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stewards, Jas. K. Worthington, George T. Brooks; principal musicians, Fordyce A. Spring, George Barber.
COMPANY A.
Captains, George T. Edwards, Isaac G. Hodgen; first lieutenant, James K. Smith ; second lieutenants, James F. Stobie, Thomas A. Hub- bard, John W. Saylor; first sergeant, Thomas A. Hubbard; sergeants, John W. Saylor, Edgar F. Stanton, Peter S. Veghte, John H. Coulter; cor- porals, James Band, Charles H. Shaw, William W. Hale, Thompson G. Moyer, Edmond L. Allen, Delos C. Boyd, John H. Heavner, John C. Moore- head; musicians, Spring A. Fordyce, George Bar- ber; wagoner, John W. Murphy; privates, Se- bastian B. Abrams, Henry L. Anderson, Edmond- son Altizer, Franklin Altor, James H. Blackburn, Richard Blackburn, George L. Bagby, John N. Byrd, Anderson P. Bowman, Robert L. Bowman, Charles W. Beard, Kingsbury Covery, David E. Cannon, Mark P. Cannon, James Covey, Wm. P. Chambers, Aaron Chamberlain, Wm. R. Dem- nouds, Benjamin F. Davis, William Dix, William C. Dickson, Samuel W. Dobbins, William N. Fortune, William H. Fortune, John Fortune, John J. Foreman, George Foreman, Michael Foreman, Hamilton Grey, John H. Grey, Thomas Gaffney, Mathew Gaffney, James M. Graham, William B. Hand, Willis Hand, George F. Hammer, Peter H. Ham, Isaac Hildreth, Henry Haskin, Henry W. Hendrix, George W. Heavner, George Hoffman, Samuel Holloway, Joseph James, Russell R. Johnson, Elisha Johnson, Solomon Kaisinger, Jaret N. Long, Henry Lucas, Charles E. Main, Robert B. Morris, Franklin A. Moran, Oliver Martin, Daniel Mills, William F. Mathews, Peter McKenna, William Ogle, Lewis C. Paine, John J. Perry, James W. Parks, James Rush, Peter R. Rogers, Charles Rogers, James P. Rogers, Orin S. C. Rogers, Michael Rafter, John W. Smith, Simon W. Scott, David D. String, George W. Shaw, Henry L. Shaw, Lyman J. Shaw, John W. Sparrow, Christopher Turner, Webster E. Tozier, William Tedrow, Henry A. Wade, Wallace Wee- thee, James Williamson, John Weaver; recruits, Franklin Aldrich, Robert H. Criswell, Alonzo Tozer.
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COMPANY B.
Captains, Benjamin L. Matthews, James W. Fee; first lieutenants, James W. Fee, James A. Elledge, Harvey Thornbury; second lieutenants, James A. Elledge, Harvey Thornbury, Milton L. Tiell ; first sergeant, Harvey Thornbury; ser- geants, John H. Battles, Samuel A. Kelsey, Christian Hearle, Thomas M. Triplet; corporals, George B. Peeples, Milton L. Tull, David M. Dickinson, Jesse Johnson, Allen B. Haughey, Cephas D. Vertrees, Stephen Mullens, James W. Carr; musicians, Alonzo C. Cobb, Joel H. El- ledge; privates, Francis M. Ayers, Charles H. Allen, James M. Birt, John B. Baldwin, Elisha M. Barrett, John T. Bratten, Henry Conover, Miles Chenoweth, John Davis, Levi R. Ellis, John Fer- rell, Josiah P. Gould, James Gould, Matthias Gregory, Charles A. Hobbs, William Hurley, Daniel B. Higgins, Louis Harling, Charles B. Hightower, Harvey D. Johnston, John M. Klaus, Adolphus Kallasch, Owen F. Kaylor, Morris Kel- lenbach, Nicholas Kaylor, Thomas Kaylor, George Lipkaman, Aaron Maddux, George Mad- dux, George S. Metz, John J. Mayo, George Mull, Benjamin Noble, John W. Newingham, Albert Noble, Oliver R. Noble, Edward Nicholas, Au- gustine Piper, Abraham Piper, Henry W. Peters, James B. Razey, Francis Rettig, John M. Sheer, Frederick Straus, August Straus, John Stro- hecker, Jacob Schnider, Thomas J. Taber, Adol- phus Thomas, Henry Velte, Henry Wilson, John Williams, Henry Waldron, Francis Waldron, Henry Winters, William D. Wood, William C. Walpole, Leonard Waggoner, William Webel, Augustus D. Watson, Alexander Wilson, Jacob Zimmerman ; recruits, George W. Adams, James
W. Adams, Cyrus Cheek, Thomas Dennis, Rich- . first lieutenants, Francis M. Dabney, William B. ard Long.
COMPANY C.
Captains, Asa C. Matthews, John A. Ballard; first lieutenants, Joshua K. Sitton, Lucian W. Shaw, John A. Ballard, William B. Sitton, W. Henry Kinne; second lieutenants, Lucian W. Shaw, William B. Sitton; first sergeant, John A. Ballard; sergeants, Benjamin Moore, Edward Coulter, Louis P. Kinman, William B. Sitton;
corporals, W. Henry Kinne, Rial A. Walker, James K. Worthington, James H. Blair, John S. Barkley, Alexander H. Walton, Henry H. An- drews ; musician, John Moore; privates, Buel R. Adams, Richard Austin, William T. Armstrong, John Burns, Jacob Bunce, George T. Black, George W. Burge, Joseph D. Brooks, Henry Bis- sell, Perry Brazier, George Billings, Thomas Barry, William J. Bailey, Thompson J. Beard, Levi Barnett, John Badgely, Robert Cunningham, Andrew J. Creason, Harrison J. Curtis, Henry A. Curtis, Philip Donahoe, James D. Dickerson, Emanuel Ellis; Thomas B. Ellis, Joel Enderly,. Patrick Flynn, Charles H. Forest, Barney Fey, Marion Francis, John Guthrie, Nathan Hunter, Nathaniel Clay Harris, Joseph S. Hubbard, Wil- liam Hargett, Charles L. Hammell, William Hines, John Irwin, William Ingraham, John Johnson, Reuben Jones, Thomas J. Jones, La- fayette Kendle, George W. Kendle, Henry Lozier, Stewart Lannum, John Lambert, Wm. Lotzen- heizer, William H. Lewis, Isaac McCune, Wil- liam W. McClintock, James W. McCune, Moses Mitchell, George McCauley, John McCauley, William E. Norris, John Nash, James Ogle, Wil- liam O'Brien, Amos Patterson, Charles E. Pettis, William K. Pratt, David Ralph, John Rutledge, Martilleus Roberts, Jonathan Smith, Solomon Spann, Charles W. Stewart, Theophilus Snyder, William A. Townsend, Francis M. Tucker, James Tinsdale, Jonathan C. Turnbaugh, Henry Wade, Robert Wells, William C. Wisdom, James Winner ; recruit, John W. Shinkle.
COMPANY D.
Captains, John F. Richards, William B. Claudy ; Claudy, John B. Bowsman; second lieutenants, William T. Mitchell, William B. Claudy, John Bowsman ; first sergeant, William B. Claudy ; ser- geants, John Bowsman, Leonard G. Burk, Wil- liam G. Hubbard, Dennis Badgley; corporals, Thomas J. Higgins, Franklin A. Askew, Homer V. Harris, Jonathan Winner, George W. Sellers, James Badgley, John M. Hoffman, Jared Jessup; privates, Theophilus A. Askew, Calvin S. . Allen, John R. Allen, Thomas H. Blair, Darius Baker,
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John .S. Bentley, Andrew H. Baine, Henry D. Bowers, David S. Blanchard, Elias Bridgewater, William S. Barclay, John M. Brackley, David Croosan, Thomas Cochran, David Call, Henry Call, Henry J. Crim, Charles Chandler, James Cullen, William Croosan, Peter Duffey, Henry Davis, Henry Dutcher, Sylvester Dudley, John G. Dudley, Adam Decker, Reuben Dudley, Jesse Dudley, William Gay, Theodore W. Gates, John Guss, Jasper Gard, Thomas E. Gorton, John Gar- route, John A. Hall, Jr., Nimrod J. Hodges, Thomas W. Hankins, Reuben A. Hazen, Robert House, Granville Hall, Otis Hull, Henry L. Jack- son, John Kerr, Michael Lain, John W. Lippin- cott, Reuben Louder, Hiram Lillie, James McIn- tyre, John M. Marlow, Francis McCauley, Charles McCartney, Andrew J. Morrow, Matthew W. McIntyre, Daniel McMahan, William Mc- Clain, Justin J. Newell, Jacob S. Phennegar, Thomas J. Parrick, Jerome B. Plummer, Calvin Rice, Edmund B. Rice, Simpson Sellers, Andrew J. Smith, Henry A. Sackett, James C. Sperry, Samuel G. Smith, Alexander. Tacket, Nelson Wil- kins, Robert C. Woods, James L. Whitehouse, John White, Joseph Wright, William P. Ware, Joseph C. Williams, Joel Woodward, William H. Walker, William J. Young; recruits, Lewis W. Chase, Samuel Ellwood, Ezra Gates, Thomas Hamilton, William H. Johnson, James Tucker.
COMPANY E.
Captains, John C. Dinsmore, Allen D. Richards ; first lieutenants, Joseph G. Colvin, Allen D. Rich- ards, Robert H. Griffin; second lieutenant, Allen D. Richards ; first sergeant, Daniel L. Roush ; ser- geants, Solomon Fisher, William H. Lindsey, Jonathan Holder, Robert H. Griffin; corporals, Christy Ryan, William“ Bagby, Isaac J. Dyer, An- drew J. Davidson, Erastus Foreman, Walter D. Kent, James H. Dye, Solomon Johnson; musi -· cians, Nicholas Main, David T. Dinsmore; pri- vates, George Anson, Roland Anson, John Angel, John T. Beard, Rufus Birdsell, Thomas H. Black- eter, John W. Blacketer, Washington Broadey, George T. Black, George W. Colvin, Jacob Cox, Morris Chaplin, Andrew J. Conner, Lewis Colvin, Joel Cox, William Cox, William P. Chambers,
John J. Call, Jackson Colvin, Willis Daniels, Syl- vester Durall, William Davis, Martin V. Daniels, Elijah Faris, Ephraim S. Farthing, John W. Foreman, John J. Foreman, Elias Hammerton, Adam C. Hill, John Hack, George W. Hayton, Adams Hunter, Oliver Heavener, John H. Heav- ener, Milton A. Humphrey, Abel P. Johnson, William R. Johnson, Cornelius Johnson, Moses Lindsey, William A. Lansdon, Socrates Lee, Henry Lucas, Athemore Mitchell, Wyatt M. Mitchell, Cornelius Mitchell, Samuel W. Miller, William E. Norris, Rufus Reeves, Anderson Rut- ledge, Robert Ryan, Samuel Rutledge, Isaac C. Roach, James Stewart, Jr., James Stewart, Sr., Solomon Stone, Matthew Stewart, John Swader, David D. Tillman, Volney M. Willard, Wm. H. Wroughton, Joseph G. Williams, Milton C. Williamson, Lewis Walker, James B. Williams, Samuel A. Willard, Thompson Westrope; re- cruits, Lewis Harper, Henry Smith, George Wilson.
COMPANY F.
Captains, Eli R. Smith, Daniel McDonald ; first lieutenants, Leonard Greaton, Jacob E. Stauffer ; second lieutenants, Daniel McDonald, Jesse Parke; first sergeant, Jacob E. Stauffer; ser- geants, Jones H. Whitney, Milton Batley, Elias Reed, William H. H. Callis; corporals, Robert Cannon, John F. Davis, John M. Campbell, Wil- liam Edom, John C. Robinson, George W. De- spain, George H. Webb, James Albert Lee ; mu- sicians, Levi Gardner, John H. Ashley; wagoner, Frank Rettig; privates, George W. Allen, James Anderson, Edwin Brown, Thomas Bentley, Henry C. Boggs, William H. Beckman, Nicholas Cun- ningham, Charles A. Campbell, Frank Cooper, Henry Collins, William Carpenter, James Carpen- ter, Harrison Daigh, William C. Duff, Henry C. Deacon, Samuel L. Emery, Walter C. Elder, John Edom, Dele Elder, Samuel T. Fesler, Adam Hofsess, Wm. H. Henderson, Thomas J. Hodge, Andrew J. Johnson, James M. Job, Reed Lee, Nathaniel Medaugh, Samuel Mitchell, John E. . Miller, Solomon Ogle, Andrew J. Osborn, Albert Phillips, James Palmer, Stephen Powell, Jesse Park, Zachariah Reeder, Nathan Razey, James C. Robinson, Bruce H. Robinson, Andrew Rubert,
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Cephas G. Rounds, Henry Stevens, Stephen Sey- bold, Abram W. Scontain, Benjamin Scontain, John W. Sparrow, John Steel, Samuel G. Short, William Varner. Lyman Vanhyning, Wells Van- hyning, Wallace W. Winegar, Samuel F. Wil- liams, Thomas Westfall, Walter D. Waters, Archi- bald E. Wood, William A. Wood, John W. Wood, Nelson M. Wilson, Charles G. Wilson; recruit, Thomas Collins.
COMPANY G.
Captains, Henry D. Hull, Henry B. Atkinson ; first lieutenants, James H. Crane, Henry B. At- kinson; second lieutenant, Lewis Dutton; first sergeant, Henry B. Atkinson; sergeants, William Crawford, David S. Hill, Abram Mullenix, Cyrus McFadden; corporals, William R. Conkright, William H. Cowden, James C. Newport, George W. Lyman, John A. McFadden, Oliver S. Goodsell, James A. McCoy, William Elliott ; musicians, William Hawk, John J. John- son ; privates, James S. Alexander, William H. Alexander, John B. Bowman, Samuel Bollman, William H. Betts, Charles H. Betts, George M. Bringle, Benjamin E. Baker, Joseph Burnes, Bal- lard T. Collins, James M. Collins, Townsend H. Carver, Thomas Dobson, Don F. Drake, James M. Eddy, Harrison Emerson, Joseph H. Fisher, John S. Gilles, George H. Hazelrigg, Thos. J. Hen- drickson, Solomon Hendrickson, Horace Haskins, Joel Houchens, Andrew House, Alexander M. Irving, Oscar F. Johns, Samuel F. Kesterson, Noah W. Kelso, John N. Littler, James Laxson, William T. Low, William C. Lovett, Asa C. Lovett, Chapman Leek, William McCurdy, Rob- ert McFadden, William Maxwell, David Morris, George W. Meyer, Ezra Nighswonger, James B. Orr, Martin O'Grady, James S. Oliver, James Posten, James Parsons, Henry Proctor, John Price, William Ransom, Andrew J. Smart, Robert L. Smith, William Strawmatt, Edson Saxbery, Samuel Satterlee, Moses L. Stanley, Franklin Thompson, Francis A. Thomas, Bartlett Toombs, Thomas Veal, Edward West, William H. Wine- ger, William Walker, James H. Watson, John W. Willis, George Whitner, Jr., Bradford Wilson; recruits, Christian M. Butz, Solomon Hadischer, William H. Nelson, Jeptha A. Wiles.
COMPANY H.
Captains, Lewis Hull, Melville D. Massie ; first lieutenants, Melville D. Massie, Benjamin L. Blades, Daniel Riley; second lieutenants, Gott- fried Wenzel, Benjamin L. Blades ; first sergeant, Benjamin L. Blades ; sergeants, John G. Furniss, Talman F. Andres, Solomon E. Thomas, Alfred Lawson; corporals, Hamilton H. Devol, Alexan- der Smith, Jesse Hull, James M. Baird, William P. Ham, Jamcs M. Burke, Richard W. Kennedy, Thomas S. Wilson; musicians, David D. Hull, William J. Ezell; wagoner, Jonathan Halsted ; privates, Orrin P. Allen, John M. Ambers, Cor- nelius V. Burke, Henry Bowman, Thomas W. Bowman, Isaac Brewster, Moses Bryant, Ralph Bryant, William Bailey, George Brooks, Isaiah Collins, John Conley, Patrick Conley, John Caves, August Claus, John T. Dickey, Robert Dickson, Henry Durfee, Lavosier Farnsworth, William Fitzpatrick, Herman Green, Lewis C. Gillum, John Gudgel, Joseph Gudgel, Daniel W. Godwin, Dudley Gates, Seton Hampton, John Higgins, John Hardesty, John W. F. Hudson, George Hughes, Michael B. Johnson, Nicholas F. Kerr, Edward Lowe, Simon E. Likes, James W. Lyon, William Marshall, Peter McGraw, Joseph W. McAtee, Byron McGonigel, James Montieth, Frederick Nutting, William M. Owings, Joseph Robertson, Daniel Riley, John Sharp, John C. Smith, Dennis Smith, William W. Smith, John M. Saxer, Henry Saxer, Adam Schaffnit, John Shaffner, John Sullivan, John Stumbaugh, Charles R. Turner, Samuel P. Travis, John Toohey, Joseph P. VanZant, Charles Witte ; recruits, Samuel Curry, John Neusel, Eliud Sells.
COMPANY
Captain, Joseph G. Johnson ; first lieutenants, John G. Sever, George S. Marks; second lieu- tenant. Robert E. Gilleland ; first sergeant, George S. Marks; sergeants, Joseph Dugdall, Walter S. Morgan, William L. Carter, Israel M. Piper ; corporals, Silas C. Walters. Henry Sowers, Francis M. Fultz, Lemuel W. Shock, Alexander H. Wampler, Thomas A. Sowers, William Dillon, Philip D. Greathouse; musi-
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cians, John W. Borren, Thomas J. Bagby ; wa- goner, Isaac S. Brown; privates, Thomas J. Al- bert, Philip Augustine, William H. Bacus, Luth- er Bacus, Conway Battershell, William R. Bat- tershell, William J. Bowman, Henry M. Cade, Henry C. Clemmens, J. G. Coursen, James A. Canterberry, William Callender, Joseph Collins, David S. Cranton, George D. Chapman, Henry H. Coonrod, Nicholas B. Collins, Alvin C. Evett, Elisha N. Ford, James Foster, William R. Fos- ter, Ethan S. Gridley, James F. Greathouse, Isaac A. Groce, Robert Gorman, John C. Gibbs, Winchester Good, Powhattan Hatcher, Eli Hanks, John Holoway, David J. Holoway, John R. Hoover, Marcus Hull, Martin S. Hos- ford, Henry Hosford, Oscar M. Hickerson, Andrew J. Kirk, Ransom Kessinger, Elijah Lakin, Timothy Laughlin, Henry Liles, Wil- liam P. Lee, Nathan G. Mills, John H. Nicolay, James Patterson, William P. Pease, Henry Perry, John H. Pierce, Stephen F. Richards, Julius J. Smitherman, Ephraim C. Statham, Francis J. Shireman, Marquis D. Tucker, Oscar Tucker, James L. Thurman, Lorenzo D. Taylor, Solomon E. Vickroy, David Walk, Jasper F. Walk, John A. Wood, Eli Wilkins, William M. Watt; re- cruits, James Callender, Israel G. Garrison, Rob- ert N. Long, Thomas J. Modie, Jeremiah Mor- ton, James H. Silkwood, Robert R. Tisenger, Andrew J. Williams, James T. Whyte.
COMPANY K.
Captains, Isaiah Cooper, John G. Sever ; first lieutenants, William Gray, Augustus Hubbard, Zebulon B. Stoddard ; second lieutenants, Thom- as J. Kinman, John Andrew ; first sergeant, James Hubert; sergeants, Augustus Hubbard, John Andrew, John A. Hooper, John C. Ellis ; corpo- rals, Zebulon B. Stoddard, William Kirtright, Clayton B. Hooper, Samuel D. Livingston, Rob- ert Brown, Thomas Potter, Benjamin Bruno, Edwin E. Gray; musician, Henry Hubbard ; pri- vates, Joseph Ackels, John Brown, Joshua Burk- head, John C. Bennett, Clark P. Bebee, Lorenzo D. Burdeck, Able R. Burdeck, William H. Brown, Daniel Barnes, James Harvey Barnes, Hiram Burton, Harrison Brown, John F. Barnes, John W. Burkhead, John Barrow, Robert L.
Bowman, Anderson P. Bowman, Levi Barnet, George W. Burge, Stephen T. Conkright, James H. Clarkson, William Crowder, George W. Con- det, Daniel Case, Absalom Cummings, Isaac S. Dumford, Charles L. Eastman, William W. Ellis, Dele Elder, Gilbert H. Faulkner, Marion Fran- cis, Benjamin Gray, William R. Hooper, Henry Hillman, John B. Hartshorn, William Hines, Xurry M. Inglasbe, James M. Job, Samuel K. Mc- Intyre, James Miller, Edward 'Mclaughlin, John Magary, Claborn Morgan, William Morrow, Jacob J. Miller, Thomas P. Ogden, Robert Paull, John T. Petty, Isaac Piper, George W. Sackett, Cyrus C. Shaffner, William Smith, Thomas Starks, John Sackett, Caleb Shinn, John Saylor, Abraham Saylor, Perry Smith, John P. Spicer, George Schaffer, Dudley S. Shipton, James To- land, Thomas Toland, Edward Taylor, William Vanpelt, Jr., Charles G. Wilson; recruits, John A. Askew, John A. Allen, Henry Dillon, Almond C. Hadsell, Nathan A. Hadsell, Solomon P. Hooper, James M. Parkes, George W. Pine, John W .. Wright; unassigned recruits, Edward W. Briscoe, Samuel Carr, Albert Cousins, Jasper Foster, James M. Hendrickson, George Luzadder, Mitchell Long, Lewis Peters, Joseph Penrod, Jabez R. Sickles, Lee B. Thompson, Alexander Webb.
HISTORY OF NINETY-NINTH INFANTRY.
The Ninety-ninth Infantry was organized in Pike county, in August, 1862, by Col. George W. K. Bailey, of Pittsfield, and was mustered in at Florence, Pike county, August 23, by Capt. J. H. Rathbone; on the same day moved to St. Louis, Mo., and went into Benton Barracks on the 24th, where it received its equipments, being the first regiment out of the State under the call of 1862.
September 8 was sent to Rolla, Mo., thence, September 17, to Salem, Dent county, thence, November 20, to Houston, Texas county. Was assigned to the brigade of Brig .- Gen. Fitz Henry Warren. Was engaged in a skirmish at Bear Creek, losing I killed, 4 wounded and I taken prisoner, and in the battle of Hartsville, lost 35 killed and wounded.
January 27, 1863, moved to West Plains, Ho-
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well county, reporting to Brigadier-General Da- vidson.
March 3 moved to" Pilot Knob, thence to St. Genevieve.
March 15 embarked for Millikens Bend, La .; was assigned to General Benton's Brigade, Gen. E. H. Carr's Division, General McClelland's Thirteenth Army Corps.
Left Millikens Bend April II, arrived at New Carthage 22d. Marched down Roundaway Ba- you in Louisiana, passed Vicksburg and Grand Gulf. Crossed the river April 30, and after marching all night met the enemy at Magnolia Hills, near Port Gibson, Miss., lost thirty-seven killed and wounded.
Marched with General Grant's Army toward Jackson, Miss., was held in reserve at the battle of Champion Hills (the hardest one-day battle fought in the West). Started into the engage- ment at nightfall, pursued the retreating rebels to Edwards Station, and engaged them the next morning; charged upon their works at Black river, and drove them across the river, capturing many prisoners. Our loss was light.
On the 19th of May was at the defenses of Vicksburg. On the 22d the regiment took a prominent part in the assault, losing out of 300 men, 103 killed and wounded. The Colonel and Major were wounded early in the day, leaving Captain A. C. Matthews in command. Its line, during the day, was close to the enemy's works, and its colors planted on their breastworks. This position was held by the Ninty-ninth until 4 o'clock P. M., when it was relieved by another regiment, and moved back 150 yards, to where its knapsacks had been left. While calling roll, the line which had relieved the regiment was driven back in great confusion. The Ninty- ninth advanced, and opening a heavy fire drove the enemy back into his works and held him there probably saving the whole division from a stampede.
Was engaged, during the siege, in General Benton's Brigade-Eighth and Eighteenth In- diana, and Thirty-third and Ninety-ninth Illi- nois. The Ninety-ninth lost, during the entire campaign and siege, 253-killed, wounded and missing.
On July 5 the Ninth, Thirteenth and Fifteenth . Corps, Major-General Sherman commanding, moved after Johnston's Army to Jackson. Re- turned to Vicksburg July 24. On the 21st of Au- gust moved to New Orleans, and on the 26th, went into camp at Brashear City.
October 3, 1863, the Campaign of the Tesche was commenced. The regiment was in several skirmishes, and a detachment of the regiment, Capt. A. C. Matthews commanding, was engaged in the battle of Grand Coteau. On the 9th of November, returned to Brashear City and moved to New Orleans.
In the assault at Vicksburg May 22, the color bearer, the gallant young hero, William Sitton, was wounded, when the invincible Tom Higgins grasped the stars and stripes, and carried them into the breastworks, where he was captured, and lost the stand of colors. In 1873 the colors were sent from Richmond, Va., to Philadelphia, Pa., thence to Springfield, Ill., where they are now. Stains of blood can yet be seen on them, the patriot blood of the lamented Sitton.
November 16, embarked for Texas. On the 25th, landed at Mustang Island, and, marching up to Matagorda Island, commenced the attack on Fort Esperanza, which was soon surrendered. The Ninety-ninth remained in Texas during the spring of 1864.
On the 16th of June, 1864, it evacuated the island, and reported to General Reynolds, at Al- giers, La. The regiment performed garrison duty on the Mississippi during the entire sum- mer, in First Brigade, Brigadier-General Slack ; First Division, General Dennis; Nineteenth Corps, General Reynolds. The Ninety-ninth was brigaded with Twenty-first Iowa, Twenty- ninth Wisconsin and Forty-seventh Indiana.
In November, 1864, moved to Memphis. Here the regiment was consolidated into a Battalion of five Companies, and Lieu .- Col. A. C. Matthews assigned to command, Colonel Bailey, and the other supernumerary officers, being mustered out.
Moved to Germantown, and went on duty guarding railroad. On December 25, three men of the battalion were captured and murdered by guerrillas. Moved to Memphis, December 28. On
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January I, 1865, embarked for New. Orleans, and arrived on the 9th. On February Ist, embarked for Dauphine Island, Ala. Was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division, Thirteenth Corps, with Twenty-first Iowa, Forty-seventh Indiana and Twenty-ninth Wisconsin-General Slack commanding the brigade, Brigadier-General Veatch commanding the division.
On March 17th moved to Fort Morgan, and, on the 26th, arrived at Fish river. Took part in the siege of Spanish Fort, until the 30th, when the division was sent to General Steele's Army, and, April I, went into position at Fort Blakely. The Ninty-ninth assisted in its investment and capture, and, on the 12th, entered Mobile.
In June, 1865, the division was ordered to Red river, to receive the surrender to Kirby Smith, and it proceeded to Shreveport, La. From this place Colonel Matthews was detailed to proceed, with a body-guard of the Sixth Missouri Cavalry to the Indian Territory, and receive the surren- der of Brigadier-Generals Cooper and Stand- waite, and to form temporary treaties of peace with the Indian tribes. The Colonel formed trea- ties with ten tribes-including the Choctaws,. Cherokees, Chickasaws, and Osages-and re- turned (having traveled a thousand miles) on the 3d of July.
On the 19th of July, ordered to Baton Rouge. On the 31st of July, mustered out by Capt. E. S Hawk, A. C. M.
Arrived at Springfield, Ill., August 6, 1865, and received final payment and discharge, Au- gust 9, 1865, and by midnight of the same day the surviving veterans were in their own county.
The Ninety-ninth had three years of active service and were in the States of Missouri, Ar- kansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana and Alabama.
The Ninety-ninth was often honored by hav- ing important staff positions given to its line offi- cers. Captain, afterward Colonel Matthews, was on staff duty with different Generals, also Lieu- tenants Sever, Bowsman and Kinne. Captain Massie was A. A. Q. M. and A. A. C. S., and was A. A. A. General in the battles at Spanish Fort and Blakely. No particular distinction is claimed for the officers named, but this mention is due
them, and the regiment, as the position came to them unsought, and the survivors of the old regiment take just pride in »emembering the gal- lant and famous commanders with whom they served, namely, Grant, Sherman, Granger, Steele, Reynolds, Canby, Carr, McGinnis, Veatch, Slack, Lawler, Washburn and Schenck.
Shortly after their discharge the survivors, their wives and sweethearts, were given a grand dinner by the citizens of Pittsfield, where three years before over 900 men had marched out to do and die for their country. At the banquet less than 350 partook of the feast ..
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