History of Green County, Wisconsin. Together with sketches of its towns and villages, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, Part 72

Author: Union publishing company, Springfield, Ill., pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Springfield, Ill., Union publishing company
Number of Pages: 1168


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Capt. Frost, company K,died on December 18, in hospital at Memphis. The regiment was at Milliken's Bend Jan. 1, 1863. On the 10th of the month they disembarked within three miles of Arkansas Post, on the Arkansas river. While moving forward to obtain position they were assailed by a destructive enfilading fire from the enemy's rifle-pits and artillery, render- ing necessary a change of front. This having been effected, three companies were employed as skirmishers, and captured several block- houses; while the balance of the regiment at- tacked and carried the rifle pits. After an en- gagement of about three hours, the post, with its garrison, unconditionally surrendered. In this engagement the 23d sustained a loss of six killed and thirty one wounded. January 15 the regiment again embarked, and arrived at Young's Point, La., where they encamped. In this unhealthy location the regiments suffered severely from the effects of malaria and expos- ure, and it was until the middle of February be- fore the regiment could muster 250 men fit for duty. From the middle of February to the 8th of March, they were engaged in several minor excursions against the enemy at Green- ville, Miss., and at Cypress Bend, Ark., where


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they had a severe fight, in which the 23d suc- ceeded in capturing several prisoners and pieces of artillery. After a foraging expedition to Princeton, Miss., they ascended the river to Milliken's Bend, where the health of the regi- ment greatly improved. Following the thir- teenth army corps in its march to the rear of Vicksburg, they proceeded to Hard Times land- ing, below Grand Gulf. Crossing the river to Bruinsburg, the division commenced the march toward Vicksburg, reaching the battle ground of Port Gibson May 1. In the action at this place the regiment, with the brigade, captured twenty prisoners, and on the day following took the advance, and pushing forward, was the first of our army to' enter the village of Port Gibson. After several days' skirmishing, the regiment joined the movement on Raymond, and on the 16th took part in the battle of Champion Hills. It took the advance, and forced back the ene- my's skirmish line to the main body, a distance of two miles; and in the battles of the 20th and 22d the regiment and brigade did excellent service. The 22d lost, in these engagements, seventeen killed and thirty-six wounded.


The regiment was subsequently occupied in siege duty until the final surrender of Vicks- burg, July 4. Up to the 5th of June the regi- ment had been commanded by Col. Guppy, when continued ill health compelled him to turn over his command to Lieut .- Col. Vilas, who had the charge of the regiment during the subse- quent progress of the siege of Vicksburg, and for nearly two months after the surrender. On the 10th of July the regiment took position be- fore Jackson, Miss., and were there until after the capture of that place. They returned to Vicksburg July 21, and encamped until August 24, when the regiment proceeded down the river to New Orleans, and from thence to Ber- wick City. On the 25th of August Col. Vilas resigned, and Major Hill was appointed lieuten- ant-colonel. On the 7th of October the regi- ment took part in the expedition to south west- ern Louisiana, passing through Centreville, New


Iberia and Vermillion, at which place they re- mained until the 21st. Passing through Opelou- sas to Barr's landing, they moved, November 1, to Bayou Borbeaux, where, on the 3d, the enemy inade a fierce assault. In this engagement they lost seven killed and thirty-eight wounded, and eighty-six taken prisoners. After the battle, the regiment, on the 3d of November, retired to Carrion Crow Bayou, and thence proceeded to New Iberia, which it reached on the 8th, and the regiment was assigned provost duty; Col. Hill being placed in command of the post of New Iberia. The regiment subsequently went to Texas, and embarked at Algiers for Mata- gorda, arriving on the 29th off De Crow's Point, where they landed and went into camp, Jan. 1, 1864.


The regiment were at Matagorda in January, 1864, from which place they returned to Louisi- ana, and to Berwick City. They took a part in Banks's Red River expedition, of which we have given an account in our record of other regiments. The 23d participated in all the movements and engagements of the expedition. Making long marches, and descending the Mississippi, they landed, on the 24th of April, at Baton Rouge, where they encamped. From the 8th to 26th of July, the regiment was en- camped at Algiers, opposite New Orleans. Here they engaged in skirmish work, making recon- noissances of the surrounding country, also mak- ing an expedition, on the 3d of October, to Bayou Sara, and marching sixteen miles, to Jackson, La., and returning the next day in transports. On the 5th of October, they en- tered camp at Morganzia, and reached Helena, November 3, and went into camp there.


The regiment remained at Helena, Ark., until the 23d of February, 1865, at which date they were placed on transports, and proceeded south, reaching New Orleans on the 27th, and encamped at Algiers. On the 1st of March they moved to Hickox's Landing, on Lake Pont- chartrain, to unite with the forces designed for the reduction of Mobile. They reached Spanish


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Fort on the 27th of March, and took position with the brigade, and on the 30th were ordered on an expedition toward Blakely. In the final assault, they acted as support to the attacking column. After the capture of that place, they crossed the bay, and encamped five miles below Mobile. On the 4th of July the 23d was mus- tered out of service, and the next day set out for Wisconsin, arriving at Madison on the 16th. On the 24th they were paid, and formally dis- banded.


The only representative Green county had in the 23d regiment, was an honored one -Rev. Christian E. Weinch, chaplain. IIe was from Monroe. He joined the regiment in October, 1862, and died at Young's Point, La., Feb. 15, 1863.


TWENTY-FIFTH WISCONSIN REGIMENT.


This regiment was organized at Camp Solo- mon, La Crosse, in September, 1862, and mus- tered into the United States service on the 14th of that month, and was ordered to report to Gen. Pope, at St. Paul, to aid in suppressing the Indian difficulties in the State of Minnesota. They left the State on the 15th, with the fol- lowing roster:


Colonel-Milton Montgomery.


Lieutenant-Colonel-Samuel J. Nasmith.


Major -Jeremiah. M. Rusk.


Adjutant-George G. Symes.


Quartermaster-William H. Downs.


Surgeon-Martin R. Gage.


Ist Assistant Surgeon-Jacob MeCreary.


2d Assistant Surgeon-William A. Gott.


Chaplain-Rev. T. C. Golden.


Captain Co. A-James Berry.


" B-William II. Joslyn.


66 C-H. D. Faryuharson.


D-James D. Condit.


66 " E-John D. Scott.


66 F-James C. Farrand.


G-Viruz W. Dorwin.


II-Ziba S. Swan.


66 I-Robert Nash.


K-Robert M. Gordon.


First Lieutenant, Co. A-Cyrus M. Butt.


66


B-William Ronsh.


66


66


C-L. S. Mason.


66


66


D-M. E. Leonard.


66


E-John W. Smelker.


66


. 66


F -- Parker C. Dunn.


G-John W. Brackett.


H-Chas. F. Olmstead.


66 I-Daniel N. Smalley.


K-Charles A. Hunt.


Second Lieut. Co. A-John R. Casson. 66 66


" B-William H. Bennett.


" C- - Thomas Bennett.


" D-Charles S. Farnam.


" E-John M. Shaw.


66


" F-Oscar E. Foote.


66


66


" G-Robert J. Whittleton.


66


" H -- Henry C. Wise.


" I -- John T. Richards.


66


K-Lewis F. Grow.


Arriving at St. Paul on the 20th of Septem- ber, 1862, the regiment was divided, five com- panies under Lieut .- Col. Nasmith, being sent to Sauk Center, Painesville and Acton ; the re- mainder, under the command of Col. Mont- gomery, was sent to Leavenworth, Fairmount, Winnebago City and New Ulm, where regi- mental headquarters were established.


After service in Minnesota, the regiment returned to Wisconsin, reaching Camp Randall on the 18th of December, 1862. On the 17th of February, 1863, the regiment left, under orders to report at Cairo, Ill., where they arrived on the 19th, and moved next day to Columbus, Ky., and eneamped. Here the regiment was at- tached to the sixteenth army corps. From this time until August, which month found the regi- ment at Helena, they were variously employed. Lieut .- Col. Samuel J. Nasmith died of disease contracted in the service on the 17th of August, and Major Rusk was appointed lieutenant-col- onel in his place. The regiment remained at Helena until the 1st of February, 1864, when they moved down the river to Vicksburg.


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The regiment reached Chattanooga May 5, and immediately proceeded to join the forces of Gen. Sherman. The sixteenth corps formed part of the "Army of the Tennessee " under Gen. McPherson. On the 9th of the month they took part in a movement against Resaca, which was renewed on the 14th. In attacking the enemy at Peach Orchard on the 15th of June, Lieut .- Col. Rusk was wounded in the right arm.


On the 19th of July the sixteenth army corps was at Decatur. About noon on the 22d three regiments commanded by Col. Sprague were attacked by two divisions of Wheeler's dis- mounted cavalry. Col. Montgomery, with a force composed of companies B, E, F and I, of the 25th Wisconsin, and four companies of the 63d Ohio, was ordered out to ascertain the po- sition of the enemy. They advanced about three-fourths of a mile up a road, on the west of which was a narrow, but impassable swamp, and on the other a deep, miry ditch. The enemy were met about half a mile from the swamp, by the skirmishers, consisting of com- pany F and an Ohio company, under command of Lieut .- Col. Rusk. The enemy opened a se- vere fire and the skirmishers were driven down the road back to the reserve, which, under Col. Montgomery, was in position to the left of the road.


The enemy advancing in strong force, Col. Montgomery moved the reserve by the left flank, and in attempting to cross the ditch to reach the battery in the rear, his horse sank in the miry ground, and he was shot by the enemy and captured. Lieut .- Col. Rusk, with the skirmishers, held the enemy in check for a short time on the road, but were soon obliged to re- tire. In attempting to do this Lient .- Col. Rusk was surrounded by six or eight rebels, who came at him with bayonets at a charge. One of them made a dash at him and caught his sword, which hung in its scabbard by his side, the squad crying out for the "Yankee " to sur- render. The lieutenant-colonel made a charac-


teristic reply and very coolly pressed his revol- ver to the side of the head of the rebel and gave him its contents. In falling, the fellow still held to the sword, which broke from its fasten- ing. Putting spurs to his horse, the lieutenant- colonel dashed down the road, under the fire of the rebels, to which he replied with his revolver and succeeded in rejoining his regiment near the battery in the rear, not, however, until he had his horse shot from under him.


On November 15th, 1864, the seventeenth army corps left Atlanta on the grand march to the sea, the 21st acting as a train guard, as far as Monticello, when they rejoined their brigade. At Beaufort, Col. Montgomery, who had been exchanged, returned to the army and was placed in command of the brigade.


On the Salkahatchie river, on the 20th of Jan- uary, 1865, the 25th encountered the enemy, drove in his pickets and dislodged a small force behind temporary breastworks. . A shell from the enemy grazed the head of the horse of Lieut .- Col. Rusk, knocking the animal down, and the colonel was dismounted, the orderly in the rear having his head carried away by the missile. The regiment was mustered out of the service on the 7th of June and set out for home, arriving at Madison on the 11th of that month, where they were soon paid off und disbanded.


The only person from Green county known to have been in the 25th regiment, was David G. Gilliss, of Albany.


TWENTY-SEVENTH


AND THIRTIETHI WISCONSIN REGIMENTS.


The 27th regiment was composed of six com- panies and was commanded by Col. Conrad Krez. The organization was completed in 1862, but the regiment was not mustered into the ser- vice until April 7, 1863. After leaving the State, it did garrison duty for a while at Colum- bus, Ky. They subsequently moved to Memphis and then to Vicksburg. After the latter place capitulated, they moved to Helena, Ark .; and were present at the capture of Little Rock. On the 23d of March, 1864, they


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accompanied the march of Gen. Steele to co-op- perate with Gen. Banks in the Red River ex- pedition. After a number of marches and doing duty in a number of places, the regiment was detailed to guard duty on the Little Rock & Memphis Railroad and was thus en- gaged until Feb. 7, 1865.


On the 20th of February, 1865, the regiment arrived in Mobile bay. They were engaged in the vicinity in various duties until the ter- mination of the siege. After being employed in the State actively until the 1st of June, they proceeded to Texas. They were mustered out of the service at Brownsville and set out on their return home on the 29th of that month They arrived in Madison on the 17th of Sep- tember, where the regiment was shortly after paid off and disbanded.


The 13th regiment-Col. Daniel J. Dill- was composed of six companies from St. Croix and Chippewa valleys, two from Waushara county and two from the county of Iowa. Dur- ing 1862, the regiment was retained in the State helping on the draft. It was subsequently broken up into detachments, and these were engaged in various duties outside the State. The regiment was finally mustered out of the service on the 20th of September, 1865, arriving at Madison on the 25th, where they were dis- banded.


Men of the Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth Regi- ments from Green County.


Twenty-seventh .- Kittle N. Jorde and Joseph C'arter.


Thirtieth .- Francis R. Drake, Emerson C. Drake, John Smith and Thomas Cunningham.


THIRTY-FIRST WISCONSIN REGIMENT.


This regiment (Col. Isaac E. Messmore) was left in 1862, by the order of the war department prohibiting recruiting, with less than the mini- mum. Six companies from Iowa, Lafayette and Crawford counties, were ordered into camp at Prairie Du Chien; and special permission, before alluded to, was obtained to continue re- cruiting for this regiment. At the close of the


year, it was much above the minimum strength, and of good material. On the 14th of Novem- ber, it was removed from Prairie Du Chien, in charge of the camp of rendezvous for drafted men at Racine, where it remained, awaiting orders to join the army in the field.


The regiment left the State for service in the field on the 1st of March, 1863, under orders to report at Columbus, Ky. Proceeding by way of Cairo, Ill., they arrived at Columbus on the 3d, and went into camp at Fort Halleck. Here the regiment was stationed, and was engaged in the performance of garrison duty, until Sep- tember 24, when it left Columbus, with orders to report at Louisville, Ky., which place it reached on the 27th. On the 5th of October, it marched to La Vergne, Tenn., and guarded the road until the 25th, when it marched to Mur- freesboro. Three companies were detached and stationed at a point where the railroad passed Stone River. Here they threw up forti- fications, and guarded this important bridge during the winter.


Three companies of the 31st regiment were engaged in the winter of 1863-64 guarding the bridge at Stone River. On the 2d of April, they rejoined the regiment at Murfreesboro, and were engaged during the month along the road between that place and Normandy, Tenn., doing outpost-duty. On the 6th of July, they were ordered to Nashville, and on their arrival had quarters assigned them west of the Nash- A ville & Chattanooga Railroad. From Nash- ville, they proceeded by rail for Marietta, Ga., which they reached on the 19th. While on the road, near Kingston, one of the trains ran off the track, wounding two officers, killing one man and severely wounding ten others. On the 22d of July, the regiment moved with the army upon Atlanta, and were placed in the front line; and here they lay under fire until August 25, when they took part in the movement of the corps. They then returned to the railroad bridge across the Chattahoochee, while the rest of the army swung around to Jonesboro.


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On the 4th of September, the skirmishers of the 31st were among the first to enter the city. The next day, the regiment moved within the fortifications, and was assigned quarters in the city. In addition to other duties devolving upon troops in an enemy's country, the regiment were engaged in protecting forage-trains, and were very successful furnishing grain for the famishing horses and mules of the army. The twentieth army corps broke camp on the 15th of November, and filed out of the burning city, which prove } to be the march to the sea. The fatigues and dangers to which all were exposed were endured by the 31st during the march through Georgia. They took part in an en- gagement ten miles from Savannah, capturing the works and the camp of the enemy; having one man killed, and three wounded. The regi- ment took part in the siege of Savannah, and after its capture was assigned quarters within the fortifications. Here they remained until the 18th of January, 1865.


On that day the regiment crossed the Savan- nah river, and rejoined its division at Parisburg, S. C., twenty-five miles distant from Savannah. Owing to rains, they were water-bound until the 28th. The regiment marched with the army through South Carolina, doing its share in burning and destroying, tearing up railroads, and similar duties, to drive back the enemy's rear guard. On the 16th of March they took position in the front, at the battle of Averys- boro, and were under fire until night. They lost two men killed, and ten wounded. On the 19th, the 31st was at the battle of Bentonville, in which ten were killed, and forty-two wounded. The regiment reached Goldsboro on the 24th of March, having been on the tramp sixty-five days, twenty-three of which the rain fell without cessa- tion, many of them barefoot,and often hungry for twenty-four hours. On the 10th of April the army was again in motion, in the direction of Raleigh, when they heard of Johnston's surren- der to Gen. Sherman. The regiment went into camp at Raleigh. On the 30th of April the twen-


tieth army corps started for Washington, pass- ing through Richmond, Va., on the 11th, and arrived at Alexandria, May 20. On the 24th they took part in the grand review at Washing- ton. On the 2d of June they were ordered to Louisville, where quarters were assigned to them. Six companies were mustered out, to date from June 20, and left for Madison June 21. They were paid off, and went to their homes July 8, 1865. The remaining companies remained in camp until July 8, and were mus- tered out, reaching Madison on the 12th, and were paid off and discharged July 20, 1865.


Men in the Thirty-first Regiment from Green County.


Francis H. West, Joseph B. Gaylor, James M. Ball, Alvin H. Thatcher, R. B. Stevenson, Nathaniel B. Treat, Thomas Beattie, Ira Win- slow, Cornelius M. Bridge, George W. Noble, Isaac N. Bridge, Charles A. Weed, Jacob Schuler, Peter Gerber, Jesse Alexander, Ed- mund Bartlett, John T. Beebe, George U. Blaisdell, William S. Bloom, William M. Brooks, Nelson Bussey, John Campbell, Lyman F. Clark, Thomas Ellison, Jr., Conrad Elmer, Samuel Emerick, Turner Emerson, Albert Engler, Wil- liam F. Folsom, Jacob Gerber, Dominic Glaus, Herman L. Glæge, Frederick Heer, Jost Hæsli, Nicholas Hoffer, Stephen R. Hogans, Joseph Grinninger, William M. Jones, Abraham Kno- bel, Casper Knobel, Richard Manly, Abraham Noble, Henry Pitman, Andrew Ransom, Jesse Raymer, William Robinson, George F. Schroyer, John Schuler, Caspar Snyder, Ulrich Sommer, Jacob Stievick, Isaiah Stauffancher, Jacob Stauffancher, Rudolph Stauffancher, Ira C. Stevens, John F. Stevens, David M. Stevenson, David Stroeder, James II. Van Wagener, Samuel Virtue, Thomas Virtue, August Weber, Jacob Weismueller, John Welden, Thomas Wells, Peter Zweifel, Hiram Stevens, Charles W. Burns, James Rayner, Oliver S. Putnam, Wil- liam B. Dolsen, Alba D. Smith, Calvin Morse, George W. Chase, Frank H. Bancroft, John Sine, Albert W. Heal, Benjamin B. Brownell,


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Patrick Martin, Charles Brown, Charles Bray- ton, William M. Jacobs, Henry W. Bowen, Austin W. Allen, Franklin Bennett, Edward Broderick, James Broderick, Isaac Brooks, Henry C. Bump, Henry F. Bump, Harvey Bur- ger, George Burt, Samuel H. Carsaw, Myron Cowen, William Church, Fenton Davis, John Dick, George W. Dunn, William M. Dunn Philip Fisher, Gilbert G. Fish, Robert Fletcher, Thomas Flood, Peter Flood, Albert E. Foster Andrew Gilbertson, Peter Greidenweier, Asher Grover, Levi N. Hall, Clark Hemstreet, Joseph . D. Hoskins, William H. Howard, Erastus C. Hoyt, Charles Huntington, Ole Iverson, Simon, Johnson, Horace B. Jones, Alonzo P. Jordan, John W. D. Kirkpatrick, Montg. A. Kirkpat- rick, Gustave Klassy, Thomas Klassy, Alpheus Laird, Jerome Laird, Albert Leonard, Alfred Lewis, Oscar A. Loomis, George Lozier, George W. Maddock, Timothy Maddock, George MeCarinon, Henry MeCoy, Harvey McManus, John J. McNaught, Alexander Mills, Henry Mitchell, William M. Morton, James Mullen, William H. Murray, Isaac Norris, Clarence E. Norton, Joseph E. O'Neil, Addison J. Parker, John Patterson, Washington Potter, Leroy Remington, Jerome L. Rutty, Samuel 1 .. Rutty, Adney N. Shaw, Lafayette Sim- mons, Benjamin F. Smith, Nelson Spurling, David Steiner, Samuel W. Wade, John W. Whiffle, Benjamin B. White, Charles Wilder, Alonzo Wilson, John J. Ziegler, George D. Rogers, Farlen Q. Ball, James McQuillan, Joseph Seavy, Thomas T. Blanchard, Asa Bailey, Luther T. Rowe, William Dixon, Wil- liam Cameron, Alexander Adair, Ole Ander- son, George L. Ballard, Arnold Bennett, George B. Bennett, George W. Berry, Simon Brown, Louis H. Butler, John Divan, Urias Divan, Jacob Elmer, Christopher Emberson, Edwin E. Forsythe, George W. Forsythe, Daniel German, Gottlieb German, Joseph J. Giesland, James Grinnell, Frederick Hayes, William R. Hawkins, Andrew Henson, William Jones, George R. King, Thomas Klassy, John Layton, John Mc- !


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Canliff, James McDonald, Zebulon McMullen, James Mullen, Pliny D. Muzzey, Erick Olson, Joseph O'Neil, David Sloanaker, John S. Smith, Francis Smith, William N. Smith, John Snyder, William Stair, John Stalder, Ulrich Stoller, John Streiff Alvan II. Thatcher, Jere- miah Thurlow. Edgar Wright, David Zimmer- man, Michael Kennedy, Edward Kerns, J. H. Kerns, Frank McCrillis, George Merrill, F. C. Millman, James N. Morrison, Richard Murfit, George Niemeyer, Soloman A. Pratt, Samuel Vincenviele, Samuel Wittwer, Peter Zimmer- man, Justin W. Allen, Eugene Bartlett, John E. Bartlett, Ira A. Foster, Michael Kennedy, Cyrus W. Osgood, Jefferson Stanley, Benjamin Webster, William W. Farley, William C. AI- drich, Urias Kyle, and James McBride.


THIRTY-THIRD, THIRTY . FOURTH AND THIRTY-FIFTH WISCONSIN REGIMENTS.


The 33d regiment .- Col. Jonathan B. Moore -was mustered into the service in the be- ginning of October, 1862, and left Camp Utley, Racine, for Cairo, on the 11th of November fol- lowing. In December they were in Talla- hatchie. They were afterward at Vicksburg, where they remained until the city surrendered. They took part in the second attack on Jackson. On the 9th of March, 1863, they joined the Red River expedition. After a varied experience in different sections, they finally reached Nash- ville, on the 30th of October, 1864, taking part in the battle, when the enemy were driven across the Tennessee. They were afterwards at Mobile and remained there until the city fell into the hands of the Union forces. They were mustered ont at Vicksburg, July 8, 1865; reached Madison, August 15, and were soon after paid off and disbanded.


The 34th regiment was made up of drafted militia, under Col. Fritz Anneke, and a company of sharp-shooters. The regiment was mustered into service, by companies, for nine months. They left the State Jan. 31, 1863, pro- ceeded to Columbus, Ky., and in August, re-


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turned to Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, and were mustered out in September.


The 35th regiment did not complete its mus- ter-in until Feb. 27, 1864. Afterwards, they left the State for Alexandria, La. Failing to procure transportation to their original destina- tion, they proceeded to New Orleans, and re- ceived orders to report to Gen. Ullman, at Port Hudson, at which place they disembarked on the 7th of May. At this place they remained until June 26, being engaged in guard and fatigue duty. At that date, they moved up to Morgan- zia, La., where the regiment was assigned to the Ist brigade, third division, nineteenth army corps. From Morganzia, the regiment proceeded to Port Hudson and St. Charles, Ark., arriving July 24. Here they remained until the 7th of August, engaged in guard-duty and scouting, when they returned to Morganzia. On the 1st of October, they took part in an excur- sion to Simmsport, in which several skirmishes with the enemy were had. They subsequently returned to Duvall's Bluff, where they remained until the 7th of February, 1865.




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