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February 20, the Third Battalion marched to Cross Hollows, Ark., where a portion of the army remained until March 5. On the after- noon oť that day, our scouts encountered an overpowering force advancing on Cross Hollows. Couriers were at once sent to Colonel Vande- vere's Brigade at Huntsville, and to General Siegels' Division at Bentonville, (already en- gaged with the enemy) notifying them to con- centrate forces at Pea Ridge. Our army sup- plies at Cross Hollows were burned and des- troyed and during that cold and dreary night we fell back on Pea Ridge. On the 6th, we were getting ready for the battle that was soon to be fought. Meanwhile Vandevere's Brigade, with the First and Second Battalion of the Third Cavalry, arrived in the evening after a long and tedious march of forty-eight miles, and General Siegel, being reinforced by Major Ruggles' Bat- talion, had fallen back to within three miles of Pea Ridge, forming the extreme left of our forces. Major Ruggles was selected as officer of the day and rode all night posting and visit- ing the line of pickets, some of whom were driven in during the night by the closing of the enemy. At sunrise on the 7th, the battle opened fiercely with artillery and small arms, Siegel being three miles to the left of the main battle ground. The First and Third Battalions in Dodge's Brigade and the Second in Vandevere's Brigade, were engaged all day doing good ser- vice. At the end of the day's battle our forces had been beaten back, our army stores cap- tured and the night closed in with a gloomy prospect. On the morning of the 8th, General Siegel having defeated the enemy in his front, moved up and joined his forces on the left sup- ported by Major Ruggles' Battalion. The artil- lery opened all along our line, and soon the en- emy became badly demoralized and the demoral- ization ended in a rout and stampede in all directions, giving us the field and the victory before noon of that eventual day. In this three days' desperate struggle against three times our number of men the Third Cavalry performed its full share in the achievement of the victory, losing ten killed and forty wounded. A week later the third Cavalry in command of General Asboth, made a flying visit to Fayetteville, Ark., driving out the enemy from that place.
On the 19th the cavalry, with the army moved back to Keytesville, Mo., where Lieutenant Colonel McCrellis, who had been absent for some time, and Major Hubbard joined the regiment.
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On April 10, the regiment went into camp for a few days at Forsyth; on the 29th, it arrived at West Plains, and on May 3, went into camp at Batesville, Ark. On the 14th, it moved to Little Red River. On the 25th, in crossing White River, Captain McClellan of Company H, a brave and gallant officer, with five enlisted men, were drowned by the overturning of the ferry boat,- a sad calamity. On June 4, the regiment fell back to Fairview. On the 7th, Captain Sparks and sixty-six men were surrounded by 300 of the enemy's cavalry, but cut their way out losing four wounded and four taken prisoners. On the 11th, the regiment returned to Batesville, and moved on to Jacksonport. On July 5, the cavalry, with the army began its march for Helena, following down the course of the White River and arrived at its destination on the 15th, after ten days of marching, fighting, starving and famishing for water, our supplies and com- munications being cut off and the country having been laid waste by the enemy. During the long encampment at Helena, the regiment partici- pated in many raids, scouts, and foraging ex- peditions. Of the notable incidents, Captain Kirkbride made a raid on the St. Francis River, and Lieutenant Colonel Ruggles, with five com- panies, accompanied General Washburn in his ex- pedition to Grenada, Miss., the object being to destroy railroads and bridges in rear of the ene- my who were at the time being backed by Gener- al Grant in the direction of Holly Springs. The raid was successful, but General Grant changed his plans, turned back, and we had to fall back on Helena in double-quick time. The long stay at Helena proved to be demoralizing and dis- astrous. The place was sickly, from malaria and bad water, and the men languished with dis- ease and inactivity.
On December 23, the regiment expecting Companies E and G under command of Lieuten- ant Colonel Ruggles, embarked on transports, joining the forces moving on to Vicksburg, under command of Major General Sherman. Arriving at Chickasaw Bayou, the regiment was detailed for picket duty and escorts for commanding generals, and did good service in the disastrous attack on Haines' Bluff, Companies A, K, L, and M in command of Captain Carnahan, being the last to embark after the battle. Retiring from the bayou. the regiment moved up the river with the expedition in command of General Mc- Clernand, in the advance on Arkansas Post, where a lively battle was fought, 5,000 prisoners
captured, and valuable service rendered by the Third Cavalry, which returned with the victori- ous army to Vicksburg. In February, 1863, on ac- count of high water interfering with cavalry op- erations, General Grant ordered five companies with the colonel and headquarters, to Memphis. "From this time on the regiment was decimated and crippled somewhat in its efficiency, Company L was assigned as escort to Major General Mc- Clernand, and Companies A, G, K, and E in com- mand of Captain Carnahan, were assigned to duty under Brig. Gen. P. J. Osterhaus, in the Eighteenth Army Corps. This battalion took an honorable part in the battles of Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Black River Bridge, and the siege of Vicksburg. On August 16, the battalion reported for duty to Major General Banks, and was assigned to Brigadier General Lee's Cavalry Division, taking part in the Western Louisiana campaign and at Vermillionville, Opelousas and Carrion Crow Bayou. In December, Major O'Connor took command of the battalion, and moved to Port Hudson, and from thence to Memphis, again joining the regiment which had since leaving Vicksburg, been engaged in active service along the line of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, participating in the bat- tles of Tupelo, Oklahoma, Guntown, Salem and other engagements.
In the month of July, 1864, a large portion of the regiment re-enlisted as veterans. The non- veterans, in command of Major O'Connor, were placed in charge of the garrison at Germantown. Captain Carnahan commanded a detachment of the regiment in a scout into Western Ken- tucky during the month. On August 21, 1864, a large number of the regiment whose term of service had expired, embarked on transports for their homes in Illinois, which most of the en- listed men had not seen for three years, accom- panied by Colonel McCrellis and Lieutenant Colonel Ruggles, the latter having never been absent from the army since he entered the reg- iment. Arriving at their old camp, near Spring- field, they were mustered out of service on Sep- tember 5, 1864, many of them disabled by the casualties of war and the ravages of disease.
The veterans remaining took part in the re- pulse of Gen. N. B. Forrest in his daring raid on Memphis, on the night of August 31. On August 24, the veterans were consolidated into six companies and Captain Carnahan was pro- moted to lieutenant colonel. On September 27, the regiment, as re-organized, left Memphis ;
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marched to and crossed the Tennessee River at Clifton, where it confronted Hood's army. Then it tell back, and took part in the battles of Lawrenceburg, Spring Hill, Campbellsville, and Franklin. On December 15, the regiment was on the extreme right of the First Brigade, Fifth Division, under command of Brig. Gen. Hatch, when the enemy's lett was turned, and it was the first to enter the enemy's works. In Janu- ary, 1865, the enemy having been driven across the Tennessee, the cavalry, under General Wil- son, camped at Gravelly Springs, Ala., and in February, moved to Eastport. In May, 1865, the regiment returned to St. Louis, and trom thence went to St. Paul, Minn., reporting for duty to Major General Curtis. On July 4, it started on an Indian expedition over the plains of Minnesota and Dakota, going north to the British possessions, and trom thence returning by way of Devil's Lake and Fort Berthold; thence to Fort Snelling, arriving on October 1, and reaching Springfield, Ill., on October 18, 1865, where it was mustered out of service, the last act in the drama of the Third Cavalry.
As will be seen, the Third Illinois Cavalry, during the fitty months of its service, did some quarreling, some fighting, some raiding and scouting. some ornamental work around head- quarters,-possibly too much of that, and it marched more thousands of miles than any one can tell. Some of the boys may have plucked ripe chickens from the enemy's roosts, and they may have been in at the untimely death of some of the enemy's pigs, and they may have done other things not necessary to be mentioned in history, but in the aggregate of all that was done and accomplished by this military organi- zation, by both officers and men, it may be said in all candor that as a body of patriotic men, as soldiers and citizens, they are well de- serving of the gratitude of the state and the nation.
In Company L, Third Illinois Cavalry were the following Montgomery County men :
Second lieutenant, Benjamin F. Cowell, Walsh- ville, May 1, 1862 ; sergeants, George M. Sanders, George A. Garrison, Soloman W. Murphy, Walsh- ville, August 12, 1861; corporals, George W. Davenport, Samuel A. Sackett, Andrew Simmons, Walshville, August 12, 1861; saddler, Ferdinand Baetman, Litchfield, August 12, 1861; privates, Hiram Akebouer, Harm Akebouer, John Ake- Bpier, William F. Barlow, Charles W. Brown, John N. Brown, Walshville, August 12, 1861;
Wesley W. Duncan, Litchfield, August 12, 1861; Thomas H. Evans, George Horial, Robert Hob- son, Jasper N. Sacket, Elisha Sacket, Harry Santhoff, Thomas W. Sigley, Nahum Swallow, William E. Watkins, Henry Wilbourne, Walsh- ville, August 12, 1861; veterans, Thomas H. Evans, Walshville, March 31, 1864; Joseph M. Barlow, Walshville, August 23, 1862; Nathan Blevins, Walshville, February 25, 1864; Jacob R. Bowman, Walshville, February 29, 1864; Joseph M. Barlow, Walshville, February 5, 1864 ; William M. Cratty, Walshville, August 23, 1862; Joseph Cratty, Walshville, September 30, 1861; Hiram Chestnut, Walshville, December 22, 1863; Daniel Crotzer, Walshville, February 25, 1864; William T. Ferguson, Walshville, February 11, 1864; Joseph B. Garrison, Walshville, August 19, 1862; George M. Green, Walshville, May 1, 1862; William R. Holliday, Walshville, Septem- ber 13, 1861; Ezra Hobson, Walshville, Feb- ruary 29, 1864; Walter Lees, Walshville, Sep- tember 20, 1861; John A. Lynn, Walshville, Jan- uary 18, 1864; William S. McPhail, John A. Murphy, John McCurry, Walshville, August 23, 1862; James Masterson, Litchfield, January 9, 1864; John Simpson, Walshville, February 29, 1864; James H. Towell, Walshville, May 1, 1862 ; Isaac G. Thompson, Walshville, August 23, 1862 ; Isaac T. Towell, Walshville, August 7, 1862; Daniel M. C. Taulbee, Walshville, February 29, 1864; Richard W. Terentine, Walshville, Feb- ruary 23, 1864; David C. Werts, Litchfield, December 31, 1864.
COMPANY G, SEVENTH CAVALRY.
First lieutenant, James M. Gaston, Litchfield, December 5, 1861; privates, Horace T. Dort, Butler, August 21, 1861 ; Richard F. Ives, Henry C. Ludeke, R. C. Morris, William Scherer, Butler, August 20, 1861.
COMPANY A, TENTH CAVALRY.
Privates, Theodore Arkebaur, George Dia- mond, White Oak, September 21, 1861; Barton F. Fox, Montgomery County, September 21, 1861; James Keys, Charles Smith, George War- rick, J. K. Winant, H. H. Weston, White Oak, September 21, 1861.
COMPANY K, TWELFTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY.
Privates, Richard C. Fuller, Litchfield, No- vember 21, 1863; Andrew Jones, Irving, Novem-
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ber 12, 1863; Dan or Dave Pentzer, Hillsboro, November 3, 1863; George R. Ray, Litchfield, November 21, 1863; James Simpson, Litchfield, November 21, 1863; Benton W. Smith, Litch- field, December 3, 1863; Andrew Sweeney, Walshville, November 27, 1863.
NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF, THIRD CAVALRY.
Walshville, Company A, William M. Towell ; George M. Sanders, Donnellson, February 23, 1864; Company E, C. B. Hampton, Butler, De- cember 8, 1864; John W. McCaslin, Donnellson, February 23, 1864 ; J. P. Haley, Butler, February 23, 1864; Jacob H. Young, Donnellson, February 24, 1864.
COMPANY A, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
First sergeant, Lusk Wilson, Litchfield, Feb- ruary 10, 1865 ; corporal, John G. Martin, Irving, February 20, 1865; musician, A. D. Skelton, Litchfield, February 16, 1865 ; Francis Spangler, Irving, February 9, 1865; privates Rufus J. Lipe, Hillsboro, February 9, 1865 ; James Martin, Irving, February 9, 1865; William Thompson, Litchfield, February 9, 1865.
COMPANY K, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Alexander Blaney, Montgomery County, Octo- ber 27, 1864; William Gamble, Litchfield, Octo- ber 17, 1864; George F. Lincoln, Litchfield, Oc- tober 10, 1864.
COMPANY K, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
J. F. Farquar, J. A. Morrison, John White, White Oak, May 3, 1864.
COMPANY G, ONE HUNDRED FIFTIETH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
James D. Lonf, Walshville, February 3, 1865.
COMPANY E, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
John Monasdel, Zanesville, February 9, 1865.
COMPANY D, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
George Blockburger, Litchfield, August 26, 1864; Samuel H. Penter, Walshville, September 7, 1864; James M. Redman, Litchfield, August 7, 1864; Henry Brockman, Duncan Klutz, An- drew Perine, Hillsboro, October 5, 1864.
COMPANY D, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Nicholas Archer, Zanesville, February 9, 1865.
FIRST ILLINOIS CAVALRY.
Robert D. Burton, bugler, Hillsboro, July 7, 1861.
COMPANY D, THIRD CAVALRY.
Martin O. Hale, Ora S. Clark, Eli A. Bonsall, Miles Desart, Edward Harrison, Hillsboro, August 12, 1861; B. C. Baker, Uriah Ensor, Hillsboro, December 5, 1861; James H. Russell, Donnellson, June 12, 1864.
COMPANY I, NINTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Albert Fitz Jerrell, artificer, Litchfield.
COMPANY H, NINETY-FIRST ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Jacob Hazelwood, Litchfield, February 20, 1865, transferred to Company G.
COMPANY K, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
John B. Williams, Montgomery County, Au- gust 14, 1862; Josiah Williams, Litchfield, Feb- ruary 26, 1864.
COMPANY K, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Elisha Ash, Litchfield ; George E. Milbourn, Zanesville, March 29, 1864.
SCATTERING SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Praster Manning, Nokomis, Company A, Seventh Illinois Infantry ; Lipscomb Strider, No-
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komis, Company A, Seventh Illinois Infantry ; Balderman, Hillsboro, March 23, 1864, Company D, Ninth Illinois Infantry ; Vantan Larby, But- ler, January 1, 1864, Company D, Ninth Illinois Infantry ; William Paul, Zanesville, January 1, 1864, Company D, Ninthi Illinois Infantry ; Mar- tin Robb, Walshville, August 1, 1861, Company A, Twelfth Illinois Infantry; James A. Robb, Walshville, December 19, 1861, Company A, Twelfth Illinois Infantry; Isaac Moore, Litch- field, May 25, 1861, Company C, Fourteenth Illi- nois Infantry ; Oliver W. Boutwell, Hillsboro, August 23, 1862, Company B, Ninth Illinois In- fantry ; Jasper N. Murray, Zanesville, October S, 1864, Eighth Illinois Infantry; Sidney B. Phillips, Hillsboro, August 2, 1861, died of wounds; George W. Williford, captain of Com- pany F, Ninth Illinois Infantry, enlisted July 26, 1861; William Poll, Zanesville, Company D, Twenty-seventh Infantry, re-enlisted as veteran ; William Paul, Zanesville, Company D, Twenty- seventh Infantry, transferred, Company G, Ninth Illinois ; John A. Mitchell, Hillsboro, Com- pany F, Twenty-seventh Infantry, discharged December 31, 1863; William Johnson, Litchfield, Company F, Twenty-seventh Infantry ; William H. Moore, Hillsboro, Company D, Thirty-third Infantry, re-enlisted as veteran ; Alfred W. War- rick, Montgomery County, Company D, Thirty- third Infantry, deserted September 19, 1861; Henry Shaw, Litchfield, Company D, Thirty- third Infantry, discharged October 19, 1865, dis- able; Walter E. Webster, Litchfield, Company D. Thirty-third Infantry, killed March 2, 1865; John Bailey, Butler, Company G, Fifty-seventh Illinois Infantry, December 3, 1864; Patrick Callihan, Litchfield, Company G, Fifty-seventh Illinois Infantry, December 17, 1864; Charles Engleman, Hillsboro, Company G, Fifty-seventh Illinois Infantry, November 26, 1864; Joseph Hindman, Litchfield, Company A, Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, October 12, 1864 ; D. W. Ander- son, Litchfield, Company B, Fitty-ninth Illinois Infantry, June 13, 1863; George F. Gage, Litch- field, Company C, Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, October 22, 1864; John T. Laws, Litchfield, Company C, Fitty-ninth Illinois Infantry, Oc- tober 7, 1864; James Hogan, Litchfield. Com- pany D, Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, January 3, 1865; Stephen Riley, Hillsboro, Company D, Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, January 3, 1865; John Duffee, Litchfield, Company I, Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, August 16, 1861; James Car- penter, Ilillsboro, Company H, Fifty-ninth Illi-
nois Infantry, January 5, 1865 ; John McKinley, Walshville, Company H, Fifty-ninth Illinois In- fantry, December 29, 1864; Andrew J. Foster, Litchfield, Company I, Fifty-ninth Illinois In- fantry, August 16, 1861; John L. Lock, Litch- field, Company I, Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, August 16, 1861; Perry Bennett, Litchfield, Company K, Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, De- cember 29, 1864 ; William Ronan, Litchfield, Com- pany K, Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, Decem- ber 30, 1864 ; John Court, Litchfield, Company D, Sixty-first Illinois Infantry, March 15, 1865; Vin- cent Richie, Litchifield, Company D, Sixty-first Illinois Infantry, March 15, 1865.
To give an account of all the manoeuvres and engagements of all the companies to which Montgomery County boys were attached, would be to embrace the whole history of the Rebellion. Space forbids more than a mention of their en- listment, and brieť accounts of the companies having the larger number of men from this county.
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
The Spanish-American War in 189S, was the first combat of this country with a foreign foe for over fifty years. It grew mainly out of the tragedy of the sinking of the MAINE. The country was by this outrage aroused and Illi- nois contributed seven regiments of infantry, one of cavalry and one battery in the prosecu- tion of the war. We here give a list of names of those who went from Montgomery County as correctly as we are able to secure them.
COMPANY E, FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Captain, Arthur E. Harding, Hillsboro, mus- tered out; first lieutenant, Joseph C. Grimes, Hillsboro, mustered out ; second lieutenant, Ezra C. Chacey, Hillsboro, mustered out ; corporals, George A. Schwartz, Hillsboro, promoted quarter- master sergeant; Joseph B. Helston, Hillsboro, promoted sergeant; Harry S. Wilton, Hillsboro, promoted sergeant; Stuart Young, Hillsboro, mustered out ; privates, Jesse S. Barnes, Hills- boro, discharged; Jesse W. Barry, Hillsboro, promoted corporal; Jesse O. Brown, Hillsboro, promoted corporal; Edward Burns, Hillsboro, mustered out; Francis J. Card, Hillsboro, dis- charged ; Homer Clotfelter, Hillsboro, promoted corporal; Leonard A. Clotfelter, Hillsboro, mus- tered out; Ralph J. Clotfelter, Hillsboro, pro-
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moted corporal; Charles Colombo, Hillsboro, mustered out; George R. Douglas, Hillsboro, mustered out ; Frank R. Field, Hillsboro, mus- tered out; George W. Frey, Hillsboro, mustered out ; Frank H. Harkey, Hillsboro, mustered out; Henry Hofacker, Hillsboro, mustered out; Rob- ert B. Hefley, Hillsboro, mustered out ; Joseph L. Kimball, Hillsboro, promoted wagoner ; Horace F. Mansfield, Hillsboro, mustered out ; Raymond Masur, Hillsboro, mustered out ; Rob- ert E. Manning, Hillsboro, mustered out; Joseph Oppenhemer, Hillsboro, promoted artificer; Gil- bert G. Potter, Hillsboro, mustered out ; Thomas Phillips, Hillsboro, transferred to Company K; William C. Sharp, Hillsboro, promoted musician ; Frank W. Swartz, Hillsboro, mustered out; Del- bert I. Scott, Hillsboro, mustered out; Norman L. Taulbee, Hillsboro, mustered out; James M. Taulbee, Hillsboro, mustered out; Ivan Teter, Hillsboro, mustered out; Roy E. Tobias, Hills- boro, mustered out; Carl Wayne, Hillsboro, promoted corporal; recruits, Lynne S. Brown, Hillsboro, mustered out; Criss W. Crab- tree, Hillsboro, mustered out; John 0. Crabtree, Hillsboro, mustered out; Sydney R. Davis, Hillsboro, transferred to regimental band; Frank Dunn, Hillsboro, mustered out ; Lyman T. Hammond, Irving, mustered out ; Louis Hile, Raymond, mustered out; Aaron Jones, Coffeen, mustered out ; Jacob N. Jones, Coffeen, mustered out; Thomas F. Jones, Cof- feen, mustered out; Charles H. Lippard, Hills- boro, mustered out ; John G. Lozenby, Donnell- son, mustered out ; Laten W. Lyerly, Hillsboro, mustered out; Walter H. Redfield, Donnellson, mustered out; Adolph Steege, Raymond, mus- tered out; John H. Sibert, Donnellson, mustered out ; Frederick Ward, Donnellson, mustered out ; George W. Westbrook, Raymond, mustered out.
COMPANY K, EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
First lieutenant, William Carter, Litchfield, June 28, 189S; first sergeant, George D. Carter, Litchfield, June 2S, 189S; quartermaster ser- geant, Henry O. Bryant, Litchfield, June 2S, 189S; sergeants, Joseph E. White, Joseph E. Yeager, Rufus Yeager, Litchfield, June 28, 1898; corporals, William H. Alexander, Evert C. Red- man, William Redwood, John W. Spearman, Litchifield, June 2S, 189S; privates William Birch, Austin Claypool. William W. Crockett, Litchfield, June 28, 189S; Robert Hayes Hills- boro, June 2S, 189S; Joseph L. James, Edward
Lee, Litchfield, June 28, 1898; Earl Summers, Hillsboro, June 28, 1898; recruit, Walter Evans, Litchfield, September 1, 1898.
COMPANY G, THIRD ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Marion W. Schoonever, Zanesville.
COMPANY A, FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Sidney D. Davis, Hillsboro.
FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY. 1
The Fourth Illinois Infantry. was mustered in at Springfield, May 20, 1898, Col. Cassinor Andel, commanding. It went to Jacksonville, Fla., was transferred to Savannah, Ga., where it re- mained until January, 1899, when it took ship for Havana, Cuba. There it remained until April, 1899, when it returned to Augusta, Ga., and the regiment broke up.
COMPANY K, FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Captain, David Davis, Jr., Litchfield, resigned ; first lieutenant, George L. Link, Jr., Litchfield, promoted captain ; second lieutenant, William F. LaForce, Litchfield, resigned; first sergeant, Norton A. Simmons, Litchfield, mustered out ; quartermaster sergeant, George R. Furr, Litch- field, discharged; sergeants, Perley J. Rose, Litchfield, promoted second lieutenant; Harry C. Foulke, Litchfield, mustered out; Adolphus A. Schwarz, Litchfield, mustered out ; corporals, Joseph U. Collins, Litchfield, promoted sergeant ; Francis P. Machler, Litchfield, mustered out ; Cullum A. Cline, Litchfield, discharged ; LeRoy J. McBrain, Litchfield, mustered out ; Robert J. George, Litchfield, promoted sergeant; Francis E. Green, Litchfield, drowned near Havana; musician, Albert O. Owing, Litchfield, trans- ferred to regimental band; artificer, Gilbart Campbell, Litchfield; wagoner, Horace Smith, Litchfield, mustered out; privates, Elmer E. Allen, Litchfield, mustered out; William D. Baits, Litchfield, discharged; Henry M. Beck, Litchfield, promoted corporal; Gustave E. Boyd, Litchfield, mustered out; Charles W. Briggs, Litchfield, mustered out; James C. Burge, Litch- field, transferred to hospital corps; Chancey L. Cave, Litchfield, mustered out ; Ollie Coffey, Irving. discharged; Frank O. Cole, Donnellson, mustered out ; Albert Cole, Donnellson, mustered
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out; William T. Cox, Litchfield, mustered out ; Asa Cripe, Waggoner, promoted corporal-ser- geant, quartermaster ; George Ducrow, Irving, mustered out.
FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
The Fifth Illinois Infantry, Col. James S. Culver commanding, started for Camp Thomas at Chickamauga, Ga., May 14, 1898. In August it returned to Newport News, Va., and several attempts were made to reach the front but they were unsuccessful and in September, the regi- ment returned to Springfield, where on October 16 it was mustered out.
COMPANY K, FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Privates, Amos Edwards, Litchfield, dis- charged ; John Evans, Litchfield, discharged ; Frank Freelove, Litchfield, discharged ; William Finley, Litchfield, mustered out ; Charles E. Fer- guson, Litchfield, mustered out; Harlan P.
Grubbs, Litchfield, promoted corporal; Charles E. Howey, Litchfield, mustered out; John J. Harbaugh, Litchfield, mustered out ; Charles Hef- ley, Irving, mustered out; Willis Jones, Litch- field, mustered out; Perl E. Lane, Litchfield, mustered out; Robert E. Lee, Litchfield, pro- moted corporal ; Frank E. Marsh, waggoner,' discharged ; James Moncravie, Irving, dis- charged ; Chip Niccum, Waggoner, discharged ; Charles E. Nall, Donnellson, transferred to regi- mental band; William Potter, Litchfield, mus- tered out ; Benjamin J. Ripley, Waggoner, mus- tered out; John E. Roberts, Litchfield, dis- charged ; Edgar Sanders, Litchfield, mustered out ; Luther H. Scherer, Litchfield, promoted corporal ; Fritz Schoof, Litchfield, mustered out ; Bert Seymour, Litchfield, mustered out; Charles H. Spence, Litchfield, mustered out; Josiah Stacey, Litchfield, mustered out; Roy Stears, Litchfield, promoted corporal; John W. Taulbee, Litchfield, discharged; Harry S. Tuttle, Litch- field, mustered out; Nimrod Walters, Don- nellson, promoted corporal; Earle Williams,; Litchfield, mustered out; David Whitenach, Litchfield, mustered out; Henry J. Zuber, Litch- field, mustered out; recruits, John C. Edwards, Litchfield, discharged; Henry W. Eichelreth, Litchfield, mustered out; Frederick Ehrhardt, Litchfield, mustered out; Joseph F. Freat, Litch- field, discharged; Thomas H. Gabel, Litchfield, discharged ; Charles W. Huber, Litchfield, pro-
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