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his arms and hugged him, and Logan was not a whit less demonstrative. That was the most feeling, most demon- strative greeting I ever witnessed from Gen. Sherman and from that time on until the "wee sma" hours, I heard more interesting war stories, criticisms and comments on public men and generals, than I ever heard in the same length of time during the war, and I had material enough for some exceedingly racy contributions to the press, had the use of such matter been courteous or even permissible.
Did you ever notice that when you started to tell a war story, some interesting incident illustrating soldier char- acter, or introducing some new phase of the conflict or of army life would intrude itself and demand recognition? I have one just now, illustrating perhaps as well as any- thing can, the tireless energy and ceaseless tact and invinc- ible push and persistence of the line officers and the pri- vate soldiers. Hundreds of brilliant dashes, daring ex- ploits that counted heavily for success; hundreds of help- ful suggestions and successful blows given the enemy, sprang from the ever-fertile brains of subaltern officers and private soldiers. Many of these plans were adopted by officers commands, and many were conceived and executed on the spur of the moment, under exigencies that stimulate thought, and keyed every fiber in the men to its highest and best performance. Our soldiers were at this time so seasoned by arduous campaigning and familiarity with every phase of war met and practiced on a hundred fields, they had the physical developement of athletes the quick ness of intellect that grappled on the instant, the confidence of invincibles, and an indomitable courage that quailed before no danger, hesitated at no obstacle.
The evening of this visit from Gen. Sherman before alluded to, a line officer came to Gen. Logan with a plan for a perilous undertaking, but one that he felt gave great promise of success. His plan contemplated the employ- ment of sixteen picked men selected because of their dis- tinction for daring, each armed with repeating rifles anu provided with plenty of ammunition. These men were to gather together enough logs for the construction of two rafts. Some time after midnight these logs were to be pushed by the men through the cypress swamp as far as they could conveniently wade. Then, with the bark of the young cypress, which is an excellent substitute for rope, the logs were to be fastened securely together, and on the
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two rafts each containing eight, the men were to wait at the edge of the open channel until just before day. In the twilight between night and dawn, they were to push out into the stream and paddle as noiselessly as possible for the other shore, surprising and capturing the rebel pickets if possible. Reaching the shore, they were to leap from the rafts, each man firing as rapidly as he could work his rifle, and all setting a cheer, create the impression on the rebels that the yankees had executed another of those much complained-of flanking movements, and then ad- vancing rapidly down the stream towards the works in our front. And so it happened, that, while the general in chief was sitting at Logan's headquarters discussing future developements in the art of war, and expressing a willingness to give Johnston a handsome price in men for the crossing, sixteen common fellows of the line were strip- ping bark from the young cypress up in the swamp, con- structing log rafts, and preparing to do the whole job with- out the knowledge or consent of any other than Gen. Logan. Just at day-break a terrible fusilade was heard up the stream, followed by the wildest sort of cheering, and presently the astonished johnnies in our front were seen scampering over the plain, having deserted their position, while the sixteen, firing and making noise enough for 1,600, took possession of the works with but trifling loss, and the crossing was ours.
And this is not an isolated case, either. For instance, who gave any orders to take Missiona y Ridge in the man- ner it was taken? The army simply got started, and as one irreverent authority states it, "All hell couldn't stop them." I have recited an incident illustrati e of the common sol- dier in the conception and execution of plans involving daring and exposure, and most probably extinction in case of miscarriage, but brilliant and most helpful in results. Let me now mention another involving a call for volun- teers, or the selection by line officers of fearless men want- ed by the general for a hazardous or desperate undertaking. As we approached Columbia, S. C. we left the elevated highway upon which we had been traveling for many hours, through the lowlands skirting the Big Broad River, and about 15,000 men drew up in line of battle in the plain that stretched up toward Columbia and off to the broken ridges on our left. Perhaps a mile away, a deep depression ran from the hills on the left, caused by the water course that had cut its way through the deposited earth or sediment
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to the river. Over this depression was a bridge perhaps a hundred feet in length, and on the opposite side command- ing it the enemy had constructed earthworks in which they placed a battery, supported by a line of sharpshooters. We could plainly see with a field glass that the enemy had also piled that bridge with resinous pine strips, saturated, in readiness for firing, should necessity require. It was evident that the passage was to be stubbornly disputed, and the challenge was at once accepted. It was deter- mined to send in advance a picked body of dauntless men, about 100 in number, to capture the bridge and works, and if possible, prevent the destruction of the bridge by fire.
Quickly the word went down the line that the captains of certain regiments were to select these men at once, and from those who had earned special distinction for gallantry. Over yonder stood a rebel battery, shotted for deadly work, and supporting this was a line of sharpshooters, both wait- ing to sweep the open plain in front with a rain of deadly missiles. The chances were that if successful the surviv- ing assailants would be few in number. To reach that bridge the assailing force, when once the fire of the enemy was drawn, was to converge as they advanced on the double-quick, and by a bold, quick dash, scatter the burn- ing fagots on the bridge and crossing, attack and take the earthworks. It seemed to me a Herculean task, and I was amazed to see on our side a thousand men appealing for permission to be of that attacking force. There were hot discussions all along the line because one man was pre- ferred above another, and so heated became this wrangle that the commanding officer expressed displeasure at the delay. To me it was the very sublimity of sacrifice, and I sat transfixed in contemplation of the possibilities when the supreme struggle should be on. It was to be a fight to the death, and I could almost fancy I could see the Grim Reaper with his scythe calmly waiting in the plain in front to garner his bloody harvest. Suddenly at command the men stepped forth with officers all in place, and in another moment I saw those bronzed and brawny gladiators step- ping out a little farther into the plain for more perfect alignment, and to receive their last orders. Not a blanched face or quivering nerve in all that line so far as human eye could distinguish. Then came the signal agreed upon. A gun with a blank shot boomed out away over on our left, then another, and another, and when the sixth shot
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was fired, a voice rang out "forward!" Slowly they advanced at first, deployed in open order peculiar to the skirmish line. Fifteen thousand brave comrades who fought with them on a hundred fields, keyed to intensest interest, watched them as they steadily kept on their course, mo- mentarily looking for the enemy's first shot, and straining the eye to catch every exciting feature of the nearing test of courage and persistence in the bloody drama just to open. Resolutely they advance. Not a cheer, nor a sound. The very stillness was oppressive. Presently the vicious crack of rebel musketry is heard, followed by the heavy boom of artillery. We see one of our officers holding aloft a sword, and then, as our boys start forward with a rush, converging towards the bridge, whole batteries of ours, waiting for that moment to fill the air above their heads with a varitable arch of hissing, screeching shells, each bending in and toward the rebel works, and rendering their position anything but comfortable. A brave fellow drops and then another and another. Now they are falling like leaves from the trees in autumn, and hurrying com- rades with stretchers are speeding to their relief and rescue. We can see our fellows dropping faster and faster now, and still above their heads is pouring the rain of shells from our busy batteries, while the boom of the rebel guns has almost died away. The smoke of battle creeping slowly over the plain has enveloped it with a light haze like that of an Indian summer, and through this gray veil we can see torches approaching the bridge. It is no longer safe to keep our batteries at work without danger to the brave fellows now about to grapple with the enemy at close quarters. Suddenly through the thickening haze a great flame shoots skyward, and we know the bridge is all ablaze. Into the smoke from the burning bridge our brave b ys are plunging, and in a few moments we could see them with their bayonets hurling the burning fagots to " the right and left. A cheer comes ringing back across the plain, and we know it is not a rebel cheer. Our boys are over and charging the earthworks. The firing ceases, the enemy is in flight, and in a moment more we siw old glory waving on the rebel works. Then, all the pent-up enthusiasm of that watching and exultant army found relief in one thunderous acclaim of joy, and the whole valley rang with patriotic songs, echoing and re-echoing among the bills, until it seemed that in them Columbia already heard her doom.
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We speak of the Grand Army heroes as the boys of '61 to '65, and the designation is appropriate. The records show that the average of the men who carried the flag to victory was under 23 years. The boy in the army was a genuine surprise. to me. I often heard the remark : "What's that boy going to war for ? He'll only be in the way." I found him generally in the van, scarcely ever a straggler, often the very soul and spirit of the charge, intrepid when dan- ger threatened, and in retreat, full of courage, pertinacious. and among the readiest for the rally. I offer here an inci- cent of heroic conduct that came under my own observa- tien, and I cull it from many of a somewhat similar nature, ture, because, perhaps, of a sentiment of gratitude I cherish- ed for that heroic, but beardless Kentucky soldier boy.
Two correspondents had been captured by the enemy only a day or so before, and on this occasion the heroism of this boy contributed, I thought, to a result that saved me from becoming a third. During the struggle around Resaca I had wandered over to the left, where some lively fighting had been going on, and having no other place to go, when night came, I accepted an invitation to pass the night with an officer whose command lay in the immediate front of the enemy. I had never witnassed a night attack on the firing line, but I think I got enough experience during that night to last me a life time. When morning came, which I was particularly glad to greet, the officer whose guest I was said, "Now, if you want to see a lively scrap you ride over to the extreme left, and I think you'll have a good opportunity." He had learned of a meditated attack by the enemy on that part of the line, and apprehending that I hadn't had suffi- cient experience with him to satisfy my curiosily, he gen- erously did his best to furnish me with a surfeit. Well, I rode over towards the left, fellowing the line of battle that lay along the crest of the ridge, and descending at its term- inus inte a little valley through which ran a thread of water Somewhere near the centre of this little valley, containing a few scattered trees, stood a battery ready for action; and some distance in front of the battery lay a supporting reg- iment, made up in great part, as the captain of the battery told me, of recruits in whom he evidently had little confi- dence should the enemy make a determined rush for his guns. The captain was plainly worried and was hoping for reinforcements, the enemy having shown unmistakable preparations for an attack. In a few minutes picket firing opened and we could see our picket line slowly retiring be-
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fore the rebel advance, down through the more thickly wooded portion where the valley narrowed into what was termed a cove. Presently their line of battle emerged, and we could hear their officers shouting to the men. Our bat- tery poured a broadside into them at once, and then came that sharp, distinctive, ringing rebel yell, followed by the charging gray coats. I had dismounted, and holding the bridle rein, stood within hearing distance of the battery captain, who was frantically urging his men to every effort, while his guns were belching their defiance and cutting gaps in the ranks of their charging foemen. The support- ing infantry had opened fire also upon them inflicting con- siderable loss and throwing a part into momentary confus- ion. But the plucky rebel officers were running up and down, rallying their broken line, and they succeeded in re- forming it. As they started again our infantry from some cause began to crumble, and our fleeing forces ran directly over our wounded artillerists; while the half frantic captain was imploring them: "For God's sake, men, don't desert me; don't let them take the guns!" So many of his own men had been picked off by the rebel sharpshooters, he had not force enough to properly man his guns, and I heard him as he pointed to his dead and disabled men lying around, imploring a lot of fleeing infantrymen to lay down their muskets and help him work the battery. They stop- ped a moment, but all started off except one beardless youth whose example seemed to revive the courage of his fleeing fellows, for, seeing him throw down his musket and take the place of one of the disabled artillerists, after a moment's hesitation, they, too, cast aside their muskets and accoutre- ments, and took their places at the guns. With this addi- tional help the guns were soon again belching their . de- structive fire into the advancing enemy, and I could plainly see that brave boy passing through the smoke that hung about the battery on his trips between the guns and cais- sons, and to me, to the captain of the battery, in the eyes of his comrades, to all men who know the value of one heroic soul on the field of battle when example is needed to infuse fresh courage into a flagging force, that boy sprang at once into the full stature of a hero. Then, away up from the ridge came a cheer, and down towards the valley, with col- ors flying, there came the looked-for reinforcements, with all the speed that a regiment could make over that bould- ered surface. The old battery never slackened its fire, but the reinforcements came not a moment too soon. The as-
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sailing enemy heard that cheer, too, and then they, broke and retreated to the shelter of the wooded cove, and the fight was over. Full of admiration for and of thankfulness to him as well, I went straight to that heroic youth to pay my tribute of praise then and there, and followed it with a contribution to the press. I took his name and company and regiment. He was a young Kentuckian, and when I told him what use I intended to make of the incident, a little smile of satisfaction lit up his features, and after toy- ing a moment with his musket, possession of which he had resumed, he said: "I wish you would send a copy of the paper to my mother." Overwhelmed with praise, this mod- est boy seemed not to realize at first that by pluck and ex- ample he had suddenly won unfading honors. It had not occurred to him that his example had re-inspired and re- nerved his panic-stricken comrades, but when the full sig- nificance of his daring had possessed him, his first thought was of that widowed mother he had left in Kentucky, and he wanted her to know what he was doing as a soldier. How often have I bent over the dying soldier boy in the hospital or on the field, and taken down a message for his mother. This boy's mother received the paper and a letter, and I never paid a heartier or more willing tribute than I paid to that hero boy. What a tender chord this love of mother touches when we find it as we found it everywhere on battlefields and in hospitals. But if love of home, of mother, of wife and babies, were to supplant the conviction of duty and take place of all patriotic devotion what would become of the country and all the precious heritage our fathers left us.
It takes courageous men, devoted to principle and obe- dient to discipline, to perform work like that I have been describing. Examples like these are entertwined with all the history of that conflict and constitute a priceless herit- age to the younger generation now in the field of action. Heroism in battle was as conspicuous, too, on the one side as the other; and now, since the south and north have camped, and messed, and fought under the old flag of cher- ished traditions that came down from a common ancestry, since the old sectioual feud has been dismissed and section- al ties rewelded in the presence of new dangers and new responsibilities and an expanding domain, since both sec- tions have determined henceforth to shoot one way, the poung men of both sides find in the unexampled prowess of their fathers an inspiration that in times like these are lead-
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ing them to match the heroism of their sires, and weave bright threads into our national history, all the brighter and all the dearer because of the sad and somber memories of our civil strife, and brighter and dearer still because the heroic men of this younger generation are recementing with their blood, and rewelding on the ringing anvils of war in the far-off Philippines, and in the oldest and most populous empire of the Orient, the national ties of our com- mon union. Your example has been an inspiration to our own young men and we see today. the descendants of those who fought on both sides in our civil strife, worthy sons of a reunited people, inspiredby the same lofty courage that has gemmed our historywith unnumbered victories without a single national defeat, carrying the same old flag across four thousand miles of ocean waste to the relief of our be- leaguered minister andhis fellow citizens, and, joining our standard with those of the Christian and civilized nations of the earth, have planted it first, and in advance of all oth- ers, upon the inner and so-called sacred walls of the imper ial city of the oldest empire of the east.
Imperialism-it is the unworthiest cry of the nineteenth century. Washington, and Lincoln, and Grant, have all been denounced in their time as imperialists, and yet all their traducers, all the disgruntled pessimists, and chronic cavillers and carpers who have tugged at the car of prog- ress thus far in our national history have been swept away into a deserved oblivion by a tide impossible to resist, the invincible tide of time. And so it will be with those who are filling the land today with woeful forebodings of nation- al disaster, still refusing to recognize the finger of destiny, the hand of Providence.
Gen. Howard said at a banquet of the Army of the Ten- nessee, in October, 1894, "We, comrades, have given to our children the energy, the patriotism, the spirit of self-sacri- fice, and the fearless loyalty which inspired and animated ourselves from 1861 to 1865. The very institutions we have given to our children prepare them for a struggle against every opposing force. They learn, they think, they watch, they work with ever-increasing energy and skill, and they will, if need be, even fight as we did, to preserve to this country, to this continent and to mankind, this glorious government of a free, enlightened and virtuous people. My soul's inmost thought is, that this nation, as Abraham Lin- coln defined it, is itself a plan of God which wicked men will not be allowed to destroy." This sentiment finds its echo in
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the hearts of the survivers of the Eighty-sixth Illinois and in all true American hearts, both north and south, to-day. Rail at war as you please, and convene all the peace con- gresses we may, it is still a fact that every advance made by the human race has been paid for in human blood and sacrifice. A writer of eminence has said, "There seems to be no firm peace whose roots are not clinched under the sod by dead hands." It is true of a tree and a plant, that every storm, however vehement, imbeds new strength in its fibre and brings new tests to its grasps upon the soil. Our storm, happily passed, seems to havs followed the an- alogy from nature, and our national tree has not only taken stronger root at home, but its branches, as if attracted by the moisture of the seas, have extended their beneficent growth, until they have embraced within their shade the islands of two oceans and the Pearl of the Antiles.
Let no soldier of the civil war, north or south, quail before the new responsibilities, the new growth, that has come to us as a reunited people, for these are as surely ours through providential guidance, as have been all the victor- ies vouchsafed to our flag since first its gracious folds were given to heaven's breezes.
I would not violate, on an occasion like this, the pro- prieties that should obtain by introducing any subject that was partisan, but no political party can rudely thrust from the realm of patriotic comment, any subject that involves, in my opinion, the support we owe to the constituted auth - orities of the nation, in upholding the national honor where- ever it is assailed. I like that sentiment of the lamented martyr, President Abraham Lincoln, as referred to by Gen. Howard, and I believe with him that "this nation is itself a plan of God," and I.well may close by quoting what has been so beautifully and impressively and truthfully said by the poet editor of the St. Louis Globe Democrat, Mr. Casper S. Yost :
This western continent God held till Time . Should make it ready for His plan divine. Then peopled it with men of brawn and brain, Who loved His laws, but hated tyranny. Of such He made a nation; gave it wealth And power; gave it the first rich fruits From freedom's ever blooming tree, and fitted it In every way its mission to fulfill. We are that nation; ours the graceful task To lead the world to liberty and Him.
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Yes, God still leads us on. From Plymouth Rock To Philippines, the grand triumpal marchh Of human liberty has never paused. And through the mists of coming years sees The emancipated hosts press on aud up To those broad heights where all mankind Shall stand before their Maker free, And in the shadow of the stars and stripes Find peace and happiness forevermore.
No impious hand shall touch that flag, Let traitors listen and beware, Our banner's in the east to stay, For God Himself has placed it there.
Miss Bertha Seabury, a little girl, gave a violin solo that was magnificent, and responded to a boisterous encore by playing a medley of patriotic airs that surprised and pleased all hearers.
Frank Georgette gave a mandolin solo with piano accompaniment, and responded to an encore.
The Brodman Quartette sang the "Star Spangled Banner," and as an encore, "My Honey I Love so Well."
Hon. J. V. Graff delivered an excellent address of about twenty minutes length. I asked him to write it down and send it to me for publication herein, and he promised to do so. I have written to him since for it, but have not heard from him. ,He is a candidate for reelection to Congress (I hope he will be elected) and I suppose he is too busy watch- ing his political fences to do it.
Miss Elyde Burkhalter gave a charming piano solo, and the quartette sang again, after which we adjourned.
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Second Day.
The fife and drum was again on hand and drew a big crowd.
At 9:05 the Commander called for order. Mr. Worley sang "A Thousand Years," and Rev. G. E. Alford of East Peoria offered prayer.
Miss Ella Stillwell gave a fine solo, and Miss Seabury again played on her violin.
Orator Robert Scholes was engaged in a law suit and could not be present to deliver the Annual Address.
Adjutant Dawdy, who was appointed at our previous reunion, a committee on the purchase of Kenesaw Battle- field, reported that he had bought sixty acres of land, in- cluding the rebel works as well as our own, for one thou- sand dollars, and showed a plat or drawing of the field. He gave at some length, his ideas as to how the matter should be managed. The subject was pretty thoroughly discussed by a number of comrades, and the conclusion was that a Trustee should be appointed by each regiment of the Old Brigade, and one by Barnett's Battery. Then these trustees should incorporate, raise money to pay for the land, and we would try to get the legislatures of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois to put up a suitable monument, and when all was completed, transfer the title to the United States and let it become a government park.
Adjutant J. L. Dawdy was elected Trustee on the part of the 86th Regiment and requested to represent the regi- ment in the Brigade Reunion in Chicago. H. "H. Nurse moved the name Kenesaw Memorial Association be pre- sented and recommended at the meeting in Chicago. Carried. Col. Allen L. Fahnestock was elected treasurer of the "Kenesaw Memorial Association," and Quarter- master Mckown turned over fifty-four dollars and the Peoria city check to him. Total, two hundred and four dollars.
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Gen. D. W. Magee made a few remarks expressing his esteem for the regiment.
A number of comrades made short talks, after which a recess till one o'clock was taken.
The Woman's Relief Corps furnished an excellent dinner in the Y. M. C. A. dining room.
Afternoon Session.
Called to order at 1:15.
Fred, Nellie and Ethel Hosselton furnished some ex- cellent music.
The following was introduced and adopted, and a copy sent to Mayor Lynch.
To Hon. H. W. Lynch, Mayor, and the Honorable City Council of the City of Peoria, Ill .:
GENTLEMEN :- You are respectfully informed that the Re- union Association of the 86th Regiment, Ill. Vol. Infantry, . in reunion assembled, on August 25, 1900, passed the fol- lowing preamble and resolutions by a hearty, unanimous vote :
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Peoria has kindly and generously donated to us the handsome sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, to assist us in paying for the historic battle-field of Kenesaw, Georgia, where we charged on the rebel fortifications with such fearful loss to ourselves on June 27, 1864. Therefore,
Resolved, That we extend to Mayor Lynch and said City Council our earnest and sincere thanks for this mag- nificent gift.
Resolved, That a copy of this preamble and these reso lutions be sent to his Honor the Mayor and that the same be spread upon the records of this Association.
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Unanimously adopted.
Very respectfully and thankfully,
E. E. PETERS, Commander.
C. W. McKowN, Adjutant and Quartermaster.
Adjutant L. J. Dawdy offered the following, which was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, By the 86th regt., Ill. Vols., in reunion as- sembled, that we tender our sincere thanks to the many friends, who gave their assistance to make our reunion one of the most pleasant ever held. First, to Schipper & Block for their splendid decoration of the hall, which shows this firm to be leaders in the art of decoration, as well as sup- plying the finest stock of merchandise in central Illinois to their many patrons. To Mr. Worley, The Broadman Quar- tette, Miss Bertha Seabury, Frank Georgette, Miss Elyde Burkhalter, and Miss Ella Stillwell, for the splendid music furnished, and to Hons. A. J. Daugherty and J. V. Graff for their excellent addresses, and to J. C. Murray, Peoria's greatest florist, for splendid array of plants.
Next came installation of Commander and Vice Com- mander. Neither of them were present, so C. W. Mckown . volunteered to take the hazardous place of S. W. Rilea, by proxy, and Mat. Murdock was drafted to perform for J. L. Fahnestock. Introductions, honors, and thanks were in- dulged in with about the usual gush and gusto.
Then all formed in a hollow square and sang, "God be with you till we meet again."
NOTE-Since Mr. Dawdy's letter was in type, he has sent word that the 85th has held its reunion and selected a man for Trustee.
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MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Gen. D. W. Magee, Col. A. L. Fahnestock, Adjutant L. J. Dawdy, Fife Major A. P. Webber, Drum Major Samuel Silzel. COMPANY A.
Capt. Joe Major, Peter Brubaker, J. J. Brown.
J. H. Watson, J. B. Varble,
Newton Ray,
COMPANY B. W. J. Huber,
Edward McVicker.
COMPANY C.
Ansel Crouch, A. L. Jenkins,
John W. Reynolds, J. B. Ferguson,
Wm. Speers,
J. C. Loudstrom,
Cyrus Root,
H. H. Nurse,
G. W. Colwell,
H. S. Brown,
F. L. Saxton, O. D. Stowell.
Joseph Wrigley, J. T. Morris, D. A. Anderson, Richard McCarthy,
COMPANY D. W. R. Greenhalgh, Horatio Westcott, Joseph Williamson, Jesse Frank.
COMPANY E.
Henry Hosselton, Addison Tanquary,
Orin Frisbee, Andrew Kimble.
R. C. Walter, C. W. Mckown.
COMPANY F. Albert Smith'
COMPANY G.
Lieut. Martin Kingman,
T. B. Lane,
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W. H. Waughop,
Benjamin Whistler,
G. W. Ferner, Christian Magenheimer.
COMPANY H.
Capt. John H. Hall,
Lieut. E. E. Peters,
A. W. Belcher,
G. M. Moore,
M. Murdock,
J. A. McFarland,
W. H. Buck,
H. J. Kilver.
COMPANY I.
Lieut. J. W. Groninger,
Lieut. John Earnest,
Lieut. J. L. Fahnestock,
E. A. Morphew,
Lewis Krisher,
Bernard Friess,
L. S. Sprague,
T. J. Love,
J. W. Tindall,
J. C. McQuown.
John Herstine,
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Lieut. John McGinnis,
Jackson Lair,
David Smith,
Erastus Morrow,
Elijah Coburn,
S. Coburn, W. H. Wisenburg, J. Z. Slane,
Patrick Byrnes.
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