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TENTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY, (WALWORTH COUNTY GUARDS).
This company was raised in Elkhorn and Delavan with the following officers:
Captain-Henry O. Johnson, Delavan; received commission September 3, 161; promoted to Major August 27. 1862; killed at Chaplin Hill, Ky., October 8. 1862.
First Lieutenant --- Flavius J. Harrington, Elkhorn ; received commission September 3. 1861; resigned May 31, 1863.
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Second Lieutenant Robert Harkness. Elkhorn: received commission September 3, 1861; promoted to First Lieutenant of Company F Angust 12, 1862; to Captain of Company A Octo- ber 4, 1862; to Major October 20, 1864, and mustered out December 19, 1864.
The Tenth Regiment. to which the Elkhorn and Delavan company was assigned as Company A. was organized at Camp Holton, Milwaukee: mustered into the United States service on the 14th of October, and left the State, under command of Col. Alfred R. Chapin, on the 9th of November, under orders to report at Louisville, Ky. They arrived on the 11th, and immediately marched to Shephardsville, twenty miles south, where they remained employed on railroad guard on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad until the 5th of December, when they joined Col. Sill's brigade, and, on the following day, were assigned to Gen. Mitchell's division. From the 11th of De- cember until the 10th of February, 1862, they were engaged in picket and railroad duty in the vicinity of Bacon Creek, with winter quarters at that place. The south side of Green River being the rendezvous for forces under Gen. Mitchell, camp was moved to that place, and the march on Bowling Green commenced on the 13th. Bowling Green was evacuated on the 14th, and the following day our forces took possession of it, remaining a few days, the Tenth being detached to do duty on the railroad at a point six miles distant.
The regiment moved to Nashville, and. with the force of Gen. Mitchell, thence south ward to Murfreesboro. where it encamped on the 19th of March and remained until the 5th of April, Col. Chapin acting as Provost Marshal, and the regiment provost guard. On the 5th, the march to Huntsville was commenced and completed on the Hith. Hardly stopping to rest, four companies of the regiment, Company A among them, volunteered to undertake the destruction of a railroad bridge near Chattanooga, in order to break the enemy's communications. They successfully accomplished their task. thereby preventing re-enforcements from reaching Gen. Beauregard at Corinth.
In the defense of Paint Rock Bridge, April 27. Frank Yokish, of Company A, was severely wounded. The passage of the bridge was defended by a little band of twenty- five against the repeated attempts of 250 rebels to free it, and for their bravery and persistent determination they received special commendation from Gen. Mitchell. The regiment also received a congratulatory address from Gen. Mitchell, in view of their services, which closed as follows: "A communication of these facts to headquarters has not only won the thanks of our commanding General, but those of the department of war, which I announce to you with proud satisfaction. Accept the thanks of your commander. and let your future deeds demonstrate that you can surpass yourselves."
From the 27th of April, through the summer of 1862, they were stationed along the line of railroad engaged in guarding bridges and in picket duty, and served as rear guard to the last trains brought from Huntsville to Stevenson.
The regiment, after leaving Stevenson, suffered extremely during the march over the mountains. Their supplies were poor and insufficient, and it was impossible to care properly for the sick. They arrived at Nashville on the 5th of September, and at Louisville on the 25th of the same month. Here the regiment was transferred to the Ninth Brigade, Col. Harris com- manding, and, on the 8th of October, took part in the battle of Perryville, or Chaplin Hills. Three hundred and sixty enlisted men and sixteen officers included the total number of the regiment in the battle. Of this number, Company A, under command of Capt. Harkness, pro- moted only a week before, formed a part, and did its duty faithfully and bravely with its com- rades. The regiment was assigned the duty of supporting Capt. Simmons' battery, and the enemy was determined to take it at all hazards. After one repulse, the rebels again stubbornly rallied, and not until the regiment had held its position for half an hour with empty cartridge- boxes, did they fall back to the next ridge where they could be replenished. One color-bearer after another was strieken down, and the old flag was brought from the field by the sixth-color Corporal, pierced with forty-one "marks of honor." In his official report. Gen. Rousseau alluded especially to the gallant conduct of the Tenth at Perryville, and thanked them as he had done previously on the field.
In this battle, Maj. H. O. Johnson, formerly Captain of Company A, was killed. The casualties in Company A were: Killed or died of wounds-Corps. William J. Bell, Francis E. Manning and Stephen E. Merrick; Privates George W. Hunt, Henry L. Conklin, George Snell,
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Daniel Adams and Peter Hein. Wounded-Corps. Amos Hiteheock and Walter Wood: Pri- vates William H. Garrison, Joseph Tyler, Alfred Winell and Thomas H. Morrison.
After the battle of Chaplin Hills, the regiment accompanied the division of Gen. Ronsseau in pursuit of the enemy to Crab Orchard, and thence to Nashville, where they eneamped near the city until the latter part of December. On Wednesday morning. December 31, in an en- gagement near Murfreesboro, John F. Long and Dewitt Griffin, of Company A were killed and Thomas H. Morrison was wounded.
The regiment went into camp after this battle, where it remained until the month of June, then joining in the advance of the army against Gen. Bragg it went into eamp at Cowan Station on the 14th of July and again on the 6th of August at Anderson where it remained until the 2d of September when the mareh was commenced into Georgia. On the 11th the regiment took part in an engagement near Dug Gap. Companies A and K were thrown forward as skirmishers and held their place until they found the remainder of the regiment had retired when they fell baek and rejoined it.
The 19th was the day of the disastrous battle of Chickamanga. After experieneing a series of reverses through the day the Fourth Brigade, which, with the First, formed the extreme left of the line, got ont of ammunition, broke, and, the other brigade being thrown into confusion, the regiments were scattered over the field. The Tenth being exposed to a terrible fire from three directions was obliged to retire and made for a point on the left, where they supposed our troops were in position, but, unfortunately, found themselves surrounded and ignorant of the position of the rest of the forces. They could do nothing but surrender, and when too late it was found that they had been contending hopelessly for two hours, nearly all the forces having been withdrawn from the field. Lieut. Col. Ely, commanding the regiment, was mortally wounded, and nearly the whole of the regiment on the field was captured -- 12 officers and 111 men. Eighteen of the regiment were killed and fifty-six wounded. On the morning of the 21st, the regiment numbered three officers and twenty six men. The casualties in Company A were re- ported as follows: Killed -- William Mattison. Wounded- Corps. E. P. Sterling and Robert Hall: Privates M. Mulville and George Spurr, Taken prisoners Capt. Harkness, Lient. Ellen- wood, Sergts. J. S. J. Eaton and E. W. Carver; Corps. J. Tyler and W. Woods: Privates W. H. Fountain, W. Dalton, P. Adams, W. H. Coburn, T. M. Luce, T. Nicholas, F. V. Smith and W. Hay.
The remnant of the regiment that remained, soon after went into camp at Chattanooga, and were employed on guard duty and work on the defenses of the place until late in November.
Those who were taken prisoners at Chiekamanga remained in rebel prisons at Andersonville, Salisbury and other places, for thirteen months; many were not exchanged until March, 1865, and many never left prison alive. The deaths in Company A are reported as follows: James Snell, at Delavan February 22, 1862; William Turner, at Sugar Creek July 6, 1862; Sergt. J. H. Hooper. at Bowling Green, Ky., March 5, 1862: Truman Johns, at Elizabethtown, Ky., Mareh 10, 1862: John McCann, Bowling Green. April 2. 1862; Sibley Brown, Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 5, 1862; Hugh A. Rector, Murfreesboro, April 13. 1862: Luther Lee, Point Roek, Ala., May 19. 1862; Henry Roderiek, Nashville, Tenn., Angust 10. 1863: N. H. Fountain, An- dersonville, Ga., June 28, 1864; William Osburn, Andersonville; Andrew D. Bovee. Murfrees- boro, July 11, 1864; Mortimer Adams, Cincinnati, May 26, 1864: G. Lansing, Andersonville, August 24. 1864: Corp. James S. Watson. Nashville, Tenn., September 1, 1864.
When the army was re-organized in the spring of 1864. the Tenth was assigned to the First Brigade and was under the command of Capt. Roby. The casulties reported in Company A in the summer of 1864 are as follows: Wounded- Private William B. Sayles. June 2; Private Cor- nelius Bard, June 18.
The regiment was stationed at Marietta for a time in the fall, and afterward at Kenesaw Mountain. It was at the latter place until on the 16th of October; the reeruits and re-enlisted veterans were transferred to the Twenty-first Regiment, and the remainder of the regiment left for Wisconsin. On the 25th the Tenth reached Milwaukee and was mustered out of service.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A.
Officers .- Robert Harkness, Captain, Second Lieutenant from muster: promoted First Lieu- tenant of Company F August 12, 1862: Captain of Company A when mustered out; Warren
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B. Ellenwood, Second Lieutenant, commissioned June 1. 1863: taken prisoner of war September 20, 1863; Hemy O. Johnson, Captain, promoted Major September 1, 1862; Flavins J. Harring- ton, First Lieutenant, resigned June 1. 1963; Chester A. Burdick, Second Lieutenant, promoted First Lieutenant Company C April 9. 1863.
Sergeants .- Charles W. Conklin, appointed November 1, 1862: Edward W. Carver, ap- pointed November 1, 1862: Amos H. Hitchcock, Jr., appointed November 1, 1862; Joseph S. J. Eaton, appointed January 1. 1863; Sherod Eckerson, appointed January 1. 1863.
Corporats .- Walter Wood, appointed March 17, 1862; Franklin Sterling. appointed No- vember 1, 1862: Andrew H. Lord, appointed November 1, 1862; Robert Hall, appointed November 1, 1862; Joseph Tyler, appointed November 1. 1862: Orlando Dewing, appointed May 1, 1864: Josiah Sheldon, appointed May 1, 1864; Otis Wilbur, fifer; Levi W. Norcrass, drummer; David Matteson, wagoner.
Privates .- Peter Adams, Charles H. Burr, Patrick Carl, William H. Coburn. George C. Dopp, William Dalton, William H. Fountain, Cornelius Bovee, Wilbur U. Briggs. Pelick Cor- nell, William J. Devoue. Walter E. Dewing, Albert O. Ewing, George W. Fowler, Washington Hay. Thomas H. Morrison, Richard Pilling, Fred V. Smith, George Spur, William J. Utter, Robert B. Wood. Robert M. Luce. Theodore Nicolai, James B. Ripley, William B. Sayles. Orin C. Sanborn, William H. Wadkins. Discharged -J. Oscar Conrick, Sergeant, October 1, 1862; Alf Winell, February 10, 1863: Plimpton Babcock, December 20, 1862: John Beartrough, March 3, 1863; William Brabizon. April 15, 1862: Ira E. Babcock, December 20, 1862: Morti- mer Denel, October 1. 1862: Elon G. Foster, December 20, 1862; William H. German, January 24, 1863: Abram H. Eaton, January 13, 1863; George H. Holland, April 20, 1862: Levi Hare. June IS, 1862; Frank Jokich, April 18, 1863: David Kline. July 21, 1862: Elon W. Lee, May 24, 1862: Harrison M. Montague, November S. 1862; Willis B. Moffatt. April 30, 1862; Martin Mulville, June 24, 1864; Corydon M. Perry, April 20, 1862; Elisha Y. Parsons, May 1, 1862: William Redford, July 5. 1862: Martin V. Shafer, November 8, 1862: Marion L. Scott, May 12, 1862; William J. Stewart, April 12, 1862; Franklin Vail, February 11, 1862; Milo K. Wil- liams, May 12, 1862; John M. Thommett. December 20, 1862: Absalom Blakeman. Transferred
-William Bradt, to invalid corps. August 5, 1863: Shumway Conant, corps. August 5, 1863; James M. Goff. to Sergeant Major: Stephen Everts, permanently detached.
THIRTEENTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY (PART OF STATE LINE RIFLES AND WALWORTH COUNTY PLOWBOYS). Company C, of the Thirteenth Wisconsin Infantry, was raised in Sharon with the following officers, all of that town: Captain, Angust Kummel; First Lieutenant, Daniel L. Lamoreaux; Second Lieutenant, John T. Fish.
Angust Kuinmel received his commission as Captain September 24. 1561: was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel JJanuary 6, 1865, and to Colonel October 9, 1865; he was mustered out No- vember 24, 1865.
Daniel L. Lamoreaux received his commission as First Lieutenant September 24, 1861: was appointed Commissary of Subsistence November 8. 1864. and was mustered out November 19. 1864.
John T. Fish received his commission as Second Lieutenant September 24. 1861 : was pro- moted to First Lieutenant November 21, 1864: to Captain January 6, 1865, and was mustered ont November 24, 1865.
Company H was raised in Whitewater. its principal officers being all from that town as follows:
Captain, Joseph L. Pratt, received his commission October 19, 1861: and resigned May 14. 1862.
First Lieutenant, Charles N. Noyes: received his commission October 19, 1861; was pro moted to Captain June 17, 1862; to Major of the regiment February 15, 1865: to Lieutenant Colonel October 9. 1865, and was mustered out November 24, 1865.
Second Lieutenant, Robert Glover: was commissioned October 19, 1561; was promoted to First Lientenant June 17, 1862, and was mustered out November 20, 1564.
Company I. Thirteenth Wisconsin Infantry; the officers of this company were all from Sugar Creek: its home name was "The Walworth County Plowboys."
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Julius W. Landerdale received his commission as Captain October 21, 1861, and was mus- tered out June 8, 1862.
Newton H. Kingman was commissioned First Lieutenant October 21, 1861; promoted to Captain February 3. 1863, and mustered out September 8, 1865.
Henry Carroll was commissioned Second Lieutenant October 21. 1861, and resigned April 29. 1862.
Besides the three companies of the Thirteenth above mentioned, which was composed al- most entirely of Walworth County men, other companies of the regiment were partially recruited in the county.
The Thirteenth was organized at Camp Tredway, Janesville: mustered into the United States service October 17, 1861, and left the State on the 18th of January, 1862, Col. Maurice Maloney commanding, under orders to report at Leavenworth, Kan. The regiment went by rail to Quincy, Ill., crossed the Mississippi on the ice, marched to Palmyra, Mo., and moved again by rail to Weston. Mo., where it arrived on the 21st and remained two days. Leaving Weston, it marched to Leavenworth City, arriving on the 23d of January, and remaining in camp at that place for two weeks. On the 7th of February, they began their march to Fort Scott, and arrived at that point on the 2Ist a march of 160 miles. Gen. Lane's "Southwest Expedition " having been abandoned, they were ordered on an expedition to New Mexico. Start- ing from Fort Scott on the 26th of March, they reached Lawrence, Kan. distant 115 miles --- in five days. They remained in camp at Lawrence one month, the soldiers suffering greatly from the effects of their long march through a country to which they were unacclimated and which became the grave of many of them. The names of those who died in the Walworth County companies, at Leavenworth, at Lawrence and during the march, are as follows: The first death reported from the regiment was that of B. B. Schermerhorn, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Feb- ruary 12, 1862: Seymour Rice died at Leavenworth February 17, 1862; Charles H. Corey died February 21, 1862, and Franklin Prindle February 27, 1862. These deaths were all from the Sharon company (Company C), and were the only ones reported from the regiment during the month. They must have been left behind, sick, and unable to proceed when the regiment started on its march to Fort Scott. Adam MeDonald. of Company H, died at Leavenworth March 2, 1862: Martin Schroder, of Company C, at Fort Scott, March 6, 1862: Louis Shields. of Company H, at Lawrence, April 23, 1862; David Seely, of Company H, June 26, 1862; Har. low Barton, of Company C, at Lawrence, May 21, 1562. Besides the deaths in these companies there were others among the Walworth boys who had enlisted. in other companies. A son of Mr. H. A. Johnson, of Darion, who enlisted in Company A of the Thirteenth, died at Lawrence and his remains were brought to Darien for interment -one of the first soldiers brought home for burial in the county.
When the regiment arrived at Fort Riley, their objective point, the New Mexico expedition had been abandoned, and, after remaining in that place about three weeks, they were ordered back to Leavenworth, en route for Corinth, Miss. William J. Brown, of Company C, died at Fort Riley May 8. 1862.
After another march of 125 miles- 500 in all- they arrived in Leavenworth May 28, and after a few days rest. were transported to Columbus, Ky., performing railroad guard duty until August, when they were sent to Fort Henry. On the 2d of September, they were ordered to Fort Donelson, and remained there through September, October and a part of November, engaged in guerrilla warfare and scouting expeditions, including one in search of the rebel General, Mor- gan. On the 12th of November, they returned to garrison duty at Fort Henry.
Late in December, the Thirteenth made a march of 120 miles with the force sent in pursuit of the dreaded rebel, Gen. Forrest, and, after their return, were immediately employed in guard- ing supply steamers between Fort Henry and Hamburg Landing. When the news of the attack on Fort Donelson reached Fort Henry, February 3, 1863, the Thirteenth was on the march to its relief in half an hour. They fought their way, driving the skirmishers of the enemy before them, and arrived at the fort in the evening. The fort was safe; the garrison, with the assist- ance of the gunboats, having repulsed the enemy. The regiment was stationed at Fort Donel- son early in March, and remained there through the spring and summer doing garrison duty and guarding the surrounding country from the incursions and depredations of the lawless and
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violent bands of guerrillas that infested it. Julius H. Carpenter and Jacob B. Mereness, both of Company C, were killed by guerrillas in the vicinity of the fort on the 22d of August.
On the Ist of August, Col. Maloney was recalled to the command of his company in the regular service. and Capt. W P. Lyon, of Racine, whose parents were among the early settlers of Walworth County, was commissioned as Colonel. The regiment was ordered to Stevenson. Ala., and made the march of 260 miles in eighteen days. It was necessary to the safety of the Army of the Cumberland that Stevenson should be carefully guarded, as it was the depot of supplies for the troops at Chattanooga, and its capture meant starvation to them, or falling back from the so dearly won position. Fortunately, the little garrison was re-enforced before the enemy sufficiently realized the importance of the situation to make an attack. Col. Lyon and his regiment understood better than Gen. Bragg the disastrous results that would follow the loss of Stevenson, and every man was ready to defend it to the last.
In the latter part of October. the regiment joined its brigade and went into winter quarters at Edgefield, opposite Nashville, remaining there until February, 1864. More than three-fourths of the regiment had re-enlisted at this time, and it accordingly visited Wisconsin on veteran furlough of thirty days. History states that. "on arriving at Janesville, they were warmly wel- comed and hospitably entertained by the citizens of that city and the people of the surround- ing country, who had assembled to greet them. In many a quiet home in Sharon and White- water and Sugar Creek. and every town in old Walworth, there was rejoicing that day over the brave boys who had come back in safety; and in many a one, alas! there was mourning for those who were left in their Southern graves.
On the expiration of their furlough. the regiment re-assembled at Camp Utley, Racine, proceeded to Nashville and eneamping again at Edgetield, was employed in guarding trains and garrison duty. In April, they moved again to Stevenson to guard the Tennessee River at various points, the Thirteenth being assigned the fords and crossings from Law's Landing to near Triana-forty miles. The regiment remained here three months, with headquarters at Claysville, Ala. This position was perilous, and the duties required of the companies ardnous and such as required constant and untiring vigilance. They were menaced front and rear - Hood's troops attempting to force the passage of the river in front, the guerrillas at their back, and the companies scattered along the river for forty miles, with no protection except such earth- works and temporary defenses as could be constructed on the spot. It required more heroism to bear bravely and nnecomplainingly the long-drawn-out anxiety and uncertainty of such a position than many a brilliant battle costs.
In September, 1865. Company I was stationed at Hurricane Creek. and Company H at Gurley's Tank, on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, and was employed in guarding the road, repairing bridges, strengthening the defenses of the road. ete. Through September and Oeto- ber. the regiment was alternating between the defense of various points on the Tennessee River and the defense of the railroad. Sometimes only the sick of the regiment could be left to hold the block-houses on the line of the road, all those who were able to march being needed else- where.
On the 8th of November, 160 of the non-veterans, including the Lieutenant Colonel, and several officers were mustered out, their term of service having expired. Soon after, Capt. Angust Kummel was made Lieutenant Colonel and Capt. Charles N. Noyes. Major.
In November, the regiment onee more returned to Stevenson to assist in the fortifieation of that place, in order to prevent Hood's retreat. After his defeat at Nashville, they returned to Huntsville. from which place Companies C and G. Capt. Fish commanding. were sent to Clays- ville Landing, on the Tennessee. While at this point. Lieut. Loneks, of Company C, with
a few men, crossed the river, and, in an encounter with a band of guerrillas, led by the notorious Pete Whitecotton. captured several of the band, and Lient. Loucks, in a personal encounter. killed the leader. On the 20th of March, the different detachments of the regiment were called in, and, under command of Col. Lyon (who had temporarily been assigned another position). proceeded to Knoxville, thence to Jonesboro, where they remained encamped nntil on the 20th of April. they received news of Lee's surrender and President Lincoln's assassination.
Leaving Jonesboro on the 20th. they arrived at New Orleans on the 24th of June via Knox- ville, Tenn., Johnsonville and the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. They remained near New Or-
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leans, at Chalmette, until the 5th of July, when they left camp for Texas. On the 14th, they arrived at Indianola. During the latter part of July and the early part of September, they marched 169 miles, suffering fearfully from the intense heat and insufficient supplies. They arrived at San Antonio on the 24th of September, and fortunately found a healthy location for their camp. The health of the regiment rapidly improved, and they were not obliged to move until they received the order to "muster out." At the time the order was received Maj. Noyes had command of the regiment, but desiring to remain in Texas, he resigned it to Capt Cobb, and. on the 27th of November. the soldiers turned their steps toward home, arriving at Madison on the 23d of December, and were mustered out on the 26th. Col. Lyon, who, as well as any other, knew and appreciated their labors, said of them: "It has been the duty of the regiment rather to preserve what has been gained than to wrest from the enemy; to hold positions upon the safety of which great movements depended. It has performed the laborious garrison guard, patrol and picket duty, requiring ceaseless vigilance and stern fidelity. For over two years, until the assignment of the regiment to the Fourth Corps, each man able to do duty has been on actual duty about one-half of the time."
The deaths in Companies C. H and I, in addition to those before mentioned, were as follows: Company C, in 1862-Isaac B. Lebrung. April 27, at Paoli, Ky .; David Seely, June 26, at Lawrence, Kan .; William Dennis, October 18, at Cairo, Il]; Elijah M. Bowman, November 18, at Fort Henry, Tenn.
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