The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Part 69

Author: Wesern historical company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 899

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Large Union meetings were also held at Evansville, Footville, Clinton, Afton, Shopiere (at which $4,640 was subscribed), Magnolia, Johnstown and elsewhere, at all of which the greatest

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enthusiasm and generous liberality were displayed. On the 25th of April, a county meeting was held in Janesville to take into consideration the condition of the country and adopt such measures as the exigencies of the time demanded.

The city was generally decorated in honor of the event, the stores and public offices closed, and the proceedings were of a character well calculated to excite patriotic emotions.

The meeting was organized by the appointment of B. E. Hale, of Beloit. Chairman : Andrew Palmer, Isaac Miles, Dr. John Mitchell. Z. P. Burdick, J. P. Wheeler and D. Y. Kil- gore, Vice Presidents, and W. II. Ebbetts, Hiram Bowen and E. P. Brooks, Secretaries. Speeches were made by Prof. D. Y. Kilgore, of Evansville Seminary, W. H. Ebbetts. Judge Armstrong, Mr. McAdams, of Milton, J. P. Wheeler and the Rev. I. Codding, and Messrs. Graham, Lawrence, Gibbs. Martin, Calkins, Tilton. May, Williams and others, at an impromptu meeting held on the public square. At this meeting. "The Rock County Union and Relief Society" was organized, and the following officers elected : J. D. Rexford, Treasurer ; William Merrill, Secretary, and J. G. Kendall, W, H. Tripp, J. E. Culver, A. Palmer. George Sherman and A. W. Pope, Committee.

The objects of the Society were to enroll, organize into companies and drill such men as were willing to enter into active service as volunteers; to raise funds for the support and relief of such volunteers and their families, and to defray such other expenses as may be proper in carrying out these objects. The labors imposed were onerous, but till the close of the war the Society was untiring in its efforts to promote the cause of the Union and the welfare of the soldier.

In the three-months' service, Pliny Norcross, a student at Milton at the date of the call, enlisted in the Governor's Guards, and is believed to have been the only recruit from Rock County who served in the three-months campaigns around Washington, terminating with the battle of Bull Run, excepting, of course, the " Beloit City Guards," which were enlisted at Beloit and mustered into the First Regiment. Pliny Norcross subsequently became Captain of Company K, Thirteenth Regiment, and served to the close of the war. He is now practicing law in Janesville.

Company F, First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, three-months' men, known as " Beloit City Guards."-Captain, William M. Clark ; First Lieutenant, Thomas P. Northrop : Second Lieutenant, Noble W. Smith ; First Sergeant, John F. Vallee ; Second Sergeant, Frederick W. Goddard ; Third Sergeant, Alexander Anderson ; Fourth Sergeant, David M. Bennett ; Corporals, Henry H. Stafford, Phillip E. Fisher, Benjamin Vaughan. Charles A. Rathburn : Fifer, Volney P. Van Buren : Drummer, Alexander Lee ; Privates. Myron N. Adams, John A. Avery, George Beeken, Daniel W. Barry, Daniel Bratt, Harmon H. Barmoore, Ebenezer Buterfield, Rufus Benson, Charles F. Bernus, Charles A. Colley, Hartly II. Colly. Alexander Clark, Horace R. Colley, Charles H. Christ, Deloss H. Cady. Howard Convers, John Campbell, John S. Chandler, John N. Clifford, Philander B. Daggett. Bradford B. Daggett, William Dor- man, George O. Ellsworth, Joseph E. Fisher, William Frye, James H. Funnell, John H. Gustin, Charles H. Goodrich, Elisha W. Goddard, John Gray, Horace W. Hackett, Sophronus S. Herrick, Henry W. Hamilton, James Hislop, Henry Harbaugh, James II. Ingersoll. Ben- jamin Kline, William Knox, Martin McDevitt, Ira Miner, Sanford L. Miller, Phillip Morse, Lemon C. Morgan, Franklin C. Morgan, William H. Norton, John A. Pease, Robert Peters, John W. Parker, William H. Parker, Chauncy Pellibone, James W. Quinn, Leonard M. Rose, Hiram A. Reaves, James S. Ranous, Harry Rivers, John Ridgeway, Lee C. Stone, Nathaniel Shelter, Elisha W. Sherman. Albert S. Steel, William A. Stone, Jerry J. Towers, Edward D. Webb, James A. Wither, Mark Young, Daniel Young, Warren Young, Klem Barnes. The company, after participating in the fight at Falling Waters, on July 2, 1861, were mustered out with the regiment on August 21, of the same year.

Vallee's Battery .- This battery was organized in Beloit in September, 1861, by Capt. John F. Vallee. His Senior First Lieutenant was George B. Easterly ; Junior First Lieuten- ant, Martin McDevitt ; Senior Second Lieutenant, Charles A. Rathbun ; Junior Second

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Lieutenant, Alexander See ; Staff Sergeants, Charles H. Clark, Q. M. S., Cephas L. Sturtevant, First Sergeant ; Duty Sergeants, Mark Young, Alexander Clark, Benjamin F. Watson, Charles A. Colby, Horatio Yarrington, James H. Graves; Wagonmaster, Samuel Elliott ; Corporals, Edwin M. Palmer, Delos H. Cady, Burr Maxwell, Chauncey Baker, Benjamin Brown, Chaun- cey B. Jerome, Guerdin D. Keeler, James W. Vandeventer, Bateman J. Stickel, Levi Westing- house, John M. Clifford, Eli White; Artificers, Andrew David, Charles B. Sperry, Stephen N. Peck, Garrett G. Vorhees ; Buglers, Jacob Newman, Calvin Burrows ; Farrier, Augustine M. Carpenter ; Hospital Steward, Harry D. Bullard; Guidon, Howard Converse. Capt. Vallee resigned July 5, 1863, his successor being George B. Easterly. The former officers were all honorably discharged.

Capt. Easterly's Senior First Lieutenant was Martin McDevitt; Junior First Lieutenant, George Powers; Senior Second Lieutenant, George R. Wright; Junior Second Lieutenant, Dorman L. Noggle ; Staff Sergeants, Q. M. S. Charles H. Clark, First Sergeant, Cephas L. Sturtevant ; Duty Sergeants, Horatio N. Yarrington, Edwin N. Palmer, Levi Westinghouse, Rand H. Stevenson, William Abbott, Samuel Elliott; Corporals, Delos H. Cady, Burr Max- well, Benjamin Brown, James H. Graves, John Clifford, James Baldwin, Robert Campbell. Hugh Schallong, Charles Colby, Spencer Maxwell, Albert Wallace. The remainder of the non-commissioned were the same men who served under Capt. Vallee, except the Wagoner, who was Chauncey Baker.

After the resignation of Capt. Easterly, Dorman L. Noggle was appointed in his place, the rest of the commissioned officers having resigned. Capt. Noggle's Senior First Lieutenant was Robert Campbell; Junior First Lieutenant, Burr Maxwell ; Senior Second Lieutenant, Delos H. Cady ; Junior Second Lieutenant, Benjamin Brown. The following is a list of the privates : January Blackbird, Charles H. Burrows, Robert J. Butler, Ira A. Blackmar, George Beeken, Allan Baldwin, John Bingham, William Bingham, Duffy Bentley, Orlando H. Butler, John Berry, John Carney, William W. Colly, J. Cady, Horace Colly, Hartley H. Colly, James Lumsden, Louis Lightheart, Mazerie Letterneau, Louis O. Larsen, Daniel W. Mapes, Thomas McDonnell, Thomas McGrath, Josiah Moyer, Charles Mansfield, John McManemanamin, Neil McCathrine, James McCathrine, George H. Marshall, Henry Manly, William Norton, James Nes- bitt, Thomas Nelson, Charles Olsen, Joseph Pierson, David Philbourn, Josiah Parkhurst, John C. Payson, William Ruff, William S. Ranous, Hugh Reiley, Wakeman Ressiegue, Charles E. Rodifer, Amos E. Rice, Harry Rivers, James Ritchie, Charles Smith, Hubbard D. Smith, Elisha W. Sherman, Charles Schupel, Thomas P. Spencer, Fernando R. Sumner, Charles Sheilds, George Sour, Wardell Tunison, William S. Thorn, Edwin Van Gelder, Amos S. Van Gelder, James Wil- kins, Joseph B. Williams, Alvin West, Sabin Warren, William Warren, Stephen Wells, Franklin Wright, John H. Weller, George H. Adams, William L. Austin, Edward Carroll, Adelbert M. Case, Eugene Dutcher, John Douglas, Consider K. Davis, Henry Dodd, Daniel Dulhanty, Henry M. Davis, Peres D. Ellis, Wesley Ellison, William L. Early, Sidney C. Early, Joseph Flannigan, Eugene K. Felt, Francis N. Graves, George Groner, William Groner, George W. Hayes, Allen Hurley, Peter Halverson, William R. Hanson, Thomas W. Harnden, Daniel B. Hitchcock, Elisha Hawk, Lewis Isaacson, Henry Johnson, William W. James, Sidney Knill, William J. Kelly, Thomas Kelly.

Company D, Second Regiment, was raised in the city of Janesville-the first company of volunteers enlisted for the war in Rock County. The company was enlisted under the call for three months, but when mustered into service on June 11, 1861, was credited to the quota for three years. It left Janesville for Madison on the 6th of May, where it was quartered in Camp Randall. After remaining in camp engaged in drilling and equipping for the field until June 20, the regiment departed for Washington, its officers and privates regarding the change of base in the light of a pleasure trip, confident that their services would not be required beyond a year. After a brief sojourn in the capital, the regiment crossed the Potomac and camped on Arlington Heights, where it was brigaded under the command of the present Gen. W. T. Sherman, and participated in the memorable battle of Bull's Run, at which Marion

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F. Hume, of Company F, was killed by a cannon-ball-the first Wisconsin soldier killed in the war. On the 27th of August following, the regiment was transferred to the command of Gen. Rufus King, and composed a portion of the " Iron Brigade." Company D participated in the campaigns against Richmond, in the battles of Gainesville, South Mountain, Antietam, Fred- ericksburg, Gettysburg, Laurel Mountain and at other points, until May 11, 1864. At that date, the regiment was detached from the brigade it had accompanied since its organization, and to whose reputation it so materially contributed (the Second having been reduced to less than one hundred men fit for active service), and employed as Provost Guard of the Fourth Division, Fifth Army Corps, accompanying that Division in the movement to the left, crossing the North Anna River on the 23d of May, and arriving, on the 6th of June, on the Chickahominy. The regiment remained here until the 11th of the same month, when it marched to White House Landing, whence it embarked for Washington, and arrived in Madison June 18, where, on the 2d of July, 1864, it was mustered out of service, and the remnant of Company D returned to Rock County. When the regiment reached Wisconsin, its total number was 155 officers and men, out of 1,050 who entered the service in 1861. The number returned as above did not include 20 veterans or 45 members who were " returned wounded and prisoners."

The original roster of Company D contained the following: George B. Ely, Captain, wounded at the battle of Antietam, September 2, 1862, discharged the service December 24 following ; A. B. McLean, First Lieutenant, resigned October 7, 1862; Dana D. Dodge, Second Lieutenant, promoted to First Lieutenant March 18, 1862, resigned April 13 following ; Albert F. Wade, Orderly Sergeant ; George F. Saunders (promoted to First Lieutenant April 30, 1862, and resigned), William A. Jameson (promoted January 9 and May 4, 1863, to First Lieutenant) and Henry Silman, Sergeants; John C. McDonald, John C. Little, Charles W. Atherton and Dennison Webster, Corporals. The privates were Ethan Allen, Marion Alexan- der, John J. Bristow, Gersham A. Bennett, Frederick Breme, Cain Billings, Jeremiah G. Bur- dick, Chancy Bartholomew, Henry Backus, Andrew Bean (killed at South Mountain September 14, 1862), William Croft, Samuel Creek, Charles H. Cheney, Andrew Douglas, Lorin Davis, Jr., Johnson Dole, John N. Ehle, Chauncey Ehle (died at Richmond, Va., in November, 1862), John F. Foot, William H. Foote, Asahel Gage (killed at South Mountain September 14, 1862), Wendell Fairbrother, John Hamilton (promoted Corporal and died at Richmond, Va.), William Hogan, Albert B. Heath, Joseph Harris, Isaac R. Huggins, John Johnson, Edward Killelee, Hiram H. Kimball, Albert B. Kimball, Thomas H. Knill, Oliver Friddle, Daniel H. Loomis, Lucius H. Lee, C. H. Lee, Alexander Lee (appointed Second Lieutenant May 13, 1863), Her- man J. Longhoff, Sidney Landers, Charles E. Marsh, Orville J. Miles, William J. McRea, Frederick H. Maine, John C. Malloy, Nathaniel Parks, A. Patterson, Leonard Powell, William Smith (promoted Corporal and died in Richmond, Va., March 14, 1862), Charles Rowland, George L. Scott, Albert H. Stickney, Charles D. Stickney, William I .. Schermerhorn, Joslyn Southard, William Seiforth, D. Thoraldson, Lucien N. Turner, Lewis Tramblie, Joseph H. Tramblie (killed at Gainesville, Aug. 28, 1826), David Tramblie, Julius Tramblie, Clark R. Thomas, Oramel Wilcox, Philander Wilcox (promoted Corporal, and killed at Gettysburg July 1, 1863) and Caleb J. Waterman.

Company E, Fifth Regiment, was enlisted in Rock County in May, 1861, and rendez- voused at Camp Randall during the latter part of the following June, where it was mustered into service July 13, leaving the State for the Army of Eastern Virginia, on the 24th of the same month. Arriving in Washington, the regiment became attached to the brigade of Gen. King and encamped on Meridian Hill. On the 3d of the ensuing September, the regiment was moved to Chain Bridge and assigned to Hancock's Brigade, Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac. Company E was a prominent factor in all these movements, including that of the Army of the Peninsula, participating in the battle of Williamsburg, the first engagement of the historic battles about Richmond, including Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, Frasier's Farm, Malvern Hills and Antietam. Also taking part in the battles of Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg (being attached to Gen. Franklin's Division of the Sixth Army Corps, and crossing the river on

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the morning of the 12th of December, 1862, in advance of Burnside's Army), and took a post- tion on the left of the battle line at Gettysburg. In the latter part of July, 1863, Company E occupied Kingston, N. Y., where it was stationed until after the draft, when, in obedience to orders, it returned to Fairfax Station, Va., and, rejoining the Third Brigade, First Division. Sixth Army Corps, took possession of Warrenton, joined in the charge upon Rappahannock Station and in the engagement at Locust Grove across the Rapidan. In the spring of 1864_ Company E again crossed the Rapidan and took part in the battle of the Wilderness, in which. it will be remembered, the Twenty-fifth Virginia Regiment was captured by companies attachec. to the Fifth Wisconsin. After the battles of Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. the regiment assisted in the defense of Washington when menaced by Breckinridge, remaining until the 16th of July, 1864, when it was returned to Madison and mustered out.

The following is the list of officers and privates originally enlisted in Rock County : H M. Wheeler, Captain, promoted to Major, died in Washington, November 19. 1863, of wound received at the battle of Fredericksburg ; H. R. Clum, First Lieutenant, promoted Captain Febr ruary 9, and resigned October 3, 1863; James Mills, Second Lieutenant, resigned May 11C 1862; H. C. Hern, died of wounds at Williamsburg, in May, 1862; E. P. Mills, promoted February 9, and, October 31, 1863, to First Lieutenant, and killed at the battle of the Wilder 7. ness May 5, 1864 ; A. W. Hathaway, promoted May 19, 1862, February 9 and October 3 1863, to Captain ; W. L. Smith and A. L. Cutts (died at Fairfax, Va., March 15, 1862 Sergeants ; G. W. Dutton, W. M. Birt, J. C. Rogers, P. Wilson, J. McDaniels, C. Harrington, G. Thorngate and R. W. Raynor, Corporals ; F. Schermerhorn. drummer, a John Jackson, fifer, with the subjoined list of privates : Louis Anderson, Leslie Anderson, Thom H. Alverson, W. H. Albon, H. S. Ames, J. Anson, Rosewell Beech (died at Washingto- November 25, 1863), Wm. C. Benedict, P. J. Bellesfield, John Beatty, E. C. Bingham, E. P. BL J. H. Bliven, W. W. Bradshaw, J. W. Brown, W. Braithwaite (died at Hagerstown, Md., October 29, 1862), A. M. Burdick, Page N. Bulls, James B. Carr, J. W. Coonen (died at Baltimo December 18, 1862), R. D. Coonen, Henry Curron, B. Courtrighte, R. F. Dutton, M. Dur J. D. Dysart, C. M. Densmore, Thomas Evans, W. M. Folsom, A. R. Foster, N. H. Fowle.

C. Glover (killed at the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864), W. W. Hastings, F. T. Harve. R. A. Hickox, Thomas Hodson, J. W. Huggins, W. A. Helmes, G. W. Hale (died at Washin - ton September 24, 1862), C. A. Ingersoll, H. Jarvis, R. K. Johnson, J. M. Kimball, John Lahn (died at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864). J. P. Lincoln, W. D. Masterton, J. D. Maxon, McClure, Edward Miles, Thomas Miller, Ely Mitchell, M. Newton, Alonzo Nellis, I. B. Ne. . kirk, Timothy Osborn (died at Liberty Hall Hospital, Va., January 27, 1862), E. H. Olis- n, F. D. Parker, Ezra Pepper, George Peterson (died of wounds received at Cold Harbor June =3, B. 1864), Joseph Pierson (killed at the battle of the Wilderness May 5, 1864), C. A. Pierce ; K. Plats (died at Liberty Hall Hospital, Va., July 18, 1862), G. S. Prior, R. W. Pitts (killed at Fredericksburg, Va., May 3, 1863), C. T. Packard, P. G. Raymond (died of wound receive>< at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864), W. F. Reed, M. Rhoades, D. O. Ripley, T. G. Richardson,

F. J. B. Russell, H. C. Russell, J. F. Smith, G. F. Seymour, P. A. Shaw, G. C. Sims, S. Smith, E. C. Small, W. H. Story, W. C. Stevens, W. C. Stuck (died of wounds at Washing- ton November 29, 1863), T. T. Stewart, C. M. Taylor, Whitney Tibbals (killed at Spotts ~ 1- vania May 10, 1864), W. Tucker. J. D. Valentine, A. N. Vaughn (died at Philadelphia - in May, 1862), R. W. Walker, A. Walrath, J. A. Warner, Henry Wagner, F. R. Walker, R. B. Webster, Theodore Weed, G. Westemyer, W. W. Wiggins, I). Williams and G. R. Woodard -

In the campaign against Fredericksburg, the Fifth Wisconsin bore an important part. It will be remembered that the attack upon the heigh s beyond that stronghold was made simulta- neously by three columns under Gens. Gibbon, Howe and Newton. "On Sunday morning, May 3," writes an eye witness, and after the first advance had been repulsed, "Col. Allen, with two hundred and twenty-five men, the right wing of the Fifth Wisconsin, deployed as skirmishers fifty yards in advance, covering the Thirty-first New York and Sixth Maine, and ordered his line forward on the double-quick. His men were directed not to fire a musket, but to make use

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of the bayonet, thus giving the enemy, who had just discharged their pieces, no time to reload. " This was the most brilliant charge of the campaign. The line of skirmishers darted for- ward upon the run, but before they reached the stone fence, which was less than three minutes, twenty-three were killed and seventy-six fell wounded, but not a man unhurt faltered. Clearing the stone. fence under a terrible fire of artillery and musketry, they bayoneted those of the enemy who still resisted their advance, and, rushing forward, captured the heights, taking possession of the rifle-pits and batteries.

"Lieut. Brown, commanding a section of Walton's famous Washington Artillery, surren- dered his battery and his men to Col. Allen. All this was done before any other troops had reached the stone wall. The Sixth Maine came up and planted their colors on the right, and the left wing of the Fifth Wisconsin came up about the same time and raised their colors on the left."

Company G, Sixth Regiment .- Captain, M. A. Northrup ; Lieutenants, G. L. Montague and W. W. Allen. The company was known as " Beloit Star Rifles," enlisted at Beloit. The following is the complete roster : Royal Atwood, James Avery, A. O. Austin, A. Allen, S. P. Alexander, D. C. Burbank, P. Burch, S. G. Bayes, J. N. Bingham, G. W. Bly, H. L. Beemon, G. T. Bury, L. K. Barmore, W. Bedford, H. Brady, H. S. Beers, G. Best, M. Ball, W. H. H. Burns, D. F. Burdick, D. Briggs, J. Brader, G. W. Chamberlin, J. H. Cowen, George Closson, A. Clarke, B. Cannon, J. Conner, B. F. Clarke, B. Christer, J. Conner, E. Dwinnell, H. J. Dahl, J. F. J. Davis, W. P. Force, J. H. Fillmore, J. W. Frodine, W. T. Fuller, W. C. Gard- ner, C. J. Gibbs, R. Gamble, F. Green, C. Gierwitz, W. Holland, George W. Harbaugh. B. F. Harbaugh, S. W. Hanson, James Haynes, C. R. Hubbard, N. Haley, G. W. Jay, G. M. Keyt, L. A. Kent, J. Kilmartin, A. Kellum, M. A. Kinsey, B. Keller, J. Jane, D. F. Lumbard. L. S. Medbury, P. Manning, A. Moffatt, J. Miller, B. Miller, T. Mealey, O. Morton, H. C. Mal- raw, C. W. Mead, J. M. Moore, J. McMann, C. Mann, W. S. Metcalf, J. Moreau, W. Nichols, M. Odell, J. O'Leary, H. S. Paine, II. L. Surfield, S. N. Page, B. Parkenson, H. C. Pow- ers, A. S. Parker, E. W. Plummer, A. Rickle, P. Rafferty, Thomas Smith, B. Snyder, J. L. Snyder, F. J. Tuttle, O. West, J. W. Webb, H. Whittaker, R. (). Wright, O. Willson, A. Wel- ler, A. Webb, G. Weatherby, Y. Smith.

Company K, Seventh Regiment-Captains, Alexander Gordon, George S. Hoyt and John M. Hoyt; Lieutenants, F. W. Oakley and F. W. Shirrell, and others. This Company was known as " Badger Rifles." enlisted at Beloit and rendezvoused at Camp Randall. Following is the roster : Alexander Gordon. F. W. Oakley, David Shirrell. S. B. Morse, George S. Hoyt, A. D. Rood, J. W. Bruce, J. M. Hoyt. W. Stever, S. B. Morse, J. B. Daves, George S. Hoyt, H. Harbaugh, Amos D. Rood, D. C. Van Antwerp. Isaac S. Livingston, L. A. Eggleston, J. S. Claflin, Andrew Clark, W. Steever, H. Phillips, D. McDermot, M. M. Havely, D. Custer, C. Andrews, O. Anderson, S. Agan, N. S. Allen, W. H. Allison, P. Barrett, J. H. Beard, W. C. Beardsley, W. W. Bowers, S. Bond, A. Brooks, J. W. Bruce, W. C. Barnum, F. B. Bad- reau, N. Blackington, A. M. Baldwin, N. D. Bennett, W. Bloom, J. Boner, M. L. Cochran, N. M. Casper, G. W. Covill, J. M. Crawford, George Carney, Ed. Carney, William Combs, W. Cloupeck, M. O. Donnell, J. Dunham, M. Erickson, N. Eddy, W. D. Ellis, F. Eiselt, J. H. Fenton, W. C. Frankling, J. F. Foss, C. R. Garner, F. J. Garner, J. M. Hoyt, W. Hyde, W. Hughes, H. B. Huntress, E. M. Hopkins, G. Huntress, Michael Haman, J. L. Judd, C. Jones, H. M. Johnson, J. H. Knapp, C. Klein, P. Kinsman, M. Kramer, H. M. Kinsman, C. Keihl, W. Kersher, D. Lord, F. S.Lyon, A. A. Lombard, R. F. Lombard, J. M. Livingston, J. A. Livingston, M. E. Livingston, A. F. Livingston, W. D. McKenney, A. Muzsey, A. Mahoney. H. McRady, C. Miller, M. McNamara, M. Miller, J. P. Murray, D. Moriarty, L. McFarlan, A. Munson, E. Mattson, P. C. Miller. J. McLabe, F. McKee, C. B. Norton, N. H. Norton, D. Noack, H. L. Nichols, E. H. Oviatt, M. W. Organ, H. Phillips, H. Richards, W. J. Rader, F. L. Rubin, D. M. Russell, W. Raymond, E. Ranney, J. Ryan, A. Rick, C. Reidenback, J. Rittenhouse. N. Sebring, G. Sedgwick. A. J. Streeter, S. Stevenson, J. A. Snyder, George Simmons, F. Siminons, F. Stowell, R. Tihhitta,

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L. Tanson, A. Teachard, J. T. Tower, A. Tischonser, P. Parnutzer, B. Tolickson, E Uhl, G. Van Amburg, T. Van Orman, F. Virginia, J. Warbert, W. S. Wilson, C. W Woodman, L. S. Wilkins, D. S. Wilkinson, G. F. Watson, S. L. Wood, S. Wood, W. Woold ridge, J. Wright, J. M. Winters, W. Webber, M. Weiler, W. Wiseman, J. C. Young. Zantner.

Company G, of the Eighth, was made up of recruits from various portions of the county , the Janesville Fire Department, etc., and was recognized as one of the "crack companies" f the nationally famous eagle regiment of Wisconsin. The regimental organization was com I- pleted on the 4th and the regiment mustered into service on the 5th of September, 1861, Camp Randall. After a brief delay devoted to drilling, the Eighth was armed and equipped Tİ and, on the 12th of October departed for the scene of active hostilities, with which it was intimately associated during the three years following. The regiment reached St. Louis on th 14th, remaining at Benton Barracks one day, going thence to De Soto, Big River Bridge, Pil Knob, and finally to Fredericktown, where Jeff Thompson was encountered and put to fligh . t. This was the first engagement in which the boys participated, and was followed by New Madri- Island No. 10, Farmington, Miss., the siege of Corinth ; the battles of Iuka, Corinth ar nd

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Hills, Pleasant Hill, Cloutierville, Mausura and Yellow Bayou, La., Hurricane Creek, Miss., La Chicot, Ark., Nashville, the Spanish Fort and Mobile. After campaigning through Arkans Tennessee and Mississippi, the regiment returned to St. Louis, where it was reclothed a accompanied the command of Gen. A. J. Smith in the movement to repel the advance of Hoc After the battle of Nashville, the regiment moved further south, camping at Chalmette, no New Orleans, at Dauphin Island, Mobile, Montgomery and Demopolis, Ala., where it w= mustered out of service and returned home, reaching Madison on the 13th of September, 186 -5, after four years constant service, during which the regiment marched 15,179 miles, campaign d in eleven States, fought nearly forty battles, participated in nineteen skirmishes and innum able sorties, returning home at the close of its service full of honor and with its "eagle bir " in the enjoyment of excellent health and undiminished appetite. Early in the war, the rei- ment was assigned to the First Brigade, Second Division, of the Army of the Mississippi, under the command of Gen. Plummer, but subsequently became a part of the Second Brigade First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, Gen. W. T. Sherman, and of the First Brigade, Second Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, Gen. A. J. (Baldy) Smith.

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The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Part 69

Author: Wesern historical company, Chicago, pub Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co. Number of Pages: 899

Author: Wesern historical company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 899