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nine months in company I, thir- teenth infantry.
David A. McAnaulty, eight corpo- ral; enlisted August 20.
John D. Welch, trumpeter; enlisted August 31.
PRIVATES.
Allen, Marcus, enlisted October 10. Benson, George W., enlisted August 21.
Bailey, Albert W., enlisted October 10.
Braden, James W., enlisted Septem- - ber 29.
Blanden, John F., enlisted October 20.
Barnes, George C., enlisted October 17.
Brown, Thomas B., enlisted October 28.
Campbell, Josiah, enlisted October 9; transferred to veteran reserve corps March 11, 1865.
* Re-enlisted as veterans January 1, 1864.
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Carmichael, James, enlisted Septem- ber 25.
Craig, Hugh, enlisted October 5; died April 4, 1864, at St. Louis. Clinkenbard, John W., enlisted Oc- tober 15.
Clouse, David B., enlisted October 22.
Durfey, Wm. J., enlisted October 30.
Ellsworth, Samuel S., enlisted Sep- tember 23; wounded (date un- known); transferred to veteran reserve corps April 28, 1865.
Ellsworth, Charles H., enlisted Au- gust 3.
Ferree, Theophilus L., enlisted Au- gust 14; served eight months in company H, seventeenth infantry. Goble, Stephen W., enlisted October 27; died August 27, 1864, at Du- vall's Bluff, Ark.
Gormly, John M., enlisted October 3.
Grover, Robert, enlisted August 21. .
Heseltine, Walter O., enlisted Au- gust 31; died April 10, 1864, at St. Louis.
Hardy, John, enlisted September 29.
Johnston, Francis E., enlisted Sep- tember 28.
Kerran, W.m., enlisted October 2. Leeper, John S., enlisted October 12.
Longwell, Jesse, enlisted October 10. Lyon, Charles W., enlisted Novem- ber 3.
Marling, Aaron A., enlisted Octo- ber 10.
Philips, Albert, enlisted September 25.
Pierce, William, enlisted August 22; died March 30, 1864, at St. Louis. . Stotts, Jacob, enlisted September 26.
Sims, Edward, enlisted October 31; died January 8, 1864, at Benton Barracks, Mo.
Seeber, Frank N., enlisted Septem- ber 23.
Stewart, Archibald, enlisted Sep- tember 25.
Tompkins, M., enlisted September 28.
Tripp, E. B., enlisted August 15.
Welch, S. D. B., enlisted October 27. Whitlock, J., enlisted August 22; discharged December 23, 1864.
MISCELLANEOUS INFANTRY REGIMENTS.
THIRD.
Coryell, Silas, enlisted May 27, 1861; company G; captured at Shiloh April 6, 1862.
FIFTH.
Campbell, Milton, company C; en- listed July 1, 1861; promoted to third sergeant April 18, 1862; wounded at Iuka September 19, 1862; discharged September 15, 1863, for disability.
Farris, James A, company C; enlist- ed July 1, 1861; discharged June 11, 1863, for disability.
Graham, John, company C; enlisted July 1, 1861; died January 26, 1862, at Syracuse, Mo.
More, David B., company C; enlisted July 1, 1861; discharged February 1, 1862, for disability.
SIXTH.
Adams, Benjamin F., company G; enlisted April 26, 1864.
Davis, Robert B., company G; en- listed July 8, 1861; killed No- vember 25, 1863, at Mission Ridge. Elliott, Thomas L, company G; en- listed July 8, 1861; discharged July 7, 1862, for disability.
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Elliott, Robert W., company G; en- listed July 1, 1862; wounded June 27, 1864, at Kenesaw Mountain. Samson, William H., company G; enlisted August 8, 1861; veteran- ized January 1, 1864; promoted to second lieutenant February 18, 1863; resigned November 29, 1864.
Jones, Robert J., company G; en- listed July 8, 1861; wounded April 6, 1862, at Shiloh; veteran- ized as fourth sergeant January 4, 1864; wounded at Kenesaw June 22, 1864.
Richardson, William A., company G; enlisted July 8, 1861; wound- ed November 27, 1863, at Mission Ridge; died of wounds Dec. 24.
Richardson, George S., company G; enlisted July 8, 1861; wounded and captured April 6, 1862, at Shiloh; veteranized as second cor- poral January 1, 1864.
Wait, John W., company G ; enlisted July 8, 1861; veteranized as fourth corporal January 1, 1864.
Berrie, company K; enlisted August 16, 1862; wounded August 25, 1863, at Chattanooga.
NINTH.
Love, Daniel, company -; enlisted October 24, 1864.
Powell, Daniel, company -; enlisted October 24, 1864.
ELEVENTH.
Anderson, Henry R., enlisted Feb- ruary 6, 1864; company unknown. Black, Thomas, enlisted February 5, 1864; company unknown. Taylor, Adison B., enlisted April 24, 1864; company unknown.
TWELFTH.
Coulthurst, William A., enlisted De- cember 12, 1864; company K; died January 21, 1865, at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor.
TWENTY-FIRST.
McLane, Cyrus, company F; enlisted August 22, 1862.
TWENTY-SECOND.
Rudebaugh, John W., eighth corpo- ral company B; enlisted August 6, 1862; promoted to sixth corporal; then to sergeant; captured at Win- chester, Va., September 10, 1864; died April 5, 1865, at Yatton, Ia. Scribner, Imri J., company B; en- listed August 6, 1862; discharged December 22, 1862, for disability. Connelly, David W., company I; en- listed August 18, 1862; wounded at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864; captured at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864.
Grimes, Laban R., company I; en- listed August 18, 1862.
Miles, John W., company I; enlisted August 18, 1862; died October 1, 1863, at New Orleans.
Lowder, C. W., company B; enlisted May 9, 1863.
TWENTY-FIFTH.
Fisher, Henry, enlisted March 31, 1864; company unknown. Palmer, Thompson, enlisted March 31, 1864; company unknown. Bishop, Martin L., enlisted January 4, 1864; company unknown. Denison, Martin, enlisted January 4, 1864; company not reported.
Hammond, James R., enlisted Janu- ary 4, 1864; company not re- ported.
Winders, John M., enlisted January 4, 1864; company not reported.
TWENTY-EIGHTH.
Manat, Robert, company H; enlisted August 21, 1862.
Shelly, Martin, company C; enlisted December 17, 1863; wounded Oc- tober 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Va .; discharged April 14, 1865, for wounds.
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Wilson, Aaron, captain company H; enlisted August 20, 1862; re- signed August 2, 1863.
FORTIETH.
Cox, Daniel W., company I; enlisted February 11, 1864; discharged June 17, 1864.
Hornish, William, company I; en- listed February 29, 1864.
Reynolds, Silas W., company I; en- listed February 27, 1864.
Reynolds, Allen W., company I; en- listed February 29, 1862.
FORTY-FIRST.
Charles L. Wakelee, company B; en- listed October 1, 1861; promoted to fifth sergeant Nov. 21, 1862. McLoud, Aaron L., enlisted October 5, 1862.
FORTY-FOURTH.
Cox, Jasper, company D; enlisted May 20, 1864.
Darling, Leander, company D; en- listed May 18, 1864.
McClelland, Hugh R., enlisted May 13, 1864.
FORTY-FIFTH.
McFall, Thomas H., company F; en- listed May 4, 1864. Meek, Justin F., company F; enlist- ed May 4, 1864.
FORTY-SEVENTH.
Black, George A., musician, com- pany H; enlisted May 14, 1864. Abraham, William W., company H, enlisted May 14, 1864.
Mccullough, James, company H; enlisted May 21, 1864.
Williamson, Jefferson F., company H; enlisted May 19, 1864.
FIRST COLORED.
Black, George W., company H; first sergeant, enlisted September 1, 1863.
Leeper, Josiah, company H; second sergeant; enlisted September 12, 1863.
Johnson, Henry, company H; first corporal; enlisted September 12, 1863.
Weeks, James R., company H; pri- vate; enlisted September 12, 1864. Dancy, Joseph, company -; private, enlisted November 2, 1864.
THIRTY-THIRD ILLINOIS.
Ford, Francis, company K; enlisted August 21, 1861.
THIRTY-NINTH ILLINOIS.
Shockley, Joseph, company H; en- listed April 7, 1862.
FORTY-THIRD ILLINOIS.
Behr, Herman, company E; enlisted September 1, 1861. Cramer, Frank, company E; enlisted September 1, 1861.
FIFTIETH ILLINOIS.
Hoover, Parker, company F; enlisted August 18, 1861.
Melville, Martin, company K, en- listed November 1, 1861.
MISCELLANEOUS CAVALRY REGIMENTS.
FIRST.
Mann, Melvin E., farrier, company K; enlisted July -, 1861; dis- charged January 1, 1862.
SECOND.
David J. Ferree, company .A .; en- listed August 1, 1861; promoted to first sergeant December 1,
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1861; to second lieutenant Octo- ber 1, 1862; to first lieutenant September 20, 1863.
Milton H. Sweet, commissary ser- geant; enlisted August 1, 1861; promoted from private to sixth, to fourth, to second, corporal; veter- anized March 4, 1864; reduced to fourth sergeant at his own request February 15, 1865.
Luther J. Washburn, second corpo- al, company A; enlisted August 1, 1861; promoted to first corporal October 1, 1861; promoted to fifth sergeant December 1, 1861; to fourth sergeant March 18, 1862; to third sergeant May 17, 1862; to captain company M, seventh U. S. artillery, A. D. March 1, 1864. Snyder, Benj. F., private company A; enlisted August 1, 1861; pro- moted to eighth corporal August 1, 1864; to seventh corporal Sep- tember 1,1864; veteranized March 1,1864. ·
Wagoner, Benjamin, private, com- pany A; enlisted August 1, 1861; promoted to eighth corporal Au- gust 1, 1861; to third sergeant June 24, 1864; second sergeant September, 1864.
THIRD.
Maxwell, Thomas J., assistant sur- geon; commissioned December 7, 1862, from acting assistant sur- geon. ,
FOURTH.
Rhoades, Morrison J., company C;, enlisted September 10, 1861.
SIXTH.
Geve, Nicholas, company A; en- listed October 4, 1862.
King, Horace, company A; enlisted October 21, 1862; discharged March 9, 1864.
McCormick, John W., company E; enlisted December 29, 1862.
Perkins, John H., company E; en- listed December 12, 1862.
SEVENTH.
Anderson, Sanford, enlisted June 10, 1863; company H.
Wakelee, Charles F., quartermaster sergeant, company L; enlisted October 1, 1861; formerly of com- pany B, fourteenth infantry.
McLand, Aaron L., company L; en- listed October 1, 1861; formerly of company B, fourteenth infan- try.
Wells, David, company L; enlisted October 18, 1861; formerly of company B, fourteenth infantry. Cox, Daniel W., company not re- ported; enlisted September 5, 1864.
Powers, Thos. F., company not re- ported; enlisted September 5, 1864.
EIGHTH.
Harris, William D., company F; en- listed August 10, 1863; served one year in company A, seven- teenth infantry.
NINTH.
Laine, Thompson, company B; en- listed October 15, 1863.
Tilton, Winfield S., trumpeter, com- pany H; enlisted November 4.
TWELFTH ILLINOIS.
Swan, John A., company E; muster- ed in December 30, 1861.
ARTILLERY.
Parker, Benj. F., first battery; en- listed August 17, 1861; discharged June 3, 1863.
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RECAPITULATION.
Washington county was represented in forty regimental organizations, and is credited with 1,240 men furnished under the calls of the President in 1861 and 1862, or 554 more than required. This does not include the one hundred days' men.
The following is the list of her commissioned officers:
STAFF AND FIELD OFFICERS.
Henry R. Cowles, lieutenant-colonel, second infantry.
Nortan P. Chipman, adjutant, second infantry.
Matthew G. Hamill, major, second veteran infantry.
William T. Herritt, sergeant-major, second veteran infantry.
John Ashton, assistant surgeon, seventh infantry.
William B. Bell, brevet colonel, eighth infantry.
Samuel E. Rankin, major, eighth infantry.
Samuel D. Cook, surgeon, eighth infantry.
George W. Marsden, adjutant, eighth infantry. Samuel R. Parker, quartermaster-sergeant, eighth infantry.
J. D. Miles, assistant surgeon, eleventh infantry. John Elrod, chaplain, thirteenth infantry.
W. Wilson, chaplain, seventeenth infantry.
B. Crabb, colonel, nineteenth infantry.
G. G. Bennett, adjutant, nineteenth infantry.
J. H. Downing, quartermaster, nineteenth infantry.
J. Bennett, quartermaster, nineteenth infantry.
D. J. Palmer, lieutenant-colonel, twenty-fifth infantry.
T. W. Hyde, chaplain, thirtieth infantry.
J. B. Hope, major, forty-fifth infantry.
S. H. Stutsman, assistant surgeon, forty-fifth infantry.
J. P. Dawson, quartermaster, forty-fifth infantry.
T. J. Maxwell, assistant surgeon, third cavalry.
CAPTAINS.
Henry R. Cowles, company H, sec- ond infantry.
Matthew G. Hamill, company H, second infantry.
Benjamin Crabb, company H, sev- enth infantry.
James B. Hope, company H, seventh infantry.
Thos. L. Montgomery, company H, seventh infantry.
Wm. Bell, company C, eighth infan- try.
Samuel E. Rankin, company C, eighth infantry.
George W. Marsden, company C, eighth infantry.
N. A. Holson, company E, tenth in- fantry.
M. G. Cooper, company E, tenth in- fantry.
Isaiah G. Moore, company F, elev- enth infantry.
M. Lemon, company F, eleventh in- fantry.
J. Elrod, company I, thirteenth in- fantry.
D. E. Cocklin, company I, thirteenth infantry.
S. E. Woodford, company K, thir- teenth infantry.
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V. W. Andrews, company K, thir- teenth infantry.
L. Bassett, company K, thirteenth infantry.
H. W. McCaulley, company K, thir- teenth infantry.
T. Blanchard, company I, eighteenth infantry.
D. J. Palmer, company A, twenty- fifth infantry.
J. M. Dick, company A, twenty- fifth infantry.
J. A. Young, company A, twenty- fifth infantry.
S. A. Russell, company I, twenty- fifth infantry.
T. H. Maxwell, company I, twenty- fifth infantry.
J. W. Harpe, company I, twenty- fifth infantry.
A. Wilson, company H, twenty- eighth infantry.
W. T. Burgess, company E, thirti- eth infantry.
J. Smith, company E, thirtieth in- fantry.
S. D. Cook, company K, thirtieth infantry.
J. B. Gallagher, company K, thirti- eth infantry.
W. H. Allen, company B, forty-fifth infantry,
J. F. McCutchan, company D, ninth cavalry.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS.
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Allan L. Thompson, company H, second infantry.
Hiram Schofield, company H, sec- ond infantry.
Matthew G. Hamill, company H, second infantry.
David M. Williams, company H, second infantry.
William P. Crawford, company H, seventh infantry.
James B. Hope, company H, sev- enth infantry.
Thos. L. Montgomery, company H, seventh infantry.
Robt. N. Graham, company H, sev- enth infantry.
Henry S. Kinsey, company H, sev- enth infantry.
Otho Bonser, company K, seventh infantry.
S. E. Rankin, company C, eighth in- fantry.
E. B. Plumb, company C, eighth infantry.
J. C. Baxwell, company C, eighth infantry.
G. W. Marsden, company C, eighth infantry.
S. R. Palmer, company C, eighth infantry.
R. J. Mohn, company E, tenth in- fantry.
J. H. Terry, company E, tenth in- fantry.
M. S. Cummings, company E, tenth infantry.
J. M. Haley, company E, tenth in- fantry.
J. D. Miles, company F, eleventh infantry.
W. J. Williamson, company F, elev- enth infantry.
V. W. Andrews, company K, thir- teenth infantry.
L. Bassett, company K, thirteenth infantry.
J. S. Rice, company K, thirteenth infantry.
J. M. Dick, company A, twenty-fifth infantry.
J. A. Young, company A, twenty- fifth infantry.
J. W. Harper, company I, twenty- fifth infantry.
T. T. Williams, company I, twenty- fifth infantry.
J. Smith, company E, thirtieth in- fantry.
W. W. Parker, company E, thirti- eth infantry.
J. W. Middleton, company E, thir- tieth infantry.
N. A. J. Young, company K, thirti- eth infantry.
F. Critz, company K, thirtieth, in fantry.
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S. E. Hawthorne, company B, forty- fifth infantry.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
Norman P. Chipman, company H, second infantry.
Hiram Schofield, company H, second infantry.
Mathew G. Hamill, company H, second infantry.
George W. Neal, company H, sec- ond infantry.
David M. Williams, company H, second infantry.
William H. Samson, company C, sixth infantry.
George S. Richardson, company C, sixth infantry.
Granville V. Bennett, company H, seventh infantry.
James B. Hope, company H, seventh infantry.
Thos. L. Montgomery, company H, seventh infantry.
Rob't. N. Graham, company H, sev- enth infantry.
A. A. Rodman, company C, eighth infantry.
J. A. Boyer, company C, eighth in- fantry.
G. F. Dawson, company I, eighth infantry.
W. W. Purcell, company E, tenth infantry.
M. S. Cummings, company E, tenth infantry.
E. Garland, company E, tenth in- fantry.
J. B. Dawson, company F, eleventh infantry.
E. G. Jackson, company F, eleventh infantry.
S. Gordon, company F, eleventh in- fantry.
C. T. Young, company I, thirteenth infantry.
J. A. Brown, company I, thirteenth infantry.
S. D. Cook, company K, thirteenth infantry.
W. H. Allen, company K, thirteenth infantry.
J. S. Rice, company K, thirteenth infantry.
J. W. Eyestone, company K, thir- teenth infantry.
S. A. Wilson, company I, eighteenth infantry.
B. I. Kinsly, company I, eighteenth infantry.
D. W. Ott, company D, twenty- fourth infantry.
J. A. Young, company A, twenty- fifth infantry.
M. B. Anderson, company A, twen- ty-fifth infantry.
D. A. Boyer, company A, twenty- fifth infantry.
T. Y. Williams, company I, twenty- fifth infantry.
J. A. Harper, company I, twenty- fifth infantry.
I. S. Drummond, company E, thir- tieth infantry.
M. W. Parker, company E, thirtieth infantry.
J. W. Middleton, company E, thir- tieth infantry.
J. B. Gallagher, company K, thir- tieth infantry.
E. R. Eldridge, company B, forty- fifth infantry.
D. J. Ferree, company A, second cavalry.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY WAR RECORD.
SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA.
The following beautiful poem, which has won for its author a national reputation, and has been sung in the theaters of Europe, was written in & Southern prison, by Adjutant S. H. M. Byers, at present (1880) U. S. Con- sul, at Zurich, Switzerland. In his little book, "What I saw in Dixie," on pages 73-4, he copies from his diary, December 25, 1865, as follows: "This
is my second Christmas in prison.
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Lieutenant Tower, of Ottumwa, Iowa, who had lost a leg in the army, and who was afterward captured, is now to be exchanged and sent home. He wears a hollow, artificial limb in place of the one lost; this we packed full of letters, one of which contained 'Sherman's March to the Sea.' The rebels little suspected our novel way of communicating with our friends. The Lieutenant went safely through, and the letters were all safely de- livered":
Our camp fires shone bright on the mountains That frowned on the river below, While we stood by our guns in the morning And eagerly watched for the foe- When a rider came out from the darkness That hung over mountain and sea, And shouted "Boys up and be ready, For Sherman will march to the sea."
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Then cheer upon cheer for bold Sherman Went up from each valley and glen, And the bugles re-echoed the music That came from the lips of the men. For we knew that the stars in our banner More bright in their splendor would be, And that blessings from Northland would greet us When Sherman marched down to the sea.
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Then forward, boys, forward to battle, We marched on our wearisome way, And we stormed the wild hills of Resaca, -God bless those who fell on that day- Then Kenesaw, dark in its glory, Frowned down on the flag of the free, But the East and the West bore our standards, And Sherman marched on to the sea.
Still onward we pressed, till our banners · Swept out from Atlanta's grim walls, And the blood of the patriot dampened The soil where the traitor flag falls; But we paused not to weep for the fallen, Who slept by each river and tree; Yet we twined them a wreath of the laurel, As Sherman marched down to the sea.
O, proud was our army that morning That stood where the pine darkly towers, When Sherman said, "Boys, you are weary, This day fair Savannah is ours." Then sang we a song for our chieftain That echoed o'er river and lea, And the stars in our banner shone brighter, When Sherman marched down to the sea.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY WAR RECORD.
SOLDIERS' REUNION.
One of the most largely attended meetings ever held in Washington county, and probably the largest of the kind ever held in the State was the soldiers' reunion which occurred at Washington on the 30th of September and the 1st of October, 1879. Speeches were made by Governor Kirkwood and Capt. Benson. Sham battles were fought, an immense quantity of gun- powder consumed and some fifteen thousand visitors present. The follow- ing characteristic account as published in the "Press" will well bear reading and preserving:
"At sunrise, Mccutcheon's Battery of two guns waked everybody by its salute. His guns were heard near Crawfordsville, ten miles southeast, not- withstanding the wind was in the south. By 8 o'clock the country began to fill the city. Here and there an Old Vet. appeared with gun, canteen, knapsack, etc. At 9 the Junior Cornet Band marched into the park, their first appearance in uniform,-silver-trimmed caps with red plumes and tinselled coats. They looked gay, and eyes of girls and women and feet of gamins followed these melodious, gilt-edged youth everywhere. At 10, the band, the guards under Captain Palmer and the veterans, all command- ed by Col. Cowles, marched to the depot to escort the boys from abroad. Of the Muscatine company only a baker's dozen came then,-the rest on the night express, with the brilliantly uniformed social band. The Mus- catiners, commanded by Capt. Welker, are the flower of that town. Their bearing is not only soldierly, but patrician, and they drilled like an auto- matic machine. A nerve seemed to run from Welker's spinal chord to each man in the company, and his will moved the parts of the machine as readily as if its every member were an arm of his own body. Down town all came, and with some 400 veterans, the battalion moved off to Camp Grant. While the reception at the depot was taking place, the Columbus City band, 13 pieces, under D. R. Paschal, bestowed in a four-horse vehicle came into town. Our boys regretted that they were not on hand to re- ceive them, but so the fate of war decreed. This band played finely, and all were sorry that they could not stay over till next day and share the fun of the campaign.
"Arriving at camp, C. T. Jones welcomed the boys in a graceful, piquant speech, guards were mounted, pickets stationed, and at 12 M. they fell-to on "dessiccated potatoes" and "anti-scorbutics."
" THE ROSTER.
" While they are getting away with the flesh-pots of Egypt, let me give the roster of the troops:
" Four hundred old veterans, formed, in part. as follows: Company D, captain Mitchell, thirty-five men, Crawfordsville; Oregon contingent, cap- tain C. W. Crisman, forty men; Cedar re-inforcements, captain B. F. Tip- ton, forty men; Washington veterans, captain L. B. Cocklin, forty five men; Marion musketeers, captain D. E. Cocklin, twenty men; Jackson con- tingent, captain T. L. Montgomery, twenty-five men; Dutch Creek, cap- tain McCaulley, twenty-five men; captain G. L. Vanauken, fourteen men of company F, second regiment I. N. G. from Columbus Junction; the Muscatine boys and our guards, company D.
"These regiments as far as known were represented: Iowa Infantry:
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Second, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, /Sixteenth, Eight- eenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-fith, Thirtieth, Thirty-third, Thirty-seventh, Forty-fifth, Forty-seventh ; Iowa Cavalry: First, Second, Fifth, Ninth; Missouri: First Light Artillery; Colorado: First Artillery; Ohio Infantry: Fifteenth, Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Seventy-eighth, One Hundred and Second, One Hundred and third, One Hundred and Thirty-second, One Hundred and Fiftieth, One Hundred and Sixty-first, One Hundred and Eighty-third, and First Ohio Heavy Artillery; Indiana Infantry: Thir- tieth, Fifty-second, Fifty-third, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth, One Hun- dred and Fifty-second, and Second Cavalry; Illinois Infantry: Twenty- eighth, Fifty-seventhi, Sixty-fifth, Seventy-second, Eighty-third, Ninety- second, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth, One Hundred and Fifty-third; Twentieth Wisconsin Infantry; Fifty-sixth New York Infantry and Fif- teenth Cavalry; Ninth, Tenth and One Hundredth Pennsylvania Infantry; Sixth Virginia Infantry; Fifteenth Michigan Infantry; United States In- fantry : Forty-seventh, Sixty-fifth, Eighty-eighth and Sixtieth United States Colored Infantry.
" A FEAST.
"At 5: 30 luxuries were spread before the sons of Mars, not merely to recall old times, but to make them sleep ill; that is, to enable the boys to be wake- ful and encourage them to make a night of it, which they proceeded to do. All this was washed down, at dinner and supper, by some one hundred and sixty-five gallons of prime coffee made so strong by Wm. Paul Moothart, consort to the Queen (Coffe Pot), that it would have floated bricks and wakened even the Seven Sleepers. A salute was fired at sunset, and by the way they kept saluting with sporadic gun-shots all night. I conclude that the enthusiastic boys, like General Joshua's solger boys, fancied the sun never would go down and hadn't gone down yet at 3 A. M. of Wednesday! They didn't cheese their racket all night. The arrival of the Muscatine boys and band, escorted to camp by our Guards, was the signal for such a hullabaloo demonstration as no civilian ever before heard; but it was fit to greet timely reinforcements by lifting the roofs off from the chambers where noise, din, whoop, yell, clatter and company are manufactured. The' Muscatine boys took up quarters in floral hall. Post Commander Cowles had a tent; the Cedar boys brought down the Advent tent that would sleep fifty men; there were other tents pitched, but the main force occupied bar- racks on the north side of the grounds, and the battery was posted within the track area.
" THE BOSS ROMANCERS
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