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This company was called the "Prairie du Chien Guards," but in joining its regiment, the Sixth Infantry, at Camp Randall, Madison, it became Company C.
In the Sixth the following Grant County men were in other com- panies: Company H-James H. Fry, Edwin Field, Cassville. Com- pany K-Wm. Anderson, John D. Harp, Cassville
On the 28th of July the regiment started for Harrisburg, Pa. Its journey through the .State was an ovation. At Milwaukee it was given a public dinner. On the third of August the regiment went to Baltimore. It was attacked one night by a band of secessionists from the city, and drove them off without casualty to the regiment, killing
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one and wounding two of the assailants. On the 7th of August the regiment went to Washington, and on the 29th was placed in King's brigade, which afterward became the Iron Brigade. The history of the regiment will be continued in the history of that brigade.
THE SEVENTH INFANTRY.
Three companies of this regiment were enlisted principally in Grant County. One company rendezvoused at Platteville, and was called the "Platteville Guards," and in the organization of the regiment be- came Company C. Its roster was as follows :
Samuel J. Nasmith, Captain, Platteville; A. R. Bushnell, 1st Lieut., Platteville; Ethan A. Andrews, 2d Lieut., Platteville; John Fritz, Bos- cobel; Thomas Eubank, Cassville; Thomas H. Seals, Wm. O. Topping, Edward W. Prentiss, Andrew J. Brent, Davis H. Bryant, Wm. Cald- well, August Erb, George Ebert, Peter Hamblock, Ansel F. Nye, Free- man B. Quimby, Jacob H. Rihl, Lewis Weynans, Elijah Williams, George Will, Roland Williams, Wm. Wymand, Hazel Green; Madison Ray, Malcolm Ray, James K. Jones, Elijah D. Bushnell, James Booth William Bristol, Jacob Elliott, Harrison Elliott, John Elder, John L. Jones, Edwin McKey, A. D. L. Collins, Jamestown; John Vollenvieder, Harrison; Jefferson Newman, Wm. Hull, David H. Link, Hosea Mun- den, Alonzo Russell, Lima; Wm. Powers, Lancaster; James Hodges, Muscoda; Lewis Williams, Thomas B. Sutton, John F. Haney, George M. Beasley, Wm. Beasley, Paris; J. H. Holcomb George Mitchell, Wm. P. Durley, Henry Inman, Joseph McCord, William Carlisle, Lodulph Longhenry, James Armstrong, Wm. Britton, John C. Bold, Latour M. Crist, William Cox, Wm. W. Davis, John B. Donner, Felix L. Foland, Wm. M. Foland, George W. Fortney, John J. Geyer, John Howard, Hi- ram Hamilton, Freeman Jones, Isaac McCollister, James W. Moore, Russell L. Moore, George Mitchell, Frederick Notdurft, Wm. B. New- comb, J. C. O'Daniel, Wieland Oswald, Geo P. Pitzmeyer, John C. Pal- mer, Jasper L. Rewey, Henry Rewey, Theo. L. Smelker, Wm. Spease, Wm. Tallada, Platteville ; George W. Sain, John M. Altizer, W. J. Ach- ison, Fred Dunham, Edward Eason, Wallace Holmes, Wm. T. McKin- ney, Wm. Neil, Ezekiel Parker, Smelser; Lawrence Dowling, Asa Peck, Herman R. Radkill, Grant County
Another company had its rendezvous at Lancaster and was called the "Lancaster Union Guards." It became Company F. Its roster was as follows:
John B. Callis, Captain, Lancaster; Samuel Woodhouse, 1st
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Lieut., Tafton; Henry F. Young, 2d Lieut., Cassville; Simon Wood- house, John Blackburn, Webster Cook, George W. Cooley, Henry Hud- son, Griffin Hickok, Wm. N. Miles, Jesse M. Roberts, Louis Stephens, Joseph Stonehouse, Beetown; Wm. R. Ray, James H. Clark, A. R. Mc- Cartney, Cassville; Geo. W. Cowan, John Bradley, George Atkinson, William Atkinson, Henry Bodiner, Lyman Carrier, Judson H. Carrier,' Lester Day, Milo Dexter, James H. Ellis, Richard Huftill, Edgar Moses, Lewis Spease, Ellenboro; Geo. H. Henderson, John Dolphin, John L. Marks, John J. Schlosser, Levi Sigsby, Lorenzo Taylor, Glen Haven ; Isaac C. Raemer, Henry A. Kaump, Wm. H. Miles, Lyman D. Culver, Collins Chapman, Charles F. Dean, Nathan Bradbury, Harrison; Ed- ward F. McDonald, Hazel Green; Wm. E. Sloat, George F. Halbert, Orlando W. Atwood, Peter Cameron, John Folk, James Gilligan, Ben- jamin Hayden, John Johnson, Charles Levings, Andrew Meeker, John Marlow, Stanley J. Morrow, Justice Painter, Herbert Roberts, Peter J. Schloesser, Adelbert Staley, Lancaster; Henry Black, James Black, Liberty ; J. W. Mckenzie, Alphonso A. Kidd, Warren W. Whitney, Fletcher S. Kidd, Thomas C. Alexander, Corydon B. Bishop, Ed. S. McDowell, Wm. Turnby, Jas. W. Simpkins, Millville; Philip Brother, Harry Ketner, J. Wesley Largent, James Lewis, Alex. Lewis, Calvin G. Parker, Danforth Rector, Patch Grove; James Thorpe, Henry Rupke, Hubert Harris, Thomas Kee, Thomas Kee 2d, John Leppla, Newton M. Phail, Wesley Craig, James H. Eayers, George Eustice, John D. Runion, Benj. F. Branham, Philip Bennett, Potosi; Lorin G. Parsons, Richard R. Bettis, Perry Gilbert, John Harvill, Lewis Kuntz, Albert C. Morse, John D. Overton, Thomas Price, William H. Smith, George H. Smith, Bradley H. Tripp, Henry G. Walrath, Andrew Bishop, Tafton; Francis A. Boynton, Jesse M. Cook, Orley J. Foot, Wm. J. Garner, R. B. Pierce, Jesse Shipton, Waterloo.
The third company had its rendezvous at Fennimore and was called the "Badger State Guards." When the regiment was organized it became Company H. It may be here remarked that -all the compa- nies, while at the company rendezvous, adopted names, which, after the organization of the regiment, were no longer used. The roster of Company H was as follows :
Mark Finnicum, Captain, Fennimore; C. M. H. Meyer, 1st Lieut., Clifton ; Robert C. Palmer, 2d Lieut., Fennimore; Joseph Barr, Edwin J. Bill, Jefferson Coates, Benj. F. Howland, Willard A. Hudson, Martin Moore, Silas Streeter, Edwin Waite, Wm. Wallace, Boscobel ;
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Joseph Bates, Robert J. Cutts, Myron McElwain, Benj. F. Moore, Blue River; Emerson Gibbs, Nathaniel Johnson, Lucius Eastman, Leonard J. Harvey, Francis Kearney, Henry C. Kellogg. James C. Mann, John Smith, Thomas Walker, Clifton; Benj. Burton, Alonzo Springer, Ellenboro; Nicholas Heber, John P. Jenkins, Jas. H. Brune- mer, James Andrews; John W. Andrews, Edwin Angelo, Squire 'Burns, Theodore Calvin, Wm. A. Clark, John Dillon, Francis M. Dillon, Henry Freudner, Wilbur F. Gates, Jerome Gillett, Mark Goodrich, Isaac Kin- ney, Wm. H. H. Loney, Owen S. McGhan, John Mitchener, Victor Mc- Lin, Harlan Pike, Joseph Pryor, Jasper Randolph, Wm. A. Randolph, John Robinson, Adam C. Rogers, Washington Russell, Luman Rus- sell, David T. Smith, David C. Smith, Joshua Thompson, Eugene Whit- more, Fennimore; Alonzo V. Richards, Hazel Green; John Turnbee, Lancaster; Robert Monteith, Samuel Monteith, Chas. Fulks, Leving- ston Wagers, John Monteith, Oliver P. Luce, Wm. Fulks, Daniel Shaw, John Shultz, Frederick Thiess, John Todd, Newton Wood, Liberty ; Curtis Chandler, Wm. L. Jacobs, Frederick Lamb, Benj. Rice, Marion ; Stanbury Hitchcock, Eli Hitchcock, Chauncey Hitchcock, John Mur- phy, Geo. A. Smith, Millville; John M. Steers, Edward Carver, Francis Carver, John Draggs, Wm. Salmon, Muscoda; C. F. Taylor, Tanner Thomas, G. P. Newell, James M. Thomas, John C. Bowden, James A. Heath, Thomas Howard, James Howard. Geo. Page, Samuel K. Potts, Luther Schnee, Wm. G. Scott, Christopher White, Wingville.
There were also the following Grant County men in other compa- nies of the Seventh :
Company B-O. C. Crandall, Patch Grove.
Company D-Frank W. Bull, Alex. Ivey, Samuel B. Richardson, Jonathan Rinburger, Muscoda.
Company E-Winfield S. Williams, Platteville.
Company G-Douglas Dunwiddie, Lancaster; George Allen, Mar- tin Leeser, Patch Grove.
Company I-Benj. Updike, Robert K. Jones, Boscobel.
Company K-George Simmons, Franklin Simmons, Andrew Clark, Chester A. Garner, Fred J. Garner, Cassville; Chas. W. Woodman, Po- tosi; James Dunham, Tafton.
The regiment went into camp at Camp Randall, and on the 21st of September left the State, arriving at Washington on the 29th. It was placed with King's brigade October 1, and its subsequent his- tory will be given in the history of that brigade.
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THE IRON BRIGADE.
General King's brigade went into winter quarters at Arlington, just across the Potomac from Washington, and remained there all winter, doing much picket duty.
The following recruits came to the brigade at different times in 1862, 1863, and 1864;
Second Infantry, Company C-John Bower, Nathaniel R. Harmon, Chas. Ladd, Emerson Richmond, James Snodgrass, Boscobel; Robert C. Jones, Daniel C. Milan, Isaac H. McDonald, Philander H. Philbrick, David Wion, Frederick Wion, Jacob N. Wright, Fennimore; Henry H. Giddings, Hickory Grove; James W. Hyde, Lancaster, Andrew J. Ad- ams, John H. Adams, Thomas Case, Charles Davis, John L. Martin, George W. Northrop, Millville; Daniel Burton, Potosi.
Sixth Infantry, Company C-Peter Adrian, Newel E. Ganiard, Chas. N. Totman, Stanley Vanderwalker, Harvey B. Vangorder, Cass- ville; Leonard Nettleton, Thomas F. Rod, Ellenboro; Andrew Borsett, Pulaski Brown, Waterloo; Benj. G. Jones, Wyalusing. Company K- Laban Garner, Wm. Holloway, Beetown; Theodore Hugo, Christian Ille, Anthony Frembgen, Paris ; James M. Pigg, Chas. G. Smith, James I. Taylor, Tafton.
Seventh Infantry, Company A-Obadiah S. Noble, Little Grant. Company C-Nehemiah Leech, Jas. Hollenback, Beetown; Mark Cal- vert, Wm. Calvert, John A. Calvert, B. F. Carpenter, Wm. Howarth, Lardus D. Hurst, Lima; Jacob Rice, Harrison; Marcus T. Camp, Col- lins D. Fuller, Erwin S. Gardner, John N. Gillam, Richard W .. Nixon, Clinton E. Hughey, Henry S. Williams, Platteville. Company F-Pe- ter Bryan, Bruce Bryan, Horton L. Miles, Beetown; Thomas Garvey, Boscobel; Charles F. Chipman, John W. Garner, Hayes Jones, Henry L. Sprague, Cassville; Martin Calvert, James H. Evans, Joseph Schal- lenbarger, Glen Haven; Joseph Wilkinson, Harrison; John Bassett, Frank Brother, Ira E. Cook, Thomas H. Darnell, Lancaster; Cyrus Alexander, Thomas W. Blunt, Thomas W. Riley, Patch Grove; George Booth, Wm. Booth, Wm. Branstetter, Robert Blakely, Henry Brink- man, George Cornish, Geo. Faurre, Richard Faurre, Andrew J. Greene, Henry P. Greene, Theodore F. Kinney, Richard Lesler, Mathias Weber, James M. Endicott, Potosi; George W. Engle, Albert M. Hutchinson, George W. St. Clair, Volney Stiles, James L. Taylor, Tafton. Com- pany H-Robert Allen, Alfred Church, Joseph J. Clark, James Grant, Lloyd Leadbetter, Boscobel; James Bishop, Horatio D. Parsons. Thos.
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Walker, Clifton; George Dillon, Hiram Kearney, Geo, R. McGhan, Wm. P. McGhan, Merritt S. McGhan, John McLymans, Wm. Miller, Wm. Mitchell, Jacob Smith, Sumter West, Fennimore; John W. Brackett, Little Grant; Jas. Fulks, Wm. Hill, John McCubbin, Herman Remmert, John C. Schultz, Thomas Ritchie, Geo, W. Wightman, Liberty; Chas. Langauer, Lima Company I-Stephen C. Wilkins, Lancaster, Com- pany K-Wm, L. Allison, Boscobel; John W. Garner, Cassville.
Early in the spring of 1862 they prepared for a campaign by drawing "shelter tents." These were pieces of heavy cotton sheeting four and a half feet square with buttons and button holes around three edges, so that two or four of them could be buttoned together. Each man had one piece, which he carried with his blanket. Two men sleeping together buttoned their two pieces of shelter tent to- gether, got some sticks for a ridge-pole and support at each end, and on putting up the whole, had a shelter four and a half feet long, about three feet high at the ridge-pole, and open at the ends.
On the 10th of March the brigade advanced to the site of German- town, which had been hurned by the rebels in their retreat toward Richmond. At that point there was a reorganization of the army in which the Second, Sixth, and Seventh were placed in the Fourth Brigade (commanded by Col. Lysander Cutler, of the Sixth Wis- consin), First Division, First Corps. The weather was wet and chilly and the rations defective. On the 15th of March the brigade returned to within three miles of Alexandria. On the 27th there was a grand review in which the Wisconsin regiments, particularly the Second, were highly complimented for their soldierly appearance and good drill.
April 5, 1862, the Fourth Brigade began its march, and on the evening of the 6th camped on the battle-field of Bull Run. The next day, at Kettle Run, the men suffered from a snow-storm very remarkable for the season. Going on, they encamped on the evening of the 23d on the hights opposite Fredericksburg. Considerable time was spent in rebuilding railroad bridges which had been des- troyed by the Rebels. The brigade was then under the command of General John Gibbon, who had been a captain in the regular artillery. On the 23d of May the brigade was reviewed by President Lincoln. On the 25th the brigade began a return march toward Washington, suffering much from heat and rain. At Warrenton, on the 8th of June, they received orders for another advance to
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Fredericksburg, and immediately setting out on its march, the brigade reached that place June 11.
June 13th the Second and Sixth Regiments, with a section of artillery and a squadron of cavalry, crossed the river and recon- noitred the country, but finding no enemy, returned to camp. On the 24th of July the Sixth began a reconnoissance toward Orange Court House, and on the 26th had a skirmish with the enemy's cavalry. They reached camp on the evening of the 27th, after a march of eighty miles in three days.
August 5th the brigade went on a reconnoissance to intercept the enemy's communication on the Virginia Central Railroad. The Sec- ond and Seventh Regiments took the Telegraph Road toward Beaver Dam Station. The Sixth went toward Frederick Hall Station, twenty-three miles from the junction with the Richmond & Potomac Railroad. The former had a skirmish with the enemy at Thornburg and a few of our men were wounded. The next day they turned back to protect the trains from Stewart's cavalry. The Rebels retreated hastily, leaving two pieces of artillery, but capturing several forage teams and a number of our sick and lame soldiers, among whom were seventeen of the Second Wisconsin. On the 7th the Second and Seventh Wisconsin marched to Spottsylvania Court House and awaited the return of the Sixth.
This regiment reached Frederick Hall on the 6th and tore up the track for a mile in each direction, burned a large warehouse, filled with Confederate supplies of corn, whisky, and tobacco, and destroyed the depot, switches, and telegraph line and office, burning two bridges on their return. On the second day the regiment marched thirty-five miles, a part of the way through sand four inches deep under a broil- ing sun. It captured fifty mules and horses and did not lose a man. The regiment, with the rest of the brigade, reached Falmouth on the 8th, having marched ninety miles in three and a half days and cut the enemy's communications between Gordonsville and Richmond. General Gibbon, in his official report, highly complimented the Sixth and its commander.
On the 10th the brigade moved out, and the next day took a position in the advance line of the Army of Virginia, near Culpeper Court House. On the 19th of August commenced the celebrated movement known as "Pope's retreat." The Iron Brigade marched seventeen miles that day, skirmishing with the enemy's cavalry. On
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the 21st the brigade had a skirmish in which a few were wounded and Adjutant Dean of the Second was captured while carrying dispatches. The next two days and the 26th it marched down the Rappahan- nock under the artillery fire of the enemy, the Second having some men wounded. After some marching and countermarching, the brigade was, on the evening of the 28th of August, marching slowly toward Gainesville.
THE BATTLE OF GAINESVILLE.
About six o'clock in the evening of the 28th the Fourth Brigade was approaching Gainesville, when a Rebel battery posted on a wooded hill opened fire on the Union column. The Second Wisconsin quickly faced in that direction and advanced on the double-quick toward the battery ; but they soon met the Rebel infantry coming out of the woods. The Second alone checked the whole of Stonewall Jackson's division for twenty minutes, under an intensely concen- trated fire of musketry. The other regiments soon came to the support of the Second, and. the battle raged terribly till nine o'clock at night, each side holding its ground. At midnight the Federals retreated, leaving the dead unburied and the hospitals with many of the most severely wounded, to fall into the hands of the enemy. The conduct of the Fourth Brigade in this battle was worthy of the name it was soon to bear: "The Iron Brigade of the West." The Rebels under the renowned Stonewall Jackson greatly out- numbered our men, but they could not gain an inch of ground and they were frustrated in their purpose to gain the Warrenton Pike, which would have been disastrous to our army, and in this the brigade gained a victory. In much of the fighting the combatants were not more than seventy-five yards apart Once the Seventh had to change front under a hot fire to get an enfilading fire on a brigade of the enemy that was pressing the Second. The total loss of the brigade was 751, considerable more than one-third of the whole number. The Second lost 449, more than half the regiment. In other wars, when a regiment was "decimated"-that is, had lost one man in ten-it was thought to be a severe loss; but the Second lost more than five in ten. General Pope said of the brigade that it sustained the brunt of the battle, and the conduct of the men was gallant and distinguished, and that it was composed of some of the best troops in the service.
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THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN.
This battle took place the 29th and 30th of August. The battle was begun by General Sigel's division, but before long the Iron Brigade was in it. Between two and five o'clock the contest was terrific. It was concluded by a furious attack along the turnpike by the First Division of the First Corps, to which the Iron Bri- gade belonged. The Federal loss during the day was 8,000, and the Rebel loss was estimated at double that number, as they were the attacking party.
During the night there were some important changes of position. The next day's fighting was terrific, but as the day wore away, doubt and sadness stole over the Federal troops. "Why does not Franklin come?" "When will Sumner be here?" Ten thousand more men would have given the Union forces a victory, and more than that number lay idle within easy reach of the battle-field. The fighting was fiercest about five in the evening. Pope had strengthened his left as much as possible, but it was still too weak, and the Rebels turned it toward Centerville, and the First Corps had to fall back. The whole Federal line gradually withdrew, but the Rebels were too severely punished to press on.
During the forenoon of the first day's fight the Iron Brigade lay near the railroad at Manassas Junction. In the afternoon it marched up the Sudley Road to its crossing with the Warrenton Pike and took a position near and within supporting distance of Sigel's corps. On the second day the Second and Seventh Wisconsin on account of the small number of their men left, were consolidated, the Second having only 150 men in line. A New York regiment gave way and General Gibbon ordered the Second and Seventh to go and hold the point, and they did it. At another time these regiments repulsed the charge of a Rebel regiment on the battery they were sup- porting, taking several prisoners. About noon an assault was made on the enemy's left and the Fourth (Iron) Brigade moved up on the north side of the Warrenton Pike and stood in the fifth line of battle. The Rebels there were driven from the woods and pursued until they made a stand in an old railroad cut. Rebel reinforcements came in on the Federal left and it was compelled to fall back to a new position, which was a hill in the northeast angle of the Warrenton and Sudley roads. The enemy followed, but were repulsed with great slaughter, but as they continued to threaten the Federal commun-
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ications with Centerville, our forces withdrew to a hill overlooking and commanding the approaches to the Stone Bridge.
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The battle closed as the night came down, and the Fourth Brigade threw out a line of skirmishers and remained in line of battle until the whole Federal army had passed in retreat. Then they crossed Bull Run, the Second Wisconsin in the rear, and marched on to Cub Run, where they stopped to rest, about midnight. Right well did the brigade fill the honorable place of rear guard on a retreat.
In the battles of Gainesville and Bull Run from August 26 to 31, inclusive, the Second Wisconsin lost 70 killed, 196 wounded, 31 miss- ing; total, 297. The Sixth Wisconsin lost 17 killed, 91 wounded, 11 missing; total, 119. The Seventh Wisconsin lost 31 killed, 153 wounded, 33 missing; total, 217. The loss among the Grant County men was as follows: In the Second, Company C, killed and died of wounds, 2d Lieut. E. P. Kellogg, Sergt. Frank Neaville, John Schmidt, Martin J. Barnheisel Michael Cook, George B. Hyde, JohnW. St. John, Newton Wilcox, Albert Waldorf; wounded Captain George W. Gibson, Sergt. Samuel Booth, Corps. Frank H. Liscum, Alanson Paroday, Jas. Hughes, privates John Bower, Francis Buermaster, Joseph Bock, J. H. Branham, Lewis Beidler, John Coonce, A. J. Curtis, Fred Chase, John Cahill, Alpheus Currant, J. C. Dillon, John Doyle, Daniel Eldred, Wm. M. Foster, George W. Fritz, Geo. W. Nevins, Fred. Pettigrove, Samuel Peyton, Walter Hyde, R. Mckenzie, William B. Reed, Joh nW. Raines, A. W. Spease, John W. St. John, William Snodgrass, Philo B. Wright, Newton Wilcox, Albert Waldorf.
In the Sixth, Company C, Stephen Vesper was killed, and Thomas Budworth, William. Russell, Lyman W. Sheldon, and Henry Oviatt wounded.
In the Seventh the killed were: Company C, T. B. Sutton; Compa- ny F, E. S. McDonald, W. N. Miles, Harry Ketner, Louis W. Stephens. The wounded were: Company C, W. P. Durley Herman Radkil, J. L. Eastman, F. Quimby, J. C. Bold; Company D, Jonathan Rinberger; Company F, Sergt. Alex. R. McCartney, Calvin G. Parker, Wm. A. Smith, F. A. Boynton, C. B. Bishop, Capt. John B. Callis, L. Carrier, George Eustice; Perry Gilbert, Wm. H. Miles, John Marlow, Newton McPhail, John Leppla, J. B. Nickerson, Danforth Rector, Wm. R. Ray ; Company G, Douglas Dunwoodie; Company H, Nathaniel Johnson, R. J. Cutts, Frank Kearney, Lucius Eastman, Luman Russell, Martin Moore, John Monteith, Jasper Randolph, John Dillon, J. B. Murphy,
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Samuel K. Potts, Benj. Rice, Alonzo Springer, George M. Steele, A. M. Steele, John Schultz, Silas Streeter, Joshua Thompson; Company K. Chester R. Garner, Franklin Simmons, Charles W. Woodman.
The Iron Brigade fell back through Centerville to Upton's Hill, near Washington. On the night of the 6th of September it crossed the Potomac, passed through Washington, and began a march toward Frederick, Maryland. On the 13th, near that city, it heard cannon- ading in front.
SOUTH MOUNTAIN.
On Sunday, September 14, the Iron Brigade went into the desper- ate battle of South Mountain. Far to the left Reno's corps had driven the enemy, and at the right Hooker's corps had pressed forward with like success. Between these two, on the turnpike and among the hills, was the Rebels' stronghold, from which they had not been driven. In the afternoon the Iron Brigade was sent to make a demonstration on the enemy's center on the main road. The Seventh Wisconsin was on the right and the Nineteenth Indiana on the left, preceded by skir- mishers from the Second and Sixth Wisconsin and followed by the re- mainder of those regiments. A Rebel battery was firing on them from the top of the gorge. A section of Battery B, of the Iron Brigade, opened on the enemy's guns, while the infantry steadily advanced. Though the Rebels were sheltered by woods and stone walls, they were driven back until heavily reinforced. To prevent being flanked, a por- tion of the Sixth entered the woods on their right and deployed to the right of the Seventh. The Nineteenth Indiana and Second Wisconsin swung around parallel to the turnpike and took theenemy on the flank on that side. Meanwhile Battery B was firing over the heads of the infantry. At dark the brigade was still fighting up the hill. At nine o'clock some of the men had exhausted their cartridges and the enemy began to advance. Cartridges were collected from the boxes of the dead and wounded, and the fire reserved for close range. This fire broke the enemy's line and the Seventh charged upon them with the bayonet as they retreated. About ten o'clock the firing ceased, the Sixth being the last to cease firing, having driven the enemy from a stone wall in their front. However, the Rebels crept up and renewed the fight, but were driven off by two volleys from the Sixth. At mid- night the Second and Seventh fell back for ammunition, but the Sixth remained on the field all night. During the night theenemy withdrew.
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