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tin died of wounds received at Liberty Gap, June 25, 1863. Gilbert Summe, of Tuscola, was captain of Company A, Seventy-ninth Illinois, a three months' regiment. Derrick Lamb, of Tuscola, was captain of Company F. One Hundred and Forty-ninth, and after- ward of Company G, One Hundred and Thirty- fifth. J. M. Maris, of Tuscola, was quarter- master in the Sixty-third Regiment. J. B. McCown, of Camargo, was colonel of the Sixty-third, in which regiment J. W. McKin- ney was surgeon. W. H. Lamb, of Tuscola, was adjutant of the Seventy-ninth. Wesford Taggart, of Tuscola, was lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-fifth. Dr. J. L. Reat was surgeon of the Twenty-first. Henry Von Trebra, of Arcola, was colonel of the Thirty-second In- diana. He died in Arcola in August, 1863. Simeon Paddleford, of Tuscola, was a quar- termaster in the Twenty-first Illinois. Doug- las county was represented by a few men in each of the regiments, Twenty-third, Fifty- seventh, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Illi- nois Infantry, in the Second, Fifth and Tenth Illinois Cavalry, and the Chicago Light Artil- lery. In the Twenty-first, Twenty-fifth, Fif- ty-fourth, Seventy-ninth, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Illinois Infantry and Thirteenth Illinois Cay- arly there were larger representations, and a more extended notice of the regiments' career is subjoined from the adjutant general's re- port.
TWENTY-FIRST ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
The first of Douglas county's contributions to the war went out in Company D, of the Twenty-first Regiment. The officers of this company were as follows:
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Captains-J. E. Callaway, till September 10, 1862; B. F. Reed, till September 22, 1863; J. T. Kirkman, till June 7. 1864: P. A. Cord, til muster out of regiment.
First Lieutenants-B. F. Reed. till Sep- tember 19, 1862: Simeon Paddleford, till Att- gust 18. 1864: J. W. Pierce, till May 13, 1865; S. II. Ford.
Second Lieutenants-J. T. Kirkman, till September 19, 1862; Lawrence MeGrath, not mustered.
Enlisted men from Douglas county were : First Sergeant-G. P. Barlow.
Sergeants-C. A. Coykendall, died at Tus- cola. January 10, 1865; F. T. Westfall, Sim- con Paddleford, promoted first lieutenant : Cor- nelius Hopkins.
Corporals-John Welliver, promoted ser- geant ; Evan Callentine ; S. A. Albin, died Jan- mary 1, 1863: of wounds : P. A. Cord, W. W. Watson, James Gillogy: Simon Childers, died April 1. 1862; John Pence.
Musicians-J. K. Eldred, William Mitchell. Wagoner-B. F. Owings.
Privates --- S. Ayres : J. C. Ackerman, killed at Stone River, January 1, 1863; W. Avery, clied May 4. 1864. prisoner of war ; L. P. Bunt- ing. killed at Stone River January 1, 1863; R. B. Bostwick: D. W. Barnett, died January 27. 1864. prisoner of war; W. S. Brasselton, died March 1. 1863; W. W. Bagley : J. E. Bag- ley, died July 4. 1864, prisoner of war; C. Burns, J. Byers, killed at Stone River, January 1, 1863: J. W. Barrum, J. W. Brinnegar, E. Coffin, S. C. Chubb; I. S. Cross, died Septem- ber 6, 1864. prisoner of war : J. Condit. J. Cos- let, W. C. Coslet. F. M. Daniels, John Daniels, Steven Daniels, G. W. Doyle; L. J. Day, killed at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863: G. Earl,
S. H. Ford, William Friddle, G. M. Grace. W. W. Grace: Jacob Good, died January 23, 1863: A. Geer, E. Hollingsworth, D. Haines, Thomas Haines, R. B. Iloofman: G. Helmick. died March 28, 1862: William Hill, A. Hagaman. J. Hornback : Thomas Keaton, died November 21. 1861; William Leston, S. A. Lindsay, John Lyons, N. B. Modissett, Charles Mont- gomery: L. McDowell, died August 1, 1863; F. Mary, Thomas McGuire, J. D. Maddox, I. N. Neal: E. H. Neal, promoted corporal, died January 9, 1864, prisoner of war : Henry Otten, J. Osborne; A. H. Perry, drowned at Pittman's Ferry. Mary 14, 1862: J. W. Pierce, H. R. Potts, William Polk, J. J. G. Russell, John Robinett, William Riley; Levi Romine, died February 16, 1863; J. Riney, 11. Shoap. W. N. Saintford, J. Skinner, G. W. Snyder, B. F. Shook, J. Shireman ; W. H. Smallwood, died January 16, 1863, of wounds; J. Ted- row, I. D. Van Meter, R. P. West, John Wa- ters, G. W. White, H. Warren, William Wamsley.
Veterans-S. D. Ayers, C. Burns, R. B. Bostwick; P. A. Cord, promoted captain; J. Condiet, promoted corporal : F. M. Daniels, Q. Ellis; S. H. Ford, promoted first lieutenant ; William Friddle; G. M. Grace, promoted cor- poral; E. Hollingsworth, D. Haines, T. W. Haines, William Hill ; W. H. Liston, promoted sergeant; A. A. Lindsay, Thomas McGuire, William Mitchell : L. MeGrath, promoted first sergeant : \. J. Newport, B. F. Owings; J. W. Pierce, promoted first lieutenant; J. C. Still, John Waters, W. W. Watson.
Recruits-S. C. Bagley, died April 24. 1864. prisoner of war : Q. Ellis, C. C. Lee; W. P. Liston, died October 8, 1863, from wounds; 1 .. MeGrath : 1. W. Noel, killed at Stone River,
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December 30, 1862: J. Nell; Thomas Owens, died May 28, 1862: A. N. Protzman, Gilby Sipple, Thomas Wamsley, J. W. Watson, J. M. Wyckoff.
The regiment was organized in the sev- enth congressional district, and was ren- dezvoused at Mattoon, Illinois. On the 15th of May, 1861, it was mustered into the state serv- ice for thirty days, by Capt. U. S. Grant. On the 28th of June it was mustered into the Uni- ted States service, with Capt. U. S. Grant as colonel. A letter from Gen. Grant gives the history of his connection with the regiment as follows: "I was appointed colonel of the Twenty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, by Gov. Richard Yates, some time carly in the month of June, 1861, and assumed command of the regiment on the 16th of that month. The regiment was mustered into the service of the United States in the latter part of the same month. Being ordered to rendezvous the reg- iment at Quincy, Illinois, I thought, for the purpose of discipline and speedy efficiency for the field, it would be well to march the regiment across the country, instead of transporting by rail. Accordingly, on the 3rd of July, 1861, the march was commenced from Camp Yates, Springfield, Illinois, and continued until about three miles beyond the Illinois river, which dispatches were received, changing the destina- tion of the regiment to Ironton, Missouri, and directing me to return to the river and take a steamer, which had been sent there for the pur- pose of transporting the regiment to St. Louis. The steamer failing to reach the point of em- barkation, several days were here lost. In the meantime a portion of the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, under Col. Smith, was reported sur- rounded by the enemy at a point on the Han-
nibal & St. Joseph Railroad, west of Palmyra, and the Twenty-first was ordered to their re- lief. Under these circumstances, expedition was necessary; accordingly the march was abandoned, and the railroad was called into requisition. Before the Twenty-first reached its new destination the Sixteenth had extri- cated itself. The Twenty-first was then kept on duty on the line of the Hannibal & St. Jo- seph Railroad for about two weeks, without, however, meeting an enemy or an incident worth relating. We did make one march, how- ever, during that time, front Salt River, Mis- souri, to Florida, Missouri, and returned in search of Tom Harris, who was reported in that neighborhood with a handful of rebels. It was impossible, however, to get nearer than a day's march of him. From Salt River the regiment went to Mexico, Missouri, where it remained for two weeks; thence to Ironton, Missouri, passing through St. Louis, on the 7th of August, when I was assigned to duty as a 'brigadier-general, and turned over the com- mand of the regiment to that gallant and Christian officer, Col. Alexander, who after- ward yielded up his life, whilst nobly leading it in the battle of Chickamauga."
The regiment remained at Ironton, Mis- souri, until October 20, 1861, when it marched out from that place, and participated in the battle of Frederickstown on the following day. Returning to Fronton, the Twenty-first re- mained until January 29, 1862, when it marched with Gen. Steele's expedition to Jack- sonport, Arkansas, when it was ordered to Corinth, by way of Cape Girardeau. On May 24, 1862, the regiment reached Hamburg Landing, and took up a position near Corinthi subsequently. On the evacuation of this place,
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the Twenty-first pursued the enemy from
thirty-eight officers and men. Col. Alexander Farmington, Mississippi, to Booneville. Re- being killed and Lient. Col. MeMackin being wounded, Capt. A. C. Knight took command of the regiment. After the battle of Chicka- mauga the Twenty-first was attached to the First Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army Corps, and remained at Bridgeport, Alabama, until the close of 1863. February 27. 1864, the regiment re-enlisted, some twenty-five men of Company D veteranizing. The regiment served in the Atlanta campaign, and subse- quently was ordered to Texas, where it was mustered out December 16, 1865, at San Antonio.
turning from the pursuit, it formed a part of an expedition to Holly Springs. On the 14th of August. 1862, the Twenty-first was ordered to join Gen. Buell's army in Tennessee, which it accomplished, marching by way of Eastport. Mississippi, Columbia, Tennessee, Florence, Alabama, Franklin, Murfreesboro and Nash- ville, Tennessee, arriving at Louisville Sep- tember 27. 1862. On the counter-march across Kentucky in pursuit of Bragg, the regiment en- gaged in the battles of Perryville and Chaplin Hill, Company F being the first troops to en- ter Perryville. From thence the regiment marched to Crab Tree Orchard and Bowling Green, Kentucky, and to Nashville, Tennessee.
When the army marched from Nashville, December 26, 1862, this regiment formed a part of the Second Brigade, First Division, Twentieth Army Corps, and was in the skir- mish at Knob Gap. On December 30, in con- nection with the Fifteenth Wisconsin, Thirty- eiglith Illinois and One Hundred and First Ohio, it had a severe engagement with the en- emy near Murfreesboro, where it charged the famous Washington (rebel ) Light Artillery, twelve Parrott guns, and succeeded in driving every man from the battery, when it was com- pelled to fall back by a division of rebel in- fantry. During the battle of Murfreesboro it was fiercely engaged and did gallant duty, losing more men than any other regiment en- gaged. The Twenty-first was with Gen. Rose- crans' army from Murfreesboro to Chat- tanooga. On June 25. 1863. the regiment was engaged in a severe skirmish at Liberty Gap. It was subsequently engaged in the battle of Chickamauga, where it lost two hundred and
TWENTY-FIFTHI ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Company H of this regiment was recruited in Douglas county. The commissioned officers were: Captains-William Brian, till Decem- ber 30, 1861; Benjamin F. Ford, till March 2, 1863; J. H. Hastings, till October 2, 1863; John Scott, till mustered out.
First Lieutenants-Allen Buckner, till June 13. 1862; H. C. Paddock, till November 14, 1862; J. H. Hastings, till March 2, 1863: John Scott, till October 2, 1863: Thomas Mal- lott. till September 1, 1864: James T. Walker, till September 21, 1865.
Second Lieutenants-Archibald Van De- ren, till July 15, 1862: J. Il. Hastings, till No- vember 14, 1862; John Scott, till March 2, 1863: Thomas Mallott, till October 2, 1863.
The enlisted men from Douglas county were: First Sergeant-H. Hopkins died at Jefferson City September 12, 1861.
Sergeants-Daniel O'Root, Henry Cook ; G. W. Harris, promoted sergeant; J. H. Has- tings, promoted second lieutenant.
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Corporals-James Lewis, W. H. Harrison, Daniel Jacobs; J. T. Walker, promoted first lieutenant : John Yaker; John Scott, promoted second lieutenant ; G. P. McQuaid, died March 2, 1863, of wounds received at Stone River.
Musicians-G. P. Sargent J. A. Ritter. Wl'agoner-William Hogland.
Privates-Charles Allison, promoted cor- poral, died January 21, 1863 ; B. F. Allison, J. A. Armstrong, G. W. Anderson, T. Ater; J. R. Biggs, died November 21, 1863, of wounds ; S. Bierfeldt, 1. Bashalm, A. Banta, Henry Busby, Lewis Cook, Charles Corban, S. Cun- ningham, William Donley, William Early, B. F. Evans, J. S. Falkner, F. Falster, John Gilmore, Joseph Hammer ; Joseph Hamilton, (lied at St. Louis February 17, 1861; Joseph Harvey; J. W. Hopkins, died at St. Louis December 13, 1861; E. T. Hopkins, died at luka, Mississippi, August 30, 1862; George Hopkins, Joseph Hyde, J. Henry, William Hewitt, J. H. Ishum ; Il. T. James, promoted hospital steward; W. D. Jones; G. Klink, pro- moted principal musician: William Leyh; Thomas Mallott, promoted corporal, sergeant and second lieutenant ; Claus Moner; F. H. Morely, died at Springfield, Missouri, Febru- ary 19, 1862; J. Moore; William Newcomb, died February 9, 1863, of wounds; J. P. Newell, Elihu Parish, J. C. Perry; W. L. Prose, promoted corporal; John Rierdon; C. D. Randolph, promoted corporal; A. Romine ; R. S. Robinson, promoted sergeant; John S. Sargeant, R. W. Sec, E. H. Slace, W. R. Sack- ville, H. Stenght, J. M. Siders; W. L. Sowers, died near Ackworth, Georgia, June 13, 1864; Peter Sipple, A. J. Thompson; J. C. Vestal, . promoted corporal; M. Whittenborg; John Wilson, died at Chattanooga November 28,
1863: F. S. Wheeler, killed at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 8. 1862; A. J. Walston, pro- moted sergeant.
Recruits-Perry Burnham ; J. A. Carthal, died at Rolla, Missouri, January 18, 1862; H. 11. Crist : D. Dennis, died at Jefferson City September 12, 1861; I. N. Dickens, S. Epley ; William Helm, died at Nashville November 9, 1862; D. C. Johnson; S. Kingery, died at St. Louis December 25. 1861 ; William Muir, James Moore, W. R. Medcalf, H. B. Prose, Alexander Perry, William Steyer, J. W. Sleeper, Joseph Vinson, C. Winter.
The Twenty-fifth Regiment was recruited in the spring and summer of 1861, and was or- ganized in August at Mattoon. The regiment was assigned to the Department of Missouri, and proceeded to Jefferson City, which was then threatened by the army of Gen. Price, fresh from its dearly-bought victory at Lex- ington. Here the Twenty-fifth remained until the latter part of September, when it marched to Sedalia, and was assigned to Sigel's famous division. Here it remained until the middle of October, gaining discipline, foraging, picket- ing, etc., and then followed the army toward Springfield, remaining here until November, when Gen. Hunter assumed command of the army, and moved it toward Wilson's Creek, the scene of Gen. Lyon's famous fight. This movement of Sigel's division was but a ruse to cover the real destination of the army, and on the 13th it followed the movement of the main army to Rolla, where it remained during the winter. On February 2, 1862, Gen. Curtis having assumed command, the army again took up its line of march toward Springfield, where the rebel Gen. Price had concentrated his forces. The Union forces again took pos-
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session of the city on the 13th of February, campaign against Bragg. reaching Perryville without serious opposition. Then began an two days after the fight, thence proceeding to Crab Orchard, Bowling Green, and on to Nashville. Here the regiment remained until the latter part of December, when the Chat- tanooga campaign began, the Twenty-fifth tak- ing part in the bloody engagement at Stone River. Spent the winter at Murfreesboro, and the spring till the latter part of June, 1863, when the movement against Chattanooga was resumed. The regiment took part in the vari- ous battles and skirmishes which led up to Chickamauga, in which the Twenty-fifth was engaged. Fell back to Chattanooga, where it re- mained until the latter part of November. On the 25th of this month the regiment took part in the desperate charge on Mission Ridge. Im- mediately after this battle the regiment took part in the forced march of one hundred and fifty miles to the relief of Knoxville, arriving three days after the siege had been raised by Gen. Burnside. From this point the regiment moved to Blain's Cross Roads, thence to Dand- ridge. Tennessee. From this point the army fell back to Knoxville, and from thence to Kingston, and later to Cleveland, Tennessee. From this point in May. 1864, the Twenty- fifth moved out with the army on the Atlanta campaign. The regiment participated in most of the battles of this campaign up to the taking of Atlanta, when it was mustered out Septem- ber 5. 1864. The veterans and recruits of this regiment were consolidated in one company, designated at Company H of the Twenty-fifth Illinois Infantry, which was mustered out at Victoria, Texas, September 1, 1865. exciting race until the 20th, when the pursuit was abandoned, and the troops allowed a few days' rest. having marched four consecutive days during the most inclement weather, there being six inches of snow on the ground a por- tion of the time. and skirmishing with the enemy every day during the last week's march. Here the army remained till the 5th of March, when it became evident that the combined forces of Van Dorn, Price and Mccullough were marching to give battle, and accordingly, on the 6th, the army moved toward Sugar Creek Valley under the command of Curtis. Sigel, Davis and Ashboth, and in the after- noon of the same day the rear guard was at- tacked and repulsed by the enemy. Thus be- gan the battle of Pea Ridge, which resulted so disastrously to the rebels, and in which this regiment took a prominent part. The army remained in this vicinity until the 5th of April, when the march was resumed for Forsythe, Missouri, and thence to Batesville, Arkansas. Early in May the march was again resumed. as was supposed for Little Rock, but orders were soon received detaching some ten regi- ments under orders to proceed to Cape Gir- ardeau, on the Mississippi river, some two hun- dren miles distant, and from thence to Pitts- burg Landing. Tennessee, by water, to re-en- force the troops then besieging Corinth, Mis- sissippi. The regiment reached the Landing on the 26th of May, and the next day marched up to within supporting distance of the main army, arriving two days previous to the evac- nation. After the pursuit of the retreating en- emy ceased the Twenty-fifth was ordered to FIFTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY Kentucky, where it took part in the memorable In this regiment Douglas county was rep-
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resented by Company B. The commissioned officers were :
Captains-S. B. Logan, till July 27, 1864; A. B. Balch, till September 18, 1865; Gilman Noyes.
These are the names of those from Douglas First Lieutenants-Johnson White, till 1863; A. B. Balch, promoted February 16, 1865; Gilman Noyes, promoted, but not mus- tered. county, the balance of the company being April 21, 1862; A. M. Houston, till March HI. drawn from Coles and Cumberland counties. The company was recruited in the summer of 1861, and was assigned as Company B to the Fifty-fourth Regiment, rendezvoused at Camp Second Lieutenants-A. M. Houston, pro- moted, not mustered; A. B. Balch, July 9, 1863; B. C. Pursell, resigned March 18, 1865; R. B. McComb, promoted, but not mustered. Dubois, Anna, Illinois. This regiment was or- ganized as a part of the "Kentucky Brigade," in the formation of which E. McCarty, of Douglas county, was so prominent.
The enlisted men were :
First Sergeant-James Shrew.
Sergeants-R. B. McComb, E. C. Wal- ton, Alex. Rodgers and John Scott.
Corporals-Levi Jester, G. P. Ross, John Haley, W. A. Griffin, William Moore, H. M. Thompson, J. Bennett.
Musician-I. W. Ross.
Il'agoner-William Cosles.
Privates-F. M. Abrams, Isaac Albertz, J. P. Allison; A. B. Balch, promoted second lieu- tenant; Walter Bailey, E. R. Bagley, John Bear, Simeon Bennett, S. M. Beeman, Cephas Carman. Thomas Denning, George Dehart, David Ford, John Freddle; M. B. Grove, mustered out as corporal ; J. D. Henry, died at Memphis November 10, 1863; W. T. Hughes, James Jackson, B. D. Jones, Robert Laughlin, G. W. Lester, G. Loper, J. P. Laughlin, E. Leslie, G. W. Montgomery, R. N. McIntyre, Charles McCaren, G. W. Mussett, John Ma- lone, G. W. Miller, Robert Montgomery, Rich- ard Martin, J. S. Osborne, L. Owen, James Overman; B. C. Pursell, promoted second lieu-
tenant ; Robert Perry, N. H. C. Resin, M. Rogers, William Rhinehardt, J. P. Roberts, John Ross, John Shook, Melton Stansbury, Lemuel Semmons, James Stinson, H. Shume- field, D. E. Shull, Elijah Zeigler.
The regiment was mustered into the United States service February 18, 1862. On the 24th it was ordered to Cairo, Illinois, and on the 14th of March moved to Columbus, Kentucky. During the fall of 1862 three companies were stationed at Humbolt, Tennessee, but on the 18th of December the regiment was ordered to Jackson. Tennessee. Two days later the Fifty-fourth marched to Lexington, but re- turned on the 22d; then marched to Britton's Lane and Toone's Station, returning to Lex- ington. In the meantime Gen. Forrest cap- tured the detached portions of the regiment stationed on the railroad, and destroyed nearly all of the regimental records. The balance were lost by the quartermaster's department in tran- sit from Columbus to Jackson. The balance of the regiment spent the winter and early spring at Jackson, two companies being sta- tioned at Medon Station, and two at Toone's. In April the regiment made a fruitless expedi- tion to Corinth and returned.
May 30, 1863, the Fifty-fourth left Jackson for Vicksburg, as a part of the Third Brigade,
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Second Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, under command of Gen. Nathan Kimball as division commander, and arrived at Haines' Bluff, on the Yazoo River. June 2. The regiment was subsequently stationed on the extreme left of Sherman's command on the Big Black, con- fronting Johnston's army, on the Canton road. AAfter the fall of Vicksburg, the regiment was ordered to Helena, as a part of Gen. Steele's expedition against Little Rock, Arkansas. The expedition reached its destination in Septem- ber. and the Fifty-fourth was retained until the following January, 1864, when three- fourths of the regiment re-enlisted.
The veterans of Company B were: Isaac Albertz; Henry Barrick, mustered out as first sergeant : Joseph Bennett; Cephas Carman; William Cheeney ; G. A. Dehart ; Thomas Den- ning: Duncan Fletcher; William Hughes; Thomas Irwin: B. D. Jones; James Jackson ; Levi Jester. mustered out as sergeant; J. P. Laughlin, mustered out as corporal: R. Laugh- lin: E. Leslie, mustered out as sergeant ; G. W. Lester, mustered out as corporal ; Charles Mc- Caren; R. B. McComb, mustered out as ser- geant ; P. Cornelius, mustered out as corporal; William Rhinehart; M. Rogers; I. W. Ross; John Scott; E. C. Walton; John Writner.
Recruits-Michael Fitzgerald, Samuel Montgomery. Re-enlisted as veteran-C. 11. Newbanks. The regiment was mustered out February 9. 1864. and left for Mattoon, Illi- nois, in March, on veteran furlough.
Just before its return to the field, the regi- ment was involved in a most unfortunate oc- currence. There was in Coles county an ele- ment which was radically opposed to the war. The regiment had been ordered to move, but, under advice of some radical unionists its de-
parture was delayed a few hours, as the con- vening circuit court, it was thought, would bring the element opposed to the war out in full force. There is no doubt but that these people acted "with zeal not according to knowledge," and the return of certain portions of the regi- ment to the county seat made a conflict with the "irreconcilables" inevitable. A conflict fol- lowed. the "copperhead" faction led by a county officer, and certain portions of the regi- ment, unarmed but somewhat excited by liquor, under the semi-official direction of its officers. Riotous action followed, in which Maj. Shubal York, the surgeon of the regiment, was killed, and four privates and Col. G. M. Mitchell were wounded. A number of the citizens were wounded. One hour later the main portion of the regiment arrived from Mattoon and occu- pied the town, arresting some of the opposing faction, and wounding several citizens. The affair ended with an investigation by the mili- tary authorities, without changing results or the punishment of anybody. The affair created great excitement in the country around.
The regiment moved to the front in April; to Cairo on the 12th, to Columbus on the 14th, Paducah on the 16th, and arrived at Little Rock on the 30th. Ilere the regiment remained until May 18, when it moved out to Brownville, and thence in pursuit of Gen. Shelby, arriving at Little Rock on the 30th of that month. After remaining here until the latter part of June, when the Fifty-fourth again went in pursuit of Shelby, marching to Duvall's Bluff and Clarendon, striking him on the 26th, and after a spirited fight returned to Little Rock. Au- gust 5 the regiment was assigned to guard six- teen miles of the Memphis & Little Rock Rail- road, having five stations, with two companies
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