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Samuel Lewis
Andrew Rear
1739- 879
860
Treasurer.
F. R. Melvin
1678- 738
A. Loveland
940
Clerk of the Board.
J. J. Tschudy.
Hermon L. Gloege
Clerk of Court.
1691- 814
887
W. W. Wright ..
1657- 727
597-
2
Edmund M. Bartlett.
930
District Attorney.
A. S. Douglas
2524-2443
William C. Fillebrown
Surveyor.
A. L. Cleveland
1563- 504
F. F. West
1059
John Hattery
Enoch Blackford.
Coroner.
1616- 643
978
81
T. C. Pond.
H. H. Gray.
-
737- 235
502
351
1482- 591
A. S. Douglas
Hiram Brown
2783-2781
2
1993
Carl M. Bordoe.
927
477
HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY.
ELECTION, APRIL, 1871. Associate Judge of Supreme Court. William P. Lyon. 2096-1641
D. J. Pulling .. ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1871. Governor.
455
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1873.
Governor.
C. C. Washburn ..
1402- 36
1366
William R. Taylor
Lieutenant-Governor.
Charles D. Parker.
1404- 46
Secretary of State.
Peter Doyle.
1401- 55
State Treasurer.
Ferdinand Kuehn
1394-
26
Ole C. Johnson.
1368
Attorney-General.
A. Scott Sloan
1408-
57
L. F. Frisby
1351
State Superintendent.
Edward Learing
1417- 76
Robert Graham
1341
Commissioner of Immigration.
M. S. Argard.
1407-
56
George 1. Linderman
1351
Senator.
H. T. Moore ...
1370-
8
A. C. Dodge.
1362
Assembly.
Charles R. Denniston
1388- 11
C. D. W. Leonard
1377
County Superintendent.
Daniel H. Morgan ..
2604
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1874.
Henry S. Morgan
1920- 371
Charles F. Thompson.
Assembly.
Charles R. Denniston ..
1906- 215
Jacob Adams ..
1691
Sheriff.
D. W. Ball.
1810- 51
D. D. Day
1759
Register of Deeds.
C. E. Tanberg
2020- 467
James Luddington
1553
Treasurer.
F. R. Melvin.
1964- 47
William Parr.
1617
Clerk of Court.
Edmund Bartlett.
1874-
James A. Patton
1672
.
County Clerk.
L. Seltzor.
2126- 676
Benedict Miller
1450
District Attorney.
A. S. Douglas
1794- 73
1721
P. J. Clawson.
Surveyor.
A. C. Stuntz
A. M. Troy ..
1624
1972- 348
Coroner.
L. Frankenberger
1937- 275
John Gibbons ..
1662
ELECTION, APRIL, 1875.
Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
E. G. Ryan.
1238
ELECTION, NOVEMBER. 1875.
Governor.
O. Cole.
George B. Smith
2031-2030
1
County Judge.
Brooks Dunwiddie
1379-933
N. C. Carpenter.
446
(. C. Washburn
1757- 623
James R. Doolittle ..
934
Lieutenant-Governor.
Milton H. Pettitt
1714- 775
Robert H. Baker
1358
John A. Rice
939
Secretary of State.
L. Breese.
1770- 846
E. W. Young
1346
Milton Montgomery
9:24
State Treasurer.
Henry Baitz ..
1772- 848
924
Anton Klaus
Attorney-General.
Stephen S. Barlow.
1770- 846
924
Edward S. Bragg.
State Superintendent.
Samuel Fallows
1774- 851
Warren D. Parker
923
State Prison Commissioner.
George F. Wheeler
1765-836
929
Lars E. Johnson.
Commissioner of Immigration.
Ole C. Johnson.
1771- 848
923
Jacob Bodden.
Senator.
Orrin Bacon
H. T. Moore
1668- 682
986
Assembly.
M. H. Pengra
1740- 805
William Duboise.
935
County Superintendent.
D. H. Morgan
1750- 855
895
James A. Patton.
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1872. Assembly.
John Luchsinger
2475-1208
1267
W. E. Noble
Frank Derrick.
2223- 714
1509
Decatur Stewart
Register of Deeds.
C. E. Tanberg
2392-1055
Michael Roach
1337
Treasurer.
F. R. Melvin
2450-1162
1288
John Chryst.
Clerk of Court.
P. J. Clawsou
2225- 742
C. E. Adams
1483
County Clerk.
Leopold Seltzor.
2354- 978
Edward Ruegger.
1376
District Attorney.
A. S. Douglas
Hiram Brown.
Surveyor.
A. L. Cleveland.
2425-1101
P. McVean ...
1324
Coroner.
John Hattery
2401-1077
1324
2446-1159
1287
L. E. Towne. ELECTION, APRIL, 1873. Associate Justice of Supreme Court.
William R. Taylor.
Harrison Gulliigt)a
1995-
35
1980
1649
Sheriff.
478
HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY.
Lieutenant-Governor.
Henry L. Eaton.
1982-397
1585
Charles D. Parker.
Secretary of State.
Hans B. Warner 1967- 378
Peter Doyle.
1589
State Treasurer.
Henry Bartz.
1980- 395
F. Kuehn
Attorney-General.
John R. Bennett
1987- 405
A. Scott Sloan
1582
State Superintendent.
Robert Graham
1980- 392
Edward Learing
1588
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1875.
Senator.
J. B. Treat.
1999- 435
Thomas A. Jackson
1564
Assembly.
John Luchsinger
1976- 489
J. C. Zimmerman.
1587
County Superintendent.
Thomas C. Richards
2052- 543
S. E. Miner
1509
ELECTION, APRIL, 1876.
Judge Cireuit Court.
H. S. Conger
1839
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1876.
Congress .
George C. Hazelton.
2587- 725
1862
John Luchsinger
989- 422
William Green ..
567
Assembly, (2d District.)
Frank Mitchell
1601- 317
R. Banyhton
1284
Sheriff.
F. K. Studley.
2484- 519
J. H. Van Dyke.
965
Treasurer.
J. S. Smock
2658- 891
Warren Clark
1767
County Clerk.
L. Seltzor
2749-1049
E. J. Blackford
1700
Clerk of the Court.
Edmund Bartlett.
2587- 840
T. B. Sutherland
1747
G. L. Shattuck
103
District Attorney.
P. J. Clawson
2588- 772
T. H. Eaton
Register of Deeds.
C. E. Tanberg
2652- 857
H. Gilligan
1795
Surveyor.
A. C. Stuntz
2614- 878
P. M. Vean
1835
Coroner.
863
P. H. Mutter
1801
ELECTION, APRIL, 1877.
County Judge.
Brooks Dunwiddie
1943
ELECTION, NOVEMBER. 1877. Governor.
William E. Smith.
1823-974
849
James A. Malory.
Edward P. Allis
580
Lieutenant-Governor.
James M. Bingham.
1815- 948
867
R. E. Davis
E. H. Benton
570
Secretary of State.
Hans B. Warner
1816-955
861
James B. Hays
Joseph Osborn.
578
State Treasurer.
Richard Guenther
1818- 958
John Rengle.
860
William Schwartz
573
Attorney-General.
Alexander Wilson
1816- 954
862
J. M. Morrow
Henry Hayden
State Superintendent.
W. C. Whitford
1796- 80
816
Edward Learing
George M. Stute ..
627
Assembly, (1st District.)
Johu Luchsinger
705-346
William Gill ...
459
Member Assembly, (2d Distriet.)
Franklin Mitchell
1164- 281
James Ely
883
County Superintendent.
T. C. Richards
1907- 661
1246
Z. A. Church
ELECTION, APRIL, 1878.
Associate Justice of Supreme Court.
Harlow S. Orton.
1171
Associate Justice of Supreme Court. Term Ending January,
1886.)
David Taylor ...
1173
Congress.
George C. Hazelton
2027-137
Owen Ning.
1890
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1878.
Assembly, (1st District.
F. R. Melvin.
753-
9
744
C. D. W. Leonard.
Assembly, (2d District.)
Franklin Mitehell
1262- 91
Daniel Brobst
1171
Sheriff.
Col Morse
1999- 66
G. L. Shattuck.
1933
County Clerk.
L. Seltzor
2021- 113
B. Miller
1908
1816
Register of Deeds.
C. E. Tanberg.
2184- 463
Thomas G. Anderson.
1721
Treasurer.
Sylvester MeMannes
2120-326
John B. Grinnell ..
1704
Clerk of the Court.
Edmund Bartlett.
20:27-139
W. 1). Mathews.
1888
District Attorney.
P. J. Clawson
2021- 165
N. C. Casper.
1856
County Surveyor.
2011 -: 102
A. C. Stuntz.
D. H. Morgan.
1909
574
Philo. A. Orton.
Assembly, (1st District.)
1585
John Wood
2664- 863
479
HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY.
ELECTION, APRIL, 1879. Associate Justice of Supreme Court.
0. Cole.
1633- 332
M. M. Cothren.
1201
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1879. Governor.
William E. Smith
2000- 896
James G. Jenkins. 1104
Reuben May
361
Lieutenent-Governor.
James M. Bingham.
1977- 856
George H. King.
1121
William L. Ulley
363
Secretary of State.
Hans B. Warner
2007- 920
1087
Samual Ryan.
George W. Lee ..
365
State Treasurer.
Richard Guenther
2015- 93
1084
Andrew Huben
Peter A. Griffith
364
Attorney-General.
Alexander Wilson.
2007-913
1094
J. M. Smith
Edward Q Nye.
364
State Superintendent.
William C. Whilford
1977- 865
1112
Edward Learing.
William H. Searls
364
Senator.
J. W. Blackstone
2007-920
1087
Charles Pots
W. M. Granashard.
364
Assembly, (1st District.)
C. Troy.
655- 332
Thomas Lnehsinger
323
C. D. W. Leonard.
290
Assembly, (2d Distriet.)
Burr Sprague.
1178-300
878
N. Treat ..
J. V. Roberts.
91
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1880.
Congress.
George C. Hazelton
2734-956
M. M. Cothren.
1778
Assembly, (1st District.)
Cyrus Troy
924- 211
713
Burr Sprague.
1713- 649
George L Sbattuek.
1064
J. W. Stewart ..
111
Sheriff.
F. K. Studley
2791- 293
Joseph Adamıs.
1498
A. B. Douglas
250
Register of Deeds.
C. E. Tanberg
2778-1034
O. Eidsmore
1744
Louis Kemper
Treasurer.
2740-1228
P. Murphy
259
District Attorney.
P. J. Clawson
2540- 660
A. S. Douglas
1880
Assembly (1st District.)
County Clerk.
Herman L. Gloege
2643-1137
Thomas Luchsinger
1506
T. Luchsinger.
Benediet Miller.
372
Clerk of the Court.
Edmund Bartlett
2308-472
A. S. Putnam
1836
E. L. Walker
329
Surveyor.
A. C. Stuntz ...
2774-1300
A. L. Cleveland.
1474
H. Drain.
278
Coroner.
John Wood
2701-1280
E. Bowen
J. V. Roberts
275
15:21
ELECTION, APRIL, 1881. Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
Orasmns Cole
2797-2783
James G. Jenkins
14
Chief Justice of Supreme Court, (full term )
Orasmus Cole
2798-2784
James G. Jenkins
14
Associate Justice of Supreme Court (for term ending Jan-
uary 1890.)
J. B. Cassoday
2799-2786
M. M. Cothren.
13
County Judge.
Brooks Dunwiddie.
2010-1208
S. W. Abbott.
802
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1881.
Governor.
J. M. Rusk.
1643- 969
674
159
A. D. Fratt.
T. D. Kanonse
Edward P. Ellis
253
Lieutenant-Governor.
Samual S. Fifind.
1635-962
W. A. Anderson
673
H. S. Clapp
15%
David Gedding
254
Secretary of State.
Ernest G. Timme
2735-2045
Michael Johnson
690
E'mund Bartlett.
182
Wilson Hopkins.
288
State Treasurer.
Edward C. Fetridge
1644-1012
Frank R. Talk.
632
J. J. Sutton ..
152
Gerhart Lammers
293
Attorney-General. '
Leander F. Frisby
1650-1023
Melanethon J. Briggs
622
E. G. Comstock.
154
Joel Foster
204
State Superintendent.
Robert Graham
2430-2249
J. A. Gaynor
291
Rail Road Commissioner.
Nils P. Hanyen ..
1655-1032
Ambrose Hoffmann
623
John Nader
153
T. G. Brunson
294
Commissioner of Insurance.
Philip L. Spooner
1657-1034
623
Thomas Bracken
150
Lorenzo Merrill.
995
Senator.
A. H. Randall.
· 1:96- 904
Hugh J. Gallagher.
892
Hiram Gabriel.
681- 412
J. F. Grinnell
Assembly, (2d Distriet.)
John Bolander.
1101- 64℃
454
-
Simon Bartlett
Patriek Sheehan
L. Hare.
J. L. Dalrymple
Assembly, (2d District.)
480
HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY.
County Superintendent.
D. H. Morgan.
1379- 56
1323
Robert Sinithì
ELECTION, APRIL, 1882. Judge of Circuit Court.
J. R. Bennett. 1617- 885 732
H. S. Conger. ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1882. Congress.
Burr W. Jones. 1715
George C. Hazelton
692
E. W. Keys
652
Samuel D. Hasting 496
263
Herman L. Gloege.
2032- 528
George L. Shattuck
1501
T. B. Sutherland
276
Clerk of the Court.
Theodore W. GolJin
1957- 417
H. Gi.legan
1540
F. H. Smock.
294
Surveyor.
A. C. Stuntz
2033
Coroner.
Edward Ruegger
2178-782
Charles R. Denniston
1396
John Connery
260
Register of Deeds.
C. E. Tanberg
1496- 332
1164
E. B. Cross
Andrew Anderson
Z. T. Fritz.
160
868
Treasurer.
L. Hare
1946- 348
Thomas Emerson.
1598
Christ. Winert.
338
District Attorney.
P. J. Clawson
2022- 504
Edmund Bartlett.
1518
County Clerk.
P. W. Matts.
Assembly (1st District.)
Hiram Gabriel.
675- 351
M Fitzgerald ..
324
C. D. Leonard
241
James Fitzgerald.
153
Assembly (2d District.)
John Bolander
1273- 270
Charles F. Thompson
1003
D. D. Tyler
113
Sheriff.
William Green.
1555-
49
John Wood.
1506
D.S. Young
374
HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY.
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CHAPTER XX.
THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
Before entering upon a consideration of the part taken by the citizen-soldiers of Green county, in the great contest between the slave- owners of the south and the lovers of freedom in the north, it is proper to dwell for a brief period upon the causes leading to the conflict of arms and the incipient steps taken by the general and State governments in arousing and marshalling the hosts of liberty-loving men ' who afterward so grandly kept step to the music of the Union.
WISCONSIN'S FIRST EFFORTS.
When Wisconsin was first called upon to aid the general government in its efforts to sustain itself against the designs of the secession con- spirators, the commercial affairs of the State were embarrassed to a considerable degree by the depreciation of the currency. The designs of the secessionists were so far developed at the ending of the year 1860, as to show that resistence to the National authority had been fully determined on. It is not a matter of won- der, then, that Gov. Randall in his message to the legislature, early in January, 1861, should have set forth the dangers which threatened the Union, or should have denied the right of a State to secede from it.
" Secession," said he, " is revolution ; revolu- tion is war; war against the government of the United States is treason." " It is time," he con- tinued, " now, to know whether we have any government, and if so, whether it has any strength. Is our written constitution more than a sheet of parchment ? The Nation must be lost or preserved by its own strength. Its strength is in the patriotism of the people. It
is time now that politicians become patriots ; that men show their love of country by every sacrifice, but that of principle, and by unwaver- ing devotion to its interests and integrity." "The hopes," added the governor, most elo- quently, "of civilization and Christianity are suspended now upon the answer to this ques- tion of dissolution. The capacity for, as well as the right of, self-government is to pass its ordeal, and speculation to become certainty. Other systems have been tried, and have failed; and all along the skeletons of Nations have been strewn, as warnings and land marks, upon the great highway of historic government. Wis- consin is true, and her people steadfast. She will not destroy the Union, nor consent that it shall be done. Devised by great, and wise, and good men, in days of sore trial, it must stand. Like some bold mountain, at whose base the great seas break their angry floods, and around whose summit the thunders of a thousand hur- ricans have rattled-strong, unmoved, immov- able-so may our Union, be, while treason surges at its base, and passion rage around it, unmoved, immovable-here letit stand forever."
These are the words of an exalted and genu- ine patriotism. But the governor did not con- tent himself with eloquence alone. He came down to matters of business as well. He urged the necessity of legislation that would give more efficient organization to the militia of the State. He warned the legislators to make preparations also for the coming time that should try the souls of men. " The signs of the times," said he, "indicate that there may arise a contingency in the condition of the govern-
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ment, when it will become necessary to respond to a call of the National government for men and means to maintain the integrity of the Union, and to thwart the designs of men en- gaged in organized treason. While no unnec- essary expense should be incurred, yet it is the part of wisdom, both for individuals and States, in revolutionary times to be prepared to defend our institutions to the last extremity." It was thus the patriotic governor gave evidence to the members of both houses that he "scented the battle afar off."
On the 16th of January a joint resolution of the legislature was passed, declaring that the people of Wisconsin are ready to co-operate with the friends of the Union everywhere for its preservation, to yield a cheerful obedience to its requirements, and to demand a like obedi. ence from all others; that the legislature of Wisconsin, profoundly impressed with the value of the Union, and determined to preserve it un- impaired, hail with joy the recent firm, dignified and patriotic special message of the President of the United States; that they tender to him, through the chief magistrate of their own State, whatever aid, in men and money, may be re- quired to enable him to enforce the laws and uphold the authority of the federal government and in defense of the more perfect Union, which has conferred prosperity and happiness on the American people. "Renewing," said they, "the pledge given and redeemed by our fathers, we are ready to devote our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honors in upholding the Union and the Constitution."
The legislature, in order to put the State upon a kind of "war footing," passed an act for its defense, and to aid in enforcing the laws and maintaining the authority of the general gov- ernment. It was under this act that Gov. Ran- dall was enabled to organize the earlier regi- ments of Wisconsin. By it, in case of a call from the President of the United States to aid in maintaining the Union and the supremacy of
the laws, to suppress rebellion or insurrection, or to repel invasion within the United States, the governor was authorized to provide in the most efficient manner for responding to such call -- to accept the services of volunteers for service, in companies of seventy-five men each, rank and file, and in regiments of ten companies of seventy-five men each, and to commission officers for them. The governor was also author- ized to contract for the uniforms and equipments necessary for putting such companies into active service. One hundred thousand dollars was ap- propriated for war purposes; and bonds were au- thorized to be issued for that amount, to be ne- gotiated by the governor for raising funds. It will be seen, therefore, that the exigencies of the times-for Fort Sumter had not yet been surrendered-were fully met by the people's representatives, they doing their whole duty, as they then understood it, in aid of the perpetnity of the Union.
Having defended Fort Sumter for thirty-four hours, until the quarters were entirely burned, the main gates destroyed, the gorge-wall seri- ously injured, the magazine surrounded by flames, and its door closed from the effects of the heat, four barrels and three cartridges of powder only being available, and no provisions but pork remaining, Robert Anderson, major of the 1st Artillery, United States army, accepted terms of evacuation offered by Gen. Beauregard, marched out of the fort on Sunday afternoon, the 14th of April, 1861, with colors flying and drums beating, bringing away company and pri- vate property, and saluting his flag with fifty guns. This, in brief, is the story of the fall of Sumter and the opening act of the War of the Rebellion.
"Whereas," said Abraham Lincoln, President, in his proclamation of the next day, "the laws of the United States have been for some time past, and now are, opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Caro- lina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, by combinations too pow-
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erful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law." Now, in view of that fact, he called forth the militia of the several States of the Union, to the aggregate number of 75,000, in order to suppress those combina- tions, and to cause the laws to be duly executed. "A call is made on you by to-night's mail for one regiment of militia for immediate service," telegraphed the secretary of war to Randall, on the same day.
TIIE STATE AROUSED.
In Wisconsin, as elsewhere, the public pulse quickened under the excitement of the fall of Sumter. "The dangers which surrounded the Nation awakened the liveliest sentiments of pa- triotism and devotion. For the time party fealty was forgotten in the general desire to save the Nation. The minds of the people soon settled into the conviction that a bloody war was at hand, and that the glorious fabric of our Na- tional government, and the principles npon which it is founded, were in jeopardy, and with a determination unparalleled in the history of any country, they rushed to its defense. On every hand the National flag could be seen dis- played, and the public enthusiasm knew no bounds. In city, town and hamlet, the burden on every tongue was war." "We have never been accustomed," said Gov. Randall, "to con- sider the military arm as essential to the main- tenance of our government, but an exigency has arisen that demands its employment." "The time has come," he continued, "when parties and platforms must be forgotten, and all good citizens and patriots unite together in putting down rebels and traitors." "What is money," he asked, "what is life, in the presence of such a crisis?"
Such utterances and such enthusiasm could but have their effect upon the legislature, which, it will be remembered, was still in session. So, although that body had voted to adjourn, sine alie, on the 15th of April, yet, when the moment
arrived, and a message from the governor was received, announcing that, owing to the extra- ordinary exigencies which had arisen, an amendment of the law of the 13th of the 'month was necessary, the resolution to adjourn was at once rescinded. The two houses there- upon not only increased the amount of bonds to be issued to $200,000, but they also passed a law exempting from civil process, during the time of service, all persons enlisting and mus- tering into the United States army from Wis- consin. When, on the 17th, the legislature did adjourn, the scene was a remarkable one. Nine cheers were given for the star spangled banner and three for the Governor's Guard, who had just then tendered their services-the first in the State-under the call for a regiment of men for three months' duty.
"For the first time in the history of this fed- eral government," are the words of the gov- ernor, in a proclamation issued on the 16th of April, "organized treason has manifested itself within several States of the Union, and armed rebels are making war against it." "The treas- urers of the country," said he, "must no longer be plundered; the public property must be pro- teeted from aggressive violence; that already seized must be retaken, and the laws must be executed in every State of the Union alike." "A demand," he added, "made upon Wisconsin, by the President of the United States, for aid to sustain the federal arm, must meet with a prompt response." And it did, and nowhere with more genuine enthusiasm than in Green county.
GREEN COUNTY AWAKENED.
The county of Green was not slow to move when it was clearly seen by her citizens that the Union was in deed and in truth threatened by armed rebellion and avowed secession.
Her first company was company C, 3d regi- ment. It was enlisted in April and May, 1861. In December of that year, the county was credited with 229 soldiers. Her total credit in August, 1862, was 708 men; so, it will be seen,
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HISTORY OF GREEN COUNTY.
that Green county was not slow to respond to the calls made upon her when the war broke out.
GREEN COUNTY'S ROLL OF HONOR.
The following are brief sketches of the vari- ons Wisconsin regiments in which, to a greater or less extent, Green county was represented during the war. To these sketches are ap- pended the names of the citizen-soldiers from the county in each of these regiments, so far as ascertained:
FIRST WISCONSIN (THREE MONTHS) REGIMENT.
On the 15th of April, 1861, an informal meet- ing was held at Madison, at the executive office, to consider events, Judge O. Cole, of the Supreme Court in the chair. He made a speech full of patriotism and the noblest sentiments. On the day following, Gov. Randall notified Capt. George E. Bryant that the services of the Madison Guards had been accepted, and he was anthorized to fill up his company ; and, on the same day, the governor issued a proclamation for the organization of the 1st regiment of Wis- consin Volunteers. The enrollment of men for this company began on April 17, on which day twenty-eight names were enrolled, which on the 20th were increased to 118. On the 17th, the Governor's Guard, a military organization at Madison, by their captain, Judge J. P. Atwood, tendered their services, which were accepted on the 18th. The company had seventy-three names enrolled ; and on the evening of that day, a large and enthusiastic meeting was held at the assembly room in the State capitol, at which Hon. H. S. Orton presided. A committee was appointed to receive from the citizens, and those in the vicinity, subscriptions for the support of families which should need aid. At this meeting, $7,490 were voluntarily sub- seribed. The two Madison companies, with the other companies composing the Ist regiment, rendezvoused at Milwaukee on the 27th of April; and, on the 17th of May, the organiza- tion of the regiment was completed, and mus- tered into the United States service, and the
war department informed that it awaited marching orders. The troops remained in camp until the 9th of June, when, in obedience to orders from Washington, they left the State for Harrisburg, Penn., fully equipped by the State, with the exception of arms. The commissioned officers were John C. Starkweather, colonel ; Charles L. Harris, lientenant-colonel ; D. H. Lain, major; A. R. Chapin, adjutant; D. W. Keyes, quartermaster; B. F. White, surgeon ; L. J. Dixon and J. Crngom, assistants; J. W. Plows, commissary ; Charles Fairchild, assist- ant. The regiment was composed of four com- panies from Milwaukee county, two from Dane county, one from Rock, one each from Kenosha and Fond du Lac counties. The regiment was quartered for a time at Hagerstown, Md., un- der thecommand of Generals Nagley and Aber- crombie respectively. It was assigned to the division of Major-Gen. Patterson, July 2. It led the advance on Martinsburg, participated in the battle of Falling Water, and won a reputation for bravery and veteran-like conduct excelled by no other regiment. After serving ont the time for which it was enlisted, the regi- ment returned to Fort Scott, at Milwaukee, and was mustered out Ang. 22, 1861. The only person from Green county in this regiment, so far as is known, was Robert Hewitt, of Albany. SECOND WISCONSIN REGIMENT.
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