USA > Illinois > Bureau County > History of Bureau County, Illinois > Part 47
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104
The Lieutenant-Colonels were: W. R. Lockwood, Charles E. Lippincott, E. R. Roe, Leander H. Potter, Isaac H. Elliott, Henry H. Pope. The Majors were: Edward R. Roe, Leander H. Potter, Isaac H. Elliott, Henry H. Pope, Elijah H. Gray.
Company E was a Bureau Company, and was officered as follows: Isaac H. Elliott, Lyman M. Pratt, W. H. Bryan, Captains; Clarendon A. Stone, Julian E. Bryant, Edward Marsh, W. H. Bryan, Harrison Dwire, First Lieutenants; and Julian E. Bryant, Lyman M. Pratt, William H. Bryan, Albert Kauffman, Second Lieutenants.
George G. Foster was killed at Black River Bridge; Lyman Pratt was promoted from Sergeant to Second Lieutenant; Edward Marsh from Sergeant to First Lieutenant; Corp. Quimby Loverin, discharged for disa- bility, March 15, 1863; Sergt. Edward A. Bird, killed at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863; Charles Moore, drowned in Mississippi, Sep- tember, 1861; Daniel Bunnell, died in Jack- sonport, Ark., June 28, 1862; James H. Davis, killed at Vicksburg, May 22; Daniel H. Graves, killed at Vicksburg; Charles Green, died in Ironton, October 23, 1861; Corp. Albert Kauffman, wounded seven times at Big River Bridge, Mo .; Thomas J. Royce, killed at Vicksburg; Elijah L. Dex- ter, promoted to Quartermaster-Sergeant; David H. Smith, died in Quincy, August 5, 1864; Calvin E. Winship, died August 28, 1862; William N. West, died June 28, 1864.
The Thirty-third Regiment was organized at Camp Butler, September, 1861. Septem- ber 20, moved to Ironton; remained here during the winter, occasionally scouting. They were in the Frederickstown fight. March, 1862, moved in Steel's command into Arkansas, and joined Curtis' army, and thence to Helena. In the battle of Cache my, many skirmishes; in the battle of Cot-
354
HISTORY OF BUREAU COUNTY.
ton Plant, where the regiment sustained charge of 2,000 Texan Rangers; then made a winter campaign in southern Missouri; the regiment then went to St. Genevieve, Mo., and thence to Millikin's Bend, La., and partici- pated in battles Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, siege of Vicks- burg and siege of Jackson.
In August went to New Orleans, and en- gaged in Bayou Teche Campaign; returned in the fall to New Orleans; ordered then to Brownsville, Tex .; went to Matagorda, Indi- anola, and Port Lavaca.
January 1, 1864, regiment re-enlisted as veterans, and March 14, reached Blooming- ton, and received veteran furlough.
May 17, 1864, ordered to Brashear City, La., and along the line of road doing guard duty. September 17, the non-veterans started home ria New York City, in charge of Rebel prisoners, and these returning soldiers were mustered out October 11, 1864, at Camp But- ler. The veteran portion of the regiment were ordered to join the Sixteenth Army Corps, near Boutte Station, and on the way to destination the train was thrown from the track and nine men killed and seventy wounded. March 18, embarked on Lake Pontchartrain, for the Mobile expedition. Company K remained behind to guard trans- portation. The company joined the regi- ment April 11, at Blakeley. The command marched with Gen. Canby's army corps up the east side of Mobile Bay. The regiment was under Brig .- Gen. McArthur and Gen. A. J. Smith. March 27, arrived in front of Spanish Fort, and actively engaged until its capture, April 8, with the loss of one killed, two died of wounds, and nine wounded. After the surrender of Mobile, went to Mont .. gomery, Ala., arriving April 25, and camped on Alabama River, and here received the news of Lee's and Johnston's surrender, and
with this news came the end of hostile duty of this command. April 14 moved to Vicks- burg, where they remained until November 24, 1865, when the men were mustered out, and ordered to Camp Butler.
Forty-seventh Regiment had Companies A, D and H from Bureau County. Royal Olmstead, of Wheatland, became Major of this regiment May 19, 1865; was mustered out January 21, 1866. Royal Olmstead was Second Lieutenant of Company D, December 6, 1862, being promoted from Sergeant. When the regiment was re-organized he was transferred to Company A, of which he be- came the Captain October 11, 1864. Thomas Gordon, of Wheatland, August 25, 1861, was Captain of Company H; he died October 27, 1862. The following are the fatalities among the privates: Newell Ford, Milo, killed at Corinth, October 3, 1862; Harrison N. Hodges, Milo, died at Clear Creek, July 7, 1863; George Trimmer, Wheatland, died of wounds October 26, 1862; Charles A. Martin, Milo, died at Alexandria, March 21, 1864; Uriah Wadman, Tiskilwa, died at Vicksburg, July 21, 1863; Robert Bennett, Milo, died at Black River, Miss., September 28, 1863; A. J. Sylvester, Milo, died in Bureau County, August 20, 1863; A. C. Thompson, Tiskilwa, died at Memphis, Jan- mary 17, 1863; Edward Burkett, Walnut, died in Mound City, August 8, 1865; Alex- ander Tinney, Leepertown, died at Selma, December 17, 1865; Charles Sterling, Milo, died at Selma October 2, 1865; John H. Teeter, Milo, died at Camp Butler, March 31, 1865.
In February, 1862, the regiment joined Pope's command, New Madrid Campaign, and moved toward Corinth. May 9 engaged at Farrington; on 28th at Corinth; on 29th pursued enemy to Boonsville, Miss. In the battle of Iuka, October 3 and 4; battle of Corinth, thirty killed, one hundred wounded.
355
HISTORY OF BUREAU COUNTY.
Pursued Price and Van Dorn's army to Rip- ley, Miss. In Grant's Mississippi expedition with the Fifteenth Army Corps under Gen. Sherman, and participated in the capture of Jackson, Miss. In the charge on Vicksburg, where twelve men were killed and a number wounded. March 14, 1864, were present at the capture of Fort De Russey, La. In battle of Pleasant Hill, April 9. June 5, engage- ment with Marmaduke's forces; had eleven men killed. Regiment went to Memphis, and with Gen. A. J. Smith to Tupelo.
The veterans under Lieuts. Bonham and Royal Olmstead went on the White River expedition, and then through Missouri after Price. November 4, 1864, arrived at St. Louis, and on the 28th at Camp Butler.
Fifty-second Regiment .- Company B of this regiment was of this county, and of the field and line officers were the following: Edwin A. Bowen, Lamoille, Colonel, Feb- ruary 20, 1864, but never mustered as such; was mustered out as Lieutenant-Colonel Oc- tober 24, 1864; he was made Lieutenant- Colonel March 11, 1863, and was made Major May 10, 1862; was Captain of Com- pany B October 8, 1861. The other Cap- tains of this company were David D. Bailey, May 10, 1862, term expired May 24, 1864, and Dewitt C. Smith, October 24, 1864, mus- tered out July 6, 1865. The First Lienten- ants were Solomon L. Roth, Lamoille, Octo- ber 8, 1861, resigned August 13, 1863; Charles H. Fish, Dover, August 13, term expired October 29, 1864, and Moses Car- man, Lamoille, October 25, 1864, mustered out July 6, 1865. Bailey, Carman and Smith were promoted from Sergeants. Second Lieuten- ants: George W. Graves, Lamoille, October 8, 1861, resigned May 29, 1862; Charles H. Fish, Dover, May 29, 1862, promoted from Corporal; Dewitt C. Smith, August 13, 1863, and Charles D. Tewksburry, July 5, 1865, never mustered as Lientenant.
William H. Knight, Lamoille, died at Geneva, Ill., October 28, 1864, Greeley H. Pickering died near Ackworth, Ga., June 10, 1864.
The regiment was organized at Geneva, Ill., November, 1861, Col. J. E. Wilson, and on the 19th moved out 925 strong. Regiment went to St. Joseph, Mo., Cairo, Fort Donelson; was in the battle of Shiloh, losing here 170 killed, wounded and missing; in the siege and battle of Corinth, where were seventy killed and wounded; went to Hamburg, Tenn., and Iuka; were in the Six- teenth Army Corps; three- fourths of this regiment re-enlisted, came home on a fur- lough, returned to Tennessee and were in the Atlanta campaign, and were actively en- gaged in all the battles and sieges of the Six- teenth Army Corps. The regiment marched in Gen. Corse's division to Savannah. Then in the Carolina campaigns at the battle of Bentonville, and passed on to Raleigh and Morrisonville. Returned via Richmond and Alexander, and was in the grand review at Washington City; then to Louisville, Ky., and mustered out, July 12, 1865.
Fifty-seventh Regiment .- As already said, this was really a Bureau regiment, though not exclusively so, and in naming its offi- cers and men, only those from this county are mentioned. After its troubles at Al- ton were settled, the majority of the men went to Springfield, thence to Chicago, and eventually it became the Fifty-seventh Regiment. July 1, 1865, F. A. Battey, now of Chicago, was the Colonel in com- mand. Only a lad, he entered the service and regiment as a private from Mineral, and passing up through each successive grade won his eagles by merit of service, unaided by political influences. N. B. Page, of Company B, was the first Major of the reg- iment. He was killed at the battle of
ยท
356
HISTORY OF BUREAU COUNTY.
Shiloh, April 6, 1862. July 1, 1865, Charles Rattray, of Princeton, was promoted from Major to Lieutenant-Colonel. September 26, 1862, Nathan Linton, of Arlington, was mus- tered in as Quartermaster of this regiment. His term expired and he mustered out Octo- ber 5, 1864. December 26, 1861, Dr. James R. Zearing, of Dover, was Surgeon. He was mustered out July 7, 1865. Dr. George W. Crossley, of Princeton, was Assistant Sur- geon. He mustered out by reason of expira- tion of term of service, March 26, 1865. N. G. Collins, of Malden, was Chaplain of the regiment during most of its service. Linas Vansteenburg, of Company B, be- came Captain July 16, 1862, and his term expired and he mustered out October 16, 1864, having been promoted from Sergeant. He succeeded Alfred H. Manzer, who mus- tered in as Captain of this company Decem- ber 26, 1861, and resigned July 14, 1862. Nathan Linton, of Arlington, mustered in as First Lieutenant of this company, Decem- ber 26, 1861, and subsequently transferred to Quartermaster. George N. Barr, of Princeton, was promoted from Sergeant to First Lieu- tenant September 26, 1862, then to Captain December 17, 1864. George B. Shurtz, of Westfield, became First Lieutenant October 16, 1864; served till end of the war, having been promoted from Sergeant. John T. Lar- kin, of Arlington, was Second Lieutenant from December 26, 1861, till March 26, 1865, when he mustered out by reason of expiration of term. James N. Hoskins, of Selby, was Second Lientenant from July 8, 1865, till mustered out; promoted from the ranks. F. A. Battey mustered as Captain December 26, 1861, succeeded to the command of the regiment in October, 1864, and George W. Wells succeeded him in command of Com- pany F, and was mustered as Captain May 31, 1865. Joseph W. Harris, of Milo,
was First Lieutenant from December 26, 1861, till the muster out of the regiment. The Second Lieutenants of this company were Joseph T. Cook, Tiskilwa, from December 26, 1861, resigned June 17, 1862, by reason of sickness; Andrew Anderson, Wheatland, from June 17, 1862, resigned November 6, 1864, and C. C. Phillips, Tiskilwa; the two latter promoted from Sergeants. In Company H, Josiah Robbins, Jr., was the first Captain. He resigned September 29, 1864, and was succeeded by Capt. William Gale, who was mustered out July 7, 1865. John H. Weirick, of Maulius, was First Lieutenant from September 29, 1862, to mus- ter out January 4, 1864, having been pro- moted from Sergeant to Second Lieutenant. William Gale, of Princeton, served as Sec- ond Lieutenant of Company H, from Sep- tember 29, 1862, till promoted to Captain, having come up from the ranks. Charles Rattray, Princeton, served as Captain of Com- pany I from September 2, 1862, until pro- moted to Major. Augustus C. Barry, of Wy- anet, the first Captain of Company K, resigned June 20, 1862, and was succeeded by Harlan Page, from First Lieutenant, also of Wyanet, who served as Captain till time expired December 31, 1864. He was mus- tered in as First Lieutenant, December 26, 1861. Edward Gallagher, of Walnut, suc- ceeded Page as Captain, to date from April 30, 1865, promoted from Sergeant. William C. Allen, of Centre, became First Lieutenant April 11, 1865, promoted from Sergeant. The Second Lieutenants of this company were William Brewer, Walnut, mustered in De- cember 26, 1861, resigned October 29, 1862; Jacob S. Carper, Macon, mustered in December 16, 1862, resigned; W. Evaus, Greenville, to take rank from July S, 1865. The two latter were promoted from Sergeants. The following promotions were
-
357
HISTORY OF BUREAU COUNTY.
made to positions outside of the regiment: George L. Searle, Tiskilwa, from First Sergeant, in Company F, to Captain of a com- pany in Colored Pioneer Corps; Frank Jame- son, Sergeant in Company F, to Captain in a colored regiment; Henry M. Ferrell, Ser- geant in Company F, to First Lieutenant of a company in Colored Pioneer Corps; Mar- shall Battey, Mineral, promoted from Cor- poral, in Company F, to First Lieutenant, then to Captain, in the One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, and Marshall Eustis, of Buda, from Company K, to Captain in the One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, United States Colored Infantry.
The following furnishes as nearly a com- plete and accurate list of killed and died of the enlisted men while in the service from the Bureau County portion of the regiment as can be from the data at our command. Company A-John Taylor, Princeton, died June 2, 1862. Company B-George Stephen- son, Corporal, Lamoille, accidentally killed June 7, 1862; William Morgan, Berlin, died at Peoria, Ill., of wounds, April 26, 1862; Harrison Wood, Malden, died of wounds received at Shiloh; James Farley, Arlington, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; Edward F. Hovey, Malden, died at Savannah, Tenn., April 10, 1862; John Hageno, Dover, died at Evansville of wounds, April 16, 1862; Zebulon Shifflet, Malden, died at Malden, Ill., November 14, 1862; Thomas Whittle, Dover, died at Paducah, Ky., March 18, 1862; John Vanlaw, Arlington, drowned in Oostenaula River, June 10, 1864; John W. Weeks, Lamoille, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; Henry Nelles, Arlington, died --; John Garvin, died October 30, 1864. Com- pany D-Adolph Johnson, Princeton, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; John Leind, Ber- lin, died at Hamburg, Tenn., May 13, 1862.
Company F-Michael Harris, died at Corinth, July 24, 1862; George W. Brace, died at Corinth, July 6, 1862; George B. Earl, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; Joseph Manning, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; William H. Phillips, died at Quincy, Ill., May 17, 1862; Joseph W. Carey, died at Quincy, Ill., May 27, 1862; George W. Scoughton, died at Corinth, June 21, 1862; Aurice W. Ven- num, died July -, 1864; George H. Wilcox, died January 6, 1865; Zimri Rich, died September 10, 1864; Andrew Anderson, died at Corinth, Miss .; John Rich, died at Wheatland, Ill .; George M. Tyner, First- Sergeant, killed by cars on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in 1862. Company H -Amos Van Velsor, Corporal, Princeton, died at Monterey, Tenn., May 25, 1862; Henry H. Boyd, Princeton, died April 6, 1862, at Jeffersonville; Joseph E. Chapler, Princeton, died at home, July 6, 1862; John Frankeberger, Centre, died at Wyanet, Ill., September 14, 1864; Robert W. Harkins, Princeton, died at Corinth, November 1, 1862; Albert E. Rhodes, Indiantown, died March 30, 1864, at Athens, Ala .; John W. Veitch, Indiantown, died at Nashville, Tenn., February 1, 1865; John F. Powers, killed by cars on his way home. Company K- Ebon F. Emory, Corporal, Macon, died at Buda, Ill., of wounds, May 19, 1862; David A. Allen, Center, died at home, June 1,1862; William L. Giffing, Centre, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; John Howson, Macon, died at Keokuk, Iowa, August 14, 1862; Thomas McCoy, Walnut, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; William Oakes, Concord, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; Lafayette Oakes, Con- cord, died at Quincy, Ill., May 17, 1862; Daniel Shehan, Centre, drowned at Fort Henry, Tenn., May 7, 1862; Isaac C. Seek, Centre, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; William A. Zink, Concord, killed at Shiloh,
358
HISTORY OF BUREAU COUNTY.
April 6, 1862; Charles Linaweaver, Buda, died of wounds, October 13, 1864; George Gillespie, Arispe, died; Frank Gallagher, Centre, died April 19, 1862.
The Bureau County portion of the Fifty- seventh Regiment, during the recruiting, was encamped at the fair ground, just northwest of Princeton, which was known as Camp Bu- reau. This period included the months of September and October, 1861. After it reached Chicago from Springfield it took quarters in Camp Douglas in the south part of the city, where it was organized by con- solidation with other companies from other portions of the State, and mustered into the service December 26, 1861. The regiment was then put under discipline, and drilled until February 8, 1862, when it departed over the Illinois Central Railroad under orders for Cairo, thence by steamer "Minnehaha," to Fort Henry; thence, without disembarking, to Fort Donelson, where its first experience of field service was had, participating in the capture of that stronghold by Gen. Grant; thence by boat up the Tennessee River to Pittsburg Landing, where it took an active part in the battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, sustaining a loss of nearly 200 in killed, wounded and missing. Among the killed was its Major, N. B. Page. It participated in the siege of Corinth, during May, 1862; in the battle of Corinth, October 3 and 4, 1862, where it again met with heavy loss. It oper- ated in and about Corinth, on marches, scouts and in skirmishes, until the fall of 1863, when, as a part of Gen. Sherman's command, it moved to Lynnville, Tenn., where it veteran- ized in the winter of 1864, and returned home on veteran furlough of thirty days. Re- turning South, it was for a short time sta- tioned at Athens, Ala., thence marching to Chattanooga, Tenn., participating in the At- lanta campaign, taking part in the battles of
Resaca, Rome Cross Roads and Allatoona Pass, and meeting with considerable loss at the latter place. The Regiment returned to Rome, Ga., excepting Company F, and a do- tachment of Company D, which, under com- mand of Capt. Battey, were sent to Chattanooga with 200 prisoners captured at Allatoona. On its way back this command was taken prisoner at Dalton, Ga., together with the garrison (a regiment of colored troops), having tendered their services to Col. Johnson, commandant of the place, to assist in its defense against an attack of the Rebel Gen. Cheatham, of Hood's army. Being paroled in a couple of days, and after being stationed at Chattanooga, in charge of the district of Ettowah prison for a short period they joined the regiment at Rome.
November 10, 1864, the regiment left Rome, Ga., with Geu. Sherman on his march to the sea. En route it assisted in the destruction of the Georgia Central Railroad, tearing up and burning the ties and bending the rails for many miles. December 10 it assisted in driving in the pickets of the ene- my about Savannah, and investing the city. Here they were upon one-fourth rations for three or four days-until the capture of Fort McAllister, and communication with the fleet was opened-subsisting on rice pounded from thestraw found in shock in the field. With Sherman's army they moved north through the Carolinas, fording swollen streams, building corduroy roads for miles through swamps almost impassable, foraging on the country for food, and, withal, most of the time, living on the "fat (hog fat) of the land." At Columbia, S. C., they assisted in the capture of the place from the possession of the Rebel Gen. Wade Hampton, and wit- nessed the destruction of the city, by burn- ing, the night following. Here it helped to destroy miles of the Memphis & Charleston
1
359
HISTORY OF BUREAU COUNTY.
Railroad; took part in the battle of Benton- ville, near Goldsboro, N. C .; was present in front of Raleigh at the surrender of the Rebel Gen. Joe E. Johnson's army, the last of April, 1865. Marching north, it passed through Petersburg, Richmond, Fredericks- burg and Alexandria, Va., and took part in the grand review at Washington, D. C., May 24, 1865, before President Andrew Johnson, Gens. U. S. Grant and Sherman. Leaving Washington June 3, the regiment moved by railroad to Parkersburg, Va., thence by boat to Louisville, Ky., where it mustered out July 7, 1865, but retained its organization until it reached Chicago, July 14, when it received final pay and was disbanded at Camp Douglas-its point of first departure for the field-after three years and five months' active service.
The following summary furnished by Col. F. A. Battey and not appearing in the foregoing, will be of interest to old members of the regiment and their friends:
When the Fifty-seventh Regiment left Chicago for active service, it had in its ranks about 975 men, officered as follows: S. D. Baldwin, Colonel; F. J. Hurlbut, Lieutenant-Colonel; N. B. Page, Major; N. E. Hahn, Adjutant; Edward Hamilton, Quarter- master; J. R. Zearing, Surgeon; H. S. Blood, First Assistant Surgeon. The office of Chaplain was really vacant, although Elder Barry, of Wyanet, was with the regiment ostensibly to fill that position. Company A: John Phillips, Captain; J. N. Schil- ling, First Lieutenant; W. F. Conkey, Second Lieutenant. Company B: Alfred H. Manzer, Cap- tain; Nathan Linton, First Lieutenant; John T. Larkin, Second Lieutenant. Company C: W. S. Swan, Captain; R. B. Morse, First Lieutenant; M. S. Lord, Second Lieutenant. Company D: Eric Forsee, Captain; Eric Johnson, First Lieutenant; Eric Bergland, Second Lieutenant. Company E: R. D. Adams, Captain; B. D. Salter, First Lieuten- ant: A. S. Otis, Second Lieutenant. Company F: F. A. Battey, Captain; J. W. Harris, First Lieu- tenant; J. T. Cook, Second Lieutenant. Company G: G. A. Busse, Captain; Fritz Busse, First Lieu- tenant; C. W. Rosenthal, Second Lieutenant. Com- pany H: Josiah Robbins, Jr., Captain; Nelson
Flamburg, First Lieutenant; George Welch, Second Lieutenant. Company I: B. H. Chadbourne, Cap- tain; T. M. Doggett, First Lieutenant; W. S. Hendricks, Second Lientenant. Company K: A. C. Barry, Captain; Harlan Page. First Lieutenant; William Brewer, Second Lieutenant. Some changes had taken place in two or three of the companies of the Burean County portion between the time of entering camp at Princeton in September, and muster in at Chicago the last of December. N. B. Page was first elected Captain of his Company B, but was promoted to Major. O. W. Battey had been elected Captain of Company F, but preferring the Quartermaster's position took charge as such of the Fifty-sixth or Bureau County portion, after arriving in Chicago, but upon consolidation with the Fifty-seventh the office of Quartermaster was filled from that portion of the regiment. At Fort Donelson the regiment was assigned to the Third Brigade, Col. John M. Thayer, Third Division, Gen. Lew Wallace. From Ft. Donelson it marched across the country to Ft. Henry. From there it went by transport up the Tennessee River to Crump's Landing. The boat carrying it was one of 122 transports all loaded with troops, constituting the Army of the Tennessee, the fleet forming one of the grandest sights of the war.
From Crump's Landing the regiment went to Pittsburgh Landiug, where it became a part of Sweeny's Third Brigade, Gen. S. F. Smith's Second Division, Army of the Tennessee. By reason of the illness of Gen. Smith, Gen. W. H. L. Wallace, who was killed at the battle of Shiloh, commanded the division at that battle until his death. Col. Sweeny having been wounded, the command of the brigade on the second day of the fight devolved on Col. Baldwin. After Wallace's death the division was commanded by Col. Tuttle, of the Seventh Iowa. Gen. T. A. Davies was afterward assigned to the command of the division. Subsequent to the battle of Corinth, October 3 and 4, 1862, Col. M. M. Bane, of the Fiftieth Illinois, who was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, having returned. assumed com- mand of the Brigade. In the early part of 1863 Col. Baldwin was dismissed from the service, and the command of the regiment fell to Lient. - Col. F. J. Hurlbut. During its stay at Corinth the brigade and division became a part of the left wing of the Sixteenth Army Corps, under Gen. G. M. Dodge, commanding the district of Corinth. Under these designations of command it served until after the conclusion of the siege of Atlanta. Ga., Gen. T. W. Sweeny having commanded the division during the Atlanta campaign.
While the brigade was at Rome, Ga., in 1864, Col. Bane having resigned. Gen. Vandever was as- signed to its command. He was relieved in August by Col. Rowett, of the Seventh Illinois Infantry. In the reorganization of the army, after the fall of Atlanta, the left wing of the Sixteenth Army Corps was consolidated with the Fifteenth Army Corps under the latter number, commanded by Gen. John A. Logan; the Second Division became a part of the
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.