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This was a core disappointment to those who were excluded. In some of the companies the men drew lots to determine who should remain and in others by some kind of authority the married inen of the company were forced to fall out of the ranks and stay at home, the single men only being accorded the privilege of remaining, It is also a noteworthy fact that many men purchased the right of those who had been fortunate enough to be accepted. paying from twenty to fifty dollars for the privilege of taking their places.
The Sycamore company had for several weeks been drilling daily under charge of Z. B. Mayo, a decrepit old soldier, who had seen service in the Mexican war, and many will recollect how, being without arms, they daily went through the manual in the streets of Sycamore with broomsticks and hoe handles.
When the permission was really gained to join the regiment the people of the place, anxious to do something for these men, assembled in the conrt- house and the ladies busily employed themselves and their sewing machines in making uniforms. The citizens were ignorant of any army regula- tions of clothing, but gray was thought to be a de- sirable color and the boys were equipped in full suits of gray, the gifts of the ladies and gentlemen of the place. With a vague idea that each com- pany required a banner a beautiful silk flag was prepared and presented to our company by one of the young ladies before an immense crowd gath- ered to witness the novel scene.
On the 9th of May. 1861. the Thirteenth Regi- ment was organized at Camp Dement, Dixon, and on the 24th it was mustered into service. It is said to have been the first regiment to organize under the president's call for three years' men and the first to enter the United States service. The regiment remained at Dixon for a few weeks en- gaged in improving it» drill and discipline and here lost its first man, Sergeant Berry, a young gentle- man of fine promise, who was shot by one of the sentinels. The regiment was soon ordered to Caseyville. Illinois, and in July moved forward to Rolla, Missouri, an important strategic point. the termination of a railroad and the depot of snp- plies. It was the first regiment to cross the Mis- sissippi river and move into the hostile region of
Missouri. While at this point Captain Z. B. Mayo resigned his captaincy and was succeeded by First Lieutenant E. F. Dutton.
Engaged in this duty until October 25th, the regiment was then ordered forward to join the army which was forming under Fremont at Springfield, in southwestern Missouri. The troops were still comparatively unused to long marches, vet they were urged forward with great rapidity, marching on the second day thirty-four miles and reaching Springfield, a distance of one hun- dred miles, in four days. General Fremont, learn- ing the speed on which it had come to his assist- ance. named it his "Flying Infantry" and noting its superior discipline assigned it the highest post of honor and danger in his army.
A young man, Henry Holt. bugler of Major Power's Cavalry, attached to the Thirteenth Regi- ment. was complaining of feeling rather ill when the quartermaster. Captain Henderson, who had a passion for aughtlike fun, proposed to bury the musician and in the spirit of merriment seized a spade and after measuring the complainer dug a grave of his exact proportions. The bugler laughed, as did his companions, at the humor of the officer and soon after went away to discharge some duty with which he had been entrusted. About nine o'clock the same evening Holt was sit- ting with seven or eight of his company about a camp fire within a few feet of the grave when someone pointed to it and remarked in a tone of badinage: "Come. Harry, get ready for your funeral." The youth looked over his shoulder at the gloomy cavity in the earth. put his hand to his head and fell from his stool. His companions laughed at the little piece of acting, as they sup- posed it. and were surprised that he did not rise from the earth. They went to him, asking. "Are von asleep. Harry?" He made no answer and yet his eyes were open. They shook him in vain. His friends grew alarmed. One placed his hand upon Harry's heart. It was still. He was dead. He had perished of a stroke of apoplexy and was buried at midnight in the grave made for him in jest by a merry hearted friend. And so the droll jest was drowned in the hollow sound of the earth upon a rude coffin and solemnly waking the stillness of the night-morn amid the solitude of a broad prairie of the southwest.
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On the 14th of March, 1862, it passed over the battle field of Wilson's Creek and on the 17th camped on the battle ground of Pea Ridge. The ground was strewn with shoi, shell and other re- mains of the conflict. The odor of the decaying bodies was still extremely offensive. In one spot the bodies of seventy hostile Indians lay festering in corruption. There was such a bitter feeling to- ward the savages who had scalped and plundered our men that they were refused interment.
On the 18th the regiment joined Curtis' army, but next day moved back again some ten miles, Price being reported within twenty miles with fifty thousand men. But Price's army was too badly shattered by its late terrible conflict to dare to attack us. The Thirteenth lay encamped till the 8th of April and then commenced a long, tedious and laborious movement across the country to Helena, Arkansas. No one who was engaged upon that terrible march can ever forget iis pain- ful weariness, the cold, the hunger, the drenching, chilling rains. the dangers from flooded rivers, the perils from hovering guerillas and armed bands of the enemy, the destitution from scanty rations and at times from thirst. Terrible sufferings were caused during the latter part of the march by this canse. The weather had become intensely warm, streams were very rare, the rebel inhabitants filled up and destroyed their wells upon their approach and the troops of the Thirteenth were often with- out water for a day at a time. Men could be seen struggling along in the intense heat, their tongues swollen and hanging out of their mouths. Yet guards of United States troops were sent forward every day to guard every rebel's house that was passed and prevent foraging upon the inhabitants. The march lasted for more than three months and it was not till the last of July that the army reached the Mississippi at Helena and again was furnished with the necessaries of existence from the stores of the United States.
On the 22d of December the regiment with an immense fleet moved down the Mississippi and on the 26th, under convoy of the gunboats, moved up the Yazoo river to the attack on the city in the east. On the morning of the 27th the whole army was drawn up, the Thirteenth, in Steele's division on the left. During the afternoon the rebel pickets were driven in and the regiment went into camp for the night in a furious rainstorm. In the morn-
ing the regiment was engaged in skirmishing and during the afternoon a dashing charge was made upon a rebel battery by the Thirteenth and Six- teenth Illinois under General Wyman. He had placed himself at the head of the Thirteenth and the regiment was moving on the battery and had arrived at a small bayou, silenced the rebel guns upon the opposite side and lay down and began firing on the sharpshooters who swarmed in the woods. As General Wyman rose up to move among his men he was struck by a rebel bullet in the right breast and mortally wounded. The fall of the General was a terrible shock to the regiment. Ser- eral officers rushed to his assistance, but he cried : "For God's sake leave me and attend to the men." The regiment remained there some time and were subsequently moved to another part of the field. At this time Porter D. West and Isaiah Babcock of Company F were severely wounded. That night the men lay on their arms in line of battle, desti- tute of blankets. although the water was freezing. On the 29th occurred the grand desperate charge upon the rebel works on Chickasaw Bayou, in which the regiment lost one-third of its number.
About nine o'clock a line was formed for an assault upon the batteries. They stood on cmi- nences, in horseshoe form and in the terrible abyss into which shot and shell from three sides were pouring the regiment was formed for a charge. There were three brigades and the Thirteenth was in the brigade under command of General Frank P. Blair. Most of this brigade was composed of new troops, so that the veterans of the Thirteenth were required to lead the charge. Into all this ter- rible storm of shot and shell the Thirteenth marched without faltering. They captured two lines of rebel rifle pits and when they reached the third line very few remained of this brigade but a scattered remnant of the Thirteenth. They were now within thirty rods of the fortifications. Of the six hundred men who started, one hundred and seventy-seven were either killed, wounded or cap- tured. Of sixty-three men of Company F. twenty- two were killed, wounded and missing. Captain R. A. Smith, who had gallantly led his company to their third rifle pit, lost his arm while in the ad- vance, but bound it up and continued with the troops until the charge was over. But the Thir- teenth were the heroes of the day. They fought with magnificent bravery, reckless of all danger.
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No sooner were their lines formed than they fell before the pitiless storm of shot and shell like grass before the scythe of the mower, yet they held their positon like Spartans. although exposed to this terrible fire from batteries against which their own fire was harmless. The colors of the regiment were left upon the field of battle and afterwards sent as a trophy to Richmond. They lay there till the final capture of the city, when they were found by one of the first Union troops who entered and were thrown to the breeze -- the first Union flag that had been seen in that rebel capital since the fall of Sumter.
From Jackson the regiment moved upon Vicks- burg and engaged in the siege of that place until its final fall on July 4, 1863. In the trenches in the deadly assault in the dangers and sufferings of that long siege the Thirteenth bore its full share. and Vicksburg was also inscribed upon its banners and its list of triumphs. For a few weeks the regi- ment was rested. encamped upon Black river in the rear of Vicksburg. There George Carr and Sam- uel Bryant were captured by the enemy and for many long months endured the horrors of captivity in rebel prisons. Then under the great Sherman it moved on to Chattanooga. Arriving at Bridge- port, on the Tennessee river, Colonel Gorgas turned over the command to Lieutenant Colonel Partridge and departed on recruiting service. appearing no more with the regiment until after its active cam- paigns had ceased.
In Lookout Mountain the regiment was placed in the command of Fighting Joe Hooper and par- ticipated in the memorable capture of Lookout Mountain, and on the 25th in the still greater vic- tory of Mission Ridge. where the Thirteenth cap- tured more prisoners of the Eighteenth Alabama Regiment than it had men of its own and carried off in triumph from the field of battle the flag of that regiment.
The Thirteenth upon that bloody day at Chicka- mauga was the first to engage the enemy and the last to leave the field. It was sent forward over an open plain to seize an important position. Of their service on this occasion General Osterhaus officially says: "The Thirteenth Illinois executed the order in magnificent style. They charged through a hailstorm of balls and gained the posi- tion assigned them. held it, although the enemy poured a murderous fire into their brave men. both
from the gorge above and the hill upon the right." The rebels rallied and made a desperate charge upon its position, but the charge was repelled with heroic courage. General Hooker says: "The posi- tion was heroically taken and held by that brave regiment, it all the time maintaining its position with resolution and obstinaey. It has never been my fortune to serve with more zealous and devoted soldiers." No small praise. this. from the most famous fighting general of the war.
Many instances of individual heroism upon this occasion might be related. Patrick Riley, the color bearer, while carrying the flag across the open plain was struck in the breast and fell to the ground. the flag bespattered with blood, but he still held it firm and erect until his successor was obliged to wrench it from his dying grasp and pass on. The regiment gained undying fame by its valor at this fight, but it was at a fearful cost. It lost in dead and wounded one-seventh of the entire loss of the desperate battle. but the vietory was won and Cleburne driven from his position.
Among its dead was Major D. R. Bushnell and of its wounded were Colonel Partridge. Captain Walter Blanchard and Captain James M. Beards- ley. Major Bushnell was a citizen of Sterling. one of the noblest and manliest of all our citizen sol- diers. His loss was sadly deplored. Captain Blanchard, who subsequently died of his wounds, was an aged man. a judge of Du Page county court and president of the Naperville Bank. He had two sons in the army. but endured all the hardships of the service with a heroism that noth- ing could overcome.
On the 12th of April. when the time of the regi- ment would have expired in a week, it was posted at Madison Square in Alabama. The rebel Roddy's command. outnumbering it five to one. came upon it disguised in the blue uniforms of our own army and completely surprised and surrounded it. The regiment at that this had only three hundred and fifty men fit for duty. The rebels had three pieces of artillery and fifteen hundred cavalry and infan- try. After two hours' hard fighting against these odds the regiment was obliged to abandon the sta- tion. fighting its way through its foes. losing sixty- six men prisoners in their hands. The enemy's loss as reported by flag of truce was sixty killed. wounded and missing.
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In the summer of 1864, worn down with hazards and hardships of three years of very active service, having traveled through seven southern states, marched more than three thousand miles, fonght twenty pitched battles and innumerable skirmishes, the scarred and war-worn veterans of the Thir- teenth Illinois came back to their homes and were received with a welcome such as their heroism de- serveil.
A large number of the regiment re-enlisted and were consolidated with the Fifty-sixth Illinois In- fantry, being there known as Company I, and for another year they fought the rebellion till its close. Of the remainder of the regiment full one-half subsequently re-enlisted in other regiments and again took the field. The regiment entered the service with one thousand and ten men. It re- ceived fifty-five recruits, but when mastered ont its whole force was five hundred. It had lost from the various casualties of war five hundred and sixty-five men.
TWENTY-THIRD ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Benoit. Charles, Somonauk.
Gibson, Peter, Somonauk. Hartley, Robert M., Sandwich. Ilolland, James, Somonauk. Marble. Thornton, Somonauk. Rolf, Andis. Somonauk. Schilling. Thomas, Somonauk.
TWENTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Bastian, Lewis, Somonauk. ITeucke, Robert. Herring, Henry. Hess. George J. Niedam, Conrad, Somonauk. Schultz, Rudolph.
THIRTIETHI ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Biggerstaff, Charles, Franklin. Brandon. Thomas F. Campbell, Thomas. Kingston. Clark, Aaron H., Kingston. Cleaver. Charles W., Kingston. Corkill, James, Kingston. Gibbs, David, Franklin.
Griffin, John J., Mayfield. Hancock, Samuel P., Kingston. Hepling, John. Hollister, Joseph, Kingston. Jecklin, Phillip, Kingston. Jonty, George, Kingston.
Miller, Andrew J., Kingston. Wooster, Matthew. Kingston.
THIRTY-FIRST ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Campbell, Javis, Kingston. Bootz, Joseph, Kingston. Wright, John, Kingston.
THIRTY-SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Anderton, Benjamin, Franklin.
Calhoun, John A.
Clark, Alanson. Cowser, David M.
Fuller, John M.
Fuller, Nathan.
Fuller, Samuel.
.Jones, George. Kiplinger, Lewis.
Palmer, John R., Franklin.
Sturgis, James B., Franklin. Vanwinkle. Atherton, Franklin.
White, John H., Franklin. Wolgamot. Hiram.
THIRTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Bollis, Daniel W., Franklin.
Brewer. Engene, Paw Paw. Conn. Spencer, Paw Paw. Crumb, Columbus W., Franklin. Dole. John Densmore, Paw Paw.
Eaton, Charles M.
Eaton, Orris D., Paw Paw.
Hunt, Robert J., Paw Paw. Hunt. Charles W. Jeffs, Henry A., Franklin. Robbins, Daniel F., Clinton. Stevens, Andrew R., Franklin. Talbot, James, Paw Paw.
Tiffetts, Josiah O., Paw Paw.
Wells, Abner R., Paw Paw. Young, Daniel C., Paw Paw.
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THIRTY-SIXTII ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Green. John, Somonauk. Lipsky, Alexander. Metabach, llenry .J. Tomlin, Alfred. Sandwich. Wilson. Arthur W .. Clinton.
THIRTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Garland. Manley, Kingston.
THIRTY-NINTHI ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Helm. W. N .. Shabbona.
FORTY-SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTRY. COMPANY K.
CAPTAINS.
.Jesse D. Butts, De Kalb, resigned April 8. 62. Joseph W. Foster. De Kalb, honorably dis- charged May 15. '65.
Robert Rainey.
Joseph Hudson.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS.
Joseph W. Foster. De Kalb, promoted.
James N. Mcclellan, South Grove. term expired February 20, 65.
Jeremiah G. Beard. Somonauk, mustered out as sergeant December 16, '65.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
Gilbert S. Barnes, Kingston. died October 24, 61.
James N. Mcclellan, South Grove. promoted. Abram O. Garlock, Kingston.
James Briden.
SERGEANTS.
James N. Mcclellan. South Grove, promoted second lieutenant.
Shuin W. King, De Kalb, killed at Chicka- manga September 20, '63.
James H. Dupee. Sycamore, re-enlisted as vet- eran.
Perry Rowan, Franklin. killed at Stone River December 31, '62.
CORPORALS.
Moses L. Benies, De Kalb, mustered out Septem- ber 16, '64. as private.
Charles HI. Stuart. Kingston, mustered out Sep- tember 16, '6-4.
Robert Lenox. De Kalb, discharged November 15. '63. for disablity.
John Lundall. De Kalb. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 15. '65.
Lyman H. Needham, De Kalb. died in Ander- sonville prison September 1. 64.
Orlando M. Benson, killed at Stone River De- cember 31, '62.
Henry B. Gurler. De Kalb, discharged Novem- Ler 14. '62. for disability.
Stephen Olney, Kingston. discharged February 14, '63, for disabilty.
MUSICIANS.
Ethan Allen. Sycamore, discharged March 26. `62. for disability.
Ephraim H. Hornbeck. Mayfield, deserted No- vember :, '61.
PRIVATES.
Austin. Amasa C.
Arst, Frank. Kingston. died at Chattanooga March 13.'63.
Alba. George, Pampas, deserted July 3, '62.
Aurner, William R .. Kingston, mustered out September 16. '64.
Bates. Stephen II., Kingston. discharged May 12, '62, for disability.
Barber. Daniel. De Kalb, mustered out Septem- ber 16. 64.
Brainard. Anson. Kingston, died at St. Louis December 11. 764.
Benies. Aaron B .. De Kalb. mustered out Sep- tember 16. '64.
Brown. James W .. De Kalb, mustered out Sep- tember 18. 64.
Brigham. Artimus. Somonauk, re-enlisted as veteran.
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Brigham, Jeremiah G., Somonauk, re-enlisted as veteran.
Collier, John, Kingston, died at Evansville, In- dana, June 11, '62.
Connaughton, Thomas, Kingston, deserted June 11, '62.
Connaughton, Roger, Kingston, deserted June 11, '62.
Conner, Alanson, Malta, discharged January 19, '63, for disability.
Campbell, David, Milan, missing after the battle oť Chickamauga.
Decker, William H., Kingston, died at Farming- ton May 29, '62.
Dairs, William, Kingston, died at Tipton, Mis- souri, December 4, '61.
De LaTour, George W., Mitan, transferred to Company B.
Edmonds. John D., Milan, killed at Chicka- mauga September 20, '63.
Edmunds. Edward B., Milan, re-enlisted as vet- eran.
Fish, Mortimer A., Sandwich, mustered out Sep- tember 16, '64.
Fish, Enos, De Kalb, died at Smithton, Mis- souri, January 11, '62.
Fish, Chester, De Kalb, transferred to Fifty- fifth Illinois Infantry September 5, '61.
Fowler, Jay, De Kalb, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps February 22, '64.
Frost. George R., Clinton, transferred to Sap- pers and Miners August 29, '61.
Garlock. William E., De Kalb, discharged April 26, '64, as sergeant, wounded.
Green, Israel J., Sandwich, transferred to Vet- eran Reserve Corps February 10, '64.
Gorham, Edward, South Grove, re-enlisted as veteran.
Hanson, Peter, South Grove, mustered ont Sep- tember 16, '61.
Hannegar, Nathaniel, De Kalb, mustered out October 17. '64.
Hendrickson, Oscar. De Kalb, re-enlisted as vet- eran.
Hodges, John H., mustered out September 16, '64.
Kimball, Lorenzo, De Kalb, discharged Novem- ber 25, '62, to enlist in Fourth U. S. Cavalry.
Kennady, Melvin. Squaw Grove, missing after battle of Chickamauga.
Lemley, Peter. Kingston, mustered out Septem- ber 16. 64.
Martin, Daniel G., Afton, discharged January 16.'64.
MeCan, John F., Cortland, mustered out May 12, '65.
McGlin, Edward. Afton, deserted June 11, '62.
Miller, August, Afton, transferred to Sappers and Miners August 29, '61.
Mott, William. Sycamore, discharged July 5, '64, for disability.
Perry. Henry, Sycamore, discharged July 8, '62, for disability.
Perry, William N., Sycamore, died at St. Louis, Missouri, May 23, '62.
Perry, Hale, Sycamore, died at Nashville, Ten- nessee, November 10, '62.
Peterson, John, De Kalb, died at Smithton, Missouri, January 6, '62.
Patterson, John W., De Kalb, mustered out Sep- tember 16, '64.
Redding. John, De Kalb, mustered out Septem- ber 16, '64.
Roleson, Lewis, Kingston, transferred to Sap- pers and Miners August 29, '61.
Russell, Robert W., Genoa, discharged December 26, '62, to enlist in Sixteenth U. S.
Rogers, Richard S., South Grove, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps July 15, '64.
Rostrop. J. Peters, De Kalb, re-enlisted as vet- eran.
Stroup, Julius, De Kalb, discharged November 25, '62, to enlist in Fourth U. S. Cavalry.
Stephenson, Francis, De Kalb, mustered out September 16. '64.
Snell, Benjamin, Mayfield, deserted. 23, '61.
Sams, Henry, Mayfield, re-enlisted as veteran.
Shannon, Gilbert, South Grove, mustered out September 16, '64.
Stout. Aaron. De Kalb, discharged January 13, '62. for disability.
Tibbetts, Aaron G., Kingston, discharged July 12. '62, for disability.
Tyler, William P., De Kalb, died at Tipton, Missouri, December 31, '61.
Taylor. Joseph. Mayfield, re-enlisted as veteran. Vanarsdale, Elias M., Mayfield.
Vandeburgh. Addison, Mayfield, discharged February 11, '62, for disability.
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Van Ness, Oscar. Afton, discharged January 26. '62. to enlist in Sixteenth U. S. A.
Walrod, Charles. Afton, discharged March 24, '62. for disability.
Wright. Benjamin. De Kalb. mustered out Sep- tember 28, '64.
Wright. George H., De Kalb, re-enlisted as vet- eran.
Wright. William. De Kalb. mustered out Sep- tember 16. 64.
Wittemore. Anson W .. De Kalb. discharged March 26. '62, for disability.
Wilson. Charles S .. Somonauk, mustered out September 16. '64.
Yarwood. N. B .. Kingston, discharged December 26. 62. to enlist in Sixteenth U. S. A.
VETERANS.
Beard, Jeremiah G., De Kalb. mustered out De- cember 16, '65, as first sergeant.
Brigham, Artemus. Victor, mustered out De- cember 16, '65. as sergeant.
Depue. James H .. Sycamore. first sergeant. died at home March 22. 64.
Edmonds. Edmond B .. De Kalb. mustered out December 16. '65. as corporal.
Nichols, Charles, De Kalb, mustered out Decem- ber 16. '65. as corporal. wounded.
Sams. Henry. De Kalb, mustered out December 16. 65.
Taylor, Joseph. Mayfield. mustered out Septem- ber 16. 65, wounded.
Wright, George H., De Kalb, mustered out De- cember 16. '65. as sergeant. wounded.
The Forty-second Illinois Infantry was organ- ized at Chicago, one company being from De Kalb county. and was first commanded by .J. L. Butts. saw service at Island No. 10. joined the army un- der Pope and moved to Fort Pillow. saw the siege of Corinth, engaged in the battle of Farmington and led the advance in pursuit of Beauregard's army. Also engaged in the battle of Columbia. Tennessee. sustaining heavy loss: was engaged in the battle of Stone River and again suffered a loss of over two hundred men: was in the battle of Chickamauga. losing one hundred and fifty men : was engaged in the battle of Mission Ridge. losing forty-five men: re-enlisted as veterans in 1864. entered the Atlanta campaign: was engaged at
Resaca. New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kene- saw Mountain. Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta ; was in the army under Thomas and was engaged at Spring Hill and Franklin, again sustaining a loss of one hundred and fifty men: was in the battle before Nashville, utterly defeating Hood's army; was mustered out December 16, 1865.
FORTY-THIRD ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Montgomery. Robert. Franklin.
Pearson, Elfred, Franklin.
Rich. James, Franklin.
FORTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Aiken. William. Kingston.
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