The military history of Wisconsin : a record of the civil and military patriotism of the state, in the war for the union, with a history of the campaigns in which Wisconsin soldiers have been conspicuous--regimental histories--sketches of distinguished officers--the roll of the illustrious dead--movements of the Legislature and state officers, etc
Quiner, E. B. (Edwin Bentley), d. 1868
diss . [ P.ook .(^T PRESKNTKl) liV 1 / 37 /y ^<gte=^ liHORAVraa Co. Chicaoo." RNGRA-ZEB J3XPREBSLY FOR OLARKB Sc CO. PUBLISHERS PRESENTED BY JUDGE «oil MRS. BAAC R. Hin, WASHINGTON. D. C. TKEEasa MILITAET HISTOKY WIS0ONSIN;^ • A RECORD OF THE dJvM mA pilitavj! f atvwtism of the ^hk, WAB FOR THE UNION, HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGNS IN WHICH WISCONSIN SOLDIERS HATE BEEN CONSPICUOUS — REGIMENTAL HISTORIES — SKETCHES OF DISTINGUISHED OFFICERS — THE ROLL OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD— MOVEMENTS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND STATE OFFICERS, ETC. BY E. B. QUIIi^EE, ESQ.,:; OF MAD'BOX, WIS. ILLUSTRATED WITH STEEL ENGRAVINGS OF EMINENT MEN. IN ONE VOLUME. CHICAGO: CLARKE & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1866. , h ^tered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, By CLARKE & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Gfrt 4l|dge and Mrs.isaac R.HItt July 6, 1931 CHICAGO TTPE FOUNDBT J. CONAHAN, STEREOTTPEB. TO THE BRAVE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF WISCONSIN, WHO AND THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THEIR COUNTRY'S CAUSE; ANB THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN, WHO SO NOBLY AND PATRIOTICALLY AIDED IN UPHOLDING THE INTEGRITY OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ; THIS VOLUME ' IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. I^TEODUOTIOI:^. The collection of tlie material for this work was begun soon after the outbreak of the rebellion. Being placed in a favorable position — in a clerical capacity — where most of the correspond- ence relating to the organization of the earlier regiments, passed throusrh his hands, the author obtained the consent of Governor Randall, to the copying of such matters as would possess histor- ical importance. The collection of material was continued during the rebellion. The business in which the author was engaged during the war, enabled him still further to become acquainted with the movements of all the regiments or other organizations sent from the State. In addition, access has been had to the reports and documents on file in the Executive and Adjutant General's Offices. From these sources the author has been enabled to prepare the work now presented to the public. Our object has been to give a plain statement of facts, as far as possible, in a concise form, without attempting an elaborate historical style. We have endeavored to give a correct narrative of what was accomplished by the State authorities during the war, in filling the requisitions made for ti'oops by the General Government — of the legislation necessary to enable the State officers ^to act efficiently in support of the Government, and to provide means to aid the families of those who enlisted in the United States military service from this State — and the various matters relating 6 INTKODUCTION. to military affairs wliieh engaged the attention of tlie several Executives and the Adjutant Generals of the State, during the war. The chapter on the Sanitary operations of the State, gives an account of the several expeditious sent out by Governors Salo- mon and Lewis, under the superintendence of Surgeon General Wolcott, to the several battle-fields wherever Wisconsin soldiers were engaged, showing that the State has always exhibited an active and noble interest in the comfort and welfare of our sick and .wounded heroes, as well on the battle-field, as in the several hospitals, where State agents were sent to attend to the wants and comfort of those of our soldiers who were inmates of those institutions. In order that the general reader may understand the connec- tion which Wisconsin regiments had with the general military operations of the Government, we have endeavored to make a short sketch of those operations in the several divisions or departments into which the rebellious district was divided, and the war was prosecuted, by the Government. The regimental histories are prepared from the best material within reach. They are necessarily brief, but are believed to contain a fair history of the organizations, and the lists of casu- alties have been gathered wherever they have been officially published, or otherwise made public, and the names corrected, wherever it could be done. They are necessarily imperfect as even the original muster rolls cannot be considered as giving the names of enlisted- men correctly, as every person knows who has occasion to examine the rolls. In many cases the casualties are not reported, or are so mixed up in the monthly reports as to defy all attempts to make up a reliable list. Besides this, the monthly reports, in many cases, contain only the names of those who were wounded and absent from the regiment when the report was made. The gathering of these casualties has involved INTRODUCTION. 7 much time'and labor, and they have swelled the work to much larger dimensions than was originally intended. In the sketches of the military services of our general officers and others, we have attempted no literary effect, but have been contented to give a correct outline of their services as far as practicable. In many cases, due credit has been given these offi- cers in the regimental histories, for the several actions in which they were engaged. A biographical notice of each of the regi- mental officers would have been an interesting feature, but it was impossible to obtain data for that purpose, except by per- sonal application to the parties themselves, which in many cases would not have secured a reply. Our acknowledgements are due to Governors Lewis and Fairchild, for the favoi"^ which they have extended for the preparation of the work. To Adjutant General Gaylord were we especially indebted for numerous favors we have received at his hands, and the read- iness with which our request to examine the reports and records in his office, has been responded to. At great labor the General has caused to be prepared from the monthly reports, a list of those killed in battle, or died of wounds received. By reference to the regimental histories, it will be seen that we have largely availed ourselves of this valuable record, deeming it the most correct of any list attainable, as it is taken from the original reports, and published in the Adjutant General's report of 1866. The statistics found at the end of each regimental history are taken from a table, also prepared in the office of Adjutant General Gaylord from the original reports. "We are also indebted to various officers for memoranda relat- ing to their several regiments, among them. Brigadier General Fairchild, of the Second Regiment, Brigadier General Paine, of the Fourth, Brigadier General Allen, of the Fifth, Major General Solomon, of the Ninth, Chaplain Walker, of the Twelfth, 8 INTRODUCTION. the Chaplain of the Thirteenth, Colonel Hancock, of the Four- teenth, Major Wilson, of the Fifteenth, Brigadier General Ho- bart, of the Twenty-first, General Winkler, of the Twenty-sixth, Mr. Tompkins, of the Twenty-ninth, Major Ball, of the Thirty- first, Colonel "Warner, of the Thirty-sixth, Lieutenant Colonel R. C. Eden, of the Thirty-seventh, and Lieutenant Colonel Pier, of the Thirty-eighth Infantry, and to Lieutenant Stevens, of Company G, Sharpshooters, and Captain Zichrick, of the Twelfth Light Battery. To Sergeant George Fairfield, of Company C, of the Sixth Infantry, we are indebted for the loan of a well kept diary, from July, 1861, to the battle of Antietam, where he was severely wounded, and during the Wilderness campaign, up to the assault of the 18th of June, 1864, where he was again wounded. A summing up of what was accomplished will show that Wis- consin sent to the field over 91,200 men, over 1,200 more than the several requisitions of the General Government called for. That nearly 11,000 of these were killed or died of wounds received in battle, or fell victims to diseases contracted in the military service, to say nothing of those who died after tlieir dis- charge, and whose deaths do not appear upon the military rec- ords— that nearly $12,000,000 were expended by the State authorities, and the people of the several counties and towns throughout the State, in their effort to sustain the National Government. At this date, only two regiments of Wisconsin remain in the field, viz : the Fourth Cavalry, in Texas, and the Fiftieth Infantry, at Fort Union, in Dakotah Territory. Since writing up the regi- mental histories, the Thirty-fifth and Forty-eighth regiments have been mustered out of service and disbanded. After the completion of the body of the work, which has swelled to a volume far beyond the limits first intended, the Legislature of 1866, convened, and among other matters, passed INTRODUCTION. 9 a law authorizing the establishment of the " Soldiers' Orphans' Home of Wisconsin," appropriating $10,000 for the purchase of the necessary bnildings and grounds, and also, $25,000 for the support of the " Home," during the current year. In order that our readers may understand the character of the Institution, so nobly established by the efforts of Mrs. Harvey, and her friends, in a subsequent page of this introduction, we have given a description of the building, after a personal examination, accom- panied by an engraving taken from a photograph made expressly for this work, together with a synopsis of the law establishing the institution, by which the friends of the soldiers' orphans will be able to understand the manner in which admission to the *' Home " may be obtained. "Wisconsin may well feel proud of her record made in defence of the l^ational existence. Shoulder to shoulder with the other loyal States of the Union, she has stood in the front rank. From her workshops, her farms and her vast pineries, have poured forth the stalwart men, who have filled up the organizations which she has sent to the field. The blood of these brave men has drenched almost every battle-field of the rebellion from Get- tysburg to the valley of the Rio Grande. Establishing at an early day, a reputation for gallantry and endurance, Wisconsin regi- ments always occupied positions where hard fighting was to be done, and reference need only to be made to the history of the Iron Brigade, the Third and Fifth, the Twenty-sixth, the Thirty- sixth, Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Infantry in the army of the Potomac, to show that their pathway was marked by a bloody record. It is out of place to assume that Wisconsin did better than her sister States. We claim that she did her full duty — that her several Executives in every way, used their best efforts to for- ward the desires of the General Government for troops — that her people responded from first to last, with a noble patriotism, to 10 ■ INTRODUCTION. the several calls — and tliat tliose who remained at home, were lavish of their means, not only to stimulate enlistments by the payment of extra bounties, but to aid and support that left wing of the grand army of the Union, composed for the most part, of the mothers and daughters of the Nation, and the effect of whose labors and patriotic efforts are seen in the happiness of many a family, for the return and restoration to health of many a son and father, who otherwise would have slept in death on Southern soil. April 12, 1866. SOLDIEES' ORPHAISrS' HOME. In the chapter on the sanitary operations of the State, we have incidentally mentioned that a project was on foot to establish a " Home " for the orphan children of soldiers of Wisconsin, who were killed or died in the service of the United States during the rebellion. We are gratified to be able to state that the " Home " has beeo established, and by a recent act of the Legislature, adopted as^ one of the Benevolent Institutions supported by the State. To correct a sentence in the notice of the institution given, elsewhere, we here state that an erroneous impression prevails that the General Government donated the buildings. This i« noij 80, as we are assured by Mrs. Harvey. The buildings were turned over to the owners of the property, in consideration of the rent and repairs necessary to place the main building in its original condition when taken possession of by the United States authorities. Mrs. Harvey had entertained the idea of establishing an insti- tution of this kind for two years preceding the end of the war, and on her return after the closing of her business as State agent, in the summer of 1865, she immediately set about the work which had occupied her thoughts for so long a period. It was ascertained that Government was about to discontinue the general Hospitals in the Northern States, among them, " Harvey United States Hospital," at Madison. Being eligibly situated, and admirably adapted for the purpose designed by Mrs. Harvey, negotiations were entered into with the proprietors of the pro- perty, and so liberal a proposition was received from them, that it was deemed advisable by Governor Lewis, and other promi- nent friends of the undertaking, that Mrs. Harvey should proceed, to Washington to endeavor to secure a title to the buildinga 12 soldiers' orphans' home. erected by tlie United States. Tlie War Department had no authority to make a donation, but on investigation of the matter, it was ascertained that the buildings, which would have to be torn down, would have no value to the Government except as "old lumber," amounting to but a small sum, an arrangement was made as we have stated above — the proprietors receiving the buildings in lieu of rent and repairs, on condition that the property should be devoted to the purposes of a " Soldiers* Orphans' Home." Soon after the return home of Mrs. Harvey, a sale of the " Hospital property " at Harvey Hospital, took place, the most of which, was purchased by the friends of the Home, at a price which Mrs. Harvey was enabled to pay by the liberality of the 'noble hearted citizens of Madison, and a few other places. It will thus be seen that the General Government did not donate any portion of the property, although it dealt liberally with the friends of the enterprise, and enabled them to establish at once the institution contemplated. Repairs were immediately commenced, and the " Home " was ready for the reception of inmates on the 1st of January, 1866. The personal exertions of Mrs. Harvey, and liberality of the citizens of the State, had secured means for the opening and sup- porting of the " Home," until the needed legislation for making it a State institution could be perfected. The property consists of a main building, built of stone. It is octagon in shape, three stories in height, with a roomy attic above, and an observatory at the top of the building. The sev- eral stories are reached by a spiral staircase in the centre, from the lower floor to the observatory. The lower floor of the main building is divided into a reception room — dining room for the oflicers and attendants — store room for bed linen and other arti- cles — a small kitchen with range, complete with closets, pantries, etc. A bath and wash room, with a sleeping room for the super- intendent of the lower dormitory, completes the lower floor. The upper stories are occupied as rooms for the oflicers and attendants, with a public parlor in the second story, and a recita- tion room, and two rooms used for hospital purposes, and a sewing room in the third story. SOLDIERS* orphans' HOME. 13 In order that tlie reader may better understand our description we have had a photograph taken, an engraving of which we here insert: From the west side of the main building extends a wing two stories in height, used as dormitories. Here the beds are arranged lengthwise of the building in four rows. These rooms are well ventilated, light and airy. On the south side of the main build- ing is a wing seventy-five feet in length, and twenty-five in width, the lower story of which is used as a dining room for the children of the " Home," and a large kitchen in which is a range sufficient for cooking for a large number of persons. The second story of this wing is occupied as a school room capable of seating one hundred and fifty pupils. An office is also attached to this wing. The building is heated by furnaces in the basement story. A large octagon barn also belongs to the premises, with a laundry, and a steam engine which supplies the building with water from the Third Lake, that forms the southern boundary of the premises. At this time, April 6th, 1866, there are eighty-five children at the " Home," all of whom are well cared for, and a good school provided for them under the superintendence of Miss Torrey, a niece of Colonel J. H. Howe, of Green Bay. Another school 14 soldiers' orphans' home. room is to be fitted up as the number of inmates of the " Home" increases, and it is expected that three hundred will be admitted by the first of June. The arrangement and organization of the " Home," has been entirely under the supervision of Mrs. Harvey, who has been untiring in her exertions, both in securing the means to start the institution, and to place it in active operation. She fully appre- ciates the liberality of the generous people of the State who have lent their aid to the undertaking, and enabled her to carry out her benevolent design. The object of the " Orphans' Home," is to afford to the friend- less little ones, the blessings and comforts of a real Home, and no mother need feel any backwardness in confiding her children to its care. Proper attention will be directed to the physical, intellectual and moral development of the children, so that when the proper time arrives for their re-entering the active world, they will be qualified to fulfil the duties of useful citizens and reflect honor upon the State that adopted them. On the 31st of March, 1866, Governor Fairchild approved a bill providing for the establishment of a " Soldiers' Orphans' Home." TVe append a synopsis of the law for the information of our readers : Section 1. Establishes an institution to be styled "Tlie Soldiers' Orphans' Home." Sec. 2. Authorizes the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Attorney General to provide suitable buildings, and purchase block 152 ("The Farwell Property" in the City of Madison,) together with buildings and improvements, provided there is a perfect title, and it can be purchased for 810,000. Sec. 3. When title is perfected, authorizes the Governor to appoint seven Trustees, to be known as "Trustees of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, of Wisconsin." Majority to constitute a quorum. Three to serve for three years, two for two years, and two for one year, or until their successors are appointed. Vacancies to be filled by the Governor. Sec. 4. The Trustees to manage and direct the affairs of the " Home," making, with the sanction of the Governor, all needful by-laws and regulations for the proper admin- istration of the " Orphans' Home," not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State and United States. No compensation to Trustees for services, but necessary expenses incurred in performance of their duties. Sec. 5. Trustees to appoint the President and Secretary, who are to perform their du- ties under such regulations and instructions as is required by their by-laws. The State Treasurer to be ex-officio Treasurer of the Board. The Secretary to keep a faithful record of all transactions of the Board. The President to have power to call extra meetings of the Board on a written request of not less than two members. i Sec. 6. Board of Trustees to appoint the Superintendent of the " Home," and other officers provided for in the by-laws, and to fix the compensation of offlcei's of the insti- tution. Board to meet annually on the first Tuesday in October, and semi-annually on the second Tuesday in April. At each meeting to visit and examine into the affairs of the " Home," and at their annual meeting make a full report to the Governor of all their proceedings. soldiers' orphans' home. 15 Sec. 7. Board of Trustees to have power to take and hold in trust, for the use and benefit of the "Home," any grant or demise of real estate or any donation or bequest of money or other personal property to be applied to the maintenance of soldiers' orphans or general use of the " Home." Sec. 8. Superintendent to be chief executive officer of the " Home ;" to have control and authority over all assistants connected with the institution below the grade desig nated in the by-laws as officers ; to employ or discharge as he may see fit, being respon- sible to the Trustees for the proper discharge of that duty. For satisfactory causes, the Superintendent may be removed by an affirmative vote of a majority of the Board. Sec. 9. All soldiers' orphans admitted to the "Home" to be maintained therein at the expense of the State. Sec. 10. Board of Trustees to apportion, as near as practicable, the number of orphans to be received from each county on the basis of the number of soldiers' orphans actually residing in said county, and the County Board to apportion, as near as practicable, the number to be admitted from the county, between the several towns thereof, upon the basis of the returns made to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, as provided by Section 12 of this Act. Sec. 11. Establishes the prerequisite for admission into the institution, as follows :— All orphans over the age of four and under fourteen years, whose fathers enlisted from this State, and who have either been killed or died while in the military or naval service of the United States, or of this State, during the late rebellion, or who have since died of diseases contracted while in such service, and who have no means of support, shall be entitled to the benefits of this institution, giving the preference to those having neither father nor mother in deciding upon applications. Sec 12. Board of Trustees to furnish each Clerk of the County Board with uniform blanks, with necessary instructions as to filling the same. These blanks to be distributed to the Chairman of each Town Board of Supervisors, and to the Mayor or President of the incorporated cities or villages within the several counties of this State. In cases of doubt, the death of the father is determined by the records of the Adjutant General ot the State. Sec 13. On acceptance of any application for the admission of an orphan, the Chair man of Town Board of Supervisors or Mayor or President of a city to make an order for the removal of such orphan, so accepted, to the "Orphans' Home," in the care of some citable person, and all necessai-y expenses incurred in such removal to be paid by the county in which such orphan child ha,s a legal residence. .Sec. 14. Trustees to appoint an Executive Committee from their own number to per- form such duties as may be prescribed by the by-laws established by the Board. Said Executive Committee is authorized to draw warrants on the fund belonging to the " Home," as may be directed by the Trustees, in conformity with this Act. All warrants so drawn to be countersigned by the Secretary of State, and to designate the appropriation from which the same shall be paid. Sec 15. Appropriates SIO.OOO out of the State Treasury to pay for the property authorized to be purchased by Section 2 of this Act. Sec. 16. Act to take effect on publication. In addition to the above, the Legislature appropriated the sum of $25,000 for the support of the institution for the coming year. Under this law. Governor Fairchild has appointed the following persons as trustees : For three 2/ears— Colonel R. M. Strong, Reedsburg; Colonel Hexry Harndex, Jefferson ; General C. C. Washbtjrn, La Crosse. For two years — Hon. N. M. "Littlejohn, Whitewater; Hon. W. J. Abrams, Green Bay. For one j/ear— Hon. B. F. HoPKi>rs, Madison; General E. S. Bragg, Fond du Lac. 16 soldiers' orphans' home. The Board of Trustees met at Madison on the 18th of April, and Hon. N. M. Littlejohn was elected President, and Colonel R. M. Strong appointed Secretary. The Board were in session several days, appointing Mrs. Harvey Superintendent of the In- stitution for the ensuing year, and passed such by-laws, rules and regulations as were necessary for the full establishment of the " Home." It will be seen that the law establishes the manner in which orphans are to be admitted into the " Home," through the County Boards of Supervisors of each county, and persons who may have orphans in charge, will know how to proceed in securing the benefits of the "Home " for their wards. The author has visited the Home, where he found about eighty children of both sexes, varying from four to fourteen years of age, all in good health, and apparently happy in their new " Home." They are well cared for, with plenty of good whole- some food, and everything to make them comfortable, without any appearance of being subjects of public charity. In case of sickness, every care and the best of medical attention is given. TABLE OF OOKTE^^TS. CHAPTER I. ACTION OF THE STATE AUTHORITIES IN 1861. State Administration of 1860 atid 1861 — Resources — Legislature of 1861 — Governor's Message — Laws Passed— Fort Sumter— Popular Excitement — Call for Vo.aX) Militia— Grovemor's Proclamation — First Tender of Service — Only one Regi- ment—Reserve Regiments Authorized — First Regiment Organized— Captain Little — Proclamation to Women of Wisconsin — To the People — Companies Tendering Service — Surgeon General Wolcott — Adjutant General Utley — Camp Randall — Second, Third and Fourth Regiments — Defense of Washington — Meeting of Loyal Governors — Governor's Letter to President Lincoln— Generals King and Schurz — Two more Regiments Accepted — Patriotic Women — Letter to Governor Randall 33 CHAPTER II. ACTION OF STATE AUTHORITIES IN 1861 — CONTINUEIX Extra Session of the Legislature — Grovernor's Message — Laws Passed — State Mili- tary Departments — Tliird and Fourth Regiments — Six Regiments Accepted- Fifth and Sixth Regiments— Letter to President Lincoln — Seventh and Eighth Regiments — Cavalry Authorized — Sharpshooters — State Agents — Circular to Loyal Governors — State Bonds— Letter to Secretary of War— More Infantrj' Accepted — Artillery Wanted — First, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Regiments- Letter to Secretary of War — Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Regunents — §20.3,000 Reimbursed —Correspondence — First Cavalry— Second Cav- alry—More Artillery Accepted — Third Cavalry — Consolidation of Companies — Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Regiments — Recruiting Discontinued — Letter of Captain Eddy —Report of Gov. Randall — Biographical Sketch of Gov. Randall— Close of 1861 71 CHAPTER III. ACTION OF STATE AUTHORITIES IN 1862, New State OflScers — Legislature Meets — Governor's Message — Laws Passed — Eleventh and Twelfth Batteries — Recruiting Service Discontinued — Battle ol Shlloh — Fourteenth, Sixteenth and Eighteenth Regiments Engaged — Expedi- tion to Pittsburg Landing — Death of Governor Harvey — I iographical Slietch— 2 18 CONTENTS. PAGE, Twentieth Regiment— Legislature Re-assembles — Governor Salomon's Message — Laws Passed — State Sanitary Agents — Call for 300,000 more — Monster meeting in Milwaukee — Twenty-first to Thirty-third Regiments Authorized — Extra Session of Legislature — Governor's Message — Laws Passed — 300,000 Militia to be Drafted — Draft Ordered — Draft Riots— Thirty-fourth Regiment — Close of 1862... 109 CHAPTER IV. ACTION OF STATE AUTHORITIES IN 1863. State Military Officers — Legislature Meets — Governor's Message — Laws Passed — Number of Regiments Furnished —Thirteenth Light Artillery— Heavy Artillery Battalion— Six Months Men Wanted — Enrolment Act — Provost Marshal Gen- eral's Department— State Districted- Thirty-fourth Regiment Mustered Out — Thirty-flfth Regiment— Harvey Hospital Established — Quotas and Credits — Settlement of Credits — Results of Draft of 1863 — Negro Soldiers— Call for 300,000 More — Towns, etc., to be Credited — Big Bounties — Sixteenth Regiment — Biographical Sketch of Governor Salomon— Close of 1863 150 CHAPTER V. ACTION OF STATE AUTHORITIES IN 1864. State Officers Elect in 1864 — State Military Officers — Legislature Meets — Governor's Message — Laws Passed — Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg— Re-enlist- ment of Old Regiments — Call for 500,000 more — Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Regiments— Veteran Re-enlistments — Veteran Regiments ordered t General Sherman— One Hundred Day Troops Organized — Thirty-ninth, rtieth and Forty-first Regiments — Call for 500,000 Men for One, Two and Three Years — Excessive Quota — Enrolment Lists Corrected — Quota Reduced — En-or Corrected — Forty-second Regiment — Fifth Regiment Re-organized— Forty-third Regiment — Heavy Artillery Regiment— Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Regiments — Draft in September— Result— Another Call for 300,000— Close of 1864 168 CHAPTER VI. ACTION OF STATE AUTHORITIES IN 1865. Military Officers of the State — Resignation of Quartermaster General Lund — Legis- lature Meets — Extracts from Governor's Message — Laws Passed — Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Regiments — Change in Manner of Recruiting — Recruiting Agents Authorized — Quota under Call of 19th December — Reduced— Appor- tioned to Congressional Districts — Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Regi- ment—Draft Ordered — Fifty-first, Fifty-second and Fifty-third Regiments — Last Regiments Raised in the State — Correspondence between Grant and Lee — Surrender of the Rebel Army— Final Overthrow of the Rebellion — Recruiting ', Discontinued — Orders for Mustering Out of Regiments — Biography of Governor. ! Lewis — Adjutant General Gaylord — Quartermaster General Lynch 183 CONTENTS. 19 CHAPTEK VII. SANITAKY OPERATIONS OF THE STATE. PiOE, Surgeon General's Department — His Duties — Expedition to Pittsburg Landing- Second Expedition — Expedition to Perry ville Battle-field — To Murfreesboi-o — Visit toVicksburg— ToWashington Hospitals— Expedition to Cliicamauga Battle- field— Visit to Army of Potomac —Visit of Governor Lewis and Surgeon General Wolcott to Hospitals for Transfer of Sick and Wounded— United States Hospitals in Wisconsin — Sanitary Agents — Soldiers' Aid Societies —Wisconsin Soldiers' Home — Soldiers' Orphans' Home — Bureau of Employment 208 CHAPTER VIII. GENERAL MILITARY OPERATIONS— EASTERN DIVISION. Wisconsin Organizations in Eastern Division — Skirmish at Falling Waters — First Battle of Bull Run — Bolivar Heights — Winchester— Peninsula Campaign — Banks' Retreat — Battle of Cedar Mountain — Gainesville — Second Bull Run — South Mountain — Antietam— Fredericksburg — Chancellorville — Marye's Heights — Gettysburg — Rappahannock Station — Battles from the Rapidan to Petersburg — Weld on Railroad — Explosion of the Mine — Ream's Station — South Side Rail- road— Hatcher's Run — Fort Stedman — Five Forks — Evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond — Pui-suit of Lee's Army— Sailors' Creek — Surrender— Sherman's March from Savannah —A vei-ysboro — Bentpuville- Johnston's Surrender — "Johnny Comes Marching Home," '. „ 347 CHAPTEE IX. GENERAL MILITARY OPERATIONS— CENTRAL DIVISION. Wisconsin Organizations in the Central Division — Bowling Green — Nashville — Huntsville — Bragg's March on Louisville — Battle of Perrj-ville — Jefferson Pike — Stone River — Spring Hill— TuUahoma— Dug Gap — Chicamauga— Chattanooga — Mission Ridge — Dalton — Buzzard's Roost — Resaca — Dallas— Kenesaw Moun- tain—Atlanta— Jonesboro—Lovejoy's Station— AUatoona— Destruction of At- lanta— Sherman's March to Savannah — Battle of Nashville — General Wilson's Campaigns in Alabama and Georgia 320 CHAPTER X. GENERAL MILITARY OPERATIONS— WESTERN DIVISION. Wisconsin Organizations in Western Division — Battle of Frederickton — Pea Ridge —New Madrid — Island No. 10 — Shiloh — Siege of Corinth— Battle of luka — Corinth — Bayou Cache — Prairie Grove — New Orleans Captured— Vicksburg Bombarded in 1862 — Sherman's Attempt — Arkansas Post — Grant's March on Vicksburg — Port Gibson — Jackson — Champion Hills — Black River — Invest- ment of Vicksburg — Surrender — Jackson— Yazoo River — Teche Expedition — Port Hudson Surrenders — Little Rock Captured — Second Teche Expedition — Carrion Crow Bayou — Texas Expedition — Honey Springs — Battle of Helena- Meridian Expedition — Red River Expedition — Fort de Russey — Sabine Crass Roads — Pleasant Hill — Cane River — Alexandria— General Bailey's Dam — Jenkins" Ferry — Price's Raid in Missouri — Fort Morgan— Siege and Capture of Mobile 377 20 CONTENTS. CHAPTER XI. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— FIRST INFANTRY, (THREE MONTHS.) PAQE. Regimental Roster — Ordered to Chambersburg — Hagerstown— Skirmish at Falling Waters — March to Martinsburg — Bunker Hill — Charlestown— Upper Potomiac — Mustered out — Regiment Reorganized — Regimental Roster— Skirmish on Granny White's Pike — Rogersville — Battle of Perry ville — Jefferson Pike — Stone River— Hoover's Gap— Chicamauga — Resaca— Dallas — Kenesaw Moun- tain — Atlanta — Jonesboro — Return to Wisconsin — Muster out — Statistics 42b CHAPTER XII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— SECOND INFANTRY AND IRON BRIGADE. Regimental Roster— First Battle of Bull Run— King's Brigade — Roster of the Sixth Regiment— Roster of the Seventh Regiment— Organization of the "Iron Brigade" — Operations near Fredericksburg — Beverley Ford — Battle of Gainesville — Second Bull Run— South Mountain- Antietam — Fredericksburg — Fitzhugh's Crossing— Chancellorville — Gettysburg— Veteran Re-enlistments— Battles of the Wilderness— Spottsylvania— North Anna — Cold Harbor — Second Regiment Re- turns Home— Mustered out — Statistics — Independent Battalion — Subsequent Brigade History— Assault on Petersburg — Battle at Weldon Railroad — Hatcher's Run — Dabney's Mills — Five Forks — Capture of Lee's Army — March to Wash- ington—Grand Review — Sent to Louisville — Return to Wisconsin — Mustered out— Iron Brigade Dissolved— Statistics 438 CHAPTER XIII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— THIRD INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Skirmish at Bolivar — Occupation of Frederick — Pursuit of Jackson — Fight at Buckton Station — Retreat of General Banks — Battle of Cedar Mountain — Antietam — Chancellorville — Fight at Beverley Ford— Gettys- burg—Sent to New York — Transferred to Army of the Cumberland —Veterans Re-enlist— Veteran Third on Furlough — Battle of Resaca— Dallas — Pine Knob — Kenesaw — Atlanta — March to Savannah — March to Goldsboro— Battle of Averysboro — Bentonville — Svirrender of Johnston's Army — Homeward Bound —Return to Wisconsin- Muster out — Regimental Statistics 483 CHAPTER XIV. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— FOURTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Regiment Arrives at Baltimore — Expedition to the Eastern Shore — Newport News— Ship Island — Capture of New Orleans — Baton Rouge— ■ First Attack on Vicksburg — Burning of Grand Gulf— Second Attack on Vicks- burg — Gunboat Tyler — Battle of Baton Rouge — Texas Rangers Captured — Bombardment of Port Hudson — First Teche Expedition — Battle at Bisland— Port Hudson — Assault of May 27th and June 14th — Surrender of Port Hudson — Changed to Cavalry Regiment 498 CONTENTS. 21 CHAPTER XV. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— FIFTH INFANTRY. PAGE. Regimental Roster — Winter near "Washington — Embark on Peninsula Campaign- Battle of Lee's Mills— Williamsburg— Golden's Farm— Change of Base — Rear Guard atWliite Oak Swamp Bridge — Malvern Hill— Return to Alexandria — Battle at Crampton's Gap— Antietam— Fredericksburg— Marye's Heights— Salem Church — Gettysburg— On Duty in New York — Rappahannock Station — Mine Run — Battles of the Wilderness — Spottsylvania — North Anna — Cold Harbor — Petersburg — Ream's Station —Veterans Return Home — Defense of Washington — Independent Battalion— Battle of Snicker's Gap — Charlestown — Cedar Creek — Regiment Reorganized — Roster — Joins Sheridan at Cedar Creek — Return to Petersburg— Battle at Dabney's Mills — Capture of the Enemy's Works at Peters- burg-Battle of Sailor's Creek — Lee's Surrender— March to Washington — Return to Wisconsin — Muster out 508 CHAPTER XVI. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— EIGHTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Arrives at St. Louis— Battle of Fredericktown — New Madrid and Island No. 10 — Farmington — Siege of Corinth — Battle of luka — Corinth — Sei'vice in West Tennessee — Move to Vicksburg — Battle of Jackson — Siege of Vicksburg — Expedition to Canton — Meridian Expedition — Red River Expedi- tion— Rear Guard of Banks' Army — Battle of Lake Chicot — Veterans Return Home— Return to Memphis — Move to White River — Join in Pursuit of General Price — Reinforce General Thomas— Battle of Nashville — Return to Vicksburg — New Orleans — Battles before Mobile — Mustered out of Service — Statistics 526 CHAPTER XVII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— NINTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster— Move to Leavenworth, Kansas — March to Fort Scott— Join the Indian Expedition — Battle of Newtonla — Prairie Grove — Service in Missouri — Embark for Helena, Ark. — Join General Steele's Army at Little Rock — March to Camden — Battle of Elkins' Ferry — Jenkins' Ferry — Return to Little Rock — Non- veterans — Mustered out — Independent Battalion — Expedition to the Saline River 540 CHAPTER XVIII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster— Arrival in Kentucky — Move to Nashville — Capture of Hunfs- ville — Railroad Guard Duty — Brilliant Fight at Paint Rock Bridge — Death of Captain Moore — Rear Guard at Stevenson — March to Louisville — Battle of Per- ry ville — Battle of Stone River — Hoover's Gap — Cross the Tennessee — Battle of Chicamauga — Severe Loss — Assault on Mission Ridge — Battles from Dallas ^ to Atlanta — On Guard at Marietta — Return Home —Mustered out — Statistics 548 22 CONTENTS. CHAPTER XIX. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— ELEVENTH INFANTRY. PAQ8. Regimental Roster — At Sulphur Springs — Steele's Advance into Arkansas — Battle of Bayou Cache — Helena, Ark.— Return to Missouri — Join Grant's Forces near Vicksburg — March Across the Peninsula— Battle near Port Gibson — Clianipion Hills— Black River Bridge — Before Vicksburg — Assault of the 22d of May — Second Battle at Jackson, Miss.— Transferred to the Department of the Gulf — Berwick City — Teche Expedition — Return — Embark for Texas — Return to Bra- shier City— Move to Mobile— Assault on Fort Blakely— War Closed— On Duty at Mobile — Mustered Out — Return Home— Statistics - 559 CHAPTER XX. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— TWELFTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Leavenworth City— March to Fort Scott— To Fort Riley— Re- turn to Leavenworth — Embark for West Tennessee — Join Gi'ant's Southward Movement — March to Memphis — Expedition to Coldwater — Move to Vicksburg — The Siege — Battle of Jackson — Natchez — Retiu-n to Vicksburg — Veteran Re- enlistments — Tlie Meridian Expedition — Skirmish at Baker's Creek — On Veteran Furlough — Joins General Sherman in Georgia — Battle at Kenesaw Mountain — Nickajack Creek — Bald Hill, July 21-22 — Battle of the 28th of July — Siege of At- lanta—Jonesboro—Lovejoy's Station— Join Sherman's Grand March — Savan- nah — Pocotaligo — Orangeburg — Goldsboro — Johnston's Surrender — March to Washington — Grand Review — Move to Louisville — Return to Wisconsin — Disbanded— Statistics 574 CHAPTER XXI. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— THIRTEENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster— Move to Leavenworth — March to Fort Scott— To Fort Riley — Return to Leavenworth — Move to West Tennessee — Stationed at Fort Henry — Fort Donelson — At Stevenson, Ala.— Huntsville — Guard Sherman's Communi- cations—Veteran Re-enlistments — Return to Huntsville — Move to Knoxville — Return to Nashville — Move Down the Mississippi — New Orleans — Texas -^ Muster out — Return Home — Statistics 590 CHAPTER XXII. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— FOURTEENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — Arrive at St. Louis — Move up Tennessee River — Battle of Shiloh — Battle of Corinth — Joins Grant's Southward Movement — March to Memphis — Move to Vicksburg — To Lake Providence — Return to Vicksburg — Assault of the 22d of May — The Siege — Move to Natchez — Re-enlistments — Veteran Furlough — Red River Expedition — Worden's Battalion — Battle of Tupelo — Expedition to Augusta, Ark.— Pursuit of Price through Missouri — Battle of Nashville — Return to Vicksburg — New Orleans — Investment of Mobile — Attack on Spanish Fort — Mobile Captured — Muster out— Return Home — Disbanded — Statistics 598 CONTENTS. 23 CHAPTER XXIII. EEGIMENTAL HISTORY— FIFTEENTH INFAISTTRY. PAGE. Regimental Roster — Arrive at St. Louis — Bird's Point — Island No. 10 — Skirmisli at Union City — Capture of Island No. 10 — Move to West Tennessee— Transferred to Army of the Cumberland — Florence, Ala. — Move to Louisville — Battle of Perry- ville — Knob Gap — Stone River — Death of Lieutenant Colonel McKee — March on Tullahoma — Battle of Chicamauga — Deatli of Colonel Heg — Battle of Mission Ridge — Move to East Tennessee — Battle at Rocky Face Ridge — Resaca — Dallas — Kenesaw Mountain — Atlanta— At Whitesides —Mustered out— Statistics 613 CHAPTER XXIV. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— SIXTEENTH INFANTRY. Regimental Roster — ;Move up Tennessee River — Battle of Pittsburg Landing — Siege of Corinth — Battle of Corinth — Lake Providence — Stationed at Redbone Church — New Companies — Old Companies on Veteran Fui-lough — Move to Cairo — Join Sherman's Army in Tennessee — At Ackworth — Brush Mountain — Kenesaw — Cross the Chattahoochie— Battle at Bald Hill— Atlanta — Jonesboro-Pui-suit of Hood — Join in Sherman's Grand March — Savannah — Goldsboro — SurrendeiFof Johnston's Ai-my — Return Home— Mustered out — Statistics 632: CHAPTER XXV. REGIMENTAL HISTORY— SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY. 