Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois. Historical and biographical, Part 67

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avowed purpose of securing their release. ; Reports of this raid came to town. The court house was garrisoned by a number of armed citizens and preparations made to inaugurate war right here if the proposed attack was made. Some 300 or 400 men did approach the town, but a good many had by that time had opportunity to consider the nature of the expedition. They argued very pertinently that if they killed any one it was murder, but if any one of them were killed it would be justifiable homicide, and thus arriving at the conclusion they had nothing to gain but everything to lose, their ardor cooled and the larger proportion of the mob never entered the city. A

very considerable number, however, did march into the town, but they met with such a determined set of men that their expedition proved similar to that kind of the nursery rhyme, who " marched up a hill with twice five thousand men, and then marched them back again." It is said that a body of men laid in ambush in the ceme- tery to waylay the invaders when they returned, but that they escaped by unwittingly taking another route. Whatever the truth may be, there was no blood shed on this occasion, and there was no possible chance of the mob effecting anything "they sought. It was a miserable fiasco and only serves to show how the excitement of the time obscured the judgment of the people. An incident is related which, laughable as it is, in the light of the issue, might have been a very serious matter. It is said that some of the boys got the idea that in case of war, in the event of killing a man, the marksman obtained the horse of his victim, and it is further stated that boys were found in possession of loaded pistols, " marking their man," and only waiting for the firing to begin to secure their share of the trophies. Under such circumstances it is marvelous that a serious affray was not precipitated, and may be explained probably on the theory of an " armed reconnaissance." There were frequent rumors of other raids, but it proved in each case to be " sound and fury, meaning nothing."

Two companies of troops were raised early in 1861, by Cap- tains Livingston and Byers, and in May, the Board of Supervisors appropriated money to uniform them, but this action was subse- quently found to be illegal and it was rescinded. The Board subse- quently appointed the Supervisor of each township a committee to supply the wants of needy families of volunteers, and in 1863 a levy of a half-mill was made for this purpose. There seems to have been no disposition to withhold any aid that could be properly given, and they thus expended some $2,500. One or two attempts were

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made to provide bounties for volunteers, but the majority of the Board opposed the expense. On January 31, 1865, under the threat- ened draft, the Board was moved to offer a bounty, and recorded their action as follows : " Whereas, the Board of Supervisors of Richland County, from motives of patriotism, and desire of furnish- ing men to fill the quotas demanded by the government, it is there- fore ordered by the Board of Supervisors of Richland County that a bounty of $100 be paid to each of eighty-six volunteers on their being mustered into the service and credited to Richland County." Provision was made for securing the money for this outlay, and it was subsequently provided that such as had put substitutes in the army, had served, or families who had lost a member in the service, should be relieved of the tax imposed to pay this bounty. Only some twenty-seven men were paid this bounty at first, but claims were subsequently made and allowed which made the aggregate expense of the county for bounties reach the sum of $3,400. The total expenditure from the county treasury in relation to its volun- teers reaches only $5,900. The Adjutant-General's report gives the summary report of the quotas and credits of Richland County as follows: Population in 1860, 9,709. First and second-class enroll- ment in 1863, 1,492; in 1864, 1,483; revised enrollment, January, 1865, 1,403. Quotas, 1861, 272; 1862, 186; under the call of Febru- ary 1, and March 14, 1864, 336; under the call of July 18, 1864, 231. The total quotas up to this time was 1,025, and the total credits, 1,523, making an excess of 498. to the credit of the county. On December 31, 1865, the net quota of the county was 495, just equal to the excess to its credit; it had an additional credit, however, of 54, making a total credit of 1,577, an excess of 54 above the total quota for the war. It would be impossible to trace the citi- zens of Richland County in the army if attempted; a considerable number found their way in Missouri regiments, and in numbers of from two to twenty in a number of Illinois regiments. A few names are found on the rolls of Company D, Eighteenth Illinois Infantry ; of Company F, Forty-Sixth Illinois Infantry; companies H and K, For- ty-Eighth Illinois Infantry; Company D, Forty-Ninth Illinois Infantry, and Company I, Sixty-Sixth Illinois Infantry.

Eighth Illinois Infantry .- In Company D, of this regiment, Richland County was represented by nearly a full company. It was not the first raised here but it got into the field first, and was mustered in the second regiment that Illinois sent out. The company first enlisted for the three months' service, but subse-

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paign. under General Sherman. The comment menlisted and wi- veteranized March 24. 1 -04. and returned to Mlinvis fire veterin fir- langh. On it- return to the tiell it was consolidated with another fragment. and remained ait Vicksburg. taking part in mirons expe- ditions until October. when it embarked for Memphis. On January 1. 1865. the regiment let: for New Orleans, indi vis -tatione me titteen miles whove the city. The Eighth mook war. - no-aguent \ n the campaign against Mobile. ind then returned to New Orleans. May 31. it starre I for Texas. arriving at Marshall in June. Here it wa- starinnel until the party part of Isid. when It vis orilore i back to Baton Rouge ind was misterfout Mar- A. in l arrived at spring- field. Il. some nine days later.

Sixty- Third Dinois Infantry .- Li this regiment Richland County was represented by nearly four till companies. The first Colonel. Frineis More: the second Lieutenant-Cobommel. Henry Glaze. who went out is Major. were both from Richland. As vas also the Chaplain. Stephen Blair. The companies from this emminty were mustered into the service as Companies A. C. E. and I The offers of Company A. wero: Richard M.Clure. Captain: First-Lieutenants. C. E. Cartwright, until June 30. 1963. and V. E. Phillips: second Lieutenant -. V. E. Phillips. until June 30. [$63. and Simeon Meers. Of Company C. the officers were: W. M. Bougan, until April 2. 15. and John Samiin. Captains: ALfel Laws. until February 26 1Mil. Johu Suntin until Jaupoi. 1966. ant J. N. Carlisle. First Lieuten- ants: Jacob Lewis, until April 20. 1865. and James N. Poge. Ser- oud Lieutenants. Of Company- E. the officers vere. Captains. E. E. Gilbert. H. H Walser and W. C. Koon: First Lieutenants. E. E. Walser. W. C. Koen. Charles Dronnan. Spond Lieutenants. W. C. Keen. J. A. Jor lan. Houry Dou Re. Of Company L. Captains. J. B. Craig. G. F. Glossbrenmer. J. EL C. Dill: First Lieucenauns G. F. Glossbreuner. J. H. C. Diil. Pofor Kelley: Second Lieutwoan s. J. E. C. Dill. I. S. Robinson. This regiment is organized ar Camp Du- bois. 11 Auna. ID .. in the mouth of December. 161. br Colonel Francis More, and mastered into the U'nibof Spies service Ayril to. 1>62. Ou the 20th instinc, it wis opfered to Chira, ami Com theuce. in the mithilfe of the following mont. ro Homderson, Kv .. bur returned po Minois in a few days. br Fre carly part of Lingust. the Sixty-Third was orderalto Jackson. ['emu. amd assigmoi torbe Fourth Briga le. Seventh Divisjon. Savedteenth Amire Coros. Colone! Stevenson, by the Seventh Missouri, commanding the bright, and General John A Logan Portmanding the division. Lo Sepamber

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Colonel Moro resigned, and Lieutenant-Colonel McCown took com- mand of the regiment.

On November 10, the regiment moved with the army to La- grange, and on the 28th marched with the advance against Pember- ton, compelling his retreat to Grenada, Miss., when the force returned to Lagrange. Here the regiment remained until the latter part of January, when it was assigned to the provisional Division of General Veach, but did not move until May, 1863. The Sixty-Third then proceeded to Vicksburg, and went on picket at Young's Point until May 21, when it crossed the river at Warrenton, and completed the investment of the city on the extreme left. Three days later the regiment was ordered to report to Gen. Logan, on the right cen- ter, and on the same night was relieved by the Forty-Sixth Illinois, which lost five companies captured that night. On the following day the regiment reported to Logan and was assigned to duty. In June the regiment was assigned to Mower's Brigade, Seventeenth Army Corps, and moved to Milliken's Bend, to protect the place. On June 16th, the Sixty-Third took part in the fight at and destruction of Richmond, La., and returned to Young's Point, where it remained until after the surrender and then went on post duty at Vicksburg, July 5, 1863. In the same month it was assigned to the First Brigade, Seventh Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, Col .. J. J. Alexander, of the Fifty-Ninth Indiana, commanding the bri- gade, Gen. John E. Smith commanding the division.

September 12, the regiment moved to Helena, Ark., from thence in the latter part of the month to Memphis, and in the following month toward Chattanooga. On the 7th of October, the division was assigned as Third Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps. The regiment reached Chattanooga via Bridgeport, Ala., on the 20th, and participated in the battle of Mission Ridge on the 23d and 24th of November, 1863. On the defeat of the enemy the Sixty-Third took part in the pursuit as far as Ringgold, Ga., when it returned to Bridgeport, Ala., and subsequently moved to Huntsville to go into winter quarters, arriving there December 26, 1863. On January 1, 1864, 272 men re-enlisted as veterans, and on April 3, were ordered home on furlough, arriving at Centralia on the 10th of the month. May 13, the furlough having expired, the regiment left Centralia and reported at Huntsville, Ala., on the 21st of the month. Two. days later the regiment moved to Triana, on the Tennessee River, and on the 15th of the following month returned to the army, and moved thence to Kingston via Chattanooga, where it was assigned.

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to railroad guard duty till November 11, when the command was ordered to join General Sherman. From this time on it participated in the march to the sea, leaving Atlanta, on the 15th of November and arriving at the defenses of Savannah, December 10; participated in the attack on the Ogeechee Canal, and on the 12th moved to Miller's Station, on the Gulf Railroad, where it kept up a strong picket line on the approaches until December 21, when the city sur- rendered. The Sixty-Third was then assigned to guard duty at Forts Wimberly, Beaulieu, Bonaventure and Rose Dew.

January 19, 1865, the regiment started under orders through the Carolinas. At Sisters Ferry, the high water forced the brigade to return to Savannah, from whence it proceeded by water to Beaufort, and from thence rejoined its corps at Pocotaligo, S. C., January 30, 1865. From this point forward the Sixty-Third took part in the Car- olina campaign, losing one officer and twenty-five men by the explo -. sion of the arsenal at Columbia, S. C. The regiment shared in the battles and skirmishes of this campaign, losing five men at Lynch's Creek, and Lieut .- Col. Isaminger, commanding Division Pioncer Corps, who was captured not over 300 yards from the head of the column. On March 21, the regiment took part in the battle of Ben- tonville, and on the 24th entered Goldsboro. Here the regiment remained until April 10, and while here was complimented by the Inspector General of the Army of the Tennessee, for the appear- ance of the camp and the soldierly bearing of the men. The non- veterans were mustered out on the 9th, and on the following day the regiment moved to Raleigh, and on the 25th, the Third Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, being discontinued, the Sixty-Third was transferred to the Second Brigade, Fourth Division, Fifteenth Army Corps. In the latter part of April, the regiment moved to Rich- mond, and from thence to Alexandria, taking part in the grand review at Washington, on May 24, and going into camp three miles north of the city. In June, the regiment moved via Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to Parkersburg on the Ohio River, and thence to Louisville, Ky., where it encamped on the Woodlawn Race Course. July 13, 1865, it was mustered out of service, and left for Cump Butler, Illi- nois, where the regiment arrived July 16, 1865. A summary of the regimental statistics is as follows: Original aggregate, 888 men. Present when re-enlisted, 322 men. Two companies were not eligi- ble as veterans, but of the eight remaining companies, 272 re-en- listed. Arrived at Camp Butler with 272 men. Distance traveled by rail 2,208 miles; by water, 1,995 miles; by marching, 2,250 miles-a total of 6,453 miles.

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Ninety-Eighth Illinois Infantry .- This regiment was organized of men drawn from the counties of Jasper, Crawford. Richland, Clay, Effingham and Marion. Of the regimental officers, Richland County contributed the first Lieutenant-Colonel, Edward Kitchel, who subse- quently was promoted to Colonel and. Brevet-Brigadier-General ; D. D. Marquis, originally Captain and promoted to Major and Lieu- tenant-Colonel: F. D. Preston, Quartermaster. Companies B and G were principally drawn from this county, and a considerable num- ber in H. The officers of Company B, were: Captains, D. D. Marquis, W. E. Hoffman; First Lientenants. W. E. Hoffman, W. C. Rickard, Austin Jenkins; Second Lieutenants, W. C. Rickard, T. W. Scott, Austin Jenkins, Milton Chaplin. The officers of Company G, were from other counties, save the original ones. These were: Frederick A. Johns, Captain: L. D. Laws, First Lieutenant; William Jobes, Second Lieutenant. Of Company H, Richland furnished the Captain, Thomas Johnson, and Ephraim Martin, First Lieutenant. T. W. Scott of Company B, was subsequently Captain of Company K, of the same regiment. The Ninety-Eighth Infantry, Illinois Volunteers, was organized at Centralia, Illinois. September, 1862, by Colonel .J. J. Funkhouser, and mustered into the United States service on the 3d of the same month. On the 8th instant, the regiment proceeded under orders to Louisville, Ky. At Bridgeport, Ill., while en route, the train was thrown from the track by a misplaced switch, and Capt. O. L. Kelley and seven men killed, and seventy-five wounded. On the 9th the regiment moved to Jeffersonville and went into quar- ters at Camp Joe Holt. On the 19th it moved to Shepherdsville; on the 30th to Elizabethtown, and from thence to Frankfort, where it arrived on the 9th of October. On the 11th, it moved in quest of an enemy to Versailles, from which the rebels retreated. leaving some 200 sick in the hospital. The regiment at this time was in the For- tieth Brigade, which was made up of the Seventy-Second and Sev- enty-Fifth Indiana Infantry, Ninety-Eighth Illinois Infantry and Thirteenth Indiana Battery, Col. A. O. Miller, of the Seventy-Sec- ond Indiana, commanding. This brigade was assigned to the Twelfth Division of the Army of the Ohio.

Returning to Frankfort after the expedition to Versailles, the regiment with its brigade marched rid Bardstown. Munfordville and Glasgow to Bowling Green, where it arrived on the 3d of No- vember. On the 10th the brigade and division moved to Scottsville, thence to Gallatin on the 25th, to Castillian Springs on the 28th, and to Bledsoe Creek on the 14th of December. Here Gen. Rey-

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nolds took command of the division. The Seventeenth Indiana In- fantry was also assigned to the brigade, Col. Wilder of that regi- ment assuming the brigade command, and on the 26th of Decom- ber the march was begun northward in pursuit of Morgan, reaching Glasgow on the 31st. From this point, on January 2, 1863, the bri- gade proceeded to Cave City, and from thence to Nashville and Mur- freesboro. Here the regiment was assigned to the First Brigade, Fifth Division of the Fourteenth Army Corps, the brigade being composed of the Seventeenth and Seventy-Second Indiana, One Hundre land Twenty-Third and Ninety-Eighth Ilinois Infantry. In the latter part of January, the brigade made an expedition to Bra- dyville and returned to do guard duty for forage trains and scouting. Early in March the Ninety-Eighth was ordered to be mounted, and 350 men were provided with horses by the 15th. Soon afterward the whole brigade was mounted, and on the 1st of April moved out on an eight days' scout, going to Roan, Lebanon and Snow's Hill and return. On the 13th, the brigade moved to Lavergne and Frank- lin, returning to Murfreesboro. On the 20th, the brigade again moved out to McMinnville, and destroyed a cotton factory and capt- urel a railroad train; on the 22d and 23d, moved by way of Lib- erty to Alexandria and joined Gen. Reynolds' command; on the 27th raided to Lebanon, capturing a large number of horses and mules. and on the 29th, returned to Murfreesboro. May 6. the One Hundred and Twenty-Third Illinois was assigned to the brigade and mounte lin- stead of the Seventy-Fifth Indiana, and in the latter part of the month, the brigade made a reconnoissance to the front, driving in the enemy's pickets with some loss. On the 31st the Ninety-Eighth was armed with the Spencer repeating rifle, which proved an effective arm. In June the command moved out on the Liberty road, and attacked the First Kentucky and Eleventh Texas Cavalry, capturing twenty pris- oners and five wagons. June 16, it movel to Dark Bend, on the Ten- nessee River. and on the 10th attacked the enemy at Liberty, driv- ing their rear guard of 150 men to Snow's Hill.

On the 24th of June, the Army of the Cumberland moved out on the Chickamauga campaign, the Ninety-Eighth occupying a position on the right flank. At Hoover's Gap the regiment came in contact with the enemy, repulsing them, and suffering a loss of one man killed and five wounded. The brigade then moved on the flank of the Fourth Division, cutting the railroad at Decherd, driving the enemy from the stockades, and returning to the army at Manchester on the Ist of July. From this time to the 16th of August the regi-

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ment was in the vicinity of Wartrace and Decherd foraging for horses and mules, capturing about 1,000 head. The brigade was about this time further augmented by the addition of the Ninety- Second Illinois, and moved with the general advance of the army in August, over the Cumberland Mountains and Waldron's Ridge to Poe's Tavern, and September 9, forded the Tennessee and moved in advance of Chittenden's Corps, toward Ringgold. On the 11th, it moved to Tunnel Hill, skirmishing with Forrest; 12th, moved to Gordon's Mills; 13th, laid in line of battle, skirmishing with the enemy, and on the 14th, moved to Stephenson's Gap. On the 17th, moved to Alexander's bridge, and on the 18th the battle of Chicka- mauga began. The Ninety-Eighth did good service in this action and lost five killed and thirty-six wounded, Col. Funkhouser being wounded. During the remainder of the month the regiment marched to Stevenson, guarding prisoners, and returned. On the 1st of October, this brigade, with the First and Twenty-Fifth brigades of cavalry under Gen. Crook, started in pursuit of Wheeler. On the 2d, the command, crossing Waldon's bridge, moved through Sequat- chie Valley to the summit of the Cumberland Mountains, and on the 3d, the Ninety-Eighth Illinois and Seventeenth Indiana came upon a brigade of the enemy, left as a rear guard, and attacked it, defeating the enemy and inflicting a loss of fifteen or twenty men. Pushing forward, the expedition drove the enemy from MeMinnville, on the 4th, and on the 7th came up with the enemy near Shelbyville, charged him and captured fifty prisoners, losing only two wounded in the engagement. The Ninety-Eighth was engaged in the suc- ceeding fight at Farmington, and was engaged in the pursuit of Wheeler until the 19th instant, when he crossed the Tennessee and escaped. The brigade then went into camp at Maysville until the 21st of November, when it proceeded to Chattanooga and was muim- bered Third Brigade, in the Second Division of Cavalry, Gen. Crook commanding; the Ninety-Eighth regiment had 200 effective men, mounted.

The Second Division proceeded at once across the Chickamauga on pontoons, and marched up the Tennessee River to Bly's Ferry, and thence to Tine's Station, entting the railroad and telegraph lines in sight of Bragg's camp fires. On November 24, the command capt- ured a wagon train of sixty wagons and moved into Cleveland. On the 26th, the Ninety-Eighth had a slight skirmish with the enemy, losing two men wounded. On the 28th of November, 1863, the regiment numbered 150 men, mounted, the dismounted portion

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returning to Huntsville under command of Major Marquis. On December 1, the regiment was in the advance of Sherman's army, came in contact with the enemy and drove him as far as Loudon. Thence the line of march led across the Little Tennessee, to Knox- ville; thence to Maysville and Murphy, and going into camp on the 15th, at Calhoun, on the Hiawassee River, the regiment numbering at this time only 111 men and officers. On the 28th of December, the regiment was engaged in a skirmish with Wheeler's cavalry, driving them some distance, and capturing the Inspector General of Kel- ley's rebel division.

The regiment recuperated in camp during the winter, and in the early part of February was reinforced by the balance of the reg- iment with Col. Funkhouser. In the meantime, also, the brigade had been assigned to the Second Division of Cavalry. On the 23d and 24th of February the command was engaged at Buzzard's Roost, losing twelve men wounded, and on March 1, moved to Cleveland. Subsequently the regiment moved to Ringgold, and went on picket duty, extending the line toward Nickajack. About the middle of April the regiment moved, under orders, to Columbia, marching via Bridgeport, Battle Creek, Decherd and Shelbyville. In the latter part of the month, the Ninety-Eighth, 400 strong, moved to the front, arriving at Lafayette, Ga., on the 9th of May. On the 11th, the regiment marched to Villanon; on the 14th, toward Rome; 16th, to Lay's Ferry; 19th, marched through Kingston; 23d, crossed the Etowah and moved toward Van Wert, and on the 24th, through Van Wert to within two miles of Dallas, where the enemy was met and driven into Dallas. Here, after a day's skirmishing, the command moved toward Powder Springs. On the 28th, the regiment occupied a position on McPherson's right, where it dismounted and repulsed a charge of the enemy; on the 29th, it moved to Burnt Hickory. June 9, it made a reconnoissance beyond Big Shanty; dismounted and drove the enemy five miles, and on the 19th and 20th, moved out to Noonday Creek, where it had a brisk skirmish with the enemy. On July 3, it marched through Marietta, skirmishing heavily on the following day, and on the 5th, moved toward Roswell factory and became engaged with a light force of the enemy, finally taking possession on the 9th instant. Passing the Chattahoochie to Cross Keyson, the 17th, the command struck the Atlanta & Augusta Rail- road, sixteen miles cast of Atlanta, destroying several miles of track, and on the 19th returned to McAffee's bridge; moved to Decatur, on the 21st, and thence to Oxford and Covington, capturing a rail-

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road train and sixteen prisoners, burning the railroad bridge and returning on the 24th to Decatur. The command immediately moved in support of Stoneman, in the movement on Atlanta and Mobile Railroad, the division at one time being entirely surrounded by the enemy, but cutting its way out, it returned to the rear of Atlanta. On the 1st of August, 1864, the division was ordered to occupy the works vacated by the Twenty-Third Corps, which it held until the 15th, when it moved out, and on the 20th, joined Kilpatrick on the reconnaissance to Decatur. The regiment participated in Sherman's flank movements to Rough and Ready, and went on picket at Jones- boro, from the 4th to the 8th of September. From this point the Ninety-Eighth moved to Decatur, thence to Blake's Mills, and on the 19th, went on a scout towards Lawrenceville; on the 21st, moved to the support of Kilpatrick via Atlanta, Dry Pond and Sand Town; crossed the Chattahoochie, on the 24th, and reconnoitered toward Campbelltown, and thence moved to Lost Mountain and Ackworth.

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Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois. Historical and biographical, Part 67

Author: Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Chicago : F. A. Battey & Co. Number of Pages: 860

Author:
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : F. A. Battey & Co.
Number of Pages: 860