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In addition to the foregoing, that portion of the county about Koskonong and Fort Atkin- son, etc., contributed to the complement of Company H, Thirteenth Regiment, to the gun-boat, naval and secret service. Jefferson and that portion of the county thereabouts furnished recruits to the heavy artillery, to the Third Wisconsin Light Artillery and to other branches of the service, but, owing to the reasons cited, the facts more particularly in reference thereto could not be obtained.
The history of Jefferson County in the war is a tale of heroic deeds, of which the surviv- ors have reason to be proud.
WATERTOWN'S CONTRIBUTIONS.
Watertown Rifle Company .- Organized April, 1861. Commissioned officers-Captain, Darius S. Gibbs ; First Lieutenant, John Forsyth ; Second Lieutenant, James T. Myers ; Third Lieutenant, Joseph Crandall.
Non-commissioned officers-Sergeants, George R. Huff, Robert J. Forsyth, John Hains and Joshua B. Harris ; Corporals, Luther May, William H. Hains, George W. Rockwood and Porter Gibbs.
Privates-B. G. Miller, G. W. Brainard, R. Hart, E. F. Proctor, T. Brynildsen, P. J. Thompson, G. W. Rockwood, W. M. Forsyth, J. C. Dervin, L. C. Green, Alpheus Lucas, A. Hanoch, A. Siebell. W. H. Burns, N. Tuttle, D. A. Tuttle, S. Karboch, II. Tracy, S. Cases, N. W. Dayton, J. B. Harris, H. Wooden, J. H. Tubbs, G. Forsyth, James Johnson, F. Ryal, Samuel Baldwin, Arthur Morgan, Andrew Holmes, Jesse Monroe, Amos Bruce, John Corwin, Alexander Anderson, Moses Frost, G. C. Marvin, J. T. Hilliker, M. H. Ashley, M. J. Kane, A. Byrne, J. E. Anderson, H. Bennett, S. Reed. f .. Bennett, N. Liskun, R. J. Taylor, R. Griffith, Lyman Cook, W. T. March, R. S. Howard, J. B. Brainard, S. Wixon, F. L. Tuttle, P. Janish, P. P. Gibbs, H. Sperry, C. Newhouse, O. A. Boughton, Levi Frost, James Lisdale,
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John Morrill, Patrick McDonald, Mitchell MeDonald, Calvin Jones, Jesse Weed, Linus Cor- win, Alpheus Richards, Johnson Roods and Alonzo Bruce.
The company held daily drills at their headquarters in Gen. Chappell's Block. Each of the volunteers wore a red, white and blue rosette, presented by the ladies of Watertown. May 12, they were furnished by the State with their first uniforms, and allotted to the Third Regiment, as Company A. Their headquarters were also transferred to Mud Tavern, about one and one-half miles west of the city, soon afterward known as Camp Bertram, where the company remained until June 7, when they received orders to report at the headquarters of their regiment, then stationed at Fond du Lac, under command of Charles S. Hamilton. Two months of camp life, however, had caused numerous changes in the original rank and file of the Watertown Rifle Company. The realities of war-the prospect of leaving wives and sweet- hearts, fathers and mothers, brothers, sisters, homes, all-served to test the "fighting patriot- ism " of a large number of those who, in the excitement of the hour, penned their names to the company's roll. But there was no lack of new recruits, and Watertown's first volunteer company took its place at the head of the Third Wisconsin, composed of the following indi- viduals :
Commissioned officers-Captain, Darius S. Gibbs ; First Lieutenant, Henry Bertram ; Second Lieutenant, John Forsyth.
Non-commissioned officers-Sergeants. J. Drew Goodrich, George R. Hubb, Robert J. Forsyth, William H. Burns and James T. Myers ; Corporals, Lyman Cook, Daniel A. Tuttle, Ed F. Proctor, Orin S. Howard, Sala P. Webb, Fred Gleaser, Zadock S. Putney and Thomas MeKenna ; Musicians, Stephen F. Burroughs and John Wisert.
Privates-Andrew Byrne, John P. Brainard, Jared Hains, Abner Wood, Warren W. Nigus, Lewis C. Green, Alpheus Lucas, E. C. Marvin, Isaac Flannagan, Charles Rollhagen, William Forsyth, Johnson Anderson, John Zanes, William Marsh, Nathan Nettleton, Abner J. Gould, Addis Bragg, Emil Stabelfeldt, John C. Dervin, William B. Whipple, Robert Hart, David Buchterkirchen, Hobart Hart, William Conly, William Hutchinson, Nathan Tuttle, Henry Wood, Patrick Goman, Arnold Mann, Anson Wales, Ezra Reed, Andrew Byrne, Elmore Van- derwort, Hermann Becker, Sidney J. Thompson, Henry Montaney, Robert Schroeder, Sidney N. Lund, Alexander Allison, James Terry, August Klopping, Alexander Darward, William Kethsen, Daniel Strohn, Lyman C. Farmer, Franklin L. Tuttle, Peter Hauf, Charles Perkins. Hermann Opitz, Marshal Kane, R. T. Ricker, John T. Hillicker, George Forsyth, George W. Brainard, Killian Rupp, August Zeibell, Tollef Brynildsen, George S. Lockwood, Robert Van Slyke, Elisha Tuttle, Charles Farmer, Charles F. Curtis, John Hickey, Henry Sperry and Julius Wallardt.
July 12, the Third Regiment passed through Watertown en route for Elmyra, N. Y., where they were to receive their arms and equipments, and then proceed to Washington for active serv- ice. Before leaving their camp at Fond du Lac, they were paid by the State $37,000, for past services. The regiment numbered 1,011, officers and men. The regimental and staff officers were as follows :
Colonel commanding, C. S. Hamilton ; Lieutenant Colonel, L. H. Ruger ; Major, B. Pinckney ; Adjutant, L. H. D. Crane; Quartermaster, S. C. Lefferts ; Sergeant Major, James Woodford ; Surgeon, D. A. Raymond ; First Assistant Surgeon, R. O. Crane ; Second Assist- ant Surgeon, J. B. G. Baxter ; Chaplain, Rev. W. L. Mather. A brass-band of twenty-four pieces and a full drum corps accompanied the regiment.
Commenting upon the appearance of the regiment as it passed through Chicago, the Trib- une of that city said that "the men were a noble and stalwart set of fellows, inured to labor in the mines and pineries."
On their arrival in Chicago, the Michigan Southern Railroad Company had ready for the troops 145 gallons of coffee, 700 loaves of bread and 15 hams, made up into sandwiches, which were distributed to them in the ears.
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The next news of importance concerning the Watertown Rifles was contained in a letter from John C. Dervin to his brother Thomas, residing in Watertown. It was dated " Camp Hamilton, Ilagerstown, Maryland, July 16, 1861," and was as follows : * " We arrived at our home this morning, and expect to be here for some time. We are within a mile of the enemy's camp. Last night, the First Wisconsin Regiment had a battle. They killed thirty . rebs' and took 600 prisoners, and lost only one man in the contest. We are here in danger that no one would think of. We expect to be in the field of battle in a short time. The men are all ready, but as the hour of trial draws near, a deep sadness seems to shadow most faces, but we will do our duty in any event.'
Several early promotions occurred in Company A, among them being that of Lieutenant Bertram, who was appointed Adjutant, to succeed Adjutant Crane, appointed to the post of Major. In September, Captain Gibbs resigned, and Adjutant Bertram was appointed in his stead.
Among other duties, the Third Wisconsin was assigned to look after the Maryland Legisla- ture at Frederick City. In September, the secession members of that body were taken prisoners, and a bonfire was made of their treasonable documents.
It also took a prominent and gallant part in the battle of Bolivar Ileights in October, 1861. In that engagement, Privates F. L. Tuttle, Jared Harris and Henry Clemens. of Company A, were killed. The regiment went into winter quarters in December at Fredericksburg. Md.
The following from the Watertown Democrat of June 19. 1862, will give some idea of what " the boys " were doing :
" Captain Bertram's company, Third Wisconsin Regiment, was with Gen. Banks during his recent retreat. The company was on duty as provost guard, and was under fire during the retreat. Sergeant William Whipple was made a prisoner at Winchester, while Corporal Lyman Cook and Privates Louis Burving, George Lockwood, Sidney Lund, W. W. Atterson, William Rupp and Elisha Tuttle are missing.'
Captain Bertram was soon afterward appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Twentieth Wis- consin. This promotion was a recognition of his bravery and efficiency as an officer in a fight at Bolivar Heights, near Harper's Ferry, where he commanded two detached companies and cap- tured a cannon from the enemy. Upon receiving his commission, Col. Bertram returned to Watertown on a brief furlough, and was warmly received by his friends.
The Third Wisconsin bore an important part in the battle of Culpepper, in August, 1862. It went into the fight with 500 men, and when the conflict subsided the ranks had been thinned to 225. Lieut. Col. Crane was killed and Maj. Scott and Capt. Hawley wounded. It had the extreme advance of the Twelfth Corps in crossing the Rapidan, and fought bravely on the 1st. 2d and 3d of May with the rest of Gen. Ruger's troops, stubbornly maintaining its ground when others fell back, and finally covering the withdrawal across the Rappahannock.
This regiment distinguished itself in many of the desperate battles fought by the Army of the Potomac, and, in January, 1864, those of its members who had survived re-enlisted for three years under a call for volunteers. These brave defenders of the Union were given a thirty- days' furlough that they might return to their homes for a brief period before again taking the field.
Upon returning to Virginia, the Wisconsin boys were always to be found in the thickest of the shot and shell. They participated in all the memorable battles which decided the fate of the rebellion, including the fall of Richmond.
Watertown German Volunteers .- On Monday, August 11. 1862, the Germans of Water- town commenced the work of organizing a company for the Twentieth Wisconsin Regiment. and on Friday, the 15th, the work was completed. The company numbered 106 volunteers, and was composed mostly of young men residing in Watertown. At noon of the 16th, they were escorted to the depot by a large body of citizens, where they took the train for Madison. Few were the tearless eyes and untouched hearts in all that vast assembly, as the husband parted with the wife, the father and mother with the son, and the brother with the sister, or the
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lover with the sweetheart. Following is a list of the officers and members of the com- pany :
Commissioned Officers-Captain, John Weber; First Lieutenant, Frederick Kusel; Sec- ond Lieutenant, Charles A. Menges.
Non-commissioned Officers-Sergeants, August F. Bohr, August Kuscl, Frederick W. Voedisch and Henry R. Sommers ; Corporals, George T. Bergold, Cool Roth, John Muth, John G. Kirsch, Julius Werlich and Edward Schunemann.
Privates-John Valdemann, Frederick Paul, G. Henze, John Thoma, Godfred Mustard, Henry Kruger, Louis Fischer, William Camin, A. Schulermann, Hermann Wettmer, Henry Lohr, Julius Weicht, Frank Schneider, Otto Frigloff, August Fritz, Henry Hose, John Leh- mann, Carl Borchart, Wilhelm Trachte, Carl Reichart, Carl Grutzner, Hermann Rosc, Karl Fischer, August Melcher, Conrad Godeke, John Krisensky, Angust Wenzel, William Frank, Carl Hamann, Robert Weber, Carl Brix, August Butow, Albert Butow, Franz Zwiner, Andreas Ambrose, Bernhard Kreete, Julius Steindorf, William Hahn, Henry Muselmann, Fred W. Bernhard, Louis Zandner, William Eichel, August F. W. Buth, A. Walther, Gabriel Remestad, William Mohr, Karl Pettig, Gustavus Triegloff, Frederick Weber, Martin Grun, John Henry Frank, Charles Hoeffner, Valentine Rehn, Vinzenze Wurm, John H. Koch, Charles Kunitzer, August Kluge, Henry L. Volkemann, Henry Muller, John M. Ramsay, John H. Roth, John A. F. Schroder, Julius Drager, Joseph Menzel, Frederick Schneider, Albert Zie- bell, John Hanswith, Ernst Schnasse, Julius Ziebell, Carl Dams, William Wodke, William Wegner, Ferdinand Tolk, George Boughton, John Wehl. John Kercher, Ernst Drager, Ludwig Bluhm, Michael F. Wette, John Swanky, William Ziebell, Frederick Duwe, Gottfred Graszel, Ernst Krumsich, Carl Wegner, Emil Kaufmann, Peter Nettesheim, August Schmutzler, August Horniuel, Henry Bollow, Ferdinand Volke and G. Werschutz.
This company went to the front immediately as Company E of the Twentieth Regiment, Lieut. Col. IIenry Bertram. December 7, 1862, it acted a distinguished part in the desperate battle of Prairie Grove, near Fayetteville, Ark. Following are the names of those who fell in that engagement:
Killed-C. Werlich, John R. Ramsay, Adolph Mustar, August Butow, John Wurm and Julius Weight.
Wounded-Col. Henry Bertram, Capt. John Weber, William Carmin, Ernst Schnasse. Peter Jarish, Carl Rettig, Henry Muller, William Taucke, L. Zandner, William Baudle, August Kluge, Henry L. Volkman, William Hahn, William Wodke, August Schuelermann, Frank Schroeder and Henry R. Sommers.
Missing-Robert Weber, Frederick Voelker and Ferdinand Voelker.
Col. Bertram had a horse shot from bencath him, and received a slight contusion of the thigh. Capt. Weber received three bullets in his legs, from which he died within a week. The rebels were pursued to Van Buren, Ark., where 800 prisoners, two steamers and a ferry- boat loaded with provisions were captured.
Lient. Frederick Kusel was appointed Captain to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the gallant Weber. Second Lieut. Charles A. Menges succeeded Kusel, and Sergt. Alfred H. Baehr was promoted to the Second Lieutenancy. Menges was subsequently appointed Adjutant.
The Twentieth took part in the siege of Vicksburg, and in the expedition up the Yazoo River to Yazoo City, Miss., where about 500 prisoners were captured. Also engaged at Spanish Fort, Mobile and Brownsville, Texas.
Watertown Irish Company .- Organized August, 1862. This company was but partially filled by citizens of Watertown, owing to a large number of Irish having previously enlisted in other companies. It was recruited by E. Johnson and Valentine Sweeney. Its members reported at headquarters in Madison September 20, 1862. Their names are as follows : Michael J. Gal- lagher, Michael Carey, Michael Murphy, Michael Butler, Thomas McAviley, Michael McGill, John Reynolds, Daniel Ford, John Forsyth, Joseph Kenzie. Thomas D. Reed, William Dolan,
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William Wilson, Thomas Cross. Daniel Sullivan, Charles Masterson, John Devereux, Matthew Carroll, Thomas Delaney, William Mansfield, Patrick McQueen, Erasmus W. Hill, James Coyle and Jeremiah Bechan.
There were sufficient accessions to the ranks of this company from other sources within a short time after it took up its quarters at Camp Reynolds to complete the required number, and it was mustered in as Company D of the Seventeenth Wisconsin Volunteers, afterward known as the "Irish Brigade." It rendered invaluable service in many of the greatest battles of the rebellion, the Watertown boys acquitting themselves with honor, and returning to their homes at the close of the war covered with scars and glory.
Watertown American Volunteer Company .- Organized September 2, 1862. Composed of some of the best citizens of Watertown.
Commissioned officers-Captain, Thomas R. Mott ; First Lieutenant, Charles Wood; Sec- ond Lieutenant, Royal P. Bronson.
Non-commissioned officers-Sergeants, Calvin B. Scott, James McCulley, John H. Reed, Julius N. Bartlett and Norman Humphrey ; Corporals, Darius S. Gibbs, Julius HI. Keyes. Leonard W. Bennett, Allen Welcher, Alonzo Crandall, William Phelps, Frederick B. Northup and Charles Turner.
Privates-David Griffith, Orrin E. Welton, Cyprian B. Young, Allen Rutherford, William Booth, Warren A. Reed, James P. Nichols, Ansel Norton, George Parker, George Chapin, John P. Smith, William E. Adams, John Bailey, William Terwilliger, William J. Fitch, Joseph H. Barber, Job Bailey, William Wiseman, Joseph Karr, Ed. K. Webb, Amos Weaver. Peter Knight. John Moore, Andrew Woolensack. Delos T. Haling, Peter La Rock, Matthew Marshall, John R. Ilavhurst, Walter J. Beasant, Williston H. Wright, Samuel Vaux, Almon Chapin, William Middlestates, C. A. Middlestates, William Marsh, Hiram S. Thompson, George W. Rockwood, James McLaughlin, Brayton Whitney, Wordsey Holcomb, John Roberts. Henry Bennett, Ran- som Meade, August E. Needham, Henry Yarrington, John L. Urtubees, Israel Dudley, Henry Hungerford, Oscar F. Herron, Peter Frank. S. J. Blanchard, A. R. Hungerford, Rothelan Blanchard, William Hungerford, Ashbel D. Griffey, Richard Owens, Robert H. Roberts, Arthur Alexander, Bradley Richards, Chauncey Cummings, Marcellus Bartlett, William G. Dailey, William J. King, Michael Gegenheimer, Albert S. Visgar, Lewis Brown, James Burke. John E. Weisert, Edward B. Hawes, Cyrus M. Griffey, Peter Schenk, Jolin Lloyd, James S. Balser, Sidney Smith, Calvin B. Scott, Warren G. Reeve, William Phelps, Merrina C. Scott, Albert Chapin, Frederick M. Webb, Rinaldo W. Cole, William Millum, Henry Weaver, James S. Irvin, Calvin Barnett, Thomas Martin, Corydon Blaisdell and Howard Tuttle.
This company became Company B, in the Twenty-ninth Wisconsin. The regiment received marching orders and left Camp Randall, at Madison, November 2, 1862, proceeding South. While at Cairo, Ill., they voted for State officers in Wisconsin. The regiment arrived at Helena, Ark., November 6, and went into camp. It remained there until April, 1863, when orders were received to the effect that its presence before Vicksburg was necessary. May 1, the regiment was engaged in the battle of Port Gibson, in which the rebels were routed and the place captured. In this fight. Matthew Marshall, Robert H. Roberts and Edward B. Hawkes, of Company B, were killed, and George Parker, Lewis Urtubees, John Lloyd and Allen Welcher, wounded.
On the 16th of the same month, the Watertown boys of Company B were again engaged. Following is an extract from Col. Gill's official report of the part the Twenty-ninth took in this battle. It is dated Champion Hills, Miss., May 18, 1863 :
"During the engagement, my regiment captured and sent to the rear one stand of colors and about three hundred prisoners. We numbered, when the action commenced, 491 men and officers. Our loss is 19 killed, 95 wounded, and 1 missing. Among the wounded are Maj. Hancock, Capts. Bissell, Holmes, Mott and Delamatyr, Lieut. Ray and Commissary Sergt. Wilson. My officers and men displayed great gallantry and bravery. Capt. Bissell, of Company D, while lying upon the ground wounded and still exposed to the enemy's
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fire. refused assistance from the field, but kept cheering on his men. * * * We
are willing to fight until the last armed foe expires."
After the capture of Vicksburg, the Twenty-ninth was ordered to New Orleans. It was subsequently engaged in the Red River expedition, and was at the battle of Mansfield, La. In that engagement. Company B suffered the following losses : Killed, Almon Chapin ; wounded- Thomas Martin, Sidney Smith, James Haskins and Anson Weaver; missing-Corydon Blais- dell, A. C. Crandall, Hiram Thompson, James Irvin, George Holcomb, C. B. Young, James Burke, Calvin Barrett, William Wilson, William Millum and Oscar Herron.
The Twenty-ninth was soon afterward engaged in the battle of Sabine Cross Roads. J. HI. Haskins, Oscar Herron and Hiram S. Thompson, of Company B were wounded and fell into the hands of the enemy, but were subsequently paroled and sent to New Orleans, where Thomp- son died.
December 15, 1864, Corydon Blaisdell, who was taken prisoner at the battle of Mansfield, was released, and, upon his arrival in New Orleans, he wrote as follows to his relatives in Watertown :
" The rebels kept me eight months and five days. The whole time our rations were one pint of corn-meal, three-fourths of a pint of corn-meal and a little salt- no coffee or anything else. The living is nothing compared with the abuse we have received during the term of our prison life. Of the six captured out of Company B. only William Mil- lum and myself lived to get back to New Orleans. Cyprian B. Young, Alonzo C. Crandall, James S. Irvin and George Holcomb died in prison."
At the storming of Spanish Fort, near Mobile, private Porter Gibbs and Musician Allen Rutherford, of Company B, were taken prisoners, and private Godfrey Dayley, of the same company, had one of his great toes accidentally cut off while making breastworks.
On July 5, 1865, the Twenty-ninth returned from the South. Company B was received in Watertown with all the honors that it was possible for a liberty-loving people to shower upon the defenders of their conntry. A reception festival was held July 13, at which the sun-browned heroes were the admired of all admirers. D. W. Ballou, editor of the Democrat delivered a stirring welcome address.
The Union Guards .- Organized in the fall of 1861, with the following officers : Captain, O. D. Pease ; First Lieutenant, Edward E. Roys; Second Lieutenant, William A. Greene. Sergeants-John Hazen, R. C. Rowe, Theron Holt, William Faville and John Bean. Corpor- als-Michael Walrod, Hiram Dayton, James M. Fillmore, W. M. Taylor, Charles II. Visgar, Charles A. Keyes, Joseph B. Harris and Mich. Traynor. Musicians-Star Loveland and John J. Downey.
Privates-Michael Anthony, Jacob Beck, Neal Bresland, M. W. Burdick, R. H. Baker, E. E. Cummings, F. Casebeer, G. B. Crist, James Cook, A. E. Cook, E. L. Chapman, John Clark, D. Clark, J. R. Devine, Benjamin Dehn, O. L. Dudley, D. Delanty, J. Edwards, I. M. Ellsworth, D. G. Eastwood, M. Fillmore, W. Fisher, J. C. Fisher, Simon Fuller, Harrison Fuller, Napoleon Fuller, Lyman Fuller, M. Farrington, L. Flaschbine, J. W. Fields, R. Geary, W. Gilbert, H. Gerecke, J. W. George, L. C. Greene, E. Halverson, C. W. Haskins, Henry C. Hadley, W. Hamilton, D. Hallahan, C. Holman, A. IIarrington, W. G. Holdrege, G. Kilbourn, E. Keough, D. O. Kelly, A. Kinney, J. M. Lyons, H. G. Lomison, S. Lloyd, M. Maloney, W. McConnell, George Mills, T. Nichols, A. H. Noble, II. Phillips, L. Pettis, E. Pierce, A. Pries, E. Palmer, H. Rigger, J. Reynolds, M. Ryon, R. Ross, J. D. Reed, J. Schaller, D. B. Sowards, J. Saintonge, J. Steinman, E. A. Solomon, M. Saunders, C. B. Stone, H. Tracy, C. H. Tracy, R. S. Towsley, N. R. Towsley, B. R. Torrey, Charles Tebanlt, O. Turner, W. H. Vorce, O. V. Whitmore. J. Warren, E. Wolf, T. M. Wilson, A. Wollene, A. G. Wood, H. B. Whitney and T. J. Winston.
Capt. Pease's company formed a part of the Sixteenth Wisconsin. After remaining in camp at Madison for several weeks, it received orders to move down the Mississippi, and on the 1st of April, 1862, found itself encamped at Savannah, Tenn, within the borders of secession.
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The next heard of the company was its engagement in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. where the gallant Capt. Pease was mortally wounded while leading his men to the very mouth of the enemy's eannon. The members of his company who fell in that memorable battle are as fol- lows : Killed-Capt. Oliver D. Pease ; Corp. William M. Taylor; privates Alphonse Harring- ton, August Wollene, Louis Pettis, Chester W. Haskins. Wounded-Sergt. John S. Bean, Corps. Charles H. Visgar and Michael Walrod ; privates J. Edwards, J. M. Lyons, Harrison Fuller, N. R. Towsley, W. Hamilton, M. Farrington, O. Brien, E. Cook, Dennis Delanty, Josiah W. Fields, Herman Gerecke, C. H. Tracy, - Mertz, E. Halverson, - Thompson, J. Cook, Daniel HIallahan, E. Price and J. D. Reed. Missing. Louis Flaschbine.
The company was in many of the hard-fought battles, including that of Corinth, and aided materially in putting down the rebellion.
The Draft .- When the order for the first draft was made, in September, 1862, the quota for Jefferson County was sixty-three. Watertown, having already furnished twenty-five more men than the call demanded. was exempt. There was, of course, no excitement. While many other portions of the State were sadly depopulated. the people of Watertown could not but feel proud of their record. The town of Watertown drew two-August Hunemann and Henry Mergel being the vietims.
The draft of November 12, 1863, however, was the source of considerable uneasiness. The drawing took place at Janesville, and a large number of the citizens of Jefferson County were present. The following individuals, citizens of Watertown, " drew prizes :"
City of Watertown (278 names in the wheel, of which 40 were drawn)-O. B. Sanford, Fred Blocdel, Henry B. Burdick, G. Schamberg, Adolphus Miller, George Alcott, Charles Reubhousen, Leopold Karherr, Gustavus Schnasse, Ed. M. Hall, Henry Holstein, Fred Sehipp, Thomas Rosch, William T. Mayhew, John C. Rhodes, James Balles, Henry Kees, John Kal- tenbrun, August Tauck, Herman Freischmidt, Dusten Bosford, Henry Bode, F. P. Brook, Porter Gibbs, Jr., John McGrill, Stillman Ford. John Dunnigan, H. Hyer. Elnathan Breek- enridge, Lawrence Nugent, William Beman, Andrew MeKeg, John Folcanbridge, Hugh Mur- phy. Patrick Killan, - Bathriek, Thomas Baxter, Washington Snow, Wave Moody and John Driescent.
Town of Watertown (167 in the wheel. 28 to be drawn)-Franz Fredericks, Frederick Volkner, John O'Donalds, Peter Kelley, August Cholhoff, John F. Schultz, John Warner, Frederick Strehlow, Jr., Adolf Boerschel, John Corpenus, Chris Mereus. William P. Perry, Reinhard Panz. Henry Kumfriek, John Barrett, Richard Sninniks, Gotleib Gullet, Charles Raymorn, Frederick Moerke. Henry Wegner. William Cinnamon, Ernest HIuns, Christian Trachte, Henry Lenas and William Leteaman.
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