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company left it, until the happy midsummer, four years after, that the war's last veteran marched proudly home, Elgin was never derelict to the calls of the struggling, but at last victorious republic.
ELGIN'S LOSS IN THE CIVIL WAR. Seventh Infantry.
John Bradford Company A ; died March 31, 1862. Corporal John C. Day, Company A; died March 14, 1862. *Eri H. Densmore, Company A ; died June 1, 1861. *George P. Gilbert, Company A ; died February 4, 1862. Henry C. Hassan, Company A ; died October 5, 1864. Sergeant James R. Kinney, Company A ; died in 1863. Captain Samuel G. Ward, Company A; died April 6, 1862. *William H. Wheeler, Company A ; died August 16, 1861. Seventeenth Infantry. *Corporal Edmund V. Barker, Company G; died April 6, 1862. Nineteenth Infantry. *Henry E. Gates, Company D; died January 23, 1862. Thirty-sixth Infantry. Albert Andrews, Company A ; died October 10. 1862.
*First Lieutenant Edward S. Chappel, Company A; died October 16, 1861.
Corporal Cyrus F. Deane, Company A; died January 15, 1863. Alexander F. Henderson, Company A ; died January 16, 1863. Charles Olszceski, Company A; died in 1865.
Sergeant Alexander Robertson, Company A; died May 27, 1864. Fifty-second Infantry. Walter Alle, Company G; died August 27, 1864. *First Sergeant Samuel Anderson, Company I ; died April 6, 1862.
*First Sergeant James S. Ellis, Company K : died February 23, 1862. *James B. Hoagland, Company K ; died April 30, 1862.
Daniel L. Holgate, Company G; died April 6, 1862.
Michael Ketsell, Company K ; died April 6, 1862.
Col-Sergeant John Murray, Company K; died October 3, 1862. Fifty-Fifth Infantry.
Corporal Jacob Flatro, Company E; died September -, 1862. Corporal Joseph Lightfoot, Company E; died March 6, 1863. John Smith, Company E; died June 22, 1863. Sergeant William Short, Company E; died December 28, 1862. Fifty-eighth Infantry.
Kelly Bartholomew, Company A ; died February 15, 1862. David Bradley, Company I : died December 29, 1864. A. B. Foster, Company II; died February 28, 1863. Michael Gartland, Company I; died March -, 1862. William Hamilton, Company B; died July 21, 1865.
* Burled in Elgin.
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Sergeant James Heffernan, Company I; died April 6, 1862. John Jones, Company I; died December 4, 1862. *Thomas Rosney, Company I ; died January 3, 1863. John Sheedy. Company B; died May 25, 1864. Sergeant Fred Schultz, Company D; died April 6, 1862. Eighty-ninth Infantry.
Thomas Rogers, Company K ; died October 25, 1863. One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Infantry.
Sergeant Henry T. Adams, Company I; died September II, 1864. James H. Bartlett, Company C; died July 7, 1863. *Musician Joseph E. Corby, Company I; died January 25, 1864. William D. Daggett, Company C; died June 29, 1863.
Col-Sergeant Alex. Dennis, Company C; died July 28, 1864. Sergeant Ora B. Douglas, Company I ; died July 28, 1863.
Robert A. Duck, Company C; died July 16, 1864.
Corporal Benjamin Hewitt. Company C; died December 3, 1863.
*Theodore N. Hoagland. Company C; died January 22, 1863. Albert Inglesby, Company C: died September 15, 1864. Alfred Johnson, Company C; died April 8, 1863.
William Nicholson, Company C; died September 22, 1863. *Thomas Parkin, Company C; died August 30, 1863. Corporal Julius C. Pratt, Company I ; died July 19, 1863. Hercules P. Rice, Company C; died February 22, 1863. Captain John S. Riddle, Company C; died July 18, 1862. John Saunders, Company C; died September 1, 1863. Corporal Charles Schroeder, Company I; died September 25, 1863.
*Charles Seidel, Company I; died September 30, 1862.
Fred Sother, Company I; died February 22, 1863. John Taylor, Company C; died December 4, 1862. One Hundred and Forty-first Infantry. John Batterman, Company C; died September 18, 1864.
*Benjamin F. Webster, Company C; died July 20, 1864. One Hundred and Fifty-third Infantry. *Albert S. Force, Company C; died September 18, 1865. Twelfth Cavalry. Erastus Roberts, Company H ; died October 15, 1863. Fifteenth Cavalry. *Joseph M. Corron, Company A ; died March 18, 1862. Corporal Charles B. Prindle, Company G ; December 3, 1863. First Light Artillery. Samuel Hadlock, Company A ; died July 20, 1864.
THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
No child can be born into it ; no proclamation of president, edict of king or czar can command admission; no university or institution of learning can issue a diploma authorizing its holder to enter : no act of congress or parlia-
* Buried in Elgin.
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ment secures recognition; the wealth of a Vanderbilt cannot purchase the position : its doors swing open only upon presentation of a bit of paper, torn, worn, begrimed it may be, which certifies to an honorable discharge from the armies and navies of the nation during the war against the rebellion, and, unlike any other association, no "new blood" can come in; there are no growing ranks from which recruits can be drawn into the Grand Army of the Republic. With the consummation of peace through victory its rolls were closed forever.
OBJECTS.
The objects to be accomplished by the Grand Army of the Republic are as follows :
I. To preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal feelings which bind together the soldiers, sailors and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion, and to perpetuate the memory and history of the dead.
2. To assist such former comrades in arms as need help and protection. and extend needful aid to the widows and orphans of those who have fallen.
3. To maintain true allegiance to the United States of America, based upon a paramount respect for and fidelity to the national constitution and laws ; to discountenance whatsoever tends to weaken loyalty, incite to insurrection, treason or rebellion, or in any manner impair the efficiency and permanency of our free institutions; and to encourage the spread of universal liberty, equal rights and justice to all men.
MEMBERSHIP.
Any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine, who served during the late rebellion, between April 19. 1861, and August 20, 1866, is eligible to membership. No person shall be eligible who has at any time borne arms against the United States.
MUSTER ROLL OF MEMBERS.
( Unless otherwise stated, infantry was the arm of service in which the conrade served. )
Alden. A. F., Company I. Twenty-fourth Massachusetts.
Ahle, Charles E., Company C. One Hundred and Forty-first Illinois.
Arnold, Erwin L., corporal Company B. Thirty-ninth Massachusetts. Andrews. H. R., Company B. Twelfth Iowa.
Atchison, W. D., chaplain, Forty-fifth Illinois.
Austin, L., Company G. Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry.
Bangs, G. O. W., Company E. Fifty-fifth Illinois.
Burzell, Ezra. Company L. Eighth Illinois Cavalry.
Brintnall. H. C., Company G. Fifty-second Illinois.
Beebe. D. R., commissary sergeant. Company B, Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry.
Balch, Edwin E., sergeant, Company K, Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry.
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Bunnell, Mark, corporal, Company D, Eighth Illinois Cavalry.
Brydges, William H., Company K, Seventy-fourth Illinois. Burr, John B., Company A, Thirty-sixth Illinois. Bode, Richard, Company E, Fifth Missouri Cavalry. Busche, George, Company C, One Hundred and Fifty-third Illinois. Bulger, James, Company G, Twenty-sixth Iowa.
Bouck, Sylvester, Company A, First Nevada Cavalry.
Brown, D. C., captain, Company A, Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry.
Bunnell, A. W., Fifth Illinois Artillery.
Brown, Alfred Q., corporal, Company H, Eleventh Michigan.
Brown, Hiram J., corporal, Company A, Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry.
Carr, J. W., corporal, Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois.
Cloudman, W. H., sergeant major, Sixteenth Massachusetts.
Clark, A. L., surgeon, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois.
Claude, Jolin P., Company D, Eighteenth Pennsylvania.
Colie, George, Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois. Carte, Nelson, Company C, One Hundred and Fifty-third Illinois.
Carpenter, E. C., Company B, Ninety-sixth Illinois.
Cameron, J. G., captain, Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth New York.
Cowdin, John F., corporal, Company K, Eighty-eighth Illinois.
Claybrook, John W., corporal, Company C, One Hundred and Seventh United States Cavalry.
Dumser, J. S., Company K, Fifty-second Illinois.
Davenport, W. H., Company I, Fifty-second Illinois.
Douglierty, E. C., first lieutenant, Company I, Thirty-fourth Iowa.
Delaney, Thomas, Company G, Thirty-ninth Ohio.
Dickson, Sheridan, Company C, Fifty-second Illinois.
Downer, A. N., First Light Artillery.
Dodge, Royal L., Company E, Twelfth Maine; Fourth Maine Light Artillery.
Earin, Milton G., Elgin Battery.
Eakin, R. J., Company K, Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry. Fowler, E. K., Company E, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois. Farrington, George E., commissary sergeant, Third Vermont. Frazier, Hans, Company H, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Illinois. Foote, George H., Company G. Ninety-sixth Illinois. Follnier, Henry, corporal, Company I, Fifty-second Illinois.
Freeman, Chauncey, Company H. One Hundred and Forty-seventh Illinois.
Foster, Daniel L., Company A, Third Minnesota.
Gustason. A., Company H. Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry. Gable, John, Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois. Getch, Anthony, Company D. One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Illinois. Getzelman, W. C., Company K, Fifty-second Illinois.
Goff, Carlos D., corporal, Company D, Ninety-fifth Illinois.
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Gould, L. J., Company I, Thirteenth Wisconsin.
Gifford. S. J., Company C. One Hundred and Fifty-third Illinois.
Groce, Henry A .. Company F. Forty-third Massachusetts.
Griggs, Engene H., Company K. Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry.
Glines, Andrew B., corporal, Company C. One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois.
Hewitt. John A., sergeant. Company A, Thirty-sixth Illinois.
Heideman, George F .. assistant surgeon, Fifty-eighth Illinois.
Hinsdell, Robert H., Company C, One Hundred and Fifty-third Illinois.
Hawthorne. R. J., sergeant, Company G. Seventh Connecticut.
Harper. John G., Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio.
Hunt, R. R .. Company F. One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Illinois.
Hollister, Booth B., gunboat engineer.
Hennessey, D. J., Company I, Twenty-third Illinois.
Hutchins, O. C., sergeant, Company K. Second Wisconsin Cavalry.
Hill, Josiah, sergeant, Company F. Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry.
Hauslein, M .. Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois. Jackman, L. N., adjutant. Third New Hampshire.
Jones, Alonzo A., Company A, Forty-eighth Wisconsin.
Kaiser, Christian, corporal. Company E, Third New York.
Kinehan, James, first lieutenant, Company A. First Vermont Cavalry.
Kincaid, E. C., Company K, Twenty-seventh New York.
Kelley. L. M., captain, Company A, Thirty-sixth Illinois.
Kimball. Walter H., sergeant. Company A, Seventh Illinois.
Kinnear, George L .. first lieutenant. Company A. Fifty-second Illinois.
Kent. E. C., Company E. Eleventh Indiana.
Kemler, Paul, corporal. Company H. Twenty-fourth Illinois.
Kilbourn, Myron, Company A, Nineteenth Connecticut.
Knott. George H., Company C. One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois.
King, Joseph L., Companies E and G. Forty-fourth New York. Kendall, George S., Company I. Fifty-second Illinois.
Kemp. William H., corporal, Company I. Fifty-second Illinois.
Leatherman. .. corporal, Company F. One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois.
Long. William B .. Company G. Twenty-third Illinois. Lee. A. A .. sergeant. Company K. Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry. Lawrence, O. F .. Company G. Fifty-second Illinois. Lawrence, Thomas E., principal musician, Fifty-second Illinois. Leator. George D .. Company E, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry. Lane, James B., Company E. Twenty-first New York Cavalry. Lawson, Sylvester. Company I. Ninety-fifth Illinois. Lawrence. Dennis. Company D, Eighth Illinois Cavalry. Long. W. S., Company .A. One Hundred and Forty-first Illinois. Leach, William H .. Company F. First United States signal service. Murray, P., Company K. Fifty-second Illinois. Mead. F. W .. Battery M. First Illinois Artillery.
MEMBERS OF G. A. R .. ELGIN, TAKEN MAY 30, 1908.
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Marshall, George F., first sergeant, Company B, Thirtieth Massachusetts. Miller, James C., Company I, One Hundred and Tenth New York.
Manahan, Alexander, Company A, Thirty-sixth Illinois.
McQueen. J. A., second lieutenant, Company K. Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry. Monk, John H., corporal, Company F, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh New York.
Myerhoff, Ernst, Company C, One Hundred and Forty-first Illinois.
Michael, Charles M., Company E, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois.
Neirman, C. A., Company F, Fifth Ohio Cavalry.
Newhall, William E., Company H, Eighth Illinois Cavalry.
Norton, Samuel, Company F, Fifteenth Illinois.
Outhouse, William, sergeant, Company G. One Hundred and Forty-first Illinois.
Parkin, R. R., corporal, Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois.
Perkins, Frank B., Company A, Thirty-sixth Illinois and Company K, Fifty-second Illinois.
Peck, George M., commissary sergeant, Fifty-second Illinois.
Patchen, H. N., captain, Company K, Fifty-second Illinois.
Palmer, J. A., commissary sergeant, Company H, Fourteenth Iowa.
Parker, William H., sergeant, Company D, First Connecticut Cavalry. Peasley, F. G., Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois. Pendergast, A. L., second lieutenant, Company B, Forty-third Ohio. Pygus, A., sergeant, Company A, Forty-ninth New York.
Parker, B. S., second lieutenant, Company A, Ninety-fifth Illinois.
Powers, John, Company K, Sixteenth New York Cavalry.
Pendleton, D. B., first lieutenant. Fifth Michigan Cavalry.
Runge, Henry F., Company G, Fifty-second Illinois.
Rickert. J. D .. Company D. Eighth Illinois Cavalry.
Rigby. A. E., sergeant, Company K. One Hundred and Thirty-second Illinois.
Rohrrsen, Henry, Company A, Second Iowa.
Ross, Christopher, Company A, Fifty-second Illinois.
Raymond, Henry, Company H, Eighth Illinois Cavalry.
Sylla, William F., quartermaster sergeant, Sixty-seventh Illinois.
Stoner, W. H., bugler, Company F, Third Wisconsin Cavalry.
Silver, Tim, sergeant, Company K, Fifty-second Illinois.
Sherman, George D., major, Thirty-sixth Illinois.
Smailes, William, sergeant veteran reserve.
Sheppard, George, Company D, Fifty-second Illinois.
Swan, Henry C., Company A. Ninety-fifth Illinois.
Stevens, D. W., corporal, Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-second New York.
Sterling, B. B., sergeant, Company L, Fifth New York Artillery.
Smith, Lyman H., corporal, Company I, Eighth Illinois Cavalry.
Stone, Charles C., Company A, Seventh Illinois.
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Snellgrove, Henry, Company B. Fortieth New York.
Sayers, Warren M., Company F. One Hundred and Fifth Illinois. Stewart, E. V .. Company E. One Hundred and First New York. Salisbury, C. F., Company E. Twenty-second New York Cavalry. Stiles, Charles B., musician, Company .\, Thirty-sixth Illinois.
Smith, Jacob, Company F, One Hundred and Forty-second Illinois. Silver, Edward, corporal. Company A. Seventh Illinois.
Tucker, Clark. Company K, Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry.
Theis, Adolph, Company G. Fifty-second Illinois.
Thoms, A. P., Company D. Eighth Illinois Cavalry.
Thomas, Hiram, Company D, Thirty-fifth Massachusetts.
Townsend, M. S., sergeant. Company A, Thirty-sixth Illinois.
Todd, William F., sergeant. Company C. One Hundred and Forty-first Illinois.
Van Nostrand. G. Y., first sergeant. Company E. First Nevada Cavalry. Vollor. Joseph, first lieutenant and quartermaster. Forty-second Illinois. Watson, E. B., Company K. Eighty-ninth Illinois.
Wilcox. George, corporal. Company I. One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Illinois.
Wilcox, John S., colonel. Fifty-second Illinois, and brevetted brigadier general, Volunteers.
Wilcox, William H., captain, Company G, Fifty-second Illinois.
Woodworth, John, second lieutenant, Company C, Eighth Wisconsin.
Wallis, George, sergeant, Company D. Eighth Illinois Cavalry.
Worden, Alex., Company A. United States engineers.
West. James R .. sergeant, Company F, Sixteenth Wisconsin.
Wilson, W. H., Company C, One Hundred and Forty-first Illinois.
Williams, R. A., Company H, Sixty-ninth Illinois.
Wilcox. Vernon O., quartermaster sergeant, Eighth Veteran Reserve Corps.
Wahl, F. C .. Company I. Fifty-second Illinois.
MUSTERED OUT.
Apple. Andrew O., corporal, Company I, Twelfth West Virginia ; died June 7. 1890.
Adams, Beman. Company A. Thirty-sixth Illinois ; died July 24, 1897.
Brown, D. W., Company A, Thirty-sixth Illinois; died August 7, 1890.
Becker, William F., corporal, Company I. One Hundred and Twenty- seventh Illinois; died December 31, 1891.
Bachelor, W. H., commissary sergeant. Company H, Seventh Ohio Cav- alry ; died . April 3. 1895.
Batterman, Henry F., Company K. Fifty-second Illinois; died December 2, 1896.
Ballard, Julius F., corporal, Company K. One Hundred and Twelfth New York ; died August 3. 1897.
Burdick, H. C .. corporal. Company H. One Hundred and Forty-fifth Illi- nois; died May. 1899.
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Childs. H. F., veterinary surgeon, Company B, Eighth Illinois Cavalry ; died March, 1893.
Christie. W. J., Company K. Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry: died June 11, 1 898.
Dickinson, Charles D., sergeant, Company K. Eighth Wisconsin; died June 6, 1885.
Dexter, E. L., Company B, Eighteenth Massachusetts; died August 27, 1889.
Freeman, Chauncy, Company H, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Illi- nois; died November 4, 1897.
Gronberg, Otto, sergeant, Company E, Fifty-second Illinois; died Sep- tember 24, 1892.
Guptill, C. W., sergeant, Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois ; died June 17, 1897.
Hoyt, Otis, captain. Company C. Sixteenth Massachusetts; died June 2. 1885.
Hall. John H. C., Company B. Twenty-ninth United States C. T .; died July 30, 1890.
Hannegan, Alpheus. Company A, Fifty-second Illinois; died March 19, 1890.
Hadlock, Henry, corporal, Company C, One Hundred and Twenty. seventh Illinois; died March 1, 1896.
Joslyn. E. S., lieutenant colonel. Thirty-sixth Illinois; died October 6. 1885.
Jones. Thomas, Company A, Fifty-eighth Illinois; died December 18. 1 896.
Kee, James L., captain. Company D. Sixty-fifth Illinois; died February 28, 1887.
Kelsey. A. F., Company D. Thirty-ninth Wisconsin; died October 20, 1895.
King. George, Company A. First Illinois Artillery ; died July 17, 1898.
Lightfoot, Joseph, sergeant, Company K, Fifty-second Illinois ; died Sep- tember 16, 1888.
Lynch, David J., captain, Company B. Fifty-eighth Illinois ; died August 19. 1890.
Lynd, W. R., Company G. Fifty-second Illinois ; died March 24, 1899.
McCartney, John C., One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois; died May 9, 1885.
Mathews, L. B., Company I, Thirty-third Wisconsin ; died August 25,
Mark. James, Company B. One Hundred and Eighteenth New York ; died October 26. 1897.
Ostrander, George, corporal, Company K. Fifty-second Illinois; died January 22, 1892.
Prouse, John, sergeant, Company E, Ninety-fifth Illinois; died November 30. 1886.
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Peterson, Peter, Company D, Fifty-second Illinois ; died October 2, 1893. Pflug, August, Company B, Twelfth Illinois Cavalry; died November 16, 1893.
Reatl, Edward C, Company G, Forty-sixth Illinois; died March 14, 1890.
Rose, William, Company H, Fifty-second Illinois; died August 29, 1891.
Rogers, Albert, Company C, Fifty-second Illinois ; died July 24, 1896.
Spencer, Loren A., sergeant, Company C, Eighth Vermont; died May 12, 1888.
Sutton, Andrew J., Company D. One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio; died July 21, 1890.
Stuff, George L. S., chaplain, Forty-second Illinois; died May 11, 1893. Sharp, Pattison, captain, Company D, Thirtieth Illinois; died January 23. 1894.
Stone, Edwin, Company C. One Hundred and Fifth Illinois; died April 24, 1893.
Shaw, John E .. sergeant, Company I, Fifty-second Illinois; died Septem- ber 20, 1895.
Sexton, J. H., captain, Company E, One Hundred and Seventeenth New York : died December 28, 1895.
Smith, George A., corporal, Company A, One Hundred and Forty-first Illinois ; died April 28, 1897.
Shannon, Hugh. Company K, Fifty-second Illinois; died May 15, 1897. Smith, John B., wagonmaster, Fifty-eighth Illinois; died May 8, 1899.
Stark, Charles H., Company F, Thirteenth Wisconsin; died June I, 1899.
Underhill, George W., Company K. Fifty-second Illinois; died March 10, 1894.
Wyllie, William R., corporal, Company G, Fifty-eighth Illinois; died November 1, 1892.
Wolcott, Morgan L .. sergeant. Company F, One Hundred and Fifth Illi- nois ; died April 3, 1893.
Wiltheis, A., Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Pennsyl- vania : died August 13, 1896.
Zanders, Sr., L. V., Company E. Thirty-seventh Wisconsin ; died April 13, 1897.
SINCE 1899.
Benham, W. R., Company G. Forty-fifth Illinois.
Cook. Frank. Company C, One Hundred and Forty-first Illinois.
Daniels, George H .. Company E. New York Marine. Guilfoil, M., musician, Fifty-fifth Illinois.
Grow. Freeman, Company C. One Hundred and Fifty-third Illinois.
Hobart. A. C .. Company F. Forty-third Massachusetts.
Hinsdell, O. A., Company A. One Hundred and Forty-first Illinois.
Hintze, William H., Company A. One Hundred and Forty-first Illinois.
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Hoxie, E. E., corporal, Company B, Sixty-ninth Illinois.
Lewis, A. T., corporal, Company A, Thirty-first Wisconsin.
Loomis, Henry S., Company F, First Rhode Island.
Lovell, E. C., captain, Company C, One Hundred and Fifty-third Illinois.
McCarthy, I. C., sergeant, Company K, Nineteenth Illinois.
Marsh, Samuel, Company I, Forty-second Illinois.
Magden, William M., Company E, Fifth New York.
Mann, Adin, major, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Illinois.
O'Flaherty, P. T., corporal, Company C, One Hundred and Twenty- seventh Illinois.
Shepherd, F. P., corporal, Company K, Nineteenth Illinois.
Siddons, T. P., Company K, Fifty-second Illinois.
Schraeder, Theodore, Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois.
Shaw, George, Company C, One Hundred and Fifty-third Illinois.
Underhill, Monroe, Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illi- nois.
Weld, S. E., hospital steward, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illi- nois.
Wilburn, A. W .. captain, Company I, Fifty-second Illinois.
Woodcock, V. A., musician, Twenty-first Maine.
Zanders, Jr., L. V., Company B. Third Wisconsin.
COMPANY C, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS.
Reminiscences by George H. Knott.
Forty-five years ago on a bright September day eight hundred and eighty- seven men, with uplifted hands, swore to uphold the constitution and laws of this government of the United States. Then days of camp life until the frosts of November came. we bade good-by to aged father and dear mother; blessed wife and darling babes, or to the blushing sweetheart whose pledge some boy in blue held in hopeful love ; a parting to many-the last-and it was well they knew it not. At Cairo on the steamer "Emerald" we took passage, and on the 13th of November we landed at Memphis, Tennessee, and joined the First Brigade, Second Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps; a brigade division and corps that at the close of the war had a record for miles marched, battles fought and victories won unequaled by any other in the western army. The latter part of November we started out to invite Generals Price and VanDorn to a Thanks- giving dinner, but they did not come to time as gentlemen, but from the planters on the line of march we received many contributions of chickens, hams and sweet potatoes. The regiment learned experience in marching and many knapsacks became lighter; and we learned a soldier needs but little here below. The clothes he wore. forty rounds in his cartridge box and sixty
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more in his breeches pocket were the needful in going after the enemy. On Christmas day we received our baptism of fire at Chickasaw Bayou, and the first of our heroes was killed.
Then we were transferred to Arkansas post. On Sunday, January II, 1863, we had the proud honor to be foremost in the assault and one of the first to plant "old glory" upon the rebel works. Then back to Vicksburg, to pass long weary days on Young's point doing fatigue duty on the canal across the peninsula. Here sickness and death made havoc in our ranks. Then the relief of Commodore Porter's gunboat fleet from Shel's and the Back bayous; and finally, on July 4, came the surrender of Pemberton's army and Vicksburg was ours.
The One Hundred and Twenty-seventh was called the "Slap Jack" regi- ment, because our quartermaster drew rations of flour instead of hard tack and we mixed the flour with Mississippi water flavored with salt. and I can assure you that the pancakes were a hard lot of baked dough. The march to Chattanooga and the relief of Burnside at Knoxville left a trail of blood, from feet shoeless, with strips of blanket wound around their feet, yet with eager hearts and powder dry they pressed on. Then the mighty march, and on to capture the gateway of the south, Atlanta. A hundred days of battles, repulses and captures, the loss of our beloved McPherson, and then temporary disaster, the repulse of the rebels and the recapture of the lost ground the 22d of July. 1864, will ever be memorable in the history of our beloved country. In this battle the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh served with distinguished bravery. The regiment had advanced and occupied the strong line abandoned by the rebels just outside the more important lines surrounding the city. From the roof of the Howard mansion could be seen the spires of Atlanta, and we felt as if our work was almost done. But Company K was on the skirmish line- that was ominous-for Company K on the skirmish line generally meant trouble, and soon it came. About noon Tom Kellett, in command of the com- pany, was wounded, and while his wound was being dressed by Dr. Clark, just in the rear, there came the dull sound of a gun from rebel works, and a solid shot crashed through the trees, tearing off great branches, some of which fell upon poor Tom, who thought he was called for. In a moment all was con- fusion, the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh and two other regiments of the brigade were ordered on the double quick to the threatened rear. Away they tore over that dusty road on that hot July day. Just as they were taking position, up came General Logan. his black horse on the dead run. the gen- eral's hat gone. his long black hair flying in the wind, his eyes flashing, a very god of war : "Colonel Martin, double quick your men back and recapture your works." Again over that same road they ran. General Logan at the head. Honor was at stake, the Fifteenth Corps had lost its works. No other corps must be allowed to retake them for us. So, rushing pell-mell. all regimental order lost. went the three regiments into the works to be driven out by the deadly rebel fire. Under the cover of the hill they reformed. "Get into line! Get into line anywhere!" is the cry. Officers drop their swords and seize the Springfields and in a moment move up over the hill. With a dash and hurrah goes the line, and the works are won. Quick as thought Lieutenant Richmond.
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