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" Capt. Patch had, for many years, been a resident of this State. He was cut off in the prime of his life and the vigor of his manhood, being, at the time of his death, in his forty-ninth year. He was repeatedly honored by his fellow-citizens with important trusts and positions, having been a member of the first Constitutional Convention, twice a member of the Assembly, twice elected Treasurer of the city of Beaver Dam, and was two years Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county of Dodge. He was a genial, kind, good-hearted and companionable man. Such a man always has friends, and Capt. Patch had a host of them.
When the rebellion broke out, his only son enlisted and became a member of the Second Regiment. Soon after, the father commenced recruiting, having obtained a Captain's commission, and soon had a company of brave and noble fellows, such as wonld be likely to enlist under such a Captain. His was Company C, of the Sixteenth Regiment. This regiment suffered severely in the battle of Pitts- burg Landing. Capt. Patch mingled freely in the fight, giving his orders with clearness, and displaying true courage and bravery upon the battle-field. He was wounded slightly in the shoulder. Camp life and the climate soon accomplished what the bullets of the rebels failed to do. In his death, his Company lost a brave Captain, to whom they were much attached ; his wife a kind and true-hearted companion; his son an affectionate father, and society a noble, gen- erous, honest and social member. His friends will not soon forget him."
The attorneys of Dodge County met in the Circuit Court Room at Juneau, and passed res- olutions of respect for the deceased and sympathy for the family.
Another well-known citizen who lost his life in his country's service was J. A. Douglas, of. Beaver Dam, Quartermaster of the Twentieth Wisconsin. Mr. Douglas was the first in his city to enlist. He was for a long time Post Quartermaster for regiments quartered in the State. He was appointed Quartermaster of the Twentieth, and left with his regiment for Missouri. He died at Lebanon, Mo., on the 14th day of October, 1862.
While war is waged that enemies might be destroyed, and it is thought a soldier is justifia- able in slaying an enemy on sight, yet we are pleased to record the following instance of true bravery of one of Dodge County's brave men. Said Capt. A. B. Hudson, in a letter to his wife, written some time in 1862 :
Tell my little boy the pistol I send him was aimed at his pa's head, when he was not more than ten feet from the man, and that the ball went whizzing by my ear. The reason why I did not shoot him was, I thought perhaps he had a wife and babes somewhere at home. We took him prisoner, and I rode beside him three days, and then we came to his house. He got leave of the Major to stop a little while, and the Major told me to stop with him. I found that he had a wife and three little ones, the largest but little larger than Ned-two little girls and a boy ; and as the little girl came to me, and I held her on my knee, and thought of my own babes at home, I thanked God that my hands were free from his blood, and that I had presence of mind enough, when my pistol was leveled on him, and he had just that moment fired at me, to spare his life and take him prisoner. He bade his family good-bye, amid many tears, and we hurried on to join the regiment.
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THE DRAFT.
In the summer of 1862, the necessity for more men became apparent, and the President issued his proclamation for 600,000 more men, and instructed the various State officers, if the men were not forthcoming, to proceed with the draft. The quota of Dodge County not being made up, in November of that year 264 men were drafted, of which the following is a complete list. We give the list by towns :
Shields .- Nicholas Finley, August Aber, William Aber, Charles Aber, Thomas Wallan, James Quinn, Francis Brach, John McFarlan, Fred Storm, Fred Iln, William Cremsk, John M. Caige, William Fisher, Martin Peters, Adolph Mitzer, Edward Hagerty, James Cady, George Donovan, Patrick Mulvaney, Michael McDonough, Charles Milger, Charles Briath.
Lomira .- William Pruisse, George Balton, John Stockmaer, Michael Jacobs, John Far- long, O. P. Clapp, George Faltz, Frantz H. Ruer, D. C. Collins, John F. Zimmerman, Will- iam N. Billinger, Nicholas Gebelisen, John Hedenger, John Schenk, John Zimmerman, Frederick Huber, Thomas Bush, Andrew Welsh, Ludwig, Zeidler, Matthias Kramer. Alonzo Chapel, John Peter Greineisen, William Reed, Joseph Heinel, John Ohlinger, David G. Owen, Samuel Wools, Frederick Bussewitz, Christian Hase, John Kinyon, August Klemfield, Ferdinand Femer.
Lowell .- Reuben Palmer, Peter Kaveny, Philip Robinson, Patrick Lane, Grove Curley, Charles Madden, Jeremiah J. Burgess, Aaron Wilson, Christian Roth, Peter Kulbuck, Michael Nash, George Miller, Leonard Engleskuhn, Henry Carr, Philip Clyman, Marcus Cramer.
Herman .- Henry Mayer, Nicholas Becher, William Beyer, Henry Yorkel, Charles Batz, William Butler, Fritz Labuwi, Paul Braise, George Zwenlin, Alfred Fulmer, Nicholas Schafer, Thomas Stussis, Charles Wolter, Peter Kline, C. S. Blusne, John George Keuble, John Mawell, John Beck, John Schmidt, Fritz Falhuestine, August Meyer, S. H. Myerpeter, Fritz Schoenaman, William Bodohu, Herman Schutte, John Faley, Herman Bailbe, William Braaght, John F. Everpeter, Michael Sackrider, Christolf Miller, William Beiser, August Zahn, Lenhard Hetzel, William Kalk, John Zahn, Henry Falk, John Hublin, Joseph Myman, William Stager, William Detmer, Henry Matter, William Mastin, Casper Rausch, Gotbeil Schutte, Ludwig Schloemagle.
Rubicon .- John P. Barney, Smith Wilden, Julius Allen, John Miller, John Bear.
Ashippun .- August Yager, William Wilkie, Charles Delvin, James Leslie, Francis Duck- low, Jacob Anderson, Jacob Nelson, J., Christopherson, Lawrence Ermes, Richard Broons, Jerome Shaw, Horace Day, Michael Tomlinson, Charley Taylor, Peter Ingledinger.
Theresa .- Charles Hindermark, Lewis Juneau, Fred Orry, John B. Richard, Jr., F. H. Greedenlhauschen, Gotlieb Britzlaff, Peter Nitzuger, E. V. Juneau, Ludwig Bassin, Philip Shatz, Narciss Browart, Gotfried Hoffman, Peter Harsth, Carl Kruger, Ernest Bluedahn, Rich- ard Piedeman, Eugene Gathier, August Benter, Gottfried Bonak, John Zohn, Ernest Henk, Frank W. Felwock, Carl Loercke, Herman Neitzel, John Hooker, Charles Fricse, John Embs, F. D. Juneau, Ecken Juneau, George Dick, William Menzel, John Hohne, August Bentzer, Frederick Benthel, George Vorce, Alvis Henshmidt, George Woolmeber, Jacob Cass, Ferdinand Kruzske, Jr., Frederick Huch, Herman Albrecht, John Dingle, Charles Billings, August Erdman, Jacob Schmreithard, Carl Machmullen, Fred Bluedahn, August Lehman, Henry Ross, Frederick Frees, Charles Knap, Henry Rudwig, Ernst Gratz, George Burge, August Budahn, August Kunerd, Fred Piper, Zimmerman, William Noach, William Zust, Carl Schopp, Peter Haufs, Francis Deslarges, Charles Buchdo, Adolph Walshe, John Carl Miller, Schlegel W. Shlegah, Ludwid Groving.
Clyman .- Edward Pugh, Robert Humphreys, Martin Mesner, George W. Chandler, David McCarthy, Zubanis Drake, John Neis, David Waterhaus, Jeremiah Scully, John Oldridge, Jacob Meis, John Schumacher, Julius Waugerhawskie, Edward O. Keef, Joel Merril, Theo- dore Smith, Martin Manning, Zacheus Euper.
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Beaver Dam .- Ebenezer C. Hammer, James Farr, Julius Lindsley, David Moulton, Jr., Lucas Landfried, John H. Peacock, Lafayette N. Blanchard, George A. Brown, John McDer- mott, William Clason, George Dunham, John Swiger, Fred Starks, Thomas Grimm, Adam Glass, George Johnson.
Westford .- Joseph Dixon, Patrick Elaspie, William Halman, David Davis, Jacob Amman, W. W. Jones, William Higgitt, George Wells, John McGan.
Other drafts were held under the various calls; many others drew lucky prizes, some of whom responded, while others furnished substitutes, and Dodge County was well represented in the great army of the rebellion, and many of her best citizens laid down their lives in sacrifice, that their country might be saved. During this time, enlistments were still going on, the vari- ous towns throughout the county offering, from time to time, additional bounty to procure the required number.
By reference to the report of the Adjutant General of the State, we learn the entire quota of Dodge County, under the various calls, was 2,606, with a total credit of 2,497 in the service.
SCRAPS OF WAR HISTORY.
May, 1861-It appears that many who, under excitement, enlisted in their country's ser- vice, when the hour of departure arrived, like the Irishman's flea, were not there. The Beaver Dam Argus, of May 24, says : "We notice a considerable number of deserters from the various camps, and even from the private companies not yet called into service. We can account for it in no other way than that some expected to go to the war for three months, do no fighting and return ; but when called for three years, backed out. It is a poor way for a man to show his patriotism and love of country, to go to war for fun. The Northern army will soon be rid of these cow- ardly fellows ; they can get along better without them."
June-A beautiful silk flag, procured at a cost of $40, was presented to the Beaver Dam Rifles. The presentation was made by Miss Thompson, in a neat and appropriate speech, and respondedl to by Capt. Catlin, who received the flag in the name of the company. Maj. Charles H. Larrabee, of Horicon, was presented with a fine horse by his friends and neighbors. Flag- raisings at South Beaver and McCollum's Corners, amid the ringing of bells, music and speech- making. The Beaver Dam Rifles left the city amid the tears and hearty " God bless you's" of the assembled multitude.
August-A large mass-meeting was held at Beaver Dam to take action with respect to the visit of one Beriah Brown, in the neighborhood, and who was charged with being a secessionist. Resolutions of devotion to their country were passed by the patriots assembled.
October-Dodge County Volunteers, Capt. Ely, and a Hartford company, Capt. Kohls- dorf, united under the name of the "Sturdy Oaks," John H. Ely, Captain ; Robert Kohlsdorf, First Lieutenant; George M. West, Second Lieutenant.
May, 1862-A large box of articles for the soldiers was sent to the Wisconsin soldiers in the Army of the Potomac, by the citizens of Beaver Dam, represented by Mrs. T. B. Catlin, Mrs. J. A. Bogert, Mrs. A. P. Lawrence and Mrs. Moses Stevens. Henry Douglas, of Beaver Dam, a lad fifteen years of age, a member of Catlin's Company, Fifth Regiment, was in the battle of Williamsburg, and got his gun wet so it would not fire. During the hottest of the fight and whilst the regiment was falling back, he deliberately sat down, took out his screw-driver, unscrewed the tube from his gun, dried it out, put it back, capped it, got up and put into the field as if nothing unusual was going on.
July-Ernest Seifert, Company C, Sixteenth Wisconsin Volunteers, promoted to Second Lieutenant.
August-Under the President's call for 600,000 more, orders were issued for a draft in case the required number of men were not raised in ten days. Says the Beaver Dam Argus, August 8: " It is a certainty, then, that conscription is to be resorted to, and before two weeks shall have passed many a cheek will blanch and crimson at a sight of the much-dreaded draft- ing-box, and the thought of being compelled to march to the field of death. All able-bodied
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men may as well prepare themselves for the emergency ; all will not have to go, but it is impos- sible to tell who the lucky ones will be; consequently it behooves every man who has a family, to provide for their support in case he should be taken. The modus operandi of drafting men we are totally ignorant of, but we shall probably all learn as soon as we wish to." A Soldier's Aid Society was formed in Beaver Dam, by the ladies, for the purpose of extending relief to any soldiers of Wisconsin who may be sick or wounded. At a special election in Beaver Dam, it was decided to pay a bounty of $125 for each volunteer-only one vote cast against the project.
September-Gen. Pope passed through Beaver Dam en route for Minnesota, to take command of the forces operating against the Indians. Capt. Hunt's cavalry recruits left Beaver Dam amidst a drenching rain, but in high spirits.
October-Jeremiah H. Douglas was promoted Second Lieutenant, Company D, Fifth Wis- consin Volunteers. The Adjutant General reports the whole number to be drafted from the county at 264, of which five were to be from the first ward in Beaver Dam. There was great indignation among the citizens of the place, as the city had an excess of forty-seven over all calls. They were afterward made happy by the correction being made by the Adjutant General. The city of Beaver Dam, by contributions of her citizens, raised $5,960 for the the Volunteer's Fund.
November-The Soldiers' Aid Society of Fox Lake shipped 2,580 pounds of hospital stores to the boys in front. The young men of Theresa volunteered, in place of those men drafted who had families depending on them-a noble and generous act.
December-Charles A. Pettibone promoted to a lieutenancy in the First Wisconsin Cav- alry. Robert Baily, of the First Cavalry, died at St. Louis, Mo., his body being brought to Beaver Dam and interred in the city cemetery. Capt. A. J. Hunt, of Calamus, resigned his position in the First Cavalry. Dr. Theodore Kopf, of Beaver Dam, appointed Assistant Sur- geon of the Thirty-fourth Regiment. Samuel Barrett, late of Fox Lake, a member of the Twenty-ninth Regiment, died on the 14th.
January, 1863-Capt. Catlin, of Beaver Dam, promoted Lieutenant Colonel of the Fifth Regiment. Jerry Douglas, son of the late Quartermaster Douglas, was commissioned Lieuten- ant that. he might resign and return home, which he did.
February-The Dodge County Citizen, in a vigorous article, "goes for " those who profess to be in favor of the war, yet keep up a "fire in the rear " of the brave men in the field. Con- siderable excitement over a supposed disloyal secret society known as the Knights of the Golden Circle.
March-Lieutenant R. C. Scovill, late of Company D, Fifth Regiment, died at Beaver Dam. He was greatly respected and esteemed by all. Union Clubs being organized over the county. Considerable excitement in the neighborhood of the village of Neosho, with respect to threats of violence said to be made against unconditional Union men. A military company organized and the State applied to for arms. Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society sent a large quan- tity of hospital supplies to the soldiers.
May-Great excitement in Beaver Dam over the reported capture of Jeff Davis. A man named McHugh boldy cheered for Davis, which brought about a free fight, resulting in a num- ber of black eyes, bruised shins, pummeled faces and bloody noses.
June-A Ladies' Union League organized at Beaver Dam. While Mr. S. F. Smith, of Beaver Dam, was engaged in his duties as enrolling officer, some half a dozen women in the Second Ward got together in a house that he must needs visit, having first sent their children away to a place of safety, and arming themselves with rolling-pins, brooms, mop-sticks, churn- dashers, etc., they awaited his appearance. When he came to the house, they made a charge, which convinced him that discretion was the better part of valor, and he made a hasty retreat, falling through a treacherous cellar-way and losing his hat in the flight; the hat was, however, subsequently recovered, though with sundry holes punched through it. The next morning, Mr. Smith returned and completed the enrollment without further molestation. Henry Linnell, who enlisted as a private in Company D, Fifth Regiment, promoted Quartermaster of his regiment.
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August-A monument was erected over the grave of young Henry Douglas (an account of whose heroic conduct at the battle of Williamsburg is given on another page and who died shortly after), in the cemetery of Beaver Dam. It bears the inscription, " The Young Hero of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. Henry A., son of John A. Douglas, died in the service of his country, September 28, 1862, aged sixteen years. Erected by his comrades in arms of Com- pany D, Fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers."
"The patriot boy from his soldier grave Speaks proud, great thoughts to the true and brave, And waves a light from the spirit shore Of glad, pure joy forevermore."
Lieut. J. G. Douglas, of Company K, Twenty-ninth Regiment, died at his late residence in Juneau.
September-Lieut. Charles A. Searles, of Beaver Dam, was killed in battle near Chatta- nooga. Capt. A. C. Burchard killed in Leavenworth, Kan. An attempt was made to indict, by the grand jury, members of the Union League, on the ground that the society was a treasonable one and inimical to the public peace and safety. The attempt failed.
October-At a Soldier's Aid Donation held in Beaver Dam, $141.53 was cleared, together with a large amount of provisions and fuel donated.
November-Draft Associations being organized, in which a bounty of $300 is paid to every member drafted. On election day, on account of the challenging and threatening of some Union soldiers, the citizens got into a regular fight, and some thirty or forty were wounded. All this took place in the town of Lowell. Capt. James Ordway, Company D. Fifth Wisconsin, killed in action at Fredericksburg.
January, 1864-The town of Lowell voted $200 in addition to the Government bounty. A donation and festival in aid of soldiers' families at Beaver Dam realized $217.85. Call was made for volunteers to saw the wood donated, after which drafting was resorted to by the young ladies and a number of young gentlemen got caught.
February-The town of Rubicon voted $200 in addition to the Government bounty for volunteers. The town of Calamus did likewise. Ditto Trenton.
March-The Ninth School District of the town of Beaver Dam, claims to be the banner town district in this county, having furnished twenty-two men for Uncle Sam's army: The veterans of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Wisconsin Regiments home on a furlough.
April-Joint School District No. 3, of Hartford and Rubicon, beats No. 9, Beaver Dam, sending thirty men to the front. Lieut. Edwin Marsh promoted Captain Company K, Twenty- ninth Regiment.
July-Capt. Horace E. Ronnitt, of Horicon, appointed Major of the Twenty-ninth Regiment.
August-Beaver Dam voted $4,000 bounty to secure volunteers for its quota of the 500,000 call. The term of enlistment having expired, the Fifth Regiment was mustered out of service, many of the boys returning home. The Citizen says that the trade in marriage certificates was getting brisk. An enterprising recruiting officer at Mayville, heads his poster, "Flee from the draft to come." The town of Trenton pays $200 and those liable to draft have added $50 more, in addition to Government bounty. The town of Calamus also votes $200. At a town- meeting in the town of Chester, the following resolution was passed unanimously : "Resolved, That we, as citizens of the town of Chester, pledge ourselves without reserve that we will cheer- fully comply with this necessary sacrifice (the test of the draft) to uphold the Constitution and laws of the land, and sustain the blessings of free government."
February, 1865-Stanley Brown, of Juneau, received a Commission as First Lieutenant in Gen. Hancock's veteran corps. He served three years as a private in the Fifth Wisconsin. Great rejoicing over the recapture of Fort Sumter. The Citizen fires off its big cannon.
March-Beaver Dam rejoices that it is out of the draft ! A couple of boys who had just enlisted in this county and got their bounty money, hired a livery team at Waupun to take their
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girls a-sleighriding; were gone three days and returned home a pair of brides and bridegrooms, apparently as much to their own surprise as that of their friends. John Hardy, of Burnett, a private in Capt. Catlin's company, and who was below the regulation size, and who was received on the suggestion of Maj. Larrabee that he would make a good teamster, commissioned a Cap- tain in one of the Michigan regiments.
April-Great rejoicing over the fall of Richmond. Public meetings held in every town, village and city in the county, and the people wild with excitement. By the fall of Richmond it is thought that the rebellion would collapse, the " brave boys in blue" be allowed soon to return to their homes, and peace, joy and happiness be as of old. But too soon was the joy of the people turned into mourning. Abraham Lincoln, the brave, noble and generous man, the savior of his country, by the cowardly hands of an assassin, was struck down, and the whole nation bowed its head in grief.
May-The last public act performed by the citizens of Dodge County in the great drama of the rebellion, was an entertainment given by the Good Templars of Beaver Dam, in aid of the Sanitary Commission. We have said this was the last act, but must correct ourselves in that another soon followed better than all-the welcome home of the men who, with their lives in their hand, went forth to battle for their country, and now at the end of four years' struggle, return and again take their places in civil life and receive the welcome plaudit, " Well done, good and faithful servants."
CHAPTER V.
JOURNALISM IN DODGE COUNTY-RAILROADS: THE FOND DU LAC, AMBOY' & PEORIA-DODGE COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY-THE SCHOOLS-TOWNS: PORTLAND, ELBA, CALAMUS, WESTFORD, FOX LAKE, SHIELDS, LOWELL, BEAVER DAM, TRENTON, EMMET, CLYMAN, OAK GROVE, BURNETT CHESTER, LEBANON, HUSTISFORD, HUBBARD, WILLIAMSTOWN, LE ROY, ASHIPPUN, RUBICON, HERMAN, THERESA, LOMIRA.
THE PRESS.
Journalism had its inception in antiquity. The institution now known as a newspaper was preceded nearly a thousand years by official manuscript publications (the Acta Diurna), giving accounts of public occurrences in Rome. If the occasion required, these quaint journals made their appearance daily ; but, in case of a scarcity of news, the different issues were indefinitely suspended, and the editors, if possessing sportive dispositions and desiring to pass the time pleasantly, either entered the lists of a tourney or went fishing.
There was but little progress made in this direction until 1622, the date of the first publi- cation deserving the name of newspaper. Prior to that time, the mental appetite of modern Europe had subsisted upon periodical manuscript literature. In England, the written news- letter (furnished to the aristocracy only, at a fabulous price) was, for a long time, in vogue. Then came the " Ballad of News," sung or recited in the streets or other public places. The " News Pamphlet " was the nearest approach to a newspaper that had obtained up to 1622. It was a prose publication, replete with court gossip and jests, so coarse as to be decidedly vulgar. But a very few copies of these pamphlets are now in existence. Antiquarians find them unprof -- itable, and their transportation through the mails dangerous on account of the postal laws in relation to obscene literature.
As before stated, the first quarter of the seventeenth century saw the first regular series of newspapers. It was about that time that the Weekly Newes from Italie and Germanie made its appearance in London. The Newes impressions were taken upon a mechanical contrivance invented by Nathaniel Butler, who is regarded as the father of the newspaper press. The first attempt at the publication of parliamentary reports was made in 1641, and it was about this time, after the abolition of the star-chamber system, that politics began to receive the attention of journalists. Then it was that the press censorship was successfully established, many previous attempts having been made to " hobble " the editorial pen. The caustic writings of Needham, Birkenhead, Digby and Heylin made the rest of crowned heads quite uneasy. The proverb that a king could do no wrong became "a saying without substance," and the thunders of the press were followed by persecutions and, frequently, assassinations. The first advertisement was inserted by a London firm about 1648. It was in verse form, and extolled the advantages of its author's goods with such effect that it became necessary to replenish the stock long before the usual time.
The first daily morning newspaper was the London Courant, published in 17 09, and con- sisted of one page of two columns, containing five paragraphs, translated from foreign journals. Fifty years later, there were 7,000,000 copies of newspapers sold in England annually. Then came, in 1788, John Walter's Daily Universal Register, now the London Times, which had a circulation in 1800 of 1,000 copies.
The present century has witnessed revolutions in journalism so very wonderful as to be almost beyond comprehension, were we not brought face to face with the facts every day. In enterprise, the American publisher has outstripped his European cotemporary. The invention of the electric telegraph opened a new field in journalism, the resources of which are yet
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