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THIRTEENTH INFANTRY REGIMENT.
( Three Years' Service. )
COMPANY B. Musician.
George A. Hall, Batavia; transferred to invalid corps and mustered out June 18, 1864.
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Privates.
Edward E. Dunham, Geneva; mustered out June 18, 1864.
Moses D. M. Hubbard. Sugar Grove; discharged February 6, 1862; disability.
COMPANY E. Privates.
John Trowbridge, Aurora ; mustered out June 18, 1864.
COMPANY F. Recruits.
Abbott Merrill, Kaneville; mustered out June 18, 1864.
COMPANY G. Recruits.
Fred Babcock, St. Charles; mustered out June 18. 1864. John E. Clark, St. Charles; deserted March 9, 1862.
Hiram C. Frisbie, St. Charles ; died September 25, 1863. John O'Brien, St. Charles ; mustered out June 8, 1865.
Patrick Ponsonby, St. Charles ; mustered out June 2, 1865.
Samuel Pike, St. Charles; discharged October 31, 1862.
George Rogers, St. Charles; mustered out June 18, 1864.
Almon A. Stevens, St. Charles.
Isaac Shipman, St. Charles; died October 13, 1863.
COMPANY H. Captains.
George H. Gardner, Aurora; dismissed, no pay, September 3, 1862; reinstated; died January 5, 1863.
Edwin Went, Aurora : mustered out June 18, 1864.
First Lieutenants.
Edwin Went, Aurora ; promoted.
Ethan A. Pritchard, Aurora; mustered out June 18, 1864. Second Lieutenants.
Ethan A. Pritchard, Aurora ; promoted.
Jesse D. Pierce, Aurora ; mustered out June 18, 1864.
Jesse D. Pierce, Aurora ; promoted second lieutenant.
First Sergeant. Sergeants.
William Larabe, Aurora: mustered out June 18, 1864.
George B. Putnam, Aurora ; mustered out June 18. 1864 as first sergeant. John Woodard. Aurora : discharged October 9. 1861.
Corporals.
Eley H. Holley. Aurora ; mustered out June 18. 1864, as sergeant. George W. Meirs, Aurora : discharged March 25, 1864 ; disability. Malcomb G. Clark, Big Rock; mustered out June 18, 1864.
Rodney F. Jay. Sugar Grove; prisoner of war: mustered out June 7, 1865.
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Henry K. Allison, Aurora; transferred to Illinois cavalry January 15, 1864.
Frank W. Whipple, St. Charles; mustered out June 18. 1864. as private. Musicians.
Edwin W. Loomis, St. Charles; discharged January 10, 1863.
Frank Brown. Aurora : deserted July 30, 1862.
Privates.
Lendrum Armstrong, Aurora : deserted May 4. 1863.
Orrin V. Anderson, Aurora ; mustered out June 18. 1864.
Benjamin F. Brisben, Aurora; transferred to Illinois cavalry September 1, 1863.
Albert E. Beardsley, Aurora : mustered out June 18. 1864.
Thomas L. Burt. Aurora ; mustered out June 18. 1864.
Eugene A. Brownell, St. Charles: mustered out June 18. 1864.
Edwin H. Babcock. Aurora; died June 6, 1863.
George Bankson, Aurora; discharged April 30. 1863.
Thomas Bexton. Aurora : mustered out June 18, 1864.
Alfred Barnes, Sugar Grove : prisoner of war; mustered out June 7, I865.
George E. Conklin, St. Charles; prisoner of war: mustered out June 2, 1865.
Guy C. Clark. Big Rock : mustered out June 18. 1864. as corporal. Walter B. Corthell. Big Rock: mustered out June 18. 1864.
Philander C. Costar, Aurora; mustered out June 18. 1864.
William Cheetham, Aurora : mustered out June 18. 1864.
Frank W. Cushing. Aurora : mustered out June 18. 1864.
Edward L. Currier. St. Charles; prisoner of war; mustered out June 8, 1865. Noah Sharp Cramer, Aurora : discharged October 21, 1862 ; Sen. G. C. M. Bartley Dein, Aurora : mustered out June 18. 1864.
Peter Dougdale. Aurora : mustered out April 22. 1863 : disability.
Waterman DaLee. Aurora; mustered out June 18. 1864.
John Eddy. St. Charles; mustered out June 18. 1864.
Edwin M. Emerson, Aurora: transferred to second lieutenant to Tenth Missouri Cavalry.
John E. Foster, Big Rock: discharged April 25. 1862: disability. John Fisher. Big Rock; deserted January 20. 1863.
Barney Hines, Aurora; discharged August 12, 1863 ; disability.
Henry M. Harmes, Sugar Grove: deserted January 20, 1863.
James H. Huntoon, Aurora : deserted January 20. 1863.
John Hall, Aurora : discharged January 11. 1863: disability.
John M. Jolley, Aurora ; transferred to Illinois Cavalry, March 15. 1864 Henry H. Johnson, Big Rock: transferred to Illinois Cavalry. Januar 15, 1864. Robert S. Johnson, Aurora: mustered out June 18, 1864, as corporal Eldorado Knight. St. Charles : mustered out June 18, 1864.
Randolph Morton, Aurora : mustered out July 18. 1865.
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James McGuire, Aurora ; discharged August 19, 1861.
Charles Pelan, Aurora ; mustered out June 18, 1864, as sergeant.
Joseph C. Paulin, Aurora ; died December 8, 1861.
Lemuel Purdy, Aurora ; mustered out June 18. 1864.
George B. Robinson. Aurora: transferred as hospital steward to non- commissioned staff, October 8. 1863.
Frederick Rink, Aurora; mustered out June 18, 1864, as corporal.
Marcus E. Sherman, Aurora ; died December 30, 1862.
Mathias Siegfried. Aurora ; mustered out June 18, 1864.
George W. Smith. Aurora; discharged March 5, 1862. John A. Sohnley. Aurora : died January 21, 1863; wounds. Edwin Sheehey, Aurora ; mustered out June 18, 1864.
Christopher C. Scrafford. Aurora ; discharged September 8, 1863.
Steward B. Strong. Aurora : discharged July 29, 1862.
Christopher Schafer. Aurora: mustered out June 18. 1864.
Emil Sier, Aurora : died February 5. 1862.
Nelson Terrill, Aurora : died October 28, 1861.
Peter Thompson. Aurora; discharged September 12, 1862.
Arthur B. West, Sugar Grove: mustered out June 18, 1864.
Dexter L. Watson, Aurora ; died January II, 1863 : wounds.
George W. Young. St. Charles; mustered out June 18, 1864.
Recruits.
Henry Bonon, Aurora ; died April 29, 1864.
Joseph Everard. Aurora ; mustered out June 18, 1864.
Emil Kotha, Aurora; died June 12, 1863 ; wounds.
Orville B. Merrill, Aurora; transferred as lieutenant to Thirty-sixth Illinois Infantry, September 17. 1861.
John H. Steel. Aurora; wounded December 29, 1862; in hospital. Abram Van Riper. Aurora.
Smith S. Ward, Kaneville; promoted captain Fifty-second Illinois. August 2, 1861.
Wharton L. White, Blackberry ; died September 20, 1861.
Newton Wells. Aurora; mustered out June 18, 1864.
COMPANY I. Private.
Phillip H. Carr, Dundee ; discharged September 19, 1861 ; blind. Recruits. Cyrus Golden, Aurora ; discharged September 26, 1862; disability. Jacob H. Quant, Aurora ; mustered out June 7, 1865.
George C. Wood, Aurora; discharged August 23, 1862; disability.
COMPANY K. Privates.
James P. Gillespie, Aurora : mustered out June 18. 1864. as corporal. Hiram Slate, Aurora; transferred to Tenth Missouri Cavalry, October I, I861.
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FOURTEENTH (REORGANIZED) INFANTRY REGIMENT. (Three Years' Service.)
COMPANY I. Privates.
Ovid B. Smith, Rutland; mustered out June 19, 1865.
Cornelius B. Vaugh, Rutland; mustered out September 16, 1865, as corporal.
George W. Wright, Rutland; sick at muster-out.
FIFTEENTH INFANTRY REGIMENT. (Three Years' Service.) NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. Drum Major.
Nicholas Wolaver, Dundee.
COMPANY D. Privates.
Marshall Stephens, Hampshire; discharged October 16, 1862; disability Henry E. Stephens, Hampshire : mustered out May 24, 1864.
Robert Williams, Hampshire; mustered out May 24, 1864.
COMPANY F. Corporal.
John W. Davenport, Dundee; died November 24, 1863. Privates.
George Lock, Dundee; mustered out May 24, 1864.
James Wollaver, Dundee; discharged August 13, 1861.
Nicholas Wollaver. Dundee; transferred to N. C. S .; drum major. Unassigned Recruit. William H. Rowe, St. Charles.
FIFTEENTH INFANTRY REGIMENT. (Three Years' Service. )
COMPANY D. Private. Henry Gates, Elgin ; died at Bacon Creek, Kentucky, January 23, 1862. COMPANY E. Recruits.
Peter F. Guthrie, St. Charles ; mustered out July 9, 1864, as sergeant.
Henry C. Matteson. St. Charles : promoted hospital steward.
Henry C. Young, St. Charles; discharged October 27, 1863; disability. TWENTIETH INFANTRY REGIMENT. (Three Years' Service. )
COMPANY G. Drafted and Substitute Recruits. John Hanson. Campton ; substitute : never reported to company ; drafted.
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COMPANY K. Recruits.
Nathaniel P. Barnard, Aurora ; mustered out July 16, 1865.
Luman C. Preston, Aurora; mustered out July 16, 1865.
Fayette Schofield, Aurora; mustered out July 16, 1865. Unassigned Recruits.
Nathaniel Barnnino, Aurora.
TWENTY-THIRD INFANTRY REGIMENT. (Three Years' Service. )
COMPANY C. Recruits. John Durand, St. Charles : discharged March 19, 1863.
George Durand, St. Charles : reenlisted as veteran.
Charles Lake, St. Charles; discharged; minor.
John Vermor, Geneva; died October 22, 1862.
COMPANY H. First Lieutenant. Anthony McBriarty. Elgin ; mustered out September 14, 1864. Second Lieutenant.
Anthony McBriarty, Elgin : promoted.
TWENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY REGIMENT. ( Three Years' Service. )
COMPANY C. Corporal.
Julius Beinsdorf, Aurora ; mustered out August 6, 1864. Privates.
Jno. G. Battenshlag, Aurora : deserted December 20, 1861. Jacob Echenberger, Aurora : mustered out August 6, 1864.
TWENTY-SIXTH INFANTRY REGIMENT. ( Three Years' Service. )
COMPANY E. Private.
David Cothrin, Rutland ; deserted August 18, 1862.
COMPANY H. Musician. John H. Dodge, Aurora ; deserted February 1, 1863.
THIRTY-FIRST INFANTRY REGIMENT. (Three Years' Service. )
COMPANY I. Recruits. Andrew Miller, Aurora : mustered out July 19, 1865.
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THIRTY-SECOND INFANTRY REGIMENT. (Three Years' Service. ) COMPANY K. L'eteran. George W. Upton. Dundee; mustered out September 16, 1865.
THIRTY-THIRD INFANTRY REGIMENT. (Three Years' Service. ) COMPANY A. Private.
Charles A. Barrows. Elgin: transferred to Invalid Corps, January 14. 1861.
COMPANY B. Sergeant. Alfred C. Cambridge. Elgin : deserted March 17. 1863. Recruits.
Henry Ankel, Sugar Grove; mustered out October 1. 1865. Joseph Albee, Sugar Grove : mustered out October I. 1865.
COMPANY D. Recruits.
James D. Brower, Sugar Grove : mustered out October 1. 1865. John Moore, Sugar Grove ; mustered out October 4. 1865.
COMPANY F.
Recruits Transferred from One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Illinois Infantry. Edwin M. Benedict. Batavia; mustered out November 24. 1865. John H. Cleveland, Batavia : mustered out November 24. 1865. Josiah L. Coolidge. Batavia : mustered out November 24. 1865. David Dean. Batavia : mustered out November 24. 1865. Michael Davis. Batavia; mustered out November 24. 1865. Edward F. Fish, Batavia : mustered out November 24. 1865. Francis F. Joy. Virgil; mustered out November 24. 1865. Russell L. Massee, Batavia : mustered out November 24. 1865. Valentine McDonald. Batavia: mustered out November 24, 1865 William H. Price. Batavia: mustered out November 24. 1865. Cyrus R. Roff, Batavia : mustered out November 24. 1865. Clark Wood, Batavia: mustered out November 24. 1865. Unassigned Recruits.
Lewis Baker, Rutland.
Royal Robinson. Rutland.
THIRTY-FOURTH INFANTRY REGIMENT. ( Three Years' Service. ) COMPANY C.
Recruits Transferred from One Hundred and Fourth Illinois Infantry. Walter Ketchum. Rutland : never reported to company. George Roller. Rutland: mustered out July 12. 1865. George Vermett. Rutland : mustered out July 12. 1865.
THE ISLAND IN AN EARLY DAY-AURORA. Now Occupied by the Postoffice, City Hall. G. A. R. Hall and Other Prominent Buildings.
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THIRTY-FIFTH INFANTRY REGIMENT. ( Three Years' Service. ) Surgeon. Sidney B. Hawley, St. Charles; mustered out September 27. 1864.
HISTORY OF THIRTY-SIXTH INFANTRY.
The Thirty-sixth Infantry, Illinois Volunteers, was organized at Camp Hammond, near Aurora. Illinois, by Colonel N. Grensel, and was mustered into the service by Colonel Brackett, United States mustering officer, Sep- tember 23. 1861, for a term of three years, or during the war. The regiment numbered nine hundred and sixty-five officers and enlisted men, and had two companies of cavalry ( "A" and "B"). one hundred and eighty-six officers and men. On September 24. moved via Quincy, Illinois, to St. Louis, Mis- souri, where the companies of infantry were armed, Companies "A" and "B" receiving Minie and Enfield rifles, the other companies remodeled Spring- field muskets, caliber 69. On September 28 left St. Louis by rail for Rolla, Missouri, leaving the cavalry at Benton barracks. Went into camp at Rolla September 29, remaining there until January 14, 1862, the time being taken up with severe drill. camp and postguard duty, and an occasional scout. Left Rolla January 14, 1862, for Springfield, Missouri, the Thirty-fifth, Forty- fourth and Thirty-sixth Ilinois Infantry, and Twenty-fifth Missouri Infantry composing the brigade commanded by Colonel Osterhaus. Passed through Springfield on the 14th of February, halted on the 22d and remained for a few days near Bentonville, Arkansas. Companies "B" and "K" participated in the fight at that place March 6; was engaged in the battles at Leetown March 7 and Pea Ridge March 8; went into camp at Keitsville, Missouri, after the fight. Broke camp April 5 and started for Batesville, Arkansas, reaching that point May 3. Here the regiment was transferred to the com- mand of General Asboth, who started with his command from Batesville for Cape Girardeau, Missouri, May II, arriving on the 22d. On the 23d embarked on a boat for Hamburg Landing, Tennessee, marching out to Corinth. Mississippi, on the 29th. On evacuation of Corinth marched to Booneville and from there to Rienzi, remaining there until September 6; then ordered to Cincinnati; went into camp in Covington, Kentucky. From there ordered to Louisville, arriving September 19; was assigned to General Sheridan's division. Started October I on the Kentucky campaign, marching via Bardstown and Springfield to Perryville, at which place it was engaged October 8. Moved thence in pursuit of Bragg via Danville and Lancaster to Crab Orchard, returning via Lancaster, Danville, Lebanon, Newmarket, Cave City and Bowling Green to Nashville, near which place it encamped November 8. Remaining in camp at this place. "Seven Mile Creek" and "Mill Creek" until December 26, the regiment broke camp and started on the Murfreesboro campaign. On December 31 took part in the battle of Stone River. After the battle and evacuation of Murfreesboro went into camp on the bank of Stone river, on the Shelbyville pike, where it remained until June 24, 1862. The regiment then took part in the Tullahoma campaign, participating in the skirmishes incident to the driving of Bragg's army out of middle Tennessee.
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Reached Cowan July 3. where it went into camp and remained until July 30, when it broke camp and marched to Bridgeport, Alabama. Went into camp and assisted in bridging the Tennessee river, preparatory to crossing and entering upon the Chattanooga campaign. Crossed the river September 2. and being in McCook's corps, marched to Broomtown valley, crossing Look- out mountain through Winston's Gap. Here McCook was ordered to join Thomas, which he did by a forced march of forty-six miles. The regiment took part in the battle of Chickamauga September 20 and retired via Ross- ville with the army into Chattanooga, sharing with the rest of the army in its privations during the siege. The regiment took an active part in the battle of Missionary Ridge November 25. 1863, its colors being among the first planted on the Ridge. On the 28th started under Sheridan for Knoxville, Tennessee, to relieve Burnside. Reached that point December 6. Moving out on the 12th, marched to different points east of Knoxville until it bivouacked in midwinter at Blain's Cross Roads on the 17th. Reenlisting at this place January 1, 1864, the regiments started January 6 for Chatta- nooga to arrange details of muster for new term of service, preparatory to veteran furlough. Returning. left Nashville, Tennessee, March 26, for Chat- tanooga, marching nearly the entire route. May 3 started on the Atlanta campaign : was under fire almost daily, with quite severe fighting at Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Adairsville. New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and Jonesboro, marching into Atlanta September 8. On September 25 was ordered back to Chattanooga, leaving that place on the 2d of October in pursuit of Hood: marched to Ringgold. Shell Mound. White- side, Gordon Mills, Summerville, Alpine, Huntsville, Decatur, Athens, Pulaski, Columbia, Spring Hill and Franklin, being rear guard and under fire almost continuously from Spring Hill to Franklin. It was there engaged in the hottest of that memorable battle, General Thomas personally thanking the- regiment for its bravery and gallantry in that fight. The First Brigade. to which it belonged. Colonel Opdyke commanding, charged the rebel lines, and at different periods in the action captured thirty-three ( 33) stands of colors. and on the night of November 30 was the last to cross the bridge over the Harpeth river on retiring from the field for Nashville, which place it reached on the afternoon of December I. The regiment was placed in position on the Hillsboro and Granny White Pikes. Was engaged in the battle of Nash- ville December 15 and 16, and captured a battery and over one hundred prisoners on the 15th. On the retreat of Bragg the regiment joined in pur- suit December 17, passing through Brentwood to Franklin. thence to Columbia and Pulaski, reaching Lexington on December 28. Leaving there on the 3Ist, passed through Athens on the 5th of January, 1865. reaching Huntsville on the 6th, where the regiment built barracks and went into winter quarters Leaving Huntsville March 28, proceeded by rail to Chattanooga, from thence through east Tennessee. Marching from Bull's Gap. went into camp at Blue Springs April 4. While in camp at this place the regiment received, on the night of April 10. the news of Lee's surrender, and, in the same camp. April 15, news of the assassination of President Lincoln. Orders were then received to return to Nashville, the regiment marching from Blue Springs to Bull's
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Gap, where it boarded a train and returned to Nashville via Knoxville and Chattanooga. Remained there until June 15. when it proceeded by rail to Johnsonville, on the Tennessee river, where it was placed on transports. under orders for New Orleans, Louisiana, reaching that point June 23. At the special request of General Sheridan, the Thirty-sixth was detailed for headquarters and other special duty, thereby receiving from other troops the sobriquet, "Sheridan's pet." The regiment did special duty quelling dis- turbances, guarding paymasters and conveying rebel archives captured in the West, to Washington, D. C., until October 8, on which date it was mustered out of service and proceeded to Springfield. Illinois, received pay, and disbanded October 27, 1865.
In general engagements alone the Thirty-sixth ( Infantry ) Regiment lost in killed and wounded over seven hundred men. It was reinforced by two hundred and twenty-one recruits and drafted men. It marched and was transported by rail and boat over ten thousand miles during its term of service. Changed commanding officers ten times, yet it maintained through- out its term of service the esprit de corps of its original organization.
The regimental commanders have been Colonel Nicholas Greusel. Lieu- tenant Colonel Ed. Joslyn. Colonel Silas Miller, Lieutenant Colonel Albert Jenks, Lieutenant Colonel Porter C. Olson, Captain J. B. McNeil, Captain Wm. Mitchell. Company "A": Major L. P. Holden, of the Eighty-eighth Illinois Infantry, assigned by Colonel Opdyke, brigade commander. Major Holden was relieved by Captain Geo. W. Mossman, Company F, on his pro- motion to major, who was himself relieved by Lieutenant Colonel B. F. Campbell, assuming command and retaining the same until the regiment was mustered out of the service.
The brigade commanders have been Colonels Osterhaus. Hausendifel, Knoblesdorf and Greusel. General Sill. Colonel F. T. Sherman, General W. H. Lytle, General Nathan Kimball and Colonel Opdyke.
Division commanders, Generals Sigel, Asboth, Jeff. C. Davis, Gordon Granger, Sheridan, Newton. Wagner and Elliott.
Corps commanders, Generals Curtis, Pope, Gilbert. McCook, Granger, Howard, Stanley, Thos. J. Wood.
Department commanders. Generals Fremont. Hunter, Halleck. Wright. Nelson, Buell. Rosecrans, Thomas and Sheridan.
Companies "A" and "B" Cavalry. After receiving arms at Benton bar- racks they joined the regiment at Rolla, Missouri; made occasional scouts until late in December. when they started upon an expedition under General Carr in the direction of Springfield, Missouri. Early in February joined the army of General Curtis, made several expeditions with General Asboth : moved to Osage Springs, thence into the Indian Territory with General Sigel. Returning was with him in fight at Bentonville, March 6. Leetown, March 7. and Pea Ridge, March 8. Thence moved to Batesville, and about May I started with General Jeff C. Davis to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Thence by boat moved to Hamburg Landing, Tennessee ; thence to Corinth, Mississippi, Company A being assigned to General Schuyler Hamilton and Company B to General Gordon Granger as escorts; subsequently Company B
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to General Rosecrans and then to General Mitchell, moving into Alabama. The companies never again serving in the same departments, they will be given separate reports.
Company A was soon transferred to General Rosecrans' headquarters and remained with him through the battles of Iuka and Corinth, then to General C. S. Hamilton and with him to Memphis; thence as escort to General Lauman to Vicksburg. May 17. The company was in action near Greenville. and was on expedition to Haines' Bluff. Joined Grant's army on Big Black river, thence moved with Sherman's army to Jackson. July 25 embarked for New Orleans : was in action at Morganzia Bend in General Heron's division. Went to the Techs country; was in action with General Dick Taylor and General Kirby Smith. On General Banks' expedition to Red river with General Lee: returned to New Orleans and was consolidated as Company I. Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry. Sent to regiment at Helena, Arkansas, January 25. 1865. Moved to Brownsville. Again consolidated as Company M. Tenth Illinois Cavalry, and returned to New Orleans. In June embarked for Shreveport. July. started on march to San Antonio, Texas. Remained until November 22 and moved via Galveston, New Orleans and Cairo to Springfield. Illinois, and received final muster out and discharge January 6. 1866. Company commanders have been Captain Albert Jenks, Lieutenant Samuel B. Sherer, Lieutenant Azariah C. Ferre. Captain George A. Willis and Captain Daniel Dynan.
Company B Cavalry, upon joining General Buell's army was transferred from General Mitchell to General Carlin and marched through Alabama. Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky to Louisville, returning through Kentucky with General Carlin. Was in battle of Perryville ( first to enter the town) and in action at Lancaster and near Crab Orchard. Countermarched to Cave City, thence to Bowling Green. thence to Edgefield via Tyree Springs, where had an engagement with General John Morgan, and also the following day at Shackle Island. Was in a cavalry action at Hepworth Shoals ( special mentioned by General Rosecrans). Then assigned as escort to General Jeff C. Davis. Camped near Nashville December 26. led the advance of McCook's corps to Nolensville ( complimented by McCook and Davis personally, and official reports). Crossed Overall's Creek and was in cavalry fight with Colonel Stokes. Was in battle of Stone River: with Davis' expedition to Eaglesville. Versailles and Franklin. Had cavalry action at Versailles. Rover. Franklin and Walnut Church. In June. 1863. transferred as escort to Gen- eral T. L. Crittenden and marched with him to Stevenson. Alabama, then to Chattanooga. Tennessee. and on to Ringgold. Georgia. back to Crawfish Springs. Had cavalry engagement at Rossville and Ringgold. Was in the battle of Chickamauga. then marched back to Chattanooga. Generals McCook and Crittenden subsequently being relieved. the company escorted them to Stevenson. Returned to Chattanooga. assigned to General Thomas' head- quarters. Took seven hundred starving horses and inules to Stevenson. returned to Chattanooga. Assigned to General Hooker as escort, marched to Stevenson, thence via Whiteside to Wauhtehie and camped in Lookout valley. By order war department transferred as Company K. Fifteenth Illinois
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Cavalry. In battles of Lookout Mountain. Missionary Ridge and Ringgold; returning to Lookout valley, camped until the spring of 1864. Was escort to General Hooker in Atlanta campaign ; charged across and saved a burning bridge over Pumpkinvine creek ( special mention). General Hooker being relieved by General Howard, the company went through with him to the sea as escort and scouts. Was in action at Rome, Adairsville, Resaca. Snake Creek Gap, Taylor's Ridge, Lafayette, Greysville, Lynch's Creek, Mt. Elon and Fayetteville. Captain Win. Duncan was twice taken prisoner, but escaped. With five men he received the surrender of Milledgeville with General Howard thirty miles away. With two men he floated down the Ogeechee river in a dugout past Ft. McAllister out into the bay and thus opened communication between Sherman and Dahlgren. Mustered out September 23, 1865. Com- pany commanders have been: Captain Henry A. Smith, Lieutenant Francis E. Reynolds, Captain Samuel B. Sherer, Lieutenant John A. McQueen and Captain William Duncan.
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