside, at Knoxville, Tenn. The 90th moved along the Atlan- 
 tic and Chattanooga railroad, tearing up and burning several miles 
 of it, and then returned again to Grayville. Nov. 29th was a 
 very cold day. The boys suffered, and were nearly famished from 
 cold and rapid marching. Marched 30 miles and camped for the 
 night at Cleveland, Tenn. Had to carry rails one and a half 
 miles to keep from freezing. Resumed the march on the 30th via 
 Charleston, Athens, Philadelphia and Morgantown. At Morgan- 
 town crossed the Little Tennessee river, and marched to Marys- 
 ville within 15 miles of Knoxville. Reached Marysville, leading
 
 392 HISTORY OP THE 
 
 Gen. Sherman's column, on the night of December 25th, and 
 camped. Longstreet reported retreating, his troops in a demoral- 
 ized condition, the seige raised, and Burnside relieved. 
 
 " On the 7th of December commenced the return movement 
 across the country to Scotsborough, in Northern Ala. The 
 weather was very cold and rainy. The roads muddy and bad. 
 The creeks and rivers swollen and difficult to cross. The regi- 
 ment was obliged to depend upon the country for subsistence ; 
 the men forced to sleep on the ground without shelter and very 
 little covering, their blankets and clothing being nearly worn out. 
 The consequence was, the men suffered severely during this whole 
 campaign many of them being barefoot and others sick, and all 
 suffering more or less for the want of proper care and food. On 
 this march the regiment passed the following points, Tilico Val- 
 ley, Madisonville, Athens, Charleston, battle ground at Mission 
 Ridge, Bridgeport Ala., Stephenson, reaching Scottsboro, Ala., 
 December 26th, and camped. At Mission Ridge the 90th camped 
 for the night. The next morning before moving, the boys looked 
 over the ground where they had fought, and all wondered how 
 any escaped the terrible slaughter of that battle. 
 
 " The 90th while at Scottsboro, were four days without shelter, 
 waiting for the baggage train to bring up tents, provisions, knap- 
 sacks, axes, picks, shovels, etc. During all this time it rained in- 
 cessantly night and day, and so heavy, it was with difficulty the 
 fires could be kept burning, whereby the half famished boys could 
 warm themselves. The 90th remained at Scottsboro only a short 
 time, when ordered to Fackler's station on the railroad, seven 
 miles distant from Stephenson, Ala. Here they went into winter 
 quarters, and were assigned the duty of guarding a portion of the 
 railroad, and also the bridges and trestle work over Mud Creek. 
 Here the rebels were just across the Tennessee river in strong 
 force, and gave considerable annoyance by their constant raids on 
 the railroad, and their many attempts to burn the bridges. Fack- 
 ler's station is situated in a low swampy locality, and was quite un- 
 healthy. 
 
 " The 90th remained at this point until the following spring, 
 when they broke camp and moved forward to take part in the 
 Atlanta campaign.
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 393 
 
 " On the march from Knoxville to their winter quarters, 
 many a singular incident occurred. One, I will relate, happened 
 at Athens, Tenn. I simply mention this occurrence to show the 
 dreadful hardships and privations our soldiers were forced to en- 
 dure during this most extraordinary campaign. On the 10th of 
 December, the brigade of which the ninetieth formed a part, halted 
 to rest. The halt took place in a beautiful pine grove. The day 
 was fine, the sun shining splendidly, the first fine day in a long 
 time. The brigade was ordered to rest in place, and was formed 
 in " echelon " (a French word meaning like the steps of a ladder). 
 The brigade consisted of four regiments. They had no sooner 
 halted than a scene was enacted, the like of which was never seen 
 before, and it is to be hoped will never be witnessed again. Im- 
 agine four regiments in line, one formed behind the other, and 
 every man on his knees, or sitting, with his coat and shirt off ; 
 and many with their pants down, and all busy, taking advantage 
 of the time allowed to rest, in destroying the vermin greybacks, 
 with which they were literally covered, the torture of which they 
 could no longer endure. This was one of the periods in soldier 
 life when the sensitive feeling of delicacy was forced to give away 
 to the more pressing demand of tortured and suffering nature. 
 
 "On this day the boys captured a fine lot of Linchburg to- 
 bacco. This was a God-send. Something they had not seen or 
 used for a long time. Each man that used the weed was given his 
 share, indulged his appetite, forgot his suffering, and all moved 
 on, expecting soon to reach the place where they were to go into 
 winter quarters, then rest, clean up, and prepare for coming 
 events." 
 
 " It was also on this return march from Knoxville, that the 
 incident occurred which gave the badge to the X5th army corps. 
 This has been frequently related with considerable variation, but 
 we will tell it once more in what we believe to be the authentic 
 form. 
 
 On the march, the Loomis brigade passed through a bivouac 
 of the llth army corps. It will be remembered that this corps 
 with the 1 2th, had come out from the Potomac army with Gen. 
 Hooker. It will also be remembered that the record of the llth 
 
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 394 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 army corps in the Chancel lorsville fight, had been an unfortunate 
 one. Perhaps no stronger contrast could have been found in the 
 army, than that presented by the Potomac boys, and the ragged, 
 dirty, hungry 90th. 
 
 A soldier of the 90th McGuffy, of Co. G came straggling 
 along by the headquarters of Gen. Butterfield. He was thinly and 
 poorly clad; one foot was partly covered by an old army shoe, 
 the other with an old blanket, tied on with strings, both feet cut and 
 bleeding. He was plodding on, intent only upon overtaking his 
 regiment, when he was halted by a sentinel in a clean uniform, 
 paper collar and trim rig, who said : 
 
 " Halt ! what regiment is that ?" 
 
 MeG. The 90th III. "Irish Legion." 
 
 Sentinel " What corps do you belong to ?" 
 
 McG. "Fifteenth." 
 
 Sentinel "What's the badge of your corps ?" 
 
 MeG. " Badge ! what the blazes is that?" 
 
 Sentinel " What do you wear to distinguish you from other 
 troops? Our corps, the llth, wears a crescent a half moon, the 
 12th corps wears a star ! what do you wear?" 
 
 McG. had halted, rested his chin upon the muzzle of his gun, 
 and was taking a leisurely and contemptuous survey of the sleek 
 and well dressed soldiers that were gathering around. Looking 
 up at his interlocutor he says : 
 
 " Yes, I know what ye mane now ; moon and stars ! be jab- 
 bers ! ye needed them both to show ye the way back from Chan- 
 cellorsvilie ; " badge is it !" and then executing a 'round about,' 
 and giving his cartridge box a slap, " Thai? 8 the badge of the 15th 
 corps, forty rounds of cartridge !" 
 
 The story reached the ears of Gen. Logan, the corps com- 
 mander, who thinking it too good to be lost, adopted the " car- 
 tridge box with forty rounds," as the badge of the corps. 
 
 On the opening of the Atlanta campaign, the 90th was called 
 into active service. As we have passed through this campaign 
 several times in detail with other organizations, we shall be con- 
 tent with saying that the 90th took its full share in the labors and 
 exposures of the campaign. It was in the engagements at Resacca 
 on the 13th and 14th 4 of May Dallas, 28th Kenesaw, June
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT; 395 
 
 27th Atlanta, July 19th, 22d, and 28th, and August 3d and 
 17th Jonesboro, August 31st Lovejoy, Sept. 2d Rome and 
 Gadsden, Ala., Oct. 25th. 
 
 In the fight of August 28th, before Atlanta, we lost Sergeant 
 Austin Needham, of Joliet, one of the bravest, as he was also 
 one of the brightest and cheeriest lads that ever wore the army 
 blue, and a most efficient and reliable officer. 
 
 After a brief rest at Atlanta, it joined in the march to the sea, 
 and took a heroic part in the engagements at Jennison's bridge on 
 the Ogeechee river, and at Fort McAllister, and Savannah, and at 
 Charleston and Columbia, S. C., and at Bentonville, N. C., on the 
 northward march. 
 
 At Fort McAllister it especially distinguished itself. The col- 
 ors of the 90th were the first planted on the works. 
 
 Our county sustained a loss of nineteen men in this regiment 
 during its service three of whom, John Crosby, of Co. C, and 
 Austin Joyce and John Casper, of Co. D, died martyrs to the hor- 
 rors of Andersonville. Mathew Haley, also of Co. D, of Man- 
 hattan, died in Belle Isle prison, Richmond, a victim to the cruelties 
 of that place of torment. These were all taken prisoners at 
 Mission Ridge, as related in the preceding pages. The aggregate 
 loss of the entire regiment was 300. It returned home with only 
 221 men, of which number 41 were crippled beyond carrying a 
 musket. 
 
 Before the Atlanta campaign, Captain O'Marah found it neces- 
 sary from failing health, (which he has never fully recovered) to 
 resign. He had from the first step taken toward raising the regi- 
 ment, been one of its most active and efficient officers. The com- 
 mander of the brigade addressed him the following letter on his 
 leaving on sick furlough. 
 
 " HEADQUARTERS IST BRIGADE, 4TH DIVISION, 15TH A. C., > 
 SCOTSBORO, ALA., March 5, 1864. J 
 CAPT. P. O'MARAH, 90TH ILL.: 
 
 DEAR SIR : I cannot permit you to leave my command without an ex- 
 pression of my feelings concerning your conduct while serving with me. 
 Your fidelity and zeal in the discharge of your duties, and patient endur- 
 ance of suffering and fatigue, have often been noticed and highly com- 
 mended. But more especially would I refer to your well-known bravery 
 the spirit and force with which you repulsed and drove the enemy attacking
 
 HISTORY OF THE, ETC. 
 
 our army when advancing upon Jackson, Miss.; and the heroic courage and 
 endurance exhibited by you in the late sanguinary battle of Mission Ridge. 
 I am not only deeply indebted to you for your courage in action there, but 
 also for your persevering efforts in behalf of the wounded, whereby your 
 disabled and suffering Colonel was rescued and relieved. 
 I have the honor to be, Captain, 
 
 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 JOHN MASON LOOMIS, 
 
 Col. 26th 111., Commanding Brigade." 
 
 Captain O'Marah had a very narrow escape from drowning 
 while in the army. He was returning to Vicksburg from a short 
 furlough in September, 1863, on the steamer Robert Campbell, 
 when the boat took fire near Milliken's Bend and was burned, and 
 fifty out of 100 souls were lost. Capt. O'Marah saved his life by 
 swimming ashore, but lost his personal property. 
 
 Captain Dan. O'Connor, who was so fearfully wounded as we 
 have described, was promoted major of the regiment. 
 
 A full list of officers and privates from Will county will be 
 found in PAET FOUR, of this work, and to that the reader is referred 
 for further particulars. 
 
 Imperfect as is our sketch of the Irish Legion, enough has 
 been recorded to show that its members nobly vindicated the name 
 of Catholic Irishmen, and established for the 90th regiment a rep- 
 utation for bravery and loyalty, second to none. And while, as 
 we have stated, the regiment was mainly composed of Catholic 
 Irishmen, we have seen there were both among its officers and 
 privates, a few of another faith, and of different nationality, 
 showing in this, as in other regiments, that 
 
 "Although ten thousand altars bear, 
 On each, for. Heaven, a different prayer ; 
 By light of morn, by setting sun, 
 At Freedom's shrine, we must be one/"
 
 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 HISTORY OF BATTERY D, FIRST ARTILLERY Me A L- 
 LISTER'S BATTERY. 
 
 Its Ante- War History Call of Gov. Yates Reorganizes for the War 
 Goes to Cairo Its Record in the Three Months' Service Re-organizes for 
 Three Years Goes to Fort Holt Armament Attached to Gen. Wallace's 
 Brigade In Port Henry An Interesting Relic Goes to Donaldson Battle 
 Casualties Reports Press Comments New Guns Goes to Pittsburg 
 Landing Battle of Shiloh Incidents Casualties Resignations Goes to 
 Corinth Movements Jackson, Tenn. Bolivar Memphis Lake Provi- 
 dence Vista Plantation Milliken's Bend Down the River Crosses Port 
 Gibson Big Black Rocky Springs Gen. Sherman Thanks the Boys Battle 
 of Raymond Jackson, Miss. Champion Hills Vicksburg Capt. Rogers 
 Killed Fort Hill Lieut. Hill Wounded Incidents of the Seige Lt. Cooper 
 Promoted Fort Hill Blown Up Daring Exploit Surrender Afterwards 
 Veteranizes Re- organizes with McPherson's Corps Atlanta Campaign 
 Kingston, Ga. Big Shanty Capt. Cooper Wounded Chattahoochie The 
 Rebels in Bathing Battle of the 22d of July Incidents Gallantry Dis- 
 played Lieut. Ber^ler, of the 20th Seige of Atlanta Jonesboro Returns 
 to Chattanooga Battle of Nashville Mustered Out 362 Days of Fighting. 
 
 | 
 
 [HIS famous battery has an ante-war history. It was organ- 
 ized originally under the militia laws of the State as early as 
 1855, under command of Capt. John Collins, who was com- 
 missioned by Joel A. Matteson, then Governor ; Frank Flagg, 
 and a Mr. Hoag being his lieutenants. A requisition was made 
 upon the Governor for four guns, two of which were sent, but for 
 reasons which we will not specify here, failed to reach the company. 
 In 1856, the company through the active personal efforts of 
 Ed. McAllister, got possession of one gun. The company was then 
 re-organized with Ed. McAllister as captain, and had its regular 
 drills. This was the year of the active political campaign in which
 
 398 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Gen. Fremont was the candidate of the Republican party. The 
 Plainfield artillery was often called into requisition to speak Re- 
 publican thunder at the large mass meetings which were held 
 during the campaign. 
 
 During the great senatorial campaign of Douglas and Lincoln 
 in 1858, the services of the battery were given to the Republican 
 cause. During a meeting in Joliet, while the piece was being 
 fired from the brow of the bluff on the west side, two men were 
 seriously wounded by the premature discharge of the gun, one 
 Wellington Wood, losing an arm, and Newton A. Hill losing part 
 of his hand. 
 
 After this, the battery held occasional drills and kept up its 
 organization, probably without, any expectation that it would ever 
 be called upon to play an important part in real, earnest war. And 
 no doubt, to many lookers on, it seemed a useless waste of time 
 and money. 
 
 When the call for the three months' volunteers was made by 
 the President, Capt. McAllister received a dispatch from Governor 
 Yates, asking for the services of the " Plainfield Battery." Capt. 
 McAllister responded at once, and re-organized and recruited his 
 company for actual service. On the morning of April 19th, 1861, 
 he made his appearance at daybreak on the bluff at Joliet, with a 
 full compliment of men, and during the day left for Springfield. 
 Here they were mustered into the tenth infantry regiment as Co. 
 K, and part of Co. I. The roster of officers and ( muster roll 
 of men of this battery, during the three months' service will there- 
 fore be found in the 10th three months' infantry regiment. The 
 battery was immediately sent to Cairo, (stopping at the railroad 
 bridge over the Big Muddy for a few days) where it remained 
 during the three months' service, aiding in the garrison of that 
 important point, and in the blockade of the rivers. As the bat- 
 tery had but one 6-pound gun, with which they left Joliet, a por- 
 tion of the men were armed with muskets. Here it also kept up 
 drill exercise, in which it became so proficient as to carry off the 
 palm, at a review of Gen. Prentiss' brigade. 
 
 At the expiration of the three months' service the company 
 was practically disbanded, many going home, and some going into 
 other organizations.
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 399 
 
 Capt. McAllister immediately commenced reorganizing the bat- 
 tery for the three years' service, recruiting it from men discharged 
 from other organizations, and from various places. The full roster 
 of the officers and men from Will county will be found in its 
 proper place. It became Battery D, 1st 111. Artillery, but was 
 always better known as McAllister's Battery. This organization 
 dates from Sept. 2d, 1861. On the 18th it moved across the river 
 and was stationed at Fort Holt, on the Kentucky side, with its 
 little 6-pound gun, which it had brought from Joliet. There 
 was however, other guns in the fort. 
 
 Just before the battle of Belmont, (Nov. 7th, 1861,) Captain 
 McAllister was notified that there was six 12-pound bronze guns 
 awaiting him at Cairo, with equipments, and was ordered to be in 
 readiness to move at any time. But the battery was not called 
 upon to participate in the expedition to Belmont. About January 
 19th, the battery was outfitted with three 24-pound iron howitzers, 
 and February 3d, started with Grant's forces for Fort Henry. It 
 was placed in Gen. Wallace's brigade of McClernand's division. 
 They were not permitted to try their mettle or their metal at Fort 
 Henry, as the work was done by the gun-boats under Commodore 
 Foote, but they had the pleasure of camping in the Fort. 
 
 Lieut. Borland sent home to the True Democrat an interesting 
 relic from Fort Henry. It was an "Arkansas tooth-pick/' being 
 a knife about one foot long, made from an old rasp, and enclosed 
 in a leather sheath, on which was rudely printed the words 
 " deth to all ablishners." I judge from the spelling that the 
 schoolmasters had already been killed off in Arkansas. 
 
 The battery left Fort Henry February llth, and after a tedious 
 two days' march through mud and snow, and over a rough and 
 hilly country, they came in sight of Fort Donaldson, and at 
 dusk on the 13th, went into position on a large hill, in the center 
 of the investing army, in plain sight of the camp-fires of the 
 enemy. After a plain but substantial supper of hard tack and 
 salt pork, they lay down to a soldier's rest in the wet leaves. The 
 night was quiet, and at daylight of Thursday, our forces were 
 drawn up in line of battle. And soon it commenced in stern but 
 magnificent display, all along the lines. One gun in charge of 
 Lieut. Borland, was placed a little to one side on the brow of the
 
 400 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 hill, and gave the enemy a morning salute, which was responded 
 to, and then the whole battery opened upon them. The battery 
 was engaged, and did its full share of work during the three days* 
 fighting which ended in the surrender of the fort, suffering almost 
 as much from the elements as from the enemy. The Captain him- 
 self took charge of No. 1, commanding and sighting it until it 
 was disabled. Lieut. Borland commanded and pointed No. 3, 
 replacing a shattered wheel, and fighting with great gallantry to 
 the close. 
 
 One man was mortally wounded on Saturday, and died the 
 day after, and one other man was wounded. The captain in his 
 report mentions the loss of one gun, eleven horses, five sets of 
 harness, two mules, ten tents, forty knapsacks, sixty five blankets, 
 four saddles, twenty canteens and seventy rations ; even a victory 
 is expensive ! 
 
 Lieut. Borland was made deaf, and permanently disabled from 
 the concussion. He has never entirely recovered from the deafness. 
 In fact he is so deaf now that he can't hear anything he does not 
 want to ! 
 
 Gen. Wallace commanding the 2d brigade, 1st division, (in 
 which was the 20th regiment, and McAllister's battery,) says in his 
 official report : 
 
 " McAllister's guns did good service . They were three 24 pound how- 
 itzers without caissons, and with a limited supply of ammunition, and 
 without its full compliment of men. One of them lost a wheel shot away 
 on the 13th, but supplied from their limber. On the 15th, the trail of an- 
 other gun was broken, and it was rendered useless. They fired all their 
 ammunition, fifty rounds a piece." 
 
 The New York Times correspondent says : 
 
 "Friday morning McAllister's battery took position on an emi- 
 nence, and for four hours their heavy 24 pounders were not silent 
 for a single instant. During all this time they were exposed to a 
 heavy fire from the rebels, who had erected batteries so as to com- 
 mand it from three points, two directly in front, and one on the 
 right. At one time the attack was made in such overwhelming 
 numbers that our line was broken through, and it seemed likely 
 to end in the rout of the national forces. It was at this gap that
 
 M'ALLISTEK'S BATTERY. 401 
 
 McAllister's battery was stationed, and where for a time it fell 
 into the hands of the rebels. The battery had only 150 rounds 
 of ammunition ; at 10 o'clock these were exhausted, not a single 
 shot left. Capt. McAllister in vain endeavored to get a supply 
 from the rear a shot from the enemy passed through three of his 
 horses ; another tore off the trail of one gun ; a third smashed the 
 wheel of another. Just at this time, a heavy force of the enemy 
 obtained a cover near him, and opened a fire with musketry at two 
 hundred yards. Hitching six horses to the only undamaged gun, 
 he endeavored to haul it off, but the weight was so great, and the 
 road so bad that it was impossible to get along with it, and it be- 
 came hopelessly mired, and was left. The horses were driven off 
 with the limbers, and the guns left to their fate. In the course of 
 the day a successful charge on our side, reoccupied the ground, and 
 recovered the pieces." 
 
 The Joliet Signal says : 
 
 " This battery performed wonders at Donaldson, and officers 
 and men acquitted themselves as true heroes, and skillful artiller- 
 ists. Capt. McAllister has proved himself a brave and able officer, 
 and is entitled to great credit for the imperishable honors won 
 by the Plainfield Light Artillery." 
 
 The " Signal " I believe, always made a pet of this battery ! 
 
 On the 6th of March, the battery moved by river to Paducah 
 and drew four 24 pound bronze howitzers, which continued to be 
 its armament during the service. 
 
 On the 14th, the battery moved by steamboat up the Ten- 
 nessee, and arrived at the town of Savannah, where it debarked 
 and went into camp. On the 24th it moved again by steamer 
 nine miles further up the river to an obscure point known as Pitts- 
 burg landing, debarked and moved out about three miles from the 
 landing, taking position on the right center of the army. In this 
 vicinity it remained until the battle of Shiloh. 
 
 On the morning of April 6th, the battery was ordered to 
 harness up, and before the order could be executed, and while the 
 officers' mess were just setting down to breakfast, the shot and shell 
 
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 402 HISTORY OF 
 
 commenced flying through the camp. A solid shot swept the 
 table clean, to their no small astonishment and disgust. They 
 soon discovered that their meant something more than " the top of 
 the morning to ye," and that serious work was on hand. In less 
 time than I have taken to write it, they had their men, guns, 
 horses and everything in position, and were sending forth their 
 reply in 24-pound shot and shell. They were engaged in a duel 
 with the enemy's battery about one and a half mile distant, which 
 lasted from one and a half to two hours, when the rebel battery 
 was silenced. 
 
 But in the meantime the rebel infantry were flanking their po- 
 sition, and Captain McAllister turned his guns to bear upon the 
 flanking column. Our infantry now began to fall back, and Cap- 
 tain McAllister was obliged to order the battery to limber to the 
 rear. So many horses had been disabled that one gun had to be 
 left, and also two caissons, which fell into the hands of the enemy. 
 The battery took up a new position, but was compelled soon to 
 fall back again, as the infantry were still being driven. About 
 half a mile back a new line was formed, and the battery was 
 placed in the reserve. After a few hours' fighting, our lines again 
 fell back, and the battery was placed in position to check the ene- 
 my's advance. After firing a few rounds it was once more com- 
 pelled to fall back, leaving another gun for the enemy. This 
 brought them within a half mile of the river. Here all the artil- 
 lery was placed in one line, supported also by a line of infantry. 
 It was now late in the afternoon. The enemy again advanced 
 upon this line, and were received with the most terrific fire of shot 
 and shell, and musketry, that was ever witnessed. This time the 
 enemy was thoroughly repulsed, and night closed the first day's 
 battle of Shiloh. 
 
 Our army bivouacked upon the ground in this position while 
 the enemy had possession of the tents which our men had left 
 in the morning. 
 
 As every reader knows, our army was reorganized and rein- 
 forced during the night, and on the morning of the 7th, was pre- 
 pared to assume the offensive. We are not attempting a general de- 
 scription of the battle, only so far as to show the part played by 
 McAllister's battery.
 
 M'ALLISTER'S BATTERY. 403 
 
 Early in the day it was ordered into position to shell some 
 timber. It was not exposed to the enemy's fire. After this the 
 infantry advanced. In front of the battery was a ravine, on the 
 opposite side of which was a hill, the top of which was much 
 higher than the ground occupied by the battery. On the top of 
 this hill the rebels were in line of battle. Infantry advanced 
 and engaged them. Here was a long and desperate fight, a most 
 terrific fire of musketry for several hours. The hill occupied by 
 the rebels was thickly timbered. The battery took no part in this 
 engagement, but watched it, so far as it could be seen, with in- 
 tense interest. They could catch occasional glimpses of the stars 
 and stripes, this time steadily though slowly advancing, and driv- 
 ing the enemy over the same ground they had driven the Union 
 forces the day before. The enemy were compelled to abandon 
 their position, and to fall back about one mile where they formed 
 a new line. The battery was now ordered up, and opened upon 
 the rebels, keeping up a vigorous fire until their ammunition was 
 exhausted. It then fall back to await the return of the caissons 
 which had gone for a supply. These soon came up. 
 
 A call now came from Gen. Sherman for McAllister's battery 
 to go to his assistance, and to silence a battery which was giving 
 him some trouble. The battery accordingly went to his aid, and 
 in a very short time silenced the rebel battery, when the enemy 
 fell back about a half mile. In this duel, battery D lost two 
 horses, but no men were hurt, although the shot and shell flew 
 thick and fast. Following up the enemy in their retreat, the bat- 
 tery engaged in a second duel with a rebel battery and silenced 
 it also, losing two more horses, and having two men slightly 
 wounded. The same shot which killed the two horses of the bat- 
 tery, also killed Gen. Sherman's horse. Luckily, the general him- 
 self was behind a tree ! In this engagement it was exposed to the 
 fire of the rebel infantry also. Once more the enemy fell back, 
 and battery D limbered to the front again. The enemy had 
 placed a battery in position to cover their retreat. But after a 
 few well directed shells, this battery was also silenced, and the 
 enemy disappeared from sight, and thus closed the battle of Shiloh 
 about 4 p. m. 
 
 The battery remained in this position until sun down, and
 
 404 HISTORY OF 
 
 then went to their old camp, where they found their tents still 
 standing, though sadly riddled with holes. 
 
 During this two days' engagement, Lieut. J. G. Wood was in 
 command of the right section, and James A. Borland of the left, 
 and Lieut. E. H. Cooper in charge of caissons, and Capt. McAllis- 
 ter in command of all. Officers and men behaved with great cool- 
 ness and promptitude. Borland and Cooper are especially com- 
 mended in the captain's official report. (It should be here noticed 
 that Lieut. Mathew Borland was at this time at Donaldson, dis- 
 abled). Lieut. Cooper was always on hand with the requisite am- 
 munition, and constantly passing from front to rear and from rear 
 to front, with coolness and dispatch. One or two incidents are 
 worth notice. During the first attack in the morning of the first 
 day, while Lieut. Cooper was trying to get his caissons out of the 
 way of the enemy who were fast approaching, while our lines were 
 falling back, one of the caissons got stuck, and all the horses shot 
 except the wheel span. Up rode a rebel officer, sword in hand, 
 and cried out, " Surrender, you d d Yankee, surrender." The 
 postillion was a burly Dutchman, a detailed man, Fitzburg by 
 name, who instead of surrendering brought the butt of his heavy 
 whip around the head of the officer exclaiming somewhat pro- 
 fanely, "Surrender! Hell!" Just at this juncture a spent minie 
 ball struck one of the wheel horses, stinging him so that he gave 
 a tremendous spring, and cleared everything from the mud hole, 
 never stopping until safe within our lines. 
 
 When the battery went to the aid of Sherman, as has been re- 
 lated, after Borland had got his gun into position, loaded and 
 primed, he lay down on the trail with his eye on the spot where 
 he supposed the enemy's battery to be, which was concealed by a 
 ravine. While he was thus holding his fire, an officer rode up, 
 and asked somewhat curtly, why he did not fire that gun. The 
 lieutenant without looking up to see who had addressed him, kept 
 
 his eye on the spot, and replied, " By G , I command this gun, 
 
 and as I have no powder to waste, I shan't fire until I see some- 
 thing to fire at." In a few seconds more, the lieutenant saw the 
 rebels run out their guns, when he corrected his aim and gave the 
 order to fire, making a most successful shot. It required but a 
 few more like it to silence the enemy's guns. When this was
 
 M'ALLISTER'S BATTERY. 405 
 
 effected, Lieut. Borland looked around to see who it was that had 
 addressed him, and found that it was Gen. Sherman, who expressed 
 himself satisfied with the way he saved his powder. 
 
 Gen. Sherman in his official report of the second day's battle 
 thus speaks in reference to the battery. 
 
 " Seeing some others (guns) to the rear, I sent one of my staff to bring 
 them forward, when by most providential decree, they proved to be two 
 24-pound howitzers, belonging to McAllister's Battery, and served as well 
 as ever guns could be. * * * * I gave personal direction to the 
 24-pound guns, whose well-directed fire first silenced the enemy's guns to 
 the left, and after at the Shiloh meeting house." 
 
 Gen. Sherman did not forget the help rendered him by McAl- 
 lister's Battery, as we shall have occasion to show hereafter. 
 McClernand's report of the battle of Shiloh, says : 
 
 " McAllister's Battery opened from the corner of the field referred to, 
 and by a well-directed and effective fire, kept the enemy from crossing it, 
 until his battery was nearly surrounded, and his support forced back, when 
 after silencing a battery in the woods on the opposite side of the field, he 
 withdrew three of his pieces along the south road toward Pittsburg Land- 
 ing. The fourth piece was left behind for want of horses to take it off, but 
 was recovered next day, In this engagement Capt. McAllister was four 
 times slightly wounded, but kept the field. An acting sergeant and seven 
 men were severely wounded, and a number of horses killed." 
 
 Gen. McClernand's report mentions the battery four or five 
 times again as rendering opportune service during the two days' 
 engagement. The battery fired 50 rounds of canister, 152 shrap- 
 nell, and 230 shells. Loss wounded, three non-commissioned 
 officers and eight privates. Also lost 44 horses, 16 sets of harness, 
 and two saddles. The battery remained here until its losses were 
 repaired. 
 
 The chief of the artillery of the division, Major Schwartz, hav- 
 ing been wounded, Captain McAllister was temporarily assigned 
 to the duty. 
 
 April 20th, the battery moved three miles on the road to Cor- 
 inth. Lieut. Mathew W. Borland now resigned, it being appa- 
 rent that the injuries he received at Donaldson had disqualified him 
 for duty. He was an efficient officer, and his loss was much re- 
 gretted by the battery.
 
 406 HISTORY OF 
 
 April 28th, the battery moved again in the advance toward 
 Corinth, encamping about eight miles from the river. From this 
 camp Captain McAllister, who had previously tendered his resigna- 
 tion, left the battery, much regretted by officers and men. He 
 had proved a brave and able commander, always careful of the 
 welfare of his men. Lieut. James A. Borland, was left in com- 
 mand. 
 
 May llth, the battery moved four miles farther toward Cor- 
 inth. Its position was on the right of the reserve of the army of 
 the Tennessee. 
 
 May 29th, the battery moved again four miles farther, en- 
 camping about three miles from Corinth, behind works thrown up 
 by our troops. 
 
 The battery was not engaged during the seige of Corinth. It 
 fired but one gun before Corinth, and this was done by one sec- 
 tion while on picket duty. 
 
 June 4th, the division under command of Gen. John A. Logan, 
 marched toward Purdy, Tenn., and next day passed through Purdy, 
 and June 6th, reached Bethel, where it went into camp, and re- 
 mained until the 15th. This was a fine camping ground, as there 
 was near the railroad, an abundant spring of fine water, large 
 enough to supply the whole army. During the march on Cor- 
 inth, the array had suffered much for the want of water, even the 
 little that could be obtained was very poor. 
 
 On the 15th, the division again struck tents and marched 
 through Montezuma, encamping about three miles beyond. 
 
 On the 16th it marched into Jackson. This is a large and 
 pleasant village. While at this place Capt. Henry A. Rogers was 
 put in command of the battery. While at Jackson, Serg't Emmet 
 F. Hill received his commission as junior 2d lieutenant. The 
 battery remained at Jackson until the 17th, when it marched to- 
 ward Bolivar, and on the night of the 1st bivouacked on the right 
 bank of the Little Hatchie, about one mile from Bolivar. It re- 
 mained in the vicinity of Bolivar, until the 9th of October. 
 
 By the last of July, quite a large force had concentrated here, 
 expecting an attack from Price and Van Dome. The place was 
 fortified, the planters in the vicinity being required to furnish slaves 
 to assist.
 
 MCALLISTER'S BATTERY. 407 
 
 Sept. 13th, Gen. Hurlbut's division came up from Memphis. 
 Other operations were going on in other parts of the army in the 
 vicinity. The battle of luka, was fought Sept 19th. October 4th 
 was the battle of Corinth, in which Will county was deeply inter- 
 ested and suffered. Oct. 6th Gen. Hurlbut's division marched 
 out, and won the brilliant victory of the Hatchie. In this, Will 
 <5ounty was represented in Bolton's battery as related elsewhere. 
 We will only say here that Lieut. Hill of the Plainfield battery 
 had a brother, a sergeant in Bolton's battery, who was at his post 
 in the engagement. 
 
 Oct. 9th, one section of McAllister's battery went to LaGrange 
 and bivouacked in the yard of the female seminary. This was a 
 fine brick building quite a credit to the place, which was a very 
 neat and pleasant village. Next day it marched back to Bolivar, 
 where the battery remained until Nov. 2d, when it took part in 
 Grant's formidable movement into Mississippi. The expedition 
 as is well-known, went below Oxford, when Grant was obliged to 
 fall back on account of the raid of the enemy in his rear, who de- 
 stroyed his stores and communications at Holly Springs. The 
 battery marched back into La Grange, and thence to Memphis. 
 On the way they had a taste of short rations, and at one time had 
 corn issued to them in the ear, with instructions to make " lye 
 hominy." Fortunately, however, the battery had two hand mills, 
 which some of the boys had " confiscated " on some plantation, 
 and they were able to reduce their corn to a cookable condition. 
 The battery reached Memphis January 21st. 
 
 Here it remained until Feb. 20th, when it embarked on the 
 steamer Forsyth. The steamer left on the 22nd, with the fleet 
 bound down, and arrived at Lake Providence, La., on the 23d. 
 Here the battery debarked with the division, and encamped about 
 four miles from the landing, on the shore of the lake. This is a 
 very beautiful sheet of water, clear as crystal, about three- fourths 
 of a mile wide, and seventeen miles long, running nearly parallel 
 with the river, a few miles from its west bank. It is very deep, 
 and said to be unfathomable in some places. It connects with 
 bayous which empty into the river below Vicksburg, and a chan- 
 nel was being cut through the levee into the lake, with the view 
 of getting boats with munitions and supplies below Vicksburg.
 
 408 HISTORY OF 
 
 While this experiment which proved a failure, was being tried, 
 the battery remained here, employed in idling, drilling, foraging, 
 fishing, boat riding, and listening to the music discoursed by the 
 bands on the lake, etc., etc., until March 18th, when it embarked 
 with the division on the steamer latan, and went up the river five 
 miles, debarked and camped on the Louisiana side, on what was 
 known as Vista Plantation. Here some of the men instituted a 
 novel mode of fishing. The cutting of the levee had raised the 
 water in all the sloughs and ditches. As a consequence, the fish 
 in large numbers had gone foraging through the ditches in the 
 corn fields after worms and grubs. The men would stand across 
 a ditch, making a dam with their legs, while another party would 
 drive the fish toward them, when they would catch them and 
 throw them on the land. 
 
 March 23d, the battery embarked on the steamer, Platte Val- 
 ley, and ran down to Eagle Bend, about thirty miles above Vicks- 
 burg. On the 25th, it returned to the camp near Vista Planta- 
 tion. 
 
 April 17th, it again embarked on the steamer Universe, and 
 went down the river to Milliken's Bend, debarked during the 
 night and encamped. 
 
 The battery left Milliken's Bend on the 25th of April 1863, 
 commanded by Captain A. H. Rogers, the right section by Lieut. 
 G. J. Wood, and the left by Lieut. E. H. Cooper, caissons in 
 charge of Lieut. Hill. Five days were occupied in the march to 
 Hard Times, passing through almost impenetrable swatnps, with 
 intervals of the most beautiful country ever seen. This landing 
 is below Grand Gulf, and some forty miles below Vicksburg. 
 Here they found a portion of McClernand's corps which was cross- 
 ing the river. On the 1st of May, the battery crossed to Barns- 
 berry Landing, at 10 a. m. Gens. Grant, McPherson, Logan, 
 Dennis, Adjt. Gen. Thomas, Gov. Yates, Congressmen Wash- 
 burn, crossing at the same time. It immediately started towards 
 Port Gibson, 25 miles distant. They had not gone far when the 
 roar of cannon was heard, telling of a battle in progress, and they 
 hurried upon the double quick. The day was excessively hot, and 
 the enemy had been routed before the battery arrived, although 
 the advance of the division was just in time to take a hand in the
 
 M'ALLISTER'S BATTERY. 409 
 
 closing scene. Several hundred prisoners had been taken. It 
 being sundown, the battery went into camp, within three miles of 
 Port Gibson. Under cover of the night, the rebels withdrew their 
 forces across the south branch of Bayou Pierre, and burned the 
 bridge after them. 
 
 On the 2nd, the battery was put in the first brigade, com- 
 manded by Gen. John E. Smith, formerly colonel of the 45th, It 
 was put in the advance on the chase. Moved early and passed 
 through Port Gibson, and was obliged to make a detour of six or 
 eight miles to cross the bayou, the rebels having burned the bridge, 
 which made delay, and on the same night reached the north branch 
 without opposition. During the day our forces picked up some 
 straggling rebs, and on the 3d crossed the main branch on a wire 
 suspension bridge, which the rebels had failed to destroy in their 
 haste to escape. 
 
 At 9 a. m. our forces came up with the enemy, who had a bat- 
 tery of small guns planted on a commanding hill, having a raking 
 range of the road, which for a mile was very narrow, and which 
 gave our boys a few round shot without however doing any damage. 
 Battery D then opened on the enemy, who finding the fight too se- 
 rious for them took to their heels again. Some time was now spent 
 in reconnoitering, and finding the way clear, our forces advanced 
 by different routes toward the Big Black River, pushing the ene- 
 my before them up to and across the river. The enemy destroy- 
 ing the bridge after them. The battery then went into camp, the 
 enemy being on the opposite bank. May 4th, the rebs had the im- 
 pudence to drop a shell in the camp, which stirred up the cooking 
 arrangements of the boys somewhat promiscuously. The distance 
 was such that Battery D's guns could not respond to the salute, but 
 DeGolyer's battery gave them as good as they sent. Battery D 
 then went up the river bank, and went into position, and gave 
 them one shot. Here the army waited two or three days for the 
 trains to come up with rations. 
 
 On the 7th moved from the Big Black and encamped at 
 Rocky Springs, Miss. Here was found plenty of forage and corn. 
 Remained in this camp the 8th. 
 
 On the 9th Gen. Sherman came to the camp and told Capt. 
 Rogers that he wanted to see the men of the battery. The " as- 
 
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 410 H1STOBY OF 
 
 sembly " was sounded aud the men were soon in line. Gen. Sher- 
 man then complimented the men for their services at Shiloh, when 
 the battery went to his assistance, as has been related. He told 
 the boys that " if he could ever do anything for them he would do 
 it that if any man in McAllister's Battery ever wanted a blanket 
 to let him know it, and if he had but one he would give him 
 half." When he had got through, the boys gave him three hearty 
 cheers. 
 
 On the 9th, again on the move toward Jackson, Miss., and 
 on the morning of the 12th our forces came up with the enemy, 
 three miles south west of Raymond, and 19 miles from Jackson. 
 Gen. Logan's division was in the advance. Battery D was in 2d 
 brigade and center division, De Golyer's being in the 1st, and in 
 the lead. In the early part of the day De Golyer got into a 
 sharp duel with a battery of the enemy. The 20th and 45th 111., 
 and the 20th, 23d, and 78th Ohio did the infantry fighting, which 
 for a couple of hours was hot ; when the rebels were forced to 
 give way before our determined boys, although they had much the 
 larger force. They fell back towards Raymond, one and a half 
 miles, and attempted and partly formed a line of battle. Now 
 came the time for the old McAllister Battery to take a hand. It 
 was brought to the front into position with our old 20th, and the 
 45th for its support. The enemy's position was on the brow of 
 the hill, across an open field 1300 or 1400 yards distant, where they 
 had a battery with infantry support. The range was a long one 
 for the guns of Battery D, and the enemy's guns being rifled, the 
 odds were against our boys, but they pitched in with a will, and 
 soon managed to dismount one of the enemy's pieces, and set the 
 infantry flying. This closed the battle of Raymond. Battery D 
 fired 72 rounds, and all the boys acted nobly. Major Stolbrand, 
 chief of artillery, stood by and saw the fight, and with the gen- 
 erals gave the boys the credit of doing good execution. They then 
 entered the town singing 
 
 " Union forever ! Hurrah, boys, hurrah ! 
 Down with the traitors, and up with the stars." 
 
 This made the ladies draw their curtains, and they no doubt felt 
 very differently from what they did in the morning, when they
 
 MCALLISTER'S BATTERY. 411 
 
 cheered their brave brothers, husbands and lovers on to whip the 
 Yankees. The battery went into camp at Raymond, and during 
 the night Gen. Sherman came up with his corps. 
 
 On the 13th our forces marched again, Sherman taking the 
 right hand road, and McPherson's corps the left. On the morn- 
 ing of the 14th Quinby's division was in the lead, and came up 
 with the enemy four miles west of Jackson, and formed his lines 
 while some of his batteries were engaging the rebels. He was 
 soon ready with his infantry, and made one of the most gallant 
 charges, across an open field, and in the face of the enemy's artil- 
 lery, that any force ever made. He gained the ground and put 
 the enemy to flight, and marched into Jackson with colors flying. 
 Gen. Sherman also had a fight coming into town at the same time. 
 The rebels burned their stores at Jackson, which made a splendid 
 sight. 
 
 On the 15th the division was early on the road to Vicks- 
 burg. On the 16th the enemy was again met at Champion Hills. 
 Gen. Harvy's division of McClernaud's corps in advance engaged 
 them on the left, while the division embracing battery D went into 
 line of battle on the right. De Golyer's battery being in the lead 
 gave them a few rounds at long range before battery D came up. It 
 was then ordered to the front on double quick, (caissons in the rear), 
 came up to, and passed the line to the front and right, passed the 
 skirmishers, and was halted. But only for a moment ; it was 
 again ordered to advance, and take position on a commanding 
 hill, 400 yards in advance of the" infantry, without any support, 
 not so much as a skirmisher. As the battery came to the top of 
 the hill, it received a volley of musketry from the enemy, who 
 was also advancing to take possession of the same hill, which com- 
 manded the country for many miles around. Capt. Rogers gave 
 the command, " action front ;" the bullets came whistling by in 
 every direction not a word was spoken; every man was at his 
 post. The command was obeyed in a twinkling, although to the 
 boys it seemed an age ; the enemy, a whole brigade, lying down 
 not more than 75 yards distant. The boys gave them shrapnell for 
 the first round fuse time, one second. They rose with a yell, 
 bayonets fixed, expecting to take the battery before t it could fire 
 again. They did not know the time our boys kept. Capt. Rogers
 
 412 HISTORY OF 
 
 ordered the guns double shotted with canister, which was poured 
 into the advancing lines of the enemy, with a slaughter that was 
 fearful to behold. They wavered and fell back, and the battery 
 followed up with such rapidity, with shell and shrapnel], that the 
 repulse was complete. During the action Lieut. Cooper's horse 
 was twice wounded, and he was dismounting just as the Captain 
 came riding up, and at the same time Gen. McPherson rode up, 
 saying, "Captain, you will surely lose your battery before support 
 reaches you." To which Capt. Rogers replied, " I can't see it, 
 there is not secesh enough here to take McAllister's battery." As 
 he was speaking he received a slight wound in his leg. The Gen- 
 eral replied, " I hope you are right," and galloped off to hurry 
 up the supports. After the battery had ceased firing, De Golyer 
 came up and gave the retreating rebels four or five rounds, as they 
 had got beyond battery D's range. 
 
 Game being now scarce in front, and the enemy making some 
 demonstrations on the right, the battery changed front to fire to the 
 right, and advanced about 50 yards to the brow of another hill, 
 by the time the support came up. There our forces had two bat- 
 teries to contend with. Wade's battery and Co. D of the 1st regi- 
 ment of Miss, artillery, commanded by Capt. A. B. Rogers. But 
 they soon found that they could not compete with the 111. battery 
 of the same letter and regimental number, commanded by Capt. 
 A. H. Rogers, of Chicago. The Rogers of the Miss, battery was 
 killed by one of the shells from battery D, and two of his lieu- 
 tenants, and 30 privates. The infantry then passed the battery 
 and engaged the rebel infantry contending for the silenced battery, 
 which the heroes of Shiloh soon took. All the boys stood to their 
 posts, cool and active as usual. The battery fired 236 rounds 
 during the engagement. Every man was just where he was 
 wanted, and the enemy was co mpletely routed, and the victory of 
 Champion Hill was complete. The army moved quickly forward 
 in pursuit. Capt. Rogers went to the captured battery and got 
 horses to replace those battery D had lost. 
 
 The battery was moved forward two miles to a creek, and 
 camped for the night. It received many compliments for the part 
 it had taken in the action. " There goes McAllister's skirmishing
 
 MCALLISTER'S BATTERY. 413 
 
 battery that gave the rebels h on the right," and many such 
 
 like remarks the boys overheard in passing. 
 
 The correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial thus notices 
 the action of this battery, in his accounts of the battle of Cham- 
 pion Hills : 
 
 " Early in the afternoon, a section of Co. D, 111. 1st artillery 
 under Capt. Rogers, advanced to close proximity to the rebel lines, 
 and opened two 24-pound howitzers to drive the rebels from posi- 
 tion, from which they were about to advance upon our men. The 
 rebels filed out of the woods in excellent order, and formed in 
 front of the battery, and within 300 yards of it. They then 
 marched steadily toward the guns and were about to give their 
 first volley to our battery men, when a double load of canister 
 scattered among them causing at least 50 to fall. Capt. De Go- 
 Iyer's 8th Mich, battery also opened on them, and gave them sev- 
 eral loads of James rifled shells. The effect of our artillery fire 
 was all that could be desired. It broke the ranks of the rebels 
 and caused them to fall back in great disorder. I have never wit- 
 nessed a more thorough rout than that which the rebels met in 
 their attempt to get possession of Capt. Rogers' guns, May 16th, 
 1863." 
 
 OD the 19th of May, the battery arrived within three miles of 
 Vicksburg, and had frequent engagements with the enemy, keep- 
 ing their guns speaking without much intermission. On the 29th 
 of May, Capt. Rogers was killed, a sad day for the battery, for 
 although coming to them from another organization, the men all 
 loved him, and had confidence in his skill and judgment, as well 
 as his patriotism. After sighting a gun, he had jumped upon a 
 parapet to witness its effect, and on turning round to give direc- 
 tions in reference to the length of fuse, was instantly killed by a 
 sharpshooter. The men laid him to rest at Chickasaw Bluffs, 
 swearing to avenge his loss. 
 
 The battery went (June 6th, 1863,) into its position in front of 
 the rebel Fort Hill, on the Jackson and Vicksburg road, one sec- 
 tion on either side, at the point known as the White House, and 
 three or four hundred yards from the enemy's works. It was
 
 414 HISTORY OF 
 
 protected with breastworks, from behind which, should they expose 
 any part of their bodies, they wejre pretty sure to be hit by the 
 rebel sharpshooters.. 
 
 On the 17th of June, the rebels having planted a new piece 
 where it could not be brought into range through the embrasure of 
 Lieut. Hill's gun, his piece was therefore thrown up on top and 
 outside of the earthworks, where there was no protection from the 
 enemy's sharpshooters, who kept up a continual fire from the top 
 of Fort Hill from behind sand bags, the distance being about 200 
 yards. Lieut. Hill was ordered to this exposed position by Maj. 
 Stalbrand, division chief of artillery, who it is but just to say ex- 
 posed himself to the same danger. Lieut. Hill acted as gunner. 
 Some good shots were made scattering the rebels' sand bags. They 
 worked the piece here about an hour before any one was hit. Then 
 George Maag had just said, " They hit me at Shiloh, I wonder if 
 they will hit me in the same place again," when he was struck 
 while sponging the gun, the ball passing through the lungs. One 
 of the men said, " They have not hit you in the same place this 
 time." Lieut. Hill assisted in helping him down into the ditch, 
 and poor George died the next day. A few minutes after, while 
 watching the pointing of his gun, Lieut. Hill was himself hit by 
 a musket ball, which entered his head a half inch back of, and a 
 fourth inch below his right eye, passing out one half inch in front 
 of his left ear. He was immediately taken to a hospital. 
 
 Lieut. Hill thus describes his sensations : 
 
 " I was unconscious about twenty minutes. When I began to 
 recover my consciousness, I felt very weak and faint. I knew I 
 had been hit by a bullet. I knew where I was and what had hap- 
 pened. I thought I was dying, and asked myself, is my spirit 
 still with my body. I expected in a few moments at most, I 
 should be in the future world. My mind rapidly, but without 
 confusion scanned my past life. How swiftly passed the review 
 while I calmly waited for the future. This lasted but a few mo- 
 ments." 
 
 When Lieut. Hill was brought to the hospital, the attending 
 surgeons said that the man must die ; could not possibly recover,
 
 M'ALLISTEB'S BATTERY. 415 
 
 and declined to do anything for him, as being of no use. A 
 brother of his from Bolton's battery, came over to see him, and he 
 was not satisfied to let the matter go so. He went to see General 
 Logan about it, who sent over his own surgeon, who dressed the 
 wounds, and his brother and a man from battery D was detailed to 
 take care of him. He recovered (with the loss of an eye) to the 
 great surprise, and perhaps the disgust of the surgeons. 
 
 Lieut. Hill had been a member of the battery when it used to 
 play war in Plainfield, and when the war broke out was attend- 
 ing a commercial college in the city of New York. Capt. McAl- 
 lister sent him, in a playful manner, a summons to appear and 
 take his place in the battery. Lieut. Hill obeyed the summons, 
 and served in the three months organization, and afterwards in the 
 three years' service, in which he entered the battery as quarter- 
 master sergeant, and was promoted 2d lieutenant, and then 1st 
 lieutenant. Pie was one of the best and most efficient officers and 
 the bravest of soldiers. He was honorably discharged Sept. 1 9th, 
 1863. He afterwards held the rank of lieutenant in vet. reserve 
 corps. 
 
 This left only Lieut. G. J. Wood and E. H. Cooper as officers 
 of the battery. Capt, Sparstrom, of the 2d regiment of artillery, 
 was detailed to command the battery. This created great dissatis- 
 faction among the boys. They had no particular objection to 
 Sparstrom, but they thought they had a right to the promotions 
 in the battery, and that they had men competent to fill any of its 
 positions. Lieut. Wood resigned at once, and his resignation was 
 accepted, leaving Lieut. Cooper alone of the old roster. A peti- 
 tion was now started and signed by every member of the battery 
 to have Lieut. Cooper commissioned captain. This was presented 
 to Maj. Stalbrand, chief of artillery, for his endorsement. He re- 
 fused to endorse, and destroyed it instead, saying that " Cooper 
 would make as good a 1st lieutenant as there was in the service, 
 but he was too young and inexperienced for a captain. Captain 
 Sparstrom is an old and experienced Sweedish officer, and I will 
 have him transferred to the command." Lieut. Cooper replied 
 that he " did not set himself up for a Napoleon ; though circum- 
 stances might make him one, and he commanded a battery at 19." 
 
 The lieutenant found that a little strategy would be needed in
 
 416 HISTORY OF 
 
 * 
 
 order to get this promotion to which he was fairly entitled, and 
 he got another petition, and secured the indorsement of W. T. 
 Sherman, and Col. Taylor of the 1st artillery, after giving them a 
 full statement of the case. The petition thus strongly ' indorsed, 
 was forwarded by a judicious friend to the governor, and he soon 
 issued a commission to Lt. Cooper as captain. All of which was 
 done inside of three weeks, and the old battery had a commander 
 of its own choosing. 
 
 During the siege the boys used to amuse themselves by plug- 
 ging up the pipe holes, through which the enemy used to fire on 
 our men whenever exposed. Many a brave boy had fallen before 
 their deadly aim from these loopholes. The boys got so perfect in 
 their gunnery, that they seldom failed to plug up the holes as 
 fast as they made their appearance. The rebs then tried the trick 
 of raising their hats on a stick, and drawing the fire of our men, 
 and then taking their chance to shoot our men. It took a prac- 
 ticed eye to tell whether the hat held a stick or a head. So our 
 boys, having soon learned the trick, would fire a blank from one 
 gun, and when the hat appeared the second time, let fly a shot or 
 shell from the other gun. All these, and many other devices and 
 tricks, and counter tricks were played during the siege. While 
 this was going on, the sappers and miners were burrowing un- 
 der ground, like moles, preparing a mine to blow up Fort Hill, 
 with the expectation that by this means they could force an en- 
 trance into the city. 
 
 In the battery was a man by the name of Whistler. One day 
 the rebels opened on our boys with a new kind of mortar, which 
 sent over a peculiar long shaped shell, which in its flight made a 
 noise which sounded just like calling the name Whistler. Whistler 
 heard it, and thought he was called for sure, and came running 
 into quarters, saying, " they are after me, they are after me ; don't 
 you hear them calling Whistler, Whistler? I am a goner sure." 
 The man was in dead earnest, but was soon convinced that it was 
 not him in particular, but all of them that they were after. But 
 the boys had many a laugh at Whistler's expense. 
 
 On the morning of June 22d (1863), Sergeant Dave Ocker, as 
 brave a boy as any among the brave boys of battery D, came up 
 to Captain Cooper, saying :
 
 M'ALLISTER'S BATTERY. 417 
 
 " Captain, I wish to-morrow morning you would send this 
 photograph, and these letters to my mother." 
 
 " Why so, why to-morrow morning, sergeant." 
 
 " Well, Captain, you know I am no coward, and have always 
 stood up to the fight with the rest, and never flinched from duty." 
 
 " Yes, sergeant, I know all that, but what is this all about, and 
 why are you so solemn-visaged to-day, you are usually the gayest 
 of the gay ?" 
 
 " Captain, I have seen the sun rise for the last time on this 
 earth. To-morrow morning at this time I shall be cold in death, 
 and shall have cut my last fuse." 
 
 Cooper tried to reason him out of this hallucination, as it seemed 
 to him, but in vain. Well, about 11 a. m., there was a terrible 
 explosion heard, as it were the shock of an earthquake. Fort 
 Hill had been blown up, and the infantry was rushing in that di- 
 rection, hoping to force their way into the city. But as is well 
 known, our forces did not succeed, but on the contrary found 
 themselves in a very exposed condition, and lost heavily. The 
 sap had not extended far enough and our troops were brought 
 into a sort of cul-de-sac, from which there was no egress except 
 through the sap, or over an exposed field. The earthwall separa- 
 ting the two armies, was not more than ten or twelve feet in thick- 
 ness. The enemy being on the higher ground, could extend their 
 arms, and sticking the muzzle of their guns over, fire down upon 
 our troops, doing us great damage. About 3 o'clock Gen. Logan 
 came to Capt. Cooper's section, and asked for twelve volunteers, 
 to go to the excavation made in Fort Hill, for the purpose of 
 throwing hand grenades. Cooper called for volunteers, but none 
 responded. He then asked who would follow him, and all re- 
 sponded. Selecting twelve of the number, purposely leaving out 
 Ocker, remembering the conversation of the morning. But Ocker 
 did not like this seeming slight, and bought off one of the men, 
 who had been selected, and took his place. When they, (passing 
 through the sap) got to the place, they found that no hand gren- 
 ades had been provided. But something must be done. The 
 enemy's advantage was great, and our troops were suffering fear- 
 fully at their hands. The idea struck Capt. Cooper that he 
 might use common shell in place of the grenades. So he sent his 
 
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 418 HISTORY OF 
 
 men back to the battery, with instructions to procure each two 
 shrapnell shell, and some port fire, slow match, and a fuse gouge, 
 all of which arrived in due form. The captain then directed Ser- 
 geant Henderson, who was the largest and strongest man, to hold a 
 shell in his hands, with his back to the earthworks, while he (the 
 captain) would cut the fuse to five seconds, and circle round with 
 the port fire, gradually coming nearer, and when the fuse 
 caught, he was to throw it over the works into the enemy. The 
 proposition did not strike the mind of the sergeant favorably. He 
 did not like the idea of making a cannon of himself, and respect- 
 fully declined this strange way of fighting. The captain said, 
 11 Well, you may be the gunner, and I will be the gun." So the 
 captain took the shell and the serg't fired it, and over it went in 
 time to explode in the ranks of the enemy. They kept up this novel 
 mode of artillery fighting for some time, and became so expert they 
 could cut the fuse at one and three-fourths seconds, and get rid of 
 the shell before it exploded. Well, during the afternoon, Dave 
 Ocker's premonition of death became verified. He was struck 
 with a hand grenade from the enemy in the breast, and mortally 
 wounded. Out of this squad of Captain Cooper and twelve men, 
 only three returned sound to the battery at night. The rest were 
 killed or wounded Henderson, C. L. Pratt and Captain Cooper, 
 only came out unscathed. I think among the instances of bravery 
 exhibited in the siege and assaults at Vicksburg, none exceeded 
 this. 
 
 The blowing up of Fort Hill was a failure, but so closely had 
 Grant invested the place, and so sorely were the enemy being 
 pushed, that escape was hopeless, and July 4th Pemberton sur- 
 rendered. 
 
 The capitulation took place just in front of the position of bat- 
 tery D, from which every movement of the several generals and 
 their staff's could be seen. It was a strange scene. The two prin- 
 cipal figures had been lieutenants in the same regiment in Mexico. 
 At Monterey and Buena Vista, they had fought on the same side 
 with the stars and stripes. Now Pemberton has to surrender to 
 his former comrade, a rebel's sword ! 
 
 After the surrender, the battery was stationed at the bluffs of 
 Chickasaw Bayou, near a large and beautiful spring. In the
 
 MCALLISTER'S BATTERY. 419 
 
 course of ten or twelve days, the men began to complain of a 
 strange sickness, and one after another were sent to the hospital. 
 This unaccountable sickness continued to lay up the men until 
 all were more or less affected, and an investigation was ordered. 
 The result was that a small keg of arsenic was found imbedded in 
 the bottom of the spring, and the cause of the sickness was revealed. 
 Out of 150 men, 100 at least had been temporarily disabled by 
 this fiendish outrage. The battery was moved from this place to 
 a point nearer the city, and fixed up quarters for the summer and 
 fall. And here the battery remained until December, when it 
 veteranized and recruited to its full quota, and re-organized at 
 Camp Fry, Chicago, and returned to Vicksburg. Early in the 
 spring of 1864 it was ordered to Cairo, to prepare for Sherman's 
 Georgia campaign, and left Vicksburg April 5th, 1864, and then 
 moved with McPherson's corps to Clifton on the Tennessee, and 
 thence marched to Huntsville, and then to Kingston, Georgia, 
 where it joined Sherman's army and again commenced active cam- 
 paigning and fighting. Their first serious fight on this campaign 
 was at Big Shanty, near Kenesaw mountain. And from the com- 
 mencement of the operations before Kenesaw, until when, being 
 flanked again, the enemy abandoned this position, the battery took 
 its full share of work and fighting. In one of these engagements 
 Capt. Cooper received a severe wound over the left eye, which put 
 him out of the fight for a couple of weeks. He rejoined the bat- 
 tery before the fight of Peach Tree Creek. 
 
 The battery was under a continuous fire during the advance on 
 Atlanta, most of the time in front, or on the skirmish line. At the 
 Chattahoochie River, the cavalry finding it difficult to hold the 
 bank of the river, a call was made for a section of the battery ta 
 go to their assistance. Lieut. Cunningham was sent with two 
 pieces, and masked his guns near the bank of the river. In the 
 morning the rebels came down to the river to take a bath, of which 
 no doubt they stood in need. They were all unconscious of the 
 presence of the guns, and fearlessly they disrobed, and plunged 
 into the water in great numbers. Lieut. Cunningham very dis- 
 courteously unmasked his guns, and gave them a few rounds of 
 canister to their no small astonishment and disgust, and such a 
 skedaddling out of a bath was never seen before. In their haste
 
 420 HISTORY OF 
 
 many of them did not stop to gather up their clothes, but disap- 
 peared over the bank with no other uniform than the one Adam 
 wore in Paradise ; and as the lieutenant did not allow the rebs 
 to come back after their clothes, there must have been a heavy re- 
 quisition that morning on rebel quartermasters for clothing. The 
 oavalry and picket line filed down the bank and took posses- 
 sion of the rebel bath. 
 
 The battery did not participate in the Peach Tree Creek fight 
 (of the 21st), but in that of the 22d it bore a conspicuous part. It 
 must be borne in mind that this battery is still in the 3d brigade 
 of Leggett's division of the 17th army corps, and the general his- 
 tories will show the position and part played by the division. It 
 was on this day that the army of the Tennessee lost its youthful 
 and brave commander, one of the best men and also one of the 
 best officers in the service. But our busineas is with battery D. 
 leaving the general history of the battle to works of larger scope, 
 
 The battery was stationed near the extreme left wing of the 
 army at what was known as " Bald Knob," its caissons and trans- 
 portation being about half a mile in the rear. About one o'clock 
 p. ui., the force was attacked in the rear and left, and almost as 
 completely surprised as at Shiloh. The 8th Mich, battery, a portion 
 of the troops, and one or two other batteries went flying past bat- 
 tery D, to the rear and right, leaving it almost alone in possession 
 of the hill, supported by the 20th 111., 17th Wis., 20th Ohio, and 
 12th Wis. The attack was so sudden and from an unexpected di- 
 rection that it became necessary to change fronts, and use the 
 Atlanta side of their hastily constructed works. The 20th 111. 
 was now on the extreme right, and fighting desperately against 
 fearful odds, and were soon mostly killed or captured. On came 
 the enemy, a whole division, under Gen. Quimby. The battery had 
 just effected its change of front when it became hemmed in almost 
 by the enemy. They double shotted their guns, and held their 
 fire until the enemy was within a hundred yards. Some men of 
 the 17th Wis. had got close up to the breastworks in front of the 
 battery, and no effort could make them get out of the way. The 
 fire was delayed in the effort to get them to leave, until it could 
 be held no longer without allowing the guns to be taken ; and 
 Capt. Cooper, with great reluctance, but without any doubt as to
 
 M'ALLISTER'S BATTERY. 421 
 
 bis duty, gave the word to " fire." The destruction which fol- 
 lowed the discharge, aud the subsequent ones, was terrible. The 
 first discharge killed and wounded some of the Wisconsin regi- 
 ment, but it could not be helped without a worse calamity. This 
 fire with that of the infantry brought the rebels to a stand still, 
 and the battery and its supports seemed masters of the field. But 
 just here they received a heavy fire from the rear and left. Adju- 
 tant Walker was shot in the leg, and soon after Gen. Force was 
 shot in the head, who looked up to Capt. Cooper and said : " Tell 
 Col. Bryant that he is in command." But Col. Bryant was in 
 another part of the field, and Capt. Cooper assumed temporary 
 command. At this critical moment a subordinate officer pulled 
 out a pocket handkerchief and tied it to a ramrod, and was in the 
 act of raising it in token of surrender. Capt. Cooper struck it 
 down with his sword, exclaiming " Never ! as long as there is a 
 man left," giving it also as his opinion that the volley they had 
 just received came from our own men ; and that if a flag could be 
 displayed from a point of woods near, they would see it, and cease 
 firing on them. ' Instantly Lieut. Bernier, of the 20th 111., 
 snatched the flag from the color-bearer of the 17th Wis., and 
 mounting the short line of breastworks in the very face of the en- 
 emy, ran two or three hundred yards with the flag, in the direc- 
 tion suggested. Our forces saw it and ceased their fire. They had 
 supposed that the force on the Knob had all been captured. A 
 braver, more heroic act than this of Lieut. Bernier was never per- 
 formed. He was exposed to the fire of both sides, but escaped as 
 by a miracle. 
 
 The enemy rallied and made another charge, but were repulsed 
 again by the spartan band. But the ammunition having now been 
 exhausted, and the condition and location of the caissons being un- 
 known, the battery and its supports fell back to the 2d line. The 
 right section was in command of Lieut. Cunningham, and the left 
 by Lieut. Pratt, and the caissons by Lieuts. Brock way and Pow- 
 ers, whose j udicious movements preserved them from capture, and 
 they were found all safe awaiting orders. They had kept track of 
 the guns by the sound, having come to know, as it were, their 
 voices. The battery fought pretty much on its own hook through 
 the day, going where it seemed to be most wanted, changing posi-
 
 422 HISTORY OF, ETC. 
 
 tions twelve times, and being in as many pitched battles. If we 
 were to say all that the facts warrant of the action of the men of 
 the battery and of the officers, it would seem like fulsome praise. 
 
 During the seige of Atlanta, the battery was under fire every 
 day. After the evacuation, it moved on as far as Jonesboro, par- 
 ticipating in several fights, and went into camp in the vicinity of 
 Jonesboro until Sherman took up his memorable march to the 
 sea. 
 
 Capt. Cooper was put in command of the reserve park of artil- 
 lery of the army of the Tennessee, and ordered to report to Gen. 
 Steadman at Chattanooga, for transportation to Nashville to join 
 Thomas' army. The battery was moved with the rest to Nash- 
 ville, where it remained until after the two days' battle at that 
 place, in which it participated. It was then ordered to Clarks- 
 ville, Tenn., where it remained until the war was over j and was 
 mustered out of the service at Chicago, July 28th, 1865. 
 
 Without recapitulating the battles in which it was engaged, we 
 content ourselves with the statement that had it fought on three 
 days more, it would have done one full year's severe fighting. 
 
 The reader is referred to the roster and muster roll for deaths, 
 resignations, and promotions of the men from Will county.
 
 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 BATTERY I, SECOND ARTILLERY BARNETT'S BAT- 
 TERY. 
 
 How and when organized Goes to Cairo Goes to Columbus Island 
 No. 10 Fort Pillow Hamburg Landing Corinth Rienzi Ordered to 
 Cincinnati Goes to Louisville Battle of Perryville Goes to Nashville- 
 Winters at Nashville Moves to Murfreesboro Moves for Chattanooga 
 Snouting on the Way Hunting Horses Call on Mrs. Gen. Pillow Lieu- 
 tenant Plant faces a Battery Sudden Death at Athens from the Bite of a 
 Scorpion, or something worse On to Chattanooga In the Great Battle of 
 19th and 20th of September Falls Back with the Army Crosses the River 
 Mission Ridge Goes to Knoxville Returns Veteranizes and Recruits 
 Returns to the Front Joins the Atlanta Campaign Fights its way to At- 
 lantaAfter the Surrender To Florence, Ala., and Back Again On to the 
 Sea Lt. Coe killed Northward Battle of Bentonville A Chase for Wash- 
 ingtonBuries its Powder and Shells Joins the Grand Parade Goes Home 
 and is Mustered Out. 
 
 i 
 
 [HE organization of this battery was commenced at Joliet in 
 Oct. 1861, under the name ot the "Joliet Light Artillery/* 
 by Capt. Chas. W. Keith. About 100 men of the company 
 and three commissioned officers, were residents of Will county. 
 Capt. Keith with the men he had recruited went to Springfield, 
 and his company was there consolidated with a battery partially 
 raised at Peoria and Decatur by Henry B. Plant, Esq., then Supt. 
 of a railroad, now a resident of Joliet, and member of the firm 
 of Mason & Plant, and who became its 2d lieutenant, and subse- 
 quently on the resignation of Capt. Keith, its 1st lieutenant. 
 
 The battery thus constituted was mustered into the U. S. ser- 
 vice at Camp Butler, Springfield, and left for Cairo, February 7th, 
 1862, at which place, and at Fort Holt, on the opposite side of the 
 Ohio, it remained about one month. While here, a detachment 
 of the company went on the steamer Brown, with the mortar boats
 
 424 HISTORY OF 
 
 in tow, to Fort Donaldson, but did not reach that point until the 
 fort had surrendered. On the 8th of March the battery was or- 
 dered to Columbus, (with Col. N. B. Buford), which point had 
 been evacuated by the rebels. It remained at Columbus under 
 Buford until the 15th, when it proceeded down the river to co-op- 
 erate with Admiral Foote and Gen. Pope in the reduction of 
 Island No. 10. 
 
 This was the only land battery at the north end of the island,, 
 and took its position on the Missouri shore within three-fourths of 
 a mile of the powerful guns of the enemy. Opening on the enemy 
 from this position they quickly drew the fire of the forts on the 
 island, and were obliged to change their position, losing one man 
 killed, Chas. Howard, of Joliet. This man was the only one 
 killed by the fire of the enemy during the seige. 
 
 April 7th, Capt. Keith resigned, and Lieut. Barnett was made 
 captain, and the battery was thenceforth popularly known as Bar- 
 nett's Battery. 
 
 After the evacuation and surrender of Island No. 10, the bat- 
 tery made a trip to Cairo, and back on a steamer in charge of a 
 portion of the rebel prisoners taken at the island. It then accom- 
 panied the expedition down the river to Fort Pillow, where it ar- 
 rived April 14th. 
 
 The overflow of the river made operations impracticable at 
 this point, and the battery then moved with the army under com- 
 mand of Gen. Pope, via Cairo and Tennessee river, to take part 
 in the seige of Corinth, arriving at Hamburg Landing the 24th. 
 It took an active part in the seige of Corinth, and in the pursuit 
 of the enemy on their retreat, having several smart engagements 
 with them at Buckland, Farmington, &c., having two men 
 wounded May 30th. The brigade to which they were attached, 
 went into summer quarters at Rienzi, Miss., about 18 miles south 
 of Corinth. 
 
 On the 6th of September the division to which it belonged, 
 was ordered with all speed under command of Gen. Gran ger, to 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, to repel the threatened attack of Bragg, who it 
 was feared would outstrip Buell in the chase, and invade Ohio. 
 They made all haste day and night, unloading their guns from 
 cars and steamboats five times in 36 hours, being in constant re-
 
 BABNETT'S BATTEEY. 425 
 
 ceipt of telegrams to " hurry up." They arrived in the vicinity 
 on the 12th, and on the 15th marched through the city of Cincin- 
 nati on their way to the front at Covington. They were received 
 by the citizens with an ovation, the whole city turning out to pay 
 their respects to those they considered their deliverers. 
 
 On the 19th they proceeded by boat to Louisville, where they 
 were assigned to Sheridan's division, and on the 1st of Oct. they 
 moved out in pursuit of Bragg. Here they were active in pre- 
 paring for the defense of Louisville. Oct. 7th, they went (after 
 the severe skirmishing which preceded) into the action of Perry- 
 ville on the 8th. Here with their two ten-pound parrots they 
 opened upon a battery of the enemy that was making a furious 
 attack upon one of our brigades, and soon silenced it. It was the 
 obstinate resistance to the enemy made by the divisions of Sheri- 
 dan and Mitchell on the right, which determined the fortunes of 
 the day, and that night the enemy abandoned its attempt and with- 
 drew. In this action the battery occupied an advanced position 
 in the center, supported by the 26th 111. on the right. They fired 
 the opening gun of the battle and continued incessantly until dark, 
 firing 614 rounds, and not changing their position, with a loss of 
 only four men wounded, and four deafened. The armament of 
 the battery consisted of two parot and two James six-pound rifles 
 and two twelve-pound smooth bore Napoleons. The two last with 
 the detailed men were sent to the rear, and the action was fought 
 by the regular men of the battery, and the four other guns. They 
 opened the battle under the personal direction of Gen. Sheridan. 
 Near the close of the engagement the rebels took a battery from 
 McCook's division and turned it upon his lines. Battery I changed 
 the direction of their guns and silenced it, thus closing the battle. 
 They were highly complimented by Sheridan. 
 
 After the fight the battery moved on to Nashville, reaching 
 Crab Orchard Oct. 16th, and the city of Nashville Nov. 1, and 
 Mill Creek, six miles south of Nashville, Nov. 22d. During their 
 stay at this last point they were sharply engaged with the enemy 
 three times without loss. Dec. 10th they were relieved from duty 
 in Sheridan's division, and returned to Nashville where they went 
 on garrison duty and were attached to Col. Dan. McCook's brigade. 
 
 During the winter Capt. Barnett filled the position of chief of 
 
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 426 HISTORY OF 
 
 artillery and inspector of stock at Nashville. On the 30th of 
 June the battery moved to Murfreesboro to repel a threatened at- 
 tack upon that place, and remained until July 19th when it re- 
 turned to Nashville. Capt. Barnett's position was of great advan- 
 tage to the battery, as they got the choicest horses. 
 
 August 20th, it left Nashville with 2d brigade, 2d division of 
 reserve corps of Gen. Granger, and proceeded through Franklin, 
 Columbia, Pulaski, and Athens to Huntsville, where it arrived 
 September 4th. During this march, the mounted men of the 
 battery with a few mounted infantry acted as scouts, scouring the 
 country, capturing guerillas, foraging and harrassing the enemy. 
 
 The country through which they passed, was one of the finest 
 in all the south. It consisted of large cotton plantations, the 
 owners of which were among the richest and proudest of the ar- 
 istocracy of the confederacy. Here dwelt in splendid mansions, 
 surrounded by trees, shrubbery, and flowers, the Polks, the Arm- 
 strongs, the Hilliards, the Webbs, and the Pillows. Here they 
 had long lived in ease and plenty, protected in the enjoyment of 
 the wealth and ease which they derived from the unpaid toil of the 
 slave, by the very government they were now seeking to over- 
 throw. In the back ground of these mansions were the negro 
 huts, barns, gin houses, etc., which formed quite a village on every 
 plantation, and stretching out beyond were large fields of the 
 staple, which they fondly believed was still king ; and rich pas- 
 tures where grazed the cattle and horses which the demands of 
 their cherished " cause" had yet left to them. 
 
 The foraging detail was in command of H. B. Plant, and their 
 great need at this time was horses. They were accordingly calling 
 at all the plantations in search of them. Among others which 
 they visited was that of Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, the hero (?) of 
 Fort Donaldson. The general of course was absent fighting (or 
 running) for the " cause." Some horses were seen in a pasture 
 near, and on inquiry of the overseer he said they were all colts, 
 none of them fit for artillery horses. But on examination a couple 
 were found which the lieutenant thought might answer his pur- 
 pose, and therefore concluded to take along, offering as a grim 
 joke to give the usual receipt, which carried a promise to pay on 
 proof of loyalty. This, however, was declined, as probably of lit-
 
 BARNETT'S BATTERY. 427 
 
 tie avail to a man who was a general in the confederate army. 
 They then visited the stables but found nothing more except a 
 pony, which some of the boys wanted very much to take along 
 for the pet of the battery to ride; but the lieutenant declined tak- 
 ing anything which would not be directly useful to " Uncle Sam." 
 The overseer assured Lieut. Plant these were all the horses left 
 upon the place, and he was about leaving when he heard a most 
 expressive " whinny " from behind the barn, and on going round, 
 and the whinny being repeated, it was responded to by another 
 animal, and lo ! coming out from behind the stacks was a span of 
 beautiful, sleek, fat, and large blooded horses, all unconscious of 
 the fate in store for them. The lieutenant directed a look of 
 mingled surprise and inquiry to the overseer, who, somewhat em- 
 barrassed, hastened to explain that " these were Mrs. Pillow's 
 carriage horses, which of course no one would want, as they were 
 old family horses, and of no use except to draw Mrs. Pillow's 
 carriage, having never been subjected to more vulgar work. 
 Of course no gentleman would think of taking them." But the 
 lieutenant couldn't see it in that light. They looked as though 
 they could draw Uncle Sam's pop-guns, as well Mrs. Pillow's 
 carriage, and he thought he would take them along. And now 
 comes from the house a request that the officer in commaud would 
 step in and see Mrs. Pillow ; and accordingly the lieutenant was 
 ushered into the august presence of the wife of Gen. Pillow, who 
 condescended to plead to a yankee officer, in behalf of the " poor 
 old carriage horses, that had belonged to the family so long, and 
 which had until now been spared by both parties in this 
 cruel war; and which "surely no gentleman would take." Lieut. 
 Plant heard her patiently, and asked her if she had any protec- 
 tion papers, to which she somewhat indignantly replied that her 
 husband was a general in the confederate army. He told her he 
 must take the horses ; Uncle Samuel was greatly in need of them 
 needed them much worse than she did and he thought by their 
 appearance they would be very useful, notwithstanding their 
 great age. And so at the risk of being considered no gentleman 
 by the wife of a rebel, who was engaged in the genteel business of 
 trying to overthrow the government that had educated and pro- 
 tected him, he took them along. We here state for the consola-
 
 428 HISTORY OF 
 
 tion of Mrs. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, (if she still survives) that 
 they served the battery long and well, helping to draw one of its 
 guns at Chickamauga and Mission Ridge, and for aught I know, 
 on the Atlanta campaign, and the march to the sea. And when 
 the rebel general presents his claim against Uncle Sam for those 
 horses, he can refer to this history for proof. 
 
 But I must do the young lieutenant the justice to say that this 
 was an act of bravery greater than that of facing the cannon's 
 mouth, for Mrs. Pillow was supported on this occasion by a 
 bevy of young ladies, handsome and well dressed, who looked 
 with wonder, scorn and indignation upon the Yankee lieutenant 
 who could thus treat a lady ! To face a battery of such eyes 
 as were then turned upon him, required some pluck. 
 
 I believe there is a tradition in the battery that the lieutenant 
 was not quite so hard hearted, with a young and pretty widow 
 that he encountered on another plantation, who claimed to be in 
 favor of union, even with yankees ; and who got the lieutenant to 
 do pretty much as she wanted him to. In fact he did not confis- 
 cate a single hoof. N. B. At this time the lieutenant was " fancy 
 free." 
 
 While in the vicinity of Athens, Ala., a melancholy incident 
 occurred. This was the loss of one man from the company, by an 
 accident, George Mather, of Joliet. A scorpion had crawled into 
 his boot during the night, and on his drawing it on in the morning 
 stung him. The sting of this insect is not usually fatal, although 
 extremely painful. But in this case the foot commenced swelling 
 immediately and rapidly. His comrades under the direction of 
 a surgeon, administered to him copious draughts of whisky, a 
 supposed antidote. The poor fellow, being thus stung internally 
 as well as externally, died. I think it would take a more than 
 average coroner's jury to decide whether it was the sting of the 
 scorpion, or of the whisky that killed him. 
 
 In respect to the scorpion, let me say for the information of 
 those who are not acquainted with the " varmint" that it belongs 
 to the arachnida, the second class of articulates. Perhaps he would 
 be better understood if I was to say that he is a kind of elongated 
 spider, having his body terminated by a caudal appendage, in 
 which there is a curved and very sharp sting, which effuses an
 
 BARNETT'S BATTERY. 429 
 
 acrid and poisonous fluid. Like the locust described in the apo- 
 oalypee, his power is in his tail. 
 
 After reaching Huntsville, the battery was ordered to proceed 
 to Chattanooga, which they did by way of Stephenson, Bridgeport, 
 and Lookout Mountain, arriving at Chattanooga, September 13th, 
 and marching on the 14th out to Rossville, five miles south. Dur- 
 ing the march they averaged 25 miles per day. From the 17th to 
 the 20th, the battery occupied various positions protecting Ross- 
 ville, and Gen. Thomas' line of communications. After the re- 
 treat of McCook's division, they were in the thickest of that terri- 
 ble fight on the 20th, when the rebels so desperately attempted to 
 dislodge Thomas and Granger. At one time they were almost en- 
 tirely unsupported, and repelled an infantry attack with charges 
 of double canister which did fearful execution. 
 
 A brigade of regulars which was the support of the battery, 
 broke and run as soon as the enemy pressed hard, leaving the bat- 
 tery for a time without any support. The 85th Ills, seeing the 
 condition of things, and having often been with the battery, asked 
 the privilege of supporting them which was granted, and with the 
 battery held the position, which was one of great importance to 
 our army, enabling it to pass through the mountains, although 
 the battery was at the time in the range of three rebel batteries, 
 and was charged furiously four times in as many hours. On the 
 evening of the 21st, they fell back with the army to Chattanooga, 
 and on the 24th were ordered to cross the river and take position 
 seven miles above Chattanooga to guard a ford against a strong 
 force of the enemy on the opposite side of the river. On the 
 27th of Oct. they performed a night march with the force that 
 captured Lookout Valley, and Raccoon Heights, and on the 3d of 
 Nov. returned to their former position. Nov. 24th they took part 
 in the attack on Mission Ridge, and were in the left wing of Sher- 
 man's army. In this engagement the battery was in command of 
 Lieut. Plant, Capt. Barnett being North. During the fight, while 
 the battery was on one side of a swamp called Crawfish swamp, 
 just at night, Grant and Sherman were standing near the battery, 
 when an officer rode up and asked if he should go back and secure 
 quarters for the night. " No," said Grant, "if we do not get pos- 
 session of those buildings (pointing to some which the rebels stiJl
 
 430 HISTORY OF 
 
 held, on the opposite side of the swamp), then I shall stay at the 
 foot of this tree." 
 
 Well, the boys got possession of the houses before dark, and 
 Gens. Grant and Sherman, and their staffs, were not obliged to 
 stay under the trees. The battery took part in the pursuit after 
 the rebel army, going as far as Ringgold, and returning, took part 
 in the march to the relief of Knoxville, after which they returned 
 to Chattanooga. 
 
 Here the entire battery, numbering 65 men, declared their 
 purpose to re-enlist, and on the 8th of January, 1864, they left 
 Chattanooga, and arrived at Springfield on the 16th, and received 
 a thirty days' furlough. 
 
 The battery rendezvoused at Camp Erwin, Joliet, Feb. 16th, 
 and having recruited up to 130 men, left this city for Chatta- 
 nooga on the 14th of March, 1864. The battery got back to 
 Chattanooga from the return furlough the 18th of March, having 
 been absent just two months. During this interval great changes 
 had occurred in the condition of the army. It was now fully sup- 
 plied with rations, and Sherman was evidently preparing for some 
 onward movement. Supplies, ordnance stores, and all the essen- 
 tials of such a campaign were being collected. The first few days 
 after their return were occupied in getting every man, horse, and 
 gun into their proper places, and in drilling the new recruits. 
 
 March 21st, moved out six miles into Lookout Valley. That 
 night there was a heavy fall of snow, nearly one foot in depth, 
 for which the men were poorly prepared, having but few tents put 
 up. On the 26th Lieut. Rich arrived from Springfield with more 
 recruits. 
 
 During some of the first days of April, the battery practiced 
 target shooting, which was witnessed by some experienced artillery 
 officers, who gave the boys the credit of doing some of the best 
 shooting they had ever seen. April 9th moved out to Gordon's 
 mills, and joined their old command, viz: 2nd division, 14th 
 army corps, and April 25th received orders to be ready for busi- 
 ness, and on May 2d broke camp and entered upon the Atlanta 
 campaign. 
 
 We have pretty full minutes of the movements of the battery
 
 BARNETT'S BATTERY. 431 
 
 during this campaign, but we are compelled to condense them to 
 a meager sketch. 
 
 The battery was in action May 5th, at Tunnel Hill, when a 
 shell exploded within a few feet of Capt. Barnett and Brig. Gen. 
 Davis. On the 10th and llth it was hotly engaged, and on the 
 12th passed through Snake Creek Gap. On the 15th it was again 
 in action, and on the 18th had skirmishes near Rome. On the 
 26th arrived near Dallas and had some fighting, and on 27th, 
 28th and 30th, was in line of battle. June 7th near Ackworth, 
 lost two men captured while foraging. On 15th, 16th and 17th, 
 kept up brisk firing. On the 18th shelled the rebs on Kenesaw, 
 Gen. Sherman and Palmer superintending the business. Contin- 
 ued the shelling on the 21st. 
 
 A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune has this notice of the 
 battery at this time. 
 
 " Yesterday afternoon the rebels opened quite an extensive ar- 
 tillery fire from a battery placed on the top of Kenesaw mountain; 
 but it was soon silenced by battery I, 2d artillery (111.) which did 
 some of the best shooting your correspondent has yet seen. The 
 sky was dark and cloudy, and as the shells burst over the rebel 
 batteries, the flash could be seen, resembling a vivid streak of 
 sharp forked lightning. The effect of each shell was to make the 
 rebel gunners retire to a place of safety, from which they would 
 once in a while run out and fire their pieces. But our boys had 
 them in a tight place, and kept up so vigorous a shelling that 
 the rebels were obliged to give it up altogether." 
 
 From the 21st to the 27th, the firing was kept up vigorously. 
 The battery did its share on the 27th of June, losing two men, 
 and kept up active firing until the afternoon of July 2d, when it 
 moved to the right, marching till midnight. July 4th, was 
 again engaged, and came near getting into a scrape. One of the 
 rebel batteries used gun-cotton, which makes but little noise or 
 smoke, and battery I being in advance, and to the left of another 
 Union battery, the latter supposed the rebel shot came from bat- 
 tery " I," and opened on it. The bugler, G. Putney, did not let 
 the grass grow under his feet, while he ran back and let them 
 know they were hitting their best friends.
 
 432 HISTORY OF 
 
 July 5th, the battery advanced again, and soon found the ene- 
 my behind another line of works, and commenced shelling, one 
 gun being on the skirmish line. The enemy's sharpshooters make 
 it pretty warm for our men. Gen. Sherman was up on the skir- 
 mish line, standing by one of the guns of battery I. Corp. J. 
 Q,. A. King had just fired the piece, and was standing a little one 
 side with his hand on his hip, looking over to see the effect of 
 his fire, when a ball passed through between (akimbo) and his 
 side, and wounded one of Gen. Sherman's orderlies. One of the 
 men of the battery called the general's attention to the fact. His 
 only reply was that he could not help it. 
 
 Atlanta is now in sight nine and a half miles distant. From 
 July 6th to 9th, the boys had a rest, and on the 9th and 10th did 
 some firing. On the 16th received new guns, the old ones being 
 inspected and condemned. Each gun had fired over twelve hun- 
 dred shots on the campaign. On the 17th, crossed the Chattahoo- 
 chie, and on the 26th, took position within three miles of Atlanta, 
 having had more or less fighting while moving up. Almost con- 
 stant firing was then kept up until the 7th of August, when the 
 battery built their breastworks within 300 yards of the rebel guns. 
 Having changed position and built breastworks several times, the 
 boys were pretty well used up, and in building the last works 
 they put in a large lot of old rails. They had reason to repent of 
 this the next day, when the rebs opened on them pretty lively, 
 and making some good shots set the old rails flying about their 
 heads " promiscuous," and giving some pretty hard scratches, but 
 nothing serious. But they thought they would leave the rails out 
 next time, as they did when they rebuilt during the night. Dur- 
 ing the night two men were wounded ; hard fighting all day (the 
 9th). August 10th, the battery threw shells all day into the rebel 
 lines ; one of the men Jack Riley, of Joliet was wounded. 
 Poor Jack is dead now, having died since the war ; and here let 
 it be said of him, that whatever else he was, or was not, he was a 
 good soldier, brave, and always on hand, doing his duty in the 
 battery promptly and well. August llth, cannonading kept up 
 by the battery all day ; two men were wounded, Metter and 
 Olson. August 12th, sent over a few salutes in the morning, and 
 in the afternoon the infantry on the picket lines formed a tempo-
 
 BARNETT'S BATTERY. 433 
 
 rary truce, and exchanged coffee and sugar for tobacco. Geyer, 
 of Joliet, one of the men wounded on the 9th, died this day. 
 
 Skirmishing and firing continued until the 27th, when another 
 flank movement was made, and the battery went with the divis- 
 ion to Jonesboro, where it had another brisk fight. On the 3d of 
 September, the boys got the news of the evacuation of Atlanta. 
 The battery had now fired 1,439 rounds to each gun, on the cam- 
 paign of four months, and had been in an almost continuous battle 
 since May 2d. 
 
 Sept. 28th, the battery received orders to be ready to move in the 
 morning, and on the 29th, loaded the guns, etc., into the cars, and 
 started for Chattanooga, where it arrived at 11 a. m. the 30th. Oct. 
 1st, went by cars to Stephenson, and from there to Huntsville, at 7 p. 
 m., where they disembarked from the cars. The rebels demanded 
 the surrender of Huntsville, but this was not conceded, and the 
 rebs went on to Athens, which had been re-occupied after its surren- 
 der on the 24th of September. Oct. 2d, the battery was again 
 placed on the cars, and started for Athens, but found about 
 three miles out, the track torn up and the telegraph down. It 
 took all night to repair, but it was accomplished by daylight of 
 the 3d, and they went on to within three miles of Athens, when 
 they got off the cars, and returned. Camped in Athens that 
 night. On the 4th, started for Florence, Ala., and arrived at the 
 Elk River at 3 p. m., which was found very high. Camped for 
 the night at Rogerville, it raining in torrents: Oct. 5th, marched 
 at 6 o'clock, roads very muddy. Oct. 6th, a detachment sent on 
 scout, and went within one mile of Florence, heard distant can- 
 nonading. The country was very beautiful. Oct. 8th, heard 
 more cannonading, and had some skirmishing with the rebs, who 
 were on the opposite side of the river. Oct. 9th, a slight frost, the 
 first of the season. 
 
 Oct. 10th, battery commenced return to Chattanooga, where 
 it arrived on the 14th, and went into camp. Here they met the 
 100th regiment on its way to Nashville. 
 
 On the 18th, commenced return to Atlanta, foraging on the 
 way. At Kingston drew new horses and fresh greenbacks. Had 
 a review of the artillery of the 14th corps by Captain Barnett, act- 
 
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 434 HISTORY OP 
 
 ing chief of artillery, and were ordered to prepare for another 
 campaign. 
 
 On the 12th Captain Barnett resigned, and the command of 
 the battery fell upon Lt. A. W. Coe, (Lt. Plant having resigned 
 at the commencement of the campaign.) Nov. 13th, passed Al- 
 toona Station, the 2d division of 14th corps tearing up the rail- 
 road ; thus cutting loose from all communications behind. On 
 the 14th, passed Kenesavv Mountain, and on the 15th were again 
 in Atlanta. 
 
 On the 16th left Atlanta, smoking behind, with their faces sea- 
 ward, and on the 18th passed Oxford and Covington. Gen. 
 Sherman traveled with the corps, (14th). The roads were good. 
 Two divisions still tearing up the railroad; the fires from the 
 burning ties lighting up the darkness at night. Camped on 
 Arcola river. 
 
 And so the boys pass on with the 14th corps, skirmishing, for- 
 aging, camping and corduroying until Dec. 9th, which brings 
 them within fifteen miles of Savannah. Here they had brisk 
 skirmishing, in the course of which Lieut. Coe, commanding the 
 battery, was killed by a rebel shell. He was literally torn to 
 pieces, and had only time to say, " My God, boys, I am killed." 
 They buried him with masonic honors, at evening, building a 
 rustic enclosure of small pine logs about the grave ; and there 
 sleeps a brave and patriotic man ! On the 10th and llth moved 
 on to within five miles of Savannah, with heavy cannonading. 
 
 Dec 12th, within four miles of the city. The 20th corps on 
 the left; 15th and 17th on the right. The 20th captured a 
 wooden gun-boat. On the 13th. the 15th corps captured Fort 
 McAllister. Dec. 18th the battery moved into some works that 
 the infantry had built within 600 yards of the enemy. In the 
 evening they tossed over some of their cast iron, but without much 
 damage. On the morning of the 21st the rebels had left. They 
 had also evacuated the city, and when Sherman entered the city 
 he dispatched a note to President Lincoln, presenting to him the 
 city of Savannah as a christmas-gift. A message which flew on 
 the wings of lightning, carrying joy to all union hearts, and dis- 
 may to the rebels. 
 December 31st, completed a year's service as veterans. On the
 
 BAKNETT'S BATTERY. 435 
 
 16th of January, 1865, received orders to prepare for another 
 campaign, and on the 21st started out on the northward march. 
 After marching through swamps and dodging torpedoes, January 
 27th, went into camp at Sister's Ferry. Gun-boats came up the 
 Savannah to this point, pontoons are laid, and on Sunday, Feb. 
 5th, they cross the river and camp on the soil of South Carolina. 
 Some of the army are killed and wounded by torpedoes. 
 
 On they go through the swamps, corduroying and foraging, 
 passing through Barnwell, Blackwell, and past Columbia, and 
 through Lexington. On the 25th laid by for the roads to dry. 
 
 Feb. 28th resumed the march, and camped March 5th, on Big 
 Pedee, three miles above Cheraw, having crossed several rivers, 
 which had to be pontooned. On the 7th crossed the Big Pedee 
 on pontoons, and on the llth passed through Fayetteville, N. C. 
 Here was a rebel arsenal, which of course came to grief. A tug- 
 boat comes up from Wilmington, On the 16th there was a gen- 
 eral engagement by the cavalry of the 14th and 20th corps. Bat- 
 tery I was in the front on the 18th, in line of battle, but the rebels 
 fell back when the troops advanced. On the 19th the enemy was 
 found in strong force, under Johnson, who attacked the advance 
 of the 14th corps strongly, and compelled them to fall back, when 
 the union lines of battle were soon formed and met the enemy, at- 
 tacking with all his force. The 20th corps came up to the support 
 of the 14th, and the rebels were handsomely repulsed. 
 
 Battery I had a good position, and did some good shooting. 
 March 25th in line of battle again, but not much fighting. The 
 rebels seem to have got satisfied, and on the 22d were not visible. 
 This was the battle of Bentonville. 
 
 The march was then resumed with 2d division of 14th corps, 
 battery I in advance. The 24th corps came up here from Wil- 
 mington, who thought Sherman's men a pretty hard looking set* 
 No wonder, the boys had not had much time to make their 
 toilets. They were well smoked up with the pine knots with 
 which they made their coffee, and many were ragged and barefoot. 
 They pass on through Goldsboro, where they stop a few days 
 to get supplies, and here they get a mail, and Lieut. Rich gets his 
 commission as captain of the battery. 
 
 Here April 6th, the boys got the news from Richmond. Wan't
 
 436 HISTORY OF 
 
 there a hurrah ! April 10th, on again, with some skirmishing, to 
 Smithfield, the evening of the llth. Next day, hear still better 
 news. On the 13th passed through Raleigh, making a fine march 
 through the city, and went into camp the 15th at Avery's Ferry. 
 Here the famous negotiations of Sherman with Johnson, were had. 
 On the 18th came the shocking news of the assassination. April 
 20th Johnson surrendered, and on the 21st, division marched to 
 Holly Springs. Here the battery was recruited by a one thousand- 
 dollar-bounty man. 
 
 May 1st, start on again for Washington, on a race with the 
 20th corps, and on the 7th reached Richmond 190 miles in seven 
 days said to be the best marching on record. 
 
 On the 8th camped near Richmond, and having no further use 
 for ammunition it was buried. On the llth resumed march to 
 Washington, which was reached in time to join in the grand re- 
 view of Sherman's army, by the President, Grant and others. 
 Marched via White House, Capitol, Pennsylvania avenue, and re- 
 turned to former camp. May 25th left camp, passed through 
 Washington, and camped about three miles from the city. May 
 29th got news of Kirby Smith's surrender, which finished up the 
 Confederacy. May 30th turned over the guns and harness, horses, 
 &c., to the proper departments at the arsenal. The men visit 
 the city and see the " lions;" and June 1st start home, via 
 Baltimore and Ohio railroad . Arrived at Springfield the 7th and 
 went into barracks at Camp Butler, and were soon busy making 
 out the last pay, and muster-out .rolls. On the 13th were paid off 
 and discharged ; and those who had been soldiers for the last four 
 years and more, are citizens again ; and those who had been in 
 such close companionship through so many marches, stood shoul- 
 der to shoulder through so many battles now bid each other 
 good-bye, often with a tear, and scatter to their several homes, to 
 see the friends from whom they have been separated through the 
 long and weary years. 
 
 Battery I was in the service three years, eight months and six- 
 teen days. It would be impossible to give the number of miles 
 it marched during the time. It was only once absent from the 
 field of active operations, when veteranizing and recruiting, previ- 
 ous to the Atlanta campaign. In the course of its history, it visi-
 
 BARNETT'S BATTERY. 437 
 
 ted ten of the southern and southwestern states ; Florida and Texas 
 being the only rebel states that did not get a taste of its mettle 
 and metal. The battery was of course often recruited, and the 
 places of the disabled supplied by details from infantry regiments; 
 and only about fifty men of the original roster returned with the 
 battery. Several of the members of the battery are now in 
 Joliet, quietly pursuing the ordinary avocations of life, making 
 no boast of their services, and in no way reminding the public, 
 that four of the best years of their lives were given to save the 
 onion, and keep back the invaders from our homes.
 
 438 BRIEF MENTION OF CAVALRY 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 BRIEF MENTION OF CAVALRY AND OTHER REGI- 
 MENTS. 
 
 Fourth Cavalry Eighth Cavalry Thirteenth Cavalry Third Cavalry 
 Sixth Cavalry Ninth Cavalry Tenth Cavalry Fifteenth Cavalry Chicago 
 Mercantile Battery Bolton's Battery Two Stories Battery C, 1st Artillery 
 Battery G, 1st Artillery Battery M, 1st Artillery Coggswell Battery- 
 Battery G, 2d Artillery Lockport Artillery Company 72d Infantry Co. I, 
 46th Infantry 88th Infantry How Some Families were Represented. 
 
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 [HE record of the brave troopers of Will county will have to 
 
 be a brief one. We begin with THE FOURTH CAVALRY, 
 known from its first colonel, and most active organizer, the 
 present supreme judge of this district, as " Dickey's Cavalry." 
 In this regiment our county had four commissioned officers and 
 about one hundred and fifty men. The regiment was organized 
 in Ottawa, in the fall of 1861. Captain John H. Felter, of 
 Lockport, commenced raising Company D, in August 1861, and 
 obtained about one hundred volunteers in this county. We had 
 also fifteen men in Co. C, and a few in other companies. A re- 
 ference to the muster roll in PART FOUR, will show the names 
 and history of officers and privates. 
 
 We cannot go into so minute a history of this regiment, as 
 we should be glad to do. Its active career commenced with Grant's 
 advance on Columbus, January 1862, and on Fort Henry in 
 February, when a detachment under command of the lamented 
 Lt. Col. Wm. McCullough, pursued the enemy and captured many 
 prisoners, and several cannon, having several killed and wounded.
 
 AND OTHER REGIMENTS. 439 
 
 The next day, the regiment under Col. Dickey, made a reconnois- 
 ance to the railroad bridge above the fort, capturing prisoners and 
 securing valuable information. On the day before the general ad- 
 vance on Fort Donaldson, it made a reconnoisance to the vicinity 
 of that fort, capturing some of the enemy's pickets, and getting a 
 view of the situation. It took an active part in the battle which 
 resulted in getting possession of the fort. It was then engaged 
 in reconnoitering until the battle of Shiloh, in which it was 
 actively engaged both days. It also had a brisk engage- 
 ment with the enemy's cavalry on the day subsequent to the gen- 
 eral battle, being brought into close combat with Forrest, in which 
 he and many of his men were wounded. It was then active in 
 the siege of Corinth, and after the evacuation, pursued the rebels as 
 far as Holly Springs. From this until November 1862, it was on 
 duty as scouts in western Tennessee and northen Mississippi, un- 
 der Generals Logan and Sherman. In December it was in 
 Grant's advance into Mississippi, being continually engaged from 
 Holly Springs to Coffeeville. At the latter place our forces got 
 into a tight place and had to retreat, and two squadrons of the 
 4th cavalry were left in the rear to delay the advance of the ene- 
 my. The rebs however came on in great force, and a severe con- 
 flict ensued, and our forces stubbornly resisted the enemy, greatly 
 superior in numbers. Col. McCullough of Bloomington, was 
 killed, 13 were wounded and missing. The latter part of the 
 month, it, with others, pursued Van Dorn in his course through 
 Mississippi to Tennessee, and back again to Pontetoc, Miss. 
 
 We have elsewhere mentioned the fact that some Will county 
 men were taken prisoners. In one place we have made an error, 
 in stating that it occurred at the time Col. McCullough was killed. 
 They were captured at Centerville, near Collier ville, Tenn., in 
 January 1863. Co. C (27 men) had been sent out to reconnoiter, 
 and on their return found themselves intercepted by a force of 72 
 rebel cavalry. Though greatly out-numbered, our boys gave them 
 fight; but the odds was too great. Four Kendall county men 
 were killed, five others were wounded one of whom was Marion 
 Cooper of Florence, who was wounded severely. Thirteen, includ- 
 ing the wounded, were taken prisoners. Four of these, John Avery, 
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 440 BRIEF MENTION OF CAVALRY 
 
 county men. The prisoners were at once taken on a fast gallop 
 about eight miles, when they were dismounted, and searched and 
 robbed of everything valuable. They were then taken eight 
 miles farther to a plantation near Hernando. Here they were cor- 
 ralled in old negro quarters for the night. The owner of the 
 plantation was a physician and he paid some attention to the 
 wounded, dressing the wounds with tallow from a candle. The 
 weather was very cold, and the boys had to take off their over- 
 coats to keep the wounded from freezing. Next morning those 
 who were not wounded were taken on toward Jackson, Miss. The 
 wounded were soon after rescued by our forces. At Grenada the 
 prisoners were brought before Gen. Tighlman, who happened to 
 be pretty drunk. He ordered the men put in irons, but the order 
 was subsequently countermanded, and they were held as prisoners 
 of war at Jackson, Miss., until April 1st, when they were parolled 
 and sent to New Orleans. 
 
 From this time until August 1863, the regiment was on 
 scouting duty in Tennessee and Mississippi, and in September 
 went by steamer to Vicksburg, and was with McPherson in his 
 reconnoisance toward Canton, in October 1863, Co. D, and details 
 from other companies were with Sherman in his great raid on 
 Meridian, a full account of which is given in our history of the 
 20th 111. Infantry, in which the Will county company was at- 
 tached to the same brigade. It afterwards moved to Natchez, 
 and was on scouting duty until October 1864, when the non- 
 veterans embarked for Springfield for muster out, leaving about 
 500 veterans and recruits in the field, from whom five new com- 
 panies were organized, which remained in service until 1866. 
 About ten of our Will county men were discharged for promotion 
 in colored regiments, and to enter the naval service. As will be 
 seen by reference to PART FOUR, we lost nine men in this regi- 
 ment, one of whom died at Richmond while prisoner. 
 
 EIGHTH CAVALRY. 
 
 No regiment has a more brilliant record than the 8th cavalry. 
 This regiment was mostly raised in the Fox River Valley, its 
 organization taking place at St. Charles. It was popularly known
 
 AND OTHER REGIMENTS. 441 
 
 as " Farnsworth's Cavalry," from its first colonel, the Hon. John 
 F. Farnsworth, of St. Charles. Our present worthy governor 
 was a major in this regiment. Will county claims a share in the 
 glory of its achievements, being represented in it by four commis- 
 sioned officers and ninety-eight enlisted men. 
 
 Alvin P. Granger, of Homer, a son of Alanson G., one of the 
 old and well known residents of that town, was a first lieutenant 
 in company F, and during a portion of his time of service, served 
 on the staffs of Generals Keyes and Pleasanton. Another son of 
 Alanson Granger, Albert L., was a private in this company, until 
 discharged for promotion in a colored regiment. . 
 
 John A. Kinley, Wheatland, who had just graduated at one 
 of our leading universities, enlisted as private Co. K, and was pro- 
 moted sergeant, then 2d lieutenant, and (September 18, 1864) 
 captain. 
 
 Harley J. Ingersoll, of Plainfield, also entered Co. K as pri- 
 vate, and was promoted sergeant, then lieutenant, and also captain 
 after the resignation of Kinley. 
 
 George W. Flagg, of Plainfield was a lieutenant in the same 
 company at its organization, but resigned in January 1862. 
 
 In company E we had three enlisted men ; in Co. F fifty- 
 three men, (mostly from the eastern part of the county); in Co. K 
 thirty-nine men, (mostly from Plainfield and Wheatland) and in 
 Co. L three men. 
 
 Our county lost eleven men in this regiment. One of them 
 was Orland Hewes, of a well-known Crete family, who is reported 
 in Dr. Hard's book, as being captured in a brisk little fight near 
 Culpepper, Va., in Nov. 1863, and dying in Andersonville. This, 
 however, is an error. He was killed on the spot, Serg't Willis J. 
 Cook, of the same ( four ' states that he fell against his horse, and 
 that he helped to bury him on the spot where he fell. 
 
 Charles A. Hill, one of our well known lawyers was a 
 private in Co. K, until discharged for promotion as a lieutenant 
 in a colored regiment, in which he was subsequently promoted 
 captain. 
 
 We shall not go into a detailed history of this regiment, or even 
 give an abstract of its movements. Happily there is no need, for 
 its history has been ably and minutely written by Dr. Abner Hard, 
 
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 442 BRIEF MENTION OF CAVALBY 
 
 of Aurora, its surgeon throughout its entire service. It must suf- 
 fice to say that it commenced its career of active service in Wash- 
 ington, in October 1861, and continued to be actively engaged, 
 except on veteran furlough, all through the war, its last service 
 being rendered in searching for the assassins of President Lincoln. 
 It became perhaps the most celebrated cavalry regiment in the Po- 
 tomac army, and its record is a glorious one. We abstract from 
 Dr. Hard's history, one incident relating to a Will county man : 
 
 After the second battle of Malvern Hill occurred the memor- 
 able retreat from Harrison's Landing, in which the 8th cavalry 
 were rear guard. Just as they were leaving, Sergt. Kinley played 
 a conspicuous part in an enterprise which was not ordered. A 
 little below the landing was a plantation of a wealthy old rebel 
 of the name of Hill Carter. He had two sons in the rebel army, 
 and yet such was the policy of the general in command that the 
 old rebel was furnished with guards to protect his well-filled corn- 
 cribs from our soldiers, although our horses were starving for the 
 want of rations. This way of treating rebels was of course highly 
 disgusting to the boys of Farns worth's abolition regiment, who in 
 their simplicity thought the old reb. should be made to contribute 
 to the support of the government he and his sons were trying to 
 destroy. Some of them, under the leadership of Kinley, deter- 
 mined not to leave the place without making Old Carter contri- 
 bute something to the cause. Accordingly when the " change of 
 base " was entered upon and the guards withdrawn, Kinley and a 
 squad of the boys called on Carter and told him that movements 
 were in progress, which would make it necessary that he and all 
 his men should remain in the house during the night, and that 
 the first one that showed his head out of doors would be shot. 
 Carter remonstrated, but Kinley told him that the order was im- 
 perative. The old man had to yield to the necessity, and Sergt. 
 Kinley then placed sentinels to see that the orders were obeyed. 
 As soon as it was fully dark, the boys went into Carter's stables 
 and took therefrom three of his best horses, with which they got 
 safely off and joined the retreating army. Next Spring one of 
 Carter's sous was captured by the 8th cavalry, and the boys had 
 the satisfaction of assuring him that his father's horses were still
 
 AND OTHER REGIMENTS. 443 
 
 in the regiment, and were rendering Uncle Sam good service. 
 Strange to say he did seem much gratified thereat. 
 
 While lieutenant of the company, Kinley was wounded near 
 Urbana, Md., July 9th, 1864, when the regiment was up the 
 Potomac trying to head off Lee's invasion. Col. Clendenning 
 with three companies of the regiment was falling back through 
 Urbana closely followed by a full regiment of rebel cavalry. But 
 the boys of the 8th gave the rebels such a reception that they fell 
 back with the loss of their flag and its bearer. In this skirmish 
 Kinley received a severe wound, a rebel bullet lodging near his 
 heart. 
 
 Sergeant Richard C. Vinson, of Wheatland, fell mortally 
 wounded in an engagement with Imboden's rebel infantry, during 
 the pursuit of Lee's army after the battle of Gettysburg. Surgeon 
 Hard says : " Vinson was calm and composed, and met his fate in 
 a soldier-like manner. A better or more noble soldier could not 
 be found in the army." He died at Boonsboro, July 6th. 
 
 Sergeant Holmes, of Co. G, 100th Infantry, first enlisted in 
 this regiment, but having the misfortune to get gobbled up when 
 on a reconnoisance, he was parolled and got his discharge, and 
 when released joined the 100th. 
 
 THIRTEENTH CAVALRY. 
 
 Our next largest representation in the cavalry regiments was 
 in the 13th, in which we had five commissioned officers and sixty- 
 five enlisted men. These were principally in companies C and F. 
 Those in Co. C were from the town of Monee, and were nearly all 
 of German nationality. Adam Sachs, of Monee, was captain of 
 the company until its consolidation, and Adolph Schule of the 
 same place, 2d lieutenant. 
 
 Company F was known as Danforth's company, and was raised 
 in Joliet and vicinity by the efforts of Dr. Danforth, its first cap- 
 tain, Ira D. Swain 1st lieutenant, and E. Grundy 2d sergeant 
 Dr. Edwin R. Willard, of Wilmington, served as surgeon after 
 consolidation. We lost eight men in this regiment. One of this 
 number was by a melancholy accident, while the company was at 
 Ironton, Mo. A volley of thirteen guns had been ordered in re-
 
 444 BRIEF MENTION OF CAVALRY 
 
 spect to the memory of Gen. C. F. Smith, who had lately died. 
 Four men were detached for this duty, among them Henry R. 
 Aulsbrook, of Plainfield, who acted as rammer. While ramming 
 down the fifth cartridge, the gun was prematurely discharged, ter- 
 ribly mangling the poor boy who lingered in great agony for a 
 few hours, when death came to his relief. He was one of the best 
 men in the company, and his death gave the boys a shock from 
 which they did not soon recover. The shock was no less felt at 
 Plainfield where his parents resided, and where the young man 
 had grown up from infancy beloved and respected. 
 
 Another good soldier and valuable young man which our county 
 lost in this company was Wm. M. Radcliff, whose aged parents 
 still reside in Joliet. At the time of his enlistment he was in the 
 employ of Bush & Bros., by whom he was highly prized. He 
 was chosen 1st corporal of the company and served with it through 
 its marches and skirmishes through Missouri and Arkansas, and 
 was taken sick at Helena, from which place he was sent to hospital 
 at St. Louis, where he died October 30th, 1862. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Baptist Church, Joliet. 
 
 Besides the regiments named, our county had in the THIRD 
 CAVALRY seventeen men from various parts of the county, four 
 of whom died in the service, one of whom, Geo. F. Johnson, of 
 New Lenox, was drowned. This regiment closed up its services 
 by an expedition into the Indian country after the war had closed. 
 In the SIXTH CAVALRY our county had seven men, six of whom 
 were our German citizens from Monee, two of whom died in the 
 harness. 
 
 In the NINTH CAVALRY our county had one commissioned 
 officer and about fifty enlisted men. Sidney O. Roberts, of the 
 town of Dupage, was 1st lieutenant of Co. G. The enlisted men 
 were principally in companies B and D, and largely from the 
 town of Crete, and of German nationality. We lost six men in 
 this regiment. In the TENTH CAVALRY we had one commis- 
 sioned officer, Lieut. Herman B. Hoffman, of Joliet, and fourteen 
 enlisted men, all from the town of Channahon. Two died in the 
 service. In the ELEVENTH CAVALRY we had nine recruits. In 
 the TWELFTH CAVALRY we had 16 enlisted men, three of whom 
 lost their lives. In the FOURTEEFTH CAVALRY we had four men,
 
 AND OTHER REGIMENTS. 445 
 
 one of whom was George F. Codding, of Lockport, who was cor- 
 poral, and George H. Mason; of Lockport, who was killed at 
 Boddy Station, Tenn., Dec. 14th, 1863. Another valuable young 
 man lost to Lockport and Will county. In the FIFTEENTH CAV- 
 ALRY we had nine enlisted men. This was one of the dragoon 
 companies attached to the 36th 111. infantry, raised in the Fox 
 river valley. Thomas C. Pennington, of Wilmington, (son of our 
 present deputy U. S. Collector) who was attending school at the 
 time, enlisted in Co. K, veteranized and was mustered out as 
 quartermaster-sergeant of 10th cavalry, consolidated. 
 
 Samuel H. Whited, of Scott street, Joliet, who had previously 
 enlisted in the Mechanic Fusileers, an organization that was dis- 
 banded ; was also a member of Co. L of this regiment, although 
 he had to forget about ten years of his life in order to get mus- 
 tered in. But these ten years only the better qualified him to en- 
 dure hardness as a good trooper. We had a few men in other 
 cavalry regiments whose names will be found in PART FOUR. 
 
 CHICAGO MERCANTILE BATTERY. 
 
 Our county had a respectable represention in this battery re- 
 spectable both in numbers and in character. This representation 
 was mostly from the city of Lockport. In the fall of 1872, seven- 
 teen young men from the substantial families of that place, to- 
 gether with one each from Joliet and Wilmington, enlisted at the 
 organization of the battery. Subsequently our county also fur- 
 nished seventeen recruits, fourteen of whom were also from Lock- 
 port. Two of the original members from Lockport held the rank 
 of sergeant, and one that of corporal. A reference to the muster 
 roll in the latter part of this work will show the names and mili- 
 tary record of all. 
 
 This battery rendered efficient service to the Union cause. It 
 went first to Memphis, where it joined the expedition under Sher- 
 man to Oxford, Miss., which drove the rebels from that place. 
 It next went with Sherman in the first attack on Vicksburg, en- 
 countering the discomforts of the Yazoo swamps for a week, and 
 taking part in the desperate but unsuccessful assault on Chicka- 
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 446 BRIEF MENTION OF CAVALRY 
 
 Post, and was actively engaged in the battle of the llth and 12th 
 of January, which resulted in the rebel surrender. The battery 
 received on this occasion the public thanks of Gen. Osterhaus. 
 
 It went subsequently to Young's Point, opposite Vicksburg, 
 where it remained until spring. Thence it moved to Milliken's 
 Bend, from which it started with Grant's expedition against Vicks- 
 burg. Crossing the river at Bruin sburg, it was the same day in 
 the battle of Magnolia Hills. 
 
 It took part in the battle of Champion Hills on the 16th, and 
 Black River Bridge on the 17th of May. It then bore an active 
 and honorable part in the memorable seige which terminated in the 
 surrender of Vicksburg, July 4th. On the 22d of May, two 
 guns were pushed within twenty-five feet of the enemy's works, and 
 with only a storming party for support, held their position, keep- 
 ing up a continuous fire until darkness compelled them to retire. 
 For this and their general conduct during the seige, the battery 
 received honorable mention in the report of Gen. McClernand. 
 
 On the 5th of July it went with Gen. Sherman's expedition 
 against Jackson, Miss., and was engaged seven days in the seige 
 of that place. Returning to Vicksburg, it left that place August 
 30th, for New Orleans, as part of Gen. Franklin's expedition up 
 the Bayou Teche. Returning to New Orleans, it embarked on 
 the steamer St. Mary, for Texas. It reached La Croix where it 
 remained until March, when it returned to Berwick's Bay, and 
 formed part of the 13th army corps under Gen. Benson, accom- 
 panying Gen. Banks' cotton expedition up the Red River. This 
 expedition, successful in its beginning, terminated in partial dis- 
 aster, in which the Chicago Mercantile Battery was involved. In 
 the action known as that of Sabine Cross Roads, it lost all of its 
 guns. No dishonor, however, was attached to the battery. It lost 
 two officers and two men killed ; five wounded, and two officers 
 and nineteen men captured. Among the prisoners were four of 
 the Lockport men, viz : John W. Arnold, Sanford L. Parker, 
 Amos Burdick and Walter H. Felter. These were all taken to 
 Tyler, Texas, and confined in the prison pen known as Camp 
 Ford, a stockade of about eight acres, where they endured the 
 usual treatment of our men in southern prisons, a little better per- 
 haps than that which was administered at Andereonville. One of
 
 AND OTHER REGIMENTS. 447 
 
 the number, Walter H. Felter, died there, a victim to southern 
 hospitality. The rest endured the discomforts of prison life, dur- 
 ing fourteen months, until peace brought their release. In this 
 stockade were confined about forty-five hundred men, about one- 
 fourth of the number under shelter, the rest being compelled to 
 content themselves with the sky only for a covering. All the 
 usual cruelties of short rations, insufficient clothing, robbery and 
 brutality, shooting on the dead line, etc., obtained. Arnold suc- 
 ceeded in making his escape, but after three weeks of hiding, was 
 retaken. 
 
 After this expedition, the battery returned toN. O. April 26th, 
 where it remained until Nov. 20th when it went with Gen. David- 
 son for Baton Rouge, and then to Pascagoula, on the Gulf Coast, 
 where it aided in diverting reinforcements to the confederates at 
 Mobile. In June 8th, 1865, it was mustered out of service at 
 New Orleans. 
 
 When the war broke out Mr. Fenn, (who by the way is, or 
 rather was, an Englishman he is now an American ) was in 
 New Orleans, and was forced into a rebel camp, preparatory to be- 
 ing put into the ranks. Fortunately, while engaged upon a ferry 
 boat, he had rescued from drowning, the child of a very influential 
 citizen, who having learned of his arrest, effected his release, and 
 with the aid of the British consul, he succeeded in getting out of 
 the city, and after many tribulations into our lines, and on reach- 
 ing Lockport, his former residence, he at once enlisted. 
 
 For further particulars in reference to individuals see PART 
 FOUR. 
 
 BATTERY L, SECOND ILL. ARTILLERY BOLTON'S BATTERY. 
 
 In this battery our county had eighteen men. One of these, 
 Dan'l H. Pierce, of Plainfield, became 1st lieutenant, and Julius 
 D. Roberts, of Plainfield, and Levi B. Wightman, of Wheatland, 
 became 2d lieutenants in the battery. The two last were corporals 
 in McAllister's battery in the three months' service. Lieut. Pierce 
 and privates Freelove and Bond had also been privates in the 
 same. Corporal Newton A. Hill was one of the young men in- 
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 448 BRIEF MENTION OF CAVALRY 
 
 torial campaign of 1858, and is a brother of Lieut. F. Hill, so 
 severely wounded at Vicksburg, as related in the history of McAl- 
 lister's Battery. The names of the other members of the battery 
 will be found in their proper place in PART FOUR. 
 
 We cannot of course go into a detailed history of this battery. 
 Its career was an honorable one, and its services were rendered in 
 the south west. Beginning with the battle of Shiloh, it partici- 
 pated in the seige of Corinth, moved thence to Memphis in Sher- 
 man's command, and occupied that city in Aug.. 1862. In October 
 it was in the engagement at Noncomo creek. It was selected by 
 Gen. Hurlburt to open the attack in the battle of the Hatchie, in 
 which it captured a rebel battery and a stand of colors. A hill 
 known as the " Hill of Metamora," was the key to the position and 
 the commanding point of the field. A rebel battery, and battery 
 L, simultaneously moved on the double quick to get it. Bolton's 
 battery succeeded gained the hill, and forthwith opened on the 
 rebel battery before they could unlimber all their guns, and drove 
 the men from it, and all their supports. Maj. Campbell, acting 
 chief of artillery for the division, came up and said, " You have 
 shot down the enemy's colors." After getting back to Bolivar, 
 the colors were presented to the battery by Gen. Hurlburt before 
 the whole division drawn up in a hollow square. It marched with 
 Grant in his campaign through Mississippi, being in Logan's di- 
 vision. After the destruction of Holly Springs by Van Dora, it 
 returned to Memphis, and then accompanied Grant's army to Lake 
 Providence and Milliken's Bend, and was engaged in the move- 
 ments around Vicksburg and in the seige was forty seven days in 
 the trenches. After the surrender of Vicksburg it was in Gen. 
 Leggett's campaign in Louisiana. It fought under McArthur at 
 Benton and Gleasonville in June 1864, and in July under Slocum 
 at Jackson and Clinton, Miss. From that time until mustered out, 
 it was on garrison duty at Vicksburg. Our county lost three men 
 in this battery. Freeman S. Gay, Jr., died in Louisiana August 
 30th, 1863. Jeremiah Downs, of Joliet, died at Vicksburg Octo- 
 ber 18th, 1865, and Francis Fentiman, of Wheatland, died at 
 Vicksburg June 14th, 1865. We can devote no more space to 
 this battery except to tell a little story. 
 
 After Grant had been compelled to take the back track in con-
 
 AND OTHER REGIMENTS. 449 
 
 sequence of Van Dorn's destructive raid on Holly Springs, where 
 the accumulated stores of his army were destroyed, Logan's divi- 
 sion fell back to La Grange. As is well known the loss of the 
 stores at Holly Springs brought Grant's army to short rations, and 
 in fact for a time to no rations. Under such circumstances of 
 course every one was on the look-out for something to satisfy the 
 demands of an empty stomach, and as it often happened, the boys 
 did not wait to be detailed before they went on a forage. When 
 near La Grange a Dutchman in battery L a boy of 1 6, in years, 
 but a man in sharpness and grit spied a handsome spotted cow in 
 the bush near the place where the battery went into camp. 
 Of course he went for her forthwith. With the ready aid of his 
 comrades the cow was captured, slaughtered, skinned and dressed, 
 and in due time also cooked and eaten, all secundum artem. Hav- 
 ing claimed the hide as his perquisite by right of discovery, and 
 the claim being conceded, he took it to a tannery near by. Now 
 leather was a great want at the south, and hides brought ready 
 money on sight, and Hans found the tanner eager to buy. Enter- 
 ing the shop, Hans says : 
 
 " You puys hides here ?" 
 
 "Yes." 
 
 " How much you give ?" 
 
 " Three dollars, for good ones." 
 
 " Vel, here pes a good one." 
 
 " Throw it down and let me see it." 
 
 Hans threw down the hide, and the man proceeded to spread 
 it out on the floor. Suddenly he jumps up and breaks out in a 
 towering rage 
 
 " Thunder and lightning ! You d d Yankee thief! You 
 have killed my old spotted cow, the last cow I had, and now you 
 come and ask me to buy the hide ! D n you, get out of my 
 shop, the hide's mine." 
 
 The man was proceeding to appropriate the hide without fur- 
 ther parley, but to this Hans was not at all prepared to assent, and! 
 he says : 
 
 " Halt ! halt ! hans off! hans off! May pe the cow vas yours, 
 I don't know, it make no difference, that hide pe's mine, and you 
 
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 450 BRIEF MENTION OF CAVALRY 
 
 can't have him mitout you pay me tree dollar, and you must let 
 him pe, or I shoots." 
 
 As Hans suited his motions to his words, and as the man 
 thought of the fact that a division of Yankees was near to back 
 him up, he saw that it would be both useless and dangerous to in- 
 sist upon his view of the equity of the case. So he paid Hans 
 three dollars for the hide of his last cow, the old spotted cow that 
 less than an hour before was quietly browsing in the brush. 
 
 We must tell one more 
 
 After the battle of Champion Hills in which this battery 
 played a part, in pushing in toward Vicksburg the baggage and 
 commissary wagons were left behind, and the boys were once more 
 without rations, and after forty-eight hours' fasting got pretty 
 faint and hungry. In such circumstances a soldier feels wolfish, 
 and goes for whatever he can find. A raid was made by some 
 bummer on a planter's smoke house, and a lot of bacon was se- 
 cured. Of course he had to divide, and Corporal Hill getting a 
 good slice, retired to a stump to enjoy it. Just then Gen. LOGAN 
 happened to ride along, as hungry as a common man, and seeing 
 Hill about to go at his " sow-belly," says : 
 
 " Where did you get that ?" 
 
 " Pulled it, of course." 
 
 "Give me some, I'm so hungry I can't see." 
 
 Hill divided with him, and he devoured it with a keen gusto, 
 and like Oliver Twist, sighed for more ; but more was not to be 
 had, and he rode on. Some hours after, Hill overtook Logan 
 just as he had commenced on a chicken, which his servant had 
 procured. As soon as Logan saw him he says, " Here, corporal, 
 you divided your sow-belly with me, you shall have half of this 
 chicken." 
 
 FIRST ARTILLERY. 
 
 In battery A we had one representative, Lemuel Mckerson, of 
 Joliet, who died in this city from sickness brought on by exposure, 
 August 23d, 1863. 
 
 In battery C we had two men. These were James Leddy and 
 Wm. O. L. Jewett. Both of these young men had been enlisted in 
 other organizations early in the war. Jewett was in Co. E, 39th,
 
 AND OTHER REGIMENTS. 451 
 
 and was discharged on account of loss of health, in June, 1863. 
 Mr. Leddy had been a member of Co. B, 100th regiment, and 
 was also discharged for disability. At the time of their enlist- 
 ment in battery C, (Houghtaling's battery) they were both stu- 
 dents at law in the office of Judge Parks in Joliet. Having re- 
 covered their healths they were unable to resist the impulse to 
 join again in the work of saving the Union, and accordingly 
 joined this battery as recruited in the fall of 1864, and shared in 
 the march of Sherman from Atlanta (o Washington. Unwilling to 
 lose what time the exigencies of the service might give them, 
 they took along some of their text books, and thus after march- 
 ing and fighting by day, read Chitty and Blackstone at night, by 
 the light of pine knots, through Georgia and the Carolinas. 
 
 In battery G we had one commissioned officer, 1st Lt. Donald 
 Campbell, of Lockport, and six privates from the same place. 
 In battery I, we had three representatives. One, James Bond, 
 son of Mr. Samuel Bond of Joliet township, and a representative 
 of the Signal office, and who, after serving out his time in the war 
 with credit, and escaping all its casualties, was drowned a few years 
 since in the Missouri river. 
 
 In battery M, we had five representatives. This battery was 
 attached to the same brigade with the 100th regiment in the At- 
 lanta campaign, and we had occasion to speak of it in the history 
 of that regiment, as firing the shot which terminated the earthly 
 career of the Rev. Rebel Gen. Leonidas Polk. 
 
 Magnus Tait of this township, was a sergeant in this battery 
 who had the misfortune to get gobbled up when before Atlanta, 
 and who was taken to Anderson ville. Some of my readers will re- 
 member how he looked when he came home from that delightful 
 southern residence, where according to Senator Hill, our boys ex- 
 perienced the delights of southern hospitality, how he barely es- 
 caped with life, aud how for a long time he hobbled about our 
 streets on crutches. 
 
 Charley Cope, who now works so quietly at manufacturing 
 horse collars in the old stone block, Joliet, put in three years of 
 his boyhood in this battery, being only nineteen when mustered 
 out. Though brave even to recklessness, he came through with-
 
 452 BRIEF MENTION OF CAVALRY 
 
 out a scratch, although his hat and clothing often showed the 
 marks of rebel skill in gunnery. 
 
 George Carey of Plainfield, was an artificer in this battery, 
 who still plies his vocation in that patriotic village, and is as 
 plucky and patriotic as ever. 
 
 SECOND ARTILLERY. 
 
 In battery D we had one commissioned officer, Joseph Hock- 
 man, of Lockport, 2d lieutenant, and seven enlisted men. 
 
 In Coggswell battery we had one commissioned officer, Henry 
 G. Eddy, of Lockport, of the famous * Hawley Battery ' in the 
 three months' service, who still lives, and long may he wave. 
 Also fifteen men and recruits. 
 
 In battery G, 2d artillery, we claim one representative, H. 
 B. Scutt, of Joliet. 
 
 LOCKPORT ARTILLERY COMPANY. 
 
 Although this company was never mustered into the service 
 of the United States, and therefore makes no figure in the adjutant 
 general's report, and although it never came into actual conflict 
 with the armed hordes of treason, yet, inasmuch as it rendered 
 valuable service to the country, at a critical period of our history, 
 it is entitled to honorable mention in the war record of Will 
 county. This company was organized as an amateur battery 
 under the State Militia law, some three or four years before the 
 war, and was supplied by the state with one cannon. 
 
 When the crisis came in the spring of 1861, it was called upon 
 by Gov. Yates, to go to Cairo, and assist in the armed occupation 
 of that point, as we have related in our record of home events. 
 The company consisting of the persons named below, and possi- 
 bly of some others whose names have been forgotten, went to 
 Cairo, April 22d, 1861, where they were joined by other men 
 who had gathered there from various parts of the state. The bat- 
 tery was immediately placed on duty by Gen. Prentiss, then in 
 command. It has the honor of placing the first gun in position for 
 the defence of that place. They assisted in the blockade of the 
 river, stopping all boats from that time on. Among others the
 
 AND OTHER REGIMENTS. 453 
 
 steamer Hillman bound down from St. Louis, was intercepted and 
 found to have a cargo of contraband goods a large lot of revolv- 
 ers packed in butter firkins and marked " choice butter." This 
 company mounted the guns in Fort PrentisB, and was placed in 
 command of the fort under Lieut. Eddy, by Gen. Wagner, chief 
 of artillery. The battery remained at Cairo until the 6th of Au- 
 gust, when it was disbanded, its term of service having more than 
 expired. Many of the members entered other organizations in the 
 three years' service: Lieut. Eddy became 1st Lieutenant in 
 Coggswell's battery. We give below the names of the Lockport 
 men : 
 
 Captain N. L. Hawley; 1st. Lieut. H. G. Eddy, entered Coggswell's 
 battery; 2d Lieut J. W, Herron ; Ord. Serg't Wm. E. Codding; Serg't 
 Donald Campbell, entered battery G, 1st artillery, 1st lieutenant ; Serg't. 
 Joseph Hockman, entered battery D, 2d artillery, 2d lieutenant; Serg't. 
 Sanford L. Parker, entered Mercantile Battery. Privates John Harmon, 
 John Shaw, Patrick McBride, Chandler Heath, George Terry, Enoch Allen ; 
 Martin Nierberg, entered battery D, 2d artillery ; John Biley, James Mc- 
 Gregor, Michael Walter, John Thorn, entered D, 2d artillery ; Andrew 
 Emery, Orrin Moon, entered Co. D 4th cavalry ; Charles Josenhans, en- 
 tered battery D ; Florian Kenney and Samuel Cowell. 
 
 SEVENTY-SECOND OR FIRST BOARD OF TRADE REGIMENT. 
 
 Our county was represented in this regiment by twenty-seven 
 men, at its original organization in the summer of 1862. These 
 were mostly from the towns of DuPage and Channahon. We 
 also furnished subsequently nine recruits. The following list of 
 skirmishes and battles in which the regiment participated, is all 
 we give of its history. The names of the men will be found in 
 PART FOUR of this work : Clarkson, Mo., Horn Lake Creek, 
 Champion Hills, Big Black, Seige of Vicksburg, St. Catherine's 
 Creek, Miss., Cross Bayou, La., Benton, Miss., Grand Gulf, 
 Columbia, Tenn., Spring Hill, Franklin, Nashville, Spanish 
 Fort, Ala., Blakeley. We lost eight men in this regiment. Corp. 
 J. B. Willis, of Channahon, was discharged for promotion in a 
 colored regiment. One man, Corp. Stephen H. L. Hurd, of 
 Channahon, had a taste of the delights of Anderson ville.
 
 454 BRIEF MENTION OF CAVALRY 
 
 COMPANY I, FORTY-SIXTH INFANTRY. 
 
 This company was mainly raised in the town of Plainfield. 
 The " Patriotism of Illinois " credits it entirely to another county, 
 but it was always known as the Plainfield company, and that pa- 
 triotic town must not be cheated out of its due share of the glory 
 won by this regiment, although we cannot go into its history in 
 detail. The regiment has a brilliant record. It commenced its 
 active career at Donaldson, where it was in Gen. Lew. Wallace's 
 command. It took a heroic part at Shiloh, being in Gen. Hurl- 
 burt's division, and losing in killed and wounded more than one 
 half of the men engaged. The Plainfield company lost four men 
 killed, from this county. One of those was Sergt. John Collins, 
 who was the first captain of the Plainfield Battery before the war. 
 He was a brave soldier and efficient officer. He was wounded 
 and being carried off the field, when he was struck by a cannon 
 ball which carried off his head putting him beyond the help of 
 the surgeon. W. H. H. Norris of the same company was one of 
 the men who was carrying him off the field, and was killed by the 
 same shot. Frank Arter and Frank P. Marcy were also killed 
 in this battle. The regiment participated in the movement on 
 Corinth, and was in many active campaigns and battles up to and 
 including the seige of Vicksburg, and contributed its full share in 
 giving to Gen. Hurlburt's division the name of the " Fighting 
 Fourth." It shared in the battle of the Hatchie, supporting Bol- 
 ton's battery. In this action it lost its colonel, John A. Davis. 
 While on the way to Vicksburg five companies were captured 
 while on out-post duty, the remainder shared in the seige. The 
 remnant veteranized and recruited in January 1864, and subse- 
 quently participated in the operations of the army in the south 
 in Louisiana and Alabama. 
 
 I find the following, respecting the Plainfield company in a 
 paper of the time : 
 
 " July 12th, 1864, were in the rear of Yicksburg and had a 
 little battle, and got worsted for the first time. Commenced skir- 
 mishing with the rebels the 14th of July and kept it* up till the 
 7th, when the enemy being reinforced gave us battle. It com-
 
 AND OTHER REGIMENTS. 455 
 
 menced in the morning and lasted until the middle of the after- 
 noon, when the 64th was compelled to fall back to save the wagon 
 trains. The rebels followed and made a charge to take two can- 
 non, but the regiment met them with fixed bayonets, and drove 
 them back, killing many and taking many prisoners. Every one 
 of the Plainfield boys were in the fight, and not one flinched an 
 inch. First Sergeant Henry G. Kennelly was in command of the 
 company and was slightly wounded. Jacob Scott was taken pris- 
 oner. Three of the company were killed, but they were not from 
 Will county." 
 
 Our county lost seventeen in this company, among them 
 Corp'l David B. Rossiter, from one of the old Plainfield families^ 
 who died in New Orleans near the close of the war. Having gone 
 through the entire war, including the three months' service in 
 McAllister's Battery, he left the fruits of his toils and sufferings 
 to be enjoyed by others. The other deaths will be learned by 
 reference to the list of men, to be found in its proper place. We 
 had three commissioned officers and fifty-five enlisted men in the 
 company. 
 
 EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT. 
 
 In the EIGHTY- EIGHTH REGIMENT our county had three com- 
 missioned officers and twelve enlisted men. The original captain 
 of Co. E, (Holden Guards,) was Levi P. Holden, from one of our 
 old well-known Frankfort families, who was afterward promoted 
 major of the regiment. Sergt. John H. Reynolds, who died in 
 Nashville in January 1863, was also from a well-known Hickory 
 Creek family, and brother of Gen. Reynolds, of the 64th. 
 
 The movements of this regiment were almost identical with 
 those of the 100th, from the battle of Perryville to the close of 
 the war. In the Atlanta campaign it was in the same corps, and 
 so continued through. 
 
 Our county had many men scattered through various other regi- 
 ments, whose names and military record, so far as we have obtained 
 it, will be found in PART FOUR. 
 
 Some families of our county were largely represented in the
 
 456 BRIEF MENTION OF CAVALRY, ETC. 
 
 union ranks, sending from two to four men, Others sent their 
 only sons, and in other cases the head of the family, and only 
 male representative of sufficient age, entered the ranks. We had 
 intended to call attention to these instances, but our limits will not 
 admit mention of more than one or two. 
 
 Alexander Ferguson, of Channahon, had three sons in the 
 army. Two of these were in the 113th Illinois Infantry. One of 
 these (Daniel) lost a leg at Arkansas Post. The other (Alexander) 
 enlisted while under the age of sixteen, and came out a captain in 
 a colored regiment. Another son (William) was temporarily re- 
 siding at Houston, Texas, at the opening of the rebellion, and was 
 forced into the rebel ranks. . Being stationed at Galveston, he with 
 others, managed to escape in a boat, and was picked up by one of 
 our blockading vessels and sent to New Orleans. He then en- 
 listed in Battery D, U. S. Artillery, and served bravely, being 
 promoted corporal. In an expedition toward Richmond, his left 
 leg was carried away by a solid shot, which resulted in his death at 
 Hampton, Va., Dec. 10th, 1864, at the age of twenty-two. His 
 remains sleep at Channahon. 
 
 Mr. Mulliken, of Crete, sent three boys to the war, one of 
 whom, (James M.) died in the rebel prison pen in Danville, Va. 
 
 We should be glad to call attention to other instances, but 
 must leave them to be found by an examination of the muster roll.
 
 PART THIRD. 
 
 PRISON EXPERIENCES, DEATH RECORD, AND 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 PRISON EXPERIENCES. 
 
 A journey to, and a peep into Libby, by Surgeon Woodruff Who he 
 Found, and What he Saw There Suffering and Death of Hugh Bolton at An- 
 dersonville Barton Smith Walters Thomas De Line Henry C. Noble- 
 List of those who Died in Prison from Will county. 
 
 [EN our regiment went into action on the afternoon of 
 Sept. 19th, I accompanied them to the field in charge of the 
 ambulances of the brigade ; and I had hardly time to get 
 them into position before the brigade was engaged, and the wounded 
 began to come back. The division hospital was near Crawfish 
 Springs, (between one and two miles distant on our right, and I 
 was busily engaged until a late hour at night. After dark when 
 the firing had ceased, we made several excursions in front of the 
 line, finding many wounded and dead. About midnight the last 
 trip was made, and I staid at the hospital till the morning of the 
 20th, when I was assigned to hospital duty for that day. Soon 
 orders came for all that could be transported to be sent into 
 Chattanooga, and the ambulances and wagons were filled, and all 
 wounded who were able to walk, accompanied the train. This 
 and other orders soon satisfied us that our forces were falling back. 
 Those remaining who were too badly wounded for removal 
 were fixed up as comfortable as possible. We were quite well pro- 
 
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 458 PRISON EXPERIENCES. 
 
 vided with tents and hospital stores, the medical purveyor of the 
 corps having left a tent full near by, which we took charge of. 
 There remained with us as hospital attendants : 
 
 O. P. Stumph, steward ; F. W. Calkins, cook ; W. Newberry, " C ;' 
 Wm. M, King, " K;" John Cotton, " H ; " Erastus Rudd," K ;" George Mc- 
 Intyre "B;" James F. Ladrew, " H ;" G. W. Hill/'D;" Eugene Sly," C;" 
 George Pickles, " E ;" Anson Dodge, " C ; " Wm. Peters, "C." 
 
 We had thirty one wounded men from the 100th. We con- 
 cealed a good many hospital stores, putting bottles of Morphine, 
 Quinine, etc., in the beds of the patients, and burying others, and 
 made other preparations for capture. It is not to be denied that 
 our feelings were a little depressed, not to say anxious, when we 
 saw the rear guard of our cavalry pass from sight, facing towards 
 Chattanooga. They were soon followed by the enemy. They 
 were not very discourteous, not near as much so as we feared. 
 They were feeling in high spirits, being highly elated at their suc- 
 cess, and said they had us now, and would drive us north of the 
 Tennessee, or capture the whole Yankee army. They took pos- 
 session of my horse and equipments with little ceremony, includ- 
 ing my sash, the badge of my rank, which was confiscated by a 
 rebel surgeon. I remonstrated, claiming that the rules of war ex- 
 empted myself and property from seizure. But they had the con- 
 venient plea that the northern government had first violated the 
 rules, and that all the medical officers and hospital attendants 
 would be held as ordinary prisoners of war. And we were so 
 held, being at first paroled to report at Atlanta, when we should 
 be relieved from the charge of our wounded. 
 
 It was hard parting with my horse, my faithful " old whitey " 
 that once roamed the pastures around Joliet ; that kind, faithful, 
 gentle old companion, that had borne me all through the weary 
 campaigns since leaving Louisville more than one long year be- 
 fore ; who shared with me the discomforts of rain, wind, snow and 
 cold, short rations, and the perils of Stone River. I am not 
 ashamed to own that I could not bid him good-bye without a tear ; 
 and that the thought that henceforth he would be left to the " ten- 
 der mercies of the wicked," and compelled to serve the enemies of 
 my country, was bitter indeed.
 
 PRISON EXPERIENCES. 459 
 
 During the afternoon a party of rebel officers came to the 
 steward's tent and demanded whisky. I denied having any ex- 
 cept a little that was needed for our wounded. He replied that he 
 did not care for that. Gen. Hood was wounded, and he must 
 have it in spite of all the " d d yankees." One of the party then 
 introduced him, saying, " Doctor, this is General Terry, of Cali- 
 fornia." Without thought, I replied, " What ! the man that mur- 
 dered Broderick ?" The general drew himself up and replied, " I 
 shot Mr. Broderick in a duel." The situation was rather embar- 
 rassing, and I was willing to obtain his absence by giving him a 
 bottle. The balance of the party staid some time, hoping to find 
 more, but they were unsuccessful, although there was a camp ket- 
 tle full in the tent, and more hid in the bushes. 
 
 Here we remained until the 1st of October. Rations were 
 short. We received a few from the rebel quartermaster. The 
 boys fixed up a barrel on wheels, and with a convalescent mule 
 used to carry the water from the springs. 
 
 One of our wounded, Van H. Perkins, of Co. E, died while 
 there. On the 1st, a train of ambulances came and took the 
 wounded into Chattanooga, and thus was severed the last link that 
 bound us to the old hundredth, and to the old flag. 
 
 On the 2d the rest of us reported at headquarters at the 
 Springs, when the enlisted men were started off for Ringgold, and 
 we saw some of them no more. They were consigned to a fate, 
 beside which ours was a happy one. 
 
 The officers awaited transportation, which had been promised, 
 but no transportation came, and we too fell into line, and started 
 on the march, carrying such baggage as the rebs had left us. At 
 Lee and Gordon's mills we hired a citizen to carry our baggage 
 for us, paying him $50 Confederate currency. There were forty - 
 five medical officers in the party. We reached Binggold about 8 
 p. m., and were put in a room that had been used as a hospital> 
 but which was clean, and had bunks and straw. There we staid 
 until about 4 p. m., of the 3d, when we were loaded in box cars 
 and started for Atlanta. The train laid over all night at Dalton. 
 The cars were very crowded and uncomfortable. We reached 
 Atlanta about 10 o'clock Sunday night (14th), and were marched 
 out to the barracks or " prison pen." Up to this time we had not
 
 460 PRISON EXPERIENCES. 
 
 been under guard, as we were under parole, but now we realized 
 fully that we were prisoners. The night was cold; there was no 
 place to lie down except on the bare ground. After trying in 
 vain to sleep for a couple of hours, I gave it up and wandered 
 around the yard until morning. There were a half a dozen little 
 fires of a couple of sticks each, and around them were huddled a 
 miscellaneous collection of officers and men, " Fed." and " Con- 
 fed," sick and wounded. In the enclosure were two houses prin- 
 cipally occupied by our wounded. In one were two officers of our 
 army, one a major and the other a lieutenant, wearing ball and 
 chain, their offense being that they were natives of Atlanta, and 
 had so far forgotten themselves as to be true to the Union 
 
 Monday the sun shone so that during the day we were com- 
 fortable so far as regards temperature, but we found the enclosure 
 filled with another class of occupants, who were very attentive and 
 made the situation lively; i. e. } "graybacks," the ground was liter- 
 ally covered with them. It was my first personal experience with 
 them, and I shall never forget the disgust I felt when, after much 
 deferring, I finally had to join the rest, and strip off my clothing 
 and engage in a hunt, and an indiscriminate slaughter; but I be- 
 came accustomed ^to this kind of " skirmishing " before I saw 
 northern soil again. 
 
 The pen was enclosed by a high, close boarded fence, surrounded 
 by a walk, where the guards kept watch. No one was allowed to 
 approach within ten feet of the fence, that being the " dead line," 
 and any unfortunate prisoner who might cross it, was fair game to 
 lie shot, 
 
 We staid there another night, and on the morning of the 6th 
 we were aroused at 4 o'clock, shivered around the scanty fires, ate 
 our limited breakfast, and then marched down town to the depot, 
 where we waited some time. Quite a crowd of natives gathered 
 around us quite exultant. We tried to buy morning papers, but 
 their newsboys would not sell us any. 
 
 We were loaded into box cars, but they had seats in them, and 
 were quite comfortable, were attached to the regular passenger 
 train, and made the 171 miles to Augusta in eleven hours. We 
 passed through several fine towns. At one I asked a citizen at 
 the depot what it was. He said " Greensboro." I told him it
 
 PRISON EXPERIENCES. 461 
 
 was quite well known once at the North, from having been the seat 
 of the " Bank of Greensboro " of " Wild Cat " memory. " Yes/' 
 said he, " it was a d d Yankee concern." We halted about 3 p. 
 m. at " Thompson's," and were permitted to leave the cars, and go 
 to dinner at the hotel, and eat the last " square meal " we were to 
 have for some time. One or two Confederate officers at first ob- 
 jected to our being allowed to eat at the same, table with Southern 
 gentlemen, but others silenced them and we remained. 
 
 We arrived at Augusta after dark, and it was found that the 
 railroad had not the cars necessary to forward us on that night, 
 and we were quartered in a building that had been used as a slave 
 pen, but it was tolerably clean and sheltered us from the cold. 
 
 In the morning a wash at the pump gave us an appetite for 
 our breakfast, after which we went into the yard to gaze, and be 
 gazed at. We purchased a wagon-load of sweet potatoes at six 
 dollars (Confed.) a bushel, and these were our principal diet until 
 we reached Richmond. About 9| we fell into line, and marched 
 to the S. Carolina depot. In doing so we passed through several 
 of the principal streets, which were very fine, wide and handsomely 
 shaded. Many ladies were out, some very handsome ones, but of 
 course they had naught but looks of scorn and hate for the " in- 
 vaders of sacred soil." Occasionally an old negro " auntie " would 
 say, " God bless you, honies." 
 
 After waiting an hour or so we were taken across the Savan- 
 nah River on to the soil of South Carolina, and bivouacked on a 
 hill, when we had an opportunity to wash up, cook and enjoy our- 
 selves generally. Negro hucksters were permitted to come into 
 camp, and we purchased bread, persimmons, muscadines, etc., and 
 really passed a pleasant day. 
 
 About 4 p. m., we again started, and until dark could see 
 swamps of Carolina Cypress, Bay, and other treea and plants, that 
 were new to most of us. We were in ordinary freight cars with- 
 out seats and pretty crowded. During the night we passed at 
 some station two trains of soldiers going to the front. Ladies 
 were out with torches, etc., bidding them good-bye. At daylight 
 we were within a couple of miles of Columbia. The train stopped, 
 and we got out and cooked our breakfast, and about seven o'clock a 
 passenger train came out and took us into Columbia, when we
 
 462 PRISON EXPEEIENCES. 
 
 marched to the depot of the Charlotte railroad, where the officers 
 were given passenger cars. We made the run to Charlotte, a dis- 
 tance of 110 miles, arriving at dark. Here we staid that night, as 
 the railroad had no cars ready. We camped in an open field. The 
 night was cold. The next day all the officers were crowded into 
 one box car, and we had the hardest ride of all the trip. 
 
 At night sleep was impossible, as, if we laid down, we would 
 be three deep. About midnight we reached Raleigh and changed 
 cars again. This time our party was allowed box cars, and we 
 could lie down the balance of the night. About 8 a. m., next day, 
 (the 16th) we reached Welden, were camped in a field, and had 
 another chance to wash, cook, etc., which we needed badly. A ra- 
 tion of hard-tack made from pea flour, was issued, but no one 
 could eat it, and we found our sweet potatoes still useful. We 
 started just before dark for Petersburg, where we arrived about 
 11 o'clock. We camped out doors again, the night was cold, and 
 no one could sleep much, and we were glad to get up by early 
 daylight, and start on the last heat, even though the goal was 
 Libby Prison ; at which place we arrived between six and seven 
 o'clock that Sunday morning. We looked with considerable in- 
 terest at the building which had gained such an unenviable repu- 
 tation, and which was to be our abiding place for an uncertain 
 time. 
 
 Every window was filled with heads, looking eagerly at the 
 new arrivals. We were marched into one of the lower rooms, reg- 
 istered our names, had our baggage searched, and our greenbacks 
 taken from us. They promised to keep the same and to exchange 
 them for confederate money, and to return any balance that might 
 be left on our departure, in kind ; which promise they did not 
 keep very well. The promise to keep they kept very well, but the 
 balance very poorly. 
 
 These preliminaries over, we were conducted to the door of 
 the prison proper and ushered in, and what a place ! and what a 
 welcome ! All the prisoners were crowded around the door, 
 shouting at the top of their voices " fresh fish !" (that being the 
 prison slang for new arrivals), and asking a multitude of ques- 
 tions, " Where do you belong ?" " Where were you captured ?" 
 etc., etc. I crowded my way through, and soon found to my sur-
 
 PRISON EXPERIENCES. 463 
 
 prise, not to say delight, Col. Bartleson and Lts. Kenaston and 
 Koach, of the 100th, and we were soon busy comparing 
 notes. I could give them but little news about the regiment, and 
 they were equally ignorant. After talking for a time I began to 
 look around at our quarters and accommodations for living. These 
 were limited. As much of the floor as one could lie down on, 
 with the privilege of being covered with such blankets as we had 
 succeeded in bringing with us. No bunks or chairs, except in the 
 case of some old stager, who had been able to manufacture a chair 
 from a flour barrel. Such happy ones were looked upon as " bloat- 
 ed aristocrats." 
 
 The building was made historic under the title of Libby 
 Prison, was an old tobacco factory, three stories in height, and 
 extending over the width of three stores, giving nine long rooms, 
 forty by sixty, very low, and lighted at each end by windows. 
 On the ground floor, the first room was occupied by the officers in 
 charge, the next were the dining and cook rooms, and the third the 
 officer's hospital. Over the office were the " Straight " and " Mil- 
 roy " rooms ; over the kitchen the two " Chickamauga ;" and over 
 the hospital, the two " Potomac " rooms. Doors and stairs com- 
 municated with all the 2d and 3d stories and the kitchen, so that 
 the inmates could go from one to another freely. 
 
 That day we had no opportunity to try. the fare, as rations 
 were issued early in the morning to last twenty-four hours. They 
 did not get any " extra meals " at the Hotel Libby, and we had to 
 subsist on what we might have in our haversacks. Our party was 
 divided into messes Nos. 21 and 22. The first afternoon was oc- 
 cupied in these arrangements and in writing letters, as a mail was 
 to go out the next day, and in making out a requisition on the 
 office, asking them to convert our greenbacks then on deposit, for 
 the legal confed. currency. At night we were ready to rest, which 
 I did quite comfortably, despite the novelty and inconveniences of 
 the situation. 
 
 The next day we had our first taste of prison soup. At that 
 time a certain amount of beef was issued per man, which we made 
 into soup for the whole mess, ekeing it out with vegetables, ot 
 which we could procure a limited amount at very high prices, 
 through the commissary. A cup of this soup and part of our
 
 464 PRISON EXPERIENCES. 
 
 loaf of bread was dinner, and the meat after being used for soup 
 was bashed up the next morning for breakfast. At the very first, 
 also, we could purchase coffee. 
 
 As the weeks passed on the fare grew worse. Meat would be 
 omitted altogether some days, and sometimes poor bacon substi- 
 tuted for the fresh meat. Corn bread took the place of wheat, 
 and sometimes cold rice was the sum total of our breakfast. 
 
 At this time there were over one thousand officers confined in 
 Libby, and a queer crowd they were. Every calling and profes- 
 sion was represented: Artists, poets and scholars; lawyers, judges 
 and preachers. Every rank in the army also had its representa- 
 tives, from 2d lieutenant to general. Niel Dow, better known per- 
 haps as a Temperance Reformer than as a military man, was the 
 representative of the rank of general. 
 
 A stroll around the rooms would be an interesting, if not 
 amusing one. Here might be seen a class burnishing up their 
 Greek or Latin ; another studying French, Geometry, &c. An- 
 other near by as busily engaged in playing euotre, seven up, domi- 
 noes, checkers, and almost every known game. Others would be 
 found reading, while all, or almost all, would be found smoking. 
 Tobacco was one of the main stays and comforts of prison life, 
 and as we were permitted to buy it, a constant cloud of smoke was 
 kept up. George Trask would have found but little encourage- 
 ment here. 
 
 One of the common employments was the manufacturing of 
 rings, crosses, &c., from the beef bones obtained in the kitchen. 
 This resource was known as the " bone fever," and it was sure to 
 attack a " fresh fish " about the third day after his arrival. The 
 first, last, and most oft-repeated duty of the day, was the stripping 
 and examination of clothing for that most disagreeable animal 
 the " grayback." They were the greatest pests, and made life 
 almost unbearable from their great numbers and activity. 
 
 Roll-call was held early in the morning, the inmates of a room 
 arranging themselves in files four deep, on the approach of the 
 officer, who simply counted us, and if the number was correct, we 
 broke ranks and then to breakfast. 
 
 We were permitted to purchase the daily Richmond papers, 
 but they had but little news, and the reading was not very agreea-
 
 PRISON EXPEEIENCES. 465 
 
 ble to Yankees. A portion of the inmates, chaplains and sur- 
 geons, being non-combatants were not rightfully held as prisoners, 
 and their early release was among the probabilities. There was 
 not an hour in the day that some rumor was not afloat relating to 
 their release, or on the subject of general exchange. " Grape 
 vines " was the prison name for such reports. When the arrival 
 of a flag of truce boat at the City Point was noticed in the papers, 
 the excitement would be great. 
 
 On Saturday morning, 17th of October, just after the cry 
 " four o'clock, and all is well " had gone the rounds of the prison 
 guard, a sergeant came into the rooms, and ordered the chaplains 
 to " fall in," and we knew that their time had come, and ours was 
 postponed at least a week. 
 
 The literary members had a paper called the " Libby Chroni- 
 cle" which was read about once a week. There was also a min- 
 strel troupe which gave occasional performances in the dining 
 room. Some of their burlesques I remember, as " Roll Call," 
 " Fresh Fish," etc., were excellent. Gen. Neil Dow gave us 
 several temperance lectures. 
 
 While I was there, there was no punishment of officers by the 
 authorities, except that one day rations were cut off, excepting 
 bread, because some of our officers had passed some victuals down 
 into the officers' hospital ; but before and after my stay there, 
 officers were punished by being sent to the dungeon. 
 
 About the first of November, some stores sent by the U. 8. 
 sanitary commisson were received and distributed, which were 
 very acceptable. Boxes of goods sent by our friends were de- 
 livered to us after examination, and elimination ; I received my 
 first one Nov. 13th. As our boxes had to pass rebel inspection it 
 would of course be useless to send anything in them, except 
 such articles as the authorities would allow. And much as they 
 despised yankees and the yankee government, they had a great 
 regard for yankee greenbacks, confessing that they were worth 
 seven times as much as their own money. They did not there- 
 fore allow any to paas through their hands. Hence it became a 
 question with our friends outside, how to get them into our posses- 
 sion. While I was there Col. Bartlesou received a box from Jo- 
 liet, and found on the top of it a fresh copy of Harper's magazine, 
 
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 466 PRISON EXPERIENCES. 
 
 the leaves still uncut. He handed it to a fellow prisoner to 
 look over, while he was examining his box. The officer took it 
 and at once commenced to cut the leaves. While doing so he 
 came upon a slip of paper which had been pasted between the un- 
 cut leaves, on which was written, " Be sure you cook your sau- 
 sage" He handed it to the colonel who at once suspected that 
 this was not intended as a warning against " Trichina," but that 
 the emphasis should be placed on the word you. He therefore 
 lost no time in examining the can of sausage meat which he found 
 in the box, and in probing it he found a small homeopathic vial, 
 uncorking this he pulled out a little paper tightly rolled up, and 
 unfolding it, found himself the happy possessor of a ten dollar 
 greenback. 
 
 We were permitted to write short letters home, 'but as they 
 were all read by prison officials before mailing, we had to write 
 accordingly. I had written home, and had also smuggled out 
 word by writing a memorandum in a book belonging to Chaplain 
 Ashmore, of the 25th 111., and he on his release had written home 
 to my father, stating the facts of the case. 
 
 Later, I smuggled a letter out in this wise : there was an offi- 
 cer of our army who had been captured while exchanging papers 
 with a confed. officer, under a temporary truce, and he had been 
 ordered released. I prepared a letter and concealed it under a 
 pair of shoulder straps which I sewed on his coat, and he mailed 
 it to the address as soon as he was in our lines. In this letter I 
 told the real condition of things, and also told my friends to hold 
 my subsequent letters to a strong heat. This was done to bring 
 out the invisible ink which we had used, made from onion juice. 
 This made a capital invisible ink, and by its use we were able to 
 make considerable additions to our limited correspondence. 
 
 As the month of November came on, the weather grew 
 quite cold, so that we suffered considerably at night, and some days 
 , it was about impossible to keep warm. 
 
 Rumors of the possible exchange of surgeons thickened, and 
 many nights we lay down feeling sure that the next morning 
 would bring our release. But it did not come until the 22d of 
 November, when the call often given by our fellow prisoners 
 in jest but this time in good and welcome earnest came " Sur-
 
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 geon's fall in " and we " fell in " lively ! A hurrried good-bye 
 to those we must leave behind, and we were gathered in the hall ' 
 below. It seemed almost cruel to go and leave the companions of 
 so many hardships and dangers, " still in durance vile." 
 
 The authorities balanced cash accounts by tendering us confed- 
 erate funds, for our greenbacks at the rate of seven for one, but 
 as they had no value where we were going, most declined them. 
 Some of us who had but little there, had it passed to the credit of 
 some friends left behind. At City Point we met a United States 
 steamer, to which we were transferred, and which took us to Balti- 
 more. The feelings with which we stepped upon its deck, and sa- 
 luted the dear old flag, cannot be expressed, and can only be im- 
 agined by those who have had a similar experience." 
 
 To this narative we add the statement that Lieut. Kenniston 
 and Koach, after remaining some seven months in Libby, were 
 taken to Macon, Ga., where they remained some two months, and 
 were then taken to Charleston, with six hundred others, and placed 
 under the fire of our forces, who were then bombarding the city. 
 Subsequently they were released at Columbia. Of Col. Bartle- 
 son's release we have spoken elsewhere. 
 
 But these experiences of our officers in Libby, unpleasant and 
 disagreeable as they were, and needlessly so, and in striking con- 
 trast to that accorded rebel prisoners by the union authorities, 
 were yet a comfort itself, compared with the sufferings of privates in 
 
 ANDERSONVILLE AND OTHER SOUTHERN PRISONS 
 
 This subject has been pretty well ventilated lately, and we shall 
 therefore omit much which we had written in relation to it. Our 
 county furnished at least 28 victims to Andersonville and other 
 prisons, as will be seen by a list below. The number of those 
 who suffered imprisonment and yet survived, we cannot state defi- 
 nitely ; probably not less than fifty more and perhaps the num- 
 ber would reach seventy-five. We shall now give some extracts 
 from letters written by a fellow prisoner, which communicated to 
 Mr. Bolton, of Plainfield, the tidings of the death and sufferings 
 of his son, RUFDS H. BOLTON, of Co. D, 100th 111., taken pris- 
 oner at Chickamauga, with Col. Bartleson. This must suffice as
 
 468 PEISON EXPERIENCES. 
 
 a sample. The material is abundant to make a long chapter on 
 this subject, and to convince the most skeptical that in systematic 
 barbarous cruelty, Nenah Sahib was out-done by the rebel authori- 
 ties, and that the tragedies of Cawnpore sink into insignificance 
 beside those of Salisbury and Andersonville. Let those who doubt 
 it interview F. M. Calkins, of Peotone, or read the narrative lately 
 published in our city papers, of Mr. Nattinger, of the Sun, or 
 read the report published by order of Congress on this subject 
 1200 pages of horrors ! 
 
 On the first of January, 1865, Mr. Bolton received the follow- 
 ing letter containing the intelligence of the death of his son Rufus : 
 
 " NEW YOKK, Dec. 22d, 1864. 
 
 SIR : I am sorry that it becomes my painful duty to inform you of the 
 sad death of your son Rufus, who died on or about the 3d of last November, 
 in the 13th ward of the hospital at Andersonville prison, in Georgia. Poor 
 Rufus suffered long and badly, yet bore all with Christian patience and for- 
 titude. As he and I shared the same tent and slept under the same blanket, 
 I had occasion to know his many good and excellent qualities, and when he 
 died I felt as if I had lost my best and dearest friend. A few days before 
 his death he dictated a letter to you, which I have sent by the steward of the 
 hospital who lives within some 30 or 40 miles of you. * * * * * 
 Poor fellow ! He died the next second day. He suffered intensely from 
 scurvy and chronic diarrhoea, which were the two fatal maladies that killed 
 so'many of our prisoners. If I had time and space to detail some of the 
 horrors of that terrible, that horrible, that abominable, that truly indescriba- 
 ble stockade prison, it would make you weep. In fact, no tongue however 
 eloquent could describe it, no imagination however prolific could conceive 
 it. It baffles description and conception. Misery and privation in their 
 most horrible and terrible forms predominated, and no man was sure of his 
 life a single day. We had not a quarter enough of food, and that was of the 
 worst, the dirtiest and the meanest that could be imagined. They died 
 at the rate of about one hundred per day during the summer months. Here 
 and there you might see several unfortunate fellows in the last agonies of 
 death, with worms and other vermin crawling in abundance over them. 
 There was no one to pity or help them. * * * * It would take 
 volumes to give you a proper description of that awful place. You can judge 
 for yourself when I tell you that during the space of eight months, upwards 
 of 14,000 of our men died there, the most horrible kind of death." 
 
 As might naturally be expected, this letter led to further cor- 
 respondence and inquiry, and several other letters were subse- 
 quently received from the same young man, irom which I make 
 the following extracts :
 
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 " NEW YORK CITY, January 16th, 1865. 
 
 DEAR SIR : Owing to my being absent from the city for some time 
 past, I did not receive your letters till this morning. I now hasten to an- 
 swer them. I am sorry, sorry indeed, that New Year's day, which should 
 be a day of rejoicing for all, should be one of sadness for you and yours ; 
 and whilst I sincerely sympathize and condole with you in your bereave- 
 ment, I must remind you at the same time that in this transitory world, 
 nothing is lasting or permanent, life and death are strangely blended, joy 
 and sorrow walk hand in hand. Miss Bolton wishes to know how Rufus 
 and I first became acquainted, " how he looked toward the last, and what 
 was done with his body." We first became acquainted in that awful 
 stockade prison at Andersonville, Ga. that prison whose very gates seem to 
 have borne that motto which Dante saw over the gates of the Inferno " All 
 hope abandon ye who enter here!" In this den of misery we suffered 
 mouths of privation and hardship together. Rufus got ill alike from 
 scurvy and diarrhoea, and was sent to that wretched place called the hospital 
 which was at best but a living libel on the name. He was sent into this 
 place early in July last. As it was utterly impossible for any person in the 
 stockade to get to see a friend in this would be hospital, I saw nothing 
 more of Rufus till I was sent there myself in September, in consequence of 
 a wound which I received when captured, and, which though it had tem- 
 porarily healed, owing to bad treatment broke out anew, causing me for a 
 time great pain and misery. When I entered the hospital I found Rufus in 
 a low condition, and though he could walk about a little, yet he was indeed 
 very weak, and staggered as he walked. The scurvy had by this time 
 made sad havoc on his system especially his mouth and limbs the places 
 where scurvy chiefly afflicts all its victims. But this was not all. The 
 poor fellow was sorely tormented with that worst of all disease the 
 chronic diarrhoea that disease which killed thousands of fine fellows in 
 that cruel prison. I must here remark en parenlhese, that some six weeks 
 or so before I entered the hospital, Rufus was quite convalescent, and deem- 
 ing himself fit for work, and in order to get double rations he got detailed 
 for duty. His work was in conjunction with others, to bring water, (in two 
 buckets suspended from the shoulders) from a stream about a quarter of 
 a mile distant. But as this was hard work, and he was yet somewhat feeble, 
 it broke him down again, so that when I entered the hospital, I found him 
 sickly and downcast. * * * * * Our shelter was very poor 
 an old condemned tent that let the rain in upon us whenever it came on. 
 Our raiment was poor and getting worse every day. We had between us 
 two old blankets which helped to keep us from freezing at night for the 
 nights in Georgia especially in the fall and winter seasons are very cold. 
 Many a time we had to huddle together as close as possible, pull the 
 blankets over our heads, and puff our breath beneath to keep us warm. 
 Our rations too were truly miserable. We received every morning less 
 than a half pint of stuff which went by the name of rice soup, and at noon 
 about three mouthfuls of corn bread, (the cob being ground with the kernel) 
 and, now and then two small biscuits, about a mouthful in each, so sour and 
 ill-baked, that it was more hurt than good to use them. In the evening we 
 got about half a pint of very badly cooked rice. A very robust, hungry 
 man could hardly stomach it at all. Rufus at length began to grow weaker, 
 and though his face seemed full, yet his body and limbs were reduced very
 
 470 PRISON EXPERIENCES. 
 
 much, and as he began to grow worse, he eat less, till hour by hour, he 
 seemed to be passing away. At length he grew so sick and weak, that he 
 was unable to stand or hardly sit up, and the doctor ordered him with 
 others in his position to be sent to the 13th ward known as the sick ward. 
 I strove t0 be transferred with him but failed. I spent the most of each 
 day with him however, striving to rally him as well as I could, but after 
 about ten days in this condition, he felt his end approaching, and said to me 
 in a sorrowful tone "Ah, John! it's of no use I feel that the hand of death 
 is upon me, in a few days I shall be no more !" He then asked me to pro- 
 cure, if possible, some paper and a pencil, (such things were wonderfully 
 scarce there) so that I might write his last wishes to you. This I did as 
 stated in my first letter. Two days after writing that letter poor Rufus 
 was in Heaven ; and as I gazed upon his honest dead face, I lelt my situa- 
 tion very bitter, but of this anon. He was taken to the burial ground that 
 day, I think the 3d of November. This burial ground was without the hos- 
 pital some distance, to which none were admitted save men detailed for the 
 purpose of bringing out the dead. The dead were usually taken on 
 stretchers to the south west end of the hospital, and then placed on a cart 
 and drawn to their last home. In a limping condition I followed Rufus as 
 far as the dead cart, but there halted, not being allowed to go any farther. 
 ***** 'Tis sad, very sad to see death in any shape or 
 mood whether on the battle field, or on the bed at home, surrounded by 
 friends and relatives ; but there is nothing so sad, so crushing, so intensely 
 painful as to see death caused by martyrdom, martyrdom caused by the 
 foulest, deepest, damning, systematic cruelty that was ever witnessed, such 
 as was practiced to the eternal disgrace of civilization and Christianity in 
 the rebel prisons. * * * * That was the most saddening sight, 
 the most bitter, galling, withering hour of my life. But though the day was 
 a very bitter gloomy one though misery seemed in everything, and in 
 every place around me, yet on the face of the dead soldier before me, there 
 was a calm, happy contented expression which seemed to say more elo- 
 quently than words ever could, that the spirit that animated it was at last 
 free and happy. I only trust that when I die, I may die with his faith and 
 fortitude ; and that the contented, happy expression of his dead face may 
 be seen on mine. Had he lived he would have made an excellent man. 
 He had a fine taste, was well informed, had nothing low or groveling in his 
 nature ; but on the contrary was genereus, open-hearted, forgiving and Just. 
 He was one of those straightforward, clean- spirited, honest, manly fellows, 
 whom to know is to love and admire. * * * * That no other 
 calamity may befall you, but that peace and prosperity may attend you all, 
 is the sincere prayer of, dear sir, 
 
 Yours very truly and sincerely, 
 
 JOHN ENGLAND, Co. E, 2d N. Y. Cav." 
 
 We close this melancholy record with the last letter of Rufus 
 to his father and friends, to which reference is made in the first 
 letter of England's, and which came to hand soon after that letter. 
 
 " DJBAR PARENTS, SISTERS, AND BROTHERS : I am sorry to say these 
 few lines will contain but sad intelligence for you. I am afraid that before
 
 PRISON EXPERIENCES. 471 
 
 they reach you, I will be no more. It is needless for me to say that since 
 my imprisonment my sufferings have been intense, but my constitution 
 has borne up the while till I came here. Shortly after my arrival at Ander- 
 sonville, I was attacked with scurvy, and after suffering this about two 
 months, I was attacked with diarrhoea which has become chronic. The hos- 
 pital fare has been and still is very poor, so much so that it is almost impos- 
 sible to recover, for there is an entire absence of everything requisite to 
 nourish and sustain life. I have had a hope that there might have been a 
 general exchange of prisoners, at least a special exchange for the sick and 
 wounded, but everything now seems to the contrary. The glorious hope of 
 seeing you all face to face has borne me up to this adverse hour, but, alas ! 
 my hopes are blasted. It is a sad thing for me to think about dying here, 
 but thank God, death has no terror for me. I have no doubt that through 
 the merit of our Savior, if I have to die, I will be in happiness. Dear 
 sister and brother, I wish you to be as kind to our parents as you possibly 
 can be, and obey them cheerfully and do all in your power to help them. 
 My dear parents, it is my wish that what little money of mine you hare 
 saved, be used to adorn the old homestead. And now, dear parents, adieu, 
 I expect to pass to my Savior, and I trust we will all meet hereafter in hap- 
 piness and glory. 
 
 From your affectionate son, 
 
 RUFTTS H. BOI/TON." 
 
 No words are needed to draw attention to the pathos of this 
 letter. The words that touch me most are these, " It is my wish 
 that the little money I have saved be used to adorn the old home- 
 stead." I fancy I see the poor boy as he lay there upon that 
 wretched cot, so far, far away from home and friends, and in a 
 spot so unlike home, bringing back to his mind pictures of that 
 old homestead in Plain field, recalling every room and door and 
 chimney, every nook and angle of the house, and every tree and 
 shrub and fence and gate in its surroundings ; and then fancying 
 how the money he had saved from the poor pittance given him by 
 the government as a compensation for all his sufferings and sacri- 
 fices, how that might be expended in touching up with new beauty 
 that home of his youth that spot hallowed by so many associa- 
 tions in adding perhaps a bay window, or a balcony, or a ve- 
 randa ; or in planting here and there a tree or shrub ; or in re- 
 papering or painting, kitchen or parlor, or mother's room ; how his 
 poor earnings should be so expended as to make more attractive 
 that dear old home, to the brothers and sisters who could yet look 
 upon its beauty, and enjoy its delights, although for him, alas ! 
 there could be no such long desired and earnestly prayed for boon. 
 And then, as the gathering tears shut out the vision of that earthly
 
 472 PRISON EXPERIENCES. 
 
 home, I seem to see him turning his thoughts for compensation to 
 that other and better home, which he knew that his Savior was 
 preparing for him among the many mansions. 
 
 BARTON SMITH WALTERS 
 
 was another victim to the atrocities of Anderson ville. If the 
 reader will take a walk up Bluff street, he will see just above 
 Whittier's lime kiln an old stone building, bearing on its weather- 
 beaten front the name of Wm. Walters. This name was placed 
 there forty years ago. It must have been an honest painter that 
 did that work, as the letters are still very distinct. In this build- 
 ing the subject of the present sketch was born. It was built by 
 his father in 1835 or 6. The mother of young Walters was a 
 daughter of Barton Smith, Esq., an old and well remembered res- 
 ident of Joliet, for whom he was named. In this building his 
 father kept a grocery store, residing at the same time in the upper 
 story, and here he lived and traded until his removal to Channa- 
 hon. Barton Smith Walters enlisted in the 39th regiment at the 
 age of 21, re-enlisted and served faithfully and bravely without 
 any casualty until in May, 1863, when he was taken prisoner. He 
 with two others had been detailed to go upon the battle field and 
 bring in an officer who had been wounded. He was captured 
 with two others, David Hanson and Andrew Sybert, of the same 
 regiment, and they were taken to Andersonville. Hanson and 
 Sybert fell victims to their treatment and were buried in that 
 locality. Young Walters was released before death, but he only 
 lived to reach Anapolis, where he died April 1st, 1865. His re- 
 mains were brought home and repose in the Channahon cemetery. 
 
 THOMAS DELINE 
 
 of the same regiment, also from Channahon, captured in Vir- 
 ginia, was also another victim of the atrocities of Andersonville, 
 although not buried there. He was exchanged in the winter oi 
 1864-5, and was able to get home, and to drag out a miserable ex- 
 istence for two years. He had the fatal diseases of that prison, 
 and was a mere skeleton when exchanged. Indeed he owed his 
 release to that fact, as the principle of selection was that of sending
 
 PRISON EXPERIENCES. 473 
 
 out those most thoroughly disabled. When his name was called, 
 the officer looked at him and said, " Let him go, he can never do 
 us any harm*" . ?f <*'-< 
 
 ' 
 
 X/wr?' HENRY C, NOBLE. 
 
 It will be remembered that in my history of home matters 
 during the war, I spoke of a 'Mrs. Noble giving two sons to the 
 100th regiment. These two sons, Warren S. and Henry C., were 
 both taken prisoners at Chickainauga on the 20th of September. 
 They wei'e take'n 1 to -Richmond, Va,, where they arrived Oct. 1st, 
 and were consigned o the Pemberton prison across the street from 
 Libby. Here they remained until the 20th of November, when 
 they were removed to Danville, where they remained until May 
 
 1864, when 'they were removed to Andersonville. In this they 
 remained until September 1864, when they were removed to Flor- 
 ence, S. C., where, on the 13th of December, Warren S. was re- 
 leased on parole, leaving his brother Henry in prison, where he 
 subsequently in February, 1865, took what was called by the way 
 of courtesy, " camp fever," but which was nothing more nor less 
 than starvation starvatio n of both body and soul. He was re- 
 moved to Wilmington, S. C., where he died the 5th day of March, 
 
 1865. The surviving brother, Warren S., is now a resident of 
 Wilmington, in this county. I should be glad to have any who 
 are skeptical in respect to the barbarities practiced on our boys in 
 rebel prisons interview him. 
 
 NAMES OF THOSE WHO DIED IN ANDERSONVILLE AND OTHER 
 PRISONS ANDERSONVILLE, EXCEPT WHEN OTHER- 
 WISE NOTED. 
 
 Augustine, John J., Co. I, 100th Reg't, died Sept. 7th, 1864, No. of grave 8049. 
 Adrian, Frederick, Co. D, 9th Cav., died Sept. 9th, 1864, No. of grave 8249. 
 Bolton, Rufus H., Co. D, 100th Reg't, died Nov. 3d, 1864, No. of grave 11,795. 
 Colton, John S., Co. H, 100th 111,, died Aug. 18th, 1864, No. of grave 6091. 
 Crosby, John, Co. C, 90th 111., died June llth, 1865, No. of grave, 12,443. 
 Casper, John, Corp. Co. D, 90th 111., died Oct. 3d, 1864, No. of grave 11,257. 
 Dake, George W., Co. D, 100th 111., died July 31st, 1864, No. of grave 8,626. 
 Fink, John P., Co. F, 53d Reg't, died Sept. 30th, 1864, No. of grave 10,090. 
 Felter, Walter H., Mer. Bat., died at Tyler Texas, while prisoner of war. 
 Gaines, Charles, Co. B, 20th Reg't, died Sept. 27th, 1865, No. of grave 9,925. 
 60
 
 474 PBISON EXPERIENCES. 
 
 Hansom, David W., Co. E, 39th Reg't, died Oct. 22d, 1864, No. of grave 11,188. 
 Hay, John, Co. A, 100th 111, died Oct. 26th, 1864, No. of grave, 11,506. 
 Haley, Mathew, Corp. Co. D, 90th Reg't, died at Belle Isle, Rich., Ap'l 8, '64. 
 Joyce, Austin, Co. D, 90th Reg't, died June 20th, 1864, No. of grave 11,506. 
 Johnston, Sam'l F., Co. B, 100th Reg't, died Aug. 12th, '64, No. of grave 5395. 
 Lyman J., Co. D, 100th Reg't, died Sept. 8th, 1864, No. of grave 8,196. 
 Ladieu, James F., Co. H, 100th Reg't, died Aug. 30th, 1864, No. of grave 7,299. 
 Marshall, George N., 4th Michigan Cavalry. Date unknown. 
 Noble, Henry C., Co. A, 100th Reg't, died at Wilmington, S. C., Mar. 5th, '65. 
 Parker, Israel, Co. G, 6th Reg't, died August 2d, 1864. 
 Rudd, Erastus, Co. K, 100th Reg't, Sept. 2d, 1864, No. of grave 306. 
 Temple, Ira, Co. H, 100th, died June 10th, 1864, No. of grave 1,826. 
 Seibert, Andrew, Co. A, 39th Reg't, died Aug. llth, 1864, No. of grave 5,350. 
 Vaughn, James, Co. I, 16th Cav., died June 3d, 1864, No. of grave 1,078. 
 Wimmer, John, Co. 1, 16th Cav., died May 15th, 1864, No. of grave 1,130. 
 Walters, Barton S., Co. A., 39th Reg't, died at Annapolis after release from 
 
 Andersonville 
 
 Francis, Thos. F., Co. I, 2d Art., died in Joliet after release. 
 Mulliken, James M., Co. K, 89th Ind.,died at Danville prison, Feb. 28th, 1864.
 
 PART THIRO. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 OUR DEATH RECORD. 
 
 ILL County lost over 500 men in the late war. In respect to 
 most of these we must of course be content with a record of 
 their names, and the time, place and manner of their death. 
 Even if we had the space and the information necessary to give an 
 extended biography of each, we could, after all, say nothing higher* 
 nobler of them, than the supreme fact which we record They 
 gave their lives to save the Union. We shall, however, follow this 
 list with a few sketches, regretting that we have not the space and 
 the information which would allow and enable us to give many 
 others. 
 
 Angel, Wm., of Co. G, 39th Reg't, died since discharge, of disease contracted 
 
 in the service. 
 
 Arter, Frank, Co. I, 46th Reg't, killed at Shiloh. 
 Allen, Merrick, Co. E, 64th Reg't, died of wounds at Farmington, Miss., 
 
 May 14th, 1862. 
 
 Adams, LaFayette, Co. I, 64th Inf., died at Marietta, Ga., Aug. 20th, 1864. 
 Althouse. Wm. K., Corp. Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Tenn., January 
 
 13th, 1863, at age of 18, brain fever of concussion of shell. 
 Abel, Robert, Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Feb. 6th, 1863. 
 Abbott, Benoni L., Co. C, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19th, '63. 
 Austin, Edwin S., Co. C, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Nov. 29th, 1863. 
 Andres, George F., Co. F, 100th Inf., died at Murfreesboro, June 5th, 1863. 
 Aspinwall, Sam'l, Co. I, 100th Inf., killed before Kenesaw, June 20th, 1863. 
 Augustine, John J., Co. I, 100th Inf., died in Andersonville, Sept. 6th, 1864. 
 Atkins, Geo. H., Co. K, 100th Inf., killed at Stone River, Jan. 2d, 1863. 
 Ahr, Wm., Co. B, 9th Cav., died at Gainesville, Ala., Sept. 21st, 1865. 
 Aulsbrook, Henry R. F., 13th Cavalry, accident, killed, premature discharge 
 
 of cannon at Ironton, Mo., May 4th, 1862. 
 
 Anderson, Albert A., Coggswell's Bat., died at Memphis, July 10th, 1862. 
 Alford, Harry S., McAllister Bat., died in the three months' service at Cairo.
 
 476 DEATH RECORD. 
 
 BERNIER, GIDEON, Capt. Co. B, 20th 111., died since discharge, from health 
 
 impaired in service. 
 
 Bruce, James E., Corp. Co. B, 20th 111., died at Cairo, Jan. 6th, 1862. 
 Bentz, Philip, Co. B, 20th 111., killed at Shiloh, April 6th, 1862. 
 Bedda, Henry, Co. D, 20th-fll., klllediat Donaldson, Feb. 14th, 1861. 
 Baker, Albert E., Co.-jrfoth 111., died at Mound City. 
 Bowman, John A., Co. F, 20th 111., killed at Donaldson, Feb. 15th, 1862. 
 Bartlett, Henry W., Co. F, 20th 111., died of wounds received at Britton's 
 
 Lane, Tenfl* 
 
 Bassett, Jaj^rA., Co. F, 20th 111., killed at Donaldson, Feb. 15th, 1862. 
 ButterfieM^ r m. A., 39th 111., killed at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16th, 1864. 
 Berden,^hn, Co. A, 39th 111., same. 
 
 Benton, Silas, Co. A, 39th 111., killed at Drury's Bluffs, May 14th, 1864. 
 Burton, George W., Serg't, Co. E, 39th 111., killed at Petersburg, Va', April 
 
 2d, 1865. 
 
 Bogert, Walter V., Co. E, 39th 111., killed near Fort Gregg, Oct. 12th, 1863. 
 Bates, John,, Co. L, 46th 111., died at Natchez, Dec. 16th, 1863. 
 Brown, Peter, Co. E, 64th 111., killed at Corinth, Oct. 4th, 1862. 
 Barboar, James, Wo. G,64th Inf., died |at Midships, Ga., July 23d, 1864, of 
 
 wounds, | , vjt.<-<rt ! -'*' > ' I 
 
 Baird, Lymn, Co. K, 10th Reg't, died at Carlo in three months' service. 
 'Blossom, Wm., Col Gj ! 64th Inf., died at Marietta, Ga., Aiigust'lith, 1864. 
 Bollih, Oscar, Got &j:64th Inf., killed near Atlanta, July 22d, 1864. 
 , Bishop,) Francis .W r , Co. I, 64th Inf., died at Rome, Ga., August, 186.4, 
 
 Bumont, Geo. H., Co. F, 64th Inf., died after, discharge from loss of health. 
 
 Bank'erson, Pet'0r, C6. I, 64th Inf., died at Newburn, N. 'C.,*May iotn,'I865. 
 
 Buchanan, Arthurs-Co. B, 66th Inf., died at Hannibal, Mo-./^Ndvi 30th,' 18&4. 
 
 Borland, Jerome M Co. E, 72d Inf., died at Columbia, ,Ky., Oct. 24th, ; 18,62. 
 
 Bruce, Wm., Co. D, 90th Inf., died at Chattanooga, of wounds, Nov. 28 ; .'63. 
 
 BARTI-ESON, FRBD'K A., Col., 100th Inf., killed before Kenesaw, June &J, ! *64. 
 
 BOWEN, RODNEY S., Major, 100th Inf., died Dec. 3d, 1866, of wounds re- 
 j eeived in battle of Erankiin, . " >' f-,t' 5>,.ui - ,' 
 
 BuBRELii, JOHN A., Cap., Co. D, 100th Inf.,kiled before Kenesaw, May 30,'64. 
 
 Birdenstein Wm., Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Nov. 28th, 1862. 
 
 Birdenstein, Martin, Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Dec. 19th, 1862. 
 
 Butler, Wm. D., Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Dec. 5th, 1862. 
 
 Baker, Walter J. Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Jan. 21st, 1863. 
 
 Baker, James B., Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Nov. 23d, 1862. 
 
 Billings, Wm., Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, .May 24th, 1865. 
 
 Barrett, John, Co. B, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19th, 1863. 
 
 Burr, Wm. E., Co. B, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19th, 1863. 
 
 Bez, John, Corp., Co. C, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19th, 1863. 
 
 Bever, Benj , Co. C., 100th Inf., died Nov. 7th, 1863, of wounds received at 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Brinkenhoff, Martin C., Go. C,. 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Feb. 7th, 1863. 
 
 Bassett, Elisha, Co. C, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Feb. 1st, 1863. 
 
 Bolton, Rufus H., Co. D, 100th Inf., died in prison, Anderson vllle, Sept. 4th, 
 1864. No. of grave, 11,764. 
 
 Boyd, Henry E., Co. E, 100th Inf., died at Chattanooga, Aug. 2d, 1864. 
 
 Blount, James G., Co. F, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Dec. 12th, 1862. 
 
 Bouton, Wm., Co. F, 100th Inf. died at Glasgow, Ky., Nov. llth, 1862.
 
 DEATH RECORD. 477 
 
 Bartie, John, Co. F, 100th Inf., died Nov. 28, '63, at Chattanooga, of wounds 
 
 received at Mission Ridge. 
 
 Brodie, Robert, Co. F, 100th Inf., died at Murfreesboro, April 20th, 1863. 
 Brandeau, Paul Co., F, 100th Inf., died at Franklin, Dec. 4, '64, wounded in 
 
 battle. 
 
 Brown, Robert, P. C., Co. F, 100th Inf., died at Murfreesboro, April 18, '63. 
 Butcher, Joseph, Co. F, 100th Inf. died of wounds at Nashville, Jan. 9th, 
 
 1865, wounded in last battle. 
 Bleber, Thomas, Co. G, 100th Inf., killed in charge on Kenesaw Mountain, 
 
 June 27th, 1864, 
 
 Bush, Mathew C., Co. G, 100th Inf., killed at Chickauaauga, Sept. 19th, 1864. 
 Burson, Henry, Co. H, 100th Reg't, died at Chattanooga, Nov. 27th, 1863, of 
 
 wounds at Mission Ridge. 
 
 Bolander, Philip, Co. K, 100th Reg't, died at Quincy, March 29th, 1865. 
 Blanchard, John D., Co. K, 100th Reg't, died at Nashville, Feb. 21st, 1863. 
 Barr, Richard L., Co. K, 100th Reg't., died at Bowling Green, Nov. 13th, '62. 
 Beckman, Heinrich, Co. G, 138th Reg't, died at, 1 Fort Leaven worth, Sept. 
 
 1st, 1864. 
 
 Berger, Charles, Co. H, 3d Cav., died at Fort Snelling, June 23d, 1865. 
 Burns, John S., Co. C, 4th Cav., died at Mound City, March 10th, 1862. 
 Baker, George A., Co. F, 8th Cav., died at Whitehouse, Va,, June 18th, 1862. 
 Bump, Albert, Co. L, 8th Cav., died at Giesbr* Point, D. C., April 20th, 1864. 
 Bailey, Damon, Musician, Co. F, 13th Cav., died at Joliet, Nov. 1862. 
 Bailey, Oscar J,, Co. F, 13th Cav., died at Helena, Ark., Aug. 5th, 1862. 
 Brown, James D., Co. F, 13th Cav., died at Arcadia. Mo., Oct. 29th, 1862. 
 Bement, Porter W., Co. D, 1st Art., died at Vicksburg, Aug. 5th, 1863. 
 Bailey, Irvin, Co. K, 1st Art., died at Camp Yates, April 1st, 1864. 
 Baer, Franklin, Co. 1, 2d Art., died at Nashville, July 27th, 1864. 
 Bailey, William, Co. K, 190th Inf., died at Joliet, April 4th, 1863, after- dis- 
 charge of disease contracted in the service. 
 
 BLISS, E. L., Ass't Surgeon, U. S. A., died in service as Ass't Surgeon. 
 Connor, Timothy, Co. B, 20th Reg't, killed before Atlanta. 
 Cuppy, Sam'l, Co. F, 20th Reg't, died at Bird's Point, Jan. 1st, 1862. 
 Connor, Richard, Co. K, 20th Reg't, died at Mound City, Dec. 23d, 1861. 
 Carter, Joseph, Co. A, 39th Reg't, died of wounds Aug. 26th, 1862. 
 Calhoun, W. W., Co. A, 39th Reg't, died at Patterson's Creek, Va., Feb. 23, 
 
 1862. 
 
 Carrigan, Hugh, Co. A, 39th Reg't, died of wounds June 3d, 1864. 
 Clark, James H.,Co. E, 39th Reg't, killed at Deep Run, Aug. 16th, 1864. 
 Collins, John, Serg't. Co. I, 46th Reg't, killed at Shiloh, April 6th, 1862. 
 Carter, Russell, Corp., Co. I, 46th Reg't, died at Pittsburgh Landing, April 
 
 5th, 1862. 
 
 Cooper, George H., Co. I, 46th Reg't, died at Louisville, June 19th, 1862. 
 Curtis, Charles, Co. 1, 46th Reg't, died at Henderson, Ky., June 2d, '62. 
 Clark, Henry S., Sergeant, Co. I, 64th Reg't, killed at Corinth, Oct. 4, '62. 
 Carroll, Michael, Major, Co. A, 64th Reg't, died at Rome, Ga., August '64. 
 Clark, John, Co. G, 64th Reg't, killed at Atlanta, July 22d, '64. 
 Cook, Isaiah, Co. G, 64th Reg't, died of wounds received at Atlanta, July 
 
 22d, '64. 
 
 Carnifex, John, Co. 1, 64th Reg't, died at Marietta, Ga., Oct. 12th, '64. 
 61
 
 478 DEATH RECORD. 
 
 Cramer, Jesse, Co. F, 64th Reg't, killed at Atlanta, July 22d, '64. 
 
 Clark, Charles B., Co. E, 72d Reg't, died at Vicksburg, April 26, 64. 
 
 Chapin, Kimball, Co. E, 72d Reg't, died at Columbus, Ky., Nov. 11. '62. 
 
 Crosby, John, Co. C, 90th Reg't, died in prison, Andersonville, June llth t 
 
 1865. No. of grave 12,433. 
 
 Clayton, Thos., C. Co. C, 90th Reg't, died at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 4th, '64. 
 
 Casper, John, Co. D, 90th Reg't, died in prison at Andersonville, Oct. 3d, '64. 
 No. of grave 12,257. 
 
 Conchlin, Simon, Co. D, 90th Reg't, killed by torpedoes at Fort McAllister, 
 Ga., Dec. 31, '64. 
 
 Canna, John, Co. D, 90th Reg't, died at LaGrange, T., March 15th, '63. 
 
 Carney, James, Co. D, 90th Reg't, died at Memphis, Nov. 17th, '63. 
 
 Chamberlain, Albert S.,Co. C, 100th Reg't, missing at Chickamauga, supposed 
 killed and in hands of rebs. 
 
 Connor, John H., Co. C, 100th Reg't, died at Nashville, Jan. 27, '63. 
 
 Carter, Allred J,, Co. D, 100th Reg't, died of wounds received at Stone River, 
 at Nashville, March 15th, '63. 
 
 Chapman, James, Co. G, 100th Re'gt, died at Nashville, Feb. 2d, '63. 
 
 Chapman, Ira H,,Co. G, 100th Reg't, died at Nashville, June2d, '65. 
 
 Cotton, John S., Corp. Co. H, 100th Reg't, died in prison, Andersonville^ 
 Aug. 30, '64, grave 6,091. 
 
 Coons, Peter, Corp Co. I, 100th Reg't, died at Nashville, July 12th, '63. 
 
 Churchill, Orson, Co. K, 100th Reg't, died at Nashville, April 5, '64. 
 
 Caffray, Thos., Co. G, 127th Reg't, died on S. B., R. C. Wood, Aug. 13, '63. 
 
 Clark, Arthur F., Co. F, 8th Cav., died at Washington, Jan. 28, '65. 
 
 Cole, John W., Co. F, 8th Cav., died of wounds at Boonsboro, July 15th, '63. 
 
 Cave, Robert, Co. F, 8th Cav., died of wounds at Washington, Aug. 20, '63. 
 
 Cook, Myron H., Co. F, 8th Cav., died at Stafford's C. H., Va., March 20, '63. 
 
 Conskay, Wm., Co. D, 9th Cav., died at Helena, Ark., Oct. 1st, '62. 
 
 COE, ALONZO W., 1st Lieut., Bat. I, 2d Art., killed in battle Dec. 9, '64, on the 
 march to the sea, 15 miles from Savannah. 
 
 Carr, Henry, Bat. I 2d Art., died at Savannah, Ga., Feb. 3d, '65. 
 
 Danser, Frank, Co. F. B, 20th Reg't, killed at Shiloh, 4, '62. 
 
 Dewey, Lucius, E., Co. F, 20th Reg't, died at Cape Girardeau, Sept. 24th, '61. 
 
 Dolkey, Jacob, Co. F, 20th Reg't, killed at Donaldson, Feb. 15tb,'62. 
 
 DeLancy, John, Co. F, 20th Reg't, killed at Shiloh, April 6, '62. 
 
 Dailey, Daniel, Co. A, 39th Reg't, died March 28th, '65, prisoner of war. 
 
 Dugan, Patrick, Co. E, 39th Reg't, supposed killed in the charge on the ene- 
 my's works near Richmond, Oct. 13th, '64. 
 
 Drosler, Thomas, Co. F, 53d Reg't, died at St. Louis, May 4th, '62. 
 
 Dolan, Patrick, Co. G, 64th Reg't, died at Joliet, Aug. 21st, '64. 
 
 DeLine, Thomas, Co. A, 39th Reg't, died after discharge, of disease con- 
 tracted in rebel prison. 
 
 DePuy, John, Co. I, 64th Reg't, died at Cincinnati, April 2d, '62. 
 
 Drordler, Philip, Co. D, 90th Reg't, died Oct. 17, '63. 
 
 Devine, Patrick, Co. H, 90th Reg't, shot at Snyder's Bluff, by a soldier, Jan. 
 
 20th ,'64. 
 
 Davis, Wm., Co. B, 100th Reg't, died at Nashville, Feb. 15, '63. 
 
 Dorkendoff, Theo., Co .D, 100th Reg't, killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, '63. 
 
 Dake, George W., Corp. Co. D, 100th Reg't/.died in prison, Andersonville, 
 July 31st, '64, No. of grave 8,626.
 
 DEATH RECORD. 479 
 
 Dundore, Wm., Co. D, 100th Reg't, killed near Atlanta, July 22, '64. 
 
 Dixon, Giles N., Co. E, 100th Reg't, killed at Chickaroauga, Sept. 19th '63. 
 
 Durrea, Felix, Co. F, 100th Reg't. same. 
 
 Deal, Albert, Co. G, 100th Reg't. same. 
 
 DeTheille, Henry, Co. H, 100th Reg't, died at Murfreeahoro, June 14th, '63. 
 
 Doncaster, Henry H., killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25th, 1863. 
 
 Docey, Peter H., Co. H, 100th Reg't, died at Chattanooga, Aug. 13th, '64, of 
 
 wounds received June 12th. 
 
 Decker, John I, Co. 1, 100th Reg't, died at Crawford Springs, Ga., Sept. 3d, '63. 
 Devereux, Albert E., Corp. Co. K, 100th Reg't. died at Nashville, June, 19, '63. 
 Davis Minden, W., Co. K, 100th Reg't, accident, killed Jan. 28, '63. 
 Davis, Amos B., Co. K, 100th, killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. 
 Dodge, Enos, P., Co. D, 4th Cav., died of wounds at Bolivar, Tenn. 
 Dykman, Alonzo S., Co. I, 2d Art, accident, killed at Joliet, Jan. 23d, '64, 
 Downs, Jeremiah L., Co. I,2d Art., died at Vicksburg, Oct. 18, 64. 
 DYER, GEO., Captain, Co. C, 29th Mo., Cav., died after discharge from loss of 
 
 health in service. 
 
 EBWIN, WM., Lt. Col., 20th 111., killed at Fort Donaldson, Feb. 15th, 1862. 
 Emory, Wm. S., Co. B, 20th 111., died at Mound City, Nov. 1st, '61. 
 Ernest, Arthur, Co. E, 66th 111., died at Rome, Ga., Sept. 6th, '64. 
 Elderkin, Fred'k, Co. I, 15th Cav., died a parolled prisoner at St. Louis. 
 Fuller, Philo, Musician, Co. B, 20th Inf., killed at Columbus, Ky., Sept. 21, 61. 
 Franklin, John L, Co. G, 20th Inf., died at Birds Point, Oct. 15, '61. 
 Fink, John P., Co. F, 53d Inf., died prisoner at Andersonville, Sept. 30, '64. 
 
 No. of grave 10,097. 
 
 Fellows, Hubert, Co. I, 58th Inf., died at Memphis. 
 Ford, Samuel, Co. G, 64th Inf., killed at Decatur, Ga., July 19th. '64. 
 Ferguson, James H., Co. E, 64th Inf., died at Corinth, Nov. 7th, '63. 
 Frey, Urias, Co. K, 64th Inf., died at Camp Butler, March 26th, '64. 
 Freeman, James R., Co. E, 72d Inf., died of wounds, June 13, '63. 
 Fisher, Francis J., Serg't Co. A, 100th Inf., died of wounds at Franklin. 
 
 while prisoner, Dec. 12, '64. 
 
 Fentryman, Sam'l, Co. D, 100th Inf., same. 
 
 Fellows, Jacob, Co. D, 100th Inf., died at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 13, '63. 
 Flanders, Geo. R., Co. D, 100th Inf., died at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 27' '62. 
 Fitzpatrick, John. Co. K, 100th Inf., accident, killed, falling of tree, Jan. 
 
 28th, '63, at Murfreesboro. 
 Farley, Peter, Co. K, 8th Cav., accident, killed atBealton's Station, Sept, 5, '63, 
 
 by fall from horse concussion of brain. 
 Francis, Thos. Fred'k, Co.',|I,2d Art., died of loss of health at Andersonville,, 
 
 after release or escape. 
 
 Fentiman, Francis, Co. L, 2d Art.,, died at Vicksburg, Jan. 14, '65. 
 Felter, Walter H., Chicago Mer. Bat., died at Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas, a 
 
 prisoner. 
 
 Freason, Sam'l J., 1st Art., died Dec. 3d, '64, recruit. 
 
 Felker, John O., died in service. 
 
 Fergusson, William D., Corp. U. S. Reg't Art, died at Hampton, Va., from 
 
 wounds, Dec. 10th, '64. 
 
 Griffin, Joseph B., 20th Reg't, died at Vicksburg, April 15, '63. 
 Glasscock, Thos. H., Co. B, 20th Reg't, died at Cape Girardeau, Sept. 25, '61. 
 Galnes, Chas., Co. B., 20th Reg't, died in Andersonville, Sept. 28, '65, grave 
 
 9,925, wounded and captured July 22d, '64.
 
 480 DEATH RECOED. 
 
 Goss, Andrew, Co. A, 39th Reg't, died in Chicago. 
 
 Gronigal, T. D., Serg't, Co. A, 39th Reg't, wounded, mortally, and left in hand 
 
 of the enemy. May 16, '64. 
 
 Gray, Alex., Co. E, 39th Reg't, died of wounds Sept. 10th, '64. 
 Gillett, James, died of wounds, Aug. 17th, '64. 
 Gillett, Henry, Co. E, 39th Inf., died at Columbus, Md., Feb. '62. 
 Gorman, John, Co. I, 60th Inf., killed in skirmish at Triune, Tenn. 
 GROVER, DAVID G., Cap. Co. D, 64th Reg't, killed in battle of Corinth, Oct. 
 
 4th, '62. 
 
 Griffin, Charles S., Co. E, 64th Reg't, killed at Ruffs Mills, Ga,, Aug. 4, '64. 
 Goodwin, George, Serg't. Co. F, 64th Reg't, died April 17, '64. 
 Gilfallan, James H., Co. F, 64th Reg't, killed near Dallas May, 27, '64. 
 Grimes, Geo., Co. G, 64th Reg't, died of wounds at Marietta, Ga., Sept. 26, '64, 
 
 of wounds July 22, '64. 
 
 Goodenow, Corinthus, Co. A, 65th, Reg't, died at Marietta, Ga., Aug. 14, '64. 
 Garrity, Patrick, Co. D, 90th Reg't, died at Joliet, Sept. 13, '64. 
 Geer, Wm. W., Co. A, 100th Reg't, died at Lebannon, Ky. 
 Grass, James, Corp. Co. D, 100th Reg't, died at Lebannon, Ky., Nov. 7, '62. 
 Geist, Franklin H., Co. D, 100th Reg't, died at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 24, '62. 
 Gridley, Benj. F., Serg't Co. G, 100th Reg't, died at Nashville, Nov. 26, '62. 
 Greenlee, Joseph, Co. G, 100th Reg't, died at Nashville, Dec. 15, : 62. 
 Ganthrop, James, Co. H, 100th Reg't, died at Gallatin, Jan. 23d, '63. 
 Ganthrop, Amos, Co. H, died near Nashville, Nov. 27, '62 
 Grudging's Wm., Co. 1, 100th Reg't, died near Nashville, Dec. 15, '62. 
 Greenman, Giles, L., Co. K, 100th Reg't, killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, '62. 
 Geyer, Christian G., Co. I, 2d Art., died of wounds at Chattanooga, Sept. 
 
 18, '64. 
 
 Goss, Frank J., Co. I, 100th Reg't, died at Wesley, May 3d, '64. 
 Garrett, Cyrus J., Co. L, 6th Cav., died at Nashville, July 9, '65. 
 Gardner, Louis B., Lockport, V. R. C., died, '62. 
 
 Holden, Hiram, Co. B, 20th Inf., died at LaGrange, Tenn., Jan. 28, '63. 
 Hodge, Geo. H., Co. B, 20th Inf., died at Vicksburg, Sept. 24, '63. 
 Houstine, Conrad, Co. F, 20th Inf., killed at Britton's Lane, Sept. 1, 1862. 
 Hiller, John, Co. F, 20th Inf., died of wounds received at Donaldson, May, 
 
 22, '63. 
 
 Harris, W. J., Corp. Co. A, 39th Reg't, died of wounds, June 17, '64. 
 Humprey, Thos., Co. G, 39th Reg't, killed May 20, '64, Wier Bottom, Va. 
 Hanson, David M., Co. E, 39th Reg't, died in Andersonville prison, Oct. 22, 
 
 '64. No. of grave 1,664. 
 
 Hopkins, Benj., Co. F, 39lh Reg't, killed at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, '64. 
 Hills, Joseph, Co. I, 46th Reg't, died at Evans ville, Ind., June 10, '62. 
 Harris, Geo., Co. I, 46th Reg't, died on the field, June 9th, '62. 
 Harrison, Michael, Co. G, 64th Reg't, killed at Kenesaw, June 27, '64. 
 Harrenden, Dan., Co. G, 64th Reg't, killed at Atlanta, July 22d, '64. 
 Haffer, Benedict, Co. G, 64th Reg't, killed at Kenesaw, June 27th, '64. 
 Horner, Thos. P., Co. G, 64th Reg't, killed at Atlanta, July 22d, '64. 
 Hosier, Andrew, Co. 1, 64th Reg't, died at Dartmouth, R. J., May 12. '65. 
 Hoffman, Henry, Co. B, 66th Reg't, mortally wounded, Kenesaw, June 
 
 27,64. 
 
 Hostler, George W., Co. H, 66th Reg't, died at Rome, Ga., July 15th, '64. 
 Haley, Mathew, Corp., Co. D, 90th Reg't, died a prisoner at Belle Isle, Rich- 
 mond, Va, April 8th, '64.
 
 DEATH RECORD. 481 
 
 Hoy, John, Co. A, 100th Reg't, died in Andersonville prison, Oct. 26, '64. No. 
 
 of grave, 11,506. 
 Haines, John S., Co. A, 100th Reg't, died Jan. 6th, 1863, of wounds received 
 
 at Stone River. 
 Haughn, Robert E., Co. A, 100th Reg't, died at Crab Orchard, Ky., Oct. 
 
 21st, '62. 
 
 Harter, Hiram, Serg't, Co. B, 100th Reg't, killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. 
 Harper, Jeremiah, Co. C, 100th Reg't, died at Columbus, Ky., Oct. 30. '62. 
 Hopkins, John, Co. C, 100th Reg't, killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, '62. 
 Hill, Lorenzo, R., Musician, Co. D, 100th Reg't, died at Lebanon, Ky., Nov. 
 
 5, '62. 
 
 Hartong, Rosewell, Co. D, 100th Reg't, died at Chattanooga, Oct. 29, '63. 
 Hess, Geo. W., Co. D, 100th Reg't, killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, '62. 
 Harrington, Jeff. Co. F, 100th Reg't, died at Palos, April 4, '63. 
 Holmes, Geo. W., Co. G, 100th Reg't, killed at Rocky Face, Ga., May 10, '64. 
 Harley, Jas. J., Corp. Co. G, 100th Reg't, missing at Chickamauga, no doubt 
 
 killed on the field, in hands of rebs. 
 Hoyt, Alvah, Co. H, 100th Reg't. missing at Franklin, supposed killed and 
 
 left in hands of the enemy. 
 
 Hicks, Wm., Co. 1, 100th Reg't, died at Jeffersonville, Ind., Feb. 16, '65. 
 Hurley, Chas., Serg't, Co. I, 100th Reg't, died at Nashville, July 2, '63. 
 Hayes, John, Corp., Co. I, 100th Reg't, died of wounds, July 24, '64. 
 Harrenden, Albert, Co. K, 100th Reg't, died at Nashville, Jan. 1, '63. 
 Heart, J. W., Co. K, 100th Reg't, died at NashviUe, Jan. 10, '63. 
 Hartwell, Wm. E., Co. K, 3d Cav., died at Eastport, Miss., May 5, '65. 
 Hewes, Geo. C., Co. F, 8th Cav., died at Philadelphia, Penn., March 6, '63. 
 Hewes, Orlando, Co. F, 8th Cavalry, killed in battle Nov. 1, '63. 
 Hubbard, Lysander, Co. K, 8th Cav., died at Alexandria, Va. March 9, '62 . 
 Howard, Charles, Bat. I, 2d Art., killed at island No. 10. 
 Hartromft, Ezra, Co. E, 72d Reg't, died at Holly Spring, Dec. 26, '62. 
 Ingersoll, James H., Co. G, 100th Reg't, died at Gallatin, Tenn., Jan. 19, '63. 
 Irish, George, Co. I, 100th Reg't, killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. 
 Inkleking, Conrad, Co. D, 9th Cav., died April 19, '62. 
 
 Jacobs, Wade H., McAllister's Bat., died at Cairo, in three months' service. 
 JOHNSON, ALLEN, B.. 1st. Lieut., Co. A, 39th Reg't, died Sept. 8, '64. 
 Johnson, Wm., Co. F, 64th Reg't, killed before Corinth. 
 Johnson, James Co. B, 66th Reg't, died at Nashville, Oct. 30, '64. 
 Joce, Austin, Co. D, 90th Reg't, died in Andersonville Prison, June 20, '64, 
 
 No. of grave 2,241. 
 
 Jewett, LeRoy, Co. A, 100th Reg't, killed at Dallas, Ga., May 30, '64. 
 Jones, Alonzo N., killed at Chickamauga, Sept, 19, '63. 
 Johnston, Samuel F., Co. B, 100th Reg't, died in Andersonville, Aug. 2, '64, 
 
 No. of grave 5,395. 
 
 Jones, W. R., Co. I, 100th Reg't, died in prison Danville, Va., Feb. 6, '64. 
 Jones, Robert N M Co. 1, 100th Reg't, died at Gallatin, Tenn., Feb. 2, '63. 
 Johnson, Geo, F, Co. G, 3d Cav., drowned Aug. 11, '65. 
 Jay, Freeman S., Co. L, 2d Art., died at Beuf River, La., Aug. 30, '6& 
 Johnson, Robert, Co. G, 65th Reg't, died at Martinsburg, Va., July 26, '62. 
 Kendall, Michael I., Co.B, 20th Inf., died at Vicksburg, Sept. 21, '63. 
 Kidder, Wm., Co. D, 20th Inf., killed at Shiloh, April 6, '62. 
 62
 
 482 DEATH RECORD. 
 
 Kelly, John M., Co. F, 39th Reg't, died of wounds at Hampton, Va., Oct. 
 
 31, '61 
 
 Kresin, Ferdinand, Co. E, 44th Inf., died at Rolla, Mo., Dec. 5, '61. 
 Kennelly, Morris, Co. I, 46th Inf., died at Cincinnati, May 10, '62. 
 Kahler, Norman P., Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Chattanooga, Dec. 16, '63, of 
 
 wounds received at Mission Ridge. 
 
 Kelly, Robert, Serg't, Co. D, 90th Inf., died at Nashville, Jan. 26, '64. 
 Kenny, John C., Corp. Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Jan. 1,'63. 
 Karrigar, Fred'k, Co. B, 100th Inf., died at Bowling Green, Nov. 20, ? 92. 
 King, Martin B., Co. B, 100th Inf., died of wounds received in battle of 
 
 Franklin, Dec. 12, '64. 
 
 Kine, Wm., Co. C, 100th Inf., died at Wild Cat, Ky., Oct. 20, '62. 
 Karch, Henry, Co. A, 100th Inf., killed at Chickatnauga, Sept. 19, '63. 
 Kennedy, Otis, W., Co. E, 100th Inf., died at Murfreesboro, Jan. 3d, '63. 
 Kenny, Stephen, Co. E, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, July 7, '63, 
 Kenney, Andrew J., Co. E, 100th Inf., died at Gallatin, Dec. 25, '62, 
 Kelly, Francis P., Co. I, killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. 
 Klegner, John, Co. I, 100th Inf., died at Wilmington, 111., Nov. 3. '68. 
 Kundt, Fred'k, Co. B, 129th Inf., died at Chattanooga, Sept. 10, '64. 
 Katsa, Henry, Co. D, 9th Cav., died at Memphis, Oct. 20, '64. 
 Kay, Nicholas, Co. C, 13th Cav., died at Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 20, '64. of 
 
 wounds. 
 
 Kirton, Wm., Co. H, 17 Cav., died at Glasgow, Mo., Aug. 16, '64. 
 Kidston, John, Co. B, 124th Inf., died of wounds at Champion Hills, May 
 
 18, '63. 
 
 Kennepp, Thos. J., Co. L, 6th Cavalry, died at Demopolis, Ala., Sept. 19, '64 
 Kraft, Henry, Co. D, 4th Cav., died after discharge, of disease contracted in 
 
 service. 
 
 Lepp, John, Co. F, 20th 111., died at Jackson, Tenn., Sept. 4, '62. 
 Lehmann, Frank, Co. K, 20th 111., died at Birds Point, Jan. 11, 62. 
 Lyons, Geo., Co. A, 39th 111., died at Hilton Head, Feb. 21, '63. 
 Lulin, James, Co. G, 64th IU., died at Midship, G., Jan. 13, '64. 
 Linch, Barnard, Co. G, 64th, 111., died since discharge, from disease contracted 
 
 in service. 
 
 Leffer, Geo., Corp. Co. E, 88th 111., died at Stephenson, Ala., Sept. 27, '63. 
 Longhrea, Co. D, 90th 111., died at Atlanta, Aug. 2, '64, of wounds. 
 Lyman, John, Co.'D, 100th Inf., died in Anderson ville prison, Sept. 8, '64. No. 
 
 of grave 8,196. 
 
 Linebarger, David, Co. E, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. 
 Leonard, Alvin, Co. E, 100th Inf., died at Silver Springs, Nov. 17, '62. 
 Leazure, Chester, Co. E, 100th Inf,, died at Nashville, Dec. 23, '62. 
 Legg, Aaron, Co. F, 100th Inf., died at Murfreesboro, Feb. 23, '63. 
 Labuinbard, Edward, Co. G, 100th Inf., died at Gallatin, Jan. 19. '63. 
 Ladieu, James T., Co. H, 100th Inf., died in Andersonville, August 18, '64. 
 Lyon, Leverett M., Corp. Co. H, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 
 
 19, '63. 
 
 Laird, Jrmes, Co. 1, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Nov. 29, 'H2. 
 Long, Benj. F., Corp. Co. K, 100th Inf., died at Louisville, Jan. 23, '63. 
 Ledyard, Thos. C., Co, K, 113th 111,, died at Vicksburg, July 25, '63, 
 Lish. A., Co. D, 4th Cav., died at Vicksburg, Feb. llth, 1864. 
 Lull, Franklin R., Co. F, 8th Cav., died after discharge, of wounds received 
 near Richmond
 
 DEATH RECORD. 483 
 
 Marsh, Wm. Henry, Co. K, Inf., died since discharge, of wounds received at 
 
 Chickasaw Bluffs. .'*' ,' 
 
 Miles, Milo W., McAllister's Bat., died at Cairo in three months' service. 
 Marshall, Edward W., Co. A, 20th Inf., died at Mokena, on furlough. 
 Milam, Lindsay, Co. B, 20th Inf., died at Marietta, of wounds received at 
 
 Peach Tree Creek. 
 
 Millar, John F., Co. D, 20th Inf., killed at Shiloh April 6, '62. 
 Mahan, Thos., Co. F, 20th Inf., killed at Donaldson, Feb. 15, '62. 
 Mitchell, Henry, Co. K, 20th Inf., killed at Raymond, Miss., May, 12, '63. 
 Mott, George, Co. A, 39th Inf., died at Cumberland, Md., Feb. 2, 1862. 
 McCartie,;Peter, Co. A, 39th Inf., died at Alex,, Va. Jan. 1, 1862. 
 Maher, John, 39th Inf., died of wounds, Jan. 16, 1862. 
 Merrill, Almon, Co. E, 39th Inf., died of wounds, July 23, '64. 
 McMaster, James, Co. E, 39th Inf., died at Williamsport, Md., Dec. 9, 1861. 
 McLaren, Charles, Co. I, 46th Inf., died at Memphis, Jan. 4, 1865. 
 Mooray, Henry C., Co. I, 46th Inf., died at Memphis, Dec. 18, 1862. 
 Marcy, Frank P., Co. 1, 46th Inf., killed at Shiloh in action. 
 McDaniel, John H., Co. I, 49th Inf., died Sept. 1st, 1865. 
 
 McGalligut, Michael, Co. E, 64th Inf., killed in battle of Corinth, Oct. 4, 1862. 
 Males, James, Co. E, 64th Inf., died at Quncy, Feb. 17, 1862. 
 McCoy, Michael, Co. G, 64th Inf., killed before Atlanta, July 22, 1864. 
 McLaughlin, Pat, Co. G, 64th Inf., same. 
 
 McCourtie, James F., 64th Inf., died at Quincy. 
 Mulliken, James M., Serg't. Co. K, 89th Inf., died in rebel hospital prison at 
 
 Danville, Va., Feb. 28, 1864. 
 
 McGuire, Chas., Co. H, 90th Inf., died of wounds at Marietta, Ga., Oct. 4, '64, 
 MITCHELL, CHAS. F., Lieut. Co. A, 100th Inf., died of wounds at Stone 
 
 River, Jan. 4, '63. 
 
 Martin, Thos. P,, Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Murfreesboro, June 17, 1863. 
 McCorkle, Joseph, Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Feb. 10, 1863. 
 Milliard, Nelson, Co. B, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Jan. 19, 1863. 
 Marshall, George, Co, B, 100th Inf., died at Gallatin, Feb. 17, 1863. 
 McFadden, Wade H., Ser. Co. C, 100th Inf., died of wounds at Stone River 
 
 Jan. 4, 1864. 
 
 Murphy, Michael, Serg't. Co. C, 100th Inf., killed at Franklin Nov. 30, 1864. 
 Martin, Pat. /Co. D, 100th Inf., died at Shell Mound, Sept. 9, 1863. 
 McCune, James, Co. E, 100th Inf., died of wounds received at battle of 
 
 Chickamauga, at Chattanooga. 
 
 Merwin, Thos. E., Co. E, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, July 3, 1863. 
 Miller, Richard, Co. E, 100th Inf. T died at Nashville Dec. 21, 1862. 
 Martin, Joseph, Co. F, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Dec. 12, 1862. 
 McHaffey, Wm., Co. F, 100th Inf., did at Murfreesboro, Feb. 9, 1863. 
 Meyer, August, Co. D, 9th Cav., died at Memphis, July 29, 1862. 
 Mather, George, Battery I, 2d Art., died from the sting of a scorpion near 
 
 Athens, Ga., 
 
 Mclntosh, John, Co. I, ICOth Inf., died at Nashville, Feb. 26, 63. 
 Mason, Lorenzo D., Co. L, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Dec. 2d, 1862. 
 Mitchell, Edgar H., Co. F, 100th Inf., died at Evansville, Ind., Nov. 13, 1862. 
 Mitchell, Ellery B., Co. G, 100th Inf., died at Nashville Dec. 3, 1862. 
 Moore, Deratus T., Co. H, 100th Inf., died at Nashville Dec. 17, 1863.
 
 484 DEATH RECORD. 
 
 Miner, Edw. S., Serg't. Co. K, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63, 
 
 Morfort, Henry, W,, Corp. same same. 
 
 Morey, John B., same. same. 
 
 Morse, Adams P., Co. K, 100th Inf., died soon after discharge, April 3, 1863. 
 
 Melvin, Edgar, Co. D, 4th Cav., died at Savannah, Tenn., March 21, 1862. 
 
 Mather, Reuben, Co. D, 4th Cav., died at "Vicksburg, Aug. 29, 1862. 
 
 Milam, Daniel, Co. F, 13th Cav., died at Helena, Aug. 9, 1862. 
 
 Mason, Geo. H., Co. C, 14th Cav., killed at Roddy Station, Dec. 14, 1864. 
 
 Marshall, George N., 4th Michigan, died in Andersonville Prison. 
 
 Neff, Mar tin, Co. B, 20th Reg't, died at Cairo, Sept. 2, 1863. 
 
 Norris, Wm. H., Co. I, 46th Reg't, kiled in battle of Shiloh. 
 
 Needham, Austin, Co. D, 90th Reg't, killed at Atlanta, Aug. 13, 1864. 
 
 Nobles, Henry C., Co. 1, 100th Reg't, imprisoned at Andersonville, died at 
 
 Wilmington, N. C., 
 
 Nickerson, Lemuel, Bat. A, 1st Art, died at Joliet Aug. 23, 1863. 
 Osgood, Thos. J., Co. A, 39th Inf., died of wounds at Phila.,Sept. 20, 1864. 
 Olhues, Henry, Co. E, 39th Inf., killed near Petersburg, April 2, 1865. 
 O'Brian, Daniel, Co. E, 55th Inf., died at Memphis, Dec. 16, 1862. 
 Orr, Wm., Co. G, 64th Inf., killed at Kenesaw, June 27, 1864. 
 O'Reiley, Daniel, Co. G, 64th Inf., mortally wounded June 27th, 1864, at 
 
 Kenesaw. 
 
 Parr, David, Co. I, 46th Jnf.,died soon after discharge. 
 Patterson, Wayne, Co. B, 20th Inf., died of wounds, May 14, 1863. 
 Paxon, Aaron P., Co. K, 20th Inf., died at Newark, 111., May 4, 1862. 
 Perkins, James A., 39th Inf., died at Chicago, Sept. 7, 1861. 
 
 Proud, Sam'l F., 39th Inf., killed at Fort Gregg, April 2, '65. 
 
 Potter, Sam'l F., Co. A, 53d Inf., died at St. Louis, May 21, '62. 
 
 Price, Arthur, Co. A, 58th Inf., died of wounds April 9th, '64. 
 
 Paul, William, Corp'l Co. E, 64th Inf., died in Georgia. June 30, '64. 
 
 Parks, John O., Corp. Co. F, 64th Inf., died of wounds received. May 27, '64. 
 
 Parker, Israel, Co. G, 64th Inf., died in Andersonville prison, Aug. 2, '64. 
 
 Powlis Isaac, Co. G, 64th Inf., killed at Kenesaw, June 27, '64. 
 
 Peterson, Caray A., Co. G, 64th Inf., killed at Kenesaw, June 27, '64. 
 
 Pierce, George W., Co. G, killed at Kenesaw, June 27, '64. 
 
 Parker, Edgar, Co. D, 72d Inf., died at Quincy, Sept. 7, '63. 
 
 Parks, Wm. G., Co. B, 100th Inf., killed at Kenesaw, June 27, '64. 
 
 Parker, Thos. P., Co. C, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. 
 
 Poor, Wm. L., Corp. Co. C, 100th Inf., died at Murfreesboro, June 27, '63. 
 
 Prosser, Lewis A., Co. C, 100th Inf., killed at ChickamaugB, Sept. 20, '63. 
 
 Platts, Nelson, Corp., Co. D, 100th Inf., died at Chattanooga, of wounds re- 
 ceived before Atlanta, Sept. 16, '64. 
 
 Platt, Joseph, Co. D, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, May 1, '63. 
 
 Perkins, Van L., Co. E, 100th Inf., died in hospital at Crawfish Springs,. 
 Sept. 30, '63, of wounds received at Chiekamauga, Sept. 19. 
 
 Pettijohn, Mark, Co. F, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Feb. 16, '63. 
 
 Price, George, Co. G, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. 
 
 Pickard, Wm., Co. G, 100th Inf., died at Bowling Green, Nov. 24, '62. 
 
 Pierson, John J., Co. G, 100th Inf., died at Murfreesboro, May 19, '63. 
 
 Purcell, Edward, Co. H, 10th Cav., died at Little Rock, April 10, '63. 
 
 Pierson, Wm. A., Co. M, 10th Cav., died at Springfield, 111., Feb. 20, '64. 
 
 Perkins, Albert, Sub., 39th Inf., died at Camp Butler, Feb. 11, '64. 
 
 Petteugill, Seward,H., Co. D, 4th Cav., died in 1st Miss. Cav.,
 
 DEATH RECORD. 485 
 
 Patchett, Frank, Co. H, 12th Cav., killed at Alexandria, Va., April 28, 1864. 
 
 Quackenbush, Alfred, Co. F, 8th Cav., died at Alexandria, Va., Feb. 27, '62. 
 
 -Quick, Sidney, Co. C, 100th Inf., died at Chicago. April 17, '64. 
 
 Rose, Leonard, died at Mound City, Nov. 5, '61. 
 
 Rath, Wm. Co. D, 14th Inf., killed at Shiloh. April 1862. 
 
 Reynolds, Isaac B., Corp. 20th Reg't, killed at Shiloh. 
 
 Reynolds, George, Co. B, 20th Reg't, died at Mound City, Oct. 16, '61. 
 
 Randall, Albert S., Co. F, 20th Reg't, died at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. 
 
 April 30, 1862. 
 
 Rose, Alonzo, Co. I, 20th Reg't, died of wounds received at Donaldson. 
 RICHARDSON, JOSEPH W., 1st Lieut. Co. A, 39th Reg't, died Nov. 21, '61 of 
 
 typhoid fever at Williamsport, Md. 
 
 Ruppenthal, Henry, Co. A, 39th Inf., died of wounds, June '64. 
 Rowley, Charles, Co. E, 39th Inf., died at Cumberland, Md., Feb. 20, '62. 
 Rourke, Hugh, Co. A, 39th Inf., killed at Fort Gregg. 
 Robinson, Dan. A., Co. G, 42d Inf., died at Smithton Mo., Jan. 22, '62. 
 Rossiter, David B., Corp.Co. I, 46th Inf., died at New Orleans, May 27, 1864. 
 Robbins, W. H., Co, I, 46th Inf., died at Pittsburg Landing, March 24, '62. 
 Roland, Thos., Co. I, 46th Inf., died at Memphis, Jan. 10, '62. 
 Rouse, Geo. H., Co. E, 64th Inf., killed at Corinth, Oct. 4, '62. 
 Reynolds, Henry I., Serg't. Co. E, 88th Inf., died at Nashville, Jan. 20, '63. 
 ROUSE, GEO. W., Adj't, 100th Inf., died Aug. 3, '64, of wounds received July 
 
 29th, before Atlanta. 
 
 Rogers, Samuel, Co. B, 100th Inf., killed at;Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '62. 
 Rahn, Frederick, Co. C, 100th Inf., killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, '62. 
 Rathbun, Hiram, Co. C, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Jan. 9, '63. 
 Reed, William, Co. E, 100th Inf., died at Bridgeport, Ala., Dec. 22, 1863, of 
 
 wounds received at Chickamauga. 
 
 Ritchey, Riley, Co. F, 100th Inf., died at Cave City, Nov. 5, '62. 
 Rowley, Fred'k, Co, G, 100th Inf., died at Gallatin, Tenn., Dec. 26, '62. 
 Robbins, Joseph, Co. H, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Dec. 16, '62, 
 Rice, Levi C., Co. 1, 100th Inf., died of wounds at Chickamauga. 
 Robson, Thos., Co. 1, 100th Inf., died Aug. 23, '64. 
 Rudd, Erastus, Co. K, 100th Inf., died in Andersonville Prison, April 2, '64. 
 
 No. of grave 306. 
 
 Richards, Ed. C., Co. K, 113 Inf., died at Young's Point, March 15, '63. 
 Ratclifl, Wm. M., Co. F, 13th Cav., died at St. Louis, Oct. 30, '62. 
 Rice, Alphonso, Co. H, 124th Inf., killed at Champion Hills, May 16, 1863. 
 Sweetwood, Isaac, McAllister's Bat., 3 months' service, died. 
 Sleight, Theodore, Co. B, 20th Inf., died at Birds Point, Sept. 19, '61. 
 Sperry, Henry A., Co. B, 20th Inf., died of wounds at Britton's Lane, May 
 
 16, '63. 
 
 Supplee, William, Co. B, 20th Reg't, died at Memphis, Feb. 27, '63. 
 Scanlan, James, Co. F, 20th Inf. died at Joliet, April 23d, '62, 
 Shultz, August, Co. G,20th Inf., killed at Donaldson, Feb. 15, '62. 
 Stiller, Robert, Co. G, 20th Inf., died at Nashville, Sept. 18, '64. 
 Smith, Wm. W., Co. K, 20th Inf., died at Paducah, Aug, 23, '63. 
 Shugar, Wm., Co. K, 20th Inf., killed at Raymond, Miss., May 12, '63. 
 Starkweather, Henry A., 39th Inf., died at Folly Island, July 12, '63. 
 Sibert, Andrew, Co. A, 39th Inf., died in Andersonville, Sept. 16, '64. 
 
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 486 DEATH KECORD. 
 
 Stewart, Thos., Co. E, 39th Inf., died Oct. 30, '64, at Annapolis, of wounds re- 
 ceived in front of Petersburg. 
 
 Spencer, George A., Co. F, 64th Inf. , killed before Atlanta, July 22, '64. 
 
 Small, Cushman, Co. G, 64th Inf., died of wounds at Mound City, Sept. 29, '64. 
 
 Stroud, Henry, Co. G, 100th Inf., killed at Kenesaw, June 27, '64. 
 
 Schorn, Harvey, Co. G, 64th Inf., mortally wounded July 22, '64. 
 
 Sweringen, Frank, Serg't Co. G, 64th Inf., died Sept. 2, '64, of wounds re- 
 ceived July 22d, 
 
 Smith, Arnold, Co. D, 90th Inf., died at Chicago, March 14, '63. 
 
 Smith, Martin, Co, D, 90th Inf., died at Camp Sherman, August 22, '62. 
 
 SOHOONMAKER, GEO. C., 1st Lieut. Co. I,100th Inf., killed in action Aug. 5, '64, 
 
 Sutton, Wm. H., Co, A, 100th Inf., died at Silver Springs, Nov. 17, '62, 
 
 Stewart, George, Co, A, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. 
 
 Stuck, William, Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Feb. 3d, '63. 
 
 Steinmetz, Justus B., Corp. 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. 
 
 Sampson, Chas. C., Co. B, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. 
 
 Schegg.Geo., Co. B, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Feb. 15, '63. 
 
 Snyder, Mathias, Co. C, 100th Inf., missing, supposed killed at Chickamauga, 
 Sept, 19th, '63. 
 
 Spafford, Stephen M., Serg't Co. E, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 
 19, 1863. 
 
 Spencer, Chas. P., Corp. Co. E, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63 V 
 
 Styles, Charles, Co, E, 100th Inf., killed at Lovejoy Station, Sept. 5, '64. 
 
 Smith, Milton J., Co. E, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63, 
 
 Stolder, Henry, Co. E, 100th Inf., died at Murfreesboro, Jan. 22, '63. 
 
 Scanlan, Patrick, Co. F, 100th Inf, killed at Chickamauga, Sept, 19, '63. 
 
 Sutphen, Anson, Co. F, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Jan. 3, '63. 
 
 Shoemaker, John, Serg't Co. G, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Feb. 14, '63. 
 
 Sarver, John, Co. H, 100th Inf., killed at Kenesaw, June 27, '64. 
 
 Schneider, David, Co. D, 147th Inf., died at Nashville, May 31 ,'65. 
 
 Saylor, Wm. L., Co. E, 147th Inf., died at Resacca, June 8, '65. 
 
 Sullivan, Daniel, Co. K, 147th Inf., died at Dalton, Ga., May 30, '65. 
 
 Sulson, Joseph A., Co. G, 3d Cav., died at Eastport, Miss., May 6, '65. 
 
 Stem, Wm. A., Co. K, 8th Cav., died at Camp Relief, D. C., June 20, '64. 
 
 Salter, John F., Co. G, 9th Cav., died at Camp Douglass, Feb. 7, '62. 
 
 Staley, Paul, Co. D, 4th Cav., died in naval service from wounds. 
 
 STEINBERG, PHILIP, Capt, Co. F, 64th Inf., killed when captain of 1st Ala. 
 Cav., at Vincents X Roads, Oct. 26, 1863. 
 
 Smith, Melvin, Co. I, 2d Art, died at Hamburg. 
 
 Stebbins, Robert, Co. H, 12th Cav., died at Donaldville, La., Aug. 1, '64. 
 
 THOMPSON, JOHN E., Adjt. 20th Reg't, killed in action at Shiloh. 
 
 Tice, Henry, Musician, Co. B, 20th Reg't died at Cape Girardeau, Aug. 20, '61. 
 
 Train, Artemus, Co. B, 20th Reg't, died at Wilmington, 111., Dec. 21, '61. 
 
 Turner, Wm., Co. B, 20th Reg't, died at St. Louis, July 17, '63. 
 
 Trove, Rudolph, Co, B, 20th Reg't, killed at Shiloh, April 6, '62. 
 
 Taylor, Bluford E., Co. A, 39th Inf., died at Richmond, Va., May 12, '65. 
 
 Thompson, Thomas, Co. G, 64th Reg't, killed at Kenesaw, June 27, '64. 
 
 Teeters, Geo., Co. G,64th Reg't, killed at Kenesaw, June 27, '64. 
 
 Tracey, Wm., Co. A, 100th Reg't' died at Murfreesboro, March 5, '63. 
 
 Troblee, John, Co. G, 64th Reg't, killed at Kenesaw, June 27, '64. 
 
 Theille, Andrew, Co. B, 100th Reg't, killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, '62.
 
 DEATH RECORD. 487 
 
 Taylor, Marcus, Co. C, 100th Reg't, died at Nashville, Dec. 8, '62. 
 
 Taylor, James, Musician, Co. D, 100th Reg' t, died Feb. 12, '63. 
 
 Tyler, Hubbard A., Co. D, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 22, '62. 
 
 Townsend, Edward, Co. F, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Dec. 16, '62. 
 
 Temple, Ira, Co.H, 100th Inf., died in Anderson ville prison, Jan. 1, '64. 
 
 Turner, FestusG., Co. K, 8th Cav., died since discharge, of disease contracted 
 in service. 
 
 Unruh, Henry, Co. E, 100th Inf., died at Bowling Green, Nov. 16, '62. 
 
 Unruh, Sylvester, Co. D, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Dec. 11, '62. 
 
 Vail, Wm. S., Co. B, 20th Inf., killed at Britton's Lane. 
 
 Vigron, Oliver H., Co. F, 20th Inf., died at Mound City, Nov. 28, '61. 
 
 Vandevoort, Geo. W., Co.D, 100th Inf., died at Gallatin, Tenn., Jan. 20, '63. 
 
 Vinson, Richard C., Co. K, 8th Cav., killed at Falling Watei, Md., July 6, '63. 
 
 Vimpeny, Charles, Co. E, 12th Cav., died Nov. 19th, '63. 
 
 Vaughn, James, Co. I, 16th Cav., died in Andersonville prison, June 3, '64. 
 No. of grave, 1,078. 
 
 Weist, John, Co. B, 20th Reg't, killed at Donaldson, Feb. 15, '62. 
 
 Wright, Nelson W., Co. B, 20th Inf., died of wounds received at Donaldson, 
 Feb. 18, '62. 
 
 Warren, John, Co. B, 20th Inf., died at Memphis, July 8, '63. 
 
 Waters, Israel, Jr., Musician Co. K, 20th Inf., killed at Raymond, May 
 12, '63. 
 
 Woodruff, John, Co. K, 20th Inf., died of wounds June 7, '63. 
 
 Wilson, Andrew J., Co. K,20th Inf., killed at Donaldson, Feb. 16, '62. 
 
 WALKER, JOSEPH D., Adj't 39th 111., killed in battle May 16, '62. 
 
 Walters, Barton S., Co. A. 39th Inf., died at Annapolis, April 1, "65, after re- 
 lease from rebel prison, result of sufferings. 
 
 Wright, Burgess, Co. I, 46th Inf., died at Pittsburg Landing, April 19, '62. 
 
 Wadhams, Mortimer, Co. E, 39th Inf., died at Bermuda H., Feb. 24, '65. 
 
 Wagner, Abram, Co. F, 64th Inf., killed at Dallas, Ga., May 27, '64. 
 
 Watson, Robert, Serg't Co. G, 64th Inf., killed at Decatur, July 19, '64. 
 
 Wheeler, Thos. J., Co. K, 64th Inf., died at Louisville, April 8, '64. 
 
 Ward, William, Co. E, 66th Inf., died July 15, '64. 
 
 West, Manasseh, Co. D, 72d Inf., died March 7, '65. 
 
 Wells, Joseph, Co. C, 90th Inf., died at Nashville, Dec. 11, '63. 
 
 Welch, Edward, Co. C, 90th Inf., died of wounds received Aug. 3, '64. 
 
 Waterhouse, John W., Co. E, 72d Inf., died at Columbus, Ky., Nov. 14, '62. 
 
 Wicker, Nelson, S., Co. C, 90th Inf., died of wounds Dec. 4, '63. 
 
 Worthingham, Morrison, 2d Lieut. Co. K, 100th Inf., killed at Stone River, 
 
 Warner, Foster, Corp. Co. A, 100th Inf., died at Louisville, Ky., April 12, '63, 
 
 White, Philip, Co. A, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. 
 
 Weise, John, Co. B, 100th Inf., died at Chattanooga, Oct. 29, '62. 
 
 Wagner, Peter, Corp. Co. C, 100th 111., killed at Stone River, Jan. 2, '63. 
 
 Webster, Horace, Co. E, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Jan. 26, '63. 
 
 White, Edwin J., Co. G, 100th Inf., died at Gallatin, Feb 1, '63. 
 
 Weidemer, Gotleib, Co.G, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. , 
 
 World, Newton, Co. K, 100th Inf., died at Nashville, Feb. 24, '63. 
 
 Wimmer, John, Co. I, 16th Cav., died in Andersonville prison, May 15, '64. 
 No. of grave 1,130. 
 
 Wharton, Geo. W., Co. C, 2nd Art*, died at Fort Donaldson, Feb. 5, '64. 
 
 White, James P., Co. I,2d Art., died at Nashville, April 27, '64.
 
 488 DEATH RECORD. 
 
 Weaver, John, Co. C, 4th Cav., died a prisoner near Richmond, Va., Dec. '62. 
 
 Young, Nelson, Co. B, 20th Inf., died at Vicksburg, Aug. 29, '63. 
 
 Yates, Geo. W., Serg't Co. A, 39th Inf,, died Oct. 28, '64, of wounds received 
 
 in charging the rebel works, Oct. 13. 
 
 Young, Alex., Co. G, 64th Inf,, died at Mound City, Sept. .28, '64. 
 Young, Ahaz, Co H, 100th Inf., killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. 
 Zimmerman, Albert, Co. B, 100th Inf., died at Chattanooga, Aug. 31, '64. 
 Zweifle, Albert, Co. F, died at Nashville, Feb. 28, '63.
 
 PART THIRD. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Col. F. A. Bartleeon Lieut. Col. Wm. Erwin Major Rodney S. Bowen 
 Capt. David G. Grover Adjutant George W. Rouse, Adjutant Joseph D. 
 Walker, Capt. Gideon Bernier Serg't Henry S. Clark Lieut. Morrison 
 Worthingham Serg't Albert S. Randall Serg't Holmes Lieut. Charles F. 
 Mitchell Wm. Henry Marsh Charles Parker Spencer John Burden Cap- 
 tain George Dyer Henry A. Sperry Rev. Joel Grant. 
 
 t 
 
 ;BEDEBICK A. BAETLESON. He was born in Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, Nov. 10th, 1833, and was in the 31st year of his age 
 at the time of his death. While very young, his parents re- 
 moved to Wheeling, where his father was engaged in the publica- 
 tion of a newspaper. Subsequently his father removed to 
 Brooklyn, and again to Freehold, N. J., at which latter place he 
 was engaged in the publication of the " Monmouth Enquirer" 
 Frederick was given the advantages of a good education, and 
 graduated with honor at Alleghany College, Meadville, Penn., 
 after which he entered the office of Hon. P. Vredenberg, at Free- 
 hold, for the study of law. After completing his legal course, and 
 being admitted to the bar, he struck out for the west, and in 1855, 
 being then 22 years of age, he came to our city and located. The 
 writer well remembers his youthful and prepossessing appearance 
 when he came, and how quickly and surely he secured to himself 
 friends and patrons among those who had hitherto been strangers. 
 His personal manners and his modesty of deportment also soon 
 made him generally popular, not only with the members of his 
 own profession, bat with all classes ; while his sterling qualities of 
 mind and heart secured their confidence and respect, and he was 
 
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 490 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 soon entrusted with the responsible office of district attorney, by 
 the almost unanimous choice of the profession and the people. 
 Soon after his election to this office he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Kate Murray, who still survives him, beloved and hon- 
 ored, both for her own sake and for his. In the memorable 
 spring of 1861, when the first call was made for volunteers to de- 
 fend the insulted flag of our Union a public meeting was held 
 April 17th, as has been elsewhere related, for the purpose of tak- 
 ing into consideration the exigencies of the hour, and also for tak- 
 ing steps to raise a company of volunteers. Although fifteen years 
 have elapsed since that -memorable day, many will remember that 
 scene. Many will recall the doubts, the fears, the anxieties, that 
 pervaded the public mind. Almost without warning, certainly 
 without any adequate apprehension of the imminence of such a 
 crisis, the question of war, or a dissolution of the Union, had been 
 sprung upon a peace loving north, and as it were, in a moment 
 we had to decide upon the choice. It was at this first meeting in 
 this crisis, that after several patriotic speeches had been made, 
 urging upon those present in the most impassioned strains, the 
 duty of responding to the call of the government, that a young 
 man of slight physique, but with flashing eye, and countenance all 
 aglow, but with steady and determined accents, spoke briefly, but 
 most eloquently, in the same strain with those who had preceded 
 him, and then walking up to the table on which lay the blank en- 
 listment roll, said, " I will not urge you to do what I am un- 
 willing to do myself, I propose to head that list." He then put 
 down the name of the first volunteer in Will county, amid the 
 cheers and huzzahs of an excited crowd. The act was more elo- 
 quent than words, and the example more effective than eloquence. 
 The results which followed this act have been given elsewhere 
 and need not be here repeated. I will, however, relate one cir- 
 cumstance, not a public one, connected with this scene t which 
 shows the feelings which prompted the act. Next morning, 
 seeing my young friend and neighbor in the adjoining yard, I 
 playfully alluded to the act of the night previous, when he quoted 
 to me with evident solemnity of feeling, and with a sober realiza- 
 tion of all that was involved in the action he had taken, and with
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 491 
 
 what seems now, an almost prophetic vision, the words of Horace, 
 " Duke et decorum est pro patria mori." 
 
 How Bartleson exerted himself in the organization of his com- 
 pany, and being chosen its captain, busied himself at once in 
 studying the duties of his new profession, will be well remem- 
 bered. His history is thenceforth identified with that of the 20th 
 regiment, (elsewhere given,) until his appointment as colonel of the 
 100th. At Fredericktown he led his company in their first seri- 
 ous encounter with the enemy, most gallantly and bravely. At 
 Donaldson he won further laurels, and was promoted major of the 
 regiment. Coming home from that hard fought field as escort to 
 the remains of Col. Erwin, he returned in time to take a heroic 
 part in the two days' engagement at Shiloh, where he received a 
 severe wound, resulting in the loss of his left arm. Coming home 
 to recover from this sad casualty, he was often urged while 
 here, by his many friends to retire from the service. But his de- 
 termined answer was "No! I have still an arm left for my 
 country, and she shall have that too if need be." When in 1862 
 the 100th regiment was organized, there was but one man talked 
 of, or thought of, as its commander, and in due time he was elected 
 and his promotion secured from the authorities. He led this regi- 
 ment through the weary campaigns which terminated in the 
 bloody, hard fought field of Stone River, and through the subse- 
 quent one which culminated on the Chickamauga. Here, while 
 heroically holding an advanced position with a mere squad of men* 
 he was surrounded by a charge of the enemy, and with others he 
 was taken prisoner. For six months following the disastrous 
 field of Chickamauga, he was an inmate of the crowded apartments 
 of Libby. As expressive of his feelings during his imprison- 
 ment, I enrich these pages with lines written by him in the album 
 of a fellow prisoner, and which were too good to be kept there, 
 and found their way into the public prints. A reception was given 
 him on his return from Libby prison, in the spring of 1864, a 
 reception which has never been equalled in heartiness and en- 
 thusiasm in Will county. 
 
 He was again and often urged upon his return to retire from 
 the service. One fact I will give in this connection, which has 
 never been made public, but which is related to me by one who
 
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 knew the fact, and is one of the many circumstances which evinced 
 his unselfish patriotism. Among those who urged upon Col. 
 Bartleson the duty of now retiring from the service, were several 
 leading politicians of the democratic party. They assured him if 
 he would now retire, as he might honorably do, and accept from 
 his own party, the nomination to congress, he might rest assured 
 that the democratic party in the district would not bring out a 
 candidate in opposition. To this proposition generous and patri- 
 otic on the part of those who made it, and flattering, and I may 
 add tempting to Col. Bartleson, he turned a deaf ear. " Gen- 
 tlemen," he said, "the question is still unsettled whether we are to 
 have another congress, or a country, and it can only be settled by 
 the success of our armies ; and until it is settled, I want no nomi- 
 nation, and no office but the one I now hold, and I shall return 
 to my post and give my life if need be, to secure to us a free gov- 
 ernment." As is well known, Bartleson returned to his com- 
 mand as soon as he could do so by the terms of his exchange. 
 The last thirty miles of the journey he made the march on foot, 
 beneath a Georgia's summer sun, and (only a few weeks after his 
 return) he sealed his devotion to his country, by the surrender 01 
 his life. The circumstances of his death are given in our his- 
 tory of the 100th regiment, and need not be repeated here. 
 
 The city of Joliet, and the county of Will, mourned deeply his 
 " untimely taking off," and found poor consolation in paying all 
 possible honors to his remains. Never before or since has there 
 been such a funeral in Joliet. Rev. Mr. Kidd of the congrega- 
 tional church, paid an eloquent tribute to his memory on the fu- 
 neral occasion, and Judge Parks and others at the next meeting of 
 the court. His remains rest in a well-known spot in Oakwood, 
 beneath a beautiful monument erected by his widow. I will only 
 say in conclusion, that Col. Bartleson, although never connected 
 with any church, was a Christian in his convictions, and always a 
 man of pure morals, and there is much reason to believe, that dur- 
 ing his confinement in Libby, he was the subject of an inward re- 
 ligious experience, which, had his life been spared, would have 
 become more pronounced. 
 
 The following lines were written by Col. Bartleson, in the al- 
 bum of a fellow prisoner, while in Libby. They were too good
 
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 to be kept there, and have found their way into print, and we 
 transcribe them here : 
 
 " 'Tis twelve o'clock ! within my prison dreary, 
 My head upon my hand, sitting so weary, 
 Scanning the future, musing upon the past ! 
 Pondering the fate that here my lot has cast ! 
 The hoarse cry of the sentry, pacing his beat, 
 Wakens the echos of the silent street : 
 
 " All is well." 
 
 Ah! is it so? my fellow captive sleeping, 
 
 Where the barred window strictest watch is keeping, 
 
 Dreaming of home and wife and prattling child, 
 
 Of the sequestered vale and mountain wild, 
 
 Tell me when cruel morn shall break again, 
 
 Wilt thou repeat the sentinel's refrain? 
 
 "All is well." 
 
 And thou, my country ! wounded, pale and bleeding, 
 Thy children deaf to a fond mother's pleading- 
 Stabbing, with cruel hate, the nurturing breast 
 To which their infancy in love was pressed 
 Recount thy wrongs, thy many sorrows name; 
 Then to the nation if thou canst proclaim 
 
 "All is well." 
 
 But through the clouds the sun is slowly breaking, 
 Hope, from her long deep sleep, is waking. 
 Speed the time, Father ! when the bow of peace 
 Spanning the gulf, shall bid the tempest cease : 
 When men, clasping each other by the hand, 
 Shall shout together in a united land, 
 
 "All is well!" 
 
 LIEUT. COL. WM. ERWIN, OF THE 20TH. 
 
 was of Irish parentage, and came to Illinois when a mere lad, with 
 his parents, who settled somewhere in the vicinity of Chicago. 
 When the Mexican war broke out, he enlisted in the first regiment 
 of Illinois volunteers, Col. Hardin, and was made 2d lieutenant 
 of his company, and soon after promoted 1st lieutenant. He also 
 held for some time the position of quartermaster to the regiment. 
 At the battle of Buena Vista, he was in command of his company, 
 and behaved with great bravery, and won distinction. After the 
 close of the war he settled in Ottawa, and went into business in 
 that place, where he also married a most estimable lady, who still
 
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 survives him with two children. In 1858 he removed with his 
 family to Joliet, and was in the employ of the Alton & St. Louis 
 R. R. at the breaking out of the war of the rebellion. As we 
 have elsewhere mentioned, Col. Erwin was a Douglas democrat in 
 his political preferences, and during the then recent campaign had 
 commanded a company of the " Invincibles." But no sooner 
 had it become evident that war was meant by the south, than he 
 commenced to enlist a company under the first call. We have 
 given an account of his efforts in this respect, and of his connection 
 with the 20th Illinois elsewhere, and need not repeat it here. He 
 followed the fortunes of that regiment up to the time of his 
 death. Having had previous experience in military matters, he 
 knew what to do, and how, and when to do it, which rendered 
 him an invaluable officer at a time when most others were en- 
 tirely inexperienced. When Gen. Grant visited Cape Girardeau,. 
 while the 20th regiment was stationed there, he had occasion to 
 make a requisition on the Q. M. of the reg't, which was so methodi- 
 cally and quickly filled, that Gen. Grant expressed his surprise and 
 commendation to Q. M. Shields. To this Shields replied, that 
 if there was any credit due it belonged to Col. Erwin, who had 
 instructed him in his duties. This led to the formation of an ac- 
 quaintance between Gen. Grant and Col. Erwin, and between 
 their families, which became quite friendly, and Gen. Grant al- 
 ways regarded Erwin as one of his most reliable officers. He of- 
 fered to give Erwin the permanent command of the post at Girar- 
 deau, but he (Erwin) preferred to follow the fortunes of the regi- 
 ment. 
 
 Col. Erwin was a man of great urbanity and kindness of heart, 
 and did not think it necessary that an officer should be a rough or 
 a tyrant, to command obedience. He was in the habit of visiting 
 the hospitals daily, looking after the welfare of the men ; and al- 
 ways treated them with great kindness and respect, giving furloughs 
 to those who were sick, believing that a short furlough was bet- 
 ter than medicine. While at Bird's Point, in the winter of 1861 
 too many were sick in hospital, and Erwin being in command of 
 he regiment (during the temporary absence of Col. Marsh), gave 
 out furloughs so freely, as to subject himself to the criticisms of 
 his colonel on his return. But when the men all came back well,.
 
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 in time for the advance on Fort Henry, he confessed that Erwin's 
 prescription was the best. 
 
 Col. Erwin was also a fine example to his command in the 
 matter of his personal habits. He made no use either of whisky 
 or tobacco, and was never known to utter an oath. In short, Col. 
 Erwin has left behind him a record as a citizen, a soldier and a 
 man, of which his children and friends may well be proud. As to 
 his tenderness and fidelity as a husband, father and friend, there 
 is no need to speak. His last interview with his family was at 
 Fort Henry the llth of Feb., when he saw them for a few 
 moments and for the last time, just before the advance to Donald- 
 son. On the field of Donaldson, the day before he was killed, he 
 hastily wrote his last letter to his wife and children. 
 
 Next day, as we have elsewhere related, he was struck by a 
 solid shot while leading on his men, and instantly killed. The 
 body was brought home in charge of Capt. Bartleson. and was 
 received with all due and fitting respect and honor at Joliet, and 
 also at Ottawa, where it was buried. 
 
 Col. Erwin was a splendid horseman, and at a grand review 
 which Grant held of the troops at Bird's Point before the advance 
 on Fort Henry, he was pronounced by many, the finest looking 
 officer on the ground. 
 
 The following extract from a letter from Col. Marsh, written 
 after Col. Erwin's death, pays but a just tribute to the fallen hero, 
 and is creditable to the writer : 
 
 " A large delegation from Illinois is here to-day, but I cannot 
 bring my feelings up to the pitch of exultation that they exhibit. 
 My heart is sad, and all the splendor of our great victory cannot 
 drive from my mind, the loss of my dear friend and brave boys. 
 You know the close intimacy that existed between Col. E. and 
 myself. He was my right hand man, my confidant and counselor. 
 I am indeed stricken to the death. Never, from the first moment 
 of our acquaintance, to its close, did anything occur to mar our 
 friendship. And I am glad to acknowledge that much of the 
 efficiency of the 20th is due to his skill and energy as an officer."
 
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 MAJOR RODNEY S. BOWEN, 
 
 was another of the costly sacrifices made by our county in the late 
 war of the rebellion. He was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., 
 in the year 1832. In the year 1834, his parents, Dr. A. W. 
 Bowen and wife, removed to Joliet, being among the very earliest 
 settlers, coming here when Joliet existed only in name and 
 prophecy. It was here that Major Bowen grew up from infancy 
 his own infancy and that of this city as well, and here he re- 
 mained until the removal of his parents to Wilmington, in the 
 year 1849. Major Bowen was an only son, and at the time of his 
 death the only child of his parents. He received a good English 
 education, and was a young man of fine abilities, extended in- 
 formation, pure morals, and cultivated tastes. In the year 1855,. 
 he was united in marriage with Miss Fannie Todd, a daughter 
 of Dr. Todd, of Rockville, one qf the earliest and most respected 
 settlers on the Kankakee River. Mrs. Bowen still survives her 
 husband with two children. Major Bowen was very happily 
 situated, and prosperously engaged in business, at the breaking 
 out of the rebellion, and seemingly had every inducement to re- 
 main at home and enjoy his ease and happy surroundings. But 
 he was not willing to remain an idle spectator of the fierce conflict, 
 in which our country was engaged. When the call was made for 
 " 300,000 more," in July 1862, Major Bowen felt that it was his 
 duty to take an active part in the struggle, and he at once set 
 about enlisting a company in the town of Wilmington, and with 
 the assistance of Stewart, Gano, Mitchell and others, he soon had 
 the volunteers requisite to organize a company. Of this com- 
 pany he was chosen captain, and it was mustered in as Co. A, of 
 the 100th Illinois Infantry. He served in this position with great 
 acceptance to his men and superior officers, and honor to himself y 
 being constantly at his post, and sharing in all the weary cam- 
 paigns and fierce encounters of the regiment, and escaping un- 
 harmed, until the battles in front of Chattanooga, in the latter 
 part of November, when Grant raised the blockade of that post. 
 Here he received on the 23d, a severe flesh wound in the calf of 
 his leg. But although the wound was a severe one, he did not 
 leave the field. A lieutenant of an Ohio regiment, just then off
 
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 duty, bound up the wounded leg with his handkerchief, caught a 
 stray horse for him and assisted him to mount, and thus Captain 
 Bowen kept the field with his company until the battle of Mission 
 Ridge was so triumphantly won. After the battle he was relieved 
 for a time from active duty, and during his recovery from the 
 wound he paid a visit to his home and friends in Wilmington. 
 He rejoined his regiment in February 1864, while it was in winter 
 quarters at Louden. In his first letter home, after rejoining his 
 regiment, he speaks of the homesick feelings which came over him 
 on his journey away from the home whose delights he had been 
 permitted once more to enjoy for a little while, and how hard it 
 was for him to do so, saying, that " for a time he felt like throw- 
 ing up his commission and returning to the ease and comfort of a 
 life of peace." But says he, " better thoughts soon resumed pos- 
 session of my mind, aud I thought of my companions in arms, 
 cheerfully enduring unto death if need be, of my bleeding coun- 
 try torn by a gigantic rebellion, of the necessity that every man 
 should put his shoulder to the wheel to raise the car of state, 
 from the slough of despond into which it had fallen, but from 
 which it was beginning to emerge, of the thanks of a grateful 
 people, that would be given to those who kept on until the foe had 
 laid down his arms, and of the obscurity that awaited those who 
 should falter in the strife. I gathered my wandering resolutions, 
 and set out once more cheerfully and willingly for the front." 
 Such was the spirit that animated Major Bowen, and which breathes 
 through all his letters home, and which, of course were written 
 for no eyes except those of his family. Major Bowen continued 
 in command of Co. A until it reached the vicinity of Atlanta,, 
 sharing in the exposures and engagements of that active com- 
 paign, but escaping unharmed. On the 17th of July he was 
 obliged to leave the front, and was ordered to the officers' hospi- 
 tal at Chattanooga, on account of a severe attack of inflammation. 
 in one of his eyes. He remained in hospital until the 6th or 8tb 
 of September, when, having recovered, he rejoined his regiment 
 before Atlanta. Meanwhile, the death of Col. Bartleson, and the 
 resignation of Lieut. Col. Waterman had brought about the pro- 
 motion of Major Hammond, and Captain Bowen was*'made major. 
 While laid up in hospital in Chattanooga he had seriously enter- 
 
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 tained the idea of resigning his post, and retiring from the service, 
 but as his eye soon began to get better, he gave up the thought, 
 and determined to continue to share the dangers and labors of the 
 regiment while the country should need him. He accordingly 
 shared the subsequent campaigns and exposures of the regiment 
 until the battle of Franklin, near the close of the war in the 
 west. Here, he was with his regiment in the thickest of that 
 bloody fight, one of the most severe in which the regiment was 
 engaged, and in the course of which he was again wounded, this 
 time in the thigh ; and, alas ! with such severity as to terminate 
 in his death at Nashville, three days after. The exposure of the 
 removal from Franklin to Nashville, during the falling back of 
 the army, was so great as to disappoint the hopes of his recovery, 
 and thus add one more to the number of valuable lives sacrificed 
 to the accursed rebellion. His remains were brought home to 
 Wilmington, and received all the honor and respect which it was 
 possible to give them. Judge Harris, holding court at the time, 
 adjourned the same, attending with a large delegation of citizens 
 from this place, (Joliet), the funeral, which took place at Wil- 
 mington. The loss of Major Bowen was deeply felt by the com- 
 munity, and great sympathy was felt with his honored parents, 
 who were thus called upon to sacrifice, not only their choicest, but 
 their only gift upon the altar of their country. 
 
 Major Bowen was a member of the Episcopal church, having 
 been baptized in infancy ; and the age of twenty-two, on his own 
 deliberate and hearty choice, received the rite of confirmation, 
 consecrating himself for life to God's worship and service ; an act 
 which was supplemented by a pure and noble christain life. 
 
 DAVID G. GBOVER, CAPTAIN CO. E 64TH ILLS. INFANTRY. 
 
 There are still left of the early settlers of this city a few a 
 very few who remember that in 1835 or 6, a family of the name 
 of Grover, located in Joliet, and lived in a house on the edge of 
 the bluff, or the lot now occupied with the residence of Mrs. 
 Strong. The family then, or subsequently, consisted of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Grover, two sons and one girl, all three quite young. One of 
 these boys, the subject of this sketch, was then but two years of
 
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 age, and was born in Milford, Penn. Two years after coming 
 here Mr. Grover died, and two years subsequently Mrs. Grover 
 also died, thus leaving the children to an early orphanage. 
 
 David was 'taken by his grandfather Grover who resided at 
 West Dryden, N. Y., and by him cared for during his childhood. 
 At the age of eighteen he returned to Joliet. He found employ- 
 ment for a time with James T. McDougall, who was then mer- 
 chant and post master. Subsequently young Grover entered the 
 office of S. W. Bowen, Esq., and engaged in the study of law, 
 completing his course at the law school in Cincinnati. 
 
 After his graduation he went into partnership with his former 
 instructor, and was engaged in the successful prosecution of his 
 profession when the war broke out. In the summer of 1859, he 
 had been united in marriage with Miss Eliza S. McGinnis, who 
 still survives him with two daughters. But although thus hap- 
 pily situated in respect to his business and domestic relationts, 
 although his young family seemed to demand his care, and engage 
 his affections, and although he had been politically opposed to 
 the party in charge of the government, the country's need and 
 the country's danger seemed to call him with a voice which 
 he could not resist. He immediately set about raising and organ- 
 izing a company for the " Yates Sharp Shooters," the 
 64th, and was commissioned captain of the same (Co. E) in Dec. 
 1861. The history of Captain Grover was thenceforth identified 
 with the 64th, until his death, and we refer to that history for his 
 military record. From that record it will be seen that Capt. Gro- 
 ver was killed in the second battle of Corinth, October 4th, 1862. 
 The 64th was on the skirmish line, and lay between both armies,, 
 and the fire of their artillery. Capt. Grover was struck while 
 cheering on his men. He was struck twice by fragments of shell, 
 about 4 o'clock p. m. He was picked up and carried out of the 
 reach of the fire by Michael Fuller, of Co. F, and there remained 
 until night, under the bnrning sun, and in hearing of the fierce 
 combat. 
 
 Capt. Grover was at the time in command of the skirmish line, 
 consisting of companies B, C and E. The battalion lost heavily, 
 and Capt. Grover's company most of all, losing twenty-one killed 
 and wounded.
 
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 It was at first hoped that Capt. Grover would recover. He 
 was taken to the hospital in the evening. But the shock was so 
 severe that on the evening of the 10th he died about 9 o'clock. 
 He lived however, to know that the victory was ours, and that his 
 life had not been sacrificed in vain. Before going into the fight 
 he seemed to have a foreboding of his fate, and so expressed him- 
 self to a brother officer, telling him that if he fell to tell his wife 
 that he "died at the head of his company, fighting for his coun- 
 try." His brother officer advised him not to go into the fight if 
 he felt thus. But the idea of shirking duty or avoiding exposure 
 was spurned, and he fell while cheering on his command. He 
 was buried by his men. One of them writes home next day, "I 
 helped to bury our gallant little captain. I may well call him 
 gallant, for a braver man never drew a sword." 
 
 A few days aiter, his business partner, S. W. Bowen, Esq., 
 reached the front, and the body was exhumed and brought to 
 Joliet, arriving here the 20th. Funeral services were had the 
 next day at the Congregational church. The services were con- 
 ducted by Mr. Kidd, assisted by the pastor of the Methodist and 
 Baptist churches, at which there was a large attendance of our cit- 
 izens, who deeply sympathized with his family and friends, while 
 they also mourned the loss to the cause of so brave and accom- 
 plished an officer. The Will county bar at its next meeting passed 
 resolutions of respect, and Judge Parks pronounced an eloquent 
 and just eulogy. The body was taken in charge by the masonic 
 fraternity, and it was deposited in our beautiful Oakwood with 
 masonic and military honors. 
 
 A tasteful monument of Joliet marble erected by the loving 
 hands of Messrs. Odell & Jamison, marks the spot where sleep the 
 ashes of the gallant Capt. D. G. Grover. 
 
 GEORGE W. ROUSE. 
 
 Among the many sacrifices that our county was called upon 
 to make during the long years of the rebellion, none were more 
 deeply felt outside the family circle, than that of Adjutant Rouse. 
 He was the son of Collins Rouse, a well-known and highly re- 
 spected citizen of Jefferson county, New York, and was born at 
 Clayton in that county, March 21st, 1834. From his earliest
 
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 years he was the marked child of the family, around whom gath- 
 ered the warmest affections, and the fondest hopes of parents and 
 friends. He early manifested those qualities of mind and dis- 
 position which characterized his subsequent career, and so won the 
 confidence and respect of all who knew him. He received a good 
 common school and academic education, and thoroughly qualified 
 himself for an active business life. He was always noted as a 
 scholar, and in his home life, for quiet and gentlemanly behavior, 
 and at the same time for exactness and thoroughness in everything 
 he undertook. 
 
 At the age of sixteen, he connected himself with the Free Will 
 Baptist church, and always honored his profession with a pure and 
 consistent life. When twenty-two years old, he came west, and 
 although an entire stranger, he found employment in a Chicago 
 Banking House, the day after his arrival in that city. His busi- 
 ness qualifications soon secured him an increase of salary. After 
 remaining in Chicago a year or so, he came to Joliet and entered 
 the banking house of Woodruff & Cagwin, and subsequently en- 
 tered into the grain trade in company with O. H. Woodruff. 
 In this business he was successfully engaged when he felt it his 
 duty to enter the ranks of the defenders of an imperiled country. 
 He enlisted as private in the 100th regiment in August 1862, and 
 on the full organization of the regiment, he was selected by Col. 
 Bartleson as his adjutant, a choice which gave universal satisfac- 
 tion. This step was taken after calm deliberation, and from a 
 deep sense of duty, and his letters home and to his friends in Joli- 
 et during his army life, always breathed the spirit of a true pa- 
 triot, ready to sacrifice life, if need be, for the salvation of the 
 country. He shared the varying fortunes of the regiment, until 
 after the battle of Chickamauga, when he was selected as inspec- 
 tor, on the staff of the brigade commander, and it was in the dis- 
 charge of his duty while inspecting the picket line before Atlanta, 
 that he received the wonnd which proved mortal a few days after. 
 He was struck by a solid shot below the knee, which nearly sev- 
 ered the limb, and he seemed to bear the shock, of the wound and 
 the amputation, so well, that it was confidently expected that he 
 would recover. But these hopes were doomed to disappointment. 
 He died at 12 o'clock, on the night of August 4th.
 
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 The particulars of his dying moments are described by Lieut. 
 Williams who watched with him during the night. He informed 
 George that he probably would not live longer than until 
 morning. He replied, " Do you really think so ? well, I am 
 ready. God has been very good in sparing me so long, and I 
 feel that he will for Christ's sake save me at last." He then asked 
 Lieut. Williams to pray with him, after which he sank into a se- 
 rene sleep. After resting thus for a little time, he aroused once 
 more, and with eyes beaming with the light of the coming glory, 
 he said, " It is all right, Christ can save me, and my country 
 needed me. I have no regrets that my life has thus ended. God 
 bless my dear parents and friends." In a few moments, the gen- 
 tle grasp by which he held the hand of his friend, relaxed, and at 
 the same time he let go his hold on earthly life, and entered upon 
 the reward of a Christian hero, sans peur et sans reproche. 
 
 Adjutant Rouse was one of the best of our young men, pre- 
 possessing in personal appearance and manners, affable and cour- 
 teous to all affectionate and faithful to his intimate friends, and 
 of pure morals, and blameless life. Without being anything of 
 a fop, he was remarkable for neatness and good taste in dress, and 
 all matters of personal appearance, and for his orderly and 
 methodical business habits ; and these qualities he carried with him 
 into the service, and maintained under the most adverse circum- 
 stances. And he was as clean of soul as of person. General 
 Newton, commanding the brigade, said at the time of his death 
 that he had lost his best officer : Truly 
 
 " The good die first, 
 
 Whilst we whose hearts are dry as summer's dust, 
 Burn to the socket." 
 
 JOSEPH D. WALKER, ADJUTANT OF THE 39TH REGIMENT. 
 
 At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, two young 
 men, both of great promise, were pursuing the study of law in the 
 office of E. C. Fellows, Esq., in Lockport. Both entered the three 
 years' service in the fall of 1861 both fell on the field of battle ; 
 one in the east, and one in the west. One, is the subject of the
 
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 present sketch. The other, was Henry S. Clarke, of the 64th, of 
 whom we shall have something to say presently. 
 
 The parents of Adjutant Walker resided in Lockport, and came 
 originally from the north of Ireland. 
 
 Young Walker first entered the three months' service at Cairo, 
 where, by his energy and enthusiasm, he organized a company of 
 men from those who had gathered there, which was known as the 
 "Prentiss Guards." After the expiration of the three months' ser- 
 vice he enlisted for three years in the Yates Phalanx, of which reg- 
 iment he was chosen sergeant major, and subsequently promoted 
 adjutant. 
 
 He shared in all the vicissitudes of the regiment up to the day 
 of his death. He was the first man to plant the stars and stripes 
 on Fort Wagner, on Morris Island, and distinguished himself in 
 every action in which the regiment was engaged. 
 
 In the battle of May 16th, 1864, about one and a half miles 
 from Fort Darling, he received the wound which terminated his 
 career a few hours after. He was wounded by a musket ball in 
 the bowels, while exposing himself upon our entrenchments, en- 
 thusiastically encouraging his men, and holding them steady 
 against the terrible assault of the enemy under Beauregard, who 
 was trying to drive them from their entrenchments. He was car- 
 ried back to his own tent, where he expired during the night. To 
 a brother officer, who stood by his bed-side in the sad hour of his 
 death he said : "Warner, I am fatally wounded, and know that I 
 must die, but I have nothing to regret, I have done my duty." 
 Lieut. Warner, to whom these words were addressed, says of him : 
 "Of all the men I ever met in army life, Walker was the most 
 enthusiastic in conduct and spirit, and I know that he looked for- 
 ward with about equal pleasure to the prospect of death in the 
 line of duty as a soldier, and the professional honors awaiting him, 
 should he live to see peace restored." 
 
 Adjutant Walker was home on furlough in October, 1863, at 
 which time he addressed a large meeting of the citizens of Wil- 
 mington at the M. E. Church, in reference to the war, giving a 
 graphic description of the operations on Morris Island, and the 
 siege of Charleston, &c., and also telling the people what the "boys 
 at the front," thought of the "fire in the rear." and of the "peace
 
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 men." He was a ready and eloquent speaker, and during the 
 presidential campaign preceding the war, had taken an active 
 part in addressing political meetings in Will and other counties, 
 advocating the republican cause with great zeal and eloquence. 
 
 The remains of Adjutant Walker were brought to Lockport, 
 where funeral services were held, the ex-chaplain of the regiment 
 officiating, assisted by the ministers of the place. The remains 
 were then taken to Wilmington for burial, at the request of the 
 family of the young lady to whom young Walker was affianced* 
 and were received by the citizens en masse, with bands of music, 
 and borne to their final resting place, on the banks of the Kan- 
 kakee. 
 
 CAPTAIN GIDEON BERNIER. 
 
 was a native of Canada, of French parentage. He came to this 
 place when eleven years of age, a mere boy, but with the energy 
 and purpose of making his way in the world. But the war cloud 
 over-shadowed his adopted country, when but eighteen years of 
 age, and he at once determined to join the ranks of its defenders. 
 He enlisted as private in Co. B, of the 20th regiment, re-enlisted 
 as veteran, and followed its various fortunes all through its history. 
 He was promoted on his own merits, to 2d, and then 1st lieuten- 
 ant, and in June, 1865, to the captaincy of his company, and was 
 mustered out with the regiment. He was however disabled in the 
 service, and died from impaired health, consequent upon his many 
 exposures in the service, February 5, 1871, at the age of twenty- 
 seven, leaving a widow with three children. An instance of Ber- 
 nier's characteristic bravery has been related in the history of 
 McAllister's Battery. He was taken prisoner on that same day. 
 At the time of his death, he was keeping a shoe store on Jefferson 
 street. 
 
 SERGEANT HENRY S. CLARK, 
 
 was another young student who laid aside Chitty and Black- 
 stone, and took up the musket at the call of his country, and was 
 also called to lay down his life. He was the only son of Henry
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 505 
 
 M. Clark, of Lockport, and was born at Steventown, New 
 York, on the 12th day of February 1869, and was therefore but 
 twenty-two years of age at the time of his enlistment in Co. E, of 
 the Yates Sharp Shooters, afterwards known as the Sixty-Fourth 
 regiment. He had received a classical education at M'Granville 
 College, in the State of New York, and subsequently entered the 
 office of E. C. Fellows, Esq., of Lockport, for the study of law. 
 He had nearly completed his legal course at the time of his en- 
 listment. He was an only son, the hope and stay of doting pa- 
 rents, and the pride of loving sisters the life of the little family 
 circle which used to gather in such happy union in one of the 
 modest homes of Lockport. But strong and silken as were the 
 ties which bound him to that home, the call of the country was 
 so imperative upon her sons, that he could not resist, and in Oc- 
 tober of 1861, a month after his fellow- student, Walker, had 
 joined the 39th, young Clark joined the company of Captain 
 Grover. Going with his company to Springfield, where the or- 
 ganization of the battalion was completed, he received the same 
 appointment in the " Yates Sharp Shooters " which Walker had 
 received in the " Yates Phalanx." But for his early death, his 
 military record would have also been like that of his fellow stu- 
 dent, in his being promoted adjutant. 
 
 He proved a most useful officer of the company. Having 
 studied tactics, and practiced drill, he was to some extent quali- 
 fied for the duties of his new position. But it was the fate of 
 young Clark, to close his career sooner than did Walker. He 
 followed the fortunes of the 64th until the battle of Corinth, on 
 the second day of which he fell, receiving a mortal wound in the 
 bowels which he survived but a few hours. His death occurred 
 but a few days short of one year after his enlistment. He had 
 visited his home in August, gladdening the hearts of his friends, 
 and gratifying his own warm and impulsive affections with the 
 sight of home, parents, sisters and friends, for the last time. 
 
 When wounded, he knew at once that it was mortal. The 
 enemy were driving our forces at the time, and soon had posses- 
 sion of the ground. Feeling that his life was fast ebbing away, 
 he took from his pocket an envelope, and on it wrote these words : 
 
 " Dear father and mother and sisters, I am dying and a prisoner, my last 
 thoughts are of you. H. S. CLARK." 
 
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 506 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 His failing strength hardly sufficed to write his name legibly, 
 and as may be conjectured, the brief words were not written in his 
 usually fine chirography ; but the loved ones to whom it was 
 addressed, could read the message but too well, and their busy 
 fancy would picture the dear boy as he lay dying upon the 
 bloody field of battle, and of victory though he knew it not, 
 having spent his last modicum of physical strength in writing this 
 tender message, taking a last look at earth and sky, and then 
 without a murmur, yielding up his life for his country, to him who 
 gave it. This soiled and blood-stained envelope, being the last 
 message of the young hero, was carefully preserved by the rebel 
 sergeant to whom he gave it, and who, being himself taken pris- 
 oner a little after, gave it into the hands of a lieutenant in a 
 Wisconsin regiment, who transmitted it to his friends, who still 
 preserve it as a most precious relic. A few days after, Rev. Joel 
 Grant, of Lockport, who was at Corinth, as chaplain of the 12th 
 Illinois regiment, wrote thus to the afflicted father : 
 
 "H. S. CLARK DKAR SIR : Your son rests not only as a soldier, but 
 I think also as a Christian. I have had several conversations with him dur- 
 ing the past summer, in which he expressed a state of mind which interested 
 me greatly. He admitted himself more thoughtful of spiritual matters since 
 he came into the army not less so as is usually the case. He lived three 
 hours after his wound, nearly all the time fully conscious that he could 
 not live. Yet he contemplated his future calmly spent much time in 
 prayer and I have no doubt found the mercy he needed." 
 
 To this I would add that a perusal of Sergeant Clark's 
 letters to his family, has given the writer a high estimate of his 
 moral, social and intellectual qualities, and led him to feel that 
 in his early death, our county lost one of its most valuable young 
 men. To his intelligent letters I have been partly indebted for 
 the history of the 64th, in the first year of its career. 
 
 LIEUT. MORRISON WORTHINGHAM, 
 
 was one of the early settlers of Joliet. Coming here a young man 
 in 1836. He was a cabinet maker by trade, and carried on that 
 buisness here many years. When the 100th regiment was raised 
 he took an active part in enlisting Co. K, and was chosen 2d 
 Lieut. He had already sent two sons into the war in the 20th regi-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 507 
 
 ment, the oldest of whom had been crippled at Shiloh. But al- 
 though he might justly feel that he had contributed his full share to 
 the cause, and might also claim exemption on the score of years 
 he determined to hazard his own life also. This he was called to 
 surrender in the first serious engagement of the Will county regi- 
 ment at Stone River. 
 
 Lieut. Worthingham was for many years a constant, active 
 and official member of the Methodist church, of Joliet. Before 
 enlisting he had been brought forward by his friends as a candi- 
 date for the office of sheriff of the county, but he preferred to 
 serve his country in the war for its preservation. He was forty- 
 eight years old at the time of his death. 
 
 ALBERT S. RANDALL 
 
 died at Pittsburg Landing, April 3rd, 1862, from sickness, con- 
 sequent upon exposure at the battle of Donaldson. He was the 
 son of Hon. S. W. Randall, of Joliet, and was born in Erie, Pa., 
 on Aug. 29, 1841, and was therefore but 20 years of age at the time 
 of his enlistment in Co. F, of the Twentieth regiment of infantry. 
 Enlisting June 13th, 1861, as a private, he was promoted corporal 
 and afterward sergeant. At the time of his death he had been ap- 
 pointed Division Post Master. 
 
 Young Randall was but a child when his father removed to 
 Joliet, and was consequently one of our Joliet boys, brought up 
 amongst us, and beloved and respected by all as a young man of 
 much promise, being a good scholar and a fine speaker and well 
 informed for his years. When on a visit home he wrote these 
 words upon a fly leaf of one of his fathers books: "Should any- 
 thing prevent my return to this kind home again, let none but my 
 good deeds be remembered ; while my country was in danger, I 
 could have no peace unless I shared her perils." ALBERT. 
 
 SERGT. GEO. W. HOLMES. 
 
 Sergeant Geo. W. Holmes, of Company G, 100th regiment, 
 was born in the town of Gaines, Orleans county, N. Y., May 2nd, 
 1842, and came to this county with his parents, in 1852. At the 
 time of his enlistment he resided in the town of Green Garden.
 
 608 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 He first entered the service as a private of Co. K, Fanrsworth's 
 cavalry, (8th) of which company Eben J. Farns worth of St. 
 Charles, was captain. He enlisted in Sept., 1861, being at that 
 time only 19 years of age. He accompanied his regiment to 
 Washington city, reaching camp at Meridian Hill on the 17th 
 day of October, 
 
 Holmes served with the regiment until the ensuing spring, 
 when (March 20,) he was taken prisoner. His regiment, with 
 other troops, had been making a reconnoissance in force, to the 
 Rappahannock, and on the return, Holmes's horse became very 
 lame, and could not keep up with the rapid march of the regi- 
 ment . Being unwilling to abandon his horse and equipments, he 
 fell behind the rear guard, and was "gobbled up" by the rebel 
 cavalry and parolled' 
 
 This misfortune resulted in his coming home to his friends. 
 He subsequently got his release from parole, and his discharge 
 from the 8th cavalry to enlist in the 100th Illinois Infantry, at 
 that time being organized in Will county. Entering company 
 G, (Capt. Munger's) he was made corporal, and was subsequently 
 promoted 1st sergeant. 
 
 After the battle of Stone River he was put upon the "Roll of 
 Honor," instituted by Gen. Rosecrans. Just before starting out 
 on the Atlanta campaign he was examined at Chattanooga for pro- 
 motion as lieutenant in a colored regiment, and but for his un- 
 timely death, would no doubt have received a commission. 
 
 LIEUT. CHARLES F. MITCHELL 
 
 of Co. A, 100th regiment, was the son of Franklin Mitchell, one 
 of the early settlers of Joliet, who subsequently removed to Wil- 
 mington, where Charles was born, Nov. 12, 1861. He had there- 
 fore attained his majority but little more than a month, when he 
 received the wound which terminated his life. 
 
 At the time of his enlistment he was in the employ of R. N. 
 Waterman, a merchant of Wilmington. He had but recently 
 finished a three years' course at Racine college, and stood, as it 
 were, just at the entrance of a long life of usefulness, for which he 
 was well fitted, both by natural endowments and education. But
 
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 with all the ardor of youthful enthusiasm and self-forgetfulness, he 
 joined the Will county regiment, to contribute his share in the 
 struggle for national preservation. He was wounded in the first 
 serious battle in which the regiment was engaged that of Stone 
 River. He received the wound on the last day of 1862, and died 
 on the third day of 1863. 
 
 On hearing of the battle, and of the casualty to his son, Mr. 
 Mitchell left at once for the front, but did not arrive until after 
 his death and burial, in the spot selected for a cemetery by the 
 Union authorities. There his remains were allowed to rest in one 
 of our Union " sleeping places," it being utterly impossible at that 
 time to procure a burial case at Nashville, so great had been the 
 demand. 
 
 His superior officers speak of young Mitchell as having been 
 one of the most promising officers of the regiment, and the com- 
 munity in which he was born, and grew up to manhood, was deeply 
 grieved at his early death. 
 
 WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, 
 
 was the oldest son of our well-known citizen, H. N. Marsh, Esq., 
 was born in Joliet, August 15th, 1840. He was therefore one of 
 the early sons of Joliet. When of sufficient age, he learned the 
 art of printing in the office of the Republican, of which his father 
 was for some time editor and proprietor. 
 
 At the breaking out of the war, he at once determined to join 
 the ranks of the defenders of the Union. He enlisted in Co, K, of 
 the 13th regiment, the first regiment organized under the first call 
 for the three years' servioe, of which the lamented J. B. Wyman 
 was colonel. This regiment was actively engaged in the state of 
 Missouri in the early part of the war. Young Marsh shared with 
 his regiment all its vicissitudes, including that terrible march from 
 Western Missouri across the country to Helena, in which they 
 endured such intense sufferings from heat, and thirst, and short 
 rations, up to the attack made under Sherman on the rebel works 
 at Chickasaw Bayou. 
 
 The 13th regiment had the post of honor in that ill-starred 
 attack a position which was considered equivalent to a death-
 
 510 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 warrant by Colonel Wyman, and which, indeed, it proved itself to- 
 be to him, and many a brave man. 
 
 In this heroic but fruitless attack, Wm. Henry was left se- 
 verely wounded upon the field, and fell into the hands of the 
 enemy, and was taken to a hospital in Vicksburg. It was his 
 good fortune to fall into the hands of persons who treated him 
 kindly, but his life hung by a slender thread, as he was most des- 
 perately wounded. He remained in their care about five months 
 of great suffering, his friends meanwhile ignorant of his fate, al- 
 though his father visited the vicinity, and made all possi- 
 ble inquiry respecting him. When our army, in their 
 operations around Vicksburg, came into possession of the city of 
 Jackson, Miss., young Marsh was found there in a rebel hospi- 
 tal, whither he had been removed just previous. He was found 
 by his fellow townsman of the 20th regiment, who took him to 
 his own regiment. He was then sent by our authorities to St. 
 Louis, and thence to the hospital in Quincy, where he fell under 
 the care of an old friend and neighbor, Dr. F. K. Bailey. He 
 was but the mere wreck of his former self a living skeleton, yet 
 he now improved very much in health, and was ultimately able 
 to return home ; and for some time he moved slowly about our 
 streets, and his friends hoped for a full recovery. 
 
 But his wounds broke out afresh, and a speedy decline fol- 
 lowed, and after suffering uncomplainingly for a time, his suf- 
 ferings were terminated by death, July 6th, 1865. During his 
 last hours his mind wandered, and he seemed to be living over 
 again that terrible scene at Chickasaw Bluffs. His last words 
 were, "take me from the field !" God heard the prayer of the dy- 
 ing martyr, and took him took him from the field of earthly 
 strife and suffering, to a soldier's rest in heaven. 
 
 CHARLES PARKER SPENCER. 
 
 A feeling of mingled grief, sympathy and indignation wells up 
 from the heart as we write this name grief that so noble a young 
 man should be sacrificed, sympathy with the friends who yet mourn 
 his loss and indignation against the originators of that rebellion 
 which made such costly sacrifices necessary. Charles Parker 
 Spencer was born August 12th, 1838, at , and was a
 
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 little over twenty- five years of age at the time of his death. The 
 last four years before his enlistment were spent in Oberlin Col- 
 lege, and he was about ready to graduate, when he felt it his 
 duty to join the ranks of those who were fighting for the defense 
 of freedom and the Union. 
 
 Coming home from college in the summer of 1862, while the 
 100th regiment was being organized, he enlisted as a private in 
 <Co. E, and was at once elected corporal, which rank he held at 
 the time of his death, although he was doing the duty of a 
 sergeant. He participated in all the varied fortunes of his regi- 
 ment, always to be found at the post of duty, until that fatal day, 
 the 18th of September, when he fell upon the field. One of his 
 comrades, J. W. Goodenow, writing to his friends a few days after 
 his fall, says, " There was not a man in the company who was 
 better beloved, or who will be so sadly missed." His captain, W. 
 W. Bartlett, writing to his bereaved friends, says, " Your noble 
 boy was killed in the desperate charge we made on the enemy 
 Sept. 19th. He was in the front rank fighting bravely, and was 
 hit by a musket ball in the forehead, and died instantly. We 
 were ordered soon after, to fall back, and never recovered the 
 ground, and consequently had no chance to bury the dead." 
 
 Thus in common with many others, he was buried, if at all, by 
 the hands of the enemy, and the place where his ashes rest no one 
 knows. But it is an unspeakable comfort to his friends to know 
 that although death was so sudden, it did not find him unprepared ; 
 although his remains did not receive Christian burial, they await 
 a glorious resurrection. For Charles Spencer was not only a pa- 
 triot, but he was an intelligent and sincere Christian. His letters 
 which have been kindly submitted to my perusal, breathe not 
 only of his love to his country, and to his friends, but to his 
 Savior as well. 
 
 Writing home from Murfreesboro, he says : 
 
 " Mother ! I am seeking the path which leads to bliss, where there shall 
 be no more war. Remember me in your prayers. It is very hard under 
 the present surroundings to fulfil a Christian's duty, but I am truly thank- 
 ful to God for his many mercies, and with the prayers of a good, kind, 
 mother and grand parents, I trust I shall never grow unmindful of them. 
 God grant I may grow in Christian excellence. I endeavor to read my tes- 
 tament daily.
 
 512 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHED. 
 
 Better than fame, better than rank, better than 
 
 " Storied urn, or animated bust," 
 
 is the precious assurance, which all who knew him feel, that while 
 his bones may still, 
 
 "By dark Chickamauga lie bleaching and cold," 
 
 his immortal part flew from that scene, where he did a patriot's duty, 
 and met a hero's death, to that world where there shall be no 
 more wa r ! 
 
 CAPTAIN GEORGE DYER, 
 
 was the son of Captain George R. Dyer, a well-known, and long 
 time citizen of Will county, and was born in the town of Plain- 
 field. When his father received the appointment of quarter- 
 master, and was stationed at Pilot Knob, Mo., young Dyer ac- 
 companied him. While there he organized a cavalry com- 
 pany from the Union refugees of Missouri and Arkansas, and 
 was chosen their captain, although less than eighteen years of age, 
 and commanded his company until taken sick and compelled to 
 resign. He was in that fatal charge of Sherman, at Chickasaw 
 Bayou. Notwithstanding his youth, he commanded the respect and 
 confidence of his company, and his early death, the result of his 
 exposure in the service, was greatly regretted by all who knew 
 him. He was a young man of good character and much promise. 
 
 HENRY A. SPERRY, 
 
 son of Merritt Sperry, of Manhattan, was a member of Co. B, 
 20th regiment. After being wounded at Shiloh and Britton's Lane, 
 and following the ragged and blood stained flag of the 20th, 
 through eight battles, he received wounds at the battle of Champion 
 Hills, which resulted in his death near Vicksburg, the 18th of 
 May, 1863, in the 2 1st year of his age, greatly mourned by his 
 friends and acquaintance, but leaving behind him a proud record. 
 
 JOHN BURDEN, 
 
 private in Co. A, 39fch regiment, was from Channahon, and was 
 killed at Deep Run, Va., while charging the enemy's works, at
 
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 the age of 24. He was the son of Wra. and Elizabeth Burden, 
 who came to America in 1850, and settled in Channahon in 
 1852, and was born in Scotland. He was a brave and faithful 
 soldier, always fearless and ready for duty. He died on the field 
 and was buried by the enemy, and his body never recovered. 
 A monument was however erected to his memory in the cemetery 
 at Channahon, when an address was given by the ex-chaplain of 
 the regiment. He was always brave, prompt and faithful, and we 
 rejoice to add, a warm-hearted and conscientious Christian. 
 
 REV. JOEL GRANT, CHAPLAIN OF THE 12TH ILL. VOL. 
 
 It was the intention of the writer to confine the bio- 
 graphical sketches to those who died in the service, or in 
 consequence thereof. But inasmuch as we have found no occa- 
 sion in the preceding regimental histories to mention the worthy 
 chaplain, whose name is at the head of this article, we de- 
 part from this prescribed limit, feeling that we should make an 
 unpardonable omission if we did not say something of one who 
 was for many years a respected and efficient pastor of the Con- 
 gregational church, at Lockport, and who served the country no- 
 bly and well for four years and a half as chaplain, and govern- 
 ment commissioner. 
 
 Rev. Joel Grant was born in Colbrook, Conn., Jan. 24, 1816, 
 of respectable and religious parents, under whose influence and 
 training he became pioua while yet a youth. Being determined 
 to gain an education, and to consecrate his life to the work of the 
 ministry, he set himself while still young to the work, which he 
 accomplished mainly through his own efforts. He entered Yale 
 college in the sophomore class at age of 19. 
 
 Graduating in 1838, he taught school for one year in the State 
 of Maryland, and was then appointed professor of mathematics in 
 the U. S. navy. In this capacity he served the country about 
 three years, on board the ship " Potomac," cruising about South 
 America. This service was very valuable in aiding him to ac- 
 quire a knowledge of the French and Spanish languages, as well 
 as providing him with funds for the prosecution of his chosen pro- 
 fession. He then spent one year at Andover, from which he went 
 to Yale and graduated, after two years further study, in 1845. In
 
 514 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 the same year he was married to Miss Abigail F. Cowles, a gradu- 
 ate of Mt. Holyoke seminary. 
 
 Being thus fully equipped for a life of usefulness, he came 
 west at once, under a commission from the American Home Mis- 
 sion Society, and commenced his labors in Lockport, Oct. 26, 
 1845. He remained in charge of Congregational church there two 
 years, making many friends, and securing the confidence and re- 
 spect of the community. This was thirty years ago. It is hard 
 to realize now, the rough and unsettled state of society at that 
 time. Work had just been resumed upon the canal, and many 
 of the inhabitants of Lockport and other canal towns were but 
 temporary residents. Chicago at that time, had a population of 
 but 6,000. A church had been erected at Lockport, but it had 
 been left in an unfinished state. It was completed and furnished 
 during the administration of Mr. Grant. 
 
 But Mr. Grant met at Lockport an enemy, from whose re- 
 peated attacks he was obliged to retire discomfitted. Those were 
 the days of bilious fever and fever and ague the sickly seasons 
 on the line of the canal, and all through the west generally, which 
 will be well remembered by all old settlers. After suffering nine 
 attacks of bilious fever, preceded by sharp skirmishes with the 
 " shakes," Mr. Grant felt it his duty to strike his colors to the foe 
 and retire from the unequal combat. He returned to the east, and 
 remained for five years in charge of a church, at Avon, Conn. 
 
 But, unhappy as had been his experience (physically) at the 
 west, his heart was still there, and with the little church at Lock- 
 port, and he returned to it once more, and resumed charge of the 
 church, continuing with it, except for a brief interval, until the 
 breaking out of the civil war, when his patriotic impulses led him 
 to enter the service as chaplain of the 12th III. infantry in August, 
 1861, which position he held until July 12, 1865, when the regi- 
 ment was mustered out. During this time, he was present at the 
 battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson, Shiloh, siege of Corinth, 
 Lay's Ferry, Ga., Rome Cross Roads, Dallas, Kenesaw, Nicka- 
 jack Creek, Bald Hill, Atlanta, Jonesboro and Altoona. He was 
 detailed during part of the time as assistant commissioner of i reed- 
 men, being stationed at various places in Tennessee and Arkansas. 
 He also served as government commissioner of education in 
 Arkansas.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 615 
 
 Dec. 20th, 1865, he was commissioned chaplain of the 113th 
 U. S. colored regiment, in which he remained until muster-out of 
 regiment, April 9th, 1866. In all the positions in which he was 
 placed, Mr. Grant was kind, faithful, and efficient. 
 
 After leaving the army, he resumed the ministry, first retiring 
 to his native place, where he remained a year, attending upon the 
 last days of his father, and after whose decease he came west once 
 more, and preached at Bristol, Cambridge, and Downer's Grove. 
 
 In December, 1873, he left the latter place to spend the holi- 
 days with his family, his wife being then (as now) superintendent 
 ot the Home of the Friendless. While there, he was taken sick, 
 but on the morning of the day of his death (the 30th), he was 
 apparently convalescent. He had risen, dressed himself, and 
 talked about his return to Downer's Grove. While his wife was 
 absent for a few moments he expired, being found on her return 
 lifeless upon the bed. He died of rheumatism of the heart. 
 
 His Master had kindly permitted him to spend Christmas 
 with his family on earth, but the New Year found him entering 
 upon a new life in heaven ! 
 
 Mr. Grant was buried in Lockport, his old friends and neigh- 
 bors in great numbers meeting the train, and conveying his remains 
 to the cemetery, placing them beside his deceased children.
 
 PART FOURTH. 
 
 A FULL 
 
 ROSTER AND MUSTER ROLL 
 
 OF 
 
 WILL COUNTY SOLDIERS. 
 
 A name is given but once. Where a man was promoted, his 
 name will be found under his last promotion. 
 
 Except in a few instances, the list is confined to Will county men. 
 It is probable, however, that some others have been included by mis- 
 take. It is also probable that some have been omitted who went 
 from Will county. Various circumstances have rendered it difficult 
 to arrive at absolute correctness. 
 
 The author would be glad to receive notice of any errors or omis- 
 sions, and anything of importance will be corrected on a supplemen - 
 tary page. 
 
 ABBREVIATIONS. 
 
 Vet. veteran or veteranized. 
 
 Dis. discharged. 
 
 Dis. for dis. discharged for disability. 
 
 M. O. mustered out. 
 
 Prom. promoted. 
 
 Others will be sufficiently obvious.
 
 MCALLISTER'S BATTERY. 
 
 Mustered in as Company K, and part of Company I, of the 10th Inf. Regt. 
 Three Months' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlintm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Captain. 
 EDWARD MCALLISTER 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 1861 
 May 15 
 
 The Co. was mustered out July 25, 1861. 
 M. O. Entered 3 ys. service asCapt. Batr'y D' 
 
 let Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 [lit Art. 
 
 GEORGE J. WOOD 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O., same record as 1st Lieut. 
 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 WM. C. CHAPMAN 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ALONZO W. COE, 1st. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 April 19 
 
 M O. Entered Bat. I, 2d Art. 
 
 
 JOHN W. KERCHKVAL 
 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 
 CHARLES M. BARNETT 
 
 
 " 
 
 ' " " " " " as 
 
 Lient. 
 
 JAMES A. BORLAND 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 " D, 1st " 
 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 
 JULIUS D. ROBERTS 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 11 
 
 " L, 2d " 
 
 
 LEVI B. WIGHTMAN 
 JOSIAH BURDICK 
 JOHN FELLOWS 
 
 Joliet 
 Plainfleld 
 
 
 
 " " 100th regt. inf. 
 n n ? 11 
 
 
 Musician. 
 
 
 
 
 
 MATTHEW W. BORLAND 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 " " Bat. D, 1st Art. 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Apthorp, George H. 
 Afford, Harry L. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 H 
 
 M. 0. 
 
 Died in the service at Cairo. 
 
 
 Bond, George F. 
 Baird, Lyman 
 
 Wheatland 
 Plainfleld 
 
 k 
 
 M. O. Entered Bat. L, 2d Art. 
 Died in the service at Cairo. 
 
 
 Boyd, Nelson 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 M. O. 
 
 
 Boyd, Frederick W. 
 
 " 
 
 1 
 
 " 
 
 
 Brown, Elisha 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 * 
 
 
 Buell, Fitzroy 
 
 Channahon 
 
 1 
 
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 Colegrove Larins F. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 1 
 
 " 
 
 
 Clay, Edward C. 
 
 fc * 
 
 1 
 
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 Corbin, Oliver G. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 " Entered Bat. I, 3d Art. 
 
 
 Countryman, Jos. C. 
 
 " 
 
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 Cooper, Edgar H. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 " D,lst " 
 
 
 Carter, Russell 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
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 Cook, Amos 
 
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 " 
 
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 Dudley, James H. 
 Freelove, George A. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 I 
 
 ' Entered Bat. L, 2d Art. 
 
 
 Freelove Sylvester B. 
 Hill, Edward F. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 I 
 
 ' Entered Bat. D, 1st Art. 
 
 
 Hyland, Luke 
 
 " 
 
 * 
 
 t 
 
 
 Horsely, Edward J. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 ' 
 
 
 
 
 Hills, Lorenzo R. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 Houghton, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 
 
 
 Hubbard. John B. 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 * 
 
 
 Jacobs Wade H. 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 Died in service at Cairo. 
 
 
 Jacobs, Louden C. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M.O. 
 
 
 Laccy, Fayette 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 
 Landers, Martin V. 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 " 
 
 
 Lntter, William H. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 
 Lnkentery, Christian 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 
 Lord, Alonzo R. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 
 Miles, Milo W. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 1 
 
 
 McChestcr, George R. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 1 
 
 
 Mills, Win. H. H. 
 
 " 
 
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 ' 
 
 
 Norris, Edwin J. 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 ' 
 
 
 Pierce, Daniel H. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Entered Bat. L, 2d Art. 
 
 
 Platt, George H. 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 1 
 
 
 Platt, Septimus J. 
 
 " 
 
 1 
 
 * 
 
 
 Potter, Andrew G. 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 fc 
 
 
 Pardy, Francis 
 
 u 
 
 1 
 
 * 
 
 
 Platts, Nelsou 
 
 " 
 
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 Entered 100th infantry. 
 
 
 Palmer, Win. H. 
 
 " 
 
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 1 
 
 
 Price Henry S. 
 Paxson, Robert 
 
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 M 
 
 u 
 
 
 Rose, A. G. S. 
 
 " 
 
 w 
 
 " 
 
 
 Reynolds, Moses S. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 
 Rossiter, David B. 
 
 k * 
 
 " 
 
 " Entered 46th infancy. 

 
 MCALLISTER'S BATTERY.- Concluded. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 1861. 
 April 19 
 
 Riddle James H. Plainfield April 19 M. O. 
 
 Randall, Joseph R. 
 
 Royce, Orland W. 
 
 Rogers, Alpheus W. 
 
 Shenille, Henry 
 
 Saltsgiver, Henry 
 
 Spangler, Samuel 
 
 Spangler, Peter W. 
 
 Spangler, Adam S. 
 
 ShenTer, Daniel H. 
 
 Sellers, James 
 
 Shirick Wells C. 
 
 Sweetwood, Isaac " ' Died alter discharge. 
 
 Steward, George 
 
 Tedrow, Daniel 
 
 Tunnecliff, George C. 
 
 Thompson, Jonathan E. 
 
 Thaller, Win. 
 
 Wood, George W. 
 
 Woods, Edwin S. 
 
 Wight, Robert B. 
 
 Warten, George H. 
 
 Waters, Edmund 
 
 Wood, Milton R. 
 
 There being more men in the battery than could be mustered into one 
 company, the following were mustered into Co. I: 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. . 
 
 Bowers, Amos 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 April 19 
 
 M. O. 
 
 Bowers, George, 
 
 " 
 
 kt 
 
 " 
 
 Bass, Hugh 
 
 " 
 
 1 
 
 " . , 
 
 Edmunds, John W. 
 
 " 
 
 fc * 
 
 ' 
 
 Funk, John W. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 1 
 
 Hays, Wm. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 l 
 
 1 
 
 Johnson, George W. 
 Marvin George H. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 Moore, Wm. 
 
 * k 
 
 " 
 
 fc 
 
 McCauley, Patrick 
 Pratt, Charles L. 
 
 H 
 
 fc 
 
 " Entered Bat. D, 1st Art. 3 yrs. 
 
 Tedrow, Wm. L. 
 
 " 
 
 1 
 
 " 
 
 White, Edward H. 
 
 M 
 
 
 " 
 
 West, Charles 
 
 " 
 
 1 
 
 " 
 
 COMPANY K, TWELFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY. 
 
 Three Months' Service. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1861, 
 
 
 
 Miner, Edwin S. 
 Edbrook. Francis 
 
 Joliet 
 
 April 23 
 
 M. O. July, '61. 
 
 Entered 100th regt. 
 
 Palmer, Elbridge 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 ",-*." 
 
 
 SEVENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY. 
 
 Companies C and D Consolidated. Three Years' Service. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 Flisher, Wm. H. 
 Mitchell, Wm. 
 Mayes, James L. 
 Steafbold, Charles 
 
 1 | 
 Wheatlaiid Dec.Sg/eSM. O. July 9, 
 Plainfleld Nov20,'61 " ' " 
 " March, n 64 " " " 
 Wheatland Feb. 1, '64 " " " 
 
 '65. 
 
 Entered Co. C Jlny 18, '61.
 
 TWELFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY. 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Chaplain. 
 JOEL GRANT 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 Butler, Joseph, Co. H 
 Brown Ed. S. Recr't Co.D 
 Sergeant Co. K. 
 NEURBURO, MARTIN 
 
 Lockport 
 Will Co. 
 
 1861. 
 Aug. 1st 
 
 Sept. 20. 
 Oct.22, '64 
 
 Jan., '64 
 
 On detached service at M. O. 
 
 Dis. for dis., July 20, 1862. 
 M. O. July 3d, Ifc65. 
 
 Vet. recruit from Co. F. M. O. 
 
 July, 1865. 
 
 THIRTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY. 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 PRIVATES CO. K. 
 
 Crags, Charles 
 Marsh, Wm. H. 
 
 McKnight, Michael 
 Teeple, Issachar 
 Mulligan,Alb_Tt W.,Co.F 
 
 Joliet 
 Lockport 
 
 1861. 
 Juue25 
 June 25 
 
 June 25 
 Juue 25 
 May 24 
 
 Detached as bugler to 6th Missouri cavalry. 
 Wounded and left in hands of enemy Dec. 29, 
 '62. Died after discharge. 
 M. O. June 18, 1864. 
 Trans Oct. 1. '61, to 10th Mo. cavalry. 
 M. O. June 18, 1864, 
 
 FOURTEENTH INFANTRY REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 PRIVATE CO. D. 
 
 Rath, William 
 
 IJoliet 
 
 lMay25,'6l| 
 
 Killed at Shiloh, April, 1862. 
 
 FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH REGIMENTS CONSOLIDATED. 
 
 RECRUIT. 
 
 Alport, Edward 
 
 iLockport, |Ap 5, '65 (Absent at muster out. 
 
 FIFTEENTH REGIMENT REORGANIZED. 
 
 PRIVATE. 
 
 Brown, Henry G. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Mar, 4, '65 
 
 
 BBCRU1T8. 
 
 Robinson, Wm. 
 Brown,, James W. 
 Fasher, David 
 
 Crete 
 Wilton 
 
 Mar.31,'65 
 Mar.10,'65 
 Mar.10,'65 
 
 M. 0. July 31, 1865. 
 
 FIFTEENTH REGIMENT. ORIGINAL. 
 
 Captain Co. C. 
 H. S. COTTLE 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 May 24, '61 
 
 Enlisted as sergeant, and was promoted 2d 
 lieut., then 1st lieut., then captain. M.O. 
 at Consol., July, 1764. 
 
 NINETEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY. 
 
 PRIVATE CO. G. 
 
 Weaver, James B. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Oct. 19, '61 
 
 Trans, to Bridge's battery, 
 tion of term. 
 
 Dis. at expira-
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT INFANTRY. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Colonel. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 HARRY KING 
 
 lolict 
 
 May 14 
 
 Chosen 2d lieut. at organization of Co. B. ; 
 
 
 
 
 prom 1st lieut. Feb. 15, '62, capt. July 1st, 
 '63, lieut. col. May 19, '65, col. July 15, '65. 
 
 
 
 
 M. O. as lieut. col. Wounded at Vicks- 
 
 Lieut Colonel. 
 
 
 
 burg, and also before Atlanta, July 22, '64. 
 
 WM. ERWIN 
 
 " 
 
 April 21 
 
 Chosen capt. at organization of Co. F, prom. 
 
 
 
 
 lieut. col. June 13. '61. Killed in battle at 
 
 Major. 
 
 
 
 Fort Donaldson, Feb. 15, 1862. 
 
 JOHN W. GOODWIN 
 
 u 
 
 April 22 
 
 Chosen 1st lieut. of Co. B at organization. 
 Prom. Major, May 14, 1861. Resigned Dec. 
 
 Major. 
 
 
 
 17, 1861. 
 
 FRED'K A. BARTLESON 
 
 " 
 
 April 22 
 
 Chosen capt. of Co. B at organization, prom. 
 
 
 
 
 major Feb. 15. 1861. Lost left arm at Shi- 
 
 
 
 
 loh. M. O. Aug. 30, 1862, for promotion in 
 
 Assistant Surgeon. 
 FRED'K K. BAILEY 
 
 M 
 
 May 14 
 
 100th regiment, which see. 
 Resigned Aug. 31, 1862. Afterwards hospital 
 
 Chaplain. 
 
 
 
 surgeon at Quincy. 
 
 CHARLES BUTTON 
 
 " 
 
 May 14 
 
 Resigned March 24, 1863. 
 
 Adjutant. 
 
 
 
 
 JOHN E. THOMPSON 
 
 n 
 
 June 13 
 
 As private in Co. F. Prom, adjt, Nov 10, '61. 
 
 Captain Co. B. 
 
 
 
 Killed in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. 
 
 GIDEON BERNIER 
 
 " 
 
 June 13 
 
 As private, chosen Corp., prom 2d lieut. Feb. 
 
 
 
 
 16, '62, 1st lieut. July 1, 1863, and captain 
 
 
 
 
 June -<!2, 1865. Captured, taken to Savan- 
 
 
 
 
 nah, then to Charleston, and placed under 
 
 Captain Co. B. 
 
 
 
 fire. M. O. July 16, 1865. Since deceased. 
 
 JOHN P. CLEGHORN 
 
 " 
 
 April 22 
 
 Chosen 2d lieut. at organization, prom. 1st 
 
 
 
 
 lieut. May 14, '61, and capt. Feb. 15, 1862. 
 
 
 
 
 Resigned July 1st, 1863, was severely 
 
 Captain Co. F. 
 
 
 
 wounded at Shiloh, and again at Vicksb'g. 
 
 TEGS. Q. HlLDEBRANT 
 
 " 
 
 May 14 
 
 As 1st lieut. at organization, prom, captain. 
 
 
 
 
 was dismissed Oct. 1, '62. Restored and 
 
 Captain Co. F. 
 
 
 
 honorably dis. See hist of regt. 
 
 DAVID D. WADSWORTH 
 
 M 
 
 June 13 
 
 Entered as sergeant, prom. 1st lieut. Sept. 1, 
 
 
 
 
 '61, and capt. Oct. 1, 1862. Resigned. Was 
 
 
 
 
 wounded at Vicksburg. Taken prisoner 
 
 Captain Co. F. 
 
 
 
 July 22, 1864. 
 
 MILTON W HIMSEY 
 
 " 
 
 June 13 
 
 As Corp., prom. 1st sergt., prom. capt. April 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. B. 
 
 
 
 20, 1865. M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 MICHAEL L. FANINGER 
 
 " 
 
 June 13 
 
 As sergt. Vet. Prom. 1st lieut. June 22, '65. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded at Britton's Lane. Wounded be- 
 
 2d Lieut. Co. B. 
 
 
 
 fore Alanta, July 22. 
 
 FRED. L. BARKER 
 
 " 
 
 June 13 
 
 As priv. Vet. Prom. Q. M. sergt. Prom. 2d 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. F. 
 
 
 
 lieut. M. 0. July 16, 1865. 
 
 JAMES E. SHIELDS 
 
 " 
 
 April 24 
 
 Chosen 2d lieut. at organization. Prom. 1st 
 
 
 
 
 lieut. May 14, 1861. Acting Q. M. Resign- 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. F. 
 
 
 
 ed Feb. 26, 1862. 
 
 JEREMIAH B. BAILEY 
 
 M 
 
 May 14 
 
 Chosen 2d lieut. at organization. Prom. 1st 
 
 
 
 
 lieut. Oct. 1st, 1862. Resigned Nov., 1864. 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. F. 
 
 
 
 Taken prisoner July 22. 
 
 JOHN W. COOMBS 
 
 " 
 
 June 13 
 
 As private. Vet. Prom. 1st lient. April 20, 
 
 2d Lieut. Co. F. 
 
 
 
 1865. M. O. July 16 '65. Slightly wounded 
 at Donaldson, also before Atlanta. 
 
 JAMES F. BRANCH 
 2d Lieut. Co. F. 
 
 " 
 
 June 13 
 
 As sergt. Prom. 2d lieut. Oct. 12, '62. Term 
 expired June 22, '64. Wounded at Donald- 
 
 
 
 
 son. 
 
 JOHN J. QUACKENBUSH 
 
 Wilm'ngt'n 
 
 June 13 
 
 As private. Vet. Prom. 2d lient. July 16th, 
 
 
 
 
 1865. M. O.July 16, 1865, as sergt. Slight- 
 
 Captain Co. G. 
 EDWARD P. BOAS 
 
 Joliet 
 
 June 13 
 
 ly wounded at Donaldson. 
 As private. Prom. Q. M. sergt. June 13, '61. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom. 1st lieut. Oct. 4. '61. Prom, captain 
 
 
 
 
 Nov. 16, 1862. Hon. dis. Mar. 12, '65. Cap- 
 
 1st Lieut, of new Co. A. 
 
 
 1864 
 
 tured at Raymond. 
 
 RALPH W. MARSHALL 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Oct. 11 
 
 As private in new Co. A. Prom. 1st lieut. 
 
 2d Lieut, of new Co. A. 
 
 
 
 March 2d, 1865. M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 HENRY VAN DORN 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 7 
 
 As private. Prom. March 2d, 1865. M. O. 
 
 
 
 
 July 16, 1865. 
 
 Hospital Steward. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 ELLIS P. FRAZIER 
 
 Joliet. 
 
 June 13 
 
 M. O. June 15, 1864. 
 
 2 
 
 

 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT.- Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Principal Magician. 
 
 
 1861 
 
 
 WM. D. RUDQERS 
 
 Wilm'ngt'n 
 
 June 13 
 
 M. O. June 13th, 1864. Slightly wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Donaldson. 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 
 " 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 ELIAS M. TYLER, 1st 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 1, 1863. 
 
 LBWIS PAYFAIR 
 
 ' 
 
 "' 
 
 Dis. for die. Dec. 2, 1861. 
 
 HENRY CASE 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 
 CHABLES GORDON 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 12, 1862. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES HOAU 
 
 " 
 
 H 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864. Wounded at Shiloh. 
 
 REUBEN ATKINS 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, '64. Sev'ly wounded at Shiloh. 
 
 JOHN WIEST 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Killed at Fort Donaldson Feb. 15. '62. 
 
 JOHN B. WELLS 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Trans, to invalid corps March 15, '64. W'nd'd 
 
 
 
 
 at Donaldson. 
 
 FRANK ACKER 
 
 
 
 W 
 
 Vet. M. O. as sergt, July 16, '65. Slightly 
 
 
 
 
 wounded at Raymond. 
 
 ISAAC B. REYNOLDS 
 
 " 
 
 H 
 
 Killed at Shiloh, April 6. 1862. 
 
 JAMES K. BRUCE 
 
 Jackson 
 
 
 
 Died at Cairo Jan. 6, 1862. 
 
 Musicians. 
 
 
 
 
 HENRY TICK 
 
 Joliet 
 
 '> 
 
 Died at Cape Girardeau, April 20, 1861. 
 
 PHILO PULLER 
 
 
 " 
 
 Killed at Columbus, Ky. Taken prisoner, 
 
 
 
 
 paroled, and killed on railroad by bush- 
 
 
 
 
 whackers Sept. 21, 1862, 
 
 Wagoner. 
 
 
 
 
 WlLLARD MORFORD 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Abrams, August 
 
 Wilmi'gton 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis, Jan. 1st, '63. Severely wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Britton's Lane. 
 
 Adams, Benj. F. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 18, 1864. Term expired. 
 
 Bentz, Philip 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 Killed at Shiloh April 6, 1862. 
 
 Bentz, George 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. Oct. 25, 1862. Wounded at Donaldson. 
 
 Currier, Eugene R. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. as corporal. Wounded at Fort 
 
 
 
 
 Donaldson and Shiloh. 
 
 Cane. Frederick 
 
 Mokena 
 
 M 
 
 Dis. June 13, '64, term expired. 
 
 Caswell, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 21. '62. 
 
 Cassady, Henry C. 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 2, 1861. 
 
 Carson, James 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, '64. Wounded in thigh at Don- 
 
 
 
 
 aldson. 
 
 Carr, George D. 
 
 Wilmi'gton 
 
 M 
 
 Vet. M. O. as corp. Captured July 22, '64. 
 
 Connor, James H. 
 Danser, Francis 
 
 Joliet 
 
 U 
 
 Vet. M. O. as corp. Captured July 22, '64. 
 Killed at Shiloh April 6, *62. 
 
 Davis, Julias 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 " 
 
 
 Dewey, Lucius E. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Cape Girardeau Sept. 24, 1861. 
 
 Davis, General 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. fsr dis. Nov. 14, '61. 
 
 Decker, Charles 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 " 
 
 
 Dykeman, Joshua A. 
 Emory, Wilbur S. 
 
 Mokena 
 
 M 
 
 Died at Mound City, Nov. 1, 1861. 
 
 Eckels, James C. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 Flought, George W. 
 
 " 
 
 l > 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 16, '65. Served as hospital 
 
 
 
 
 steward divn. 
 
 Glass, Albert J. 
 
 ." 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. Captured July 22, 1864. 
 
 Gehrich, Henrich 
 
 u 
 
 n 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1874, time out. Butcher. Old 
 
 
 
 
 soldier in Germany. Wounded at Donald- 
 
 
 
 
 son. 
 
 Glasscock, Thos. H. 
 
 1 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Cape Girardeau Sept, 25, 1861. 
 
 Galligher, James 
 Griffin, Joseph 
 
 ! 
 
 U 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 16 '65. Wounded at Shiloh 
 Wounded at Donaldson. Died at Vicksburg 
 
 
 
 
 Aug. 15, 1863. 
 
 Hoffman, Max 
 
 
 
 ' 
 
 
 Hattis, Augustas, 
 
 1 
 
 M 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864. Wounded. 
 
 Holden, Hiram 
 
 Mokena 
 
 ' 
 
 Died at Lagi-ange, Teun., Jan. 28, '63. 
 
 Hobbs, John F. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 ' 
 
 Dis. June 13, '64. 
 
 Hadley, Horace H. 
 Hodge, George H. 
 
 Wilm'ngt'n 
 Joliet 
 
 I 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 1st, 1861. 
 Died at Vicksburg, Sept. 21, '63. Wounded. 
 
 Howel, Wm. 
 
 fct 
 
 fc 
 
 
 Kendall, Michael J. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 ' 
 
 Died at Vicksburg, Sept. 21, '63. Wounded. 
 
 Kennedy, Thomas 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. Taken prisoner.
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 Lee, George 
 
 Joliet 
 
 June 13 
 
 Dis. June 13th, 1864, time exp. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Shiloh, Donaldson and Thompson's Hill. 
 
 McConchie, John 
 
 l> 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. as sergt. Captured July 22, '64. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Mortman, William 
 
 u 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 5th, 1863. 
 
 Myers, Samuel 8. 
 
 u 
 
 i 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1854. Wounded at Shiloh. 
 
 Morse, John 8. 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 Dis. for dis. Nov. 15, 1864. 
 
 Milan, Lindsey W. 
 
 " 
 
 1 
 
 Wounded at Peach Tree Creek and died in 
 
 
 
 
 hospital at Marietta. 
 
 Nase, Henry W. 
 
 " 
 
 i 
 
 Dis. April 21, 1864. 
 
 Near, John H. 
 
 Mokena 
 
 
 Dis. June 13th, 1864, term exp. 
 
 Osterman, Henry 
 
 ik 
 
 ' 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jnnel, 1862. 
 
 Patterson, Wayne 
 
 Joliet 
 
 ' 
 
 Died of wounds May 14, '63. Raymond. 
 
 Putnam, Hiram B. 
 
 Wilmington 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. Dec. 26, 1862. 
 
 Reynolds, George 
 Rook, Francis M. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 u 
 
 Died at Mound City, Oct. 16, 1861. 
 Vet. Wounded at Donaldson,Britton's Lane< 
 
 
 
 
 and before Atlanta. M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 Stevens, Henry 
 
 Joliet 
 
 M 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, time exp. 
 
 Smith, George F. 
 
 " 
 
 n 
 
 Vet. Wounded at Donaldson. M. O. July 
 
 
 
 
 16, 1865. Captured July 22, 1864. 
 
 Sleight, Theodore, 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Birds Point Sept. 19. '61. 
 
 Sampson, Henry 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 14, '64, as corp. Wounded at Don- 
 
 
 
 
 aldson. 
 
 Smith, George 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 
 
 Vet. M. O. as corp. Wounded at Vicksb'g. 
 
 
 
 
 Takenprisoner at Brittou's Lane. 
 
 Train, Artemus 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Wilmington, 111., Dec. 21, 1861. 
 
 Turner Wm. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 ' 
 
 Died at St. Louis, July 17, 1863. Prisoner at 
 
 
 
 
 Britton's Lane. 
 
 Troove, Rudolph, 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 Killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. 
 
 Vail, Wm. S. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Sergt. Wounded at Shiloh. Killed at Brit- 
 
 
 
 
 ton's Lane Sept. 1, 1862. 
 
 Wilson, Wm. H. 
 
 tk 
 
 " 
 
 
 Worthingham, W. B. 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 Dis. Feb. 7, 1863. 
 
 Wright, Wilson W. 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 M 
 
 Died Feb. 18, 1862, of wounds rec'd at Don- 
 
 
 
 
 aldson. 
 
 Whitlake, Frederick 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 16, 1865. Wounded. Cap- 
 
 
 
 
 tured July 22, '64. 
 
 Warren, John 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Memphis July 8, 1863. 
 
 Webler, Jerome 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 24, 1864. 
 
 RECBUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Connor, Timothy 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec.30,'63 
 
 Killed before Atlanta July 21, '64. 
 
 Connor, Edwin S. 
 
 " 
 
 Jun.19,'61 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 Connor, Edward B. 
 
 ** 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, '64. Wounded at Shiloh. 
 
 Carlton, Wm. H. 
 
 " 
 
 Jun.28,'61 
 
 Died at Dover, Tenn., Feb.6, '62, of exposure. 
 
 Carlton, Andrew J. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Killed at Alton, Aug. 27, '63. 
 
 Collins, Charles E. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec, 2, 1861. 
 
 Carew, George A. 
 
 " 
 
 Apr. 3, '65 
 
 M. O. Julv 16, 1865. 
 
 Decker, Moses N. 
 
 Wilmingtn 
 
 Jun.14,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 2, 1862. 
 
 George, John 
 
 
 Jun.13,'61 
 
 Dis. June 13, '64. Wounded at Thompson's 
 
 
 
 
 Hill. 
 
 Gaines, Charles 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Dec.22,'63 
 
 Died in Andersonville Sept. 28, 1864. Cap- 
 
 
 
 
 tured July 22, '64. Grave No. 9922. Woun'd 
 
 Hobbs, Joseph 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug.18'62 
 
 M. O. June 15, 1865. 
 
 Hobbs, William 
 
 
 
 M. O. June 15, '65. Captured before Atlanta 
 
 Hamlin, Garrett 
 
 u 
 
 Jun.10,'61 
 
 July 22. '64, 
 Dis. for dis. Nov. 14, 1861. 
 
 Myers, Wm. H. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 9,'6liVet. M. O. Sergeant. 
 
 Miller, George B. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 1, '63 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 16, 1863. 
 
 Nase, John H. 
 
 " 
 
 Apr.22,'6l 
 
 
 Neff, Martin, 
 
 
 Oct. 14,'6l 
 
 Died at Cairo Sept. 2, 1863. 
 
 Putnam, Pliney F. 
 Payfair, Charles E. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 Joliet 
 
 Jun.10,'61 
 Aug. 9, '61 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 16, 1862. 
 
 Russell, Charles H. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 21, 1862. 
 
 Rose, Moses 
 
 Homer 
 
 M 
 
 M. O. Captured before Atlanta July 22, '64. 
 
 Sarver, James 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Apr.22,'61 
 
 
 Sperry, Henry A. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Jun.l8, - 61 
 
 Died of wounds rec'd at Champion Hills,May 
 
 
 
 
 18, 1863. Wounded at Shiloh, prisoner at 
 
 
 
 
 Britton's Lane. 
 
 Smith, John, 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jun.13,'61 
 
 Vet. M. O. as corp. Wounded. Captured 
 
 
 
 
 July 22, 1864, before Atlanta.
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Supplee, William 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jun.l8"61 
 
 Died at Memphis Feb. 27, 1863. 
 
 VanAllen, John D. 
 
 ' 
 
 Apr.22,'61 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864. 
 
 Worthingham, Jacob B. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 9,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 27, '62. Severely wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Shiloh. 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 
 
 
 Elliott, Thomas 
 
 " 
 
 Jun.13,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Aug. 26, '62. Wounded at Don- 
 
 
 
 
 aldson. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 
 
 
 Herbert, Benedict 
 
 " 
 
 U 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Brown, Henry W. 
 Bedda, Henry 
 
 H 
 
 Aug. 11,61 
 Jun.16,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 25. 1862. 
 Killed at Fort Donaldson Feb. 14, 1862. 
 
 Kidder, William 
 
 " 
 
 Jun,16,'61 
 
 Killed at Shiloh April 6, 1862. 
 
 Pickerell, James K. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug,ll, 61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 27, 1861. 
 
 Walker, George 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Mar.10,'65 
 
 M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 Williams, Ebenezer 
 
 Joliet 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 30, 1861. 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 
 
 
 Bolton, John Q. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Jun.13,'61 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, term exp. 
 
 RECRUIT. 
 
 
 
 
 Miller, John P. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jun.18,'61 
 
 Killed at Shiloh April 6, 1862. 
 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 LEVI P. HOLDEN 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Jnn.13,'61 
 
 Dis. Aug. 6, 1862, for prom, in 88th regt. 
 
 WM. C. MITCHELL 
 
 Joliet 
 
 
 Dis. August 5, 1862. 
 
 ELLIS BRIGGS 
 
 " 
 
 * 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES C. PORTER 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 26, 1861. Wounded at Don- 
 
 
 
 
 aldson. 
 
 ROBERT H. WALKER 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 18, 1862, for wounds. 
 
 ALBERT H. CARPENTER 
 
 ki 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864. 
 
 CTRUS A. MARCY 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 1 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 12, 1862. 
 
 GEORGE R. TROBRIDGE 
 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. 
 
 ALBERT E. BAKER 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Mound City. 
 
 RUDOLF BUSH 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for wounds rec'd at Shiloh. 
 
 Wagoner. 
 
 
 
 
 ALBERT S. RANDALL 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Pittsburg Landing April 30, 1862, of 
 
 
 
 
 typhoid fever. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Anderson, Charles 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, time expired. 
 
 Adams, Wm. H. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. April 1, 1862, wounds, accidental shot. 
 
 Burroughs, Ariel W. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, time exp. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Donaldson. 
 
 Berd, John W. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 u 
 
 
 Beardsley, Lindell A. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13. 1864, time exp. 
 
 Bowman. John A. 
 
 u 
 
 " 
 
 Killed at Fort Donaldson Feb. 13, 1862. 
 
 Borton, Wm. P. 
 
 
 
 Dis. (or dis. Sept. 30, 1862. 
 
 Brown, August, 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, time exp. 
 
 Bock, Henry 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 u 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, time exp. 
 
 Coburn, Martin V. 
 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 13, 1862. 
 
 Cuppy, Samuel 
 
 Joliet 
 
 ** 
 
 Died at Birds Point, Jan. 1, 1862, of congest. 
 
 
 
 
 lungs. 
 
 Curtis, Charles L. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 " 
 
 
 Covert, William 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13th, 1864, time exp. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Donaldson. 
 
 Clark, George R. 
 
 Reed 
 
 ' 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1864, time exp. 
 
 Clark, James 
 
 Lockport, 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, time exp. 
 
 Dolkey, Jacob 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Killed at Donaldson, Feb. 13, 1862. 
 
 Dewey, Wm. H. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Reported missing at Shiloh. 
 
 Delancy, John 
 
 Reed 
 
 " 
 
 Killed at Shiloh. April 6, 1862. 
 
 Duncan, Wm. H. 
 
 
 
 
 Ferge, Charles 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for wounds rec'd at Shiloh. 
 
 Folkers, Johnson 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 12, 1862. 
 
 Folke, Charles 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. sergt, Wounded before Atlanta. 
 
 
 
 
 July 22, 1864.
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT.- Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1861 
 
 
 Frost, John E. 
 
 
 June 13 
 
 Dis. for die. June 12, 18ti2. 
 
 Glocher, Thomas 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. Feb. 6, 1863. 
 
 Goes, Joseph 
 
 ' 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 22, 1862. 
 
 Gamble, Oscar 
 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, time exp. 
 
 Harriden, Dan. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 " 
 
 Dig. for dis. Oct. 3, 1862. 
 
 Houstine, Conrad 
 
 Foliet 
 
 " 
 
 Killed at Britten's Lane, Sept. 1, 1862. 
 
 Herschell, Henry 
 
 bloke na 
 
 
 
 Dis. June 11, 1862. 
 
 Lepp, John 
 
 ^ockport 
 
 
 3ied at Jackson, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1862. 
 
 Lopman, Otto 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 < 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, time exp. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Shiloh and Raymond 
 
 Merrick, Joseph 
 
 " 
 
 1 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864. Wounded at Shiloh. 
 
 McTaney, Stephen 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864. 
 
 Monroe, Daniel 
 
 Wilm'ngt'n 
 
 " 
 
 ->is. June 13, 1864, time exp. 
 
 Monroe, Hugh 
 Mahan, Thomas 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 t . 
 
 Ois. June 13, 1864, time exp. 
 Killed at Donaldson Feb. 15, 1862. 
 
 Otta, Lewis 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, time exp. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Donaldson. 
 
 Olson, Peter 
 
 Lockport 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, time exp. 
 
 Oviott, Albert N. 
 
 
 
 
 Pierson, Albert W. 
 
 Elwood 
 
 
 Raymond. 
 
 Paddock, Arthur 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O as corp. 
 
 Rag: tn, John 
 
 " 
 
 
 Dis. June 13th, 1864, term exp. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Doaaldson. 
 
 Richerson, William 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. 
 
 Russell, Francis A. 
 
 " 
 
 ' l 
 
 M. O. June 24, 1864, time exp. 
 
 Robinson, Wm. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 
 Vet. M. O. as sergeant. 
 
 Richerson, Morris 
 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. 
 
 Schrier, August 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. as sergeant. Wounded. 
 
 Shiffer, Henry A. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for wounds rec'd at Britten's Lane Sept. 
 
 
 
 
 10. 1862. 
 
 Sanger, Albert J. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864,timeexp. Acted as spy or 
 
 
 
 
 scout. 
 
 Shiffer, James E. 
 
 " 
 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, time expired. Severely 
 
 
 
 
 wounded at Donaldson. 
 
 Story, John 
 
 Wilmrgton 
 
 '. 
 
 Dig. for dis. 
 
 Story, Richard 
 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. Captured before Atlanta July 
 
 
 
 
 22,1864. 
 
 Scanlan, James 
 
 Joliet 
 
 "' 
 
 Died at Joliet April 23, 1852. 
 
 Terry, John 
 
 " 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 8th, 1861. 
 
 Tryer, George 
 
 Mokena 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13th 1864, time exp. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Donaldson. 
 
 Unroh, William 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 i> 
 
 Dis. for wounds rec'd at Donaldson. 
 
 Vigrow, Oliver N. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Mound City Nov. 28, 1861. 
 
 Vernon, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis, June 13, 1864, term exp. 
 
 Wagner, Philip H. 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. 
 
 Winslow, John P. 
 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. Oct. 17, 1861. 
 
 Warren, Charles E. 
 
 
 H 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 9, 1861. 
 
 Young. Nelson 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Vicksburg July 29, 1863, of typhoid 
 
 
 
 
 fever. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Brown, Webster H. 
 
 
 H 
 
 Dip. Oct. 23, 1862. 
 
 Bartlett, Henry W. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Nov.10,'61 
 
 Died of wounds rec'd at Britton's Lane. 
 
 Bassett, James A. 
 Coats, Benj. F. 
 
 Joliet 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Sep.33,'61 
 Jnn.13,'61 
 
 Killed at Fort Donaldson Feb. 15,1862. 
 Dis. June 13th, 1864, time exp. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Shiloh. 
 
 Canth, Charles, 
 
 
 Apr.24,'61 
 
 
 Counter, John M. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 1, '62 
 
 
 Dew, William 
 
 H 
 
 Apr.24,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. 
 
 Dew, Georse 
 
 
 Jun.20,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 9, 1861. 
 
 Green, August 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Jun. 13,'61 
 
 Vet, M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 Gibbins, Patrick 
 Killer, John 
 
 Joliet 
 Mokena 
 
 Apr.24,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Oct. 17, 1862. 
 Died of wounds received May 22, 1862. Also 
 
 
 
 
 wounded at Donaldson. 
 
 Ingersoll, Josiah 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 9, '61 
 
 Vet. M. O. as sergt. 
 
 Johnson, Thomas M. 
 
 Princeton 
 
 Jun. 13, '61 
 
 
 Lawson, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 Livengood, Abraham 
 
 " 
 
 Jun.16,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. 
 
 Putnam, Wm. 
 
 Mniooka 
 
 Jnn.13,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 26, 1861. 
 
 Rook, John B. Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 9, '61 

 
 10 
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. -Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 RBCBUIT8. 
 
 
 
 
 Stevens, Joseph 8. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Apr.24,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 27, 1862. 
 
 Spade, David 
 
 
 July 6, '61 
 
 Dis. for wounds rec'd at Donaldson. 
 
 Urede, Henry 
 
 
 July 4, '61 
 
 
 Webber, Michael 
 
 Princeton 
 
 Apr.24, 1 6l 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864. 
 
 Wheaton, William B. 
 
 " 
 
 Jun.16,'61 
 
 Died April 25, 1862. 
 
 Woodworth, Luther B. 
 
 " 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 29, 1862. 
 
 James E. Sniffer 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Jan. 9, '65 
 
 M. 0. July 16, 1865. 
 
 COMPANY G. 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATE. 
 
 
 
 
 Franklin, John L. 
 
 Wilmi'gton 
 
 Jun.13/61 
 
 Died at Birds Point. Oct. 15, 1861. 
 
 RBCBUIT. 
 
 
 
 
 Bowers, David A. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 
 Vet. Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 Christians. Christian 
 
 " 
 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 16, '65. 
 
 Chrisley. Rabert 
 
 Troy 
 
 Mar.29,'65 
 
 M. O. July 16, '65. 
 
 Fenner, Peter 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 5, '62 
 
 
 Hand, Joseph 
 
 " 
 
 Apr.24,'61 
 
 Dis. Oct. 14, 1862, for wounds. 
 
 Lamb, Morris 
 
 ** 
 
 Jun.17,'61 
 
 Vet. M. 0. July 16. 1865. 
 
 Lewis, Charles 
 
 u 
 
 
 bb bt it b. fcb 
 
 Myer, Alexander 
 
 " 
 
 Apr.24,'61 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1884. 
 
 Stamms, Christian 
 
 " 
 
 June 9,'61 
 
 " " " " 
 
 Shultz. August 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Jan. 1, '62 
 
 Killed at Fort Donaldson Feb. 15, 1862. 
 
 Stiller, Robert 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.24,'64 
 
 Died at Nashville. Tenn., Sept. 18, '64. 
 
 Treibel, John D. 
 
 
 Jan. 1, '62 
 
 
 Underbill, Myron H 
 
 Joliet 
 
 June 9,'61 
 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 
 
 
 BroA'n, Nelson C . 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.16,'63 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 16. 1865. 
 
 RECRUIT. 
 
 
 
 
 Riordau, John 
 
 tfc 
 
 
 Dis. Jan. 19, 1883, for wounds. 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Blake, Alfred J. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Jun.13,'61 
 
 Vet. M. O. as sergt. 
 
 Eberhart, George 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 14, 1864, time exp. 
 
 Schleiforth, Karles 
 
 Lockport, 
 
 
 
 Leutz, Geo. F. 
 
 Homer 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. Nov. 26. 1861. 
 
 Lake, George E. 
 Rose, Leonard 
 
 
 Sep.28,'61 
 
 Died at Mound City Nov. 5, 1861. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Hopping, Thomas L. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 14, 1864, time exp. 
 
 Marshall, John 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 12,61 
 
 Dis. 1864. 
 
 West, Wm. H. 
 
 tfc 
 
 Jun.13,'61 
 
 u t* 
 
 Rose, Alonzo 
 
 " 
 
 Sept.23,61 
 
 Died of wounds rec'd at Donaldson. 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 
 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 
 
 BERDETT SPENCER 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jnn.13,'61 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, time exp. Severely wVd 
 
 
 
 
 at Donaldson. 
 
 Musicians. 
 
 
 
 
 ISRAEL J. R. WATERS 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Killed at Raymond, Miss., May 12, '63, 
 
 RUDOLPH FOREAV 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Bissell, Martin F. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. Oct. 13, 1862. Wounded at Brit- 
 
 
 
 
 ton's Lane. 
 
 Connor, Anderson 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. 
 
 Connor, Richard 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Mound City Dec. 23, 1861. 
 
 Connolly, George 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. Sept. 8. '62. Wounded at Shiloh. 
 
 Coyle, James 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. Captured July 22, 1864. 
 
 Dann, Jerome B. 
 
 tfc 
 
 " 
 
 tv u n b. bb bb 
 
 Hagerman, Samuel 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 Vet. M. O. as corporal. Wounded at Ray- 
 
 
 
 
 mond, Miss. 
 
 Lord, James A. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. as 1st sergt. March 5, 1863. 
 
 Lawton, Robert 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. August 17, 1862. 
 
 Lehman, Frank 
 
 H 
 
 n 
 
 Died at Birds Point Jan. 11, 1862. 
 
 Mitchell, Henry 
 Pierson, Alfred F. 
 
 n 
 
 " 
 
 Killed at Raymond, Miss., May 12, 1863. 
 Dis. for dis. Oct. 31, 1862. 
 
 Paxon, Aaron P. 
 
 " 
 
 
 Died at Nework. HL, May 4, 1862.
 
 11 
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. Continued. 
 
 Name and Bank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1881. 
 
 
 Smith, Wm. M. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 June 13 
 
 Died at Paducah August 23, 1862. 
 
 Shugar, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 '* 
 
 Killed at Raymond, Miss., May 12, 1863. 
 
 Vreeland, Wm. H. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1864, as corporal. 
 
 Woodruff, John 
 
 1 
 
 " , 
 
 Died June 7, 1863, of wounds. 
 
 Wilson, Dewit 
 
 
 ' k 
 
 Dis. June 13, '64, time expired. 
 
 Wilsay, Andrew 
 White, Alonzo P. 
 
 i 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 9, 1863. 
 Vet. M. O. July 16, 1865 
 
 Wright, Josiah 
 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. Aug. 9, '62, corporal. 
 
 RECRUIT. 
 
 
 
 
 Dayton, Nelson 
 
 11 
 
 Apr.24,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Nov. 27, 1861. 
 
 Gay, Augustus 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Apr. 9, '63 
 
 Dis., term exp. Captured July 22, 1864, be- 
 
 
 
 
 fore Atlanta. 
 
 Hutton, Wm. H. H. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jun.17,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. August 17, 1862. 
 
 Littlewood, James B. 
 
 11 
 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 22, 1865. 
 
 Taylor, John I. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug.17'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 16, 1862. 
 
 Wilson, Andrew J. 
 
 " 
 
 Jun.18,'61 
 
 Killed at Donaldson Feb. 16, 1862. 
 
 NEW COMPANY A. 
 
 
 
 
 Recruited in Fall of 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeant. 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 HENRY FOLMAN 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 
 M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 Oct. 11 
 
 
 MARTIN CHADWICK 
 
 Monee 
 
 Oct. 3 
 
 " * " 
 
 WILLIAM BRANDT 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct. 5 
 
 t. i. 11 n 
 
 EPHRAIM SPAULDING 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Oct. 11 
 
 " " ' " 
 
 CONRAD BUCK 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct. 5 
 
 ' " " 
 
 JOHN HASSEMAN 
 
 tt 
 
 
 * . i. . . it 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Ackerman, Jacob 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 ' " " < 
 
 Albright, Ebenezer 
 
 Monee 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 Dis. June 6, 1865. 
 
 Bruck, Philip 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct. 5 
 
 M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 Bruck, Lawrence 
 
 M 
 
 " 
 
 " ' kt " 
 
 Brown, Milo 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 " 
 
 I. .. t. U 
 
 Becktr, Frederick 
 
 Crete 
 
 " 
 
 " " " '' 
 
 Becker, Charles 
 
 
 
 
 Becker, Geo. B. 
 Berkey, Adam 
 
 Monee 
 
 Oct. 12 
 Sept. 30 
 
 Dis. for dis. 
 
 Bocker, Charles B. 
 
 " 
 
 
 Dis. June 8, 1865. 
 
 Bodrew, Eli 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Oct. 11 
 
 Dis. for dis. 
 
 Bolau, Michael 
 
 Monee 
 
 Sept 17 
 
 
 Barnes, Thomas 
 
 Lockport 
 
 " 
 
 
 Castello, James 
 
 
 Jan.23,'65 
 
 M. O. June 28, 1865. 
 
 Chambers, Thomas 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct. 5, '64 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 Cook, Francis M. 
 
 East Joliet 
 
 Jau.30,'65 
 
 i' U H 11 
 
 Dougherty, Wm. A. 
 
 Peotone 
 
 Oct. 7, '64 
 
 M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 Dogal, Joseph 
 
 Troy 
 
 Oct. 10, '64 
 
 
 Dorsey, John 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 " 
 
 
 Dager, Thomas 
 
 Jackson 
 
 lk 
 
 
 Essman, Henry 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct 5, '64 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 Englekin, Wm. 
 Easton, Samuel 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Oct.ll, '64 
 
 M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 Group, Frederick 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct. 5, '64 
 
 ii n n 
 
 Groff, John 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 li u 11 ;i 
 
 Garake, Christopher 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 Garake. August 
 
 M 
 
 1 
 
 it it n ,t 
 
 Grote, Herman 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 Raman, Henry 
 
 M 
 
 M 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 Herbert, Fred. 
 
 Monee 
 
 Sept.30'64 
 
 M. O. June 5, 1865. 
 
 Harlan. Patrick 
 
 Will 
 
 Sept.28'64 
 
 
 Henry, James 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Oct. 10, '64 
 
 
 Jo r don, Myron T. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Feb.15,'65 
 
 M. O. May 27, 1865. 
 
 Kleese, James 
 
 West Joliet 
 
 Mar. 7, '65 
 
 " July 16, 1865. 
 
 Ketz, Frederick 
 
 Washington 
 
 Mar. 8, '65 
 
 " " 22, " 
 
 Kratt, John 
 
 Will 
 
 Oct. 3, '64 
 
 .. tt 16 tt 
 
 Kleese, Wm. W. 
 
 Monee 
 
 Sept.30,64 
 
 June 5, 1865. 
 
 Lonmire, Detrick 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct. 5, '64 
 
 " July 16, 1865. 
 
 Lahle, George 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Oct. ll,'64 
 
 
 Lawrence, Peotone 
 
 Peotone 
 
 Oct. 6, '64 
 
 
 Moriatz, Charles 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 
 tl 11 U 11
 
 12 
 
 TWENTIETH REGIMENT. Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 Mayer, Jacob 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Oct. 6, '64 
 
 M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 Martins, Frederick 
 
 Monee 
 
 Sept.30,64 
 
 " " " " 
 
 Marshall, Ed. W. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Oct.ll. '64 
 
 Died at Mokena while on furlough. 
 
 McDonough, John 
 Marshall, Ralph W. 
 
 Homer 
 Frankfort 
 
 Sept.17,64 
 Oct.ll, '64 
 
 M. O. March 1, 1865. 
 
 Oswald, Ahart 
 
 
 " 
 
 " July 16, 1865. 
 
 O'Bryan, Daniel 
 Perry, Charles A. 
 
 Troy 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Oct. 10,'64 
 Oct.ll, '64 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 Price, John 
 
 Will 
 
 Sept,28,64 
 
 
 Quinn, James 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Oct. 11, '64 
 
 
 Stege, Henry 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct. 5, '64 
 
 M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 Stege, Conrad 
 
 Vfc 
 
 fc* 
 
 tb U kfc kk 
 
 Stall, William 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Oct.ll, '64 
 
 " 19 " 
 
 Smith, John 
 
 
 Oct. 17/64 
 
 !! !! Ml ? 
 
 Shatley, Frederick 
 
 Monee 
 
 Nov. 3, '64 
 
 
 Smith, Walter W. 
 Shoat, Levi 
 
 
 Jan ; 24,'65 
 
 M. O. May 27, 1865. 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 Schlouter, John 
 
 Washingt'n 
 
 Mar. 8, '65 
 
 M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 Speers, Wm. H. 
 
 
 Sept.36,64 
 
 " June 5, " 
 
 Skeene, James 
 
 Monee 
 
 Sept.17,64 
 
 
 Stonton, Michael 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 Oct. 10,'64 
 
 
 Thorne, Joseph B. 
 
 Monee 
 
 Nov. 3, '64 
 
 " July 16, 1865. 
 
 Tompkins. Martin 
 Thomas, William 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 Oct.^10,'64 
 
 
 Tank, Fred. 
 TJnnch, Wm. 
 
 Monee 
 Gr'nGarden 
 
 Sept.30,64 
 Oct.ll, '64 
 
 ii il <l ti 
 
 Van Dorn, Henry 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Oct. 7, '64| 
 
 March 1, 1865. 
 
 Walsh, John 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Oct. 10, '64 
 
 * 
 
 Waddakin, Christ. 
 
 
 Oct. 5, '64 
 
 M. O. July 16, 1865. 
 
 TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT INFANTRY. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Corporal Co. B. 
 HBNBT D. ROSSITEB 
 
 [ceived at Stone River. 
 iPlainfleld |Jun.25,'61 Prom. 1st sergt. Die. May 26, '63, wounds re- 
 
 TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 JOHN Z. WHEELER 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb. 2, '65 
 
 As recruit Co. B. Consolidated. Prom. 2d 
 lieut. March 27, 1865. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 Burk, Wm. Co. B. 
 Sullivan, Dennis, Co. B. 
 Blane, Stephen, Co. C. 
 Connor, A. (No. 1,) Co. F. 
 McCarthy, Patrick, Co. K. 
 
 Joliet 
 Lockport 
 Joliet 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Jan. 5, '64 
 Jan.25,'62 
 Feb.22,'64 
 '62 
 Aug.l, '62 
 
 Trans. Co. A, Consol. M. O. July 24, 1865. 
 
 Co. B. " 
 Vet. Trans, to E. con. " 
 Trans, to D consol. Corporal M. O. 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REGT 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Armstrong, John, Co. A. 
 Shoup, John R. priv.Co.F 
 Wagner, Andw. H. Co. H. 
 
 Walker, S. E. 
 
 Joliet 
 Will Co. 
 Joliet 
 
 Nov.18'63 
 Mar. 4, '65 
 Mar.23,'65 
 Mar.29.'65 
 
 M. O. July 24, 1865. 
 
 
 
 TWENTY-FOURTH (HECKER) REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 2d Lieutenant, Co. A. 
 LEISER, JACOB 
 
 Corporal Co. I. 
 KOCH, HENRY 
 Mulliken, Chas. H. Co. D 
 
 Joliet Sept.3,'62 
 
 July 8, '61 
 Crete 'Jun.lS/ei 
 
 Term exp. Aug. 6, 1864. 
 
 M. O. Aug. 6, '64, sergt. 
 Dis. fordis.Peb. 13, '63. 
 
 W'nd. at Perryville
 
 13 
 
 TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATE Co. C. 
 TShireman, Benj. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 13,61 Vet. Trans, to C consol. 
 
 THIRTY- FIRST REGIMENT. 
 
 PRIVATE Co. H. 
 
 Croits, Michael 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Sept.18,61 
 
 M. O. July 19, '65, Corp. 
 
 THIRTY-THIRD REGIMENT. 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 Corporal. 
 CHARLES BOVEE 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 Marshall, Albert O. 
 Eiggs, Prine 
 Waldron, John C. 
 Weaver, Stephen P. 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Mokena 
 LocKport 
 Florence 
 Lockport 
 
 1861. 
 Aug. 21 
 
 Dis. Oct. 15, 1862, wounded at Wilkinson's 
 Landing, August 4, 1862. 
 
 M. O. Oct. 11, 1864. 
 Vet. M. O. Nov. 24, '65, ser^t. 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 3, 1863. " 
 Dis. Aug. 18, 1862. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 Brown, Win. H. 
 Erickson, Hans 
 
 E. Joliet 
 W. Joliet 
 
 Jan.31,'65 
 
 M. O. Nov. 24, 1865. 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 PRIVATES. 
 Cry, Samuel 
 Johnson, Wallace D. 
 Starks, Martin 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 1861. 
 Aug. 20 
 
 Vet. M. O. as 1st sergeant, 
 corporal . 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 Recruits transferred from 
 117th. 
 Bradford, Wm. 
 Coleman, Aaron 
 Drummond, George W. 
 
 Peotone 
 
 Oct. 8, '64 
 
 M. O. Oct. 7, 1865. 
 
 THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 Frolick, Jacob 
 Hose, Edward 
 Meisner, George D. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.29,'64 
 
 Trans, from 104th inf. 
 
 M. O. Jnly 12. 
 
 '65. 
 
 Feb.12,'64 
 
 ' 
 
 THIRTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. 
 
 Captain Co. I 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SAMUEL C. CAMP 
 
 
 Wilm'ngt'n 
 
 Aug.20, 61 
 
 Resigned March 19, 1862. 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Haines, Henry 
 
 Co.A. 
 
 " 
 
 Mar.22,'64 
 
 Absent in hospital at M. O. 
 
 
 Thompson, Peter 
 
 B. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.24,'63 
 
 Dis. for dis. Aug. 28, 1865. 
 
 
 Herbert,- Joseph 
 
 G. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug.19, 61 
 
 Vet. M. O. Oct. 8, 1865, as sergt. 
 
 Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 
 and taken prisoner at Stone 
 
 River and 
 
 
 
 
 
 wounded at Chickamauga. 
 
 
 Carney, Francis 
 
 G. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.17,'65 
 
 M. O. Oct. 8, 1865. 
 
 
 Raft'erty, James 
 
 G. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 " Sept. 16, 1865. 
 
 
 Williams, Thomas 
 
 G. 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 " Oct. 18, 1865. 
 
 
 Tobey, Wm. A. 
 
 I. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.22,'63 
 
 Vet. recruit. M. O. July 22, 1865. 
 
 
 Powers, Lyman K. 
 
 K. 
 
 " 
 
 Nov.21 '63 
 
 M. O. Oct. 8, 1865, corporal. 
 
 
 THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. 
 
 Williams, T. J, rec.Co.A. 
 Musician Co. G. 
 NEWBERRY, JAS OR Jos. 
 Mulligan, H. S., priv.Co.I 
 
 Joliet 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug.27, 62 
 
 Aug.15,61 
 Aug.18, 61 
 
 M. O.June 12, 1865. 
 
 Dis. at Otterville, Mo. 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 6, 1864.
 
 14 
 
 THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT, "YATES PHALANX." 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Snlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Major. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 SYLVESTER W. MUNN 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 As captain Co. A. Prom, major Dec. 1, 1861. 
 
 Major, 
 
 
 
 Resigned Jan. 13, 1863. 
 
 MlNOB W. MlLLIMAN 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 As private. Vet. Prom. 1st sergeant, prom. 
 
 
 
 
 capt. Co. E Oct. 25, 1864, prom, major June 
 
 Adjutant. 
 
 
 
 6, ^65, M. O. as captain. 
 
 JOSEPH D. WALKEB 
 Chaplain. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Sept. 19 
 
 As sergt. major, prom. adjt. July 15th, 1862, 
 killed in battle May 16, 1864. 
 
 CHAS. S. McREADiNG 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Oct. 9 
 
 Resigned August 9, 1862. 
 
 Captain Co. A. 
 
 
 
 
 LEBOY A. BAKEB 
 
 Wilm'ngt'n 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 As 2d lieut., prom. 1st lieut. Nov. 17th, 1861, 
 
 Captain Co. A. 
 HORACE B. PABKER. 
 
 H 
 
 
 lost a leg at Deep Bottom Aug. 16, 1864. 
 As sergt. Co. A. Vet. Prom. 1st lieut. Sept. 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. A. 
 
 
 
 8, '63. Prom. capt. Dec. 17, 1864. 
 
 Jos. W. RICHARDSON 
 
 11 
 
 " 
 
 Died of typhoid fever at Williamsport, Md., 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. A. 
 
 
 
 Nov. 21, 1861. 
 
 ALLEN B. JOHNSON 
 
 W 
 
 " 
 
 As com. sergt. Prom. 2d lieut. Nov. 17, 1861. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom. 1st lieut. Dec. 1, 1861. Died Sept. 8, 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. A. 
 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 JOHN E. HERRIOTT 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 As corporal. Prom. 1st lieut. Dec. 17, 1864. 
 
 2d Lient. Co. A. 
 
 
 
 M. O. as sergt. Wounded on Morris Island. 
 
 JAMES BURBELL 
 
 M 
 
 " 
 
 As 1st sergt. Prom. 2d lieut. Dec. 1st, 1861. 
 
 2d Lieut. Co. A. . 
 
 
 
 Term exp. Oct. 25, '64. Wounded May 25. 
 
 GALVESTON A. TATLOB 
 
 " 
 
 u 
 
 As private. Vet. Made sergeant. Prom.2d 
 
 Captain Co. E. 
 
 
 
 lieut. Oct. 4, '65. M. O. as sergeant. 
 
 JAMES H. HOOKER 
 
 Florence 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 Resigned May 26, 1862. 
 
 Captain Co. E. 
 
 
 
 
 LEWIS WHIPPLE 
 
 Rockville 
 
 11 
 
 As 1st lient. Prom, captain May 26th, 1862. 
 
 Captain Co. E. 
 
 
 
 Term exp. Oct. 25, 1864. 
 
 JOHN L. RIPPLE 
 
 
 Oct. 38 
 
 Vet. recruit. Prom, sergt. Prom. 1st lieut. 
 
 
 
 
 Dec. 15, '64. Prom. capt. June 6, 1865. M. 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. E. 
 
 
 
 O. as 1st lieut. 
 
 NOBMAN C. WABNEB 
 
 Wilmington 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 As 2d lieut. Prom. 1st lieut. May 26th, 1862. 
 
 
 
 
 Hon. dig. Dec. 15. 1864. Lost a leg at Deep 
 
 
 
 
 Bottom August 16, 1864. Breveted major 
 
 1st Lient. Co. E. 
 
 
 
 for eallantrv. 
 
 WM. BAXTEB 
 
 
 
 Sept. 21 As private. Vet. Prom. 1st lieut. June 6th, 
 
 2d Lieut. Co. E. 
 
 
 
 1865. M. O. as sergt. 
 
 JOHN CONLET 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 34 
 
 As private. Prom, 1st sergt. Prom. 2d lieut. 
 
 2d Lieut. Co. E. 
 
 
 
 May 26, 1862. Resigned August 8, 1862. 
 
 ELISHA KIKOSBURY 
 
 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 As private. Prom, sergt. Prom. 2d lieut. 
 
 
 
 
 Aug. 8th, 1862. Term exp. Oct. 16th, 1864. 
 
 Captain Co. G. 
 
 
 
 Lost left arm at Drury's Bluffs May 16, '64. 
 
 AMOS SAVAGE 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 As 2d lieut. Prom. 1st lieut. July 20th, 1862. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom, captain July 11, '64. Hon. dis. Oct. 
 
 Captain Co. G. 
 
 
 
 28,1864. 
 
 OSCAB F. RUDD 
 
 Joliet 
 
 H 
 
 As 1st lieut. Prom, captain July 20th, 1862. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded June 16th, 1864, near Richmond. 
 
 Captain Co. G. 
 
 
 
 Died July 11, 1864. 
 
 NKBIAH B. KENDALL 
 
 u 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 As private. Vet. Made sergt. Prom. capt. 
 April 29, 1865. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. W'nd'd 
 
 
 
 
 and left on field May 16. '64, reported mor- 
 
 
 
 
 tally wounded. M. O. Dec. 6th, '65. Was 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. G. 
 
 
 
 prisoner. 
 
 JAMES B. WEST 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 As private. Vet. Prom 2d lieut. Oct. 17, '64. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom. 1st lieut. April 29th, '65. Wounded 
 
 Principal Musician. 
 
 
 
 May 20 and August 14, 1864. 
 
 FBANKLIN L. Fox. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 19 
 
 Private. Vet. Prom. prin. mns. Jan. 1,1864. 
 
 CO. A CAPT.MUNN'S Co. 
 
 
 
 
 Inasmuch as this com- 
 
 
 
 
 pany was composed chief- 
 ly of Will county men,we 
 
 
 
 
 give it entire, including a 
 
 
 
 
 few names from adjoining 
 
 
 
 
 counties. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 GEORGE KRAUSKTJP 
 WM. H. JOHNSON 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Oct.5 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 27ih, 1862. 
 Trans, to Bat. L, 4th U. S. Art. Dec. 29, 1862. 
 
 HENRY G. SMITH 
 
 " 
 
 " Dis. for wounds.
 
 15 
 
 THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT. Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Snlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 W. J. H ARRIS s 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 17 
 
 Vet. Made sergt. Died June 17th, 1864, of 
 
 
 
 
 wounds. 
 
 WILBUR J. RUSSELL 
 
 Wilmingt n 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Dip. for dis. July 21, '62. 
 
 DAVID OHENON 
 
 
 * k 
 
 Dip. for dis. July 21, 1862. 
 
 WM. A. KEEPERS 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Vet. M. O. as sergt, Wounded in taking 
 
 
 
 
 Fort Gregg April 2, 1865. 
 
 WM. JONES 
 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Trans, to Bat. L, 4th U. S. Art. Dec. 29, 1862. 
 
 THOS. DELINE 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Ang. 5 
 
 Vet. M. O. corp. Was prisoner of war, and 
 
 
 
 
 died after muster out from effects of his 
 
 
 
 
 imprisonment. 
 
 MICHAEL DORR 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 16 
 
 M. O. Sept. 10, 1864. 
 
 Musicians. 
 
 
 
 
 MILTON SOVEREIGN Chicago 
 
 Sept. 14 
 
 " " " " 
 
 BENJAMIN KNOWI^ES 
 
 > 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Dis. for dis. July 18, 1862. 
 
 Wagoner. 
 
 
 
 
 SAMUEL ADAMS 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Dis. for die. June, 1862. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Atkins, Warren C. 
 Arhues, Claus 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 15 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Dis. for dis. July 21. 18fi2. 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. Wounded slightly 
 
 
 
 
 at Drury's Bluffs. 
 
 Ashton, Daniel 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Vet. M. O. Oct. 9th, 1865. Was a prisoner, 
 
 
 
 
 taken May 16th, 1864. 
 
 Brooks, Lysander R. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Butterfield, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Vet. Corp. Killed at Deep Run August 16, 
 
 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 Barrockman, B. C. 
 
 t* 
 
 tfc 
 
 
 Baxter, William 
 
 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, 165. Severely wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Drury's Bluffs. 
 
 Berden, John 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 29 
 
 Vet. Killed at Deep Run Aug. 16, '64. 
 
 Brown, Wm. H. R. 
 Benton, Silas 
 
 Chicago 
 Wilmi'gton 
 
 Aug. *1 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. Sept. 10, '64. 
 Trans, to E. Vet. Killed at Drury's Bluffs 
 
 
 
 
 May 14, 1864. 
 
 Croop, George W. 
 
 Gardner 
 
 Sept. 16 
 
 Dis. lor dis. July 1,1862. 
 
 Carpenter. Albert F. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Vet. M. O. as corp. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Carter, Joseph 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 Died of wounds August 26, 1863. 
 
 Carpenter, Joseph M. 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 3, 1862. 
 
 Carter, Wm. C. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dip. for dip. Oct. 18, 1862. 
 
 Cochran, Daniel M. 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Vet. M O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Calhonn, W. W. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Died at Patterson's Creek, Va., Feb. 23, 1862. 
 
 Collins, Alex. S. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 Vet. Sergeant, on furlough at M. O. 
 
 Curtis, Cyrus 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 Vet. M. O. Sept. 2, 1865. 
 
 Conroy, Francis 
 
 Wilmi'gton 
 
 Sept. 1 
 
 Dis. fopdis. June, 1862. 
 
 Day, Henry M. 
 
 11 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Vet. Dis. for wounds, color sergt. July 3, 65. 
 
 Faribee, David S. 
 
 Gardner 
 
 Aug ; 8 
 
 Wounded severely at Fort Gregg. 
 Died at Newmarket, Va, April 22, 1862. 
 
 Hartman, Wm. H. 
 
 " 
 
 
 Died at Cumberland, Md., Feb. 6, 1862. 
 
 Hicks, William 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 5, 1862. 
 
 Holz, William 
 
 
 ' 
 
 Vet. M. O. sergt. Wounded at Fort Gregg. 
 
 Hedge, Enoch C. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Vet. " Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Holter, John 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Aug. 17 
 
 Vet. Sergt. On furlough at M. O. 
 
 Ho well, George 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 19 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 5, 1862. 
 
 Houghton, Herrick 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Vet. M. O. corp. 
 
 Johnson, Edmund F. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 19, 1863. 
 
 Kilford, James 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 10 
 
 Vet. 
 
 Knghow, Charles 
 
 
 " 
 
 
 Lyon, George 
 
 " 
 
 Ang. 5 
 
 Died at Hilron Head, Feb. 21, 1863. 
 
 Lawler, Michael J. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Sept. 16 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 1, 1862. 
 
 Lowil, James 
 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 
 Murphy, Owen 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Sept. 10 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 4, 1863. 
 
 Mott, George 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Died at Cumberland, Md., Feb. 2, 1862, 
 
 Miller, Jacob S. 
 
 
 ki 
 
 
 McCartrie, Peter 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Died at Alexandria, Va., June 1, 1862. 
 
 McCullouch, John 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 M. O. Sept. 10, 1864. 
 
 Martin, James 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 16 
 
 Vet, M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 McDonald, James 
 
 M 
 
 Sept. 10 
 
 M. O. Sept. 10, 1865. 
 
 Maher, John 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 H 
 
 Died at Cumberland, Md., Jan. 16, 1862. 
 
 Niman, Henry 
 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 
 Nichols, Ira 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 27 
 
 Vet. Taken prisoner June 16, 1864. Sev'ly 
 
 
 
 
 wounded at Drury's Bluffs. 
 
 Norton, Hiram 
 
 
 Aug. 19 

 
 16 
 
 THIRTY-XINTH REGIMEX r.- 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1861 
 
 
 O'Connell, Charge 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 
 Pelton, A. D. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug 5 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 1st, 1862. 
 
 Perkins, James 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Died at Chicago, Sept. 7, 1861. 
 
 Proud, Samuel F. 
 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Vet. Killed at Fort Gregg April 2d, 1865. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded at Drury's Bluff 
 
 Phillips, James 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 8, 1863. 
 
 Patterson, John H. 
 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 
 Ruppenthall, Henry 
 Rourke, Hugh 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 20 
 
 Died June 18, 1864, of wounds. 
 Vet. Killed at Fort Gregg. 
 
 Randail, P. K. 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Dis. for dis. Oct. 28, 1863. 
 
 Reed, Wm. H. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 M. O. Aug. 16, '65, corp. Taken prisoner of 
 
 
 
 
 war June 2, 1864. 
 
 Starkweather, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Died at Folly Island July 12, 1863. 
 
 Stumpf, Michael 
 
 fcfc 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. July, 1862. 
 
 Stewart, James 
 
 fct 
 
 ' 
 
 Dis. for dis. July 21, 1862. 
 
 Sibert Andrew 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Vet. Prisoner. Died in Andersonville pris- 
 
 
 
 
 on Sept. 16, 1864. 
 
 Sconlin, John 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 M. O. Nov. 1, 1864. 
 
 Schemerhorn, Albert P. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 17 
 
 Trans, to band. M. O. June 4, 1862. 
 
 Smith, Nicholas 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 Vet. Died of wounds April 5, 1865. 
 
 Sullivan, Michael 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 1, 1862. 
 
 Sherman, Martin 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Tewbey, Edward 
 Tracy, Harry 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Aug. 14 
 Aug. 19 
 
 M. O. Sept. 10, 1864. 
 M. O. May llth, 1865. Was prisoner of war. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded May 16, 1864, and missing. 
 
 Wiser, Theodore S. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 M. O. Oct. 20, 1864. Wounded. 
 
 Watson, John 
 
 u 
 
 ~" 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 15, 1862. 
 
 Whitney, Hen'-y P. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. Dis. for wounds June 30, 1865. 
 
 Wilcox, James 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 19 
 
 Vet. Absent wounded at M. O. 
 
 Weldon, Jacob M. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865, corporal. 
 
 Watts, Charles 
 
 lt 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Vet. 
 
 Walters, Barton S. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 17 
 
 Vet. Taken prisoner, sent to Andersonville 
 
 
 
 
 May 16, 1864. Died at Annapolis April 1, 
 
 
 
 
 1865, just after being released. Died from 
 
 
 
 
 effects of imprisonment. 
 
 Wills, Pomeroy 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 1st, 1862. 
 
 Wurts, George 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 27 
 
 M. O. Sept. 10, 1864. 
 
 Willard, Cornelius S. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Sept. 17 
 
 Vet. Dis. Aug. 17, 1865. Lost an arm at Ft. 
 
 
 
 Oct. 10 
 
 Gregg. 
 
 Walters, Charles S. 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 M. O. Sept. 10, 1864. 
 
 Wilcox, Wm. 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 5, 1862. 
 
 Yates, George W. 
 
 Wilmington 
 
 
 Vet. Prom, color sergt. for gallantry. Mor- 
 tally wounded Oct. 13, 1864. Died Oct. 16. 
 
 Yoker, Jonathan 
 
 ' 
 
 u 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Armstrons, Patrick 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Nov. 1, '61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Aug. 6, 1863. 
 
 Abrams, Frank 
 
 Reed 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. Reported missing at Dai- 
 
 
 
 
 ry's Bluffs. 
 
 Bailey, Patrick 
 
 
 Oct. 14,'61 
 
 Trans, to Bat. L, 4th U. S. Art. 
 
 Brouchet, Florant 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Feb.19,'64 
 
 Captured May 16th, 1864, taken to Anderson- 
 
 
 
 
 ville. 
 
 Bo wen, Henry H. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Dec.26,'63 
 
 Same record as above. 
 
 Clapp, Fred'k G. 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Oct. 11,'61 
 
 M. O. Sept. 10, 1864. 
 
 Conley, Edward D. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Jan. 5. '64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Combelick, Wm. 
 
 Guilford 
 
 Oct., '64 
 
 Absent wounded at muster out. 
 
 Carrigan, Hugh 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Dec.30,'63 
 
 Died of wounds June 3d, 1864. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Drurv's Bluffs. 
 
 Coons, Monteville 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Feb.20,'64 
 
 M. O. July 12, 1885, was prisoner of war. 
 
 Dolan, Timothy 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Dec.26,'63 
 
 Absent wounded at M. O. 
 
 Doose, Casper 
 Dobson, James 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Feb.23,'64 
 Dec.23,'63 
 
 M. O. May 22, 1865. 
 Dis. for dis. Severely wounded at Drury s 
 
 
 
 
 Bluffs 
 
 Barley, Daniel 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.28,'63 
 
 Died March 28th, 1865. Was prisoner of war. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded at Drury's Bluffs. 
 
 Fitzpatrick, Michael 
 
 3t. Louis 
 
 Oct. 14, '61 
 
 Trans, to Bat. L, 4th U. S. Art. 
 
 Fuller, Myron C. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Jan. 5, '64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6 1865. 
 
 Gallagher, John 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Dec.28,'63 
 
 M. O. Mav 29, 1865. 
 
 Goss, Andrew 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 Died at Chicago. 
 
 Hughs, Wm. 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Feb.29,'64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Hopkins, James 
 
 " 
 
 u 
 
 " li "
 
 17 
 
 THIRTY-NINTH RBGIM BNT. Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Hurlbut, Amasa 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 Dis. Feb. 16, 1865. 
 
 Henning, John 
 Irish, Franklin 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Feb.18,'64 
 Feb.19,'64 
 
 M. O. July 15, 1864. Was prisoner. 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Kyle, Joseph 
 
 Guilford 
 
 Oct., '64 
 
 M. O. Oct. 11, 1865. 
 
 I^ynch, John 
 
 St. Louis 
 
 Oct. 31,'61 
 
 M. O. Ocr. 29, 1864. 
 
 McNijjht, Wm. 
 McCollem, Alex. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Oct. 22,'61 
 Sept .14,61 
 
 M. O. Oct. 21, 1864. 
 Trans, to Co. E. Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, '65, corp. 
 
 Malony, James 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.24,'63 
 
 M. O. Dec ; 6, 1865. 
 
 Hurry, James 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.11,'64 
 
 
 Mahon, Michael 
 
 Taylorville 
 
 Apr.14,'65 
 
 I H 
 
 McGraw, Con. 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Apr. 10, '65 
 
 1 11 
 
 Monnier, Charles 
 
 Guilford 
 
 Oct., '64 
 
 Oct.^11, 
 
 McQuillen, Patrick 
 
 tfc 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 McKendrick, Michael 
 Nichols, Benjamin 
 
 Wesley 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Dec.26,'63 
 Dec.24,'63 
 
 Captured June 16, 1864. 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 O'Connell, Charles 
 
 
 Feb.28,'62 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 27, 1862. 
 
 Osgood, Zarah 
 
 fci 
 
 Feb.19,'64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Osgood, Thos. J. 
 
 11 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Phila., Sept. 20th, 1864, of wounds. 
 
 Ottenheimer, Solomon] 
 Phillips, John O. 
 
 Chicago 
 Channahon 
 
 Oct. 1, '64 
 
 M. O. June 20, 1865. 
 " Nov. 2, 1865. 
 
 Preston, Wm. J. 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Mar.26,'64 
 
 Dis. Dec. 14, 1864. 
 
 Rogers, Thomas 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Dec.24, : 61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 1, 1862. 
 
 Rubenston, Henry 
 
 Bath, Va. 
 
 Jan. 1, '62 
 
 Vet 
 
 Ryan, Thomas 
 Rawlins, Lamon P. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 Guilford 
 
 Aug.25, 63 
 Oct., '64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 M. O. Jan. 27, 1866. 
 
 Smith, Charles W. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Feb.29,'64 
 
 
 Tower, Franklin H. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 
 " Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Thulls, William 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Feb.19,'64 
 
 
 Taylor, Bluford E. 
 Vowalt, Christian 
 Welch, Wm. James 
 
 Florence 
 Wilmingt'n 
 St. Louis 
 
 Dec.26,'63 
 Feb.24,'64 
 Oct. 14, '61 
 
 Died at Richmond, Va., May 12, 1865. 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 Trans, to Bat. L, 4th U. S. Art. 
 
 Willard, William 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Dec.26,'63 
 
 M. O. Aug. 11, 1865. Wounded at Drury's 
 
 
 
 
 Bluffs 
 
 Winters, Wayne 
 Woodruff, Daniel 
 
 Penn'a 
 Channahon 
 
 Mar.11,'65 
 Oct. 13,'64 
 
 M. O. July 21, 1865. 
 " Oct. 13, 1865. 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 Koldorf, Henry 
 McNally, Michael 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Sept. 6 
 Aug. 18 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 Vet. Dis. for wounds Aug. 25, 1864. W'nd'd 
 
 Rees, Isaac C. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 atDrury's Bluffs. 
 Dis. Sept. 13, 1864, term exp. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 
 
 
 !Ladd, Atticus A. redruit 
 
 tk 
 
 Aug.27, 62 
 
 M. O. Oct. 27, 1865. 
 
 CO. E FLORENCE RIFLES 
 
 
 
 
 (Full list of company.) 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 Andreas. Wm. 
 Blakesley, S. C. 
 
 Wesley 
 Durham 
 
 Sept. 12 
 Sept. 18 
 
 Wounded at Fort Wagner, Oct. 6, 1863. 
 Discharged. 
 
 Backett, Lawrence 
 
 " 
 
 
 Vet. Died at Richmond June 9, 1364, of 
 
 (os Baker) 
 Benton, Silas 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Jan. 1 
 
 wounds. 
 See Co. A. 
 
 Burton, George W. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Sept. 11 
 
 Vet. Sergt. Killed at Petersburg, Va., Apr. 
 
 Bogart, Walter V. 
 Baxter, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 17 
 Sept. 21 
 
 2. 1865. 
 Killed at Fort Wagner, Oct. 12, 1863. 
 Vet. M. O. 1st sergt. Wounded severely at 
 
 Brown,' Win. 
 Button, Loren 
 
 Chicago 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Sept. 27 
 Oct. 2 
 
 Drury's Bluffs. 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1885, as musician. 
 Discharged. 
 
 Cannon, John 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 
 Clark, G. A. 
 Cremer, Charles 
 
 Sheldon 
 3haunahon 
 
 Sept 28 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, as sergt. 
 Dis. Sept. 18, 1862. 
 
 Dunn, Geo. H. 
 Dosran (or Dugan) Pat'k 
 Dagnan, Michael 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Sept. 14 
 Sept. 21 
 Oct. 2 
 
 Vet, M. O. June 3, 1865. 
 Vet' Supposed killed Oct. 13, 1863. 
 
 Dalley, John . , 
 
 H 
 
 
 
 Ely, Wesley W. 
 
 3oncord 
 
 Sept, 28 
 
 Trans, to Co. F Jan. 1, 1864. M. O. 
 
 Flin, William 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 Died at Beaufort, S. C. 
 
 Flowers, A. J. 
 
 Sheldon 
 
 Sept. 28 

 
 18 
 
 THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT.- Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History, 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 Gronigal, T. D. 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 Vet. Sergt. Wounded and missing May 16, 
 
 
 
 
 1884, supposed dead. 
 
 Grey, Alex. 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 8 
 
 Vet. Died of wounds in hosp. Sept. 10, '64. 
 
 Hawath, John 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Oct. 4 
 
 
 Hanson, David M. 
 
 Wilmi'gton 
 
 Oct. 12 
 
 Vet. Sergt, Taken prisoner May 16th, 1864, 
 
 
 
 
 died in Andersonvulb Oct. 22, 1864, grave 
 
 
 
 
 No. 11.188. 
 
 Hudson, Charles C. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept, 17 
 
 Vet. M. O. corporal. 
 
 Hertzog, C. W. 
 
 Rockville 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 Trans, to veteran reserve corps. 
 
 Hertzog, Wm. F. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. Killed at Wire Bottom, Va., June 18, '64. 
 
 Harsh, J. O. 
 Howell, Daniel 
 
 " Sept. 27 
 Wilm'ngfn! " 
 
 Dis. Sept. 28, 1864, time exp. 
 Discharged. 
 
 Jewett, Wm. O. L. 
 
 Wesley Sept. 12 
 
 Dis. June 6, 1863. Entered Bat. A, 1st Art. 
 
 Kinney, Thomas 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Oct. 2 
 
 Vet. Dis. for wounds June 20, 1865. 
 
 Lyons, Sidney 
 
 Florence 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 Vet. M. O, Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Milks, Herman 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. " corporal. 
 
 Merrill, Almon 
 
 Florence 
 
 " 
 
 " Died July 23, 1864, of wounds. Severely 
 
 
 
 
 wounded at Drury's Bluffs. 
 
 Monroe, James 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 17 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6th, 1865. Wounded at Dru- 
 
 
 
 
 ry's Bluffs. 
 
 McCollum, Alex. 
 
 Gardner 
 
 Sept. 14 
 
 Trans, to Co. A. 
 
 Mager, Moses 
 
 Florence 
 
 Sept. 21 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. Severely wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Drury's Bluffs. 
 
 Morgan, George M. 
 McMaster, James 
 
 Sheldon 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Sept. 25 
 Oct. 8 
 
 M. O. Feb. 2, 1865, pris. war. 
 Died at Williamsport, Md.,Dec. 9, 1861. 
 
 Nelson, James W. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 Vet. M. O. corporal. Severely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Drury's Bluffs. 
 
 Porter, O. C. 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 2 
 
 Vet. M. O. as sergt. Wounded at Drury's 
 
 
 
 
 Bluffs. 
 
 Raleigh, Thomas 
 
 
 
 Sept. 7 
 
 Vet. M. 0. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Robinson, Wm. H. 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 6 
 
 
 Sackett, Edward A. 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Oct. 10 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865, musician. 
 
 Sartell, H. E. 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Sept. 17 
 
 Vet. Dis. March 20th, 1865, as corporal for 
 
 Smith, C. W. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 wounds. Wounded at Deep Bottom. 
 
 
 
 
 Dis. Feb. 14, 1863. 
 
 Stewart, Thomas 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. Died of wounds at Annapolis Oct.SOh, 
 
 
 
 
 1864, wounded in front of Petersburg, Va 
 
 Snee, Hugh R. 
 
 Rockville 
 
 Sept. 27 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865, was prisoner, cap- 
 
 
 
 
 tured Mav 16. 1864. 
 
 Sheffle^M: . P. 
 Steele, Wm. E. 
 Stephens, P. L. 
 Thayer, George 
 
 Chicago 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Oct. 2 
 
 Sept, 27 
 Sept. 29 
 
 Dis. Sept. 27, 1864, term exp. 
 Vet. Sergt. Supposed killed Oct. 13th,|1364. 
 Discharged. 
 Vet, M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 White, Q. G. 
 
 11 
 
 Sept. 27 
 
 Dis. Sept. 27, '64, term exp. 
 
 Whitman, J. W. 
 
 Concord 
 
 Sept. 28 
 
 U U 41 It .1 11 
 
 Ware, C. W. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Se-.t. 14 
 
 Vet. M. O. corporal. 
 
 Winn, John 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Oct. 6 
 
 Dis. Nov. 20, 1861. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Axtell, Theodore F. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Feb.27,'64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865, as corporal. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Appomattox April 9, 1865. 
 
 Barton, Samuel A. 
 
 Bloom'gton 
 
 Dec.16,'62 
 
 Discharged July 4, 1863. 
 
 Baiter, Levi 
 
 Gaines 
 
 Apr.13,'65 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Beam, Charles 
 
 ti 
 
 fck 
 
 Ik .fc bk 
 
 Bachelor, Samuel C 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Dec.23,'63 
 
 M. O. June 3d, 1865. 
 
 Boemler, Wm. 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Sept.26,64 
 
 " June 20, 1865. 
 
 Babcock, Ralph 
 
 " 
 
 Mar. 8, '64 
 
 Killed at Petersburg, Va., April 25, 1865. 
 
 Conly, James 
 
 Penn. 
 
 Oct.28, '61 
 
 
 Casey, John 
 
 Wilmi'gton 
 
 Mar.11,'64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6th, 1865. 
 
 Corbett, Frank M. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Feb.24,'64 
 
 
 
 
 
 Drurv's Bluffs. 
 
 Cottle, Frederick 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Apr .6. '65 
 
 M. 0. Dec. 6th, 1865. 
 
 Clark. James H. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Dec.23,'63 
 
 Killed at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864 
 
 Dennible, Wm. J. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Mar. 2, '64 
 
 M. O. June 3d, 1865, 
 
 Evans, Joseph S. 
 
 
 Dec.23,'63 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6th, 1865, as sergt. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Deep Bottom, August 16. 
 
 Grise, Daniel jRockville 
 
 Oct.15, '64 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 Gillett, James Wesley 
 
 Nov.13, 61 
 
 Died Aug. 17, 1864, wounds. 
 
 Gillett, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Cumberland, Md., Feb., 1862. 
 
 Howe, Calvin H. 
 
 St. Louis 
 
 Oct.26, '61 
 
 
 Howe, Hiram H. 
 
 

 
 19 
 
 THIRTY-NINTH 
 
 I M ENT. Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Hardeman, Martin S. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Nov. 13,61 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. Wounded at Appo- 
 
 
 
 
 mattox April 9, 1865. 
 
 Hazard, Munroe 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Mar.23,'64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Hill, Samuel F. 
 
 * 
 
 Feb.27,'64 
 
 " " " " 
 
 Howell, George 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Dec.31,'63 
 
 Dis. for wounds March 30, 1865. 
 
 Ho ugh ton, Azor 
 
 Wilm'ngt'n 
 
 Dec.;>3,'63 
 
 M. O. June 2, 1865. ' " . ' 
 
 Ingleman, Augustas 
 
 Cicero 
 
 Mar. 7, '64 
 
 M. O. Dec. (i, 1865. 
 
 Johnson, James M. 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Feb.26,'64 
 
 Vet. recruit. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Jackson, Chaw. A. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Feb.22,'64 
 
 Dis. for wounds Nov. 7, 1864. Lost an arm at 
 
 
 
 
 Deep Bottom August 16. 1864. 
 
 Johnson, Howard 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Mar. 9, '64 
 
 Dis. for wounds Nov. 21, 1864. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Drnrv's Bluffs. 
 
 Karr, Elisha 
 
 Sheldon 
 
 Oct. 28,'6l' Vet. Killed at Drury's Bluffs May 15, 1864. 
 
 Kel'y, Wm. P. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Nov. 13,61 Vet. M. O. as sergt. Wounded at Ft. Gregg. 
 
 Kelly, John M. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.12,'62 
 
 Vet. Died of wounds at Hampton. Va., Oct. 
 
 
 
 
 31, 1865. 
 
 Kahler, Lloyd W. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Feb.24,'64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Laughlin, John 
 
 Penn'a 
 
 Feb. 1, '62 Died at Hilton Head, Feb. 11, 1863. 
 
 Lee, Diton 
 
 Essex 
 
 Feb.25,'64 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. Was prisoner. 
 
 Levalley, Charles T. 
 
 Wilmingt'L 
 
 Mar.ll,'4 
 
 M. O. Dec. 29, 1865. 
 
 Musselman, Ephraim 
 
 Penn'a 
 
 Oct. 28,'61 
 
 Died near Chapin's Farm, Va., Oct. 16, 1864. 
 
 Mahan, John 
 
 
 
 
 Morey, Oscar F. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Feb.24,'64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Maahen, Caleb 
 
 
 
 . " " " ' " ' 
 
 Mallet, Ceran 
 
 
 Mar.23,'64 
 
 
 Martin, William 
 
 
 Mar. 8, '64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Monroe, John 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.2i.'64 
 
 M. O. July 26, 1865. Was prisoner. 
 
 Noble, James R. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Feb.23,'64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 O'Hatra, Henry 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Mar. 1, '64 
 
 " ' " " 
 
 Ohlhues, Henry 
 
 Florence 
 
 Feb 23/64 
 
 Killed near Petersburg, Va., April 2d, 1865. 
 Severely wounded at Drury's Bluffs. 
 
 Pennington, Wm. H. 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Mar.15,'64 
 
 M. O Dec. 6, 186s. 
 
 Ripple, William 
 
 Penn'a 
 
 Feb. 1, '6-2 
 
 Died at Alexandria. Va., Aug. 18, 1862. 
 
 Riley, Newton 
 
 Morris 
 
 Fel>.21,'65 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 18ti5. 
 
 Rogers, Alpheus W. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Dec.31,'63 
 
 Dip. for wounds Oct. 20, '64. Lost an arm at 
 
 
 
 
 Drurv's Bluffs. 
 
 Shade, Abraham 
 
 Penn'a 
 
 Feb.12,'62 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Stanton, Wm. Rockvile 
 
 Feb.24,'64 
 
 
 Slayton, Reuben : Chicago 
 
 Mar.31,'64 
 
 Missing May 20, 1864. 
 
 Vanderbogart, James 
 
 Florence 
 
 Feb.22,'64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Waine, Thomas 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Mar. 9, '64 
 
 " " " " " * 
 
 Webler, George A. 
 
 " 
 
 Mar. 8, '64 
 
 Dis. August 22, 1865. 
 
 Walrath, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Mar.23,'64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 
 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 DWIGHT PBKSTON 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Vet. Dis. for dis. as 1st sergeant for wounds 
 
 
 
 
 rec'dMay20. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Hayes, Stephen 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug u 1 
 
 
 Hayes, John B. 
 
 " 
 
 
 Vet. 
 
 Kemph, William 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Vet, M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Kemp, Frederick 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 28 
 
 Vet. Dis. for wounds rec'd May 16, 1864. 
 
 Underwood, George M. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept, 4 
 
 Vet, M. O. Dec. 6th. 1865, sergt 
 
 VanConrt, Rufus 
 
 tfc 
 
 Sept, 15 
 
 Dis. for dis. Wounded. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Barron, Dallas 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. . 
 
 Davis, Charles A. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec.17,'63 
 
 Vet, recruit. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 Hopkins, Benj. D. 
 Kemph, Charles H. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Mar.29,'65 
 Feb.22,'64 
 
 Killed at Deep Run Aug. 16, 1864. 
 M.^O. Dec, 6, 1865. 
 
 Marshall, Peter 
 
 ' 
 
 Feb.29,'64 
 
 
 Peck, Wm. 
 
 kt 
 
 Feb.22,'64 
 
 " " '' 
 
 COMPANY G. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeant. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 HORACE T. CORWIN 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. Oct. 8, '64, term exp. W'n'd May 26, '64. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 ABNER GILLETT 
 JAMES PRIOR 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 29 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Dis. Sept. 20, 1864, term expired. 
 Vet. Dis. for promotion in U. S. C. T. March 
 
 
 
 
 10. 1865. Wounded June 2, 1864.
 
 20 
 
 THIRTY-NINTH REGUMEN l\ Concluded. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 Angel, William 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 29 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, '65, wagoner. Died since 
 
 
 
 
 dis. of loss of health in service. 
 
 Ahlshlager, Carl 
 Anthony, Herbert 
 
 New Lenox 
 Homer 
 
 Sept. 7 
 Aug. 23 
 
 Dis. Sept. 10, 1864, term exp. 
 Vet. Killed at Drury's Bluffs, May 16, '64. 
 
 Carl, John 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. Sept. 10, 1864, term exp. 
 
 Campbell, Martin 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 29 
 
 tfc U tt U It fcfc 
 
 Crews, Hanson H. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 19 
 
 Dis. Feb. 19, 1864, for prom, in 64th. 
 
 Deeming, Thos. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865, as corporal . 
 
 Frank, Henry J. 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Sept. 22 
 
 Dis. Sept. 22, 1864, term exp. Wounded May 
 
 
 
 
 16, 1864. 
 
 Hahn, Christian 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Trans, to veteran reserve corps April 10, '64. 
 
 Humphrey, Thomas 
 Hammond. Wm. 
 
 ! 
 
 Aug. 29 
 
 Killed May 20, 1664. 
 Vet. Corp. on furlough at M. O. 
 
 Moulton, Belah 
 
 * 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 Dis. wounded. 
 
 Ross, George 
 
 i 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 27, 1862. 
 
 Rowley, Charles 
 
 i 
 
 Sept. 10 
 
 Died at Cumberland, Md., Feb. 20, 1862. 
 
 Tyler, James 
 
 Liockport 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 2, 1862. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Crandall, Christ. C. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 14, '62 
 
 M. O. Oct. 13, 1865, wounded May 20 and Oct. 
 
 
 
 
 7th, 1864. 
 
 Goodman, Thomas 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Dec,.29,'65 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, 1865, taken prisoner June 2, '64, 
 
 
 
 
 Andersonville. 
 
 Wadhams, Mort. C. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 14,'62 
 
 Died at Bermuda Hundreds Feb. 29, 186i. 
 
 Walker, John W. 
 Wingart, Henry 
 Pettijohn, Jacob 
 
 Liockport 
 Florence 
 Homer 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 Mar.15,'65 
 Feb.28,'64 
 
 M. O. Dec. 6, '65, wounded Oct. 7, '64. 
 On special duty at M. O. 
 M. O. Mav 23d, 1865. Wounded at Drury's 
 
 
 
 
 Bluffs, June 14, 1864. 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeant. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 WM. C. MITCHELL 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 April 9 
 
 M. O. May 9, 1865, term exp. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 WM. B. CAIN 
 
 M 
 
 Mar. 13 
 
 M. O. March 23, 1865, term exp. 
 
 ABSALOM MENDENHALL 
 
 " 
 
 March 15 
 
 M. O. April 4, 1865. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Malony, Richard 
 
 " 
 
 March 13 
 
 M. O. March 23, 1865. 
 
 O'Connell, Charles 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 28 
 
 
 Beamish, Thos. Co. K. 
 
 Slwood 
 
 Sept.10,61 
 
 Vet. M. O. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 
 FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 
 Hospital Steward. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ZBNAa P. HANSON 
 
 Joliet 
 
 April 1 
 
 Prom. asst. surgeon. 
 
 
 Recruits for Co. D. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Clark, John M. 
 
 M 
 
 March 1 
 
 Dis. Nov. 18, 1862. 
 
 
 Mills, Andrew J. 
 
 
 
 April 1 
 
 Prom, hospital steward. 
 
 
 Whitemore, David B. 
 
 " 
 
 March 1 
 
 Wounded. Trans, to vet. reserve corps. 
 
 COMPANY G. 
 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 
 Greenman, Chandler J. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 Dis. for die. Aug. 25, 1862. 
 
 
 Hardy, Uriah 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. Sept. 16, 1864. 
 
 
 Muger. Stephen 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 " ." " " 
 
 
 O'Connell 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 3 
 
 " " " " 
 
 
 Robinson, Don A. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Died at Smithton, Mo., Jan 
 
 22, 1862. 
 
 Riley' James 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 
 
 Smith, Chester B. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Auar. 13 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 22, 1863. 
 
 
 White, John 
 
 " Sept. 20 
 
 Vet. Dis. for wounds Feb. 
 
 7. 1865.
 
 21 
 
 FORTY-THIRD REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlist in't 
 
 History. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 Greve, Hans 
 
 Maack, Henry' 
 Voss, Jachim 
 Wiefels, Otto, recruit 
 
 Crete 
 Joliet 
 
 1861. 
 Sept. 1 
 
 Mar.10,'62 
 
 Vet. Trans, to B consol. M. O. Nov. 30th, 
 1865, as 1st sergeant. 
 Same record. 
 Dis. for dis. Nov. 8, 1862. 
 Vet. Trans, to B consol. M. O. Nov. 30, '65. 
 
 CO. D Consolidated. 
 Schuttetus, John 
 
 u 
 
 Feb. 2, '65 
 
 M. O. Nov. 30, 1865. 
 
 FORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Musician. 
 
 
 
 
 
 NUOL ICHREIFER 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 1,'61 
 
 M. O. June 19, 1865. 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Kresin, Ferdinand 
 Shreiber, J. 
 
 Dupage 
 Joliet 
 
 Sept,l,'61 
 
 Died at Rolla, Mo., Dec. 5, 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 16, 1861. 
 
 '61. 
 
 Keene, Wm. recr. Co. D 
 
 11 
 
 Oct., '64 
 
 M. O. Sept. 25, 1865. 
 
 
 FORTY-FIFTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 PRIVATE Co. K. 
 Bearnheart, James 
 Shaw, Nicholas A. 
 
 Peotone 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 2, '61 
 Dec. 8, '61 
 
 Dis. for wounds May 27, 1864. 
 Died at St. Louis April 19, 1862, of wounds re- 
 ceived at Shiloh. 
 
 FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 
 CHARLES P. STIMPSON 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Dec. 1 
 
 Resigned Feb. 26, 1862. 
 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES RALI.AKD 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 19, 1872. 
 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 HENRY G. KENNEDY 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 18 
 
 As private. Vet. Prom. 2d lieut. from 
 
 1st 
 
 Hospital Steward. 
 
 
 
 sergt. Aug. 4, 1865. Wounded. 
 
 
 CHARLES F. BENNETT 
 
 " 
 
 
 Appointed nosp. atew. U. S. A. Mar. 10, 
 
 '64. 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 
 CHAS. L. PRATT 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Trans, to Bat. D, 1st Art. 
 
 
 JOHN COLLINS 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 9 
 
 Killed at Shiloh April 6, 1862. 
 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 
 RUSSELL CARTER 
 DAVID B. ROSSITER 
 WM. H. ROBBINS 
 
 u 
 
 Oct. 29 
 
 Sept. 18 
 
 Died at Piitsburg Landing April 5, 1862. 
 Died at New Orleans May 27, 1865. 
 Died at Pittsburg Landing March 25, 1862. 
 
 JUDSON WARE 
 
 ' 
 
 Oct. 29 
 
 
 
 VAN R. STRONG 
 
 * 
 
 Sept. 26 
 
 Vet. M. O. Jan. 21, 1866. 
 
 
 Louis SHIFTER 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 16 
 
 M. O. Nov. 30, 1864. 
 
 
 Wagoner. 
 
 
 Dec. 1 
 
 
 
 JAMES W. PENNINGTON 
 
 u 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. Sept. 3, 1862. 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Arter, Frank 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Oct. 29 
 
 Killed in battle of Shiloh. 
 
 
 Anderson, George 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Oct. 22 
 
 
 
 Averill, George 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 18 
 
 Dis. for dis. July 9, 1862. 
 
 
 Bennett, Almon W. 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 29 
 
 Vet, M.O.Jan. 20, 1866. 
 
 
 Boyd, Nelson 
 
 M 
 
 Sept. 18 
 
 Dis, Jan. 10, '63. 
 
 
 Bates, John 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 25 
 
 Died at Natchez Dec. 10, '63. 

 
 22 
 
 FORTY- SIXTH REGI MENT.- Concluded. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 Booth, Henry N. 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 Nov. 25 
 
 Trans, to invalid corps. 
 
 Brown, Emanuel P. 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 4 
 
 Vet. M. O. as corporal Jan. 20, 1866. 
 
 Brown, Frank S. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 1 
 
 Vet. M. O. Jan. 20. 1866. 
 
 Barron, Henry 
 
 11 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. July 8th, 1862. 
 
 Beebee, James P. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. Jan. 20, 1866. 
 
 Curtis, Wm. 
 
 1 
 
 Sept. 18 
 
 Dis; for dis. Oct. 18, 1862. 
 
 Cooper, George H. 
 
 ' 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Louisville June 19, 1862. 
 
 Curtis, Charles 
 
 k 
 
 Dec. 1 
 
 Died at Henderson, Ky., June 2, 1862. 
 
 Parnsworth, Geo. W. 
 
 ' 
 
 Nov. i 
 
 Trans, to invalid corps. Wn'd at Donaldson. 
 
 Gaylord, Wm. 
 
 * 
 
 Dec. 1 
 
 Vet. M. O. Jan. 20, 1866. 
 
 Goss, Alonzo 
 
 1 
 
 Nov. 3 
 
 M. O. Nov. 30, 1864. 
 
 Hills, Joseph 
 
 ' 
 
 Oct. 29 
 
 Died at Evansville, Ind., June 10, 1862. 
 
 Hining, Adam 
 
 ' 
 
 Dec. 1 
 
 Dis. August 15, 1862. 
 
 Harris, George 
 
 ' 
 
 " 
 
 Died in the field June 9, 1862. 
 
 Kennelly, Morris 
 
 ' 
 
 Nov. 5 
 
 Died at Cincinnati May 10, 1862. 
 
 Kightlinger, Alexander 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 16 
 
 Vet. M. O. Jan. 20, 1866. 
 
 Kent, John R. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 16 
 
 
 Lawrence, Milo 
 
 ' 
 
 Dec. 1 
 
 Die. Nov. 25. 1862. 
 
 Larison, Eric 
 
 ' 
 
 Sept. 18 
 
 M. O. Nov. 30, 1864. 
 
 McLaren, Charles 
 Murray, Henry C. 
 
 \ 
 
 Dec. 1 
 
 Vet. Died at Memphis Dec. 18, 1862. 
 Died at Memphis Dec. 18, 1862. 
 
 Marcy, Frank P. 
 
 1 
 
 " 
 
 Killed in battle at Shiloh. 
 
 Marcy, Andrew M. 
 
 1 
 
 " 
 
 
 Norris, Wm. H. H. 
 
 1 
 
 Sept. 18 
 
 Killed in battle at Shiloh. 
 
 Pratt, Hermon 
 
 * 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. May 20th, 1862. 
 
 Pratt, Newal 
 
 1 
 
 Nov. 1 
 
 M. O. Nov. 30, 1864. 
 
 Parker, Marvin 
 
 1 
 
 Nov. 9 
 
 " " " " 
 
 Parker, Elijah 
 
 ' 
 
 Oct. 29 
 
 
 Parr, David 
 
 ' 
 
 Dec. 1 
 
 Dis. April 3, '62. Died soon after. 
 
 Paul, George 
 
 ' 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. Jan. 20, 1866. 
 
 Pinney, Dwight 
 
 1 
 
 Nov. 11 
 
 
 Roland, Thos. 
 
 ' 
 
 Dec. 1 
 
 Died at Memphis Jan. 10, '63. 
 
 Shiffer, Solomon A. 
 
 ' 
 
 Nov. 16 
 
 Vet. M. O. as 1st sergt. Jan. 10, '66. 
 
 Shiffer, Robert 
 
 > 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. Jan. 9, 1865. Wounded. 
 
 Scott, Jacob 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. Jan. 20, '66. Died after dis, prie. 
 
 West, Alexander 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 1 
 
 Dis. for dis. Aug. 15, 1862. 
 
 Wright, Burgess 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 16 
 
 Died at Pittsburg Landing April 19, 1862. 
 
 RECBUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Hobday, James 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Mar.21,'65 
 
 M. O. Jan. 20, 1866. 
 
 Kent, Marcellus P. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Jan. 1, '61 
 
 M. O. Dec. 31, 1864. 
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, "YATES SHARPSHOOTERS." 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Lieut. Colonel. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 MICHAEL W. MANNING 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec. 31 
 
 As 1st lieut. Co. E. Prom. capt. Oct. 4, 1862. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom, lieut. col. Feb. 19, '64. M. O. April 
 
 Lieut. Colonel. 
 
 
 
 9, '65, term exp. 
 
 JOSEPH S. REYNOLDS 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 
 As 2d lieut. Co. F. Prom. 1st lieut. Sept. 2, 
 
 
 
 
 '62. Prom. capt. Aug. 14, '63. Prom. maj. 
 Nov. 1. '64. Prom, lieut. col. March 8, '65. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom, brevet brig. gen. July 11, '65. M. O. 
 
 Major. 
 
 
 
 July 11, '65. 
 
 HENBY LOGAN 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Peb.11,'64 
 
 As capt. Co. G. Prom, major June 26, 1865. 
 
 
 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. Severely wounded on 
 
 Captain Co. C. 
 
 
 
 Atlanta campaign. 
 
 WILLIAM ZUELL 
 
 Wilmingt n 
 
 
 As vet. recruit Co. F. Prom, sergt., then 2d 
 
 
 
 
 lieut. March 23, '64, and captain of Co. C 
 
 
 
 
 Oct. 10, '64. Severely wounded before At- 
 
 Captain Co. D. 
 
 
 
 lanta July 22, '64. 
 
 JOHN BECKER 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Nov. 8, '61 
 
 As sergt. Co. E. Vet. Prom. 2d lieut. Co. E 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 19, '64. Prom, captain Co. D Nov. 9, 
 
 Captain Co. E. 
 
 
 
 '64. M. 0. April 9, 1865. 
 
 DAVID G GBOVER 
 
 M 
 
 Dec. 31,61 
 
 Mortally wounded at Corinth Oct. 4th, 1862, 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. E. 
 
 
 
 died Oct. 10, 1862. 
 
 PATRICK FEELY 
 
 " 
 
 Oct.25, '61 
 
 As private Co. E. Vet. Prom. 1st sergeant, 
 
 
 
 
 then 1st lieut. May 8, 1865. M. O. July 11, 
 
 
 
 
 1865.
 
 23 
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 2d Lieut. Co. E. 
 
 
 
 
 THOS. MONNAHAN 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct.26, '61 
 
 As private Co. E. Vet. Prom, sergt., then 
 
 Captain Co. F. 
 
 
 
 2d lieut. July 11, 1865. M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 JOSHUA W. BAKER 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Dec.31,'61 
 
 Aslstlieut. Prom. capt. Sept. 2, '62. Re- 
 
 Captain Co. Q. 
 
 
 
 signed August 14, 1863. 
 
 HANSON H. CREWS 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 9,'61 
 
 As private in 39th regt. Dis. for promotion 
 
 
 
 
 in 64th as 2d lient. Feb. 11, '64. Prom. 1st 
 
 
 
 
 lieut. June 22, '64. Prom. capt. Co. G Nov. 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. F. 
 
 
 
 1. '64. M. O. July 11, '65. 
 
 WARD KNICKERBOCKER 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Oct.22, '61 
 
 As private Co. F. Prom, sergt, Oct. 22, '61. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom. 2d lieut. Sept. 2d, 1862. Prom. 1st 
 
 
 
 
 lieut. Aug. 14, '63. Term exp. Dec. 30, '64. 
 
 Captain Co. G. 
 JOSEPH H. BISHOP 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Nov. 1,'64 
 
 Wounded July 22 before Atlanta. 
 As private Co. I. Prom 1st lieut. Promoted 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. G. 
 BENJ. SNYDER 
 
 H 
 
 Feb.11,'64 
 
 captain June 26, 1865. M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 Resigned June 22, 1864. 
 
 2d Lieut. Co. G. 
 
 
 
 
 JOHN BEROW 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 As private. Prom, sergt., then 2d lieut. July 
 
 1st Lieut. 
 
 
 
 11, 1865. 
 
 EDWIN C. SAUNDERS 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 As private. Prom, sergeant. Prom 1st lieut. 
 
 Sergeant Major. 
 
 
 
 July 11, 1865. 
 
 HENRY 8. CLABK 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Oct.23, '61 
 
 As private. Prom. 1st sergeant Co. E, then 
 
 
 
 
 sergt. major. Killed in battle of Corinth 
 
 Sergeant Major. 
 
 
 
 Oct. 4, 1862. 
 
 ROBERT RUSSELL 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec.17,'61 
 
 As private Co. F. Vet. Prom, sergt. major 
 
 %M. Sergt. 
 
 
 
 Dec. 30. 1863. M. O. July 11, '65. 
 
 UNDERDALE 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Aug. 7,'62 
 
 As recruit Co. F. Prom. Q. M. S. M. O. 
 
 
 
 
 May 31, 1865. Severely wounded July 22d, 
 
 Com. Sergt. 
 
 
 
 before Atlanta. Also wounded at Corinth. 
 
 JAMES M. HUME 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec.13,'61 
 
 As private Co. A. Prom. com. sergt. Dec. 
 
 
 
 
 30, 1863. M. O. July 11, '65. Vet. 
 
 Principal Musician. 
 JOHN DOTY 
 
 
 
 Nov. 4, '61 
 
 As musician Co. E. Prom, principal musi- 
 cian. Vet. M. O. July 11, '65 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Carroll, Michael 
 Coughlin, Michael 
 Carpenter, Henry 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Feb.24,'64 
 Jan.26,'64 
 Feb. 2, '64 
 
 Died at Rome, Ga., August, 1864. 
 M. O. July 1st, 1865. 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 27, 1865. 
 
 Carpenter, Philander 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. July llth, 1365. Wounded at Resacca 
 
 
 
 
 May 14, '64. 
 
 Cummings, Michael 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.36,'64 
 
 M. O. June 17, '65. 
 
 Gorham, Irwin LeRoy 
 Hartley, Cyrus F. 
 
 New Lenox 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Feb. 2, '64 
 
 " July 11, '65. 
 Dis. for dis. June 16, '65. 
 
 Maher, Jerry 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.26,'64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Phillips, Barney 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb. 2, '64 
 
 
 Sweeny, James 
 
 M 
 
 Jan. 26,'64 
 
 May 31, 1865. 
 
 Williams, Curtis 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Jan.19,'64 
 
 July 11, '65. 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 Baker, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Nov. 4 
 
 
 Barry. Daniel 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 5 
 
 
 Clark, Henry 
 
 11 
 
 Oct.23 
 
 
 Fish, Warren 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 29 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11. '65. 
 
 Farney, John 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 16 
 
 
 Hansom, Caleb 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 4 
 
 
 Hogan, John 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 9 
 
 
 Hiner, Daniel 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 4 
 
 
 Ham, Nicholas 
 
 New Lenox Nov. 26 
 
 
 Luther, Ferdinand 
 
 Joliet Oct. 23 
 
 
 Lahey, Michael 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 22 
 
 
 McHenry, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 23 
 
 
 Row, Lewis P. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Dec. 4 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Chilcote. James W. 
 
 Wilmingfn Feb. 2, '64 
 
 
 Fenderson, Daniel 
 
 ." " 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Lftne, George N. 
 McDougall, John F. 
 
 Joliet Feb. 3, '64 
 
 u " !! 
 
 Scott, Matthew 
 
 Lockport Feb. 4, '64 
 
 " " " "
 
 24 
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATE a. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 Eastman. Jeremiah 
 
 Wilm'ngfn 
 
 Nov. 16 
 
 
 Goodwin, George D. 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 23 
 
 
 Hudson, Oscar M. 
 
 Gr'nGarden 
 
 Dec. 2 
 
 
 McLaughlin, Michael 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Nov. 26 
 
 Vet. Absent sick at M. O. Wounded July 
 
 
 
 
 22, 4864, before Atlanta. 
 
 Spencer, George A. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Dec. 4 
 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeant. 
 
 
 
 
 WM. LEONARD 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Nov. 9 
 
 Dis. for prom, in 2d Ala. inf. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 THOMAS SMITH 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Dec. 9 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865, woundd at Resacca 
 
 
 
 
 May 14, 1864. 
 
 CHARLKS PRESTON 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Nov. 26 
 
 M. O. Dec. 31, '64, wounded. 
 
 WILLIAM PAUL 
 MATHBW COLWELL 
 JOHN SMITH 
 
 Troy 
 Wilmingt'n 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 25 
 Nov. 22 
 Oct. 29 
 
 Vet. Died in Georgia June 30, 1864. 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 Vet. Absent in arrest at M. O. See p. 220. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Allen, George 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Nov.^26 
 
 M. O. Feb. 13, 1865. 
 
 Allen, Merrick 
 
 u 
 
 
 Died at Farmington, 111., May 14th, 1882, of 
 
 
 
 
 wounds. 
 
 Boyd, Wm. T. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 11 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 1, 1862. 
 
 Boyd. John N. 
 
 lt 
 
 * 
 
 
 Brown, Peter 
 
 3hannah O n 
 
 Oct. 25 
 
 Killed at Corinth, Miss., Oct. 4, 1862. 
 
 Belwood. John 
 
 Foliet 
 
 Nov. 10 
 
 
 Constantino, John 
 
 iVilmingt'n 
 
 Nov. 22 
 
 
 Dolan, Albert 
 
 yhannahon 
 
 Oct. 29 
 
 
 Deegan, John 
 
 jockport 
 
 Nov. 3 
 
 Wounded at Corinth. 
 
 Dougherty, John 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 29 
 
 M. O. Dec. 31, 1864. 
 
 Daily, Thomas 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Oct. 25 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Dutter, Peter 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec. 13 
 
 M. O. Dec. 31, 1864. Pris. 
 
 Duffee, James 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 20 
 
 
 Dougherty, Timothy 
 
 jockport 
 
 Dec. 11 
 
 
 Egan, Andrew 
 Garlish, Thomas 
 
 Toliet 
 Lockport 
 
 Dec. 29 
 Dec. 28 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865 Wounded at bat 
 
 
 
 
 tie of Corinth. 
 
 Gifford, Darwin N. 
 
 Collet 
 
 Dec. 3 
 
 Vet M. O. July 11, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Hall, William 
 
 
 Oct. 25 
 
 M. O. Dec. 31, 1864. 
 
 Lennan, Patrick 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 1 
 
 
 Lubun, John 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 25 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 28, 1862. 
 
 Lewis, Joseph 
 
 lomer 
 
 Dec. 1 
 
 
 Lane. William 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 26 
 
 
 McEvoy, John 
 
 M 
 
 Dec. 3 
 
 
 McEntyre. Daniel 
 
 " 
 
 Des. 24 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 20, i862. 
 
 Mattemore, Antonio 
 
 H 
 
 Dec. 20 
 
 
 McGalligut, Michael 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 26 
 
 Killed at Corinth Oct. 4, 1862. 
 
 McCaun, Hugh 
 
 H 
 
 Oct. 26 
 
 Dis for dis. March 7, 1862. 
 
 Males, James 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 22 
 
 Died at Quincy, ill., Feb. 17, 1862. 
 
 Moran, John 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 26 
 
 
 Pryor, John 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 22 
 
 
 Quill, Wimam 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 26 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Reynolds. Patrick 
 
 Vilmingt'n 
 
 Oct. 23 
 
 
 Roland, Thos. 
 
 Toilet 
 
 Dec. 3 
 
 Vet. Dis. for dis. March 16, 1865. 
 
 Ruth, Adam 
 
 
 Dec. 22 
 
 Vet. M. 0. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Short, Jacob 
 
 lomer 
 
 Dec. 30 
 
 
 Sullivan, John 
 Walter, Erhardt 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 26 
 Doc. 22 
 
 Dis. Lost leg at bat. Corinth, Oct. 4, 1862. 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865, detached. 
 
 Wood, Benjamin 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 25 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Cannairos, Jacob 
 
 
 
 
 Griffin, Charles S. 
 
 H 
 
 Apr. 18, '62 
 
 Vet. Killed at Ruffs Mills, Ga., Aug. 4, '6*. 
 
 Leahey, Michael 
 
 " 
 
 
 Vet. Absent at M. O. 
 
 Rouse, George H. 
 
 
 
 Killed at Corinth Oct. 4, 1862. 
 
 Rappel, Michael 
 Smith, Christian 
 
 Homer 
 
 Feb.12,'64 
 Mar.17,'64 
 
 M. O. as corporal. Severely wounded July 
 
 
 
 
 4, 1864, in both buttocks.
 
 25 
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Hnlintm't 
 
 History. 
 
 COMPANY P. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 B. C. CRAWFORD, 1st 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Oct. 19 
 
 ?rom. com. sergt. Dis. March 1st, 1862, for 
 
 
 
 
 promotion in 26th Mo. inf. 
 
 EPHRAIM PKLTON 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Nov. 2 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 ALPHEUS ROGERS 
 
 M 
 
 Oct. 31 
 
 Dis. for dis. Oct. 26, 1862. 
 
 PHILIP A. STEINBERG 
 
 u . 
 
 Nov. 4 
 
 Dis. for promotion in 1st Alabama cavalry. 
 
 
 
 
 Killed at Vincents X Roads Oct. 26, 1863. 
 
 GEORGE GOODWIN 
 
 " 
 
 NOT. 2 
 
 Died April 17, 1862. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 El.IAS A. KlMBALL 
 
 Reed 
 
 Nov. 1 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 28, 1863. 
 
 JOHN WATSON 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Dec. 14 
 
 
 D. O. COLLINS 
 
 
 Dec. 21 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 ALSON PELTON 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 25 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 17, 1862. 
 
 JACOB SHELLING 
 
 Rockville 
 
 Nov. 2 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 ALFRED VALENTINE 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Dec. 11 
 
 Dis. Apr. 2, '64, to enlist as hospital steward 
 
 
 
 
 in U. S. A. 
 
 FRISK SPECIA 
 
 Rock Creek 
 
 Nov. 15 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 17, 1862. 
 
 Wagoner. 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES MCCOURTIE 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Oct. 23 
 
 Died at Quincy, 111., Feb. 10, 1862. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Bishop, Felix 
 
 Reed 
 
 Dec. 28 
 
 
 Bradley, William G. 
 
 Rock Creek 
 
 Dec. 16 
 
 
 Bailey, Michael 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Dec. 20 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Brumont, George H. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Dec. 30 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 1, 1862. Died after dis. from 
 
 
 
 
 loss of health in the service. 
 
 Burns, Thomas 
 
 H 
 
 Dec. 24 
 
 
 Conly, Frank 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Dec. 14 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Champion, Thomas 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 28 
 
 
 Cook, Henry B. 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 " 
 
 
 Courtright, Amos 
 
 Rockville 
 
 Dec. 31 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Cox, Henry A. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 15 
 
 
 Fuller, Myrex 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Nov. 14 
 
 
 Johnson, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 13 
 
 Killed in pursuit of the enemy after the evac- 
 
 
 
 
 uation of Corinth. 
 
 Krouskup, Orrin 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Nov. 10 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 17, 1862. 
 
 Kneadler, Jacob 
 
 Rockville 
 
 Nov. 20 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Lamb, Wm. P. 
 Murphy, John 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Nov. 26 
 
 Vet. Absent at M. O. with leave. 
 
 Moore, Calvin 
 
 Rockvile 
 
 Nov. 20 
 
 " 'M. O. 
 
 Pierson, Joseph 
 
 Elwood 
 
 Dec. 28 
 
 " July 11, 1865. W'n'd July 22, '64. 
 
 Parks, John O. 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Dec. 30 
 
 3orp. Died of wounds rec'd May 27, '64. 
 
 Sonner, Frederick 
 
 M 
 
 Dec. 31 
 
 Vet. Absent with leave at M. O. 
 
 Thompson, Thomas 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Dec. 9, '61 
 
 Trans, to invalid corps. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Ashler, Albert 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Jan. 18, '64 
 
 Vet. M. O, July 11, 1865. Wounded at bat. 
 
 
 
 
 Corinth Oct. 4, 1862. 
 
 Arrasmith, Alex. 
 
 " 
 
 Mar. 1, '64 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Addison, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 
 u u a u u 
 
 Ely, John 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Feb. 5, '64 
 
 
 Barrows, Samuel 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Feb. 3, '64 
 
 Wounded July 22d before Atlanta. Also 
 
 
 
 
 wounded June 27th at Kenesaw. 
 
 Bluhm, Henry 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Dec.28,'63 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Baker, William 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb.24,'64 
 
 a >i it it 
 
 Barnum, James H. 
 
 
 
 " Jan 3, 1865, wounded. 
 
 Bergen, Isaac 
 
 Channahon 
 
 '61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 15, 1862. 
 
 Bradford, Wm. 
 
 
 
 " " " Oct. 26, 1862. 
 
 Cremer, Jesse 
 Courtright, Samuel F. 
 
 Rockville 
 
 '61 
 Feb.14,'64 
 
 Vet. Killed near Atlanta July 22, '64. Sergt. 
 Absent with leave at M. O. Wounded July 
 
 Cordon, Shadrick M. 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Dec.24,'63 
 
 22, '64, before Atlanta. 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Caldwell, Robert D. 
 Cruges, (or Cunges) John 
 
 Frankfort 
 New Lenox 
 
 Feb. 4, '64 
 Oct. 3, '64 
 
 u " 
 
 Dal ton, Wm. 
 
 
 Jan. 1, '62 
 
 Dis. Jan. 10, 1865, term exp. 
 
 Dixon, John 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Jan. 3, '62 
 
 Vet. Dis. Jan. 10, '65, term exp. 
 
 Depuy, John 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 
 Died at Cincinnati April 2, 1862. 
 
 Denny, Albert Q. W. 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Nov. 4, '61 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Eastman, Jeremiah 
 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. Oct. 26, 1862.
 
 26 
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Ferguson, James H. 
 
 Rockville 
 
 Aug.23, 62 
 
 Died at Corinth Nov. 7, '63. 
 
 Flint, Austin V. 
 
 k4 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. May 31, '65. Fifer. Wounded. 
 
 Grant, James 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Oct. 5, '64 
 
 M. 0. July 11, 1864. 
 
 Gilfallen, James H. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 25,62 
 
 Killed near Dallas, Ga., May 27, 1864. 
 
 Genera, George 
 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. Sept. 17, '62. 
 
 Ham, Nicholas 
 Hirsch, Julius 
 
 New Lenox 
 Frankfort 
 
 Dec. 16, '63 
 Feb. 9, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 " " " " Wounded July 22 before 
 
 
 
 
 Atlanta. 
 
 Hager, Christian 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Feb.28,'63 
 
 Absent on leave at M. O. Wounded. 
 
 Henderson, Charles 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Feb. 9, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Hatch, Freeman W. 
 
 Gr'nGarden 
 
 Feb.10'64 
 
 " June 8, '65. 
 
 Hager, Charles 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Oct. 4, '64 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 Herbert, John 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Jan.20,'64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Hudson, Oscar M. 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. August 8, '62, as sergt. 
 
 Ham, Nicholas. 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. Sept. 18, '62, wounds. 
 
 Hewitt, Ransom 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Dec.31,'63 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865, as wagoner. 
 
 Jones, Joseph C. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.17,'64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Kitzrow, Frank 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 Absent with leave at M. O. 
 
 Long, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.21,'64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. Wounded July 22, 1864, 
 
 
 
 
 before Atlanta. 
 
 Monty, James 
 McDonald. Charles 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Oct. 3, '64 
 
 Wounded July 22, 1864. 
 M. O. May 29, 1864. 
 
 Moulton, Loren N. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Feb. 9, '64 
 
 July 11, 1865. 
 
 Moore, Andrew F. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 1, '62 
 
 Vet. Dis. at exp. of term. 
 
 Monty, William 
 
 Rockville 
 
 Feb.27,'64 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 Money, Desire 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. Wounded July 22, 1864, 
 
 
 
 
 oefore Atlanta. 
 
 Monty, Joseph 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 1, '62 
 
 Dis. for wounds May 3, 1865. Wounded July 
 
 
 
 
 22, 1864, before Atlanta. 
 
 Near, Christopher 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, '65. 
 
 Ostrander, Wm. 
 
 Sew Lenox 
 
 Oct. 3, '64 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 Peters, Wm. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Dec.26,'63 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Pel ton, Alson 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Dec.22/63 
 
 " " " " 
 
 Rickard, Thomas 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Nov. 9, '63 
 
 " " " " Wounded May 27th, 1864,. 
 
 
 
 
 at Dallas. 
 
 Ryder, Solon C. 
 Rickard, Wm. P. 
 
 !?ew Lenox 
 Will Co. 
 
 Oct. 4, '64 
 Feb. 2, '63 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 Absent on leave at M. O. 
 
 Rowe, Lewis P. 
 
 " 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. Sept. 4, 1862. 
 
 Rice, Samuel D. 
 Slusser, Addison 
 
 iVilmingt'n 
 Rockville 
 
 Aug. 1, '62 
 Feb.27,'64 
 
 M. O. May 26, 1865. 
 
 Schlekan, John 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Jan.20,'64 
 
 M. O. July 11, '65. Wounded at Dallas May 
 26, 1865, and before Atlanta July 22, 1864. 
 
 Stiger, Louis 
 Stoneking, James 
 
 Sew Lenox 
 Will Co. 
 
 Dec.19,'63 
 Feb. 1, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 " " " " Wounded June 28, 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 arm amputated. 
 
 Spencer, Madison 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Oct. 5, '64 
 
 Absent sick since enlistment. 
 
 Sheele, Wm. 
 Spencer, George A. 
 Shelling, Henry 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 Rockville 
 
 
 Dis. Dec. 26. 1864, term exp. Sergt. 
 Vet. Killed July 22, '64, before Atlanta. 
 Vet. M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Shelling, Jacob 
 
 u 
 
 
 U U fct. l 
 
 Wagner, Abram 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 
 Vet. Killed at Dallas, Ga., May 27, 1864. 
 
 Teils, Nicholas 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.19,'63 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Thome, John 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Feb. 6, '64 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 VanVleck, DeForrest 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Feb. 9 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 17, 1865. wounded July 22, 
 
 
 
 
 1864, before Atlanta. 
 
 Whaland, Charles 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Oct. 3 
 
 M. O. July 11,1865. 
 
 Wilson, George 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Feb. 9 
 
 
 Young, John R. 
 
 Wilmingtn 
 
 Aug. 5/62 
 
 
 REMARK Several names 
 
 
 
 
 in the above list put down 
 
 
 
 
 as residents of Rockville 
 
 
 
 
 may have been residents 
 
 
 
 
 of Kankakee county. 
 
 
 
 
 CO. G LOGAN'S Co. 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Aickine, James 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.80,'64 
 
 M. O. Julv 11, 1865. 
 
 Barbour, James 
 
 IJan.28,'64 
 
 Died at Midship June., Ga., July 23, 1864, of 
 wounds. 
 
 Rarron, Wm. T. 
 Blossom, Wm. 
 
 Homer 
 Plainfield 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 Jan. 2. '64 
 
 Died at Marietta, Aug. 14, 1864, of wounds re- 
 
 
 
 ceived July 22, 1864.
 
 27 
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Kiilistin't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 Bollin, Oscar 
 
 Homer 
 
 Dec.31,'63 
 
 Killed near Atlanta Jnly 22d, 1864. Also 
 
 
 
 
 wounded June 27. 
 
 Boehme, Harmon 
 
 La Salle 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 Corporal. Died of wounds July 22, '64, near 
 
 
 
 
 Atlanta. 
 
 Bowers, William 
 Bruce, James 
 
 Minooka 
 Manhattan 
 
 Jan.11,'64 
 Jan.18,'64 
 
 Killed, at Kenesaw mountain June 27, 1864. 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. Severely wounded June 
 
 
 
 
 27, 1864. 
 
 Caspari. Ernest P. 
 Clark, John 
 Connors, Patrick 
 
 Joliet 
 Monee 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.29,'64 
 Jan. 1, '64 
 Jan. 5, '64 
 
 M. O. July 24, 1865. 
 Vet. Killed before Atlanta July 22, 1864. 
 Sergt. Absent with leave at M. O. 
 
 Cook, Isaiah 
 
 Monee 
 
 Jan. 1, '64 
 
 Died at Atlanta. Severely wounded July 22, 
 
 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 Crawford, James 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865, in hosp. Quincy. 
 
 Cuykendall, Alfred 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.25,'64 
 
 Sergt. Absent with leave at M. O. 
 
 Dewey, Jehial D. 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 M. 0. July 18, 1865. 
 
 Dodge, Daniel C. 
 
 u 
 
 * fc 
 
 " 11, " 
 
 Dolan, Patrick 
 
 Troy 
 
 " 
 
 Killed June 28, 1864, at Kenesaw. 
 
 Edmiusoii, Christopher 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.18,'64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. Wounded near Kenesaw 
 
 
 
 
 June 27, '64. 
 
 Flewelling, Asbury 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 1, '64 
 
 M. O. June 28, 1865. Was prisoner July 22, 
 
 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 Ford, Samuel 
 
 Monee 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 M. O. with regt. 
 
 Gedelman, Adam 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 15/64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. Wounded near Atlanta. 
 
 Grimes, George 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 Died at Marietta, Ga., Sept. 26, 1864, of w'ds 
 
 
 
 
 rec'd July 22, 1864. 
 
 Hall, John 
 
 
 Jan. 28, 64 
 
 Never joined company. 
 
 Harrison, Patrick 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 Jan-13, '64 
 
 M. O. Juiy 11, 1865. 
 
 Harrison. Michael 
 
 a 
 
 
 
 Killed at Kenesaw June 27, 1864. 
 
 Harris, Henry 
 
 Minooka 
 
 Jan. 5, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Haradan, Dan. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Dec.26,'61 
 
 Vet. Killed at Atlanta July 22, 1864. 
 
 Heacock, Joel 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.l2, - 64 
 
 
 Hebert, Joseph 
 
 
 Jan.14,'64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1864. 
 
 Henry, Victor 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.18,'64 
 
 " " " " as corporal. 
 
 Hoffer, Benedict 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 Vet. Died at Joliet, used up. 
 
 Horan, James 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Jan. 16, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Homer, Thos. P. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb. a, '64 
 
 Vet. Killed at Atlanta July 22, 1864. 
 
 Hallahan, John 
 
 u 
 
 Jaa.30,'64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. Wounded July 22, 1864, 
 
 
 
 
 at Atlanta. 
 
 Johnson, John B. 
 
 M 
 
 Jan. 2, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Jones, Albert 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.18,'64 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 Keef, Mathew 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 19, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Lemer, Wm. 
 
 fck 
 
 Jan. 13, '64 
 
 tt u n ifc 
 
 Linch, Bernard 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 " " " " Died of disease contracted 
 
 
 
 
 in service since dis. 
 
 Lizur, Edmund 
 
 Lockport 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. Corp. Wounded June 
 
 
 
 
 27, 1864, at Kenesaw. 
 
 Lntz, Jacob '.. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Lulim, James 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.18,'64 
 
 Wounded severely at Atlanta July 22d, 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 Died at Marietta. 
 
 Mather, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 2, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 McCall, Louis 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Dec.21,'63 
 
 it id ti a 
 
 McConnell, James 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 1, '64 
 
 M. O. June 13, 1865. Severely wounded June, 
 
 
 
 
 27,1864. 
 
 McCoy, Michael 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.19,'63 
 
 Killed July 22 before Atlanta. 
 
 McDade, Chancey 
 
 M 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 McDonald. John 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 McLaughhn, Patrick 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan .28/64 
 
 Killed at Atlanta July 22, 1864. 
 
 Miller, Mallory 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.14,'64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Morse, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.30,'64 
 
 VI 11 u tl 
 
 Marshall, Francis M. 
 Newton, Stephen 
 
 Plainfleld 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 Jan. 25/64 
 
 " " " " was prisoner of war and 
 
 Orr, William 
 O'Riley, Daniel 
 Parker, Israel 
 
 Monee 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 1, '64 
 Dec.28,'63 
 Jan.24,'64 
 
 wounded July 22, '64. 
 Killed June 27, 1864, at Kenesaw. 
 Mortally wounded June 27, 1864. 
 Died in Andersonville prison Aug. 2, 1864. 
 
 Parks, Bernard 
 
 M 
 
 Dec.22,'63 
 
 
 Parker, Richard 
 
 Homer 
 
 Dec.38,'63 
 
 
 Pearson, Thos. E. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Deo.29/63 
 
 M. O. Julvll, 1865. 
 
 Powliss, Isaac 
 
 
 
 
 Killed at Kenesaw June 27, 1864. 
 
 Reid, Wm. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 bpencer, Edward E. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Dec.23,'ti3 
 
 May 29 at Dallas.
 
 28 
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.- Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Knlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Sitterly, Martin H. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.30,'64 
 
 Dis. for dis. Sept. 27, 1864. 
 
 Schorn, Harvey 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.29,'64 
 
 Mortally wounded July 22, 1864. 
 
 Shay, David 
 Simpson, Francis 
 
 
 
 Dec.24,'63 
 Jan.18,'64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. Missing July 22, 1864. 
 
 Simpson, Richard F. 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 26 
 
 D. T. 
 
 Sheerin, John 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Dec.26,'63 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Shattuck, Nathan 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.18,'64 
 
 Absent with leave at M. 0. Wounded June 
 
 
 
 
 27, '64, at Kenesaw. 
 
 Shroyer, Nathan 
 
 Kank'ee Co 
 
 Jan. 1, '64 
 
 Wounded and prisoner at Atlanta July 12, 
 1864. Died. 
 
 Small, Cushman 
 
 
 Dec.23,'63 
 
 Died at Mound City Sept. 29, '64. Wounded 
 at Atlanta Sept. 22, '64. 
 
 Small, Henry 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan .27, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Smith, Sylvester EL 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Dec.31,'63 
 
 " 21, " 
 
 Smith, Edwin 
 
 
 Feb. 3, '64 
 
 " June 6, 1865, Istsergt. Com. 2d lieut., 
 
 
 
 
 but not mustered. 
 
 Stroud, Henry 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Jan.15,'64 
 
 Wounded July 22, 1864, and slightly August 
 
 
 
 
 10, 1864. Died. 
 
 Sweringer, Frank 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 5, '64 
 
 Sergt. Died Sept. 2d, 1884, of wounds rec'd 
 
 
 
 
 July 22, 1864. 
 
 Taylor, Louis 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 26, '64 
 
 M. 0. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Teeters, George 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Jan.15,'64 
 
 Killed at Kenesaw June 27, 1864. 
 
 Towns, Wm. H. 
 
 M 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Tucker, Joseph D. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Jan. 1, '64 
 
 Absent at M. O. 
 
 Troblee, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.30,'64 
 
 Killed at Kenesaw June 27, '64. 
 
 Vassar, Jaber 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Jan.20,'64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Vorce, Charles W. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Feb. 1, '64 
 
 Corp. Absent with leave at M. O. 
 
 Walton, Robert 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 
 Watson, John R. 
 
 Minooka 
 
 Jan. 1, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Watson, James K. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb.11,'64 
 
 " " ' " 
 
 Watson, Robert 
 
 Minooka 
 
 Jan. 1, '64 
 
 Sergt. Killed July 19, 1864, at Decatur, Ga. 
 
 Williams, John A. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 M. O. June 28th, 1864. Was prisoner of war 
 
 
 
 
 July 22, 1864. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Barrett, James T. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Mar.21,'64 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. Wounded July 22 near 
 
 
 
 
 Atlanta. 
 
 Buggy, James 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb.29,'64 
 
 Absent at M. O. Wounded severely July 22, 
 
 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 Colleps. George 
 Ellis, Philander 
 
 Minooka 
 Morris 
 
 Mar.27,'64 
 Mar.31,'64 
 
 Dis. April 8, 1865. Prisoner July 22, 1864. 
 M. O. July 11, 1864, as corporal. 
 
 Garry, Alex. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 
 
 Jordan, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.24,'64 
 
 
 Marshall, Robert 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 19 
 
 
 Peterson, Hamilton C. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.27,'64 
 
 M. O. May 26, 1865. 
 
 Peterson, Carey A. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Killed at Kenesaw June 27, 1864. 
 
 Pierce, George W. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 '' " " Corporal. 
 
 Richie, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 
 Stones, John 
 
 " 
 
 Mar. 2, '64 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Squires, Benjamin 
 
 ** 
 
 Mar. 3, '64 
 
 " " " " Missing July 22, 1864. 
 
 Thompson, Thomas 
 Young, Alexander 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Jan. 2, '64 
 Feb.17,'64 
 
 Killed at Kenesaw mountain June 27, 1864. 
 Died at Mound City Sept. 28, 1864. 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 
 
 
 Musicians. 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 TAYLOR HOWB 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 25 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1866. 
 
 JOHN ADAMS. 
 
 M 
 
 Feb. 8 
 
 " " " " 
 
 Wagoner. 
 
 
 
 
 JEFF. PATTERSON 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 10 
 
 " " " " 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Ary, Ezra 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 5 
 
 " " " " Wounded, thumb shot off 
 
 
 
 
 May 29. at Dallas. 
 
 Armstrong, George 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.! 
 
 M. 0. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Anderson, John 
 
 u 
 
 Feb. 5 
 
 tb t( H U 
 
 Adams, Lafayette 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 8 
 
 Died at Marietta, Ga., August 20, 1864. 
 
 Belden, Albert 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 5 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Bishop, Francis M. 
 
 ' 
 
 
 Died at Rome, Ga., August, 1854. 
 
 Beldin, Augustus H. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1885, as sergt. Wounded Aug. 
 
 
 
 
 4,1864. 
 
 Borris, Francis or Thos. Al " 
 
 Feb. 1 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865.
 
 29 
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH REGIM ENT. Concluded. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence, 
 
 EnlistmH 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 Bankersen, Peter 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 24 
 
 Died at Newbern, N. C., May 10, 1865. 
 
 Cook, Wm. O. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 tfc 
 
 
 Carniflx, John 
 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Marietta, Ga., Oct. 12, 1864. 
 
 Cain, Charles 
 Charles, Henry 
 Charles, Wm. P. 
 
 ;; 
 
 Jan. 8 
 
 M. O. June 28, 1865, prisoner of war. 
 Vet. 
 Vet. M. O. as eergt. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Dakin, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 11 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Herricke, Flavins Q. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 5 
 
 
 Hnnt, Thomas E. 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 " " " " 
 
 Hogue, Elwood P. 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 " " " " 
 
 Haynes, Lewis 
 
 
 
 Jan. 25 
 
 " " ' " 
 
 Hosier, Andrew 
 
 i 
 
 M 
 
 Died at Portsmouth, R. I., May 12, 1865. 
 
 Hamilton, Allen 
 
 
 
 H 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 Humiston, Albert B. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 1 
 
 " " " " 
 
 Igon, Henry C. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 " " " ' 
 
 Igon, Stephen G. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 " 
 
 " " ' ' 
 
 Johnson, Edward 
 
 * i 
 
 Feb. 5 
 
 
 Jungers, John 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 25 
 
 ' " " ' Pris. of war. 
 
 Jordan, Joseph J. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 i " " ' 
 
 Johnson, Charles J. 
 
 * i 
 
 Feb. 1 
 
 
 Park, George V. 
 
 Homer 
 
 " 
 
 t H u fc 
 
 Prior, Joshua A. 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 25 
 
 h H *t 1 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 
 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 
 
 ABBUTHNOT APPLING 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb. 1 
 
 M. O. July 11, 1865. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Dobbins, Vincent 
 
 M 
 
 Feb.^15 
 
 Trans, to Vet. R. C., July 26, 1865. 
 
 Wheeler, Thos. J. 
 
 " 
 
 
 Died at Louisville, Ky., April 8, '64. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 David, Thos. W. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Feb. 4 
 
 
 Prey, Urias 
 
 
 Feb. 18 
 
 Died in Camp Butler, HI., Ma.ch25, 1864. 
 
 SIXTY-FIFTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Capt. Co. E consolidated. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 ALBERT H. HIQINBOTHAM 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Apr. 26 
 
 As private Co. B. Prom. Q. M. sergt. Prom. 
 
 CO. A Original. 
 
 
 
 captain of Co. E. consol. May 30, 1865. M. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 O. July 13, 1865. 
 
 Goodenow, Corinthiue 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Feb. 20 
 
 Vet. Died at Marietta, Ga., August 14 1864. 
 
 Howe, Theodore F. 
 
 Peotone 
 
 March 31 
 
 Trans, to Co. B. coneol. as 1st sergt. Prom. 
 
 
 
 
 1st lieut M. O. July 13, '65. 
 
 Johnson, Wm. J. 
 
 
 
 M 
 
 Trans, to Co. H. consol. M. O. July 13, '65. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 
 
 
 ISAAC N. ROBSON, corp'l. 
 
 Reed 
 
 Feb. 13 
 
 Captured Jan. 18, 1864, taken to Richmond 
 
 
 
 
 and parolled. 
 
 WM. STEWART, " 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 M 
 
 Vet. Trans, to Co. H. consol. as sergeant. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom. 2d lieut. M. O. July 13, 1865. Waa 
 
 COMPANY G. 
 RICH'D HALLAM, 1st Srgt. 
 
 
 
 Mar. 18 
 
 prisoner of war. 
 Dis. for dis. Nov. 4, 1862. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Darling, Charles 
 
 
 
 Apr. 5 
 
 Die. for wounds. 
 
 Darling, David 
 
 " 
 
 Apr 9 
 
 M. O. April 25, 1865. 
 
 Berlie, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Mar. 20 
 
 Vet. Trans, to Co. H. consol. as corn. M. 
 
 
 
 
 O. July 13, 1865. 
 
 Johnson, Robert 
 Melbourne, Robert 
 
 Wilmington 
 
 April 9 
 
 Died at Martinsbnrg, Va., July 25, 1862 
 Dis. for dis. July 22, 1864. 
 
 Servis, Henry P. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 May 16 
 
 M. O. May 15, 1865. 
 
 Weise, Christopher 
 
 " 
 
 Mar. 18 
 
 Vet. Trans, to Co. H. consol. M. O. Julv 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 
 
 
 13, 1865. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Everett, George 
 Robinson Edelbert 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Apr. 22 
 Apr. 7 
 
 M.^O. May 15, 1865. 
 
 Wizer, Alonzo A. 
 
 " 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 22, 1862. Leg amputated at 
 
 
 
 
 Chicago, R. R. accid'nt. Taken prisoner at 
 Harper's Ferry at Miles' inglorious surren- 
 
 
 
 
 der.
 
 30 
 
 SIXTY-FIFTH (CONSOLIDATED) REGIMENT. Concluded, 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Eulit-tui't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATE Co. A. 
 Hoffner, Francis M. 
 PRIVATES Co. D. 
 Brown, Joseph 
 Moore, John 
 
 Will 
 
 Peotone 
 Wilton 
 
 1865. 
 May 4 
 
 Mar. 13 
 Mar. 15 
 
 M. O. July 13, 1865, sergt. 
 
 SIXTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 Buchanan, Arthur 
 Evans, Ernest 
 Halfman, Henry 
 
 Johnson, James 
 Putnam, Charles F. 
 Peterson, Ole 
 Popple, Chas. F. 
 COMPANY C. 
 Linkhart, George 
 Sbmler, Hans C. 
 COMPANY E. 
 Duck, Polonzo C. 
 Esnest, Arthur V. 
 Furry, David B. 
 Joy, Samuel S. 
 Laughlin, Leander B. 
 Lewellan, Thos. J. 
 Nye, Augustus C. 
 Slemmons, Win. C. 
 Ward, William 
 COMPANY F. 
 Anable, Miron 
 Hall, Justice 
 Olmstead, Henry 
 COMPANY G. 
 Fairman, Elverton 
 Nickodemus 
 COMPANY H. 
 Hostler, Geo. W. 
 McElroy, Hugh G. 
 Shadley, Jonn B. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 1864. 
 Feb. 26 
 Feb. 18 
 Feb. 20 
 
 Feb. 1 
 
 Feb. 18 
 Feb. 1 
 Feb. 21 
 
 Feb, 20 
 
 Feb. 26 
 Feb. 6 
 Feb. 23 
 Feb. 9 
 Feb. 13 
 Feb.^29 
 
 Feb. 13 
 Feb. 27 
 
 Feb. 24 
 Feb. 25 
 Feb. 20 
 
 Feb. 24 
 Feb. 20 
 
 Feb.^29 
 
 Died at Hannibal, Mo., Nov. 30, 1864. 
 M. O. July 7, 1865. 
 Mortally wounded and prisoner July 27, '64, 
 at Kenesaw. 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 30, 1864. 
 M. O. July 7, 1865. 
 M. O. May 31, 1865. 
 Trans, to 5th regt. V. R. C. 
 
 M. 0. July 7, 1865. 
 
 Died at Rome, Ga., Sept. 6, 1864. 
 M.^O.July?, 1865. 
 
 " ' " " as corporal. 
 Trans, to Co. I. M. O. July 7, 1865. 
 M. O. July 7th, 1864. 
 
 Died July 15, 1864. 
 M. O. July 7, 1865. 
 
 Vet. Died at Rome, Ga., July 15, 1864. 
 M. O. July 7, 1865. 
 
 SIXTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Months' Service. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 Fitzgerald, John Co. B 
 Risley, John G. Co. D 
 Squire, Walter H. " 
 Dancer, Wm. Co. G 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 Joliet 
 
 Wilton 
 
 June 4, '62 
 June 2,'62 
 
 M. O. 
 M. 0. 
 M. O. 
 M. O. 
 
 SIXTY-NINTH REGIMENT. 
 
 Three Months' Service. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 Wilder, Geo. Co. A 
 Pratt, Wm. Co. B 
 McBride, Patrick Co.G 
 Egan, Cornelius Co. I 
 
 Crete 
 Joliet 
 Lockport 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 June 4,'62 
 
 June 6, '62 
 June 2,'62 
 
 M. O. Oct. 6, 1862. 
 M. O. Sept. 27, 1862. 
 M. O. Sept. 27, 1862.
 
 31 
 
 SEVENTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 Hiitory. 
 
 Principal Musician. 
 
 
 
 
 
 BENJ. B. SCOTT 
 
 Channahon 
 
 July28,'62 
 
 M. 0. August 7th, 1875, as musician Co. 
 
 B. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom. prin. 
 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anson, Amos F. private 
 Forrester, Frank, recruit 
 
 Lockport 
 Reed 
 
 July24,'62 
 Jan.15,'62 
 
 M. O. August 7, 1865. 
 Trans. tolJ3d 111. M. 0. Nov. 24, 1864. 
 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ISAAC B. WILLIS 
 
 Channahon 
 
 July26,'62 
 
 Dis. for prom, in colored regiment. 
 
 
 CHARLES F. FELTHAM 
 
 lt 
 
 Aug. 6,.'62 
 
 M. O. August 7, 1865. 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Eames, Wm. L. 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 21, 1863. 
 
 
 Hurd, Stephen H. L. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. July 15, 1865, aa corporal. Was pris- 
 
 
 
 
 oner of war. 
 
 
 Wake, Charles 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Ang.12,62 
 
 Trans, to Signal corps Sept. 7, 1863. 
 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Palmatur, J. W. recruit 
 
 kt 
 
 Jan.17,'65 
 
 Trans, to 33d regt. M. O. Nov. 24, 1865. 
 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 
 
 
 RICH'D W. WHITTINGTON 
 
 Channahon 
 
 July28,'62 
 
 M. 0. as sergt. 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Munson, John 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 4, '62 
 
 M. O. Auguet 7, 1865. 
 
 
 Parker, Edgar 
 Wignall, Chas. 
 
 
 
 Aug. 9, '62 
 July28,'62 
 
 Died at Quincv Sept. 7, 1863. 
 M. O. August 7th, 1865, corporal. 
 
 
 Wignall, Robt. 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 West, Manassas 
 
 " 
 
 July 29, '62 
 
 Died March 7, 1865. 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pennock, John 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Jan. 5, '64 
 
 Trans, to 33d. M. O. Nov. 24, '65. 
 
 
 Sage, Elizur 
 COMPANY E. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Dec.23,'6S 
 
 
 
 Wagoner. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 
 JOHN W. WATERHOUSE 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Died at Columbus, Ky., Nov, 14, 1862. 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Borland, Jerome 
 
 u 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Died at Columbus, Ky., Oct. 24, 1862. 
 
 
 Clark, Charles B. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Died at Memphis Sept. 22d, 1862, of wounds 
 
 
 
 
 rec'd at Vicksburg. 
 
 
 Clark, Carlos B. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 13, 1865, wounded. 
 
 
 Chapman, Mark 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. Aug. 7, 1865. 
 
 
 Chapin, Kimball 
 
 1 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 Died at Columbus, Ky., Nov. 11, 1865. 
 
 
 Freeman, James R. 
 
 ' 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Died of wounds June 13, 1863. 
 
 
 Freeman, Harvey B. 
 George, James N. 
 
 1 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Died at Vicksburg April 26, 1864. 
 Prom. corp. and sergt. Dis. for wounds. 
 
 
 George, Edward 
 George, Wm. 
 
 i 
 
 u 
 
 M. O. August 7, 1865. 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 
 Hartromft, Ezra 
 
 1 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Holly Springs Dec. 24, '62. 
 
 
 Obenholser, Wm. 
 
 fc 
 
 fc* 
 
 M. O. Aug. 7, 1865. 
 
 
 Sprague, Edward 
 
 ' 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 23, 1865. 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 George, Gardiner B. 
 
 1 
 
 Oct 4, '64 
 
 Trans, to 33d. M. O. Dec. 20, 1865. 
 
 
 George. Charles 
 Klos, Henry 
 
 i 
 
 M 
 
 u li- 
 
 
 Morse, Clarence W. 
 
 M 
 
 Sept.26,64 
 
 lt O. Aug. 7, 1865. 
 
 
 Preston, Justus N. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept.30.64 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 10. 1865. 
 
 
 McConchie, Wm. Co. K 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb.23.'64 Trans, to 33d. Aoseut on leave at M. O. 
 
 
 SEVENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. 
 
 Boland, James J. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 10,62 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65, as sergt. Was in New Or- 
 leans at breaking out of war, forced into 
 rebel service, came into Union lines at 
 Stone River and enlisted.
 
 32 
 
 The 51st to 62d inclusive were accidentally omitted in their proper places 
 
 FIFTY-FIRST REGIMENT. 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence . 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES Co. B. 
 
 
 
 
 Clark, Patrick 
 
 Monee 
 
 Oct. 30, '61 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. Was prisoner of war. 
 
 Veezle, Jacob 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 21,'6l 
 
 M. O. Jan. 12, 1865. 
 
 Sergt. Major. 
 
 
 
 
 RICH'D F. BARBEK, Co. D 
 
 
 Jan.38,'62 
 
 As private. Vet. Prom, sergt. maj. Prom. 
 
 
 
 
 2d lieut. 13th colored U. S. inf. Prom. 1st 
 
 
 
 
 lieut. Prom, captain. Wounded at Chick- 
 
 
 
 
 amauga, Nickajack, and Kenesaw. 
 
 Sergt Co. G. 
 
 
 
 
 CALVIN SERVICE 
 
 Joliet 
 
 8ept21,'62 
 
 Dis. for dis. in 1863. 
 
 PRIVATES Co. K. 
 
 
 
 
 Holmes, Samuel A. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept-28,'62 
 
 Dis. April 19, 1862. 
 
 Service, Henry P. 
 
 fcfc 
 
 Jan.15,'62 
 
 .(. t* bt it 
 
 FIFTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Assistant Surgeon. 
 PHINEAS K. GUILD 
 
 PRIVATES Co. H. 
 Curtiss, Jonathan 
 Patterson, John 
 Steabold, Christ'p'r recr. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 WfflCo. 
 Wheatland 
 
 Oct. 11,'61 
 
 Sept28,'61 
 Feb.17,'64 
 
 Resigned March 18, 1863. 
 
 M. O. Nov. 18. 1864. 
 M. O. July 6, ^65. 
 
 FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 
 
 
 2d Lieut. 
 
 
 
 
 ABNERF. COOK, 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Nov.30 '61 
 
 As private. Prom. June 2d,1863. M. O. a 
 
 
 
 
 private. Detached. 
 
 Com. Sergt. 
 
 
 
 
 DAVID L. HOLDEN 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Dec. 9, 61 
 
 As private Co. F. Prom. com. sergt. Vet. 
 
 
 
 
 M.O. July 22, 1865. 
 
 Principal Musician. 
 
 
 
 
 CHARLES W. COOK 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Dec. 3, '61 
 
 As private. Vet. Prom, principal musician-. 
 
 
 
 
 M. O. July 22, 1865. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Bryant, Nathan 
 Fink, John P. 
 
 Dupage 
 Frankfort 
 
 Jan .|23, '62 
 Dec.28,'61 
 
 M. 0. March 1, 1865. Pris. war. 
 Vet. Died in Andersonville prison Sept. 30", 
 
 
 
 
 1864, grave No. 10,097. 
 
 Hubbard, Wm. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Dec.28,'61 
 
 M. O. Jan. 1, 1865. 
 
 McLaughlin, Dennis 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 4, '62 
 
 Vet. M. O. June 28, '65, was pris. of war. 
 
 Metier, Wm. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Dec. 9, '61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Sept. 14, 1862. 
 
 Metier, Allen B. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.27.'61 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 22, 1864. 
 
 Near, Christopher 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 9, '61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 10, 1862. 
 
 Newberry, Edson 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Jan. 2. '62 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 22, 1865. 
 
 Paxon, Luther 
 
 Dupage 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. April 22, 1865. 
 
 Potter, Samuel T. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Nov. 15 '61 
 
 Died at St. Louis May 21, 1861. 
 
 Parsons, Eugenius 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Dec. 9, '61 
 
 M. O. Dec. 24, 1864, pris. war. 
 
 Robertson, Anderson 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. 0. Dec. 28, 1864. 
 
 Stewart, Nathan 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Jan.23,'62 
 
 
 Stewart, Warner 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.27,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 6, 1862. 
 
 Smith, Charles 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Dec. 9, '61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 12, 1862. 
 
 Stickman, Frederick 
 
 
 Jan. 21, '62 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 22, '65, corporal. 
 
 Tally, Cornelius 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Jan. 24/62 
 
 
 Unruh, Abram C. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Dec. 9, '61 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 22, '65, as 1st sergt. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Clark, Wm. D. 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Feb.15,'62 
 
 M. O. March 15, 1865. 
 
 Droeler, Thomas 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Mar.16,'62 
 
 Died at St. Louis May 4, 186-2. 
 
 Finley (or Tinley) Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.15,'62 
 
 M. O. June 27, 1865, absent sick. 
 
 Jarvis, Wm. L. 
 
 Dnpage 
 
 vfc 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 28, 1862.
 
 33 
 
 FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT.-Concfoded. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 CO. B PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Robinson, Andrew 
 Love, Oscar, recruit. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 17, '61 
 Feb.15,'62 
 
 Dis. for dis. July 4, 1863. 
 M. O. March 16, 1865. 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 Barnes, Wm. 
 Shelby, Chas. W. H. recr. 
 
 Plainfield 
 Wesley 
 
 Nov. 4, '61 
 Jan.16, '64 
 
 Vet. Absent at M. 0. 
 M. O. July 22, 1865. 
 
 COMPANY I-(new.) 
 Heffron, Edward 
 Mat is, Mathias 
 Miller, Charles D. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb. 2, '64 
 Jan. 29, '64 
 
 M. O. July 22, 1865, as sergt. 
 Vet. M.O.July 22, 1865. 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 Auber, Wm. 
 
 Oaines W. 
 McNulty, Jas. 
 Watkins, Morgan, recruit 
 
 N 
 
 Jan.12,'62 
 Jan.28,'62 
 Mar. 1, '64 
 
 Vet. Trans, to Co. F. a? sergt. M. O. July 
 22,1865. 
 
 Vet. Trans, to Co. F. M. 0. 
 
 FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT. 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 RECKUITS Co. B. 
 
 
 
 
 Brewster, WalterL. 
 Cooper, Francis 
 O'Brian, Daniel Co. E 
 
 Joliet 
 Lockport 
 
 Mar. 8, '64 
 Mar.15,'64 
 Septl9,'61 
 
 Trans, from 127th regt. M. O. Aug. 14, 1865. 
 Same 
 Died at Memphis Dec. 16, '62. 
 
 RECRUIT Co. G. 
 Smith, Franklin 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Feb. 2, '64 
 
 Dis. for wounds June 25, 1865. 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 Baird, Wm. W. 
 Qarvis, David 
 Ingersoll, Benj. F. 
 Stryker, Benj. 
 
 Peotone 
 Homer 
 
 Oct. 31,'61 
 Oct. 7, '61 
 Oct. 9 
 Mar.22,'64 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 28, 1863. 
 Vet. M. O. August 14, 1865, as sergt, 
 Dis. 
 
 FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 RECRUIT Co. A. 
 Breslen, Joseph 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Apr. 14, '65 
 
 M. O. July 7, 1865. 
 
 
 PRIVATE Co. C. 
 Brown, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec.11,'61 
 
 M. O. Dec. 26, 1864. 
 
 
 RECRUITS Co. F. 
 Goa, Henry 
 Throat, Frederick 
 
 u 
 
 H 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 24, 1865. 
 Dis. August 2, 1862. 
 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 Collins, John 
 Johnson, Orrin 
 
 u ' 
 
 Dec.16,'61 
 Oct.28, '61 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 8, 1862. 
 Dis. for dis. March, 1863. 
 
 at Shi!. in 
 
 Severely wounded
 
 34 
 
 FIFTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lambert, Thomas, priv. 
 Coughlin, Thomas, recr. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Dec. 8, '61 
 Jan. 1, '62 
 
 Dis. Feb. 6, '62, minor. 
 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Franklin, Saml. W. priv. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Oct.12, '61 
 
 M. O. Feb. 8, '65. 
 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dugdale, Peter 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec,24,'63 
 
 Trans, to Co. C consol. M. O. 
 
 Aug. 2, '65. 
 
 Pehen, Wm. 
 Pehen, Frederick 
 
 Reed 
 
 Dec.30,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Aug. 15, 1862. 
 April 26, " 
 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Fain, James 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Oct.24, '61 
 
 Vet. Trans, to Co. A consol 
 
 Die. for dis. 
 
 
 
 
 May 8, 1865. 
 
 
 FIFTY-EIGHTH (CONSOLIDATED) REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 PRIVATES Co. A. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Malony, John, private 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb.18,'64 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 2, 1865. 
 
 
 Price, Arthur 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 Pris. of war, died April 9, '64, 
 
 of wounds. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hill, Edward 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 8, '64 
 
 M. O. Oct. 18, 1865. 
 
 
 Hyatt, Albert A. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 " " " " 
 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 
 
 
 FRANKUN PINSLBY 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Mar. 4, '65 
 
 
 
 Musician. 
 
 
 
 
 
 HARRISON G. VANZANDT 
 
 Will 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. March 3d, '66, corporal. 
 
 
 Wagoner. 
 
 
 
 
 
 JOSEPH A. SMITH 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Mar. 1, '65 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 
 PRIVATES, 
 
 
 
 
 
 Boyd, Jos. L. 
 Bond, Wm. K. or R. 
 
 W. Joliet 
 Frankfort 
 
 Mar. 4, '65 
 Mar. 1, '65 
 
 Dis. for dis. August 18, 1865. 
 M. O. March 1, 65, as corporal. 
 
 Check, Wm. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Mar. 2, '65 
 
 M. O. March 3, 1865. 
 
 
 Campbell. Wm. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Mar. 1, '65 
 
 M. O. March 1, 1865. 
 
 
 Darnell, Francis M. 
 Gross, Richard 
 
 Joliet 
 Wheatland 
 
 Mar. 4, '65 
 Mar.10,'65 
 
 " May 29, 1865. 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 
 Garland, Benj. 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Mar. 1, '65 
 
 
 
 Heffner, Francis M. 
 
 Will 
 
 Mar. 4, '65 
 
 M. 0. May 29, 1865. 
 
 
 Harris, Jerome 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Mar. 1, '65 
 
 " March 1, 1866. 
 
 
 Hurd, Daniel M. 
 
 " 
 
 Mar. 2, '65 
 
 " 3 
 
 
 Martin, Jacob 
 
 M 
 
 Mar. 1, '65 
 
 " 1 " 
 
 
 McDaniel, John H. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Died Sept. 31, 1865. 
 
 
 Nations, John L. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. March 3, 1866. 
 
 
 Redfour, Charles 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 " 
 
 " 1 " 
 
 
 Stevens, Henry 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 " 
 
 " 1 " 
 
 
 Wiley, Samuel 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Mar.10,'65 
 
 " 1 " 
 
 
 Wright, James H. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Mar 1, '65 
 
 " 1 " as corporal. 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Fellows, Hubert Joliet 
 
 Sep.30,'64 
 
 Died at Memphis. 
 
 
 FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT, 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 Dockey, Thomas 
 Schmith, George 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec. 28 
 
 Wilmingt'n Sept. 1,'61 Die. for dis. Feb. 1, 1863 
 Trans, from 89th regt.
 
 35 
 
 SIXTIETH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 Adjutant. 
 JOHN F. KELLY 
 
 Gorman, John, private 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec.24,'61 
 Feb.13,'62 
 
 As private Co. I. Prom, sergt. major, then 
 prom. adjt. March 23d, 1863. Made captain 
 and asst. adjt. gen. 14th A. C. on staff of 
 Jeff. C. Davis. M. O. Oct. 15, '65. W'nd'd 
 at Mission Ridge, Resacca, and Jonesboro. 
 Trans, to 5th U. S. cav. Killed in skirmish 
 at Triune, Tenn. 
 
 SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 
 
 
 Neeld, Eliae G. 
 
 Monee 
 
 Mar. 8, '65 
 
 Recruit from 98th. M. O. Sept. 8th, '65. 
 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 
 
 
 Troxsil, John S. 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Oct. 3, '64 
 
 Recruit from 123d. M. O. Sept. 8, 1866. 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 
 
 
 RECRUITS PROM 98TH. 
 
 
 
 
 Brown, Columbus 
 
 Monee 
 
 Mar.11,'65 
 
 M.O. Sept. 8, 1865. 
 
 Rayner, Thomas C. 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 April 12 
 
 
 Rose, Madison O. 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Mar.10,'65 
 
 11 11 11 11 
 
 Williams, George W. 
 
 Monee 
 
 Mar. 7, '65 
 
 11 11 H 11 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 
 
 
 Bannon, Mathew 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Mar.18,'62 
 
 Vet. M. O. Sept. 8, '65, corporal. _ 
 
 SIXTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 RECRUIT Co. A. 
 Carman, Win. A. 
 RECRUITS Co. F. 
 Green, Wm. H. 
 Lowe, Wm. 
 Lewis, David 
 Moreland, Hazel 
 Palmator, Lacon 
 Smith, George W. 
 Carroll, Henry, Co. H 
 McGinnis. Co. I 
 
 Wilton 
 Crete 
 
 Dupage 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Oct. 10/64 
 Oct. 1, '64 
 
 Trans, to consol. 
 Trans, to consol. 
 
 M. O. March 6, 1866. 
 M. O. Nov. 9, '65, corporal 
 
 
 
 Mar. 1 ,'65 
 Feb. 13, '65 
 
 Same. 
 Same. 
 Trans, to Co. A consol. M. O. March 6, 1866. 
 Trans, to Co. G. M. O. Feb. 8, '66. 
 
 SEVENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 let Lieut. Co. I. 
 FRANK R. WARNER 
 
 RECRUITS Co. F. 
 Fairman, Foster N. 
 Sapp, David 
 
 Will Co. 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug,6,'62 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 As 1st eergt. Co. I. Prom. 1st lieut. June 27, 
 1863. MT O. July 22, 1865. 
 
 Trans, to 37th regt. Co. C. M. O. May 15, '66. 
 Same Record. 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Corporal. 
 WM. F. WHITSON 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Aug. 9,'62 
 
 M. O. July 22, 1865. 
 
 
 PRIVATE. 
 
 Cook, Nathan 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 Aug. 14 '62 
 
 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 Harting, Isaiah 
 Paddock, Henry C. 
 
 Wilton 
 Lockport 
 
 Mar.10,'65 
 Dec.20,'63 
 
 Trans, to 37th regt. M. O, Mar. 9, ' 
 
 36. 
 

 
 36 
 
 EIGHTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistnrt 
 
 History. 
 
 Principal Musician. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 
 QUSTAV. JORDAN 
 
 Monee 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 As private Co. D. M. O. July 9, 1865. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ADAM KUMPLEY 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 M. O. June 3, 1865. 
 
 
 Musician. 
 
 
 
 
 
 AUGUST HABLT 
 
 M 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 " 9 " 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Harden, Charles 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Nov. 15, '63. 
 
 
 Gloon, Jacob 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 26 
 
 M. O. June 9, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Wounded at 
 
 Stade, Fritz 
 
 u 
 
 Aug. 17 
 
 Chancellorsville May, 1863. 
 M. O. June 9, 1865. 
 
 
 Struve, Wilhelm 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 " Ik tt tt 
 
 
 Struve, Carl 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 Dis. for dis. July 17, 1863. 
 
 
 Warnecke, Gustav 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Nov. 3, '63. 
 
 
 RBCRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Carstons, Anton 
 
 M 
 
 
 M. O. June 8, 1865. 
 
 
 Carstons, Henry 
 Haentger, Gregor Co.K 
 
 
 
 Jnn.25,'62 
 
 Missing at bat. of Chancellorsville May 2,'63. 
 
 EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Major. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 
 LEVI P. HOLDEN 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Sept. 4 
 
 As captain Co. E. Prom, major June 22, 
 
 '64. 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 
 
 
 M. 6. June 9, 1865. 
 
 
 Captain Co. E. 
 
 
 
 
 
 EDWIN A. STOLP 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 9,'62 
 
 As sergt. major. Prom. 1st lieut. Co. E June 
 
 2n Lieut. 
 
 
 
 22, '64. Prom. capt. Oct. 22, '64. 
 
 
 FINAL H. MOREY 
 
 Peotone 
 
 Aug. 13,62 
 
 As Q. M. sergt. Prom. 2d lieutenant June 8, 
 
 Sergeant. 
 
 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 JOHN H. REYNOLDS 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 July24,'62 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1863. 
 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 
 
 
 GEORGE LEFFEH 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 13, 62 
 
 Died at Stevenson, Ala., Sept. 27, 1863. 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Leffer, John 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 9, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 
 Peterson, Tens 
 
 " 
 
 Aug ; 9 
 
 Same as above. 
 
 
 Pile, Thomas 
 
 Joliet 
 
 
 
 
 Stowell, Burr 8. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 ' 
 
 Trans, to invalid corps Aug. 1, 1863. 
 
 
 Stofel, Robert 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 M. O. June 9, '65, as corporal. 
 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ANDREON COOK 
 
 Crete 
 
 Aug^ 12 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 11, 1864. 
 
 
 Andreus, Wm. S. private 
 
 
 
 M. O. June 9, 1865, as sergt. 
 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Liddell, John private 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 > 
 
 M. O. June 9, 1865. 
 
 
 Taylor, Frekd. F. " 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 
 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 
 
 
 
 VanHorne, John priv 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Dis. Nov. 5, 1862. 
 
 
 EIGHTY-NINTH REGIMENT. 
 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 
 
 
 
 1st Sergeant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES M. MULLIKKN 
 
 Crete 
 
 Aug. 7, '62 
 
 Died in rebel hospital at Danville, Va., Feb. 
 
 
 
 
 28th, 1864. 

 
 37 
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Major. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 DANIEL O'CONNOR 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 29 
 
 As captain Co. D. Prom, major June 6. '65. 
 
 
 
 
 Severely wounded at Mission Ridge. 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 
 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 PATRICK OTtfARAH 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 28 
 
 Hon. dis. June 14, 1864, for disability. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES DUNNE 
 
 11 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 As 1st sergt. Prom. 1st lieut. June 15, 1864- 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 Prom. capt. Sept. 8, 1864. M. O. Junt 6,'65. 
 
 .JAMES E. CASEY 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 As sergt. Prom. 1st sergt., then 1st lient. 
 
 
 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. Wounded. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 
 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 JOHN W. KELLEY 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 29 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 PBTER O' BRIEN 
 
 * 
 
 " 
 
 Resigned March 6, 1863. 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 DAVID A. KEYS 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 As 1st sergt. Prom. 2d lieut. 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 PETER MC!BTEE 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 28 
 
 As sergt. Prom. 2d lieut. M. O. June 6, '65. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Sergt. Major. 
 
 
 
 
 THOS. E. LONEROAN 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Dis. April 4, 1864, wounds. Right hand shot 
 
 
 
 
 and disabled. 
 
 Hospital Steward. 
 
 
 
 
 THOMAS HENDRICKS 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 
 Principal Musician. 
 
 
 
 
 CHARLES DUNNE 
 
 kk 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 JL O. June 6, 1865. 
 
 RECRUIT Co. A. 
 
 
 
 
 Stewart, Charles M. 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.25,'65 
 
 Trans, to 48th 111. 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeant. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 JOHN J. RYAN 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. Was wounded at Mission 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 Ridge. 
 
 HENRY PORTER 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 M. O. June 24, 1865. Was a pris. of war. 
 
 MICHAEL MCDONALD 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 " " 6 " as 1st sergt. 
 
 PATRICK H. SLOAN 
 
 " 
 
 Aug^ 9 
 
 Prom. prin. musician. M. O. June 6, 1865. 
 
 JOHN FLAVEN 
 
 '* 
 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Feb. 29. 1864. 
 
 Musician. 
 
 
 
 
 MICHAEL LOUOHAN 
 
 kk 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. June 5, 1865. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Beach, William 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 4, 1865. 
 
 Brady, Miehael 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 20 
 
 
 Byron, James 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. June 5, 1865. Pris. of war, captured at 
 
 Bachand, Magloire 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Mission Ridge. 
 
 Bryan, John W. 
 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 
 Curran, Owen 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. June 9, 1865, as corporal. Detached as 
 
 Crosby, John 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 clerk in Q. M. dept. 
 Died in Andersonville prison June 11, 1865, 
 
 Clark, James 
 
 tl 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 grave No. 12,433. 
 M. O. June 5, 1865. 
 
 Clayton, Thomas 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Died at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 4, 1864. 
 
 Carey, Thomas 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 
 Carr, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 M. O. June 5, 1865. 
 
 Dougherty, Martin 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Abs. wounded at M. 0. Wounded at Atlanta 
 
 Griffln, John 
 Gannon, John 
 
 ;; 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 July 22, 1864. 
 Trans to 28th regt. M. 0. Aug. 15, 1865. 
 
 Groundwell, John 
 
 ' 
 
 u 
 
 
 Hogan Thos. 
 Hennebry, Thos. 
 
 i 
 
 u 
 
 M. O. June 5, 1865. 
 " " " " as corporal. 
 
 King, John 
 
 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 
 Klesner. Francis 
 
 1 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 M. O. June 24, 1865. Pris. war. 
 
 10
 
 38 
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 1 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Murphy, Thomas 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Dis. for dis..Aug. 1, 1864, for wounds received 
 at Mission Ridge. 
 
 Miles, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 M. O. June 5, 1865. 
 
 Miles, Wm. C. 
 
 
 lk 
 
 It It .1 It 
 
 McCafferty, John 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 
 Mortley, Edward 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 11 It It 11 
 
 Nicholson, Patrick 
 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 " 11 tl t! 
 
 Newberry, Stephen 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 
 O'Reiley, John 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 
 Reynolds, Thomas 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 
 Rowley, Wm. 
 
 1 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 ' " " " 
 
 Redmond, Edward 
 
 fc 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. July 10, 1864, for wounds rec'd 
 
 
 
 
 at Mission Ridge. 
 
 Ryan, John 
 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 
 Rice, James 
 
 ' 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 
 Shay, John J. 
 
 1 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 
 Wells, Joseph 
 
 ' 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Died at Nashville, Dec. 10, 1863. 
 
 Welsh, Edward 
 
 u 
 
 Aug. 19 
 
 Died of wounds rec'd Aug. 3, '64. 
 
 Wicker, Nelson S. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Died of wounds Dec. 4, 1863. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 WM. M. WELCH 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 26 
 
 
 AUSTIN NEEDHAM 
 MARTIN HICKS 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Killed at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 13, 1864. 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 
 MICHAEL. CUNNINGHAM 
 MATHEW HALEY 
 
 EDWARD CUNNINGHAM 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 Aug. 14 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Taken prisoner at Mission Ridge and died at 
 Richmond while prisoner of war Apr .8, '64. 
 M. O. June 6, 1865, as sergt. 
 
 MICHAEL HALEY 
 
 41 
 
 
 Dis. 
 
 JOHN CASPER 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Captured at Mission Ridge, died in Ander- 
 
 PETER WILHELM 
 
 it 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 son ville prison Oct. 3, '64, grave No. 12,257. 
 
 THOS. W. SMITH 
 
 " 
 
 Au e . 11 
 
 
 THOMAS W. BURNS 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 Sergt. Trans, to V. R. C. Mar. 17, 1864. 
 
 Musician. 
 
 
 
 
 PHILIP OWENS 
 
 i4 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Bannon, Richard 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 11 11 i> it 
 
 Bruce, Hugh 
 
 Wilton 
 
 
 " " " " as wagoner. 
 
 Bruce, Wm. 
 Bloom, Frederick 
 
 M 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Died at Chattanooga Nov. 28, '63, of wounds 
 received at Mission Ridge. 
 Absent wounded at M. O. 
 
 Bannon, Andrew 
 
 * 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 M. 0. May 18, 1865. 
 
 Brown, Isaac 
 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 
 Conchiin, Simon 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Killed by torpedoes at Fort McAllister, Ga., 
 
 
 
 
 Dec. 31, 1864. 
 
 Cassiday, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 
 Crow, Martin 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 Dis. Oct. 4, 1864, for wounds rec'd at Mission 
 
 
 
 
 Ridge. 
 
 Canna, John 
 
 Troy 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Lagrange, Tenn., Mar. 15, 1863. 
 
 Carney, Jarnes 
 
 Channaaon 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 17, 1863. 
 
 Cramer, James 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Dis. 
 
 Curran, Wm. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. 
 
 Decker, Philip 
 
 u 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 
 Drordlen, Philip 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Died Oct. 17, 1863. 
 
 Dudloff, David B. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 
 Devlin, Patrick 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865, as sergt. 
 
 Eckhardt, Henry R. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 11 ii 11 11 
 
 Edwards, James 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 
 Grant, John 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug ; 11 
 
 
 Gray, James 
 
 Joliet 
 
 
 .1 n ti 11 
 
 Graham, Wm. 
 
 Chan nab on 
 
 
 
 
 Gossman, Conrad 
 Garrity, Patrick 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 12 
 Aug. 13 
 
 " " " " Wounded. 
 Died in Joliet Sept, 13, 1864. 
 
 Goodrich, James 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 
 Glennon, John 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 24 
 
 
 Hyers, James 
 
 " 
 
 Aujr. 14 

 
 39 
 
 NINETIETH REGIMENT. Concluded. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Dnlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Joyce, Austin 
 Judge, Bryan 
 
 Toliet 
 
 Aug. 14 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Captured at Mission Ridge. Died in Ander- 
 sonville pris. July 20, '64. Grave No. 2241. 
 Dis. Feb. 20, 1863. Lost leg at Missn. Ridge. 
 
 Jones, George W. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 26 
 
 
 Kelly, James 
 Kelly, Robert 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. 
 Sergt. Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 26, '64. 
 
 Keffe, Richard 
 
 ik 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 
 Kane, John J. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. 
 
 Keyser, Jacob 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 
 Leonard, Henry 
 Loughrea, James 
 Leahey, Michael 
 
 
 
 Aug. 12 
 Aug. 14 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Died of wounds at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 2, 1864. 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. Wounded. 
 
 Lawhead, Peter D. 
 
 
 " 
 
 
 Lively, David R. 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 
 Lewis, John 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 
 Malone, James 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 11 >l U I. 
 
 Mahoney, Cornelius 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 
 Maher, John 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 
 Mock, Joseph 
 
 lk 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 
 Moore, Joseph 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 
 Milgam, Mathew 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 
 Norton, Edward 
 
 * 
 
 Aug. 26 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. 
 
 Norton, Patrick 
 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 
 Oliver, John 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 
 O'Brien, John 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Absent wounded at M. O. Lost an arm at 
 
 
 
 
 Mission Ridge. 
 
 O'Boyle, Patrick 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Trans, to V. R C. Feb. 11, 1864. 
 
 Oaker, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 
 Parker, John H. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 
 Powers, Wm. 
 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 
 Rowe, Anthony 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 
 Rainey, Horace 
 
 11 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. 
 
 Rule, John 
 Ryan, David 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 Absent wounded at M. O. in hospital at Quin- 
 cy. Wounded in knee at Mission Ridge. 
 
 Smyth, Francis 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 
 Shehey, George 
 Smith, Frank 
 
 !! 
 
 Aug. 11 
 Aug. 13 
 
 
 Smith, Richard F. 
 
 
 
 li 
 
 
 Smith, Arnold 
 
 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Died at Chicago, 111., March 14, 1863. 
 
 Stalehey, Paul 
 
 * 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 
 Sharkey, Edward 
 
 ' 
 
 Aue. 20 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Jan. 5, 1863. 
 
 Somers. Charles 
 
 1 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 
 Smith, Martin 
 
 * 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Died Aug. 27, 1863. 
 
 Wilkinson, David D. 
 
 ** 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 
 Wiles, Michael 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. Wounded. 
 
 Whalen, John 
 
 Troy 
 
 ** 
 
 " " " " corporal. 
 
 Welch, Wm. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 
 Welch, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 
 Zolph, Simon 
 
 Troy 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 
 Casey, John recruit 
 Conway, Lawr. J. " 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb. 2, '64 
 Oct. 19,'63 
 
 Trans, to 48th HI. M. O. Aug. 15, '65. 
 Same. Wounded. 
 
 Corporal Co. G. 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES O'CONNOR 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 8,'6S 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. Wounded. 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Devine, Patrick 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug 15,'6S 
 
 Shot at Snyder's Bluff, Miss., June 20, '62, by 
 
 Hayes, Michael 
 
 Florence 
 
 Sept.l, '6 
 
 private James McGuire. 
 
 Maguire, Charles 
 Redmond, James 
 
 Lockport 
 Will Co. 
 
 Aug, 15, 68 
 Sept. 8, '62 
 
 Died at Marietta, Ga., Oct. 4, 1864, wounds. 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. 
 
 NINETY-FIRST REGIMENT. 
 
 RECRUITS Co. D. 
 Fay, (Fry) Philip 
 Galloway, John 
 Seely, John 
 Seigler, Felix 
 Welch, John W. 
 
 Joliet 
 Wheatland 
 
 Joliet 
 Wheatland 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 Jan.^19,'64 
 
 Jan.30,'65 
 Jan.16,'64 
 
 Trans. 
 
 to Co. G, 28th regt. M 
 " D " " Sick 
 " G " " M. 
 " G " 
 " G 
 
 . O. Mar.15,'66. 
 at M. O. 
 O. Mar. 12, '66. 
 ' Jan. 19, '66. 
 Mar. 15, '66 .
 
 40 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Colonel. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 FBBD'K A. BARTLBSON 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Killed in action at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., 
 
 
 
 
 June 23, 1865. Taken prisoner at Chicka- 
 
 
 
 
 mauga and sent to Libby prison. 
 
 Colonel. 
 
 
 
 
 CEAS. M. HAMMOND 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 M 
 
 As major. Prom, lieut. colonel July 20, '64. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom, colonel May 11, 1865. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Stone Kiver. 
 
 Lieut. Colonel. 
 
 
 
 
 ABBA N. WATERMAN 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Resigned July 20, 1865. Wounded at Chick- 
 
 
 
 
 amauga. 
 
 Major, 
 
 
 
 
 RODNBY S. BOWEN 
 
 Wilm'ngt'n 
 
 " 
 
 As captain Co. A. Prom, major July 20, '64. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded at Mission Ridge. Died Dec. 3, 
 
 
 
 
 1864, of wounds rec'd in battle of Franklin. 
 
 Major. 
 
 
 
 
 SAHUBL G. NELSON 
 
 Wilton 
 
 " 
 
 As 1st lieut. Co. H. Prom, captain Nov. 21. 
 '63. Prom, major March 24, '65. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Mission Ridge. 
 
 Adjutant. 
 
 
 
 
 GEORGE W. ROUSE 
 
 Joliet 
 
 ' 
 
 As private. Made adjutant at organization 
 
 
 
 
 of regiment. Died Aug. 3 of wounds and 
 
 
 
 
 amp. rec'd Sept. 29, 1864, before Atlanta. 
 
 Adjutant. 
 
 
 
 
 OTHNIEL HOBNK 
 
 Lockport 
 
 July 34 
 
 As sergeant major. Co. K. Prom. 1st lieut. 
 
 
 
 
 Dec. 15, 1863. Prom. adjt. Aug 3, 1864. 
 
 Quartermaster. 
 
 
 
 
 THOMAS S. WILSON 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Served faithfully through the entire service 
 
 
 
 
 of regt. M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Surgeon. 
 
 
 
 
 ADOLPHUS W. HBISE 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Resigned April 21, '64. Served as brig. surg. 
 
 Surgeon. 
 
 
 
 
 HBNRT T. WOODRUFF 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 As assistant surgeon. Prom, surgeon April 
 
 
 
 
 21, '64. M. O. June 12, 1865. Taken pris- 
 
 
 
 
 oner in charge of wounded at Crawfish 
 
 
 
 
 Springs, Ga., Sept. 20, '63. 
 
 Assistant Surgeon. 
 
 
 
 
 ELVES HARWOOD 
 
 tfc 
 
 " 
 
 Resigned Jan. 22, 1863. 
 
 Chaplain. 
 
 
 
 
 HOOPER CREWS 
 
 tfc 
 
 " 
 
 Resigned Aug. 16, 1363. 
 
 CO. A COM. OFF. 
 
 
 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 M 
 
 
 M. N. M. STBWART 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 
 As 1st lieut. Prom, captain July 20th, 1864. 
 Wounded at Chickamauga. Wounded be. 
 
 
 
 
 fore Atlanta July 28, '64. M. O. June 12,'65. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 ELISHA GANG 
 
 Reed 
 
 July 16 
 
 As 1st sergt. Prom. 2d lieut. Jan. 1st, 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom. 1st lieut. July 29th, 1864. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 May 26, 1864. 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 CHARLES P. MITCHELL 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Died Jan. 4, 1863, of wounds rec'd in battle of 
 
 CO. B COM. OFF. 
 
 
 
 Stone River Dec. 31, 1862. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES G. ELWOOU 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Resigned Oct. 13, 1863. Served on brigade 
 
 
 
 
 staff as inspector general. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 ETHAN H. HOWARD 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 As 2d lieut. Prom. 1st lieut. Feb. 15th, 1868. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom, captain Oct. 13th, 1863. Resigned 
 
 
 
 
 Nov. 6th, 1864. Served on brigade staff as 
 
 
 
 
 provost marshal. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 FRBD'K W. MATTHEWS 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 As sergt. Prom. 1st lieut. August 16th, 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom, captain Nov. 6, 1864. M. O. June 12, 
 
 
 
 
 1865. Wounded in front of Chattanooga 
 
 
 
 
 and at Kenesaw mountain. Also May 30, 
 
 
 
 
 1864.
 
 41 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Knlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 AUGUSTUS A. OSGOOD 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Resigned Feb. 16th, 1863. Wounded at Stone 
 
 
 
 
 River. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 MAJOR E. SEARLES 
 
 " 
 
 July 34 
 
 As 1st sergt. Prom. 1st lieut. Oct. 13, 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Hon. dis. for wounds at battle of Mission 
 
 
 
 
 Ridge Aug. 16, 1864. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 HENRY A. SMITH 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 As 1st sergt. Prom. 1st lieut. Nov. 6th, 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Chicka- 
 
 
 
 
 mauga three times. 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 DANIEL D. POWLES 
 
 Jackson 
 
 July 26 
 
 As sergt. Prom. 2d lieut. Feb. 16, 1863. Re- 
 
 
 
 
 signed Aug. 6, 1863. 
 
 CO. C COM. OFF. 
 
 
 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 CHAS. H. BACON 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Resigned Jan. 13, 1863. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 GEO. BEZ 
 
 Mokena 
 
 " 
 
 As 1st lieut. Prom, captain Jan. 13th, 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded at Stone River. Res. Oct. 4, '63. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 J. S. MCDONALD 
 
 Lockport 
 
 " 
 
 As 2d lieut. Prom. 1st lieut. Jan. 13th, 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom, captain Oct. 4, 1863. Resigned May 
 
 
 
 
 2, '64. Wounded at Stone River. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 GEO. M. LYND 
 
 " 
 
 July 29 
 
 As 1st sergt. Prom. 2d lieut. Jan. 13, 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom. 1st lieut. Oct. 4, 1863. Prom, captain 
 
 
 
 
 May 2, 1864. M. O. June 12th, 1865. Sun- 
 
 
 
 
 struck in battle of Peach Tree Creek July 
 
 
 
 
 20,1864. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 AUGUSTUS UIRSCH 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 As private. Promoted corporal, sergt. and 
 
 CO. D COM. OFF. 
 
 
 
 1st lieut. May 2, ]864. M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 ALBERT AMSDEN 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Resigned Dec. 18,1862. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 JOHN A. BURRELL 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 
 
 As 1st lieut. Prom. capt. Dec. 19, 1862. Se- 
 
 
 
 
 verely wounded at Chickamauga. Killed 
 
 
 
 
 May 30, 1864, on the Atlanta campaign. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 STRONG R. MOODY 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 As corporal. Prom. 1st lieut. Jan. 31st, 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom. capt. May 30, 1864. M. O. June 12, 
 
 
 
 
 1865. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 HORATIO N. WICKS 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 As 2d lieut. Prom. 1st lieut. Dec. 19th, 1862. 
 
 
 
 
 Resigned Jan. 31, 1864. 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 SAMUEL EOACH 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 As 1st sergt. Prom. 2d lieut. Dec. 19, 1862. 
 
 
 
 
 Hon. dis. May 15, 1865. Taken prisoner at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga Sept. 20, and taken to Libby 
 
 CO. E COM. OFF. 
 
 
 
 prison. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 WM. W. BARTLETT 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Resigned Feb. 22, 1864. Wounded at Chick- 
 
 
 
 
 amauga. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 ANSON PATTERSON 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 As 1st lieut. Prom, captain Feb. 27th, 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded at Chickamauga. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 RANSOM F. BARTLETT 
 
 u 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 As 1st sergt. Prom. 2d lieut. Jan. 23d, 1863. 
 Prom. 1st lieut. Feb. 27th, 1864. Resigned 
 
 
 
 
 Sept. 23, 1864. Wounded at Chickamauga. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 JOHN DODGE 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 As sergt. Prom. 1st lieut Sept. 23, 1864. M. 
 
 
 
 
 O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 3d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES R. LETTS 
 
 u 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Resigned Jan. 23, 1863. 
 
 CO. F COM. OFF. 
 
 
 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 RlCH'D S. McCLAUGHRY 
 
 Homer 
 
 " 
 
 Resigned July 11, 1864. Wounded at Mission 
 
 
 
 
 Ridge. 
 
 11
 
 42 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT-Con<ied. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 NATHAN D. INGRAHAM 
 
 [lomor 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 As 1st lieutenant. Promoted capt. July 11, 
 1864. M. O. June 12, 1865. Detailed on 
 
 
 
 
 staff of Gen. Negly. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 ALFRED HOPKINS 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 As private. Promoted 1st sergeant, then 1st 
 
 
 
 
 lieut. July 11, 1864. M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 3d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 JOHN M. POWELL 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Resigned Oct. 23, 1863. 
 
 CO. Q COM. OFF. 
 
 
 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 WM. A. MUNOEB 
 
 Joliet 
 
 * 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1866. The only original cap- 
 
 
 
 
 tain at M. O. Served also as Brigade com- 
 
 
 
 
 mi&sary. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 JULIUS C. WILLIAMS 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Resigned October 29, 1864. Served as aid on 
 
 
 
 
 brigade staff. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 HENRY J. EWEN 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 As 2d lieut. Prom. 1st lieut, Oct. 29, 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 CO. H COM. OFF. 
 
 
 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 HARLOW B. GODDABD 
 
 11 
 
 H 
 
 Resigned Nov. 21, 1863. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 JERRY KENISTON 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 As corporal. Prom. 2d lieut. Jan. 12, 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom. capt. March 24, '65. Taken prisoner 
 at Chickamauga. Taken to Libby, then to 
 
 
 
 
 Charleston and put under the fire of our 
 
 
 
 
 forces. Exchanged near close of the war, 
 
 
 
 
 and hon. dis. May 15, 1865. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 CHARLES H. KUBSELL 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 As sergeant. Prom. 1st sergt., then 2d lieut. 
 
 
 
 
 and 1st lieut. March 24, 1865. M. O. June 
 
 
 
 
 12, 1865. Wounded at Chickamauga and at 
 
 
 
 
 Kenesaw. 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 CHARLES MEACHAM 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Resigned Oct. 27, 1862. 
 
 CO. I COM. OFF. 
 
 
 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 HEZEKIAH GARDNER 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Hon. dis. August 18, 1864. Lost right leg in 
 
 
 
 
 Mission Ridge battle Nov. 25, 1863. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 SIMEON D. B. LINES 
 
 " 
 
 July 28 
 
 As private. Prom. 2d lieut. June 23, 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Prom. 1st lieut. Aug. 5, 1864. Prom. capt. 
 
 
 
 
 Aug. 18, 1864. M. O. June 12, 1865. Wound- 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 ed at battle of Franklin. 
 
 JOHN H. McCoNNELL 
 
 " 
 
 Aug.130 
 
 Resigned Jan. 23, 1863. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 QEO. C. SCHOONMAKER 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 As 2d lieut. Prom. 1st lieut. Jan. 23. 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Killed in battle Aug. 5, 1864. 
 
 let Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 FELIX KEELEY 
 
 " 
 
 July 28 
 
 As corporal. Prom, sergt., 1st sergt. and 
 
 CO. K COM. OFF. 
 
 
 
 1st lieut. Aug. 18, 1864. M. O. June 12, '65. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 DAVID KELLEY 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Resigned Dec. 15, 1863. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 JOHN A. KELLEY 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 As 1st lieut. Prom. capt. Dec. 15, 1863. M. 
 
 
 
 
 O. with regiment. Wounded at Stone riv. 
 
 
 
 
 and at Mission Ridge. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 UZIAH MACK 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 As sergeant of Co. H. Prom, sergt. -major. 
 Prom. 1st lieut. Co. K, Feb. 5, 1865. M.[O. 
 
 
 
 
 with regiment. 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 MORRISON WORTHINGHAM 
 
 >' 
 
 July3 
 
 Killed at battle of Stone river, Dec. 31, 1?62. 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 ISAAC M. DELINE 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 As 1st sergt. Prom. 2d lieut. Jan. 1st, 18(3. 
 
 
 
 
 Resigned May 29, 1863. 
 
 Sergt. Major. 
 
 
 
 
 WM. PENN HABBOTTLE 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Dis. March 31, 1862 forvtounds. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Stone river.
 
 43 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT- Continued, 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Sergt. Major. 
 
 
 
 
 ANDREW T. BARCE 
 
 Sr'n Gard'n 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 A.B private Co. G. Prom, sergt. -major. 
 
 Q. M. Sergt. 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES A. FABOVID 
 
 oliet 
 
 July 22 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Com. Sergt. 
 
 
 
 
 MARTIN NORTON 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Dis. for prom, in 20th 111., March 19, 1863, 
 
 Com. Sergt. 
 
 
 
 
 CHAS. B. GARNSET 
 
 Wilm'ngt'n 
 
 July 80 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Hospital Steward. 
 
 
 
 
 t). P. STUMPH 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Dis. for dis. Aug. 30, 1864. Was taken pris- 
 
 
 
 
 oner Sept. 20, 1863 at Chickamanga, and 
 
 
 
 
 taken to Richmond. 
 
 Principal Magician. 
 
 
 
 
 CHAS. H. MILLSPAUGH 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Musician. 
 
 
 
 
 EDWARD P. BUBSON 
 
 Horence 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 SAMUEL w. GOODBIDGE 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 July^lS 
 
 Dis. for dig. Oct. 5, 1864. Served as orderly 
 sergeant of Gen. Wood's escort. 
 
 BTBON WABNEB 
 
 " 
 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 CHAS. V. MOREY 
 
 Florence 
 
 July 17 
 
 Dig. for dis. June 1864. 
 
 ENOCH P. SMITH 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as 1st sergt. Severely 
 
 
 
 
 wounded at Chickamauga. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 DENNIS LEA HINES 
 
 Reed 
 
 July 24 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergt. 
 
 WM. K. ALTHOUSB 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 July 15 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn.. Jan. 13, 1863. 
 
 FOSTER WARNEB 
 
 " 
 
 July 16 iDied at Louisville, Ky., April 12, 1863. 
 
 FRANCIS I. FISHEB 
 
 Reed 
 
 Aug. 8 'Sergeant. Died at Franklin, Tenn., Dec. 12, 
 
 
 
 
 1864, of wounds and prisoner; wounded 
 
 
 
 
 also at Chickamauga. 
 
 WM. L. HATNES 
 
 Wesley 
 
 July 21 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Kenesaw 
 
 
 
 
 June 27, 1864. 
 
 NOBMAN BOVEE 
 
 " 
 
 July 18 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Kenesaw, 
 
 
 
 
 June 27, 1864. 
 
 THOS. P. MARTIN 
 FRANCIS CONROT 
 
 Florence 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 4 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Died at Murfreesboro, June 17, 1863. 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Kenesaw; 
 
 
 
 
 also near Atlanta, July 20, 1864. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Ackerman, Henry L. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 July 19 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 15. 1863. 
 
 Althouse, John H. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1P65. Wounded severely at 
 
 
 
 
 Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863. 
 
 Abel. Robert 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 6, 1863. 
 
 Avery, Gilbert 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 10 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergt. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Rocky Face Ridge. 
 
 Brofy, James 
 Brennan, Roger 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 Florence 
 
 July 19 
 July 26 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergt. 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as aergt. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamanga. Leg fractured at Mission 
 
 
 
 
 Ridge. 
 
 Bridenstein, William 
 
 Reed 
 
 July 19 
 
 Died at Nashville. Tenn., Nov. 28, 1862. 
 
 Bridenstein, Marlin 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn.. Dec. 19, 1862. 
 
 Butler, Wm. D. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 5, 1862. 
 
 Butler, Francis A. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 6, 1864. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Baker, Walter, Jr. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 21, 1863. 
 
 Baker, James B. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 23, 1862. 
 
 Brodie, Peter 
 
 ' 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for disability Dec. 13, 1864. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Buss, Edgar C. 
 
 Florence 
 
 
 Dis. for disability Jan. 16, 1864. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Brumley, David G. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. for dis. Sept. 8, 1863. 
 
 Bruechet, Constant O. 
 
 Reed 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 Burker, Wm. P. 
 
 Florence 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. January 17, 1864. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Beckwitb, Gnv M. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Clark, Henry W. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 July 17 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Chickm'ga. 
 
 Ca dwell, John L. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 24, 1863. 
 
 Davis, Daniel 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 July 29 
 
 M. O. June 25, 1865. Wounded in front of 
 
 
 
 Chattanooga.
 
 44 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT-Contmwed. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Etesidence. 
 
 Eiilisi.m't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Dyer, Alpheus 
 
 ^ilmi'gton 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Dis. ior dis. Feb. 1, 1863. 
 
 Bowling, James 
 
 Wesley 
 
 July 30 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Stone riv. 
 
 
 
 
 and Chickamauga. 
 
 Dore, George 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Stone riv. 
 
 Doty, Eli H. 
 
 Seed 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865 as corporal. 
 
 Franklin, Ebenezer 
 
 iVilmingfn 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. Sept. 21, 1865. 
 
 Foote, Horace D. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Griffin, Walter 8. 
 
 Washingfn 
 
 July 19 
 
 tf. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded June 18, '64. 
 
 Geer. Wm. W. 
 
 
 July 25 
 
 Died at Lebanon, Ky., of typhoid fever.. 
 
 Gundy, Wm. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Trans, to Vet. R. corps May 20, 1864. Wouu- 
 
 
 
 
 ded at Chickamauga. 
 
 Gutnley, James 
 
 Wilmingf n 
 
 July 25 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Hoy, John 
 
 M 
 
 July 21 
 
 Captured at Chickamauga. Died in Ander- 
 
 
 
 
 sonville, Oct. 26, 1864. No. of grave 11,506. 
 
 Haynes, John 3. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 July 25 
 
 Severely wounded at battle of Stone river. 
 
 
 
 
 Died Jan. 6, 186 i, of his wounds. 
 
 Hanghn, Robert E. 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Died at Crab Orchard, Ky., Oct. 24, 1862. 
 
 Hawley, Wm. 
 
 Reed 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Severely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Hampton, Irod 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. for dis. Nov. 18, 1863. 
 
 Hartman, Henry 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1885. 
 
 Jewell, LiBRoy R. 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 July 16 
 
 Killed at Dallas, Ga., May 30, 1864. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga. 
 
 Jones, Alouzo N. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 ' 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga September 19, 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 Jones, Oliver P. 
 
 Florence 
 
 July 22 
 
 Trans, to Eiig. corps Aug. 8, 1864. 
 
 Jones, John R. 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 8, 1862. 
 
 Johnson, Robert 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Kenesaw June 27. 
 
 Jukes, Chas. J. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as musician. 
 
 Kahler, Normaa P. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Died at Chattanooga, Dec. 16, '63, of wounds 
 
 
 
 
 received at Mission Ridge. 
 
 Kenney, John C. 
 
 Reed 
 
 " 
 
 Corp'l died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 1, '63. 
 
 
 
 
 Ward master of Hospital. 
 
 Kellogg, Henry 
 
 Florence 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Mission Ridge. 
 
 Leach, Elisha P. 
 
 Reed 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Leach, Alexander 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Sept. 7, 1863. 
 
 Laroche, Philip F. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Murphy, James 
 
 " 
 
 July 20 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded July 22, 1864, 
 
 
 
 
 before Atlanta. 
 
 McConkle, Joseph 
 
 'i 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 10, 1863. 
 
 McQueen, Thomas 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 16, '64. Severely wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga. 
 
 Noble, Warren S. 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 July 16 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Was captu'd at Chicka- 
 
 
 
 
 mauga, and long time in Andersonville and 
 
 
 
 
 other prisons. 
 
 O'Harra, Joseph 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 8, 1863. 
 
 Putnam, Charles L. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. for dis. Aug. 3, 1863. 
 
 Preston, James H. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at Chickam'ga. 
 
 Russell, James 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 8, 1863. 
 
 Stewart, George 
 
 Reed 
 
 July 25 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Smith, Edgar 
 
 ' 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Stuck, Wm. 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Died at Nashville. Tenn., Feb. 3, 1863. 
 
 Swivel, Frederick 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Strathdee, Geo. 
 
 Wilm'ngf n 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 5, 1865. Left arm fractured 
 
 
 
 
 at Mission Ridge. Amputated. 
 
 Severance, Horace J. 
 
 Reed 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Jan. 14, 1864. 
 
 Sutton, Wm. H. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 July 19 
 
 Died at Silver Springs, Tenn., Nov. 17, '62. 
 
 Spencer, Sylvester 
 
 Wilmingf u 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Dis. Dec. 3, 1864. 
 
 Tucker, John C. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 " " 
 
 Tracy, Wm. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Died at Murfreesboro, Mar. 5, 1863. 
 
 Wells, John P. 
 
 " 
 
 July 16 
 
 Trans, to Eng. corps, Aug. 8, 1864. 
 
 Worthy, Michael 
 
 Wilmi'gton 
 
 July 18 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Jan. 5, 1864. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Stone River. 
 
 Williams, LeRoy S. 
 
 Wesley July 25 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Wheeler, Seymour 
 Wheeler, Geo. 
 
 Wilmingf n July 26 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 3, 1863. 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Kenesaw. 
 
 Wilkeus, Albert B. 
 
 Florence 
 
 July 26 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Wenger, Benedict 
 
 Wilmingfn 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 Wordel, Horace W. 
 
 " lAug. 11 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 25, 1863.
 
 45 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 White, Philip 
 Yates, Elias 
 
 iVesley 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 12 
 July 26 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 M. O. May 19, 1863, as corp'l. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Tales, Burnet 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 M. O. May 19, '63. Wounded at Franklin. 
 
 Yates, Wm. 
 
 k 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 M. O. May 19, 1863. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Billings, Wm. 
 
 Gaines 
 
 Apr. 13, '65 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., May 24, 1865. 
 
 Bryant, Chas. W. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Trans, to 51st 111. M. O. Sept. 25, 1865. 
 
 Cameron, John 
 Lyons, Edward 
 
 Wesley 
 
 )ec.22,'63 
 Apr.13,'63 
 
 
 Russell, Wm. 
 
 
 
 Claimed by 62d regiment. 
 
 Williams, John R. W. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.31,'63 
 
 Trans, to 57th reg't. Wounded at Franklin. 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 LEWIS LlNEBARGER 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Dis. April 20, '64. Wounded at Chickam'ga. 
 
 HIRAM H. HARTER 
 
 Joliet 
 
 July 28 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 SINCLAIR HILL 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 July 31 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 WM. B. WILCOX 
 
 Troy 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 
 GROVER SMITH 
 
 Channahon 
 
 July 30 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 GEO. A. PIERSON 
 SAMUEL C. B. CARPENTER 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 9 
 July 26 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergt. 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 25, 1863. 
 
 JUSTUS STEINMETZ 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 JULIUS W. FOLKE 
 
 u 
 
 July 26 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 5, 1863. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Barrett, John 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Burr, Wm. B. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 bb it bb bb 
 
 Benedict, Walter 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Brockway, David 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 M. 0. May 27, 1865. 
 
 Comstock, Elihu B. 
 
 Troy 
 
 fci 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Nov. 1, 1863. 
 
 Cotton, Milton J. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Sept. 16, 1863. 
 
 Clark, Edward M. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. June 13, 1865. Wounded at Nashville. 
 
 Cludas, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Dis. May 11, 1863. Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 Caldmer, Daniel 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded in foot on At- 
 
 
 
 
 lanta campaign. 
 
 Chorron, John J. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Dis. for dis. Sept. 23, 1863. 
 
 Dice, Lewis M. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 July 26 
 
 Trans, to Eng. corps, June 30, 1864. 
 
 Dollinger, Ignatz 
 
 Troy 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Aug. 1, 1863. 
 
 Devlin, John 
 
 ' 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 3, 1863. 
 
 Davis, Henry 
 
 Jackson 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 30, 1863. 
 
 Dunlap, John 
 Davis, William 
 
 Troy 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 M. O. June 13, 1865. 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 15, 1863. 
 
 Davis, Marquis D. L. 
 
 Crete 
 
 July 29 
 
 M. O. June 13, 1865. Reported captured at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Day, Wm. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 3, 1863. 
 
 East, Wm. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 July 28 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Frost, Charles J. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 16, 1863. 
 
 Flack, Nelson W. 
 
 " 
 
 July 28 
 
 Dis. for dis. Oct. 10, 1864. In hospital at 
 
 
 
 
 Quincy. Was prisoner. 
 
 Grannels, John 
 
 Wilton 
 
 July 26 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 18, 1863. 
 
 Gardner, Frank 
 
 Joliet 
 
 July 29 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 2, 1863. 
 
 Gardner. Peter 
 
 * fc 
 
 u 
 
 bb fcb bb bb 
 
 Grubb, Jesse T. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 27, '63. Fingers shot off 
 
 
 
 
 accidentally. 
 
 Grant, William 
 
 Gr'nGarden 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 
 Harter, Joseph W. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 28, 1863. 
 
 Harding, William 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 M. O. Aug. 27, 1865. 
 
 Johnston, Samuel F. 
 
 " 
 
 July 26 
 
 Died in Andersonville prison, Aug. 2, 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 No. of grave 5,395. 
 
 Johnston, Henry M. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jan 11, 1863. 
 
 Karriger, Samuel 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Dis. for dis. July 1863. 
 
 Karriger, Frederick 
 King, Martin R. 
 
 Troy 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Died at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 20, 1862. 
 Died of wounds received in battle of Frank 
 
 
 
 
 lin, Dec. 12, 1864. 
 
 King, Andrew J. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1864, as sergt. 
 
 Leddy, James 
 Law, Henry L. Jr. 
 
 Joliet 
 New Lenox 
 
 July 24 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 10, 1863. 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Longmire, Charles J. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 14 

 
 46 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Lee, Frederick W. 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 July 28 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Nov. 1, 1863. 
 
 Milliard, Nelson 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 19, 1863. 
 
 Milliard, Simon 
 
 M 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded on Atlanta 
 
 
 
 
 Campaign, May 31, 1864. 
 
 Marvin, Hannibal G. 
 
 Pecatonica 
 
 July 25 
 
 
 Mclntyre, George E. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 M. O. May 30, '65. Captured at Chickamauga 
 and taken to Andersonv. slightly wound'd. 
 
 Miller, Wm. H. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 July 28 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 17, 1863. 
 
 Malone, John. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Dis. lor dis. April 26, 1865. 
 
 Marshall, George. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Died at Gallatin, Tenn., Feb. 17. 1863. 
 
 Morrison, Lorenzo 
 
 Troy 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Mission 
 
 Palmer, Frederick 
 
 u 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Ridge. 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergeant. 
 
 Parks, Wm. G. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 45 
 
 Killed at Kenesaw June 27, 1864. 
 
 Peck, Hubert, 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Rodgers, Samuel 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Rake, Stephen J. 
 
 M 
 
 Aug. 20 
 
 Dis. Mar. 20, 1863, for wounds rec'd at Stone 
 
 
 
 
 river. 
 
 Scheran, Francis 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Schall, John 
 
 Troy 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 24, 1863. 
 
 Sibley, Dennis E. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Sampson, Charles C 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 20. 1863. 
 
 Sampson, Hollis H. 
 
 " 
 
 July 28 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Jan. 19, 1865, Reported 
 
 
 
 
 in hospital at Quincy, Aug. 11, 1864. 
 
 Schegg, George 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 15, 1863. 
 
 Spencer, Daniel C. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 24, 1863. 
 
 Spencer, Edward 
 
 '** 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 2, 1863. 
 
 Soheer, Philip 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Aug. 10, '64. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Stone river. 
 
 St. George, Nelson. 
 
 ___ " 
 
 Aug. 20 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Sept. 1, 1863. 
 
 Scribner, Simeon M. 
 
 -41 
 
 July 29 
 
 
 Thiel, Andrew 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Killed at Stone river, Dec. 31, 1862. 
 
 Winter, Robert 
 
 " 
 
 July 26 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Taken prisoner. 
 
 Weinhold, Samuel 
 
 M 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Wounded at Chickam'ga. 
 
 Weise, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Died at Chattanooga, Oct. 29, 1863. 
 
 Zimmerman, Henry 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Died at Chattanooga, Aug. 31, 1864. 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 EPENETUB R. BACON 
 
 Lockport 
 
 July 21 
 
 1st sergt. Trans, to 1st U. S. C. I. as hosp'l 
 
 
 
 
 steward, Oct. 30, 1863. 
 
 RALPH W. MARSHALL 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Discharged sick. 
 
 WADE H. MCFADDEN 
 
 Lockport 
 
 July 29 
 
 Died Jan. 4, 1863, of wounds rec'd in battle 
 
 
 
 
 of Stone river. 
 
 PETER M. STUDER 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps, Sept. 15, 1863. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 CHARLES C. BEMIS 
 
 Lockport 
 
 July 25 
 
 
 WALLACE SHEAD 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 HENRY M. STABIN 
 
 Lockport 
 
 July 29 
 
 M. O. May 22, '65, as sergt. Severely wound- 
 
 
 
 
 ed at Chickamauga. 
 
 JOHN BEZ 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. Sergt. 
 
 NEWALL W. SMITH. 
 
 " 
 
 July 29 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps. Jan. 22, 1864. 
 
 HENRY TAYLOR 
 
 Lockport 
 
 July 21 
 
 Trans, to Eng. corps, Aug. 8, 1864. 
 
 JOHN H. DICKMAN 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 M. O. May 22, 1865. 
 
 PETER WAGNER 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Killed at Stone river, Jan. 2, 1863. In Pion'r 
 
 
 
 
 corps. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Abbott, Benoni L. 
 
 " 
 
 July 24 
 
 Missing at Chickamauga. Supposed killed 
 
 
 
 
 Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Acker, Levi 
 
 Mokena 
 
 July 19 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Adams, Plumer 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Mission 
 
 
 
 
 Ridge. 
 
 Anker, John 
 
 Mokena 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. March 11, 1863. 
 
 Austin, Edwin S. 
 
 Orleans 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 29, 1863. 
 
 Ball, David C. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 1. 1862. 
 
 Bemis, John A. 
 
 " 
 
 July 26 
 
 Dis. for die. Feb. 27, 1863. 
 
 Bever, Benjamin 
 
 Mokena 
 
 July 26 
 
 Died at Chattanooga, Nov. 7, 1863, of wounds 
 
 
 
 
 rec'd at Chickamauga. 
 
 Bnckman, Theodore 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Boos, Jeremiah 
 
 u 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps, Sept. 16, 1863. 
 
 BrinkerhofT, Martin 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 7, 1863.
 
 47 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. ] 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Calkins, Felix 
 
 jockport 
 
 Inly 29 
 
 M. O. July 22, 1865. Captured in hospital at 
 Chickamauga and taken to Andersonville. 
 
 Chamberlin, Albert N. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Missing at Chickamauga. Supposed killed 
 
 
 
 
 Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Chamberlin, Harvey W. 
 
 Uickport 
 
 July 26 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded near Atlanta. 
 
 Clark, James B. 
 
 
 July 32 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Calmer, Michael 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as 1st sergt. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 below Atlanta. 
 
 Conner^, James 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Dis. March 4, 1863. 
 
 Conners, John H. 
 
 lomer 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 27, 1863. 
 
 Cormany, Philip W. 
 
 x)ckport 
 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Corwin, Henry 
 
 lomer 
 
 Aug^ 1 
 
 " " " 
 
 Davis, Sumners H. 
 
 " 
 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps, Aug. 5, 1863. 
 
 Desburg, Leonard 
 
 jockport 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Dickman, John F. 
 
 Aokena 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Mission 
 
 
 
 
 Ridge. 
 
 Diederich, Hubert. 
 
 jockport 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Doolittle, Horatio 
 
 klokeua 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Dis. Feb. 14, 1863. 
 
 Dorkendoff, Theodore 
 
 jockport 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. 
 
 Farovid, Alfred L. 
 
 Foliet 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Musician. 
 
 Fishbau, Martin 
 
 jockport 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Absent; sick at M. O. of rest. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickam'ga and before Atlanta, July 20 '64. 
 
 Freehoff, Gothard 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at ChickanVga. 
 
 Hammond, John 
 
 lomer 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 Dis. Jan. 18, 1864, as corp'l. Sev. wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga; lost use of leg. 
 
 Harper, Jeremiah 
 
 tfokena 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Died at Columbus, Ky., Oct. 30, 1862. 
 
 lleinrichs, UMch 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Hopkins, John 
 
 lomer 
 
 
 Killed at Stone river, Dec. 31, 1863. 
 
 Hopkinson. Joseph 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Johnson, George B. 
 
 
 July 29 
 
 " " " 
 
 Hurley, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 
 Kinary, Thomas 
 
 Vfokena 
 
 July 29 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Kine, William 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Died at Wild Cat Hollow, Ky., Oct. 20, 1862. 
 
 Kenney, William 
 Lang, Christian 
 
 Elomer 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Aug. 10 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps.Aug. 5, 1863. 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Chickam'ga. 
 
 Lawrence, Hiram G. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Severely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Kenesaw, June 27, 1864. 
 
 Marti, Jacob 
 Mast, Daniel 
 
 Mokena 
 it 
 
 Aug. 9 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps, Sept. 16. 1863. 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at Chicfeam'ga. 
 
 Mathews, John D. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 " " " " " 
 
 Miller, Philip 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Dis. Feb. 27, 1863. 
 
 Morganweck, Theodore 
 Murphy, Michael 
 
 Mokena 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 9 
 Aug' 14 
 
 M. O. June 12,1865, as sergt. 
 Color sergt. Killed at Franklin, Nov. 30, 64. 
 Wounded at Mission Ridge. 
 
 Newbury, William 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Cap. at Chickamauga. 
 
 Norton, Elisba 
 Parker, Thomas P. 
 Peters, William 
 
 Motena 
 
 July 31 
 Aug. 7 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Dis. Mai ch 31,1863, 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Taken prisoner at Chick- 
 
 Poor, William L. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 amauga, wounded. 
 Corp'l. Died at Murfreesboro, June 27, 63, 
 
 Prosea, Lewis A. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. 
 
 Quick, Sidney 
 Kahm, Frederick 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Aug. 7 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Died at Chicago, April 17, 1864. 
 Killed at Stone river, Dec. 31, 1862. 
 
 Rhodes, Henry A. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 1, 1862. 
 
 Righter, Walter A. 
 
 * k 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Pioneer corps. . 
 
 Scnmitt, Peter 
 Schmitt, Michael 
 
 Mokena 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 4 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at Chickam'ga. 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. Wounoed 
 
 
 
 
 June 18, 1864. 
 
 Sly, Eugene R. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. Captured 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga. 
 
 Smith, Henry W. 
 
 ** 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Dis. Nov. 14, 1862. 
 
 Snyder, Matthias 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Missing at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, '63. Sup- 
 
 
 
 
 posed killed. 
 
 Sormenberg, Martin 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps, Aug. 5, 1863. 
 
 Sperry, George 
 
 Homer 
 
 July 21 
 
 Dis. May 20, 1864, for prom, as 2d lieutenant 
 
 
 
 
 in 22d N. Y. cavalry. 
 
 Staffan, Christian 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. March 10, 1865. 
 
 Standish, Sidney O. 
 
 Dupage 
 
 July 31 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Bruised May 9, 1864. 
 
 Stinberge, Orrin N. 
 
 Lockpcrt 
 
 M 
 
 Dis. May 8, 1863. 
 
 Taylor, Marcus M. 
 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 8, 1862.
 
 48 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT -Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Taylor, Justin 
 
 Lockport 
 
 July 24 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65, as sergt. Wunded June 
 
 
 
 
 10, 1864. 
 
 Wagner, Anthony 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Dis. Feb. 23, 1863. 
 
 Wardle, William 
 
 " 
 
 July 23 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Webber, John 
 
 tl 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Dis. April 25, 1865. 
 
 Welchlein, Augustus W. 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Taken pris'r at Frank- 
 
 
 
 
 lin ; wounded at Chickamauga. 
 
 Zeller, Joseph 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Color sergt. Dis. Aug. 25, 1864, as sergeant. 
 Severely wounded at Chickamauga. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Basset, Elisha 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 1, 1863. 
 
 Dodge, Anson 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Dunn, Nathan 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Dec. 19, '63 
 
 Trans, to 51st In. M. O. Sept. 5, '65. 
 
 Dieder, John 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Apr.12,.65 
 
 " 11, '65. 
 
 Fisher, Marvin J. 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Feb.20,'64 
 
 " " " " 25, '65, corp'l. 
 
 Higgins, Daniel 
 
 Northtteld 
 
 Mar.11,'65 
 
 " " " 25, '65. 
 
 Karch, Henry 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Aug. 15,62 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1868. 
 
 Marshall, Myron W. 
 
 u 
 
 Aug. 11,62 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Sullivan, Michael 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 10,62 
 
 Dis. Sept. 12, '65. Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 Vorce, William R. 
 
 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps, Jan. 9. 1864. 
 
 Zinnel, Daniel 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Aug. 5, '62 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded May 10, 1864. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 JOSIAH BURDICK 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Dis. Jan. 15, 1863. 
 
 WM. H. CAIN 
 
 u 
 
 " 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. April 6, 1864. Made capt. 
 
 
 
 
 therein. 
 
 JOHN W. TAYLOR 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Trans, to Sis. corps, March 19, '64; wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Stone river, 
 
 WM. BBNTLT. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 JOHN FELLOWS 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Sergt. Dis. for dis. Wounded at Stone river 
 
 
 
 
 and at Chickamauga. 
 
 FRANKLIN G. BACKUS 
 
 Dupage 
 
 July 21 
 
 Sergeant. Trans, to V. R. C. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 WM. McEmosE 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergeant. 
 
 JAMES GRASS 
 
 Dupage 
 
 ' 
 
 Died at Lebanon, Ky., Nov, 7, 1862. 
 
 NELSON D. PLATTS 
 
 Plamtield 
 
 " 
 
 Sergt. Died at Chattanooga, Sept. 16, 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded July 22, before Atlanta. Left 
 
 
 
 
 leg amputated. 
 
 GBOROB A. LANG 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 M. O. as sergt., June 12, 1865. 
 
 ALFRED CARTER 
 
 u 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn, March 15, 1863. 
 
 Musicians. 
 
 
 
 Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 Lorenzo R. Hill 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 Died at Lebanon, Ky., Nov. 5, 1862. 
 
 James Taylor 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Dis. Feb. 15, 1863. 
 
 Wagoner. 
 
 
 
 
 Major W. Stoddard 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Aman, Charles 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 " 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. May 31, 1864. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga. 
 
 Anglemire, Ephraim 
 Aulsbrook, Charles E. 
 
 Dupage 
 Plainfleld 
 
 AUg u * 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at Stone river. 
 M. O. July 22, 1865. Taken prisoner at bat- 
 
 
 
 
 tle of Franklin. 
 
 Bossen. Thomas 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Trans, to Eng. corps. July 30, 1864. 
 
 Bolton, Ruf us H. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Captured at Chickamauga. Died in Ander- 
 
 
 
 
 sonville, Sept. 4, '64 No. grave 11,794. 
 
 Boyd, Frederick W. 
 Boots, James 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 M. O. July 22, 1865, pris. of war. 
 M. O. June 24, 1865, pris. of war. Captured 
 
 
 
 
 at Ca'.houn and taken to Andersonville. 
 
 Boots, Mathew 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Aug.^ 1 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at Franklin. 
 
 Buffum, George W. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 
 Trans, to Vet. R. corps. 
 
 Burdick, Lewis 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Brown Elisha 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as 1st sergt. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Keneeaw, Chickamauga and Franklin. 
 
 Campbell, David 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. Nov. 29, 1861. In hospital at 
 
 
 
 
 Quincy. 
 
 Carter, Amarsa C. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at Chickam'g. 
 
 Collier, Samuel 
 
 u 
 
 ' 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865.
 
 49 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Collier, Frederick 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Aug ; 1 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Countryman, Joseph 
 
 " 
 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Chicka- 
 
 
 
 
 mauga and on Atlanta camp'gn, July 4, '64. 
 
 Croach, Wm. J. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1862. 
 
 Baku, George W. 
 
 
 
 Corp'l. Died in Andersonville, July 31, '64. 
 No. grave 8,628. Captured at Chickam'ga. 
 
 Dayton, Wm. C. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. 
 
 Darr, Daniel 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Dunkle, Washington 
 
 tk 
 
 * fc 
 
 
 Dundore, Wm. E. 
 
 " 
 
 H 
 
 Killed near Atlanta, July 22, 1864. 
 
 Farnsworth, James F. 
 Fentryman, Samuel 
 
 H 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12. 1865. 
 Died at Franklin, prisoner of war. 
 
 Fellows, Jacob 
 
 ** 
 
 11 
 
 Died at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 13, 1863. 
 
 FOBS, Henry 
 
 M 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. May 19, 1865. 
 
 Funk, Madison 
 
 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Funk, Albert A. 
 
 ** 
 
 " 
 
 M. July 15, 1865. 
 
 Flanders,- George C. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 27, 1862. 
 
 Geist, Charles W. 
 
 " 
 
 * 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. May 31, 1864. 
 
 Geist, Franklin A. L. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 24, 1862. 
 
 Hartong, Roswell 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Chattanooga, Oct. 29, 1863. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga. 
 
 Heath, Bradford 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865.. 
 
 Hess, George W. 
 Hills, Frank E. 
 
 r. 
 
 Aug^ 18 
 
 Fife maj. Killed at Stone river, Dec. 31, '62. 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at battle of 
 
 
 
 
 Franklin. 
 
 Hill, George W. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 M. O. June 24, 1865. Prisoner of war. Cap- 
 
 
 
 
 tured at Chickamauga. 
 
 Hyland, Edward T. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. March 6, 1863, for wounds rec'd at Stone 
 
 
 
 
 river. 
 
 Jacobs, Louden C. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at Chickam'ga. 
 
 Johnson, Charles 
 
 Naausay 
 
 " 
 
 Sick and fell behind and never heard of. 
 
 Johnson, Andrew W. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergt. Slightly 
 
 
 
 
 wounded May 30, 1864. 
 
 Keeler, Oscar D. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergt. Wounded June 
 
 
 
 
 22, near Kenesaw mountain. 
 
 Kimes (or Kines) George 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. July 9, 1864, for wounds rec'd at Mission 
 Ridge. Wounded also at Chickamauga 
 
 
 
 
 leg fractured. 
 
 Lang, John C. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. 0. June 12, 1865. Wounded before Atlan- 
 
 
 
 
 ta, July 22. 
 
 Lookentary, Christ. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. May 7, 1865, for wounds rec'd at Chicka- 
 
 
 
 
 mauga. 
 
 Lyinau, John 
 
 M 
 
 " 
 
 Captured at Chickamauga. Died in Ander- 
 
 
 
 
 sonville, July 31, '64. No. grave 8,196. 
 
 Martin, Pat. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 Died at Shell Mound, Tenn., Sept. 9, 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 Miles, William 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 
 McClester, George R. 
 McElhose, Robert 
 
 H 
 
 u 
 
 Trans, to Bug. corps, July 30, 1864. 
 Corporal. Trans, to V. R. C. April 6, 1864. 
 
 Parks, Anson 
 
 Lockport 
 
 " 
 
 11 11 kt U 
 
 Pelcher, Frederick R. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 10, 1863. 
 
 Peterson, Peter 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 
 
 Dis. April 2, 1864, for wounds. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Platt, Joseph 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Nashville, May 1, 1863. 
 
 Platt, James 
 
 M 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. July 23, 1865. Captured at Franklin. 
 
 Randerson, John 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. May 30, 1865. 
 
 Rathbun, Hiram 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Nashville, Jan. 9, 1863. 
 
 Roberts. John M. 
 
 Palos 
 
 M 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Sala, James 
 
 Gr.Trav'rse 
 
 " 
 
 tt it H 
 
 Saylor, Peter H. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 " 
 
 11 11 n 
 
 Shutt, Samuel 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Mission 
 
 
 
 
 Ridge. 
 
 Spivy, Daniel 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. Nov. 1, 1862. 
 
 Skinner, Abner 
 
 Lo8kport 
 
 M 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 17, 1863. 
 
 Sybring, Conrad 
 
 Milwaukee 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Taylor, Tiberius C. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 11 11 n 
 
 Tyler, Albert O. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Aug.^ 1 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. April 28, 1864. 
 
 Tyler, Hubbard 
 
 " 
 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 22, 1862. 
 
 Vandervoort, George 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Gallatin, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1363. 
 
 Vedder, Wm. H. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 
 13
 
 50 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT-Contfnwed. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlietm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Woods-Edwin S. 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Di8. for dis. April 20, 1863. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Conway, James 
 
 
 Oct. 24.'63 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 7, 1864. Wounded; lost an 
 
 
 
 
 eye before Atlanta. 
 
 Scott, Alexander C. 
 
 Ind. Grove 
 
 Jan. 6, '65 
 
 Trans, to 51st regiment. 
 
 Scott, James . 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Dec.39,'63 
 
 Trans, to 51st regim't. M. O. June 22, 1865. 
 
 
 
 
 Slightly wounded May 30, 1864. 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 ABSALOM L. BDGBWORTH 
 
 Juliet 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Dis. June 3, 1863. 
 
 MILES R. BIRD 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 M. O. May 29, 1865. 
 
 JACOB L. BOWERS 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Dis. for die. May 7, 1863. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 STEPHEN M. SPAFFOKD 
 OTIS S. SKINNBH 
 
 Jackson 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug ;i 14 
 
 Sergt. Killed at Chickam'ga, Sept. 19, 1863.. 
 Dis. Nov. 17, 1863. 
 
 VAN L. PERKINS 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Died Sept. 30, 1863, of wounds rec'd Sept. 
 
 
 
 
 19, at Chickamauga. 
 
 DANIEL LINERAROER 
 CHARLES P. SPENCER 
 
 Jackson 
 Troy 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 HORACE WEBSTER 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 26, 1863. 
 
 JOHN COSSITT 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. as sergeant. 
 
 FHED'K A. CLEVELAND 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 10 
 
 Dis. May 24, 1865. 
 
 Musician. 
 
 
 
 
 ROYAL S. PERRY 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Dis. Feb. 3, 1863. 
 
 Wagoner. 
 
 
 
 
 AZERIAH L. SMITH 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Dis. Feb. 5, 1863. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Baumgartner, John 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Kenesaw,. 
 
 
 
 
 June 27, 1864. 
 
 Bassett, Elijah 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Trans, to Co. C. 
 
 Brace, Wm. W. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 10 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. March 13, 1865. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga. 
 
 Blair, George R. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 M. O. May 29, 1865. 
 
 Bevin, Frederick W. 
 Bridge, Henry 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug ; 18 
 
 Trans, to Eng. corps, June 30, 1864. 
 Trans, to V. R. C. April 6, 1864. 
 
 Bowen, Stephen E. 
 
 Gr'nGarden 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Trans, to Eng. corps, June 30, 1864. 
 
 Bovee, Lorenzo D. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Dis. July 22, 1863. 
 
 Boyd, Henry 
 Cleveland, Chas. H. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 22 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Died at Chattanooga, Aug. 2, 1864. 
 Dis. May 29, 1864. 
 
 Chilson, Peter W. M. 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Cahoon, Benj. F. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Dis. May 29, 1863. 
 
 Conklin, Jonn 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Daily, Elkanah 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 " " " 
 
 Dixon, Giles, Jr. 
 
 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Dodge, Anson 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 Trans, to Co. C. Captured at Chickamauga. 
 
 Fabrick, George A. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. April 6, 1864. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga. 
 
 Fries, Andrew J. 
 Gaecoigne, Stephen 
 
 Troy 
 Plainfield 
 
 Aug. 12 
 Aug. 2 ' 
 
 Dis. April 1864. Lost an arm at Chickam'ga^ 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded in battle of 
 
 
 
 
 Franklin. 
 
 Glenn, Mathew B. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Dis. Feb. 6, 1863. 
 
 Goodenough, John W. 
 
 Jhannahon 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. Dec. 31, 1863. 
 
 Goff, Adoniram 
 
 Joliet 
 
 11 
 
 M. O. June 8. 1865. 
 
 Harrington, Mahlon W. 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Dis. Feb. 18, 1864. Severely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Johnson, Charles K. 
 Karen, Henry J. 
 
 Jackson 
 Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 19 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. April 6, 1864. 
 Trans, to Co. C. 
 
 Kennedy, Wm. R. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Transferred to 51st 111. Wounded at Mission 
 
 
 
 
 Ridge. M. O. Sept. 25, 1865. 
 
 Kennedy, Otis W. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Died at Murfreesboro, June 3, 1863. 
 
 Kenney, Isaac H. 
 Kenney, Andrew J. 
 
 3r'n Gard'n 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps, Sept. 15, 1863. 
 Died at Gallatin, Tenn., Dec. 24, 1862. 
 
 Kenney, Seephen C. 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., July 7, 1863. 
 
 Law, Henry 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 20 
 
 Dis. Jan. 23, 1863. 
 
 Leasure, John 
 
 Troy 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Dis. April 16, 1863. 
 
 Leonard, Alvin 
 Marples, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 14 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Died at Silver Springs, Tenn., Nov. 17, 1862. 
 M. O. June 12. 1865. Wounded at Chickam'g. 
 
 Marshall, Mvron N. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Trans, to Co. C.
 
 51 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Merwin, Thomas E. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tennessee, July 3, 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 Miller, Richard 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 20 
 
 Died at Nashville, Dec. 21, 1862. 
 
 McDonald, John 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Trans, to gunboat, Jan. 30, 1868. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Stone river. 
 
 McHugh, Patrick 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Taken pris. at Chicka- 
 
 
 
 
 mauga and taken to Belle Isle, Salsbury. 
 
 McCtme, James 
 
 Channahon 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Chattanooga, of wounds received at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Navil, Michael 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 July 6 
 
 Dis. Feb. 6, 1863. 
 
 Otto, Frederick 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 
 Paul, Oliver 
 
 Troy 
 
 Aug. 10 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergeant. 
 
 Patten, Samuel 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Dis. Dec. 22, 1862. 
 
 Patterson, Harrison 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Dis. Jan. 16, 63. Thumb shot off. 
 
 Pickel, George 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 M. O. June 24, 1865, as corporal. Captured 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga and taken to Andersonv. 
 
 Rants, John 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Dis. April 1, 1863. 
 
 Reed, Erastus H. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, 
 
 Rowe, Henry H. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 M. O. Mav 19, 1865. 
 
 Kuckman, Thomas 
 
 Chan u ah on 
 
 Aug. 10 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Russell, John 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 it >t u 
 
 Shreffler, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 U i. It 
 
 Shreffler, Aaron 
 
 11 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Dis. June 7, 1865. 
 
 Styles, Charles 
 Smith, Richard F. 
 
 Manhattan 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 14 
 July 13 
 
 Killed at Lovejoy's station, Ga., Sept. 5, '64. 
 Trans, to V. R. C. March 13, 1865. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga 
 
 Smith, Hollis A. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Trans, to 51st re<#. M. O. Sept. 25, 1865. 
 
 Smith, Wilton J. 
 Stolder, Henry 
 
 Channaho n 
 
 " 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 Died at Murfreesboro, Jan. 22, 1863. Wound- 
 
 
 
 
 ed at Stone river. 
 
 Sutleif, George T. 
 Teeple, George 
 Unruh, Henry 
 
 Frankfort 
 Manhattan 
 Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 19 
 Aug. 8 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps, Nov. 17, 1863. 
 M. O. May 23, 1865. 
 Died at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 16, 1862. 
 
 Unrnh, Sylvester D. 
 
 " 
 
 * 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 11, 1862. 
 
 Vorce, Oliver A. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Dis. May 4, 1863. 
 
 Wilcox, Amos 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps, July 1, 1863, 
 
 Wilkes, Thomas A. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 July 29 
 
 
 Young, Maxwell B. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Leaeure. Chesner 
 Redd, William 
 
 Troy 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 16 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 23, 1863. 
 Died at Bridgeport, Ala., Dec. 22, 1863, of 
 
 
 
 
 wounds received at Chickamauga. 
 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES H. SISSON 
 
 Orland 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 4, 1863. 
 
 ANDREW J. KETTERING 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Sept. 26, 1863. 
 
 DENNIS CURRAN 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 6, 1863. 
 
 JEFF. HARRINGTON 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Died at Palos, 111., April 4, 1863. 
 
 WM. D. BRECKENRIDGE 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Trans, to 51st. M. O. Sept. 25, 1865. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 WM. H. JACKSON 
 
 Orland 
 
 July 25 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 AMOS M. SHAW 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 M. O. June 24, 1865, as sergt. Missing at 
 
 
 
 
 Franklin. 
 
 JAMES GLEESON 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Chickam'g. 
 
 ELISHA H. MTRICK 
 GEOKGE ANDRES 
 
 Orland 
 
 Aug. 9 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Color guard. 
 Died at Mnrfreesboro, Tenn., June 5, 18bd. 
 
 REUEL C. REED 
 
 Homer 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 JAMES G. BLOUNT 
 
 ' 
 
 July 24 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 12, 1862. 
 
 WM. BOUTON 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Died at Glaesgow, Ky., Nov. 11, 1862. 
 
 PRIVATES. i 
 
 
 
 
 Austin, James B. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 Dis. Jan. 31, 1865. 
 
 Bauchman, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Bandle, John M. 
 
 " 
 
 July^28 
 
 U >t tt 
 
 Bandle, George 
 
 " 
 
 
 u tt " 
 
 Bartie, John 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Died at Chattanooga, November 28, 1863, of 
 
 
 
 
 wounds received at Mission Ridge. 
 
 Beagley, James 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. Never heard of; miss- 
 
 
 
 
 ing. 
 
 Beagley, Thorp. 
 
 H 
 
 M 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Bently, Wm. J. 
 
 Palos 
 
 " 
 
 Dig. for dis. Feb. 25, 1863.
 
 52 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 Histor y. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Brodie, .Robert 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Died at Murfreesboro, April 20, 1863. 
 
 Briggs, Williams 
 
 Orland 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Trans, to 51st III. M. O. Sept. 25, 1865. 
 
 Brandeau, George 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Franklin. 
 
 Brahdeau,;Paul 
 
 Orland 
 
 H 
 
 Slightly, May 26, 1864. 
 Died at Franklin, Dec. 12, '64, of wounds. 
 
 Bush, Nelson J. 
 
 " 
 
 July 26 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 3, 1863. 
 
 Bushnell, Walter A. 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 28, 1863. 
 
 Burroughs, Mark 
 
 ** 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Dis. for Dis. May 12, 1863. 
 
 Bundy, George W. 
 
 Orland 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 4, 1863. 
 
 Bliss, Timothy P. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 28, 1863. 
 
 Blesh, Peter 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 12, 1865. Wounded below 
 
 
 
 
 Atlanta, Sept. 4, 1864. 
 
 Campbell, Sidney S. 
 
 Orland 
 
 July 16 
 
 Fate unknown. Prisoner of war. Captured 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga. 
 
 Calahan, Michael 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 M. O. June 3, 1865. Wounded at Mission 
 
 
 
 
 Ridge. Cap. at Peach Tree Creek, July 20, 
 
 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 Decker, Lewis 
 
 Orland 
 
 July 26 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. 
 
 Dunn, Patrick 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 M. O. June 13, 1865. 
 
 Durres, Felix 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Fish, Daniel L. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 8, 1863. 
 
 Flaunery, Edward 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 22, '64. Wounded at Chick- 
 
 
 
 
 amauga. 
 
 Green, Charles H. 
 
 Orland 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergeant. Reported 
 
 
 
 
 missing at Chickamauga. 
 
 Grange, George 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as 1st sergt. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga. 
 
 Hamann, Martin 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Honestock, George A. 
 
 Dupage 
 
 
 " * " 
 
 Ingraham.Jonas W. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 1. u 11 
 
 Jackson, Francis M. 
 
 Orland 
 
 July 24 
 
 " " " as corporal. 
 
 Jenks, Alexander B. 
 
 " 
 
 July 25 
 
 " " " Wounded May 15, '64. 
 
 Johnson, Henry 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 16, 1863. 
 
 Kanlel. John 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Lost at Louisville. 
 
 Klea, Frederick 
 
 Palos 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Legg, Aaron 
 
 Lockport 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Feb. 23, 1863. 
 
 Legg, Albert 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Leister, Wm. 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Trans, to Vet. R. C. April 28, 1864. 
 
 Martin, Joseph 
 
 Orland 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Died at Nashville, Dec. 12, 1862. 
 
 Mason, Hiram S. 
 
 Homer 
 
 July 24 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Mason, Almervin, J. 
 
 " 
 
 July 26 
 
 Dis. for dis. Oct. 10, 1864, as corporal. 
 
 Mahaffey, Wm. 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Feb. 9, 1863. 
 
 Mason, Lorenzo D. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Died at Nashville, Dec. 2, 1862. 
 
 Mahaffey, James 
 
 Orlaud 
 
 ' 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 27, 1863. 
 
 Mallen, John 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Dis. for wounds, June 9, 1864. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickam'ga. 
 
 McCord, Andrew 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 27, 1865, as corporal. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at battle of Franklin. 
 
 McClaughry, John Q. A. 
 
 "i 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 14, 1862. 
 
 McClaughry, Mathew 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. Oct. 15, 1863. 
 
 Medworth, Robert 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 M. O. May 30, 1865. Wounded at Kenesaw 
 mountain, June 27, 1864. 
 
 Mitchell, Edgar H. 
 
 Orland 
 
 July 23 
 
 Died at Evansville, Ind., Nov. 13, 1862. 
 
 Pangborn, John 
 
 Lemont 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Trans, to Eng. corps. 
 
 Pettijohn, Mark. 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. t 12 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1863. 
 
 Powers, Michael. 
 
 " 
 
 
 M. O. June 12, 18(55. Wounded May 10, '64. 
 
 Sappen, John 
 
 Homer 
 
 July 25 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 19, 1865. 
 
 Scanlen, Patrick 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Killed at Chickam'ga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Sippel, Wm. 
 
 Orland 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Dis for dis. May 12, 1865. 
 
 Simpson, George 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Dis. for wounds, Jan. 15, 1864. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Spaulding, Selah 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Dis: April 9, 1865, for wounds. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Stone river. 
 
 Staker, Adam 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 2, 1864. 
 
 Sutphen, Anson 
 
 Lemont 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 3, 1863. 
 
 Taylor, John N. 
 
 Orland 
 
 July 30 
 
 Dis. ior dis. Feb. 1, 18b3. 
 
 Treat, Sam'l I. Drumm'r 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 10, '63. Wounded at Stone 
 
 
 
 
 river. 
 
 Underwood. George W. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 27, 1863. 
 
 Warner, Jacob 
 
 Palos 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Weber, Charles 
 
 Orland 
 
 " 
 
 .1 tt It
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Wyderman, Win. 
 
 Palos 
 
 1862. 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Zweifel, Jacob 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 8, 1863. 
 
 Zweifel, Albert 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 28, 1863. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Brown, Rodney A. 
 
 " 
 
 July 25 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergt. 
 
 Beesee, Warren 
 Brown, Robert P. C. 
 
 Dupage 
 Bomer 
 
 Aug. 5 
 July 25 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. 
 Died at Murfreesboro, April 18, 1863. 
 
 Butcher, Joseph 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Wounded at Chickamauga. Died at Nash- 
 
 
 
 
 ville, Tenn., Jan. 9, 1865, of wounds rec'd 
 
 in battle of Nashville. 
 
 Case, Win. W. 
 
 Homer 
 
 July 26 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Campbel], John J. 
 
 Orland 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1863. 
 
 Heatherwick, James 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aue. 12 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Heath, Myron 
 
 Homer 
 
 July 26 
 
 Trans, to Eng. corps. 
 
 McLaughlin, Phineas 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. June 24, 1865. 
 
 Millard, Win. 
 
 Athens 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 M. O. June 10, 1865. 
 
 Mason, Isaac 
 
 Homer 
 
 Jan. 5, '64 
 
 Trans, to 51st 111. 
 
 Peake, Edward C. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Potter, Wm. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 
 Trans, to 51st 111. 
 
 Russel, James H. 
 Ritchey, Riley 
 Sego, Charles 
 
 Homer 
 Dayton 
 
 July 25 
 Aug. 6 
 Mar.23,'65 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 Died at Cave City, Ky., Nov. 5, 1862. 
 Trans, to 51st 111. M. O. Sept. 25, 1865. 
 
 Townsend, Edward 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 8, '62 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 16, 1863. 
 
 Webster, Henry 
 
 
 July28.'62 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Wodsworth, Augustus 
 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 White, Robert 
 
 Orland 
 
 July 29 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded June 27, '64. 
 
 Young, John 
 
 Palos 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 COMPANY G. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 THOMAS BLEBER 
 
 Jackson 
 
 July 24 
 
 1st sergt. Killed at Kenesaw mount'n, June 
 
 
 
 
 27,1864. 
 
 AUGUSTUS H. HOWK 
 
 Joliet 
 
 July 15 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Sept. 26, 1863. 
 
 BENJ. F. GRIDLEY 
 
 Will 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Died at Nashville Tenn., Nov. 26, 1862. 
 
 JOHN SHOEMAKER 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Feb. 14, 1863. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 GEORGE W. HOLMBS 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Oct. 1 
 
 Sergt. Killed at Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., 
 
 
 
 
 May 10, 1864. On roll of honor. 
 
 GEO. W. TUCKER 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 July 30 
 
 Dis. June 17, 1864, for wounds. Severely 
 
 
 
 
 wounded at Chickamauga. 
 
 JOSEPH A. PORTER 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. Aug. 24, 1863. 
 
 JAMES J. HARLET 
 
 Jackson 
 
 July 26 
 
 Missing. Supposed killed Sept. 20, 1863, at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamanga. 
 
 HENRY E. ADAMS 
 
 Crete 
 
 " 30 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergt. 
 
 ERASTUS R. HUBBARD 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 21 
 
 u n n 
 
 GEORGE PRICK 
 
 Channahon 
 
 " 29 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept 19, 1863. 
 
 HENRY D. WINSLOW 
 
 Jackson 
 
 " 29 
 
 Dis. for dis Feb. 27, 1863. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Adams, Frank 
 
 Crete 
 
 " 30 
 
 M. O. June 21, '65. Wounded at Chickam'ga. 
 
 Ashley, Augustus F. H. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 28 
 
 11 11 U 
 
 Batterman, John C. 
 
 Crete 
 
 " 81 
 
 M. O. May 19, 1865. Severely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga; leg broken. 
 
 Bunker, Wm. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 M. O. June 12. 1865. 
 
 Batse, Moses 
 
 Crete 
 
 
 
 Dis.Jor dis. March 27, 1863. 
 
 Burgess, Thos. J. 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 
 Brandau, John W. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Re-enlisted in the Reg. 
 
 
 
 
 Army, and died at Little Rock. 
 
 Barse, James F. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Dis. for dis. March 9, 1863. 
 
 Bush, Mathew 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 July 15 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Barse, Simeon 
 
 Jackson 
 
 An- 8 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at Chickam'ga. 
 
 Bush, Joshua 
 
 " 
 
 July 26 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at the battle of 
 
 
 
 
 Franklin. 
 
 Bossom, Joseph 
 
 " 
 
 July 15 
 
 M. O. Aug. 8, 1865. 
 
 Carr, Barney 
 
 Joliet 
 
 July 26 
 
 Dis. for dis. Aug. 13, 1863. 
 
 Chapman, James 
 
 Jackson 
 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 2, 1863. 
 
 Chapman, Ira H. 
 
 Crete 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 " June 2, '65. Woun- 
 
 
 
 
 ded at Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and 
 
 
 
 
 before Atlanta. 
 
 Dodge, Enoch 
 
 " 
 
 July 30 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at Chickam'ga. 
 
 M
 
 54 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Deal, Albert 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Davison, George 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 29, 1863. 
 
 Dodge, Amos 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Trans, to Pioneer corps. 
 
 Dennis, Edward 
 
 Crete 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 27, 1865. 
 
 Drout, Peter 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded before Atlanta. 
 
 Darling Abram R. 
 Everhart. George 
 
 Crete 
 New Lenox 
 
 Aug. 22 
 July 24 
 
 Abs. Sick at M. O. Wounded May 15, '64. 
 M. O. June 24, 1865. Taken prisoner at 
 
 
 
 
 Franklin. 
 
 Fishburn, Joseph 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Dis. July 21, 1864. 
 
 Fridley, John 
 
 Starr'sGrov 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded June 18, '64, 
 
 
 
 
 on Atlanta campaign. 
 
 Greenlee, Joseph 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15, 1862. 
 
 Goodenow. Edward 
 
 Monee 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Slightly wounded on 
 
 
 
 
 Mission Ridge. 
 
 Goodenow, Decatur H. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. Wounded at Chicka- 
 
 
 
 
 mauga. 
 
 Holmes, Edward 
 
 Crete 
 
 July 26 
 
 
 Harder, Haman 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Musician. 
 
 Ingersoll, James H. 
 
 Will 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Died at Gallatin. Tenn., Jan. 20, 1863. 
 
 Ingersoll, Andrus A. 
 
 Homer 
 
 
 Trans, to Pioneer corps. 
 
 Jones, John P. 
 
 Monee 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Was prisoner. 
 
 Johnston, William 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 1st sergt. Abs. Sick at M. O. Accidentally 
 
 
 
 
 shot at Louisville and wounded at Franklin. 
 
 Johnson, James H. 
 
 Monee 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Labumbard. Edward 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Died at Gallatin, Tenn., Jan. 19, 1863. 
 
 Labarson, Joseph 
 
 Crete 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Jan. 9, 1865. 
 
 Lafayette, Francis 
 
 Monee 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. Wounded. Lost 
 
 
 
 
 left arm at Chickamauga. 
 
 Leonard, Hiram 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 26 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Moat, Robert 
 
 Manteno 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. 
 
 Moat, Alexander 
 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded and captured 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga. 
 
 Mitchel',ElleryB. 
 Mason, John C. 
 
 Gr'nGarden 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 4 
 July 28 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 3, 1862. 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. Wounded at Kene- 
 
 
 
 
 saw, June 27, 1864. 
 
 McDonald. John 
 
 Jackson 
 
 July 23 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 27, 1863. 
 
 Nash, Cnas. A. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 July 24 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Sept. 26, 1863. 
 
 Phillips, Clinton C. 
 
 Monee 
 
 Ang. 6 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Phillips, Orson D. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded June 1, on 
 
 
 
 
 Atlanta campaign. 
 
 Pickard, Wm. 
 Penery, Alfred 
 
 Will 
 Jackson 
 
 July 30 
 July 25 
 
 Died at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 24. 1862. 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded and captured 
 
 
 
 
 at battle of Franklin. 
 
 Pierson, John J. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 9, 1865. 
 
 Pierson, Jeptha 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. April 6, 1864. Severely 
 
 
 
 
 wonnded at Chickamauga. 
 
 Ricker, James 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at Miss'n Rdg. 
 
 Roderick, Jacob 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Snoad, Charles H. 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 July 30 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corp'l. Wounded and 
 
 
 
 
 captured at Chickamauga. 
 
 Stage, Wm. C. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 July 27 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 26, 1865 
 
 Savage, Edward P. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 " Feb. 10, 1863. 
 
 Shoemaker, Wm. C. 
 
 Florence 
 
 July 28 
 
 " Feb. 8, 1863. 
 
 Spangler, Samuel 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 July 28 
 
 Dis. Nov. 17 1864, for wounds. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 June 27, 1864. 
 
 Smith, Nelson N. 
 
 ffionee 
 
 Aug. 17 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Sullivan, Daniel 
 
 >ete 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 6, 1864. 
 
 Therin, Joseph 
 
 Toliet 
 
 July 26 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. March 13, 1865. Slightly 
 
 
 
 
 wounded on Mission Ridge. 
 
 Weston, George 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Whitmore, Perry 
 
 Will 
 
 Aug ;i 6 
 
 1. tl 41 
 
 Warwick, Reuben 
 
 Conee 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 23, 1863. 
 
 'White, Edwin J. 
 
 Gr'nGarden 
 
 M 
 
 Died at Gallatin, Tenn., Feb. 1, 1863. 
 
 Wagner, John A. 
 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Weidemere, Gotleib 
 
 Matteson 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Corp'l. Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 13, '63. 
 
 
 
 
 Color sergt. Promoted for good conduct. 
 
 Wilder, Almon E. 
 
 Crete 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Whitmore, Abias 
 
 Joliet 
 
 July 21 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Dennis, Henry A. 
 
 " 
 
 '62 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergt.. 
 
 Greenlee, Robert T. 
 
 4t 
 
 July 23 
 
 " " "
 
 55 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Hunt, Wm. B. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. Severely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Price, Thomas 
 
 " 
 
 July 28 
 
 M. O. Jude 12, 1865. Severely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Pearson, Cyrus C. 
 
 " 
 
 July 27 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Russell, John 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergeant. Severely 
 wounded at Chickamauga, and at Kene- 
 
 
 
 
 saw mountain. 
 
 Rowley, Frederick 
 Smith, Ransom M. 
 
 u 
 
 July 21 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Died at Gallatin, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1862. 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. Wounded at Kene- 
 
 
 
 
 saw, June 25. 1865. 
 
 Shaw, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 M. O. June 1:4, 1865. Severely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. Wounded June 18, 1864, on 
 
 
 
 
 Atlanta campaign. 
 
 Warren, Lewis L. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Severely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 White, George H. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Corp'l. Dis. for dis. Feb. 8, 1863; died soon 
 
 
 
 
 after. 
 
 Young, Lawrence 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES H. SEDGWICK 
 
 M 
 
 M 
 
 Trans, to 51st HI. M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 WM. B. CONNOR 
 
 Washingfn 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as 1st sergt. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 JOEL C. NORTON 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps, June 15, 1864. 
 
 JOHN S. COTTON 
 
 Will 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Captured at Chickamauga, taken to Ander- 
 
 
 
 
 sonville, and died Aug. 30, '64. Grave 6,091. 
 
 GEORGE S. CHURCH 
 
 Wilton 
 
 July 31 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, 
 
 HEZEKIAH B. NICHOLS 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 ' " " as sergt. 
 
 MILTON F. HAND 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 GEO. C. MERRILL 
 
 " 
 
 July 25 
 
 March 20, 1863. 
 
 JOHN ROBRINS 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Taken prisoner at La- 
 
 
 
 
 Vergne. Parolled. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Allbright, John 
 
 Washingfn 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Dis. June 11, 1864. Wounded at Chickam'ga. 
 
 Ataway, James 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. Feb. 25, 1863. 
 
 Allbright, Joseph 
 
 Washingfn 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Barr, John 
 Barr, James 
 
 Wilton 
 
 JulySl 
 
 Corp'l. Trans, to Inv. corps, July 31, 1863. 
 M. 0. June 12, 1865, as corpU. Wounded at 
 
 Benson, Henry 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Mission Ridge and at Kenesaw. 
 Died at Chattanooga, Nov. 27, '63, of wounds 
 
 
 
 
 rec'd at Mission Ridge. 
 
 Clark, Henry H. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. Sept. 8, 1865. Wounded on Atlanta 
 Campaign. Two fingers amputated. 
 
 Connor. John K. 
 
 Washingfn 
 
 Aug. 24 
 
 Dis. March 24, 1864. 
 
 Connor, James g- 
 
 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Bruised in side, June 
 
 
 
 
 18, 1864. 
 
 Curtis, William 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 M. O. May 30, 1865. 
 
 Dye, Longimanus C. 
 DeTheille, Henry 
 
 Wilton 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 6 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps, Aug. 1, 1863. 
 Died at Murfreesboro, Jan. 14, 1863. 
 
 DeWater, Thomas 
 
 Wilton 
 
 July 31 
 
 Dis. March 24, 1863. 
 
 Douglass, James T. 
 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. Wounded June 22, 
 
 
 
 
 1864, on Atlanta campaign. 
 
 Doncaster, Henry 
 Docey, Peter H. 
 
 Washingfn 
 
 Aug. 13 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863. 
 Died at Chattanooga, Aug. 13, '64, of wounds 
 rec'd June 12. Arm amputated. 
 
 Elwell James P. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Gent, John 
 
 Peotone 
 
 * 
 
 Dis. April 28, 1863. Corporal. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Stone river. 
 
 Gauthrop, James 
 
 Wilton 
 
 July 30 
 
 Died at Gallatin, Tenn., Jan. 23, 1863. 
 
 Greenwood, George 
 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. May 16, 1864. 
 
 Gauthrop, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 July 30 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Gauthrop, Amos 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 27, 1862. 
 
 Herringer, Barnett W. 
 
 Washingfn 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Severely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Hoyt, Alvah 
 
 Wilton 
 
 July 30 
 
 Missing at bat. of Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864. 
 
 Haller, Conrad 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. May 16, 1864.
 
 56 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Jenks, Isaac 8. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Die. March 24, 1864. Severely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 King, Henry C. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. Severely 
 wounded at Chickamanga. 
 
 King, Alexander 
 
 Peotone 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Kenesaw, 
 
 
 
 
 June 27, 1864. 
 
 Kidd, John T. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Dis. June 13, 1863. 
 
 Ladieu, James T. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Captured at Chickamauga, taken to Ander- 
 
 Lyon, Leverett M. 
 Morse, Wm. C. 
 
 Washingt'n 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 19 
 Aug. 7 
 
 sonville, and died Aug. 18, '64. Grave 7,299. 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 Dis. Novein. 1, 1864. Seveiely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Mader, Jacob 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Trans, to Eng. corps, Aug. 18, 1864. 
 
 Murry, George W. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. June 24, 1864. Taken pris. at Frank- 
 
 
 
 
 lin. Severely wounded at Chickamauga. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded in foot, June 18, 1864. 
 
 Mather-Stephen P. 
 Moore, William R. 
 
 u 
 
 Aug. 12 
 Aug. 14 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as wagoner. 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergt. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Stone river. 
 
 Moore, Derastus T. 
 
 Washingt'n 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1863. Se- 
 
 
 
 
 verely wounded at Chickamauga. 
 
 McBein, Andrew J. 
 
 fct 
 
 Aug. 19 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Nov. 1, 1863. 
 
 Osman, Wm. E. Jr. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as blacksmith. 
 
 Phillips, Ransom B. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Dis. March 12, 1863, as sergt. 
 
 Robbms, Ira B. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 July 30 
 
 Dis. Feb. 5, 1863. 
 
 Robbinson, Joseph 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 16, 1863. 
 
 Rnssell, James D. 
 
 Will 
 
 Aug. 16 
 
 Dis. March 27, 1863. 
 
 Sarver, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Killed at Kenesaw mountain, June 27, '64. 
 
 Shoemaker, John 
 
 Washingt'n 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Dis. April 2, 1864. Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 
 
 
 Accidentally wounded at Hillsboro, Aug. 
 
 
 
 
 2,1863. 
 
 Strunk, Wm. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 July 25 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga. 
 
 Swindler, James A, 
 
 ** 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1862. 
 
 Suttee, Christian 
 
 ** 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 " " " 
 
 Temple, Wm. E. 
 
 ' 
 
 July 30 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. Severeiy wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga, Sept 19th. 
 
 Temple, Ira 
 
 41 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Captured. Died in Andersonville, June 9, 
 
 
 
 
 1B64. Grave No. 1,825. 
 
 Thomas, Washington H. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Severely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga. 
 
 Tichenor, James H. 
 
 Peotone 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. May 29, 1865. 
 
 Tobias, Henry P. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 16 
 
 Trans, to Eng. corps, Aug. 18, 1864. 
 
 Young, Abas 
 Young, Chas. E. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 July 30 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 19, 1863. 
 Trans, to Eng. Corps, Sept. 1, 1863. Takem 
 
 RECRUIT. 
 
 
 
 prisoner Dec. 6, 1862. 
 
 Barron, George 
 
 
 
 Dis. Jan. 12, 1863. 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 FRANK I. Goss 
 DELEVAN FULLER 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 July28 
 
 Died at Wesley, 111., May 3, 1864. 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 JOHN WARD 
 
 ifc 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. Feb. 3, 1863. 
 
 WM. HICKS 
 
 fct 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Died at Jeffersonville, Ind., Feb. 16, 1865. 
 
 CHARLES HURLEY 
 
 ** 
 
 July 28 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., July 2, 1863. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 JOHN HAYS 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Sergt. Wounded at Chickamauga. Died of 
 
 
 
 
 wounds i ec'd at Peach Tree Creek, July 20, 
 
 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 CHARLES H. PARIS 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Oct. 29, 1863. 
 
 GEORGE W. CONKLB 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Aug, 5, 1863. 
 
 JAMES C. JOHNSON 
 
 Florence 
 
 Ang ;i 9 
 
 Dis. Feb. 3, 1863, as sergt. 
 
 CHARLES COOPER 
 
 Wilmi'gton 
 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. as 1st sergt. Wounded: 
 
 
 
 
 at Mission Ridge. 
 
 PETER COONS 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 3 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., July 12, 1863. 
 
 TIMOTHY DESMOND 
 
 u 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Aldrich, Lester D. 
 
 Kankakee 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 
 Aldrich, Simon B. 
 
 Brace ville 
 
 
 
 Aspinwall, Samuel 
 
 Reed 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Killed at Kenesaw, June 20, 1864. Also 
 
 
 
 wounded at Chickamauga.
 
 57 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 Augustine, John J. 
 
 Brace ville. 
 
 1862. 
 Aug. 20 
 
 Captured at Chickamauga. Died in Ander- 
 
 
 
 
 sonville, Sept. 6, 1864. Grave No. 8,046. 
 
 Brown, Henry H. 
 
 Reed 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 
 Brown, Jonathan L. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. Sept. 14, 1863. 
 
 Burns, Calderwood 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Dip. March 13, 1863. 
 
 Butler, John H. 
 
 Essex 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at Chickam'ga. 
 
 Case, Isaac 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Dis. Feb. 4, 1863. 
 
 Carter, Levi A. 
 
 Washingt'n 
 
 " 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Coons, Cyrus 
 
 Felix. 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 M. O. May 20, 1865. 
 
 Coons, Daniel 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 " 
 
 " Julv 17, 1865. 
 
 'Corcoran, John 
 
 ' 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. April 29, 1863. 
 
 Crawford, Chas. W. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Dis. Dec. 15, 1863. 
 
 Darling, Freeman 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Corpl. Trans, to 51st regt. M. O. June 12, '65. 
 
 Decker, John J. 
 Evans, Owen 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 7 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Died at Crawford Springs, Ga., Sept. 3, '63. 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Cap. at Chickamauga 
 
 
 
 
 and taken to Andersonville. 
 
 Fineran, Michael 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 3 
 
 Dis. May 8, 1854. 
 
 Gardner, John E. 
 
 ' 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergt. 
 
 Grndgings, Wm. 
 
 Reed 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15, 1862. 
 
 Hartz, Lafayette 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Musician. 
 
 Hudson, George 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 " " " as sergeant. Slightly 
 
 
 
 
 wounded June 22, 1864. 
 
 Irish, George 
 Jones, W. R. 
 
 Wesley 
 Essex 
 
 Aug. 3 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 Died at Danville, Va., Feb. 6, 1864. Prisoner; 
 
 
 
 
 captured at Chickamauga. 
 
 Jones, Robert N. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug ;i 11 
 
 Died at Gallatin, Tenn., Feb. 2, 1863. 
 
 Kastner, Alvis 
 
 Wesley 
 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Taken pris. at Franklin. 
 
 Kelly, Francis P. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Klegner (or Keigner) Jno. 
 Kinnev. James 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 21 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Died at Wilmington, 111., Nov. 3, 1862. 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Mission 
 
 
 
 
 Ridge. 
 
 Krouskup. John 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Dis. Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Laird, James 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Died at Nashville, Nov. 29, 1862. 
 
 Lee, William 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Martin, Charles 
 
 Kankakee 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Sept. 3, 1863. 
 
 Mahony, John 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Trans, to 51st HI. Wounded at Chickam'ga. 
 
 McCourtey, Alonzo 
 
 Reed 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 
 McDonald^ James 
 
 Felix. 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Jan. 16. 1864. 
 
 McGee, Michael 
 
 Wilm'ngt'n 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 
 Mclntosh, John 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 Died at Nashville, Feb. 26, 63. 
 
 Miller. Thos. 
 
 Reed 
 
 Aug. 16 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Morgan, Erie F. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Dis. Oct. 31, 1862. Musician. 
 
 Nobles, Henry C. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 
 Capt'd at Chickamauga. Died at Wilming- 
 
 
 
 
 ton, N. C., March 5, 1865. 
 
 O'Keef, John 
 
 
 it 
 
 Trans to 51st regt. M. O. Sept. 25, 1865. 
 
 O'Leary, Jeremiah 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 3 
 
 Dis. May 8, '64. Sev. wounded at Chickam'g. 
 
 Parkinson. Henry 
 
 fct 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. " " 
 
 Phelps, Henry H. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Trans, to Eng. corps, Aug. 16, 1864. 
 
 Randall, Seneca 
 
 Brace ville 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Price, Levi C. 
 
 Rockville 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Died of wounds rec'd at Chickamauga. 
 
 Robson, John 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 
 Captured. Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Hobson, Thos. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Died Aug. 23, 1864. 
 
 Shenk, John 
 
 Reed 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Smith, Charles 
 
 Wil mi'gton 
 
 " 
 
 n n " 
 
 Smith, Dennis 
 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 " " " Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 Smith. Warner 
 
 Reed 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Trans, to Eng. corps, Aug. 16, 1864. 
 
 ISpicer, Harvey 
 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. March 9, 1863. 
 
 'Stines. Frederick 
 
 Felix. 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Story, James 
 
 Wilmingt'o 
 
 Aug. 20 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Jan. 16, 1865, 
 
 Stonerock, William 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Severely wounded at Chickamauga. 
 
 Stuck. John 
 
 
 Aug. 20 
 
 
 Taylor, Martin L. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug.^ 9 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Tetlow, Thomas 
 
 Felix 
 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. 
 
 Tidball, James 
 
 Reed 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. May 7, 1864. Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 Wade, John 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Dis. Feb. 1, 1863. 
 
 Ward, James 
 
 Reed 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Sept. 30, 1863. 
 
 Wise, James 
 
 Felix 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Dis. June 13, 63. 
 
 Wilenow, John F. 
 Wood, Charles 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 9 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Dis. July 2, 1863. 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Jan. 16, 1864. 
 
 Wright, Samuel 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Dis. Feb. 3, 1863. 
 
 Wallis. Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Dis. March 25. 1865. 
 
 15
 
 58 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 lesidence. 
 
 nlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES N. SHANNON 
 
 "rankfort 
 
 July 30 
 
 VI. O. May 22, 1865, as 1st sergt. 
 
 VICTOR G. PUTNAM 
 
 roliet 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Dis. March 26, 1865. 
 
 MARVIN C. HARRIDBN 
 
 Sr'nGarden 
 
 " 15 
 
 Dis. Jan. 9, 1863. 
 
 EDWARD S. MINER 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 9 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 BBNJ. F. LONG 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 " 7 
 
 Died at Louisville, Ky., Jan. 23, 1863. 
 
 ALBERT E. DEVEREAUX 
 
 3r'n Gard'n 
 
 " 15 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 19, 1863. 
 
 HENRY WM. MORFORT 
 
 Joliet 
 
 ' 14 
 
 Killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 ABNER J. PERINOTON 
 
 " 
 
 ' 8 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 10, 1865. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickamauga, 
 
 BENJ. P. BOWEN 
 
 Gr'nQarden 
 
 ' 1 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Jan. 5, 1864. 
 
 ALFRED D. ANDREWS 
 
 Joliet 
 
 ' 28 
 
 Dis. March 24, 1863. 
 
 JOHN DAVIS 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 ' 15 
 
 Dis. July 21, 1863. 
 
 PHILIP BOLANDER 
 
 tfonee 
 
 ' 10 
 
 Sergt. Died at Quincy, 111., March 29, 1865. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 " 5 
 
 
 Adkins, Geo. H. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 ' 8 
 
 Killed at Stone river, Jan. 2, 1863. 
 
 Braden, Walter 
 
 " 
 
 " 12 
 
 Dis. March 27, 1863. 
 
 Blanc-hard, Jonathan D. 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 " 15 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 21, 1863. 
 
 Barr, Richard L. 
 
 12-m. Grove 
 
 " 10 
 
 Died at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 13, 1863. 
 
 Bailey, William 
 
 Joliet 
 
 July 30 
 
 Dis. Feb. 19, 1863. 
 
 Brown, Warren H. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug.14 
 
 M. O. June 12. 1885. 
 
 Brown, Newton L. 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 ~ 22 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Aug. 1, 1863. 
 
 Churchill, Orson 
 
 *' 
 
 " 13 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., April 5, 1864. 
 
 Coplantz, James P. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 15 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Jan. 28, 1865. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 at Peach Tree Creek' July 20, 1864. 
 
 Davis, Meriden W. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 " 5 
 
 Ace. killed by falling of a tree, Jan. 28, 1863. 
 
 Davis, Amos B. 
 Elderkin, David C. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 " 6 
 
 " 15 
 
 Silled at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1883. 
 Hissing. Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 Foard, Charles W. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 23 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Farwell, Cromwell 
 
 Mokena 
 
 " 9 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 5, 1863. 
 
 Fitzpatrick, John 
 Gouland, Francis 
 
 Joliet 
 12-m. Grove 
 
 " 9 
 " 13 
 
 Ace. killed by falling of tree, Jan. 28, 1863. 
 Trans, to Eng. corps, Aug. 8, 1864. 
 
 Green, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 22 
 
 Dis. Feb. 14, 1863. 
 
 Greenman, Giles L. 
 
 13-m. Grove 
 
 July 23 
 
 Killed at Stone river, Dec. 31, 1862. 
 
 Green, Francis 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Chicka- 
 
 
 
 
 manga and at Franklin. 
 
 Hardy, Albert 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 " 7 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Haradon, Samuel 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 " 9 
 
 M. O. June 12, '65. Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 Haradon, Charles 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 10 
 
 Dis. Feb. 21, 1863. 
 
 Haradon. Noel 
 
 " 
 
 " 15 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Aug. 1, 1863. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Stone river. 
 
 Haradon, Simon 
 
 " 
 
 " 22 
 
 Dis. April 18, 1863. 
 
 Haradon, Albert 
 
 " 
 
 " 15 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1863. 
 
 Haradon, Eli 
 
 " 
 
 " 7 
 
 Dis. April 10, 1863. Severely wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Stone river, Dec. 31, 1862. 
 
 Hudson, Charles B. 
 
 " 
 
 " 9 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, 
 
 Herpsberger, Benj. 
 
 12-m. Grove 
 
 " 14 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Heart, J. W. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 July 28 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 10, 1863. 
 
 Johnson, Andrew 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C. Aug. 1, 1863. 
 
 King, Wm. M. 
 
 " 
 
 July 30 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as musician. Captured 
 
 
 
 
 at Chickamauga and taken to Andersonv. 
 
 McGuire, Thomas 
 
 ** 
 
 Aug. 13 
 
 Missing. 
 
 Munday, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 9 
 
 Dis. for dis. May 26, 1865. Wounded at Stone 
 
 
 
 
 river and at Chickamauga. 
 
 Mory, John B. 
 
 " 
 
 ' 15 
 
 Killed at at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. 
 
 McCanna, George 
 
 12-m. Grove 
 
 " 22 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Morse, Adams P. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 ' 9 
 
 Dis. April 3, 1863. Died soon after. 
 
 McGoveny, Elisha 
 
 Mokena 
 
 " 11 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Noble, Theodore 
 
 Joliet 
 
 ' 14 
 
 " " " 
 
 Nolen, James 
 
 " 
 
 " 15 
 
 
 Overnan, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 " 9 
 
 Dis. Aug. 29, 1863. 
 
 Pile, Alfred 
 
 " 
 
 " 2 
 
 Dis. Jan. 26, 1863. 
 
 Page, Ephraim E. 
 
 12-m. Grove 
 
 " 22 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Ouackenbos, Calvin 
 
 " 
 
 " 21 
 
 Dis. Jan. 30, 1863. Wounded at Stone river. 
 
 Rudd, Erastus 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 " 15 
 
 Wounded at Stone river. Captu'd at Chicka- 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 mauga. Died in Andersonville, Sept. 2;. 
 
 
 
 
 1864. Grave No. 303.
 
 59 
 
 ONE 'HUNDREDTH REGIMENT Concluded. ' 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence . 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Reed, Alonzo 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergt. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Mission Ridge. 
 
 Rndsill, Henry C. 
 
 
 " 15 
 
 M. O. June 12. 1865, as musician. 
 
 Randal, James H. 
 
 
 ' 2:i 
 
 
 Siiyder, Memutt C. 
 
 
 July 28 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. Wounded at Chicka- 
 mauga, and June 18, 1864. 
 
 Sergent, Seth 
 Sloan, Joseph 
 
 
 Aug. 2 
 15 
 
 Dis. Feb. 2, 1863. 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 18, 1865. Leg broke at 
 
 
 
 
 Chickauiauga. 
 
 Tanner Lisle 
 
 M 
 
 " i 
 
 M. O. May 16, 1885. 
 
 Wilham, Christopher 
 
 Monee 
 
 " 15 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865, as sergt. 
 
 Winslow, Richard 
 
 12 M. Grove 
 
 " 5 
 
 Trans, to Eng. Corps, June 30, 1864. 
 
 White, Dennis 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 11 
 
 Dis. March 26, 1865. Wounded June 15, near 
 
 
 
 
 Kenesaw mountain. 
 
 Ward, John 
 
 u 
 
 " .11 
 
 Corp'l. Trans, to V. R. C. July 1, 1863. 
 
 World, Newton, recruit 
 
 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 24, 1863. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH REGIMENT, 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 SIDMEY V. ARNOLD. 
 
 Ferguson, Amos recruit 
 
 Lockport 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 15,62 
 Sep 23, '64 
 
 As corporal of Co. A. Prom. 1st lieut. Sept. 
 29, 1864. M. O. June 6, 1865. 
 M. O. June 6, 1865. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Assistant Surgeon. 
 GEORGE W. BEGGSJ 
 
 3d Lieut. Co. D. 
 GEOBGE BROWN 
 
 PRIVATES Co. B. 
 Mayers, Henry. 
 Pratt, Lorenzo 
 Strong, Robert H. 
 Smith, Chancy G. 
 Cry, David Co. D. 
 
 Plainfield 
 Dnpage 
 
 Wheatland 
 Dupage 
 Wheatland 
 
 Oct. 8, '62 
 Aug. 11,62 
 
 Aug. 4, '62 
 Aug. 5, '62 
 Aug. 3,'62 
 Aug. 9,'62 
 Aug. 14,62 
 
 As 2d assistant. Promoted 1st assistant, 
 June 2, 1864. M. O. June 7, 1865. 
 
 Prom, sergt. Prom. 2d lieut., June 7, 1865. 
 M. O. June 7, 1865. 
 
 M. O. June 7, 1865. 
 Dis. for dis. April 6, 1863. 
 M. O. June 7, 1865. 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 20, 1863. 
 M. O. June 7, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 ONE HUNDREDTH AND ELEVENTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Haven, Fred'k, Co. A 
 
 Gr. Garden. 
 
 May 7, '65 
 
 Trans, to 48th regt. M. O. Aug. 15, 1865. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 DAN'L FEUGUSON Co. A. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 Ferguson, Alexander 
 
 Ledyard, Thos. C. 
 Barto, Fred'k, Co. A 
 Holmes, (or Homes) Jos^ 
 eph H. Co.C 
 Goslain, John B. Co. D 
 Richards, Edwin C. Co.K 
 Ward, Nelson A. Co. K 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Tracy 
 
 Crete 
 Joliet 
 Crete 
 Joliet 
 
 July 2, '62 
 
 Aug. 12,62 
 
 " 8,62 
 Dec. 28,63 
 
 Jan. 28,64 
 Dec. 29,63 
 Aug. 9,62 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 Prom. 2d lieut., Oct. 1, 62. Prom. 1st lieut, 
 Jan. 22. 1863. Hon. dis. Sept. 3, '63. Lost 
 a leg Jan. 12, 1863, at Arkansas Post. 
 M. O. June 14, 1863. Was detailed as capt'n 
 in a negro regt. at Memphis. 
 Died at Vickeburg, July 25, 1863. 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 8, 1865. 
 
 Dis. Julv 24, 1865. Transferred to 120th regt. 
 Trans, to 120th M. O., Sept. 10, 1865. 
 Corp. died at Young's Point, March 15. 1863. 
 M. O. May 28, 1865.
 
 60 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm 1 ! 
 
 History. 
 
 Pixley, Isaac, rec. Co. C 
 
 Monee 
 
 Mar.13,'65 
 
 Trans, to 21st regt. M. O., Dec. 16, 1865. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 Coi poral. 
 JOHN FAIBWEATHEB 
 PRIVATES. 
 Lantz, Jacob L. 
 Matter, Abram 
 McGlaughlin, Neil 
 Yaggey, Job H. 
 Burnham, Oscar, recruit 
 jjidston, John 
 Rice, Alphonso, Co. H 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Aug. 15'62 
 Aug. 14,62 
 
 Aug. 15,62 
 Aug. 13,62 
 
 Aug. 7, '62 
 
 Dis. Aug. 14, 1863, for promotion in 1st U. S. 
 C. H.. Art, 
 Trans, to V. R. C., Oct. 24, 1863. 
 Dis. for dis. Sept. 11, 1863. 
 M. O. Aug. 15, 1865. 
 M. O. Aug. 15, 1865,as corporal. 
 Dis. Aug. 31, 1863. 
 Died ot wounds May 18, 1863. 
 Killed at Champion Hills May 16, 1863. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH HEGIMENT. 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Cross, Paul, Co. A 
 PRIVATES Co. G. 
 Booth, George 
 Baker, Jacob 
 Bruhl, Henry 
 
 Caffrey. Thomas 
 Davison, Charles 
 
 Wheatland 
 Frankfort 
 
 Aug. 9,'62 
 Aug. 18,62 
 
 Dis. Feb. 12, 1863. 
 
 Trans, to 128th regt. 
 M. O. June 5 1865. 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 28, '64, wounded in 
 a battery at Champion Hills. 
 Died on steamer R. C. Wood, Aug. 18 
 M. O. June 5, 1865, as sergt. 
 
 taking 
 ,1863. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 Cann, John 
 Lore, Robert C. 
 Lewis, Henry A. 
 Kundt, Fred k, recr 
 Rusher, Frank, " 
 
 Joliet 
 Wilmi'gton 
 
 Aug. 16,62 
 Aag. 11,62 
 Aug. 14,62 
 Jan.24,'64 
 Jan.26,'64 
 
 Dis. Feb. 11. 1865, for wounds. 
 M. O. June 8, '65. 
 Absent wounded at M. O. 
 Died at Chattanooga Sept. 10, '64. 
 Trans, to 16th 111. In., organized July 
 
 8, '65. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 
 One Hundred Days' Service. 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeant. 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 L. B. PASONS 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 May 10 
 
 M. O. Oct. 17, 1864. 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 
 
 H. W. YOUNG 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 
 
 Same. 
 
 Musician. 
 
 
 
 
 JACOB SENCENBAUGH 
 
 " 
 
 Mayir ISame. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Clay, Levi D. 
 
 " 
 
 May 14 
 
 Same. 
 
 Dice, Hiram 
 
 Joliet 
 
 May 17 
 
 Same. 
 
 Forsyth, John A. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 May 14 
 
 Same. 
 
 Fry, Samuel 
 Grimwood, Wm. H. 
 
 
 
 May t 17 
 
 Same. 
 Same. 
 
 Rath burn, A. O. 
 
 " 
 
 May 14 
 
 Same. 
 
 Ransom, N. W. 
 Tobias, B. Franklin 
 
 " 
 
 May 17 
 May 14 
 
 Same. 
 Same. 
 
 Tobias, Geo. W. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 Tobias, John I. 
 
 " 
 
 May 31 
 
 Same.
 
 61 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SECOND REGIM ENT Continued. 
 One Hundred Days' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1864 
 
 
 
 "Wood, Edwin B. 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 May 19 
 
 M. 0. Oct 17, 
 
 1864. 
 
 Wrigley, John H. 
 
 " ' 
 
 May 6 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Converse, George 
 
 Lockport 
 
 May 20 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Johnson, William 
 
 " 
 
 May 9 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Rowe, Lewis 
 
 " 
 
 May 25 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Sly, Winfield S 
 
 " 
 
 May 23 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Deebridge, Chancey I. 
 Edgerly, Francis W. 
 
 Crete 
 
 May 26 
 May 26 
 
 Same. 
 Same. 
 
 
 Hewes, Henry I. " 
 
 May 21 Same. 
 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT. 
 
 SURGEON. 
 
 
 
 
 WILLIS DANFORTH. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 May 31 
 
 M. O. Oct. 25, 1864. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Butler, David Co. B. 
 Partelow, Geo. W. Co. F. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 Joliet 
 
 May 18 
 May 4 
 
 Same. 
 Same. 
 
 Wyatt, John A. Co. F. 
 
 " 
 
 May 17 
 
 Same. 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 
 
 JOHN FINNEY, Co K. 
 
 " 
 
 May 3 
 
 Same. 
 
 Mathews, C. pri. Co. K. 
 
 " 
 
 May 13 
 
 Same. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT. 
 One Hundred Day Men. 
 
 1st Lieutenant Co. F. 
 
 
 1864 
 
 
 SAMUEL COLL 
 
 Joliet 
 
 June 21 
 
 M. O. Oct. 14, 1864. 
 
 1st Lieutenant Co. G. 
 
 
 
 
 ERASTUS W. WILLARD 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 June 21 
 
 Same. 
 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 
 
 
 Wagoner. 
 
 
 
 
 LEO SHAFFER 
 
 Joliet 
 
 May 17 
 
 Same. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Blumenshine, Christ. 
 
 M 
 
 May 12 
 
 Same. 
 
 Folk, Julius F. 
 Goodwin, Edwin 
 
 H 
 
 May 15 
 May 20 
 
 Same. 
 Same. 
 
 Kurkump, Henry 
 
 M 
 
 May 23 
 
 Same. 
 
 Lyon. Edward 
 Marshall. Griffin 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 May 20 
 May 14 
 
 Same. 
 Same. 
 
 Mauzey, Edward 
 
 Joliet 
 
 May 12 
 
 Same. 
 
 Moore, Joseph 
 
 " 
 
 May 7 
 
 Same. 
 
 Powles, Joseph 
 
 " 
 
 May 28 
 
 Same. 
 
 Watson, Chas. 
 
 " 
 
 May 2 
 
 Dis. Aug. 31, '64, to re-enlist. 
 
 Wyatt, George 
 
 " 
 
 May 2 
 
 Dis. Sept. 1, '64, to re-enlist. 
 
 Worthins;ham, Jacob B. 
 
 H 
 
 May 1 
 
 M. O. Oct. 14, '64. 
 
 Wilson, Chas. 
 
 " 
 
 June 1 
 
 Dis. Sept 1, '64, to re-enlist. 
 
 COMPANY G. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 THOMAS CONLEY 
 JOHN WORTHY 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 May 17 
 May 23 
 
 M. O. Oct. 14, i864. 
 Same. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 WM. SHINK 
 
 u 
 
 May 17 
 
 Same. 
 
 MICHAEL FLETCHER 
 
 " 
 
 May 17 
 
 Same. 
 
 THOS. S. MdNTOSH 
 
 " 
 
 May 17 
 
 Same. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Atkins, Warren C. 
 
 " 
 
 May 18 
 
 M. O. Oct. 14, 1865. 
 
 Beckman, Heinrich 
 
 
 June 1 

 
 62 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT Continued. 
 One Hundred Day Men. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlietm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. Co. G. 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 
 Doran, John 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 May 19 
 
 M. O. Oct. 
 
 14, 1864. 
 
 Doran. Daniel F. 
 
 " 
 
 May 19 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Qavican, John 
 
 " 
 
 May 26 Same. 
 
 
 Greattrax, Platt 
 
 " 
 
 May 31 jSame. 
 
 
 Harrep, Joseph 
 
 " 
 
 May 24 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Mahoney, Jeremiah 
 
 " 
 
 May 18 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Morrison, Wm M. 
 
 " 
 
 May 18 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Monteith, Lewis J. 
 
 " 
 
 May 27 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Roberts, Henry N. 
 
 " 
 
 May 18 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Spnrr, Rufus 
 
 " 
 
 May 31 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Scott, Robert 
 
 " 
 
 May 30 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Shoemaker, Frank 
 
 " 
 
 May 27 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Slater, Darwin 
 
 " 
 
 May 17 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Stewart, Peter " 
 
 May 21 Same. 
 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. 
 One Year Service. 
 
 Quaitermastej. 
 
 
 
 
 FLETCHER D. WOOD 
 1st Lieutenant Co. I. 
 PHILIP SMITH 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Sept. 19 
 Sept. 19 
 
 As 2d lieut. Co. I. Prom. Q. M. May 8, 1865. 
 M. O. July 8, '66. 
 Dis. June 14, 1856. 
 
 Q. M. Sergt. 
 GBO. W. WOODHOUSK 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 M. O. July 8, '65. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Holden, Dexter S. Co. C 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Sept. 1 
 
 Same. 
 
 Hate, Martin B. Co. D 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 5 
 
 Same. 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES ALLEN, corp. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Sept. 13 
 
 M. O. July 8, '65, as 1st sergt. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Allen, Fiancis 
 
 1 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. July 8, 1865. 
 
 Burnett, James A. 
 
 i 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 Jones, John 
 
 > 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 Keef, Dennis 
 
 ' 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 Malcomb, John 
 
 ' 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. 
 
 One Year's Service. 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 1863. 
 
 
 MATTHEW W. BORLAND 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb, 18 
 
 M. 0. Jan. 24, 1866. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Cramer, Stephen 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Feb. 10 M. O. Jan. 20, 1866. 
 
 Jennings. Henry 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Feb. 14 Same. 
 
 Shead, Alfred 
 
 Hadley 
 
 Jan. 31 Same. 
 
 Schneider, David 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 Feb. 14 Died at Nashville, Tenn., May 31, '65. 
 
 VanRiper, Abraham 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Feb. 11 M. O. May 15, 1865. 
 
 Way, Geo. 
 
 Hadley 
 
 Feb. 1 M. O. Jan. 20, 1866. 
 
 Seyler, Wm. L. Co. F 
 Taylor, Alex. Co. G 
 
 Joliet 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Feb. 7 iDied atResacca, Ga., June 8, '65. 
 Feb. 11 IM. O. July 29, 1865. 
 
 Sullivan. Daniel, Co. K 
 
 Joliet [Feb. 3 iDied at Dalton, Ga., May 30, '65. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT. 
 
 One Year's Service. 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Bailey. St. Ledger 
 Croeg, Charles C. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 iPeotone 
 
 Feb. 21 
 Feb. 9 
 
 M. O. Sept. 21. 1865. 
 Abs. at M. O.
 
 63 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT Continued. 
 One Year's Service. 
 
 Name and Bank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 Connor, Caleb M. 
 
 Wilmington 
 
 Feb. 16 
 
 M. O. Sept. 21, 1866. 
 
 Connor, Wm. H. 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 Grey, John W. 
 Kraraer, Frederick 
 
 Wilm'ngt'n 
 New Lenox 
 
 u 
 
 M. O. Sept. 21, 1868. 
 
 Ryan, John T. 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 Feb. 13 
 
 Same. 
 
 Shigley, Ephraim C. 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Feb. 16 
 
 Same. 
 
 PRIVATES Co. H. 
 
 
 
 , 
 
 Cleveland, Watson A. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Feb. 14 
 
 Same. 
 
 Farnsworth, Frank 
 
 
 Feb. 14 
 
 M. O. July 14, 1865. 
 
 Ivers, Thompson 
 
 
 Feb. 14 
 
 M. O. Sept. 21, 1865. 
 
 Leffler, Wardell M. 
 
 
 Feb. 13 
 
 Same. 
 
 Leffler, Wm. 
 
 
 Feb. 14 
 
 Same, 
 
 Mettler, Jasper 
 
 
 Feb. 13 
 
 Same. 
 
 Mettler, Wm. H. 
 
 
 Feb. 13 
 
 Same. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. 
 One Year's Service. 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeant. 
 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 WILLIAM REX 
 
 Sew Lenox 
 
 Feb. 15 
 
 M. O. Sept. 20, 1835. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 JOHN LYNCH 
 
 Washingt'n 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 JOHN L. HORTON 
 
 Thannanon 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 WILLIAM C. LYNN 
 
 Sew Lenox 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 WILLIAM A. HILL 
 
 Washingt'n 
 
 
 
 Musician. 
 
 
 
 
 Jeremiah B. Van Riper 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Feb. 24 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Dan'l J. Wilson wagon'r 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. Aug. 25, 1865. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Andre, Albert 
 
 Peotone 
 
 Feb. 17 
 
 M. O. Sept. 20, 1865. 
 
 Bradshaw, Charles 
 
 Jhannahou 
 
 Mar. 1 
 
 Same. 
 
 Beales, Samuel S. 
 
 Peotone 
 
 Feb. 14 
 
 Same. 
 
 Beale, William S. 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Feb. 13 
 
 M. O. Sept. 19, 1865. 
 
 Burton, John M. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Mar. 2 
 
 M. O. Sept. 20, 1865. 
 
 Conklin, Thomas. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Mar. 1 
 
 M. O. Aug. 25, 1865. 
 
 Cox, Albin J. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Feb. 15 
 
 M. O. Sept. 20, 1865. 
 
 Betes, George M. 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Mar. 1 
 
 Same. 
 
 Goodspeed, Henry 
 
 Peotone 
 
 Feb. 17 
 
 Same. 
 
 Haggin, James 
 HID, Martin 
 
 Dupage 
 Washmgt'n 
 
 Mar. 1 
 Feb. 15 
 
 Same. 
 
 Hicks, Timothy 
 
 Channahon 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. Sept. 20, 1865. 
 
 Hill, John 
 
 Washingt'n 
 
 " 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Hicks, Manly 
 
 Channahon 
 
 " 
 
 M- O. Sept. 20, 1865. 
 
 Jonee>, Jonas M. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 La Fountain, Eugene 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 Miller, Jacob A. 
 
 Washington 
 
 " 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Moodey, William M. 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 " 
 
 M. 0. Sept. 20, 1865. 
 
 Mast, Henry 
 
 Washingt'n 
 
 " 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Noah, Peter 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Feb. 18 
 
 M. O. Sept. 15, 1865. 
 
 Swanck, Daniel C. 
 
 Plaintield 
 
 Feb. 15 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Wainwriaht, George 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Feb. 14 
 
 M. O. Sept. 20, 1865. 
 
 Wainwright, John 
 
 Peotone 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 Whitmore, Edward 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Feb. 15 
 
 Same. 
 
 Ganshart. David Co. D 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Feb. 25 
 
 Same. 
 
 Schmidt, Fred'k Co. D 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 Williams, Wm. Co. E 
 
 Wilmingt'n Mar. 1 
 
 Same. 
 
 SECOND CAVALRY REGIMENT 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 RECRUIT Co. A. 
 
 
 
 
 Myers. Wm. R. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec. 21,63 
 
 Trans, to Co. E. con. M. O. Aug. 20, '65.
 
 64 
 
 THIRD CAVALRY CONSOLIDATED. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 RECRUITS Co. A. 
 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 Howe, Clark 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb. 1 
 
 M. O. Oct. 10, '65. 
 
 Hartwell, Wm. E. 
 
 Homer 
 
 Jan. 16 
 
 Died at Eastport, Miss. May 5, '65. 
 
 Myers, Richd. or Joseph 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 17 
 
 M. O. Oct. 10, 1 65. 
 
 Wells, Marcellus 
 
 Homer 
 
 Jan. 16 
 
 M. O. July 12, '65. 
 
 West. Wm. H. 
 
 
 <* 
 
 Same. 
 
 RECRUITS Co. B. 
 
 
 
 
 Scott, Wm. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 23 
 
 
 Scott, Henry 
 
 
 w 
 
 
 RECRUITS Co. Q. 
 
 
 
 
 Johnson, Wm. A. 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Feb. 16 
 
 M. O. July 19, 1 65. 
 
 Johnson, George T. 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 Drowned Aug. 11, 65. 
 
 Johnson, Joseph W. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 " 
 
 
 Scott, David W. 
 
 D up age 
 
 Feb. 3 
 
 M. 0. Oct. 10, '65. 
 
 Sulson, Joseph A. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Feb. 16 
 
 Died at Eastport, Miss. May 3, '65. 
 
 PRIVATES Co. H. 
 
 
 
 
 Bereer, Charles 
 
 Monee 
 
 Feb. 28 
 
 Died at Fort Snelling, Miss. June 23, '63. 
 
 Keaker, Henry 
 
 ifc 
 
 u 
 
 M. O. Oct. 1, '65. 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 
 
 
 GEO. W. lNGERSOLL,COrp. 
 
 Will 
 
 
 
 Same. 
 
 Bankum, Isaiah 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Mar. 23 
 
 
 Mathews, Lorenzo Co. K 
 
 Monee 
 
 Mar. 8 
 
 M. O. Oct. 10, '65. 
 
 FOURTH (DICKEY'S) CAVALRY, 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Captain Co. D. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 JOHN H. FELTER 
 IBA W. SMITH. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 27 
 Aug. 3 
 
 Resigned Aug. 8, '63. 
 As. 1st Ser. Promoted 2nd Lieut. April 24, 
 
 
 
 
 '62. Promoted captain Aug. 8, 62. Trans, 
 to Co. E. Con. Trans, to Co. M. 12th cav. 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. D. 
 
 
 
 Con. Resigned Dec. 1, '65. 
 
 SACIA F. TAYLOR 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 As. Sergt. Co. D. Promoted 1st Lieut. March 
 
 
 
 
 15. '64. Transferred to Co. D. Consol. 
 
 
 
 
 Trans, to Co. M., 12th cav. Consol. M. 
 
 2d Lieut. Co. D. 
 
 
 
 O. May 29, '66. Wounded. 
 
 ELI C. SHEAFEH 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 27 
 
 Resigned April 24, 1862. 
 
 Sergt. Major. 
 
 
 
 
 ORIN MOON 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 16 
 
 As private. Promoted Sergeant-Major. M. 
 O. for promotion as Lieut, in 6th U. S. Col. 
 
 Q. M. Sergt. 
 
 
 
 Art. 
 
 THOS. W. FERREE 
 
 Joliet 
 
 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 
 
 
 Walker, Fred'k K. priv. 
 
 Wilmingt n 
 
 Aug. 24 
 
 Vet. prom. 1st Sergt. Trans, to Co. E. Con. 
 
 
 
 
 Trans, to Co. M.. 12 Cav. Q. M. S. 
 
 Mead, Solon S. recr. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec.2,'63 
 
 Trans, to E. Con. Trans, to M. 12 Cav. 
 
 Mead, Bernard V. " 
 
 
 
 Sept.21,61 
 
 Vet. Trans to E. Con. Trans, to M. 12 
 
 
 
 
 Con. M. O. Sergeant. 
 
 Cheney, Wm. priv. Co. B 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Sept. 3 
 
 M. O. Nov. 31, '64. 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Belfield, Charles 
 Burns, John S. 
 
 Will 
 Manhattan 
 
 Oct. 15 
 Oct. 29 
 
 Dis. for Dis. April *), '62. 
 Died at Mound City, March 10, '62. 
 
 Cooper, Marion 
 
 Florence 
 
 " 
 
 Trans, to D. Con. Was pris. of war and 
 
 
 
 
 wounded. 
 
 Hatch, Columbus 
 
 Homer 
 
 Oct. 16 
 
 Dis. for Dis. Sept, 30 1862. 
 
 Heath, Chandler 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Sept. 18 
 
 Vet. Trans, to D. Con. As. Corp. 
 
 
 
 
 Trans, to 12th Cav. M. O. Sergt. 
 
 Massey. John 
 Matthews, James S. 
 
 Will 
 Joliet 
 
 Sept. 2 
 Oct. 7 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, '64. As. Corp. Was prisoner. 
 Prom. Corp. Prom. 2nd Lieut, in 1st Miss. 
 
 
 
 
 Cav. Promoted 1st Lieut. Served on staff 
 
 
 
 
 of Gen. Osband, and as Provost Marshall of 
 
 
 
 
 freedmen. 
 
 Matthews, Chas . 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 7 
 
 Dis. for dis. July 5, '62.
 
 65 
 
 FOURTH CAVALRY Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 Paxon, Robert 
 
 'lainfleld 
 
 1861. 
 Oct. 7 
 
 
 Ryan, Ervin 
 
 'oliet 
 
 Sept. 1 
 
 Trans, to D. Con. 
 
 Seely. Jonas 
 
 M 
 
 Oct. 29 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864, 1st Sergt. 
 
 Smith, George N. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 23 
 
 Trans, to D. Con. Com. Sergt. Was pris. 
 
 
 
 
 of war. 
 
 Stark, John 
 
 Marshal 
 
 Oct, 28 
 
 M. O. July 17, 1865; was pris. 
 
 Weaver, John 
 Hines, Jacob, recruit 
 
 rtokena 
 )upage 
 
 Sept. 12 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Died while prisoner at Richmond. 
 Trans, to D. Con. And to 12th Cav. M. O. 
 
 COMPANYD. 
 
 
 
 May 29, 1866. 
 
 Q. M. Sergeant. 
 
 
 
 
 WM. COWDRY 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 July 15 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 5, 1862. 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 GEORGE SAYERS 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 M- O. Nov. 3, 1864. Wounded, lost an eye 
 
 
 
 
 by accident. 
 
 PHIL? WOLFSBERGEB 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 2 
 
 Prom, in 1st Miss. Cav. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 BARNEY S. BRIGGS 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 5 
 
 Sergt. Promoted Major in 6th Tenn. Cav. 
 
 
 
 
 Wounded at Shiloh. 
 
 EMMER S. MC!NTER 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, '64, as Sergeant. 
 
 HIRAM B. KENNISTON 
 
 Fackson 
 
 Aug. 23 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 18, 1862. 
 
 WM. HYLAND 
 
 11 
 
 Sept. 4 
 
 Sergt. Prom. Capt. in 1st Miss. Col. Cav. 
 
 WM. F. HILLS 
 
 VIokeua 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 Trans, to C. M. O. Nov. 3, '64. 
 
 WM. GAMIL 
 
 '* 
 
 Sept. 16 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 18, 1862. 
 
 BENJ. F. MEETCH 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 3 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, '64, as Sergeant. 
 
 JOHN AMES 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 8 
 
 
 Buglers. 
 
 
 
 
 FRANK CALAIS 
 
 TroyJ 
 
 Sept, 12 
 
 Corporal. Dis. for prom, in 1st Miss. Col. 
 Cav. Oct. 9, '62. M. O. Aug., 1865. Wound- 
 
 
 
 
 ed near Oxford. 
 
 JOHN SHAW 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 26 
 
 Dis. for dia. July 12, 1862. 
 
 Saddler. 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES MCGREGOR 
 
 Lockport 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864. 
 
 Blacksmith. 
 
 
 
 
 PHILIP MAAS 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 27 
 
 Vet. Trans, to E. Con. Trans, to M., 12th 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 Cav. M. O. May 29, '66. 
 
 Avery, Frank H. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Aug. 24 
 
 Trans, to C. M. O. Nov. 3, '64. 
 
 Avery, John 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 29 
 
 Trans, to C. M. O. Nov. 3 1864, as Sergt. 
 
 Arnold, John 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Sept. 7 
 
 Captured at Collierville, Miss. 
 Dis. for dis. Aug. 1, 1842. Enlisted in C. M. 
 
 
 
 
 Battery. 
 
 Abrams, Henry E. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 Trans, to C. M. O. Nov. 3, 64, as Sergt. 
 
 Benner, Henry E. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 19 
 
 Same. Captured near Colliersville. 
 
 Brinkman, Jo'hn 
 
 " 
 
 Aug 25 
 
 Dis. in 1862. 
 
 Brown, ZenoC. 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Sept. 17 
 
 Trans, to K. Dis. for dis. Sep. 20, 1862. 
 
 Baer, Reuben B. 
 
 M 
 
 Sept, 18 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 18th, 1862. Became lieut. 
 
 
 
 
 col, of some regt. 
 
 Beebe, Daniel L. 
 
 M 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864, as sergt. 
 
 Carr-, Wilson G. 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 12 
 
 Same. 
 
 Carr, Albert A. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 28, 1862. Wnd. at Shiloh. 
 
 Crawford, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 16 
 
 Same. 
 
 Davidson, James 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Sept. 6 
 
 M. O. July 17, '65, as sergt. Was prisoner. 
 
 Downer, John E. 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Aug. 19 
 
 Dis. for dis. Apr, 28, '62. 
 
 Decker, David H. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Same. 
 
 Deahl, Jacob 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864. Wounded. 
 
 Dodge, Enos P. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Died at Bolivar, Tenn., August 14th, 1862, of 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 wounds. Wounded in skirmish. 
 
 Emery. Andrew 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 12 
 
 Sergt. Prom, in 1st Miss, col'd cav. Wnd'd 
 
 
 
 
 three times. 
 
 Everett, Moses P. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1884. 
 
 Eib, James 
 
 12-m. Grove 
 
 Sept. 3 
 
 Traus. to C. M. O. Nov. 3, '64. 
 
 Felker, John O. 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 28, 1862. 
 
 Gauthrop, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 10 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864, as Corp. 
 
 Grant. Wm. 
 Gay, John R. 
 
 u 
 
 Sept, 13 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Same. Wounded twice 
 
 Green, Gilbert 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 10 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 5, 1863. 
 
 Hart, Owen 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 17 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864, wounded. 
 
 Herald, John 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 13 
 
 Same. 
 
 Hall, Leland 
 
 11 
 
 
 Prom, in 1st Miss, col'd cav. 
 
 Hartless, Thos. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 16 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864. 
 
 Hunt, Samuel S, 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 Kenniston, Simeon G. 
 
 M 
 
 Sept. 7 
 
 Same. Wounded. 
 
 Kassabaum, William 
 Kraft, Henry 
 
 
 
 Aug. 18 
 Aug. 28 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 28, 1862. 
 Same. Died of dis. contracted in service. 
 
 17
 
 66 
 
 FOURTH CAVALRY-Cbr^mwed. 
 
 Name and Bank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Kelly, Michael 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 1861. 
 Sept. 16 
 
 Ois. to enter naval service, W'nd'd in N. S. 
 
 Lieh, A. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 14 
 
 Died at Vicksburg Feb. 11, 1864. 
 
 Matthews, Edward C. 
 
 11 
 
 Oct. 14 
 
 M. 0. Nov. 3, 1864. 
 
 Matthews, John 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 16 
 
 Same. 
 
 Matthews, Edward 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. Aug. 18, 1862. 
 
 Melvin, Edgar 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Aug. 20 
 
 Died at Savannah, Tenn., Mar. 21, 1862. 
 
 Mather, John R. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 27 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864. Absent wounded. 
 
 McDermett, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 29 
 
 " " " " 
 
 Maloy, Michael 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 4 
 
 Same. Wounded twice. 
 
 Marigold, Francis 
 
 u 
 
 Sept. 11 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 5. '63. 
 
 Mather, James I. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Oct. 9 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 24th, 1863. Wounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Shiloh. 
 
 Mather, Reuben 
 Nicholas, Joseph H. 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 July 7 
 
 Died at Vicksburg, Aug. 3, '63. 
 Dis. for dis. Aug. 18, 1862. 
 
 O'Harra, Michael 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 M. O. Nov. 16, 1864, was a prisoner. 
 
 O'Herrin, Joseph 
 
 M 
 
 Sept. 6 
 
 M. O. Jan. 9, 1865, was a prisoner. 
 
 Potter, Andrew Q. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Sept. 16 
 
 Trans, to C. M. O. Nov. 3, 1864. 
 
 Pearsons, Charles H. 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Aug 27 
 
 Dis. for dis. Apr. 28, 1862. 
 
 Payfair, Joseph 
 Rutherforth, Wm. H. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Sept 19 
 Sept. 3 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864, as sergt, 
 
 Richter, James S. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 16 
 
 " as corpl. Was prisoner 
 
 
 
 
 and escaped. 
 
 Richter John W. 
 
 
 M 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864, as corpl. Wounded. 
 
 Reynolds, Moses S. 
 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 Dis. to enter naval service. 
 
 Randall, Joseph R 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 Sergt. Prom, in 1st Miss. col. cav. Lieut., 
 
 
 
 
 and prom, captain. 
 
 Randall, Oscar T. 
 
 " 
 
 " 16 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864, as 1st Sergt. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 Dec. '63. 
 
 Robbins, David S. 
 
 12 M. Grove 
 
 " 18 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 18, 1862. 
 
 Stoker, Andrew 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 16 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864. 
 
 Shulz, August 
 
 ' 
 
 " 27 
 
 " .1 .1 
 
 Staley, Paul 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Scot. 23 
 
 Dis. to enter naval service. Wounded in N. 
 
 
 
 
 S., and died. 
 
 Springer. James 
 
 
 " 3 
 
 
 Snyder, Charies M. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 6 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3. 1864. Wounded. 
 
 Seybert, Wesley 
 
 Florence 
 
 Aug, 25 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 8, '62. 
 
 St. George, Wm. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Sept. 9 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864. 
 
 Sondameyer, Wm. 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 Vet. Trans to E. Con. Trans, to Co. M. 12th 
 
 
 
 
 cav. M. O. May 29, 1866. 
 
 Sheil, Thos. 
 Woodworth, Orvllle H. 
 
 3hannahon 
 12-m. Grove 
 
 Sept. 20 
 Sept. 10 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864, as corpl. 
 Same. 
 
 Wadsworth, John G. 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 Same. 
 
 Wright, John 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 Dis. to enter naval service. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Beal, Curtis E. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug.31,'62 
 
 Trans to E. con. Corporal. Died at Mem- 
 
 
 
 
 phis, June 3, 1865. 
 
 Bachus, John C. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 23,63 
 
 Dis. for dis. Oct. 29, 1862. 
 
 Clark, Henry B. 
 
 
 
 Trans, to Co. E, con. Trans, to M, 12 cav. 
 
 
 
 
 M. O. April 4, 1866. 
 
 Crawford, Henry A. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec. 7, '63 
 
 Trans, to 10 E, con. Trans, to M. 12th cav. 
 
 Dahlem, Gerhard 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug.31,'62 
 
 Trans, to E, con. Made corpl. Dis. for dis. 
 
 
 
 
 May 21, 1865. 
 
 Decker, David H. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 4, '62 
 
 Trans, to E. con, Corpl. Trans, to M, 12th 
 
 
 
 
 cav. M. O. Oct. 17, 1865. 
 
 Daily, Royal 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Sept. 2, '62 
 
 Trans, to E, con. M. O. June 15, 1875. 
 
 Hillman, Abraham 
 
 M 
 
 Aug.31,'62 
 
 Trans, to E, con. M. O. June 15, 1865. 
 
 McNealy, Newton 
 
 " 
 
 Sept.13,62 
 
 Trans, to D, con. M. O. June 15, 1865. 
 
 McPherson, John 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Feb.22,'64 
 
 Trans, to E, con. Trans. to|M, 12th cav. M. 
 
 
 
 
 O. May 29, 1866, as sergt. 
 
 Pettingill, SewardH. 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 1, '62 
 
 Prom, in 1st Miss. col. cav. Died in service. 
 
 Webber, John 
 
 M 
 
 Aug. 26,62 
 
 Trans, to E, con. M. O. June 15, 1865. 
 
 Webber, Daniel 
 
 kt 
 
 M 
 
 
 Near, James, Co. I 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Sept.26,61 
 
 Trans, to F. Died at Randolph Forges, T. 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 22. 1862 
 
 Baldwin, Orison S. G 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec. 9, '63 
 
 Dis. for dis. Oct. 10, 1864. 
 
 Ryan, Daniel D. Co. L 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Oct. 15 
 
 M. O. Nov. 3, 1864, as corpl. 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REOT. 
 
 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Buntain, Thos. J. Co.A 
 
 Florence 
 
 Oct. 12. 64 
 
 Trans, to G, 12th cav. M. O. Oct. 11, 1865. 
 
 Corwin, Chas. A. " 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Sept. 5,'64 
 
 Returned to 45th regt. 
 
 Baker. Lorenzo, Co. C 
 
 ** 
 
 " 1,64 
 
 Sub. M. O. June 15, 1865. 
 
 Baker, Chas. S. " 
 
 Wilton 
 
 tfc 
 
 Same.
 
 67 
 
 FOURTH CAVALRY Concluded. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Greenman, Jas. C. " 
 
 Wilton 
 
 3ept.ll,64 
 
 Sub. M. O. June 15. 1865. 
 
 Haken, Chas. . " 
 
 Peotone 
 
 Oct. 11,'54 
 
 IVans. to K. 12thcav. Dis. Oct. 10, 1865. 
 
 Rooney, James, 
 
 ^ew Lenox 
 
 3ept.ll,64 
 
 M. O. June 15, 1865. 
 
 Brown, Ananias, Co. D 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Ian. 3, '65 
 
 Trans, to L, 12th cav. M. O. June 3, 1865. 
 
 Schmidt, John 
 
 
 
 Same. 
 
 Barr, David Co. E 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Oct. 12/64 
 
 Trans, to M, 12th cav. M. O. Oct. 12, 1865. 
 
 Butterfleld, Frank " 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 Oct. 7, '64 
 
 Trans, to M, 12th cav. M. O. Oct. 9, 1865. 
 
 Stafford, Charles " 
 
 u 
 
 16 
 
 Same. 
 
 SIXTH CAVALRY. 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 RBCBUITS. 
 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 Kennepp, Jas. A. Co. C 
 
 tfonee 
 
 March 3 
 
 M. O. Nov, 5, 1865. 
 
 Gardner, Joel D. Co.E 
 
 
 2 
 
 Same. 
 
 Garrett, Cyrus J. Co. L 
 
 
 7 
 
 Died at Nashville, T, July 9th, 1865. 
 
 Kennepp, Thos. J. " 
 Pickering, Jordan P. " 
 
 
 7 
 7 
 
 Died at Demopolis, Ala., Sep. 19, 1865. 
 M. O. Nov. 5, 1865. 
 
 Pickering, Abisha " 
 
 
 7 
 
 Same. 
 
 Ronse, James L. " 
 
 8r n n Gard'n 
 
 10 
 
 M. O. Aug. 21, '65. 
 
 EIGHTH CAVALRY. 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. P. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 ALVAN P. GRANGER 
 
 !^ew Lenox 
 
 Sept. 18 
 
 As. 2nd Lieut. Prom. 1st, Aug. 4, 1862. Re- 
 
 
 
 
 signed May 30, 1863. Served on staff of 
 
 
 
 
 Gen. Pleasanton and Gen. Keyes. A. G.G. 
 
 Capt. Co. K. 
 
 
 
 brigade. 
 
 JOHN A. KINLEY 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 M 
 
 As. Sergt. Prom. 2nd Lieut. July let, 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Promoted captain Sept. 18, 1864. Resigned 
 
 
 
 
 April 11, 1865. Wounded at Urbana.Md., 
 
 Capt. Co. K. 
 
 
 
 July 9th, 1854. 
 
 HARLEY J. INGERSOLL 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 M 
 
 As private in Co. K. Vet. Promoted Sergt. 
 
 
 
 
 then 1st Lieut., Sep. 18, 1864. Prom. capt. 
 
 
 
 
 May 8th, 1865. M. O. July 17, '65. Woun- 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. K. 
 GEORGE W. FLAGG 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 ded at Cnlpepper, Va. 
 Resigned Jan. 24, 1862. 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 
 
 
 
 Robinson, D. F. vet. rec. 
 Burnham, Oscar D. rec. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 Wheatland 
 
 Aug. 11,62 
 Jan. 10, '64 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, 1865. 
 Same. 
 
 Engle, John " 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Feb. 11'64 
 
 Same. 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 JESSE C. ALLEN 
 
 Crete 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, 1865, as 1st sergt. 
 
 Bugler. 
 
 
 
 
 Louis B. GARDNER 
 
 Homer 
 
 Sept. 3 
 
 Trans, to V. R. C- Died. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Avery, Ambrosee S. 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 " 
 
 
 Alfred, Otis 
 
 Crete 
 
 Sept. 11 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, 1865. 
 
 Adams, George 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 13 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 29, 63. 
 
 Arthur, Wm. T. J. 
 
 Monee 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 M. O. Sept. 28, 1864. 
 
 Clark, Arthur F. 
 Cooper, Frederick 
 Doolittle, John W. 
 
 Crete 
 
 " u n 
 
 Died at Washington, D. C. Jan. 29, 1863. 
 Dis. for dis. April 22, 1865. 
 M. O. Sep. 28, 1864. 
 
 Elwell, Horace E. 
 Fehon, Charles E. 
 
 n 
 
 ,, 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, If65. 
 Dis. for dis. 
 
 Goodenow, Cornelius 
 Goodwin, Wm. D. 
 Horn, Robert 
 
 Good Grov. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Sept. 7 
 1 14 
 3 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, 1865, corpl. 
 Dis. for dis. April 3, 1863. 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 28, 1863. 
 
 Haner, Abraham 
 Halley, Austin 
 
 Crete 
 Homer 
 
 7 
 9 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 1 7, 1865, sergt. 
 Dis for dis. in 1863. 
 
 Hill, Leander T. 
 
 Crete 
 
 16 
 
 Dig. (or dis. April 15, 1862. 
 
 Kile, W. 8. 
 
 " 
 
 13 iVet M. O. July 17, 1865.
 
 68 
 
 EIGHTH CAVALRY. -Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 Lull, Franklin R. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 1861. 
 Sepl. 13 
 
 Dis. April 7th, 1863, for wounds received near 
 
 
 
 
 Richmond. Died. 
 
 Q,uackenbuah, Alfred 
 
 Crete 
 
 " 1 
 
 Died at Alexandria, Va. Feb. 27, 1682. 
 
 VBT. RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Brown, Geo. A. 
 
 " 
 
 " 13 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, 1875 
 
 Cook, Willis J. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Same Sergt. 
 
 Dubridge, Stephen M. 
 
 Will 
 
 Oct. 3 
 
 Same Corp'rl. Wounded 
 
 
 
 
 in skirmish. 
 
 Messinger, Jonas 
 McLane. Chas. O. 
 
 Crete 
 
 Aug. 7,'62 
 Nov.20,61 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, 1865. 
 Vet. Detached at M. O. 
 
 Wood, Willard S. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5/62 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, 1865, as Sergt. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Adams, Elbridge H. 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 3, '61 
 
 Dis. for die. April 16, 1862. 
 
 Adams, Harrison P. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. Sept. 28, 1864. 
 
 Bowes, George 
 
 Washingt'n 
 
 M 
 
 Dis. March 6, 1863, for wounds received at 
 
 
 
 
 Middletown, Sept. 13, 1862. 
 
 Baker, George A. 
 
 Monee 
 
 > 
 
 Died at mute house, Va., June 18. 62. 
 
 Cole, John W. 
 
 Crete 
 
 " 
 
 Died of wounds received at Falling Water, 
 
 
 
 
 Md., July 15. 1863. 
 
 Cave, Robert 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5,'62 
 
 Died at Washington, D. C., Aug. 20, 1863, of 
 
 
 
 
 wounds received at Culpepper, Va. 
 
 Cook, Myron H. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 11 ' 
 
 Died at Stafford, Va., March 20, 1863. 
 
 Caldwell, Richard D. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 ' 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, 1865. 
 
 Elwell,JohnT. 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.27,'64 
 
 Same 
 
 Farnham, Lyman W. 
 
 Monee 
 
 Sept.26,64 
 
 M. O. June 21, 1865. 
 
 Gardner, Hiram J. 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct. 3, '61 
 
 Dis. for die. April 3, 1863. 
 
 Gardner, Edwin A. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.8, '64 
 
 M. O. July 17, 1865. 
 
 Goodenow, Emery 
 
 Monee 
 
 " 
 
 Same 
 
 Granger, Albert L. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for prom. Oct. 27, 1864, in col. reg. 
 
 Hewes, George C. 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct. 10, 
 
 Died at Philadelphia, Penn., March 6, 1863. 
 
 Hill, Charles A. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5, '62 
 
 Dis. for prom, as Lieut, in 1st U. S. colored 
 
 
 
 
 troops. P<om. capt. Wounded. 
 
 Hellman, Richard 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 M. O. June 21, 1865 Taken pris. and escap'd. 
 
 Hewes, Orland 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Killed near Culpepper, Va. Nov. 9, 1863. 
 
 Home, Robert 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.30,'64 
 
 M. O. July, 17, 1865. 
 
 Hater, Aaron 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 5 
 
 3am e. 
 
 Harkness, David 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 28 
 
 Same. 
 
 Jenne, Henry S. 
 
 M 
 
 Oct. 3,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Nov. 29, 1862. 
 
 Lock, Otho 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 10,'61 
 
 Dis for dis. 
 
 Morris, George R. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 5,'62 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 1, 1863. 
 
 McCoy. Milton B. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, 1865, as corpl. 
 
 Messinger, Horace J. 
 
 Eomer 
 
 Feb. 29 
 
 M. O. July 17 65. 
 
 Miller, Fernando 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Jan. 29 
 
 Same 
 
 Watkins, Wm. 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct. 3, '61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Sept. 10, 1862. 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 
 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 RICHARD C. VINSON 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Sept.18,61 
 
 Died at Boonsboro from wounds rec'd at 
 
 
 
 
 Falling Water July 6, 186i. 
 
 SYLVESTER B. FREELOVE 
 
 " 
 
 H 
 
 Vet. M. O. June 16, 1865, as sergt. 
 
 FESTUS G. TURNER 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 20, 1863. Died after dis. 
 
 MASON J. LEONARD 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 18, 1865. Corporal. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Boyd Albert H. 
 
 K 
 
 M 
 
 Discharged, term expired. 
 
 Bookman, John 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 19, 1865. 
 
 Colegrove, Larius T. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 S* 
 
 Same. 
 
 Farley, Peter 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 'I 
 
 Accidentally killed at Bealton Station, Va., 
 
 
 
 
 Sept. 5, 1863 fell from horse. 
 
 Hubbard, Lysander 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Alexandria, Va., March 9, 1862. 
 
 Heintzelman, Geo. A. 
 
 M 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, 1865, as corporal. 
 
 Holmes, George W. 
 Keitzmiller, Henry 
 
 3r. Garden. 
 Plainfleld 
 
 
 M. O. May 20. 1862, pris. of war. 
 Vet. M. 6. July 17, 1865. Was captured July 
 
 
 
 
 27, '63, horse fell. 
 
 Platts, Martin 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 25, 1862. 
 
 Pettvs, Ira 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, 1865. 
 
 Pettmgill. Samuel 
 
 
 M 
 
 Same Blacksmith. 
 
 Pettys, Warren 
 
 " 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 18, 1862. 
 
 Pomeroy, Peter 
 
 'lainfleld 
 
 Sept.17,61 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, 1865. 
 
 Rowe, Orsamus C. 
 
 Trankfort 
 
 Sept.18,61 
 
 Same. 
 
 Triam, Peter A. 
 
 'lainfleld 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. Sept 28th, 1864. 
 
 Vinson, John J. 
 
 Vheatland 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 17, 1865, sergt. 
 
 Warner, Warrem B. 
 Wei don, Baton E. 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 Plainfleld 1 
 
 Septl7,'61 
 Septl8,'61 
 
 Same. Wagoner. 
 Dis. for dis. Jan. 18, 1862.
 
 69 
 
 EIGHTH CAVALRY. Concluded. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Byers, Henry F. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Feb. 1 
 
 M. O. July 17, 1865. 
 
 
 Brownson, Coleman 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. '64 
 
 Same 
 
 
 Brownson, Henry H. 
 
 " 
 
 Mar. 7, '64 
 
 Same 
 
 
 Dice, William 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 3, '64 
 
 Same 
 
 
 Dow. Collin 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Oct. 8, 
 
 Same 
 
 
 Fellows, Geo. W. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Feb. 1, '64 
 
 Same 
 
 
 Galbraith, George 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Oct. 8. '64 
 
 Same 
 
 
 Gordon, David G. 
 
 " 
 
 Mar. 31 
 
 Dis. April 1, 1865, for prom. 
 
 in col'd regt. 
 
 Jones, James C. 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 8, '64 
 
 M. 0. July 17, 1865. 
 
 
 Keen, Anson C. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Feb. 1 
 
 " >' u 
 
 
 Ricker, Geo. T. 
 
 Will 
 
 Sept. 30 
 
 " June 21, 1865. 
 
 
 Shipley, Mathew 
 Stem. William A. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Feb. 1, '64 
 Feb. 2 
 
 " July 17, 1865. 
 Died at Camp Relief, D. C., 
 
 June 20, 1864. 
 
 Thompson, Seneca 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Oct. 8, '64 
 
 M. O.July 17, 1865. 
 
 
 Vinson. Thomas 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Same 
 
 
 Wilson, Henry G. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Same 
 
 
 Whitson, Jonathan F. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 1 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 25, 1864. 
 
 
 RECRUITS Co. L. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Alexander, George 
 Bump, Albert 
 
 Homer 
 
 Jan.25,'64 
 
 M. O. July 17, 1865. 
 Died at Giebro Pt, D. C., April 20, 1864. 
 
 Murphy, Barney " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. July 17, 1865. 
 
 
 NINTH CAVALRY 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 1st Lieut. Co. G. 
 
 
 
 
 SIDNEY O. ROBERTS 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Oct. 17,'61 
 
 As private Co. G. Prom. 2nd Lieut. Oct. 21, 
 
 
 
 
 1862, Prom. 1st Lieut. Nov. 25, 1862. Res. 
 
 
 
 
 May 1, 1865. 
 
 RECRUITS Co. B. 
 
 
 
 
 Ahr, William 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 18, '61 
 
 Died at Gainsville, Ala., Sep. 21, 1865, 
 
 Blackburn, Peter 
 
 Jackson 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. Oct. 31. 1865. 
 
 Bowers, Cyrus 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 Brown, Morris 
 
 Reed 
 
 Jan. '65 
 
 Came up missing. 
 
 Howel, Joseph 
 
 Florence 
 
 Jan. 20 
 
 Same. 
 
 Kepler, William 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Jan. 18 
 
 Same, 
 
 Leach, David S. 
 
 Reed 
 
 Jan.16'65 
 
 Same. 
 
 Ryan, Ervin 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 18 
 
 M. 0. Oct. 31, 1865. 
 
 Sifert, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 '65 
 
 Same. 
 
 Shaw, James T. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Apr. 12,65 
 
 
 Way, Edwin F. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 18 
 
 M. O. Oct. 31. 1865. Corpl. 
 
 Way Chas- F. 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 20 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 
 
 
 Farrier. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 Louis METER 
 
 Crete 
 
 Sept. 10 
 
 Vet. M. O. Oct. 31, 1865. 
 
 Bugler. 
 
 
 
 
 HENRY KATSA 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. Died at Memphis, Oct. 20, 1864. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Allifleld, Fred'k 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. Oct. 31, 1865. 
 
 Buck, Conrad 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 
 Buck, Frederick 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O Oct. 31, 1865. 
 
 Conskay, William 
 
 M 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Helena, Ark. Oct. 1, 1862. 
 
 Cleronrugh, John 
 
 u 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. 
 
 Deceness, Philip 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 19 
 
 Vet. M. O. Oct. 31, 1865. 
 
 Duenenig, Henry 
 
 Washingt'n 
 
 Sept. 10 
 
 Same 
 
 Everding, John 
 Gaberski. Henry 
 Husen, (orHause) Fred'k 
 
 Crere 
 
 l( 
 
 Same as Bugler. 
 Same as Corporal. 
 
 Ingleking. Conrad 
 
 * 
 
 " 
 
 Died April 19, 1862. 
 
 Linglelett, Dennis 
 
 n- 
 
 ' 
 
 Vet. M. O. Oct. 31, 1865. 
 
 Libkey, Christoff 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 
 Lanbault, George 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 Vet. 
 
 Meyer, John Philip 
 
 " 
 
 1 
 
 
 Moor, Frederick 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 
 Meiss, Conrad 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 M. O. Sept. 23, 1863. 
 
 Paul, Christoff 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 Vet. M. 0. Oct. 31, 1865. 
 
 Rupricht, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 1 
 
 Same corporal. 
 
 Roegers, Conrad 
 
 " 
 
 ' 
 
 
 Shaeffer, Christoff 
 
 M 
 
 ' 
 
 
 Steege. Conrad 
 
 ' 
 
 
 
 Vet. Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Sueir, Conrad 
 
 M 
 
 ' 
 
 Dis. for dis. Nov. 29, 1862. 
 
 18
 
 70 
 
 NINTH CAVALRY. Conceded. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 Adrian, Frederick 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct. 6, '61 
 
 Trans, to E. Died in Andersonville prison. 
 
 
 
 Sept. 9, 1864. 
 
 Hardekepp, William 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 8, '61 
 
 Vet. M. O. Oct. 31. 1865. 
 
 Lattz, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 9, '61 
 
 Prom. Sergeant-Major. 
 
 Luhman, August 
 
 tfc 
 
 Oct. 8, '61 
 
 
 Meyer, August 
 Miller, Frederick 
 
 n 
 
 Sept. 10 
 
 Died at Memphis, July 29, 1862. 
 Vet. M. O. Oct. 31, 1865. Sergt. 
 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 
 
 
 Calhoun, Ransford, priv. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Sept.14.61 
 
 Vet. M.O. Oct. 31, 1865. 
 
 Hawley, Robert, recruit 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 16,'61 
 
 Same. 
 
 Krnckenberg, Conrad " 
 
 Monee 
 
 Oct. 10,'61 
 
 M. O. Oct. 16, 1865. 
 
 Rube, William, " 
 
 Will 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 COMPANY G. 
 
 
 
 
 Dussen, or Daufen, Nich. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Sept.10,61 
 
 Vet. M. O. Oct. 31, 1865, as corpl. 
 
 Bostwick, Henry C. recr. 
 Salter, John F. 
 
 Dupage 
 Wilm Y ngt'n 
 
 Oct. 5, - 64 
 Oct.16, '61 
 
 M. O. Oct. 13, 1865. 
 Died at Camp Douglas, Feb. 7, 1862. 
 
 TENTH CAVALRY. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 HERMAN B. HOFFMAN 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Nov. 12 
 
 Res. March 16, 1864. 
 
 RECRUITS Co. B. 
 
 
 
 
 Creamer, James B. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Jan, 4, '64 
 
 Trans, to B. Dis. for dis. April 11, 1865. 
 
 Healy, Patrick 
 
 " 
 
 Mar. 8,'64 
 
 Trans, to B. M. O. Nov, 22nd, 1865. 
 
 Miller. R. E. 
 O'Neil, John 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 May? 
 
 Same. 
 Same. 
 
 RECRUITS Co. C. 
 
 
 
 
 Boyle, John O. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.31,'63 
 
 Trans, to B. Reor, M. O. Nov. 22nd, 1865. 
 
 Day, Wm. H. 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 4 
 
 Trans. to A. Reorg. M. O. Nov. 22, 1865. 
 
 Sheckell, E. D. W. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 B. ' Dis. for dig. Jan. 29. '65. 
 
 West. George 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.31,'63 
 
 F. " M. O. Nov. 22, 1865. 
 
 RECRUITS Co. D. 
 
 
 
 
 Keenan, Davis 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.29/63 
 
 G. 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 
 
 
 Andrews, John C. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 H. 
 
 Dunn, Timothy 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 12 
 
 Same. 
 
 McGrath, Owen Z. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 Same. 
 
 Purcell, Edward 
 
 ' 
 
 Jtm. 4, '64 
 
 Trans, to H. Died at Little Rock, Apr. 10,'65 
 
 COMPANY M. 
 
 
 
 
 Pierson, Wm. A. priv. 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Nov. 1, '61 
 
 Vet. Died at Springfield, 111., Feb. 20, 1864. 
 
 ELEVENTH CAVALRY. 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 RECRUITS Co. A. 
 Kelly, Arthur 
 Shean, Timothy. 
 COMPANY C, 
 GilHspie, John. 
 Heartless, Thomas 
 McGregor, James 
 Frouth. John Co. K. 
 Barce, Moses Co. M. 
 Henny, James 
 Shnfelt JohnH. rec't 
 
 Joliet 
 Lockport 
 
 Crete 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 Peotone 
 
 March 28 
 
 Mar.21,'65 
 Mar.22,'65 
 Mar.24,'65 
 Apr.13,'65 
 March 31 
 Feb 11. '65 
 Mar.13,'65 
 
 M. O. Sep. 30, 1865. 
 Same. 
 
 M. O. Aug. 21, 1865. 
 " Sep. 30, 1865. 
 Same. 
 Trans, to E. 5th cav. M. O. Oct. 27, '65. 
 Same 
 M. O. Sep. 30. 1865. 
 Same.
 
 71 
 
 TWELFTH CAVALRY. 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 John Sneigh; blacksmith 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Jan. 15,62 
 
 Trans, to 19th 111. Infantry. 
 
 Coram, James 
 
 Will 
 
 tfc 
 
 
 Rollins, David 
 
 Troy 
 
 Feb. 14 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps. 
 
 Roberts, John 
 
 ** 
 
 Mar. 1 
 
 
 Williams. Frederick 
 
 wn 
 
 Feb. 1 
 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 
 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Schoupp, William 
 
 Peotone 
 
 Feb. 8, '62 
 
 
 Vimpany, Charles 
 Woods, Isaac recruit 
 
 Wilmmg^'n 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec.30,'61 
 Dec.26,'63 
 
 Died Nov. 19, 1861. 
 Trans, to C. Con. M. O. July 17, 1864. 
 
 Mullen, Jos. B. Co. F 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Oct. 7, '61 
 
 Dis. for dis. June 29, 1864. 
 
 RECRUITS Co. H. 
 
 
 
 
 Bennett, James 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Dec.14,'63 
 
 Trans, to A. Con. M. O. May 29, 1866. 
 
 Patchett, Frank 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.14,'63 
 
 Killed at Alexandria. Va., April 28, 1864. 
 
 Stebbins, Robert 
 Waehburn, Robert S. 
 
 M 
 
 Dec.26,'63 
 
 Died at Donaldsonville, La., Aug. 1st, '64. 
 Trans, to H. Con. M. O. May 28, as corp. 
 
 Knickerbockr, WillisCo.I 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Oct. 22/61 
 
 Dis. Jan. 3. 1863. 
 
 Johnson, James Co. K. 
 
 I ickport 
 
 Dec.12,'63 Trans, to F. Con. Dis. for dis. Dec. 27, '65. 
 
 Howe. Isaac Co. M 
 
 Wilmingtn 
 
 Dec. 29 Trans, to H. Con. M. O. June 10, 1865. 
 
 THIRTEENTH CAVALRY. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 
 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 
 ADAH SACHS 
 
 Monee 
 
 Dec. 31 
 
 As 2nd Lient. Prom. capt. May. 4, 1862. 
 
 M. 
 
 2n Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 O. on con. 
 
 
 ADOLPH SCHULE 
 
 
 
 Dec. 21 
 
 as corp. Prom. 3rd lieut. Jan. 10, 1863. 
 
 M. 
 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 
 
 O. May 2, 1863, on con. 
 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 
 
 
 WILLIS DANFORTH 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec. 31 
 
 Resigned Feb. 7, 1863. 
 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 IRA D. SWAIN 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 31 
 
 Hon. dis. April 23, 1863. 
 
 
 Surgeon of con. regt. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Edwin R. Willard 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 JiOy31, ! 63 
 
 M. O. Aug. 31, 1865. 
 
 
 ..COMPANY A. 
 
 
 
 
 
 O. M. sergt. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 
 HENRy HAHKEN 
 
 Monee 
 
 Oct. 24 
 
 
 
 Peter Schlanter, farrier 
 
 " 
 
 " 21 
 
 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 
 
 
 
 2d Sergt. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ALBERT AUG. BARKEN 
 
 " 
 
 " 24 
 
 As private. Promoted 1st sergt. June 10th, 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 
 1842. Dis. Jan. 11, 1863. 
 
 
 GUSTAVE Ei>. NAGLE 
 
 " 
 
 " 23 
 
 
 
 Buglers. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Johann Franzen 
 
 " 
 
 " 21 
 
 
 
 Johannis Becker. 
 
 " 
 
 " 21 
 
 
 
 HenryBusch saddler 
 
 " 
 
 " 21 
 
 Prom, pad^e sergt. Trans, to N. C. S. 
 
 as 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 con. Dis. Aug. 21, 1865. 
 
 
 Blishm, Frederick 
 
 M 
 
 " 16 
 
 Trans, to C. Con. 
 
 
 Caistens Henry J 
 
 " 
 
 " 24 
 
 Prom. S.rfet. Jan. 1, 1863. 
 
 
 Claassen, Berup Christ 
 
 11 
 
 " 24 
 
 Prom. corp. May 1st, 1862, sergt. Nov-125, 
 
 '62. 
 
 Corthauer, John 
 
 H 
 
 " 21 
 
 1st sergt. Jan. 12, 1862. 
 Dis. Oct. 10, 1862. 
 
 
 Cholett, John 
 
 
 " 21 
 
 Trans, to D. 
 
 
 Tromm, John 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 25 
 
 Dis. Jan. 11, i863. 
 
 
 Haagan, Christ 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 10 
 
 Trans, to C. Con. 
 
 
 Hess. Wm. 
 
 '* 
 
 Jan. 24, '62 
 
 Dis. Jan. 11, 63. 
 
 
 Kay, Nicholas 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 28 
 
 Dis. Jan. 11, 1863. Died at Little Rock, Dec. 
 
 
 
 
 :^1, '64, of wounds. 
 
 
 Keeneke, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 19 
 
 Dis. Mav 17, 1863. 
 
 
 Koelnei, Cbristoph 
 
 M 
 
 Nov. 25 
 
 Trans, to C. Con. 
 
 
 Mammosir Michael 
 Merteiis, \ViIhelm 
 
 11 
 
 Oct. 16 
 Oct. 28 
 
 Trans to Co. D. M. O. April 18, 1865. 
 Trans, to C. Con. 
 
 
 Toreser, Henry 
 Tioethlisberger, En' le 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 19 
 Dec. 27 
 
 " M. O. Aug. 31, 1865 . 
 Dis. June 11, 1862. 
 
 
 Schamhorst, Carl " 
 
 Oct. 21 iDis. Feb. 1863. 

 
 72 
 
 THIRTEENTH CAVALRY. -Concluded. 
 
 Name and Bank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 Somumocher, Deitrich 
 
 Monee 
 
 Oct. 24 
 
 Prom, corpl. Jan. 1, 1863. 
 
 Strecker, Ernest 
 
 " 
 
 " 21 
 
 Prom. corp. March 1, 1862, sergL June 15, '62, 
 
 
 
 
 Q. M. gergt. June 12, '63. 
 
 Strieker, Ludwig 
 
 " 
 
 " 21 
 
 Dis. May 15, 1862. 
 
 Sellman, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 19 
 
 Trans, to C. Con. M. 0. Feb. 11, 1865. 
 
 Triarks, George Bernarc 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 28 
 
 Prom. cor. Aug. 1, 1862, and Sergt. June 1,'63. 
 
 COMPANY P. 
 
 
 
 
 Quartermaster Sergt. 
 
 
 
 
 EBENZER GRUNDY 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 
 
 
 AUGUSTUS F. FKEEMAN 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Trans, to Co. C. Con. 
 
 SEYMOUR M. FITCH 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Prom. Reg. Q. M. S. M. O. Dec. 31, 1864. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 WM. M. RATCLIFF 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 Died at St. Louis, Oct. 40, 1862. 
 
 ALVARO B. CLARK 
 
 " 
 
 u 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 20, 1862. 
 
 DAVID W. CHANDLER 
 
 
 
 Trans.to C.Con.Killed atP.Bluff, A.,Sep.ll,64 
 
 HARVEY R. FRAZER 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 AMOS BOWERS 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec. 20 
 
 
 Musicians. 
 
 
 
 
 James L. Hyde 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 1, 1862. 
 
 Damon Baily 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 23 
 
 Died at Joliet, Nov. 1862. 
 
 Wagoner. 
 
 
 
 
 Whitman E. Gustin 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 13 
 
 
 Chas. W. Whited, saddler 
 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Aulsbrook, Henry R. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Oct. r 
 
 Killed at Ironton, Mo., premature dis. of con. 
 
 
 
 
 May 4, 1862. 
 
 Bailey, Oscar J. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 Died at Helena, Ark., Aug. 6, 1862. 
 
 Bridenstine, Mathias 
 
 Joliet 
 
 
 Trans, to a Con. Vet. M. O. Aug. 31, '65. 
 
 Brown, James D. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 14 
 
 Died at Arcadia, Mo., Oct. 29, 1862. 
 
 Field, Charles D. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 
 Finitv, John H. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 30 
 
 Trans, to C. Con. Vet. M. O. Aug. 31, '65. 
 
 Finity, Michael 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 Fuller, Win. J. 
 
 1 
 
 Dec. 20 
 
 
 Gillespy, John 
 
 ' 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 Trans, to C. Con. 
 
 Gorham, Wm. B. 
 
 ' 
 
 " 
 
 " " " Vet. M. 0. Aug. 31, 1865. 
 
 Hattes, Edward 
 
 ' 
 
 Nov. 20 
 
 Dis. for dis. Dec. 20, 1862. 
 
 Jenks, Franklin 
 
 1 
 
 Sept. 29 
 
 Trans, to C. Con. Vet: Prom. Vet. Surg. 
 
 Jepson, Edward P. 
 
 ' 
 
 Nov. 20 
 
 11 11 U 
 
 Luther, Martin 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 " " Sergt. 
 
 Leonard, Benj. C. 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 24 
 
 " Dis. for dis. Nov. 21, '65. 
 
 Lander, Martin V. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 " " M. 0. Aug. 31, '65. 
 
 Milam, David 
 
 " 
 
 
 Died at Helena, Ark., Aug. 9, 1862. 
 
 Mahon, William 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 14 
 
 Dis. for dis. Nov. 14, 1862. 
 
 Mclntyre, Edward 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct 1 
 
 Dis. April 29, 1862. 
 
 Reed, William L. 
 
 u 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 
 Rogers, Harper 
 
 1 
 
 Dec. 19 
 
 Dis for dis. Dec. 20, 1862. 
 
 Schlief, Casper 
 
 ' 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 
 Stone, Charles 
 
 i 
 
 W 
 
 Trans, to C. Con. 
 
 Weiskopf, Martin 
 
 ' 
 
 Dec. 20 
 
 
 Snyder, Christoph rec't. 
 
 ' 
 
 
 
 Snyder, Martin " 
 
 ' 
 
 Dec.21,'63 
 
 Trans, to E con, M. O. June 7, 1865. 
 
 FOURTEENTH CAVALRY. 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Strain, Jas. Rec't Co. A 
 Corporal Co. C. 
 GBO. F. CODDING 
 Mason, George private 
 Foster, August. E. rec't 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Apr. 1, '65 
 Oct.^15,'62 
 
 Mar. 6, '66 
 
 M. 0. July 31, 1865. 
 
 Same. 
 Killed at Boddy Station, Tenn., Dec. 
 M. O. July 31, 1865. 
 
 14, '63
 
 73 
 
 FIFTEENTH CAVALRY. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 COMPANY G. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 
 Stewart, John private 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Nov. 10 
 
 Trans, from Co. H. 52nd Inft. M. O. Oct. 
 31, 1864. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 
 JAMES T. WHITE 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 Dis. for die. Feb. 27. 1864. 
 
 
 ISAAC RICE 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. let Sergt. Trans, to Co. M. 10th cav. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 Blderkin, Frederick 
 
 Joliet 
 
 u 
 
 Con. M. O. Nov. 22nd, 1865. 1st sergt. 
 Parolled pris. Died at St. Louis. 
 
 
 Hollenbeck, Chancey 
 Moore, Franklin W. rec't 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Mar.29,'64 
 
 M. O. Aug. 24, 1864, as corpl. 
 Trans, to Co. M., 10th con. cav. M. O. 
 
 as 
 
 
 
 
 corpl. 
 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pennington, Thos. H. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 17,61 
 
 Vet. Trans, to Co. K., 10th cav. con. M. 
 
 0. 
 
 
 
 
 July 15, 1865, as Co. Q. M. Sergt. 
 
 
 COMPANY L. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Massey, Hugh private 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec. 25 
 
 M. O. Jan. 9, 1865. 
 
 
 Whited, Sam 1 ] 11. rec't 
 
 Jan. 28 
 
 Trans, to 10th cav. con. M. O. term ex. 
 
 
 SIXTEENTH CAVALRY. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 RECRUITS Co. I. 
 Vaugn, James 
 
 Wimmer, John 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 1861. 
 July 15 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 Died in Andersonville prison, 
 No. grave 1078. 
 Died in Andersonville pi ison, 
 No. grave 1180. 
 
 June 3, 1864. 
 May 15, 1864. 
 
 SEVENTEENTH CAVALRY. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Kirton, Wm. priv. Co. H Barbers Cor Jan. 4, '64 Died at Glasgow, Mo.. Aug. 16, 1864. 
 Stanton, Ira rec't Co. K Peotone Pet. 8 M. O. Nov. 8, 1865. 
 
 FIRST ARTILLERY REGIMENT. 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Major. 
 EDGAR H. COOPER 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 July 30 
 
 As. private Co. D. Prom. 2nd lieut. Mar. 4, 
 1862. Prom. capt. May 29, 1863. Prom, 
 
 
 
 
 Major Dec. 26, 1864. 
 
 BATTERY A. 
 
 
 
 
 Nickerson, Sam'l priv. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 July 16 
 
 Died at Joliet, Aus. 23, 1863. 
 
 PRIVATES BATTERY B. 
 
 
 
 
 Frazier, John W. 
 Loomer, Jasper D. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 29 
 Mar. 5 
 
 Ass. to new Co. A. M. O. Sep. 25, 1864. 
 Dis. for dis Jan. 28, 1864. 
 
 Sanborn, Wm. H. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 July 16 
 
 M. O. July 23, 1864. 
 
 BATTERY C. 
 
 
 
 
 Heddy, James 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 6, '64 
 
 M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Jewett, Wm. O. J. 
 
 M 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 BATTTEY D. 
 
 
 
 
 (McAllister's Battery.) 
 
 
 
 
 Captain. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 ED. H. MCALLISTER 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 May 15 
 
 Resigned May 5, 1862. 
 
 1st Lieutenants. 
 
 
 
 
 MATTUEW W. BORLAND 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Resigned April 24, 1862, deafened at Donald- 
 son. Subsequently in the one year's ser. 
 
 
 
 
 See page 62 
 
 JAMES A. BORLAND 
 
 " 
 
 July 30 
 
 As. private. Prom, sergt. 2nd lieut. March 
 4, 1862. Prom. April 24, 1862. Resigned. 
 
 
 
 
 June 19, 1863. 
 
 19
 
 74 
 
 FIRST ARTILLERY. Continued. 
 
 Name and Bank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Snlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 1st Lieutenants. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Sept.23,61 
 
 
 
 GEORGE J. WOOD 
 
 " 
 
 July20,'61 
 
 Resigned July 1, 1863. 
 
 
 EMMIT P. HILL 
 
 
 
 As. Q. M. Sergt. Prom. 2nd lient. April 24, 
 
 
 
 
 1862. Prom. 1st lieut. July 1st, 1863. Hon. 
 
 
 
 
 dis. Sep. 19, 1863. Severely w 
 
 ounded at 
 
 
 
 
 Vicksburg. Subsequently com 
 
 lient. in 
 
 
 
 
 Vet. reserve corps. 
 
 
 CHARLES L. PRATT 
 
 " 
 
 Sept.18,61 
 
 As. Promoted Vet. Promoted 
 
 1st Beret- 
 
 
 
 
 then 1st lieut. Sep. 19, 1863. M. 
 
 O. July 28\ 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 Kiniry, Edward 
 Toppm-Wm. H. 
 
 Hadley 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Ang.28,61 
 
 M. O. Sept. 16, 1864. 
 Vet. M. O. July 28, 1865, corp'l. 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Agnen, William 
 Alexander, George 
 
 WillCo. 
 
 Jan. 2, '64 
 Dec.22,'63 
 
 M. O. July 28, 1865. 
 Same. 
 
 
 Button, Dewit 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 
 Blnhn-Edward B. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 17 
 
 M. O. July 28, 1865. 
 
 
 Bagg, Henry G. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 25 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Blue, Daniel 
 
 * 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Barnes, Runsom W. 
 
 
 Dec.23,'63 
 
 Same. July 6, '65. 
 
 
 Bement, Porter W. 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 1, '68 
 
 Died at Vicksburg, Aug. 3, 1863. 
 
 
 Burdick, Zebulon 
 
 
 
 
 
 Campbell, Robert 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Nov.12,63 
 
 M. 0. July 28, 1865. Corp'l. 
 
 
 Clayton, Peter 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Carter, Ezra H. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 19 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Culter, John 
 
 t 
 
 Dec.21,'63 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Cain, John W. 
 
 " 
 
 
 , 
 
 
 Corsen, James 
 
 
 
 Dec 5 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Carey, Thomas 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 
 Calgay, John 
 
 1 
 
 
 Vet. 
 
 
 Dewitt, Wiliam 
 
 * 
 
 
 M. O. July 28, 1865. 
 
 
 Eaton, William 
 
 
 
 
 Vet. " 
 
 
 Hallick, Franklin B. 
 
 ' 
 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 How, Martin 
 
 ' 
 
 Dec. 2, '63 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Higgins, Patrick 
 
 i 
 
 Dec. 14 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Hoy t, Henry J. 
 
 ' 
 
 Sept.14,61 
 
 Dis. May 2, 1862. 
 
 
 Holt, John P. 
 
 1 
 
 Feb. 1/63 
 
 
 
 Kusch, Andrew 
 
 1 
 
 Dec. 18 
 
 M. O. July 28, 1865. 
 
 
 Lowery, Thomas 
 
 Mokena 
 
 Dec. 24 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Morgan, Chas. H. 
 
 
 Aug.6, '62 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Roland, John 
 
 
 Dec. 1, '62 
 
 Same. as corpl. 
 
 
 Sawyer, Jacob C. 
 
 
 Jan.19,'64 
 
 Same. blacksmith. 
 
 
 Willard, Orton R. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 Same. sergt. 
 
 
 BATTERY E. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Meads, Lewis private 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 M. O. July 15, 1865. 
 
 
 BATTERY G. 
 
 
 
 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 DONALD, CAMPBELL 
 
 " 
 
 
 Dis. Aug. 21, 1862. 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Allen, Enoch 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 11,'61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb. 16, 1862. 
 
 
 Allen, Woodeon 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.12,'61 
 
 
 
 Eeder, George 
 
 ' 
 
 Oct.11,'61 
 
 M. O. Nov. 30, 1864. 
 
 
 Myers, William 
 
 " 
 
 
 Dis. for dis. Feb 11, 1865. 
 
 
 Werner, Jacob 
 
 " 
 
 Sept.18,61 
 
 M. O. Nov. 30, 1864. 
 
 
 Johnson, Orlando 
 
 " 
 
 Mar. 24 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 24, 1865. 
 
 
 BATTERY I. 
 
 
 
 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 HENRY BENNETT 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Feb.23,'62 
 
 As private. Prom. Feb. 1, 1864. 
 
 M. O. July 
 
 
 
 
 26, 1865. 
 
 
 Frazer, Brock private 
 
 Peotone 
 
 Jan.29,'62 
 
 Vet. M. O. July 26, 1865. 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bond, James 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 4, '62 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Viall, H. P. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Feb.20,'62 
 
 Vet. " 
 
 
 Viall, Orlo A. 
 
 iv 
 
 Feb. 3, '64 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 BATTERY K. 
 
 
 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Barkey, Zeigler 
 Bailey, Irvin 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Jan.18,'64 
 Feb.23,'64 
 
 M. O. July 15. 1865. Corpl. 
 Died at Camp Yates, April 1864. 
 
 
 Clapp, Elijah E. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. July 15, 1865. 
 
 
 Meahem, Albert 
 
 Wilm'ngt'r 
 
 Jan. 18 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Small or Smart, F. M. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 23 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Thompson, Thomas 
 
 ' 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Wilson, Robert 
 
 Dupage 1 Jan. 4, '64 
 

 
 75 
 
 FIRST ARTILLERY.- Concerted. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence - 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 BATTERY M. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeant. 
 
 
 
 
 MAGNUS TAIT 
 Geo. Carey Artificer 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 M. O. June 19, 1865, was taken pris. at Atlan- 
 ta, Bent to Andersonville. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Aug. 10 
 
 M. O. June 19, 1865. 
 
 Brown, Horace 
 
 Joliet 
 
 M 
 
 
 McDermott, Andrew 
 Cope, Chap. C. rec't 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 Joliet 
 
 April 28 
 Nov. 9,'62 
 
 M. O. July 24, 1862. 
 Same. 
 
 SECOND ARTILLERY. 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 BATTERY C. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wharton, Geo. W. priv. 
 BATTERY D. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 5,'62 
 
 Died at Fort Donaldson. 
 
 
 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 JOSEPH HOCKMAN 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Dec.18,'62 
 
 M. O. at con. 
 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 
 
 
 MICHAEL WALTER. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug.31'62 
 
 Dis. Sep. 24, 1866. Term ex. 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Britz, Peter 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Josshaus, Charles 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Nierberg, Martin 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 
 
 Thorn, John 
 
 t. 
 
 tt 
 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bauer, Frederick 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.16,'64 
 
 Trans, to K. M. O. July 14, 1866. 
 
 
 Miller, Philip 
 
 k* 
 
 ti 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 BATTERY E. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Corporal. 
 
 
 
 
 
 JOHN BLAKE 
 
 11 
 
 May 28, '61 
 
 
 
 BATTERY Q. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Barry, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug.6, '61 
 
 M. O. Oct. 4, 1864. 
 
 
 Scutt, Hiram B. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept.16,61 
 
 Vet. M. O. Sep. 4, 1865. 
 
 
 BATTERY I. 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Barnett's Battery.) 
 
 
 
 
 
 Captains. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 
 CHAS. W. KEITH 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 31 
 
 Resigned April 7, 1862. 
 
 
 CHAS. M. BARNETT 
 
 " 
 
 
 As. 1st lieut. Prom. cap. April 7, 1862, 
 
 ser. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 as chief of the art. for the div. 
 
 
 ARONZO W. COB 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 As 2nd lieut. Prom. 1st April 7, 1862. Balled 
 
 1st Sergeant. 
 JOHN A. KELLY 
 
 n 
 
 Oct. 20 
 
 Dec. 9, 1864, near Savannah. 
 Trans to 100th Inft. as lieut. Co. K. 
 
 
 Sergeant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ABRAHAM WHITMAN 
 
 M 
 
 Oct. 1 
 
 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 
 PETER COMLTMAN 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 Nov. 16 
 
 Vet M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 
 ROBERT HEATH 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Oct. 1 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 M. D. L. COVERT 
 
 Joliet 
 
 
 
 
 CHARLES HOWARD 
 
 
 Nov. 1 
 
 Killed at Island No. 10 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Allen, Thomas 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 Nov. 16 
 
 Vet. M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 
 Blazier, John 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 1 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Brown, Thad. C. S. 
 
 
 Oct. 21 
 
 Vet. Q. M. S. Absent Sick at M. 0. 
 
 
 Cady, Horace 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 1 
 
 Dis. for dis. April 62. 
 
 
 Countyman, Charles 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Nov. 16 
 
 
 
 Collins, Frank 
 
 Homer 
 
 Dec. 20 
 
 M, O. 
 
 
 Dykman, Alonzo 8. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 1 
 
 Vet. Ace. killed at home on f urlougm 
 
 
 Daughtery, Wm. 
 Dunning, Harlan P. 
 
 Lockport 
 Joliet 
 
 Nov. 16 
 Dec. 1 
 
 Vet. M. O. June 14. 1865. 
 
 
 Egan Thomas 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Dec. 30 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Farrell, Frank 
 
 Decatur 
 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Gallagher, John T, 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 1 
 
 
 
 GiUett. Uri 
 
 ki 
 
 . h 
 
 
 
 Geyer. Christian G. 
 
 M 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. Died Aug. 12, '64, of wounds rec'd the 
 
 
 
 
 9th, before Atlanta. 
 
 
 Haynes, Wm. H. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 M 
 
 M. O. Sep. 18, 1864, leg broken. 
 
 
 King, John Q. A. 
 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. June 14. 1865. corp. 
 
 
 McCallen, James 
 
 Joliet 
 
 'l 
 
 
 
 Mickles, Myron Plainfleld 
 
 " 
 

 
 76 
 
 SECOND ARTILLERY. -Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Snlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 Mitter, Henry 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct 1 
 
 M. O. June 27. 1865, shot through the lungs 
 
 
 
 
 before Atlanta. 
 
 Meihlson, Joan J. 
 
 " 
 
 
 Vet. Corp. Absent. Sick at M. 0. 
 
 Miller, Zacherah 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 Meyers, Charles P. 
 
 tfc 
 
 Dec. 18 
 
 Same. 
 
 Pratt, William 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 1 
 
 
 Patney, Wm. G. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. Absent. Sick at M. 0. 
 
 Pardy, Francis 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec. 8 
 
 Vet. M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 Rose, Wm. H. 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 1 
 
 Same. 
 
 Riley. John C. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 17 
 
 Vet. Shot through lungs before Atlanta. 
 
 Sherrill, Henry 
 
 u 
 
 Oct. 1 
 
 Same. 
 
 Sheffield, Charles W. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. M. O. June 14. 1865. 
 
 Sheffield, George A. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Trans, to Inv. corps, Nov. 1, 1863. 
 
 Stanly, John 
 
 u 
 
 Oct. 19 
 
 
 Smith, Melvin 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 16 
 
 Died at Hamburg. 
 
 Smith, Israel 
 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for dis. 
 
 Smith, Henry 
 
 u 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. Dis. 
 
 Smith, Charles H. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 28 
 
 
 Wilson, William 
 
 " 
 
 Oct 1 
 
 Vet. M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 Winner, Max 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. Aug. 5, 1863. 
 
 White, James P. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 " 
 
 Vet. Died at Nashville, Tenn., April 27, *64. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 Abbott, William 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb.24,'64 
 
 M. O. June 16, 1865. 
 
 Bowers, John C. 
 
 ' 
 
 
 
 Brown, George D. 
 
 " 
 
 March 7 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Bedford, James B. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 29 
 
 M O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 Ely, William L. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Jan. 25 
 
 Same. 
 
 Baer, Franklin 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jau.25,'64 
 
 Died at Nashville, Tenn., July 27, 1864. 
 
 Corbm, Oliver G. 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 Jan. 30 
 
 M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 Cago, Akenless 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb. 23 
 
 5ame. 
 
 Clark, John 
 Coy, Joseph 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 1,'62 
 Dec.15,'63 
 
 Vet. Deafened at Perryville. 
 M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 Cook, Robert C. M. 
 
 * v 
 
 Dec.28,'61 
 
 Vet. M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 Carr, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.25,'63 
 
 Died at Savannah Feb. 3, 1865. 
 
 Clark, George 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Feb. 3 
 
 Taken pris., having drop, behind the march 
 
 
 
 
 from exhaustion. 
 
 DePuy, Lyman 
 Deiter, Philip 
 
 Lockport 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb.17,'64 
 Mar. 1, '64 
 
 M. O. June 14, 1865. Blacksmith. 
 M. O. June 15, 1865. 
 
 Devin, John 
 
 brood 
 
 Mar. 30 
 
 Same. 
 
 Dreistman, Theodore 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Septl5,'62 
 
 Same. 
 
 Damphy, Thomas 
 Francis, Thomas 
 
 Lockport 
 Florence 
 
 Jan 22/64 
 Jan.25,'64 
 Feb. 19 
 
 Claimed by 23rd Wis. 
 M. O. June 13, 1865, was pris. and taken to 
 Andersonville. Escaped. 
 
 Hallissey, Michael 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 1. '62 
 
 M. 0. June 14, 1865. 
 
 Holder, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.25,'64 
 
 Same. 
 
 Heilman, D. C. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Dec.29,'(il 
 
 Same. 
 
 Hodge, Alen B. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 
 Vet. Wounded in hip. M. O. 
 
 Higgins, James 
 
 
 Jan. 1 
 
 Vet. M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 Irwin, John 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.22,'64 
 
 M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 Johst, John 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 22 
 
 Same. 
 
 Jones, Charles 
 
 " 
 
 Feb 24 
 
 Same. 
 
 Kelly, Lorenzo 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Feb.15,'64 
 
 Same. 
 
 Lynch, Thomas 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 20 
 
 Same. 
 
 Murphy, John 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.^16 
 
 Same. 
 
 Montgomery, William 
 
 " 
 
 
 Same. 
 
 McClusky, John 
 
 11 
 
 Jan. 19 
 
 Same. 
 
 McEvoy, Bernard 
 
 ** 
 
 Feb. 6 
 
 Same. 
 
 McEvoy, Charles 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 22 
 
 M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 McGuire, Jhomas 
 
 *' 
 
 Feb. 27 
 
 Same. 
 
 McNeill, John 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 27 
 
 Same. 
 
 Moak, William 
 
 M 
 
 Jan. 25 
 
 
 Mather, George 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 1 
 
 Died near Athens, Ala., from the sting of a 
 
 Neff, Louis H. 
 
 
 
 Feb.17,'64 
 
 scorpion. 
 M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 Neff, Gregory 
 
 " 
 
 Mar. 4 
 
 Absent. Sick at M. O. 
 
 Pierce, James D. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Feb. -26 
 
 M. O. June 14. 1865. 
 
 Peters, John 
 Prindle, Charles 
 Rosa, Doc. C. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Wilm'ngt'n 
 Wesley 
 
 Jan. 22,'62 
 Feb.16,'64 
 Feb. 3 
 
 Vet. recrt. M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 Captured on march to sea. 
 
 Ringenbach, Joseph 
 
 
 Jan. 1, '62 
 
 Vet. recrt. M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 Smith, Edward 
 Schrier, Charles 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec.15,'63 
 Feb.27,'64 
 
 Sergt. 
 Artificer. " " "
 
 77 
 
 SECOND ARTILLERY. Concluded. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Schrader, Anthony 
 
 Troy 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 
 Skinner, Henry 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb.29.'64 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 St. Julien. Joseph 
 
 " 
 
 Jan 1, '62 
 
 Vet. Same. 
 
 
 Wolfogle, Lewis 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.25, 1 64 
 
 M. O. June 14, 1865. 
 
 
 Ward, Newton A. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Jan, 25 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Waterhouse. Edward 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 9, '62 
 
 Same. deafened. 
 
 
 BATTERY K. 
 
 
 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bauer, Frederick 
 
 
 
 M. O July 14, 1865. 
 
 
 Fay Francis 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 8, '64 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Hanton. John 
 
 11 
 
 ' 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 BATTERY L. 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Bolton's Battery.) 
 
 
 
 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 DANIEL H. PIERCE 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 Jan. 
 
 As. private, vet. Prom, sergt. Prom 
 
 .'2nd 
 
 
 
 
 lieut. March 13, 1865. Prom. 1st lieut. 
 
 June 
 
 2d Lieutenants. 
 
 
 
 12, 1862. M.O.Aug. 9, 1865. 
 
 
 JULIUS D. ROBERTS 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.15,'61 
 
 As private. Promoted Jr. 2nd lieut. 
 
 April 
 
 
 
 
 10, 1862. Resigned Nov. 18, 1862. 
 
 
 LBVI B. WIGHTMAN 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Dec.17,'63 
 
 Prom. 2nd lieut. June 12, 1865. M. O. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 
 
 
 9, 1865, 
 
 
 Struble, Nelson, Artificer 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb. 1 
 
 Vet. M. O. 
 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 
 
 
 
 NEWTON A. HILL 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 Jan. 31 
 
 Vet. Dis. for dis. July 25, 1865. 
 
 
 NEWAL J. BOUGHTON 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Mar. 6 
 
 Vet. M. O. Aug. 9, 1865. 
 
 
 Freeman, S. Jay, Artiflc. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Feb.10,'62 
 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jay, Freeman S. Jr. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Died at Boeuf River, La. Aug. 30, 1863. 
 
 
 Reichert, Jacob 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Feb. 15 
 
 Vet. M. O. Aug. 9, 1865, corp. 
 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bond, George F. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Mar.31,'62 
 
 Vet. Dis. for dis. May 30, 1865. 
 
 
 Cooney, Charles 
 Cole, George 
 
 Joliet 
 Homer 
 
 Nov.23,'63 
 Mar.24,'62 
 
 M. O. Aug. 9, 1855. 
 M. O. April 14, 1865. 
 
 
 Downs, Jeremiah 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec. 3, '63 
 
 Died at Vicksburg, Oct. 18, 1864. 
 
 
 Freelove, George A. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Mar.31,'62 
 
 M. O. April 14, 1865. 
 
 
 Fentiman, Francis 
 
 M 
 
 Oct. 8, '64 
 
 Died at Vicksburg, June 14, 1865. 
 
 
 Larson, Errick 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 Oct. 6 
 
 
 
 Rush, Nichols 
 
 Homer 
 
 March 14 
 
 M. O. Aug. 9. 1865. 
 
 
 Shroyer, George 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec. 5, '63 Same. 
 
 
 CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE BATTERY. 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 Abbott, Lawrence F. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 1,'62 
 
 M. O. June 30, 1865. 
 
 
 CHICAGO MERCANTILE BATTERY. 
 
 
 Three Years' Service. 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1862, 
 
 
 
 Arnold, John W. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 24 
 
 M. O. June 16, 1865, pris. war. 
 
 
 Bush, Henry L. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug, 7 
 
 M. O. July 10, 1865, sergt. 
 
 
 Bartlett. Andrew J. 
 
 kk 
 
 Aug.^ 6 
 
 " " lk " 
 
 
 Cozzens, Charles B. 
 
 u 
 
 
 " " .' " corp. 
 
 
 Gooding, Edward L. 
 
 
 
 k - 
 
 Dis. for prom, by order war dept. 
 
 Ap. com. 
 
 
 
 
 of sub. Aug. 12, 1862. 
 
 
 Guulock. John C. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 M. O. July 10, 1865. 
 
 
 Gilbert, John A. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Sergt. Dis. Jan. 26, 1865, for prom 
 
 
 Gunlock, Philip E. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. July 10, 1865, as corp. 
 
 
 Haseltinc, Charles P. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 ' 
 
 Dis. Aug. 8. 1864, for prom, wound. 
 
 at Cham- 
 
 
 
 
 pion Hills. 
 
 
 Hanford, Charles C. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 23 
 
 M. O. July 10, 1865. 
 
 
 Hudson, Everett E. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Aug. 20 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Mather, Albert G. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Aug. 1 
 
 Same. Sergt. 
 
 
 Mason, John Q. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 M. O. Aug. 2, 1865. 
 
 
 McNaught, James 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 24 
 
 " June 10, 1865. 
 
 
 20
 
 78 
 
 CHICAGO MERCANTILE BATTERY. - Concluded. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Parker, Sandford L. 
 
 Loekport 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 " June 16, 1865, pris. war. 
 
 Stone, Charles L. 
 
 ** 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 " July 10, 1865. 
 
 Stees, Gilbert 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 11 
 
 Same. 
 
 Walcott^harles W. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Dis. for prom. March 11, 1864. 
 
 Weeks, Harvey T. 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 M. O. July 10, 1865. Wagoner. 
 
 RECRUITS. 
 
 k * 
 
 
 
 Ackersook, Cornelius 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.21,'63 
 
 M. O. July 10, 1865. 
 
 Ball, Samuel E. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 Same. 
 
 Boots, Joseph 
 
 M 
 
 Jan. 4, "64 
 
 Same. 
 
 Brainard, George 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.30,'63 
 
 Same. 
 
 Burdick, Amos L. 
 
 M 
 
 Dec.^9,'63 
 
 Same. pris. war. 
 
 Crauson, John 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.30.'63 
 
 Same. 
 
 Coe. William 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.17,'64 
 
 Same. 
 
 Penn, William R. 
 
 M 
 
 DecJty'etS 
 
 Same. 
 
 Felter, Walter H. 
 
 " 
 
 Dec.30,'63 
 
 Died at Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas, while pris 
 
 
 
 
 of war. 
 
 Gooding. William 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.29,'64 
 
 M. 0. July 10, 1865. 
 
 Hiiinmersham, James 
 
 Homer 
 
 Jan. 4, '64 
 
 Same. 
 
 Miller, Martin S 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Dec.29,'63 
 
 Same. 
 
 Pitts, Nicholas 
 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 Sheldon, Chas. W. 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 Same. 
 
 Snow, Henry H. 
 
 Florence 
 
 Oct.12,'64 
 
 
 Van Buren, Chas. H. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Dec.29.'63 
 
 M. O. July 10, 1865. 
 
 Wismon, John 
 
 Florence 
 
 Oct. 12 
 
 Same. 
 
 COGSWELL'S BATTERY. 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 HENNY G. EDDY. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Nov. 12 '61 
 
 M. O. Nov. 20, 1864.| 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 Hubert, Francis private 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Nov. 11,61 
 
 Dis. for dis. Nov. 13, 1862. 
 
 Archer, John vet. rec't 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Mar. 4, '62 
 
 Vet. M. O. Aug. 14, 1865. 
 
 Archambault, Joseph 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Sept 13, 64 
 
 M. O. June 5, 18t>5. 
 
 Anderson, Albert A. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Jan, 1, '62 
 
 Died at Memphis, July 10, 1862. 
 
 Baker Henry D. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.24,'62 
 
 M. 0. June 23, 1865. " 
 
 Chown, Joseph 
 
 Joliet 
 
 " 
 
 Dis. for. dis. Aug. 24, 1862. 
 
 Max, John 
 
 Lockport 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. March 24, 1865. 
 
 Nelson, Geoige H. 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 1. '62 
 
 
 Potter, Ira 
 
 
 
 Septl4,'64 
 
 M. O. June 5th, 1865. 
 
 Payne, Frank 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Sept. 13 
 
 Same. 
 
 Simonds. Joseph 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Oct. 12 
 
 
 Warren, Lewis S. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Sept.6, '64 
 
 Same. 
 
 Warren, Huron 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 West, Louis 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Feb.24,'62 Vet. M. O. Aug. 14, 1865. Sergt. 
 
 Williams, Patrick 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Oct. 12, '64 
 
 
 HENSHAW'S BATTERY. 
 
 Robinson, William 
 Clark, George W. 
 Veach, William W. 
 
 priv. 
 rec't 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Nov. 19,62 
 Mar. 7 
 Jan. 22,'64 
 
 M.O.July 18, 1865. 
 Same. 
 
 BRIDGES' BATTERY, ORIGINALLY CO. G, 19TH INF. 
 New Battery B, 1st Art. 
 
 Corporal. M. O. July 7, 1864, wounded at Chickamaug 
 BENJAMIN BENNETT Wilton Julyl4,'61 Sept. 19. 
 
 COLORED RECRUITS SIXTEENTH U. S. REGT. INF. 
 
 Jackson, Thos. 
 Nolens, John 
 
 priv. Joliet 
 
 Mar.28,'65 
 !Mar.27,'65
 
 79 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Enlistm' 
 
 History. 
 
 16TH KANSAS CAVALRY. 
 
 
 
 
 
 McConnell, Crawford priv 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 July 4 
 
 
 
 FIRST ARMY CORPS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Colby, Horace R. prCo.C 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Mar.15,'65 
 
 
 
 Josenhans, Cbas. " 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Mar. 22 
 
 
 
 McGrath, Hugh Co. 7 pri 
 
 
 Mar.21,'65 
 
 Dis. March 21, 1865, term ex. 
 
 
 Woods, Chas. Co. 8 
 
 Troy 
 
 
 M. O. Mar. 27, 1866. 
 
 
 Worcester, Jul. " 
 
 Monec 
 
 Mar.28,'65 
 
 
 
 Davis, Asahel S. " 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. Mar. 27, 1862. 
 
 
 Stary, Francis " 
 
 Troy 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 Fleming. Wm. Co. 9 
 Parker, Thos. B. " 
 
 Crete 
 
 Mar.30,'65 
 Mar.31,'65 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Monroe, Dan'l " 
 
 Shibe, Lewis " 
 
 Joliet 
 Lockport 
 
 Apr.^1, '65 
 
 M. O. March 30, 1866, as sergt. 
 Same. as let sergt. 
 
 Fox, John G. ' 
 
 Crete 
 
 Mar.31,'65 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 Eder, John Co. 10 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Mar.12,'65 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 COMPANY 11. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Meyer, Michael 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Apr. 5, '65 
 
 
 
 Preston, John 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. April 12, 1866. 
 
 
 Haman, Henry 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. April 13, 18(56. 
 
 
 Hetzer, John 
 
 u 
 
 ik 
 
 Same 
 
 
 Black, Charles 
 
 " 
 
 
 Same 
 
 
 Zirwis, John 
 
 Elwood 
 
 Apr. 6, '65 
 
 M. O. April 5, 1866, as Corp. 
 
 
 Stoneman, Jacob 
 
 
 ki 
 
 
 
 McGlauchy. John 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 Leonard, William 
 
 " 
 
 4i 
 
 
 
 Boyd, Francis M. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. April 5, 1866. 
 
 
 Simmo, Francis 
 
 Washingt'n 
 
 Apr. 5 
 
 Same 
 
 
 Gibbs, Westly J. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 M. O. April 13, 1866. 
 
 
 Hess, Peter 
 
 " 
 
 fc 
 
 Same 
 
 
 COMPANY 12. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Birk, Patrick 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Apr. 3, '65 
 
 
 
 Cottel, Hamden S. 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 
 
 
 Gaffney, Mathew A. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Apr.14,'65 
 
 
 
 BATTERY D, U. S. ART. 
 
 
 
 
 
 WM. FERGUSON, Corp'! 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Mar.2, '62 
 
 Died of wounds Dec. 10, 1862. 
 
 
 2o MICH. CAV. Major. 
 
 
 
 
 
 HARMON F. NICHOLSON 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug.21,61 
 
 As lieut. Prom maj. 
 
 
 12TH MICH. RBGT. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hospital Steward. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Frank H. Harmon 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Feb. 26,64 
 
 As private. Prom. dis. foa difl. 
 
 April 18, '65. 
 
 4TH MISSOURI CAT. 
 
 
 
 
 
 1st Lieutenant. 
 
 
 
 
 
 CHANCY B. PHATT 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug v '61 
 
 M. O. 
 
 
 EDEN REED Sergeant 
 
 " 
 
 
 Same 
 
 
 GEOROE WEBB Corpora 
 
 'i 
 
 M 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 ADAM WAGNER 
 
 >' 
 
 to 
 
 Same, 
 
 
 Jos. H. Carrier Blacksm 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Same. 
 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 
 
 
 f 
 
 Bradley, Wilbur 
 
 Troy 
 
 " 
 
 3ame. 
 
 
 Carey Joseph 
 
 
 
 same 
 
 
 Hayes, Wm. F. 
 
 Toliet 
 
 
 
 same 
 
 
 Getter, George 
 
 
 
 Same 
 
 
 Perry, E. H. 
 
 " 
 
 fc 
 
 Same 
 
 
 19Tii WISCONSIN. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hebert, Francis 
 Du BUQUE, IA., BAT. 
 
 ** 
 
 June 2, '62 
 
 M. O. Julv 3rd, 1865. Wounded 
 Blufl's. Served on staff of Gen 
 
 at Denny's 
 Patrick. 
 
 Sisson, George W. 
 21sT WISCONSIN. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Sept38,'61 
 
 Dis. March 31, 1863. 
 
 
 .Peck, Virgil 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug.15,'62 
 
 Id. O. Was pris. 
 
 
 26Tii MICHIGAN. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Brigbtmaa, Wilfred F. 
 U. S. MARINES. 
 
 
 Aug. 6.'62 
 
 M. O. with regt. 
 
 
 (Ad. Porter's Squadron.) 
 Bennett, Robert 
 Mason, D. F. 
 
 Wilton 
 Wilton 
 
 Sept. 8,'63; 
 
 " 1 
 
 M. O. Aug. 28, 1866, 
 Same 

 
 
 80 
 
 The following persons we are unable to give date of enlistment and other 
 
 particulars : 
 
 Fairburn, Ingalls 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Enlisted in 18th regt. U. S. Inft. 
 
 Taylor, George 
 
 " 
 
 Same 
 
 Cotton, Nathaniel 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Enlisted in 3rd Michigan. 
 
 Mulliken, George 
 
 Crete 
 
 Enlisted in 20th Ind. and served through. 
 
 Christ, R. H. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Was in the south at the breaking out of the rebellion ; 
 
 
 
 was driven out, and on reaching Indiana, enlisted. 
 
 Hanley, Martin 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Enlisted in 9th Michigan. 
 
 Dyer, George 
 Randall, Albert T. 
 
 Channahon 
 
 Was capt. of a company of union refugees in Mo. 
 Was in 1st Col. Mounted Infantry, under Canby. 
 
 Steadman, S 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Same. 
 
 Dyer, N. D. 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Was in 29th Missouri. 
 
 Brown, Edwin 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Enlisted on sloop of war. 
 
 Hay, John 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Enlisted in Fremont Hussars. 
 
 Swarthout, G. B. 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 
 Was capt. Co. H, 8th Mo. Was killed at Ft. Donaldson. 
 
 Marshall, George N. 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Enlisted in 4th Mich. cav. Was taken prisoner and 
 
 
 
 died in Andersonville. 
 
 Atkins, Homer 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Enlisted in same, and died at Nashville. 
 
 Bliss, E. S. 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Served as Assist. Sur. U. S. A. and died in service. 
 
 Outtan, John C. 
 
 Peotone 
 
 As seaman, on Miss. U. S. gun-boat. 
 
 George R. Dyer 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Served is quartermaster at Pilot Knob. 
 
 Alex. Mclntosh 
 
 u 
 
 As quartermaster in 3d Division 17th A. C. 
 
 Philip Leder 
 
 " 
 
 As paymaster, U. S. 
 
 R. S. Reed 
 
 H 
 
 As contract surgeon at Paducah. 
 
 UNASSIGNED RECRUITS, DRAFTED MEN AND SUBSTITUTES 
 FROM WILL COUNTY. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence . 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Montgomery .G. W. 7 reg. 
 Clark, Benj. F. 8th regt. 
 
 jJoliet 
 Lockport 
 
 Mayl7,'64 
 Oct. 2. '64 
 
 Subs. M. O. June 12, 1865. 
 
 Grape, Fred. A. " 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct. 5, '64 
 
 M. O. Oct. 4, 1865. 
 
 Henderson, Geo. H." 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Oct.21. '64 
 
 Subs. 
 
 Powis, John 
 
 Will 
 
 Oct. 11, '64 
 
 
 Peyton, L. D. llth regt. 
 Wiley, John H. 14th regt. 
 
 Lockport 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 14,'64 
 Aug. 22,64 
 
 Subs. 
 
 Johnson, Jas. 15th regt. 
 Bacher, Christ. 20th regt. 
 
 Crete 
 
 Jan.25,'64 
 Jan. 4, '65 
 
 Subs M. O. in 20th regt. 
 
 Cortias, Wm 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Jan.10,'65 
 
 
 Lehman, Jacob 
 
 W. Joliet ' 
 
 Mar.25,'65 
 
 
 Long, John E. 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 Piene, John H. " 
 
 East Joliet 
 
 Jan. 23,'65 
 
 Perkins, Wm. 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Feb. 21,'65 
 
 Rotze, Frederick " 
 
 Washington 
 
 Mar. 8, '65 
 
 Shires, Wm. M. " 
 
 Monee 
 
 Sept.26,64 
 
 Vikend, Christ. " 
 
 Crete 
 
 Oct. 5. '64 
 
 Walker, Charles " 
 
 Monee 
 
 Nov. 15, '64 
 
 Casey, Thos. 23d regt. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.12,'64 
 
 Hogan, Isaac 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 4,'63 
 
 Dickerson, Duke 30 regt. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 
 Howe, Jno. H. 34th regt. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan 21, '65 
 
 Axford, John 36th regt. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Jan 18,'65 
 
 Baker, Chas. E. " 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Oct. 13/64 
 
 Donaldson, Robert " 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Oct. 4. '64 
 
 McNary, Michael " 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Jan.lV65 
 
 Allen, Ameziah " 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Sept.2,'64 Subs. 
 
 Graham, John " 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug.25,64 " 
 
 Rood, William " 
 
 " 
 
 Sept 2. '64 " 
 
 Smith, Michael " 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 June;, '65 
 
 
 Mattoon, W. F. 38th regt. 
 
 Monee 
 
 Mar. 8/65 
 
 Bond, James 39th regt 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Sept20,'62 
 
 Machmer, Caleb " 
 
 Reed 
 
 Jan.12,'64 
 
 Noxon, John 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Jan 7, '65 
 
 
 Pjrkins, Albert " 
 Smith, John 
 
 Dhannahon 
 Wesley 
 
 Dec. 28,63 
 Feb. 23,64 
 
 Died at Camp Butler, III., Feb. 10, 1884. 
 
 Graham, John " Joliet Aug.25,64 Substitute.
 
 81 
 
 UNASSIGNED RECRUITS, DRAFTED MEN, ETC. Continued. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 Healy, George 40th regt. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan 27, - 65 
 
 M. O. 
 
 Stevens, Half E. " 
 
 kk 
 
 " fc 
 
 lfc 
 
 Ropp, Solomon 42d regt. 
 Cavanaugh, Jno. " 
 
 Wallingf'rd 
 
 Nov.ll, 64 
 Mar. 5, '64 
 
 Dis. July 6, 1865. Leg amputated. 
 
 Waters, James " 
 
 M 
 
 tk 
 
 
 McDonald, Ter. 43d regt. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Oct. 5, '64 
 
 
 Backer, Joseph 44th regt. 
 Adams, George 49th regt. 
 Burke, Wm. 53d regt. 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 Jackson 
 
 Oct. 22/64 
 Mar.10,'65 
 Oct.ll, '64 
 
 Absent sick at M. O. 
 M. O. Sept. 9, 1865. 
 
 Edwards, Wm. " 
 
 ifc 
 
 Oct. 10, '64 
 
 
 Hale, John L. 
 
 " 
 
 M 
 
 
 Lunghlin, Patrick " 
 
 Joliet 
 
 
 Dis. May 14, 1864. 
 
 Landuct, Francis " 
 
 * 
 
 
 Same. 
 
 Malony, John ' ' 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Oct. 11,'64 
 
 
 Wilson, George " 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 
 Williams, George " 
 Patrick Henry 54th regt. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Apr 6/65 
 
 M. O. Oct. 15, 1865. 
 
 Golden, Ed'd 58th regt. 
 
 " 
 
 Sept.19,64 
 
 
 Davenport, S.F.59th regt. 
 Jay, Hanibal P. 62d regt 
 
 Lockport 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec.30,'64 
 Feb. 4,'65 
 
 Co. C consol. 
 
 Thompson, Jas. " 
 
 Crete 
 
 Feb. 7,'65 
 
 
 Welch, John 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.lO,'6S 
 
 
 Sanders, Jasper " 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb.20,'65 
 
 
 Manley, Thos. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Mar. 23,65 
 
 
 Owen, James H. " 
 
 Monee 
 
 
 
 O'Brien, Rob't E. S." 
 
 Will Co. 
 
 Feb.21,'65 
 
 Subt. 
 
 Brown, Geo. 66th regt. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb.24,'65 
 
 Cooper, Thos. 88th regt. 
 
 Peotone 
 
 Feb. 9, '65 
 
 
 Sawyer, Geo. L. 91st regt. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 
 
 Baden, Tim. 100th regt. 
 
 
 Jan. 5, '64 
 
 
 Carr, Barney 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 9 
 
 
 Farr, Henry 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Oct.30, '63 
 
 
 Long, John 
 
 Will 
 
 Feb.28.'65 
 
 
 Little, John 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 
 Moore, John " 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 Nolan. Philip 
 
 " 
 
 Nov.^18,64 
 
 
 Brown, Philip " 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 Ryan, John 
 
 Will 
 
 Feb.28,'65 
 
 
 Robinson, Jas. " 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 
 Sterling, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Apr.13,'65 
 
 
 Waters, Edw'd " 
 
 Plainfield 
 
 Oct. 31, '63 
 
 
 Dodge, Chas. 103d regt. 
 Smith, Geo. 2d Cav. 
 
 New Lenox 
 Channahon 
 
 Nov, 14,64 
 Oct 13/64 
 
 
 Vam, Chas. " 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec.19,'63 
 
 
 Shotal, Wm. 2d Cav. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Feb. 17,64 
 
 
 Caton, Geo. D. " 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.16/65 
 
 
 Clare, Geo. M. " 
 
 " 
 
 Jan.31,'65 
 
 
 Farrell, Richard ' 
 
 11 
 
 Jan.17,'65 
 
 
 Hickling. Thos. ' 
 Langin, Patrick ' 
 
 4 
 
 Feb.l 
 Jan. 31 
 
 M. O. May 20, 1865. 
 
 McManns, Wm. ' 
 
 ' 
 
 Jan.17,'65 
 
 
 Palmer, Geo. ' 
 
 ' 
 
 Jan. 16/65 
 
 
 Sheldon, Thos. " 
 
 i 
 
 Jan.31/65 
 
 
 Watton, Edward " 
 
 
 
 Jan.17, 65 
 
 
 Wright, W. R. " 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 April 10 
 
 
 McGanley, Pat. 4th cav. 
 Moran, Francis " 
 
 Wilmingt'n 
 Joliet 
 
 Mar. 7 
 Nov. 17'63 
 
 
 Nichols, Nathan'l D" 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Feb 22/64 
 
 
 Riley, John " 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan.15/64 
 
 
 Corwin, Chas. A. " 
 Cadwell, Hiram " 
 Donahue, James " 
 
 New Lenox 
 Manhattan 
 Wheatland 
 
 Sept.5/64 
 Sept. 1 
 Dec. 30 
 
 Sube. from 45. 
 Sub. M. O. Sept. 12, 1865. 
 
 Freeland, John " 
 
 Troy 
 
 Oct. 8 
 
 
 Moore, Robert . " 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 Dec. 30 
 
 
 Busk, Wm. 8th cav. 
 
 Crete 
 
 Nov. 17 
 
 
 Calahan, James " 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Oct. 8 
 
 
 Calhoun, Noah W. " 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Oct. 12 
 
 
 Day, George 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 Nov. 17 
 
 
 Granshay, Thomas " 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Oct. 8 
 
 
 Gates, Sam 1 ! B. " 
 
 Florence 
 
 Oct. 12 
 
 
 Jones, Stephen " JDupage 
 
 Oct. 7 
 
 
 Miller, Duncan M. " Wheatland 
 
 Jan.28/64 
 
 
 21
 
 
 82 
 
 UNASSIGNED RECRUITS, DRAFTED MEN, ETC. Concluded. 
 
 Name and Rank. 
 
 iesidence. 
 
 Enlistm't 
 
 History. 
 
 McNew, Wm. 8th cav. 
 
 Will 
 
 Sept.30,64 
 
 
 Melyin, Chas. 
 
 Toilet 
 
 Jan. 28 
 
 
 Raymond, Henry ' 
 
 2hannaho n 
 
 Oct. 13 
 
 
 Smith, George ' 
 
 ) up age 
 
 Oct.? 
 
 
 Schenck, Geo. W. ' 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Oct. 12 
 
 
 Stone, Harry 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 11 
 
 
 Taylor, George ' 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 Nov. 17 
 
 
 Wilcox, James ' 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Oct. 8 
 
 
 French, John 9th cav. 
 
 ^ilmi'gton 
 
 Jan. 17 
 
 
 Malence, Otto " 
 
 Florence 
 
 Mar. 9, '65 
 
 
 Martin, James K. " 
 
 liockport 
 
 Mar. 22 
 
 
 Smith, Sam'l " 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Aug. 13, 64 
 
 Subs. 
 
 Hayes, John 10th cav. 
 
 3hannahon 
 
 Jan. 4 
 
 
 Rafferty, Edward " 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Mar. 8 
 
 
 McDermott,Wm. Hth cav 
 Monagin, Patrick " 
 
 Gr'n Gard'n 
 
 Mar. 18 
 March 13 
 
 M. O. May 23, 1865. 
 
 Merrin, Joseph O. " 
 Simonds, John " 
 
 Joliet 
 Peotone 
 
 Mar. 18,65 
 Mar. 17,65 
 
 Same. 
 
 Davis, Robt. J. 12th cav. 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec.29.'63 
 
 
 King Andrew J. " 
 
 *. ., 
 
 
 Kinney, James " 
 
 fct 
 
 " 
 
 Trans, to 17th 111. cav. 
 
 Legg, John W. " 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Jan. 5, '64 
 
 
 Meyer, John " 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Dec. 23 
 
 Same. 
 
 Beard, Jas. W. 13th cav. 
 
 Dupage 
 
 Oct. 1 
 
 
 Kisar, Nicholas " 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Sept. 5 
 
 
 Schummon, Jacob " 
 
 Dupage 
 
 
 
 
 Higgins, Thos. 15th cav. 
 
 Frankfort 
 
 Oct. 13 
 
 
 Jackson, James " 
 
 Plainfleld 
 
 Oct. 10 
 
 
 O'Hara, Dan'l 
 
 
 
 
 
 Williams. Jeremiah" 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 
 Barton, James 17th cav. 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Oct. 8 
 
 
 Bod, August " 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 Oct. 7 
 
 
 Jones, Patrick " 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Oct. 8 
 
 
 Madden, John " 
 
 Peotone 
 
 
 
 Maliet, Patrick " 
 
 Wilton 
 
 " 
 
 
 O'Neil, James " 
 
 Peotone 
 
 M 
 
 
 Smith, James " 
 
 Locitport 
 
 Sept. 2 
 
 Subs. 
 
 Thornton, Henry A. ' 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 31 
 
 " 
 
 Weaver, John ' 
 
 New Lenox 
 
 Oct 7 
 
 
 Anderson, John 1st art. 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Nov.5, 64 
 
 
 Bartra, P. A. A. 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 Oct. 8 
 
 
 Frearsou, Sam'l J. ' 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Oct. 11 
 
 Died Dec. 3, 8864. 
 
 Johnson, Patrick ' 
 
 Peotone 
 
 Oct. 8 
 
 
 McCarty, Chas. 
 
 Wheatland 
 
 Jan. 4, '65 
 
 
 Metze, George " 
 
 " 
 
 " 
 
 
 Merrill, William 
 
 Wesley 
 
 Nov. 5 
 
 
 Simons, James " 
 
 Wilton 
 
 Oct. 8 
 
 
 Ailen, John 3d art 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Jan. 23 
 
 
 Archer, Wm. 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 16 
 
 
 Anderson, Wm. " 
 
 " 
 
 Feb. 2 
 
 
 Brady, John " 
 
 " 
 
 May 15,64 
 
 
 Colby, Sam'l B " 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Feb. 26 
 
 
 Dullard, Mitchell " 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Feb. 3 
 
 
 Myette, John B. " 
 
 " 
 
 Feb.29.'64 
 
 
 Moore, James " 
 
 1 
 
 Dec. 7, '63 
 
 
 Moore, John 
 
 ' 
 
 Jan. 30,'64 
 
 
 Nicholson, Jas. N. ' 
 
 ' 
 
 Feb.16,'64 
 
 
 Simpson, Duke 
 
 ' 
 
 Jan.22,'64 
 
 
 Simpson, Magher, ' 
 
 ' 
 
 Jan. 25 
 
 
 Wilson, Alfred ' 
 
 1 
 
 Feb.22,'64 
 
 
 Smith, Chas. V. 
 
 Lockport 
 
 Feb. 11 
 
 
 Smith, Wm. ' 
 
 Joliet 
 
 Oct. 11 
 
 
 ERRATA For Peter "Comlyman," page 75, read Countryman. The name of Philip Filer, 
 page 80, is misprinted in part of the edition.
 
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