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In the Tenth Regiment, Company A, was Sherman Conant, of Beloit, who enlisted in Walworth county. In the Eleventh Regi- ment, Company F, were Richard A. Hawley, of Janesville, and David C. Phillips, of Lima. In the Twelfth Regiment Bennett DeWitt, of Janesville, was second assistant surgeon.
The Thirteenth Regiment was proposed after the five days' fight around Richmond, at a meeting held in Janesville to devise means for strengthening the Union cause. Before the assem- blage dispersed a resolution providing for the enlistment of a regiment of infantry from Rock eounty was introduced and met
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with immediate adoption. The preliminaries incident to the busi- ness in hand were promptly disposed of and a committee consist- ing of Senator H. Richardson and the Rev. H. C. Tilton authorized to confer with the governor and conclude arrangements for en- listing the soldiers and providing them with officers. The Hon. J. J. R. Pease, Senator Richardson and H. G. Collins were ap- pointed to take charge of the camp and see that the "boys" were comfortably provided for. All things being entrusted to proper authorities, recruiting began, and before many weeks the regi- mental roster was completed and consisted of six companies from Rock county exclusively, the balance from Green and Walworth counties. The regiment, rank and file, as also the officers, made up from the farmhouses and workshops, with a goodly number from Milton College and the high school at Janesville, went into camp northeast of the latter city, on what became later the county fair grounds, but was at that date called Camp Treadway. It was mustered into service October 17, 1861, and left the state for Fort Leavenworth, Kan. From thence it marched to Fort Scott, where it remained until March 22 and was transferred to Lawrence, arriving there March 31, 1862. After a month's so- journ the regiment went to Fort Riley, where it was fitted out for an expedition into Mexico. On the eve of their departure to the land of cocoa and palm the order was countermanded, and the "Mexican expedition" retraced its steps to Fort Leaven- worth, going thence to Columbus, Ky., Fort Henry, Fort Donel- son, remaining at the two forts named for upward of a year, the regimental time being devoted to skirmishes, engagements, harassing Forrest and guarding supply steamers between Fort Henry and Hamburg Landing. On August 27, 1863, the regi- ment marched to Stevenson, Ala. After remaining at this point a short time it went into camp at Edgefield, near Nashville, where it remained until the expiration of its term of service, and, hav- ing reënlisted, was given a furlough of thirty days, the same be- ing passed in Janesville. Upon entering active service once more the regiment was assigned to the First Brigade of the Fourth Division of the Twentieth Army Corps, and served in the South- west, remaining at Stevenson, Ala., until after the defeat of Hood at Nashville, when it was assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Corps, and embarked for New Orleans, going thence to Indianola, and serving in Texas until November,
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1865, when it returned to Madison via New Orleans and was mustered out of service. The following is the roster of its Rock county recruits :
Thirteenth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Field Staff. Colonel, William P. Lyon, Racine, promoted from captain Company K, Eighth Regiment, Brevet brigadier-general U. S. Volunteers October 26, 1865. Lieutenant-colonel, James F. Chap- man, Janesville. Adjutant, William Ruger, Janesville, promoted from second lieutenant Company A, captain A. A. G., U. S. Vol- unteers. Quartermasters: Platt Eyclesheimer, Janesville; Ira B. Dutton, Janesville, promoted from first lieutenant Company I. Surgeon, John M. Evans, Evansville. Second assistant sur- geons, Simon L. Lord, Edgerton, and Charles M. Smith, Evans- ville. Chaplains, Hezekiah C. Tilton, Janesville ; Joseph J. Foote, Footville. Sergeant-majors: Jason W. Hall, Janesville, pro- moted captain Company B January 6, 1865; Daniel B. Lovejoy, Evansville, promoted second lieutenant Company D; Aaron V. Bradt, Shopiere, promoted second lieutenant Company G, Forty- eighth Wisconsin Infantry. Quartermaster sergeant, Ira P. Dut- ton. Commissary sergeants: Gage Burgess, Janesville, pro- moted second lieutenant Company E, Twenty-second Wisconsin Infantry; Canute R. Matson, Milton, promoted first lieutenant Company G; Samuel S. Osborne, Milton. Hospital stewards : Samuel S. Wallihan, Evansville; James E. Coakley, Lima Cen- ter; Horace M. Haven, Milton. Principal musicians : Samuel B. Clemens, Janesville ; Marshall D. Warren, Newark; Ira B. Sny- der, Footville. Band: Clarence W. Baker, Janesville; Aaron T. Baker, Alva T. Bridgeman, William M. Miller, Joseph H. Sale and Joseph L. Smith, all of Evansville; David A. Mason, Center ; Benjamin Snyder and S. F. Wallihan, of Footville.
Company A, or the Ruger Guards. Edward Ruger, captain, assistant adjutant-general on general staff, mustered out Novem- ber 19, 1864; L. F. Nichols, first lieutenant, resigned July 27, 1863; William Ruger, second lieutenant, afterwards appointed adjutant on the organization of the regiment, and later assistant adjutant-general U. S. A .; Milton Bowerman, appointed second lieutenant, promoted first lieutenant August 11, 1863, resigned September 30, 1864; Samuel C. Cobb, promoted second lieuten- ant August 11, 1863, first lieutenant October 18, and captain Company A November 21, 1864, promoted major October 9, 1865;
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George Hoskins, David H. Whittlesey (died at Lawrence, Kan., April 19, 1862), John B. Johnson and Harvey P. Corey, ser- geants ; John W. Follensbee, Olney S. Gibbs (promoted second lieutenant November 21, 1864), Daniel B. Bemis, Isaac Earl, John Auld (promoted second lieutenant October 28 and first lieuten- ant November 21, 1864), Myron L. Bentley (died at Leaven- worth, Kan., February 11, 1862), and Frank B. Child, corporals. Albert P. Aldrich, Gideon Aldrich, Elliot Ash, Milo Ackerman (died at Lawrence, Kan., May 6, 1862), George S. Burton, Edwin R. Burton, John S. Butler, James Beveridge, John Bahr, Oliver Bonney, Lewis Beach, W. W. Bowden, E. W. Babcock. A. T. Butts (died at Leavenworth, Kan., May 10, 1862), Nelson Butler, Nathaniel Case, Noah Chapman, Herman S. Coon, Charles Coal- well, Thomas Claffey, A. P. Cole, S. F. Colby, Hiram Cory, A. C. Denning, H. C. Davis, Daniel Douglas, William Dame, George Fenn, James S. Fuller, Jabez W. Frazier, Joseph Fitzpatrick, George F. Gould, Edward Gern, William M. Green, Joseph Gov- enal (died at Ft. Scott, Kan., August 30, 1862), Frederick Gooch, Edwin I. Gibbs, Myron Hart, Cornelius Haley, Joseph Harris, De Forest James, Charles Jones, William Johnson, W. E. Jones, Jacob L. Jackson, John W. Leon, Leonard Lasher, George Living- ston, James Munroe, Lyman H. Maxon, Peter Murphy, Ernst Mil- ler (died at San Antonio, Tex., September 21, 1865), Newman C. Nash, Clayton Noah, Levi Olmsted, Egbert I. Owen, Milton D. Owen, Richard M. Pierce, August M. Prilwits, Henry N. Paine, David W. Russell, Isaac A. F. Randolph (died at Lawrence, Kan., April 23, 1862), Freeman Roberts, Albert E. Rice, Elbridge S. Smith (died at Lawrence, Kan., May 5, 1862), Charles H. Smith, Horace C. Smith, Albert R. Smith, Truman Stoddard, Edgar I. Strong, Francis E. Thompson, John Tesch, Frederick Tesch. Robert Trotter, Alpheus S. Trowbridge, Allen Van Tassel, John E. Whittlesey, Nelson Warren (died at Columbus, Ky., August 2, 1862). T. A. Wilcox, W. M. Wright, F. M. Wilbur, E. H. Wil- bur, D. H. Wood, Alexander Wiggins and Christian Yager were the privates.
Company B. Edwin E. Woodman, captain, mustered out No- vember 19, 1864; James L. Murray, first lieutenant, and George C. Brown, second lieutenant, both mustered out on November 19, 1864; Jason W. Hall (promoted captain January 6, 1865), William M. Burns (died at Stevenson, Ala., October 30, 1863),
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Davis H. Cheney (promoted first lieutenant), Van Epps Hugunin and Lewis H. Martin, sergeants; Edwin F. Bowers, F. C. Buten, S. A. Fish, C. H. Goodrich, Goorge Honeysett, Leander S. Miller, Thomas Starkey and Clark Pierce, corporals; Newton H. Whit- tlesey, musician; Cassius W. Andrews, John Alverson (died at Ft. Henry, Tenn., January 4, 1863), Adam Aris, Henry H. Bow- ers, Silas W. Baker, Darius Baker, Louis Bunkee, Gage Burgess, Charles W. Butts (died at Ft. Henry November 16, 1862), Joseph A. Beecher (died at Ft. Donelson July 3, 1863), Joseph Barnes, Alvin P. Barker, Frank Barker, Wm. A. Babeoek, Jacob D. Clark, William H. Cheney, C. A. Carter, Spencer Chemerhorn, Erwin W. Crane, B. C. Carery, Archibald Dandford, Mitchell Deep, John H. Fremow, Adam Fisher, Samuel Gould, James Hurd, George W. Hulse (killed at Whitesburg, Ala., July 5, 1864), John Higgins, Chester D. Holloway, Sidney Hurd, Martin Keegan, Ralph D. Kimball, Charles Lane, James E. Leaven, Robert Leonard, Clark I. Miller, Patrick Monegan, Dennis Murray, Frank Milicher, Amos S. Miller (died at Ft. Scott, Kan., March 16, 1862), Morti- mer Manie, Michael Monegan, Peter MeAtheron, William Nel- son, Washington Porter, Lyman Richardson, John Stollar, Lon- son Seeley, Ezra D. Stevens, George Sterne, John Scanlan, Eu- gene Thurston, Michael Taller, Charles H. Upham, Louis Van- derworker, Charles H. Vanderworker (died at Nashville, Tenn., November 13, 1863), Antonio Van Horn, Hiram M. Weaver, My- ron L. West, William G. Wilcox, Obadiah Walker, Edward P. Wells and Israel W. Young, privates.
Company D. E. W. Blake, captain; Simon A. Couch, first lieutenant, and Nathaniel D. Walters, second lieutenant, both mustered out November 19, 1864; John L. Glading, Daniel Phil- lips, Charles P. Andrus, John M. Cook and George Dykeman, sergeants; William Everst, David Kettle, Cyrus E. Patchin (pro- moted first lieutenant and later captain), John Williams, Cor- nelius Dykeman and David Everst, corporals; Ira Snyder and John D. V. Weaver, musicians; John Adams Wagoner, William Burk, Gerdner Babcock, Samuel Basey, William Bigsby, William Brown, S. J. Baker, David Burris, Edward Buntroek (died at Watertown, Wis., February 16, 1864), Martin A. Becker, Lucian Craig, John C. Cook, Henry W. Crow, Heinrich Christian (died at Huntsville, Ala., June 16, 1865), Thomas Calven, John L. Capple, Charles Casford, Henry Cordwell, Henry Camp, Charles
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F. Cook, Ransom C. Condon (died at Lawrence, Kan., May 23, 1862), Ambrose Eastman (died at Nashville, Tenn., October 20, 1863). Joseph Eastman, Joseph J. Ellis (died at New Albany December 3, 1863), John J. Elliott, William A. Gould, Daniel Geerin (died at Columbus, Ky., September 20, 1862), Frank Hall (died at Nashville November 6, 1863), Francis Howard, Amos Horsington (died at Evansville, Ind., December 18, 1863), Charles Ivans, Cornelius Kettle, Otto Kahlinburgh, John Kirk, Louis M. Knowles, John H. Livingston, John M. Lee, Daniel B. Lovejoy, Edward McCormick, Alexander MeDonald, David T. Mathson, Frederick Nusar, Henry Peck, William Palmerton, Thomas E. Riley, Charles M. Rowley, Henry R. Robinson (died at Edge- field, Tenn., December 19, 1863), Charles Shuman (died at Co- lumbus, Ky., December 7, 1862), William Spaulding, John Schlie- koff, Edward B. Starr, Westley Smith, G. P. Thomson, George W. Tompkins, Eugene L. Tuthill, John Vendenburgh (died at Lawrence, Kan., April 23, 1862), Joseph West, Stephen West (died at Lawrence, Kan., April 21, 1862), Adam Wooker, Will- iam F. Williams, John H. Williams (died at Nashville Novem- ber 6, 1863), Henry Wagner, Elias Whitman, Horace F. Wilson, George Witherell, Gilbert Williams and Almaron York, privates.
Company F. F. F. Stevens, captain, promoted paymaster, U. S. A., May 11, 1864; S. S. Hart, first lieutenant, promoted cap- tain May 11, 1864; Nicholas Crotzenberg (promoted first lieu- tenant May 11, 1864, mustered out November 21, 1864), Charles W. Stark, Jerome W. Briggs (promoted second lieutenant July 5, 1864, first lieutenant September 27, 1864, captain August 31, 1865), A. V. Bradt, James L. Fowle and Bradford Burdick, ser- geants; Peter S. Withington, Alexander McGregor, Edgar L. Miller, John W. Thomas, Alvin L. Ford, Henry S. Cole, John Galt and Thomas P. Peekham, corporals; A. E. Lane and Samuel Sherman, musicians; Webster MeNair, wagoner; August Ander- son, Thomas S. Allen, D. B. Bradley, D. B. Ball, S. S. Barber, A. C. Blood, John R. Butler, Dana Bicknell, Elliott D. Barnard, George Brown, George A. Burlingame, James C. Briggs, Isaac Bartow, Eustice A. Burlingame, Lewis Bent, Martin V. Barnard, Webster C. Babcock, James H. Bliss, Simon Bunce, William H. Butler, Edward Best, Felix Boyle, Melvin Chamberlain, Duane Crotzenberg, George Croft, John M. Crotzenberg, Lane Camlin, Patrick Collins, William H. Card, Charles Culver (died at Hunts-
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ville August, 1864), Alexander Courtwright, William H. Davis, James Duffy, Leonard Dockstader, Sidney Denton, Johnson Dunn, William Eames, Smith Foot, Alvin T. Finney (died at Lawrence, Kan., May 10, 1862), Anson C. Finney, Charles Foote, Hiram R. Griffith, James Gleavy, Robert Grant, Philetus Gage, Joseph Gage, Myron Griffith, John Haggart, John Hartgarden, Jerome Hitchcock, Erasmus D. Hall, Sylvestus Helmes, Peter F. McNair, Giles Martlette, James C. Newkirk, Andrew Osland, Charles Pratt, Lester C. Phelps, George H. Prime, Albert L. Posson, George H. Purcy, Webert Richards, Ranson Rolfe (died at Ft. Riley, Kan., May 18, 1862), Jerry Reordan, Edward H. Rice, William Sehenek, William Schultz, Charles Strasberger, William Steity, T. J. Simerson, Charles H. Stark, Fayette Smith, John Shurrum, Augustus Shultz, John Swartout, Jacob B. Sny- der, Andrew B. Smith, George Scott, Jerome Shiemall, William H. Strasberger, Clark Shiemall, Eugene H. Tuttle (died at Ft. Riley, Kan., May 11, 1862), Timothy Tracy, Spencer Turner, Wil- liam Thomas, Harvey Thomas, James Tallmadge, Albert J. War- ner, William H. Wood, Olney J. Weaver, Moses V. White and Joseph Williams, privates.
Company G. Thomas O. Bigney, captain, promoted major ; Archibald N. Randall, captain; Henry M. Balis, first lieutenant ; Elmore W. Taylor, second lieutenant ; Samuel C. Wagoner, pro- moted second lieutenant June 22, 1864, vice Elmore W. Taylor, resigned; Alexander Shafer, Abram D. Balis, Andrew Fryden- lund and Austin C. Chapel, sergeants; Frank Backus. James P. Kehoe, Phillip Workman, George D. Sherman, John P. Baker, John P. Shrader, John W. Purdy and Henry B. Willheling, cor- porals; Marshal D. Warren and William Pommy, musicians; William H. H. Anderson, William H. Brunny, Thomas F. Baker, Robert Baker, Joseph H. Baker, Leo Brown, John Benson, Thomas Brace, Abram Culver, Uriah H. Corran, Edmund K. Chipman, Reuben H. Chapel, Samuel Cooper, Syrrel D. Chipman, Ira Cleve- land, Nathan L. Daniels, George W. Dennis, Isaac Decker, Edwin S. Derrick, Martemus Erickson, Finger Erickson, Truils Erick- son (died at Fort Donelson May 11, 1863), William Fuller, Na- thaniel W. Farry, David C. Frisby, George Frary, Peter Gansell (died at Janesville, Wis., December 22, 1861), Lemuel Gould (died at Cahawba, Ala., February 22, 1865), Loren P. Harper, B. S. Hungerford, Halver Halverson, Russell Hart, Henry A.
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Harper, Homer Huntley, George D. Hill, Ole Huginson, Nathan W. Harper, Knud Halgrenson, William Hanson, Silas P. John- son, Ole Johnson, Andrew Johnson (died at Fort Donelson May 2, 1863), John Johnson, Michael Kiefer, Cephas W. Kinney (died at Lawrence, Kan., April 2, 1862), John A. Lockridge, Wm. Long, Jas. Moran (died at Ft. Riley, Kan., May 12, 1862), Silas Milks, Thomas J. Menor, Isaac N. Menor, John V. Martin (died at Madi- son, Wis., February 17, 1865), Jolin Myers, Elling Newhouse, Nelson J. Orvis, Lewis Olin, Matthew Olin, Lars Orville, Samnel E. Pearl, William N. Pearl, William H. Pierce, John Penn (died at Nashville, June 4, 1865), James Pomeroy (died at Lawrence, Kan., May 6, 1862), James Pomey, Talleo Peterson, Joseph Richards, Edmund S. Rositer, James D. Rhodes (died at Paducah, Ky., April 17, 1863), Peter Shaffner (died at St. Louis, May 24, 1865), John Spraddles, C. C. Smith, William H. Shaff, Hiram H. Taylor, Robert B. Taylor (died at Paducah, Ky., April 17, 1863), William Taylor, Jr., Thomas Thompson, R. B. Valentine, George Wenright (died at Fort Donelson, August 17, 1863), and Thomas Williams, privates.
Company K. Piny Norcross, captain, mustered out November 18, 1864 ; J. H. Wemple, first lieutenant, promoted captain Novem- ber 21, 1863; A. D. Burdick, second lientenant, resigned April 3, 1862; R. J. Whittleton, Thomas Heimbach, Jerome Sweet, Wil- liam Cole and George W. Steele (first lieutenant February 15, 1865; captain March 24, 1865), sergeants ; L. L. Bond, U. S. Hol- lister (promoted second lieutenant June 13, 1862; first lieutenant November 28, 1864; captain February 15, 1865), W. P. Clark, C. R. Matson, A. C. Stanard, H. C. Curtis, F. Clark, Fred P. Nor- cross (died at Nashville, Tenn., May 16, 1865), and W. M. Scott, corporals ; Eli S. Nye and William Little John, musicians; S. Obourne, wagoner, afterward appointed commissary sergeant, March 1, 1865; Henry Alder, Alvin Alder, Jacob Allensworth, Edwin P. Babcock, Oscar F. Burdick, Asa C. Burdick, William Bowers, Stillman G. Bond, Henry S. Babkirk, Edgar O. Burdick, Charles H. Burdick, Stephen F. Colt, Thomas Bennett, H. P. Clark, Oliver P. Clark, Charles Curtis, J. B. Crandall (died at Columbus, Ky., June 25, 1862), Nathaniel Deering, Jerome G. Dockstader, Willard Dockstader, Napoleon B. Draper, John D. Davis, William C. Davis, Joseph Davis, Nathaniel A. Drake, Christopher Early (died at Nashville, May 6, 1865), Seymour C. Fuller, John B. Flint (died at Huntsville, Ala., August 31, 1864),
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Charles W. Flint, Daniel B. Flint, Horace R. Flint, Moses P. Farnham, Orson C. Garthwait, Lorenzo H. Garthwait, Theodore T. Green, De Witt Green, Seth H. Gillard, Emory Goodrich, George R. Hinmon, John Harker, James Holden, Rufus Holden, George W. Hathaway, Horace M. Haven, Elijah Hudson, Madi- son Hopkins. Irville Johnson, William Keeter (died at Lawrence, Kan., April 18, 1862), Albert B. Kent, Horace Lozar, James Mor- rison, Burton H. Morrison (died at Madison, Wis., March 9, 1864), Elisha P. Maxon, William H. Norton, John Nym (died at Leavenworth, Kan., March 21, 1862), William Nute, Sylvester Noyes, Lanson P. Norcross, Seymour C. Pratt, John Plantz (died at Lawrence, Kan., April 29, 1862), Wilbur Persons, Leonard H. Rich, Charles H. Rich, Washington F. Randolph, George C. Rey- nolds, Cyrus B. Robinson (died at Nashivlle, September 21, 1864), John Swan, Isaac W. Swan, Marvin V. Stanard (died at Fort Donelson, March 29, 1863), Joseph P. Scofield, Byron G. Smith, Clark G. Stillman, John A. Savage, A. H. Stewart, George A. Sherburne, Salem Twist, Libens C. Taylor, Albert O. Vincent, Leonard Woolworth, George W. Winegar, William J. Watt, James N. Webster, Oscar Wetherby, Mark Whitney, Albert H. Weston, William A. Wyse and Isaac Yates, privates.
Doctor Samuel Bell, of Beloit, was assistant surgeon of the Fifteenth Regiment.
Rock County Men in the Sixteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volun- teer Infantry.
Joseph Craig, Beloit, major, promoted from captain Company F; David A. Adams, Beloit, commissary sergeant; Company D, August Preis, Janesville, died June 24, 1863, L. Providence, La .; Company I, Thomas W. Dow and William Sholtz, Janesville. The new Company F contained many Beloit and Janesville men, besides representatives from nearly all our towns as follows: Captains, Joseph Craig, of Beloit, promoted major, and George W. Roberts, Beloit, promoted from second lieutenant; first lieu- tenant, Alfred Taggart, promoted major Fifty-first Wisconsin Infantry; second lieutenant, Julius C. Comstock, Beloit, pro- moted from sergeant.
Enlisted Men. John O. Allen, George S. Anderson, Daniel H. Atwood, corporal, sergeant; Charles D. Balch, Andrew Bennett, corporal, Edwin P. Bly. Edwin Booker, Alfred Bullock, Oscar
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Burdick (died June 18, 1865), Amos J. Burdick, Stephen A. Carey, Henry H. Cass, Samuel P. Chase, corporal, sergeant ; George A. Clark, Myron G. Cook. Israel Cook, Hiram Conry, George A. Crooker, sergeant; P. B. Daggett, Bradford B. Dag- gett, wagoner; George W. Dibble, W. B. Doolittle, Perry Dun- ning, Carlos Eggleston, musician; Enoch W. T. Felt, Warren Fisk, corporal; E. F. Fockler. Henry Funnell, Oscar Graves, Van Buren Graves. John S. Green, Dewitt C. Gilson, Hans Halstad, John Handy, Robert E. Harvey, Josiah S. Hayden, David H. Hil- ton. John Hilton, John M. Hodge, Calvin Hook, Charles H. Hun- ter, corporal; Dennis Kavanaugh, corporal; Louis O. Kohitz, John Love (died at Atlanta, Ga., October 28, 1864), Andrew Luchsinger, Eugene A. Mack. W. C. McCormick, William S. Mil- ler (died at Vicksburg, Miss., March 16, 1864), Jerome Moss, Hugh S. Nelson, Leonard M. Nelson, Lucien S. Palmer, Benjamin S. Parks, musician ; Francis E. Peck, corporal; John D. Peters, Sherman Phelps, corporal; Amos A. Phillips, Henry L. Phillips, corporal; Daniel W. Porter, corporal (wounded at Atlanta and died September 8, 1864) ; Samuel Preston (died November 12, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tenn.), Patrick Riley, Perry C. Robb, Frank Robey, Elfred E. Roberts, Hamlin E. Robinson, Mervin C. Ross, John Rushford, John E. Sargent, Elisha Schofield (died May 30, 1864, at New Albany, Ind.), Timothy Shields, corporal, sergeant; Calvin C. Smith, Charles M. Smith, corporal; James M. Smith, John K. Smith, Edmond Starr (wounded at Atlanta and died August 26, 1864), Alonzo A. Starr, Wallace Tupper, John Vanscoy, corporal; William H. H. Vosburg, corporal (died May S. 1865, at Newark, N. J.) ; Harrison C. Wells, James R. West, first sergeant, first lieutenant, wounded at Atlanta ; Emmett Wiley, George W. Wilson, Vinson G. Willard, sergeant ; Herman Winde, James G. Wray, corporal; Ebenezer Wright (wounded at Atlanta, and died there August 2, 1864).
Seventeenth Regiment Rock County Men.
Company B, John Campbell, Beloit; Company D, Martin Larkin, of Janesville; Company E, Barthalomew O'Conner, of Lima, corporal, sergeant, died October 14, 1863, at Vicksburg; Company F, Peter Smith, Beloit, second lieutenant; Thomas Me- Kiniry, Beloit, first sergeant, second lieutenant; James Bray, Janesville, died August 8, 1863, at Vicksburg; Philip Burns, Be-
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loit; John Carr, Milton Junction; John Connelly, Janesville ; Thomas Clark, Michael Clark, Thomas Conaboy, Peter Delmar, Michael Dougherty, Joseph Dolan, Patrick Doran, Thomas Fitz- gerald, Patrick Keating, James Keenan, John Kelly, Michael Kenna, Patrick Larmer, Dennis Lynch, Peter Lynough, James E. Madigan, corporal; John Mahier, John McNamara, Thomas McNary, Michael Mooney, Thomas Murphey, Samuel Plumb- teaux, Edward Riley and John Whalen, all of Beloit; Michael Dower, James Doyle, Patrick Fitzpatrick, Thomas Hallaran, John Harrington Patrick Hennesey, Roger Higgins, John Kane, John Leary, Edward McDermott, Thomas Poley, Maurice Ready, Peter Riley and Thomas Woods, all of Janesville.
In the Twenty-second Regiment Rock county furnished three companies, E, B and I.
Company E, Twenty-second Infantry, was raised in Rock county, the members being principally enlisted in Janesville, Spring Valley, Fulton, Edgerton, Harmony, Magnolia, Plymouth, La Prairie, Rock, Johnstown and Milton, under Captain Isaac Miles. The regiment rendezvoused at Camp Utley, Racine, where it was mustered into service September 2, 1862, and, two weeks later, proceeded to aid in defending Cincinnati against the threat- ened advent of Kirby Smith. At the conclusion of that cam- paign, Company E, with the regiment, was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division, Army of Kentucky, and performed pro- vost duty in that state until January 23, 1863, when the regiment was transferred to Nashville, and participated in all the im- portant battles in that section of the country, constituting a por- tion of Hooker's command. After the capture of Atlanta the regiment, with the balance of the Twentieth Army Corps, was stationed at that city, engaged in strengthening the fortifica- tions. In November, 1864, the regiment proceeded to Savannah, thence to Perrysville, Robertsville, and through the Carolinas, Richmond and Alexandria to Washington, taking part in the grand review of Sherman's army, and remaining at Alexandria until June 12, 1865, when it was mustered out and returned to Madison.
The roster of Company E, as mustered into service, was: Captain, Isaac Miles, of Fulton, resigned June 17, 1863; first lieu- tenant, Calvin Reeves, resigned December 22, 1862; second lieu- tenant, Gage Burgess, of Janesville, promoted first lieutenant,
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December 27, 1862, and captain June 17, 1863; first lieutenants, Calvin Reeves, of Janesville, Persons P. Bump; second lieutenant, Francis N. Keeley, promoted; sergeants, Henry R. Stetson, John B. Bullock, Proctor D. Scofield, Rufus P. Young and Albert O. Warner (died of wounds, August, 1864) ; corporals, Charles H. Dickinson, Hiram H. Dimick (sergeant), Augustus C. Moore (promoted sergeant and died at Nashville, February 15, 1865), Edwin H. Pullen, Charles E. Bowles, Cyrel A. A. Leake, Farin E. Osburn and Frederick W. Seymour; sergeant major, Francis N. Keeley; musicians, Oscar W. Warner and Robert W. King; wagoner, Charles W. Whittier; privates, Burritt Alcott (died at Nashville, May 12, 1863), Gerhard Abink, Edward C. Alden (cor- poral), Albert W. Alden, Edward P. Amber (corporal), Azro M. Bowles, Charles E. Bowles (corporal), Charles W. V. Baird, James H. Bullis (corporal), John P. Crossett, Daniel Clark, Aaron R. Culp, Samuel Crawford (died at Nashville, February 13, 1863), Christian Dyke, John E. Davidson, Henry H. Davis, Francis E. Downs (died at Brentwood, Tenn., March 1, 1863), Edward F. Dean, Ormond N. Dutton, William Edgar, Jesse Edgerton, Francis Edgerton, Horace W. Fiteh (died at Danville, Ky., Janu- ary 4, 1863), Charles J. Fox, John Q. A. Failing, Henry H. Guernsey (corporal), Martin V. Glass, Jonathan Gieker, Orra B. Garrison, Robert W. Harper (died at Nashville, March 9, 1863), William H. Harper, Michael Harnett, Benjamin R. Hilt, Jesse B. Harvey (promoted corporal, and killed at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 18, 1864), Joseph A. Jones (died at Nicholasville, Ky., December 26, 1862), Samuel Jones, Ethan A. Jones, George K. Johnson, James A. Kipp, August F. Kliese (corporal), Lewis E. Kliese, Seth Knight, Paul Knight (died at Danville, Ky., February 13, 1863), Solomon R. King (killed at Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1864), John Kay, Jacob J. Large, Thos. Lindenwood, Charles Locke, Alexander Lindsay (died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 30, 1865), Cyrel A. Leake (corporal, second lieutenant), Stephen W. Lemont, John Lyons, William Mulligan, Martin Merson (died near Dallas, Ky., June 12, 1864), Charles H. Macomber (died at Nicholasville, Ky., January 9, 1863), Charles H. Mansfield, James MeCathron, John McCathron (of Janesville), Abram Merrill (corporal), Herman S. MeKenzie (commissary sergeant), Claron I. Miltimore (promoted adjutant, Thirty-seventh Wisconsin), Martin McGill, Nathan Moore, Augustus C. Moore (corporal,
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